House Journal: Page 581: Monday, March 5, 2001
Reynolds of Van Buren as follows:
H-1085
1 Amend House File 324 as follows:
2 1. Page 16, line 2, by inserting after the word
3 "address." the following: "The application provided
4 by the department shall include a statement for the
5 applicant to sign that acknowledges the applicant's
6 knowledge of the requirement to notify the department
7 of a mailing address change."
8 2. Page 16, by inserting after line 2 the
9 following:
10 "Sec. . Section 321.196, unnumbered paragraph
11 1, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
12 Except as otherwise provided, a driver's license,
13 other than an instruction permit, chauffeur's
14 instruction permit, or commercial driver's instruction
15 permit issued under section 321.180, expires, at the
16 option of the applicant, two or four years from the
17 licensee's birthday anniversary occurring in the year
18 of issuance if the licensee is between the ages of
19 seventeen years eleven months and seventy years on the
20 date of issuance of the license. If the licensee is
21 under the age of seventeen years eleven months or age
22 seventy or over, the license is effective for a period
23 of two years from the licensee's birthday anniversary
24 occurring in the year of issuance. Except as required
25 in section 321.188, and except for a motorcycle
26 instruction permit issued in accordance with section
27 321.180 or 321.180B, a driver's license is renewable
28 without written examination or penalty within a period
29 of sixty days after its expiration date and without a
30 driving test within a period of one year after its
31 expiration date. a person shall not be considered to
32 be driving with an invalid license during a period of
33 sixty days following the license expiration date.
34 However, for a license renewed within the sixty-day
35 period, the date of issuance shall be considered to be
36 the previous birthday anniversary on which it expired.
37 Applicants whose licenses are restricted due to vision
38 or other physical deficiencies may be required to
39 renew their licenses every two years. For the
40 purposes of this section, the birthday anniversary of
41 a person born on February 29 shall be deemed to occur
42 on March 1. The department in its discretion may
43 authorize the renewal of a valid driver's license
44 other than a commercial driver's license upon
45 application without an examination provided that the
46 applicant satisfactorily passes a vision test as
47 prescribed by the department, files a vision report in
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