321M.3  Authorization to issue licenses--initial opt-in.

1.  Adams, Cass, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, and Page counties shall be authorized to issue driver's licenses, nonoperator identification cards, and persons with disabilities identification devices on a permanent basis, provided that such counties continue to meet the department's standards for issuance.

a.  Any county desiring to opt out of county issuance effective with the beginning of the next digitized photolicensing equipment contract period may do so if the cluster, minus the county opting out, is approved by the department, or if one of the alternatives for continued service by the remaining counties in the cluster is arranged pursuant to section 321M.4.

b.  A county shall submit in writing to the department its election either to continue participation in county issuance, or to opt out, during the opt-out period established by the department prior to the beginning of the next digitized photolicensing equipment contract period.

2.  No more than forty-two additional counties shall be authorized to issue driver's licenses, nonoperator identification cards, and persons with disabilities identification devices, effective with the beginning of the next digitized photolicensing equipment contract period.

a.  A county that is served by a permanent department facility is not eligible to opt in to county issuance.

b.  An initial opt-in period shall be designated by the department for an eligible county to indicate its desire to participate in county issuance at the time when the next contract for digitized photolicensing equipment is implemented. The department may designate an opt-in period at a time sufficiently in advance of the time for submission of request for proposals related to the next digitized photolicensing equipment contract period, so that the department may accurately estimate the number of sets of equipment that will be needed under the new contract.

c.  Initial participation by a county in county issuance requires prior approval in writing by the county treasurer and the board of supervisors.

d.  If more than forty-two counties indicate an interest in participating in county issuance, the department shall give preference to the first forty-two counties that are approved as proposed clusters according to section 321M.4, provided that such counties have also filed the written authorizations required under paragraph "c".

3.  A county may opt in to county issuance only during the initial opt-in period, unless a county is requested to participate in an existing cluster pursuant to section 321M.4. A county that is so approved by the department to join an existing cluster shall satisfy all requirements under this chapter for a county in an initial opt-in period.

Section History: Recent form

  98 Acts, ch 1073, §12; 98 Acts, ch 1143, §3, 26

Internal References

  Referred to in §321M.4, 321M.6


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