House Amendment 8328


PAG LIN

     1  1    Amend  the Senate amendment, H=8251, to House File
     1  2 2456, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House,
     1  3 as follows:
     1  4 #1.  Page 1, by striking lines 3 through 10 and
     1  5 inserting:
     1  6    <___.  By striking everything after the enacting
     1  7 clause and inserting:
     1  8    <Section 1.  Section 321.178, subsection 2,
     1  9 paragraph a, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
     1 10    a.  (1)  A person between sixteen and eighteen
     1 11 years of age who has completed an approved driver's
     1 12 education course and is not in attendance at school
     1 13 and has not met the requirements described in section
     1 14 299.2, subsection 1, may be issued a restricted license
     1 15 only for travel to and from work or to transport
     1 16 dependents to and from temporary care facilities,
     1 17 if necessary for the person to maintain the person's
     1 18 present employment. The restricted license shall be
     1 19 issued by the department only upon confirmation of the
     1 20 person's employment and need for a restricted license
     1 21 to travel to and from work or to transport dependents
     1 22 to and from temporary care facilities if necessary to
     1 23 maintain the person's employment. The employer shall
     1 24 notify the department if the employment of the person
     1 25 is terminated before the person attains the age of
     1 26 eighteen.
     1 27    (2)  A person issued a restricted license under
     1 28 this section shall not use an electronic communication
     1 29 device or an electronic entertainment device while
     1 30 driving a motor vehicle unless the motor vehicle is at
     1 31 a complete stop off the roadway. This subparagraph
     1 32 does not apply to the use of electronic equipment which
     1 33 is permanently installed in the motor vehicle or to a
     1 34 portable device which is operated through permanently
     1 35 installed equipment.
     1 36    Sec. 2.  Section 321.180B, Code Supplement 2009, is
     1 37 amended by adding the following new subsection:
     1 38    NEW SUBSECTION.  6A.  A person issued an instruction
     1 39 permit or intermediate driver's license under this
     1 40 section shall not use an electronic communication
     1 41 device or an electronic entertainment device while
     1 42 driving a motor vehicle unless the motor vehicle is
     1 43 at a complete stop off the roadway. This subsection
     1 44 does not apply to the use of electronic equipment which
     1 45 is permanently installed in the motor vehicle or to a
     1 46 portable device which is operated through permanently
     1 47 installed equipment.
     1 48    Sec. 3.  Section 321.194, subsection 1, Code
     1 49 Supplement 2009, is amended by adding the following new
     1 50 paragraph:
     2  1    NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  A person issued a driver's
     2  2 license under this section shall not use an electronic
     2  3 communication device or an electronic entertainment
     2  4 device while driving a motor vehicle unless the motor
     2  5 vehicle is at a complete stop off the roadway. This
     2  6 paragraph does not apply to the use of electronic
     2  7 equipment which is permanently installed in the motor
     2  8 vehicle or to a portable device which is operated
     2  9 through permanently installed equipment.
     2 10    Sec. 4.  NEW SECTION.  321.238  Use of electronic
     2 11 devices while driving == preemption of local
     2 12 legislation.
     2 13    The provisions of sections 321.178, 321.180B, and
     2 14 321.194 restricting the use of electronic communication
     2 15 devices and electronic entertainment devices by certain
     2 16 motor vehicle operators shall be implemented uniformly
     2 17 throughout the state.  Such provisions shall preempt
     2 18 any county or municipal ordinance regarding the use
     2 19 of an electronic communication device or electronic
     2 20 entertainment device by a motor vehicle operator.  In
     2 21 addition, a county or municipality shall not adopt
     2 22 or continue in effect an ordinance regarding the use
     2 23 of an electronic communication device or electronic
     2 24 entertainment device by a motor vehicle operator.>
     2 25 #2.  Title page, lines 2 and 3, by striking <driving,
     2 26 including prohibiting a person from writing or sending
     2 27 a text message while>
     2 28 #3.  Title page, line 4, by striking <providing
     2 29 penalties> and inserting <making penalties applicable>
     2 30 #4.  By renumbering as necessary.


                                        
          RAECKER of Polk
          HF2456.1803 (5) 83
          dea/nh/mb

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