H-1148

   Amend House File 638 as follows:
   1.  Page 4, line 34, by striking <subsection 5 or 6> and inserting <subsection 6>
   2.  By striking page 4, line 35, through page 5, line 20, and inserting: 
   <5.  a.  If a civil penalty owed by a person who was issued a driver’s license in this state is delinquent under subsection 1 or 2, and if the person owes two hundred fifty dollars or more, the board shall notify the department of transportation to suspend the person’s driver’s license in accordance with section 321.210E until the civil penalty is no longer delinquent.
   b.  If the civil penalty owed by the person is no longer delinquent, the board shall notify the department of transportation to terminate the suspension of the person’s driver’s license in accordance with section 321.210E.>
   3.  Page 6, by striking lines 2 through 11 and inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  321.210E  Suspension for delinquent civil penalties owed to the Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board.
   Upon receipt of notice from the Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board and in accordance with applicable rules adopted by the department, the department shall suspend the driver’s license of a person who owes a delinquent civil penalty under section 68B.32E. The suspension shall continue until the department receives notice from the Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board that the person no longer owes a delinquent civil penalty. Upon receipt of such notice from the Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board, and payment of the reinstatement fee provided under section 321.191, the department shall terminate the suspension and reinstate the person’s driver’s license if the person is otherwise eligible to be issued a driver’s license.
   Sec. ___.  Section 321.212, subsection 1, paragraph a, subparagraph (1), Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  Except as provided in section 321.210A, 321.210E, or 321.513, the department shall not suspend a license for a period of more than one year, except that a license suspended because of incompetency to drive a motor vehicle shall be suspended until the department receives satisfactory evidence that the former holder is competent to operate a motor vehicle and a refusal to reinstate constitutes a denial of license within section 321.215; upon revoking a license the department shall not grant an application for a new license until the expiration of one year after the revocation, unless another period is specified by law.>
   4.  By renumbering as necessary.

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HARRIS of Appanoose