House File 246
HOUSE FILE
BY BOGGESS
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act eliminating school driver's licenses for minors.
2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 321.177, subsection 1, Code 2003, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 1. To any person who is under the age of eighteen years
1 4 except as provided in section 321.180B. However, the
1 5 department may issue a driver's license to certain minors as
1 6 provided in section 321.178 or 321.194, or a driver's license
1 7 restricted to motorized bicycles as provided in section
1 8 321.189.
1 9 Sec. 2. Section 321.178, subsection 1, unnumbered
1 10 paragraph 5, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
1 11 Any person who successfully completes an approved driver
1 12 education course at a private or commercial driver education
1 13 school licensed by the department shall likewise be eligible
1 14 for a driver's license as provided in section 321.180B or
1 15 321.194.
1 16 Sec. 3. Section 321.180B, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
1 17 2003, is amended to read as follows:
1 18 Persons under age eighteen shall not be issued a license or
1 19 permit to operate a motor vehicle except under the provisions
1 20 of this section. However, the department may issue restricted
1 21 and special driver's licenses to certain minors as provided in
1 22 sections section 321.178 and 321.194, and driver's licenses
1 23 restricted to motorized bicycles as provided in section
1 24 321.189. A license or permit shall not be issued under this
1 25 section or section 321.178 or 321.194 without the consent of a
1 26 parent or guardian. An additional consent is required each
1 27 time a license or permit is issued under this section or
1 28 section 321.178 or 321.194. The consent must be signed by at
1 29 least one parent or guardian on an affidavit form provided by
1 30 the department.
1 31 Sec. 4. Section 321.191, subsection 6, Code 2003, is
1 32 amended to read as follows:
1 33 6. SPECIAL MINORS' LICENSES. Notwithstanding subsection
1 34 2, the fee for a driver's license issued to a minor under
1 35 section 321.194 or a restricted license issued to a minor
2 1 under section 321.178, subsection 2, is eight dollars.
2 2 Sec. 5. Section 321.191, subsection 9, unnumbered
2 3 paragraph 2, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
2 4 As used in this subsection "to upgrade a license class
2 5 privilege" means to add any privilege to a valid driver's
2 6 license. The addition of a privilege includes converting from
2 7 a noncommercial to a commercial license, converting from a
2 8 noncommercial class C to a class D license, converting an
2 9 instruction permit to a class license, adding any privilege to
2 10 a section 321.189, subsection 7, license, adding an
2 11 instruction permit privilege, adding a section 321.189,
2 12 subsection 7, license to an instruction permit, and adding any
2 13 privilege relating to a driver's license issued to a minor
2 14 under section 321.194 or section 321.178, subsection 2.
2 15 Sec. 6. Section 321.213, Code 2003, is amended to read as
2 16 follows:
2 17 321.213 LICENSE SUSPENSIONS OR REVOCATIONS DUE TO
2 18 VIOLATIONS BY JUVENILE DRIVERS.
2 19 Upon the entering of a dispositional order suspending or
2 20 revoking the driver's license or operating privileges of the
2 21 juvenile under section 232.52, subsection 2, paragraph "a",
2 22 the clerk of the juvenile court shall forward a copy of the
2 23 adjudication and the dispositional order to the department.
2 24 Notwithstanding section 232.55, a final adjudication in a
2 25 juvenile court that the child violated a provision of this
2 26 chapter or chapter 321A or 321J constitutes a final conviction
2 27 for purposes of section 321.189, subsection 7, paragraph "b",
2 28 and sections 321.193, 321.194, 321.200, 321.209, 321.210,
2 29 321.215, 321.555, 321A.17, 321J.2, 321J.3, and 321J.4.
2 30 Sec. 7. Section 321A.17, subsection 4, Code 2003, is
2 31 amended to read as follows:
2 32 4. An individual applying for a driver's license following
2 33 a period of suspension or revocation pursuant to a
2 34 dispositional order issued under section 232.52, subsection 2,
2 35 paragraph "a", or under section 321.180B, section 321.210,
3 1 subsection 1, paragraph "d", or section 321.210A, 321.213A,
3 2 321.213B, 321.216B, or 321.513, following a period of
3 3 suspension under section 321.194, or following a period of
3 4 revocation pursuant to a court order issued under section
3 5 901.5, subsection 10, or under section 321J.2A, is not
3 6 required to maintain proof of financial responsibility under
3 7 this section.
3 8 Sec. 8. Section 805.8A, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code
3 9 2003, is amended to read as follows:
3 10 a. For violations under sections 321.174A, 321.180,
3 11 321.180B, and 321.193, and 321.194, the scheduled fine is
3 12 thirty dollars.
3 13 Sec. 9. Section 321.194, Code 2003, is repealed.
3 14 EXPLANATION
3 15 This bill repeals the school driver's license provision
3 16 under Code chapter 321, which currently allows a minor between
3 17 the ages of 14 and 18 who meets certain requirements to
3 18 operate a motor vehicle to and from the minor's school.
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