House File 301 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY FORD
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to application procedures for a driver's license
2 or nonoperator's identification card prior to an inmate's
3 release from confinement.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 321.182, subsection 1, paragraph a,
1 2 Code 2005, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 a. Make application on a form provided by the department
1 4 which shall include the applicant's full name, signature,
1 5 current mailing address, current residential address, date of
1 6 birth, social security number, and physical description
1 7 including sex, height, and eye color. The application may
1 8 contain other information the department may require by rule.
1 9 Pursuant to procedures established by the department and for
1 10 an applicant who is a foreign national temporarily present in
1 11 this state, the department may waive the requirement that the
1 12 application include the applicant's social security number.
1 13 The department, in consultation with the department of
1 14 corrections, shall establish procedures to process an inmate's
1 15 application form and notify the inmate of approval or
1 16 rejection of the information in the application prior to the
1 17 inmate's release from confinement, as provided in section
1 18 906.10. Such an application, once approved, shall be valid
1 19 for seven calendar days following the date of the inmate's
1 20 release.
1 21 Sec. 2. Section 321.190, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
1 22 2005, is amended to read as follows:
1 23 a. The department shall, upon application and payment of
1 24 the required fee, issue to an applicant a nonoperator's
1 25 identification card. To be valid the card shall bear a
1 26 distinguishing number assigned to the card holder, the full
1 27 name, date of birth, sex, residence address, a physical
1 28 description and a colored photograph of the card holder, the
1 29 usual signature of the card holder, and such other information
1 30 as the department may require by rule. An applicant for a
1 31 nonoperator's identification card shall apply for the card in
1 32 the manner provided in section 321.182, subsections 1 through
1 33 3. The card shall be issued to the applicant at the time of
1 34 application pursuant to procedures established by rule.
1 35 However, if the application has been completed and approved in
2 1 advance of the applicant's release from confinement pursuant
2 2 to section 906.10, the card shall be issued upon the
2 3 applicant's appearance in person at the driver's license
2 4 station or county treasurer's office and payment of the proper
2 5 fee within seven calendar days from the date of release. An
2 6 applicant for a nonoperator's identification card who is
2 7 required by 50 U.S.C. app. } 451 et seq. to register with the
2 8 United States selective service system shall be registered by
2 9 the department with the selective service system as provided
2 10 in section 321.183.
2 11 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 906.10 DRIVER'S LICENSES AND
2 12 NONOPERATOR'S IDENTIFICATION CARDS == APPLICATIONS.
2 13 Upon notification that an inmate is to be discharged,
2 14 paroled, or placed on work release, the warden or
2 15 superintendent shall provide the inmate an opportunity to
2 16 complete an application form for a driver's license or
2 17 nonoperator's identification card, or for renewal of an
2 18 expired driver's license, prior to release from confinement.
2 19 The department of corrections, in consultation with the state
2 20 department of transportation, shall establish procedures to
2 21 assist inmates in meeting the application requirements
2 22 provided in section 321.182, including proof=of=identity
2 23 requirements and provision of a mailing address and
2 24 residential address that will be valid for the person upon
2 25 release from confinement. Completed applications shall be
2 26 forwarded to the state department of transportation or the
2 27 appropriate county treasurer for approval. This section does
2 28 not exempt an applicant from any of the requirements for
2 29 issuance of a driver's license or nonoperator's identification
2 30 card or payment of the applicable fees under chapter 321.
2 31 EXPLANATION
2 32 This bill provides a process by which an inmate who is
2 33 about to be discharged, paroled, or put on work release may
2 34 apply for a driver's license or nonoperator's identification
2 35 card, or apply to renew an expired license, prior to release
3 1 from confinement. The department of corrections, in
3 2 consultation with the state department of transportation, is
3 3 to establish procedures to assist an inmate in completing the
3 4 application process, including meeting proof=of=identity
3 5 requirements and providing appropriate residence and mailing
3 6 addresses. The application is to be forwarded to the state
3 7 department of transportation or the applicable county
3 8 treasurer's office for preapproval. An inmate who completes
3 9 the application process and is notified that the application
3 10 has been approved in advance of release from confinement has
3 11 seven calendar days after the date of the inmate's release to
3 12 appear in person and meet the remaining requirements,
3 13 including payment of fees, for licensure or issuance of a
3 14 nonoperator's identification card. The state department of
3 15 transportation, in consultation with the department of
3 16 corrections, is to develop procedures to facilitate the
3 17 preapproval and notification process.
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