Senate File 202 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY LAMBERTI Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act prohibiting the running of license revocation and 2 ineligibility periods for defendants confined in operating= 3 while=intoxicated cases. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1765SS 81 6 rh/pj/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 321J.4A LICENSE REVOCATION OR 1 2 INELIGIBILITY PERIOD FOR INCARCERATED OFFENDERS. 1 3 1. A license revocation time period imposed pursuant to 1 4 section 321J.2 or 321J.4 shall not run during a defendant's 1 5 term of confinement in a county jail, prison, or other 1 6 correctional institution or facility for a violation of 1 7 section 321J.2 or 321J.4 and such license revocation time 1 8 period shall not run again until the defendant's term of 1 9 confinement is completed. This section shall also apply to 1 10 the minimum time period of ineligibility for a temporary 1 11 restricted license imposed pursuant to section 321J.2 or 1 12 321J.4. 1 13 2. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 1 14 17A governing the administration and enforcement of this 1 15 section. 1 16 Sec. 2. Section 901.5, Code 2005, is amended by adding the 1 17 following new subsection: 1 18 NEW SUBSECTION. 10A. The court shall order that a license 1 19 revocation time period imposed pursuant to section 321J.2 or 1 20 321J.4 not run during a defendant's term of confinement in a 1 21 county jail, prison, or other correctional institution or 1 22 facility. Any order imposed under this subsection shall also 1 23 apply to the minimum time period of ineligibility for a 1 24 temporary restricted license. 1 25 EXPLANATION 1 26 This bill relates to license revocation and ineligibility 1 27 time periods for a defendant confined for an operating=while= 1 28 intoxicated case. 1 29 The bill prohibits a license revocation time period imposed 1 30 for a defendant's operating=while=intoxicated conviction from 1 31 running while the defendant is confined in a county jail, 1 32 prison, or other correctional institution or facility. The 1 33 bill provides that the prohibition on running also applies to 1 34 a minimum time period of ineligibility for a temporary 1 35 restricted license. 2 1 The bill requires the department of transportation to adopt 2 2 rules governing the administration and enforcement of the 2 3 bill. 2 4 LSB 1765SS 81 2 5 rh:rj/pj/5