Senate File 2210 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  STEWART and WARNSTADT


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to providing rental vehicles to active duty
  2    members of the state or federal military forces and providing
  3    for a civil penalty.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5731XS 81
  6 kk/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  29A.43A  RENTAL CAR AGREEMENTS.
  1  2    A person in the business of providing rental vehicles to
  1  3 customers in this state shall not refuse to provide a rental
  1  4 vehicle to a person on active duty in the state military
  1  5 forces or on active duty in any branch of the armed forces of
  1  6 the United States who provides reasonable proof of the
  1  7 person's current active duty status and a valid driver's
  1  8 license as defined in section 321.1 if the person on active
  1  9 duty meets other reasonable qualifications for such rental.
  1 10 This section shall apply to persons on active duty regardless
  1 11 of whether the person is on temporary leave from active duty.
  1 12 The attorney general may assess a civil penalty against a
  1 13 person who violates this section in an amount up to two
  1 14 hundred dollars per violation.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill prohibits a person in the business of providing
  1 17 rental vehicles to customers from refusing to provide a rental
  1 18 vehicle to a person on active duty in the state or federal
  1 19 military forces.  The bill provides that a person in the
  1 20 business of providing rental vehicles shall not refuse to
  1 21 provide a rental vehicle to a person who provides proof of
  1 22 current active duty status of military service in the state
  1 23 military forces or any branch of the armed forces of the
  1 24 United States and a valid driver's license.  A valid "driver's
  1 25 license" is defined under Code section 321.1 as any license or
  1 26 permit issued to a person to operate a motor vehicle on the
  1 27 highways of this state, including but not limited to a
  1 28 temporary restricted or temporary license and an instruction,
  1 29 chauffeur's instruction, commercial driver's instruction, or
  1 30 temporary permit.  The requirement of the bill to provide
  1 31 rental vehicles to persons on active duty includes persons on
  1 32 active duty who are on temporary leave from active duty.  The
  1 33 bill provides that the attorney general may assess a civil
  1 34 penalty against a person who refuses to provide a rental
  1 35 vehicle to a person on active duty in an amount up to $200 per
  2  1 violation.
  2  2 LSB 5731XS 81
  2  3 kk:nh/je/5