House File 2153 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  THOMAS


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the transportation of passengers in a motor
  2    vehicle operated by a person with a special minor's driver's
  3    license and making penalties applicable.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5871HH 82
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.194, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  0a.  A person issued a driver's license
  1  4 under this section shall not operate a motor vehicle
  1  5 transporting passengers other than passengers who are members
  1  6 of the licensee's immediate family or whose primary residence
  1  7 is the same household as the licensee's household, unless
  1  8 accompanied in accordance with section 321.180B, subsection 1.
  1  9                           EXPLANATION
  1 10    This bill prohibits a person with a special minor's
  1 11 driver's license from operating a motor vehicle carrying
  1 12 passengers, unless the passengers are members of the
  1 13 licensee's immediate family or residents of the same household
  1 14 as the licensee.  The passenger restriction does not apply if
  1 15 the minor licensee is accompanied by a person issued a
  1 16 driver's license valid for the vehicle operated who is the
  1 17 parent or guardian of the permittee, member of the permittee's
  1 18 immediate family if the family member is at least 21 years of
  1 19 age, an approved driver education instructor, a prospective
  1 20 driver education instructor who is enrolled in a practitioner
  1 21 preparation program with a safety education program approved
  1 22 by the state board of education, or a person at least 25 years
  1 23 of age if written permission is granted by the parent or
  1 24 guardian and who is actually occupying a seat beside the
  1 25 driver.
  1 26    Pursuant to current law, a special minor's driver's license
  1 27 may be issued to a person between 14 and 18 years of age to
  1 28 drive to and from schools of enrollment and extracurricular
  1 29 activities.  A violation of any of the provisions relating to
  1 30 special minor's driver's licenses is punishable as a scheduled
  1 31 violation, subject to a fine of $30.  In addition, the
  1 32 department of transportation may suspend a special minor's
  1 33 driver's license upon satisfactory evidence that the licensee
  1 34 has violated the restrictions of the license.
  1 35 LSB 5871HH 82
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