House File 288 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  FREVERT


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for issuance of a special minor's license to
  2    drive to and from a school in a school district that is not
  3    contiguous to the student's district of residence and
  4    providing an effective date.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 1614YH 82
  7 dea/gg/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.194, subsection 1, paragraph b,
  1  2 subparagraph (2), Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    (2)  A district which is contiguous to, or less than one
  1  4 mile from, the district of residence of the parent or guardian
  1  5 of the student, if the student is enrolled in the public
  1  6 school which is not the school district of residence because
  1  7 of open enrollment under section 282.18 or as a result of an
  1  8 election by the student's district of residence to enter into
  1  9 one or more sharing agreements pursuant to the procedures in
  1 10 chapter 282.
  1 11    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 12 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    This bill allows the department of transportation to issue
  1 15 a special minor's driver's license to a student between 14 and
  1 16 18 years of age for purposes of attending a public school in a
  1 17 school district that is separated by a distance of less than
  1 18 one mile from the student's district of residence if the
  1 19 student attends the public school under open enrollment or
  1 20 because of a sharing agreement between the school districts.
  1 21 Currently, a special minor's license is only available for
  1 22 purposes of attending a public school in the student's
  1 23 district of residence or in a contiguous district under open
  1 24 enrollment or a sharing agreement.
  1 25    The bill is effective upon enactment.
  1 26 LSB 1614YH 82
  1 27 dea:nh/gg/14