House File 82 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  R. OLSON


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to grounds for disqualification from operating a
  2    commercial motor vehicle.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1565HH 82
  5 dea/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.208, subsection 2, unnumbered
  1  2 paragraph 1, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    A person is disqualified from operating a commercial motor
  1  4 vehicle for one year upon a conviction or final administrative
  1  5 decision that the person has committed any of the following
  1  6 acts or offenses in any state or foreign jurisdiction while
  1  7 operating a commercial motor vehicle or while operating a
  1  8 noncommercial motor vehicle and holding a commercial driver's
  1  9 license:
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Section 321.208, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
  1 11 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1 12    a.  Operating a commercial motor vehicle while under the
  1 13 influence of an alcoholic beverage or other drug or controlled
  1 14 substance or a combination of such substances.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill revises the grounds for disqualification from
  1 17 operating a commercial motor vehicle.  Current law provides
  1 18 that certain offenses committed while operating either a
  1 19 commercial motor vehicle or a noncommercial motor vehicle
  1 20 while holding a commercial driver's license are grounds for
  1 21 disqualification from operating a commercial motor vehicle for
  1 22 one year.  Those offenses include operating while intoxicated,
  1 23 refusal to submit to chemical testing, leaving the scene of an
  1 24 accident, and certain felonies or aggravated misdemeanors
  1 25 involving the use of a motor vehicle.  The bill provides that
  1 26 the commission of such an offense while operating a
  1 27 noncommercial motor vehicle does not disqualify a person from
  1 28 operating a commercial motor vehicle.
  1 29 LSB 1565HH 82
  1 30 dea:nh/je/5