House Study Bill 272 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            LABOR BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON OLSON)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to revoking the driver's license or motor vehicle
  2    operating privileges of persons convicted of a controlled
  3    substance offense.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2341HC 82
  6 jm/je/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 901.5, subsection 10, paragraph a, Code
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  A controlled substance offense under section 124.401,
  1  4 124.401A, 124.402, or 124.403, except for an offense under
  1  5 section 124.401, subsection 5.
  1  6                           EXPLANATION
  1  7    This bill relates to revoking the driver's license or motor
  1  8 vehicle operating privileges of a person convicted of a
  1  9 controlled substance offense.
  1 10    Under the bill, the court is no longer required to revoke
  1 11 the driver's license or operating privileges of a person
  1 12 convicted of possession of a controlled substance in violation
  1 13 of Code section 124.401(5).
  1 14    Current law requires the court to revoke the driver's
  1 15 license or operating privileges for 180 days, if the person is
  1 16 convicted of possession of a controlled substance.
  1 17 LSB 2341HC 82
  1 18 jm:nh/je/5