House File 346 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  THOMAS


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act to provide for the identification of a person as a veteran
  2    of the armed forces through information contained in
  3    machine=readable format on a driver's license or nonoperator's
  4    identification card.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 1934HH 83
  7 dea/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.182, subsection 1, paragraph a,
  1  2 Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  Make application on a form provided by the department
  1  4 which shall include the applicant's full name, signature,
  1  5 current mailing address, current residential address, date of
  1  6 birth, social security number, and physical description
  1  7 including sex, height, and eye color.  The application shall
  1  8 include space for the applicant's veteran status if the
  1  9 applicant is a veteran of the armed forces of the United
  1 10 States.  The application may contain other information the
  1 11 department may require by rule.  Pursuant to procedures
  1 12 established by the department and for an applicant who is a
  1 13 foreign national temporarily present in this state, the
  1 14 department may waive the requirement that the application
  1 15 include the applicant's social security number.
  1 16    Sec. 2.  Section 321.189, Code 2009, is amended by adding
  1 17 the following new subsection:
  1 18    NEW SUBSECTION.  8.  VETERAN STATUS.  The department shall
  1 19 include on a driver's license, in machine=readable format
  1 20 only, the veteran status of the licensee as provided pursuant
  1 21 to section 321.182, subsection 1, paragraph "a".
  1 22    Sec. 3.  Section 321.190, subsection 1, Code 2009, is
  1 23 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 24    NEW PARAGRAPH.  bb.  A nonoperator's identification card
  1 25 shall include, in machine=readable format only, the veteran
  1 26 status of the cardholder as provided on the application
  1 27 pursuant to section 321.182, subsection 1, paragraph "a".
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29    This bill requires that the application form for a driver's
  1 30 license or nonoperator's identification card include a space
  1 31 for a person who is a veteran of the armed forces of the
  1 32 United States to provide that information on the application.
  1 33 The department of transportation is required to include the
  1 34 person's veteran status as provided on the application, in
  1 35 machine=readable format only, on the person's driver's license
  2  1 or nonoperator's identification card.  The veteran status of
  2  2 the licensee would not be a visible part of the license or
  2  3 card, but would be accessible to police, fire, and emergency
  2  4 personnel through a bar code reader.
  2  5 LSB 1934HH 83
  2  6 dea/nh/5