House Study Bill 10 



                                       SENATE/HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
                                            VETERANS AFFAIRS BILL)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act exempting certain persons who transport members of the
  2    Iowa veterans home from the requirement to be licensed as a
  3    chauffeur.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.1, subsection 8, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  1  3    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  If authorized to transport
  1  4 patients or residents of the Iowa veterans home by the
  1  5 commandant or the commandant's designee, an employee of or
  1  6 volunteer at the Iowa veterans home is not a chauffeur when
  1  7 transporting the patients or residents in an automobile in the
  1  8 course of the employee's or volunteer's normal duties.
  1  9                           EXPLANATION
  1 10    Generally, Iowa law provides that a person who operates a
  1 11 motor vehicle in the transportation of passengers for wages,
  1 12 compensation, or hire is considered a chauffeur subject to
  1 13 specific driver's licensing requirements.  This bill amends
  1 14 the definition of "chauffeur" to exclude authorized employees
  1 15 and volunteers of the Iowa veterans home who, in the course of
  1 16 their regular duties, transport patients or residents of the
  1 17 home in an automobile, a motor vehicle designed for up to nine
  1 18 passengers.
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