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: 5 TLSB 1450DP 83 6 dea/rj/5 PAG LIN 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. 1 19 LSB 1450DP 83 1 20 dea/rj/5