Senate Study Bill 3148 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BOWMAN) A BILL FOR An Act allowing a person with a special minor’s license to 1 drive to a school for the purpose of participating in 2 extracurricular activities conducted under a sharing 3 agreement with the student’s school of enrollment. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5942SC (2) 85 dea/tm
S.F. _____ Section 1. Section 321.194, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 1 2014, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph: 2 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH . (1A) During the hours of 5:00 a.m. to 3 10:00 p.m. over the most direct and accessible route between 4 the licensee’s residence or school of enrollment and a school 5 that is not the student’s school of enrollment for the purpose 6 of participating in extracurricular activities conducted under 7 a sharing agreement with the student’s school of enrollment. 8 Sec. 2. Section 321.194, subsection 1, paragraph a, 9 subparagraph (2), Code 2014, is amended to read as follows: 10 (2) To a service station for the purpose of refueling, so 11 long as the service station is the station closest to the route 12 the licensee is traveling on under subparagraph (1) or (1A) . 13 EXPLANATION 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 15 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 16 Currently, a special minor’s license may be issued to a 17 person between 14 and 18 years of age. The license allows 18 limited driving between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. 19 by the most accessible route for the purpose of attending 20 classes at schools of enrollment and extracurricular activities 21 within the school district. The license also allows driving 22 to the service station closest to the route the licensee is 23 traveling on for the purpose of refueling. 24 This bill allows a person with a special minor’s license 25 to also drive, between 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., from the 26 person’s residence or school of enrollment to another school 27 for the purpose of participating in extracurricular activities 28 conducted under a sharing agreement with the student’s school 29 of enrollment. The licensee may also drive to the closest 30 service station for the purpose of refueling. 31 -1- LSB 5942SC (2) 85 dea/tm 1/ 1