HF 243 (LSB 1615YH (2) 86)

HOUSE FILE 243

BY  SALMON and WOLFE

A BILL FOR

An Act allowing a person convicted of a school bus safety violation for the first time to participate in a driver improvement program in lieu of driver’s license suspension, and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  SCHOOL BUS SAFETY VIOLATIONS —— DRIVER IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OPTION FOR FIRST OFFENSE.  Notwithstanding 2012 Iowa Acts, chapter 1015, section 5, subsection 2, by July 1, 2015, the department of transportation shall initiate rulemaking to amend 761 IAC 615.43 to include a person who is convicted of violating section 321.372, subsection 3, for the first time among the persons who may be required, in lieu of driver’s license suspension, to attend and successfully complete, at the person’s own expense, a driver improvement program approved by the department, subject to all other provisions of 761 IAC 615.43.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Current rules provide that the department of transportation (DOT) may require certain persons to participate in a driver improvement program in lieu of driver’s license suspension. This bill requires the DOT to initiate rulemaking to include persons convicted of a school bus safety violation for the first time on the list of persons eligible to participate in a driver improvement program.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.