HF 571 (LSB 1382HV (2) 86)

HOUSE FILE 571

BY  COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 34)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the use of special minors’ driver’s licenses to travel to extracurricular activities not held at a school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.194, subsection 1, paragraph a, subparagraph (1), Code 2015, is amended by striking the subparagraph and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   (1)  During the hours of 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. over the most direct and accessible route between any of the following:
   (a)  The licensee’s residence and schools of enrollment.
   (b)  The licensee’s residence and the closest school bus stop or stop for a public transportation service.
   (c)  The licensee’s schools of enrollment, for the purpose of attending duly scheduled courses of instruction and extracurricular activities within the school district.
   (d)  The licensee’s residence or schools of enrollment and any other location within the licensee’s school district, for the purpose of participating in an extracurricular activity recognized by an organization registered with the department of education for the purposes of extracurricular interscholastic competition. If the extracurricular activity is conducted under a sharing agreement between the licensee’s school of enrollment and a school in a contiguous school district, the licensee may also travel to any location within the contiguous school district for the purpose of participating in the extracurricular activity.
    Sec. 2.  Section 321.194, subsection 1, paragraph a, subparagraph (2), Code 2015, is amended by striking the subparagraph.
    Sec. 3.  Section 321.194, subsection 1, paragraph a, subparagraphs (3) and (4), Code 2015, are amended to read as follows:
   (3)  (2)  To a service station for the purpose of refueling, so long as the service station is the station closest to the route the licensee is traveling on under subparagraph (1) or (2).
   (4)  (3)  At any time when the licensee is accompanied in accordance with section 321.180B, subsection 1.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the use of special minors’ driver’s licenses to travel to extracurricular activities not held at a school. 
   Current law provides that during the hours of 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., a licensee may travel from the licensee’s residence or school of enrollment to another school for the purpose of participating in extracurricular activities conducted under a sharing agreement with the licensee’s school of enrollment. 
   The bill reorganizes the structure of the Code provision to enhance readability. In addition, the bill expands the provision to allow a licensee to travel to any location within the licensee’s school district at which an extracurricular activity is being held for the purpose of participating in the activity. If the extracurricular activity is conducted under a sharing agreement between the licensee’s school of enrollment and a school in a contiguous school district, the licensee may also travel to any location within the contiguous school district for the purpose of participating in the extracurricular activity. 
   The bill also expands the provision to include all extracurricular activities recognized by organizations registered with the department of education for the purposes of extracurricular interscholastic competition. Those organizations currently include the Iowa high school athletic association, the Iowa girls’ high school athletic union, the Iowa high school music association, the Iowa high school speech association, and the unified Iowa high school activities federation.