House Study Bill 543 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON STANERSON) A BILL FOR An Act concerning eligibility for the veterans designation on 1 driver’s licenses. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5705YC (3) 86 ec/nh

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 321.189, subsection 8, Code 2016, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 8. Veterans status. A licensee who is an honorably 3 discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States may 4 request that the license be marked to reflect the licensee’s 5 veteran status. Upon such a request, the word “VETERAN” shall 6 be marked prominently on the face of the license. Such a 7 license shall be issued only upon receipt of satisfactory proof 8 of veteran status pursuant to procedures established by the 9 department in consultation with the department of veterans 10 affairs. For purposes of this subsection, an honorably 11 discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States 12 includes an honorably discharged former member of the reserve 13 forces of the United States who served at least four years in 14 the reserve forces and an honorably discharged former member of 15 the Iowa national guard who served at least four years in the 16 Iowa national guard. 17 EXPLANATION 18 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 19 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 20 This bill provides that an honorably discharged former 21 member of the reserve forces of the United States or of the 22 Iowa national guard who served at least four years in the 23 reserve forces or Iowa national guard is eligible to receive a 24 veterans designation on the person’s driver’s license. 25 -1- LSB 5705YC (3) 86 ec/nh 1/ 1