Senate File 196 - Introduced SENATE FILE 196 BY KAPUCIAN A BILL FOR An Act allowing a person convicted of a school bus safety 1 violation for the first time to participate in a driver 2 improvement program in lieu of driver’s license suspension, 3 and including effective date provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1615XS (1) 86 ns/nh

S.F. 196 Section 1. SCHOOL BUS SAFETY VIOLATIONS —— DRIVER 1 IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OPTION FOR FIRST OFFENSE. Notwithstanding 2 2012 Iowa Acts, chapter 1015, section 5, subsection 2, by 3 July 1, 2015, the department of transportation shall initiate 4 rulemaking to amend 761 IAC 615.43 to include a person who 5 is convicted of violating section 321.372, subsection 3, for 6 the first time among the persons who may be required, in lieu 7 of driver’s license suspension, to attend and successfully 8 complete, at the person’s own expense, a driver improvement 9 program approved by the department, subject to all other 10 provisions of 761 IAC 615.43. 11 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 12 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 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 Current rules provide that the department of transportation 17 (DOT) may require certain persons to participate in a driver 18 improvement program in lieu of driver’s license suspension. 19 This bill requires the DOT to initiate rulemaking to include 20 persons convicted of a school bus safety violation for the 21 first time on the list of persons eligible to participate in 22 a driver improvement program. 23 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 24 -1- LSB 1615XS (1) 86 ns/nh 1/ 1