House Study Bill 8 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON CARLSON) A BILL FOR An Act relating to matters under the purview of the department 1 of transportation. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1615YC (1) 87 ns/nh/rh

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 321.180, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code 1 2017, is amended to read as follows: 2 c. A commercial learner’s permit shall be valid for a period 3 not to exceed one hundred eighty days the period provided in 4 49 C.F.R. §383.25(c) and 49 C.F.R. §383.73(a)(2)(iii) . A 5 commercial learner’s permit may be renewed for an additional 6 one hundred eighty days without retaking the general and 7 endorsement knowledge tests required by section 321.188 . 8 Sec. 2. Section 321.257, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 9 2017, is amended to read as follows: 10 a. A “steady circular red” light means vehicular traffic 11 shall stop. Vehicular traffic shall remain standing until 12 a signal to proceed is shown or vehicular traffic, unless 13 prohibited by a sign, may cautiously enter the intersection to 14 make a right turn from the right lane of traffic or another 15 lane designated for right turns, or a left turn from a one-way 16 street to a one-way street from the left lane of traffic on a 17 one-way street onto the leftmost lane of traffic on a one-way 18 street or another lane designated for left turns . Turns made 19 under this paragraph shall be made in a manner that does not 20 interfere with other vehicular or pedestrian traffic lawfully 21 using the intersection. Pedestrian traffic facing a steady 22 circular red light shall not enter the roadway unless the 23 pedestrian can safely cross the roadway without interfering 24 with any vehicular traffic. 25 Sec. 3. Section 321A.3, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended 26 to read as follows: 27 1. The department shall upon request furnish any person a 28 certified abstract of the operating record of a person subject 29 to chapter 321 , or 321J , or this chapter . The abstract shall 30 also fully designate the motor vehicles, if any, registered in 31 the name of the person. If there is no record of a conviction 32 of the person having violated any law relating to the operation 33 of a motor vehicle or of any injury or damage caused by the 34 person, the department shall so certify. A fee of five dollars 35 -1- LSB 1615YC (1) 87 ns/nh/rh 1/ 3

H.F. _____ and fifty cents shall be paid for each abstract except for 1 abstracts requested by state, county, or city officials, court 2 officials, public transit officials, or other officials of a 3 political subdivision of the state or a nonprofit charitable 4 organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 5 Revenue Code. The department shall transfer the moneys 6 collected under this section to the treasurer of state 7 who shall credit to the general fund all moneys collected. 8 If a fee established in this section is collected by the 9 department of administrative services for a record furnished 10 through an electronic portal maintained by the department of 11 administrative services, the department of administrative 12 services shall transfer the moneys collected under this section 13 to the treasurer of state who shall credit the moneys to the 14 general fund. 15 EXPLANATION 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 17 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 18 Under current law, commercial learner’s permits are valid 19 for 180 days and may be renewed for an additional 180 days 20 without retaking the required general and endorsement knowledge 21 tests. This bill alters that provision to incorporate the 22 validity and renewal periods provided by the Code of Federal 23 Regulations as well as an exemption for state driver’s 24 licensing agencies. Although the Code of Federal Regulations 25 specifies the same 180-day validity and renewal periods, state 26 driver’s licensing agencies are currently exempted from those 27 periods by the federal motor carrier safety administration, and 28 may instead allow commercial learner’s permits to be valid for 29 one year with no renewal period. 30 Vehicular traffic is currently allowed to make a right turn 31 from the right lane of traffic against a red light, or a left 32 turn from the left lane of traffic on a one-way street onto the 33 leftmost lane of traffic on another one-way street against a 34 red light. The bill alters that provision to allow a right 35 -2- LSB 1615YC (1) 87 ns/nh/rh 2/ 3

H.F. _____ turn from another lane designated for right turns, or a left 1 turn from another lane designated for left turns on a one-way 2 street. The bill also strikes the requirement that vehicular 3 traffic turning left against a red light on a one-way street 4 onto another one-way street must turn into the leftmost lane 5 of the street. 6 Under current law, fees collected by the department of 7 administrative services (DAS) for the furnishing of drivers’ 8 operating records through an electronic portal maintained by 9 DAS are transferred to the department of transportation which 10 then transfers the moneys to the treasurer of state to be 11 deposited in the general fund. The bill requires that the fees 12 collected by DAS be transferred directly to the treasurer of 13 state to be deposited in the general fund. 14 -3- LSB 1615YC (1) 87 ns/nh/rh 3/ 3