House
Study
Bill
563
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
BEST)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
regarding
the
expiration
of
driver’s
licenses
of
persons
1
who
are
age
seventy-two
or
over.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
TLSB
5967YC
(3)
88
mo/ns
H.F.
_____
Section
1.
Section
321.196,
subsection
1,
Code
2020,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
Except
as
otherwise
provided,
if
the
licensee
is
between
3
the
ages
of
seventeen
years
eleven
months
and
seventy-two
years
4
on
the
date
of
issuance
of
the
license,
a
driver’s
license,
5
other
than
an
instruction
permit,
chauffeur’s
instruction
6
permit,
or
commercial
learner’s
permit
issued
under
section
7
321.180
,
expires
eight
years
from
the
licensee’s
birthday
8
anniversary
occurring
in
the
year
of
issuance,
but
not
to
9
exceed
the
licensee’s
seventy-fourth
seventy-eighth
birthday.
10
If
the
licensee
is
under
the
age
of
seventeen
years
eleven
11
months
or
age
seventy-two
or
over
,
the
license
is
effective
for
12
a
period
of
two
years
from
the
licensee’s
birthday
anniversary
13
occurring
in
the
year
of
issuance.
If
the
licensee
is
age
14
seventy-two
or
over,
the
license
is
effective
for
a
period
of
15
six
years
from
the
licensee’s
birthday
anniversary
occurring
in
16
the
year
of
issuance.
A
licensee
whose
license
is
restricted
17
due
to
vision
or
other
physical
deficiencies
may
be
required
18
to
renew
the
license
every
two
years.
If
a
licensee
is
a
19
foreign
national
who
is
temporarily
present
in
this
state,
20
the
license
shall
be
issued
only
for
the
length
of
time
the
21
foreign
national
is
authorized
to
be
present
as
verified
by
the
22
department,
not
to
exceed
two
years.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
Current
law
provides
that
if
a
licensee
is
between
the
ages
27
of
17
years
11
months
and
72
years
on
the
date
of
issuance
28
of
a
driver’s
license,
the
license
expires
eight
years
from
29
the
licensee’s
birthday
anniversary
occurring
in
the
year
of
30
issuance,
but
not
to
exceed
the
licensee’s
74th
birthday.
31
This
bill
alters
the
upper
age
limit
to
the
licensee’s
78th
32
birthday.
Under
current
law,
if
a
licensee
is
age
72
or
over,
33
the
licensee’s
driver’s
license
is
effective
for
a
period
of
34
two
years
from
the
licensee’s
birthday
anniversary
occurring
35
-1-
LSB
5967YC
(3)
88
mo/ns
1/
2
H.F.
_____
in
the
year
of
issuance.
The
bill
alters
the
effective
period
1
to
six
years.
2
-2-
LSB
5967YC
(3)
88
mo/ns
2/
2