HSB 563 (LSB 5967YC (3) 88)

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 who are age seventy-two or over.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.196, subsection 1, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Except as otherwise provided, if the licensee is between the ages of seventeen years eleven months and seventy-two years on the date of issuance of the license, a driver’s license, other than an instruction permit, chauffeur’s instruction permit, or commercial learner’s permit issued under section 321.180, expires eight years from the licensee’s birthday anniversary occurring in the year of issuance, but not to exceed the licensee’s seventy-fourth seventy-eighth birthday. If the licensee is under the age of seventeen years eleven months or age seventy-two or over, the license is effective for a period of two years from the licensee’s birthday anniversary occurring in the year of issuance.  If the licensee is age seventy-two or over, the license is effective for a period of six years from the licensee’s birthday anniversary occurring in the year of issuance. A licensee whose license is restricted due to vision or other physical deficiencies may be required to renew the license every two years. If a licensee is a foreign national who is temporarily present in this state, the license shall be issued only for the length of time the foreign national is authorized to be present as verified by the department, not to exceed two years.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Current law provides that if a licensee is between the ages of 17 years 11 months and 72 years on the date of issuance of a driver’s license, the license expires eight years from the licensee’s birthday anniversary occurring in the year of issuance, but not to exceed the licensee’s 74th birthday. This bill alters the upper age limit to the licensee’s 78th birthday. Under current law, if a licensee is age 72 or over, the licensee’s driver’s license is effective for a period of two years from the licensee’s birthday anniversary occurring in the year of issuance. The bill alters the effective period to six years.