House File 2406 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2406 BY DUNWELL A BILL FOR An Act relating to increased commercial driver’s license 1 testing by counties, and including retroactive applicability 2 provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5542YH (6) 89 th/ns

H.F. 2406 Section 1. Section 321M.5, Code 2022, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 4. a. A county certified to issue 3 commercial driver’s licenses under section 321M.6 may notify 4 the department, in a manner determined by the department, 5 that the county plans to increase commercial driver’s license 6 testing by at least one additional full-time equivalent 7 position. If the county so notifies the department, the county 8 and the department shall execute an addendum to the agreement 9 required under subsection 1, subject to paragraph “d” . 10 b. The addendum shall provide that the department shall pay 11 to the county fifty percent of the total cost of one additional 12 full-time equivalent position designated by the county for the 13 administration of commercial driver’s license driving skills 14 tests. The addendum shall be effective for not more than two 15 years. 16 c. To pay counties under addendums provided for in this 17 subsection, the department shall use moneys appropriated 18 to the department from the road use tax fund for salaries, 19 support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes by the general 20 assembly, unless moneys are appropriated to the department 21 by the general assembly for the specific purpose of paying 22 counties under such addendums. 23 d. A county and the department shall not execute more than 24 one addendum under this subsection. The department shall not 25 execute addendums with more than five counties under this 26 subsection. 27 e. This subsection is repealed July 1, 2025. 28 Sec. 2. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to 29 full-time equivalent positions designated by a county for the 30 administration of commercial driver’s license driving skills 31 tests added by the county on or after July 1, 2021. 32 EXPLANATION 33 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 34 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 35 -1- LSB 5542YH (6) 89 th/ns 1/ 2

H.F. 2406 Under current law, the department of transportation (DOT) 1 and each county participating in county driver’s license 2 issuance must execute a Code chapter 28E agreement detailing 3 the relative responsibilities and liabilities of each party to 4 the agreement. 5 This bill allows a county certified to issue commercial 6 driver’s licenses (CDLs) to notify the DOT that the county 7 plans to increase CDL testing by at least one additional 8 full-time equivalent position (FTE). If the county so notifies 9 the DOT, the bill requires the county and the DOT to execute an 10 addendum to the Code chapter 28E agreement. 11 Under the addendum, the DOT must pay to the county 50 percent 12 of the total cost of one additional FTE designated by the 13 county for the administration of CDL driving skills tests. The 14 bill prohibits the addendum from being effective for more than 15 two years, prohibits a county and the DOT from executing more 16 than one addendum under the bill, and prohibits the DOT from 17 executing addendums with more than five counties under the 18 bill. 19 The bill is repealed July 1, 2025. The bill applies 20 retroactively to FTEs designated by a county for the 21 administration of CDL driving skills tests added by the county 22 on or after July 1, 2021. 23 -2- LSB 5542YH (6) 89 th/ns 2/ 2