House Study Bill 4 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE BILL BY CHAIRPERSON PAUSTIAN) A BILL FOR An Act regarding driving privileges of persons issued a special 1 minor’s driver’s license who reside or are employed on a 2 farm, and making penalties applicable. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1339YC (1) 89 th/ns

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 321.194, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 1 2021, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph: 2 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH . (03) If the licensee resides on a farm 3 or is employed for compensation on a farm in this state, 4 the licensee may operate a motor vehicle during the hours 5 of 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. for the purpose of assisting the 6 person’s parents, guardians, or employers with farm work or in 7 connection with any farm job, employment, or other farm-related 8 work, including traveling to or from the location of the farm 9 work, provided the licensee operates the vehicle over the most 10 direct and accessible route between the point of origin and 11 the destination and the driving distance between the point of 12 origin and the destination is no more than fifty miles. 13 Sec. 2. Section 321.194, subsection 2, paragraph a, 14 subparagraph (3), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 15 (3) To a service station for the purpose of refueling, so 16 long as the service station is the station closest to the route 17 on which the licensee is traveling under subparagraph (1) , or 18 (2) , or (03) . 19 Sec. 3. Section 321.194, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code 20 2021, is amended to read as follows: 21 b. Upon receipt of a statement of necessity, the department 22 shall issue the driver’s license provided the applicant is 23 otherwise eligible for issuance of the license. The fact that 24 the applicant resides at a distance less than one mile from the 25 applicant’s school of enrollment is prima facie evidence of 26 the nonexistence of necessity for the issuance of a license. 27 However, the distance between the applicant’s residence and 28 school of enrollment shall not be considered if the applicant 29 resides on a farm or is employed for compensation on a farm. 30 EXPLANATION 31 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 32 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 33 Under current law, a person holding a special minor’s 34 driver’s license is allowed to operate a motor vehicle during 35 -1- LSB 1339YC (1) 89 th/ns 1/ 2

H.F. _____ the hours of 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. between the licensee’s 1 residence, schools of enrollment, bus stops, and sites, 2 facilities, or schools designated by the licensee’s district 3 or school of enrollment for the accommodation of the school’s 4 extracurricular activities, with certain limitations. This 5 bill allows a person holding a special minor’s driver’s license 6 who resides on a farm or is employed for compensation on a 7 farm in this state to operate a motor vehicle during the hours 8 of 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. for the purpose of assisting the 9 person’s parents, guardians, or employers with farm work or in 10 connection with any farm job, employment, or other farm-related 11 work, including traveling to or from the location of the farm 12 work, provided the person operates the vehicle over the most 13 direct and accessible route between the point of origin and 14 the destination and the driving distance between the point of 15 origin and the destination is no more than 50 miles. The bill 16 also allows a licensee to operate a motor vehicle to a service 17 station along the associated routes. 18 Under current law, an application for a special minor’s 19 driver’s license must be accompanied by a statement from 20 the applicant’s school of enrollment certifying that a need 21 exists for the license. The fact that an applicant resides 22 at a distance less than one mile from the applicant’s school 23 of enrollment is prima facie evidence of the nonexistence of 24 necessity for the issuance of the license. However, the bill 25 provides that the distance between the applicant’s residence 26 and school of enrollment shall not be considered regarding the 27 existence of a necessity if the applicant resides on a farm or 28 is employed for compensation on a farm. 29 A violation of Code section 321.194 is punishable by a 30 scheduled fine of $70. 31 -2- LSB 1339YC (1) 89 th/ns 2/ 2