Senate
File
231
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Reprinted
SENATE
FILE
231
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
79)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
February
3,
2021
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
regarding
driving
privileges
of
persons
issued
a
special
1
minor’s
driver’s
license,
and
making
penalties
applicable.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
321.194,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
1
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
2
follows:
3
The
driver’s
license
entitles
the
licensee,
while
having
the
4
license
in
immediate
possession,
to
operate
a
motor
vehicle,
5
other
than
a
commercial
motor
vehicle
,
a
motor
vehicle
with
6
more
than
two
axles,
a
motor
vehicle
towing
another
vehicle,
or
7
as
a
chauffeur,
during
the
times
and
for
the
purposes
set
forth
8
in
this
paragraph.
9
Sec.
2.
Section
321.194,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
10
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
11
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(03)
If
the
licensee
resides
on
a
farm
12
or
is
employed
for
compensation
on
a
farm
in
this
state,
13
the
licensee
may
operate
a
motor
vehicle
during
the
hours
14
of
5:00
a.m.
to
10:00
p.m.
for
the
purpose
of
assisting
the
15
person’s
parents,
guardians,
or
employers
with
farm
work
or
in
16
connection
with
any
farm
job,
employment,
or
other
farm-related
17
work,
including
traveling
to
or
from
the
location
of
the
farm
18
work,
provided
the
licensee
operates
the
vehicle
over
the
most
19
direct
and
accessible
route
between
the
point
of
origin
and
20
the
destination
and
the
driving
distance
between
the
point
of
21
origin
and
the
destination
is
no
more
than
fifty
miles.
22
Sec.
3.
Section
321.194,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
23
subparagraph
(3),
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
24
(3)
To
a
service
station
for
the
purpose
of
refueling,
so
25
long
as
the
service
station
is
the
station
closest
to
the
route
26
on
which
the
licensee
is
traveling
under
subparagraph
(1)
,
or
27
(2)
,
or
(03)
.
28
Sec.
4.
Section
321.194,
subsection
3,
paragraph
b,
Code
29
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
30
b.
Upon
receipt
of
a
statement
of
necessity,
the
department
31
shall
issue
the
driver’s
license
provided
the
applicant
is
32
otherwise
eligible
for
issuance
of
the
license.
The
fact
that
33
the
applicant
resides
at
a
distance
less
than
one
mile
from
the
34
applicant’s
school
of
enrollment
is
prima
facie
evidence
of
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the
nonexistence
of
necessity
for
the
issuance
of
a
license.
1
However,
the
distance
between
the
applicant’s
residence
and
2
school
of
enrollment
shall
not
be
considered
if
the
applicant
3
resides
on
a
farm
or
is
employed
for
compensation
on
a
farm.
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