Iowa HF 202: A bill for an act relating to the driving privileges of unsupervised persons issued a special minor’s restricted driver’s license, and making penalties applicable.

Bill Text

House
File
202
-
Introduced

HOUSE
FILE
202

BY
FETT

(COMPANION
TO
SF
37
BY
SALMON)

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
relating
to
the
driving
privileges
of
unsupervised
1

persons
issued
a
special
minor’s
restricted
driver’s
2

license,
and
making
penalties
applicable.
3

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4

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Section
1.
Section
321.194,
subsection
4,
paragraph
b,
1

unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
2

follows:
3

A
licensee
may
operate
a
motor
vehicle
unsupervised
over
4

the
most
direct
and
accessible
route
between
the
licensee’s
5

residence,
school
of
enrollment,
location
where
the
licensee
6

receives
competent
private
instruction
or
independent
private
7

instruction,
place
of
employment,
location
for
farm
work
or
8

farm-related
work
if
the
licensee
resides
on
a
farm
or
is
9

employed
for
compensation
on
a
farm
in
this
state,
established

10

place
of
religious
worship,

and
the
closest
service
station,
11

for
any
of
the
following
purposes,
as
applicable,
provided
12

the
driving
distance
between
the
point
of
origin
and
the
13

destination
is
no
more
than
twenty-five
miles,
and
the
licensee
14

is
in
immediate
possession
of
the
license
card:
15

Sec.
2.
Section
321.194,
subsection
4,
paragraph
b,
Code
16

2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
17

NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH

.
(06)
To
attend
religious
worship
18

services
or
participate
in
volunteer
service
programs
at
the
19

licensee’s
established
place
of
religious
worship.
20

Sec.
3.
Section
321.194,
subsection
5,
paragraph
a,
Code
21

2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
22

a.
Operate
the
motor
vehicle
except
during
the
hour
23

before
and
after
the
beginning
and
end
of
the
licensee’s
duly
24

scheduled
courses
of
instruction,
extracurricular
activities,
25

work
shift,
farm
work,
or

farm-related
work,
religious
worship
26

service,
or
volunteer
service
program,
as
applicable.
27

EXPLANATION
28

The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
29

the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
30

Under
current
law,
a
person
between
the
ages
of
14
and
18
31

is
authorized
to
operate
a
motor
vehicle
without
supervision
32

between
certain
approved
locations,
for
certain
activities,
and
33

during
certain
times
if
the
person
(licensee)
holds
a
special
34

minor’s
restricted
license.
35

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This
bill
adds
established
places
of
religious
worship
to
1

the
list
of
approved
driving
locations.
The
bill
authorizes
2

a
licensee
to
operate
a
motor
vehicle
for
the
purposes
of
3

attending
religious
worship
services
or
participating
in
4

volunteer
service
programs
at
the
licensee’s
established
5

place
of
religious
worship
during
the
hour
before
and
after
6

the
service
or
program.
In
accordance
with
current
law,
7

the
driving
distance
between
the
point
of
origin
and
the
8

destination
cannot
be
more
than
25
miles.
9

A
licensee
who
violates
the
restrictions
of
a
special
10

minor’s
restricted
license
commits
a
simple
misdemeanor,
11

classified
as
a
moving
violation,
punishable
by
a
$70
scheduled
12

fine.
Additionally,
the
department
of
transportation
must
13

suspend
the
license
for
three
months
and
is
prohibited
from
14

issuing
an
intermediate
license
to
the
person
for
an
additional
15

three
months
following
the
person’s
sixteenth
birthday.
16

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