Iowa SF 233: A bill for an act regarding driving privileges of persons issued a special minor’s driver’s license who attend a public school, and making penalties applicable.(Formerly SF 67.)

Bill Text

Senate File 233 - Introduced
SENATE FILE 233
BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
(SUCCESSOR TO SF 67)
A BILL FOR
An Act regarding driving privileges of persons issued a special1
minor’s driver’s license who attend a public school, and2
making penalties applicable.3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:4
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S.F. 233
Section 1. Section 321.194, subsection 2, paragraph a,1
subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (b), Code 2021, is2
amended to read as follows:3
(b) Over the most direct and accessible route between4
the licensee’s residence or school of enrollment and a site,5
facility, or school that is not the licensee’s school of6
enrollment, for the purpose of participating in extracurricular7
activities conducted under a sharing agreement with the8
licensee’s school of enrollment or conducted at a site,9
facility, or school designated by the licensee’s school10
district for the accommodation of the school’s extracurricular11
activities, provided the site, facility, or school is within12
the licensee’s school district of enrollment or is within a13
school district contiguous to the licensee’s school district of14
enrollment driving distance between the point of origin and the15
destination is no more than fifty miles.16
EXPLANATION17
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with18
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.19
Under current law, a person issued a special minor’s20
driver’s license who attends a public school is allowed to21
operate a motor vehicle between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and22
10:00 p.m. to, among other locations, a site, facility, or23
school that is not the licensee’s school of enrollment for24
certain extracurricular activities if the site, facility, or25
school is within the licensee’s school district of enrollment26
or is within a school district contiguous to the licensee’s27
school district of enrollment.28
This bill instead allows the licensee to operate a motor29
vehicle during such hours to a site, facility, or school30
that is not the licensee’s school of enrollment for certain31
extracurricular activities provided the driving distance32
between the point of origin and the destination is no more than33
50 miles. Licensees who attend a nonpublic school currently34
operate under a similar 50-mile restriction. A violation of35
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S.F. 233
Code section 321.194 is punishable by a scheduled fine of $70.1
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