Bill Text: IA HF2372 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act regarding driver's licenses, including the exemption of certain farmers and hired help operating a special truck from the requirement to be licensed as a chauffeur and the optional inclusion of a mark reflecting autism spectrum disorder status on a person's driver's license. (Formerly HSB 530.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-25 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 790. [HF2372 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2372-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
REGARDING
DRIVER’S
LICENSES,
INCLUDING
THE
EXEMPTION
OF
CERTAIN
FARMERS
AND
HIRED
HELP
OPERATING
A
SPECIAL
TRUCK
FROM
THE
REQUIREMENT
TO
BE
LICENSED
AS
A
CHAUFFEUR
AND
THE
OPTIONAL
INCLUSION
OF
A
MARK
REFLECTING
AUTISM
SPECTRUM
DISORDER
STATUS
ON
A
PERSON’S
DRIVER’S
LICENSE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
321.189,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
10.
Autism
spectrum
disorder
status.
A
licensee
who
has
an
autism
spectrum
disorder,
as
defined
in
section
514C.28,
may
request
that
the
license
be
marked
to
House
File
2372,
p.
2
reflect
the
licensee’s
autism
spectrum
disorder
status
on
the
face
of
the
license
when
the
licensee
applies
for
the
issuance
or
renewal
of
a
license.
The
department
may
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
establishing
criteria
under
which
a
license
may
be
marked,
including
requiring
the
licensee
to
submit
medical
proof
of
the
licensee’s
autism
spectrum
disorder
status.
When
a
driver’s
license
is
so
marked,
the
licensee’s
autism
spectrum
disorder
status
shall
be
noted
in
the
electronic
database
used
by
the
department
and
law
enforcement
to
access
registration,
titling,
and
driver’s
license
information.
The
department,
in
consultation
with
the
mental
health
and
disability
services
commission,
shall
develop
educational
media
to
raise
awareness
of
a
licensee’s
ability
to
request
the
license
be
marked
to
reflect
the
licensee’s
autism
spectrum
disorder
status.
Sec.
2.
Section
321.190,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(6)
An
applicant
for
a
nonoperator’s
identification
card
who
has
an
autism
spectrum
disorder,
as
defined
in
section
514C.28,
may
request
that
the
card
be
marked
to
reflect
the
applicant’s
autism
spectrum
disorder
status
on
the
face
of
the
card
when
the
applicant
applies
for
the
issuance
or
renewal
of
a
card.
The
department
may
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
establishing
criteria
under
which
a
card
may
be
marked,
including
requiring
the
applicant
to
submit
medical
proof
of
the
applicant’s
autism
spectrum
disorder
status.
The
department,
in
consultation
with
the
mental
health
and
disability
services
commission,
shall
develop
educational
media
to
raise
awareness
of
an
applicant’s
ability
to
request
the
card
be
marked
to
reflect
the
applicant’s
autism
spectrum
disorder
status.
Sec.
3.
Section
321.1,
subsection
8,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0e.
A
farmer
or
the
farmer’s
hired
help,
who
is
eighteen
years
of
age
or
older,
is
not
a
chauffeur
when
operating
a
special
truck
owned
by
the
farmer
and
used
exclusively
to
transport
the
farmer’s
own
products
or
property
to
a
destination
no
more
than
one
hundred
miles
from
farmland
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p.
3
owned
or
rented
by
the
farmer
as
measured
by
calculating
the
straight-line
distance
between
the
farmland
and
the
destination.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2372,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2020
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
