Bill Text: IA HF2403 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to requirements for a commercial driver's license for certain persons transitioning from military service. Effective 7-1-12.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-04 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 755. [HF2403 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF2403-Enrolled.html
House
File
2403
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
A
COMMERCIAL
DRIVER’S
LICENSE
FOR
CERTAIN
PERSONS
TRANSITIONING
FROM
MILITARY
SERVICE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
321.188,
Code
Supplement
2011,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
6.
a.
The
department
may
waive
the
requirement
that
an
applicant
pass
a
driving
skills
test
specified
in
this
section
for
an
applicant
who
is
on
active
duty
in
the
military
service,
or
who
has
separated
from
such
service
in
the
last
ninety
days,
who
certifies
that
during
the
two-year
period
immediately
preceding
application
for
a
commercial
driver’s
license,
all
of
the
following
apply:
(1)
The
applicant
has
not
had
more
than
one
driver’s
license,
other
than
a
military
license.
(2)
The
applicant
has
not
had
any
driver’s
license
suspended,
revoked,
or
canceled.
(3)
The
applicant
has
not
been
convicted
of
an
offense
committed
while
operating
any
type
of
motor
vehicle
that
is
listed
as
a
disqualifying
offense
in
49
C.F.R.
§
383.51(b).
(4)
The
applicant
has
not
had
more
than
one
conviction
for
an
offense
committed
while
operating
any
type
of
motor
vehicle
that
is
listed
as
a
serious
traffic
violation
in
49
C.F.R.
§
383.51(c).
(5)
The
applicant
has
not
had
a
conviction
for
a
violation
of
a
state
or
local
law
relating
to
motor
vehicle
traffic
control,
other
than
a
parking
violation,
arising
in
connection
with
any
traffic
accident
and
has
no
record
of
a
traffic
accident
in
which
the
applicant
was
at
fault.
b.
An
applicant
for
a
waiver
of
the
driving
skills
test
House
File
2403,
p.
2
under
this
subsection
shall
certify
and
provide
evidence
as
required
by
the
department
that
the
following
apply:
(1)
The
applicant
is
regularly
employed
or
was
regularly
employed
within
the
last
ninety
days
in
a
military
position
requiring
operation
of
a
commercial
motor
vehicle.
(2)
The
applicant
was
exempt
from
commercial
driver
licensing
requirements
pursuant
to
section
321.176A,
subsection
3,
or
a
comparable
law
of
another
state
implementing
49
C.F.R.
§
383.3(c).
(3)
The
applicant
was
operating
a
motor
vehicle
representative
of
the
class
of
motor
vehicle
the
applicant
operates
or
expects
to
operate
for
at
least
two
years
immediately
preceding
honorable
separation
from
military
service
as
evidenced
by
the
person’s
certificate
of
release
or
discharge
from
active
duty,
commonly
referred
to
as
a
DD214.
c.
An
applicant
who
obtains
a
skills
test
waiver
under
this
subsection
shall
take
and
successfully
pass
the
knowledge
test
required
pursuant
to
subsection
2.
______________________________
KRAIG
PAULSEN
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JOHN
P.
KIBBIE
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2403,
Eighty-fourth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2012
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor
