Bill Text: IA HF386 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the issuance of driver's licenses marked to reflect veteran status. (Formerly HSB 121.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-01-21 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [HF386 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF386-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
VETERANS
AFFAIRS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
121)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
issuance
of
driver’s
licenses
marked
to
1
reflect
veteran
status.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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386
Section
1.
Section
321.189,
subsection
8,
Code
2019,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
8.
Veterans
status.
A
licensee
who
is
an
honorably
3
discharged
veteran
of
the
armed
forces
of
the
United
States
may
4
request
that
the
license
be
marked
to
reflect
the
licensee’s
5
veteran
status.
Upon
such
a
request,
the
word
“VETERAN”
shall
6
be
marked
prominently
on
the
face
of
the
license.
Such
a
7
license
shall
be
issued
upon
receipt
of
satisfactory
proof
8
of
veteran
status
pursuant
to
procedures
established
by
the
9
department
in
consultation
with
the
department
of
veterans
10
affairs
,
or
upon
presentation
of
the
licensee’s
certification
11
of
release
or
discharge
from
active
duty,
DD
form
214,
to
12
the
department
at
the
time
of
the
licensee’s
request,
if
the
13
form
indicates
the
licensee
was
honorably
discharged.
If
14
the
license
is
issued
upon
presentation
of
the
licensee’s
15
certification
of
release
or
discharge
from
active
duty,
DD
form
16
214,
the
department
shall
notify
the
commission
of
veteran
17
affairs
of
the
county
of
the
licensee’s
residence
that
the
18
licensee
was
issued
a
license
marked
to
reflect
the
licensee’s
19
veteran
status.
After
receiving
notification
from
the
20
department,
the
commission
of
veteran
affairs
shall
initiate
21
contact
with
the
licensee
.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
In
2016,
the
general
assembly
authorized
driver’s
licenses
26
to
be
marked
to
reflect
a
licensee’s
veteran
status
if
the
27
licensee
presented
the
licensee’s
DD
form
214
to
the
department
28
of
transportation
and
the
form
indicated
the
licensee
was
29
honorably
discharged.
This
bill
strikes
the
provision.
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