Bill Text: IA HF539 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa House Bill 539 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for the recognition of reserve forces and national guard service status on driver's licenses and nonoperator's identification cards. (Formerly HF 103)

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-03 - Referred to Transportation. H.J. 753. [HF539 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF539-Introduced.html

House File 539 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON
                                     TRANSPORTATION

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HF 103)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the recognition of reserve forces and
  2    national guard service status on driver's licenses and
  3    nonoperator's identification cards.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.189, Code 2015, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  9.  Other military service status.  A
  1  4 licensee who is honorably discharged from the armed forces
  1  5 military reserve of the United States or the national guard of
  1  6 any state who served on active duty other than training may
  1  7 request that the license be marked to reflect the licensee's
  1  8 military service status. Upon such a request, an emblem
  1  9 honoring the licensee's service shall be marked prominently on
  1 10 the face of the license. The emblem shall be designed by the
  1 11 department in cooperation with the adjutant general and shall
  1 12 signify the reserve forces or national guard service status of
  1 13 the licensee. Such a license shall be issued only upon receipt
  1 14 of satisfactory proof of military service status pursuant to
  1 15 procedures established by the department in consultation with
  1 16 the department of veterans affairs.
  1 17    Sec. 2.  Section 321.190, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
  1 18 2015, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
  1 19    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (5)  A nonoperator's identification card
  1 20 issued to a person honorably discharged from the armed forces
  1 21 military reserve of the United States or the national guard of
  1 22 any state who satisfies the requirements of section 321.189,
  1 23 subsection 9, shall contain the same information as any other
  1 24 nonoperator's identification card except the emblem designed
  1 25 pursuant to section 321.189, subsection 9, shall appear
  1 26 prominently on the face of the card.
  1 27                           EXPLANATION
  1 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 29 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 30    Current law provides for the recognition of veteran status
  1 31 on the driver's licenses and nonoperator's identification
  1 32 cards of honorably discharged veterans of the armed forces of
  1 33 the United States. The bill provides for the recognition of
  1 34 reserve forces or national guard service status on the driver's
  1 35 licenses and nonoperator's identification cards of honorably
  2  1 discharged reserve forces or national guard service members
  2  2 who served on active duty other than training. The license
  2  3 or card is issued only upon receipt of satisfactory proof of
  2  4 military service status pursuant to procedures established
  2  5 by the department of transportation in consultation with the
  2  6 department of veterans affairs.
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