House File 571 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON
TRANSPORTATION
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 34)
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the use of special minors' driver's licenses
2 to travel to extracurricular activities not held at a
3 school.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 321.194, subsection 1, paragraph
1 2 a, subparagraph (1), Code 2015, is amended by striking the
1 3 subparagraph and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
1 4 (1) During the hours of 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. over the
1 5 most direct and accessible route between any of the following:
1 6 (a) The licensee's residence and schools of enrollment.
1 7 (b) The licensee's residence and the closest school bus stop
1 8 or stop for a public transportation service.
1 9 (c) The licensee's schools of enrollment, for the purpose
1 10 of attending duly scheduled courses of instruction and
1 11 extracurricular activities within the school district.
1 12 (d) The licensee's residence or schools of enrollment and
1 13 any other location within the licensee's school district, for
1 14 the purpose of participating in an extracurricular activity
1 15 recognized by an organization registered with the department of
1 16 education for the purposes of extracurricular interscholastic
1 17 competition. If the extracurricular activity is conducted
1 18 under a sharing agreement between the licensee's school of
1 19 enrollment and a school in a contiguous school district, the
1 20 licensee may also travel to any location within the contiguous
1 21 school district for the purpose of participating in the
1 22 extracurricular activity.
1 23 Sec. 2. Section 321.194, subsection 1, paragraph a,
1 24 subparagraph (2), Code 2015, is amended by striking the
1 25 subparagraph.
1 26 Sec. 3. Section 321.194, subsection 1, paragraph a,
1 27 subparagraphs (3) and (4), Code 2015, are amended to read as
1 28 follows:
1 29 (3) (2) To a service station for the purpose of refueling,
1 30 so long as the service station is the station closest to the
1 31 route the licensee is traveling on under subparagraph (1) or
1 32 (2).
1 33 (4) (3) At any time when the licensee is accompanied in
1 34 accordance with section 321.180B, subsection 1.
1 35 EXPLANATION
2 1 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
2 2 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
2 3 This bill relates to the use of special minors' driver's
2 4 licenses to travel to extracurricular activities not held at a
2 5 school.
2 6 Current law provides that during the hours of 5:00 a.m. to
2 7 10:00 p.m., a licensee may travel from the licensee's residence
2 8 or school of enrollment to another school for the purpose of
2 9 participating in extracurricular activities conducted under a
2 10 sharing agreement with the licensee's school of enrollment.
2 11 The bill reorganizes the structure of the Code provision
2 12 to enhance readability. In addition, the bill expands the
2 13 provision to allow a licensee to travel to any location within
2 14 the licensee's school district at which an extracurricular
2 15 activity is being held for the purpose of participating in
2 16 the activity. If the extracurricular activity is conducted
2 17 under a sharing agreement between the licensee's school of
2 18 enrollment and a school in a contiguous school district, the
2 19 licensee may also travel to any location within the contiguous
2 20 school district for the purpose of participating in the
2 21 extracurricular activity.
2 22 The bill also expands the provision to include all
2 23 extracurricular activities recognized by organizations
2 24 registered with the department of education for the purposes
2 25 of extracurricular interscholastic competition. Those
2 26 organizations currently include the Iowa high school athletic
2 27 association, the Iowa girls' high school athletic union, the
2 28 Iowa high school music association, the Iowa high school speech
2 29 association, and the unified Iowa high school activities
2 30 federation.
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