Bill Text: IA SF167 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to youth employment and making penalties applicable.(See SF 542.)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-06 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 542. S.J. 508. [SF167 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-SF167-Introduced.html

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Senate File 167 - Introduced
SENATE FILE 167
BY SCHULTZ
A BILL FOR
An Act relating to youth employment and making penalties
applicable.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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Section 1. Section 92.3, Code 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
92.3 Under fourteen —— work activities not permitted
occupations .
No person under fourteen years of age shall be employed
or permitted to work with or without compensation in any
occupation, except in the street occupations or migratory
labor occupations specified in section 92.1 work activity .
Any migratory laborer twelve to fourteen years of age may not
work prior to or during the regular school hours of any day of
any private or public school which teaches general education
subjects and which is available to such child.
Sec. 2. Section 92.4, Code 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
92.4 Under sixteen —— permitted occupations work activities .
No person under sixteen years of age shall be employed
or permitted to work with or without compensation in any
occupation work activity during regular school hours, except
the following work activities :
1. Those persons legally out of school, if such status
is verified by the submission of written proof to the labor
commissioner.
2. Those persons working in a supervised school-work
program.
3. Those persons between the ages of fourteen and sixteen
enrolled in school on a part-time basis and who are required to
work as a part of their school training.
4. Fourteen- and fifteen-year-old migrant laborers during
any hours when summer school is in session.
Sec. 3. Section 92.5, Code 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
92.5 Fourteen and fifteen —— permitted occupations work
activities .
Persons fourteen and fifteen years of age may be employed or
permitted to work in the following occupations work activities :
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1. Retail, food service, and gasoline service
establishments.
2. Office and clerical work, including operation of office
machines.
3. Cashiering, selling, modeling, art work, work in
advertising departments, window trimming, and comparative
shopping.
4. Price marking and tagging by hand or by machine,
assembling orders, packing, and shelving.
5. Bagging and carrying out customers’ orders.
6. Errand and delivery work by foot, bicycle, and public
transportation.
7. Cleanup work, including the use of vacuum cleaners and
floor waxers, and maintenance of grounds.
8. Kitchen work and other work involved in preparing and
serving food and beverages, including the cleaning using
kitchen cleaning products with required personal protective
equipment, operation of machines and devices used in the
performance of such work, including but not limited to
microwaves, dishwashers, toasters, dumb-waiters, popcorn
poppers, milk shake blenders, and coffee grinders.
9. a. Work in connection with motor vehicles and trucks if
confined to the following:
(1) Dispensing gasoline and oil.
(2) Courtesy service.
(3) Car cleaning, washing, and polishing.
b. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to include
work involving the use of pits, racks, or lifting apparatus or
involving the inflation of any tire mounted on a rim equipped
with a removable retaining ring.
10. Cleaning vegetables and fruits, and wrapping, sealing,
labeling, weighing, pricing, and stocking goods when performed
in areas physically separate from areas where meat is prepared,
for sale and outside including work in freezers or and meat
coolers.
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11. Loading onto motor vehicles and unloading from motor
vehicles of the light, non-power-driven hand tools and personal
protective equipment that the minor will use as part of their
employment at the work site. Such light tools include but are
not limited to rakes, hand-held clippers, shovels, and brooms.
Such light tools do not include items such as trash, sales
kits, promotion items or items for sale, lawn mowers, or other
power-driven lawn maintenance equipment.
12. Laundering.
13. Work in the production of seed, limited to removal of
off-type plants and corn tassels and hand-pollinating from June
1 through Labor Day.
14. Other work approved by the rules adopted pursuant to
chapter 17A by the labor commissioner.
Sec. 4. Section 92.6, Code 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
92.6 Fourteen and fifteen —— occupations work activities not
permitted.
1. Persons fourteen and fifteen years of age may not be
employed in:
a. Any manufacturing occupation work activity .
b. Any mining occupation work activity .
c. Processing occupations work activities , except in a
retail, food service, or gasoline service establishment in
those specific occupations work activities expressly permitted
under the provisions of section 92.5 .
d. Occupations Work activities requiring the performance
of any duties in workrooms or work places where goods are
manufactured, mined, or otherwise processed, except to the
extent expressly permitted in retail, food service, or gasoline
service establishments under the provisions of section 92.5 .
e. Public messenger service.
f. Operation or tending of hoisting apparatus or of any
power-driven machinery, other than office machines and machines
in retail, food service, and gasoline service establishments
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which are specified in section 92.5 as machines which that such
minors may operate in such establishments.
g. Occupations Work activities prohibited by rules adopted
pursuant to chapter 17A by the labor commissioner.
h. Occupations Work activities in connection with the
following, except office or sales work in connection with these
occupations work activities , not performed on transportation
media or at the actual construction site:
(1) Transportation of persons or property by rail, highway,
air, on water, pipeline, or other means.
(2) Warehousing and storage.
(3) Communications and public utilities.
(4) Construction, including repair.
i. Any of the following occupations work activities in a
retail, food service, or gasoline service establishment:
(1) Work performed in or about boiler or engine rooms.
(2) Work in connection with maintenance or repair of the
establishment, machines, or equipment.
(3) Outside window washing that involves working from
window sills, and all work requiring the use of ladders,
scaffolds, or their substitutes.
(4) Cooking except at soda fountains, lunch counters, snack
bars, or cafeteria serving counters, and baking.
(5) Occupations which Work activities that involve
operating, setting up, adjusting, cleaning, oiling, or
repairing power-driven food slicers and grinders, food choppers
and cutters, and bakery-type mixers.
(6) Work in freezers and meat coolers and all work in
preparation of meats for sale, except wrapping, sealing,
labeling, weighing, pricing, and stocking when performed in
other areas.
(7) (6) Loading and unloading goods to and from trucks,
railroad cars, or conveyors , except as permitted by section
92.5, subsection 11 .
(8) (7) All occupations work activities in warehouses
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except office and clerical work.
j. Laundering, except for the use of a washing machine
which has a capacity of less than ten cubic feet and which is
designed to reach an internal temperature which does not exceed
212 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting
office, errand, or packaging work when done away from moving
machinery.
Sec. 5. NEW SECTION . 92.6A Fifteen —— permitted work
activities.
1. Persons fifteen years of age may be employed or permitted
to work in any of the work activities provided in section 92.5
in addition to the following work activities:
a. Loading and unloading non-power-driven equipment weighing
up to thirty pounds into motor vehicles.
b. Loading and unloading groceries and other retail items
weighing up to thirty pounds into motor vehicles.
c. Stocking shelves with items weighing up to thirty pounds.
d. If properly licensed, work as a lifeguard or swim
instructor at a traditional swimming pool or amusement park.
2. The commissioner may issue a waiver of any weight
limitations provided in subsection 1 of up to fifty pounds
depending on the strength and ability of the fifteen-year-old.
3. The commissioner may issue a waiver for a
fifteen-year-old to be able to load and unload light
power-driven lawn machines based on the ability of the minor if
the minor is supervised, the machine is powered off, and the
safety key is stored away from the machine.
4. The commissioner may issue a waiver for a
fifteen-year-old to perform light assembly work as long
as the assembly is not performed on machines or in an area with
machines.
Sec. 6. NEW SECTION . 92.6B Fifteen —— work activities not
permitted.
1. Persons fifteen years of age may not be employed in:
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a. Any manufacturing work activity.
b. Any mining work activity.
c. Processing work activities, except in a retail, food
service, or gasoline service establishment in those specific
work activities expressly permitted under the provisions of
section 92.5.
d. Work activities requiring the performance of any duties
in workrooms or work places where goods are manufactured,
mined, or otherwise processed, except to the extent expressly
permitted in retail, food service, or gasoline service
establishments under the provisions of section 92.5.
e. Public messenger service.
f. Operation or tending of hoisting apparatus or of any
power-driven machinery, other than office machines and machines
in retail, food service, and gasoline service establishments
which are specified in section 92.5 as machines that such
minors may operate in such establishments.
g. Work activities prohibited by rules adopted pursuant to
chapter 17A by the labor commissioner.
h. Work activities in connection with the following,
except office or sales work in connection with these work
activities, not performed on transportation media or at the
actual construction site:
(1) Transportation of persons or property by rail, highway,
air, on water, pipeline, or other means.
(2) Warehousing and storage.
(3) Communications and public utilities.
(4) Construction, including repair.
i. Any of the following work activities in a retail, food
service, or gasoline service establishment:
(1) Work performed in or about boiler or engine rooms.
(2) Work in connection with maintenance or repair of the
establishment, machines, or equipment.
(3) Outside window washing that involves working from
window sills, and all work requiring the use of ladders,
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scaffolds, or their substitutes.
(4) Cooking except at soda fountains, lunch counters, snack
bars, or cafeteria serving counters, and baking.
(5) Work activities that involve operating, setting
up, adjusting, cleaning, oiling, or repairing power-driven
food slicers and grinders, food choppers and cutters, and
bakery-type mixers.
(6) Loading and unloading goods to and from trucks, railroad
cars, or conveyors, except as permitted by section 92.5,
subsection 11, and section 92.6A.
(7) All work activities in warehouses except office and
clerical work.
2. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting
office, errand, or packaging work when done away from moving
machinery.
Sec. 7. Section 92.7, Code 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
92.7 Under sixteen —— hours permitted.
A person under sixteen years of age shall not be employed
with or without compensation, except as provided in sections
92.2 92.5 and 92.3 92.6A , before the hour of 7:00 a.m. or after
7:00 9:00 p.m., except during the period from June 1 through
Labor Day when the hours may be extended to 9:00 11:00 p.m.
If such person is employed for a period of five hours or more
each day, an intermission of not less than thirty minutes shall
be given. Such a person shall not be employed for more than
eight hours in one day, exclusive of intermission, and shall
not be employed for more than forty hours in one week. The
hours of work of persons under sixteen years of age employed
outside school hours shall not exceed four six in one day or
twenty-eight in one week while school is in session.
Sec. 8. NEW SECTION . 92.7A Seventeen —— hours permitted.
A person who is seventeen years of age may work the same
hours as a person who is eighteen years of age.
Sec. 9. Section 92.8, Code 2023, is amended to read as
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follows:
92.8 Under eighteen —— prohibited occupations work
activities .
No person under eighteen years of age shall be employed
or permitted to work with or without compensation at any
of the following occupations work activities or business
establishments:
1. Occupations Work activities in or about plants or
establishments manufacturing or storing explosives or articles
containing explosive components , except performing light
assembly work as long as the assembly is not performed on
machines or in an area with machines .
2. Occupations of motor vehicle driver and helper.
3. 2. Logging occupations Logging and occupations in
the operation of any sawmill, lath mill, shingle mill, or
cooperage-stock mill.
4. 3. Occupations involved in the operation Operation of
power-driven woodworking machines.
5. 4. Occupations Work activities involving exposure to
radioactive substances and to ionizing radiations.
6. 5. Occupations involved in the operation Operation of
elevators and other power-driven hoisting apparatus.
7. 6. Occupations involved in the operation Operation of
power-driven metal forming, punching, and shearing machines.
8. 7. Occupations in connection with Coal mining.
9. 8. Occupations Work activities in or about slaughtering
and meat packing establishments and rendering plants , provided
that work activities in office, shipping, and assembly areas
shall not be prohibited by this chapter .
10. 9. Occupations involved in the operation Operation
of certain power-driven bakery machines. Except as otherwise
provided in this subsection , this subsection does not apply to
the operation of pizza dough rollers that are a type of dough
sheeter that have been constructed with safeguards contained in
the basic design so as to prevent fingers, hands, or clothing
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from being caught in the in-running point of the rollers,
that have gears that are completely enclosed, and that have
microswitches that disengage the machinery if the backs or
sides of the rollers are removed, only when all the safeguards
detailed in this subsection are present on the machinery, are
operational, and have not been overridden. However, this
subsection does apply to the setting up, adjusting, repairing,
oiling, or cleaning of pizza dough rollers as described in this
subsection .
11. 10. Occupations involved in the operation Operation of
certain power-driven paper products machines , except bailers if
the machine is powered off and the key is stored in a separate
area from the machine .
12. 11. Occupations involved in the manufacture
Manufacturing of brick, tile, and related products.
13. 12. Occupations involved in the operation Operation of
circular saws, band saws, and guillotine shears.
14. 13. Occupations involved in wrecking Wrecking ,
demolition, and shipbreaking operations.
15. 14. Occupations involved in roofing Roofing
operations.
16. 15. Excavation occupations .
17. 16. In Work activities in or about foundries; provided
that office, shipping, and assembly area employment shall not
be prohibited by this chapter .
18. 17. Occupations involving the operation Operation of
dry cleaning or dyeing machinery.
19. 18. Occupations Work activities involving exposure to
lead fumes or its compounds, or to dangerous or poisonous dyes
or chemicals.
20. 19. Occupations involving the transmission
Transmission , distribution, or delivery of goods or messages
between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.
21. 20. Occupations Work activities prohibited by rules
adopted pursuant to chapter 17A by the labor commissioner.
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Sec. 10. NEW SECTION . 92.8A Approved career and technical
education, work-based learning, internships, registered
apprenticeship programs, and student learners.
1. The director of the department of workforce development
or department of education may grant an exception from any
provision of section 92.6, 92.6B, or 92.7 for minors fourteen
to seventeen years of age participating in work-based learning
or a school or employer-administered, work-related program
approved by the department of workforce development or the
department of education if all of the following apply:
a. The requestor demonstrates the activity will be performed
under adequate supervision and training.
b. The training includes adequate safety precautions.
c. The terms and conditions of the proposed employment will
not interfere with the health, well-being, or schooling of the
minor enrolled in the approved program.
2. Section 92.8 shall not apply to a student in an approved
work-based learning program, registered apprenticeship, career
and technical education program, or student learner program
provided the student is employed under all of the following
conditions:
a. The student is employed in a craft recognized as an
apprenticeable trade or the student is employed under a written
employment agreement.
b. The work of the apprentice or student employee in the
work activities declared particularly hazardous is incidental
to the apprentice’s training.
c. The work is intermittent and for short periods of time
and is under the direct and close supervision of a qualified
and experienced person.
d. Adequate on-the-job training and safety instructions are
in place.
Sec. 11. Section 92.17, subsections 2 and 4, Code 2023, are
amended by striking the subsections.
Sec. 12. Section 92.17, subsection 3, Code 2023, is amended
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to read as follows:
3. A child from working in any occupation work activity or
business operated by the child’s parents. For the purposes
of this subsection , “child” and “parents” include a foster
child and the child’s foster parents who are licensed by the
department of health and human services.
Sec. 13. Section 92.19, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2023, are
amended by striking the subsections.
Sec. 14. Section 92.20, subsection 1, Code 2023, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 15. Section 92.21, subsection 1, Code 2023, is amended
to read as follows:
1. The labor commissioner may adopt rules pursuant to
chapter 17A to more specifically define the occupations work
activities and equipment permitted or prohibited in this
chapter , to determine occupations for which work permits are
required, and to issue general and special orders prohibiting
or allowing the employment of persons under eighteen years
of age in any place of employment defined in this chapter as
hazardous to the health, safety, and welfare of the persons.
Sec. 16. Section 92.22, subsection 1, Code 2023, is amended
to read as follows:
1. The labor commissioner shall enforce this chapter .
An employer who violates this chapter or the rules adopted
pursuant to this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of
not more than ten thousand dollars for each violation. The
commissioner may waive or reduce a civil penalty based on
evidence the commissioner may obtain. The commissioner shall
provide a fifteen-day grace period before imposing a civil
penalty.
Sec. 17. Section 92.23, Code 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
92.23 Group insurance.
Anyone under the age of eighteen and subject to this chapter
employed in the street occupations who sells or delivers work
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activities of selling or delivering the product or service
of another and who is designated in such capacity as an
independent contractor shall be provided participation, if the
person under the age of eighteen desires it at group rate cost,
in group insurance for medical, hospital, nursing, and doctor
expenses incurred as a result of injuries sustained arising out
of and in the course of selling or delivering such product or
service by the person, firm, or corporation whose product or
service is so delivered.
Sec. 18. NEW SECTION . 92.24 Employer liability in
work-based learning.
1. For purposes of this section, unless the context
otherwise requires:
a. “Business” means any city, county, or township, including
but not limited to a fire department or law enforcement
office or department, public university, municipal university,
community college, technical college or not-for-profit
private postsecondary educational institution, corporation,
association, partnership, proprietorship, limited liability
company, limited partnership, limited liability partnership,
organization or other legal entity, whether for-profit or
not-for-profit, that does all of the following:
(1) Enters into an agreement with a school district for a
work-based learning program.
(2) Directly supervises a student who is participating in
the work-based learning program, either on the premises of the
business or at another location.
b. “Work-based learning program” means a learning program to
which all of the following apply:
(1) The program includes but is not limited to work-related,
on-the-job training, job shadowing, internships, clinicals,
practicums, registered apprenticeships, co-ops, supervised
agricultural experiences, and industry-led service-learning
projects.
(2) The program is incorporated into secondary coursework
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or related to a specific field of study.
(3) The program integrates knowledge and theory learned
in the classroom or other school-approved setting with
the practical application and development of skills and
proficiencies in a professional work setting.
2. A business that accepts a secondary student in a
work-based learning program shall not be subject to civil
liability for any claim arising from the student’s negligent
act or omission during the student’s participation in the
work-based learning program at the business or worksite.
3. A business that accepts a secondary student in a
work-based learning program shall not be subject to civil
liability for any claim for bodily injury to the student or
sickness or death by accident of the student arising from
the student’s driving to or from the business or worksite to
participate in the work-based learning program.
4. A business that accepts a secondary student in a
work-based learning program shall not be subject to civil
liability for any claim for bodily injury to the student or
sickness or death by accident of the student arising from the
business’s negligent act or omission during the student’s
participation in the work-based learning program at the
business or worksite.
5. This section shall not be construed to provide immunity
for a student or business for civil liability arising from
gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Sec. 19. Section 123.49, subsection 2, paragraph f, Code
2023, is amended to read as follows:
f. Employ a person under eighteen years of age in the
sale or serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption on
the premises where sold. This paragraph shall not apply if
the employer has on file written permission from the parent,
guardian, or legal custodian of a person sixteen or seventeen
years of age for the person to sell or serve alcoholic
beverages for consumption on the premises where sold. The
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employer shall keep a copy of the written permission on file
until the person is either eighteen years of age or no longer
engaged in the sale of or serving alcoholic beverages for
consumption on the premises where sold.
Sec. 20. Section 321.194, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
2023, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
NEW SUBPARAGRAPH . (04) If the licensee is employed, the
licensee may operate a motor vehicle during the hours of 5:00
a.m. to 10:00 p.m. over the most direct and accessible route
between the licensee’s residence or school of enrollment and
the licensee’s place of employment, provided the driving
distance between the licensee’s place of employment and the
nearest point on the route on which the licensee is authorized
to travel under subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (a), or
subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (a), is no more than
fifty miles.
Sec. 21. Section 321.194, subsection 2, paragraph a,
subparagraph (4), Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
(4) To a service station for the purpose of refueling, so
long as the service station is the station closest to the route
on which the licensee is traveling under subparagraph (1), (2),
or (3) , or (04) .
Sec. 22. Section 321.194, subsection 3, paragraphs a and b,
Code 2023, are amended to read as follows:
a. Each application shall be accompanied by a statement
from the applicant’s school of enrollment or employer . The
statement shall be upon a form provided by the department and
shall certify that a need exists for the license and that the
person signing the statement is not responsible for actions of
the applicant which pertain to the use of the driver’s license.
(1) If the applicant attends a public school, the
certification shall be made by the school board, superintendent
of the applicant’s school, or principal, if authorized by the
superintendent.
(2) If the applicant attends an accredited nonpublic
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school, the certification shall be made by the authorities in
charge of the accredited nonpublic school or a duly authorized
representative of the authorities.
(3) If the applicant is employed, the certification shall
be in the form of an affidavit for minor license signed by the
employer and the student.
b. Upon receipt of a statement of necessity or signed
affidavit , the department shall issue the driver’s license
provided the applicant is otherwise eligible for issuance of
the license. The fact that the applicant resides at a distance
less than one mile from the applicant’s school of enrollment
is prima facie evidence of the nonexistence of necessity for
the issuance of a license. However, the distance between the
applicant’s residence and school of enrollment shall not be
considered if the applicant resides on a farm or is employed
for compensation on a farm .
Sec. 23. REPEAL. Sections 92.1, 92.2, 92.9, 92.10, 92.11,
92.12, 92.13, 92.14, 92.15, 92.16, and 92.18, Code 2023, are
repealed.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
This bill relates to youth employment.
CHILD LABOR. The bill includes various amendments to
Code chapter 92, relating to child labor. The bill strikes
provisions providing for child labor permits and migrant
child labor permits. The bill strikes provisions allowing
certain children under 14 years of age to engage in street
occupations. The bill modifies permitted and prohibited
work that can be performed by minors 14 to 17 years of age,
as well as hours in which work can be performed. The bill
strikes penalties for certain actions taken in violation
of Code chapter 92 to procure employment for oneself or
of another person; other penalties for violations of Code
chapter 92 are retained. Under current law, a violation
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of Code chapter 92 is generally a serious misdemeanor. A
serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more
than one year and a fine of at least $430 but not more than
$2,560. The bill allows the labor commissioner to waive or
reduce a civil penalty under Code chapter 92 based on evidence
the commissioner may obtain and requires the commissioner to
provide a 15-day grace period before imposing a civil penalty.
Under current law, an employer violating Code chapter 92 is
subject to a civil penalty of up to $10,000. The bill changes
terminology referring to “occupations” to instead refer to
“work activities”.
The bill allows the director of the department of workforce
development or department of education to grant an exception
from specified provisions of Code chapter 92 relating to
prohibited work activities and work hours for minors 14 to 17
years of age participating in work-based learning or a school
or employer-administered, work-related program approved by
the department of workforce development or the department of
education if specified conditions apply. The bill provides
that specified prohibitions on work activities are inapplicable
to a student in an approved work-based learning program,
registered apprenticeship, career and technical education
program, or student learner program provided the student is
employed under specified conditions.
The bill provides that a business that accepts a secondary
student in a work-based learning program shall not be subject
to civil liability for specified claims relating to the
student’s work in the program. This provision shall not be
construed to provide immunity for a student or business for
civil liability arising from gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. The bill allows a person 16 to 17
years of age to be employed in the sale or serving of alcoholic
beverages for on-premises consumption under Code section 123.49
if the employer has on file written permission from the parent,
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guardian, or legal custodian of the person. The employer shall
keep a copy of the written permission on file until the person
is either 18 years of age or no longer engaged in the sale of
or serving alcoholic beverages.
A violation of Code section 123.49 is a simple misdemeanor.
A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more
than 30 days and a fine of at least $105 but not more than $855.
MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATION. The bill provides that a person
holding a special minor’s license under Code section 321.194
who is employed may operate a motor vehicle during the hours
of 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. over the most direct and accessible
route between the licensee’s residence or school of enrollment
and the licensee’s place of employment, provided the driving
distance between the licensee’s place of employment and
the nearest point on the route on which the licensee is
authorized to operate a motor vehicle for purposes of school
transportation under current law is no more than 50 miles.
The person’s application for a special minor’s license must
include an affidavit for minor license signed by the employer
and the person, using a form provided by the department. Other
requirements to obtain a special minor’s license under current
law are applicable to such a person.
Under current law, the fact that an applicant for a special
minor’s license resides at a distance less than one mile from
the applicant’s school of enrollment is prima facie evidence of
the nonexistence of necessity for the issuance of the license.
The bill strikes this provision. The bill provides that
the distance between an applicant’s residence and school of
enrollment shall not be considered if the applicant is employed
for compensation.
A violation of Code section 321.194 is punishable by a
scheduled fine of $70.
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