Bill Text: IA SF2187 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the issuance of driver's licenses marked to reflect veteran status. (Formerly SSB 3083.)

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2016-04-29 - Sent to Governor. S.J. 0. [SF2187 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF2187-Enrolled.html

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Senate File 2187 - Enrolled




                              SENATE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON VETERANS
                                  AFFAIRS

                              (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                  3083)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                       Senate File 2187

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF DRIVER'S LICENSES MARKED TO
    REFLECT VETERAN STATUS AND PROVIDING FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF A
    DISABILITY CERTIFICATION FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
    OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR A PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES PARKING
    PERMIT.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 321.189, subsection 8, Code 2016, is
 amended to read as follows:
    8.  Veterans status.  A licensee who is an honorably
 discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States may
 request that the license be marked to reflect the licensee's
 veteran status. Upon such a request, the word "VETERAN" shall
 be marked prominently on the face of the license. Such a
 license shall be issued only upon receipt of satisfactory
 proof of veteran status pursuant to procedures established
 by the department in consultation with the department of
 veterans affairs, or upon presentation of the licensee's
 certification of release or discharge from active duty, DD
 form 214, to the department at the time of the licensee's
 request, if the form indicates the licensee was honorably
 discharged. If the license is issued upon presentation of the
 licensee's certification of release or discharge from active
 duty, DD form 214, the department shall notify the commission
 of veteran affairs of the county of the licensee's residence
 that the licensee was issued a license marked to reflect the
 licensee's veteran status. After receiving notification from
 the department, the commission shall initiate contact with the
 licensee.
    Sec. 2.  Section 321L.2, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
 1, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
    A resident of the state with a disability desiring a persons
 with disabilities parking permit shall apply to the department
 upon an application form furnished by the department providing
 the applicant's full legal name, address, date of birth, and
 social security number or Iowa driver's license number or
 Iowa nonoperator's identification card number, and shall also
 provide a statement from a physician licensed under chapter
 148 or 149, a physician assistant licensed under chapter
 148C, an advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed
 under chapter 152, or a chiropractor licensed under chapter
 151, or a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner,
 or chiropractor licensed to practice in a contiguous state,
 written on the physician's, physician assistant's, nurse
 practitioner's, or chiropractor's stationery, stating the
 nature of the applicant's disability and such additional
 information as required by rules adopted by the department
 under section 321L.8. If the person is applying for a
 temporary persons with disabilities parking permit, the
 physician's, physician assistant's, nurse practitioner's, or
 chiropractor's statement shall state the period of time during
 which the person is expected to be disabled and the period
 of time for which the permit should be issued, not to exceed
 six months. The department may waive the requirement that
 the applicant furnish the applicant's social security number,
 Iowa driver's license number, or nonoperator's identification
 card number when the application for a temporary persons with
 disabilities parking permit is made on behalf of a person
 who is less than one year old.  The department may accept a
 certification of disability from the United States department
 of veterans affairs in lieu of a statement from a physician,
 physician assistant, advanced registered nurse practitioner,
 or chiropractor. The department may adopt rules pursuant
 to chapter 17A detailing the requirements for an acceptable
 certification of disability.


                                                             
                               PAM JOCHUM
                               President of the Senate


                                                             
                               LINDA UPMEYER
                               Speaker of the House
    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
 is known as Senate File 2187, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.


                                                             
                               MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
                               Secretary of the Senate
 Approved                , 2016


                                                             
                               TERRY E. BRANSTAD
                               Governor

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