Bill Text: IA SF2337 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to third-party testers and test examiners for commercial driver's license knowledge and driving skills tests. (Formerly SSB 3132.) Effective date: 07/01/2022.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2022-06-14 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 942. [SF2337 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF2337-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THIRD-PARTY
TESTERS
AND
TEST
EXAMINERS
FOR
COMMERCIAL
DRIVER’S
LICENSE
KNOWLEDGE
AND
DRIVING
SKILLS
TESTS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
321.187,
subsections
2
and
3,
Code
2022,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2.
The
department
may
by
rule
designate
community
colleges
established
under
chapter
260C
and
other
third-party
testers
to
administer
the
knowledge
and
driving
skills
test
tests
required
for
a
commercial
learner’s
permit
or
commercial
driver’s
license,
provided
that
all
of
the
following
occur:
a.
The
driving
skills
test
is
the
same
as
that
which
would
otherwise
be
administered
by
the
state.
The
fees
for
administering
a
commercial
driver’s
license
driving
skills
test
as
provided
in
sections
321.187A
and
321M.6A
shall
not
apply
to
a
driving
skills
test
administered
by
a
third-party
tester
under
this
section
.
Senate
File
2337,
p.
2
b.
The
third-party
tester
contractually
agrees
to
comply
with
the
requirements
of
49
C.F.R.
§383.75
pts.
383
and
384
applicable
to
third-party
knowledge
and
driving
skills
testing,
as
adopted
by
rule
by
the
department.
c.
Any
third-party
skills
test
examiner
used
by
the
third-party
tester
shall
meet
the
requirements
of
49
C.F.R.
§383.75
and
49
C.F.R.
§384.228
pts.
383
and
384
applicable
to
third-party
knowledge
and
driving
skills
testing
,
as
adopted
by
rule
by
the
department.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
requiring
that
a
third-party
tester,
other
than
a
community
college
established
under
chapter
260C
,
either
be
an
Iowa-based
motor
carrier,
or
its
subsidiary,
that
has
its
principal
office
within
this
state
and
operates
a
permanent
commercial
driver
training
facility
in
this
state,
or
be
an
Iowa
nonprofit
corporation
that
serves
as
a
trade
association
for
Iowa-based
motor
carriers
regarding
who
may
qualify
as
a
third-party
tester
.
The
rules
may
also
provide
that
a
third-party
tester
conduct
a
number
of
skills
test
examinations
above
the
number
required
under
49
C.F.R.
§383.75
in
order
to
remain
qualified
as
a
third-party
tester
under
this
section
.
A
third-party
tester,
other
than
a
community
college
established
under
chapter
260C,
must
be
one
of
the
following:
(1)
An
Iowa-based
motor
carrier,
or
its
subsidiary,
that
has
its
principal
office
within
this
state
and
operates
a
permanent
commercial
driver
training
facility
in
this
state.
(2)
An
Iowa
nonprofit
corporation
that
serves
as
a
trade
association
for
Iowa-based
motor
carriers.
(3)
A
public
transit
system
or
regional
transit
system,
as
those
terms
are
defined
in
section
324A.1,
in
this
state.
3.
As
used
in
this
section
,
“third-party
tester”
and
“third-party
skills
test
examiner”
mean
as
defined
in
49
C.F.R.
§383.5
.
:
a.
“Third-party
test
examiner”
means
a
person
employed
by
a
third-party
tester
who
is
authorized
by
the
department
to
administer
the
knowledge
and
driving
skills
tests
under
this
section.
b.
“Third-party
tester”
means
a
person
designated
by
the
department
to
employ
knowledge
and
driving
skills
test
Senate
File
2337,
p.
3
examiners
to
administer
knowledge
and
driving
skills
tests
under
this
section.
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2337,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2022
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
