Bill Text: IA SSB3083 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A study bill for an act relating to the issuance of driver's licenses marked to reflect veteran status.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-11 - Voted - Veterans Affairs. [SSB3083 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SSB3083-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
3083
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
VETERANS
AFFAIRS
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
HORN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
issuance
of
driver’s
licenses
marked
to
1
reflect
veteran
status.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
321.189,
subsection
8,
Code
2016,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
8.
Veterans
status.
A
licensee
who
is
an
honorably
3
discharged
veteran
of
the
armed
forces
of
the
United
States
may
4
request
that
the
license
be
marked
to
reflect
the
licensee’s
5
veteran
status.
Upon
such
a
request,
the
word
“VETERAN”
shall
6
be
marked
prominently
on
the
face
of
the
license.
Such
a
7
license
shall
be
issued
only
upon
receipt
of
satisfactory
proof
8
of
veteran
status
pursuant
to
procedures
established
by
the
9
department
in
consultation
with
the
department
of
veterans
10
affairs
,
or
upon
presentation
of
the
licensee’s
certification
11
of
release
or
discharge
from
active
duty,
DD
form
214,
to
the
12
department
at
the
time
of
the
licensee’s
request
.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
Under
current
law,
a
driver’s
license
marked
to
reflect
17
veteran
status
may
only
be
issued
upon
receipt
of
satisfactory
18
proof
of
veteran
status
pursuant
to
procedures
established
by
19
the
department
of
transportation
(DOT)
in
consultation
with
the
20
department
of
veterans
affairs
(DVA).
The
current
procedures
21
established
under
the
Iowa
Administrative
Code
(761
IAC
22
605.2(7))
require
the
submission
of
form
432035,
which
must
be
23
properly
completed
by
the
licensee
and
a
designee
of
the
DVA.
24
This
bill
allows
the
issuance
of
a
driver’s
license
marked
25
to
reflect
veteran
status
upon
presentation
of
the
licensee’s
26
certification
of
release
or
discharge
from
active
duty,
DD
form
27
214,
to
the
DOT
at
the
time
of
the
licensee’s
request
to
have
28
the
license
marked
to
reflect
veteran
status.
29
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