Bill Text: IA HF2404 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the extension of the effective date of a driver's license for a person serving on active duty in military service. Effective 7-1-12.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-05 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 764. [HF2404 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF2404-Enrolled.html
House
File
2404
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
EXTENSION
OF
THE
EFFECTIVE
DATE
OF
A
DRIVER’S
LICENSE
FOR
A
PERSON
SERVING
ON
ACTIVE
DUTY
IN
MILITARY
SERVICE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
321.198,
subsection
1,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
a.
The
effective
date
of
a
valid
driver’s
license
issued
under
the
laws
of
this
state,
held
by
any
person
at
the
time
of
entering
the
military
service
of
the
United
States
or
of
the
state
of
Iowa,
notwithstanding
the
expiration
of
the
license
according
to
its
terms,
is
hereby
extended
without
fee
until
six
months
following
the
initial
separation
from
active
duty
of
the
person
from
the
military
service,
provided
the
person
is
not
suffering
from
physical
disabilities
which
impair
the
person’s
competency
as
an
operator
,
and
provided
further
that
the
licensee
shall
furnish,
upon
demand
of
any
peace
officer,
satisfactory
evidence
of
the
person’s
military
service.
However,
a
person
entitled
to
the
benefits
of
this
section
who
is
charged
with
operating
a
motor
vehicle
without
a
valid
driver’s
license
shall
not
be
convicted
if
the
person
produces
in
court,
within
a
reasonable
time,
a
valid
driver’s
license
previously
issued
to
that
person
along
with
satisfactory
evidence
of
the
person’s
military
service
as
provided
in
this
paragraph.
b.
The
department
is
authorized
to
renew
any
driver’s
license
falling
within
the
provisions
and
limitations
of
paragraph
“a”
,
without
examination,
upon
application
and
payment
of
fee
made
within
six
months
following
separation
from
the
military
service.
House
File
2404,
p.
2
c.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection,
a
United
States
department
of
defense
common
access
card
issued
to
a
person
is
satisfactory
evidence
of
the
person’s
current
military
service,
and
a
certificate
of
release
or
discharge
from
active
duty,
commonly
referred
to
as
a
DD214,
is
satisfactory
evidence
of
a
person’s
previous
military
service
and
separation
from
active
duty.
A
person
who
produces
a
valid
driver’s
license
previously
issued
to
the
person
along
with
the
person’s
common
access
card
or
DD214
shall
not
be
required
to
produce
any
additional
documentation
to
satisfy
the
requirements
of
paragraph
“a”
.
______________________________
KRAIG
PAULSEN
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JOHN
P.
KIBBIE
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2404,
Eighty-fourth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2012
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor
