Bill Text: IA HF2476 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to fees charged by counties for the administration of commercial driver’s license skills tests. (Formerly HSB 679.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-28 - Fiscal note. [HF2476 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF2476-Introduced.html

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House File 2476 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
                                     MEANS

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 679)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to fees charged by counties for the
  2    administration of commercial driver's license skills tests.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321M.9, subsection 1, Code 2018, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  Fees to counties.
  1  4    a.  Notwithstanding any other provision in the Code to the
  1  5 contrary, the county treasurer of a county authorized to issue
  1  6 driver's licenses under this chapter shall retain for deposit
  1  7 in the county general fund seven dollars of fees received for
  1  8 each issuance or renewal of driver's licenses and nonoperator's
  1  9 identification cards, but shall not retain any moneys for
  1 10 the issuance of any persons with disabilities identification
  1 11 devices.
  1 12    b.  (1)  The county treasurer of a county authorized to
  1 13 issue commercial driver's licenses pursuant to section 321M.6
  1 14 may charge a fee for the administration of commercial driver's
  1 15 license skills tests by the county.  For a person who resides
  1 16 in the county administering the test, the fee shall not exceed
  1 17 fifty dollars. For a person who resides outside the county
  1 18 administering the test, the fee shall not exceed seventy=five
  1 19 dollars. The county treasurer shall retain the fees charged
  1 20 under this paragraph for deposit in the county general fund.
  1 21    (2)  This paragraph is repealed July 1, 2021. 
  1 22    c.  The five dollar processing fee charged by a county
  1 23 treasurer for collection of a civil penalty under section
  1 24 321.218A, 321A.32A, or 321J.17 shall be retained for deposit in
  1 25 the county general fund.
  1 26    d.  The county treasurer shall remit the balance of fees and
  1 27 all civil penalties to the department.
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 30 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 31    Under current law, certain counties are authorized to issue
  1 32 commercial driver's licenses and administer commercial driver's
  1 33 license skills tests if certified to do so by the department of
  1 34 transportation. This bill provides that the county treasurer
  1 35 of a county authorized to issue commercial driver's licenses
  2  1 may charge a fee for the administration of commercial driver's
  2  2 license skills tests by the county.  For a person who resides
  2  3 in the county administering the test, the fee shall not exceed
  2  4 $50. For a person who resides outside the county administering
  2  5 the test, the fee shall not exceed $75. The bill requires the
  2  6 county treasurer to retain the fees charged under the bill for
  2  7 deposit in the county general fund. The bill provides that the
  2  8 provisions of the bill are repealed July 1, 2021.
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