House File 280 - Enrolled
House File 280
AN ACT
AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO RENEW CERTAIN
VALID COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSES WITHOUT EXAMINATION,
INCLUDING BY ELECTRONIC RENEWAL, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE
DATE PROVISIONS.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 321.188, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code
2 2021, is amended to read as follows:
3 d. Successfully pass knowledge tests and driving skills
4 tests, provide self-certification of type of driving, provide a
5 medical examiner’s certificate prepared by a medical examiner,
6 as defined in 49 C.F.R. §390.5, and provide all other required
7 information, proofs, and certificates, as required by rule by
8 the department. The rules adopted shall substantially comply
9 with the federal minimum testing and licensing requirements
10 in 49 C.F.R. pt. 383, subpts. E, G, and H, as adopted by rule
11 by the department. Except as required under subsection 3 or
12 49 C.F.R. pt. 383, subpt. E, G, or H, a commercial driver’s
13 license is renewable without a knowledge test or driving skills
14 test within one year after its expiration date.
15 Sec. 2. Section 321.196, subsection 4, unnumbered paragraph
16 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:
17 The Except as required in section 321.180 or 321.188, the
18 department in its discretion may authorize the renewal of
19 a valid driver’s license other than a commercial driver’s
20 license or commercial learner’s permit upon application without
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21 an examination provided that the applicant meets one of the
22 following conditions:
23 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate
24 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
______________________________ ______________________________
PAT GRASSLEY JAKE CHAPMAN
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 280, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2021 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 321.188, 321.196
Enrolled: 321.188, 321.196