HF 418 — A bill for an act relating to commercial driver’s license requirements, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 43.) Effective 7-1-19.

KIMHouse REYNFile OLD418 S- OEnrolled FHouse FFile IC418 EAN OACT FRELATING TTO HCOMMERCIAL EDRIVER’S GLICENSE OREQUIREMENTS, VAND EINCLUDING RAPPLICABILITY NPROVISIONS. O R A DA M GR EGG G OVER NO R LT GO VER NO R A pril23,2 019 T he H onorab l Pau lPate S ecr try of Stat of Iowa S tte Cap iol D es M oines,Iow a 50319 D ear M r Secretar, I hereby tr nsmit:

H ouse File41 8,an A ctrelatng to com m ercil drier'slicense rq uiem en t,a nd i cld i g iions.

applicabiit prov T he abov eH ou seF ie i hereby app r ved on thisdate.

S icerely, G ov ernor ofIow a STA TE CAP I OL DE SM O I ES,IOW A 50319 515.281.211 FAX 515.725.527 W WW .GO VER NO R.I W A.GO V House Fi l e 418 AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIREMENTS, AND INCLUDING APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS.

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SSection e c tio n 321.187, susubsection b se c tio n 2, paragraph cc, , Code 2019, iis s amended to read as fofollows: llo w s:

Any ththird-party irskills dtest -examiner p a r ty s k i l l s t e s t exam iner used by ththe ethird-party thtester irshall d - p a r ty t e s t e r s h a ll meet ththe erequirements requiremof ents o f 49 CC.F.R. .F.R .

§383.75 and 49 CC.F.R. .F.R .

§384.228, as adopted by rurule le by ththe edepartment. departm ent.

The departmdepartment entshall s h a ll adopt rurules lerequiring sthat re q u irin g th a tthird-party atester, thother irthan d - p a r ty t e s t e r , o th e r th an a community ccollege oestablished lle g e e s ta b lis h e d under cchapter h a p te r 260C, sshall h a ll be an IowIowa-based a-based motor ccarrier, a r r i e r , or iits tsubsidiary, sthat s u b s id ia ry , th a t has iits tprincipal soffice pwithin rthis instate c ip a l o f f ic e w ith in t h i s s t a t e and ooperates p e ra te s a permpermanent anentcommercial comdriver mtraining ercialfacility d riv e r tr a in inthis gstate, f a c i l i t y in t h i s s t a t e , or an Iowa nnonprofit ocorporation nthat pserves ro fit c o rp o ra tio n th a t se rv e s as a tratrade dassociation efor aIowa-based s s o c ia tio n fo r Iow a-based motor ccarriers. a r r i e r s The ru le s may a ls o p ro v id e th a t a th ir d - p a r ty t e s t e r conduct a number o f s k i l l s t e s t exam inations above th e number re q u ire d under 49 C .F.R .

§383.75The inrules omay rdalso erprovide tothat rem ain q u a lifthird-party ietester dconduct as a thnumber irof dskills -test pexaminations aabove rthe tynumber trequired e s t e r under t49 hC.F.R. i s s e c tio n .

§383.75 in order to remain qualified as a third-party tester under this section.

SSection ectio n 321.188, susubsection b1, se c tio n 1 , Code 2019, iis s amended by adding ththe efollowing fo llo w in g new pparagraph: arag rap h :

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SSuccessfully ucomplete c c e ssfu lly com plete any eentry-level ndriver trtraining yif -required le v e l d riv e r tr a in in g i f re q u ire d under 49 CC.F.R. .F.R .

ppt. t .380, su b p t.

F,380, osubpt. r 49 C .F.R .

pF, tor .49 C.F.R.

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E,383, psubpt. r io r to ta k in g a knowledge t e s t or d riv in g s k i l l s t e th e passage o f which i s re q u ire d e F ile 4 18, p .

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SeSection ctio321.188, nsubsection 3 21 .188 , s ub sec ti n 4, CoCode de2019, 2 01 9, is amamended en ded to rearead d as followfollows: s:

TThe hedepartment dshall epcheck artm en t sh a ll ch eck the aapplicant’s ppdriving licarecord nas t'maintained d rivin g re cord a s m a intain ed by the aapplicant’s ppcurrent licalicensing nstate, t'the cunational rrecommercial ntdriver’s licenlicense sininformation gsystem, s tate , th e na tion al com m e rcial d riv er's lice ns e info rm atio n sy stem , the nnational ationdrug aland drualcohol gclearinghouse a nd alco ho l c learin gh ou se if reqrequired uireunder d un der 49 CC.F.R. .

.R§383.73, and the national driver register to determine whether the applicant qualifies to be issued for the issuance, renewal, or upgrade of a commercial driver’s license, as applicable .

§The 38department 3.73shall ,notify anthe dnational thcommercial edriver’s nalicense tioninformation alsystem drivof erthe reissuance, gisrenewal, teror toupgrade deof term in e w h ether the a ppcommercial licandriver’s tlicense qand ushall alifiepost sthe tedriver’s beself-certification iof suetype d for th e is sua nc e, rene w al, o r u pg rade of adriving com m e rcial d riv er's lic en se, as aprequired pby lcrule. ab le.

TThe hedepartment dshall epalso artmpost eninformation tfrom shthe allmedical noexaminer’s tifycertificate threquired eunder nsubsection atio1, naparagraph l“c”, coto m m ercial driv e r's lic en se in form a tion sys t m o f th e iss ua nce , re ne w al, o r u pgra de of a c om m erc i l d rive r's lice ns e an d s ha ll p os t the dnational rivcommercial erdriver’s 'license seinformation lf-csystem, eif rtificrequired atioby nrule. o f ty pe of l a lso po st d rivin g as req uire d b y rule .

TheSec. de partm e nt s h al in form a tion from the m ed ical e xa m ine r' c ertif ica te req uire d un der su bs ectio n 1, p ara grap h -c -, to th e n atio n al c om m erc i l d riv er's lice n se info rm atio n s ystem , if re qu ired by ru le.

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SSection ectio321.449, nsubsection 3 21 .449 , s ub sec ti n 1, CoCode de2019, 2 01 9, is amamended enby dedadding dingthe thfollowing e follow in g new pparagraph: arag rap h:

by ad NEW PAPARAGRAPH RA GRA PH .

TThe hedepartment dmay epadopt artmrules enpursuant t m ay a dop t ru les p ursu an t to chchapter ap ter 17A auauthorizing tho rizin g a pperson erso n who is at lealeast steighteen eigyears hteeof nage yor earsover, obut funder agtwenty-one eyears o r o ve r, b ut u nd er tw e nty-o ne ye ars of ageage, , to bbe elicensed lice ns ed to opoperate er ate a cocommercial mmotor mvehicle ercia l m otor ve hic l in ininterstate tecommerce rsta te co mm erce if the pperson ersoholds n hold s a vvalid alidcommercial codriver’s mlicense m ercial d riv e r's lic en se and is auauthorized thounder rizefederal d u nd er f ed era l law to ooperate pe rate a cocommercial mmotor mvehicle ercia l m otor ve hicle in ininterstate tecommerce. rsta te com m erce .

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COMCOMMERCIAL MDRIVER’S ERCLICENSE IDRIVING LSKILLS D R I E R'S L I EN SE DR IVING S KIL LS TEST STU—— DYSTUDY. .

The dedepartment partmof etransportation ntshall oconduct f tr an sp orta tion s ha ll co nd uct a studstudy y on accaccess ess in ththis isstate s tate to ththe edriving drivskills ingtest srequired kilfor lsissuance tof est re qu ired fo r is sua nce o f a comcommercial mdriver’s erciallicense. d riv e r' lic en se .

TThe hedepartment dshall epaevaluate rt ent sh all ev alu ate and may recorecommend mmadditional entesting doptions a dd ition a l tes ting is s tate to thincrease eaccess din rivthis ingstate s kill s o ptio ns to incthe readriving seskills acctest essrequired in th te st req uire d for issuissuance an ce of a ccommercial omdriver’s mlicense. e r ial d riv er's lice ns e.

TThe hedepartment dshall epsubmit artm en t sh a llreport, su bm it a re po rt, in ppaper apor erelectronic oformat, rcontaining ethe lecdepartment’s tronfindings, icevaluation, foand rmany at,recommendations co ntain ing th e dep artm en t' find in gs, ev alu atio n, an d a ny reco m m end ations to the ggeneral enassembly eral assem bly on oor rbefore bDecember efo31, re2019. D ecem b er 3 1, 2 01 9.

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