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LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE
BILL
NO.
927
BY
WAYS
AND
MEANS
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
TRAFFIC
INFRACTIONS;
AMENDING
SECTION
49
-
328,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
2
PROVIDE
FOR
REINSTATEMENT
OF
A
DRIVER'S
LICENSE
THAT
HAS
BEEN
SUS
-
3
PENDED;
AMENDING
CHAPTER
15,
TITLE
49,
IDAHO
CODE,
BY
THE
ADDITION
OF
4
A
NEW
SECTION
49
-
1505,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
ESTABLISH
PROVISIONS
REGARDING
5
SUSPENSION
OF
DRIVER'S
LICENSES
AND
PRIVILEGES
FOR
FAILURE
TO
PAY
UN
-
6
DERLYING
TRAFFIC
INFRACTION
PENALTIES
AND
TO
PROVIDE
FOR
APPEALS;
AND
7
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY.
8
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
9
SECTION
1.
That
Section
49
-
328,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
10
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1
1
49
-
328.
REINSTATEMENT
OF
REVOKED,
DISQUALIFIED
OR
SUSPENDED
DRIVER'S
12
LICENSE
-
-
FEE
-
-
WHEN
REINSTATEMENT
PROHIBITED.
(1)
When
the
period
of
re
-
13
vocation,
disqualification
or
suspension
of
a
driver's
license
has
expired,
14
or
the
reason
for
the
revocation,
disqualification
or
suspension
no
longer
15
exists,
the
department
shall
reinstate
the
driver's
license
or
driving
priv
-
16
ileges
on
application
of
the
driver.
17
(2)
The
application
shall
be
in
the
form
prescribed
by
the
department
18
and
accompanied
by
a
reinstatement
fee
of
twenty
-
five
dollars
($25.00)
which
19
shall
be
deposited
in
the
state
highway
account.
20
(3)
A
driver's
license
shall
not
be
suspended
for
failure
to
pay
an
in
-
21
fraction
penalty.
All
driver's
licenses
suspended
prior
to
July
1,
2018,
for
22
failure
to
pay
an
infraction
penalty
shall
be
reinstated
upon
application
23
and
without
charge
to
the
applicant.
A
driver's
license
that
has
been
sus
-
24
pended
pursuant
to
section
49
-
1505,
Idaho
Code,
for
failure
to
pay
an
infrac
-
25
tion
penalty
shall
not
be
reinstated
until
the
licensee
provides
proof
that
26
the
infraction
penalty
has
been
paid
to
the
court.
27
(4)
In
addition
to
any
other
fees
required
in
this
section
to
be
col
-
28
lected,
the
department
shall
collect
sixty
dollars
($60.00)
for
reinstating
29
a
driver's
license
after
conviction
for
driving
under
the
influence,
without
30
privileges,
and
after
conviction
or
other
violation
of
any
other
traffic
-
re
-
31
lated
misdemeanor
or
infraction,
of
which
fees
forty
dollars
($40.00)
shall
32
be
paid
over
to
the
county
treasurer
of
the
county
in
which
the
conviction
33
occurred
for
support
of
that
county's
justice
fund,
or
the
current
expense
34
fund
if
no
county
justice
fund
has
been
established,
and
the
twenty
dollars
35
($20.00)
shall
be
deposited
in
the
state
highway
account.
36
(5)
In
addition
to
any
other
fees
required
in
this
section
to
be
col
-
37
lected,
the
department
shall
collect
two
hundred
dollars
($200)
for
rein
-
38
stating
a
driver's
license
after
a
suspension
imposed
under
the
provisions
39
of
section
18
-
8002
or
section
18
-
8002A,
Idaho
Code,
or
after
a
revocation,
40
disqualification
or
suspension
arising
out
of
any
alcohol
or
drug
-
related
41
offense,
other
than
a
suspension
imposed
upon
a
person
under
eighteen
(18)
42
2
years
of
age
pursuant
to
section
18
-
1502(d),
Idaho
Code.
Funds
collected
1
pursuant
to
this
subsection
shall
be
deposited
in
the
state
highway
account.
2
(6)
When
there
is
more
than
one
(1)
reason
why
a
driver's
license
was
re
-
3
voked
or
suspended
or
why
a
driver
was
disqualified,
the
department
shall
not
4
collect
multiple
fees
for
reinstatement,
but
shall
only
collect
one
(1)
re
-
5
instatement
fee,
which
shall
be
the
greater
reinstatement
fee,
provided
how
-
6
ever,
the
department
shall
collect
a
reinstatement
fee
for
each
revocation,
7
disqualification
or
suspension
under
chapter
80,
title
18,
Idaho
Code.
8
SECTION
2.
That
Chapter
15,
Title
49,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
9
hereby
amended
by
the
addition
thereto
of
a
NEW
SECTION
,
to
be
known
and
des
-
10
ignated
as
Section
49
-
1505,
Idaho
Code,
and
to
read
as
follows:
1
1
49
-
1505.
SUSPENSION
OF
DRIVER'S
LICENSE
AND
PRIVILEGES
FOR
FAILURE
TO
12
PAY
UNDERLYING
TRAFFIC
INFRACTION
PENALTY
-
-
APPEAL.
(1)
Beginning
on
Jan
-
13
uary
1,
2027,
the
department
shall
suspend
the
driver's
license,
permit,
and
14
operating
privileges
of
any
driver
who
has
unpaid
fines
for
infractions
upon
15
receiving
notice
from
any
court
of
the
state
that
such
person
is
sixty
(60)
16
days
or
more
delinquent
in
paying
the
penalty
for
a
traffic
infraction
judg
-
17
ment
or
an
established
payment
plan.
The
notice
may
be
sent
to
the
depart
-
18
ment
by
any
court,
which
shall
certify
that
a
judgment
for
an
infraction
from
19
a
moving
violation,
not
including
citations
issued
to
a
pedestrian
or
a
bi
-
20
cyclist
or
for
those
involving
a
parking
violation,
has
been
entered
against
21
the
person
and
such
person
has
failed
to
pay
the
penalty.
22
(2)
The
suspension
shall
be
processed
by
the
department
in
the
same
man
-
23
ner
as
other
suspensions
under
section
49
-
326,
Idaho
Code,
except
that
no
24
hearing
shall
be
held
by
the
department.
Upon
receipt
of
the
notice
of
non
-
25
payment
of
the
penalty
from
the
court,
the
department
shall
perform
the
min
-
26
isterial
duty
of
giving
official
notification
of
suspension
or
nonrenewal
of
27
the
driver's
license
and
operating
privileges.
28
(3)
The
department
shall
reinstate
a
driver's
license,
permit,
or
priv
-
29
ileges
that
have
been
suspended
pursuant
to
this
section
upon
proper
appli
-
30
cation
and
payment
of
any
required
fees
with
proof
of
payment
of
the
infrac
-
31
tion
penalty.
Upon
payment
of
the
infraction
penalty,
the
court
shall
issue
32
a
receipt
of
proof
of
payment,
which
may
be
filed
with
the
department.
33
(4)
A
driver's
license,
permit,
or
driving
privileges
that
were
sus
-
34
pended
pursuant
to
this
section
shall
not
be
reinstated
under
the
provisions
35
of
section
49
-
328,
Idaho
Code,
until
the
penalty
for
the
infraction
has
been
36
paid
to
the
court
in
the
county
in
which
the
citation
was
issued.
37
(5)
Any
person
operating
a
motor
vehicle
during
a
suspension
issued
38
pursuant
to
the
provisions
of
this
section,
whose
driver's
license,
per
-
39
mit,
or
privileges
have
not
been
reinstated
under
the
provisions
of
section
40
49
-
328,
Idaho
Code,
shall
be
in
violation
of
the
provisions
of
section
41
49
-
301,
Idaho
Code,
for
operating
a
motor
vehicle
without
a
driver's
li
-
42
cense.
43
(6)
Any
person
whose
driver's
license,
permit,
or
privileges
have
been
44
suspended
under
this
section
may
appeal
to
the
district
court
in
the
county
45
where
the
infraction
judgment
was
entered
within
the
time
and
in
the
man
-
46
ner
provided
for
criminal
appeals
from
the
magistrate
division
to
the
dis
-
47
trict
court.
The
appeal
shall
be
expedited
as
provided
by
rule
of
the
supreme
48
court.
If
the
district
court
finds
that
the
notice
of
nonpayment
of
the
in
-
49
3
fraction
penalty
should
not
have
been
sent
to
the
department
for
suspension
1
of
the
driver's
license,
permit,
or
privileges,
the
district
court
shall
or
-
2
der
the
privileges
be
reinstated
by
the
department,
and
upon
receipt
of
a
3
copy
of
such
order,
the
department
shall
reinstate
the
privileges
without
4
the
payment
of
a
fee.
5
(7)
For
a
person
whose
driver's
license,
permit,
or
operating
priv
-
6
ileges
were
suspended
pursuant
to
this
section,
the
department
may,
in
7
its
discretion,
issue
a
temporary
restricted
permit
to
allow
the
person
to
8
travel
to
and
from
his
place
of
employment
only.
9
(8)
It
shall
not
be
a
violation
of
this
section
for
a
person
to
operate
a
10
motor
vehicle
during
a
suspension
issued
pursuant
to
this
section
for
medi
-
1
1
cal
emergencies.
12
SECTION
3.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
13
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
its
14
passage
and
approval.
15