A bill for an act relating to required information in the electronic database used by the department of transportation and law enforcement to access registration, titling, and driver’s license information.

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BY

KLIMESH

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

required

information

in

the

electronic

1

database

used

by

the

department

of

transportation

and

law

2

enforcement

to

access

registration,

titling,

and

driver’s

3

license

information.

4

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

321.491A

Driver

improvement

1

information.

2

The

department

shall

include

in

the

electronic

database

used

3

by

the

department

and

law

enforcement

to

access

registration,

4

titling,

and

driver’s

license

information,

details

indicating

5

whether

a

driver

has

been

required

by

the

department

or

ordered

6

by

a

court

to

complete

remedial

driver

improvement

action,

7

including

any

driver

improvement

education

course,

following

an

8

arrest,

citation,

conviction,

or

accident,

and

if

so,

whether

9

the

driver

completed

the

action.

10

Sec.

2.

Section

602.8102,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

11

the

following

new

subsection:

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NEW

SUBSECTION

.

52.

If

a

person

is

ordered

to

complete

13

remedial

driver

improvement

action,

including

any

driver

14

improvement

education

course,

the

clerk

shall

forward

a

copy

15

of

the

order

to

the

department

of

transportation

within

ten

16

days

of

the

order.

The

clerk

shall

notify

the

department

of

17

transportation

that

the

person

completed

such

action

within

ten

18

days

of

receiving

confirmation

that

the

person

completed

the

19

action.

20

EXPLANATION

21

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

22

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

23

This

bill

requires

the

department

of

transportation

(DOT)

24

to

include

in

the

electronic

database

used

by

the

DOT

and

law

25

enforcement

to

access

registration,

titling,

and

driver’s

26

license

information,

details

indicating

whether

a

driver

27

has

been

required

to

take

or

has

completed

remedial

driver

28

improvement

action,

including

a

driver

improvement

education

29

course.

The

bill

also

requires

the

clerk

of

the

district

court

30

to

notify

the

DOT

within

10

days

after

a

person

is

ordered

by

a

31

court

to

complete

remedial

driver

improvement

action,

including

32

a

driver

improvement

education

course,

and

within

10

days

after

33

the

person

completes

the

action.

34

Under

current

law

and

administrative

rules

adopted

by

the

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DOT,

the

DOT

must

require

remedial

driver

improvement

action

1

when

a

person

holding

an

instruction

permit,

intermediate

2

license,

or

full-privilege

driver’s

license

under

Code

3

section

321.180B

is

convicted

of

a

moving

violation

or

has

a

4

contributive

accident,

and

the

violation

or

accident

occurred

5

during

the

term

of

the

instruction

permit

or

intermediate

6

license.

In

addition,

the

DOT

may

require

a

driver

to

complete

7

a

driver

improvement

program

in

lieu

of

driver’s

license

8

suspension

under

certain

circumstances.

A

court

has

discretion

9

to

order

a

person

to

complete

a

remedial

driver

improvement

10

program,

including

by

approving

the

program

as

a

condition

of

11

probation

in

accordance

with

Code

section

907.6.

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