HF2350: Driver's License Suspension

Eliminates the requirement for a 30-day advance notice and preliminary hearing before the Iowa DOT can suspend a driver's license on the grounds of physical or mental incapacity. Instead, the DOT may suspend the license immediately upon determination of incapacity, with notice deemed served when mailed or delivered. Affected individuals can still obtain a special instruction permit under certain conditions. 

Key Points & Impact:

• Removes the requirement for 30 days' advance notice and preliminary hearing before suspending a driver's license due to physical or mental incapacity.

• Creates a new subsection (3) in Section 321.210 authorizing immediate suspension of a driver's license based on sufficient evidence of incapacity.

• Amends references throughout code sections to replace 'subsection 1, paragraph a, subparagraph (3)' with the new 'subsection 3' for incapacity-based suspensions.

• Clarifies that petitions for judicial review do not stay suspensions imposed under the new incapacity process.

• Allows peace officers to serve immediate notice of suspension and collect the physical license for return to the DOT.

• Special instruction permits may still be issued to eligible individuals whose licenses are suspended for incapacity, with updated cross-references to the new legal structure.

• No reinstatement fee is required for licenses suspended for incapacity under the new subsection 3, maintaining prior fee exemptions.

• Removes obsolete statutory language and cross-references related to the prior process for incapacity-based license suspension.