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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
MOTOR
CARRIERS,
AND
MAKING
PENALTIES
APPLICABLE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
325A.1,
subsections
4,
6,
and
7,
Code
2018,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
4.
“Interstate
motor
carrier
number”
means
a
United
States
department
of
transportation
number
or
motor
carrier
number
issued
by
the
federal
highway
administration
to
a
motor
carrier
engaged
in
interstate
commerce
.
6.
“Motor
carrier”
means
a
person
defined
in
subsection
8,
9,
9A,
or
10
,
but
does
not
include
a
transportation
network
company
or
a
transportation
network
company
driver,
as
defined
in
section
321N.1
.
7.
“Motor
carrier
certificate”
means
a
certificate
issued
by
the
department
to
any
person
transporting
passengers
on
any
highway
of
this
state
for
hire,
other
than
a
transportation
network
company
or
a
transportation
network
company
driver,
as
defined
in
section
321N.1
a
motor
carrier
of
passengers
.
This
certificate
is
transferable.
Sec.
2.
Section
325A.1,
Code
2018,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsections:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5A.
“Intrastate
motor
carrier
number”
means
a
United
States
department
of
transportation
number
or
motor
carrier
number
issued
by
the
federal
highway
administration
to
a
motor
carrier
engaged
only
in
intrastate
commerce.
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
9A.
“Motor
carrier
of
passengers”
means
any
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person
transporting
passengers
on
any
highway
of
this
state
for
hire,
other
than
a
transportation
network
company
or
a
transportation
network
company
driver,
as
defined
in
section
321N.1.
Sec.
3.
Section
325A.3,
Code
2018,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2A.
In
addition
to
the
application
requirements
set
forth
in
subsection
2,
all
applications
for
a
taxicab
service
passenger
certificate
shall
include
the
applicant’s
interstate
motor
carrier
number
or
intrastate
motor
carrier
number.
If
the
applicant
has
both
an
interstate
and
intrastate
motor
carrier
number,
only
the
interstate
motor
carrier
number
must
be
included.
Sec.
4.
Section
325A.3A,
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
325A.3A
Hearings.
A
person
whose
application
for
a
permit
or
certificate
under
this
chapter
has
been
denied,
or
whose
permit
or
certificate
has
been
suspended,
may
contest
the
decision
under
chapter
17A
and
in
accordance
with
rules
adopted
by
the
department.
The
request
for
a
hearing
shall
be
in
writing
to
the
director
of
the
division
department’s
office
of
vehicle
and
motor
carrier
services
,
state
department
of
transportation,
at
its
office
in
the
capital
city’s
metropolitan
area
.
Sec.
5.
Section
325A.12,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
a.
Taxicabs
with
a
seating
capacity
of
not
more
less
than
eight
seven
passengers,
or
persons
having
a
license,
contract,
or
franchise
with
an
Iowa
a
city
in
this
state
to
carry
or
transport
passengers
for
hire
while
operating
within
the
guidelines
of
the
license,
contract,
or
franchise.
Sec.
6.
Section
325A.12,
Code
2018,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5A.
“Taxicab
service”
means
a
person
engaged
in
the
for-hire
transportation
of
passengers
in
a
taxicab
having
a
seating
capacity
of
less
than
seven
passengers
and
not
operating
on
a
regular
route
or
between
specified
points.
Sec.
7.
Section
325A.13,
subsection
2,
paragraphs
f
and
g,
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p.
3
Code
2018,
are
amended
by
striking
the
paragraphs.
Sec.
8.
Section
325A.13,
Code
2018,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsections:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2A.
It
is
unlawful
for
a
taxicab
service
to
transport
passengers
by
motor
vehicle
for
hire
from
any
place
in
this
state
to
another
place
in
this
state,
irrespective
of
the
route
or
highway
traversed,
without
first
having
obtained
a
taxicab
service
passenger
certificate
from
the
department.
However,
a
taxicab
service
passenger
certificate
issued
by
the
department
does
not
authorize
a
taxicab
service
to
transport
passengers
within
the
boundaries
of
a
local
authority
that
licenses
or
regulates
such
vehicles
pursuant
to
section
321.236,
subsection
7,
unless
the
taxicab
service
is
in
compliance
with
all
applicable
regulations
of
the
local
authority.
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2B.
A
person
shall
not
operate
as
a
charter
carrier,
regular-route
motor
carrier
of
passengers,
or
taxicab
service
in
this
state
unless
the
person
possesses
a
certificate
issued
by
the
department
applicable
to
the
type
of
operation
in
which
the
person
is
engaged.
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2271,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2018
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor