Creating a special minor’s farm driver’s license, and providing penalties

The person must also have successfully completed an approved driver education course unless the person can show to the satisfaction of the DOT that completion of the course would impose a hardship upon the person. The person’s parent or guardian must also certify to the DOT that the person lives on a farm or is employed for compensation on a farm in this state and that a need exists for the license. to assist the person’s parents, guardians, or employers with farm work in connection with any farm job, employment, or farm-related work, including traveling to or from the location of the farm work, provided the driving distance between the point of origin and the destination is no more than miles.180B(1).180B(1). The bill defines the term “unrelated minor passenger”. The bill further provides that a person issued a special minor’s farm license is prohibited from using an electronic communication device or an electronic entertainment device while driving a motor vehicle unless the motor vehicle is at a complete stop off the traveled portion of the roadway. This restriction does not apply to the use of electronic equipment that is permanently installed in the motor vehicle or to a portable device that is operated through permanently installed equipment. The bill also requires the DOT and the department of public safety to develop educational programs to foster compliance with this restriction. A special minor’s farm license is subject to suspension or revocation for the same reasons and in the same manner as suspension or revocation of any other driver’s license. The DOT may also suspend a special minor’s farm license upon receiving satisfactory evidence that the licensee has violated the restrictions of the license or has been involved in one or more accidents chargeable to the licensee. The DOT can suspend a special minor’s farm license upon receiving a record of the licensee’s conviction for one violation and must revoke the license upon receiving a record of conviction for two or more violations of a law of this state or a city ordinance regulating the operation of motor vehicles on highways other than parking violations. After a licensee receives two or more convictions which require revocation of the license, the DOT must not grant an application for a new driver’s license until the expiration of days.193. The violation shall not be considered a moving violation.17. A person convicted of violating the provisions of the bill that causes serious injury or death to another person is subject to additional penalties.