Senate File 2179 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2179 BY GARRETT A BILL FOR An Act relating to liability arising from the donation of 1 equipment by a municipality, fire department, emergency 2 medical services provider, or law enforcement agency. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6184XS (4) 88 ss/jh

S.F. 2179 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 100B.41 Donation of fire fighting, 1 emergency medical response, and law enforcement equipment. 2 A fire department, emergency medical services provider, or 3 law enforcement agency may donate used vehicles or equipment 4 to an organization that provides fire response or emergency 5 medical services, or to a law enforcement agency. An entity 6 donating equipment pursuant to this subsection shall be 7 immune from civil liability from any claim arising from the 8 performance, failure to perform, nature, age, condition, or 9 packaging of any vehicle or equipment used in fire fighting, 10 emergency medical response, or law enforcement. 11 Sec. 2. Section 669.14, Code 2020, is amended by adding the 12 following new subsection: 13 NEW SUBSECTION . 16. Any claim arising from the performance, 14 failure to perform, nature, age, condition, or packaging of 15 any vehicle or equipment used in fire fighting, emergency 16 medical response, or law enforcement which has been donated 17 without payment to any organization engaged in fire fighting or 18 emergency medical services, or to a law enforcement agency. 19 Sec. 3. Section 670.4, subsection 1, Code 2020, is amended 20 by adding the following new paragraph: 21 NEW PARAGRAPH . r. Any claim arising from the performance, 22 failure to perform, nature, age, condition, or packaging of 23 any vehicle or equipment used in fire fighting, emergency 24 medical response, or law enforcement which has been donated 25 without payment to any organization engaged in fire fighting or 26 emergency medical services, or to a law enforcement agency. 27 EXPLANATION 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 29 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 30 This bill allows a fire department, emergency medical 31 services provider, or law enforcement agency to donate used 32 equipment to another organization that provides fire fighting 33 or emergency medical services, or is a law enforcement agency. 34 The bill exempts the state, municipalities, fire departments, 35 -1- LSB 6184XS (4) 88 ss/jh 1/ 2

S.F. 2179 emergency medical services providers, and law enforcement 1 agencies from tort liability arising from the performance, 2 failure to perform, nature, age, condition, or packaging of any 3 vehicle or equipment donated to an organization that provides 4 fire fighting or emergency medical services, or is a law 5 enforcement agency. 6 -2- LSB 6184XS (4) 88 ss/jh 2/ 2