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House Amendment 1174

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  1  1    Amend House File 403 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
  1  3 following:
  1  4    "Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  321.232A  RADAR OR OTHER
  1  5 SPEED-MEASURING DEVICE DETECTORS – POSSESSION, USE,
  1  6 OR SALE PROHIBITED.
  1  7    1.  A person commits a simple misdemeanor by doing
  1  8 either of the following:
  1  9    a.  Operating a vehicle on a highway of this state
  1 10 while using or possessing a device designed to detect
  1 11 emissions from a radar, laser, or other speed-
  1 12 measuring device and signal the existence of those
  1 13 emissions.
  1 14    b.  Offering for sale or selling in this state a
  1 15 device designed to detect emissions from a radar,
  1 16 laser, or other speed-measuring device and signal the
  1 17 existence of those emissions.
  1 18    2.  It is an affirmative defense to a charge of
  1 19 violating subsection 1 that the device, at the time of
  1 20 the alleged offense, had no power source and was not
  1 21 readily accessible for use by the driver or an
  1 22 occupant of the vehicle.
  1 23    3.  A device prohibited by this section may be
  1 24 seized as evidence under chapter 809 and shall be
  1 25 disposed of or returned to the person from whom it was
  1 26 seized in accordance with section 809.5.  Upon request
  1 27 and payment of the costs of shipment, the seizing
  1 28 agency shall ship the device to an address specified
  1 29 by the person from whom the device was seized.
  1 30    4.  This section does not apply to the following:
  1 31    a.  A device designed exclusively to receive radio
  1 32 signals on frequencies lawfully licensed by a state or
  1 33 federal agency.
  1 34    b.  A device used by a peace officer in the
  1 35 performance of the official duties of the peace
  1 36 officer."
  1 37    #2.  Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
  1 38 word "Act" the following:  "relating to the
  1 39 enforcement of speed limits by prohibiting the
  1 40 possession or use of radar detectors, providing a
  1 41 penalty, and by".
  1 42    #3.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  1 43 
  1 44 
  1 45                               
  1 46 RICHARDSON of Warren
  1 47 HF 403.202 77
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