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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.229, Code 1999, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 321.229 OBEDIENCE TO PEACE OFFICERS. 1 4NoA person shall not willfully fail or refuse to comply 1 5 with any lawful order or direction of any peace officer 1 6 invested by law with authority to direct, control, or regulate 1 7 traffic. However, a person shall not be deemed to have 1 8 willfully failed or refused to comply with a lawful order or 1 9 direction of a peace officer if all of the following apply: 1 10 1. The order or direction was given at a time when the 1 11 display of lighted head lamps is required for motor vehicles 1 12 under section 321.384. 1 13 2. At the time that the order or direction was given, the 1 14 motor vehicle was located on a street or highway which is 1 15 located outside of the corporate limits of any city or outside 1 16 of the limits of any benefited street lighting district. 1 17 3. The person in the motor vehicle who has been given the 1 18 order or direction by the peace officer acknowledges the order 1 19 or direction by initiating a continuous signal, which may 1 20 include, but is not limited to, initiation of use of the 1 21 vehicle's emergency signal lamps. 1 22 4. The person in the motor vehicle who has been given the 1 23 order or direction immediately proceeds, at the applicable 1 24 speed limit, to a lighted area which is reasonably proximate 1 25 to the location at which the order or direction was given. 1 26 EXPLANATION 1 27 This bill amends Code section 321.229 to provide that a 1 28 person does not commit the crime of disobedience to a peace 1 29 officer's order or direction if the order or direction was 1 30 given at a time when motor vehicle head lamps are required, 1 31 the motor vehicle was located on a street or highway outside a 1 32 city or outside a benefited street lighting district at the 1 33 time the order or direction was given, the person driving the 1 34 motor vehicle acknowledges the order or direction by 1 35 initiating a continuous signal of some type, and the person 2 1 driving the motor vehicle immediately drives to a reasonably 2 2 proximate lighted area. 2 3 Code section 321.229 currently prohibits a person from 2 4 willfully failing or refusing to comply with a lawful order or 2 5 direction of a peace officer with authority to regulate 2 6 traffic. 2 7 LSB 2352HH 78 2 8 nh/gg/8
Text: HF00303 Text: HF00305 Text: HF00300 - HF00399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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