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Senate Amendment 5114

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 2366 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
  1  3 clause and inserting the following:
  1  4    "Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  321.216C  USE OF
  1  5 DRIVER'S LICENSE OR NONOPERATOR'S IDENTIFICATION CARD
  1  6 BY UNDERAGE PERSON TO OBTAIN CIGARETTES OR TOBACCO
  1  7 PRODUCTS.
  1  8    A person who is under the age of eighteen, who
  1  9 alters or displays or has in the person's possession a
  1 10 fictitious or fraudulently altered driver's license or
  1 11 nonoperator's identification card and who uses the
  1 12 license or card to violate or attempt to violate
  1 13 section 453A.2, subsection 2, commits a simple
  1 14 misdemeanor punishable by a fine of one hundred
  1 15 dollars.  The court shall forward a copy of the
  1 16 conviction to the department.
  1 17    Sec. 2.  Section 453A.2, Code 1999, is amended by
  1 18 adding the following new subsections:
  1 19    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  Possession of cigarettes or
  1 20 tobacco products by an individual under eighteen years
  1 21 of age does not constitute a violation under this
  1 22 section if the individual under eighteen years of age
  1 23 possesses the cigarettes or tobacco products as part
  1 24 of the individual's employment and the individual is
  1 25 employed by a person who holds a valid permit under
  1 26 this chapter or who lawfully offers for sale or sells
  1 27 cigarettes or tobacco products.
  1 28    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  A person shall not be guilty
  1 29 of a violation of this section if conduct that would
  1 30 otherwise constitute a violation is performed to
  1 31 assess compliance with cigarette and tobacco products
  1 32 laws if any of the following applies:
  1 33    a.  The compliance effort is conducted by or under
  1 34 the supervision of law enforcement officers.
  1 35    b.  The compliance effort is conducted with the
  1 36 advance knowledge of law enforcement officers and
  1 37 reasonable measures are adopted by those conducting
  1 38 the effort to ensure that use of cigarettes or tobacco
  1 39 products by individuals under eighteen years of age
  1 40 does not result from participation by any individual
  1 41 under eighteen years of age in the compliance effort.
  1 42    For the purposes of this subsection, "law
  1 43 enforcement officer" means a peace officer as defined
  1 44 in section 801.4 and includes persons designated under
  1 45 subsection 3 to enforce this section.
  1 46    Sec. 3.  Section 453A.3, subsection 2, Code 1999,
  1 47 is amended to read as follows:
  1 48    2.  A person who violates section 453A.2,
  1 49 subsection 2, shall pay a is subject to the following,
  1 50 as applicable:
  2  1    a.  A civil penalty pursuant to section 805.8,
  2  2 subsection 11.  Failure to pay the a civil penalty
  2  3 imposed for a violation of section 453A.2, subsection
  2  4 2, is a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled
  2  5 violation under section 805.8, subsection 11.
  2  6 Notwithstanding section 602.8106 or any other
  2  7 provision to the contrary, any civil penalty or
  2  8 criminal fine paid under this subsection shall be
  2  9 retained by the city or county enforcing the violation
  2 10 to be used for enforcement of section 453A.2.
  2 11    b.  For a first offense, performance of community
  2 12 service or attendance at tobacco education classes, if
  2 13 available.
  2 14    c.  For a second offense, performance of thirty
  2 15 hours of community service, and attendance at tobacco
  2 16 education classes, if available.
  2 17    d.  For a third or subsequent offense, performance
  2 18 of forty hours of community service and suspension of
  2 19 the person's driver's license for a period of thirty
  2 20 days.  The clerk of the district court shall forward a
  2 21 copy of the order suspending the motor vehicle license
  2 22 of the person to the state department of
  2 23 transportation.  Upon receipt of the copy of the order
  2 24 from the clerk of the district court, the state
  2 25 department of transportation shall notify the person
  2 26 that the person's driver's license will be suspended
  2 27 effective ten days from the date of the notice.  The
  2 28 state department of transportation shall establish
  2 29 procedures, by rule, to effect the suspension of a
  2 30 person's driver's license pursuant to this paragraph
  2 31 "d" including surrender of the person's driver's
  2 32 license to the department and including issuance to
  2 33 the person of a temporary restricted license under
  2 34 section 321.215, as if the suspension was ordered
  2 35 under chapter 321.
  2 36    The state department of transportation shall, on
  2 37 application, issue a temporary restricted license to a
  2 38 person whose motor vehicle license is suspended under
  2 39 this paragraph "d", allowing the person to drive to
  2 40 and from the person's home and specified places at
  2 41 specified times which can be verified by the
  2 42 department and which are required by the person's
  2 43 full-time or part-time employment, continuing health
  2 44 care or the continuing health care of another who is
  2 45 dependent upon the person, continuing education while
  2 46 enrolled in an educational institution on a part-time
  2 47 or full-time basis and while pursuing a course of
  2 48 study leading to a diploma, degree, or other
  2 49 certification of successful educational completion,
  2 50 substance abuse treatment, or court-ordered community
  3  1 service responsibilities.
  3  2    A person for whom a motor vehicle license is
  3  3 suspended under this paragraph "d" is not subject to
  3  4 chapter 321A and the suspension shall not be grounds
  3  5 for determination of risk, rates, or premiums in any
  3  6 policy of insurance issued to or for the person.
  3  7    Sec. 4.  NEW SECTION.  453A.4  SEIZURE OF FALSE OR
  3  8 ALTERED DRIVER'S LICENSE OR NONOPERATOR'S
  3  9 IDENTIFICATION CARD.
  3 10    1.  If a person holding a permit under this chapter
  3 11 or an employee of such a permittee has a reasonable
  3 12 belief based on factual evidence that a driver's
  3 13 license as defined in section 321.1, subsection 20A,
  3 14 or nonoperator's identification card issued pursuant
  3 15 to section 321.190 offered by a person who wishes to
  3 16 purchase cigarettes or tobacco products is altered or
  3 17 falsified or belongs to another person, the permittee
  3 18 or employee may retain the driver's license or
  3 19 nonoperator's identification card.  Within twenty-four
  3 20 hours, the card shall be delivered to the appropriate
  3 21 city or county law enforcement agency of the
  3 22 jurisdiction in which the permittee's premises is
  3 23 located, and the permittee shall file a written report
  3 24 of the circumstances under which the card was
  3 25 retained.  The local law enforcement agency may
  3 26 investigate whether a violation of section 321.216,
  3 27 321.216A, or 321.216C has occurred.  If an
  3 28 investigation is not initiated or probable cause is
  3 29 not established by the local law enforcement agency,
  3 30 the driver's license or nonoperator's identification
  3 31 card shall be delivered to the person to whom it was
  3 32 issued.  The local law enforcement agency may forward
  3 33 the card with the report to the state department of
  3 34 transportation for investigation, in which case, the
  3 35 state department of transportation may investigate
  3 36 whether a violation of section 321.216, 321.216A, or
  3 37 321.216C has occurred.  The state department of
  3 38 transportation shall return the card to the person to
  3 39 whom it was issued if an investigation is not
  3 40 initiated or probable cause is not established.
  3 41    2.  Upon taking possession of an identification
  3 42 card as provided in subsection 1, a receipt for the
  3 43 card with the date and hour of seizure noted shall be
  3 44 provided to the person from whom the card is seized.
  3 45    3.  A person holding a permit under this chapter or
  3 46 an employee of such a permittee is not subject to
  3 47 criminal prosecution for, or to civil liability for
  3 48 damages alleged to have resulted from, the retention
  3 49 and delivery of a driver's license or a nonoperator's
  3 50 identification card which is taken pursuant to
  4  1 subsections 1 and 2.  This section shall not be
  4  2 construed to relieve a permittee or an employee of
  4  3 such a permittee from civil liability for damages
  4  4 resulting from the use of unreasonable force in
  4  5 obtaining the alleged altered or falsified driver's
  4  6 license or identification card or the driver's license
  4  7 or identification card believed to belong to another
  4  8 person.
  4  9    Sec. 5.  Section 453A.13, subsection 2, Code 1999,
  4 10 is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  4 11    NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  The department, or a city or
  4 12 county, shall submit a duplicate of any application
  4 13 for a retail permit and any retail permit issued by
  4 14 the entity under this subsection to the Iowa
  4 15 department of public health within thirty days of the
  4 16 issuance.
  4 17    Sec. 6.  Section 453A.22, subsection 2, paragraphs
  4 18 c and d, Code 1999, are amended to read as follows:
  4 19    c.  For a third violation within a period of five
  4 20 three years, the violator's permit shall be suspended
  4 21 for a period of sixty days.
  4 22    d.  For a fourth violation within a period of five
  4 23 three years, the violator's permit shall be revoked.
  4 24    Sec. 7.  Section 453A.22, Code 1999, is amended by
  4 25 adding the following new subsections:
  4 26    NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  Notwithstanding subsection 3,
  4 27 if a retail permit is suspended or revoked under this
  4 28 section, the suspension or revocation shall only apply
  4 29 to the place of business at which the violation
  4 30 occurred and shall not apply to any other place of
  4 31 business to which the retail permit applies but at
  4 32 which the violation did not occur.
  4 33    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  The department or local
  4 34 authority shall report the suspension or revocation of
  4 35 a retail permit under this section to the Iowa
  4 36 department of public health within thirty days of the
  4 37 suspension or revocation of the retail permit.
  4 38    Sec. 8.  Section 602.6405, Code 1999, is amended by
  4 39 adding the following new subsection:
  4 40    NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  a.  Magistrates shall hear
  4 41 and determine violations of and penalties for
  4 42 violations of section 453A.2, subsection 2.
  4 43    b.  Magistrates shall forward copies of citations
  4 44 issued for violations of section 453A.2, subsection 2,
  4 45 and of their dispositions to the clerk of the district
  4 46 court.  The clerk of the district court shall maintain
  4 47 records of citations issued and the dispositions of
  4 48 citations, and shall forward a copy of the records to
  4 49 the Iowa department of public health.
  4 50    Sec. 9.  Section 805.6, Code 1999, is amended by
  5  1 adding the following new subsection:
  5  2    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  The uniform citation and
  5  3 complaint shall contain a place for citing a person in
  5  4 violation of section 453A.2, subsection 2.
  5  5    Sec. 10.  Section 805.8, subsection 11, paragraph
  5  6 b, Code Supplement 1999, is amended to read as
  5  7 follows:
  5  8    b.  (1)  For violations of section 453A.2,
  5  9 subsection 2, the scheduled fine is as follows and is
  5 10 a civil penalty, and the criminal penalty surcharge
  5 11 under section 911.2 shall not be added to the penalty,
  5 12 and the court costs pursuant to section 805.9,
  5 13 subsection 6, shall not be imposed:
  5 14    (a)  If the violation is a first offense, the
  5 15 scheduled fine is twenty-five fifty dollars.
  5 16    (b)  If the violation is a second offense, the
  5 17 scheduled fine is fifty one hundred dollars.
  5 18    (c)  If the violation is a third or subsequent
  5 19 offense, the scheduled fine is one two hundred fifty
  5 20 dollars.
  5 21    However, the fine shall not be imposed for a first
  5 22 or second offense if the court determines that the
  5 23 violator shall instead perform unpaid community
  5 24 service or attend tobacco education classes pursuant
  5 25 to section 453A.3, subsection 2.
  5 26    (2)  For failing to pay the civil penalty under
  5 27 section 453A.2 453A.3, subsection 2, or to perform the
  5 28 unpaid community service or to attend tobacco
  5 29 education classes under section 453A.3, subsection 2,
  5 30 the scheduled criminal fine is twenty-five fifty
  5 31 dollars if the violation is a first offense, fifty one
  5 32 hundred dollars if the violation is a second offense,
  5 33 and one two hundred fifty dollars if the violation is
  5 34 a third or subsequent offense.  Failure to pay the
  5 35 scheduled criminal fine shall not result in the person
  5 36 being detained in a secure facility.  The complainant
  5 37 shall not be charged a filing fee." 
  5 38 
  5 39 
  5 40                               
  5 41 NANCY BOETTGER
  5 42 
  5 43                               
  5 44 MICHAEL E. GRONSTAL
  5 45 
  5 46 
  5 47                               
  5 48 STEWART IVERSON, Jr.
  5 49 MATT McCOY
  5 50 SF 2366.802 78
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