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1 1 Amend House File 2511, as passed by the House, as
1 2 follows:
1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
1 4 following:
1 5 "Section 1. Section 123.46, Code 1999, is amended
1 6 by adding the following new subsection:
1 7 NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. a. A peace officer shall
1 8 make a reasonable effort to identify a person under
1 9 the age of eighteen who violates this section, and if
1 10 the person is not referred to juvenile court, the law
1 11 enforcement agency of which the peace officer is an
1 12 employee shall make a reasonable attempt to notify the
1 13 person's custodial parent or legal guardian of the
1 14 violation, whether or not the person is taken into
1 15 custody, unless the officer has reasonable grounds to
1 16 believe that notification is not in the best interests
1 17 of the person or will endanger that person.
1 18 b. The peace officer shall also make a reasonable
1 19 effort to identify the elementary or secondary school
1 20 which the person attends if the person is enrolled in
1 21 elementary or secondary school and to notify the
1 22 superintendent or the superintendent's designee of the
1 23 school which the person attends, or the authorities in
1 24 charge of the nonpublic school which the person
1 25 attends, of the violation. If the person is taken
1 26 into custody, the peace officer shall notify a
1 27 juvenile court officer who shall make a reasonable
1 28 effort to identify the elementary or secondary school
1 29 the person attends, if any, and to notify the
1 30 superintendent of the school district or the
1 31 superintendent's designee, or the authorities in
1 32 charge of the nonpublic school, of the violation. A
1 33 reasonable attempt to notify the person includes, but
1 34 is not limited to, a telephone call or notice by
1 35 first-class mail.
1 36 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 321J.2B PARENTAL AND SCHOOL
1 37 NOTIFICATION – PERSONS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
1 38 1. A peace officer shall make a reasonable effort
1 39 to identify a person under the age of eighteen who
1 40 violates section 321J.2 or 321J.2A, and if the person
1 41 is not referred to juvenile court, the law enforcement
1 42 agency of which the peace officer is an employee shall
1 43 make a reasonable attempt to notify the person's
1 44 custodial parent or legal guardian of the violation,
1 45 whether or not the person is taken into custody,
1 46 unless the officer has reasonable grounds to believe
1 47 that notification is not in the best interests of the
1 48 person or will endanger that person.
1 49 2. The peace officer shall also make a reasonable
1 50 effort to identify the elementary or secondary school
2 1 which the person attends if the person is enrolled in
2 2 elementary or secondary school and to notify the
2 3 superintendent or the superintendent's designee of the
2 4 school which the person attends, or the authorities in
2 5 charge of the nonpublic school which the person
2 6 attends, of the violation. If the person is taken
2 7 into custody, the peace officer shall notify a
2 8 juvenile court officer who shall make a reasonable
2 9 effort to identify the elementary or secondary school
2 10 the person attends, if any, and to notify the
2 11 superintendent of the school district or the
2 12 superintendent's designee, or the authorities in
2 13 charge of the nonpublic school, of the violation. A
2 14 reasonable attempt to notify the person includes, but
2 15 is not limited to, a telephone call or notice by
2 16 first-class mail."
2 17
2 18
2 19
2 20 TOM FLYNN
2 21 HF 2511.305 78
2 22 jm/cf
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