Text: SF02262 Text: SF02264 Text: SF02200 - SF02299 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 321.8A UNATTENDED OR NOT 1 2 PROPERLY SUPERVISED CHILD IN A MOTOR VEHICLE – PUBLICATION. 1 3 The department shall provide information to the public 1 4 concerning the hazards of leaving a child unattended or not 1 5 properly supervised in a motor vehicle. The department is 1 6 encouraged to include such information in the publication 1 7 distributed pursuant to section 321.15. 1 8 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 321.276 UNATTENDED OR NOT PROPERLY 1 9 SUPERVISED CHILD IN A MOTOR VEHICLE. 1 10 A person shall not leave a child six years of age or 1 11 younger in a motor vehicle unattended or under the supervision 1 12 of a person who is eleven years of age or younger. A person 1 13 does not violate this section if the person can maintain 1 14 visual contact with the child. A person who violates this 1 15 section commits a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled 1 16 violation under section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph "j". 1 17 Sec. 3. Section 602.8108, subsection 2, Code Supplement 1 18 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 19 2. Except as otherwise provided, the clerk of the district 1 20 court shall report and submit to the state court 1 21 administrator, not later than the fifteenth day of each month, 1 22 the fines and fees received during the preceding calendar 1 23 month. Except as provided in subsections 4,and5, and 6, the 1 24 state court administrator shall deposit the amounts received 1 25 with the treasurer of state for deposit in the general fund of 1 26 the state. The state court administrator shall report to the 1 27 legislative fiscal bureau within thirty days of the beginning 1 28 of each fiscal quarter the amount received during the previous 1 29 quarter in the account established under this section. 1 30 Sec. 4. Section 602.8108, Code Supplement 2001, is amended 1 31 by adding the following new subsection: 1 32 NEW SUBSECTION. 7. The state court administrator shall 1 33 allocate fifty percent of the fines and fees attributable to a 1 34 violation of section 321.276 to the state department of 1 35 transportation to be used as provided in section 321.8A. 2 1 Sec. 5. Section 805.8A, subsection 14, Code Supplement 2 2 2001, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. j. UNATTENDED CHILD IN A MOTOR VEHICLE. 2 4 For a violation under section 321.276, the scheduled fine is 2 5 one hundred dollars. 2 6 EXPLANATION 2 7 This bill creates a criminal offense for leaving an 2 8 unattended or not properly supervised child in a motor 2 9 vehicle. 2 10 The bill provides that a person shall not leave a child in 2 11 a motor vehicle unattended or under the supervision of a 2 12 person who is 11 years of age or younger. A person who is 2 13 able to maintain visual contact with the child in the motor 2 14 vehicle does not violate the bill. 2 15 The bill provides that a person who violates the bill 2 16 commits a simple misdemeanor subject to a scheduled fine of 2 17 $100. 2 18 The bill provides that 50 percent of the fines and fees 2 19 collected for a violation of this bill shall be used by the 2 20 department of transportation to publicize the hazards of 2 21 leaving an unattended or not properly supervised child in a 2 22 motor vehicle. 2 23 LSB 5797XS 79 2 24 jm/pj/5
Text: SF02262 Text: SF02264 Text: SF02200 - SF02299 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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