House Amendment 8303


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     1  1    Amend House File 2612, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 22 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  Section 462A.26, Code 2005, is amended
     1  6 by adding the following new subsection:
     1  7    NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  Failure of the operator of any
     1  8 vessel involved in a collision, accident, or other
     1  9 casualty, to comply with the requirements of this
     1 10 section, is punishable as follows:
     1 11    a.  In the event of a collision, accident, or other
     1 12 casualty resulting only in property damage, the
     1 13 operator is guilty upon conviction of a simple
     1 14 misdemeanor.
     1 15    b.  In the event of a collision, accident, or other
     1 16 casualty resulting in an injury to a person, the
     1 17 operator is guilty upon conviction of a serious
     1 18 misdemeanor.
     1 19    c.  In the event of a collision, accident, or other
     1 20 casualty resulting in a serious injury to a person,
     1 21 the operator is guilty upon conviction of an
     1 22 aggravated misdemeanor.
     1 23    d.  In the event of a collision, accident, or other
     1 24 casualty resulting in the death of a person, the
     1 25 operator is guilty upon conviction of a class "D"
     1 26 felony.>
     1 27 #2.  Title page, line 3, by inserting after the
     1 28 word <casualty> the following:  <, and for a violation
     1 29 of certain operating rules for vessels involved in a
     1 30 collision, accident, or other casualty>.
     1 31 #3.  By renumbering as necessary.
     1 32 HF 2612.S
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