House File 2416 H-8165 Amend House File 2416 as follows: 1 1. By striking page 1, line 1, through page 2, line 33, and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 321.477, Code 2018, is amended to read 4 as follows: 5 321.477 Employees as peace officers —— maximum age. 6 1. The department may designate by resolution certain of its 7 employees upon each of whom there is conferred the authority of 8 a peace officer to enforce all laws of the this state including 9 but not limited to the rules and regulations of the department. 10 Employees designated as peace officers pursuant to this section 11 shall have the same powers , duties, privileges, and immunities 12 conferred by law on peace officers for relating to the 13 enforcement of all laws of this state and the apprehension of 14 violators. The department and the department of public safety 15 shall coordinate to provide effective and efficient enforcement 16 of all laws of this state, including any related regulatory 17 actions. 18 2. Employees designated as peace officers pursuant to this 19 section who are assigned to the supervision of the highways 20 of this state shall spend the preponderance of their time 21 conducting enforcement activities that assure the safe and 22 lawful movement and operation of commercial motor vehicles and 23 vehicles transporting loads, including but not limited to the 24 enforcement of motor vehicle laws relating to the operating 25 authority, registration, size, weight, and load of motor 26 vehicles and trailers, and registration of a motor carrier’s 27 interstate transportation service with the department. 28 3. 2. Employees designated as peace officers pursuant to 29 this section shall not exercise the general powers of a peace 30 officer within the limits of any city, except as follows: 31 a. When so ordered by the direction of the governor. 32 b. When request is made by the mayor of any city, with the 33 approval of the director. 34 c. When request is made by the sheriff or county attorney of 35 -1- HF2416.4271 (1) 87 ns/rh 1/ 3 #1.
any county, with the approval of the director. 1 d. While in the pursuit of law violators or in investigating 2 law violations. 3 e. While making any inspection provided by this chapter , or 4 any additional inspection ordered by the director. 5 f. When engaged in the investigation and enforcement of laws 6 relating to narcotic, counterfeit, stimulant, and depressant 7 drugs. 8 4. 3. The limitations specified in subsection 3 2 shall in 9 no way be construed as a limitation on the power of employees 10 designated as peace officers pursuant to this section when a 11 public offense is being committed in their presence. 12 5. 4. a. The department shall establish operational 13 requirements to assure that at least ninety percent of all 14 collective enforcement activities performed by employees 15 designated as peace officers pursuant to this section who 16 are assigned to the supervision of the highways of this 17 state shall be devoted to the protection of highway assets 18 and to activities that assure the safe and lawful movement 19 and operation of commercial motor vehicles and vehicles 20 transporting loads, including but not limited to all of the 21 following: 22 (1) The enforcement of motor vehicle laws relating to 23 the operating authority, registration, size, weight, and 24 load of motor vehicles and trailers, and registration of a 25 motor carrier’s interstate transportation service with the 26 department. 27 (2) The enforcement of federal motor carrier safety 28 regulations and federal motor carrier hazardous materials 29 regulations as adopted in this chapter and in rules adopted by 30 the department under this chapter. 31 (3) The performance of activities required for 32 participation in the motor carrier safety assistance program 33 and the high priority program administered under 49 C.F.R. pt. 34 350. 35 -2- HF2416.4271 (1) 87 ns/rh 2/ 3
(4) The control and direction of traffic. 1 (5) The enforcement of motor vehicle laws in road work 2 zones. 3 b. The department shall submit a report to the general 4 assembly on or before December 1 of each year that details the 5 nature and scope of enforcement activities conducted in the 6 previous fiscal year by employees designated as peace officers 7 pursuant to this section who are assigned to the supervision 8 of the highways of this state. The report shall include a 9 comparison of commercial and noncommercial motor vehicle 10 enforcement activities conducted by such employees and any 11 other information necessary to demonstrate the department’s 12 compliance with the operational requirements established 13 pursuant to this section . 14 c. The operational requirements established pursuant to 15 this section are intended to assure the effective use of the 16 department’s resources. The failure of the department or 17 employees designated as peace officers pursuant to this section 18 to meet the operational requirements shall not be a defense to 19 any charge in the prosecution of a person arrested or issued 20 a citation in lieu of arrest by an employee designated as a 21 peace officer pursuant to this section, and shall not create a 22 private cause of action. 23 6. 5. The maximum age for a person employed as a peace 24 officer pursuant to this section is sixty-five years of age. > 25 2. By renumbering as necessary. 26 ______________________________ WORTHAN of Buena Vista -3- HF2416.4271 (1) 87 ns/rh 3/ 3 #2.