House
File
2302
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Enrolled
House
File
2302
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
OPERATION
OF
RESCUE
VEHICLES
WHEN
RESPONDING
TO
AN
EMERGENCY,
AND
MAKING
PENALTIES
APPLICABLE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
321.1,
subsection
62,
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
62.
“Rescue
vehicle”
means
a
motor
vehicle
which
is
equipped
with
rescue,
fire,
or
life
support
,
hazardous
material,
or
emergency
management
equipment
used
to
assist
and
rescue
persons
in
emergencies
or
support
emergency
personnel
in
the
performance
of
their
duties.
Sec.
2.
Section
321.231,
subsections
3
and
4,
Code
2018,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
3.
The
driver
of
a
fire
department
vehicle,
police
vehicle,
rescue
vehicle,
or
ambulance,
or
a
peace
officer
riding
a
police
bicycle
in
the
line
of
duty
,
may
do
any
of
the
following:
a.
Proceed
past
a
red
or
stop
signal
or
stop
sign,
but
only
after
slowing
down
as
may
be
necessary
for
safe
operation.
b.
Exceed
the
maximum
speed
limits
so
long
as
the
driver
does
not
endanger
life
or
property.
4.
The
exemptions
granted
to
an
authorized
emergency
vehicle
under
subsection
2
and
for
to
a
fire
department
vehicle,
police
vehicle,
rescue
vehicle,
or
ambulance
as
provided
in
subsection
3
shall
apply
only
when
such
vehicle
is
making
use
of
an
audible
signaling
device
meeting
the
House
File
2302,
p.
2
requirements
of
section
321.433
or
a
visual
signaling
device,
except
that
use
of
an
audible
or
visual
signaling
device
shall
not
be
required
when
exercising
the
exemption
granted
under
subsection
3
,
paragraph
“b”
,
of
this
section
when
the
vehicle
is
operated
by
a
peace
officer
,
pursuing
a
suspected
violator
of
the
speed
restrictions
imposed
by
or
pursuant
to
this
chapter
,
for
the
purpose
of
determining
the
speed
of
travel
of
such
suspected
violator.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2302,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2018
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor