House
File
313
-
Enrolled
House
File
313
AN
ACT
REQUIRING
THE
REMOVAL
OF
MOTOR
VEHICLES
INVOLVED
IN
CERTAIN
ACCIDENTS
FROM
THE
ROADWAY,
AND
PROVIDING
A
PENALTY.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
321.262,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
321.262
Leaving
scene
of
traffic
accident
prohibited
——
vehicle
damage
only
——
removal
of
vehicles
.
1.
a.
The
driver
of
any
vehicle
involved
in
an
accident
resulting
only
in
damage
to
a
vehicle
which
is
driven
or
attended
by
any
person
shall
immediately
stop
such
remove
the
driver’s
vehicle
at
the
scene
of
such
accident
or
as
close
thereto
as
possible
but
shall
forthwith
return
to
and
in
every
event
from
the
traveled
portion
of
the
roadway
if
the
vehicle
is
operable
and
the
removal
can
be
achieved
in
a
safe
manner.
The
driver
shall
remove
the
vehicle
to
the
shoulder,
emergency
lane,
or
median
nearest
to
the
scene
of
the
accident
such
that
the
vehicle
is
completely
off
the
traveled
portion
of
the
roadway,
and
shall
then
stop
the
vehicle.
The
driver
shall
remove
the
vehicle
without
obstructing
traffic
more
than
is
necessary.
b.
Another
person
at
the
scene
of
the
accident
may
remove
a
vehicle
involved
in
the
accident
in
accordance
with
this
subsection
to
reduce
the
risk
of
a
subsequent
accident
or
to
ensure
the
safety
of
persons
at
the
scene
of
the
accident.
2.
The
driver
shall
remain
at
the
scene
of
such
the
accident
House
File
313,
p.
2
until
the
driver
has
fulfilled
the
requirements
of
section
321.263
.
Every
such
stop
shall
be
made
without
obstructing
traffic
more
than
is
necessary.
Any
person
failing
to
stop
or
comply
with
said
remain
at
the
scene
of
the
accident
or
fulfill
the
requirements
of
section
321.263
under
such
circumstances
shall
be
guilty
of
a
misdemeanor
and
punished
as
provided
in
section
321.482
.
______________________________
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
313,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor