House File 193

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  FOEGE


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act creating a criminal offense for leaving an unattended or
  2    not properly supervised child in a motor vehicle, and
  3    providing a penalty.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1114HH 80
  6 jm/pj/5

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  321.276  UNATTENDED OR NOT
  1  2 PROPERLY SUPERVISED CHILD IN A MOTOR VEHICLE.
  1  3    A person shall not leave a child eight years of age or
  1  4 younger in a motor vehicle unattended or under the supervision
  1  5 of a person who is fourteen years of age or younger.  A person
  1  6 does not violate this section if the person can maintain
  1  7 visual contact with the child.  A person who violates this
  1  8 section commits a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled
  1  9 violation under section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph "j".
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Section 805.8A, subsection 14, Code 2003, is
  1 11 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 12    NEW PARAGRAPH.  j.  UNATTENDED OR UNSUPERVISED CHILD IN A
  1 13 MOTOR VEHICLE.  For a violation under section 321.276, the
  1 14 scheduled fine is one hundred dollars.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill creates a criminal offense for leaving an
  1 17 unattended or not properly supervised child in a motor
  1 18 vehicle.
  1 19    The bill provides that a person shall not leave a child
  1 20 eight years of age or younger in a motor vehicle unattended or
  1 21 under the supervision of a person who is 14 years of age or
  1 22 younger.  A person who is able to maintain visual contact with
  1 23 the child in the motor vehicle does not violate the bill.
  1 24    The bill provides that a person who violates the bill
  1 25 commits a simple misdemeanor subject to a scheduled fine of
  1 26 $100.
  1 27 LSB 1114HH 80
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