House File 114 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  STRUYK, DANDEKAR, HUSER,
                                           MERTZ, LUKAN, BAUDLER,
                                           TJEPKES, and S. OLSON


    Passed House, Date                Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act prohibiting consideration of certain traffic accidents
  2    occurring in the course of an Iowa state patrol member's
  3    employment in establishment of motor vehicle insurance rates.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1667YH 81
  6 av/sh/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  516B.4  CERTAIN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
  1  2 INVOLVING IOWA STATE PATROL MEMBERS NOT CONSIDERED WHEN
  1  3 ESTABLISHING RATES.
  1  4    The commissioner shall require that insurance companies
  1  5 transacting business in this state not consider traffic
  1  6 accidents that occur while in the course of a person's
  1  7 employment as a member of the Iowa state patrol under chapter
  1  8 80, for the purpose of establishing rates for motor vehicle
  1  9 insurance charged by the insurer for that person and shall
  1 10 require that insurance companies not cancel or refuse to renew
  1 11 any such policy of that person for such traffic accidents.
  1 12 The commissioner shall adopt rules to define a traffic
  1 13 accident that occurs while in the course of a person's
  1 14 employment as a member of the Iowa state patrol.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill prohibits insurance companies transacting
  1 17 business in this state from considering traffic accidents that
  1 18 occur while in the course of a person's employment as a member
  1 19 of the Iowa state patrol under Code chapter 80, for the
  1 20 purpose of establishing rates for motor vehicle insurance
  1 21 charged by the insurer for that person and prohibits insurance
  1 22 companies from canceling or refusing to renew any such policy
  1 23 of that person because of such traffic accidents.  The bill
  1 24 directs the commissioner to adopt rules defining a traffic
  1 25 accident that occurs while in the course of a person's
  1 26 employment as a member of the Iowa state patrol.
  1 27 LSB 1667YH 81
  1 28 av:nh/sh/8