House File 540 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE,
                                           REGULATION AND LABOR

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 114)


    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 line of duty during a certified law
  3    enforcement officer's employment in establishment of motor
  4    vehicle insurance rates.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 1667HV 81
  7 av/sh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  516B.4  TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
  1  2 INVOLVING CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS == INSURANCE
  1  3 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 a certified law enforcement officer
  1  7 is operating a motor vehicle in the line of duty, for the
  1  8 purpose of establishing motor vehicle insurance rates charged
  1  9 by the insurer for that person and shall require that
  1 10 insurance companies not cancel or refuse to renew any such
  1 11 policy of that person for such traffic accidents, unless the
  1 12 traffic accident results from the officer's reckless operation
  1 13 of the motor vehicle or reckless disregard for the safety of
  1 14 others as determined by the agency responsible for
  1 15 investigation of the accident.  The commissioner shall adopt
  1 16 rules to define the operation of a motor vehicle in the line
  1 17 of duty during employment as a certified law enforcement
  1 18 officer.
  1 19    For the purposes of this section, "certified law
  1 20 enforcement officer" means a law enforcement officer who is
  1 21 certified through the Iowa law enforcement academy as provided
  1 22 in section 80B.13, subsection 3, or section 80B.17.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill prohibits insurance companies transacting
  1 25 business in this state from considering traffic accidents that
  1 26 occur in the line of duty during a person's employment as a
  1 27 certified law enforcement officer, for the purpose of
  1 28 establishing rates for motor vehicle insurance charged by the
  1 29 insurer for that person and prohibits insurance companies from
  1 30 canceling or refusing to renew any such policy of that person
  1 31 because of such traffic accidents unless the traffic accident
  1 32 results from the officer's reckless operation of the motor
  1 33 vehicle or reckless disregard for the safety of others as
  1 34 determined by the agency responsible for investigation of the
  1 35 accident.  The bill directs the commissioner to adopt rules
  2  1 defining operation of a motor vehicle in the line of duty
  2  2 during a person's employment as a certified law enforcement
  2  3 officer.
  2  4 LSB 1667HV 81
  2  5 av:nh/sh/8