House File 660 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  FORD


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to videorecording of eluding or attempting to
  2    elude a pursuing law enforcement vehicle.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2314HH 81
  5 jm/pj/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  321.279A  ELUDING OR ATTEMPTING
  1  2 TO ELUDE == PEACE OFFICER CAMERA.
  1  3    If a person eludes or attempts to a elude a pursuing peace
  1  4 officer in violation of section 321.279, and if the pursuing
  1  5 law enforcement vehicle contains a camera which is capable of
  1  6 videorecording the pursuit, the peace officer pursuing the
  1  7 person shall keep the vehicle's camera recording the pursuit
  1  8 at all times during the pursuit and during any subsequent
  1  9 questioning of the person stopped for a violation of section
  1 10 321.279.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12    This bill relates to eluding or attempting to elude a
  1 13 pursuing law enforcement vehicle.
  1 14    The bill provides that if a person eludes or attempts to
  1 15 elude a pursuing peace officer, and if the pursuing law
  1 16 enforcement vehicle contains a camera which is capable of
  1 17 videorecording the pursuit, the peace officer pursuing the
  1 18 person shall keep the vehicle's camera recording at all times
  1 19 during the pursuit and during any subsequent questioning of
  1 20 the person stopped.
  1 21 LSB 2314HH 81
  1 22 jm:rj/pj/5