Senate File 2157 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  DOTZLER


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act increasing the scheduled fines for certain violations by
  2    motor vehicle operators under age eighteen.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6004XS 81
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.1, Code Supplement 2005, is amended
  1  2 by adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  7A.  "Cell phone" or "cellular telephone"
  1  4 means any device used for remote two=way communication
  1  5 including but not limited to a mobile telephone, two=way
  1  6 radio, wireless electronic mail device, or two=way pager.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 805.8A, Code Supplement 2005, is amended
  1  8 by adding the following new subsection:
  1  9    NEW SUBSECTION.  15.  UNDERAGE LICENSEE == VIOLATION AND
  1 10 ACCIDENT WHILE USING CELL PHONE.  The scheduled fine for any
  1 11 moving traffic violation committed by a motor vehicle operator
  1 12 under chapter 321, as provided in this section, shall be
  1 13 doubled if all of the following apply:
  1 14    a.  The motor vehicle operator was under eighteen years of
  1 15 age at the time of the violation.
  1 16    b.  The violation occurred in connection with a motor
  1 17 vehicle accident.
  1 18    c.  The motor vehicle operator was using a cell phone, as
  1 19 defined in section 321.1, at the time the violation occurred.
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This bill doubles the scheduled fine for any moving traffic
  1 22 violation committed by a person under 18 years of age if the
  1 23 violation occurred in connection with a motor vehicle accident
  1 24 and the motor vehicle operator was using a cell phone or
  1 25 similar device at the time the violation occurred.
  1 26 LSB 6004XS 81
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