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 5 dea/je/5 PAG LIN 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 1 27 dea:nh/je/5