House File 2600 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 777)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to eluding or attempting to elude a pursuing law
  2    enforcement vehicle operated by a special security officer
  3    employed by a board of regents institution.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 6515HV 82
  6 jm/rj/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.279, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  The driver of a motor vehicle commits a serious
  1  4 misdemeanor if the driver willfully fails to bring the motor
  1  5 vehicle to a stop or otherwise eludes or attempts to elude a
  1  6 marked official law enforcement vehicle driven by a uniformed
  1  7 peace officer after being given a visual and audible signal to
  1  8 stop.  The signal given by the peace officer shall be by
  1  9 flashing red light, or by flashing red and blue lights, and
  1 10 siren.  For purposes of this section, "peace officer" means
  1 11 those officers designated under section 801.4, subsection 11,
  1 12 paragraphs "a", "b", "c", "f", "g", and "h".
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    This bill relates to eluding or attempting to elude a
  1 15 pursuing law enforcement vehicle operated by a special
  1 16 security officer employed by a board of regents institution.
  1 17    The bill adds "special security officers employed by board
  1 18 of regents institutions" to the definition of "peace officer"
  1 19 in Code section 321.279.  Under the bill, by adding a special
  1 20 security officer employed by a board of regents institution to
  1 21 the definition of peace officer, a person who eludes or
  1 22 attempts to elude a special security officer commits eluding
  1 23 or attempting to elude a pursuing law enforcement vehicle in
  1 24 violation of Code section 321.279.
  1 25    A person who commits eluding or attempting to elude a
  1 26 pursuing law enforcement vehicle commits a serious or
  1 27 aggravated misdemeanor, or a class "D" felony depending on the
  1 28 severity of the offense.
  1 29 LSB 6515HV 82
  1 30 jm/rj/8