House File 315 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY FOEGE
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to leaving an unattended child or not properly
2 supervised child in a motor vehicle, and providing a penalty.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 321.8A UNATTENDED OR NOT
1 2 PROPERLY SUPERVISED CHILD IN A MOTOR VEHICLE == PUBLICATION.
1 3 The department shall provide information to the public
1 4 concerning the hazards of leaving a child unattended or not
1 5 properly supervised in a motor vehicle. The department is
1 6 encouraged to include such information in the publication
1 7 distributed pursuant to section 321.15.
1 8 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 321.276 UNATTENDED OR NOT PROPERLY
1 9 SUPERVISED CHILD IN A MOTOR VEHICLE.
1 10 A person shall not leave a child six years of age or
1 11 younger in a motor vehicle unattended or under the supervision
1 12 of a person who is eleven years of age or younger. A person
1 13 does not violate this section if the person can maintain
1 14 visual contact with the child. A person who violates this
1 15 section commits a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled
1 16 violation under section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph "j".
1 17 Sec. 3. Section 602.8108, subsection 2, Code 2007, is
1 18 amended to read as follows:
1 19 2. Except as otherwise provided, the clerk of the district
1 20 court shall report and submit to the state court
1 21 administrator, not later than the fifteenth day of each month,
1 22 the fines and fees received during the preceding calendar
1 23 month. Except as provided in subsections 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9,
1 24 10, 11, 12, and 13, and 14, the state court administrator
1 25 shall deposit the amounts received with the treasurer of state
1 26 for deposit in the general fund of the state. The state court
1 27 administrator shall report to the legislative services agency
1 28 within thirty days of the beginning of each fiscal quarter the
1 29 amount received during the previous quarter in the account
1 30 established under this section.
1 31 Sec. 4. Section 602.8108, Code 2007, is amended by adding
1 32 the following new subsection:
1 33 NEW SUBSECTION. 14. The state court administrator shall
1 34 allocate fifty percent of the fines and fees attributable to a
1 35 violation of section 321.276 to the state department of
2 1 transportation to be used for the provision of information as
2 2 provided in section 321.8A.
2 3 Sec. 5. Section 805.8A, subsection 14, Code 2007, is
2 4 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
2 5 NEW PARAGRAPH. j. UNATTENDED CHILD IN A MOTOR VEHICLE.
2 6 For a violation under section 321.276, the scheduled fine is
2 7 one hundred dollars.
2 8 EXPLANATION
2 9 This bill creates a criminal offense for leaving an
2 10 unattended or not properly supervised child in a motor
2 11 vehicle.
2 12 The bill provides that a person shall not leave a child in
2 13 a motor vehicle unattended or under the supervision of a
2 14 person who is 11 years of age or younger. A person who is
2 15 able to maintain visual contact with the child in the motor
2 16 vehicle does not violate the bill.
2 17 The bill provides that a person who violates the bill
2 18 commits a simple misdemeanor subject to a scheduled fine of
2 19 $100.
2 20 The bill provides that 50 percent of the fines and fees
2 21 collected for a violation of the bill shall be used by the
2 22 department of transportation to publicize the hazards of
2 23 leaving an unattended or not properly supervised child in a
2 24 motor vehicle.
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