House File 683 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  LUKAN and CLUTE


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the department of justice establishing an
  2    internet website for the victims of identity theft.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2645YH 82
  5 jm/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  13.11  INTERNET WEBSITE ==
  1  2 IDENTITY THEFT.
  1  3    1.  The department shall maintain an internet website
  1  4 available to victims of identity theft as described in section
  1  5 715A.8.
  1  6    2.  The internet website shall allow a victim of identity
  1  7 theft to report the crime on the website and have the victim's
  1  8 report routed to the appropriate law enforcement agency with
  1  9 jurisdiction over the investigation of the crime.
  1 10    3.  The department may expand the internet website to
  1 11 provide other identity theft=related services to victims of
  1 12 identity theft.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    This bill requires the department of justice to establish
  1 15 an internet website for the victims of identity theft.
  1 16    The bill provides that the internet website shall allow a
  1 17 victim of identity theft to report a crime on the website and
  1 18 have the victim's report routed to the appropriate law
  1 19 enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the investigation of
  1 20 the crime.
  1 21    The bill also permits the department of justice to expand
  1 22 the internet website to provide other services to victims of
  1 23 identity theft.
  1 24 LSB 2645YH 82
  1 25 jm:nh/es/88