House File 684 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  LUKAN and CLUTE


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring the department of justice to establish an
  2    internet website to assist persons in identifying and
  3    reporting internet e=mail fraud related to identity theft and
  4    financial crimes.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 2646YH 82
  7 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 to
  1  4 assist persons in identifying internet e=mail fraud related to
  1  5 identity theft and financial crimes.
  1  6    2.  The internet website shall allow a victim of identity
  1  7 theft as described in section 715A.8 to report the crime on
  1  8 the website and have the victim's report routed to the
  1  9 appropriate law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the
  1 10 investigation of the alleged crime.
  1 11    3.  The internet website shall also allow a person to
  1 12 report potential internet e=mail fraud to the department of
  1 13 justice.
  1 14    4.  The department may expand the internet website to
  1 15 provide other identity theft and financial crime=related
  1 16 services to victims of identity theft and financial crimes.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill requires the department of justice to establish
  1 19 an internet website to assist persons in identifying internet
  1 20 e=mail fraud related to identity theft and financial crimes.
  1 21    The bill provides that the internet website shall allow a
  1 22 victim of identity theft to report a crime on the website and
  1 23 have the victim's report routed to the appropriate law
  1 24 enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the investigation of
  1 25 the alleged crime.
  1 26    The bill provides that the internet website shall allow a
  1 27 person to report potential internet e=mail fraud to the
  1 28 department of justice.
  1 29    The bill permits the department of justice to expand the
  1 30 internet website to provide other services for the victims of
  1 31 identity theft and financial crimes.
  1 32 LSB 2646YH 82
  1 33 jm:nh/es/88