House File 17 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HUNTER


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act prohibiting a person under eighteen years of age from
  2    using a cell phone or other device for remote two=way
  3    communication while operating a motor vehicle on a roadway and
  4    providing a penalty.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 1624HH 83
  7 dea/nh/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  321.363A  CELL PHONE USE BY
  1  2 DRIVER UNDER EIGHTEEN PROHIBITED.
  1  3    A person under eighteen years of age shall not operate or
  1  4 utilize a mobile telephone, two=way radio, wireless electronic
  1  5 mail device, two=way pager, or any other device used for
  1  6 remote two=way communication while operating a motor vehicle
  1  7 on the roadway.
  1  8    Sec. 2.  Section 805.8A, subsection 14, Code 2009, is
  1  9 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 10    NEW PARAGRAPH.  j.  CELL PHONE VIOLATIONS.  For violations
  1 11 under section 321.363A, the scheduled fine is thirty dollars.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13    This bill prohibits a person under 18 years of age from
  1 14 using a mobile telephone or other device used for remote
  1 15 two=way communication while operating a motor vehicle on the
  1 16 roadway.  The prohibition would not apply when the vehicle is
  1 17 stopped on the shoulder of the highway or is otherwise off the
  1 18 highway.  A violation is a simple misdemeanor punishable by a
  1 19 scheduled fine of $30.
  1 20 LSB 1624HH 83
  1 21 dea/nh/14