HF 2200 (LSB 1861HZ (4) 83)

HOUSE FILE 2200

BY  COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 721)
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 116)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the carrying of a gun in or on a vehicle on a public highway and making penalties applicable.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 483A.36, Code Supplement 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   483A.36  Manner of conveyance.

   No A person, except as permitted by law, shall not have or carry a gun in or on a vehicle on a public highway, unless the gun is taken down or totally contained in a securely fastened case, and its barrels and permanently attached magazines are unloaded.
EXPLANATION
   This bill provides that a person, except as permitted by law, shall not have or carry a gun in or on a vehicle on a public highway, unless the gun is taken down or totally contained in a securely fastened case and its barrels and permanently attached magazines are unloaded.
   A person who violates this law is subject to a scheduled fine of either $25 or $50 depending on whether the violation involved an assembled, unloaded gun or a loaded gun.