House File 721 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON NATURAL
                                           RESOURCES

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 116)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the carrying of a gun in or on a vehicle on a
  2    public highway and making penalties applicable.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1861HV 83
  5 rh/nh/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 483A.36, Code 2009, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    483A.36  MANNER OF CONVEYANCE.
  1  4    No A person, except as permitted by law, shall not have or
  1  5 carry a gun in or on a vehicle on a public highway, unless the
  1  6 gun is taken down or totally contained in a securely fastened
  1  7 case, and its barrels and permanently attached magazines are
  1  8 unloaded.
  1  9                           EXPLANATION
  1 10    This bill provides that a person, except as permitted by
  1 11 law, shall not have or carry a gun in or on a vehicle on a
  1 12 public highway, unless the gun is taken down or totally
  1 13 contained in a securely fastened case and its barrels and
  1 14 permanently attached attached magazines are unloaded.
  1 15    A person who violates this law is subject to a scheduled
  1 16 fine of either $25 or $50 depending on whether the violation
  1 17 involved an assembled, unloaded gun or a loaded gun.
  1 18 LSB 1861HV 83
  1 19 rh/nh/24