Senate File 269 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SF 124)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to reporting requirements for traffic accidents
  2    involving the operation of motor vehicles by reserve peace
  3    officers.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2134SV 83
  6 rh/nh/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.267A, subsection 4, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    4.  For the purposes of this section, "certified law
  1  4 enforcement officer" means includes a law enforcement officer
  1  5 who is certified through the Iowa law enforcement academy as
  1  6 provided in section 80B.13, subsection 3, or section 80B.17 a
  1  7 reserve peace officer certified through the Iowa law
  1  8 enforcement academy as provided in section 80D.4A.
  1  9                           EXPLANATION
  1 10    This bill provides that a traffic accident involving the
  1 11 operation of a motor vehicle by a law enforcement officer or a
  1 12 reserve peace officer shall be reported to the state
  1 13 department of transportation by the law enforcement officer's
  1 14 employer or the reserve peace officer's employer.  The
  1 15 employer shall certify to the department whether or not the
  1 16 accident occurred in the line of duty while operating an
  1 17 official government vehicle.
  1 18 LSB 2134SV 83
  1 19 rh/nh/8