Senate File 341 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE
                                           GOVERNMENT

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SF 247)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring that a person assisting another person with a
  2    disability by controlling an assistive animal be allowed to
  3    accompany the person with the disability and the assistive
  4    animal.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 2192SV 83
  7 ak/nh/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 216C.11, subsection 2, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  A person with a disability or, a person assisting a
  1  4 person with a disability by controlling an assistive animal,
  1  5 or a person training an assistive animal has the right to be
  1  6 accompanied by a service dog or an assistive animal, under
  1  7 control, in any of the places listed in sections 216C.3 and
  1  8 216C.4 without being required to make additional payment for
  1  9 the service dog or assistive animal.  A landlord shall waive
  1 10 lease restrictions on the keeping of animals for the service
  1 11 dog or assistive animal of a person with a disability.  The
  1 12 person is liable for damage done to any premises or facility
  1 13 by a service dog or assistive animal.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    This bill requires that a person assisting a person with a
  1 16 disability by controlling an assistive animal be allowed to
  1 17 accompany the person with the disability and the assistive
  1 18 animal.
  1 19 LSB 2192SV 83
  1 20 ak/nh/14