Senate Study Bill 1158 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            NATURAL RESOURCES BILL
                                            BY CHAIRPERSON DEARDEN)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act imposing a surcharge on automobile liability insurance
  2    policies for the benefit of deer herd population management,
  3    including the help us stop hunger program, and making an
  4    appropriation.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 2026SC 83
  7 av/nh/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  515.52  AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE ==
  1  2 DEER POPULATION MANAGEMENT SURCHARGE == APPROPRIATION.
  1  3    1.  A policy or contract of insurance against loss or
  1  4 expense arising or resulting from accidents occurring by
  1  5 reason of the ownership, maintenance, or use of an automobile
  1  6 is subject to a surcharge of twenty=five cents each time that
  1  7 such a policy or contract is delivered, issued for delivery,
  1  8 continued, or renewed in this state.
  1  9    2.  The surcharge shall be collected by the insurer from
  1 10 the insured under such policy or contract and remitted to the
  1 11 department of natural resources for use as provided in
  1 12 subsection 3.  An insurer, its agent, or a third=party
  1 13 administrator is not entitled to any portion of the surcharge
  1 14 as a fee or commission for its collection.
  1 15    3.  The moneys collected pursuant to this section shall be
  1 16 used and are appropriated to the natural resource commission
  1 17 for the purpose of deer herd population management, including
  1 18 assisting with the cost of processing deer donated to the help
  1 19 us stop hunger program administered by the commission.
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This bill imposes a 25=cent surcharge on each policy or
  1 22 contract of automobile liability insurance that is delivered,
  1 23 issued for delivery, continued, or renewed in this state.  The
  1 24 surcharge is to be collected by insurers from their insureds
  1 25 under such policies, and no portion of the surcharge may be
  1 26 taken as a fee or commission for its collection.
  1 27    The moneys collected pursuant to the bill must be used and
  1 28 are appropriated to the natural resource commission for the
  1 29 purpose of deer herd population management, including
  1 30 assisting with the cost of processing deer donated to the help
  1 31 us stop hunger program.
  1 32 LSB 2026SC 83
  1 33 av/nh/14