House
Study
Bill
82
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
TJEPKES)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
railroads
including
hit-and-run
motor
1
vehicle
accidents
involving
a
train
and
investigations
of
2
railroad
crossing
violations,
and
providing
penalties.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
321.262,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
1
as
follows:
2
321.262
Leaving
scene
of
traffic
accident
——
vehicle
damage
3
only.
4
The
driver
of
any
vehicle
involved
in
an
accident
resulting
5
only
in
damage
to
a
vehicle
which
is
driven
or
attended
by
any
6
person
or
to
a
railroad
train
or
locomotive
shall
immediately
7
stop
such
vehicle
at
the
scene
of
such
accident
or
as
close
8
thereto
as
possible
but
shall
forthwith
return
to
and
in
every
9
event
shall
remain
at
the
scene
of
such
accident
until
the
10
driver
has
fulfilled
the
requirements
of
section
321.263
.
11
Every
such
stop
shall
be
made
without
obstructing
traffic
more
12
than
is
necessary.
Any
person
failing
to
stop
or
comply
with
13
said
requirements
under
such
circumstances
shall
be
guilty
of
a
14
misdemeanor
and
punished
as
provided
in
section
321.482
.
15
Sec.
2.
Section
321.263,
subsection
1,
Code
2011,
is
amended
16
to
read
as
follows:
17
1.
The
driver
of
a
vehicle
involved
in
an
accident
resulting
18
in
injury
to
or
death
of
a
person
or
damage
to
a
vehicle
19
which
is
driven
or
attended
by
a
person
or
to
a
railroad
20
train
or
locomotive
shall
give
the
driver’s
name,
address,
21
and
the
registration
number
of
the
vehicle
the
driver
is
22
driving
and
shall
upon
request
and
if
available
exhibit
the
23
driver’s
driver’s
license
to
the
person
struck,
the
driver
or
24
occupant
of,
or
the
person
attending
the
vehicle
,
railroad
25
train,
or
locomotive
involved
in
the
accident
and
shall
render
26
to
a
person
injured
in
the
accident
reasonable
assistance,
27
including
the
transporting
or
arranging
for
the
transporting
28
of
the
person
for
medical
treatment
if
it
is
apparent
that
29
medical
treatment
is
necessary
or
if
transportation
for
medical
30
treatment
is
requested
by
the
injured
person.
31
Sec.
3.
Section
321.344A,
subsection
2,
unnumbered
32
paragraph
1,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
33
A
peace
officer
may
shall
initiate
an
investigation
not
34
more
than
seven
calendar
days
after
receiving
a
report
of
a
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violation
pursuant
to
this
section
.
The
peace
officer
may
1
request
that
the
owner
of
the
vehicle
supply
information
2
identifying
the
driver
of
the
vehicle
in
accordance
with
3
section
321.484
,
or
in
the
case
of
a
commercial
motor
vehicle,
4
the
peace
officer
may
request
that
the
employer
of
the
driver
5
provide
information
identifying
the
driver
of
the
vehicle.
6
Sec.
4.
Section
805.8A,
subsection
14,
paragraph
h,
Code
7
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
8
h.
Railroad
crossing
violations.
9
(1)
For
violations
under
sections
321.341
,
321.342
,
10
321.343
,
and
321.344
,
and
321.344B
,
the
scheduled
fine
is
two
11
hundred
dollars.
12
(2)
For
a
violation
under
section
321.344B,
the
scheduled
13
fine
is
three
hundred
dollars.
14
EXPLANATION
15
This
bill
addresses
several
issues
relating
to
the
16
interaction
of
motor
vehicles
and
railroads.
17
The
bill
amends
Code
sections
321.262
and
321.263
to
require
18
that
the
driver
of
a
vehicle
involved
in
an
accident
resulting
19
only
in
damage
to
a
railroad
train
or
locomotive
must
remain
20
at
the
scene
and
give
the
driver’s
name,
address,
and
vehicle
21
registration
number
and
exhibit
the
driver’s
driver’s
license
22
upon
request
to
the
person
attending
the
railroad
train
or
23
locomotive.
This
is
similar
to
requirements
for
a
driver
24
involved
in
a
collision
with
another
motor
vehicle,
a
violation
25
of
which
is
commonly
referred
to
as
“hit-and-run”.
A
person
26
convicted
of
a
hit-and-run
is
guilty
of
a
simple
misdemeanor,
27
which
is
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
than
30
days
or
28
a
fine
of
at
least
$65
but
not
more
than
$625
or
by
both.
29
The
bill
amends
Code
section
321.344A
to
require
a
peace
30
officer’s
investigation
of
every
reported
railroad
crossing
31
violation
by
a
vehicle
operator.
Currently,
the
initiation
of
32
an
investigation
is
optional.
33
The
bill
amends
Code
section
805.8A
to
increase
the
34
scheduled
fine
for
a
railroad
crossing
violation
by
a
vehicle
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operator
which
creates
an
immediate
threat
to
the
safety
of
1
a
person
or
property
from
$200
to
$300.
All
other
railroad
2
crossing
violations
remain
punishable
by
a
scheduled
fine
of
3
$200.
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