Senate File 84 - Introduced SENATE FILE 84 BY SORENSON , FEENSTRA , and ANDERSON A BILL FOR An Act relating to an automated electronic notification system 1 within the missing person information clearinghouse to 2 notify hunters and others of missing children in designated 3 geographical areas. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1418XS (6) 85 kh/rj
S.F. 84 Section 1. Section 483A.10, Code 2013, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 3. Applications for licenses issued 3 pursuant to this chapter shall allow an applicant to subscribe 4 to the automated electronic mail notification system maintained 5 within the missing person information clearinghouse pursuant to 6 section 694.10, subsection 2, paragraph ā€œlā€ , and to designate 7 the counties or zip code areas for which the applicant wishes 8 to receive notice. At least monthly, the department shall 9 transmit to the missing person information clearinghouse 10 updated subscriber information. 11 Sec. 2. Section 694.10, subsection 2, Code 2013, is amended 12 by adding the following new paragraph: 13 NEW PARAGRAPH . l. Maintain an automated electronic mail 14 notification system to notify system subscribers immediately, 15 free of charge, when a complaint of a missing person has been 16 filed pursuant to this chapter and the missing person is a 17 child who is under the age of eighteen whose temporary or 18 permanent residence is in Iowa. The notification given to 19 the subscribers shall contain the same type of information or 20 information similar to that contained in the monthly bulletins 21 distributed pursuant to paragraph ā€œgā€ . The geographic radius 22 of notification shall be determined by the department. The 23 department and the department of natural resources shall 24 collaborate to publicize the availability of the system to, 25 at a minimum, persons who possess or who apply for a hunting 26 license issued pursuant to chapter 483A. 27 EXPLANATION 28 This bill directs the department of public safety to 29 maintain, in connection with the missing person information 30 clearinghouse established by the department, an automated 31 electronic mail notification system to notify system 32 subscribers immediately, free of charge, when a complaint 33 of a missing person has been filed by a person with a law 34 enforcement agency and the missing person is a child under the 35 -1- LSB 1418XS (6) 85 kh/rj 1/ 2
S.F. 84 age of 18 whose temporary or permanent residence is in Iowa. 1 Applications for hunting licenses must allow an applicant to 2 subscribe to the system and to designate the counties or zip 3 code areas for which the applicant wishes to receive notice. 4 The notification must contain the same type of information 5 or information similar to that provided in monthly missing 6 person bulletins distributed to the public. 7 The geographic radius of notification shall be determined 8 by the department. The department shall collaborate with the 9 department of natural resources to publicize the availability 10 of the system to, at a minimum, persons who possess or who 11 apply for a hunting license. 12 -2- LSB 1418XS (6) 85 kh/rj 2/ 2