House File 128 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 128 BY SALMON A BILL FOR An Act increasing the penalty for lending a motor vehicle to 1 a person whose driver’s license has been revoked due to a 2 conviction for operating-while-intoxicated. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1826YH (2) 86 ns/nh

H.F. 128 Section 1. Section 321J.4B, subsection 4, Code 2015, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 4. An owner of a motor vehicle impounded or immobilized 3 under this section , who knows of, should have known of, 4 or gives consent to the operation of, the motor vehicle in 5 violation of subsection 2 , paragraph “a” , subparagraph (2), 6 shall be both of the following : 7 a. Guilty of a simple serious misdemeanor , and . 8 b. Jointly and severally liable for any damages caused 9 by the person who operated the motor vehicle, subject to the 10 provisions of chapter 668 . 11 EXPLANATION 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 13 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 14 Current law prohibits the owner of a motor vehicle from 15 allowing the operation of the motor vehicle by a person whose 16 driver’s license has been suspended, denied, revoked, or 17 barred due to a conviction for operating-while-intoxicated. A 18 violation of this provision is a simple misdemeanor. A simple 19 misdemeanor is punishable by up to 30 days in prison and a $625 20 fine under Code section 903.1. 21 This bill increases the penalty for a violation of the 22 provision to a serious misdemeanor. A serious misdemeanor is 23 punishable by up to one year in prison and a $1,875 fine under 24 Code section 903.1. 25 -1- LSB 1826YH (2) 86 ns/nh 1/ 1