House File 2071 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2071 BY BACON A BILL FOR An Act prohibiting the overnight parking of motor vehicles 1 displaying certain advertisements in publicly owned 2 park-and-ride lots, and providing penalties. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5782YH (2) 88 mo/ns
H.F. 2071 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 321.361A Publicly owned 1 park-and-ride lots. 2 A person shall not park a motor vehicle displaying an 3 advertisement for the sale of the vehicle at any time between 4 midnight and 5:00 a.m. in a park-and-ride lot owned by the 5 state or a political subdivision of the state, including 6 a regional transit system. For purposes of this section, 7 “park-and-ride lot” means a parking lot designed to allow 8 persons to reach a destination by leaving their motor vehicle 9 at the parking lot and utilizing public transportation, car 10 pools, or van pools. A person convicted of a violation of 11 this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as 12 a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 1, 13 paragraph “d” , and each day that a continuing violation occurs 14 may be considered a separate offense. 15 Sec. 2. Section 805.8A, subsection 1, Code 2020, is amended 16 by adding the following new paragraph: 17 NEW PARAGRAPH . d. For violations under section 321.361A, 18 the scheduled fine is fifty dollars. 19 EXPLANATION 20 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 21 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 22 This bill prohibits the parking of motor vehicles displaying 23 an advertisement for the sale of the vehicle in a park-and-ride 24 lot owned by the state or a political subdivision of the 25 state, including a regional transit system, at any time 26 between midnight and 5:00 a.m. The bill defines the term 27 “park-and-ride lot”. A violation of the bill is punishable 28 by a scheduled fine of $50 and each day that a continuing 29 violation occurs may be considered a separate offense. 30 -1- LSB 5782YH (2) 88 mo/ns 1/ 1