House
Study
Bill
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
HINSON)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
department
of
transportation
employees
1
designated
as
peace
officers,
and
including
effective
date
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
REPEAL.
2017
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
149,
section
1
4,
as
amended
by
2018
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1170,
section
3,
is
2
repealed.
3
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
4
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
5
EXPLANATION
6
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
7
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
8
In
2017,
the
general
assembly
amended
Code
section
321.477
9
to
specify
the
powers,
duties,
and
limitations
of
employees
10
of
the
department
of
transportation
who
are
designated
as
11
peace
officers
by
the
department.
Under
the
terms
of
the
12
legislation,
the
amended
language
was
set
to
be
repealed
13
effective
July
1,
2018.
In
2018,
the
general
assembly
extended
14
the
future
repeal
provision
to
July
1,
2019.
This
bill
repeals
15
the
future
repeal
provision.
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
16
enactment.
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