Senate File 2338 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2338 BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3059) 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: 4 TLSB 5487SV (1) 89 th/ns

S.F. 2338 Section 1. REPEAL. 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 149, section 4, 1 as amended by 2018 Iowa Acts, chapter 1170, section 3, and 2019 2 Iowa Acts, chapter 7, section 1, is repealed. 3 Sec. 2.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 of 10 the department of transportation (DOT) who are designated as 11 peace officers by the DOT. Under the terms of the legislation, 12 the amended language was set to be repealed effective July 1, 13 2018. In 2018, the general assembly extended the future repeal 14 provision to July 1, 2019, and in 2019, the general assembly 15 again extended the future repeal provision to July 1, 2022. 16 This bill repeals the future repeal provision, thereby making 17 the specified powers, duties, and limitations of DOT employees 18 who are designated as peace officers permanent. The bill takes 19 effect upon enactment. 20 -1- LSB 5487SV (1) 89 th/ns 1/ 1