Senate Study Bill 1170 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON KLIMESH) A BILL FOR An Act relating to persons authorized to receive a copy of a 1 written accident report filed by a law enforcement officer. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1867XC (2) 90 th/ns
S.F. _____ Section 1. Section 321.271, subsection 2, Code 2023, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. All written reports filed by a law enforcement officer 3 as required under section 321.266 shall be made available to 4 any party to an accident, the party’s insurance company or 5 its agent, the party’s attorney, the federal motor carrier 6 safety administration, or the attorney general, on written 7 request to the department and the payment of a fee of four 8 dollars for each copy. If a copy of an investigating officer’s 9 report of a motor vehicle accident filed with the department 10 is retained by the law enforcement agency of the officer 11 who filed the report, a copy shall be made available to any 12 party to the accident, the party’s insurance company or its 13 agent, the party’s attorney, the federal motor carrier safety 14 administration, other law enforcement agencies, or the attorney 15 general, on written request and the payment of a fee. However, 16 the attorney general and the federal motor carrier safety 17 administration shall not be required by the department or the 18 law enforcement agency to pay a fee for a copy of a report filed 19 by a law enforcement or investigating officer. 20 EXPLANATION 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 22 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 23 This bill authorizes a copy of a written report that 24 was filed with the department of transportation by a law 25 enforcement officer who investigated a motor vehicle accident 26 which resulted in injury to or death of any person or total 27 property damage to an apparent extent of $1,500 or more, and 28 that was retained by the agency of the officer who filed the 29 report, to be made available to other law enforcement agencies. 30 The bill does not apply this authorization to such reports that 31 were not retained by the agency of the officer. 32 Under current law, a person eligible to receive a copy of 33 the report, other than the attorney general or federal motor 34 carrier safety administration, must make a written request and 35 -1- LSB 1867XC (2) 90 th/ns 1/ 2
S.F. _____ pay a fee, including other law enforcement agencies authorized 1 under the bill. 2 -2- LSB 1867XC (2) 90 th/ns 2/ 2