House File 2612 - Reprinted



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2249)


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing criminal penalties for the failure of a vessel
  2    operator to offer assistance and information at the scene of a
  3    collision, accident, or casualty.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5885HV 81
  6 av/je/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 462A.7, subsection 5, Code 2005, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    5.  Failure of the operator of any vessel involved in a
  1  4 collision, reportable accident, or other casualty, to offer
  1  5 assistance and aid to other persons affected by such
  1  6 collision, accident, or casualty, as set forth in this
  1  7 chapter, shall constitute a serious misdemeanor or to
  1  8 otherwise comply with the requirements of subsection 1, is
  1  9 punishable as follows:
  1 10    a.  In the event of a collision, accident, or other
  1 11 casualty resulting only in property damage, the operator is
  1 12 guilty upon conviction of a simple misdemeanor.
  1 13    b.  In the event of a collision, accident, or other
  1 14 casualty resulting in an injury to a person, the operator is
  1 15 guilty upon conviction of a serious misdemeanor.
  1 16    c.  In the event of a collision, accident, or other
  1 17 casualty resulting in a serious injury to a person, the
  1 18 operator is guilty upon conviction of an aggravated
  1 19 misdemeanor.
  1 20    d.  In the event of a collision, accident, or other
  1 21 casualty resulting in the death of a person, the operator is
  1 22 guilty upon conviction of a class "D" felony.
  1 23 HF 2612
  1 24 av:nh/es/25