(1157) Vehicular accident reporting requirements — damage threshold amount (SF2304) Draft relating to vehicular accident reporting requirements by increasing the minimum amount of property damage necessitating a written report.Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: (1)Section 321.266, subsection 2, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:2.The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person, or total property damage to an apparent extent of one thousandfive hundred dollars or more shall, within seventy-two hours after the accident, forward a written report of the accident to the department. However, such report is not required when the accident is investigated by a law enforcement agency. (2)Section 321G.10, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:321G.10Accident reports.If a snowmobile is involved in an accident resulting in injury or death to anyone or property damage amounting to one thousand dollars or more, either the operator or someone acting for the operator shall immediately notify the county sheriff or another law enforcement agency in the state. If the accident occurred on public land or ice under the jurisdiction of the commission, the operator shall file with the commission a report of the accident, within seventy-two hours, containing information as the commission may require. AllFor all other accidents shall be reported as required underresulting in injury or death or property damage amounting to one thousand dollars or more, the operator shall forward a written report to the department of transportation within seventy-two hours, unless the accident is investigated by a law enforcement agency as provided in section 321.266. (3)Section 321I.11, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:321I.11Accident reports.If an all-terrain vehicle is involved in an accident resulting in injury or death to anyone or property damage amounting to one thousand dollars or more, either the operator or someone acting for the operator shall immediately notify the county sheriff or another law enforcement agency in the state. If the accident occurred on public land or ice under the jurisdiction of the commission, the operator shall file with the commission a report of the accident, within seventy-two hours, containing information as the commission may require. AllFor all other accidents shall be reported as requiredresulting in injury or death or property damage amounting to one thousand dollars or more, the operator shall forward a written report to the department of transportation within seventy-two hours, unless the accident is investigated by a law enforcement agency as provided in section 321.266.Approved April 23, 2010
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