Bill Text: IA HF152 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to fines and driver's license suspensions for certain motor vehicle violations resulting in death and including penalty provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-04 - Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 252. [HF152 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF152-Introduced.html
House File 152 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY RUNNING=MARQUARDT, KRESSIG, and STECKMAN A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to fines and driver's license suspensions for 2 certain motor vehicle violations resulting in death and 3 including penalty provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1351YH (3) 86 ns/nh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.482A, Code 2015, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 321.482A Violations resulting in injury or death == 1 4 additional penalties. 1 5 Notwithstanding section 321.482, a person who is convicted 1 6 of operating a motor vehicle in violation of section 321.178, 1 7 subsection 2, paragraph "a", subparagraph (2), section 1 8 321.180B, subsection 6, section 321.194, subsection 1, 1 9 paragraph "d", section 321.256, section 321.257, section 1 10 321.275, subsection 4, section 321.276, 321.297, 321.298, 1 11 321.299, 321.302, 321.303, 321.304, 321.305, 321.306, 321.307, 1 12 321.308, section 321.309, subsection 2, or section 321.311, 1 13 321.319, 321.320, 321.321, 321.322, 321.323, 321.324, 321.324A, 1 14 321.327, 321.329, 321.333, or 321.372, subsection 3, causing 1 15 serious injury to or the death of another person may be subject 1 16 to the following penalties in addition to the penalty provided 1 17 for a scheduled violation in section 805.8A or any other 1 18 penalty provided by law: 1 19 1. For a violation causing serious injury, a fine of five 1 20 hundred dollars or suspension of the violator's driver's 1 21 license or operating privileges for not more than ninety days, 1 22 or both. For purposes of this subsection, "serious injury" 1 23 means the same as defined in section 702.18. 1 24 2. For a violation causing death, a fine ofonetwo thousand 1 25 dollarsorand suspension of the violator's driver's license 1 26 or operating privileges for not more than onehundred eighty 1 27 days, or bothyear. As an alternative to the fine imposed by 1 28 this subsection, the court may order the violator to perform 1 29 one hundred hours of unpaid community service in an agency, 1 30 organization, or program related to motor vehicle safety and 1 31 to attend a driver improvement course approved or administered 1 32 by the department of transportation. The department of 1 33 transportation shall adopt rules to approve or administer a 1 34 driver improvement course in accordance with this subsection. 1 35 The purpose of the course shall be to educate violators about 2 1 safe driving practices and compliance with the motor vehicle 2 2 laws of this state. 2 3 EXPLANATION 2 4 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 5 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 6 For certain motor vehicle violations resulting in death, the 2 7 bill doubles the amount of the fine to $2,000 and doubles the 2 8 maximum length of the suspension of the violator's driver's 2 9 license to one year. The bill also provides an alternative to 2 10 the fine. In lieu of imposition of a fine, the court may order 2 11 the violator to perform 100 hours of community service related 2 12 to traffic safety and take a driver improvement course approved 2 13 or administered by the department of transportation by rule. LSB 1351YH (3) 86 ns/nh