Iowa-2015-HF152-Introduced
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:
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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 of one two thousand
1 25 dollars or and suspension of the violator's driver's license
1 26 or operating privileges for not more than one hundred eighty
1 27 days, or both year. 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.
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