House
File
2010
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2010
BY
COLLINS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
quotas
for
traffic
stops
by
peace
officers.
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BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
321.492A,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
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as
follows:
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321.492A
Quotas
on
for
stops
and
citations
prohibited.
3
A
political
subdivision
or
agency
of
the
state
shall
not
4
order,
mandate,
require,
or
in
any
other
manner,
directly
5
or
indirectly,
suggest
to
a
peace
officer
employed
by
the
6
political
subdivision
or
agency
that
the
peace
officer
shall
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stop
a
certain
number
of
persons
committing
an
alleged
traffic
8
violation
or
issue
a
certain
number
of
traffic
citations,
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police
citations,
memorandums
of
traffic
violations,
or
10
memorandums
of
faulty
equipment
on
a
daily,
weekly,
monthly,
11
quarterly,
or
yearly
basis.
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EXPLANATION
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The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
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the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
Current
law
prohibits
a
political
subdivision
or
agency
of
16
Iowa
that
employs
peace
officers
from
imposing
a
quota
on
the
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number
of
citations
issued
by
the
officers.
This
bill
also
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prohibits
imposing
a
quota
for
the
number
of
stops
of
persons
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committing
alleged
traffic
violations,
regardless
of
whether
a
20
citation
or
memorandum
is
issued.
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