Bill Text: IA HF2278 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: A bill for an act restricting disclosures of specified information by regional transit districts, and providing a penalty. Effective 7-1-14.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-04-03 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 666. [HF2278 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HF2278-Introduced.html
Bill Title: A bill for an act restricting disclosures of specified information by regional transit districts, and providing a penalty. Effective 7-1-14.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-04-03 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 666. [HF2278 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HF2278-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
523)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
restricting
disclosures
of
specified
information
by
1
regional
transit
districts,
and
providing
a
penalty.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
28M.1,
Code
2014,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsections:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
0A.
“Aggregate
data
on
user
and
customer
3
transaction
history
and
fare
card
use”
means
data
relating
to
4
the
dates
fare
cards
were
used,
the
times
fare
cards
were
used,
5
the
types
of
transit
services
used,
the
types
of
fare
products
6
used,
and
information
about
the
dates,
times,
and
types
of
fare
7
products
purchased.
8
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1B.
“Fare
collection
system”
means
a
system
9
created
and
administered
by
a
regional
transit
district
that
10
is
used
for
collecting
fares
or
providing
fare
cards
or
passes
11
for
public
transit
services
including
fixed-route
bus
service,
12
paratransit
bus
service,
rideshare
programs,
transportation
13
services
provided
pursuant
to
section
249A.12,
and
light
rail
14
or
commuter
rail
service.
15
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1C.
“Governmental
entity”
means
the
same
16
as
defined
in
section
8A.101.
17
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1D.
“Personalized
internet
services”
means
18
services
for
which
regional
transit
district
applicants,
users,
19
and
customers
must
establish
an
internet
user
account.
20
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
28M.7
Regional
transit
district
21
customer
data
——
disclosure
restrictions
——
penalty.
22
1.
Data
concerning
applicants,
users,
and
customers
of
a
23
regional
transit
district
collected
by
or
through
personalized
24
internet
services
or
a
fare
collection
system
shall
be
25
considered
private
and
not
subject
to
disclosure
except
as
26
provided
in
this
section.
27
2.
A
regional
transit
district
may
disclose
aggregate
28
data
on
user
and
customer
transaction
history
and
fare
card
29
use
to
government
entities,
organizations,
school
districts,
30
educational
institutions,
and
employers
that
subsidize
or
31
provide
fare
cards
to
their
clients,
students,
or
employees.
32
Government
entities,
organizations,
school
districts,
33
educational
institutions,
and
employers
may
use
the
aggregate
34
data
only
for
purposes
of
measuring
and
promoting
fare
card
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use
and
evaluating
the
cost-effectiveness
of
their
fare
card
1
programs.
The
disclosure
of
nonaggregate
or
personalized
2
data
on
user
and
customer
transaction
history
and
fare
card
3
use
to
government
entities,
organizations,
school
districts,
4
educational
institutions,
and
employers
shall
be
strictly
5
prohibited.
6
3.
A
regional
transit
district
may
disclose
data
concerning
7
applicants,
users,
and
customers
collected
by
or
through
8
personalized
internet
services
or
a
fare
collection
system
9
to
another
government
entity
to
prevent
a
breach
of
security
10
regarding
electronic
systems
maintained
by
the
regional
transit
11
district
or
the
governmental
entity,
or
pursuant
to
a
subpoena
12
issued
in
connection
with
a
civil
or
criminal
investigation.
13
4.
A
violation
of
this
section
is
punishable
by
a
civil
14
penalty
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
five
thousand
dollars
for
15
each
violation.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
restricts
disclosure
of
specified
information
by
20
regional
transit
districts.
21
The
bill
provides
several
new
definitions.
The
bill
defines
22
“aggregate
data
on
user
and
customer
transaction
history
and
23
fare
card
use”
to
mean
data
relating
to
the
dates
fare
cards
24
were
used,
the
times
fare
cards
were
used,
the
types
of
transit
25
services
used,
the
types
of
fare
products
used,
and
information
26
about
the
dates,
times,
and
types
of
fare
products
purchased.
27
The
bill
defines
“fare
collection
system”
to
mean
a
system
28
created
and
administered
by
a
regional
transit
district
that
29
is
used
for
collecting
fares
or
providing
fare
cards
or
passes
30
for
public
transit
services
including
fixed-route
bus
service,
31
paratransit
bus
service,
rideshare
programs,
transportation
32
services
provided
pursuant
to
Code
section
249A.12,
and
light
33
rail
or
commuter
rail
service.
34
The
bill
defines
“personalized
internet
services”
to
mean
35
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services
for
which
regional
transit
district
applicants,
users,
1
and
customers
must
establish
an
internet
user
account.
2
Additionally,
the
bill
references
an
existing
definition
3
of
“governmental
entity”
defined
in
Code
section
8A.101
as
4
meaning
any
unit
of
government
in
the
executive,
legislative,
5
or
judicial
branch
of
government;
an
agency
or
political
6
subdivision;
any
unit
of
another
state
government,
including
7
its
political
subdivisions;
any
unit
of
the
United
States
8
government;
or
any
association
or
other
organization
whose
9
membership
consists
primarily
of
one
or
more
of
any
of
the
10
foregoing.
11
The
bill
provides
that
data
concerning
applicants,
users,
12
and
customers
of
a
regional
transit
district
collected
by
or
13
through
personalized
internet
services
or
a
fare
collection
14
system
shall
be
considered
private
and
not
subject
to
15
disclosure.
The
bill
provides
exceptions
to
this
nondisclosure
16
restriction.
The
bill
provides
that
disclosure
of
aggregate
17
data
on
user
and
customer
transaction
history
and
fare
card
18
use
may
be
made
to
governmental
entities,
organizations,
19
school
districts,
educational
institutions,
and
employers
that
20
subsidize
or
provide
fare
cards
to
their
clients,
students,
21
or
employees
strictly
for
purposes
of
measuring
and
promoting
22
fare
card
use
and
evaluating
the
cost-effectiveness
of
fare
23
card
programs.
The
bill
also
provides
that
disclosure
may
be
24
made
to
governmental
entities
to
prevent
a
breach
of
security
25
regarding
electronic
systems
maintained
by
the
regional
transit
26
district
or
the
governmental
entity,
or
pursuant
to
a
subpoena
27
issued
in
connection
with
a
civil
or
criminal
investigation.
28
The
bill
provides
that
a
violation
of
the
bill’s
provisions
29
is
punishable
by
a
civil
penalty
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
30
$5,000
per
violation.
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