Bill Text: IA HF2491 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act increasing the scheduled fine for writing, sending, or viewing an electronic message while driving on a highway within two hundred feet of a school. (Formerly HF 2153.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-03 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [HF2491 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2491-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
PUBLIC
SAFETY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2153)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
increasing
the
scheduled
fine
for
writing,
sending,
or
1
viewing
an
electronic
message
while
driving
on
a
highway
2
within
two
hundred
feet
of
a
school.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
805.8A,
subsection
14,
paragraph
l,
Code
1
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
l.
Writing,
sending,
or
viewing
an
electronic
message
while
3
driving
violations.
4
(1)
For
violations
under
section
321.276
that
occur
within
a
5
school
district
as
defined
in
section
321.1,
subsection
70,
the
6
scheduled
fine
is
sixty
dollars.
7
(2)
For
all
other
violations
under
section
321.276
,
the
8
scheduled
fine
is
thirty
dollars.
9
EXPLANATION
10
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
11
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
12
Under
current
law,
a
person
who
writes,
sends,
or
views
13
an
electronic
message
while
driving
in
violation
of
Code
14
section
321.276
is
subject
to
a
scheduled
fine
of
$30.
This
15
bill
provides
that
a
person
who
writes,
sends,
or
views
an
16
electronic
message
while
driving
in
violation
of
Code
section
17
321.276
within
a
school
district
is
subject
to
a
scheduled
fine
18
of
$60.
“School
district”
is
defined
in
Code
section
321.1(70)
19
as
the
territory
contiguous
to
and
including
a
highway
for
a
20
distance
of
200
feet
in
either
direction
from
a
schoolhouse
21
in
a
city.
Under
Code
section
321.285,
the
speed
limit
in
a
22
school
district
is
25
miles
per
hour,
and
a
school
district
23
must
be
marked
by
distinctive
signs.
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