Bill Text: IA HF2493 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to liability arising from the donation of equipment by a municipality, fire department, emergency medical services provider, or law enforcement agency. (Formerly HF 2210.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-04 - Withdrawn. H.J. 484. [HF2493 Detail]
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2210)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
liability
arising
from
the
donation
of
1
equipment
by
a
municipality,
fire
department,
emergency
2
medical
services
provider,
or
law
enforcement
agency.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
100B.41
Donation
of
fire
fighting,
1
emergency
medical
response,
and
law
enforcement
equipment.
2
A
fire
department,
emergency
medical
services
provider,
or
3
law
enforcement
agency
may
donate
used
vehicles
or
equipment
4
to
an
organization
that
provides
fire
response
or
emergency
5
medical
services,
or
to
a
law
enforcement
agency.
An
entity
6
making
a
good
faith
donation
of
equipment
pursuant
to
this
7
section
shall
be
immune
from
civil
liability
from
any
claim
8
arising
from
the
performance,
failure
to
perform,
nature,
age,
9
condition,
or
packaging
of
any
vehicle
or
equipment
used
in
10
fire
fighting,
emergency
medical
response,
or
law
enforcement.
11
Sec.
2.
Section
669.14,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
12
following
new
subsection:
13
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
16.
Any
claim
arising
from
the
performance,
14
failure
to
perform,
nature,
age,
condition,
or
packaging
of
15
any
vehicle
or
equipment
used
in
fire
fighting,
emergency
16
medical
response,
or
law
enforcement
which
has
been
donated
in
17
good
faith
without
payment
to
any
organization
engaged
in
fire
18
fighting
or
emergency
medical
services,
or
to
a
law
enforcement
19
agency.
20
Sec.
3.
Section
670.4,
subsection
1,
Code
2020,
is
amended
21
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
22
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
r.
Any
claim
arising
from
the
performance,
23
failure
to
perform,
nature,
age,
condition,
or
packaging
of
24
any
vehicle
or
equipment
used
in
fire
fighting,
emergency
25
medical
response,
or
law
enforcement
which
has
been
donated
in
26
good
faith
without
payment
to
any
organization
engaged
in
fire
27
fighting
or
emergency
medical
services,
or
to
a
law
enforcement
28
agency.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
This
bill
allows
a
fire
department,
emergency
medical
33
services
provider,
or
law
enforcement
agency
to
donate
used
34
equipment
to
another
organization
that
provides
fire
fighting
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or
emergency
medical
services,
or
is
a
law
enforcement
agency.
1
The
bill
exempts
the
state,
municipalities,
fire
departments,
2
emergency
medical
services
providers,
and
law
enforcement
3
agencies
from
tort
liability
arising
from
the
performance,
4
failure
to
perform,
nature,
age,
condition,
or
packaging
of
any
5
vehicle
or
equipment
donated
in
good
faith
to
an
organization
6
that
provides
fire
fighting
or
emergency
medical
services,
or
7
is
a
law
enforcement
agency.
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