Bill Text: IA HF301 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa House Bill 301 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act authorizing peace officers employed by the department of transportation to make arrests for violations relating to the operation of motor vehicles.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-14 - Introduced, referred to Transportation. H.J. 275. [HF301 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF301-Introduced.html


House File 301 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  HEATON

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act authorizing peace officers employed by the department of
  2    transportation to make arrests for violations relating to
  3    the operation of motor vehicles.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 80.22, Code 2017, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    80.22  Prohibition on other departments.
  1  4    All Except as provided in sections 321.476 and 321.477,
  1  5 all other departments and bureaus of the state are hereby
  1  6  prohibited from employing special peace officers or conferring
  1  7 upon regular employees any police powers to enforce provisions
  1  8 of the statutes which are specifically reserved by 1939 Iowa
  1  9 Acts, ch. 120, to the department of public safety. But
  1 10  However, the commissioner of public safety shall, upon the
  1 11 requisition of the attorney general, from time to time assign
  1 12 for service in the department of justice such of its officers,
  1 13 not to exceed six in number, as may be requisitioned by the
  1 14 attorney general for special service in the department of
  1 15 justice, and when so assigned such officers shall be under the
  1 16 exclusive direction and control of the attorney general.
  1 17    Sec. 2.  Section 321.477, Code 2017, is amended to read as
  1 18 follows:
  1 19    321.477  Employees as peace officers == maximum age.
  1 20    1.  The department may designate by resolution certain of
  1 21 its employees upon each of whom there is hereby conferred the
  1 22 authority of a peace officer to control and direct traffic and
  1 23 weigh vehicles, and to make arrests for violations of the motor
  1 24 vehicle laws relating to the operation of motor vehicles on the
  1 25 highways of this state, the operating authority, registration,
  1 26 size, weight, and load of motor vehicles and trailers, and the
  1 27  registration of a motor carrier's interstate transportation
  1 28 service with the department.
  1 29    2.  The maximum age for a person employed as a peace officer
  1 30 pursuant to this section is sixty=five years of age.
  1 31                           EXPLANATION
  1 32 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 33 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 34    Under current law, departments and bureaus of the state,
  1 35 other than the department of public safety (DPS), are
  2  1 prohibited from employing special peace officers or conferring
  2  2 upon regular employees any police powers to enforce laws which
  2  3 are specifically reserved to DPS, including those laws related
  2  4 to traffic on the public highways of the state. However,
  2  5 certain employees of the department of transportation (DOT)
  2  6 may be designated as peace officers authorized to control
  2  7 and direct traffic and weigh vehicles, and to make arrests
  2  8 for violations of the motor vehicle laws relating to the
  2  9 operating authority, registration, size, weight, and load of
  2 10 motor vehicles and trailers, and the registration of a motor
  2 11 carrier's interstate transportation service with the DOT.
  2 12    This bill authorizes peace officers employed by the DOT to
  2 13 make arrests for violations of the motor vehicle laws relating
  2 14 to the operation of motor vehicles on the highways of the
  2 15 state.
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