Bill Text: IA HF413 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa House Bill 413 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to information regarding the location of vehicles used by certain department of natural resources personnel and the accessibility of such information by the public.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-26 - Subcommittee, Watts, Highfill, and Kelley. H.J. 428. [HF413 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF413-Introduced.html

House File 413 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  KLEIN

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to information regarding the location of
  2    vehicles used by certain department of natural resources
  3    personnel and the accessibility of such information by the
  4    public.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455B.104, Code 2015, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  a.  The department shall equip every
  1  4 vehicle owned by the department or otherwise used by department
  1  5 personnel in the person's official capacity with a global
  1  6 positioning system device. The department shall record the
  1  7 real=time location of such vehicles, maintain an electronic log
  1  8 of the real=time locations of such vehicles on a yearly basis,
  1  9 and make the log accessible to the public.
  1 10    b.  This subsection does not apply to vehicles used by
  1 11 conservation officers appointed under section 456A.13 or
  1 12 456A.14.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 15 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 16    This bill requires the department of natural resources to
  1 17 equip every vehicle owned by the department or otherwise used
  1 18 by department personnel in an official capacity with a global
  1 19 positioning system device. The department shall record the
  1 20 real=time location of the vehicles and maintain an electronic
  1 21 log of the vehicles on a yearly basis, and shall make this
  1 22 information accessible to the public. The bill does not apply
  1 23 to vehicles used by full=time or temporary conservation peace
  1 24 officers.
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