Bill Text: IA HF713 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the Iowa sobriety and drug monitoring program. (Formerly HF 585.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-18 - Withdrawn. H.J. 922. [HF713 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2019-HF713-Introduced.html
House File 713 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 713 BY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY (SUCCESSOR TO HF 585) (COMPANION TO SF 364 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the Iowa sobriety and drug monitoring 1 program. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1965HV (2) 88 as/rh
H.F. 713 Section 1. Section 321J.20, subsection 9, Code 2019, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 9. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 3 contrary, in any circumstance in which this chapter requires 4 the installation of an ignition interlock device in all 5 vehicles owned or operated by a person as a condition of 6 the person’s license or privilege to operate noncommercial 7 motor vehicles, the department shall require the person to 8 be a participant in and in compliance with a sobriety and 9 drug monitoring program established pursuant to chapter 901D 10 if the person’s offense under this chapter qualifies as an 11 eligible offense as defined in section 901D.2 , and the person’s 12 offense occurred in a participating jurisdiction, as defined 13 in section 901D.2 . The requirement to participate in and 14 comply with a sobriety and drug monitoring program shall 15 continue for the time period required pursuant to section 16 901D.7. The department of public safety shall notify the 17 department when the person has completed participation in the 18 sobriety and drug monitoring program. This subsection shall 19 not apply if the court enters an order finding the person is 20 not required to participate in a sobriety and drug monitoring 21 program. The department, in consultation with the department 22 of public safety, may adopt rules for issuing and accepting a 23 certification of participation in and compliance with a program 24 established pursuant to chapter 901D . This subsection shall be 25 construed and implemented to comply with 23 U.S.C. §164(a), as 26 amended by the federal Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 27 Act, Pub. L. No. 114-94, §1414, and shall not apply if such 28 application results in a finding of noncompliance with 23 29 U.S.C. §164 that results or will result in a reservation 30 or transfer of funds pursuant to 23 U.S.C. §164(b). This 31 subsection shall not authorize the operation of a motor vehicle 32 for any purpose not otherwise authorized by this chapter . 33 Sec. 2. Section 901D.7, subsection 2, Code 2019, is amended 34 to read as follows: 35 -1- LSB 1965HV (2) 88 as/rh 1/ 3
H.F. 713 2. An order or directive placing a participant in the 1 program shall include the type of testing required to be 2 administered in the program and the length of time that the 3 participant is required to remain in the program which shall 4 be for no less than ninety days . The order or directive 5 shall additionally require that the participant not have 6 failed a test result or have missed a required testing during 7 the thirty-day period immediately preceding the end of 8 participation in the program. The person issuing the order or 9 directive shall send a copy of the order or directive to the 10 law enforcement agency of the participating jurisdiction. 11 Sec. 3. Section 901D.10, Code 2019, is amended to read as 12 follows: 13 901D.10 Report and repeal. 14 1. The department, in consultation with the judicial branch 15 and the department of transportation, shall by December 1, 16 2021 2023 , submit a report to the general assembly detailing 17 the effectiveness of the program established pursuant to 18 this chapter and shall make recommendations concerning the 19 continued implementation of the program or the elimination of 20 the program. 21 2. This chapter is repealed July 1, 2022 2024 . 22 EXPLANATION 23 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 24 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 25 This bill relates to the Iowa sobriety and drug monitoring 26 program. 27 The bill provides that an order or directive requiring a 28 person to participate in the sobriety and drug monitoring 29 program (Code chapter 901D) shall continue for the time period 30 required pursuant to Code section 901D.7. 31 The bill requires the department of public safety to notify 32 the department of transportation when a participant has 33 completed participation in the sobriety and drug monitoring 34 program. 35 -2- LSB 1965HV (2) 88 as/rh 2/ 3
H.F. 713 The bill requires the department of public safety to submit 1 a report to the general assembly by December 1, 2023, detailing 2 the effectiveness of the program and to make recommendations 3 concerning the continued implementation of the program or the 4 elimination of the program. 5 The bill repeals Code chapter 901D on July 1, 2024. 6 -3- LSB 1965HV (2) 88 as/rh 3/ 3
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