Bill Text: IA HSB170 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to department of transportation employees designated as peace officers, and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-15 - Subcommittee: Henderson, Cooling and Dunwell. H.J. 359. [HSB170 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HSB170-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
170
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
BEST)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
department
of
transportation
employees
1
designated
as
peace
officers,
and
including
effective
date
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
REPEAL.
2017
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
149,
section
1
4,
as
amended
by
2018
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1170,
section
3,
2019
2
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
7,
section
1,
and
2022
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
3
1082,
section
1,
is
repealed.
4
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
5
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
6
EXPLANATION
7
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
8
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
9
In
2017,
the
general
assembly
amended
Code
section
321.477
10
to
specify
the
powers,
duties,
and
limitations
of
employees
of
11
the
department
of
transportation
(DOT)
who
are
designated
as
12
peace
officers
by
the
DOT.
Under
the
terms
of
the
legislation,
13
the
amended
language
was
set
to
be
repealed
effective
July
1,
14
2018.
The
general
assembly
has
extended
the
future
repeal
15
provision
three
times.
This
bill
repeals
the
future
repeal
16
provision,
thereby
making
the
specified
powers,
duties,
and
17
limitations
of
DOT
employees
who
are
designated
as
peace
18
officers
permanent.
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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