Bill Text: IA SF2259 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
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 SF 2179.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-01 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 659. [SF2259 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF2259-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
LIABILITY
ARISING
FROM
THE
DONATION
OF
EQUIPMENT
BY
A
MUNICIPALITY,
FIRE
DEPARTMENT,
EMERGENCY
MEDICAL
SERVICES
PROVIDER,
OR
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
100B.41
Donation
of
fire
fighting,
emergency
medical
response,
and
law
enforcement
equipment.
A
fire
department,
emergency
medical
services
provider,
or
law
enforcement
agency
may
donate
used
vehicles
or
equipment
to
an
organization
that
provides
fire
response
or
emergency
medical
services,
or
to
a
law
enforcement
agency.
An
entity
making
a
good
faith
donation
of
equipment
pursuant
to
this
subsection
shall
be
immune
from
civil
liability
from
any
claim
arising
from
the
performance,
failure
to
perform,
nature,
age,
condition,
or
packaging
of
any
vehicle
or
equipment
used
in
fire
fighting,
emergency
medical
response,
or
law
enforcement.
Sec.
2.
Section
669.14,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
16.
Any
claim
arising
from
the
performance,
failure
to
perform,
nature,
age,
condition,
or
packaging
of
any
vehicle
or
equipment
used
in
fire
fighting,
emergency
medical
response,
or
law
enforcement
which
has
been
donated
in
good
faith
without
payment
to
any
organization
engaged
in
fire
fighting
or
emergency
medical
services,
or
to
a
law
enforcement
agency.
Senate
File
2259,
p.
2
Sec.
3.
Section
670.4,
subsection
1,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
r.
Any
claim
arising
from
the
performance,
failure
to
perform,
nature,
age,
condition,
or
packaging
of
any
vehicle
or
equipment
used
in
fire
fighting,
emergency
medical
response,
or
law
enforcement
which
has
been
donated
in
good
faith
without
payment
to
any
organization
engaged
in
fire
fighting
or
emergency
medical
services,
or
to
a
law
enforcement
agency.
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2259,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2020
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
