Bill Text: IA SF2275 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to eluding or attempting to elude a pursuing law enforcement vehicle and providing penalties. (Formerly SSB 3035.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-25 - Fiscal note. [SF2275 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF2275-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
ELUDING
OR
ATTEMPTING
TO
ELUDE
A
PURSUING
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
VEHICLE
AND
PROVIDING
PENALTIES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
321.279,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
321.279
Eluding
or
attempting
to
elude
pursuing
law
enforcement
vehicle.
1.
a.
The
driver
of
a
motor
vehicle
commits
a
serious
misdemeanor
if
the
driver
willfully
fails
to
bring
the
motor
vehicle
to
a
stop
or
otherwise
eludes
or
attempts
to
elude
a
marked
official
law
enforcement
vehicle
driven
by
a
uniformed
peace
officer
after
being
given
a
visual
and
audible
signal
to
stop.
The
signal
given
by
the
peace
officer
shall
be
by
flashing
red
light,
or
by
flashing
red
and
blue
lights,
and
siren.
For
purposes
of
this
section
,
“peace
officer”
means
those
officers
designated
under
section
801.4,
subsection
11
,
paragraphs
“a”
,
“b”
,
“c”
,
“f”
,
“g”
,
and
“h”
.
b.
The
driver
of
a
motor
vehicle
who
commits
a
second
or
subsequent
violation
under
this
subsection
is,
upon
conviction,
guilty
of
an
aggravated
misdemeanor.
2.
a.
The
driver
of
a
motor
vehicle
commits
an
aggravated
misdemeanor
if
the
driver
willfully
fails
to
bring
the
motor
vehicle
to
a
stop
or
otherwise
eludes
or
attempts
to
elude
a
marked
official
law
enforcement
vehicle
that
is
driven
by
a
uniformed
peace
officer
after
being
given
a
visual
and
audible
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signal
as
provided
in
this
section
and
in
doing
so
exceeds
the
speed
limit
by
twenty-five
miles
per
hour
or
more.
b.
The
driver
of
a
motor
vehicle
who
commits
a
violation
under
this
section
and
who
has
previously
committed
a
violation
under
this
section
or
subsection
3
is,
upon
conviction,
guilty
of
a
class
“D”
felony.
3.
a.
The
driver
of
a
motor
vehicle
commits
a
class
“D”
felony
if
the
driver
willfully
fails
to
bring
the
motor
vehicle
to
a
stop
or
otherwise
eludes
or
attempts
to
elude
a
marked
official
law
enforcement
vehicle
that
is
driven
by
a
uniformed
peace
officer
after
being
given
a
visual
and
audible
signal
as
provided
in
this
section
,
and
in
doing
so
exceeds
the
speed
limit
by
twenty-five
miles
per
hour
or
more,
and
if
any
of
the
following
occurs:
a.
(1)
The
driver
is
participating
in
a
public
offense,
as
defined
in
section
702.13
,
that
is
a
felony.
b.
(2)
The
driver
is
in
violation
of
section
321J.2
or
124.401
.
(3)
The
driver
is
in
violation
of
section
124.401.
c.
(4)
The
offense
results
in
bodily
injury
to
a
person
other
than
the
driver.
b.
The
driver
of
a
motor
vehicle
who
commits
a
second
or
subsequent
violation
under
this
subsection
is,
upon
conviction,
guilty
of
a
class
“C”
felony.
Sec.
2.
Section
321J.2,
subsection
3,
paragraph
b,
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph
division:
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
DIVISION
.
(f)
If
the
offense
was
committed
in
violation
of
section
321.279,
subsection
3,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(2).
Sec.
3.
Section
907.3,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
subparagraph
(6),
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph
division:
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
DIVISION
.
(f)
If
the
offense
was
committed
in
violation
of
section
321.279,
subsection
3,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(2).
Sec.
4.
Section
907.3,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph
division:
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NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
DIVISION
.
(f)
The
offense
is
a
violation
of
section
321.279,
subsection
3,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(2).
______________________________
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
2275,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2020
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
