Bill Text: IA SF408 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to railroad crossing violations by providing for investigations, and providing penalties. (Formerly SSB 1117.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [SF408 Detail]
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408
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1117)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
railroad
crossing
violations
by
providing
1
for
investigations,
and
providing
penalties.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
321.344A,
subsection
2,
unnumbered
1
paragraph
1,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
A
peace
officer
may
shall
initiate
an
investigation
not
3
more
than
seven
calendar
days
after
receiving
a
report
of
a
4
violation
pursuant
to
this
section
.
The
peace
officer
may
5
request
that
the
owner
of
the
vehicle
supply
information
6
identifying
the
driver
of
the
vehicle
in
accordance
with
7
section
321.484
,
or
in
the
case
of
a
commercial
motor
vehicle,
8
the
peace
officer
may
request
that
the
employer
of
the
driver
9
provide
information
identifying
the
driver
of
the
vehicle.
10
Sec.
2.
Section
805.8A,
subsection
14,
paragraph
h,
Code
11
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
12
h.
Railroad
crossing
violations.
13
(1)
For
violations
under
sections
321.341
,
321.342
,
14
321.343
,
and
321.344
,
and
321.344B
,
the
scheduled
fine
is
two
15
hundred
dollars.
16
(2)
For
a
violation
under
section
321.344B,
the
scheduled
17
fine
is
three
hundred
dollars.
18
EXPLANATION
19
This
bill
requires
a
peace
officer’s
investigation
of
every
20
reported
railroad
crossing
violation
by
a
vehicle
operator.
21
Currently,
the
initiation
of
an
investigation
is
optional.
22
The
bill
increases
the
scheduled
fine
for
a
railroad
23
crossing
violation
by
a
vehicle
operator
which
creates
an
24
immediate
threat
to
the
safety
of
a
person
or
property
from
25
$200
to
$300.
All
other
railroad
crossing
violations
remain
26
punishable
by
a
scheduled
fine
of
$200.
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