Bill Text: IA SF570 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for immunity from civil liability for licensed architects and professional engineers providing disaster emergency assistance under specified circumstances and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 68.) Effective 5-10-19.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-10 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 1196. [SF570 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF570-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
PROVIDING
FOR
IMMUNITY
FROM
CIVIL
LIABILITY
FOR
LICENSED
ARCHITECTS
AND
PROFESSIONAL
ENGINEERS
PROVIDING
DISASTER
EMERGENCY
ASSISTANCE
UNDER
SPECIFIED
CIRCUMSTANCES
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
29C.20C
Immunity
——
licensed
architects
and
professional
engineers.
An
architect
licensed
pursuant
to
chapter
544A
or
a
professional
engineer
licensed
pursuant
to
chapter
542B
who,
during
a
disaster
emergency
as
proclaimed
by
the
governor
or
a
major
disaster
as
declared
by
the
president
of
the
United
States,
in
good
faith
and
at
the
request
of
or
with
the
approval
of
a
national,
state,
or
local
public
official,
law
enforcement
official,
public
safety
official,
or
building
inspection
official
believed
by
the
licensed
architect
or
professional
engineer
to
be
acting
in
an
official
capacity,
voluntarily
and
without
compensation
provides
architectural,
engineering,
structural,
electrical,
mechanical,
or
other
design
professional
services
related
to
the
disaster
emergency
shall
not
be
liable
for
civil
damages
for
any
acts
or
omissions
resulting
from
the
services
provided,
unless
such
acts
or
omissions
constitute
recklessness
or
willful
and
wanton
misconduct.
A
licensed
architect
or
professional
engineer
who
receives
expense
reimbursement
for
the
performance
of
services
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p.
2
described
in
this
section
shall
not
be
considered
to
have
received
compensation
for
such
services.
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
570,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
