Bill Text: IA SF7 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to a .08 blood alcohol limit for motorboat or sailboat operating while intoxicated offenses. Effective 7-1-11.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Independent 1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [SF7 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2011-SF7-Enrolled.html

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Senate File 7
AN ACT
RELATING TO A .08 BLOOD ALCOHOL LIMIT FOR MOTORBOAT OR SAILBOAT
OPERATING WHILE INTOXICATED OFFENSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 462A.2, subsection 24, Code 2011, is
amended to read as follows:
24. “Operate” means to navigate or otherwise use a vessel
or motorboat. For the purposes of section 462A.12, subsection
2, sections 462A.14, 462A.14A, 462A.14B, 462A.14C, 462A.14D,
and 462A.14E, and section 462A.23, subsection 2, paragraph
“b” , “operate” , when used in reference to a motorboat, means
the motorboat is powered by a motor which is running, and when
used in reference to a sailboat, means the sailboat is either
powered by a motor which is running, or has sails hoisted and
is not propelled by a motor, and is under way.

Senate File 7, p. 2
Sec. 2. Section 462A.14, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
2011, is amended to read as follows:
b. While having an alcohol concentration of .10 .08 or more.
______________________________
JOHN P. KIBBIE
President of the Senate
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KRAIG PAULSEN
Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 7, Eighty-fourth General Assembly.
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MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
Secretary of the Senate
Approved _______________, 2011
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TERRY E. BRANSTAD
Governor