Iowa Senate File 2263
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Bill Introduced: S.J.
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Section 1.
NEW SECTION. 321.8A UNATTENDED OR NOT PROPERLY SUPERVISED CHILD
IN A
MOTOR
VEHICLE – PUBLICATION.
The department shall provide information to the public concerning
the hazards of leaving a child unattended or not properly supervised in a motor
vehicle. The department is encouraged to
include such information in the publication distributed pursuant to section
321.15.
Sec. 2. NEW SECTION
321.276 UNATTENDED OR NOT PROPERLY SUPERVISED CHILD
IN A MOTOR VEHICLE.
A person shall not leave a child six years of age or younger in
a motor vehicle unattended or under the supervision of a person who is eleven
years of age or younger. A person does
not violate this section if the person can maintain visual contact with the
child. A person who violates this section
commits a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section
805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph "j".
Sec. 3. Section 602.8108,
subsection 2, Code Supplement 2001, is amended to read as
follows:
2. Except
as otherwise provided, the clerk of the district court shall report and submit
to the state court administrator, not later than the fifteenth
day of each month, the fines and fees received during the preceding calendar month. Except as provided in subsections 4, and
5, and 6, the state court administrator shall deposit the amounts
received with the treasurer of state for deposit in the general fund of the
state. The state court administrator
shall report to the legislative fiscal bureau within thirty days of the
beginning of each fiscal quarter the amount received during the previous quarter
in the account established under this section.
Sec. 4. Section 602.8108,
Code Supplement 2001, is amended by adding the following new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION. 7. The
state court administrator shall allocate fifty percent of the fines
and fees attributable to a violation of section 321.276 to the
state department of transportation to be used as provided in section 321.8A.
Sec. 5. Section 805.8A,
subsection 14, Code Supplement 2001, is amended by adding the
following new paragraph:
NEW
PARAGRAPH. j. UNATTENDED CHILD IN A MOTOR VEHICLE.
For a violation under section 321.276, the scheduled fine is one
hundred dollars.
EXPLANATION
This bill creates a criminal offense for leaving an unattended
or not properly supervised child in a motor vehicle.
The bill provides that a person shall not leave a child in a
motor vehicle unattended or under the supervision of a person who is 11 years
of age or younger. A person who is able
to maintain visual contact with the child in the motor vehicle does not violate
the bill. The bill provides that a person who violates the bill commits a
simple misdemeanor subject to a scheduled fine of $100.
The bill provides that 50 percent of the fines and fees collected
for a violation of this bill shall be used by the department of transportation
to publicize the hazards of leaving an unattended or not properly supervised
child in a motor vehicle.
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