House
File
278
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
278
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
PUBLIC
SAFETY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
60)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
eluding
or
attempting
to
elude
a
marked
law
1
enforcement
vehicle,
and
providing
a
penalty.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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278
Section
1.
Section
321.279,
subsection
2,
Code
2011,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
a.
The
driver
of
a
motor
vehicle
commits
an
aggravated
3
misdemeanor
if
the
driver
willfully
fails
to
bring
the
motor
4
vehicle
to
a
stop
or
otherwise
eludes
or
attempts
to
elude
a
5
marked
official
law
enforcement
vehicle
that
is
driven
by
a
6
uniformed
peace
officer
after
being
given
a
visual
and
audible
7
signal
as
provided
in
this
section
and
in
doing
so
exceeds
the
8
speed
limit
by
twenty-five
miles
per
hour
or
more.
9
b.
The
driver
of
a
motor
vehicle
commits
an
aggravated
10
misdemeanor
if
the
driver
willfully
fails
to
bring
the
motor
11
vehicle
to
a
stop
or
otherwise
eludes
or
attempts
to
elude
a
12
marked
official
law
enforcement
vehicle
that
is
driven
by
a
13
uniformed
peace
officer
after
being
given
a
visual
and
audible
14
signal
as
provided
in
this
section
and
in
doing
so
endangers
15
the
safety
or
property
of
another
driver
of
a
motor
vehicle,
16
pedestrian,
bicyclist,
or
real
property
owner
or
lessee,
other
17
than
a
peace
officer
acting
within
the
official
capacity
of
the
18
officer.
19
EXPLANATION
20
This
bill
relates
to
eluding
or
attempting
to
elude
a
marked
21
law
enforcement
vehicle.
22
The
bill
provides
that
a
driver
of
a
motor
vehicle
commits
an
23
aggravated
misdemeanor
if
the
driver
willfully
fails
to
bring
24
the
motor
vehicle
to
a
stop
or
otherwise
eludes
or
attempts
to
25
elude
a
marked
official
law
enforcement
vehicle
that
is
driven
26
by
a
uniformed
peace
officer
after
being
given
a
visual
and
27
audible
signal
and
in
doing
so
endangers
the
safety
or
property
28
of
another
driver
of
a
motor
vehicle,
pedestrian,
bicyclist,
29
or
real
property
owner
or
lessee,
other
than
a
peace
officer
30
acting
within
the
official
capacity
of
the
officer.
31
An
aggravated
misdemeanor
is
punishable
by
confinement
for
32
no
more
than
two
years
and
a
fine
of
at
least
$625
but
not
more
33
than
$6,250.
34
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