Bill Text: IA HF510 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the expungement of an operating-while-intoxicated offense that is a serious misdemeanor under certain circumstances.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-15 - Introduced, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 389. [HF510 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF510-Introduced.html
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FILE
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BY
WOLFE
and
MOMMSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
expungement
of
an
1
operating-while-intoxicated
offense
that
is
a
serious
2
misdemeanor
under
certain
circumstances.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
901C.3,
subsection
2,
paragraph
e,
Code
1
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
e.
A
conviction
under
section
321J.2
,
except
for
a
3
conviction
under
section
321J.2,
subsection
2,
paragraph
“a”
,
4
involving
a
defendant
who
was
twenty-five
years
of
age
or
5
younger
at
the
time
of
the
offense,
and
if
the
offense
did
not
6
involve
a
serious
injury,
as
defined
in
section
702.18,
to
any
7
person
other
than
to
the
defendant
.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
This
bill
relates
to
the
expungement
of
an
12
operating-while-intoxicated
(OWI)
offense
that
is
a
serious
13
misdemeanor
under
certain
circumstances.
14
Current
law
does
not
allow
the
expungement
of
a
conviction
15
under
Code
section
321J.2.
The
bill
provides
that
a
conviction
16
under
Code
section
321J.2
that
is
a
serious
misdemeanor
shall
17
not
be
expunged
except
for
a
conviction
involving
a
defendant
18
who
was
25
years
of
age
or
younger
at
the
time
of
the
offense,
19
and
the
offense
did
not
involve
a
serious
injury,
as
defined
in
20
Code
section
702.18,
to
any
person
other
than
to
the
defendant.
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