Bill Text: IA SF180 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act allowing law enforcement agencies to retain possession of motor vehicles suspected to have been used to elude law enforcement vehicles. (See SF 486.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-06 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 486. S.J. 489. [SF180 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF180-Introduced.html
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BY
R.
SMITH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
allowing
law
enforcement
agencies
to
retain
possession
1
of
motor
vehicles
suspected
to
have
been
used
to
elude
law
2
enforcement
vehicles.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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180
Section
1.
Section
321.279,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4.
Notwithstanding
section
809.5
or
any
3
other
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
a
law
enforcement
4
agency
may
retain
possession
of
a
motor
vehicle
suspected
to
5
have
been
operated
by
a
person
in
violation
of
this
section
6
until
final
disposition
of
any
criminal
proceeding
related
7
to
the
violation
if
the
person
was
a
registered
owner
of
the
8
vehicle
at
the
time
of
the
suspected
violation.
9
EXPLANATION
10
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
11
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
12
This
bill
allows
a
law
enforcement
agency
to
retain
13
possession
of
a
vehicle
suspected
to
have
been
operated
by
a
14
person
eluding
or
attempting
to
elude
a
law
enforcement
vehicle
15
until
final
disposition
of
any
criminal
proceeding
related
16
to
the
violation
if
the
person
was
a
registered
owner
of
the
17
vehicle
at
the
time
of
the
suspected
violation.
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