Senate File 316 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  SCHULTZ

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to carrying a firearm while operating or riding
  2    an all=terrain vehicle.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321I.14, subsection 2, Code 2015, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.   a.  A Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs "b" and
  1  4 "c", a person shall not operate or ride an all=terrain vehicle
  1  5 with a firearm in the person's possession unless it is unloaded
  1  6 and enclosed in a carrying case.
  1  7    b.  However, a A nonambulatory person may carry an uncased
  1  8 and unloaded firearm while operating or riding an all=terrain
  1  9 vehicle.
  1 10    c.  A person may operate or ride an all=terrain vehicle with
  1 11 a loaded firearm, whether concealed or not, if the person has
  1 12 in the person's possession and displays to a peace officer on
  1 13 demand a valid permit to carry weapons which has been issued
  1 14 to the person, and the person's conduct is within the limits
  1 15 of that permit.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 18 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 19    This bill relates to carrying a firearm while operating or
  1 20 riding an all=terrain vehicle.
  1 21    The bill amends Code section 321.14(2) to allow a person to
  1 22 operate or ride an all=terrain vehicle with a loaded firearm,
  1 23 whether concealed or not, if the person has in the person's
  1 24 possession and displays to a peace officer on demand a valid
  1 25 permit to carry weapons which has been issued to the person,
  1 26 and the person's conduct is within the limits of that permit.
  1 27    Current law provides that a person shall not operate or
  1 28 ride an all=terrain vehicle with a firearm in the person's
  1 29 possession unless it is unloaded and enclosed in a carrying
  1 30 case.  However, a nonambulatory person may carry an uncased
  1 31 and unloaded firearm while operating or riding an all=terrain
  1 32 vehicle.
  1 33    A person who violates Code section 321I.14(2) commits a
  1 34 simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled fine in the amount
  1 35 of $100 pursuant to Code section 805.8B(2A)(b)(3).
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