House
File
2556
-
Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
2556
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
PUBLIC
SAFETY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
518)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
February
29,
2024
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
damages
against
participants
in
firearms
1
regulation
violations
by
political
subdivisions,
and
2
including
effective
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
724.28,
subsection
3,
Code
2024,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
3.
If
a
political
subdivision
of
the
state,
prior
to,
on,
3
or
after
July
1,
2020,
adopts,
makes,
enacts,
or
amends
any
4
ordinance,
measure,
enactment,
rule,
resolution,
motion,
or
5
policy
regulating
the
ownership,
possession,
carrying,
legal
6
transfer,
lawful
transportation,
modification,
registration,
7
or
licensing
of
firearms,
firearms
attachments,
or
other
8
weapons
when
the
ownership,
possession,
carrying,
transfer,
9
transportation,
modification,
registration,
or
licensing
10
of
firearms,
firearms
attachments,
or
other
weapons
is
11
otherwise
lawful
under
the
laws
of
this
state,
a
person
12
adversely
affected
by
the
ordinance,
measure,
enactment,
rule,
13
resolution,
motion,
or
policy
may
file
suit
in
the
appropriate
14
court
for
declaratory
and
injunctive
relief
and
all
damages
15
attributable
to
the
violation
,
including
all
of
the
following:
16
a.
A
court
shall
assess
against
the
political
subdivision
17
of
the
state
damages
in
the
amount
of
not
more
than
five
18
hundred
dollars
and
not
less
than
one
hundred
dollars
per
day
19
after
providing
written
notice
to
the
political
subdivision
20
of
the
state
of
the
violation,
not
to
exceed
five
thousand
21
dollars
.
A
However,
if
the
political
subdivision
of
the
state
22
knowingly
participated
in
such
a
violation,
damages
shall
be
23
assessed
against
the
political
subdivision
of
the
state
in
the
24
amount
of
not
more
than
two
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
and
25
not
less
than
one
thousand
dollars
per
day
after
providing
26
written
notice
to
the
political
subdivision
of
the
state
of
the
27
violation,
not
to
exceed
twenty-five
thousand
dollars.
These
28
damages
shall
be
paid
by
the
political
subdivision
of
the
state
29
directly
to
the
adversely
affected
person.
30
b.
The
court
shall
also
award
the
prevailing
party
in
any
31
such
lawsuit
reasonable
attorney
fees
and
court
costs.
32
c.
The
court,
for
good
cause,
may
assess
damages
in
excess
33
of
the
amounts
set
forth
in
paragraph
“a”
against
the
political
34
subdivision
of
the
state
found
to
be
in
violation
of
this
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subsection.
1
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act
takes
effect
January
1,
2
2025.
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