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House
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724
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HOUSE
FILE
724
BY
LAWLER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
duties
of
fire
officials
and
reports
of
1
fires
and
emergency
responses.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
100.2,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
100.2
Duties
of
fire
officials.
3
The
chief
of
the
fire
department
or
the
chief’s
designee
4
of
every
city
or
township
in
which
a
fire
department
is
5
established
or
the
chief
of
the
fire
department
or
the
chief’s
6
designee
responding
to
every
township
fire
where
there
is
a
7
contract
for
fire
protection
in
effect
shall
investigate
into
8
the
cause,
origin
,
and
circumstances
of
every
fire
occurring
9
in
the
city
or
township
by
which
property
has
been
destroyed
10
or
damaged
or
which
results
in
bodily
injury
to
a
person,
and
11
determine
whether
the
fire
was
the
result
of
natural
causes,
12
negligence
or
design
resulting
in
property
damage,
bodily
13
injury,
or
destruction
.
The
investigation
shall
determine
14
whether
the
fire
was
caused
by
natural
factors,
negligence,
15
or
intentional
action.
The
state
fire
marshal
may
assist
in
16
the
investigation
or
may
direct
the
investigation
if
the
fire
17
marshal
finds
it
necessary.
18
Sec.
2.
Section
321.11,
subsections
3
and
4,
Code
2025,
are
19
amended
to
read
as
follows:
20
3.
Notwithstanding
other
provisions
of
this
section
21
to
the
contrary,
the
department
shall
not
release
personal
22
information
to
a
person,
other
than
to
an
officer
or
employee
23
of
a
law
enforcement
agency,
an
officer
or
employee
of
a
24
fire
department
pursuant
to
section
100.2,
an
employee
of
25
a
federal
or
state
agency
or
political
subdivision
in
the
26
performance
of
the
employee’s
official
duties,
a
contract
27
employee
of
the
department
of
inspections,
appeals,
and
28
licensing
in
the
conduct
of
an
investigation,
or
a
licensed
29
private
investigation
agency
or
a
licensed
security
service
or
30
a
licensed
employee
of
either,
if
the
information
is
requested
31
by
the
presentation
of
a
registration
plate
number.
In
32
addition,
an
officer
or
employee
of
a
law
enforcement
agency
33
may
release
the
name,
address,
and
telephone
number
of
a
motor
34
vehicle
registrant
to
a
person
requesting
the
information
by
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the
presentation
of
a
registration
plate
number
if
the
officer
1
or
employee
of
the
law
enforcement
agency
believes
that
the
2
release
of
the
information
is
necessary
in
the
performance
of
3
the
officer’s
or
employee’s
duties.
4
4.
The
department
shall
not
release
personal
information
5
that
is
in
the
form
of
a
person’s
photograph
or
digital
image
6
or
a
digital
reproduction
of
a
person’s
photograph
to
a
person
7
other
than
an
officer
or
employee
of
a
law
enforcement
agency
8
or
fire
department
,
an
employee
of
a
federal
or
state
agency
9
or
political
subdivision
in
the
performance
of
the
employee’s
10
official
duties,
a
contract
employee
of
the
department
of
11
inspections,
appeals,
and
licensing
in
the
conduct
of
an
12
investigation,
or
a
licensed
private
investigation
agency
or
13
a
licensed
security
service
or
a
licensed
employee
of
either,
14
regardless
of
whether
a
person
has
provided
express
written
15
consent
to
disclosure
of
the
information.
The
department
may
16
collect
reasonable
fees
for
copies
of
records
or
other
services
17
provided
pursuant
to
this
section
or
section
22.3
,
321.10
,
or
18
622.46
.
19
Sec.
3.
Section
692.1,
subsection
7,
unnumbered
paragraph
20
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
21
“Criminal
or
juvenile
justice
agency”
means
either
any
of
the
22
following:
23
Sec.
4.
Section
692.1,
subsection
7,
Code
2025,
is
amended
24
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
25
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
The
fire
marshal
or
an
officer
or
26
employee
of
a
fire
department
pursuant
to
chapter
100.
27
Sec.
5.
REPEAL.
Section
100.3,
Code
2025,
is
repealed.
28
EXPLANATION
29
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
30
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
31
This
bill
relates
to
the
duties
of
fire
officials
and
reports
32
of
fires
and
emergency
responses.
33
The
bill
provides
that
the
chief
of
the
fire
department
or
34
the
chief’s
designee
of
every
city
or
township
in
which
a
fire
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department
is
established
or
every
township
where
there
is
a
1
contract
for
fire
protection
in
effect
shall
investigate
into
2
the
cause,
origin,
and
circumstances
of
every
fire
occurring
3
in
the
city
or
township
resulting
in
property
damage,
bodily
4
injury,
or
destruction.
The
investigation
shall
determine
5
whether
the
fire
was
caused
by
natural
factors,
negligence,
or
6
intentional
action.
7
The
bill
adds
an
officer
or
employee
of
a
fire
department
8
pursuant
to
Code
section
100.2
to
the
list
of
persons
allowed
9
access
to
personal
information
contained
in
records
of
the
10
department
of
transportation
if
the
information
is
requested
by
11
the
presentation
of
a
registration
plate
number.
12
The
bill
adds
an
employee
of
a
fire
department
to
the
list
13
of
persons
allowed
access
to
personal
information
that
is
in
14
the
form
of
a
person’s
photograph
or
digital
image
or
a
digital
15
reproduction
of
a
person’s
photograph.
16
The
bill
adds
the
fire
marshal
or
an
officer
or
employee
of
17
a
fire
department
to
the
definition
of
a
“criminal
or
juvenile
18
justice
agency”.
19
The
bill
repeals
Code
section
100.3
(reports
of
fires
and
20
emergency
responses).
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