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SENATE BILL NO. 1405

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S1405................................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT REPORTS - Amends existing law to provide that
written reports of motor vehicle accidents to be forwarded to the Idaho
Transportation Department by law enforcement officers shall not contain
personal information on persons involved in the accident but shall identify
the custodian of the original unedited written report.
                                                                        
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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1405
                                                                        
                              BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT REPORTS; AMENDING  SECTION  49-1306,  IDAHO
  3        CODE,  TO  PROVIDE  THAT  WRITTEN REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS REQUIRED TO BE FOR-
  4        WARDED TO THE IDAHO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT BY LAW ENFORCEMENT  OFFICERS
  5        SHALL NOT CONTAIN PERSONAL INFORMATION ON PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT
  6        BUT SHALL IDENTIFY THE CUSTODIAN OF THE ORIGINAL UNEDITED WRITTEN REPORT.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        SECTION  1.  That  Section 49-1306, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        49-1306.  WRITTEN REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS. (1) Every law enforcement officer,
 11    who in the regular course of  duty  investigates  a  motor  vehicle  accident,
 12    either  at  the  time  of  and  at the scene of the accident, or thereafter by
 13    interviewing participants or witnesses, shall within  twenty-four  (24)  hours
 14    after completing the investigation forward a written report of the accident to
 15    the  department.  The report forwarded to the department shall not contain any
 16    personal information, as defined in section 49-117, Idaho Code, on the drivers
 17    or occupants of any of the vehicles involved in the accident, but  the  custo-
 18    dian  of the original unedited written report shall be identified by title and
 19    telephone number.
 20        (2)  Written reports required to be forwarded by law enforcement  officers
 21    and  the  information contained in them shall not be privileged or held confi-
 22    dential.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 16046

This legislation relates to motor vehicle accident reports;
amending Section 49-1306, Idaho Code, to provide that written
reports of accidents required to forwarded to the Idaho
Transportation Department by Law Enforcement offices shall not
contain personal information on persons involved in the accident,
but shall identify the custodian of the original unedited written
report.


                           FISCAL NOTE

There will be no cost to the General Fund or local government.




Contact
Name:     Senator Skip Brandt 
Phone:    (208) 332-1326


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                   S 1405