Senate File 105 - Introduced SENATE FILE 105 BY ZAUN , BOETTGER , BACON , GREINER , FEENSTRA , JOHNSON , SORENSON , WARD , HOUSER , SEYMOUR , BEHN , McKINLEY , KETTERING , ANDERSON , BERTRAND , ERNST , HAMERLINCK , and HAHN A BILL FOR An Act concerning the retention of existing highway rest areas. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 1522XS (3) 84 dea/sc

S.F. 105 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 313.69 Rest area construction —— 1 retention of existing rest areas. 2 Before a decision is made to build a new rest area, the 3 department shall conduct a thorough cost-benefit analysis 4 to compare the cost of locating and constructing a new rest 5 area and the cost of keeping an existing rest area open. 6 The department shall consider all available options for 7 reconstructing, expanding, or otherwise improving an existing 8 rest area in accordance with section 306C.21 and shall not 9 proceed with construction of a new rest area unless it is 10 determined that making improvements to the existing rest area 11 would be cost prohibitive. 12 EXPLANATION 13 This bill requires the department of transportation to 14 conduct a cost-benefit analysis before proceeding with 15 construction of a new rest area along an interstate, freeway 16 primary, or primary highway. The department is to consider all 17 available options for reconstructing, expanding, or otherwise 18 improving existing rest areas and may not proceed with new 19 construction unless it is determined that making improvements 20 to the existing rest area would be cost prohibitive. 21 -1- LSB 1522XS (3) 84 dea/sc 1/ 1