H.F. 2248 Section 1. Section 321.285, subsection 5, paragraph a, Code 1 2016, is amended to read as follows: 2 a. Notwithstanding any other speed restrictions, the speed 3 limit for all vehicular traffic on fully controlled-access, 4 divided, multilaned highways is sixty-five miles per hour. 5 However, the speed limit for all vehicular traffic on highways 6 that are part of the interstate road system, as defined in 7 section 306.3 , is seventy miles per hour , except the department 8 may establish a speed limit of seventy-five miles per hour on 9 highways that are part of the interstate road system on the 10 department’s own motion or in response to a recommendation 11 of a metropolitan or regional planning commission or council 12 of governments . The department may establish a speed limit 13 of sixty-five miles per hour on certain divided, multilaned 14 highways not otherwise described in this paragraph. 15 EXPLANATION 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 17 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 18 Under current law, the speed limit on interstate highways 19 is 70 miles per hour. This bill allows the department of 20 transportation (DOT) to establish a speed limit of 75 miles 21 per hour on interstate highways on the DOT’s own motion or in 22 response to a recommendation of a metropolitan or regional 23 planning commission or council of governments. 24 -1- LSB 5568YH (1) 86 ns/nh 1/ 1