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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.285, subsection 6, Code 1995, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    6.  a.  Notwithstanding any other speed restrictions, the
  1  4 speed limit for all vehicular traffic on fully controlled-
  1  5 access, divided, multilaned highways including the national
  1  6 system of interstate highways designated by the federal
  1  7 highway administration and this state, (23 U.S.C. } 103 (e)),
  1  8 is sixty-five miles per hour.  Notwithstanding any other speed
  1  9 restrictions, the speed limit for all vehicular traffic on the
  1 10 following primary highways is sixty-five miles per hour:
  1 11 highway 18, highway 20, highway 30, highway 34, highway 63,
  1 12 highway 71, and highway 169.  However, the department or
  1 13 cities with the approval of the department may establish a
  1 14 lower speed limit upon such highways located within the
  1 15 corporate limits of a city.
  1 16    b.  A minimum speed of forty miles per hour, road
  1 17 conditions permitting, is established on fully controlled-
  1 18 access, divided, multilaned highways.  For the purposes of
  1 19 this subsection paragraph, a fully controlled-access highway
  1 20 is a highway that gives preference to through traffic by
  1 21 providing access connections with selected public roads only
  1 22 and by prohibiting crossings at grade or direct private
  1 23 driveway connections.  A minimum speed of forty miles per
  1 24 hour, road conditions permitting, is established on the
  1 25 highways referred to in this subsection.
  1 26    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 27 immediate importance, is effective upon enactment.  
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29    This bill allows vehicular traffic on all multilaned,
  1 30 divided highways and on primary highways 18, 20, 30, 34, 63,
  1 31 71, and 169 to travel at speeds up to 65 miles per hour.  
  1 32 LSB 3099SS 76
  1 33 js/sc/14.3
     
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