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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.285, subsection 6, Code 1995, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 6. Notwithstanding any other speed restrictions, the speed 1 4 limit for all vehicular traffic on fully controlled-access, 1 5 divided, multilaned highways including the national system of 1 6 interstate highwaysdesignated by the federal highway1 7administration and this state (23 U.S.C. } 103 (e))is sixty- 1 8 five miles per hour. The department may establish a speed 1 9 limit of sixty-five miles per hour on certain divided, 1 10 multilaned highways. However, the department or cities with 1 11 the approval of the department may establish a lower speed 1 12 limit upon such highways located within the corporate limits 1 13 of a city. For the purposes of this subsection a fully 1 14 controlled-access highway is a highway that gives preference 1 15 to through traffic by providing access connections with 1 16 selected public roads only and by prohibiting crossings at 1 17 grade or direct private driveway connections. A minimum speed 1 18 of forty miles per hour, road conditions permitting, is 1 19 established on the highways referred to in this subsection. 1 20 It is further provided that any kind of vehicle, implement, 1 21 or conveyance incapable of attaining and maintaining a speed 1 22 of forty miles per hour shall be prohibited from using the 1 23 interstate system. 1 24 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This bill being deemed of 1 25 immediate importance is effective upon enactment. 1 26 EXPLANATION 1 27 The bill allows the state department of transportation to 1 28 increase the speed limit upon certain divided, multilaned 1 29 highways to 65 miles per hour. 1 30 This bill takes effect upon enactment. 1 31 LSB 3761SC 76 1 32 js/sc/14.1
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