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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.384, subsection 1, Code 1997, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  Every A motor vehicle operated upon a highway within
  1  4 the this state, shall display lighted headlamps as provided in
  1  5 section 321.415 at any time from sunset to sunrise, at any
  1  6 time when the windshield wipers are in continuous operation,
  1  7 and at such other times when conditions such as fog, snow,
  1  8 sleet, or rain provide insufficient lighting to render clearly
  1  9 discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance
  1 10 of five hundred feet ahead, shall display lighted head lamps
  1 11 as provided in section 321.415, subject to exceptions with
  1 12 respect to parked vehicles as hereinafter stated.
  1 13    Sec. 2.  WARNING CITATIONS.  During the first six months
  1 14 following enactment of this Act, peace officers shall issue
  1 15 only warning citations for motor vehicles not displaying
  1 16 lighted headlamps at any time when the windshield wipers are
  1 17 in continuous operation as required by section 321.384,
  1 18 subsection 1, as amended in this Act.  
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill requires that a motor vehicle must display
  1 21 lighted headlights at any time when the vehicle's windshield
  1 22 wipers are in continuous operation.  A violation of this
  1 23 provision carries a scheduled fine of $20.  The bill also
  1 24 provides that during the first six months following enactment,
  1 25 violations of this bill will only result in warning citations.  
  1 26 LSB 1234HH 77
  1 27 mk/sc/14
     
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