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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 321.423A SNOWPLOWS AND SNOW
1 2 REMOVAL VEHICLES – EQUIPMENT AND OPERATION.
1 3 1. All bid specifications for snowplows or other snow
1 4 removal vehicles purchased by the state or a political
1 5 subdivision of the state on or after July 1, 1998, shall
1 6 require that the vehicles be equipped to enhance visibility of
1 7 the vehicle by other motorists with a dual-bulb, rotating
1 8 beacon with three-hundred-sixty-degree visibility, mounted on
1 9 the top of the vehicle.
1 10 2. An operator of a snowplow or other snow removal vehicle
1 11 shall activate the rotating beacon when the snowplow blade is
1 12 attached to the vehicle.
1 13 EXPLANATION
1 14 This bill requires all public agency bid specifications for
1 15 new snowplows and other snow removal vehicles to be purchased
1 16 on or after July 1, 1998, to include a requirement that the
1 17 vehicles be equipped with a dual-bulb, rotating beacon mounted
1 18 on the top of the vehicle and visible over 360 degrees of
1 19 motion which must be activated when the snowplow is attached
1 20 to the vehicle. Failure to comply with the provisions of the
1 21 bill by a person preparing the bid specifications and
1 22 operating a snow removal vehicle would constitute a simple
1 23 misdemeanor pursuant to Code section 321.482.
1 24 The bill may contain a state mandate in accordance with
1 25 Code section 25B.2. Code section 25B.2 provides that a
1 26 political subdivision is not required to comply with a state
1 27 mandate unless funding for the cost of the state mandate is
1 28 provided or the percentage of the mandate which will be funded
1 29 is specified by the general assembly.
1 30 LSB 3028HV 77
1 31 jm/jw/5
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