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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 2257 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 9, by inserting after line 28 the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Sec. ___. Section 321.210, subsection 2, 1 5 paragraph d, Code Supplement 1997, is amended to read 1 6 as follows: 1 7 d. The first two speeding violations within any 1 8 twelve-month period oftenfive miles per hour or less 1 9 over the legal speed limit in speed zones having a 1 10 legal speed limitbetween thirty-fourequal to or 1 11 greater than thirty-five miles per hourand fifty-six1 12 but not greater than fifty-five miles per hour." 1 13 #2. Page 9, by inserting after line 30 the 1 14 following: 1 15 "Sec. ___. Section 321.285, subsections 4, 5, and 1 16 6, Code 1997, are amended to read as follows: 1 17 4. Notwithstanding any other speed restrictions, 1 18 the speed limit for all vehicular traffic shall be 1 19fifty-fivesixty miles per hour. 1 20 5. a. Reasonable and proper, but not greater than 1 21 fifty-five miles per hour at any timebetween sunrise1 22and sunset, and not greater than fifty miles per hour1 23at any time between sunset and sunrise,on secondary 1 24 roadsunless such roads aresurfaced with concrete or 1 25 asphalt or a combination of both, in which case the1 26speed limits shall be the same as provided in1 27subsection 4 of this section. 1 28 b. Reasonable and proper, but not greater than 1 29 fifty miles per hour at any time on secondary roads 1 30 which are not surfaced with concrete or asphalt or a 1 31 combination of both. 1 32 c. When the board of supervisors of any county 1 33 shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and 1 34 traffic investigation that the speed limit on any 1 35 secondary road is greater than is reasonable and 1 36 proper under the conditions found to exist at any 1 37 intersection or other place or upon any part of a 1 38 secondary road, the board shall determine and declare 1 39 a reasonable and proper speed limit at the 1 40 intersection or other part of the secondary road. The 1 41 speed limits as determined by the board of supervisors 1 42 shall be effective when appropriate signs giving 1 43 notice of the speed limits are erected by the board of 1 44 supervisors at the intersection or other place or part 1 45 of the highway. 1 46 6. Notwithstanding any other speed restrictions, 1 47 the speed limitfor all vehicular traffic on fully1 48controlled-access,on divided, multilaned highways 1 49 including the national system of interstate highways 1 50 and highways which are part of the commercial and 2 1 industrial network issixty-fiveseventy miles per 2 2 hour for all vehicular traffic except commercial 2 3 vehicles and sixty-five miles per hour for commercial 2 4 vehicles.The department may establish a speed limit2 5of sixty-five miles per hour on certain divided,2 6multilaned highways.However, the department or 2 7 cities with the approval of the department may 2 8 establish a lower speed limit upon such highways 2 9 located within the corporate limits of a city.For2 10the purposes of this subsection, a fully controlled-2 11access highway is a highway that gives preference to2 12through traffic by providing access connections with2 13selected public roads only and by prohibiting2 14crossings at grade or direct private driveway2 15connections.A minimum speed may be established by 2 16 the department on the highways referred to in this 2 17 subsection if warranted by engineering and traffic 2 18 investigations. 2 19 It is further provided that any kind of vehicle, 2 20 implement, or conveyance incapable of attaining and 2 21 maintaining a speed of forty miles per hour shall be 2 22 prohibited from using the interstate system." 2 23 #3. Page 11, by inserting after line 30 the 2 24 following: 2 25 "Sec. ___. Section 516B.3, subsection 1, Code 2 26 1997, is amended to read as follows: 2 27 1. The commissioner shall require that insurance 2 28 companies transacting business in this state not 2 29 consider speeding violations occurring on or after 2 30 July 1, 1986, but before May 12, 1987, which are for 2 31 speeding violations for ten miles per hour or less 2 32 over the legal speed limit in speed zones that have a 2 33 legal speed limit greater than thirty-five miles per 2 34 hour,orspeeding violations occurring on or after May 2 35 12, 1987, which are for speeding violations for ten 2 36 miles per hour or less over the legal speed limit in 2 37 speed zones that have a legal speed limit equal to or 2 38 greater than thirty-five miles per hour but not 2 39 greater than fifty-five miles per hour, or speeding 2 40 violations occurring on or after July 1, 1997, which 2 41 are for speeding violations for five miles per hour or 2 42 less over the legal speed limit in speed zones that 2 43 have a legal speed limit equal to or greater than 2 44 thirty-five miles per hour but not greater than fifty- 2 45 five miles per hour for the purpose of establishing 2 46 rates for motor vehicle insurance charged by the 2 47 insurer and shall require that insurance companies not 2 48 cancel or refuse to renew any such policy for such 2 49 violations. In any twelve-month period, this section 2 50 applies only to the first two such violations which 3 1 occur." 3 2 #4. By renumbering as necessary. 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 6 ROD HALVORSON 3 7 SF 2257.202 77 3 8 jm/jl/28
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