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  1  1                                         SENATE FILE 80
  1  2 
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 RELATING TO POLICE BICYCLES.
  1  5 
  1  6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 
  1  7 
  1  8    Section 1.  Section 321.231, subsection 3, Code 1997, is
  1  9 amended to read as follows:
  1 10    3.  The driver of a fire department vehicle, police
  1 11 vehicle, or ambulance, or a peace officer riding a police
  1 12 bicycle in the line of duty may do any of the following:
  1 13    a.  Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but
  1 14 only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe
  1 15 operation.
  1 16    b.  Exceed the maximum speed limits so long as the driver
  1 17 does not endanger life or property.
  1 18    Sec. 2.  Section 321.234, subsection 2, Code 1997, is
  1 19 amended to read as follows:
  1 20    2.  A person, including a peace officer, riding a bicycle
  1 21 on the highway is subject to the provisions of this chapter
  1 22 and has all the rights and duties under this chapter
  1 23 applicable to the driver of a vehicle, except those provisions
  1 24 of this chapter which by their nature can have no application
  1 25 or those provisions for which specific exceptions have been
  1 26 set forth regarding police bicycles.
  1 27    Sec. 3.  Section 321.397, Code 1997, is amended to read as
  1 28 follows:
  1 29    321.397  LAMPS ON BICYCLES.
  1 30    Every bicycle shall be equipped with a lamp on the front
  1 31 exhibiting a white light, at the times specified in section
  1 32 321.384 visible from a distance of at least three hundred feet
  1 33 to the front and with a lamp on the rear exhibiting a red
  1 34 light visible from a distance of three hundred feet to the
  1 35 rear; except that a red reflector meeting the requirements of
  2  1 this chapter may be used in lieu of a rear light.  A peace
  2  2 officer riding a police bicycle is not required to use either
  2  3 front or rear lamps if duty so requires.
  2  4    Sec. 4.  Section 321.434, Code 1997, is amended to read as
  2  5 follows:
  2  6    321.434  BICYCLE SIRENS OR WHISTLES.
  2  7    No A bicycle shall not be equipped with nor shall any and a
  2  8 person shall not use upon a bicycle any siren or whistle.
  2  9 This section shall not apply to bicycles ridden by peace
  2 10 officers in the line of duty.  
  2 11 
  2 12 
  2 13                                                             
  2 14                               MARY E. KRAMER
  2 15                               President of the Senate
  2 16 
  2 17 
  2 18                                                             
  2 19                               RON J. CORBETT
  2 20                               Speaker of the House
  2 21 
  2 22    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
  2 23 is known as Senate File 80, Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
  2 24 
  2 25 
  2 26                                                             
  2 27                               MARY PAT GUNDERSON
  2 28                               Secretary of the Senate
  2 29 Approved                , 1997
  2 30 
  2 31 
  2 32                         
  2 33 TERRY E. BRANSTAD
  2 34 Governor
     
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