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House Journal: Page 554: Thursday, March 5, 1998

H-8240

 1     Amend House File 2499 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 5, by inserting after line 32 the
 3   following:
 4     "Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  314.17  MOWING ON
 5   INTERSTATES AND PRIMARY HIGHWAYS.
 6     On or after January 1, 2003, the department shall
 7   not mow roadside vegetation on the rights-of-way or
 8   medians on any primary or interstate highway.  Mowing
 9   shall be permitted as follows:
10     1.  On rights-of-way which include drainage ditch
11   areas.
12     2.  On rights-of-way within three miles of the
13   corporate limits of a city.
14     3.  To promote native species of vegetation or
15   other long-lived and adaptable vegetation.
16     4.  For establishing control of damaging insect
17   populations, noxious weeds, and invader plant species.
18     5.  For visibility and safety reasons."
Amendment H-8240 was adopted.
Brauns of Muscatine moved that the bill be read a last time now
and placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill
was read a last time.
On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (H.F. 2499)

The ayes were, 86:

Arnold 	Barry 	Bell 	Blodgett 
Boddicker 	Boggess 	Bradley 	Brand 
Brauns 	Brunkhorst 	Bukta 	Burnett 
Carroll 	Cataldo 	Chiodo 	Churchill 
Cohoon 	Connors 	Corbett, Spkr. 	Cormack 
Dix 	Doderer 	Dolecheck 	Dotzler 
Drake 	Drees 	Eddie 	Falck 
Foege 	Ford 	Frevert 	Garman 
Gipp 	Greig 	Greiner 	Gries 
Hahn 	Heaton 	Holmes 	Holveck 
Houser 	Huseman 	Huser 	Jenkins 
Jochum 	Kinzer 	Klemme 	Koenigs 
Kremer 	Lamberti 	Larkin 	Larson 
Lord 	Martin 	Mascher 	May 
Mertz 	Metcalf 	Meyer	Millage 
Mundie 	Murphy 	Myers 	Nelson 
Osterhaus 	Rayhons 	Reynolds-Knight 	Scherrman 
Schrader 	Siegrist 	Sukup 	Taylor 
Teig 	Thomas 	Tyrrell 	Van Fossen 
Van Maanen 	Vande Hoef 	Veenstra 	Warnstadt 
Weidman 	Weigel 	Welter 	Whitead 
Wise 	Rants,
	  Presiding

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