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House Amendment 1190

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  1  1    Amend House File 476 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 17, by inserting after line 11, the
  1  3 following:
  1  4    "Sec.    .  Section 313.2A, Code 1999, is amended
  1  5 to read as follows:
  1  6    313.2A  COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL HIGHWAYS.
  1  7    1.  PURPOSE.  It is the purpose of this section to
  1  8 enhance opportunities for the development and
  1  9 diversification of the state's economy through the
  1 10 identification and improvement of a network of
  1 11 commercial and industrial highways and to provide
  1 12 local jurisdictions with an important role in the
  1 13 development of the network.  The network shall consist
  1 14 of interconnected routes which provide long distance
  1 15 route continuity.  The purpose of this highway network
  1 16 shall be to improve the flow of commerce; to make
  1 17 travel more convenient, safe, and efficient; and to
  1 18 better connect Iowa with regional, national, and
  1 19 international markets.  Improvements to and expansions
  1 20 to the network shall not be made unless local
  1 21 governmental units affected by the network or by
  1 22 proposed changes in the network are given the
  1 23 opportunity to review, comment on, and consent to the
  1 24 improvements or expansions.  The state transportation
  1 25 commission shall concentrate a major portion of its
  1 26 annual construction budget on this network of
  1 27 commercial and industrial highways.  In order to
  1 28 ensure the greatest possible availability of funds for
  1 29 the improvement of the network, primary highway funds
  1 30 shall not be spent beyond continuing maintenance for
  1 31 improvements to route segments that will be bypassed
  1 32 by the relocation of portions of affected by the
  1 33 commercial and industrial highway network.
  1 34    2.  NETWORK SELECTION.  The commission shall
  1 35 identify, within the primary road system, a network of
  1 36 commercial and industrial highways.
  1 37    a.  In identifying the network, or proposed
  1 38 improvements to or expansions of the network, the
  1 39 commission shall conduct an impact analysis.  The
  1 40 commission shall provide persons affected by the
  1 41 network or by proposed changes in the network with
  1 42 opportunities to review and comment on the impact
  1 43 analysis.  The commission shall also provide for a
  1 44 means of changing the impact analysis in response to
  1 45 comments from persons affected by the network or by
  1 46 proposed changes in the network.
  1 47    b.  The commission shall consider all of the
  1 48 following factors in the identification of this the
  1 49 network:
  1 50    a. (1)  The connection by the most direct routes
  2  1 feasible of major urban areas and regions of the state
  2  2 to each other and to the national system of interstate
  2  3 and defense highways and priority routes in adjacent
  2  4 states, except that the use of existing transportation
  2  5 corridors shall be a priority whenever possible.
  2  6    b. (2)  The existence of high volumes of total
  2  7 traffic and commercial traffic.
  2  8    c. (3)  Long distance traffic movements.
  2  9    d. (4)  Area coverage and balance of spacing with
  2 10 service to major growth centers within the state.
  2 11    e. (5)  Metropolitan area bypasses consistent with
  2 12 local, metropolitan, or regional area plans
  2 13 established through cooperation by the state
  2 14 department of transportation and local officials.
  2 15    (6)  Local preferences for routes through rural
  2 16 areas.
  2 17    c.  The commission, with assistance from the state
  2 18 department of transportation, shall establish
  2 19 procedures for all of the following:
  2 20    (1)  Conducting impact analyses for new routes or
  2 21 proposed improvements to or expansions of the network
  2 22 pursuant to paragraph "a".
  2 23    (2)  Review of impact analyses by persons affected
  2 24 by the network or by proposed changes in the network,
  2 25 including an opportunity to comment on and propose
  2 26 changes to the impact analyses.
  2 27    (3)  Review of and consent to new routes or
  2 28 proposed changes in the network by local governmental
  2 29 units affected by the network, including a method of
  2 30 appealing decisions concerning the network made by the
  2 31 commission.
  2 32    The network of commercial and industrial highways
  2 33 shall not exceed two thousand five hundred miles
  2 34 including municipal extensions of these highways.
  2 35    3.  STANDARDS.  The state department of
  2 36 transportation shall establish standards pertaining to
  2 37 the specific location, design, and access control for
  2 38 each segment of the commercial and industrial
  2 39 highways.  The state department of transportation
  2 40 shall incorporate into the standards a priority for
  2 41 cooperation with local governmental units affected by
  2 42 the network and for consideration of the local
  2 43 governmental units' preferences regarding the network.
  2 44 The standards shall be distributed to the local
  2 45 governmental units affected by the network and shall
  2 46 be available to the public.
  2 47    4.  NETWORK DEVELOPMENT.  In establishing
  2 48 priorities for improvement projects, the state
  2 49 department of transportation shall take into
  2 50 consideration the following additional criteria:
  3  1 urban area bypasses that improve urban or regional
  3  2 accessibility or improve corridor travel; projects
  3  3 consistent with local, regional, or metropolitan
  3  4 transportation plans established through cooperation
  3  5 by the department and local officials; preferences of
  3  6 local governmental units regarding proposed network
  3  7 changes; and the willingness of local officials to
  3  8 provide financial or other assistance for the
  3  9 development of projects."
  3 10    #2.  Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
  3 11 word "proceedings" the following:  "and to procedures
  3 12 for establishing and making changes to the network of
  3 13 commercial and industrial highways,".
  3 14    #3.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  3 15 
  3 16 
  3 17                               
  3 18 FALLON of Polk 
  3 19 HF 476.201 78
  3 20 sc/gg
     

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