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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.285, subsection 6, Code 1999, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 6. a. Notwithstanding any other speed restrictions, the 1 4 speed limit for all vehicular traffic on interstate roads, as 1 5 defined in section 306.3, is seventy miles per hour and on 1 6 fully controlled-access, divided, multilaned highways 1 7including the national system of interstate highwaysis sixty- 1 8 five miles per hour. 1 9 b. The department may establish a speed limit of sixty- 1 10 five miles per hour on certain divided, multilaned highways. 1 11 However, the department, or cities with the approval of the 1 12 department, may establish a lower speed limit uponsuchroads 1 13 and highways located within the corporate limits of a city. 1 14 c. For the purposes of this subsection, a fully 1 15 controlled-access highway is a highway that gives preference 1 16 to through traffic by providing access connections with 1 17 selected public roads only and by prohibiting crossings at 1 18 grade or direct private driveway connections. 1 19 d. A minimum speed may be established by the department on 1 20 the highways referred to in this subsection if warranted by 1 21 engineering and traffic investigations. 1 22 e. It is further provided that any kind of vehicle, 1 23 implement, or conveyance incapable of attaining and 1 24 maintaining a speed of forty miles per hour shall be 1 25 prohibited from using the interstate road system. 1 26 EXPLANATION 1 27 This bill increases the speed limit for vehicles on 1 28 interstate highways from 65 to 70 miles per hour. 1 29 LSB 1512HH 78 1 30 nh/jw/5
Text: HF00242 Text: HF00244 Text: HF00200 - HF00299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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