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House File 261

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 306C.10, subsection 2, Code 1999, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  1  3    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  "Advertising device" does not
  1  4 include a drunk driving victim memorial sign under section
  1  5 306C.25.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  306C.25  DRUNK DRIVING VICTIM
  1  7 MEMORIAL SIGN PROGRAM.
  1  8    1.  The department shall establish and administer a drunk
  1  9 driving victim memorial sign program.  A person may apply to
  1 10 the department to sponsor a drunk driving victim memorial sign
  1 11 in memory of a person who died as a result of a motor vehicle
  1 12 accident caused by a person who was shown to have been
  1 13 operating while intoxicated in violation of section 321J.2,
  1 14 subsection 1, at the time of the accident.  The department
  1 15 shall establish by rule, application procedures and methods
  1 16 for proving eligibility for the program.
  1 17    2.  Drunk driving victim memorial signs and the costs of
  1 18 erection of such signs shall be paid for by the sponsors.  The
  1 19 signs shall feature the words "Please Don't Drink and Drive"
  1 20 and shall include a plaque displaying the message "In Memory
  1 21 of", together with the particular victim's name.  The signs
  1 22 shall be placed near the scene of the accident.
  1 23    3.  Drunk driving victim memorial signs may be placed on
  1 24 any primary road, except an interstate road, under the
  1 25 jurisdiction of the department.  The department shall adopt
  1 26 rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.  
  1 27                           EXPLANATION
  1 28    This bill requires the state department of transportation
  1 29 to establish and administer a drunk driving victim memorial
  1 30 sign program.  A person may sponsor a sign in memory of a
  1 31 victim killed as a result of a motor vehicle accident caused
  1 32 by a drunk driver.  Signs may be placed on any primary road,
  1 33 except an interstate road, under the jurisdiction of the
  1 34 department and shall be placed near the scene of the
  1 35 particular accident.  The signs are to be paid for by the
  2  1 sponsors.  
  2  2 LSB 1383HH 78
  2  3 nh/jw/5
     

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