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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 307.25, Code 1999, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 307.25 AERONAUTICS ANDPUBLIC TRANSITWATER. 1 4 A division of aeronautics and water is created within the 1 5 department under the control of an administrator of 1 6 aeronautics and water appointed by the director. The 1 7department'sadministrator for aeronautics andpublic transit1 8 water shall: 1 9 1. Advise and assist the director in the development of 1 10 aeronautics, including but not limited to the location of air 1 11 terminals, accessibility of air terminals by other modes of 1 12 public transportation, protective zoning provisions 1 13 considering safety factors, noise, and air pollution, 1 14 facilities for private and commercial aircraft, air freight 1 15 facilities, and such other physical and technical aspects as 1 16 may be necessary to meet present and future needs. 1 17 2.Advise and assist the director in the study of local1 18and regional transportation of goods and people including1 19intracity and intercity bus systems, dial-a-bus facilities,1 20rural and urban bus and taxi systems, the collection of data1 21from these systems, feasibility study of increased government1 22subsidy assistance and determination of the allocation of such1 23subsidies to each mass transportation system, such other1 24physical and technical aspects which may be necessary to meet1 25present and future needs and apply for, accept and expend1 26federal, state or private funds for the improvement of mass1 27transit.Promote river transportation and coordinate river 1 28 programs with other transportation modes. 1 29 3.Advise and assist the director to study and develop1 30highway transport economics to assure availability and1 31productivity of highway transport services.Advise and assist 1 32 the director in the development of river transportation and 1 33 port facilities in the state. 1 34 4. Take the necessary steps to achieve the purposes set 1 35 forth in chapter 307C, pursuant to section 307C.3. 2 14.5. Administer chapters 328, 329, and 330. 2 25.6. Perform other duties and responsibilities as 2 3 assigned by the director. 2 4 Sec. 2. Section 307.26, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1999, 2 5 is amended to read as follows: 2 6 The department's administrator for rail andwaterpublic 2 7 transit shall: 2 8 Sec. 3. Section 307.26, subsections 16 and 17, Code 1999, 2 9 are amended by striking the subsections and inserting in lieu 2 10 thereof the following: 2 11 16. Advise and assist the director in the study of local 2 12 and regional transportation of goods and people including 2 13 intracity and intercity bus systems, dial-a-bus facilities, 2 14 rural and urban bus and taxi systems, the collection of data 2 15 from these systems, feasibility study of increased government 2 16 subsidy assistance and determination of the allocation of such 2 17 subsidies to each mass transportation system, such other 2 18 physical and technical aspects which may be necessary to meet 2 19 present and future needs and apply for, accept, and expend 2 20 federal, state, or private funds for the improvement of mass 2 21 transit. 2 22 17. Advise and assist the director to study and develop 2 23 highway transport economics to assure availability and 2 24 productivity of highway transport services. 2 25 Sec. 4. Section 307C.3, Code 1999, is amended to read as 2 26 follows: 2 27 307C.3 DUTIES OF THESTATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION2 28 DIVISION OF AERONAUTICS AND WATER. 2 29 The division of aeronautics and water of the state 2 30 department of transportation shall, with the cooperation of 2 31 the Iowa department of economic development, the department of 2 32 natural resources, and the member states' officials or 2 33 agencies, take the necessary steps to achieve the purposes set 2 34 forth in this chapter. 2 35 Sec. 5. Section 327D.192, Code 1999, is amended to read as 3 1 follows: 3 2 327D.192 SPOT CHECKS FOR HAZARDOUS CARGO. 3 3 An employee under the supervision of the department's 3 4 administrator for rail andwaterpublic transit designated by 3 5 the director of the department may conduct spot inspections of 3 6 vehicles subject to registration which are owned or operated 3 7 by a railroad corporation to determine whether a vehicle is 3 8 used to transport products or property which may be a safety 3 9 hazard for the operator of the vehicle subject to registration 3 10 or any other employee of the railroad corporation who is 3 11 transported in the vehicle. 3 12 Sec. 6. Section 327F.39, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 3 13 1999, is amended to read as follows: 3 14 c. "Administrator" means the department's administrator 3 15 for rail andwaterpublic transit, or the administrator's 3 16 designee. 3 17 Sec. 7. Section 328.1, subsection 11, Code 1999, is 3 18 amended to read as follows: 3 19 11. "Air taxi operator" means an operator who engages in 3 20 the air transportation of passengers, property, and mail by 3 21 aircraft on public demand for compensation and does not 3 22 directly or indirectly utilize aircraft with a capacity of 3 23 more than thirty passengers or seventy-five hundred pounds 3 24 maximum payload, unless exempted by the aeronautics andpublic3 25transitwater administrator of the department. 3 26 EXPLANATION 3 27 This bill creates a division of aeronautics and water 3 28 within the state department of transportation under the 3 29 control of an administrator for aeronautics and water. 3 30 Currently, the Code provides for an administrator for 3 31 aeronautics and public transit and an administrator for rail 3 32 and water within the department. 3 33 The bill delegates the existing duties of the administrator 3 34 for rail and water which relate to water to the newly titled 3 35 administrator for aeronautics and water. The bill also 4 1 delegates the existing duties of the administrator for 4 2 aeronautics and public transit which relate to public transit 4 3 to the newly titled administrator for rail and public transit. 4 4 In addition, the bill designates the new division of 4 5 aeronautics and water as the entity responsible for 4 6 implementing the Missouri river barge compact in Code chapter 4 7 307C, in cooperation with the Iowa department of economic 4 8 development, the department of natural resources, and the 4 9 compact member states' officials or agencies. Currently, the 4 10 state department of transportation is responsible for such 4 11 implementation, in cooperation with the designated entities 4 12 and persons. 4 13 The bill also makes corresponding Code language changes in 4 14 Code sections 327D.192, 327F.39, and 328.1. 4 15 LSB 5689HH 78 4 16 nh/as/5
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