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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.384, Code 1999, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    321.384  WHEN LIGHTED LAMPS REQUIRED.
  1  4    1.  Every A motor vehicle operated upon a highway within
  1  5 the this state, shall display lighted headlamps as provided in
  1  6 section 321.415 at any time from sunset to sunrise, at any
  1  7 time the motor vehicle's windshield wipers are in continuous
  1  8 operation, and at such other times when conditions such as
  1  9 fog, snow, sleet, or rain provide insufficient lighting to
  1 10 render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway
  1 11 at a distance of five hundred feet ahead, shall display
  1 12 lighted head lamps as provided in section 321.415, subject to
  1 13 exceptions with respect to parked vehicles as hereinafter
  1 14 stated pursuant to this chapter.
  1 15    2.  Whenever A requirement is hereinafter declared as to
  1 16 regarding the distance from which certain lamps and devices
  1 17 shall render objects visible or within which such lamps or
  1 18 devices shall be visible, said provisions shall apply during
  1 19 the times stated in subsection 1 of this section upon a
  1 20 straight level unlighted highway under normal atmospheric
  1 21 conditions unless a different time or condition is expressly
  1 22 stated.
  1 23    Sec. 2.  WARNING CITATIONS.  During the first six months
  1 24 following the effective date of this Act, peace officers shall
  1 25 issue only warning citations for motor vehicles not displaying
  1 26 lighted headlamps at any time the motor vehicle's windshield
  1 27 wipers are in continuous operation as required by section
  1 28 321.384, subsection 1, as amended in this Act.  
  1 29                           EXPLANATION
  1 30    This bill requires a motor vehicle to display lighted
  1 31 headlights at any time when the vehicle's wipers are in
  1 32 continuous operation.  A violation of this provision is a
  1 33 simple misdemeanor punishable by a scheduled fine of $20 under
  1 34 Code section 805.8.  The bill also provides that during the
  1 35 first six months following enactment, violations of this
  2  1 provision will only result in warning citations.  
  2  2 LSB 1008SV 78
  2  3 nh/sc/14
     

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