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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.288, subsection 5, Code 1999, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 5. When approaching and passing a slow moving vehicle 1 4 displaying a reflective device or alternative reflective 1 5 device as provided by section 321.383. 1 6 Sec. 2. Section 321.383, subsections 2 and 3, Code 1999, 1 7 are amended to read as follows: 1 8 2. When operated on a highway in this state at a speed of 1 9 thirty miles per hour or less, every farm tractor, or tractor 1 10 with towed equipment, self-propelled implement of husbandry, 1 11 road construction or maintenance vehicle, road grader, horse- 1 12 drawn vehicle, or any other vehicle principally designed for 1 13 use off the highway and any such tractor, implement, vehicle, 1 14 or grader when manufactured for sale or sold at retail after 1 15 December 31, 1971, shall be identified with a reflective 1 16 device in accordance with the standards of the American 1 17 society of agricultural engineers; however, this provision 1 18 shall not apply to such vehicles when traveling inanyan 1 19 escorted parade. If a person operating a vehicle specified in 1 20 this section objects to using a reflective device that 1 21 complies with the standards of the American society of 1 22 agricultural engineers for religious reasons, the vehicle may 1 23 be identified by an alternative reflective device that is in 1 24 the shape of a circle and is not less than twelve inches in 1 25 diameter. The reflective device or alternative reflective 1 26 device shall be visible from the rear. A vehicle other than 1 27 those specified in this section shall not display a reflective 1 28 device or an alternative reflective device. On vehicles 1 29 operating at speeds above thirty miles per hour, the 1 30 reflective device or alternative reflective device shall be 1 31 removed or hidden from view. 1 32 3. Garbage collection vehicles, when operated on the 1 33 streets or highways of this state at speeds of thirty miles 1 34 per hour or less, may display a reflective device that 1 35 complies with the standards of the American society of 2 1 agricultural engineers or with the requirements specified in 2 2 subsection 2 for alternative reflective devices. At speeds in 2 3 excess of thirty miles per hour the device shall not be 2 4 visible. 2 5 EXPLANATION 2 6 This bill amends Code section 321.383 to provide that a 2 7 slow-moving vehicle may be equipped with an alternative 2 8 reflective device that is circular and not less than 12 inches 2 9 in diameter if the person operating the vehicle objects for 2 10 religious reasons to using a reflective device that complies 2 11 with the standards of the American society of agricultural 2 12 engineers. Currently, rules adopted by the department of 2 13 transportation require that a reflective device on a slow- 2 14 moving vehicle comply with a designated standard of the 2 15 American society of agricultural engineers. The standard 2 16 specifies that the device be triangular. Persons who violate 2 17 the requirements pertaining to reflective devices on slow- 2 18 moving vehicles are subject to a scheduled fine of $20 under 2 19 Code section 805.8. 2 20 The bill also makes a corresponding amendment to a 2 21 provision in Code section 321.288 which requires persons 2 22 operating motor vehicles to reduce their speed when 2 23 approaching and passing a slow-moving vehicle. 2 24 LSB 2463SS 78 2 25 nh/gg/8
Text: SF00217 Text: SF00219 Text: SF00200 - SF00299 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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