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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 2156 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO THE USE OF BLUE LIGHTS ON AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY 1 5 VEHICLES. 1 6 1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 8 1 9 Section 1. Section 321.324, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1 10 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 11 Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency 1 12 vehicle with any lamp or device displaying a red light or red 1 13 and blue lights, or an authorized emergency vehicle of a fire 1 14 department displaying a blue light, or when the driver is 1 15 giving audible signal by siren, exhaust whistle, or bell, the 1 16 driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right of way and 1 17 shall immediately drive to a position parallel to, and as 1 18 close as possible to, the right hand edge or curb of the 1 19 highway clear of any intersection and shall stop and remain in 1 20 such position until the authorized emergency vehicle has 1 21 passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer. 1 22 For the purposes of this section, "red light" or "blue light" 1 23 means a light or lighting device that, when illuminated, will 1 24 exhibit a solid flashing or strobing red or blue light. 1 25 Sec. 2. Section 321.423, subsection 3, Code 1999, is 1 26 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 27 NEW PARAGRAPH. c. An authorized emergency vehicle, other 1 28 than a vehicle described in paragraph "a" or "b", if the blue 1 29 light is positioned on the passenger side of the vehicle and 1 30 is used in conjunction with a red light positioned on the 1 31 driver side of the vehicle. 1 32 Sec. 3. Section 321.423, subsection 3, Code 1999, is 1 33 amended by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph: 1 34 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. A person shall not use only a 1 35 blue light on a vehicle unless the vehicle meets the 2 1 requirements of paragraph "a" or "b". 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 MARY E. KRAMER 2 6 President of the Senate 2 7 2 8 2 9 2 10 BRENT SIEGRIST 2 11 Speaker of the House 2 12 2 13 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 2 14 is known as Senate File 2156, Seventy-eighth General Assembly. 2 15 2 16 2 17 2 18 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL 2 19 Secretary of the Senate 2 20 Approved , 2000 2 21 2 22 2 23 2 24 THOMAS J. VILSACK 2 25 Governor
Text: SF02155 Text: SF02157 Text: SF02100 - SF02199 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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