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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
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