House Journal: Page 885: Thursday, March 25, 1999

H-1190

 1     Amend House File 476 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 17, by inserting after line 11, the
 3   following:
 4     "Sec.     .  Section 313.2A, Code 1999, is amended
 5   to read as follows:
 6     313.2A  COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL HIGHWAYS.
 7     1.  PURPOSE.  It is the purpose of this section to
 8   enhance opportunities for the development and
 9   diversification of the state's economy through the
10   identification and improvement of a network of
11   commercial and industrial highways and to provide
12   local jurisdictions with an important role in the
13   development of the network.  The network shall consist
14   of interconnected routes which provide long distance
15   route continuity.  The purpose of this highway network
16   shall be to improve the flow of commerce; to make
17   travel more convenient, safe, and efficient; and to
18   better connect Iowa with regional, national, and
19   international markets. Improvements to and expansions
20   to the network shall not be made unless local
21   governmental units affected by the network or by
22   proposed changes in the network are given the
23   opportunity to review, comment on, and consent to the
24   improvements or expansions.  The state transportation
25   commission shall concentrate a major portion of its
26   annual construction budget on this network of
27   commercial and industrial highways.  In order to
28   ensure the greatest possible availability of funds for
29   the improvement of the network, primary highway funds
30   shall not be spent beyond continuing maintenance for
31   improvements to route segments that will be bypassed
32   by the relocation of portions of affected by the
33   commercial and industrial highway network.
34     2.  NETWORK SELECTION.  The commission shall
35   identify, within the primary road system, a network of
36   commercial and industrial highways.
37     a.  In identifying the network, or proposed
38   improvements to or expansions of the network, the
39   commission shall conduct an impact analysis.  The
40   commission shall provide persons affected by the
41   network or by proposed changes in the network with
42   opportunities to review and comment on the impact
43   analysis.  The commission shall also provide for a
44   means of changing the impact analysis in response to
45   comments from persons affected by the network or by
46   proposed changes in the network.
47     b.  The commission shall consider all of the
48   following factors in the identification of this the
49   network:
50     a. (1)  The connection by the most direct routes

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