Text: HF00065 Text: HF00067 Text: HF00000 - HF00099 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 66 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 REQUIRING MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS TO TAKE CERTAIN PRECAUTIONS 1 5 WHEN PASSING STATIONARY UTILITY MAINTENANCE OR MUNICIPAL 1 6 MAINTENANCE VEHICLES AND MAKING A PENALTY APPLICABLE. 1 7 1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 9 1 10 Section 1. Section 321.323A, subsection 2, Code 2003, is 1 11 amended to read as follows: 1 12 2. The operator of a motor vehicle approaching a 1 13 stationary towing or recovery vehicle, a stationary utility 1 14 maintenance vehicle, a stationary municipal maintenance 1 15 vehicle, or a stationary highway maintenance vehicle, that is 1 16 displaying flashing yellow, amber, or red lights, shall 1 17 approach the vehicle with due caution and shall proceed in one 1 18 of the following manners, absent any other direction by a 1 19 peace officer: 1 20 a. Make a lane change into a lane not adjacent to the 1 21 towing, recovery, utility maintenance, municipal maintenance, 1 22 or highway maintenance vehicle if possible in the existing 1 23 safety and traffic conditions. 1 24 b. If a lane change under paragraph "a" would be 1 25 impossible, prohibited by law, or unsafe, reduce the speed of 1 26 the motor vehicle to a reasonable and proper speed for the 1 27 existing road and traffic conditions, which speed shall be 1 28 less than the posted speed limit, and be prepared to stop. 1 29 1 30 1 31 1 32 CHRISTOPHER C. RANTS 1 33 Speaker of the House 1 34 1 35 2 1 2 2 MARY E. KRAMER 2 3 President of the Senate 2 4 2 5 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 2 6 is known as House File 66, Eightieth General Assembly. 2 7 2 8 2 9 2 10 MARGARET THOMSON 2 11 Chief Clerk of the House 2 12 Approved , 2003 2 13 2 14 2 15 2 16 THOMAS J. VILSACK 2 17 Governor
Text: HF00065 Text: HF00067 Text: HF00000 - HF00099 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
© 2003 Cornell College and League of Women Voters of Iowa
Comments about this site or page?
webmaster@legis.iowa.gov.
Please remember that the person listed above does not vote on bills. Direct all comments concerning legislation to State Legislators.
Last update: Thu Jun 19 02:30:01 CDT 2003
URL: /DOCS/GA/80GA/Legislation/HF/00000/HF00066/030227.html
jhf