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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.285, subsection 6, Code 2003, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 6. a. Notwithstanding any other speed restrictions, the 1 4 speed limitfor all vehicular trafficon fully controlled- 1 5 access, divided, multilaned highways including thenational1 6system of interstate highwaysinterstate road system is sixty- 1 7 five miles per hour, except that the speed limit on such 1 8 highways for vehicles with a gross weight exceeding ten 1 9 thousand pounds is fifty-five miles per hour. The department 1 10 may establish a speed limit of sixty-five miles per hour on 1 11 certain divided, multilaned highways, except that the speed 1 12 limit for vehicles with a gross weight exceeding ten thousand 1 13 pounds shall not exceed fifty-five miles per hour. 1 14 b.However, theThe department, orcitiesa city with the 1 15 approval of the department, may establish a lower speed limit 1 16upon such highwayson a highway described in this subsection 1 17 that is located within the corporate limits of a city.For1 18the purposes of this subsection, a fully controlled-access1 19highway is a highway that gives preference to through traffic1 20by providing access connections with selected public roads1 21only and by prohibiting crossings at grade or direct private1 22driveway connections.1 23 c. A minimum speed may be established by the department on 1 24 the highways referred to in this subsection if warranted by 1 25 engineering and traffic investigations. 1 26 d.It is further provided that anyAny kind of vehicle, 1 27 implement, or conveyance incapable of attaining and 1 28 maintaining a speed of forty miles per hour shall be 1 29 prohibited from using the interstate road system. 1 30 e. For the purposes of this subsection, a fully 1 31 controlled-access highway is a highway that gives preference 1 32 to through traffic by providing access connections with 1 33 selected public roads only and by prohibiting crossings at 1 34 grade or direct private driveway connections. 1 35 EXPLANATION 2 1 This bill reduces the maximum allowable speed limit to 55 2 2 miles per hour on divided, multilaned highways, including 2 3 controlled-access highways and interstate highways, for 2 4 vehicles with a gross weight exceeding 10,000 pounds. The 2 5 bill retains the current 65 mile per hour speed limit 2 6 allowable for other vehicles traveling on such highways. 2 7 LSB 5667XS 80 2 8 dea/gg/14
Text: SF02034 Text: SF02036 Text: SF02000 - SF02099 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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