House Amendment 1206 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 826 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 30, the 1 3 following: 1 4 <Sec. . NEW SECTION. 321.301 PASSING LANE. 1 5 1. A person shall not drive a motor vehicle in the 1 6 passing lane of a multilaned highway if the speed 1 7 limit is sixty=five miles per hour or greater unless 1 8 the person is turning left or overtaking and passing 1 9 another vehicle that is in a nonpassing lane, or 1 10 unless the volume of traffic does not permit the motor 1 11 vehicle to safely merge into a nonpassing lane. 1 12 2. For purposes of this section, the following 1 13 definitions apply: 1 14 a. "Nonpassing lane" means any lane that is to the 1 15 right of the passing lane. 1 16 b. "Passing lane" means the lane that is farthest 1 17 to the left when there are two or more adjacent lanes 1 18 of traffic moving in the same direction. However, if 1 19 the farthest lane to the left is reserved for high 1 20 occupancy vehicles or for vehicles making left turns 1 21 only, "passing lane" means the lane immediately to the 1 22 right of the high occupancy or left=turn lane. 1 23 3. A person convicted of a violation of this 1 24 section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable 1 25 as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, 1 26 subsection 6, paragraph "c".> 1 27 #2. Page 6, by inserting after line 1, the 1 28 following: 1 29 <Sec. . Section 805.8A, subsection 6, paragraph 1 30 c, Code 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1 31 c. For violations under sections 321.288, 321.297, 1 32 321.299, 321.301, 321.303, 321.304, subsections 1 and 1 33 2, sections 321.305, 321.306, 321.311, 321.312, 1 34 321.314, 321.323, 321.340, 321.353, 321.354, and 1 35 321.395, the scheduled fine is thirty=five dollars.> 1 36 #3. Title page, line 1, by striking the words 1 37 <speed limit for> and inserting the following: 1 38 <regulation of>. 1 39 #4. By renumbering as necessary. 1 40 1 41 1 42 1 43 LYKAM of Scott 1 44 HF 826.702 81 1 45 dea/gg/1104 1 46 1 47 1 48 1 49 1 50 -1-