House Amendment 1206


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     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.
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     1 43 LYKAM of Scott
     1 44 HF 826.702 81
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