House Amendment 8046


PAG LIN

     1  1    Amend House File 97 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 1, by striking lines 16 through 18 and
     1  3 inserting:
     1  4    <2.  a.  A motor vehicle operated on a highway shall
     1  5 display lighted headlamps, as provided in section
     1  6 321.415, or daytime running lamps whenever there is
     1  7 moisture accumulating on the windshield due to misting,
     1  8 light rain, or other weather conditions or whenever
     1  9 the motor vehicle's windshield wipers are activated to
     1 10 improve visibility.
     1 11    b.  For purposes of this subsection, "daytime
     1 12 running lamps" means a pair of lamps on the front of
     1 13 a motor vehicle which meet the standard for daytime
     1 14 running lamps described in 49 C.F.R. { 571.108.>
     1 15 #2.  Page 1, line 19, by striking <2.> and inserting
     1 16 <2. 3.>
     1 17 #3.  Page 1, after line 26 by inserting:
     1 18    <Sec. ___.  Section 321.415, subsection 1,
     1 19 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2009, is amended to read
     1 20 as follows:
     1 21    Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on
     1 22 a roadway or shoulder during the times specified
     1 23 in section 321.384, unless the motor vehicle is
     1 24 displaying daytime running lamps as permitted under
     1 25 section 321.384, subsection 2, the driver shall use
     1 26 a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed
     1 27 high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal
     1 28 persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance of
     1 29 the vehicle, subject to the following requirements and
     1 30 limitations:>
     1 31 #4.  Title page, lines 1 and 2, by striking <on
     1 32 a motor vehicle during any period of moisture
     1 33 accumulation> and inserting <or daytime running
     1 34 lamps on a motor vehicle during periods of moisture
     1 35 accumulation or windshield wiper use>
     1 36 #5.  By renumbering as necessary.


                                        
          COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATIONQUIRK of Chickasaw, Chairperson
          HF97.655 (1) 83
          dea/nh

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