S-5014

   Amend Senate File 2224 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, after line 33 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 321.385A, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   321.385A  Citation for unlighted headlamp, rear lamp, bicycle or rider lamp, or rear registration plate light.
   1.  a.  A citation issued for failure to have headlamps as required under section 321.385 shall first provide for a seventy-two hour period within which the person charged with the violation shall replace or repair the headlamp. 
   b.  A citation issued for failure to have rear lamps as required under section 321.387 or a rear registration plate light as required under section 321.388 shall first provide for a seventy-two hour period within which the person charged with the violation shall replace or repair the lamps or light.
   c.  A citation issued for failure to have a front lamp or rear lamp on a bicycle or on a bicycle rider as required under section 321.397 shall first provide for a seventy-two hour period within which the person charged with the violation shall replace or repair the lamp or lamps.
   2.  If the person complies with the directive to replace or repair the headlamp, rear lamps, bicycle or rider lamp, or rear registration plate light within the allotted time period, the citation shall be expunged. If the person fails to comply within the allotted time period, the citation shall be processed in the same manner as other citations.
   3.  A citation issued under this section shall include a written notice of replacement or repair which shall indicate the date of replacement or repair and the manner in which the replacement or repair occurred and which shall be returned to the issuing authority within the seventy-two hour time period.
   Sec. ___.  Section 321.397, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   321.397  Lamps on bicycles and bicycle riders.
   Every At the times specified in section 321.384, a bicycle or its rider shall be equipped with a lamp on the front exhibiting a white light, at the times specified in section 321.384, visible from a distance of at least three hundred feet to the front and with a lamp on the rear exhibiting a red light visible from a distance of three hundred feet to the rear; except that a red reflector may be used in lieu of a rear light. A peace officer riding a police bicycle is not required to use either front or rear lamps if duty so requires.
   Sec. ___.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  The following provisions of this Act take effect January 1, 2017:
   1.  The section of this Act amending section 321.385A.
   2.  The section of this Act amending section 321.397.>
   2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting <An Act relating to bicyclists, including the overtaking and passing of bicyclists by motor vehicles and the use of lighted lamps on bicycles and bicyclists, applying existing penalties, and including effective date provisions.>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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JOE BOLKCOM