H-1171

   Amend House File 465 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, line 15, after <platoon> by inserting <if the operator of each motor truck in the platoon has a permit issued pursuant to rules adopted under section 321.447 and each motor truck is operated in compliance with the safety requirements set forth in rules adopted under section 321.447>
   2.  Page 1, after line 15 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  321.447  Automated driving technology —— permit required.
   1.  The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A establishing all of the following:
   a.  A process by which the department may approve the use of cooperative adaptive cruise control or any other automated driving technology by motor trucks to travel in a connected platoon on the highways of this state as part of a research or testing program conducted in this state by an accredited college or university, including but not limited to a process by which a person may obtain a permit from the department to operate such a motor truck.
   b.  Operational and equipment requirements for motor trucks described in paragraph “a” that ensure the safety of the public, which may include but not be limited to the use of signage, the use of escort vehicles, and the designation of certain highways on which the operation of such motor trucks is allowed.
   2.  A person shall not operate a motor truck equipped with cooperative adaptive cruise control or any other automated driving technology to travel in a connected platoon on the highways of this state without a permit issued pursuant to rules adopted under this section or without complying with the safety requirements set forth in rules adopted under this section.
   Sec. ___.  Section 321.482A, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   Notwithstanding section 321.482, a person who is convicted of operating a motor vehicle in violation of section 321.178, subsection 2, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (2), section 321.180B, subsection 6, section 321.194, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (2), section 321.256, or 321.257, section 321.275, subsection 4, section 321.276, 321.297, 321.298, 321.299, 321.302, 321.303, 321.304, 321.305, 321.306, 321.307, or 321.308, section 321.309, subsection 2, or section 321.311, 321.319, 321.320, 321.321, 321.322, 321.323, 321.324, 321.324A, 321.327, 321.329, or 321.333, or section 321.372, subsection 3, or section 321.447, subsection 2, causing serious injury to or the death of another person may be subject to the following penalties in addition to the penalty provided for a scheduled violation in section 805.8A or any other penalty provided by law:
   Sec. ___.  Section 805.8A, subsection 14, Code 2017, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  m.  Automated driving technology violations.  For violations under section 321.447, the scheduled fine is one hundred dollars.>
   3.  Title page, line 2, by striking <platoon> and inserting <platoon, and providing penalties>
   4.  By renumbering as necessary.

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LANDON of Polk