House
File
387
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Enrolled
House
File
387
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
DISTANCE
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
CERTAIN
MOTOR
VEHICLES
FOLLOWING
OTHER
VEHICLES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
321.309,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
321.309
Towing
——
convoys
.
1.
A
person
shall
not
pull
or
tow
by
motor
vehicle,
for
hire,
another
motor
vehicle
over
any
highway
outside
the
limits
of
any
incorporated
city,
except
in
case
of
temporary
movement
of
a
disabled
motor
vehicle
to
the
place
where
repairs
will
be
made,
unless
the
person
has
complied
with
the
provisions
of
sections
321.57
and
321.58
.
Provided,
however,
if
the
person
is
a
nonresident
of
the
state
of
Iowa
and
has
complied
with
the
laws
of
the
state
of
that
person’s
residence
governing
licensing
and
registration
as
a
transporter
of
motor
vehicles,
the
person
shall
not
be
required
to
pay
the
fee
provided
in
section
321.58
but
only
to
submit
proof
of
the
person’s
status
as
a
bona
fide
manufacturer
or
transporter
as
may
reasonably
be
required
by
the
department.
2.
A
person
pulling
or
towing
by
motor
vehicle
another
motor
vehicle
in
convoy
or
caravan
shall
maintain
a
distance
of
at
least
five
hundred
feet
between
the
units
of
the
convoy
or
caravan.
Sec.
2.
Section
321.482A,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
House
File
387,
p.
2
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
,
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
,
321.308
,
section
321.309,
subsection
2
,
section
321.311
,
321.319
,
321.320
,
321.321
,
321.322
,
321.323
,
321.324
,
321.324A
,
321.327
,
321.329
,
321.333
,
section
321.372,
subsection
3
,
or
section
321.449B
,
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.
3.
Section
805.8A,
subsection
7,
paragraph
d,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
Sec.
4.
REPEAL.
Section
321.308,
Code
2019,
is
repealed.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
387,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor