House
File
1025
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Enrolled
House
File
1025
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
CERTAIN
STATE
HIGHWAYS
NOT
DESIGNATED
AS
PART
OF
THE
INTERSTATE
ROAD
SYSTEM,
INCLUDING
THE
OPERATION
OF
IMPLEMENTS
OF
HUSBANDRY
ON
SUCH
HIGHWAYS,
AND
INCLUDING
APPLICABILITY
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
314.16A
Interstate
road
designation
——
prohibition.
The
department
of
transportation
and
the
state
transportation
commission
shall
not
pursue
an
interstate
road
designation
for
the
segment
of
highway
that
is
a
controlled-access
facility,
as
defined
in
section
306A.2,
designated
as
state
highway
5
and
United
States
highway
65,
including
where
the
highway
designations
overlap,
between
interstate
35
and
interstate
80,
unless
the
United
States
government
provides
an
exemption
to
federal
regulations
regarding
vehicle
weight
and
size
on
that
segment.
The
federal
exemption
must
authorize
any
vehicle
that
is
not
prohibited
from
being
operated
on
the
segment
prior
to
the
date
of
designation
as
an
interstate
road
to
continue
to
be
operated
on
the
segment
after
designation
as
an
interstate
road.
House
File
1025,
p.
2
Sec.
2.
Section
321.285,
subsection
5,
paragraph
e,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
e.
(1)
Any
kind
of
A
vehicle,
device,
implement,
or
conveyance
incapable
of
attaining
and
maintaining
a
speed
of
forty
miles
per
hour
shall
be
prohibited
from
using
the
interstate
road
system.
(2)
This
paragraph
does
not
apply
to
an
implement
of
husbandry
that
a
person
is
authorized
to
operate
on
the
segment
of
United
States
highway
65,
and
state
highway
5,
including
where
the
highway
designations
overlap,
between
the
highway’s
intersection
with
United
States
highway
6
and
the
highway’s
intersection
with
United
States
highway
69,
or
farther
west
if
authorized
by
the
department,
prior
to
the
date
that
segment
of
highway
is
designated
a
part
of
the
interstate
road
system,
if
the
segment
of
highway
is
designated
a
part
of
the
interstate
road
system.
The
department
may
authorize
an
implement
of
husbandry
to
be
operated
on
a
segment
of
the
highway
described
above
farther
west
beyond
the
intersection
with
United
States
highway
69.
This
subparagraph
is
repealed
on
the
date
an
alternative
route
for
implements
of
husbandry
is
developed,
deemed
suitable
by
the
department
of
transportation
in
consultation
with
the
department
of
agriculture
and
land
stewardship,
and
opened
for
traffic
to
bypass
the
segment
of
the
interstate
road
system
described
in
this
subparagraph.
The
department
of
transportation
shall
notify
the
Iowa
Code
editor
on
that
date.
Sec.
3.
ALTERNATIVE
HIGHWAY
STUDY.
The
department
of
transportation
shall
collaborate
with
the
Des
Moines
area
metropolitan
planning
organization
as
the
organization
conducts
an
alternative
highway
study
to
develop
and
implement
an
accessible
highway
route
suitable
for
implements
of
husbandry
to
be
operated
alongside,
but
not
directly
on,
the
segment
of
United
States
highway
65,
and
state
highway
5,
including
where
the
highway
designations
overlap,
between
United
States
highway
6
and
United
States
highway
69.
Sec.
4.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
the
segment
of
the
highway
known
as
United
States
highway
65,
and
state
highway
5,
including
where
the
highway
designations
overlap,
described
in
this
Act
on
the
effective
date
of
this
Act,
House
File
1025,
p.
3
and
shall
apply
to
that
segment
of
the
highway
thereafter
regardless
of
whether
the
highway’s
designation
as
United
States
highway
65,
or
state
highway
5,
including
where
the
highway
designations
overlap,
is
subsequently
changed
by
the
state
transportation
commission,
department
of
transportation,
or
the
government
of
the
United
States.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
1025,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2025
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor