House File 242

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  WHITEAD


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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act establishing a pilot project to waive restrictions on
  2    placement of traffic devices within cities.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1270HH 80
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  1  1    Section 1.  PLACEMENT OF TRAFFIC DEVICES IN CITIES ==
  1  2 STUDY.  The state department of transportation shall establish
  1  3 a two=year pilot project that waives the requirements of the
  1  4 "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices" to allow the
  1  5 placement of traffic devices along state highways within the
  1  6 corporate limits of a city upon the request of such a waiver
  1  7 from the department by a city council and granting of the
  1  8 request.  The department shall choose up to two cities in the
  1  9 state that apply to the department to participate in the pilot
  1 10 project.  The participating cities shall bear the cost of
  1 11 placing and operating the traffic devices and shall be
  1 12 responsible for any liability incurred because of the traffic
  1 13 devices.  The department shall submit a report to the general
  1 14 assembly on or before December 1, 2004, regarding the pilot
  1 15 project and recommendations regarding the continuation or
  1 16 expansion of the project.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill requires the state department of transportation
  1 19 to establish a two=year pilot project that waives the
  1 20 requirements of the "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
  1 21 Devices" to allow up to two cities to place traffic devices
  1 22 along state highways within the city limits upon request by
  1 23 the city council.  Cities chosen to participate in the pilot
  1 24 project bear the cost of placing and operating the traffic
  1 25 devices and liability incurred because of the traffic devices.
  1 26 The department must submit a report to the general assembly on
  1 27 or before December 1, 2004, concerning the pilot project and
  1 28 recommendations concerning the continuation or expansion of
  1 29 the project.
  1 30 LSB 1270HH 80
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