House File 532 HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 100) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act increasing the speed limit for vehicular traffic on 2 interstate highways. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1737HV 80 5 dea/cl/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.285, subsection 6, Code 2003, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 6. a. Notwithstanding any other speed restrictions, the 1 4 speed limit for all vehicular traffic on fully controlled= 1 5 access, divided, multilaned highwaysincluding the national 1 6 system of interstate highwaysis sixty=five miles per hour. 1 7 However, the speed limit for all vehicular traffic on highways 1 8 that are part of the interstate road system, as defined in 1 9 section 306.3, is seventy miles per hour. The department may 1 10 establish a speed limit of sixty=five miles per hour on 1 11 certain divided, multilaned highways not otherwise described 1 12 in this paragraph. 1 13 b.However, theThe department, orcitiesa city with the 1 14 approval of the department, may establish a lower speed limit 1 15upon such highwayson a highway described in this subsection 1 16 that is located within the corporate limits of a city. 1 17 c. For the purposes of this subsection, a fully 1 18 controlled=access highway is a highway that gives preference 1 19 to through traffic by providing access connections with 1 20 selected public roads only and by prohibiting crossings at 1 21 grade or direct private driveway connections. 1 22 d. A minimum speed may be established by the department on 1 23 the highways referred to in this subsection if warranted by 1 24 engineering and traffic investigations. 1 25 e.It is further provided that anyAny kind of vehicle, 1 26 implement, or conveyance incapable of attaining and 1 27 maintaining a speed of forty miles per hour shall be 1 28 prohibited from using the interstate road system. 1 29 EXPLANATION 1 30 This bill increases the speed limit for interstate highways 1 31 from 65 to 70 miles per hour for all vehicles. The bill 1 32 retains the current provision that allows the state department 1 33 of transportation, or a city with the approval of the 1 34 department, to establish a lower speed limit for such a 1 35 highway located within the corporate limits of a city. 2 1 LSB 1737HV 80 2 2 dea/cl/14