Senate File 2001

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  PUTNEY


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to bicycles on primary highways and providing a
  2    penalty.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.234, Code 2003, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  Notwithstanding subsection 2, a
  1  4 person shall not ride a bicycle on the roadway portion of a
  1  5 four=lane, divided primary highway if a designated bicycle
  1  6 trail, including a paved shoulder designated as a bikeway,
  1  7 runs parallel to the roadway and is adjacent to or within the
  1  8 highway right=of=way.  This subsection applies to primary
  1  9 highways outside municipal corporate boundaries.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Section 805.8A, subsection 9, Code Supplement
  1 11 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1 12    9.  BICYCLE OR PEDESTRIAN VIOLATIONS.  For violations by a
  1 13 pedestrian or a bicyclist under section 321.234, subsections
  1 14 2A, 3, and 4, section 321.236, subsection 10, section 321.257,
  1 15 subsection 2, section 321.275, subsection 8, section 321.325,
  1 16 321.326, 321.328, 321.331, 321.332, 321.397, or 321.434, the
  1 17 scheduled fine is fifteen dollars.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill prohibits a person from riding a bicycle on a
  1 20 four=lane, divided primary highway if there is a designated
  1 21 bicycle trail, including a paved shoulder designated as a
  1 22 bikeway, running parallel to the roadway.  The prohibition
  1 23 applies to primary highways outside municipal corporate
  1 24 boundaries.  The scheduled fine for a violation is $15.
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