Senate File 2035

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  TINSMAN


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the speed limit for vehicles with a gross
  2    weight exceeding ten thousand pounds on divided, multilaned
  3    highways.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5667XS 80
  6 dea/gg/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 highways including the national
  1  6 system of interstate highways interstate road system is sixty=
  1  7 five miles per hour, except that the speed limit on such
  1  8 highways for vehicles with a gross weight exceeding ten
  1  9 thousand pounds is fifty=five miles per hour.  The department
  1 10 may establish a speed limit of sixty=five miles per hour on
  1 11 certain divided, multilaned highways, except that the speed
  1 12 limit for vehicles with a gross weight exceeding ten thousand
  1 13 pounds shall not exceed fifty=five miles per hour.
  1 14    b.  However, the The department, or cities a city with the
  1 15 approval of the department, may establish a lower speed limit
  1 16 upon such highways on a highway described in this subsection
  1 17 that is located within the corporate limits of a city.  For
  1 18 the purposes of this subsection, a fully controlled=access
  1 19 highway is a highway that gives preference to through traffic
  1 20 by providing access connections with selected public roads
  1 21 only and by prohibiting crossings at grade or direct private
  1 22 driveway connections.
  1 23    c.  A minimum speed may be established by the department on
  1 24 the highways referred to in this subsection if warranted by
  1 25 engineering and traffic investigations.
  1 26    d.  It is further provided that any Any kind of vehicle,
  1 27 implement, or conveyance incapable of attaining and
  1 28 maintaining a speed of forty miles per hour shall be
  1 29 prohibited from using the interstate road system.
  1 30    e.  For the purposes of this subsection, a fully
  1 31 controlled=access highway is a highway that gives preference
  1 32 to through traffic by providing access connections with
  1 33 selected public roads only and by prohibiting crossings at
  1 34 grade or direct private driveway connections.
  1 35                           EXPLANATION
  2  1    This bill reduces the maximum allowable speed limit to 55
  2  2 miles per hour on divided, multilaned highways, including
  2  3 controlled=access highways and interstate highways, for
  2  4 vehicles with a gross weight exceeding 10,000 pounds.  The
  2  5 bill retains the current 65 mile per hour speed limit
  2  6 allowable for other vehicles traveling on such highways.
  2  7 LSB 5667XS 80
  2  8 dea/gg/14