Senate File 256

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  LARSON


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act granting the right=of=way to horseback riders on public
  2    highways and providing a penalty.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2487SS 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  321.324B  HORSEBACK RIDERS.
  1  2    In addition to the duty to reduce speed when approaching
  1  3 and passing an animal being ridden on a public highway under
  1  4 section 321.288, the driver of a motor vehicle shall yield the
  1  5 right=of=way to a person on horseback who is riding along or
  1  6 across the roadway.  A violation of this section is a simple
  1  7 misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section
  1  8 805.8A, subsection 6, paragraph "c".
  1  9    Sec. 2.  Section 805.8A, subsection 6, paragraph c, Code
  1 10 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1 11    c.  For violations under sections 321.288, 321.297,
  1 12 321.299, 321.303, 321.304, subsections 1 and 2, sections
  1 13 321.305, 321.306, 321.311, 321.312, 321.314, 321.323,
  1 14 321.324B, 321.340, 321.353, 321.354, and 321.395, the
  1 15 scheduled fine is thirty=five dollars.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17    This bill requires that the driver of a motor vehicle yield
  1 18 the right=of=way to a person on horseback riding along or
  1 19 across a roadway.  A violator is subject to a scheduled fine
  1 20 of $35.
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