House File 294 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY MASCHER Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act increasing the fine for failure to yield to or exercise 2 due care to avoid colliding with a pedestrian. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2291HH 81 5 dea/cf/24 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.327, Code 2005, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 321.327 PEDESTRIANS' RIGHT=OF=WAY. 1 4 1.WhereIf traffic=control signals are not in place or in 1 5 operation, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right=of= 1 6 way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a 1 7 pedestrian crossing the roadway withinanya marked crosswalk 1 8 or withinanyan unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, except 1 9 as otherwise provided in this chapter. 1 10 2. A person convicted of a violation of this section is 1 11 guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled 1 12 violation under section 805.8A, subsection 7, paragraph"b"1 13 "c". 1 14 Sec. 2. Section 805.8A, subsection 7, paragraph b, Code 1 15 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1 16 b. For violations under sections 321.298, 321.307, 1 17 321.308, 321.313, 321.319, 321.320, 321.321,321.327, 321.329,1 18 and 321.333, the scheduled fine is thirty=five dollars. 1 19 Sec. 3. Section 805.8A, subsection 7, Code 2005, is 1 20 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 21 NEW PARAGRAPH. c. For violations under sections 321.327 1 22 and 321.329, the scheduled fine is one hundred dollars. 1 23 EXPLANATION 1 24 This bill increases the fine for failure to yield the 1 25 right=of=way to a pedestrian, failure to exercise due care to 1 26 avoid colliding with a pedestrian on a roadway, and failure to 1 27 yield the right=of=way to pedestrian maintenance or 1 28 construction workers when notified of their presence by a 1 29 flagman or warning sign from $35 to $100. 1 30 LSB 2291HH 81 1 31 dea:nh/cf/24