House File 513 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 80)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the speed limit for vehicular traffic on
2 highways, the fines for violations, and making an
3 appropriation, and relating to court costs for simple
4 misdemeanor offenses and providing a fee.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 321.285, subsection 6, Code 2005, 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 is 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, the department or cities with the approval of
1 14 the The department, on its own motion or in response to a
1 15 recommendation of a metropolitan or regional planning
1 16 commission or council of governments, may establish a lower
1 17 speed limit upon such highways located within the corporate
1 18 limits of a city on a highway described in this subsection.
1 19 c. For the purposes of this subsection, a fully "fully
1 20 controlled=access highway is highway" means a highway that
1 21 gives preference to through traffic by providing access
1 22 connections with selected public roads only and by prohibiting
1 23 crossings at grade or direct private driveway connections.
1 24 d. A minimum speed may be established by the department on
1 25 the highways referred to in this subsection if warranted by
1 26 engineering and traffic investigations.
1 27 e. It is further provided that any Any kind of vehicle,
1 28 implement, or conveyance incapable of attaining and
1 29 maintaining a speed of forty miles per hour shall be
1 30 prohibited from using the interstate road system.
1 31 Sec. 2. Section 602.8106, subsection 1, paragraphs b, d,
1 32 and e, Code 2005, are amended to read as follows:
1 33 b. For filing and docketing of a complaint or information
1 34 for a simple misdemeanor and a complaint or information for a
1 35 nonscheduled simple misdemeanor under chapter 321, seventeen
2 1 thirty dollars.
2 2 d. The court costs in scheduled violation cases where a
2 3 court appearance is required, seventeen thirty dollars.
2 4 e. For court costs in scheduled violation cases where a
2 5 court appearance is not required, seventeen thirty dollars.
2 6 Sec. 3. Section 602.8108, subsection 2, Code 2005, is
2 7 amended to read as follows:
2 8 2. Except as otherwise provided, the clerk of the district
2 9 court shall report and submit to the state court
2 10 administrator, not later than the fifteenth day of each month,
2 11 the fines and fees received during the preceding calendar
2 12 month. Except as provided in subsections 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8,
2 13 and 9, the state court administrator shall deposit the amounts
2 14 received with the treasurer of state for deposit in the
2 15 general fund of the state. The state court administrator
2 16 shall report to the legislative services agency within thirty
2 17 days of the beginning of each fiscal quarter the amount
2 18 received during the previous quarter in the account
2 19 established under this section.
2 20 Sec. 4. Section 602.8108, Code 2005, is amended by adding
2 21 the following new subsection:
2 22 NEW SUBSECTION. 9. a. The clerk of the district court
2 23 shall report and remit to the state court administrator, not
2 24 later than the fifteenth day of each month, and the state
2 25 court administrator shall allocate to the vehicle depreciation
2 26 account maintained by the department of public safety for
2 27 vehicles utilized by the Iowa state patrol, the following
2 28 amounts from fines received for speeding violations under
2 29 section 805.8A, subsection 5, paragraph "b":
2 30 (1) For each fine collected for speed not more than five
2 31 miles per hour in excess of the limit, ten dollars.
2 32 (2) For each fine collected for speed greater than five
2 33 but not more than ten miles per hour in excess of the limit,
2 34 twenty dollars.
2 35 (3) For each fine collected for speed greater than ten but
3 1 not more than fifteen miles per hour in excess of the limit,
3 2 twenty dollars.
3 3 (4) For each fine collected for speed greater than fifteen
3 4 but not more than twenty miles per hour in excess of the
3 5 limit, twenty dollars.
3 6 (5) For each fine collected for speed greater than twenty
3 7 miles per hour in excess of the limit, thirty dollars plus
3 8 three dollars for each mile per hour of excessive speed.
3 9 b. This subsection is repealed June 30, 2009.
3 10 Sec. 5. Section 805.8A, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code
3 11 2005, is amended to read as follows:
3 12 b. Notwithstanding paragraph "a", for excessive speed
3 13 violations in speed zones greater than fifty=five miles per
3 14 hour, the scheduled fine shall be:
3 15 (1) Ten Twenty dollars for speed not more than five miles
3 16 per hour in excess of the limit.
3 17 (2) Twenty Forty dollars for speed greater than five but
3 18 not more than ten miles per hour in excess of the limit.
3 19 (3) Forty Sixty dollars for speed greater than ten but not
3 20 more than fifteen miles per hour in excess of the limit.
3 21 (4) Sixty Eighty dollars for speed greater than fifteen
3 22 but not more than twenty miles per hour in excess of the
3 23 limit.
3 24 (5) Sixty Ninety dollars plus two five dollars for each
3 25 mile per hour of excessive speed over twenty miles per hour
3 26 over the limit.
3 27 Sec. 6. CANINE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT. The department of
3 28 public safety shall use a portion of the funds allocated to
3 29 the department of public safety's vehicle depreciation account
3 30 pursuant to section 602.8106, subsection 9, as enacted in this
3 31 Act, to replace existing Iowa state patrol vehicles used by
3 32 canine handlers, when those vehicles are due for replacement,
3 33 with multipurpose vehicles properly equipped for canine
3 34 transport.
3 35 EXPLANATION
4 1 This bill increases the speed limit on interstate highways
4 2 from 65 to 70 miles per hour for all vehicles. The speed
4 3 limit on all other fully controlled access, divided,
4 4 multilaned highways remains at 65 miles per hour, and the
4 5 state department of transportation may continue to establish a
4 6 65=mile=per=hour speed limit on certain other divided,
4 7 multilaned highways. The bill broadens the authority of the
4 8 department to establish a lower speed limit on any portion of
4 9 a divided, multilaned highway, including interstates. The
4 10 department may exercise this authority on its own motion or in
4 11 response to a recommendation of a metropolitan or regional
4 12 planning commission or council of governments.
4 13 The bill increases fines for speeding violations committed
4 14 in speed zones greater than 55 miles per hour. The fines are
4 15 increased from $10 to $20 for speed not more than five miles
4 16 per hour over the limit; from $20 to $40 for more than five
4 17 but not more than 10 miles per hour over the limit; from $40
4 18 to $60 for more than 10 but not more than 15 miles per hour
4 19 over the limit; from $60 to $80 for more than 15 but not more
4 20 than 20 miles per hour over the limit; and from $60 to $90
4 21 plus $5 for each mile per hour of excessive speed over 20
4 22 miles per hour over the limit. Until June 30, 2009, the
4 23 portion of speeding fines collected from the increased fines
4 24 is to be allocated to the vehicle depreciation account
4 25 maintained by the department of public safety for vehicles
4 26 utilized by the state patrol. The department of public safety
4 27 is directed to use a portion of those vehicle depreciation
4 28 funds to replace Iowa state patrol vehicles used by canine
4 29 handlers with multipurpose vehicles equipped for canine
4 30 transport when the existing vehicles are due for replacement.
4 31 The bill provides for an increase in the fee charged by the
4 32 clerk of the district court for the filing and docketing of a
4 33 complaint or information for a simple misdemeanor from $17 to
4 34 $30. The bill also increases the court costs for a scheduled
4 35 violation from $17 to $30.
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