House File 2205 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  DRAKE and STRUYK


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act to require bicyclists to wear reflective clothing when
  2    riding on certain highways and making a penalty applicable.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5456YH 82
  5 dea/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.234, Code 2007, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  4A.  A person shall not ride a bicycle on
  1  4 a highway with a posted speed limit of fifty miles per hour or
  1  5 greater unless the person is wearing reflective clothing.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  Section 805.8A, subsection 9, Code 2007, is
  1  7 amended to read as follows:
  1  8    9.  BICYCLE OR PEDESTRIAN VIOLATIONS.  For violations by a
  1  9 pedestrian or a bicyclist under section 321.234, subsections
  1 10 3, and 4, and 4A, section 321.236, subsection 10, section
  1 11 321.257, subsection 2, section 321.275, subsection 8, section
  1 12 321.325, 321.326, 321.328, 321.331, 321.332, 321.397, or
  1 13 321.434, the scheduled fine is fifteen dollars.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    This bill requires a person to wear reflective clothing
  1 16 when riding a bicycle on a highway with a speed limit of 50
  1 17 miles per hour or greater.  A violation of bicycle safety
  1 18 provisions is punishable by a scheduled fine of $15.
  1 19 LSB 5456YH 82
  1 20 dea/nh/5