House File 721 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  T. TAYLOR


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning penalties for moving traffic violations
  2    committed in road work zones.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2620YH 82
  5 dea/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.253, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    The department shall post signs informing motorists that
  1  4 the scheduled fine for committing a moving traffic violation
  1  5 in a road work zone is doubled tripled.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  Section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph i, is
  1  7 amended to read as follows:
  1  8    i.  ROAD WORK ZONE VIOLATIONS.  The scheduled fine for any
  1  9 moving traffic violation under chapter 321, as provided in
  1 10 this section, shall be doubled tripled if the violation occurs
  1 11 within any road work zone, as defined in section 321.1.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13    This bill provides that the amount of a scheduled fine for
  1 14 a moving traffic violation shall be tripled if the violation
  1 15 is committed in a road work zone.  Under current law, fines
  1 16 are doubled for violations committed in work zones.
  1 17 LSB 2620YH 82
  1 18 dea:nh/je/5