Senate Study Bill 3083 SENATE/HOUSE FILE BY (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BILL) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing increased penalties for speeding violations 2 committed by a motor vehicle operator in a road work zone. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5483XD 82 5 dea/nh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.253, Code 2007, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 321.253 DEPARTMENT TO ERECT SIGNS. 1 4 1. The department shall place and maintain such 1 5 traffic=control devices, conforming to its manual and 1 6 specifications, upon all primary highways as itshall deem1 7 deems necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of 1 8 this chapter or to regulate, warn, or guide traffic. Whenever 1 9 practical,saidthe devices or signs shall be purchased from 1 10 the director of the Iowa department of corrections. 1 11 2. The department shall post signs informing motorists of 1 12 the penalties for speeding in a road work zone and that the 1 13 scheduled fine for committingaany other moving traffic 1 14 violation in a road work zone is doubled. 1 15 Sec. 2. Section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph i, Code 1 16 2007, is amended to read as follows: 1 17 i. ROAD WORK ZONE VIOLATIONS. The scheduled fine for any 1 18 moving traffic violation under chapter 321, as provided in 1 19 this section, shall be doubled if the violation occurs within 1 20 any road work zone, as defined in section 321.1. However, 1 21 notwithstanding subsection 5, the scheduled fine for violating 1 22 the speed limit in a road work zone is as follows: 1 23 (1) One hundred fifty dollars for speed not more than ten 1 24 miles per hour over the posted speed limit. 1 25 (2) Three hundred dollars for speed greater than ten but 1 26 not more than twenty miles per hour over the posted speed 1 27 limit. 1 28 (3) Five hundred dollars for speed greater than twenty but 1 29 not more than twenty=five miles per hour over the posted speed 1 30 limit. 1 31 (4) One thousand dollars for speed greater than 1 32 twenty=five miles per hour over the posted speed limit. 1 33 EXPLANATION 1 34 This bill increases penalties for speeding violations 1 35 committed by a motor vehicle operator in a road work zone. 2 1 Pursuant to the bill, the scheduled fine for speeds up to and 2 2 including 10 miles per hour over the limit is $150; for speeds 2 3 from 11 through 20 miles per hour over the limit, $300; for 2 4 speeds from 21 through 25 miles per hour over the limit, $500; 2 5 and for speeds 26 miles per hour or more over the limit, 2 6 $1,000. Pursuant to current law, scheduled fines for moving 2 7 traffic violations committed in a road work zone are doubled. 2 8 Under the bill, doubled fines will continue to apply for 2 9 moving violations other than speeding violations. The bill 2 10 requires the department of transportation to post signs 2 11 informing motorists of the increased speeding fines. 2 12 LSB 5483XD 82 2 13 dea/nh/8.1