Senate File 306 - Introduced





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                                       BY  KETTERING


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act increasing the speed limit on certain primary roads.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 2562XS 83
  4 dea/nh/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.285, Code 2009, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  3A.  Sixty miles per hour on a primary
  1  4 road.
  1  5    Sec. 2.  Section 321.285, subsection 4, Code 2009, is
  1  6 amended to read as follows:
  1  7    4.  Notwithstanding any other speed restrictions Except as
  1  8 otherwise provided by law, the speed limit for all vehicular
  1  9 traffic shall be is fifty=five miles per hour.
  1 10                           EXPLANATION
  1 11    This bill increases the speed limit from 55 to 60 miles per
  1 12 hour on primary roads other than certain divided, multilaned
  1 13 highways with a speed limit of 65 miles per hour and
  1 14 interstates, which have a speed limit of 70 miles per hour.
  1 15 The state department of transportation retains the authority
  1 16 to lower the speed limit on any part of the primary road
  1 17 system.  Current scheduled fines for speeding violations in
  1 18 speed zones greater than 55 miles per hour under Code section
  1 19 805.8A are applicable to violations of the new speed limit.
  1 20 LSB 2562XS 83
  1 21 dea/nh/14