Senate File 32 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  McCOY


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act granting the right=of=way to public transit buses
  2    reentering the flow of traffic and providing penalties.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1095SS 83
  5 dea/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  321.324B  YIELD TO PUBLIC TRANSIT
  1  2 BUSES.
  1  3    1.  The operator of a motor vehicle shall yield the
  1  4 right=of=way to a bus operated by a public transit system, as
  1  5 defined in section 324A.1, traveling in the same direction
  1  6 that has signaled and is reentering the flow of traffic.
  1  7    2.  This section does not relieve the operator of a bus
  1  8 from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all
  1  9 persons using the roadway.
  1 10    3.  A person convicted of a violation of this section
  1 11 commits a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled
  1 12 violation under section 805.8A, subsection 7, paragraph "b".
  1 13    Sec. 2.  Section 321.482A, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  1 14 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1 15    Notwithstanding section 321.482, a person who is convicted
  1 16 of operating a motor vehicle in violation of section 321.275,
  1 17 subsection 4, section 321.297, 321.298, 321.299, 321.302,
  1 18 321.303, 321.304, 321.305, 321.306, 321.307, 321.308, section
  1 19 321.309, subsection 2, or section 321.311, 321.319, 321.320,
  1 20 321.321, 321.322, 321.323, 321.323A, 321.324, 321.324A,
  1 21 321.324B, 321.327, 321.329, or 321.333 causing serious injury
  1 22 to or the death of another person may be subject to the
  1 23 following penalties in addition to the penalty provided for a
  1 24 scheduled violation in section 805.8A or any other penalty
  1 25 provided by law:
  1 26    Sec. 3.  Section 805.8A, subsection 7, paragraph b, Code
  1 27 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1 28    b.  For violations under sections 321.298, 321.307,
  1 29 321.308, 321.313, 321.319, 321.320, 321.321, 321.324B,
  1 30 321.327, 321.329, and 321.333, the scheduled fine is
  1 31 thirty=five dollars.
  1 32                           EXPLANATION
  1 33    This bill requires the driver of a motor vehicle to yield
  1 34 the right=of=way to a public transit bus traveling in the same
  1 35 direction that has given a signal and is reentering the flow
  2  1 of traffic.  The requirement applies only for buses operated
  2  2 by a regional or urban transit system.  The bill specifies
  2  3 that the driver of such a bus is not relieved of the
  2  4 responsibility to drive with due regard for the safety of all
  2  5 persons using the roadway.
  2  6    A violation of the requirement to yield to a public transit
  2  7 bus is a simple misdemeanor punishable by a scheduled fine of
  2  8 $35.  If the violation causes serious injury, the driver may
  2  9 be subject to an additional fine of $500 or driver's license
  2 10 suspension for up to 90 days, or both.  For a violation
  2 11 causing death, the driver may be subject to an additional fine
  2 12 of $1,000 or license suspension for up to 180 days, or both.
  2 13 LSB 1095SS 83
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