House
File
160
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
160
BY
DAWSON
,
JORGENSEN
,
HALL
,
SEXTON
,
WORTHAN
,
HUSEMAN
,
WOLFE
,
HEIN
,
DUNKEL
,
BYRNES
,
and
H.
MILLER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
identification,
designation,
and
1
development
of
access
Iowa
highways.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
313.2B
Access
Iowa
highways.
1
1.
Purpose.
It
is
the
purpose
of
this
section
to
formulate
2
an
access
Iowa
plan
which
shall
designate
portions
of
the
3
commercial
and
industrial
network
of
highways
identified
in
4
section
313.2A
as
access
Iowa
highways.
The
goal
of
the
access
5
Iowa
plan
shall
be
to
enhance
the
existing
Iowa
economy
and
6
ensure
its
continuing
development
and
growth
in
the
national
7
and
global
competitive
marketplace
by
providing
for
early
8
completion
of
the
construction
of
the
most
important
portions
9
of
the
Iowa
highway
system.
These
portions
of
the
system
10
shall
be
those
that
are
essential
for
support
of
intrastate
11
transportation
and
commerce
and
essential
for
ensuring
Iowans
12
direct
access
to
the
nation’s
system
of
interstate
highways
and
13
transportation
services.
14
2.
Access
Iowa
highway
designation
and
development.
The
15
state
transportation
commission
shall
designate
portions
of
16
the
commercial
and
industrial
network
of
highways
identified
17
in
section
313.2A
as
access
Iowa
highways
and
shall
expedite
18
and
accelerate
development
of
access
Iowa
highways.
When
19
designating
those
portions
of
the
commercial
and
industrial
20
network
as
access
Iowa
highways,
the
state
transportation
21
commission
shall
give
priority
consideration
to
the
22
establishment
of
direct
linkages
between
economic
centers
23
within
the
state
with
populations
of
twenty
thousand
or
more
24
and
to
the
enhancement
of
intrastate
mobility,
Iowa
regional
25
accessibility,
and
national
accessibility.
26
Sec.
2.
Section
307A.2,
subsection
14,
Code
2015,
is
amended
27
to
read
as
follows:
28
14.
Identify,
within
the
primary
road
system,
a
network
of
29
commercial
and
industrial
highways
in
accordance
with
section
30
313.2A
,
and
a
network
of
access
Iowa
highways
in
accordance
31
with
section
313.2B
.
The
improvement
of
this
network
these
32
networks
shall
be
considered
in
the
development
of
the
33
long-range
program
and
plan
of
improvements
under
this
section
.
34
Sec.
3.
Section
312A.3,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
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2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1
a.
Completion
of
projects
on
highways
designated
as
access
2
Iowa
highways
pursuant
to
2005
Iowa
Acts,
ch.
178,
§41
section
3
313.2B
.
4
Sec.
4.
Section
315.4,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
5
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
6
(2)
Fifty
percent
for
highways
that
have
been
designated
7
by
the
state
transportation
commission
as
access
Iowa
highways
8
pursuant
to
2005
Iowa
Acts,
ch.
178,
§41
section
313.2B
.
9
EXPLANATION
10
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
11
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
12
The
2005
Iowa
Acts
provide
for
the
designation
of
certain
13
highways
as
access
Iowa
highways,
which
receive
priority
14
funding
from
certain
moneys
in
the
TIME-21
and
RISE
funds
15
created
in
Code
sections
312A.2
and
315.2.
These
provisions
16
will
be
repealed
by
operation
of
law
on
July
1,
2015.
17
This
bill
codifies
the
Iowa
Acts
language
relating
to
the
18
identification,
designation,
and
development
of
access
Iowa
19
highways.
The
bill
provides
that
the
state
transportation
20
commission
shall
designate
portions
of
the
commercial
and
21
industrial
network
of
highways
as
access
Iowa
highways
and
22
shall
expedite
and
accelerate
development
of
access
Iowa
23
highways.
When
designating
certain
highways
as
access
Iowa
24
highways,
the
state
transportation
commission
shall
give
25
priority
consideration
to
the
establishment
of
direct
linkages
26
between
economic
centers
within
the
state
with
populations
of
27
20,000
or
more
and
to
the
enhancement
of
intrastate
mobility,
28
Iowa
regional
accessibility,
and
national
accessibility.
29
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