HF 2311 (LSB 5329HV (2) 86)

HOUSE FILE 2311

BY  COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 2109)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the regulation of automated traffic law enforcement systems.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.254, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   321.254  Local authorities restricted.
   No local authority shall place or maintain any traffic-control device or any automated traffic law enforcement system upon any highway under the jurisdiction of the department except by the latter’s permission.  For the purposes of this section, “automated traffic law enforcement system” means a system that operates in conjunction with an official traffic-control signal, as described in section 321.257, or a speed measuring device to produce recorded images of motor vehicles being operated in violation of traffic or speed laws.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill prohibits local authorities from placing or maintaining automated traffic law enforcement systems on highways under the jurisdiction of the department of transportation (DOT) except with the DOT’s permission.