SF 43 (LSB 1709XS (2) 86)

SENATE FILE 43

BY  ANDERSON

A BILL FOR

An Act increasing the default speed limit on hard surface roads to sixty miles per hour.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.285, subsection 3, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Unless otherwise provided in this section or by other speed restrictions, the speed limit for all vehicular traffic shall be fifty-five sixty miles per hour.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill increases the speed limit from 55 to 60 miles per hour on hard surface roads that are not subject to other speed restrictions. The new speed limit applies on primary roads other than certain divided, multilaned highways with a speed limit of 65 miles per hour and on interstates, where the speed limit is typically 70 miles per hour. The new speed limit also applies on secondary roads surfaced with concrete or asphalt. Under the bill, the department of transportation retains the authority to lower the speed limit on any part of the primary road system, and counties retain the right to lower the speed limit on secondary roads.