Senate File 57 - Introduced SENATE FILE 57 BY CHELGREN A BILL FOR An Act relating to the civil liability of a person performing 1 necessary improvements to a secondary road. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1430XS (3) 87 jh/rj
S.F. 57 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 613.22 Secondary road improvements 1 —— liability. 2 A person who, without compensation, performs necessary 3 improvements to a secondary road as defined in section 306.3, 4 shall not be liable for civil damages for acts or omissions 5 resulting from the necessary improvements. “Necessary 6 improvements” includes but is not limited to maintenance and 7 repair. 8 EXPLANATION 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 10 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 11 This bill provides that a person who, without compensation, 12 performs necessary improvements to a secondary road shall not 13 be liable for civil damages for acts or omissions resulting 14 from the necessary improvements. “Necessary improvements” 15 includes but is not limited to maintenance and repair. 16 A secondary road is defined in Code section 306.3 as a road 17 under county jurisdiction. 18 -1- LSB 1430XS (3) 87 jh/rj 1/ 1