SSB 3048 (LSB 5325XD (4) 87)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to amber, blue, and white lighting devices and reflectors on motor vehicles and equipment owned by the department of transportation and used for snow and ice treatment or removal.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.393, subsection 5, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  a.  The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the use of a lighting device or reflector displaying an amber, white, or blue light when the lighting device or reflector is rear-facing and mounted on a motor truck, trailer, tractor, truck-mounted snow blower, or motor grader owned by the department while the equipment is being used for snow and ice treatment or removal on the public streets or highways.
   b.  This subsection is repealed on July 1, 2019.
    Sec. 2.  Section 321.423, subsection 3, paragraph a, subparagraph (4), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   (4)  (a)  A motor truck, trailer, tractor, truck-mounted snow blower, or motor grader owned by the department if the blue light is rear-facing and used in conjunction with amber and white lighting devices or reflectors while the equipment is being used for snow and ice treatment or removal on the public streets or highways.
   (b)  This subparagraph (4) is repealed on July 1, 2019.
    Sec. 3.  Section 321.423, subsection 7, paragraph a, subparagraph (4), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   (4)  (a)  On a motor truck, trailer, tractor, truck-mounted snow blower, or motor grader owned by the department if the white light is rear-facing and used in conjunction with amber and blue lighting devices or reflectors while the equipment is being used for snow and ice treatment or removal on the public streets or highways.
   (b)  This subparagraph (4) is repealed on July 1, 2019.
    Sec. 4.  REPEAL.  2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 81, section 5, is repealed.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   In 2015, the general assembly amended Code sections 321.393 (color and mounting) and 321.423 (flashing lights) to allow the use of blue and white lighting devices and reflectors in conjunction with amber lighting devices and reflectors on certain motor vehicles and equipment owned by the department of transportation and used for snow and ice treatment or removal. Those provisions are set to be repealed effective July 1, 2019. This bill strikes the future repeal provisions. The bill also repeals a provision requiring the department of transportation to submit a report to the general assembly prior to July 1, 2019, documenting the effectiveness of displaying blue and white lighting devices on such vehicles and equipment.