H.F. 2260 Section 1. Section 307.12, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 1 2020, is amended to read as follows: 2 c. Assist the commission in developing state transportation 3 policy and a state transportation plan. If the director 4 proposes to the commission the construction of a four-lane 5 bypass around a municipality with a population of ten thousand 6 or less, the director shall first conduct a public hearing in 7 the municipality around which the proposed bypass is to be 8 constructed. Any four-lane bypass proposed by the director 9 to the commission must provide access or interchanges to the 10 municipality consistent with access or interchanges to other 11 municipalities along the same route, allow for sufficient 12 emergency medical services access to the municipality, and 13 preserve or maintain rural road crossings where possible. 14 EXPLANATION 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 17 Under current law, the director of the department of 18 transportation is required to assist the state transportation 19 commission (STC) in developing state transportation policy and 20 a state transportation plan. This bill requires that if the 21 director proposes to the STC the construction of a four-lane 22 bypass around a municipality with a population of 10,000 or 23 less, the director must first conduct a public hearing in 24 the municipality around which the proposed bypass is to be 25 constructed. Any four-lane bypass proposed by the director 26 to the STC must also provide access or interchanges to the 27 municipality consistent with access or interchanges to other 28 municipalities along the same route, allow for sufficient 29 emergency medical services access to the municipality, and 30 preserve or maintain rural road crossings where possible. 31 -1- LSB 5291YH (3) 88 mo/ns 1/ 1