Senate File 2249 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2249 BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2122) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the classification and reclassification 1 of certain secondary roads, and including applicability 2 provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6077SV (1) 88 mo/ns
S.F. 2249 Section 1. Section 309.57, subsection 1, Code 2020, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. The county board of supervisors, after consultation with 3 the county engineer, and for purposes of specifying levels of 4 maintenance effort and access, may classify the area service 5 system into three classifications termed area service “A”, 6 area service “B”, and area service “C”. The area service 7 “A” classification roads shall be maintained in conformance 8 with applicable statutes. Area service “B” classification 9 roads may have a lesser level of maintenance as specified by 10 the county board of supervisors, after consultation with the 11 county engineer. Area service “C” classification roads may 12 have restricted access and a minimal level of maintenance as 13 specified by the county board of supervisors after consultation 14 with the county engineer. An area service “C” classification 15 shall apply to the entire portion of a road between the road’s 16 access points. The county board of supervisors shall not 17 classify only part of a road between the road’s access points, 18 or only a bridge on the road, as area service “C”. 19 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. All area service “C” 20 classifications in effect on the effective date of this 21 Act that are not in compliance with this Act shall be expanded 22 or reclassified to meet the requirements of this Act on or 23 before January 1, 2021. 24 EXPLANATION 25 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 26 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 27 Under current law, a county board of supervisors, after 28 consultation with the county engineer, and for purposes 29 of specifying levels of maintenance effort and access, may 30 classify an area service system into three classifications 31 termed area service “A”, area service “B”, and area service 32 “C”. Area service “C” classification roads may have restricted 33 access, but must allow access to adjoining landowners, and 34 may have a minimal level of maintenance as specified by the 35 -1- LSB 6077SV (1) 88 mo/ns 1/ 2
S.F. 2249 county board of supervisors after consultation with the county 1 engineer. A road with an area service “C” classification 2 retains the classification until such time as a petition 3 for reclassification is submitted to the county board of 4 supervisors. The petition must be signed by one or more 5 adjoining landowners. 6 This bill provides that an area service “C” classification 7 must apply to the entire portion of a road between the 8 road’s access points. The bill prohibits a county board of 9 supervisors from classifying as area service “C” only part of a 10 road between the road’s access points, or only a bridge on the 11 road. 12 The bill provides that all area service “C” classifications 13 currently in effect that are not compliant with the bill must 14 be expanded or reclassified to meet the requirements of the 15 bill on or before January 1, 2021. 16 -2- LSB 6077SV (1) 88 mo/ns 2/ 2