Senate File 2308 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2308 BY COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3100) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the Iowa patriots memorial highway, and 1 including applicability provisions. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5288SV (1) 88 mo/ns
S.F. 2308 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 314.31 Iowa patriots memorial 1 highway —— signs purchased and installed by private entities. 2 1. The segment of the highway known as United States highway 3 20 which crosses this state from Sioux City to Dubuque shall be 4 designated as the “Iowa Patriots Memorial Highway”. 5 2. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A 6 to provide for an application, approval, and inspection process 7 for the purchase and installation of signs indicating the “Iowa 8 Patriots Memorial Highway” designation by private entities. 9 The department shall approve applications for sign purchase and 10 installation that meet its rule requirements. All costs and 11 expenses of the purchase and installation of the signs shall be 12 paid by the private entity whose application is approved. The 13 department may approve more than one application to purchase 14 and install the signs. The department shall require that any 15 signs placed pursuant to this subsection include the image of 16 the six United States marines raising the United States flag 17 atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War 18 II. 19 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to the segment 20 of the highway known as United States highway 20 described in 21 this Act on the effective date of this Act, and shall apply to 22 the segment of that highway thereafter regardless of whether 23 the highway’s designation as United States highway 20 is 24 subsequently changed by the government of the United States. 25 EXPLANATION 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 27 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 28 This bill designates the segment of U.S. highway 20 which 29 crosses the state from Sioux City to Dubuque as the “Iowa 30 Patriots Memorial Highway”. The bill requires the department 31 of transportation (DOT) to adopt rules to provide for an 32 application, approval, and inspection process for the purchase 33 and installation of signs indicating the “Iowa Patriots 34 Memorial Highway” designation by private entities. A private 35 -1- LSB 5288SV (1) 88 mo/ns 1/ 2
S.F. 2308 entity whose application is approved is responsible for all 1 costs and expenses for the purchase and installation of the 2 signs. Any signs placed pursuant to the bill must include 3 the image of the six United States marines raising the United 4 States flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima 5 in World War II. 6 The bill applies to the segment of U.S. highway 20 on 7 the effective date of the bill, and applies to the segment 8 thereafter regardless of whether the highway’s designation 9 as U.S. highway 20 is subsequently changed by the federal 10 government. 11 -2- LSB 5288SV (1) 88 mo/ns 2/ 2