House File 2344 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2344 BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2059) A BILL FOR An Act requiring the construction and maintenance of rumble 1 strips on certain highways, and including applicability 2 provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5724HV (2) 89 th/ns

H.F. 2344 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 321.260A Rumble strips. 1 1. As used in this section, “rumble strips” means a series 2 of rough-textured, slightly raised or depressed grooves 3 along the surface of a roadway used to alert motor vehicle 4 operators about upcoming road conditions, including an upcoming 5 traffic-control signal or device. 6 2. Any governmental entity which exercises jurisdiction 7 over a highway under section 306.4 shall construct and maintain 8 rumble strips in advance of all stop signs and traffic-control 9 signals located on a highway under the governmental entity’s 10 control where the highway enters or crosses a primary highway. 11 This subsection does not apply if the segment of the highway 12 on which the rumble strips would be constructed is unpaved, 13 is inside the limits of any incorporated city, is within two 14 hundred yards of a person’s bona fide residence dwelling, or 15 has a speed limit of less than fifty-five miles per hour. 16 Sec. 2. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 17 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 18 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 19 be paid by a political subdivision from road use tax fund 20 moneys received by the political subdivision under chapter 310, 21 312, or 312A. This specification of the payment of the state 22 cost shall be deemed to meet all of the state funding-related 23 requirements of section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional 24 state funding shall be necessary for the full implementation of 25 this Act by and enforcement of this Act against all affected 26 political subdivisions. 27 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. 28 1. This Act applies to highways constructed on or after the 29 effective date of this Act. 30 2. This Act applies to a highway constructed before the 31 effective date of this Act if the segment of the highway on 32 which rumble strips would otherwise be required under section 33 321.260A, as enacted in this Act, is improved pursuant to a 34 planned improvement project commenced on or after the effective 35 -1- LSB 5724HV (2) 89 th/ns 1/ 3

H.F. 2344 date of this Act. During the planned improvement project, the 1 governmental entity exercising jurisdiction over the highway 2 shall cause rumble strips to be constructed on the segment of 3 highway being improved unless rumble strips are not required 4 under section 321.260A or unless rumble strips have previously 5 been constructed on the segment of highway in compliance with 6 section 321.260A. 7 EXPLANATION 8 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 9 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 10 This bill requires any governmental entity which exercises 11 jurisdiction over a highway to construct and maintain rumble 12 strips on certain highways. The bill defines the term “rumble 13 strips”. Under the bill, rumble strips are required in advance 14 of all stop signs and traffic-control signals located on a 15 highway where the highway enters or crosses a primary highway. 16 However, rumble strips are not required if the segment of 17 highway is unpaved, is inside the limits of any incorporated 18 city, is within 200 yards of a person’s bona fide residence 19 dwelling, or has a speed limit of less than 55 miles per hour. 20 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 21 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of any 22 state mandate included in the bill be paid by a political 23 subdivision from road use tax fund moneys received by 24 the political subdivision. The specification is deemed 25 to constitute state compliance with any state mandate 26 funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2. The 27 inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the 28 requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state 29 mandates included in the bill. 30 The bill applies to highways constructed on or after the 31 effective date of the bill, and to a highway constructed before 32 the effective date of the bill if the segment of the highway 33 on which rumble strips would otherwise be required is improved 34 pursuant to a planned improvement project commenced on or after 35 -2- LSB 5724HV (2) 89 th/ns 2/ 3

H.F. 2344 the effective date of the bill. During the planned improvement 1 project, the governmental entity exercising jurisdiction over 2 the highway must construct rumble strips on the segment of the 3 highway being improved unless rumble strips are not required or 4 unless rumble strips have previously been constructed on the 5 segment of highway in accordance with the bill. 6 -3- LSB 5724HV (2) 89 th/ns 3/ 3