Senate File 47 - Introduced SENATE FILE 47 BY WHITING A BILL FOR An Act relating to lighted lamps on bicycles, making penalties 1 applicable, and including effective date provisions. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1196SS (4) 89 th/ns

S.F. 47 Section 1. Section 321.385A, Code 2021, is amended to read 1 as follows: 2 321.385A Citation for unlighted headlamp, rear lamp, or rear 3 registration plate light , or bicycle lamp . 4 1. a. A citation issued for failure to have headlamps 5 as required under section 321.385 shall first provide for a 6 seventy-two hour seventy-two-hour period within which the 7 person charged with the violation shall replace or repair the 8 headlamp. 9 b. A citation issued for failure to have rear lamps as 10 required under section 321.387 or a rear registration plate 11 light as required under section 321.388 shall first provide for 12 a seventy-two hour seventy-two-hour period within which the 13 person charged with the violation shall replace or repair the 14 lamps or light. 15 c. A citation issued for failure to have a front or rear 16 lamp on a bicycle as required under section 321.397 shall first 17 provide for a seventy-two-hour period within which the person 18 charged with the violation shall replace or repair the lamp. 19 2. If the person complies with the directive to replace 20 or repair the headlamp, rear lamps lamp , or rear registration 21 plate light , or bicycle lamp within the allotted time period, 22 the citation shall be expunged. If the person fails to 23 comply within the allotted time period, the citation shall be 24 processed in the same manner as other citations. 25 3. A written notice of replacement or repair relating 26 to a citation issued under this section shall include a 27 written notice of replacement or repair which shall indicate 28 the date of replacement or repair and the manner in which 29 the replacement or repair occurred and which shall be 30 returned to the issuing authority within the seventy-two hour 31 seventy-two-hour time period. 32 Sec. 2. Section 321.397, Code 2021, is amended to read as 33 follows: 34 321.397 Lamps on bicycles. 35 -1- LSB 1196SS (4) 89 th/ns 1/ 2

S.F. 47 Every At the times specified in section 321.384, every 1 bicycle shall be equipped with a lamp on the front exhibiting a 2 white light , at the times specified in section 321.384 , visible 3 from a distance of at least three hundred feet to the front and 4 with a lamp on the rear exhibiting a red light visible from a 5 distance of at least three hundred feet to the rear ; except 6 that a red reflector may be used in lieu of a rear light . A 7 peace officer riding a police bicycle is not required to use 8 either front or rear lamps if duty so requires. 9 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect January 1, 10 2022. 11 EXPLANATION 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 13 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 14 Current law requires a bicycle to have a front lighted lamp 15 and either a rear lighted lamp or a rear reflector at any time 16 from sunset to sunrise, and at such other times when conditions 17 such as fog, snow, sleet, or rain provide insufficient lighting 18 to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the 19 highway at a distance of 500 feet ahead. 20 This bill requires every bicycle to have a front and rear 21 lighted lamp during the stated periods of time, and strikes the 22 provision allowing a bicycle to be equipped a rear reflector 23 in lieu of the rear lighted lamp. The scheduled fine for 24 violating this provision is $35. However, the bill provides 25 that a citation issued for failure to have a front or rear lamp 26 on a bicycle must first provide for a 72-hour period within 27 which the person charged with the violation shall replace or 28 repair the lamp. If the person complies with the directive to 29 replace or repair the lamp, the citation must be expunged. 30 The bill takes effect January 1, 2022. 31 -2- LSB 1196SS (4) 89 th/ns 2/ 2