Senate Study Bill 3050 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE BILL BY CHAIRPERSON ZUMBACH) A BILL FOR An Act relating to mowing on rights-of-way and medians of 1 interstate highways, primary highways, and secondary roads. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5054XC (1) 89 th/ns

S.F. _____ Section 1. Section 317.19, subsection 1, Code 2022, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. The board of supervisors may appropriate moneys to 3 be used for the purposes of controlling or eradicating 4 weeds or brush within the right-of-way of roads under county 5 jurisdiction in a manner consistent with the county’s program 6 of weed control or eradication pursuant to section 317.13 , 7 except as provided in section 314.17 . 8 Sec. 2. REPEAL. Section 314.17, Code 2022, is repealed. 9 EXPLANATION 10 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 11 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 12 Under current law, Code section 314.17 prohibits mowing 13 roadside vegetation on rights-of-way and medians of primary 14 highways, interstate highways, and secondary roads prior to 15 July 15 unless the mowing is done within 200 yards of an 16 inhabited dwelling; on rights-of-way within one mile of the 17 corporate limits of a city; to promote native species of 18 vegetation or other long-lived and adaptable vegetation; to 19 establish control of damaging insect populations, noxious 20 weeds, and invasive plant species; for visibility and safety 21 reasons; within rest areas, weigh stations, and wayside 22 parks; within 50 feet of a drainage tile or tile intake; for 23 access to a mailbox or for other accessibility purposes; or 24 on rights-of-way adjacent to agricultural demonstration or 25 research plots. 26 This bill repeals Code section 314.17, eliminating the 27 roadside mowing prohibition. The bill makes conforming changes 28 to Code section 317.19. 29 -1- LSB 5054XC (1) 89 th/ns 1/ 1