House File 635 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 635 BY COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS (SUCCESSOR TO HF 538) (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 66) (COMPANION TO SF 397 BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION) (As Amended and Passed by the House April 15, 2015 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to matters under the purview of the department 1 of transportation, providing fees, and including effective 2 date provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 HF 635 (4) 86 ns/nh/md

H.F. 635 DIVISION I 1 AVIATION 2 Section 1. Section 23A.2, subsection 9, Code 2015, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 9. The state department of transportation may, in 5 accordance with chapter 17A , provide for exemption from 6 the application of subsection 1 for the activities related 7 to highway maintenance, highway design and construction, 8 publication and distribution of transportation maps, state 9 aircraft pool operations, inventory sales to other state 10 agencies and political subdivisions, equipment management and 11 disposal, vehicle maintenance and repair services for other 12 state agencies, and other similar essential operations. 13 Sec. 2. REPEAL. Section 328.38, Code 2015, is repealed. 14 DIVISION II 15 TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSION 16 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 17 Sec. 3. Section 307.8, Code 2015, is amended to read as 18 follows: 19 307.8 Expenses. 20 Members of the commission, the The director , and other 21 employees of the department shall be allowed their actual and 22 necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. 23 All expenses and salaries shall be paid from appropriations for 24 such purposes and the department shall be subject to the budget 25 requirements of chapter 8 . 26 Sec. 4. Section 307.12, subsection 1, paragraphs g and p, 27 Code 2015, are amended to read as follows: 28 g. Appoint the deputy director of transportation and the 29 administrators of within the department. 30 p. Administer chapter 327J Apply for, accept, and expend 31 federal, state, or private funds for the improvement of 32 transportation . 33 Sec. 5. Section 307.12, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended 34 by adding the following new paragraph: 35 -1- HF 635 (4) 86 ns/nh/md 1/ 41

H.F. 635 NEW PARAGRAPH . q. Coordinate the transportation research 1 activities within the department. 2 Sec. 6. Section 307.12, subsection 2, Code 2015, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 2. If in the interest of the state, the director may allow a 5 subsistence expense to an employee under the supervision of the 6 department’s administrator for highways responsible for highway 7 programs and activities for continuous stay in one location 8 while on duty away from established headquarters and place 9 of domicile for a period not to exceed forty-five days; and 10 allow automobile expenses in accordance with section 8A.363 , 11 for moving an employee and the employee’s family from place of 12 present domicile to new domicile, and actual transportation 13 expense for moving of household goods. The household goods for 14 which transportation expense is allowed shall not include pets 15 or animals. 16 Sec. 7. Section 307.21, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 17 1, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows: 18 The department’s administrator of administrative services 19 responsible for the operations and finances of the department 20 shall: 21 Sec. 8. Section 307.21, subsection 7, Code 2015, is amended 22 to read as follows: 23 7. The administrator of administrative services may 24 purchase items from the department of administrative services 25 and may cooperate with the director of the department of 26 administrative services by providing purchasing services for 27 the department of administrative services. 28 Sec. 9. Section 307.22, Code 2015, is amended to read as 29 follows: 30 307.22 Planning and research programming activities . 31 1. The department’s administrator of responsible for 32 transportation planning and research infrastructure program 33 development shall: 34 a. Assist the director in planning all modes of 35 -2- HF 635 (4) 86 ns/nh/md 2/ 41

H.F. 635 transportation in order to develop an integrated transportation 1 system providing adequate transportation services for all 2 citizens of the state. 3 b. Develop and maintain transportation statistical data for 4 the department. 5 c. Assist the director in establishing, analyzing, and 6 evaluating alternative transportation policies for the state. 7 d. Coordinate planning and research duties and 8 responsibilities with the planning functions carried on by 9 other administrators of the department. 10 e. (1) Annually report by July 1 of each year, for both 11 secondary and farm-to-market systems, miles of earth, granular, 12 and paved surface roads; the daily vehicle miles of travel; 13 and lineal feet of bridge deck under the jurisdiction of each 14 county’s secondary road department, as of the preceding January 15 1, taking into account roads whose jurisdiction has been 16 transferred from the department to a county or from a county 17 to the department during the previous year. The annual report 18 shall include those roads transferred to a county pursuant to 19 section 306.8A . 20 (2) Miles of secondary and farm-to-market roads shall not 21 include those miles of farm-to-market extensions within cities 22 under five hundred population that are placed under county 23 secondary road jurisdiction pursuant to section 306.4 . 24 (3) The annual report of updated road and bridge data of 25 both the secondary and farm-to-market roads shall be submitted 26 to the Iowa county engineers association service bureau. 27 f. Advise and assist the director to study and develop 28 highway transport economics to assure availability and 29 productivity of highway transport services. 30 f. g. Perform such other planning functions as may be 31 assigned by the director. 32 2. The functions function of planning and research do does 33 not include the detailed design of highways or other modal 34 transportation facilities, but are is restricted to the needs 35 -3- HF 635 (4) 86 ns/nh/md 3/ 41

H.F. 635 of this state for multimodal transportation systems. 1 Sec. 10. Section 307.24, Code 2015, is amended to read as 2 follows: 3 307.24 Administration of highways highway programs and 4 activities . 5 The department’s administrator of highways is responsible 6 for the planning responsible for highway programs and 7 activities shall plan , design, construction construct , and 8 maintenance of maintain the state primary highways and shall 9 administer chapters 306 to through 306C, chapters 309 through 10 314, chapters 316 through 318, and chapter 320 and perform 11 other duties as assigned by the director. The administration 12 of highways department shall be : 13 1. Be organized to provide administration assistance for 14 urban systems , for and secondary roads, and to provide other 15 categories of administration assistance as necessary. 16 2. Devise and adopt standard plans of highway construction 17 and furnish the same to the counties and provide information 18 to the counties on the maintenance practices and policies of 19 the department. 20 3. Order the removal or alteration of any lights or 21 light-reflecting devices, whether on public or private 22 property, other than railroad signals or crossing lights, 23 located adjacent to a primary road and within three hundred 24 feet of a railroad crossing at grade, which in any way 25 interfere with the vision of or may be confusing to a person 26 operating a motor vehicle on such primary road in observing 27 the approach of trains or in observing signs erected for the 28 purpose of giving warning of such railroad crossing. 29 4. Order the removal or alteration of any lights or 30 light-reflecting devices, whether on public or private 31 property, located adjacent to a primary road and within 32 three hundred feet of an intersection with another primary 33 road, which in any way interfere with the vision of or may be 34 confusing to a person operating a motor vehicle on such primary 35 -4- HF 635 (4) 86 ns/nh/md 4/ 41

H.F. 635 road in observing the approach of other vehicles or signs 1 erected for the purpose of giving warning of such intersection. 2 5. Construct, reconstruct, improve, and maintain state 3 institutional roads and state park roads which are part of 4 the state park, state institution, and other state land road 5 system as defined in section 306.3, and bridges on such roads, 6 roads located on state fairgrounds as defined in chapter 173, 7 and the roads and bridges located on property of community 8 colleges as defined in section 260C.2, upon the request of the 9 state board, department, or commission which has jurisdiction 10 over such roads. This shall be done in such manner as may be 11 agreed upon by the state transportation commission and the 12 state board, department, or commission which has jurisdiction. 13 The commission may contract with any county or municipality for 14 the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or maintenance 15 of such roads and bridges. Any state park road which is an 16 extension of either a primary or secondary highway which both 17 enters and exits from a state park at separate points shall 18 be constructed, reconstructed, improved, and maintained as 19 provided in section 306.4. Funds allocated from the road 20 use tax fund for the purposes of this subsection shall be 21 apportioned in the following manner and amounts: 22 a. For department of natural resources facility roads, 23 forty-five and one-half percent. 24 b. For department of human services facility roads, six and 25 one-half percent. 26 c. For department of corrections facility roads, five and 27 one-half percent. 28 d. For national guard facility roads, four percent. 29 e. For state board of regents facility roads, thirty 30 percent. 31 f. For state fair board facility roads, two percent. 32 g. For department of administrative services facility roads, 33 one-half percent. 34 h. For department of education facility roads, six percent. 35 -5- HF 635 (4) 86 ns/nh/md 5/ 41

H.F. 635 Sec. 11. Section 307.26, Code 2015, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 307.26 Rail and water Administration of modal programs and 3 activities . 4 The department’s administrator responsible for rail and 5 water modal programs and activities shall: 6 1. Advise and assist the director in conducting research on 7 the basic railroad problems and identify the present capability 8 of the existing railroads in order to determine the present 9 obligation of the railroads to provide acceptable levels of 10 public service the development of aeronautics, including but 11 not limited to the location of air terminals, accessibility 12 of air terminals by other modes of public transportation, 13 protective zoning provisions considering safety factors, noise, 14 and air pollution, facilities for private and commercial 15 aircraft, air freight facilities, and such other physical and 16 technical aspects as may be necessary to meet present and 17 future needs . 18 2. Advise and assist the director in the study of local and 19 regional transportation of goods and people including intracity 20 and intercity bus systems, dial-a-bus facilities, rural and 21 urban bus and taxi systems, the collection of data from these 22 systems, the study of the feasibility of increased government 23 subsidy assistance and the allocation of such subsidies to each 24 mass transportation system, the study of such other physical 25 and technical aspects which may be necessary to meet present 26 and future needs, and the application for, acceptance of, 27 and expending of federal, state, or private funds for the 28 improvement of mass transit. 29 2. 3. Advise and assist the director in the development 30 of rail transportation systems and programs for expansion of 31 improving passenger and freight services. 32 3. 4. Advise and assist the director in developing programs 33 in anticipation of railroad abandonment, including: 34 a. Development and evaluation of programs which will 35 -6- HF 635 (4) 86 ns/nh/md 6/ 41

H.F. 635 encourage improvement of rail freight and the upgrading of rail 1 lines in order to improve freight service. 2 b. Development of alternative modes of transportation to 3 areas and communities which lose rail service. 4 c. b. Advise Advising the director when it may appear in 5 the best interest of the state to assume the role of advocate 6 in railroad abandonments and railroad rate schedules. 7 4. 5. Develop and maintain a federal-state relationship 8 of programs relating to railroad safety enforcement, track 9 standards, rail equipment, operating rules , and transportation 10 of hazardous materials. 11 6. Make surveys, plans, and estimates of cost for the 12 elimination of danger at railroad crossings on highways, and 13 confer with local and railroad officials with reference to 14 elimination of the danger. 15 5. 7. Advise and assist the director in the conduct of 16 research on railroad-highway grade crossings and encourage 17 and develop a safety program in order to reduce injuries or 18 fatalities including , but not limited to , the following: 19 a. The implementation of a program of constructing rumble 20 strips at grade crossings on selected hard surface roads. 21 b. a. The establishment of standards for warning devices 22 for particularly hazardous crossings or for classes of 23 crossings on highways, which standards are shall be designed 24 to reduce injuries, fatalities , and property damage. Such 25 standards shall regulate the use of warning devices and 26 signs , which shall be in addition to the requirements of 27 section 327G.2 . Implementation of such standards shall be 28 the responsibility of the government agency or department 29 or political subdivision having jurisdiction and control of 30 the highway and such implementation shall be deemed adequate 31 for the purposes of railroad grade crossing protection. The 32 department, or the political subdivision having jurisdiction, 33 may direct the installation of temporary protection while 34 awaiting installation of permanent protection. A railroad 35 -7- HF 635 (4) 86 ns/nh/md 7/ 41

H.F. 635 crossing shall not be found to be particularly hazardous for 1 any purpose unless the department has determined it to be 2 particularly hazardous. 3 c. b. The development and adoption of classifications of 4 crossings on public highways based upon their characteristics, 5 conditions, and hazards, and standards for warning devices, 6 signals, and signs of each crossing classification. The 7 department shall recommend a schedule for implementation 8 of the standards to the government agency, department, or 9 political subdivision having jurisdiction of the highway and 10 shall provide an annual report to the general assembly on the 11 development and adoption of classifications and standards under 12 this paragraph and their implementation, including information 13 about financing installation of warning devices, signals, and 14 signs. The department shall not be liable for the development 15 or adoption of the classifications or standards. A government 16 agency, department, or political subdivision shall not be 17 liable for failure to implement the standards. A crossing 18 warning or improvement installed or maintained pursuant to 19 standards adopted by the department under this paragraph shall 20 be deemed an adequate and appropriate warning for the crossing. 21 6. Apply for, accept, and expend federal, state or private 22 funds for the improvement of rail transportation. 23 7. 8. Advise and assist the director on studies for 24 coordination of railway service with that of other to assure 25 availability, efficiency, and productivity of freight and 26 passenger services and to promote the coordination of service 27 between all transportation modes. 28 8. 9. Advise and assist the director with studies of 29 regulatory changes deemed necessary to effectuate economical 30 and efficient railroad service. 31 9. 10. Advise and assist the director regarding agreements 32 with railroad corporations for the restoration, conservation , 33 or improvement of railroad as defined in section 327D.2, 34 subsection 3 , on such terms, conditions, rates, rentals, or 35 -8- HF 635 (4) 86 ns/nh/md 8/ 41

H.F. 635 subsidy levels as may be in the best interest of the state. 1 The commission may enter into contracts and agreements which 2 are binding only to the extent that appropriations have been 3 or may subsequently be made by the legislature to effectuate 4 the purposes of this subsection . 5 10. 11. Administer chapters 324A, 327C through 327H , 327J, 6 328, 329, and 330 . 7 12. Administer programs and activities in chapters 306D, 8 307C, 308A, and 315. 9 11. 13. Perform such other duties and responsibilities as 10 may be assigned by the director and the commission . 11 12. Advise and assist in the establishment and development 12 of railroad districts upon request. 13 13. Conduct innovative experimental programs relating to 14 rail transportation problems within the state. 15 14. Enter the role of “applicant” pursuant to the Railroad 16 Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, Pub. L. No. 17 94-210, and take such actions as are necessary to accomplish 18 this role. 19 15. Identify those segments of railroad trackage which, if 20 improved, may provide increased transportation services for 21 the citizens of this state. The department shall develop and 22 implement programs to encourage the improvement of rail freight 23 services on such railroad trackage. 24 16. 14. Promote river transportation and coordinate river 25 programs with other transportation modes. 26 17. 15. Advise and assist the director in the development 27 of river transportation and port facilities in the state. 28 Sec. 12. Section 307.27, Code 2015, is amended to read as 29 follows: 30 307.27 Motor vehicles , motor carriers, and drivers . 31 The department’s administrator responsible for the 32 enforcement and regulation of motor carriers, registration of 33 motor vehicles , and licensing of drivers shall: 34 1. Administer and supervise the registration of motor 35 -9- HF 635 (4) 86 ns/nh/md 9/ 41

H.F. 635 vehicles and the licensing of drivers pursuant to chapter 321 . 1 2. Administer and supervise the licensing of motor vehicle 2 manufacturers, distributors , and dealers pursuant to chapter 3 322 . 4 3. Administer the inspection of motor vehicles pursuant to 5 chapter 321 . 6 4. Administer motor vehicle registration reciprocity 7 pursuant to chapter 326 . 8 5. Administer the provisions of chapters 321A , 321E , 321F , 9 and 321J relating to motor vehicle financial responsibility, 10 the implied consent law, the movement of vehicles of excessive 11 size and weight , and the leasing and renting of vehicles. 12 The department shall contract with a third party to act as 13 the department’s designated agent for the administration of 14 a motor vehicle insurance database to verify compliance with 15 the requirements of chapter 321A for a period of four years. 16 The department shall adopt rules relating to the content of 17 the database, a notification schedule for violators of chapter 18 321A, and an administrative reinstatement fee of one hundred 19 dollars that is in addition to any other penalty imposed 20 by law. The department shall also adopt rules, including 21 penalties, requiring each insurer that issues a policy to an 22 owner of a motor vehicle registered or garaged in this state 23 that includes motor vehicle liability coverage, uninsured 24 motorist coverage, or underinsured motorist coverage to submit 25 on the seventh and twenty-first day of each calendar month 26 to the department’s designated agent a record that includes 27 each insured’s name, date of birth, driver’s license number if 28 available, the make, model, year, and vehicle identification 29 number of each insured vehicle, and the policy number and 30 effective date of each policy. 31 6. Administer the regulation of motor vehicle franchisers 32 pursuant to chapter 322A . 33 7. Administer the regulation of motor carriers pursuant to 34 chapter chapters 325A , 326, and 327B . 35 -10- HF 635 (4) 86 ns/nh/md 10/ 41

H.F. 635 8. Administer the registration of interstate authority 1 of motor carriers pursuant to chapter 327B as provided in 49 2 U.S.C. §14504a and United States department of transportation 3 regulations. 4 9. Administer chapters 321C, 321D, 321H, 321L, 321M, and 5 322C. 6 Sec. 13. Section 307.45, Code 2015, is amended to read as 7 follows: 8 307.45 State-owned lands —— assessment. 9 1. Cities and counties may assess the cost of a public 10 improvement against the state when the improvement benefits 11 property owned by the state and under the jurisdiction 12 and control of the department’s administrator of highways 13 department . The director shall pay from the primary road fund 14 the portion of the cost of the improvement which would be 15 legally assessable against the land if privately owned. 16 2. Assessments against property under the jurisdiction of 17 the department’s administrator of highways department shall be 18 made in the same manner as those made against private property, 19 except that the city or county making the assessment shall 20 cause a copy of the public notice of hearing to be mailed to the 21 director by certified mail. 22 3. Assessments against property owned by the state and 23 not under the jurisdiction and control of the department’s 24 administrator of highways department shall be made in the same 25 manner as those made against private property and payment shall 26 be subject to authorization by the executive council. There 27 is appropriated from moneys in the general fund not otherwise 28 appropriated an amount necessary to pay the expense authorized 29 by the executive council. 30 Sec. 14. Section 307.47, subsections 1 and 3, Code 2015, are 31 amended to read as follows: 32 1. The highway materials and equipment revolving fund 33 is created from moneys appropriated out of the primary road 34 fund. From this fund shall be paid all costs for materials 35 -11- HF 635 (4) 86 ns/nh/md 11/ 41

H.F. 635 and supplies, inventoried stock supplies, maintenance and 1 operational costs of equipment, and equipment replacements 2 incurred in the operation of centralized purchasing under the 3 supervision of the department’s administrator of highways 4 administrator responsible for highway programs and activities . 5 Direct salaries and expenses properly chargeable to direct 6 salaries shall be paid from the fund. For each month the 7 director administrator responsible for the operations and 8 finances of the department shall render a statement to each 9 highway unit under the supervision of the administrator 10 of highways for the actual cost of materials and supplies, 11 operational and maintenance costs of equipment, and equipment 12 depreciation used. The expense shall be paid by the 13 administrator of highways responsible for the operations 14 and finances of the department in the same manner as other 15 interdepartmental billings are paid and when the expense is 16 paid by the administrator of highways, the . The sum paid shall 17 be credited to the highway materials and equipment revolving 18 fund. 19 3. When the units under the supervision of the administrator 20 of highways share a highway unit shares equipment with other 21 another administrative units unit of the department, the 22 director shall prorate the costs of the equipment among the 23 administrative units using the equipment. 24 Sec. 15. REPEAL. Sections 307.3, 307.4, 307.5, 307.6, 25 307.7, 307.9, 307.10, 307.25, 307.35, and 307.43, Code 2015, 26 are repealed. 27 STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION 28 Sec. 16. NEW SECTION . 307A.1A Transportation commission. 29 1. There is created a state transportation commission which 30 shall consist of seven members, not more than four of whom 31 shall be from the same political party. The governor shall 32 appoint the members of the state transportation commission 33 for a term of four years beginning and ending as provided by 34 section 69.19, subject to confirmation by the senate. 35 -12- HF 635 (4) 86 ns/nh/md 12/ 41

H.F. 635 2. The commission shall meet in May of each year for the 1 purpose of electing one of its members as chairperson. 2 Sec. 17. Section 307A.2, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2015, 3 are amended by striking the subsections and inserting in lieu 4 thereof the following: 5 1. Develop, coordinate, and annually update a comprehensive 6 transportation policy and plan for the state. 7 2. Promote the coordinated and efficient use of all 8 available modes of transportation for the benefit of the state 9 and its citizens including but not limited to the designation 10 and development of multimodal public transfer facilities if 11 carriers or other private businesses fail to develop such 12 facilities. 13 Sec. 18. Section 307A.2, subsections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14 10, and 11, Code 2015, are amended by striking the subsections. 15 Sec. 19. Section 307A.2, subsection 12, Code 2015, is 16 amended to read as follows: 17 12. Prepare, adopt, and cause to be published a long-range 18 program for the primary road system, in conjunction with the 19 state transportation plan adopted by the commission. Such 20 program shall be prepared for a period of at least five years 21 and shall be revised, brought up-to-date, and republished at 22 least once every year in order to have a continuing five-year 23 program. The program shall include, insofar as such estimates 24 can be made, an estimate of the money expected to become 25 available during the period covered by the program and a 26 statement of the construction, maintenance, and other work 27 planned to be performed during such period. The commission 28 shall conduct periodic reinspections of the primary roads in 29 order to revise, from time to time, its estimates of future 30 needs to conform to the physical and service conditions 31 of the primary roads. The commission shall annually cause 32 to be published a sufficiency rating report showing the 33 relative conditions of the primary roads. Before the last 34 day of December of each year, the commission shall adopt and 35 -13- HF 635 (4) 86 ns/nh/md 13/ 41

H.F. 635 cause to be published from its long-range program, a plan of 1 improvements to be accomplished during the next calendar year. 2 However, in years when the federal government is reauthorizing 3 federal highway funding, the commission shall not be required 4 to adopt and publish the annual plan of improvements to be 5 accomplished until at least ninety days from the enactment 6 of the new federal funding formula. This annual program 7 shall list definite projects in order of urgency and shall 8 include a reasonable year’s work with the funds estimated to 9 be available. The annual program shall be final and followed 10 by the commission in the next year except that deviations may 11 be made in case of disaster or other unforeseen emergencies 12 or difficulties. The relative urgency of the proposed 13 improvements shall be determined by a consideration of the 14 physical condition, safety, and service characteristics of the 15 various primary roads. 16 Sec. 20. Section 307A.2, Code 2015, is amended by adding the 17 following new subsection: 18 NEW SUBSECTION . 15. Approve all rules prior to their 19 adoption by the director pursuant to section 307.12, subsection 20 1, paragraph “j” . 21 Sec. 21. NEW SECTION . 307A.3 Conflict of interest. 22 A person shall not serve as a member of the commission if 23 the person has an interest in a contract or job of work or 24 material or the profits thereof or service to be performed 25 for the department. Any member of the commission who accepts 26 employment with or acquires any stock, bonds, or other 27 interest in any company or corporation doing business with the 28 department shall be disqualified from remaining a member of the 29 commission. 30 Sec. 22. NEW SECTION . 307A.4 Vacancies on commission. 31 Any vacancy in the membership of the commission shall 32 be filled in the same manner as regular appointments are 33 made for the unexpired portion of the regular term. In the 34 event the governor fails to make an appointment to fill a 35 -14- HF 635 (4) 86 ns/nh/md 14/ 41

H.F. 635 vacancy or fails to submit the appointment to the senate for 1 confirmation as required by section 2.32, the senate may make 2 the appointment prior to adjournment of the general assembly. 3 Sec. 23. NEW SECTION . 307A.5 Compensation —— commission 4 members. 5 Each member of the commission shall be compensated as 6 provided in section 7E.6. 7 Sec. 24. NEW SECTION . 307A.6 Commission meetings. 8 The commission shall meet at the call of the chairperson or 9 when any four members of the commission file a written request 10 with the chairperson for a meeting. Written notice of the 11 time and place of each meeting shall be given to each member 12 of the commission. A majority of the commission members shall 13 constitute a quorum. 14 Sec. 25. NEW SECTION . 307A.7 Expenses. 15 Members of the commission shall be allowed their actual and 16 necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. 17 All expenses and salaries shall be paid from appropriations for 18 such purposes and the commission shall be subject to the budget 19 requirements of chapter 8. 20 Sec. 26. NEW SECTION . 307A.8 Removal from office. 21 Any member of the commission may be removed for any of 22 the causes and in the manner provided in chapter 66 and such 23 removal shall not be in lieu of any other punishment that may 24 be prescribed by the laws of this state. 25 CONFORMING AMENDMENTS 26 Sec. 27. Section 173.16, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2015, 27 is amended to read as follows: 28 All expenses incurred in maintaining the state fairgrounds 29 and in conducting the annual fair on it the state fairgrounds , 30 including the compensation and expenses of the officers, 31 members, and employees of the board, shall be recorded by the 32 secretary and paid from the state fair receipts, unless a 33 specific appropriation has been provided for that purpose. The 34 board may request special capital improvement appropriations 35 -15- HF 635 (4) 86 ns/nh/md 15/ 41

H.F. 635 from the state and may request emergency funding from the 1 executive council for natural disasters. The board may request 2 that the department of transportation provide maintenance in 3 accordance with section 307A.2 307.24 , subsection 11 5 . 4 Sec. 28. Section 312.2, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph 5 1, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows: 6 The treasurer of state shall before making the allotments 7 in subsection 1 credit annually to the highway grade crossing 8 safety fund the sum of seven hundred thousand dollars, credit 9 annually from the road use tax fund the sum of nine hundred 10 thousand dollars to the highway railroad grade crossing surface 11 repair fund, credit monthly to the primary road fund the 12 dollars yielded from an allotment of sixty-five hundredths of 13 one percent of all road use tax funds for the express purpose 14 of carrying out section 307A.2 307.24 , subsection 11 5 , section 15 313.4, subsection 2 , and section 307.45 , and credit annually 16 to the primary road fund the sum of five hundred thousand 17 dollars to be used for paying expenses incurred by the state 18 department of transportation other than expenses incurred for 19 extensions of primary roads in cities. All unobligated funds 20 provided by this subsection , except those funds credited to the 21 highway grade crossing safety fund, shall at the end of each 22 year revert to the road use tax fund. Funds in the highway 23 grade crossing safety fund shall not revert to the road use tax 24 fund except to the extent they exceed five hundred thousand 25 dollars at the end of any biennium. The cost of each highway 26 railroad grade crossing repair project shall be allocated in 27 the following manner: 28 Sec. 29. Section 312.4, subsection 5, Code 2015, is amended 29 to read as follows: 30 5. The amount of the road use tax fund which has been 31 credited to carry out the provisions of section 307A.2 307.24 , 32 subsection 11 5 , section 313.4, subsection 2 , and section 33 307.45 . 34 Sec. 30. Section 313.4, subsection 2, Code 2015, is amended 35 -16- HF 635 (4) 86 ns/nh/md 16/ 41

H.F. 635 to read as follows: 1 2. Such fund is also appropriated and shall be used for the 2 construction, reconstruction, improvement and maintenance of 3 state institutional roads and state park roads and bridges on 4 such roads and roads and bridges on community college property 5 as provided in section 307A.2 307.24 , subsection 11 5 , for 6 restoration of secondary roads used as primary road detours and 7 for compensation of counties for such use, for restoration of 8 municipal streets so used and for compensation of cities for 9 such use, and for the payments required in section 307.45 . 10 DIVISION III 11 MOTOR VEHICLES 12 Sec. 31. Section 321.1, subsection 36C, paragraphs b and c, 13 Code 2015, are amended to read as follows: 14 b. “Travel trailer” means a vehicle without motive power 15 used, manufactured, or constructed to permit its use as a 16 conveyance upon the public streets and highways and designed 17 to permit its use as a place of human habitation by one or more 18 persons. The vehicle may be up to eight feet six inches in 19 width and its overall length shall not exceed forty forty-five 20 feet. The vehicle shall be customarily or ordinarily used for 21 vacation or recreational purposes and not used as a place of 22 permanent habitation. If the vehicle is used in this state as 23 a place of human habitation for more than ninety consecutive 24 days in one location it shall be classed as a manufactured or 25 mobile home regardless of the size limitations provided in this 26 paragraph. 27 c. “Fifth-wheel travel trailer” means a type of travel 28 trailer which is towed by a pickup by a connecting device known 29 as a fifth wheel. However, this type of travel trailer may 30 have an overall length which shall not exceed forty forty-five 31 feet. 32 Sec. 32. Section 321.19, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 33 2, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows: 34 The department shall furnish, on application, free of 35 -17- HF 635 (4) 86 ns/nh/md 17/ 41

H.F. 635 charge, distinguishing plates for vehicles thus exempted, 1 which plates except plates on state patrol vehicles shall bear 2 the word “official” and the department shall keep a separate 3 record. Registration plates issued for state patrol vehicles, 4 except unmarked patrol vehicles, shall bear two red stars 5 on a yellow background, one before and one following the 6 registration number on the plate, which registration number 7 shall be the officer’s badge number. Registration plates 8 issued for county sheriff’s patrol vehicles shall display one 9 seven-pointed gold star followed by the letter “S” and the call 10 number of the vehicle. However, the director of the department 11 of administrative services or the director of transportation 12 may order the issuance of regular registration plates for 13 any exempted vehicle used by peace officers or federal law 14 enforcement officers in the enforcement of the law, persons 15 enforcing chapter 124 and other laws relating to controlled 16 substances, persons in the department of justice, the alcoholic 17 beverages division of the department of commerce, disease 18 investigators of the Iowa department of public health, the 19 department of inspections and appeals, and the department of 20 revenue, who are regularly assigned to conduct investigations 21 which cannot reasonably be conducted with a vehicle displaying 22 “official” state registration plates, persons who are 23 federal agents or officers regularly assigned to conduct 24 investigations which cannot reasonably be conducted with a 25 vehicle displaying “official” registration plates, persons in 26 the Iowa lottery authority whose regularly assigned duties 27 relating to security or the carrying of lottery tickets cannot 28 reasonably be conducted with a vehicle displaying “official” 29 registration plates, persons in the economic development 30 authority who are regularly assigned duties relating to 31 existing industry expansion or business attraction, and mental 32 health professionals or health care professionals who provide 33 off-site or in-home medical or mental health services to 34 clients of publicly funded programs. For purposes of sale of 35 -18- HF 635 (4) 86 ns/nh/md 18/ 41