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House File 41 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1relating to the department of transportation consulting
2with municipal governing bodies about the alteration of
3municipal extensions of primary roads.
4BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 306.4, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code
22019, is amended to read as follows:
3a. Jurisdiction and control over the municipal street system
4shall be vested in the governing bodies of each municipality;
5except that the department and the municipal governing body
6shall exercise concurrent jurisdiction over the municipal
7extensions of primary roads in all municipalities. When
8concurrent jurisdiction is exercised, the department shall
9consult with the municipal governing body as to the kind and
10type of construction, reconstruction, repair, and maintenance
11and the two parties shall enter into agreements with each other
12as to the division of costs thereof. When the department
13consults with a municipal governing body as required by this
14paragraph, the department shall not present to the municipal
15governing body, or encourage the municipal governing body to
16adopt, a plan to alter a municipal extension having four or
17more lanes designated for moving traffic in such a way that
18the extension would have only one lane designated for traffic
19moving in one direction, one lane designated for traffic moving
20in the opposite direction, and a middle lane designated for
21left turns from either direction, with other portions of the
22extension designated for parking spaces or bicycle lanes.
23EXPLANATION
24The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
25the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
26Under current law, the department of transportation (DOT)
27and a municipal governing body exercise concurrent jurisdiction
28over municipal extensions of primary roads in the municipality.
29The DOT is required to consult with the municipal governing
30body as to the kind and type of construction, reconstruction,
31repair, and maintenance of the extension and both parties are
32required to enter into agreements with each other as to the
33division of costs. When the DOT consults with a municipal
34governing body, this bill prohibits the DOT from presenting
35to the municipal governing body, or encouraging the municipal
-1-1governing body to adopt, a plan to alter a municipal extension
2having four or more lanes designated for moving traffic in such
3a way that the extension would have only one lane designated
4for traffic moving in one direction, one lane designated for
5traffic moving in the opposite direction, and a middle lane
6designated for left turns from either direction, with other
7portions of the extension designated for parking spaces or
8bicycle lanes.
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2with municipal governing bodies about the alteration of
3municipal extensions of primary roads.
4BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 306.4, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code
22019, is amended to read as follows:
3a. Jurisdiction and control over the municipal street system
4shall be vested in the governing bodies of each municipality;
5except that the department and the municipal governing body
6shall exercise concurrent jurisdiction over the municipal
7extensions of primary roads in all municipalities. When
8concurrent jurisdiction is exercised, the department shall
9consult with the municipal governing body as to the kind and
10type of construction, reconstruction, repair, and maintenance
11and the two parties shall enter into agreements with each other
12as to the division of costs thereof. When the department
13consults with a municipal governing body as required by this
14paragraph, the department shall not present to the municipal
15governing body, or encourage the municipal governing body to
16adopt, a plan to alter a municipal extension having four or
17more lanes designated for moving traffic in such a way that
18the extension would have only one lane designated for traffic
19moving in one direction, one lane designated for traffic moving
20in the opposite direction, and a middle lane designated for
21left turns from either direction, with other portions of the
22extension designated for parking spaces or bicycle lanes.
23EXPLANATION
24The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
25the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
26Under current law, the department of transportation (DOT)
27and a municipal governing body exercise concurrent jurisdiction
28over municipal extensions of primary roads in the municipality.
29The DOT is required to consult with the municipal governing
30body as to the kind and type of construction, reconstruction,
31repair, and maintenance of the extension and both parties are
32required to enter into agreements with each other as to the
33division of costs. When the DOT consults with a municipal
34governing body, this bill prohibits the DOT from presenting
35to the municipal governing body, or encouraging the municipal
-1-1governing body to adopt, a plan to alter a municipal extension
2having four or more lanes designated for moving traffic in such
3a way that the extension would have only one lane designated
4for traffic moving in one direction, one lane designated for
5traffic moving in the opposite direction, and a middle lane
6designated for left turns from either direction, with other
7portions of the extension designated for parking spaces or
8bicycle lanes.
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