House File 2601 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 2601 BY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 669) (As Amended and Passed by the House March 6, 2024 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to public parking meters. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 HF 2601 (2) 90 lh/ns/md
H.F. 2601 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 321.361A Public parking meters —— 1 requirements. 2 A parking meter used to regulate the standing or parking of 3 vehicles and operated or maintained by or on behalf of a state 4 entity or local authority, whether the meter accepts payment at 5 the meter, at a kiosk, or through an internet application, must 6 comply with all of the following: 7 1. The parking meter must authorize the use of a parking 8 space by all users for the duration purchased, regardless of 9 whether the purchasing user vacates the parking space prior to 10 the expiration of the purchased duration, or provide the user 11 with the option to only pay for the specific duration the user 12 occupied the parking space. 13 2. The parking meter, kiosk, or internet application, as 14 applicable, must display the remaining purchased duration for 15 the parking space from a prior user, if any, and allow a new 16 user to purchase additional time for the parking space, or 17 provide the user with the option to only pay for the specific 18 duration the user occupied the parking space. 19 3. The duration charged must only apply to the specific 20 parking space occupied by the user’s vehicle. The duration 21 charged shall not apply to a specific registration plate number 22 or similar means of identification of the user’s vehicle 23 occupying the parking space. 24 -1- HF 2601 (2) 90 lh/ns/md 1/ 1