Bill Text: IA HF160 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act increasing the speed limit on the interstate road system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-01-30 - Introduced, referred to Transportation. H.J. 205. [HF160 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF160-Introduced.html
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BY
SIEGRIST
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
increasing
the
speed
limit
on
the
interstate
road
1
system.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
321.285,
subsection
5,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
Notwithstanding
any
other
speed
restrictions,
the
speed
3
limit
for
all
vehicular
traffic
on
fully
controlled-access,
4
divided,
multilaned
highways
is
sixty-five
miles
per
hour.
5
However,
the
speed
limit
for
all
vehicular
traffic
on
highways
6
that
are
part
of
the
interstate
road
system
,
as
defined
in
7
section
306.3
,
is
seventy
seventy-five
miles
per
hour.
The
8
department
may
establish
a
speed
limit
of
sixty-five
miles
per
9
hour
on
certain
divided,
multilaned
highways
not
otherwise
10
described
in
this
paragraph.
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
provides
that
the
speed
limit
for
all
vehicular
15
traffic
is
55
miles
per
hour
(mph)
unless
otherwise
provided
16
for
by
other
speed
restrictions.
The
speed
limit
on
highways
17
that
are
part
of
the
interstate
road
system
is
70
mph.
18
This
bill
increases
the
speed
limit
on
highways
that
are
part
19
of
the
interstate
road
system
to
75
mph.
20
A
violation
of
a
speed
restriction
is
punishable
by
a
21
scheduled
fine
with
the
amount
of
the
fine
determined
by
the
22
speed
in
excess
of
the
limit
under
Code
section
805.8A(5)
23
(speed
violations),
805.8A(10)
(school
bus
violations),
or
24
805.8A(14)(i)
(road
work
zone
violations).
However,
a
school
25
bus
violation
of
more
than
10
mph
in
excess
of
the
limit
26
is
not
a
scheduled
violation
and
is
punishable
as
a
simple
27
misdemeanor.
A
simple
misdemeanor
is
punishable
by
confinement
28
for
no
more
than
30
days
or
a
fine
of
at
least
$105
but
not
more
29
than
$855
or
by
both.
30
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