Bill Text: IA HF256 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to automated traffic law enforcement system signage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-16 - Introduced, referred to Transportation. H.J. 318. [HF256 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF256-Introduced.html

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House File 256 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  FORBES

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to automated traffic law enforcement system
  2    signage.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.1, Code 2015, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  06A.  "Automated traffic law enforcement
  1  4 system" means a device with one or more sensors working in
  1  5 conjunction with one of the following:
  1  6    a.  An official traffic=control signal, to produce recorded
  1  7 images of motor vehicles entering an intersection against a red
  1  8 signal light.
  1  9    b.  A speed measuring device, to produce recorded images of
  1 10 motor vehicles traveling at a prohibited rate of speed.
  1 11    c.  A railroad grade crossing signal light, as described in
  1 12 section 321.342, to produce images of vehicles violating the
  1 13 signal light.
  1 14    d.  Any official traffic=control device, if failure to comply
  1 15 with the official traffic=control device constitutes a moving
  1 16 violation under this chapter.
  1 17    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  321.253C  Automated traffic law
  1 18 enforcement systems == signage.
  1 19    1.  a.  If the department or a local authority uses a fixed
  1 20 automated traffic law enforcement system to monitor a street,
  1 21 road, or highway in this state, the department or the local
  1 22 authority shall post a permanent sign at least five hundred
  1 23 feet, but no more than one thousand feet, in advance of the
  1 24 location where the system is in use to advise drivers that the
  1 25 system is in place.
  1 26    b.  If the department or a local authority uses a mobile
  1 27 automated traffic law enforcement system to monitor a street,
  1 28 road, or highway in this state, the department or the local
  1 29 authority shall post a temporary sign at least five hundred
  1 30 feet, but no more than one thousand feet, in advance of the
  1 31 location where the system is in use to advise drivers that the
  1 32 system is in place.
  1 33    2.  The signage required by this section shall be as
  1 34 prescribed by the manual on uniform traffic=control devices
  1 35 adopted by the department pursuant to section 321.252.
  2  1    Sec. 3.  IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT.  Section 25B.2, subsection
  2  2 3, shall not apply to this Act.
  2  3                           EXPLANATION
  2  4 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2  5 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2  6    Current administrative rules require signage in advance
  2  7 of the location of automated traffic law enforcement systems
  2  8 located on roads under the jurisdiction of the department of
  2  9 transportation (DOT).  This bill codifies these provisions and
  2 10 requires the DOT and local authorities to use such signage on
  2 11 all streets, roads, and highways in the state.
  2 12    The bill defines "automated traffic law enforcement system"
  2 13 as a device with one or more sensors working in conjunction
  2 14 with an official traffic=control signal, a speed measuring
  2 15 device, a railroad grade crossing signal light, or any other
  2 16 official traffic=control device.
  2 17    The bill requires the DOT and local authorities to post signs
  2 18 indicating the presence of an automated traffic law enforcement
  2 19 system at least 500 feet, but no more than 1,000 feet, in
  2 20 advance of the location of the system to advise drivers that
  2 21 the system is in place. In addition, the bill provides that
  2 22 fixed systems require permanent signage, and mobile systems
  2 23 require temporary signage. The signage required shall be as
  2 24 prescribed by the manual on uniform traffic=control devices
  2 25 adopted by the DOT.
  2 26    The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
  2 27 section 25B.3.  The bill makes inapplicable Code section 25B.2,
  2 28 subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from
  2 29 complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of
  2 30 the state mandate is not provided or specified.  Therefore,
  2 31 political subdivisions are required to comply with any state
  2 32 mandate included in the bill.
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