Bill Text: IA SF11 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act increasing the default speed limit on hard surface roads to sixty miles per hour.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-31 - END OF 2013 ACTIONS [SF11 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF11-Introduced.html
Senate
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Introduced
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FILE
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BY
ANDERSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
increasing
the
default
speed
limit
on
hard
surface
roads
1
to
sixty
miles
per
hour.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
321.285,
subsection
3,
Code
2013,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
3.
Unless
otherwise
provided
in
this
section
or
by
other
3
speed
restrictions,
the
speed
limit
for
all
vehicular
traffic
4
shall
be
fifty-five
sixty
miles
per
hour.
5
EXPLANATION
6
This
bill
increases
the
speed
limit
from
55
to
60
miles
per
7
hour
on
hard
surface
roads
that
are
not
subject
to
other
speed
8
restrictions.
The
new
speed
limit
applies
on
primary
roads
9
other
than
certain
divided,
multilaned
highways
with
a
speed
10
limit
of
65
miles
per
hour
and
on
interstates,
where
the
speed
11
limit
is
typically
70
miles
per
hour.
The
new
speed
limit
also
12
applies
on
secondary
roads
surfaced
with
concrete
or
asphalt.
13
Under
the
bill,
the
department
of
transportation
retains
the
14
authority
to
lower
the
speed
limit
on
any
part
of
the
primary
15
road
system,
and
counties
retain
the
right
to
lower
the
speed
16
limit
on
secondary
roads.
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