Bill Text: IA SF117 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa Senate Bill 117 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning the retention of existing highway rest areas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-29 - Subcommittee, Dvorsky, Quirmbach, and Smith. S.J. 186. [SF117 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF117-Introduced.html

Senate File 117 - Introduced




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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning the retention of existing highway rest areas.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  313.69  Rest area construction ====
  1  2 retention of existing rest areas.
  1  3    Before the department determines whether to build a new rest
  1  4 area, the department shall conduct a thorough cost=benefit
  1  5 analysis to compare the cost of locating and constructing a
  1  6 new rest area and the cost of keeping an existing rest area
  1  7 open.  The department shall consider all available options for
  1  8 reconstructing, expanding, or otherwise improving an existing
  1  9 rest area in accordance with section 306C.21 and shall not
  1 10 proceed with construction of a new rest area unless it is
  1 11 determined that making improvements to the existing rest area
  1 12 would be cost prohibitive.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 15 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 16    This bill requires the department of transportation to
  1 17 conduct a cost=benefit analysis before proceeding with
  1 18 construction of a new rest area along an interstate, freeway
  1 19 primary, or primary highway.  The department is to consider all
  1 20 available options for reconstructing, expanding, or otherwise
  1 21 improving existing rest areas and may not proceed with new
  1 22 construction unless it is determined that making improvements
  1 23 to the existing rest area would be cost prohibitive.
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