Bill Text: IA SSB3107 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to motor vehicle speed, including by increasing the speed limit on certain roads and increasing fines for excessive speed in road work zones, and making penalties applicable.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-15 - Subcommittee returns the bill to Committee without recommendation. [SSB3107 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SSB3107-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
3107
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
BROWN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
motor
vehicle
speed,
including
by
increasing
1
the
speed
limit
on
certain
roads
and
increasing
fines
for
2
excessive
speed
in
road
work
zones,
and
making
penalties
3
applicable.
4
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
2022,
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
,
and
the
8
speed
limit
for
all
vehicular
traffic
on
noninterstate
fully
9
controlled-access,
divided,
multilaned
highways
identified
10
by
the
commission
as
part
of
the
network
of
commercial
and
11
industrial
highways
is
seventy
miles
per
hour
.
The
department
12
may
establish
a
speed
limit
of
sixty-five
miles
per
hour
on
13
certain
divided,
multilaned
highways
not
otherwise
described
14
in
this
paragraph.
15
Sec.
2.
Section
805.8A,
subsection
14,
paragraph
i,
16
subparagraphs
(1),
(2),
(3),
and
(4),
Code
2022,
are
amended
17
to
read
as
follows:
18
(1)
One
Three
hundred
ninety-five
ninety
dollars
for
speed
19
not
more
than
ten
miles
per
hour
over
the
posted
speed
limit.
20
(2)
Three
Seven
hundred
ninety
eighty
dollars
for
speed
21
greater
than
ten
but
not
more
than
twenty
miles
per
hour
over
22
the
posted
speed
limit.
23
(3)
Six
One
thousand
two
hundred
forty-five
ninety
dollars
24
for
speed
greater
than
twenty
but
not
more
than
twenty-five
25
miles
per
hour
over
the
posted
speed
limit.
26
(4)
One
Two
thousand
two
five
hundred
eighty-five
seventy
27
dollars
for
speed
greater
than
twenty-five
miles
per
hour
over
28
the
posted
speed
limit.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
Current
law
provides
that
the
speed
limit
for
all
vehicular
33
traffic
is
55
miles
per
hour
(mph)
unless
otherwise
provided
34
for
by
other
speed
restrictions.
The
speed
limit
on
fully
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controlled-access,
divided,
multilaned
highways
is
65
mph.
1
The
speed
limit
on
highways
that
are
part
of
the
interstate
2
road
system
is
70
mph.
The
department
of
transportation
(DOT)
3
is
allowed
to
establish
a
speed
limit
of
65
mph
on
certain
4
divided,
multilaned
highways
not
already
covered
by
Code
5
section
321.285(5)(a).
6
This
bill
increases
the
speed
limit
on
highways
that
are
part
7
of
the
interstate
road
system
to
75
mph
and
on
noninterstate
8
highways
that
are
part
of
the
commercial
and
industrial
highway
9
network
to
70
mph.
10
A
violation
of
a
speed
restriction
is
punishable
by
a
11
scheduled
fine
with
the
amount
of
the
fine
determined
by
the
12
speed
in
excess
of
the
limit
under
Code
section
805.8A(5)
13
(speed
violations),
805.8A(10)
(school
bus
violations),
or
14
805.8A(14)(i)
(road
work
zone
violations).
However,
a
school
15
bus
violation
of
more
than
10
mph
in
excess
of
the
limit
16
is
not
a
scheduled
violation
and
is
punishable
as
a
simple
17
misdemeanor.
A
simple
misdemeanor
is
punishable
by
confinement
18
for
no
more
than
30
days
or
a
fine
of
at
least
$105
but
not
more
19
than
$855
or
by
both.
20
The
bill
doubles
the
applicable
fines
for
violating
a
speed
21
limit
in
a
road
work
zone.
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