Iowa SF 212: A bill for an act relating to the speed limit on unpaved roads under county jurisdiction, and making penalties applicable.

Bill Text

Senate
File
212
-
Introduced

SENATE
FILE
212

BY
SWEENEY

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
relating
to
the
speed
limit
on
unpaved
roads
under
1

county
jurisdiction,
and
making
penalties
applicable.
2

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
321.285,
subsection
4,
Code
2025,
is
1

amended
to
read
as
follows:
2

4.
A
reasonable
and
proper
speed
is
required,
but
not
3

greater
than
fifty-five

forty-five
miles
per
hour
at
any
time
4

between
sunrise
and
sunset,
and
not
greater
than
fifty
miles

5

per
hour
at
any
time
between
sunset
and
sunrise

,
on
secondary
6

roads
unless
such
roads
are
surfaced
with
concrete
or
asphalt
7

or
a
combination
of
both,
in
which
case
the
speed
limits
shall
8

be
the
same
as
provided
in
subsection
3
.
When
the
board
of
9

supervisors
of
any
county
shall
determine

determines
upon
10

the
basis
of
an
engineering
and
traffic
investigation
that
11

the
speed
limit
on
any
secondary
road
is
greater
than
is
12

reasonable
and
proper
under
the
conditions
found
to
exist
at
13

any
intersection
or
other
place
or
upon
any
part
of
a
secondary
14

road,
the
board
shall
determine
and
declare
a
reasonable
and
15

proper
speed
limit
at
the
intersection
or
other
part
of
the
16

secondary
road.
The
speed
limits
as
determined
by
the
board
17

of
supervisors
shall
be
effective
when
appropriate
signs
18

giving
notice
of
the
speed
limits
are
erected
by
the
board
of
19

supervisors
at
the
intersection
or
other
place
or
part
of
the
20

highway.
21

Sec.
2.
IMPLEMENTATION.
Notwithstanding
section
22

321.252,
321.255,
321.285,
or
any
other
provision
of
law
23

to
the
contrary,
when
updating
speed
limit
signs
as
a
24

result
of
the
enactment
of
this
Act,
a
county
may
attach
25

nonpermanent
overlays
or
stickers
approved
by
the
department
26

of
transportation
to
existing
speed
limit
signs
in
order
to
27

display
the
new
speed
limit.
The
nonpermanent
overlays
or
28

stickers
may
be
used
by
the
county
until
the
applicable
speed
29

limit
sign
is
replaced
based
on
the
county’s
replacement
30

schedule
and
any
applicable
specifications
or
requirements.
31

EXPLANATION
32

The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
33

the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
34

Under
current
law,
the
maximum
speed
limit
on
roads
under
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county
jurisdiction
(secondary
roads)
is
55
miles
per
hour,
1

unless
such
roads
are
not
surfaced
with
concrete
or
asphalt,
in
2

which
case
the
maximum
speed
limit
is
55
miles
per
hour
at
any
3

time
between
sunrise
and
sunset
and
50
miles
per
hour
at
any
4

time
between
sunset
and
sunrise.
This
bill
reduces
the
maximum
5

speed
limit
on
secondary
roads
to
45
miles
per
hour
if
such
6

roads
are
not
surfaced
with
concrete
or
asphalt,
regardless
of
7

daylight.
8

The
bill
authorizes
a
county,
when
updating
speed
limit
9

signs
as
a
result
of
the
bill,
to
attach
nonpermanent
overlays
10

or
stickers
approved
by
the
department
of
transportation
to
11

existing
speed
limit
signs
in
order
to
display
the
new
speed
12

limit.
The
nonpermanent
overlays
or
stickers
may
be
used
by
13

the
county
until
the
applicable
speed
limit
sign
is
replaced
14

based
on
the
county’s
replacement
schedule
and
any
applicable
15

specifications
or
requirements.
16

A
person
who
exceeds
a
speed
limit
under
Code
section
321.285
17

is
guilty
of
a
simple
misdemeanor
punishable
by
a
scheduled
18

fine
that
varies
depending
on
the
excessive
speed
over
the
19

limit.
The
fine
ranges
from
$30
for
a
speed
in
excess
of
the
20

limit
by
not
more
than
5
miles
per
hour
to
$135
plus
$5
for
each
21

mile
per
hour
of
excessive
speed
over
20
miles
per
hour
over
22

the
limit,
with
increased
fines
in
road
work
zones.
23

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