Bill Text: IA HF2064 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning the placement of stop or yield signs at certain intersections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-04 - Subcommittee, Kaufmann, Moore, and Stutsman. H.J. 155. [HF2064 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HF2064-Introduced.html
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BY
STANERSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
the
placement
of
stop
or
yield
signs
at
1
certain
intersections.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
321.236,
subsection
6,
Code
2014,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
6.
Designating
any
a
highway
as
a
through
highway
and
3
requiring
that
all
vehicles
stop
or
yield
the
right-of-way
4
before
entering
or
crossing
the
same
or
designating
any
an
5
intersection
as
a
stop
intersection
and
requiring
all
vehicles
6
to
stop
at
one
or
more
entrances
to
such
intersections
,
7
consistent
with
section
321.255A
.
8
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
321.255A
Intersections
requiring
stop
9
or
yield
signs.
10
1.
At
each
intersection
of
two
different
highways
11
having
speed
limits
above
35
miles
per
hour,
an
official
12
traffic
control
device
shall
be
placed
at
the
entrance
to
13
the
intersection
in
both
directions
along
the
least-traveled
14
highway,
directing
traffic
to
stop
or
yield
the
right-of-way
15
before
entering
the
intersection.
16
2.
This
section
shall
not
apply
to
an
intersection
17
controlled
by
an
official
traffic
control
signal
or
to
an
18
intersection
where
official
traffic
control
devices
direct
19
traffic
approaching
from
every
direction
to
stop
or
yield
20
before
entering
the
intersection.
21
Sec.
3.
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
ACT.
Section
25B.2,
subsection
22
3,
shall
not
apply
to
this
Act.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
requires
that
at
every
intersection
of
two
27
highways
having
a
speed
limit
above
35
miles
per
hour,
a
28
stop
or
yield
sign
must
be
posted
at
the
entrance
to
the
29
intersection
in
both
directions
along
the
least-traveled
30
highway.
The
requirement
does
not
apply
at
intersections
with
31
official
traffic
control
signals
or
at
intersections
that
are
32
posted
in
all
directions
with
stop
or
yield
signs.
33
Pursuant
to
current
law,
local
authorities
may
designate
34
through
highways
and
intersections
where
vehicles
must
stop
or
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yield.
The
bill
states
that
the
exercise
of
that
authority
1
must
be
consistent
with
the
requirements
of
the
bill.
2
The
bill
may
include
a
state
mandate
as
defined
in
Code
3
section
25B.3.
The
bill
makes
inapplicable
Code
section
25B.2,
4
subsection
3,
which
would
relieve
a
political
subdivision
from
5
complying
with
a
state
mandate
if
funding
for
the
cost
of
6
the
state
mandate
is
not
provided
or
specified.
Therefore,
7
political
subdivisions
are
required
to
comply
with
any
state
8
mandate
included
in
the
bill.
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