Bill Text: IA HF2452 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to motor grader operator training.(Formerly HF 2092.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-12 - Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 241. [HF2452 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2452-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2092)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
motor
grader
operator
training.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
309.21A
Motor
grader
operator
1
training.
2
1.
A
county,
including
the
board
of
supervisors
and
the
3
county
engineer,
shall
not
employ
a
person
to
operate
a
motor
4
grader
unless
the
person
completes
motor
grader
operator
5
training
before
the
person
operates
a
motor
grader.
This
6
subsection
applies
to
persons
employed
to
operate
a
motor
7
grader
for
the
purpose
of
maintaining
secondary
roads
if
the
8
person
has
fewer
than
five
years
of
experience
operating
a
9
motor
grader.
This
subsection
does
not
apply
to
persons
10
employed
by
a
landfill
who
operate
a
motor
grader
for
purposes
11
other
than
maintaining
secondary
roads.
12
2.
Motor
grader
operator
training
must
include
a
minimum
13
of
six
hours
of
training
in
a
classroom
setting
and
a
minimum
14
of
six
hours
of
training
operating
a
motor
grader
under
the
15
supervision
of
an
experienced
motor
grader
operator.
Training
16
must
be
provided
by
the
Iowa
local
technical
assistance
program
17
offered
by
the
institute
for
transportation
of
the
Iowa
state
18
university
of
science
and
technology,
or
by
a
county
if
the
19
training
is
substantially
similar,
and
must
include
but
is
not
20
limited
to
the
concepts
described
in
subsection
3.
21
3.
Motor
grader
operator
training
must
include
but
is
not
22
limited
to
all
of
the
following:
23
a.
Ideal
roadway
profile
designs
and
application.
24
b.
Proper
grading
techniques
to
ensure
sufficient
drainage
25
on
roadways.
26
c.
Standard
roadway
and
shoulder
maintenance
methods.
27
EXPLANATION
28
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
29
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
30
This
bill
prohibits
a
county
from
employing
a
person
to
31
operate
a
motor
grader
to
maintain
secondary
roads
unless
the
32
person
completes
motor
grader
operator
training
if
the
person
33
has
fewer
than
five
years
of
experience.
34
Motor
grader
operator
training
must
include
at
least
six
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hours
of
training
in
a
classroom
setting
focusing
on
ideal
1
roadway
profile
designs
and
application,
proper
grading
2
techniques,
and
standard
roadway
and
shoulder
maintenance
3
methods.
Motor
grader
operator
training
must
also
include
at
4
least
six
hours
of
training
behind
the
wheel
of
a
motor
grader
5
under
the
supervision
of
an
experienced
motor
grader
operator.
6
Under
the
bill,
motor
grader
operator
training
must
be
7
provided
by
the
Iowa
local
technical
assistance
program
8
offered
by
the
institute
for
transportation
of
the
Iowa
state
9
university
of
science
and
technology,
or
by
a
county
if
the
10
training
is
substantially
similar.
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