Bill Text: IA HF314 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the definition of utility maintenance vehicle. (Formerly HSB 10.) Effective 7-1-17.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-04-20 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 1115. [HF314 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF314-Enrolled.html

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House File 314 - Enrolled




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                                         House File 314

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO UTILITY MAINTENANCE VEHICLES AND SOLID
    WASTE OR RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICE VEHICLES, AND MAKING
    PENALTIES APPLICABLE.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 321.1, Code 2017, is amended by adding
 the following new subsections:
    NEW SUBSECTION.  89A.  "Utility maintenance vehicle" means
 a motor vehicle operated by an employee or contractor of an
 entity, including but not limited to the state, a political
 subdivision of the state, or any commission, department, or
 agency thereof, an electric cooperative association, or a
 public or private corporation, in connection with the provision
 of utility services.
    NEW SUBSECTION.  89B.  "Utility services" means cable,
 electric, natural gas, telephone, telecommunication, water, and
 wastewater treatment services and includes but is not limited
 to the improvement, installation, maintenance, relocation,
 or repair of cables, fibers, pipes, utility poles, utility
 structures, wires, and associated right=of=way and other
 infrastructure associated with such services.
    Sec. 2.  Section 321.323A, subsection 2, unnumbered
 paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    The operator of a motor vehicle approaching a stationary
 towing or recovery vehicle, a stationary utility maintenance
 vehicle, a stationary municipal maintenance vehicle, or
  a stationary highway maintenance vehicle, or a stationary
 solid waste or recycling collection service vehicle, that is
 displaying flashing yellow, amber, blue, white, or red lights,
 shall approach the vehicle with due caution and shall proceed
 in one of the following manners, absent any other direction by
 a peace officer:
    Sec. 3.  Section 321.423, subsection 2, paragraph h, Code
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
    h.  A flashing amber light is permitted on a towing or
 recovery vehicle, a utility maintenance vehicle, a municipal
 maintenance vehicle, a highway maintenance vehicle, a solid
 waste or recycling collection service vehicle, or a vehicle
 operated in accordance with subsection 6 or section 321.398 or
 321.453.


                                                                                            LINDA UPMEYER


                                                                                            JACK WHITVER


                                                                                            CARMINE BOAL


                                                                                            TERRY E. BRANSTA

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