Bill Text: IA HSB10 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the definition of utility maintenance vehicle.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2017-02-07 - Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 246. [HSB10 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HSB10-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
CARLSON)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
definition
of
utility
maintenance
1
vehicle.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
321.1,
Code
2017,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsections:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
89A.
“Utility
maintenance
vehicle”
means
3
a
motor
vehicle
operated
by
an
employee
or
contractor
of
an
4
entity,
including
but
not
limited
to
the
state,
a
political
5
subdivision
of
the
state,
or
any
commission,
department,
or
6
agency
thereof,
an
electric
cooperative
association,
or
a
7
public
or
private
corporation,
in
connection
with
the
provision
8
of
utility
services.
9
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
89B.
“Utility
services”
means
cable,
10
electric,
natural
gas,
telephone,
telecommunication,
water,
and
11
wastewater
treatment
services
and
includes
the
improvement,
12
installation,
maintenance,
relocation,
or
repair
of
cables,
13
fibers,
pipes,
utility
poles,
utility
structures,
wires,
and
14
associated
right-of-way
and
other
infrastructure
associated
15
with
such
services.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
Under
Code
section
321.323A,
the
driver
of
a
motor
vehicle
20
approaching
a
stationary
utility
maintenance
vehicle
displaying
21
flashing
lights
must
approach
the
utility
maintenance
vehicle
22
with
due
caution
and
make
a
lane
change
into
a
lane
not
23
adjacent
to
the
utility
maintenance
vehicle,
or
if
a
lane
24
change
is
impossible,
prohibited
by
law,
or
unsafe,
the
driver
25
must
reduce
the
speed
of
the
motor
vehicle
to
a
reasonable
and
26
proper
speed
for
the
existing
road
and
traffic
conditions
and
27
be
prepared
to
stop.
Under
Code
section
321.423,
a
utility
28
maintenance
vehicle
is
permitted
to
display
flashing
amber
29
lights.
“Utility
maintenance
vehicle”
is
not
defined
in
the
30
Code.
31
This
bill
defines
“utility
maintenance
vehicle”
to
mean
32
a
motor
vehicle
operated
by
an
employee
or
contractor
of
an
33
entity,
including
but
not
limited
to
the
state,
a
political
34
subdivision
of
the
state,
or
any
commission,
department,
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or
agency
thereof,
an
electric
cooperative
association,
1
or
a
public
or
private
corporation,
in
connection
with
the
2
provision
of
utility
services.
The
bill
defines
“utility
3
services”
to
mean
cable,
electric,
natural
gas,
telephone,
4
telecommunication,
water,
and
wastewater
treatment
services
5
and
to
include
the
improvement,
installation,
maintenance,
6
relocation,
or
repair
of
cables,
fibers,
pipes,
utility
poles,
7
utility
structures,
wires,
and
associated
right-of-way
and
8
other
infrastructure
associated
with
such
services.
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