Bill Text: IA HSB267 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring the state transportation commission to prioritize the improvement of United States highway 30.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-03 - Subcommittee: Mommsen, Bossman and Cohoon. H.J. 592. [HSB267 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HSB267-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
267
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
BEST)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
the
state
transportation
commission
to
1
prioritize
the
improvement
of
United
States
highway
30.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
307A.2,
subsection
5,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
5.
Identify,
within
the
primary
road
system,
a
network
3
of
commercial
and
industrial
highways
in
accordance
with
4
section
313.2A
.
The
improvement
of
this
network
shall
be
5
considered
in
the
development
of
the
long-range
program
and
6
plan
of
improvements
under
this
section
.
The
commission
shall
7
prioritize
the
improvement
of
the
segment
of
the
highway
known
8
as
United
States
highway
30
which
crosses
this
state
from
the
9
Missouri
river
west
of
Missouri
Valley
to
the
Mississippi
river
10
east
of
Clinton
and
shall
include
in
its
long-range
program
11
under
subsection
3
plans
to
expand
all
portions
of
the
highway
12
consisting
of
two-lane
roadways
to
four-lane
divided
roadways
13
until
the
entire
length
of
the
highway
is
made
up
of
four-lane
14
divided
roadways.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
Current
law
delegates
to
the
state
transportation
commission
19
duties
to
develop,
coordinate,
and
annually
update
a
20
comprehensive
transportation
policy
and
plan
for
the
state.
21
The
commission
is
required
to
prepare,
adopt,
and
publish
a
22
long-range
program
for
the
primary
road
system.
The
program
is
23
required
to
be
prepared
for
a
period
of
at
least
five
years
and
24
is
required
to
be
revised,
brought
up
to
date,
and
republished
25
at
least
once
every
year
in
order
to
have
a
continuing
26
five-year
program.
27
This
bill
requires
the
commission
to
prioritize
the
28
improvement
of
United
States
highway
30
and
to
include
in
its
29
long-range
program
plans
to
expand
all
portions
of
the
highway
30
consisting
of
two-lane
roadways
to
four-lane
divided
roadways
31
until
the
entire
length
of
the
highway
is
made
up
of
four-lane
32
divided
roadways.
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