Bill Text: IA SF155 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the illumination of rear registration plates on dump trucks and construction vehicles. Effective 7-1-15.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-04-17 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 897. [SF155 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF155-Introduced.html

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Senate File 155 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  ALLEN

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the illumination of rear registration plates
  2    on dump trucks and construction vehicles.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.388, Code 2015, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    321.388  Illuminating plates.
  1  4    Either the rear lamp or a separate lamp shall be so
  1  5 constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the
  1  6 rear registration plate and render it clearly legible from a
  1  7 distance of fifty feet to the rear. When the rear registration
  1  8 plate is illuminated by an electric lamp other than the
  1  9 required rear lamp, the two lamps shall be turned on or off
  1 10 only by the same control switch at all times when headlamps are
  1 11 lighted.  This section does not apply to commercial vehicles
  1 12 engaged exclusively in intrastate commerce that are dump trucks
  1 13 or that are used exclusively for the movement of construction
  1 14 materials and equipment to and from construction projects.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 17 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 18    Current law requires the rear registration plate of a motor
  1 19 vehicle to be illuminated by a lamp that renders the plate
  1 20 clearly legible from a distance of 50 feet to the rear. The
  1 21 scheduled fine for violating this provision is $20.
  1 22    This bill excludes from that requirement all commercial
  1 23 vehicles engaged exclusively in intrastate commerce that are
  1 24 dump trucks or that are used exclusively for the movement of
  1 25 construction materials and equipment to and from construction
  1 26 projects.
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