Bill Text: IA SF18 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to lighted lamps on bicycles and bicycle riders, and including effective date provisions.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Independent 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-11 - Subcommittee: Kraayenbrink, Bisignano, and Breitbach. S.J. 75. [SF18 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF18-Introduced.html

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Senate File 18 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  D. JOHNSON

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to lighted lamps on bicycles and bicycle
  2    riders, and including effective date provisions.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.385A, Code 2017, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    321.385A  Citation for unlighted headlamp, rear lamp, bicycle
  1  4 or rider lamp, or rear registration plate light.
  1  5    1.  a.  A citation issued for failure to have headlamps
  1  6 as required under section 321.385 shall first provide for a
  1  7 seventy=two hour seventy=two=hour period within which the
  1  8 person charged with the violation shall replace or repair the
  1  9 headlamp.
  1 10    b.  A citation issued for failure to have rear lamps as
  1 11 required under section 321.387 or a rear registration plate
  1 12 light as required under section 321.388 shall first provide for
  1 13 a seventy=two hour seventy=two=hour period within which the
  1 14 person charged with the violation shall replace or repair the
  1 15 lamps or light.
  1 16    c.  A citation issued for failure to have a front lamp or
  1 17 rear lamp on a bicycle or on a bicycle rider as required under
  1 18 section 321.397 shall first provide for a seventy=two=hour
  1 19 period within which the person charged with the violation shall
  1 20 replace or repair the lamp or lamps.
  1 21    2.  If the person complies with the directive to replace
  1 22 or repair the headlamp, rear lamps, bicycle or rider lamp,
  1 23  or rear registration plate light within the allotted time
  1 24 period, the citation shall be expunged. If the person fails to
  1 25 comply within the allotted time period, the citation shall be
  1 26 processed in the same manner as other citations.
  1 27    3.  A citation issued under this section shall include
  1 28 a written notice of replacement or repair which shall
  1 29 indicate the date of replacement or repair and the manner in
  1 30 which the replacement or repair occurred and which shall be
  1 31 returned to the issuing authority within the seventy=two hour
  1 32  seventy=two=hour time period.
  1 33    Sec. 2.  Section 321.397, Code 2017, is amended to read as
  1 34 follows:
  1 35    321.397  Lamps on bicycles and bicycle riders.
  2  1 Every At the times specified in section 321.384, a bicycle or
  2  2 its rider shall be equipped with a lamp on the front exhibiting
  2  3 a white light, at the times specified in section 321.384,
  2  4  visible from a distance of at least three hundred feet to
  2  5 the front and with a lamp on the rear exhibiting a red light
  2  6 visible from a distance of three hundred feet to the rear;
  2  7 except that a red reflector may be used in lieu of a rear light.
  2  8 A peace officer riding a police bicycle is not required to use
  2  9 either front or rear lamps if duty so requires.
  2 10    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act takes effect January 1,
  2 11 2018.
  2 12                           EXPLANATION
  2 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2 14 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2 15    Current law requires a bicycle to have a front lighted lamp
  2 16 and either a rear lighted lamp or a rear reflector at any time
  2 17 from sunset to sunrise, and at such other times when conditions
  2 18 such as fog, snow, sleet, or rain provide insufficient lighting
  2 19 to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the
  2 20 highway at a distance of 500 feet ahead.
  2 21    This bill requires a bicycle or its rider to have a front
  2 22 and rear lighted lamp during the stated periods of time, and
  2 23 does not allow a bicycle or its rider to equip a rear reflector
  2 24 in lieu of the rear lighted lamp. The scheduled fine for
  2 25 violating this provision is $25. However, the bill provides
  2 26 that a citation issued for failure to have a front lamp or rear
  2 27 lamp on a bicycle or on a bicycle rider must first provide
  2 28 for a 72=hour period within which the person charged with the
  2 29 violation shall replace or repair the lamp. If the person
  2 30 complies with the directive to replace or repair the bicycle or
  2 31 rider lamp, the citation must be expunged.
  2 32    The bill takes effect January 1, 2018.
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