Bill Text: IA SF195 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa Senate Bill 195 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the identification, designation, and development of access Iowa highways.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-12 - Subcommittee, Dvorsky, Dearden, and Kraayenbrink. S.J. 293. [SF195 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF195-Introduced.html

Senate File 195 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  ANDERSON and BERTRAND

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the identification, designation, and
  2    development of access Iowa highways.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  313.2B  Access Iowa highways.
  1  2    1.  Purpose.  It is the purpose of this section to formulate
  1  3 an access Iowa plan which shall designate portions of the
  1  4 commercial and industrial network of highways identified in
  1  5 section 313.2A as access Iowa highways.  The goal of the access
  1  6 Iowa plan shall be to enhance the existing Iowa economy and
  1  7 ensure its continuing development and growth in the national
  1  8 and global competitive marketplace by providing for early
  1  9 completion of the construction of the most important portions
  1 10 of the Iowa highway system.  These portions of the system
  1 11 shall be those that are essential for support of intrastate
  1 12 transportation and commerce and essential for ensuring Iowans
  1 13 direct access to the nation's system of interstate highways and
  1 14 transportation services.
  1 15    2.  Access Iowa highway designation and development.  The
  1 16 state transportation commission shall designate portions of
  1 17 the commercial and industrial network of highways identified
  1 18 in section 313.2A as access Iowa highways and shall expedite
  1 19 and accelerate development of access Iowa highways.  When
  1 20 designating those portions of the commercial and industrial
  1 21 network as access Iowa highways, the state transportation
  1 22 commission shall give priority consideration to the
  1 23 establishment of direct linkages between economic centers
  1 24 within the state with populations of twenty thousand or more
  1 25 and to the enhancement of intrastate mobility, Iowa regional
  1 26 accessibility, and national accessibility.
  1 27    Sec. 2.  Section 307A.2, subsection 14, Code 2015, is amended
  1 28 to read as follows:
  1 29    14.  Identify, within the primary road system, a network of
  1 30 commercial and industrial highways in accordance with section
  1 31 313.2A, and a network of access Iowa highways in accordance
  1 32 with section 313.2B.  The improvement of this network these
  1 33 networks shall be considered in the development of the
  1 34 long=range program and plan of improvements under this section.
  1 35    Sec. 3.  Section 312A.3, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
  2  1 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  2  2    a.  Completion of projects on highways designated as access
  2  3 Iowa highways pursuant to 2005 Iowa Acts, ch. 178, {41 section
  2  4 313.2B.
  2  5    Sec. 4.  Section 315.4, subsection 1, paragraph a,
  2  6 subparagraph (2), Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  2  7    (2)  Fifty percent for highways that have been designated
  2  8 by the state transportation commission as access Iowa highways
  2  9 pursuant to 2005 Iowa Acts, ch. 178, {41 section 313.2B.
  2 10                           EXPLANATION
  2 11 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2 12 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2 13    The 2005 Iowa Acts provide for the designation of certain
  2 14 highways as access Iowa highways, which receive priority
  2 15 funding from certain moneys in the TIME=21 and RISE funds
  2 16 created in Code sections 312A.2 and 315.2. These provisions
  2 17 will be repealed by operation of law on July 1, 2015.
  2 18    This bill codifies the Iowa Acts language relating to the
  2 19 identification, designation, and development of access Iowa
  2 20 highways. The bill provides that the state transportation
  2 21 commission shall designate portions of the commercial and
  2 22 industrial network of highways as access Iowa highways and
  2 23 shall expedite and accelerate development of access Iowa
  2 24 highways. When designating certain highways as access Iowa
  2 25 highways, the state transportation commission shall give
  2 26 priority consideration to the establishment of direct linkages
  2 27 between economic centers within the state with populations of
  2 28 20,000 or more and to the enhancement of intrastate mobility,
  2 29 Iowa regional accessibility, and national accessibility.
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