Bill Text: IA SF2163 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to amber, blue, and white lighting devices and reflectors on motor vehicles and equipment owned by the department of transportation and used for snow and ice treatment or removal. (Formerly SSB 3048.) Effective 7-1-18.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2018-03-07 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 594. [SF2163 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2163-Enrolled.html

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Senate File 2163 - Enrolled




                              SENATE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON
                                  TRANSPORTATION

                              (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                  3048)

                              (COMPANION TO HF 2198
                                  BY COMMITTEE ON
                                  TRANSPORTATION)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                       Senate File 2163

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO AMBER, BLUE, AND WHITE LIGHTING DEVICES
    AND REFLECTORS ON MOTOR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT OWNED BY
    THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND USED FOR SNOW AND ICE
    TREATMENT OR REMOVAL.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 321.393, subsection 5, Code 2018, is
 amended to read as follows:
    5.  a.  The provisions of this section shall not prohibit
 the use of a lighting device or reflector displaying an amber,
 white, or blue light when the lighting device or reflector is
 rear=facing and mounted on a motor truck, trailer, tractor,
 truck=mounted snow blower, or motor grader owned by the
 department while the equipment is being used for snow and ice
 treatment or removal on the public streets or highways.
    b.  This subsection is repealed on July 1, 2019.
    Sec. 2.  Section 321.423, subsection 3, paragraph a,
 subparagraph (4), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
    (4)  (a)  A motor truck, trailer, tractor, truck=mounted
 snow blower, or motor grader owned by the department if the
 blue light is rear=facing and used in conjunction with amber
 and white lighting devices or reflectors while the equipment is
 being used for snow and ice treatment or removal on the public
 streets or highways.
    (b)  This subparagraph (4) is repealed on July 1, 2019.
    Sec. 3.  Section 321.423, subsection 7, paragraph a,
 subparagraph (4), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
    (4)  (a)  On a motor truck, trailer, tractor, truck=mounted
 snow blower, or motor grader owned by the department if the
 white light is rear=facing and used in conjunction with amber
 and blue lighting devices or reflectors while the equipment is
 being used for snow and ice treatment or removal on the public
 streets or highways.
    (b)  This subparagraph (4) is repealed on July 1, 2019.
    Sec. 4.  REPEAL.  2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 81, section 5, is
 repealed.


                                                                                            JACK WHITVER


                                                                                            LINDA UPMEYER


                                                                                            W. CHARLES SMITH


                                                                                            KIM REYNOLDS

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