Bill Text: IA SF234 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the classification and reclassification of certain secondary roads, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 102.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. Applicability date: 01/01/2022.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-08 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 1150. [SF234 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF234-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
CLASSIFICATION
AND
RECLASSIFICATION
OF
CERTAIN
SECONDARY
ROADS,
AND
INCLUDING
APPLICABILITY
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
309.57,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
309.57
Area
service
classification.
1.
The
county
board
of
supervisors,
after
consultation
with
the
county
engineer,
and
for
purposes
of
specifying
levels
of
maintenance
effort
and
access,
may
classify
the
area
service
system
into
three
classifications
termed
area
service
“A”,
area
service
“B”,
and
area
service
“C”.
The
area
a.
Area
service
“A”
classification
roads
shall
be
maintained
in
conformance
with
applicable
statutes.
b.
Area
service
“B”
classification
roads
may
have
a
lesser
level
of
maintenance
as
specified
by
the
county
board
of
supervisors,
after
consultation
with
the
county
engineer.
c.
Area
service
“C”
classification
roads
may
have
restricted
access
and
a
minimal
level
of
maintenance
as
specified
by
the
county
board
of
supervisors
after
consultation
with
the
county
engineer.
2.
(1)
Roads
within
area
service
“B”
and
“C”
classifications
shall
have
appropriate
signs,
conforming
to
the
Iowa
state
sign
manual,
installed
and
maintained
by
the
county
at
all
access
points
to
roads
on
this
system
from
other
public
roads,
to
adequately
warn
the
public
they
are
entering
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section
of
road
which
has
a
lesser
level
of
maintenance
effort
than
other
public
roads.
In
addition,
area
Area
service
“C”
classification
roads
shall
adequately
warn
the
public
that
access
is
limited.
3.
(2)
Roads
may
only
be
classified
as
area
service
“C”
by
ordinance
or
resolution.
The
ordinance
or
resolution
shall
specify
the
level
of
maintenance
effort
and
the
persons
who
will
have
access
rights
to
the
road.
The
county
shall
only
allow
access
to
the
road
to
the
owner,
lessee,
or
person
in
lawful
possession
of
any
adjoining
land,
or
the
agent
or
employee
of
the
owner,
lessee,
or
person
in
lawful
possession,
or
to
any
peace
officer,
magistrate,
or
public
employee
whose
duty
it
is
to
supervise
the
use
or
perform
maintenance
of
the
road.
Access
to
the
road
shall
be
restricted
by
means
of
a
gate
or
other
barrier.
(3)
An
area
service
“C”
classification
shall
apply
to
the
entire
portion
of
a
road
between
the
road’s
access
points.
The
county
board
of
supervisors
shall
not
classify
only
part
of
a
road
between
the
road’s
access
points,
or
only
a
bridge
on
the
road,
as
area
service
“C”.
This
subparagraph
does
not
apply
to
a
road
that
terminates
in
a
dead
end.
For
purposes
of
this
subparagraph,
“access
point”
includes
but
is
not
limited
to
a
driveway
as
defined
in
section
306.19.
4.
(4)
Notwithstanding
section
716.7,
subsection
2
,
paragraph
“b”
,
subparagraph
(2),
entering
or
remaining
upon
an
area
service
“C”
classification
road
without
justification
after
being
notified
or
requested
to
abstain
from
entering
or
to
remove
or
vacate
the
road
by
any
person
lawfully
allowed
access
shall
be
a
trespass
as
defined
in
section
716.7
.
5.
(5)
A
road
with
an
area
service
“C”
classification
shall
retain
the
classification
until
such
time
as
a
petition
for
reclassification
is
submitted
to
the
board
of
supervisors.
The
petition
shall
be
signed
by
one
or
more
adjoining
landowners.
The
board
of
supervisors
shall
approve
or
deny
the
request
for
reclassification
within
sixty
days
of
receipt
of
the
petition.
6.
2.
a.
Roads
within
area
service
“B”
and
“C”
classifications
shall
have
appropriate
signs,
conforming
to
the
manual
of
uniform
traffic-control
devices
adopted
by
the
department,
installed
and
maintained
by
the
county
at
all
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access
points
to
roads
on
this
system
from
other
public
roads,
to
adequately
warn
the
public
they
are
entering
a
section
of
road
which
has
a
lesser
level
of
maintenance
effort
than
other
public
roads.
b.
The
county
and
officers,
agents,
and
employees
of
the
county
are
not
liable
for
injury
to
any
person
or
for
damage
to
any
vehicle
or
equipment,
or
contents
of
any
vehicle
or
equipment,
which
occurs
proximately
as
a
result
of
the
maintenance
of
a
road
which
is
classified
as
area
service
“B”
or
“C”
if
the
road
has
been
maintained
to
the
level
required
for
roads
classified
as
area
service
“B”
or
“C”.
Sec.
2.
APPLICABILITY.
All
area
service
“C”
classifications
in
effect
on
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
that
are
not
in
compliance
with
this
Act
shall
be
expanded
or
reclassified
to
meet
the
requirements
of
this
Act
on
or
before
January
1,
2022.
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
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234,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2021
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
