Bill Text: IA SF241 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to lighted lamps on bicycles. (See SF 424.)

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Independent 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-18 - Subcommittee, Kraayenbrink, Bowman, and Brase. S.J. 325. [SF241 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF241-Introduced.html

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Senate File 241 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  JOHNSON

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to lighted lamps on bicycles.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.397, Code 2015, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    321.397  Lamps on bicycles.
  1  4    Every bicycle shall be equipped with a lamp on the front
  1  5 exhibiting a white light, at the times specified in section
  1  6 321.384, visible from a distance of at least three hundred feet
  1  7 to the front and with a lamp on the rear exhibiting a red light
  1  8 visible from a distance of three hundred feet to the rear;
  1  9 except that a red reflector may be used in lieu of a rear light.
  1 10 A peace officer riding a police bicycle is not required to use
  1 11 either front or rear lamps if duty so requires.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 14 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 15    Current law provides that a bicycle shall have a front
  1 16 lighted lamp and either a rear lighted lamp or a rear reflector
  1 17 at any time from sunset to sunrise, and at such other times
  1 18 when conditions such as fog, snow, sleet, or rain provide
  1 19 insufficient lighting to render clearly discernible persons and
  1 20 vehicles on the highway at a distance of 500 feet ahead.
  1 21    This bill provides that a bicycle shall have a rear lighted
  1 22 lamp during the stated periods of time, and may not use a rear
  1 23 reflector in lieu of the rear lighted lamp. The scheduled fine
  1 24 for violating this provision is $25.
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