Bill Text: IA SF26 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act increasing the speed limit on the interstate road system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-18 - Subcommittee reassigned: Zumbach, Cournoyer, and T. Taylor. S.J. 329. [SF26 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF26-Introduced.html
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BY
ZAUN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
increasing
the
speed
limit
on
the
interstate
road
1
system.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
321.285,
subsection
5,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
Notwithstanding
any
other
speed
restrictions,
the
speed
3
limit
for
all
vehicular
traffic
on
fully
controlled-access,
4
divided,
multilaned
highways
is
sixty-five
miles
per
hour.
5
However,
the
speed
limit
for
all
vehicular
traffic
on
highways
6
that
are
part
of
the
interstate
road
system,
as
defined
in
7
section
306.3
,
is
seventy
seventy-five
miles
per
hour.
The
8
department
may
establish
a
speed
limit
of
sixty-five
miles
per
9
hour
on
certain
divided,
multilaned
highways
not
otherwise
10
described
in
this
paragraph.
11
EXPLANATION
12
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
13
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
14
Under
current
law,
the
speed
limit
on
highways
that
are
part
15
of
the
interstate
road
system
is
70
miles
per
hour.
This
bill
16
increases
the
speed
limit
on
highways
that
are
part
of
the
17
interstate
road
system
to
75
miles
per
hour.
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