Senate File 43 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY ANDERSON A BILL FOR 1 An Act increasing the default speed limit on hard surface roads 2 to sixty miles per hour. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1709XS (2) 86 ns/nh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.285, subsection 3, Code 2015, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 3. Unless otherwise provided in this section or by other 1 4 speed restrictions, the speed limit for all vehicular traffic 1 5 shall befifty=fivesixty miles per hour. 1 6 EXPLANATION 1 7 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 8 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 9 This bill increases the speed limit from 55 to 60 miles per 1 10 hour on hard surface roads that are not subject to other speed 1 11 restrictions. The new speed limit applies on primary roads 1 12 other than certain divided, multilaned highways with a speed 1 13 limit of 65 miles per hour and on interstates, where the speed 1 14 limit is typically 70 miles per hour. The new speed limit also 1 15 applies on secondary roads surfaced with concrete or asphalt. 1 16 Under the bill, the department of transportation retains the 1 17 authority to lower the speed limit on any part of the primary 1 18 road system, and counties retain the right to lower the speed 1 19 limit on secondary roads. LSB 1709XS (2) 86 ns/nh