Bill Text: IA SF51 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to lighted lamps on bicycles and bicycle riders, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.(See SF 2090.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-28 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2090. S.J. 166. [SF51 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF51-Introduced.html
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BY
WHITING
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
lighted
lamps
on
bicycles
and
bicycle
1
riders,
making
penalties
applicable,
and
including
effective
2
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
321.385A,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
1
as
follows:
2
321.385A
Citation
for
unlighted
headlamp,
rear
lamp,
or
rear
3
registration
plate
light
,
or
bicycle
lamp
.
4
1.
a.
A
citation
issued
for
failure
to
have
headlamps
5
as
required
under
section
321.385
shall
first
provide
for
a
6
seventy-two
hour
seventy-two-hour
period
within
which
the
7
person
charged
with
the
violation
shall
replace
or
repair
the
8
headlamp.
9
b.
A
citation
issued
for
failure
to
have
rear
lamps
as
10
required
under
section
321.387
or
a
rear
registration
plate
11
light
as
required
under
section
321.388
shall
first
provide
for
12
a
seventy-two
hour
seventy-two-hour
period
within
which
the
13
person
charged
with
the
violation
shall
replace
or
repair
the
14
lamps
or
light.
15
c.
A
citation
issued
for
failure
to
have
a
front
or
rear
16
lamp
on
a
bicycle
or
on
a
bicycle
rider
as
required
under
17
section
321.397
shall
first
provide
for
a
seventy-two-hour
18
period
within
which
the
person
charged
with
the
violation
shall
19
replace
or
repair
the
lamp.
20
2.
If
the
person
complies
with
the
directive
to
replace
21
or
repair
the
headlamp,
rear
lamps,
or
rear
registration
22
plate
light
,
or
bicycle
lamp
within
the
allotted
time
period,
23
the
citation
shall
be
expunged.
If
the
person
fails
to
24
comply
within
the
allotted
time
period,
the
citation
shall
be
25
processed
in
the
same
manner
as
other
citations.
26
3.
A
citation
issued
under
this
section
shall
include
27
a
written
notice
of
replacement
or
repair
which
shall
28
indicate
the
date
of
replacement
or
repair
and
the
manner
in
29
which
the
replacement
or
repair
occurred
and
which
shall
be
30
returned
to
the
issuing
authority
within
the
seventy-two
hour
31
seventy-two-hour
time
period.
32
Sec.
2.
Section
321.397,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
33
follows:
34
321.397
Lamps
on
bicycles.
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Every
At
the
times
specified
in
section
321.384,
every
1
bicycle
or
bicycle
rider
shall
be
equipped
with
a
lamp
on
2
the
front
exhibiting
a
white
light
,
at
the
times
specified
3
in
section
321.384
,
visible
from
a
distance
of
at
least
4
three
hundred
feet
to
the
front
and
with
a
lamp
on
the
rear
5
exhibiting
a
red
light
visible
from
a
distance
of
three
hundred
6
feet
to
the
rear
;
except
that
a
red
reflector
may
be
used
in
7
lieu
of
a
rear
light
.
A
peace
officer
riding
a
police
bicycle
8
is
not
required
to
use
either
front
or
rear
lamps
if
duty
so
9
requires.
10
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act
takes
effect
January
1,
11
2020.
12
EXPLANATION
13
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
14
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
Current
law
requires
a
bicycle
to
have
a
front
lighted
lamp
16
and
either
a
rear
lighted
lamp
or
a
rear
reflector
at
any
time
17
from
sunset
to
sunrise,
and
at
such
other
times
when
conditions
18
such
as
fog,
snow,
sleet,
or
rain
provide
insufficient
lighting
19
to
render
clearly
discernible
persons
and
vehicles
on
the
20
highway
at
a
distance
of
500
feet
ahead.
21
This
bill
requires
every
bicycle
or
bicycle
rider
to
have
a
22
front
and
rear
lighted
lamp
during
the
stated
periods
of
time,
23
and
strikes
the
provision
allowing
a
bicycle
or
bicycle
rider
24
to
equip
a
rear
reflector
in
lieu
of
the
rear
lighted
lamp.
The
25
scheduled
fine
for
violating
this
provision
is
$25.
However,
26
the
bill
provides
that
a
citation
issued
for
failure
to
have
27
a
front
lamp
or
rear
lamp
on
a
bicycle
or
on
a
bicycle
rider
28
must
first
provide
for
a
72-hour
period
within
which
the
person
29
charged
with
the
violation
shall
replace
or
repair
the
lamp.
30
If
the
person
complies
with
the
directive
to
replace
or
repair
31
the
lamp,
the
citation
must
be
expunged.
32
The
bill
takes
effect
January
1,
2020.
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