Bill Text: IA SF57 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the civil liability of a person performing necessary improvements to a secondary road.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-09 - Subcommittee reassigned: Breitbach, Lykam, and Smith. S.J. 67. [SF57 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF57-Introduced.html

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Senate File 57 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  CHELGREN

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the civil liability of a person performing
  2    necessary improvements to a secondary road.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  613.22  Secondary road improvements
  1  2 ==== liability.
  1  3    A person who, without compensation, performs necessary
  1  4 improvements to a secondary road as defined in section 306.3,
  1  5 shall not be liable for civil damages for acts or omissions
  1  6 resulting from the necessary improvements.  "Necessary
  1  7 improvements" includes but is not limited to maintenance and
  1  8 repair.
  1  9                           EXPLANATION
  1 10 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 11 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 12    This bill provides that a person who, without compensation,
  1 13 performs necessary improvements to a secondary road shall not
  1 14 be liable for civil damages for acts or omissions resulting
  1 15 from the necessary improvements.  "Necessary improvements"
  1 16 includes but is not limited to maintenance and repair.
  1 17    A secondary road is defined in Code section 306.3 as a road
  1 18 under county jurisdiction.
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