Bill Text: IA SSB1087 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act prohibiting roundabouts on the primary road system.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2019-02-04 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [SSB1087 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SSB1087-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1087
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
COMMERCE
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
CHAPMAN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
roundabouts
on
the
primary
road
system.
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BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
306.48
Roundabouts
on
primary
road
1
system
prohibited.
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The
department
shall
not
design
or
construct
a
roundabout
3
on
the
primary
road
system,
including
any
road
over
which
4
the
department
exercises
concurrent
jurisdiction
pursuant
to
5
section
306.4.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“roundabout”
means
6
a
circular
intersection
at
which
two
or
more
roads
meet
where
7
motor
vehicles
travel
counterclockwise
around
a
center
island.
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EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
This
bill
prohibits
the
department
of
transportation
(DOT)
12
from
designing
or
constructing
a
roundabout
on
the
primary
13
road
system,
including
any
road
over
which
the
DOT
exercises
14
concurrent
jurisdiction.
Under
Code
section
306.3,
the
15
primary
road
system
includes
those
roads
both
inside
and
16
outside
the
boundaries
of
municipalities
which
are
under
DOT
17
jurisdiction.
Under
Code
section
306.4,
the
DOT
exercises
18
concurrent
jurisdiction
over
municipal
extensions
of
primary
19
roads,
extensions
of
primary
roads
which
both
enter
and
exit
20
from
state
land
at
separate
points,
and
extensions
of
primary
21
roads
which
both
enter
and
exit
from
a
county
park
or
other
22
county
conservation
area
at
separate
points.
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