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House
File
493
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
493
BY
WHEELER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
control
of
traffic
on
certain
highways
1
within
certain
cities.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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DIVISION
I
1
REQUIRED
PLACEMENT
OF
TRAFFIC-CONTROL
SIGNALS
2
Section
1.
Section
321.345,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
3
as
follows:
4
321.345
Stop
or
yield
at
highways
——
signal
required
.
5
1.
The
department,
based
Based
on
an
engineering
study,
6
the
department
with
reference
respect
to
primary
highways,
7
and
a
local
authorities
authority
with
reference
respect
to
8
other
highways
under
their
the
local
authority’s
jurisdiction
,
9
may
designate
through
highways
and
erect
stop
signs
or
yield
10
signs
,
in
accordance
with
specifications
established
by
the
11
department
at
specified
entrances
to
the
highway
,
or
may
12
designate
any
intersection
as
a
stop
intersection
or
as
a
yield
13
intersection
and
erect
like
signs
at
one
or
more
entrances
to
14
such
intersection.
15
2.
The
department
shall
erect
and
maintain
one
or
more
16
official
traffic-control
signals
at
the
intersection
of
United
17
States
highway
18,
including
where
the
highway
designation
18
overlaps
with
black
forest
road
or
320th
street
in
the
city
of
19
Hull,
and
division
street
in
the
city
of
Hull.
20
DIVISION
II
21
CONSTRUCTION
OF
OVERPASS
OVER
RAILWAY
TRACKS
22
Sec.
2.
Section
364.8,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2025,
23
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
24
A
city
may
by
ordinance
require
a
railway
company
operating
25
railway
tracks
on
or
across
a
city
street
or
nonprimary
26
highway
within
the
city
limits
to
construct
or
reconstruct,
27
and
maintain,
an
overpass
or
underpass
to
permit
the
street
to
28
pass
over
or
under
the
tracks,
and
may
establish
specifications
29
for
the
construction
or
reconstruction
of
such
an
overpass
or
30
underpass,
subject
to
the
following:
31
Sec.
3.
Section
364.8,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
32
to
read
as
follows:
33
1.
The
requirement
may
shall
not
be
enforced
until
the
Iowa
34
state
department
of
transportation
approves
the
specifications
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for
a
construction
or
reconstruction,
after
examination
and
a
1
determination
that
the
overpass
or
underpass
is
necessary
for
2
public
safety
and
convenience.
The
department
shall
approve
3
construction
of
an
overpass
in
Plymouth
county
on
county
4
highway
C44
over
the
railway
tracks
located
within
the
city
of
5
Merrill
on
the
east
side
of
the
city.
6
EXPLANATION
7
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
8
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
9
Under
current
law,
the
department
of
transportation
(DOT),
10
based
on
an
engineering
study,
with
reference
to
primary
11
highways,
and
local
authorities
with
reference
to
other
12
highways
under
their
jurisdiction,
may
designate
through
13
highways
and
erect
stop
signs
or
yield
signs
in
accordance
with
14
specifications
established
by
the
DOT
at
specified
entrances
15
to
the
highway,
or
may
designate
any
intersection
as
a
stop
16
intersection
or
as
a
yield
intersection
and
erect
like
signs
at
17
one
or
more
entrances
to
such
intersection.
18
This
bill
requires
the
DOT
to
erect
and
maintain
an
official
19
traffic-control
signal
at
the
intersection
of
United
States
20
highway
18,
including
where
the
highway
designation
overlaps
21
with
black
forest
road
or
320th
street
in
the
city
of
Hull,
and
22
division
street
in
the
city
of
Hull.
23
Under
current
law,
a
city
may
require
by
ordinance
a
railway
24
company
operating
railway
tracks
on
or
across
a
city
street
25
to
construct
or
reconstruct,
and
maintain,
an
overpass
or
26
underpass
to
permit
the
street
to
pass
over
or
under
the
27
tracks,
and
may
establish
specifications
for
the
construction
28
or
reconstruction
of
such
an
overpass
or
underpass,
subject
to
29
certain
restrictions
required
under
Code
section
364.8.
The
30
restrictions
include
that
the
construction
requirement
may
31
not
be
enforced
until
the
DOT
approves
the
specifications
for
32
construction
and
determines
that
the
overpass
or
underpass
is
33
necessary
for
public
safety
and
convenience;
at
least
20
days’
34
notice
is
provided
to
the
involved
railway
companies;
the
same
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railway
company
cannot
be
required
to
construct
overpasses
1
or
underpasses
closer
than
on
every
fourth
parallel
street,
2
or
more
than
one
overpass
or
underpass
each
year,
or
require
3
approaches
longer
than
800
feet
for
a
single
overpass
or
4
underpass;
a
city
must
provide
for
the
appraisal
and
assessment
5
of
damages
to
private
property
and
pay
the
assessed
damages;
6
and
a
city
must
pay
half
of
the
required
maintenance
costs
and
7
may
divide
the
remaining
costs
between
the
railway
companies
8
whose
tracks
are
crossed
by
the
overpass
or
underpass.
A
9
city
is
authorized
to
enforce
the
construction
of
an
overpass
10
or
underpass,
if
approved,
through
an
action
in
mandamus,
as
11
provided
in
Code
section
327C.16
for
actions
brought
by
the
12
DOT.
If
the
city
wins
the
mandamus
action,
it
can
have
the
13
required
construction,
reconstruction,
or
maintenance
work
14
completed
and
obtain
judgment
for
the
cost
of
the
work
against
15
the
railway
companies.
16
The
bill
authorizes
a
city
to
require
by
ordinance
a
railway
17
company
operating
railway
tracks
on
or
across
a
nonprimary
18
highway
within
the
city
limits
to
construct
an
overpass
or
19
underpass,
subject
to
the
same
restrictions
applicable
to
an
20
ordinance
requiring
construction
of
an
overpass
or
underpass
21
on
a
city
street.
The
bill
requires
the
DOT
to
approve
22
construction
of
an
overpass
in
Plymouth
county
on
county
23
highway
C44
over
the
railway
tracks
located
within
the
city
of
24
Merrill
on
the
east
side
of
the
city.
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