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HF729 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to a railway tracks overpass and underpass fund, and making appropriations.(See HF 882 , HF 2793 .)

A bill for an act relating to a railway tracks overpass and underpass fund, and making appropriations.(See HF 882 , HF 2793 .)

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
DETERMANN
Last action
2025-03-07
Official status
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 882 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to a railway tracks overpass and underpass fund, and making appropriations.(See HF 882 , HF 2793 .)

A bill for an act relating to a railway tracks overpass and underpass fund, and making appropriations.(See HF 882 , HF 2793 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to a railway tracks overpass and underpass fund, and making appropriations.(See HF 882 , HF 2793 .)

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-07 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 882 .

  2. 2025-03-05 Iowa Legislature

    Committee vote: Yeas, 19. Nays, 1. Excused, 1. H.J. 536 .

  3. 2025-03-05 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 536 .

  4. 2025-03-05 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  5. 2025-03-04 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 03/05/2025 8:00AM RM 102.

  6. 2025-03-04 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Determann, Kressig and Williams. H.J. 502 .

  7. 2025-03-04 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Transportation. H.J. 491 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to a railway tracks overpass and underpass fund, and making appropriations.(See HF 882 , HF 2793 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

729

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

729

BY

DETERMANN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

a

railway

tracks

overpass

and

underpass

1

fund,

and

making

appropriations.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

TLSB

2633YH

(3)

91

th/ns

H.F.

729

Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

307.19

Railway

tracks

overpass

and

1

underpass

fund.

2

1.

A

railway

tracks

overpass

and

underpass

fund

is

created

3

in

the

state

treasury

under

the

control

of

the

department.

The

4

fund

shall

consist

of

all

moneys

appropriated

to

the

fund.

5

2.

Moneys

in

the

fund

are

appropriated

to

the

department

6

to

distribute

in

the

form

of

grants

to

cities

and

counties

7

to

assist

with

the

construction

of

highway

overpasses

and

8

underpasses

across

railway

tracks.

9

3.

Notwithstanding

section

12C.7,

subsection

2,

interest

10

or

earnings

on

moneys

deposited

in

the

fund

shall

be

credited

11

to

the

fund.

Notwithstanding

section

8.33,

moneys

in

the

fund

12

shall

not

revert

at

the

close

of

a

fiscal

year.

13

EXPLANATION

14

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

15

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

16

Under

current

law,

a

city

may

by

ordinance

require

a

railway

17

company

operating

railway

tracks

on

or

across

a

city

street

18

to

construct

and

maintain

an

overpass

or

underpass

over

or

19

under

the

tracks,

and

may

establish

specifications

for

the

20

construction

of

such

an

overpass

or

underpass

(see

Code

21

section

364.8).

The

department

of

transportation

(DOT)

must

22

approve

the

overpass

or

underpass

specifications

and

determine

23

whether

an

overpass

or

underpass

is

necessary

for

public

safety

24

and

convenience.

A

city

must

pay

one

half

of

all

required

25

maintenance

costs,

and

may

allocate

costs

between

railway

26

companies

whose

tracks

are

to

be

crossed

by

an

overpass

or

27

underpass.

Similar

provisions

for

secondary

roads

under

county

28

jurisdiction

do

not

exist.

29

This

bill

creates

the

railway

tracks

overpass

and

underpass

30

fund

(fund)

under

the

control

of

the

DOT.

Moneys

in

the

fund

31

are

appropriated

to

the

DOT

to

distribute

in

the

form

of

grants

32

to

cities

and

counties

to

assist

with

the

construction

of

33

highway

overpasses

and

underpasses

across

railway

tracks.

34

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LSB

2633YH

(3)

91

th/ns

1/

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