House File 204 - Enrolled
House File 204
AN ACT
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES THAT TRAVERSE CERTAIN RAILROAD GRADE
CROSSINGS AGAINST A GATE OR SIGNAL, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 321.341, Code 2023, is amended by adding
2 the following new subsection:
3 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. a. For violations of this section
4 that occur at a railroad grade crossing that has a median
5 barrier and that is established as a quiet zone in accordance
6 with 49 C.F.R. pt. 222, subpt. C, the person may attend and
7 successfully complete, at the person’s own expense, a driver
8 improvement program approved by the department in lieu of the
9 fine imposed under section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph
10 “h”, subparagraph (2). To be eligible, the person shall notify
11 the clerk of court prior to the date of the person’s court
12 appearance as indicated on the citation that the person intends
13 to attend and successfully complete a driver improvement
14 program, and shall submit to the clerk of court written
15 verification that the person completed the driver improvement
16 program, signed by the instructor of the program, within ninety
17 days of the violation.
18 b. A person who notifies the clerk of court that the person
19 intends to successfully complete a driver improvement program
20 pursuant to paragraph “a”, but who does not submit the required
21 written verification that the person successfully completed the
22 driver improvement program to the clerk of court within ninety
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23 days of the violation, shall be assessed the fine described in
24 paragraph “a” on the ninety-first day after the violation.
25 Sec. 2. Section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph h, Code
26 2023, is amended to read as follows:
27 h. Railroad crossing violations.
28 (1) For violations under sections 321.341, 321.342,
29 321.343, 321.344, and 321.344B, the scheduled fine is two
30 hundred sixty dollars.
31 (2) However, for violations of section 321.341 that occur at
32 a railroad grade crossing that has a median barrier and that
33 is established as a quiet zone in accordance with 49 C.F.R.
34 pt. 222, subpt. C, the scheduled fine is five hundred twenty
35 dollars.
______________________________ ______________________________
PAT GRASSLEY AMY SINCLAIR
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 204, Ninetieth General Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2024 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 321.341, 805.8A
Enrolled: 321.341, 805.8A