§ 307A.2 — Commission duties

Iowa § 307A.2

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VIII: TRANSPORTATION
• Ch. 307A: TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

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Said commission shall:
1. Develop, coordinate, and annually update a comprehensive transportation policy and
plan for the state.
2. Promote the coordinated and efficient use of all available modes of transportation
for the benefit of the state and its citizens including but not limited to the designation and
development of multimodal public transfer facilities if carriers or other private businesses
fail to develop such facilities.
3. Prepare, adopt, and cause to be published a long-range program for the primary road
system, in conjunction with the state transportation plan adopted by the commission. Such
program shall be prepared for a period of at least five years and shall be revised, brought
up-to-date, and republished at least once every year in order to have a continuing five-year
program. The program shall include, insofar as such estimates can be made, an estimate of
the money expected to become available during the period covered by the program and a
statement of the construction, maintenance, and other work planned to be performed during
such period. The commission shall conduct periodic reinspections of the primary roads in
order to revise, from time to time, its estimates of future needs to conform to the physical
and service conditions of the primary roads. Before the last day of December of each year,
the commission shall adopt and cause to be published from its long-range program, a plan
of improvements to be accomplished during the next calendar year. However, in years when
the federal government is reauthorizing federal highway funding, the commission shall
not be required to adopt and publish the annual plan of improvements to be accomplished
until at least ninety days from the enactment of the new federal funding formula. This
annual program shall list definite projects in order of urgency and shall include a reasonable
year’s work with the funds estimated to be available. The annual program shall be final
and followed by the commission in the next year except that deviations may be made in
case of disaster or other unforeseen emergencies or difficulties. The relative urgency of the
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proposed improvements shall be determined by a consideration of the physical condition,
safety, and service characteristics of the various primary roads.
4. Adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A establishing the criteria to be used by the
commission for allocating funds as a result of any long-range planning process. The
commission shall adopt such rules and regulations in accordance with the provisions of
chapter 17A as it may deem necessary to transact its business and for the administration
and exercise of its powers and duties.
5. Identify, within the primary road system, a network of commercial and industrial
highways in accordance with section 313.2A. The improvement of this network shall be
considered in the development of the long-range program and plan of improvements under
this section.
6. Approve all rules prior to their adoption by the director pursuant to section 307.12,
subsection 1, paragraph “j”.
7. Establish and utilize such ad hoc advisory committees as determined necessary by the
commission. The commission shall establish appointment provisions, membership terms,
operating guidelines, and any other operational requirements for committees established
pursuant to this subsection. Members of committees established pursuant to this subsection
shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses.

Legislative History

[C97, §1532; S13, §1532; SS15, §1527-s1, -s2; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4626, 4631, 4632, 4633; C46, 50, 54, 58, §307.5, 308.1, 308.3, 308.4; C62, 66, 71, 73, §307.5; C75, 77, 79, 81, §307A.2]