Senate File 637 - Introduced SENATE FILE 637 BY COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS (SUCCESSOR TO SF 187) (SUCCESSOR TO SF 83) (COMPANION TO HF 769 BY COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the gross weight of special trucks, and 1 providing fees. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1566SZ (1) 88 ns/rh

S.F. 637 Section 1. Section 321.1, subsection 75, Code 2019, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 75. “Special truck” means a motor truck or truck tractor not 3 used for hire with a gross weight registration of six through 4 thirty-two thirty-nine tons used by a person engaged in farming 5 to transport commodities produced only by the owner, or to 6 transport commodities purchased by the owner for use in the 7 owner’s own farming operation or occasional use for charitable 8 purposes. “Special truck” also means a motor truck or truck 9 tractor not used for hire with a gross weight registration 10 of six through thirty-two thirty-nine tons used by a person 11 engaged in farming who assists another person engaged in 12 farming through an exchange of services. A “special truck” does 13 not include a truck tractor operated more than fifteen thousand 14 miles annually. 15 Sec. 2. Section 321.121, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code 16 2019, is amended to read as follows: 17 d. The additional annual registration fee for a special 18 truck for a gross weight registration in excess of twenty tons 19 is twenty-five dollars for each ton over twenty tons and not 20 exceeding thirty-two thirty-eight tons , and an additional 21 ten dollars for a gross weight registration in excess of 22 thirty-eight tons and not exceeding thirty-nine tons . 23 Sec. 3. Section 321.463, subsection 6, paragraph c, 24 subparagraph (1), unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2019, is amended 25 to read as follows: 26 The maximum gross weight allowed to be carried on a 27 commercial motor vehicle , other than a special truck, on 28 noninterstate highways, provided the vehicle is operated by a 29 person with a commercial driver’s license valid for the vehicle 30 operated unless section 321.176A applies, is as follows: 31 Sec. 4. Section 321.466, subsection 4, Code 2019, is amended 32 to read as follows: 33 4. A person shall not operate a motor truck, trailer, truck 34 tractor, road tractor, semitrailer, or combination thereof, or 35 -1- LSB 1566SZ (1) 88 ns/rh 1/ 3

S.F. 637 any such vehicle equipped with a transferable auxiliary axle 1 or axles, on the public highways with a gross weight exceeding 2 the gross weight for which it is registered by more than 3 five percent; provided, however, that any vehicle or vehicle 4 combination referred to in this subsection , while carrying a 5 load of raw farm products, soil fertilizers including ground 6 limestone, raw dairy products, livestock, live poultry, or 7 eggs, or a special truck, while carrying a load of distillers 8 grains, may be operated with a gross weight of twenty-five 9 percent in excess of the gross weight for which it is 10 registered. However, this subsection shall not be construed to 11 allow the operation of a special truck on the public highways 12 with a gross weight exceeding the maximum gross weight allowed 13 under section 321.463, subsection 6. 14 EXPLANATION 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 17 Under current law, a “special truck” is a motor truck 18 or truck tractor used for certain farming and commodity 19 transportation purposes, but not used for hire, with a gross 20 weight registration of between 6 and 32 tons. This bill 21 increases the maximum gross weight registration for special 22 trucks to 39 tons. The bill provides that the registration fee 23 for a special truck is an additional $25 per ton between 32 and 24 38 tons, and an additional $10 between 38 and 39 tons. 25 Code section 321.463(6)(c)(1) exempts special trucks from 26 the maximum gross weight table for commercial motor vehicles 27 operating on noninterstate highways. The bill strikes this 28 exemption. 29 Code section 321.466 authorizes a special truck, while 30 carrying a load of distillers grains, to be operated with a 31 gross weight of 25 percent in excess of the gross weight for 32 which the special truck is registered. The bill provides that 33 this provision shall not be construed to allow the operation 34 of a special truck on the public highways with a gross weight 35 -2- LSB 1566SZ (1) 88 ns/rh 2/ 3

S.F. 637 exceeding the maximum gross weight allowed under Code section 1 321.463(6). 2 -3- LSB 1566SZ (1) 88 ns/rh 3/ 3