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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.457, subsection 2, paragraph f, 1 2 Code 1995, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 f. A motor vehicle or combination of vehicles may be 1 4 operated upon the highways of this state, irrespective of the 1 5 length and weight limitations imposed by the laws of this 1 6 state, if the motor vehicle or combination of vehicles is 1 7 operated within the corporate limits of a city abutting a 1 8 border of this state and such operations have been approved by 1 9 ordinance of the city council and if the length and weight of 1 10 the motor vehicle or combination of vehicles is in conformity 1 11 with the laws relating to length and weight of the abutting 1 12 stateon July 1, 1974. If a city council has authorized such 1 13 operation upon highways within the corporate limits, then the 1 14 limit of travel for such motor vehicles or combination of 1 15 vehicles within the state is extended to the commercial zones 1 16 as described by federal regulations concerning interstate 1 17 commerce, 49code of federal regulations, paragraphs 1048.10,1 181048.38, andC.F.R. } 1048.101as they exist on July 1, 1974. 1 19 Sec. 2. IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed 1 20 of immediate importance, is effective upon enactment. 1 21 EXPLANATION 1 22 This bill provides that a motor vehicle or combination of 1 23 vehicles may be operated within the corporate limits of a city 1 24 abutting a border of this state and extends the limit of 1 25 travel to the commercial zone of the city as prescribed in 1 26 federal regulations, even though the length and weight of the 1 27 vehicle violate the law of this state if the laws of the 1 28 abutting state allow for the operation of the vehicle in the 1 29 other state. 1 30 The change in this section is precipitated by a change in 1 31 federal law contained in Pub. L. No. 104-59, and signed by the 1 32 president on November 28, 1995, which provides an exemption 1 33 from existing length and weight limitations for vehicles using 1 34 interstate route 29 between Sioux City, Iowa, and the border 1 35 between Iowa and South Dakota and vehicles using interstate 2 1 route 129 between Sioux City, Iowa, and the border between 2 2 Iowa and Nebraska. This bill is effective upon enactment. 2 3 LSB 3477SS 76 2 4 js/jw/5
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