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321E.16 Violations---penalties.

Any person who is convicted of a violation of any provision of this chapter or of rules adopted under section 321E.15, other than length, height, width, or weight allowed by any permit issued under this chapter shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars for the first conviction, two hundred fifty dollars for a second conviction within a twelve-month period, and five hundred dollars for a third conviction within a twelve-month period. The fine for violation of the length, height, width, and weight allowed by permit shall be based upon the difference between the actual length, height, width, and weight of the vehicle and load and the maximum allowable by permit and in accordance with section 321.482 for violations of length, height, or width limitations and sections 321.482 and 321.463 for violation of weight limitations. If a vehicle with indivisible load traveling under permit is found to be in violation of weight limitations, the vehicle operator shall be allowed a reasonable amount of time to remove any ice, mud, snow, and other weight attributable to climatic conditions accumulated along the route prior to application of the penalties prescribed in sections 321.463 and 321.482. The department shall adopt rules to require peace officer escorts for permit holders convicted for the third time in a twelve-month period of violating a provision of this chapter or a provision of rules adopted pursuant to section 321E.15.

Section History: Early form

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 321E.16]

Section History: Recent form

83 Acts, ch 116, § 7; 90 Acts, ch 1099, § 1; 90 Acts, ch 1233, § 19

Internal References

Referred to in § 321E.17


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