House
File
2428
H-8151
Amend
House
File
2428
as
follows:
1
1.
By
striking
everything
after
the
enacting
clause
2
and
inserting:
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<
Section
1.
Section
321.457,
subsection
2,
Code
4
2011,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
5
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
n.
(1)
Notwithstanding
paragraph
6
“g”
or
any
other
provision
of
this
chapter,
the
7
department
is
authorized
to
adopt
rules
providing
for
8
economic
export
corridors
for
the
transportation
of
9
goods
or
products
manufactured
in
Iowa
to
or
through
10
the
state
of
South
Dakota
and
for
the
return
of
unladen
11
trailers
or
semitrailers
used
for
the
transportation
of
12
those
goods
or
products.
The
rules
may
authorize
the
13
operation
of
the
following
combinations
of
vehicles
on
14
an
economic
export
corridor:
15
(a)
A
truck
tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer
16
converted
to
trailer
by
use
of
a
dolly
equipped
with
a
17
fifth
wheel
which
is
considered
a
part
of
the
trailer
18
for
all
purposes,
and
not
a
separate
unit.
19
(b)
A
truck
tractor-semitrailer-trailer.
20
(c)
A
truck
tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer.
21
(2)
Rules
adopted
pursuant
to
this
paragraph
“n”
22
shall
provide
that
combinations
of
vehicles
authorized
23
to
operate
on
an
economic
export
corridor
shall
meet
24
all
of
the
following
requirements:
25
(a)
The
rear
unit
of
the
combination
of
vehicles
26
shall
meet
the
brake,
hitch,
and
control
requirements
27
of
section
321.430,
subsection
3.
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(b)
The
length
of
the
combination
of
vehicles,
29
excluding
the
length
of
the
truck
tractor,
shall
not
30
exceed
eighty-one
and
one-half
feet.
31
(c)
The
length
of
either
trailer
or
semitrailer
32
shall
not
exceed
forty-five
feet.
When
the
33
semitrailers
in
a
truck
tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer
34
combination
are
connected
by
a
rigid
frame
extension
35
including
a
fifth
wheel
connection
point
attached
36
to
the
rear
frame
of
the
first
semitrailer,
the
37
length
of
the
frame
extension
shall
not
be
included
38
when
determining
the
overall
length
of
the
first
39
semitrailer.
40
(d)
If
the
length
of
the
tow
bar
exceeds
nineteen
41
feet,
the
tow
bar
shall
be
flagged
during
daylight
42
hours
and
lighted
at
night.
43
(e)
The
weight
of
the
second
trailer
or
semitrailer
44
shall
not
exceed
the
weight
of
the
first
trailer
or
45
semitrailer
by
more
than
three
thousand
pounds.
46
(f)
The
gross
weight
of
the
combination
of
vehicles
47
shall
not
exceed
eighty
thousand
pounds
and
the
48
combination
of
vehicles
shall
not
exceed
the
gross
axle
49
weight
limits
of
section
321.463,
subsection
2.
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(g)
The
load
on
each
unit
in
the
combination
shall
1
be
an
indivisible
load.
For
the
purpose
of
issuing
2
permits
for
height
or
width
under
chapter
321E,
3
the
combination
of
vehicles
shall
be
considered
an
4
indivisible
load
so
long
as
the
load
on
each
unit
in
5
the
combination
remains
an
indivisible
load.
6
(3)
An
economic
export
corridor
established
by
7
the
department
shall
not
include
any
segment
of
the
8
interstate
system
or
any
part
of
the
national
network
9
of
highways
identified
pursuant
to
23
C.F.R.
pt.
10
658.
This
subparagraph
does
not
prohibit
operation
on
11
any
segment
of
the
interstate
system
or
part
of
the
12
national
network
of
highways
that
is
permitted
under
13
paragraph
“e”
.
>
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2.
Title
page,
by
striking
lines
1
through
3
and
15
inserting
<
An
Act
relating
to
the
movement
of
certain
16
combinations
of
vehicles
on
economic
export
corridors
17
established
by
the
department
of
transportation.
>
18
3.
By
renumbering
as
necessary.
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