House File 2428 H-8206 Amend the amendment, H-8151, to House File 2428 as 1 follows: 2 1. By striking page 1, line 4, through page 2, line 3 14, and inserting: 4 << Section 1. Section 321.457, subsection 2, Code 5 2011, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: 6 NEW PARAGRAPH . n. (1) Notwithstanding paragraph 7 “g” or any other provision of this chapter, the 8 department is authorized to adopt rules providing for 9 economic export corridors for the transportation of 10 goods or products manufactured in Iowa to or through 11 the state of South Dakota and for the return of 12 unladen semitrailers or unladen full trailers used for 13 the transportation of those goods or products. The 14 rules may authorize the operation of the following 15 combinations of vehicles on an economic export 16 corridor: 17 (a) A truck tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer 18 converted to a full trailer by use of a dolly equipped 19 with a fifth wheel which is considered a part of the 20 trailer for all purposes, and not a separate unit. 21 (b) A truck tractor-semitrailer-full trailer. 22 (c) A truck tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer 23 combination, where the semitrailers are connected 24 by a rigid frame extension including a fifth wheel 25 connection point attached to the rear frame of the 26 first semitrailer. The length of the frame extension 27 shall not be included when determining the overall 28 length of the first semitrailer. 29 (2) Rules adopted pursuant to this paragraph “n” 30 shall provide that combinations of vehicles authorized 31 to operate on an economic export corridor shall meet 32 all of the following requirements: 33 (a) The length of the combination of vehicles, 34 excluding the length of the truck tractor, shall not 35 exceed eighty-one and one-half feet. 36 (b) The length of either semitrailer or full 37 trailer shall not exceed forty-five feet. 38 (c) The weight of the second semitrailer or full 39 trailer shall not exceed the weight of the first 40 semitrailer by more than three thousand pounds. 41 (d) The gross weight of the combination of vehicles 42 shall not exceed eighty thousand pounds and the 43 combination of vehicles shall not exceed the gross axle 44 weight limits of section 321.463, subsection 2. 45 (e) The load on each semitrailer or full trailer 46 in the combination shall be an indivisible load. For 47 the purpose of issuing permits for height or width 48 under chapter 321E, the combination of vehicles shall 49 be considered an indivisible load so long as the load 50 -1- H8151.4991 (4) 84 dea/nh 1/ 2 #1.
on each semitrailer or full trailer in the combination 1 remains an indivisible load. 2 (3) An economic export corridor established by 3 the department shall not include any segment of the 4 interstate system or any part of the national network 5 of highways identified pursuant to 23 C.F.R. pt. 6 658. This subparagraph does not prohibit operation on 7 any segment of the interstate system or part of the 8 national network of highways that is permitted under 9 paragraph “e” . 10 (4) For purposes of this paragraph “n” , “full 11 trailer” means as defined in 49 C.F.R. § 390. >> 12 ______________________________ WORTHAN of Buena Vista -2- H8151.4991 (4) 84 dea/nh 2/ 2