House File 869 - Enrolled House File 869 AN ACT CREATING A PERMIT ALLOWING THE OPERATION OF VEHICLES OF EXCESSIVE WEIGHT TRANSPORTING FLUID MILK PRODUCTS, PROVIDING FEES, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. Section 321.463, subsection 3, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows: 3. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, indivisible loads operating under the permit requirements of sections 321E.7 , 321E.8 , 321E.9 , and 321E.29A , and 321E.29B, and divisible loads operating under the permit requirements of section 321E.26 , shall be allowed a maximum of twenty thousand pounds per axle. Sec. 2. Section 321E.14, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: NEW PARAGRAPH . k. Four hundred dollars for a fluid milk products annual permit issued pursuant to section 321E.29B. Sec. 3. NEW SECTION . 321E.29B Fluid milk products annual permit. 1. Notwithstanding section 321E.8, the department may issue annual permits for the operation of vehicles or combinations of vehicles transporting fluid milk products to or from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station, exceeding the weight limitation of section 321.463 but not exceeding a gross weight of ninety-six thousand pounds, on primary roads and primary road extensions in cities.
House File 869, p. 2 2. A vehicle or combination of vehicles for which a permit is issued under this section shall not exceed the maximum dimensions specified in sections 321.454 through 321.457. 3. For purposes of this section, “fluid milk product” means as defined in 7 C.F.R. §1000.15. 4. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A governing the issuance of permits under this section. Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect January 1, 2022. ______________________________ PAT GRASSLEY Speaker of the House ______________________________ JAKE CHAPMAN President of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 869, Eighty-ninth General Assembly. ______________________________ MEGHAN NELSON Chief Clerk of the House Approved _______________, 2021 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor