House File 7 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY HUTTER Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the maximum gross weight limit for vehicles 2 hauling crops during the annual period of harvest. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1114HH 81 5 dea/gg/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.463, subsection 5, Code 2005, is 1 2 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. f. Notwithstanding paragraph "b", during 1 4 the period beginning October 1 and ending November 30, the 1 5 maximum gross weight allowed to be carried on a vehicle 1 6 hauling crops, including corn, soybeans, hay, straw, and 1 7 stover, on noninterstate highways from the point of harvest to 1 8 a storage or distribution point is ninety thousand pounds. 1 9 However, weight embargoes on bridges shall continue to apply. 1 10 EXPLANATION 1 11 This bill creates an exception to maximum gross weight 1 12 limits for vehicles hauling crops on noninterstate highways 1 13 from the point of harvest to a distribution or storage point 1 14 during the period of harvest from October 1 through November 1 15 30 annually. Current law establishes graduated weight limits 1 16 for vehicles or combinations of vehicles based on the number 1 17 of axles, with a maximum allowable gross weight of 80,000 1 18 pounds. The bill allows a maximum gross weight of 90,000 1 19 pounds, regardless of the number of axles, during the harvest 1 20 period. 1 21 Weight limitations on bridges are not affected by the bill. 1 22 LSB 1114HH 81 1 23 dea/gg/14