Senate File 2033 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY WARD Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act requiring rock or gravel in a vehicle to be covered and 2 providing a penalty. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5278XS 81 5 dea/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.460, Code 2005, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 321.460 SPILLING LOADS ON HIGHWAYS. 1 4 1. A vehicle shall not be driven or moved on any highway 1 5 by any person unlesssuchthe vehicle is so constructed or 1 6 loaded or the load securely covered as to prevent any ofits1 7 the load from dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise 1 8 escaping oritsthe load covering from dropping from the 1 9 vehicle, except that sand may be dropped for the purpose of 1 10 securing traction, or water or other substance may be 1 11 sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintainingsuchthe 1 12 roadway. The provisions of thissectionsubsection shall not 1 13 apply to vehicles loaded with hay or stover or the products 1 14 listed in section 321.466, subsections 5 and 6. 1 15 2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a person shall not 1 16 operate or move a vehicle carrying rock or gravel on a highway 1 17 unless the load is covered in such a way as to prevent any of 1 18 the rock or gravel from escaping from the moving vehicle. 1 19 EXPLANATION 1 20 This bill requires that a vehicle carrying rock or gravel 1 21 must have its load covered to prevent any of the rock or 1 22 gravel from escaping the vehicle. A person who operates or 1 23 moves a vehicle on a highway in violation of this provision 1 24 commits a simple misdemeanor punishable by a scheduled fine of 1 25 $100. 1 26 LSB 5278XS 81 1 27 dea:nh/sh/8