Senate File 2033 - Introduced



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                                       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 unless such the vehicle is so constructed or
  1  6 loaded or the load securely covered as to prevent any of its
  1  7 the load from dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise
  1  8 escaping or its the 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 maintaining such the
  1 12 roadway.  The provisions of this section subsection 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