House File 2457 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY HUSER
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to weight limitations for certain commercial
2 vehicles hauling grain, livestock vehicles, and construction
3 vehicles, requiring a permit, establishing a fee, and
4 allocating revenues to the TIME=21 fund.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 312.2, Code Supplement 2007, is amended
1 2 by adding the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 19. a. The treasurer of state, before
1 4 making the allotments provided for in this section, shall
1 5 credit annually to the TIME=21 fund created in section 312A.2,
1 6 the revenue accruing to the road use tax fund from special
1 7 permit fees collected pursuant to section 321.463, subsection
1 8 5, paragraph "c".
1 9 b. This subsection is repealed June 30, 2028.
1 10 Sec. 2. Section 321.463, subsection 5, paragraph c, Code
1 11 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1 12 c. (1) The department shall issue annual special permits
1 13 for the operation of commercial vehicles hauling grain,
1 14 livestock vehicles, and construction vehicles with a gross
1 15 weight exceeding the limit under paragraph "a" or "b". The
1 16 annual fee for a permit is one hundred dollars. The permit
1 17 shall be carried in the vehicle at all times when the vehicle
1 18 is operating with a gross weight in excess of the limit
1 19 applicable to the vehicle under paragraph "a" or "b". The
1 20 maximum gross weight allowed to be carried on a commercial
1 21 vehicle hauling grain, a livestock vehicle, or a construction
1 22 vehicle operating under a permit issued under this
1 23 subparagraph on noninterstate highways is as follows:
1 24 NONINTERSTATE HIGHWAYS MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT TABLE
1 25 COMMERCIAL VEHICLE HAULING GRAIN,
1 26 LIVESTOCK VEHICLE, OR CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE == SPECIAL
1 27 PERMIT REQUIRED
1 28 Distance
1 29 in feet 6 Axles 7 Axles
1 30
1 31 44 80,500 80,500
1 32 45 81,000 81,500
1 33 46 81,500 82,500
1 34 47 82,000 83,500
1 35 48 83,000 84,000
2 1 49 83,500 85,000
2 2 50 84,000 86,000
2 3 51 84,500 87,000
2 4 52 85,000 88,000
2 5 53 86,000 88,500
2 6 54 86,500 89,500
2 7 55 87,000 90,500
2 8 56 87,500 91,500
2 9 57 88,000 92,000
2 10 58 89,000 93,000
2 11 59 89,500 94,000
2 12 60 90,000 95,000
2 13 61 95,500
2 14 62 96,000
2 15 (2) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the
2 16 contrary, for a vehicle operated under a permit issued under
2 17 this paragraph "c", the maximum gross weight allowed to be
2 18 carried on a noninterstate highway by a livestock vehicle with
2 19 five axles, a minimum distance in feet between the centers of
2 20 the first and fifth axles of sixty=one feet, and a minimum
2 21 distance between the two rear axles of at least eight feet and
2 22 one inch is eighty=six thousand pounds.
2 23 (3) For purposes of this paragraph "c", "construction
2 24 vehicle" includes a solid waste transport vehicle traveling
2 25 from a transfer station to a landfill.
2 26 (4) The department may adopt rules to administer this
2 27 paragraph "c".
2 28 Sec. 3. Section 321.463, subsection 8, Code Supplement
2 29 2007, is amended to read as follows:
2 30 8. A vehicle or combination of vehicles transporting
2 31 materials or equipment on nonprimary highways to or from a
2 32 construction project or commercial plant site may operate
2 33 under the maximum gross weight table for primary highways in
2 34 subsection 5, paragraph "a", if the route is approved by the
2 35 appropriate local authority. Route approval is not required
3 1 if the vehicle or combination of vehicles transporting
3 2 materials or equipment to or from a construction project or
3 3 commercial plant site complies with the maximum gross weight
3 4 table for noninterstate highways in is operating in compliance
3 5 with subsection 5, paragraph "c".
3 6 EXPLANATION
3 7 Under current law, a special maximum gross weight table for
3 8 livestock vehicles and construction vehicles with six or seven
3 9 axles and a maximum gross weight limit for certain five=axle
3 10 livestock vehicles allows such vehicles operated on
3 11 noninterstate highways to exceed the regular maximum weight
3 12 limitations applicable to other vehicles of similar size.
3 13 This bill allows six=axle and seven=axle commercial vehicles
3 14 hauling grain to be operated under the same weight limits
3 15 currently applicable only to livestock vehicles and
3 16 construction vehicles. The bill requires the department of
3 17 transportation to issue annual permits, for a fee of $100 for
3 18 commercial vehicles hauling grain, livestock vehicles, and
3 19 construction vehicles to operate under those existing weight
3 20 limits. The permit shall be carried in the vehicle at all
3 21 times when it is operated in excess of regular vehicle weight
3 22 limits. The bill also specifies that a solid waste transport
3 23 vehicle traveling from a transfer station to a landfill is
3 24 considered a construction vehicle for purposes of the weight
3 25 limitations and permit provisions applicable to construction
3 26 vehicles.
3 27 The bill requires the treasurer of state, prior to
3 28 distributing moneys under the road use tax fund formula, to
3 29 credit the fees from permits issued to commercial vehicles
3 30 hauling grain, livestock vehicles, and construction vehicles
3 31 to the TIME=21 fund. The provision crediting fees to the
3 32 TIME=21 fund is repealed and revenues will revert to the road
3 33 use tax fund on June 30, 2028. Pursuant to current law, the
3 34 TIME=21 fund is scheduled to be dissolved on that date.
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