House File 394 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  MERTZ


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to maximum size and weight requirements for
  2    vehicles hauling crops during the annual period of harvest.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1070YH 82
  5 dea/sh/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.463, subsection 5, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  f.  Notwithstanding any other law of this
  1  4 state, during the annual period beginning October 1 and ending
  1  5 October 31, the provisions of paragraphs "a" and "b" and
  1  6 section 321E.29 are suspended, to the extent that those
  1  7 provisions restrict the movement of oversize and overweight
  1  8 loads of soybeans, corn, hay, straw, and stover and require a
  1  9 permit to transport such loads.  This paragraph applies to
  1 10 loads transported on highways other than interstate roads by
  1 11 vehicles or combinations of vehicles which do not exceed a
  1 12 maximum gross weight of ninety thousand pounds and maximum
  1 13 axle weight limits under subsection 2 and which comply with
  1 14 posted limits on bridges.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill provides for annual suspension of maximum size
  1 17 and weight limits and permit requirements for vehicles hauling
  1 18 crops on noninterstate roads from October 1 through October
  1 19 31.  Current law establishes graduated weight limits for
  1 20 vehicles or combinations of vehicles based on the number of
  1 21 axles, with a maximum allowable weight of 80,000 pounds.  The
  1 22 bill allows a maximum gross weight of 90,000 pounds during the
  1 23 annual suspension period regardless of the number of axles,
  1 24 provided that maximum legal axle weight limits are not
  1 25 exceeded.  Weight embargoes on bridges are not affected by the
  1 26 bill.
  1 27 LSB 1070YH 82
  1 28 dea:nh/sh/8