Senate Study Bill 1315 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            AGRICULTURE BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON FRAISE)


    Passed Senate,  Date               Passed House, 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 2834SC 82
  5 dea/es/88

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 September 15 and
  1  5 ending November 15, the provisions of paragraphs "a" and "b"
  1  6 and 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 September 15 through
  1 19 November 15.  Current law establishes graduated weight limits
  1 20 for vehicles or combinations of vehicles based on the number
  1 21 of axles, with a maximum allowable weight of 80,000 pounds.
  1 22 The bill allows a maximum gross weight of 90,000 pounds during
  1 23 the annual suspension period regardless of the number of
  1 24 axles, 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 2834SC 82
  1 28 dea:nh/es/88