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