House File 2512 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2512 BY McCARTHY and PAULSEN A BILL FOR An Act concerning weight limits for certain commercial motor 1 vehicles on noninterstate highways. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 6261HH (1) 83 dea/nh

H.F. 2512 Section 1. Section 321.463, subsection 5, paragraph c, Code 1 Supplement 2009, is amended to read as follows: 2 c. (1) The maximum gross weight allowed to be carried on 3 a livestock or construction commercial motor vehicle , other 4 than a special truck, on noninterstate highways , provided the 5 vehicle is operated by a person with a commercial driver’s 6 license valid for the vehicle operated unless section 321.176A 7 applies, is as follows: 8 NONINTERSTATE HIGHWAYS 9 MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT TABLE 10 LIVESTOCK OR CONSTRUCTION COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE 11 Distance 12 in feet 6 Axles 7 Axles 13 ____________________________________________________________ 14 44 80,500 80,500 15 45 81,000 81,500 16 46 81,500 82,500 17 47 82,000 83,500 18 48 83,000 84,000 19 49 83,500 85,000 20 50 84,000 86,000 21 51 84,500 87,000 22 52 85,000 88,000 23 53 86,000 88,500 24 54 86,500 89,500 25 55 87,000 90,500 26 56 87,500 91,500 27 57 88,000 92,000 28 58 89,000 93,000 29 59 89,500 94,000 30 60 90,000 95,000 31 61 95,500 32 62 96,000 33 (2) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the 34 contrary, the maximum gross weight allowed to be carried on a 35 -1- LSB 6261HH (1) 83 dea/nh 1/ 2

H.F. 2512 noninterstate highway by a livestock vehicle with five axles, a 1 minimum distance in feet between the centers of the first and 2 fifth axles of sixty-one feet, and a minimum distance between 3 the two rear axles of at least eight feet and one inch is 4 eighty-six thousand pounds. 5 EXPLANATION 6 This bill provides an exception to existing weight 7 restrictions for certain six and seven axle commercial motor 8 vehicles traveling on noninterstate highways. Currently, most 9 vehicles or combinations of vehicles are subject to a gross 10 weight limit of up to 80,000 pounds; however, the gross weight 11 limit for a livestock or construction vehicle with six or seven 12 axles ranges from 80,500 pounds to 90,000 pounds for six axles, 13 and up to 96,000 pounds for seven axles. The bill extends the 14 same weight limits that apply to livestock and construction 15 vehicles to all commercial vehicles of similar size. 16 The bill requires that a commercial motor vehicle traveling 17 under the relaxed weight restrictions must be operated by a 18 person with a commercial driver’s license valid for the vehicle 19 operated, unless the operator is exempt from commercial driver 20 licensing requirements under existing law. 21 The provisions of the bill do not apply to vehicles operated 22 on interstate highways. 23 -2- LSB 6261HH (1) 83 dea/nh 2/ 2