House File 786 - Introduced



                                      HOUSE FILE       
                                      BY  COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

                                      (SUCCESSOR TO HF 424)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to hours=of=service requirements for certain
  2    commercial motor vehicle operators hauling agricultural crops
  3    or dry fertilizer.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2468HV 83
  6 dea/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.449, Code 2009, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  8.  Rules adopted under this section
  1  4 pertaining to compliance with requirements under 49 C.F.R. pt.
  1  5 395 shall not apply to the operation of a motor vehicle or
  1  6 combination of vehicles engaged in intrastate commerce at any
  1  7 time of the year when the motor vehicle or combination of
  1  8 vehicles is being used to transport agricultural crops or dry
  1  9 fertilizer within a one hundred mile radius from the source of
  1 10 the agricultural crops or the distribution point for the dry
  1 11 fertilizer.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13    This bill exempts drivers of certain commercial motor
  1 14 vehicles from hours=of=service and recordkeeping requirements
  1 15 provided in federal law and adopted by Iowa under
  1 16 administrative rules.  Under the bill, the rules shall not
  1 17 apply to drivers of vehicles operating intrastate transporting
  1 18 agricultural crops or dry fertilizer within a 100=mile radius
  1 19 from the source of the crops or the distribution point of the
  1 20 dry fertilizer.  The exemption applies year=round.
  1 21 LSB 2468HV 83
  1 22 dea/nh/8