House Study Bill 688 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE BILL BY CHAIRPERSON MERTZ) A BILL FOR An Act concerning weight limits for vehicles carrying grain, 1 fertilizer, or agricultural chemicals on noninterstate 2 highways. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6173YC (3) 83 dea/nh

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 321.463, subsection 5, paragraph c, Code 1 Supplement 2009, is amended to read as follows: 2 c. The maximum gross weight allowed to be carried on a 3 livestock or vehicle, construction vehicle , or a vehicle 4 carrying grain, fertilizer, or agricultural chemicals on 5 noninterstate highways is as follows: 6 NONINTERSTATE HIGHWAYS 7 MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT TABLE 8 LIVESTOCK OR CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE OR VEHICLE 9 CARRYING LIVESTOCK, GRAIN, FERTILIZER, 10 OR AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS 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 Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the 34 contrary, the maximum gross weight allowed to be carried 35 -1- LSB 6173YC (3) 83 dea/nh 1/ 2

H.F. _____ on a noninterstate highway by a livestock vehicle carrying 1 livestock, grain, fertilizer, or agricultural chemicals with 2 five axles, a minimum distance in feet between the centers of 3 the first and fifth axles of sixty-one feet, and a minimum 4 distance between the two rear axles of at least eight feet and 5 one inch is eighty-six thousand pounds. 6 EXPLANATION 7 This bill provides weight limitations for vehicles carrying 8 grain, fertilizer, or agricultural chemicals that currently 9 apply to livestock and construction vehicles. The new weight 10 limitations apply to vehicles with six or seven axles traveling 11 on noninterstate highways. 12 In addition, current law allows a livestock vehicle with 13 five axles, a minimum distance of 61 feet between the centers 14 of the first and fifth axles, and a minimum distance of eight 15 feet, one inch between the two rear axles to carry a maximum 16 gross weight of 86,000 pounds. The bill extends the weight 17 allowance to similar vehicles carrying grain, fertilizer, or 18 agricultural chemicals. 19 -2- LSB 6173YC (3) 83 dea/nh 2/ 2