Senate File 18 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  HANCOCK


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act creating an exception to axle weight limitations for a
  2    vehicle whose retractable axles are raised while the vehicle
  3    is waiting to be unloaded.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1566SS 83
  6 dea/nh/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.463, Code 2009, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  13.  The operator of a vehicle that has
  1  4 arrived at its destination and has one or more retractable
  1  5 axles raised while waiting to be unloaded shall not be cited
  1  6 for a violation of this section if the vehicle, with the
  1  7 retractable axle or axles lowered, would be in compliance with
  1  8 the axle weight limitations of this section.
  1  9                           EXPLANATION
  1 10    This bill provides that the operator of a vehicle shall not
  1 11 be cited for a violation of axle weight limitations if the
  1 12 vehicle has arrived at its destination and the operator has
  1 13 raised one or more retractable axles while waiting for the
  1 14 vehicle to be unloaded.  The provision only applies if the
  1 15 vehicle would otherwise be in compliance with applicable axle
  1 16 weight limitations if its retractable axles were lowered.
  1 17 LSB 1566SS 83
  1 18 dea/nh/5