Senate File 2188 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2188 BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2036) A BILL FOR An Act allowing a temporary exemption from axle weight 1 limitations for a vehicle or combination vehicles operating 2 with a nonsteerable retractable axle raised while making a 3 turn of ninety degrees or less. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5336SV (3) 83 dea/nh

S.F. 2188 Section 1. Section 321.463, Code Supplement 2009, is 1 amended by adding the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 13. The operator of a vehicle or 3 combination of vehicles equipped with a nonsteerable 4 retractable axle may raise the axle when reasonably necessary 5 to complete a turn of ninety degrees or less. The operator 6 shall lower the axle to its original position upon completion 7 of the turn. A vehicle or combination of vehicles operated 8 with a nonsteerable retractable axle raised as permitted under 9 this subsection is exempt from the weight limitations of this 10 section, as long as the vehicle or combination of vehicles is 11 in compliance with the weight limitations of this section when 12 the nonsteerable retractable axle is lowered. 13 EXPLANATION 14 This bill allows the operator of a vehicle or combination 15 of vehicles equipped with a nonsteerable retractable axle to 16 raise the axle when reasonably necessary to complete a turn of 17 90 degrees or less, and then lower the axle upon completion 18 of the turn. The vehicle or combination of vehicles is 19 exempt from weight limitations for the time the nonsteerable 20 retractable axle is raised to make the turn, as long as the 21 vehicle or combination of vehicles is in compliance with weight 22 limitations when the nonsteerable axle is lowered. 23 -1- LSB 5336SV (3) 83 dea/nh 1/ 1