Senate File 379 - Introduced SENATE FILE 379 BY HANCOCK A BILL FOR An Act relating to service brake requirements for certain 1 trailers used to transport construction materials or 2 equipment. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2603XS (2) 84 dea/nh

S.F. 379 Section 1. Section 321.430, subsection 4, Code 2011, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . e. A trailer with a gross weight exceeding 3 three thousand pounds and equipped with a tow bar and a 4 steering axle, which is used for the transportation of 5 construction materials or equipment, need not be equipped with 6 brakes on the front wheels. 7 EXPLANATION 8 Current law requires every motor vehicle, trailer, or 9 semitrailer to be equipped with service brakes on all wheels. 10 Exceptions are allowed for motorcycles and motorized bicycles, 11 trailers with a gross weight of less than 3,000 pounds, certain 12 trucks and truck tractors equipped with three or more axles, 13 and certain vehicles in a driveaway-towaway operation. 14 This bill creates an exception from the brake requirement 15 for certain trailers with a gross weight of more than 3,000 16 pounds which are used to transport construction materials or 17 equipment. If such a trailer is equipped with a tow bar and a 18 steering axle, the trailer is not required to be equipped with 19 brakes on the front wheels. 20 -1- LSB 2603XS (2) 84 dea/nh 1/ 1