HF 2258 (LSB 5834YH (2) 86)

HOUSE FILE 2258

BY  B. MOORE

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to gross weight limits on interstate and noninterstate highways.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.463, Code 2016, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  13A.  Notwithstanding this section or any other provision of law to the contrary, a motor vehicle with a gross weight of more than eighty thousand pounds traveling on a noninterstate highway in compliance with this section may travel on an interstate highway without violating the gross weight limit requirements of this section in order to continue traveling on the noninterstate highway, if continued travel on the noninterstate highway reasonably requires the vehicle to travel on the interstate highway for less than five miles.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that a motor vehicle with a gross weight of more than 80,000 pounds traveling on a noninterstate highway in compliance with Code section 321.463 may travel on an interstate highway without violating interstate highway gross weight limit requirements in order to continue traveling on the noninterstate highway, if continued travel on the noninterstate highway reasonably requires the vehicle to travel on the interstate highway for less than five miles.
   Because the bill allows motor vehicles with a gross weight of more than 80,000 pounds to travel on interstate highways, Iowa’s federal aid road funding may be affected.