House Study Bill 618 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE BILL BY CHAIRPERSON HEIN) A BILL FOR An Act providing for the towing of certain implements of 1 husbandry in tandem among manufacturers, retail sellers, and 2 farm purchasers. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6007YC (3) 86 ns/rj

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 321.383, subsection 1, Code 2016, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. This chapter with respect to equipment on vehicles does 3 not apply to implements of husbandry, road machinery, or bulk 4 spreaders and other fertilizer and chemical equipment defined 5 as special mobile equipment, except as made applicable in this 6 section . However, the movement of implements of husbandry on a 7 roadway is subject to safety rules adopted by the department. 8 The safety rules shall prohibit the movement of any power unit 9 towing more than one implement of husbandry , except implements 10 of husbandry that are not self-propelled and are capable of 11 being towed in tandem, from the manufacturer to the retail 12 seller, from the retail seller to the farm purchaser, or from 13 the manufacturer to the farm purchaser. 14 EXPLANATION 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 17 Current law requires the department of transportation to 18 adopt rules prohibiting the movement of any power unit towing 19 more than one implement of husbandry from the manufacturer 20 to the retail seller, from the retail seller to the farm 21 purchaser, or from the manufacturer to the farm purchaser. 22 This bill alters that requirement to allow the movement of any 23 power unit towing more than one implement of husbandry that is 24 not self-propelled and is capable of being towed in tandem. 25 -1- LSB 6007YC (3) 86 ns/rj 1/ 1