HF 102 (LSB 1889YH (1) 87)

HOUSE FILE 102

BY  HEIN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the maximum gross weight permitted for motor vehicles transporting agricultural commodities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.463, subsection 5, paragraph c, subparagraph (2), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the maximum gross weight allowed to be carried on a noninterstate highway by a livestock vehicle transporting agricultural commodities, including crops and livestock, that is equipped with five axles, with a minimum distance in feet between the centers of the first and fifth axles of sixty-one feet, and a minimum distance between the two rear axles of at least eight feet and one inch, is eighty-six thousand pounds.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Current law provides that the maximum gross weight allowed to be carried on noninterstate highways by certain motor vehicles transporting livestock is 86,000 pounds. This bill broadens that provision to include motor vehicles transporting agricultural commodities, including crops and livestock.