House File 2313 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2313 BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 54) A BILL FOR An Act permitting the transportation of raw forest products on 1 motor vehicles exceeding certain weight limitations. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1887HV (2) 87 ns/rj

H.F. 2313 Section 1. Section 321.463, subsection 3, Code 2018, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 3. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter to 3 the contrary, indivisible loads operating under the permit 4 requirements of sections 321E.7 , 321E.8 , 321E.9 , and 321E.29A , 5 and divisible loads operating under the permit requirements of 6 section 321E.26, shall be allowed a maximum of twenty thousand 7 pounds per axle. 8 Sec. 2. Section 321E.7, subsection 1, Code 2018, is amended 9 by adding the following new paragraph: 10 NEW PARAGRAPH . f. Raw forest product transporters operating 11 under a permit issued pursuant to section 321E.26 shall not 12 exceed the axle and gross weights specified in that section. 13 Sec. 3. Section 321E.14, subsection 1, Code 2018, is amended 14 by adding the following new paragraph: 15 NEW PARAGRAPH . j. One hundred seventy-five dollars for a 16 permit issued pursuant to section 321E.26. 17 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION . 321E.26 Transportation of raw forest 18 products. 19 1. A permit-issuing authority may issue annual permits 20 for the operation of a vehicle or combination of vehicles 21 transporting raw forest products from fields to storage or 22 processing facilities. The combined gross weight or gross 23 weight on any one axle or group of axles on a vehicle or 24 combination of vehicles issued a permit under this section may 25 exceed the maximum weights specified in section 321.463, if all 26 of the following apply: 27 a. The combined gross weight of the vehicle does not exceed 28 one hundred thousand pounds. 29 b. The gross weight on any one axle does not exceed twenty 30 thousand pounds. 31 2. A vehicle or combination of vehicles for which a permit 32 is issued under this section shall not exceed the maximum 33 dimensions specified in sections 321.454 through 321.457. 34 3. A vehicle or combination of vehicles for which a permit 35 -1- LSB 1887HV (2) 87 ns/rj 1/ 2

H.F. 2313 is issued under this section shall not travel on any portion of 1 the interstate highway system. 2 4. For the purposes of this section, “raw forest products” 3 means logs, pilings, posts, poles, cordwood products, wood 4 chips, sawdust, pulpwood, intermediary lumber, fuel wood, and 5 Christmas trees not altered by a manufacturing process off the 6 land, sawmill, or factory from which the products were taken. 7 EXPLANATION 8 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 9 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 10 This bill allows the department of transportation and local 11 authorities to issue annual permits authorizing a vehicle 12 or combination of vehicles to transport raw forest products 13 from fields to storage or processing facilities. A vehicle 14 or combination of vehicles for which a permit is issued under 15 the bill may exceed the maximum gross weight limitations set 16 forth under Code section 321.463 if the combined gross weight 17 of the vehicle does not exceed 100,000 pounds and the gross 18 weight on any one axle does not exceed 20,000 pounds. The bill 19 prohibits a vehicle issued such a permit from exceeding the 20 size limitations set forth in Code sections 321.454 through 21 321.457. The bill provides that the annual permit fee is $175. 22 The bill prohibits a vehicle or combination of vehicles for 23 which a permit is issued under the bill from traveling on any 24 portion of the interstate highway system. 25 The bill defines “raw forest products” to mean logs, 26 pilings, posts, poles, cordwood products, wood chips, sawdust, 27 pulpwood, intermediary lumber, fuel wood, and Christmas trees 28 not altered by a manufacturing process off the land, sawmill, 29 or factory from which the products were taken. 30 -2- LSB 1887HV (2) 87 ns/rj 2/ 2