House
File
2372
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2372
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
AGRICULTURE
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
530)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
exempting
certain
farmers
and
hired
help
operating
a
1
special
truck
from
the
requirement
to
be
licensed
as
a
2
chauffeur.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
TLSB
5134HV
(2)
88
mo/ns
H.F.
2372
Section
1.
Section
321.1,
subsection
8,
Code
2020,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0e.
A
farmer
or
the
farmer’s
hired
help
3
is
not
a
chauffeur
when
operating
a
special
truck
owned
by
4
the
farmer
and
used
exclusively
to
transport
the
farmer’s
own
5
products
or
property
to
a
destination
no
more
than
one
hundred
6
miles
from
farmland
owned
or
rented
by
the
farmer
as
measured
7
by
calculating
the
straight-line
distance
between
the
farmland
8
and
the
destination.
9
EXPLANATION
10
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
11
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
12
Current
law
provides
that
a
person
who
operates
a
motor
13
vehicle
in
the
transportation
of
passengers
for
wages,
14
compensation,
or
hire,
or
who
operates
a
truck
tractor,
road
15
tractor,
or
motor
truck
weighing
more
than
16,000
pounds,
16
is
considered
a
chauffeur
subject
to
specific
driver’s
17
licensing
requirements.
This
bill
amends
the
definition
of
18
“chauffeur”
to
exclude
a
farmer
or
the
farmer’s
hired
help
19
who
is
operating
a
special
truck
owned
by
the
farmer
and
20
used
exclusively
to
transport
the
farmer’s
own
products
or
21
property
to
a
destination
no
more
than
100
miles
from
farmland
22
owned
or
rented
by
the
farmer
as
measured
by
calculating
23
the
straight-line
distance
between
the
farmland
and
the
24
destination.
25
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