Senate File 2347 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2347 BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3106) A BILL FOR An Act relating to annual all-systems permits issued by the 1 department of transportation for vehicles of excessive 2 weight, and including effective date provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6202SV (2) 89 th/ns

S.F. 2347 Section 1. Section 321E.3, subsection 1, Code 2022, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. a. Permits issued under this chapter shall be issued 3 by the authority responsible for the maintenance of the system 4 of highways or streets. However, the department may issue 5 permits on primary road extensions in cities in conjunction 6 with movements on the rural primary road system. 7 b. The department may issue an all-systems permit permits 8 under section 321E.8 which is are valid for movements on 9 all highways or streets under the jurisdiction of either 10 the state , except the interstate road system if prohibited 11 under section 321E.8, or those local authorities that have 12 indicated to the department in writing, including by means of 13 electronic communication, those streets or highways for which 14 an all-systems permit is not valid. 15 Sec. 2. Section 321E.8, Code 2022, is amended by adding the 16 following new subsection: 17 NEW SUBSECTION . 1A. Vehicles with indivisible loads having 18 an overall width not to exceed the width authorized under 19 section 321.454, an overall length not to exceed the length 20 authorized under section 321.457, an overall height not to 21 exceed the height authorized under section 321.456, and a total 22 gross weight not to exceed the gross weight authorized under 23 section 321.463 by more than twelve percent, may operate under 24 an all-systems permit and shall obtain route approval from the 25 department. Permitted vehicles under this subsection with a 26 gross weight exceeding eighty thousand pounds shall not be 27 allowed to travel on any portion of the interstate road system. 28 Sec. 3. Section 321E.14, subsection 1, paragraph i, Code 29 2022, is amended to read as follows: 30 i. One hundred sixty dollars for an annual all-systems 31 permit issued pursuant to section 321E.8 , subsection 1, which 32 shall be deposited in the road use tax fund. 33 Sec. 4. Section 321E.14, subsection 1, Code 2022, is amended 34 by adding the following new paragraph: 35 -1- LSB 6202SV (2) 89 th/ns 1/ 3

S.F. 2347 NEW PARAGRAPH . 0j. Five hundred dollars for an annual 1 all-systems permit issued pursuant to section 321E.8, 2 subsection 1A. Seventy-five percent of the fee shall be 3 deposited in the county bridge construction fund created in 4 section 312.2, subsection 12, and twenty-five percent of the 5 fee shall be deposited in the road use tax fund. 6 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 7 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 8 EXPLANATION 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 10 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 11 Under current law, Code section 321.463 limits the gross 12 weight of a vehicle based on the highway of travel and the 13 number of axles and the distance between the axles on the 14 vehicle. Generally, vehicles are allowed to have a maximum 15 gross weight of up to 80,000 pounds on any highway, and 16 commercial motor vehicles with six or seven axles are allowed 17 to have a gross weight of up to 96,000 pounds on noninterstate 18 highways. To operate in excess of the gross weights allowed 19 under Code section 321.463, Code chapter 321E authorizes 20 single-trip, multi-trip, and annual permits for vehicles of 21 excessive size and weight. Generally, such permits may be 22 issued by the department of transportation (DOT) for vehicles 23 traveling on primary highways, primary road extensions in 24 cities in conjunction with movements on the rural primary road 25 system, and secondary roads or city streets at the request of a 26 local authority. A local authority may also generally issue 27 such permits for streets or highways under its jurisdiction. 28 The DOT may issue an annual all-systems permit authorizing 29 vehicles of excessive size and weight, not to exceed 80,000 30 pounds, to travel on state highways and those streets or 31 highways of local authorities that have indicated to the DOT 32 the streets or highways for which an all-systems permit is not 33 valid. The fee for an annual all-systems permit is $160. 34 This bill authorizes the DOT to issue an annual all-systems 35 -2- LSB 6202SV (2) 89 th/ns 2/ 3

S.F. 2347 permit for vehicles not exceeding the current size restrictions 1 under Code chapter 321 and not exceeding the gross weight 2 authorized under Code section 321.463 by more than 12 percent. 3 Vehicles permitted under the bill with a gross weight exceeding 4 80,000 pounds are prohibited from traveling on any portion of 5 the interstate road system. 6 The fee for the permit is $500. Of the fee, $375 must be 7 deposited into the county bridge construction fund and $125 8 must be deposited in the road use tax fund. 9 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 10 -3- LSB 6202SV (2) 89 th/ns 3/ 3