Senate Study Bill 3106 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BROWN) A BILL FOR An Act relating to annual all-systems permits issued by the 1 department of transportation for vehicles of excessive 2 weight. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6202XC (4) 89 th/ns

S.F. _____ 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 18 having an overall width not to exceed the width authorized 19 under section 321.454, an overall length not to exceed the 20 length authorized under section 321.457, an overall height not 21 to exceed the height authorized under section 321.456, and a 22 total gross weight not to exceed ninety thousand pounds, except 23 for vehicles in compliance with section 321.463, subsection 24 6, paragraph “c” , subparagraph (1), may operate under an 25 all-systems permit and shall obtain route approval from the 26 department. Permitted vehicles under this subsection shall 27 not be allowed to travel on any portion of the interstate road 28 system. 29 Sec. 3. Section 321E.14, subsection 1, paragraph i, Code 30 2022, is amended to read as follows: 31 i. One hundred sixty dollars for an annual all-systems 32 permit issued pursuant to section 321E.8 , subsection 1, which 33 shall be deposited in the road use tax fund. 34 Sec. 4. Section 321E.14, subsection 1, Code 2022, is amended 35 -1- LSB 6202XC (4) 89 th/ns 1/ 3

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

S.F. _____ under Code chapter 321 and not exceeding a gross weight 1 of 90,000 pounds. Vehicles permitted under the bill are 2 prohibited from traveling on any portion of the interstate road 3 system. 4 The fee for the permit is $500. Of the fee, $375 must be 5 deposited into the county bridge construction fund and $125 6 must be deposited in the road use tax fund. 7 -3- LSB 6202XC (4) 89 th/ns 3/ 3