House
File
531
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
531
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
170)
(COMPANION
TO
SF
258
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
combined
gross
weight
limit
for
vehicles
1
operating
under
a
fluid
milk
products
annual
permit,
and
2
including
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
Section
321E.29B,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
Notwithstanding
section
321E.8
,
the
department
may
issue
3
annual
permits
for
the
operation
of
vehicles
or
combinations
4
of
vehicles
transporting
fluid
milk
products
to
or
from
a
milk
5
plant,
receiving
station,
or
transfer
station,
exceeding
the
6
weight
limitation
of
section
321.463
but
not
exceeding
a
gross
7
weight
of
ninety-six
one
hundred
thirty
thousand
pounds,
on
8
primary
roads
and
primary
road
extensions
in
cities.
9
Sec.
2.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
on
and
after
10
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
to
fluid
milk
products
annual
11
permits
issued
on
or
after
that
date
and
to
such
permits
issued
12
prior
to
that
date
that
are
in
effect
on
that
date.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
Under
current
law,
the
department
of
transportation
(DOT)
17
is
authorized
to
issue
annual
permits
for
the
operation
18
of
vehicles
or
combinations
of
vehicles
transporting
fluid
19
milk
products
to
or
from
a
milk
plant,
receiving
station,
or
20
transfer
station
while
exceeding
the
weight
limitation
of
Code
21
section
321.463
but
not
exceeding
20,000
pounds
per
axle,
and
22
not
exceeding
a
gross
weight
of
96,000
pounds,
on
primary
roads
23
and
primary
road
extensions
in
cities.
The
fee
for
a
fluid
24
milk
products
annual
permit
is
$400.
25
This
bill
authorizes
the
DOT
to
issue
fluid
milk
products
26
annual
permits
for
vehicles
not
exceeding
a
gross
weight
of
27
130,000
pounds.
The
bill
applies
to
fluid
milk
products
annual
28
permits
issued
on
or
after
the
effective
date
of
the
bill
and
29
to
such
permits
issued
prior
to
that
date
that
are
in
effect
on
30
that
date.
The
bill
does
not
amend
the
20,000-pounds-per-axle
31
weight
limit
under
Code
section
321.463.
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