HSB 202 (LSB 2726YC (1) 91)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON YOUNG)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the registration requirements for vehicles of excessive size and weight operating under a single-trip permit, and providing fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321E.12, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  a.  A vehicle traveling under permit shall be registered for the gross weight of the vehicle and load. A trip permit issued according to section 326.23 shall not be used in lieu of the registration provided for in this section.
   b.  For purposes of this section, a vehicle traveling under a single-trip permit issued under section 321E.9 may be registered with the department for the combined gross weight of the vehicle and load on a single-trip basis. The fee for single-trip registration is four dollars per ton exceeding forty tons.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Under current law, the department of transportation (DOT) and local authorities are authorized to issue single-trip permits for the movement of vehicles that exceed established dimensions and weight limits (Code section 321E.9). A vehicle traveling under an oversize or overweight permit is required to be registered for the gross weight of the vehicle and load. The owner of a commercial vehicle, which is properly registered and licensed in some other jurisdiction and also operated occasionally in Iowa, who pays the $10 trip permit fee that otherwise authorizes a commercial vehicle not registered in Iowa to be operated in Iowa for up to 72 hours, in accordance with Code section 326.23, cannot use that trip permit in lieu of the oversize or overweight vehicle registration requirements.
   This bill authorizes a vehicle traveling under a single-trip permit to be registered with the DOT on a single-trip basis for the combined gross weight of the vehicle and load. The fee for single-trip registration is $4 per ton exceeding 40 tons. The bill strikes the prohibition on using a Code section 326.23 trip permit in lieu of registration.