SF 258 (LSB 1383SV (1) 91)

SENATE FILE 258

BY  COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1044)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the combined gross weight limit for vehicles operating under a fluid milk products annual permit, and including applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321E.29B, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Notwithstanding section 321E.8, the department may issue annual permits for the operation of vehicles or combinations of vehicles transporting fluid milk products to or from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station, exceeding the weight limitation of section 321.463 but not exceeding a gross weight of ninety-six one hundred thirty thousand pounds, on primary roads and primary road extensions in cities.
    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies on and after the effective date of this Act to fluid milk products annual permits issued on or after that date and to such permits issued prior to that date that are in effect on that date.
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) is authorized to issue annual permits for the operation of vehicles or combinations of vehicles transporting fluid milk products to or from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer station while exceeding the weight limitation of Code section 321.463 but not exceeding 20,000 pounds per axle, and not exceeding a gross weight of 96,000 pounds, on primary roads and primary road extensions in cities. The fee for a fluid milk products annual permit is $400.
   This bill authorizes the DOT to issue fluid milk products annual permits for vehicles not exceeding a gross weight of 130,000 pounds. The bill applies to fluid milk products annual permits issued on or after the effective date of the bill and to such permits issued prior to that date that are in effect on that date. The bill does not amend the 20,000-pounds-per-axle weight limit under Code section 321.463.