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House File 382 - EnrolledAn Actauthorizing the department of transportation to issue
special permits allowing the transportation of loads of
relief supplies that exceed statutory weight limits during
periods of national emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. NEW SECTION. 321E.29B Special permits — relief
supplies during periods of national emergency.
1. During an emergency, the department may issue special
permits pursuant to 23 U.S.C.§127(i) authorizing the
transportation of divisible loads of relief supplies that
exceed the weight limits established under section 321.463 on
the interstate highway system if the president of the United
States has declared the emergency to be a major disaster under
the federal Robert T.Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act, Pub.L. No.93-288, as amended, 42 U.S.C.§5121
et seq.
2. The department shall only issue special permits under
this section exclusively for vehicles and loads that are
delivering relief supplies.
3. The department may issue a special permit under this
section to a commercial motor carrier that covers all vehicles
operated under the commercial motor carrier’s interstate or
intrastate motor carrier number, as those terms are defined
in section 325A.1, provided all vehicles operating under the
permit comply with subsection 2.
4. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A
to administer this section.
______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House______________________________
JAKE CHAPMANPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 382, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2021______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorth/ns
special permits allowing the transportation of loads of
relief supplies that exceed statutory weight limits during
periods of national emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. NEW SECTION. 321E.29B Special permits — relief
supplies during periods of national emergency.
1. During an emergency, the department may issue special
permits pursuant to 23 U.S.C.§127(i) authorizing the
transportation of divisible loads of relief supplies that
exceed the weight limits established under section 321.463 on
the interstate highway system if the president of the United
States has declared the emergency to be a major disaster under
the federal Robert T.Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act, Pub.L. No.93-288, as amended, 42 U.S.C.§5121
et seq.
2. The department shall only issue special permits under
this section exclusively for vehicles and loads that are
delivering relief supplies.
3. The department may issue a special permit under this
section to a commercial motor carrier that covers all vehicles
operated under the commercial motor carrier’s interstate or
intrastate motor carrier number, as those terms are defined
in section 325A.1, provided all vehicles operating under the
permit comply with subsection 2.
4. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A
to administer this section.
______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House______________________________
JAKE CHAPMANPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 382, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2021______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorth/ns