Bill Text: IA HF769 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the gross weight of special trucks, and providing fees. (Formerly HF 483 and HF 75.) Effective 7-1-19.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-13 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 1084. [HF769 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF769-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
GROSS
WEIGHT
OF
SPECIAL
TRUCKS,
AND
PROVIDING
FEES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
321.1,
subsection
75,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
75.
“Special
truck”
means
a
motor
truck
or
truck
tractor
not
used
for
hire
with
a
gross
weight
registration
of
six
through
thirty-two
thirty-nine
tons
used
by
a
person
engaged
in
farming
to
transport
commodities
produced
only
by
the
owner,
or
to
transport
commodities
purchased
by
the
owner
for
use
in
the
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owner’s
own
farming
operation
or
occasional
use
for
charitable
purposes.
“Special
truck”
also
means
a
motor
truck
or
truck
tractor
not
used
for
hire
with
a
gross
weight
registration
of
six
through
thirty-two
thirty-nine
tons
used
by
a
person
engaged
in
farming
who
assists
another
person
engaged
in
farming
through
an
exchange
of
services.
A
“special
truck”
does
not
include
a
truck
tractor
operated
more
than
fifteen
thousand
miles
annually.
Sec.
2.
Section
321.121,
subsection
1,
paragraph
d,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
d.
The
additional
annual
registration
fee
for
a
special
truck
for
a
gross
weight
registration
in
excess
of
twenty
tons
is
twenty-five
dollars
for
each
ton
over
twenty
tons
and
not
exceeding
thirty-two
thirty-eight
tons
,
and
an
additional
ten
dollars
for
a
gross
weight
registration
in
excess
of
thirty-eight
tons
and
not
exceeding
thirty-nine
tons
.
Sec.
3.
Section
321.463,
subsection
6,
paragraph
c,
subparagraph
(1),
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
The
maximum
gross
weight
allowed
to
be
carried
on
a
commercial
motor
vehicle
,
other
than
a
special
truck,
on
noninterstate
highways,
provided
the
vehicle
is
operated
by
a
person
with
a
commercial
driver’s
license
valid
for
the
vehicle
operated
unless
section
321.176A
applies,
is
as
follows:
Sec.
4.
Section
321.466,
subsection
4,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
4.
A
person
shall
not
operate
a
motor
truck,
trailer,
truck
tractor,
road
tractor,
semitrailer,
or
combination
thereof,
or
any
such
vehicle
equipped
with
a
transferable
auxiliary
axle
or
axles,
on
the
public
highways
with
a
gross
weight
exceeding
the
gross
weight
for
which
it
is
registered
by
more
than
five
percent;
provided,
however,
that
any
vehicle
or
vehicle
combination
referred
to
in
this
subsection
,
while
carrying
a
load
of
raw
farm
products,
soil
fertilizers
including
ground
limestone,
raw
dairy
products,
livestock,
live
poultry,
or
eggs,
or
a
special
truck,
while
carrying
a
load
of
distillers
grains,
may
be
operated
with
a
gross
weight
of
twenty-five
percent
in
excess
of
the
gross
weight
for
which
it
is
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registered.
However,
this
subsection
shall
not
be
construed
to
allow
the
operation
of
a
special
truck
on
the
public
highways
with
a
gross
weight
exceeding
the
maximum
gross
weight
allowed
under
section
321.463,
subsection
6.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
769,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
