House File 2257 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  B. MOORE

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the gross weight allowed for special trucks
  2    and the gross weight information included on registration
  3    receipts.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.1, subsection 75, Code 2016, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    75.  "Special truck" means a motor truck or truck tractor not
  1  4 used for hire with a gross weight registration of six through
  1  5 thirty=two thirty=eight and four=tenths tons used by a person
  1  6 engaged in farming to transport commodities produced only by
  1  7 the owner, or to transport commodities purchased by the owner
  1  8 for use in the owner's own farming operation or occasional
  1  9 use for charitable purposes. "Special truck" also means a
  1 10 motor truck or truck tractor not used for hire with a gross
  1 11 weight registration of six through thirty=two thirty=eight
  1 12 and four=tenths tons used by a person engaged in farming who
  1 13 assists another person engaged in farming through an exchange
  1 14 of services. A "special truck" does not include a truck tractor
  1 15 operated more than fifteen thousand miles annually.
  1 16    Sec. 2.  Section 321.24, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended
  1 17 to read as follows:
  1 18    1.  Upon receipt of the application for title and payment of
  1 19 the required fees for a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer,
  1 20 the county treasurer or the department shall, when satisfied
  1 21 as to the application's genuineness and regularity, and, in
  1 22 the case of a mobile home or manufactured home, that taxes
  1 23 are not owing under chapter 423 or 435, issue a certificate
  1 24 of title and, except for a mobile home or manufactured home,
  1 25 a registration receipt, and shall file the application, the
  1 26 manufacturer's or importer's certificate, the certificate of
  1 27 title, or other evidence of ownership, as prescribed by the
  1 28 department. The registration receipt shall be delivered to
  1 29 the owner and shall contain upon its face the date issued,
  1 30 the name and address of the owner, the registration number
  1 31 assigned to the vehicle, the amount of the fee paid, the type
  1 32 of fuel used, a description of the vehicle as determined by the
  1 33 department, and a form for notice of transfer of the vehicle.
  1 34 The name and address of any lessee of the vehicle shall not
  1 35 be printed on the registration receipt or certificate of
  2  1 title. Up to three owners may be listed on the registration
  2  2 receipt and certificate of title.  If the registration receipt
  2  3 contains information about the gross weight of the vehicle, the
  2  4 registration receipt shall display the gross weight for which
  2  5 the vehicle was registered and not the gross weight allowable
  2  6 for the vehicle under section 321.466, subsection 4.
  2  7    Sec. 3.  Section 321.121, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code
  2  8 2016, is amended to read as follows:
  2  9    d.  The additional annual registration fee for a special
  2 10 truck for a gross weight registration in excess of twenty tons
  2 11 is twenty=five dollars for each ton over twenty tons and not
  2 12 exceeding thirty=two thirty=eight and four=tenths tons.
  2 13    Sec. 4.  Section 321.463, subsection 5, paragraph c,
  2 14 subparagraph (1), unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2016, is amended
  2 15 to read as follows:
  2 16    The maximum gross weight allowed to be carried on a
  2 17 commercial motor vehicle, other than a special truck, on
  2 18 noninterstate highways, provided the vehicle is operated by a
  2 19 person with a commercial driver's license valid for the vehicle
  2 20 operated unless section 321.176A applies, is as follows:
  2 21                           EXPLANATION
  2 22 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2 23 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2 24    Under current law, special trucks for farm use may be
  2 25 registered for a gross weight of between 12,000 and 64,000
  2 26 pounds. Code section 321.466 provides that the gross weight of
  2 27 certain vehicles, including special trucks for farm use, may
  2 28 be exceeded by up to 25 percent. As a result, under certain
  2 29 circumstances, the maximum gross weight allowed for special
  2 30 trucks for farm use is 80,000 pounds.
  2 31    This bill provides that special trucks for farm use may be
  2 32 registered for a gross weight of up to 76,800 pounds. With
  2 33 the 25 percent exemption provided for under current law,
  2 34 the bill effectively increases the gross weight allowed for
  2 35 special trucks for farm use to 96,000 pounds under certain
  3  1 circumstances. Code section 321.463, which is amended to
  3  2 include special trucks, allows vehicles with a gross weight
  3  3 of between 80,000 and 96,000 pounds to only operate on
  3  4 noninterstate highways, and prohibits such vehicles from
  3  5 operating on noninterstate highway bridges. Code section
  3  6 321.463 also governs the length and number of axles required
  3  7 for vehicles of a certain weight.
  3  8    The bill also provides that if a registration receipt
  3  9 contains information about the gross weight of a vehicle, the
  3 10 registration receipt shall display the gross weight for which
  3 11 the vehicle was registered and not the gross weight allowable
  3 12 for the vehicle with the 25 percent exemption included.
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