Bill Text: IA HF2310 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act removing the requirement to obtain a permit for vehicles or combinations of vehicles of excessive size transporting divisible loads of hay, straw, stover, or bagged livestock bedding that meet certain width, height, and length requirements. (Formerly HSB 525.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-17 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 789. [HF2310 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2310-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
REMOVING
THE
REQUIREMENT
TO
OBTAIN
A
PERMIT
FOR
VEHICLES
OR
COMBINATIONS
OF
VEHICLES
OF
EXCESSIVE
SIZE
TRANSPORTING
DIVISIBLE
LOADS
OF
HAY,
STRAW,
STOVER,
OR
BAGGED
LIVESTOCK
BEDDING
THAT
MEET
CERTAIN
WIDTH,
HEIGHT,
AND
LENGTH
REQUIREMENTS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
321.454,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
321.454
Width
of
vehicles.
1.
The
total
outside
width
of
a
vehicle
or
the
load
on
the
vehicle
shall
not
exceed
eight
feet
six
inches.
This
limitation
on
the
total
outside
width
of
a
vehicle
or
the
load
on
the
vehicle
does
not
include
safety
equipment
on
a
vehicle
or
incidental
appurtenances
or
retracted
awnings
on
motor
homes,
motorsports
recreational
vehicles,
travel
trailers,
or
fifth-wheel
travel
trailers
if
the
incidental
appurtenance
or
retracted
awning
is
less
than
six
inches
in
width.
2.
Notwithstanding
subsection
1,
the
total
outside
width
of
a
vehicle
or
combination
of
vehicles
transporting
a
divisible
load
of
hay,
straw,
stover,
or
bagged
livestock
bedding
shall
not
exceed
twelve
feet
five
inches.
However,
if
hay,
straw,
or
stover
,
or
bagged
livestock
bedding
is
moved
on
an
implement
of
husbandry
and
the
total
width
of
load
of
the
implement
of
husbandry
exceeds
eight
feet
six
inches
twelve
feet
five
inches
,
the
implement
of
husbandry
is
not
subject
to
the
House
File
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p.
2
permit
requirements
of
chapter
321E
.
If
a
divisible
load
of
hay,
straw,
or
stover
,
or
bagged
livestock
bedding
is
moved
on
any
other
vehicle
or
combination
of
vehicles
subject
to
registration,
the
moves
are
subject
to
the
permit
requirements
for
transporting
loads
exceeding
eight
feet
six
inches
twelve
feet
five
inches
in
width
as
required
under
chapter
321E
.
3.
The
limitations
on
the
total
outside
width
of
a
vehicle,
the
load
on
the
vehicle,
or
a
combination
of
vehicles
set
forth
in
this
section
do
not
include
safety
equipment
on
a
vehicle
or
incidental
appurtenances
or
retracted
awnings
on
motor
homes,
motorsports
recreational
vehicles,
travel
trailers,
or
fifth-wheel
travel
trailers
if
the
incidental
appurtenance
or
retracted
awning
is
less
than
six
inches
in
width.
Sec.
2.
Section
321.456,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
321.456
Height
of
vehicles.
1.
A
vehicle
unladen
or
with
load
shall
not
exceed
a
height
of
thirteen
feet
,
six
inches
,
except
that
.
2.
Notwithstanding
subsection
1,
a
vehicle
or
combination
of
vehicles
coupled
together
and
used
exclusively
for
the
transportation
of
passenger
vehicles,
light
delivery
trucks,
panel
delivery
trucks,
pickup
trucks,
or
recreational
vehicle
chassis
may
operate
with
a
height
not
to
exceed
fourteen
feet.
3.
Notwithstanding
subsection
1,
a
vehicle
or
combination
of
vehicles
transporting
a
divisible
load
of
hay,
straw,
stover,
or
bagged
livestock
bedding
may
operate
with
a
height
not
to
exceed
fourteen
feet
six
inches.
4.
This
section
shall
not
be
construed
to
require
any
railroad
or
public
authorities
to
provide
sufficient
vertical
clearance
to
permit
the
operation
of
such
vehicle
upon
the
highways
of
this
state.
Any
damage
to
highways,
highway
or
railroad
structures,
or
underpasses
caused
by
the
height
of
any
vehicle
provided
for
by
this
section
shall
be
borne
by
the
operator
or
owner
of
the
vehicle.
Sec.
3.
Section
321.457,
subsection
2,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
p.
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
this
chapter,
and
to
the
extent
allowed
under
federal
law,
a
vehicle
or
combination
of
vehicles
transporting
a
divisible
House
File
2310,
p.
3
load
of
hay,
straw,
stover,
or
bagged
livestock
bedding
shall
not
have
an
overall
length
in
excess
of
seventy-five
feet.
Sec.
4.
Section
321E.29,
subsection
2,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
striking
the
subsection.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
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
2310,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2020
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
