Bill Text: IA SF211 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act prohibiting the department of transportation and local authorities from requiring permits for the operation of motor vehicles transporting an implement of husbandry between fields, locations for repair, or locations for storage. (See SF 406.)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-29 - NOBA: Final [SF211 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF211-Introduced.html

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Senate File 211 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  ZUMBACH

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act prohibiting the department of transportation and local
  2    authorities from requiring permits for the operation of
  3    motor vehicles transporting an implement of husbandry
  4    between fields, locations for repair, or locations for
  5    storage.
  6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.453, Code 2017, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  Notwithstanding section 321.463,
  1  4 321.471, or 321.474, chapter 321E, or any other provision
  1  5 of law to the contrary, the department or a local authority
  1  6 shall not require a permit for the operation of a motor
  1  7 vehicle transporting an implement of husbandry between fields,
  1  8 locations for repair, or locations for storage of the implement
  1  9 of husbandry.
  1 10                           EXPLANATION
  1 11 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 12 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 13    Code section 321.453 exempts certain motor vehicles and
  1 14 equipment from the provisions of Code chapter 321 (motor
  1 15 vehicles and law of the road) governing size, weight, and load,
  1 16 and the permit requirements of Code chapter 321E (vehicles of
  1 17 excessive size and weight). Such motor vehicles and equipment
  1 18 include fire apparatus, certain road maintenance equipment,
  1 19 implements of husbandry when moved or moving upon a highway
  1 20 that is not a portion of the interstate, and certain equipment
  1 21 used primarily for construction of permanent conservation
  1 22 practices on agricultural land. However, such motor vehicles
  1 23 and equipment are not exempt from the provisions of Code
  1 24 section 321.463 (maximum gross weight), 321.471 (restrictions
  1 25 by local authorities), or 321.474 (restrictions by the
  1 26 department of transportation), which include certain permitting
  1 27 provisions.
  1 28    This bill provides that the department of transportation or
  1 29 a local authority shall not require a permit for the operation
  1 30 of a motor vehicle transporting an implement of husbandry
  1 31 between fields, locations for repair, or locations for storage
  1 32 of the implement of husbandry.
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