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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