A bill for an act relating to fluid milk products annual permits, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HF 531 , HSB 170 .)

House

File

2651

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2651

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

TRANSPORTATION

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HF

531)

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HSB

170)

(COMPANION

TO

LSB

1383SZ

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

TRANSPORTATION)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

fluid

milk

products

annual

permits,

and

1

including

effective

date

provisions.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

TLSB

2723HZ

(2)

91

th/ns

H.F.

2651

Section

1.

Section

321E.29B,

subsection

1,

Code

2026,

is

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

1.

Notwithstanding

section

321E.8

,

the

department

3

permit-issuing

authority

may

issue

annual

permits

for

the

4

operation

of

vehicles

or

combinations

of

vehicles

transporting

5

fluid

milk

products

to

or

from

a

milk

plant,

receiving

6

station,

or

transfer

station,

exceeding

the

weight

limitation

7

of

section

321.463

but

not

exceeding

a

gross

weight

of

8

ninety-six

one

hundred

thirty-six

thousand

pounds

,

on

primary

9

roads

and

primary

road

extensions

in

cities

.

The

department

10

shall

establish

rules

regarding

minimum

distances

for

axle

11

configurations.

12

Sec.

2.

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

This

Act

takes

effect

January

1,

13

2027.

14

EXPLANATION

15

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

16

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

17

Under

current

law,

the

department

of

transportation

(DOT)

18

is

authorized

to

issue

annual

permits

for

the

operation

19

of

vehicles

or

combinations

of

vehicles

transporting

fluid

20

milk

products

to

or

from

a

milk

plant,

receiving

station,

or

21

transfer

station

while

exceeding

the

weight

limitation

of

Code

22

section

321.463

but

not

exceeding

20,000

pounds

per

axle,

and

23

not

exceeding

a

gross

weight

of

96,000

pounds,

on

primary

roads

24

and

primary

road

extensions

in

cities.

The

fee

for

a

fluid

25

milk

products

annual

permit

is

$400.

26

This

bill

strikes

the

restriction

that

limits

such

permitted

27

vehicles

to

be

operated

only

on

primary

roads

and

primary

road

28

extensions

in

cities.

As

such,

the

bill

authorizes

local

29

authorities,

in

addition

to

the

DOT,

to

issue

fluid

milk

30

products

annual

permits.

In

accordance

with

current

law,

a

31

permit

must

be

issued

by

the

authority

responsible

for

the

32

maintenance

of

the

system

of

highways

or

streets

on

which

33

operating

a

permitted

vehicle

is

authorized.

34

The

bill

makes

fluid

milk

products

annual

permits

valid

for

35

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LSB

2723HZ

(2)

91

th/ns

1/

2

H.F.

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vehicles

and

combinations

of

vehicles

weighing

up

to

136,000

1

pounds.

The

DOT

is

required

to

establish

rules

regarding

2

minimum

distances

for

axle

configurations.

The

bill

does

3

not

amend

the

20,000-pounds-per-axle

weight

limit

under

Code

4

section

321.463.

5

The

bill

takes

effect

January

1,

2027.

6

-2-

LSB

2723HZ

(2)

91

th/ns

2/

2