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House
File
527
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
527
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
136)
(COMPANION
TO
SF
153
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
driver
age
qualifications
for
certain
1
commercial
motor
vehicle
drivers
operating
solely
intrastate
2
to
transport
hazardous
material.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
Section
321.449,
subsection
3,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
3.
Rules
adopted
under
this
section
concerning
driver
age
3
qualifications
do
not
apply
to
drivers
for
private
and
for-hire
4
motor
carriers
which
operate
solely
intrastate
except
when
the
5
vehicle
being
driven
is
transporting
a
hazardous
material
in
a
6
quantity
which
requires
placarding
.
The
minimum
age
for
the
7
exempted
intrastate
operations
is
eighteen
years
of
age.
8
Sec.
2.
Section
321.450,
subsection
3,
Code
2025,
is
amended
9
to
read
as
follows:
10
3.
Notwithstanding
other
provisions
of
this
section
,
or
the
11
age
requirements
under
section
321.449
,
the
age
requirements
12
under
section
321.449
and
the
rules
adopted
under
this
section
13
pertaining
to
compliance
with
regulations
adopted
under
14
United
States
Code,
Tit.
49,
and
found
in
49
C.F.R.
§177.804
,
15
shall
not
apply
to
retail
dealers
of
fertilizers,
petroleum
16
products,
and
pesticides
and
their
employees
while
delivering
17
fertilizers,
petroleum
products,
and
pesticides
to
farm
18
customers
within
a
one-hundred-mile
radius
of
their
retail
19
place
of
business.
20
EXPLANATION
21
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
22
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
23
Under
current
law,
the
department
of
public
safety
(DPS),
24
in
consultation
with
the
department
of
transportation,
is
25
authorized
to
adopt
motor
carrier
safety
rules
consistent
with
26
federal
motor
carrier
safety
regulations.
Federal
regulations
27
require
a
person
to
be
at
least
21
years
old
in
order
to
be
28
licensed
as
a
commercial
motor
vehicle
(CMV)
driver
(49
C.F.R.
29
§391.11),
with
limited
exceptions.
DPS
is
authorized
to
adopt
30
rules
authorizing
a
person
who
is
at
least
18
years
of
age,
31
but
under
21
years
of
age,
to
be
licensed
to
operate
a
CMV
in
32
interstate
commerce
if
the
person
holds
a
valid
commercial
33
driver’s
license
(CDL)
and
is
authorized
under
federal
law
34
to
operate
a
CMV
in
interstate
commerce.
In
addition,
rules
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adopted
by
DPS
concerning
driver
age
qualifications
do
not
1
apply
to
drivers
for
private
and
for-hire
motor
carriers
2
which
operate
solely
intrastate
except
when
the
vehicle
being
3
driven
is
transporting
a
hazardous
material
in
a
quantity
4
which
requires
placarding.
The
minimum
age
for
the
exempted
5
intrastate
operations
is
18
years
of
age.
6
This
bill
strikes
the
age
qualifications
exception
for
7
drivers
transporting
a
hazardous
material
in
a
quantity
which
8
requires
placarding,
thus
making
DPS
rules
concerning
driver
9
age
qualifications
inapplicable
to
persons
who
hold
a
CDL
while
10
driving
a
CMV
for
private
and
for-hire
motor
carriers,
which
11
operate
solely
intrastate,
to
transport
hazardous
material.
12
Current
law
specifies
that
the
age
requirements
under
13
Code
section
321.449
do
not
apply
under
Code
section
321.450
14
(hazardous
materials
transportation
regulations)
to
retail
15
dealers
of
fertilizers,
petroleum
products,
and
pesticides
16
and
their
employees
while
delivering
fertilizers,
petroleum
17
products,
and
pesticides
to
farm
customers
within
a
100-mile
18
radius
of
their
retail
place
of
business.
The
bill
strikes
19
this
provision,
thereby
applying
the
age
requirements
under
20
Code
section
321.449
to
such
persons.
21
The
bill
does
not
amend
Code
section
321.180(2)(f),
which
22
provides
that
a
commercial
learner’s
permit
is
not
valid
for
23
the
operation
of
a
vehicle
transporting
hazardous
materials.
24
In
general,
rules
adopted
by
DPS
for
CMV
drivers
still
apply
25
to
a
CMV
driver
engaged
exclusively
in
intrastate
commerce
to
26
transport
hazardous
materials
requiring
a
placard
(see
Code
27
section
321.449(4)(a)).
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