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STATE OF IOWA
KIM REYNOLDS
GOVERNOR
June 6, 2025
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
House File 979, an Act relating to vehicles operating with a permit for excessive size or
weight, and providing fees.
The above House File is hereby approved on this date.
Sincerely,
Ki i`' eynold
Governor of Iô
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
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House File 979
AN ACT
RELATING TO VEHICLES OPERATING WITH A PERMIT FOR EXCESSIVE SIZE
OR WEIGHT, AND PROVIDING FEES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 321E.3, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
2025, is amended to read as follows:
b. ( 1) The department may issue all- systems permits
under section 321E.8 which are valid for movement on all
paved highways or streets primary roads and secondary roads,
including roads designated by a local authority as a truck
route, except the interstate road system if prohibited
under section 321E.8, and except any highways or streets
all sy3tcm3 permit is road designated by the applicable local
authority as not valid as determi ned by the applseal e lee
authority for use by permitted vehicles if the local authority
indi atc3 such highway3 and streets communicates the not- valid
designation to the department in writing, including by means
of electronic communication. However, all roads designated as
not valid are subject to review by the department, and a local
authority shall not determine that any paved farm- to- market
road, or highway or street road designated as a truck route,
is not valid for purposes of an all- systems permit without
justification. A highway or street under the jurisdiction of
a local authority upon which movement under an all-sy3tcm3
permit is valid Shall conneet with a highway or street under
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House File 979, p. 2
the jurisdiction of the state, or with another highway or
otrcct upon which movement under an all systems permit is valid
that ultimately connects with a highway or strcct under the
n--e the - s t a t e
( 2) A local authority that indi atco determines a highway or
otrcct, including a paved farm- to- market road, secondary road,
or road designated as a truck route upon which an all- systems
permit is not valid under subparagraph ( 1) shall provide a
written justification report to the department explaining the
local authority's determination in accordance with subparagraph
( 1). If the department disagrees with the local authority's
determination, the dispute shall be resolved in accordance with
chapter 17h rules adopted by the department.
( 3) Notwithstanding a to al authority'a- ,&etcrmination under
this paragraph, a person who is issued an all systcros permit
r the most direct route
unleaded and the nearest ay or strcct upon which movement
under an all systcros permit is valid. If all roads leading to
and from a loading or unloading location used by a permitted
vehicle are designated as not valid, a local authority shall
cooperate with the department to find an alternate route for
the permitted vehicle over the shortest practicable distance
( 4) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A
to implement and administer this paragraph.
Sec. 2. Section 321E.8, subsection 2, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
2. Vehicles with indivisible or divisible loads having an
overall width not to exceed the width authorized under section
321.454, an overall length not to exceed the length authorized
under section 321.457, an overall height not to exceed the
height authorized under section 321.456, and a total gross
weight not to exceed the gross weight authorized under section
321.463 by more than twelve and one-half percent, may operate
under an all- systems permit and shall obtain route approval
from the department. Permitted vehicles under this subsection
with a gross weight exceeding eighty thousand pounds shall not
be allowed to travel on any portion of the interstate road
system.
House File 979, p. 3
Sec. 3. Section 321E.9, subsection 4, paragraph d, Code
2025, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 4. Section 321E.12, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended
to read as follows:
1. a. A vehicle traveling under permit shall be registered
for the gross weight of the vehicle and load. A trip permit
issued according to section 326.23 Shall not be used in lieu of
the registration provided for in thi3 section.
b. For purposes of this section, a vehicle traveling
under a single- trip permit issued under section 321E.9 may be
registered with the department for the combined gross weight
of the vehicle and load on a single- trip basis. The fee for
single- trip registration is four dollars per ton exceeding
forty tons.
PAT GRASSL
Speaker of the House
AMY SIN 6AIR
President of the Senate
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I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 979, Ninety-first General Assembly.
Approved & 0 *'7F1.4j%;, V , 2025
ME NELSON
Chie Clerk
KIM ' EYNOLDS
Governor
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