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SENATE
FILE
506
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1109)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
raw
farm
products
for
purposes
of
increased
1
gross
weight
for
motor
vehicles
transporting
such
products
2
on
this
state’s
public
highways.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
321.460,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
1
as
follows:
2
321.460
Spilling
loads
on
highways.
3
A
vehicle
shall
not
be
driven
or
moved
on
any
highway
by
4
any
person
unless
such
vehicle
is
so
constructed
or
loaded
or
5
the
load
securely
covered
as
to
prevent
any
of
its
load
from
6
dropping,
sifting,
leaking,
or
otherwise
escaping
or
its
load
7
covering
from
dropping
from
the
vehicle,
except
that
sand
may
8
be
dropped
for
the
purpose
of
securing
traction,
or
water
or
9
other
substance
may
be
sprinkled
on
a
roadway
in
cleaning
or
10
maintaining
such
roadway.
The
provisions
of
this
section
shall
11
not
apply
to
vehicles
loaded
with
hay
or
stover
or
the
products
12
listed
in
section
321.466,
subsections
subsection
4
and
5
.
13
Sec.
2.
Section
321.466,
subsections
4,
5,
and
6,
Code
2025,
14
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
15
4.
a.
A
Except
as
otherwise
provided
in
paragraph
“b”
,
a
16
person
shall
not
operate
a
motor
truck,
trailer,
truck
tractor,
17
road
tractor,
semitrailer,
or
combination
thereof,
or
any
such
18
vehicle
equipped
with
a
transferable
auxiliary
axle
or
axles,
19
on
the
public
highways
with
a
gross
weight
exceeding
the
gross
20
weight
for
which
it
is
registered
by
more
than
five
percent
;
21
provided,
however,
that
any
.
22
b.
A
person
may
operate
a
vehicle
or
vehicle
combination
23
referred
to
in
this
subsection
,
paragraph
“a”
while
carrying
a
24
load
of
raw
farm
products,
soil
fertilizers
including
ground
25
limestone,
raw
dairy
products,
livestock,
live
poultry,
or
26
eggs,
or
soil
amendments,
or
a
special
truck
,
while
carrying
a
27
load
of
distillers
grains,
may
be
operated
with
a
gross
weight
28
of
up
to
twenty-five
percent
in
excess
of
the
gross
weight
for
29
which
it
is
registered.
However,
this
subsection
paragraph
30
shall
not
be
construed
to
allow
the
operation
of
a
special
31
truck
on
the
public
highways
with
a
gross
weight
exceeding
the
32
maximum
gross
weight
allowed
under
section
321.463,
subsection
33
6
.
34
c.
As
used
in
paragraph
“b”
,
“raw
farm
product”
includes
but
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is
not
limited
to
any
of
the
following:
1
(1)
Animals
that
are
dead.
2
(2)
Blood.
3
(3)
Corn,
including
ear
corn
and
hybrids,
shelled
corn,
and
4
corn
cobs.
5
(4)
Cream
that
is
separated.
6
(5)
Distillers
grain,
either
dried
or
wet.
7
(6)
Eggs,
including
fresh
or
frozen
in
the
shell.
8
(7)
Flax
or
flax
seed.
9
(8)
Fodder.
10
(9)
Fruits
or
berries,
that
are
fresh.
11
(10)
Grains,
either
threshed
or
unthreshed.
12
(11)
Hair.
13
(12)
Hay,
either
baled
or
loose.
14
(13)
Hides.
15
(14)
Honey,
either
in
a
comb
or
extracted.
16
(15)
Livestock.
17
(16)
Manure.
18
(17)
Melons.
19
(18)
Nursery
stock.
20
(19)
Peat.
21
(20)
Potatoes.
22
(21)
Poultry
that
are
alive.
23
(22)
Raw
milk
or
raw
dairy
products.
24
(23)
Saw
logs.
25
(24)
Sod.
26
(25)
Soybean
meal,
either
dried
or
wet.
27
(26)
Soybeans.
28
(27)
Straw,
either
baled
or
loose.
29
(28)
Vegetables
that
are
fresh.
30
(29)
Wood,
either
cord
or
stove.
31
(30)
Wool.
32
d.
The
department
may
adopt
rules
setting
forth
additional
33
raw
farm
products
subject
to
paragraph
“b”
.
34
5.
e.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section
As
used
in
paragraph
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“b”
,
cracked
or
ground
soybeans,
sorgo,
corn,
wheat,
rye,
1
oats,
or
other
grain
shall
be
deemed
to
be
a
raw
farm
products
2
product
,
provided
that
such
products
are
product
is
being
3
directly
and
immediately
delivered
to
a
farm
,
from
the
place
4
where
the
whole
grain
had
been
delivered
from
a
farm
for
the
5
purpose
of
cracking
or
grinding
and
immediate
delivery
to
6
the
farm
to
which
such
cracked
or
ground
products
are
being
7
delivered
.
8
f.
As
used
in
paragraph
“b”
,
“soil
amendment”
means
any
9
substance,
or
a
mixture
of
substances,
intended
to
improve
10
the
physical,
chemical,
biochemical,
biological,
or
other
11
characteristic
of
soil,
except
a
fertilizer,
agricultural
12
liming
material,
unmanipulated
animal
manure,
unmanipulated
13
vegetable
manure,
or
pesticide.
14
6.
5.
The
A
truck
operator
shall
have
in
the
truck
15
operator’s
possession
a
receipt
showing
place
of
processing
on
16
the
return
trip.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
BACKGROUND.
Current
law
prohibits
a
person
from
operating
21
a
motor
truck,
trailer,
truck
tractor,
road
tractor,
or
22
semitrailer
having
a
gross
weight
that
exceeds
the
vehicle’s
23
registered
gross
weight
by
5
percent.
An
exception
allows
such
24
a
vehicle
transporting
certain
loads
associated
with
farming
25
to
operate
on
the
public
highways
so
long
as
the
gross
weight
26
does
not
exceed
the
vehicle’s
registered
gross
weight
by
25
27
percent.
Loads
subject
to
this
exemption
include
raw
farm
28
products,
fertilizers,
raw
dairy
products,
livestock,
live
29
poultry,
and
eggs.
“Raw
farm
product”
is
defined
by
department
30
of
transportation
(DOT)
rule
to
include
a
list
of
commodities,
31
including
live
poultry
and
eggs
(761
IAC
400.47).
Another
32
statutory
exemption
provides
that
cracked
or
ground
grain
33
may
be
considered
a
raw
farm
product
if
it
is
being
directly
34
delivered
between
farms
for
purposes
of
cracking
or
grinding.
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BILL’S
PROVISIONS.
This
bill
codifies
the
list
of
raw
1
farm
products
adopted
by
DOT
rule
entitled
to
be
transported
2
subject
to
the
additional
25
percent
registered
gross
weight
3
exception.
The
bill
strikes
the
statutory
terms
raw
dairy
4
products,
livestock,
live
poultry,
and
eggs
from
the
statutory
5
exemptions
and
adds
them
into
the
codified
list
of
raw
farm
6
products.
The
bill
also
adds
manure,
soybean
meal,
and
wet
7
or
dry
distillers
grains
to
that
list.
DOT
may
adopt
rules
8
setting
forth
additional
raw
farm
products
subject
to
the
9
exception.
In
addition,
the
bill
adds
soil
amendments,
defined
10
in
the
bill,
to
the
list
of
loads
subject
to
the
exception.
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