Bill Text: IA HF2230 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to vehicle permit requirements for equipment used primarily for construction of permanent conservation practices on agricultural land, and including effective date provisions. Effective 4-10-14.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-04-10 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 718. [HF2230 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HF2230-Enrolled.html
House
File
2230
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
VEHICLE
PERMIT
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
EQUIPMENT
USED
PRIMARILY
FOR
CONSTRUCTION
OF
PERMANENT
CONSERVATION
PRACTICES
ON
AGRICULTURAL
LAND,
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
321.453,
Code
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
321.453
Exceptions.
The
provisions
of
this
chapter
governing
size,
weight,
and
load
,
and
the
permit
requirements
of
chapter
321E
do
not
apply
to
fire
apparatus;
road
maintenance
equipment
owned
by,
under
lease
to,
or
used
in
the
performance
of
a
contract
with
any
state
or
local
authority;
or
to
implements
of
husbandry
when
moved
or
moving
upon
a
highway
,
except
for
those
implements
of
husbandry
moved
or
moving
on
any
that
is
not
a
portion
of
the
interstate
;
and
or
equipment
used
primarily
for
construction
of
permanent
conservation
practices
on
agricultural
land
when
moved
or
moving
upon
a
highway
that
is
not
a
portion
of
the
interstate,
so
long
as
the
equipment
is
without
payload
and
the
movement
does
not
violate
posted
weight
limitations
on
bridges,
except
as
provided
in
sections
321.463
,
321.471
,
and
321.474
.
A
vehicle
,
that
is
carrying
an
implement
of
husbandry
,
which
or
equipment
used
primarily
for
construction
of
permanent
conservation
practices
and
is
exempted
from
the
permit
requirements
under
this
section
shall
be
equipped
with
an
amber
flashing
light
visible
from
the
rear.
If
the
amber
flashing
light
is
obstructed
by
the
loaded
implement
or
equipment
,
the
loaded
implement
or
equipment
shall
also
be
equipped
with
and
display
an
amber
flashing
light.
The
vehicle
House
File
2230,
p.
2
shall
also
be
equipped
with
warning
flags
on
that
portion
of
the
vehicle
which
protrudes
into
oncoming
traffic,
and
shall
only
operate
from
thirty
minutes
prior
to
sunrise
to
thirty
minutes
following
sunset.
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
______________________________
KRAIG
PAULSEN
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
PAM
JOCHUM
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2230,
Eighty-fifth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2014
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor
