Bill Text: IA HF2313 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act permitting the transportation of raw forest products on motor vehicles exceeding certain weight limitations. (Formerly HSB 54.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-09 - Subcommittee Meeting: 04/10/2018 12:30PM House Lounge. [HF2313 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF2313-Introduced.html
House File 2313 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 54) A BILL FOR 1 An Act permitting the transportation of raw forest products on 2 motor vehicles exceeding certain weight limitations. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1887HV (2) 87 ns/rj PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.463, subsection 3, Code 2018, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 3. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter to 1 4 the contrary, indivisible loads operating under the permit 1 5 requirements of sections 321E.7, 321E.8, 321E.9, and 321E.29A, 1 6 and divisible loads operating under the permit requirements of 1 7 section 321E.26, shall be allowed a maximum of twenty thousand 1 8 pounds per axle. 1 9 Sec. 2. Section 321E.7, subsection 1, Code 2018, is amended 1 10 by adding the following new paragraph: 1 11 NEW PARAGRAPH. f. Raw forest product transporters operating 1 12 under a permit issued pursuant to section 321E.26 shall not 1 13 exceed the axle and gross weights specified in that section. 1 14 Sec. 3. Section 321E.14, subsection 1, Code 2018, is amended 1 15 by adding the following new paragraph: 1 16 NEW PARAGRAPH. j. One hundred seventy=five dollars for a 1 17 permit issued pursuant to section 321E.26. 1 18 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 321E.26 Transportation of raw forest 1 19 products. 1 20 1. A permit=issuing authority may issue annual permits 1 21 for the operation of a vehicle or combination of vehicles 1 22 transporting raw forest products from fields to storage or 1 23 processing facilities. The combined gross weight or gross 1 24 weight on any one axle or group of axles on a vehicle or 1 25 combination of vehicles issued a permit under this section may 1 26 exceed the maximum weights specified in section 321.463, if all 1 27 of the following apply: 1 28 a. The combined gross weight of the vehicle does not exceed 1 29 one hundred thousand pounds. 1 30 b. The gross weight on any one axle does not exceed twenty 1 31 thousand pounds. 1 32 2. A vehicle or combination of vehicles for which a permit 1 33 is issued under this section shall not exceed the maximum 1 34 dimensions specified in sections 321.454 through 321.457. 1 35 3. A vehicle or combination of vehicles for which a permit 2 1 is issued under this section shall not travel on any portion of 2 2 the interstate highway system. 2 3 4. For the purposes of this section, "raw forest products" 2 4 means logs, pilings, posts, poles, cordwood products, wood 2 5 chips, sawdust, pulpwood, intermediary lumber, fuel wood, and 2 6 Christmas trees not altered by a manufacturing process off the 2 7 land, sawmill, or factory from which the products were taken. 2 8 EXPLANATION 2 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 10 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 11 This bill allows the department of transportation and local 2 12 authorities to issue annual permits authorizing a vehicle 2 13 or combination of vehicles to transport raw forest products 2 14 from fields to storage or processing facilities. A vehicle 2 15 or combination of vehicles for which a permit is issued under 2 16 the bill may exceed the maximum gross weight limitations set 2 17 forth under Code section 321.463 if the combined gross weight 2 18 of the vehicle does not exceed 100,000 pounds and the gross 2 19 weight on any one axle does not exceed 20,000 pounds. The bill 2 20 prohibits a vehicle issued such a permit from exceeding the 2 21 size limitations set forth in Code sections 321.454 through 2 22 321.457. The bill provides that the annual permit fee is $175. 2 23 The bill prohibits a vehicle or combination of vehicles for 2 24 which a permit is issued under the bill from traveling on any 2 25 portion of the interstate highway system. 2 26 The bill defines "raw forest products" to mean logs, 2 27 pilings, posts, poles, cordwood products, wood chips, sawdust, 2 28 pulpwood, intermediary lumber, fuel wood, and Christmas trees 2 29 not altered by a manufacturing process off the land, sawmill, 2 30 or factory from which the products were taken. LSB 1887HV (2) 87 ns/rj
