House
File
362
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
362
BY
SWEENEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
an
exemption
from
commercial
vehicle
marking
1
requirements
for
certain
vehicles
operated
intrastate.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
TLSB
2094YH
(2)
84
dea/nh
H.F.
362
Section
1.
Section
321.449,
Code
2011,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
7A.
Rules
adopted
under
this
section
3
concerning
the
marking
of
commercial
motor
vehicles
shall
not
4
apply
to
a
commercial
motor
vehicle
owned
or
controlled
by
a
5
farmer
and
operated
intrastate
to
transport
the
farmer’s
own
6
agricultural
products,
farm
machinery,
or
farm
supplies
to
or
7
from
the
farm
or,
if
the
farmer
assists
other
farmers
through
8
an
exchange
of
services,
between
the
farms
of
the
farmers
who
9
are
exchanging
services.
10
EXPLANATION
11
Pursuant
to
current
law,
the
department
of
transportation
12
has
adopted
administrative
rules
for
the
regulation
of
13
commercial
vehicles
which
are
consistent
with
federal
motor
14
carrier
safety
regulations.
Those
rules
require
certain
15
commercial
motor
vehicles
to
display
a
U.S.
department
of
16
transportation
number
on
the
vehicle,
a
practice
known
as
17
“marking”.
18
This
bill
provides
an
exemption
from
marking
requirements
19
for
commercial
motor
vehicles
which
are
owned
or
controlled
20
by
a
farmer
and
operated
intrastate
to
transport
agricultural
21
products,
farm
machinery,
or
farm
supplies
to
or
from
the
farm.
22
Vehicles
operated
between
farms
by
farmers
who
assist
each
23
other
through
an
exchange
of
services
are
included
under
the
24
exemption.
25
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