Bill Text: IA HF382 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act authorizing the department of transportation to issue special permits allowing the transportation of loads of relief supplies that exceed statutory weight limits during periods of national emergency. (Formerly HSB 100.) Effective date: 07/01/2021.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-04-02 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 884. [HF382 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF382-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
AUTHORIZING
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
TRANSPORTATION
TO
ISSUE
SPECIAL
PERMITS
ALLOWING
THE
TRANSPORTATION
OF
LOADS
OF
RELIEF
SUPPLIES
THAT
EXCEED
STATUTORY
WEIGHT
LIMITS
DURING
PERIODS
OF
NATIONAL
EMERGENCY.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
321E.29B
Special
permits
——
relief
supplies
during
periods
of
national
emergency.
1.
During
an
emergency,
the
department
may
issue
special
permits
pursuant
to
23
U.S.C.
§127(i)
authorizing
the
transportation
of
divisible
loads
of
relief
supplies
that
exceed
the
weight
limits
established
under
section
321.463
on
the
interstate
highway
system
if
the
president
of
the
United
States
has
declared
the
emergency
to
be
a
major
disaster
under
the
federal
Robert
T.
Stafford
Disaster
Relief
and
Emergency
Assistance
Act,
Pub.
L.
No.
93-288,
as
amended,
42
U.S.C.
§5121
et
seq.
2.
The
department
shall
only
issue
special
permits
under
this
section
exclusively
for
vehicles
and
loads
that
are
delivering
relief
supplies.
3.
The
department
may
issue
a
special
permit
under
this
section
to
a
commercial
motor
carrier
that
covers
all
vehicles
operated
under
the
commercial
motor
carrier’s
interstate
or
intrastate
motor
carrier
number,
as
those
terms
are
defined
in
section
325A.1,
provided
all
vehicles
operating
under
the
permit
comply
with
subsection
2.
House
File
382,
p.
2
4.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
administer
this
section.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
382,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2021
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
