Bill Text: IA HSB100 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
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.(See HF 382.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-03 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 382. [HSB100 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HSB100-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
100
-
Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
TRANSPORTATION
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
authorizing
the
department
of
transportation
to
issue
1
special
permits
allowing
the
transportation
of
loads
of
2
relief
supplies
that
exceed
statutory
weight
limits
during
3
periods
of
national
emergency.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
321E.29B
Special
permits
——
relief
1
supplies
during
periods
of
national
emergency.
2
1.
During
an
emergency,
the
department
may
issue
special
3
permits
pursuant
to
23
U.S.C.
§127(i)
authorizing
the
4
transportation
of
divisible
loads
of
relief
supplies
that
5
exceed
the
weight
limits
established
under
section
321.463
on
6
the
interstate
highway
system
if
the
president
of
the
United
7
States
has
declared
the
emergency
to
be
a
major
disaster
under
8
the
federal
Robert
T.
Stafford
Disaster
Relief
and
Emergency
9
Assistance
Act,
Pub.
L.
No.
93-288,
as
amended,
42
U.S.C.
§5121
10
et
seq.
11
2.
The
department
shall
only
issue
special
permits
under
12
this
section
exclusively
for
vehicles
and
loads
that
are
13
delivering
relief
supplies.
14
3.
The
department
may
issue
a
special
permit
under
this
15
section
to
a
commercial
motor
carrier
that
covers
all
vehicles
16
operated
under
the
commercial
motor
carrier’s
interstate
or
17
intrastate
motor
carrier
number,
as
those
terms
are
defined
18
in
section
325A.1,
provided
all
vehicles
operating
under
the
19
permit
comply
with
subsection
2.
20
4.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
21
to
administer
this
section.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
Federal
law
authorizes
states
to
issue
special
permits
26
allowing
the
transportation
of
overweight,
divisible
loads
27
during
emergencies
if
the
president
of
the
United
States
has
28
declared
the
emergency
to
be
a
major
disaster,
the
permits
are
29
issued
in
accordance
with
state
law,
and
the
permits
are
issued
30
exclusively
for
vehicles
that
are
delivering
relief
supplies.
31
Under
current
law,
the
Iowa
department
of
transportation
(DOT)
32
does
not
have
the
authority
to
issue
such
special
permits
33
pursuant
to
the
federal
authorization.
34
This
bill
authorizes
the
DOT
to
issue
special
permits
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pursuant
to
the
federal
authorization
allowing
vehicles
and
1
loads
delivering
relief
supplies
on
the
interstate
highway
2
system
during
a
declared
major
disaster
to
exceed
the
weight
3
limits
under
Code
section
321.463.
The
bill
allows
the
DOT
4
to
issue
special
permits
to
commercial
motor
carriers
that
5
cover
all
vehicles
operated
under
a
carrier’s
interstate
6
or
intrastate
motor
carrier
number,
provided
all
vehicles
7
operating
under
the
commercial
motor
carrier’s
permit
are
8
delivering
relief
supplies.
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