Bill Text: IA SF406 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa Senate Bill 406 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: A bill for an act exempting motor vehicles carrying an implement of husbandry from certain permit requirements. (Formerly SF 211.) Effective 7-1-17.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-04-20 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 1113. [SF406 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF406-Introduced.html


Senate File 406 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON
                                     TRANSPORTATION

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SF 211)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act exempting motor vehicles carrying an implement of
  2    husbandry from certain permit requirements.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.453, Code 2017, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  A motor vehicle that is operated by a
  1  4 farmer and that is carrying an implement of husbandry between
  1  5 fields, locations for repair, or locations for storage of the
  1  6 implement of husbandry shall be exempt from any requirement to
  1  7 obtain a permit under section 321.463, 321.471, or 321.474.
  1  8 Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to exempt such
  1  9 a vehicle from any requirement or restriction other than a
  1 10 requirement to obtain a permit, including but not limited to
  1 11 requirements or restrictions relating to size, weight, load,
  1 12 lighting, flags, equipment, or manner of operation. For the
  1 13 purposes of this subsection, "farmer" means as defined in
  1 14 section 142D.2.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 17 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 18    Code section 321.453 exempts certain motor vehicles and
  1 19 equipment from the provisions of Code chapter 321 (motor
  1 20 vehicles and law of the road) governing size, weight, and load,
  1 21 and the permit requirements of Code chapter 321E (vehicles of
  1 22 excessive size and weight). Such motor vehicles and equipment
  1 23 include fire apparatus, certain road maintenance equipment,
  1 24 implements of husbandry when moved or moving upon a highway
  1 25 that is not a portion of the interstate, and certain equipment
  1 26 used primarily for construction of permanent conservation
  1 27 practices on agricultural land. However, such motor vehicles
  1 28 and equipment are not exempt from the provisions of Code
  1 29 section 321.463 (maximum gross weight), 321.471 (restrictions
  1 30 by local authorities), or 321.474 (restrictions by the
  1 31 department of transportation), which include certain permitting
  1 32 provisions.
  1 33    This bill provides that a motor vehicle that is operated by
  1 34 a farmer and that is carrying an implement of husbandry between
  1 35 fields, locations for repair, or locations for storage of the
  2  1 implement of husbandry shall be exempt from any requirement
  2  2 to obtain a permit under Code section 321.463, 321.471, or
  2  3 321.474.
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