Bill Text: IA SSB1048 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act increasing the maximum allowable length for stinger-steered automobile transporters.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2019-01-30 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [SSB1048 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SSB1048-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1048
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Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
TRANSPORTATION
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
increasing
the
maximum
allowable
length
for
1
stinger-steered
automobile
transporters.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
321.457,
subsection
2,
paragraph
i,
Code
1
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
i.
A
stinger-steered
automobile
transporter
shall
not
3
have
an
overall
length
exceeding
seventy-five
eighty
feet,
4
exclusive
of
retractable
extensions
used
to
support
the
load
5
and
all
other
devices
or
appurtenances
related
to
the
safe
and
6
efficient
operation
of
the
vehicle,
except
that
the
load
may
7
extend
up
to
three
four
feet
beyond
the
front
bumper
and
up
to
8
four
six
feet
beyond
the
rear
bumper.
9
EXPLANATION
10
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
11
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
12
Under
current
law,
Code
section
321.457
prohibits
a
13
stinger-steered
automobile
transporter
from
having
an
overall
14
length
exceeding
75
feet,
exclusive
of
retractable
extensions
15
used
to
support
the
load
and
all
other
devices
or
appurtenances
16
related
to
the
safe
and
efficient
operation
of
the
vehicle,
17
except
that
the
load
may
extend
up
to
three
feet
beyond
the
18
front
bumper
and
up
to
four
feet
beyond
the
rear
bumper.
19
Federal
law
(49
U.S.C.
§31111(b)(1)(G))
prohibits
states
from
20
prescribing
or
enforcing
regulations
that
impose
a
vehicle
21
length
limitation
of
less
than
80
feet
on
stinger-steered
22
automobile
transporters
with
a
front
overhang
of
less
than
four
23
feet
and
a
rear
overhang
of
less
than
six
feet.
Code
section
24
321.1
defines
“stinger-steered
automobile
transporter”
to
mean
25
any
vehicle
combination
designed
and
used
specifically
for
the
26
transport
of
assembled
highway
vehicles,
recreational
vehicles,
27
or
boats
in
which
the
fifth
wheel
is
located
on
a
drop
frame
28
located
below
and
behind
the
rearmost
axle
of
the
power
unit.
29
This
bill
increases
the
length
limitation
on
stinger-steered
30
automobile
transporters
to
80
feet,
and
authorizes
the
load
to
31
extend
up
to
four
feet
beyond
the
front
bumper
and
up
to
six
32
feet
beyond
the
rear
bumper.
33
A
violation
of
Code
section
321.457
is
punishable
by
a
34
scheduled
fine
of
$200.
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