House File 382 - Enrolled
House File 382
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.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 321E.29B Special permits —— relief
2 supplies during periods of national emergency.
3 1. During an emergency, the department may issue special
4 permits pursuant to 23 U.S.C. §127(i) authorizing the
5 transportation of divisible loads of relief supplies that
6 exceed the weight limits established under section 321.463 on
7 the interstate highway system if the president of the United
8 States has declared the emergency to be a major disaster under
9 the federal Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
10 Assistance Act, Pub. L. No. 93-288, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §5121
11 et seq.
12 2. The department shall only issue special permits under
13 this section exclusively for vehicles and loads that are
14 delivering relief supplies.
15 3. The department may issue a special permit under this
16 section to a commercial motor carrier that covers all vehicles
17 operated under the commercial motor carrier’s interstate or
18 intrastate motor carrier number, as those terms are defined
19 in section 325A.1, provided all vehicles operating under the
20 permit comply with subsection 2.
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21 4. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A
22 to administer this section.
______________________________ ______________________________
PAT GRASSLEY JAKE CHAPMAN
Speaker of the House 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.
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MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2021 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor