Senate File 448 - Reprinted
SENATE FILE 448
BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1057)
(As Amended and Passed by the Senate March 17, 2021)
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to a weigh station preclearance program and
2 associated systems and devices for use by commercial motor
3 vehicles.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 321.465A Weigh station preclearance
2 program —— authorized devices.
3 1. The department may administer a weigh station
4 preclearance program in accordance with the commercial vehicle
5 information systems and networks electronic screening truck
6 inspection and weigh station preclearance standards authorized
7 by the federal motor carrier safety administration of the
8 United States department of transportation. If the department
9 administers a preclearance program, the department shall
10 determine which weigh stations shall participate in the
11 preclearance program and all preclearance system providers’
12 devices and platforms shall be treated uniformly.
13 2. The department shall set the criteria for the
14 preclearance program and such criteria shall be applied
15 equally to all preclearance systems, devices, and platforms.
16 Such criteria may include but is not limited to information
17 regarding safety history, weight, and credential status.
18 3. For purposes of the preclearance program, a commercial
19 mobile radio services network device or a dedicated
20 short-range communications device, including a radio frequency
21 identification device, may be used as a transponder, provided
22 all of the following conditions are met:
23 a. All software and hardware from the provider of the system
24 within which the device operates that is necessary for the
25 department’s use of the provider’s system is made available to
26 the department at no cost to the department, and the provider
27 is responsible for all costs of operating and maintaining the
28 software and hardware.
29 b. The device software and hardware, as applicable,
30 meets the requirements of the federal motor carrier safety
31 administration for core compliance with the commercial vehicle
32 information systems and networks electronic screening truck
33 inspection and weigh station preclearance standards.
34 c. All in-vehicle equipment is operated in compliance with
35 sections 321.276 and 321.449B, and applicable federal law and
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1 regulations relating to distracted driving.
2 d. The system within which the device operates is capable of
3 interfacing with applicable weigh-in-motion systems.
4 4. The department may adopt rules pursuant to chapter
5 17A to administer this section. The rules adopted by the
6 department may include authorizations for particular devices
7 that meet the criteria set forth pursuant to subsection 2 and
8 the requirements of subsection 3 for use in the preclearance
9 program.
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