House File 869 - Enrolled
House File 869
AN ACT
CREATING A PERMIT ALLOWING THE OPERATION OF VEHICLES OF
EXCESSIVE WEIGHT TRANSPORTING FLUID MILK PRODUCTS, PROVIDING
FEES, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 321.463, subsection 3, Code 2021, is
2 amended to read as follows:
3 3. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter to
4 the contrary, indivisible loads operating under the permit
5 requirements of sections 321E.7, 321E.8, 321E.9, and 321E.29A,
6 and 321E.29B, and divisible loads operating under the permit
7 requirements of section 321E.26, shall be allowed a maximum of
8 twenty thousand pounds per axle.
9 Sec. 2. Section 321E.14, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended
10 by adding the following new paragraph:
11 NEW PARAGRAPH. k. Four hundred dollars for a fluid milk
12 products annual permit issued pursuant to section 321E.29B.
13 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 321E.29B Fluid milk products annual
14 permit.
15 1. Notwithstanding section 321E.8, the department may issue
16 annual permits for the operation of vehicles or combinations
17 of vehicles transporting fluid milk products to or from a milk
18 plant, receiving station, or transfer station, exceeding the
19 weight limitation of section 321.463 but not exceeding a gross
20 weight of ninety-six thousand pounds, on primary roads and
21 primary road extensions in cities.
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22 2. A vehicle or combination of vehicles for which a permit
23 is issued under this section shall not exceed the maximum
24 dimensions specified in sections 321.454 through 321.457.
25 3. For purposes of this section, “fluid milk product” means
26 as defined in 7 C.F.R. §1000.15.
27 4. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A
28 governing the issuance of permits under this section.
29 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect January 1,
30 2022.
______________________________ ______________________________
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 869, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2021 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 321.463
Enrolled: 321.463