Senate Study Bill 1043 - Introduced SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BILL) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the registration requirements for vehicles 1 of excessive size and weight operating under a single-trip 2 permit, and providing fees. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1385XD (6) 91 th/ns
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 321E.12, subsection 1, Code 2025, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. a. A vehicle traveling under permit shall be registered 3 for the gross weight of the vehicle and load. A trip permit 4 issued according to section 326.23 shall not be used in lieu of 5 the registration provided for in this section . 6 b. For purposes of this section, a vehicle traveling 7 under a single-trip permit issued under section 321E.9 may be 8 registered with the department for the combined gross weight 9 of the vehicle and load on a single-trip basis. The fee for 10 single-trip registration is four dollars per ton exceeding 11 forty tons. 12 EXPLANATION 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 14 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 15 Under current law, the department of transportation (DOT) 16 and local authorities are authorized to issue single-trip 17 permits for the movement of vehicles that exceed established 18 dimensions and weight limits (Code section 321E.9). A vehicle 19 traveling under an oversize or overweight permit is required 20 to be registered for the gross weight of the vehicle and load. 21 The owner of a commercial vehicle, which is properly registered 22 and licensed in some other jurisdiction and also operated 23 occasionally in Iowa, who pays the $10 trip permit fee that 24 otherwise authorizes a commercial vehicle not registered in 25 Iowa to be operated in Iowa for up to 72 hours, in accordance 26 with Code section 326.23, cannot use that trip permit in 27 lieu of the oversize or overweight vehicle registration 28 requirements. 29 This bill authorizes a vehicle traveling under a single-trip 30 permit to be registered with the DOT on a single-trip basis for 31 the combined gross weight of the vehicle and load. The fee for 32 single-trip registration is $4 per ton exceeding 40 tons. The 33 bill strikes the prohibition on using a Code section 326.23 34 trip permit in lieu of registration. 35 -1- LSB 1385XD (6) 91 th/ns 1/ 1