Bill > SSB1043

Introduced Session

Under current law, the department of transportation (DOT) and local authorities are authorized to issue single-trip permits for the movement of vehicles that exceed established dimensions and weight limits (Code section 321E.9). A vehicle traveling under an oversize or overweight permit is required to be registered for the gross weight of the vehicle and load. The owner of a commercial vehicle, which is properly registered and licensed in some other jurisdiction and also operated occasionally in Iowa, who pays the $10 trip permit fee that otherwise authorizes a commercial vehicle not registered in Iowa to be operated in Iowa for up to 72 hours, in accordance with Code section 326.23, cannot use that trip permit in lieu of the oversize or overweight vehicle registration requirements. This bill authorizes a vehicle traveling under a single-trip permit to be registered with the DOT on a single-trip basis for the combined gross weight of the vehicle and load. The fee for single-trip registration is $4 per ton exceeding 40 tons. The bill strikes the prohibition on using a Code section 326.23 trip permit in lieu of registration.

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Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 390. (on 02/19/2025)

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