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Relating to the gross weight of special trucks, and providing fees
Sponsored by the Senate Transportation (companion To Hf 75 By Sexton) Committee
Topics:TaxesTransportation
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 24, 2019
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 5, 2019
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 637
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became SF 637 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 637 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
Under current law, a “special truck” is a motor truck or truck tractor used for certain farming and commodity transportation purposes, but not used for hire, with a gross weight registration of between 6 and 32 tons. This bill increases the maximum gross weight registration for special trucks to 39 tons. The bill provides that the registration fee for a special truck is an additional $25 per ton between 32 and 38 tons, and an additional $10 between 38 and 39 tons.463(6)(c)(1) exempts special trucks from the maximum gross weight table for commercial motor vehicles operating on noninterstate highways.
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The bill strikes this exemption.466 authorizes a special truck, while carrying a load of distillers grains, to be operated with a gross weight of 25 percent in excess of the gross weight for which the special truck is registered.463(6).
Senate subcommittee
Named February 19, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Fiscal note
AI summary This bill increases the maximum gross weight registration for special farm trucks from 32 tons to 39 tons. If 625 trucks choose the maximum weight, the Road Use Tax Fund would receive an additional $100,000 annually. If 1,000 trucks choose the maximum weight, the Road Use Tax Fund would receive an additional $160,000.2
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Description
House File 769 increases the maximum gross weight registration for a special truck from 32 tons to 39 tons. The registration fee for a special truck will be an additional $25 per ton between 32 and 38 tons. Between 38 tons and 39 tons, the fee will increase by $10 for the additional ton.
Background
Iowa Code section 321.1(75) defines a special truck as a motor truck or truck tractor not used for hire with a gross weight registration of 6 to 32 tons. Furthermore, the motor truck or truck tractor is to be used by a person engaged in certain farming purposes and to transport commodities.
In calendar year 2018, there were 17,176 trucks registered as special trucks in the Department of Transportation ARTS database. The current maximum fee, at 32 tons, is $675, which goes to the Road Use Tax Fund (RUTF). There are 1,082 vehicles registered at the maximum weight.
Assumptions
All trucks currently at the maximum weight that are able to increase their weight would increase their maximum weight to 39 tons, resulting in an extra fee of $160 per year.
Fiscal Impact
Under House File 769, if 625 special trucks opted for the maximum tonnage and corresponding fees, the additional revenue would be $100,000 annually to the RUTF. If 1,000 trucks opted for the maximum tonnage, the RUTF would receive an additional $160,000.
Sources
- Iowa Department of Transportation
- LSA calculations
- Final Fiscal Note - Farm Truck License · June 3, 2019 · $160,000
- Farm Truck License · April 26, 2019 · $160,000
- Farm Truck Maximum Gross Weight Increase · April 9, 2019 · $160,000
Iowa Code it changes
Lobbying
6 for · 2 against · 22 undecided · Who →