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Relating to the operation of implements of husbandry on a certain segment of highway if that segment becomes part of the interstate road system, making appropriations, and including applicability provisions
Sponsored by the House Commerce Committee
Topics:State budgetTransportation
Same legislation: HF 2145
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 25, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 31, 2024
- Done: House committeeFebruary 8, 2024
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
Under current law, any kind of vehicle, implement, or conveyance incapable of attaining and maintaining a speed of miles per hour (MPH) is prohibited from using the interstate road system. This bill provides a conditional exception to that prohibition. If an implement of husbandry may be operated on the segment of the highway known as United States highway 65, and state highway where the highway designations overlap (segment), between the highway’s intersection with United States highway and the highway’s intersection with United States highway 69, prior to the date the segment becomes part of the interstate road system, then the implement of husbandry may continue to be operated on that segment until an alternative route for implements of husbandry is developed, deemed suitable by the department of transportation (DOT), and opened for traffic to bypass the interstate road system segment.
Read the full explanation
Under current law, an “implement of husbandry” means a vehicle or special mobile equipment manufactured, designed, or reconstructed for agricultural purposes and, except for incidental uses, is exclusively used in the conduct of agricultural operations. To be considered an implement of husbandry, a self-propelled qualifying vehicle must be operated at speeds of MPH or less. The bill appropriates $250,000 from the general fund of the state to the DOT to conduct an alternative highway study to develop and implement an accessible alternative highway route suitable for implements of husbandry, so the implements can be operated on a highway other than the interstate road system segment. The bill applies to the segment on the effective date of the bill, and will continue to apply to the segment regardless of whether the highway’s designation is subsequently changed.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
House subcommittee
Named February 22, 2024. On February 28, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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Iowa Code it changes
Amends§321.285
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Lobbying
4 for · 1 against · 10 undecided · Who →
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