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Relating to single-trip permits for vehicles of excessive size and weight during special or emergency situations
Sponsored by the Senate Transportation Committee
Topics:Transportation
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 19, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 19, 2023
- Done: Senate committeeJanuary 26, 2023
- Done: Passes the SenateFebruary 1, 202349–0
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 9, 202395–0
- Done: To the GovernorFebruary 15, 2023
- Done: Signed into lawFebruary 15, 2023
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What’s in it
AI summary The Iowa Department of Transportation and local authorities could allow certain vehicles to carry heavier loads than currently allowed. When there is a special or emergency situation, these officials can issue permits that let vehicles exceed standard weight limits on their axles. These permits would also allow for different ways of calculating weight when using certain equipment like dolly axles.1
Read the official explanation
Under current law, the department of transportation (DOT) and local authorities are authorized to issue permits for the movement of vehicles that exceed the dimensions and weight limits established in Code chapter 321 (motor vehicles and law of the road). One such authorization allows the DOT and local authorities to issue single-trip permits for vehicles with indivisible loads to be moved during special or emergency situations.7(1)(e)). The fee for a single-trip permit is $35.11.32).463, subject to the limits and routes established by the single-trip permit-issuing authority.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 19, 2023 (as SSB 1061). On January 25, 2023 it recommended passage. [].
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