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Relating to the registration requirements for vehicles of excessive size and weight operating under a single-trip permit, and providing fees

Sponsored by the House Transportation Committee

Topics:TaxesTransportation

Same legislation: HSB 202, HF 979

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 18, 2025
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 18, 2025
  3. Done: House committeeFebruary 26, 2025
  4. Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 979
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

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What’s in it

AI summary Currently, commercial drivers who pay a small fee for a single-trip permit still have to pay extra to register their heavy vehicles in Iowa. This change allows those drivers to register their vehicle and its load for a single trip by paying a fee based on weight. It removes the rule that prevented them from using certain trip permits to meet registration requirements.1

Read the official explanation

9). A vehicle traveling under an oversize or overweight permit is required to be registered for the gross weight of the vehicle and load.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 tons.23 trip permit in lieu of registration.

Full bill text · What changed before it passed2

House subcommittee

Named March 18, 2025. On March 24, 2025 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§321E.12

How the Code works3

Lobbying

5 for · 0 against · 15 undecided · Who →

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