321E.9B Special alternative energy multi-trip permit.
Subject to the discretion and judgment provided for in section 321E.2, a multi-trip permit shall be issued for operation of vehicles in accordance with the following provisions:
1. Vehicles with an indivisible load having an overall length not to exceed two hundred twenty-five feet, an overall width not to exceed sixteen feet, a height not to exceed sixteen feet, and a total gross weight not to exceed two hundred fifty-six thousand pounds may be moved on highways specified by the permit-issuing authority to an alternative energy construction site or staging area for alternative energy transportation, provided the gross weight on any one axle shall not exceed twenty thousand pounds.
2. The special alternative energy multi-trip permit shall not exceed twelve months in duration.
3. The permit-issuing authority shall have discretion to include restrictions and require special considerations, such as responsibility for protection or repair of the roadway and bridges, prior to issuance of the permit.
2008 Acts, ch 1124, §14, 40; 2013 Acts, ch 49, §8
Referred to in §321E.2, 321E.14
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 321E - VEHICLES OF EXCESSIVE SIZE AND WEIGHT
Section 321E.2 - Permits by department and local authorities.
Section 321E.3 - Permit-issuing authorities.
Section 321E.7 - Load limits per axle.
Section 321E.8 - Annual permits.
Section 321E.8A - Self-propelled implement of husbandry — annual permit.
Section 321E.9 - Single-trip permits.
Section 321E.9A - Multi-trip permits.
Section 321E.9B - Special alternative energy multi-trip permit.
Section 321E.10 - Semitrailers and trailers manufactured in Iowa.
Section 321E.11 - Movement under permit — penalty.
Section 321E.12 - Registration must be consistent.
Section 321E.13 - Financial responsibility.
Section 321E.14 - Fees for permits.
Section 321E.15 - Rules made available.
Section 321E.16 - Violations — penalties.
Section 321E.17 - Serious violations.
Section 321E.18 - Overall operations considered.
Section 321E.19 - Permit denial, change, suspension, or revocation.
Section 321E.20 - Suspension period.
Section 321E.21 - Process on nonresidents.
Section 321E.22 - Service of process.
Section 321E.23 - Failure to receive copy of process.
Section 321E.24 - Warning and lighting devices on oversize loads.
Section 321E.25 - Use of highways of interstate system.
Section 321E.26 - Transportation of raw forest products.
Section 321E.27 - Special permits — relief supplies during periods of national emergency.
Section 321E.28 - Permits for manufactured or mobile homes or factory-built structures.
Section 321E.29 - Excess size divisible load permits.
Section 321E.29A - Raw milk transporters.
Section 321E.29B - Fluid milk products annual permit.
Section 321E.30 - Compacted rubbish transporters.
Section 321E.31 - Permit for moving certain manufactured or mobile homes.
Section 321E.32 - Movement of structures and other loads on dolly axles.