325A.2 Duties of department and local authorities.
1. The department shall do all of the following:
a. Prescribe and enforce safety and financial responsibility regulations for motor carriers and require the filing of reports regarding safety and financial responsibility.
b. Approve a tariff for motor carriers of household goods.
c. Issue, amend, suspend, or revoke motor carrier permits and certificates.
2. A local authority, as defined in section 321.1, shall not impose any regulations, including special registration or inspection requirements, upon the operation of motor carriers that are more restrictive than any of the provisions of this chapter, or section 321.449 or 321.450. This subsection does not, however, prohibit a local authority from exercising the home rule power of the local authority to impose additional or more restrictive regulations or requirements upon the operation of taxicabs or limousines engaged in nonfixed route transportation for hire, except to the extent such regulations or requirements conflict with section 321.241, section 325A.6, or any other provision of the Code.
97 Acts, ch 104, §33, 61; 98 Acts, ch 1178, §10; 2000 Acts, ch 1016, §30; 2010 Acts, ch 1035, §11; 2016 Acts, ch 1101, §18, 24
Referred to in §325A.7B
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 325A - MOTOR CARRIER AUTHORITY
Section 325A.2 - Duties of department and local authorities.
Section 325A.3 - Application and issuance of permit or certificate.
Section 325A.5 - Fees — credited to road use tax fund — seminar receipts.
Section 325A.7A - Tariffs — approval by department.
Section 325A.7B - Agency tariffs.
Section 325A.8 - Required marking.
Section 325A.10 - Rules for operation.
Section 325A.11 - Passenger transportation.
Section 325A.12 - Definitions.
Section 325A.13 - Passenger certificate required — exceptions.
Section 325A.21 - Regular-route certificate nontransferable.
Section 325A.22 - Riding on outside part.
Section 325A.23 - Suspension or revocation of permit or certificate.