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H0035.........................................by TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES - Adds to and amends existing law relating to the size
of vehicles and loads to define "national network"; and to allow
saddlemount combinations to operate at an overall length of ninety-seven
feet when traveling on the national network.
01/22 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/23 Rpt prt - to Transp
01/29 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
01/30 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
01/31 3rd rdg - PASSED - 61-4-5
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Bock,
Bolz, Brackett, Chadderdon, Chavez, Chew, Clark, Collins, Crane,
Durst, Edmunson, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Harwood, Henbest,
Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador, Lake, LeFavour,
Loertscher, Luker, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer, Moyle, Nonini,
Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Ruchti, Rusche,
Sayler, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Shively, Smith(30),
Smith(24), Snodgrass, Stevenson, Thayn, Trail, Vander Woude, Wills,
Wood(27), Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Barrett, Boe, Marriott, Schaefer
Absent and excused -- Block, Bradford, Nielsen, Roberts, Wood(35)
Floor Sponsor - Hart
Title apvd - to Senate
02/01 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
02/07 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/08 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/09 3rd rdg - PASSED - 32-0-3
AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett,
Cameron, Corder, Darrington, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde,
Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Little,
Lodge, McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder,
Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Coiner, Davis, Malepeai
Floor Sponsor - Heinrich
Title apvd - to House
02/12 To enrol
02/13 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
02/14 Pres signed
02/15 To Governor
02/21 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 20
Effective: 07/01/07
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature First Regular Session - 2007
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 35
BY TRANSPORTATION AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO SIZE OF VEHICLES AND LOADS; AMENDING SECTION 49-115, IDAHO CODE,
3 TO DEFINE "NATIONAL NETWORK"; AND AMENDING SECTION 49-1010, IDAHO CODE, TO
4 ALLOW SADDLEMOUNT COMBINATIONS TO OPERATE AT AN OVERALL LENGTH OF NINETY-
5 SEVEN FEET WHEN TRAVELING ON THE NATIONAL NETWORK.
6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
7 SECTION 1. That Section 49-115, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
8 amended to read as follows:
9 49-115. DEFINITIONS -- N. (1) "National network" means highways available
10 to vehicles authorized by the provisions of the federal surface transportation
11 assistance act of 1982 as amended, and listed in 23 CFR part 658, appendix A.
12 (2) "Neighborhood electric vehicle." (See "Vehicle," section 49-123,
13 Idaho Code)
14 (23) "Noncommercial vehicle." (See "Vehicle," section 49-123, Idaho Code)
15 (34) "Nonresident" means every person who is not a resident of this
16 state.
17 (45) "Nonresident's operating privilege" means the privilege conferred
18 upon a nonresident by the laws of this state pertaining to the operation by
19 that person of a motor vehicle, or the use of a vehicle owned by that person,
20 in this state.
21 SECTION 2. That Section 49-1010, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
22 amended to read as follows:
23 49-1010. SIZE OF VEHICLES AND LOADS. No vehicle shall exceed the dimen-
24 sions specified below, except that certain devices determined by the board as
25 necessary for the safe and efficient operation of motor vehicles, including
26 energy conservation devices, shall be excluded from the calculation of width
27 or length.
28 (1) The width of a vehicle, including any load thereon, except as noted
29 below, shall not exceed .......................................... 8 1/2 feet.
30 (a) The limitations as to size of vehicles stated in this section shall
31 not apply to farm tractors or to implements of husbandry, including any
32 load thereon, or any trailer not wider than the implement of husbandry
33 used in the transportation of implements of husbandry for agricultural
34 operations, and including all equipment used in land leveling operations,
35 when being incidentally operated upon the highway from one (1) farm opera-
36 tion to another during daylight hours.
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1 (b) Notwithstanding the exemption from width limitation for farm tractors
2 included in paragraph (a) of this subsection, the total outside width of
3 any farm tractor being transported on the interstate system in this state,
4 except as permitted by section 49-1004, Idaho Code, shall not exceed
5 .................................................................. 9 feet.
6 (c) A farm tractor or implement of husbandry, when being incidentally
7 transported upon the highway with a width in excess of the limits of para-
8 graphs (a) and (b) of this subsection, must display one (1) red or fluo-
9 rescent orange flag a minimum of twelve (12) by twelve (12) inches on the
10 outermost left projection of the tractor or implement being transported.
11 (2) The height of a vehicle, including the load thereon, shall not exceed
12 ..................................................................... 14 feet.
13 (3) The length of a vehicle, or vehicle combination, except as noted
14 below shall not exceed:
15 (a) When a single motor vehicle ................................ 45 feet.
16 (b) When a trailer or semitrailer, except as noted below ....... 48 feet.
17 1. Semitrailers operating on routes determined by the board to have
18 severe curvature, deficient width and/or heavy traffic conditions
19 shall be limited to an overall combination length not to exceed
20 ............................................................ 65 feet.
21 2. The length of a trailer tongue, or the length of the tongue of a
22 converter gear used to convert a semitrailer to a trailer, shall be
23 excluded from the calculation of a trailer length.
24 3. Semitrailers operating on routes which are a part of the national
25 network as set forth in 23 CFR 658, on routes providing access
26 between the national network and terminals and facilities for food,
27 fuel, repairs and rest which are located within one (1) road mile of
28 the national network and state highways as set forth by policy and
29 approved by the transportation board shall not exceed a length of
30 ............................................................ 53 feet.
31 (c) When a motor vehicle and one (1) or more trailers, except as noted in
32 subsections (3)(b), (3)(d) and (3)(e) of this section ........... 75 feet.
33 (d) When a combination of semitrailer and trailer, or of two (2) semi-
34 trailers the length in such combination, including the connecting tongue
35 and excluding the truck tractor except as noted below ........... 61 feet.
36 When the combination of semitrailer and trailer or of two (2) semi-
37 trailers including the connecting tongues exceeds sixty-one (61) feet, the
38 length of such combination including the truck tractor .......... 75 feet.
39 (e) When a combination of a semitrailer and trailer, or of two (2) semi-
40 trailers operating on routes on the national network as set forth in 23
41 CFR 658, and on routes providing access between the national network and
42 terminals and facilities for food, fuel, repairs and rest which are
43 located within one (1) road mile of the national network, the length,
44 including the connecting tongue and excluding the truck tractor, shall not
45 exceed .......................................................... 68 feet.
46 (f) When a dromedary tractor with semitrailer, stinger-steered by having
47 the kingpin located five (5) feet to the rear of the centroid of the rear
48 axle(s) ......................................................... 75 feet.
49 (g) When a dromedary combination transporting class 1 explosive materials
50 and/or any munitions-related security material as specified by the U.S.
51 department of defense in compliance with 49 CFR 177.835, not meeting the
52 stinger-steer requirement as defined in subsection (3)(f) of this section,
53 up to ........................................................... 75 feet.
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1 (h) When a dromedary tractor with semitrailer, not meeting the stinger-
2 steer requirement as defined in subsection (3)(f) of this section
3 ................................................................. 65 feet.
4 (i) When an auto transporter or boat transporter, stinger-steered as
5 defined in subsection (3)(f) of this section, excluding front and rear
6 overhang of load ................................................ 75 feet.
7 (j) When an auto transporter or boat transporter, not meeting the
8 stinger-steer requirement as defined in subsection (3)(f) of this section,
9 excluding front and rear overhang of load ....................... 65 feet.
10 (k) When a truck tractor with stinger-steered pole trailer or log dolly,
11 connected by a reach or pole, or a combination used for transporting long
12 loads such as poles, pipes, logs or structural members generally capable
13 of sustaining themselves as beams between supporting bunks or connections
14 ................................................................. 75 feet.
15 (4) The overhang or extension of a load shall not extend:
16 (a) Beyond the front of a vehicle, more than .................... 4 feet.
17 (b) Beyond the end of a vehicle, more than ..................... 10 feet.
18 (c) Beyond the left fender of a passenger vehicle, more than .... 0 feet.
19 (d) Beyond the right fender of a passenger vehicle, more than
20 ................................................................ 6 inches.
21 (e) To the front and rear combined of an auto transporter or boat trans-
22 porter, more than ................................................ 7 feet.
23 (5) Noncargo-carrying devices necessary for the safe and efficient opera-
24 tion of the vehicle, as determined by the board, shall not be included in mea-
25 surement for length.
26 (6) No combination shall include more than three (3) units except when a
27 saddlemount combination and the overall length allowed is:
28 (a) On the national network .................................... 97 feet.
29 (b) Other than the national network ............................ 75 feet.
30 (7) Vehicle combinations consisting of not more than four (4) vehicle
31 units with an overall length in excess of the limits of subsection (3) of this
32 section and with an overall combination length not to exceed one hundred fif-
33 teen (115) feet, may be operated by permit on routes designated for such oper-
34 ations by the public highway agency having jurisdiction over that highway sys-
35 tem, subject to the following restrictions as to lengths of cargo-carrying
36 units:
37 (a) Truck tractor and two (2) trailing units ................... 95 feet.
38 (b) Truck tractor and three (3) trailing units ................. 95 feet.
39 (c) Truck and two (2) trailing units ........................... 98 feet.
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 16524C1
The purpose of the legislation is to amend section 49-1010 (6),
Idaho Code to allow saddle-mount tractor/trailer combinations up
to 97 ft in overall length when traveling on the National Network
System only, as specified in Title 23, Code of Federal
Regulations, Part 658. All saddle-mount combinations on other
highways would remain at the current length limit of 75 ft.
This change is required to keep Idaho in compliance with a
Federal Law change that occurred with the passage of SAFTEA-LU in
2005.
FISCAL NOTE
No fiscal impact to the department or industry.
Contact
Name: Regina Phipps,
Idaho Transportation Department
Phone: 334-8418
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 35