325A.2 - DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

        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.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         97 Acts, ch 104, §33, 61; 98 Acts, ch 1178, §10; 2000 Acts, ch      1016, §30         Referred to in § 325A.7B