Second Regular Session 111th General Assembly (2000)


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SENATE ENROLLED ACT No. 218



     AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

    SECTION 1. IC 9-20-3-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]: Sec. 2. (a) The maximum width limitation, except width exclusive devices in accordance with 23 CFR 658.15 or United States Public Law 98-17, is eight (8) feet, six (6) inches.
    (b) The width limits in subsection (a) do not apply to the following:
        (1)
Machinery or equipment used in utility construction or maintenance if the violation is the result of oversize tires.
         (2) A recreational vehicle with appurtenances that make the vehicle wider than the maximum width limitation described in subsection (a), if:
            (A) the appurtenances do not extend beyond the width of the manufacturer installed exterior rear view mirrors of the recreational vehicle or the motor vehicle providing motive power; and
            (B) the manufacturer installed exterior rear view mirrors extend to only the distance necessary to afford the required field of view for the vehicle.

    SECTION 2. IC 9-20-3-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]: Sec. 4. A single vehicle operated under the vehicle's own motive power may not exceed a length of forty (40) feet, except length exclusive devices in accordance with 23 CFR

658.13. However:
        (1) a recreational vehicle may not exceed forty (40) forty-five (45) feet;
        (2) a vehicle used by railroad companies to transport steel rails in connection with a railroad construction, reconstruction, or maintenance project may not exceed forty (40) feet;
        (3) a bus is subject to IC 9-20-8-2; and
        (4) a single vehicle equipped with permanently installed specialized equipment used for lifting, reaching, pumping, or spraying is allowed an additional five (5) feet for overhang of the equipment. An allowable overhang may not be used to transport cargo.
    SECTION 3. IC 9-20-5-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.45-1999, SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]: Sec. 4. In addition to the highways established and designated as heavy duty highways under section 1 of this chapter, the following highways are designated as extra heavy duty highways:
        (1) Highway 41, from 129th Street in Hammond to Highway 312.
        (2) Highway 312, from Highway 41 to Highway 12.
        (3) Highway 912, from Michigan Avenue in East Chicago to Highway 12.
        (4) Highway 12, from Highway 912 to Clark Road in Gary.
        (5) Highway 20, from Clark Road in Gary to Highway 39.
        (6) Highway 12, from one-fourth (1/4) mile west of the Midwest Steel entrance to Highway 249.
        (7) Highway 249, from Highway 12 to Highway 20.
        (8) Highway 12, from one and one-half (1 1/2) miles east of the Bethlehem Steel entrance to Highway 149.
        (9) Highway 149, from Highway 12 to a point thirty-six one-hundredths (.36) of a mile south of Highway 20.
        (10) Highway 39, from Highway 20 to the Michigan state line.
        (11) Highway 20, from Highway 39 to Highway 2.
        (12) Highway 2, from Highway 20 to Highway 31.
        (13) Highway 31, from the Michigan state line to Highway 23.
        (14) Highway 23, from Highway 31 to Olive Street in South Bend.
        (15) Highway 35, from South Motts Parkway thirty-four hundredths (.34) of a mile southeast to the point where Highway 35 intersects with the overpass for Highway 20/Highway 212.
        (16) State Road 249 from U.S. 12 to the point where State Road 249 intersects with Nelson Drive at the Port of Indiana.
         (17) State Road 912 from the 15th Avenue and 169th Street

interchange one and six hundredths (1.06) miles north to the U.S. 20 interchange.
        (18) U.S. 20 from the State Road 912 interchange three and seventeen hundredths (3.17) miles east to U.S. 12.

    SECTION 4. IC 9-20-6-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000]: Sec. 6. (a) The Indiana department of transportation or local unit authorized to issue permits under this chapter may issue permits for transporting:
        (1) semitrailers or trailers designed to be used with semitrailers that exceed the width and length limitations imposed under this article; and
        (2) recreational vehicles that exceed the maximum width limitation set forth in IC 9-20-3-2;

from the manufacturing facility to the person taking title to the vehicle, including any other destination in the marketing cycle.
    (b) A permit issued under this section may designate the route to be traversed and may contain any other restrictions or conditions required for the safe movement of the vehicle.
    (c) A permit issued to the manufacturer under this section must be applied for and reissued annually after the permit's initial issuance.
    (d) A limit is not imposed on the number of movements generated by a manufacturer that is issued an annual permit under this section.


SEA 218 _ Concur

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