AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.
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.