First Regular Session 113th General Assembly (2003)


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     SENATE ENROLLED ACT No. 446



     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 9-13-2-171 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 171. "Special tractor-mobile home rig" means any combination of a mobile home or sectionalized building and a towing vehicle having a width greater than one hundred forty-eight (148) inches and not greater than one hundred seventy-two (172) inches at the base and:
        (1) of which the mobile home, including the hitch, is not more than eighty (80) eighty-five (85) feet and the tractor part is not less than twelve (12) feet in length;
        (2) a height not in excess of fourteen (14) feet, six (6) inches; or
        (3) both of the dimensions in subdivisions (1) and (2).
    SECTION 2. IC 9-13-2-181 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 181. "Tractor-mobile home rig" means a combination of a mobile home or sectionalized building and a towing vehicle having either a combined overall length of more than sixty (60) feet and not more than eighty-five (85) one hundred ten (110) feet of which:
        (1) the mobile home, including the hitch, is not more than seventy (70) eighty-five (85) feet; and
        (2) the tractor part:
            (A) is not less than twelve (12) feet in length;


            (B) has a width of more than ninety-six (96) inches and not more than one hundred forty-eight (148) inches at the base;
            (C) has a height of not more than thirteen (13) fourteen (14) feet; six (6) inches; or
            (D) has at least two (2) of the dimensions in clauses (A) through (C).
    SECTION 3. IC 9-20-14-6 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 6. (a) This section applies to a person who purchases a quarterly or an annual permit under IC 9-29-6-7 to move a tractor-mobile home rig.
    (b) A person described in subsection (a) shall use only the permissible routes for moving a tractor-mobile home rig. The person must check the daily detour and restriction bulletin before choosing a route to travel. If the person moves a tractor-mobile home rig on a route that is restricted or prohibited, the person's quarterly or annual permit may be revoked.
    (c) If a person's quarterly or annual permit is revoked under subsection (b), the person may not obtain a new quarterly or annual permit for a period of ninety (90) days. The person may move a tractor-mobile home rig under a single trip permit until the person is eligible to obtain a new quarterly or annual permit.

    SECTION 4. IC 9-20-15-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 2. (a) The Indiana department of transportation may grant a permit to operate a special tractor-mobile home rig on an Indiana highway to a person upon the following conditions and in accordance with the rules that the department prescribes:
        (1) The special tractor-mobile home rig must be operated in a manner that will not unduly impede traffic or increase the hazard to traffic.
        (2) The special tractor-mobile home rig may be operated only over the highways in the state highway system, including, except as provided in section 5 of this chapter, the routes designated as federal highways and the state maintained routes through cities and towns. However, the special tractor-mobile home rig may not extend over the lines delineating highway lanes into another lane except when passing.
        (3) The special tractor-mobile home rig may be operated on the roads and highways only after sunrise and before sunset. However, the Indiana Department of Transportation may restrict hours of operation in first and second class cities if the

department determines that rush hour traffic would cause an undue hazard to the motoring public.
        (4) The special tractor-mobile home rig may be operated only on days other than Sunday and the legal holidays that the Indiana Department of Transportation designates. The special tractor-mobile home rig may be operated between one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise and one-half (1/2) hour after sunset on any weekday and between one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise and noon on Saturday.
        (5) The special tractor-mobile home rig may be accompanied by a distinctively marked escort vehicle.
        (6) The operator of the special tractor-mobile home rig must be at least eighteen (18) years of age.
        (7) The low beam headlights of the towing vehicle for which the permit is granted must be on while the vehicle is in use as a towing vehicle component of a special tractor-mobile home rig.
        (8) The special tractor-mobile home rig may not be operated closer than one thousand (1,000) feet to any other special tractor-mobile home rig traveling in the same direction.
        (9) Whenever there may be a clear roadway ahead of the special tractor-mobile home rig and more than three (3) vehicles immediately behind the tractor-mobile home rig, the operator of a special tractor-mobile home rig shall pull over to the right of the traveled portion of the road or highway at the first opportunity to do so safely, so as to allow following vehicles to pass.
        (10) The special tractor-mobile home rig may not be operated at a speed in excess of forty-five (45) fifty-five (55) miles per hour on roads and highways, other than divided highways of at least four (4) lanes, except as otherwise provided by law.
        (11) The special tractor-mobile home rig may not be operated as follows:
            (A) During the existence of hazardous weather conditions causing visibility to be less than five hundred (500) feet.
            (B) During times when the steady wind velocity exceeds twenty-five (25) miles per hour.
            (C) At other times and under other conditions that the Indiana Department of Transportation by rule or emergency notice prescribes.
        (12) The person to whom the permit is granted shall present satisfactory evidence of the person's financial responsibility as provided in IC 9-25 to the granting authority.
        (13) When in use as a towing vehicle component of a special

tractor-mobile home rig, the towing vehicle for which the permit is granted must have an overall length of not less than twelve (12) feet.
        (14) A permit granted for the towing vehicle component of a special tractor-mobile home rig may be suspended or revoked by the Indiana Department of Transportation for violation of any of the conditions of the permit set forth in this section or for violation of a rule or notice as provided for in this chapter.
        (15) The special tractor-mobile home rig may be operated only over roads or highways approved by the authority granting the permits.
        (16) The rules pertaining to special tractor-mobile home rigs do not apply to other vehicles.
    (b) This section may not be construed to prevent a local authority with respect to highways and roads under the authority's jurisdiction from granting permission to operate a special tractor-mobile home rig on roads and highways under the authority's jurisdiction that are not highways in the state highway system or state maintained routes through cities and towns.
    SECTION 5. IC 9-20-15-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 6. (a) As used in this section, "extra wide manufactured home rig" means any combination of a manufactured home or sectionalized building and a towing vehicle having all of the following dimensions:
        (1) Some part of the combination with a width greater than one hundred seventy-two (172) inches but not greater than one hundred ninety-two (192) inches.
        (2) The:
            (A) manufactured home part of the combination, including the hitch; or
            (B) sectionalized building part of the combination, including the hitch;
        with a length that does not exceed eighty (80) eighty-five (85) feet.
        (3) The tractor part of the combination with a length not less than twelve (12) feet.
        (4) None of the combination with a height greater than fourteen (14) feet six (6) inches.
    (b) The Indiana department of transportation may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement a permit system regulating the transportation of extra wide manufactured home rigs.
    (c) Rules adopted by the Indiana department of transportation under

this section must address the following:
        (1) The competitive nature of Indiana's manufactured housing industry.
        (2) The safety of persons who use the highways.
    SECTION 6. IC 9-20-15-7 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 7. (a) This section applies to a person who purchases a quarterly or an annual permit under IC 9-29-6-9 to move a special tractor-mobile home rig.
    (b) A person described in subsection (a) shall use only the permissible routes for moving a special tractor-mobile home rig. The person must check the daily detour and restriction bulletin before choosing a route to travel. If the person moves a special tractor-mobile home rig on a route that is restricted or prohibited, the person's quarterly or annual permit may be revoked.
    (c) If a person's quarterly or annual permit is revoked under subsection (b), the person may not obtain a new quarterly or annual permit for a period of ninety (90) days. The person may move a special tractor-mobile home rig under a single trip permit until the person is eligible to obtain a new quarterly or annual permit.

    SECTION 7. IC 9-21-5-5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 5. In addition to the other limitations in this chapter, and in any oversize vehicle permit issued under IC 9-20, a vehicle that exceeds:
        (1) a width of ten (10) feet, six (6) inches;
        (2) a height of thirteen (13) feet, six (6) inches; or
        (3) a length of eighty-five (85) feet;
may not be operated at a speed greater than forty-five (45) fifty-five (55) miles per hour.
    SECTION 8. IC 9-29-6-7 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the fee for a person who is not a mobile home or sectionalized building retail dealer to move a tractor-mobile home rig under IC 9-20-14-2 is ten dollars ($10) per trip.
     (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a person who is not a mobile home or sectionalized building retail dealer may purchase a quarterly permit for unlimited trips during the quarter to move a tractor-mobile home rig under IC 9-20-14-2. The fee for a quarterly permit is two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
    (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a person who is not a mobile home or sectionalized building retail dealer may purchase an

annual permit for unlimited trips during the year to move a tractor-mobile home rig under IC 9-20-14-2. The fee for an annual permit is one thousand dollars ($1,000).
    SECTION 9. IC 9-29-6-9 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the fee for a person to move a special tractor-mobile home rig under IC 9-20-15-1 is eighteen dollars ($18) per trip.
     (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a person may purchase a quarterly permit for unlimited trips during the quarter to move a special tractor-mobile home rig under IC 9-20-15-1. The fee for a quarterly permit is five hundred dollars ($500).
    (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a person may purchase an annual permit for unlimited trips during the year to move a special tractor-mobile home rig under IC 9-20-15-1. The fee for an annual permit is two thousand dollars ($2,000).


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