February 15, 2008





ENGROSSED

HOUSE BILL No. 1253

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DIGEST OF HB 1253 (Updated February 12, 2008 11:11 am - DI 71)



Citations Affected: IC 9-21; noncode.

Synopsis: Manual on uniform traffic control devices. Provides that the Indiana department of transportation shall adopt the Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways by order of the commissioner of the department of transportation with a letter of concurrence from the Federal Highway Administration rather than by adopting rules.

Effective: July 1, 2008.





Saunders , Austin
(SENATE SPONSOR _ BOOTS)




    January 14, 2008, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
    January 24, 2008, reported _ Do Pass.
    January 28, 2008, read second time, ordered engrossed. Engrossed.
    January 29, 2008, read third time, passed. Yeas 93, nays 0.

SENATE ACTION

    February 4, 2008, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security, Transportation and Veterans Affairs.
    February 14, 2008, reported favorably _ Do Pass.






February 15, 2008

Second Regular Session 115th General Assembly (2008)


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ENGROSSED

HOUSE BILL No. 1253



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning utilities and transportation.

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

SOURCE: IC 9-21-2-1; (08)EH1253.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 9-21-2-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 1. The Indiana department of transportation shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to create the Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways by order of the commissioner of the Indiana department of transportation with a letter of concurrence from the Federal Highway Administration.
SOURCE: IC 9-21-2-3; (08)EH1253.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 9-21-2-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008]: Sec. 3. All manuals (including revisions to the manuals) described in section 1 section 2 of this chapter may be considered to become a part of the Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways if the following conditions exist:
        (1) The Indiana department of transportation concurs in the revisions.
        (2) The Indiana department of transportation adopts the rules under IC 4-22-2 to make manuals (including revisions) a part of

the manual. by order of the commissioner of the Indiana department of transportation.

SOURCE: ; (08)EH1253.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008] A rule adopted under IC 9-21-2-1, before its amendment by this act, expires on the date on which the commissioner of the Indiana department of transportation issues an order under IC 9-21-2-1, as amended by this act.