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.
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.