First Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2009)
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HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1123
AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 9-19-14.5-1; (09)HE1123.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 9-19-14.5-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.1-2006,
SECTION 162, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 1. A privately owned vehicle
belonging to a certified paramedic, certified emergency medical
technician-intermediate, certified emergency medical technician-basic
advanced, certified emergency medical technician, certified emergency
medical service driver, or certified emergency medical service first
responder while traveling in the line of duty in connection with
emergency medical services activities may display flashing or
revolving green lights, subject to the following restrictions and
conditions:
(1) The lights may not have a light source less than fifty (50)
candlepower.
(2) All lights shall be placed must be prominently displayed on
the top of the vehicle.
(3) Not more than two (2) green lights may be displayed on a
vehicle and each light must be of the flashing or revolving type
and visible at three hundred sixty (360) degrees.
(4) The lights must consist of:
(A) a lamp with a green lens; and not of an uncolored lens
with a green bulb. or
(B) a green light emitting diode (LED).
However, the revolving lights may contain multiple bulbs.
(5) The green lights may not be a part of the regular head lamps
displayed on the vehicle.
(6) For a person to be authorized under this chapter to display a
flashing or revolving green light on the person's vehicle, the
person must first secure a written permit from the executive
director of the department of homeland security to use the light.
The permit must be carried by the person when the light is
displayed.
SOURCE: IC 9-21-5-6; (09)HE1123.1.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 9-21-5-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.169-2006,
SECTION 32, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in
subsection
subsections (e)
and (f), whenever a local authority in the authority's
jurisdiction determines that the maximum speed permitted under this
chapter is greater or less than reasonable and safe under the conditions
found to exist on a highway or part of a highway, the local authority
may determine and declare a reasonable and safe maximum limit on
the highway. The maximum limit declared under this section may do
any of the following:
(1) Decrease the limit within urban districts, but not to less than
twenty (20) miles per hour.
(2) Increase the limit within an urban district, but not to more than
fifty-five (55) miles per hour during daytime and fifty (50) miles
per hour during nighttime.
(3) Decrease the limit outside an urban district, but not to less
than thirty (30) miles per hour.
(4) Decrease the limit in an alley, but to not less than five (5)
miles per hour.
(5) Increase the limit in an alley, but to not more than thirty (30)
miles per hour.
The local authority must perform an engineering and traffic
investigation before a determination may be made to change a speed
limit under subdivision (2), (3), (4), or (5) or before the speed limit
within an urban district may be decreased to less than twenty-five (25)
miles per hour under subdivision (1).
(b)
Except as provided in subsection (f), a local authority in the
authority's jurisdiction shall determine by an engineering and traffic
investigation the proper maximum speed for all local streets and shall
declare a reasonable and safe maximum speed permitted under this
chapter for an urban district. However, an engineering and traffic study
is not required to be performed for the local streets in an urban district
under this subsection if the local authority determines that the proper
maximum speed in the urban district is not less than twenty-five (25)
miles per hour.
(c) An altered limit established under this section is effective at all
times or during hours of darkness or at other times as may be
determined when appropriate signs giving notice of the altered limit are
erected on the street or highway.
(d) Except as provided in this subsection, a local authority may not
alter a speed limit on a highway or extension of a highway in the state
highway system. A city or town may establish speed limits on state
highways upon which a school is located. However, a speed limit
established under this subsection is valid only if the following
conditions exist:
(1) The limit is not less than twenty (20) miles per hour.
(2) The limit is imposed only in the immediate vicinity of the
school.
(3) Children are present.
(4) The speed zone is properly signed. After June 30, 2011,
there must be:
(A) a sign located:
(i) where the reduced speed zone begins; or
(ii) as near as practical to the point where the reduced
speed zone begins;
indicating the reduced speed limit; and
(B) a sign located at the end of the reduced speed zone
indicating:
(i) the speed limit for the section of highway that follows;
or
(ii) the end of the reduced speed zone.
(5) The Indiana department of transportation has been notified of
the limit imposed by certified mail.
(e) A local authority may decrease a limit on a street to not less than
fifteen (15) miles per hour if the following conditions exist:
(1) The street is located within a park or playground established
under IC 36-10.
(2) The:
(A) board established under IC 36-10-3;
(B) board established under IC 36-10-4; or
(C) park authority established under IC 36-10-5;
requests the local authority to decrease the limit.
(3) The speed zone is properly signed.
(f) A city, town, or county may establish speed limits on a street
or highway upon which a school is located if the street or highway
is under the jurisdiction of the city, town, or county, respectively.
However, a speed limit established under this subsection is valid
only if the following conditions exist:
(1) The limit is not less than:
(A) twenty (20) miles per hour within an urban district;
and
(B) thirty (30) miles per hour outside an urban district.
(2) The limit is imposed only in the immediate vicinity of the
school.
(3) Children are present.
(4) The speed zone is properly signed. After June 30, 2011,
there must be:
(A) a sign located:
(i) where the reduced speed zone begins; or
(ii) as near as practical to the point where the reduced
speed zone begins;
indicating the reduced speed limit; and
(B) a sign located at the end of the reduced speed zone
indicating the end of the reduced speed zone.