Reprinted

April 15, 2011





ENGROSSED

HOUSE BILL No. 1137

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DIGEST OF HB 1137 (Updated April 14, 2011 3:09 pm - DI 96)



Citations Affected: IC 9-20.

Synopsis: Extra heavy duty highways. Provides that certain sections of Highway 912 in East Chicago are designated as extra heavy duty highways, and that the total gross weight of a vehicle or combination of vehicles operated with a special weight permit at one intersection on Highway 912 may not exceed 264,000 pounds, with several other weight restrictions on a vehicle operated at that intersection. Makes corresponding changes.

Effective: Upon passage.





Stevenson , Soliday
(SENATE SPONSORS _ CHARBONNEAU, ROGERS, RANDOLPH)




    January 6, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
    January 27, 2011, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
    February 8, 2011, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
    February 9, 2011, engrossed.
    February 10, 2011, read third time, passed. Yeas 94, nays 0.

SENATE ACTION

    February 17, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security, Transportation and Veterans Affairs.
    March 28, 2011, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
    April 14, 2011, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.





Reprinted

April 15, 2011

First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)


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ENGROSSED

HOUSE BILL No. 1137



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.

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

SOURCE: IC 9-20-5-4; (11)EH1137.2.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 9-20-5-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.134-2007, SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: 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 State Road 912.
        (3) Highway 912, from Michigan Avenue Riley Road in East Chicago to the U.S. 20 interchange.
        (4) Highway 20, from Clark Road in Gary to Highway 39.
        (5) Highway 12, from one-fourth (1/4) mile west of the Midwest Steel entrance to Highway 249.
        (6) Highway 249, from Highway 12 to Highway 20.
        (7) Highway 12, from one and one-half (1 1/2) miles east of the Bethlehem Steel entrance to Highway 149.
        (8) Highway 149, from Highway 12 to a point thirty-six hundredths (.36) of a mile south of Highway 20.
        (9) Highway 39, from Highway 20 to the Michigan state line.
        (10) Highway 20, from Highway 39 to Highway 2.
        (11) Highway 2, from Highway 20 to Highway 31.
        (12) Highway 31, from the Michigan state line to Highway 23.
        (13) Highway 23, from Highway 31 to Olive Street in South Bend.
        (14) 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.
        (15) State Road 249 from U.S. 12 to the point where State Road 249 intersects with Nelson Drive at the Port of Indiana.
        (16) 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.
        (17) U.S. 20 from the State Road 912 interchange three and seventeen hundredths (3.17) miles east to U.S. 12.
        (18) U.S. 6 from the Ohio state line to State Road 9.
        (19) U.S. 30 from Allen County/Whitley County Line Road (also known as County Road 800 East) to State Road 9.
        (20) State Road 9 from U.S. 30 to U.S. 6.
        (21) State Road 39 from Interstate 80 to U.S. 20.
        (22) State Road 3 north from U.S. 6 to U.S. 20, U.S. 20 west from State Road 3 to State Road 9, State Road 9 north from U.S. 20 to the Michigan state line. However, the total gross weight, with load, of a vehicle or combination of vehicles operated with a special weight permit on these highways may not exceed ninety thousand (90,000) pounds.
         (23) Highway 912, at an intersection approximately thirty hundredths (.30) of a mile southwest of the intersection of Dickey Road and Riley Road in East Chicago. The total gross weight, with load, of a vehicle or combination of vehicles operated with a special weight permit on this highway may not exceed two hundred sixty-four thousand (264,000) pounds.
SOURCE: IC 9-20-5-5; (11)EH1137.2.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 9-20-5-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.134-2007, SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the maximum size and weight limits for vehicles operated with a special weight permit on an extra heavy duty highway are as follows:
        (1) A vehicle may not have a maximum wheel weight, unladen or with load, in excess of eight hundred (800) pounds per inch width of tire, measured between the flanges of the rim.
        (2) A single axle weight may not exceed eighteen thousand

(18,000) pounds.
        (3) An axle in an axle combination may not exceed thirteen thousand (13,000) pounds per axle, with the exception of one (1) tandem group that may weigh sixteen thousand (16,000) pounds per axle or a total of thirty-two thousand (32,000) pounds.
        (4) Except as provided in section 4(22) of this chapter, the total gross weight, with load, of any vehicle or combination of vehicles may not exceed one hundred thirty-four thousand (134,000) pounds.
        (5) Axle spacings may not be less than three (3) feet, six (6) inches, between each axle in an axle combination.
        (6) Axle spacings may not be less than eight (8) feet between each axle or axle combination.
     (b) A vehicle operated in accordance with section 4(23) of this chapter may not have a:
        (1) maximum wheel weight, unladen or with load, in excess of one thousand six hundred fifty (1,650) pounds per inch width of tire, measured between the flanges of the rim; or
        (2) single axle weight that exceeds sixty-five thousand (65,000) pounds.

SOURCE: IC 9-20-5-7; (11)EH1137.2.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 9-20-5-7 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 7. The owner or operator of a vehicle or combination of vehicles having a total gross weight in excess of eighty thousand (80,000) pounds but less than one two hundred thirty-four sixty-four thousand (134,000) (264,000) pounds must:
        (1) obtain a special weight registration permit;
        (2) register annually and pay annually a registration fee to the department of state revenue; and
        (3) install an approved automated vehicle identifier in each vehicle operating with a special weight permit;
to travel on an extra heavy duty highway.
SOURCE: ; (11)EH1137.2.4. -->     SECTION 4. An emergency is declared for this act.