February 11, 2011





HOUSE BILL No. 1099

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DIGEST OF HB 1099 (Updated February 9, 2011 4:41 pm - DI 96)



Citations Affected: IC 9-21.

Synopsis: Compression release engine brakes. Provides that a person who drives a motor vehicle (vehicle) equipped with a compression release engine brake (brake) may not use the vehicle's brake unless the vehicle is equipped with a factory installed muffler or an equivalent after market muffler, except in Porter County where brake operation is prohibited unless there is a failure of the service brake system.

Effective: July 1, 2011.





Dodge , Dvorak




    January 6, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
    February 10, 2011, amended, reported _ Do Pass.






February 11, 2011

First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1099



    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 9-21-8-44.5; (11)HB1099.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 9-21-8-44.5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 44.5. (a) As used in this section, "compression release engine brake" means a hydraulically operated device that converts a power producing diesel engine into a power absorbing retarding mechanism.
    (b) A person who drives a motor vehicle equipped with compression release engine brakes on the Indiana toll road in a county having a population of more than one hundred forty-five thousand (145,000) but less than one hundred forty-eight thousand (148,000) may not use the motor vehicle's compression release engine brakes instead of the service brake system, except in the case of failure of the service brake system.
    (c) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person who drives a motor vehicle equipped with compression release engine brakes may not use the motor vehicle's compression release engine brakes instead of the service brake system unless the motor vehicle is equipped with a factory installed muffler or an equivalent after

market muffler.