HB 1101-1_ Filed 01/26/2012, 09:40
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COMMITTEE REPORT
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MR. SPEAKER:
Your Committee on Roads and Transportation , to which was referred House Bill
1101 , has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
House with the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:
Delete the title and insert the following:
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
transportation.
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SOURCE: IC 5-22-2-16.3; (12)AM110104.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 5-22-2-16.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2012]: Sec. 16.3. "Logistics" means the process of planning,
implementing, and controlling procedures for the efficient and
effective transportation and storage of goods from the point of
origin to the point of consumption in a manner that conforms to
customer requirements. The term includes services connected with
and information related to the process.
SOURCE: IC 9-20-5-1; (12)AM110104.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 9-20-5-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 1. (a) The Indiana department of
transportation may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to do the following:
(1) Establish and designate a highway as a heavy duty highway.
(2) Remove the designation of a highway or part of a highway as
a heavy duty highway.
(b) The Indiana department of transportation shall adopt rules
under IC 4-22-2 to do the following:
(1) Establish and designate a highway as an extra heavy duty
highway.
(2) Remove the designation of a highway or part of a highway
as an extra heavy duty highway.
(c) Rules described in subsection (b)(1) must do the following:
(1) Designate the highways listed in section 4 of this chapter
(before its expiration) as extra heavy duty highways.
(2) Establish maximum size and weight limits for vehicles
operated with a special weight permit on an extra heavy duty
highway as set forth in section 5 of this chapter (before its
expiration).
(b) (d) The Indiana department of transportation shall periodically
publish a map showing all highways designated by the department at
the time as heavy duty or extra heavy duty highways.
SOURCE: IC 9-20-5-4; (12)AM110104.3. -->
SECTION 3. IC 9-20-5-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.120-2011,
SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 4. (a) 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 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.
(b) This section expires on the date on which rules described in
section 1(c)(1) of this chapter are finally adopted.
SOURCE: IC 9-20-5-5; (12)AM110104.4. -->
SECTION 4. IC 9-20-5-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.120-2011,
SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2012]: 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.
(c) This section expires on the date on which rules described in
section 1(c)(2) of this chapter are finally adopted.
SOURCE: IC 9-20-5-6; (12)AM110104.5. -->
SECTION 5. IC 9-20-5-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 6. The Indiana department of
transportation shall implement procedures that, in cooperation with the
state police department and local police departments, enhance the
safety of citizens along and near extra heavy duty highways listed in
section 4 of this chapter
(before its expiration) or described in rules
adopted by the Indiana department of transportation under section
1 of this chapter.
(Reference is to HB 1101 as introduced.)
and when so amended that said bill do pass.
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