Signed by Governor Eric Holcomb

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote on a conference report to pass a bill that increases the amount of overweight trucks that are allowed to be on roadways.

Highlights:

• Authorizes the Indiana department of transportation to, upon proper application in writing, grant a permit for transporting overweight vehicles and overweight divisible loads carrying resources on a highway in the state highway system, including state-maintained routes through cities and towns (Sec. 3.d).

• Authorizes a permit issued under this law to designate the route to be traversed and to contain any other restrictions or conditions required for the safe movement of the vehicle. If the department designates a route, a deviation from that route constitutes a violation subject to a civil penalty (Sec. 3.f).

• Requires the Indiana department of transportation to recalculate and apply permit fees for annual and trip permits granted under this law based on the Joint Transportation Research Program Publication No. FHWA/IN/JTRP-2014/14 (Sec. 3.h).

• Prohibits the Indiana department of transportation from issuing more than 8,500 single trip permits annually for applicants with a total equivalent single axle load calculation of more than 2.40 equivalent single axle load credit (Sec. 3.i).

• Authorizes the Indiana department of transportation to temporarily increase the number of permits issued by order of the commissioner in response to an emergency or changes in market conditions (Sec. 3.k).

• Authorizes the Indiana department of transportation to suspend overweight divisible load permitting if the department observes an unusual increase in (Sec. 3.n):

• Infrastructure damage on a permitted route; or

• The number of accidents associated with overweight divisible loads.

• Requires the Indiana department of transportation to submit a report to the legislative council and the interim study committee on roads and transportation in an electronic format under regarding (Sec. 3.o):

• The fee structure and recommended changes to the fee structure for permits issued under this section; and

• The impact of overweight divisible loads on roads and highways.

• Specifies if a local authority grants a permit the local authority may designate a route for the permit. A deviation from that route constitutes a violation subject to a civil penalty (Sec. 4.b).

• Establishes a carrier transporting vehicles or loads under a permit issued under this law that is violated subjects the carrier to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for the first violation and not more than $1,500 for each subsequent violation (Sec. 5.b).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote on a conference report to pass a bill that increases the amount of overweight trucks that are allowed to be on roadways.

Highlights:

• Authorizes the Indiana department of transportation to, upon proper application in writing, grant a permit for transporting overweight vehicles and overweight divisible loads carrying resources on a highway in the state highway system, including state-maintained routes through cities and towns (Sec. 3.d).

• Authorizes a permit issued under this law to designate the route to be traversed and to contain any other restrictions or conditions required for the safe movement of the vehicle. If the department designates a route, a deviation from that route constitutes a violation subject to a civil penalty (Sec. 3.f).

• Requires the Indiana department of transportation to recalculate and apply permit fees for annual and trip permits granted under this law based on the Joint Transportation Research Program Publication No. FHWA/IN/JTRP-2014/14 (Sec. 3.h).

• Prohibits the Indiana department of transportation from issuing more than 8,500 single trip permits annually for applicants with a total equivalent single axle load calculation of more than 2.40 equivalent single axle load credit (Sec. 3.i).

• Authorizes the Indiana department of transportation to temporarily increase the number of permits issued by order of the commissioner in response to an emergency or changes in market conditions (Sec. 3.k).

• Authorizes the Indiana department of transportation to suspend overweight divisible load permitting if the department observes an unusual increase in (Sec. 3.n):

• Infrastructure damage on a permitted route; or

• The number of accidents associated with overweight divisible loads.

• Requires the Indiana department of transportation to submit a report to the legislative council and the interim study committee on roads and transportation in an electronic format under regarding (Sec. 3.o):

• The fee structure and recommended changes to the fee structure for permits issued under this section; and

• The impact of overweight divisible loads on roads and highways.

• Specifies if a local authority grants a permit the local authority may designate a route for the permit. A deviation from that route constitutes a violation subject to a civil penalty (Sec. 4.b).

• Establishes a carrier transporting vehicles or loads under a permit issued under this law that is violated subjects the carrier to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for the first violation and not more than $1,500 for each subsequent violation (Sec. 5.b).

Full Bill Text