§ 9-20-14-2 — Conditions for granting permits; local authorities; jurisdiction; fees

Indiana § 9-20-14-2

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 9: MOTOR VEHICLES
• Art. 20: SIZE AND WEIGHT REGULATION
• Ch. 14: Special Restrictions Concerning Tractor-Mobile Home

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(a) The Indiana department of transportation
or any agency or political subdivision of the state designated by the
Indiana Department of Transportation shall grant a permit to operate a
tractor-mobile home rig on a highway to a person upon the following
conditions and upon the rules that the Indiana Department of
Transportation prescribes:
(1) The tractor-mobile home rig must be operated in a manner
that will not impede traffic or increase the hazard to traffic.
(2) The tractor-mobile home rig may be operated only on days
other than Sunday and the legal holidays that the Indiana
department of transportation prescribes. The tractor-mobile home
rig may be operated between one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise
and one-half (1/2) hour after sunset on any weekday, and between
one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise and noon on Saturday.
(3) The tractor-mobile home rig may be operated only over the
roads or highways in the state highway system, including, except
to the extent provided in section 5 of this chapter, the routes
designated as federal highways and the state maintained routes
through cities and towns. The tractor-mobile home rig may not
extend past the center line of those roads and highways.
(4) The person to whom the permit is granted shall present
satisfactory evidence of the person's financial responsibility, as
provided in IC 9-25, to the granting authority.
(5) If in use as a towing vehicle component of a tractor-mobile
home rig, the towing vehicle for which the permit is granted must
have a wheelbase of not less than one hundred twenty (120)
inches.
(6) A permit granted for the towing vehicle component of a
tractor-mobile home rig may be suspended or revoked by the
Indiana department of transportation for violation of any of the
conditions of the permit set forth in this section.
(7) The towing vehicle may be operated only over the roads or
highways approved by the authority granting the permits.
(b) Except as provided in section 5 of this chapter, this section does
not prevent a local authority with respect to highways and roads under
the authority's jurisdiction from granting permission to operate a
tractor-mobile home rig on roads and highways under the authority's
jurisdiction that are not highways in the state highway system or state
maintained routes through cities and towns.
(c) Except as provided in subsections (d) and (e), the fee for a
person that is not a mobile home or sectionalized building retail dealer
to move a tractor-mobile home rig under this section is ten dollars
($10) per trip.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection (c), a person that is not a mobile
home or sectionalized building retail dealer may purchase a quarterly
permit for unlimited trips during the quarter to move a tractor-mobile
home rig under this section. The fee for a quarterly permit is two
hundred fifty dollars ($250).
(e) Notwithstanding subsection (c), a person that is not a mobile
home or sectionalized building retail dealer may purchase an annual
permit for unlimited trips during the year to move a tractor-mobile
home rig under this section. The fee for an annual permit is one
thousand dollars ($1,000).
(f) The fee for a person that is a mobile home or sectionalized
building retail dealer to move tractor-mobile home rigs under this
section is forty dollars ($40). The fee shall be paid annually.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-1-8; Pre-2016
Revision Citations: 9-29-6-7; subsection (f) formerly
9-29-6-8.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.125-1993, SEC.1; P.L.119-1995, SEC.4; P.L.198-2016, SEC.351.