§ 9-20-6-4 — Maximum vehicle weight; emergency permit; issuance; conditions; regulation of movement

(a) Notwithstanding IC 9-20-4 and subject to
subsection (b), the maximum vehicle weight for an authorized
emergency vehicle operated on a highway shall not be less than:
(1) twenty-four thousand (24,000) pounds on a single steering
axle;
(2) thirty-three thousand five hundred (33,500) pounds on a single
drive axle;
(3) sixty-two thousand (62,000) pounds on a tandem axle; or
(4) fifty-two thousand (52,000) pounds on a tandem rear drive
steer axle.
(b) The maximum gross vehicle weight of an authorized emergency
vehicle operated on a highway is eighty-six thousand (86,000) pounds.
(c) The Indiana department of transportation or an agency or a
political subdivision authorized by this article to grant permits to
operate tractor-mobile home rigs or permits for transporting heavy or
oversize vehicles, loads, or other objects not conforming to this article
may issue emergency permits to operate in or through Indiana without
regard to IC 9-20-14-2 to a person during the period that the following
conditions exist:
(1) A state of disaster emergency has been declared by the
governor under IC 10-14-3-12.
(2) A state of emergency has been declared by the federal
government for an area outside Indiana.
(3) The granting of emergency permits reasonably can be
expected to provide relief of the conditions causing the
declaration of the state of emergency.
(d) The Indiana department of transportation, an agency, or a
political subdivision shall regulate movements by emergency permits
to avoid undue hazards.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-1-20.2.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.2-2003, SEC.39; P.L.196-2017, SEC.3.