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IN HB1040
Bill
Status
1/6/2015
Primary Sponsor
Thomas Washburne
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AI Summary
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Increases maximum speed limit from 65 to 70 miles per hour for vehicles with declared gross weight greater than 26,000 pounds on interstate and defense highways located outside urbanized areas with population of at least 50,000.
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Increases maximum speed limit from 65 to 70 miles per hour for vehicles with declared gross weight greater than 26,000 pounds on highways under the responsibility of the Indiana Finance Authority.
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Maintains current 65 miles per hour speed limit for buses and vehicles weighing 26,000 pounds or less on Indiana Finance Authority highways.
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Effective date: July 1, 2015.
Legislative Description
Speed limit for larger motor vehicles. Provides that the maximum speed limit for a vehicle having a declared gross weight greater than 26,000 pounds operated on a highway that is: (1) on the national system of interstate and defense highways located outside an urbanized area (as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101) with a population of at least 50,000; or (2) the responsibility of the Indiana finance authority; is 70 miles per hour. (Current law provides that the speed limit for those vehicles (other than a bus) is 65 miles per hour.)
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation
1/6/2015