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IN HB1092
Bill
Status
1/3/2019
Primary Sponsor
Micheal Aylesworth
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AI Summary
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Raises the maximum speed limit for heavy trucks (over 26,000 pounds gross weight) from 65 mph to 70 mph on interstate highways outside urbanized areas with populations of at least 50,000
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Applies the same 70 mph increase to heavy trucks on highways under the Indiana Finance Authority's responsibility (toll roads)
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Eliminates the separate, lower speed limit that previously distinguished heavy trucks from other vehicles and buses on these highways
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Amends Indiana Code IC 9-21-5-2 with an effective date of July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
Elimination of lower speed limit for trucks. 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 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 maximum 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
1/3/2019