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IN HB1262
Bill
Status
1/10/2019
Primary Sponsor
Micheal Aylesworth
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AI Summary
Summary of HB 1262 - Vehicle Operation
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Vehicles on Indiana highways must be constructed, covered, or loaded to prevent refuse or load (except water) from dripping, sifting, leaking, dropping, blowing, spilling, or escaping.
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Vehicles carrying aggregate material must be free from holes, cracks, or openings that could allow contents to escape.
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Restrictions apply regardless of how full or empty the vehicle is loaded.
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Exemptions granted for vehicles containing poultry/livestock, agricultural commodities (corn, soybeans, wheat), and highway maintenance vehicles spreading sand or deicing chemicals.
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Effective date: July 1, 2019.
Legislative Description
Vehicle operation. Provides that a vehicle may not be driven or moved on a highway unless the vehicle is: (1) constructed; (2) covered; or (3) loaded; in a manner that prevents any of the vehicle's refuse or load, other than water, from dripping, sifting, leaking, dropping, blowing, spilling, or otherwise escaping from the vehicle. Requires areas of a vehicle containing aggregate material to be free from holes, cracks, or openings through which any of the vehicle's refuse or load may escape. Specifies that restrictions regarding a vehicle's aggregate material or load apply regardless of the degree to which the vehicle is loaded. Excepts a vehicle containing agricultural commodities from the restrictions concerning a vehicle's refuse or load.
Last Action
Representative Fleming added as coauthor
1/24/2019