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RECENT LEGISLATION:

2024

• HB-1090 allows evidence of failure to comply with passenger restraint system statutes to be admitted in a civil action.
• HB-1162 removes civil liability for a tort claim based on the failure to install optional equipment on a commercial motor vehicle.

​2023

• HB-1001 (State Budget) – Assigns a member of the Indiana Motor Truck Association to the Funding Indiana’s Roads for a Stronger, Safer Tomorrow (FIRSST) Committee.
• HB-1050
  • Establishes International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) based model for collecting road use revenue from alternative fuel vehicles.
  • Removes the requirement for intrastate carriers to register, pay, sticker and quarterly report their diesel fuel purchases.
• HB-1124 – Requires transparency when a third party is financing a lawsuit.
• HB-1196 – Requires all CDL training schools to expose all students to the perils of human trafficking through a 30-minute video.
• HB-1204 – Removes onerous overweight load civil penalties and establishes reasonable enforcement statutes.

 
2021

• HB-1190
  • Removes the commodity list allowed for overweight divisible loads.
  • Adds 8,500 single-trip permits for loads above 2.4 ESALs (equivalent single-axle loads).
• HB-1150 – Reduces the “Lookback” on issuing civil penalties for overweight loads from three years to one year.

 
2020

• HB-1070 – Prohibits the use of handheld electronic devices while driving.
• HB-1301 – Allows deployment of safety equipment to commercial vehicles without jeopardizing the independent contractor model

 
2018

• HB-1290
  • Allows truck “platoon” testing in Indiana.
  • Combines the diesel “surcharge” with the special tax so carriers only pay one tax on diesel.
  • Apportions the transportation infrastructure improvement fee (TIIF) for all International Registration Plan (IRP)-registered vehicles.

2017

• HB-1002 (Budget Bill)
  • Eliminates sales tax on private carrier diesel.
  • Gas tax increases by 10 cents per gallon and moves from general fund to road fund.
  • Special fuel (diesel) tax increases by 20 cents per gallon (10 cents on diesel plus 10 cents on surcharge).
  • Establishes diesel surcharge placed on pump and collected at point of sale.
  • The 37 counties that had a non-apportioned wheel tax will now be apportioned.
  • Electric-powered vehicles will now pay $150 registration fee.
  • Hybrid vehicles will now pay $50 registration fee.
  • Removes $8.75 trailer registration renewal fee.
• HB-1039 – Allows tractor trailers the right of way in roundabouts.
• HB-1447 – Removes the ability for the BMV to assess 4 points to a driver’s CDL when found to be hauling an unpermitted overweight load.
• SB-275 – Removes the requirement that an individual must be an Indiana resident to qualify for an Indiana CDL.

 
2015

• HB-1025 – Allows an individual to have a hearing with the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) in order to clear their driving violations from other states.
• HB-1393 – Allows a commercial driver’s license (CDL) to be issued in a different state from where the CDL training took place.
• SB-173 – Includes both CDL training and diesel mechanic training as listed vocations for the training of minimum-security inmates.
• SB-361 – Removes liability of the propane carrier for leaks and explosions at the delivery site.
• SB-437 – Avoids total ban of “Jake Brake” usage. Requires “Jake Brakes” to have a muffler in good working order.

 
2014

• HB-1180 – Makes improvements to HB-1324 from the 2013 session to provide balance and fairness to natural gas vehicle tax credit distribution.

 
2013

• HB-1324 – Provides a $15,000 tax credit to a company that purchases a truck powered by natural gas.
• HB-1545 – Allocates $10 million per year for distribution to companies for logistics investments.
• HB-1481 – Allows steel coils to be considered a “divisible load.” The metal commodities’ weight limit increases to 120,000 pounds. The agricultural commodities’ weight limit increases to 97,000 pounds.
• SB-11 – Allows 57-foot trailers to be used for motorsports transportation.
• SB-242 – Transfers the responsibility of notifying the state of radioactive shipments from the carrier to the shipper

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