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CHAPTER 11. SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING GARBAGE TRUCKS

IC 9-20-11
     Chapter 11. Special Restrictions Concerning Garbage Trucks

IC 9-20-11-1
Application of chapter
    
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a truck, a truck-trailer combination, or a truck-wagon combination that is either:
        (1) a municipal waste collection and transportation vehicle:
            (A) specially designed and equipped with a self-compactor or detachable container;
            (B) used exclusively for garbage, refuse, or recycling operations; and
            (C) laden with garbage, refuse, or recyclables; or
        (2) a disposal plant transporting vehicle certified under IC 15-17-11 that is laden with dead animals or animal parts.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.79-1991, SEC.3; P.L.129-1995, SEC.1; P.L.157-2001, SEC.1; P.L.2-2008, SEC.27.

IC 9-20-11-2
Weight limitations
    
Sec. 2. A vehicle described in section 1 of this chapter may transmit to the surface of a highway, except an interstate highway, a gross weight of not more than:
        (1) twenty-four thousand (24,000) pounds upon a single axle; and
        (2) forty-two thousand (42,000) pounds upon a tandem axle group.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.157-2001, SEC.2.

IC 9-20-11-3
Axle limitations
    
Sec. 3. When unladen, a vehicle described in section 1 of this chapter must comply with the axle limitations applicable to all other trucks.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.157-2001, SEC.3.

IC 9-20-11-4
Wheel weight limitations; compliance requirements
    
Sec. 4. This chapter does not exempt a vehicle described in section 1 of this chapter, laden or unladen, from the limitations on wheel weights imposed by IC 9-20-4-1(c).
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.157-2001, SEC.4.

IC 9-20-11-5
Length limitations
    
Sec. 5. In addition to the limits and requirements set forth in sections 2 through 4 of this chapter, the maximum length of a:
        (1) truck-trailer combination; or
        (2) truck-wagon combination;
and its load, used in intrastate transportation, designed and utilized

as set forth in section 1(1)(A) and 1(1)(B) of this chapter, is sixty-eight (68) feet.
As added by P.L.157-2001, SEC.5 and P.L.216-2001, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-2002, SEC.41.

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