Bill Text: IN HB1266 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Off road vehicles used for construction purposes.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation [HB1266 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-HB1266-Introduced.html
Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1266
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 9-13-2-60; IC 14-8-2-185.
Synopsis: Off road vehicles used for construction purposes. Adds a 3,
4, or 6 wheeled construction related motor vehicle that is: (1) capable
of cross-country travel without the benefit of a road and on or
immediately over land, water, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other
natural terrain; and (2) used primarily for construction related
purposes; to the definition of "farm wagon" for purposes of the
operation of the motor vehicle on highways.
Effective: July 1, 2010.
Friend, Wolkins, Grubb
January 12, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
Introduced
Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2010)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1266
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
motor vehicles.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 9-13-2-60; (10)IN1266.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 9-13-2-60, AS AMENDED BY P.L.150-2009,
SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 60. (a) "Farm wagon" means either any of the
following:
(1) A wagon, other than an implement of agriculture, that is used primarily for transporting farm products and farm supplies in connection with a farming operation.
(2) A three (3), four (4), or six (6) wheeled motor vehicle with a folding hitch on the front of the motor vehicle, manufactured with seating for not more than four (4) individuals, that is used primarily:
(A) to transport an individual from one (1) farm field to another, whether or not the motor vehicle is operated on a highway in order to reach the other farm field;
(B) for the transportation of an individual upon farm premises; or
(C) for both purposes set forth in clauses (A) and (B).
(3) A three (3), four (4), or six (6) wheeled construction related motor vehicle, capable of cross-country travel:
(1) without the benefit of a road; and
(2) on or immediately over land, water, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other natural terrain;
that is used primarily for construction related purposes.
(b) The term includes a motor vehicle described in subsection (a)(2) that is used for the incidental transportation of farm supplies or farm implements at the same time it is used for the transportation of an individual.
(1) A wagon, other than an implement of agriculture, that is used primarily for transporting farm products and farm supplies in connection with a farming operation.
(2) A three (3), four (4), or six (6) wheeled motor vehicle with a folding hitch on the front of the motor vehicle, manufactured with seating for not more than four (4) individuals, that is used primarily:
(A) to transport an individual from one (1) farm field to another, whether or not the motor vehicle is operated on a highway in order to reach the other farm field;
(B) for the transportation of an individual upon farm premises; or
(C) for both purposes set forth in clauses (A) and (B).
(3) A three (3), four (4), or six (6) wheeled construction related motor vehicle, capable of cross-country travel:
(1) without the benefit of a road; and
(2) on or immediately over land, water, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other natural terrain;
that is used primarily for construction related purposes.
(b) The term includes a motor vehicle described in subsection (a)(2) that is used for the incidental transportation of farm supplies or farm implements at the same time it is used for the transportation of an individual.
SOURCE: IC 14-8-2-185; (10)IN1266.1.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 14-8-2-185, AS AMENDED BY P.L.150-2009,
SECTION 21, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 185. (a) "Off-road vehicle", for purposes of
IC 14-16-1 and IC 14-19-1-0.5, means a motor driven vehicle capable
of cross-country travel:
(1) without benefit of a road; and
(2) on or immediately over land, water, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other natural terrain.
(b) The term includes the following:
(1) A multiwheel drive or low pressure tire vehicle.
(2) An amphibious machine.
(3) A ground effect air cushion vehicle.
(4) Other means of transportation deriving motive power from a source other than muscle or wind.
(c) The term does not include the following:
(1) A farm vehicle being used for farming, including, but not limited to, a farm wagon (as defined in IC 9-13-2-60(a)(2)).
(2) A vehicle used for military or law enforcement purposes.
(3) A construction, mining, or other industrial related vehicle used in performance of the vehicle's common function, including, but not limited to, a farm wagon (as defined in IC 9-13-2-60(a)(3)).
(4) A snowmobile (as defined by section 261 of this chapter).
(5) A registered aircraft.
(6) Any other vehicle properly registered by the bureau of motor vehicles.
(7) Any watercraft that is registered under Indiana statutes.
(8) A golf cart vehicle.
(1) without benefit of a road; and
(2) on or immediately over land, water, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other natural terrain.
(b) The term includes the following:
(1) A multiwheel drive or low pressure tire vehicle.
(2) An amphibious machine.
(3) A ground effect air cushion vehicle.
(4) Other means of transportation deriving motive power from a source other than muscle or wind.
(c) The term does not include the following:
(1) A farm vehicle being used for farming, including, but not limited to, a farm wagon (as defined in IC 9-13-2-60(a)(2)).
(2) A vehicle used for military or law enforcement purposes.
(3) A construction, mining, or other industrial related vehicle used in performance of the vehicle's common function, including, but not limited to, a farm wagon (as defined in IC 9-13-2-60(a)(3)).
(4) A snowmobile (as defined by section 261 of this chapter).
(5) A registered aircraft.
(6) Any other vehicle properly registered by the bureau of motor vehicles.
(7) Any watercraft that is registered under Indiana statutes.
(8) A golf cart vehicle.
