Bill Text: IN SB0320 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Antique motor vehicle issues.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-11 - First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation & Veterans Affairs [SB0320 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-SB0320-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 9-13-2; IC 9-19-6; IC 13-17-5-6; IC 36-7-1;
IC 36-7-2.
Synopsis: Antique motor vehicle issues. Changes the definition of
antique motor vehicle for purposes of motor vehicle law. Authorizes
the use of blue dot tail lights on antique motor vehicles under certain
circumstances. Changes the description of vehicles that must be
exempt from a rule of the air pollution control board concerning
periodic motor vehicle emissions tests due to the age of the vehicles.
Prohibits a local government unit from adopting a zoning ordinance or
a land use regulation that prohibits a person from engaging in the
activities of an automotive collector under certain conditions.
Effective: Upon passage; July 1, 2010.
January 11, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security,
Transportation & Veterans Affairs.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
motor vehicles.
(1) The motor vehicle or motor scooter is insured under a collectible vehicle or classic automobile insurance policy.
(2) Upon the motor vehicle or motor scooter being presented at a clean air car check vehicle emission test site in accordance with the applicable test cycle, it is verified that the following requirements have been met:
(A) The vehicle has been driven not more than three thousand (3,000) miles per calendar year.
(B) Federally required pollution control equipment for the make and model year of the vehicle is in place.
(b) "Antique motor vehicle", for purposes of IC 9-19-11-1(6), means
a passenger motor vehicle or truck that was manufactured without a
safety belt as a part of the standard equipment installed by the
manufacturer at each designated seating position, before the
requirement of the installation of safety belts in the motor vehicle
according to the standards stated in the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard Number 208 (49 CFR 571.208).
(1) blue; or
(2) purple;
insert that is not more than one (1) inch in diameter.
(1) stop lamp or stoplight;
(2) rear turn indicator lamp;
(3) rear hazard lamp; or
(4) rear reflector.
(b) Except as provided in section 1.7 of this chapter and subsection (c), a motorcycle and motor-driven cycle must carry at least one (1) reflector meeting the requirements of this section.
(c) A motorcycle manufactured before January 1, 1956, is not required to carry a reflector under this section if the motorcycle is not operated at the times when lighted head lamps and other illuminating devices are required under IC 9-21-7-2.
(d) A vehicle of the type listed in section 7 of this chapter must be equipped with reflectors as required in those sections applicable to those vehicles.
(e) A reflector must be mounted on a vehicle at a height not less
than twenty (20) inches and not more than sixty (60) inches as
measured in the manner set forth in section 2(b) of this chapter. Except
as otherwise provided, a reflector must be of the size and
characteristics and mounted so as to be visible at night from all
distances within three hundred fifty (350) feet to one hundred (100)
feet from the vehicle when directly in front of lawful upper beams of
head lamps.
(1) sell; or
(2) drive on the highways;
in Indiana a motor vehicle, including a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, unless the vehicle is equipped with at least one (1) stoplight meeting the requirements of section 17 of this chapter.
(1) sell;
(2) offer for sale; or
(3) operate on the highways;
a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer registered in Indiana and manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1956, unless the vehicle is equipped with mechanical or electrical turn signals meeting the requirements of section 17 of this chapter.
(b) Except as provided in section 1.7 of this chapter, a rear clearance lamp, marker lamp, and reflector mounted on the rear or on the sides near the rear of a vehicle must display or reflect a red color.
(c) A lighting device and reflector mounted on the rear of a vehicle must display or reflect a red color, except as follows:
(1) The stoplight or other signal device may be red, amber, or yellow.
(2) The light illuminating the license plate must be white.
(3) The light emitted by a back-up lamp must be white or amber.
(4) An antique motor vehicle may be equipped with a blue dot tail light as provided in section 1.7 of this chapter.
(b) A front or rear clearance lamp must be capable of being seen and distinguished under normal atmospheric conditions at the times lights are required under IC 9-21-7-2 at a distance of five hundred (500) feet from the front and rear, respectively, of the vehicle.
(c) A side marker lamp must be capable of being seen and distinguished under normal atmospheric conditions at the times lights are required under IC 9-21-7-2 at a distance of five hundred (500) feet from the side of the vehicle on which the side marker lamps are mounted.
(1) an implement of husbandry; or
(2) a farm tractor;
manufactured after June 30, 2006.
(b) A vehicle, including:
(1) an animal-drawn vehicle; and
(2) a vehicle referred to in IC 9-19-1-1 that is not specifically required by this article to be equipped with lamps or other lighting devices;
must at all times required by IC 9-21-7-2 be equipped with at least two (2) red reflectors that are visible from distances of one hundred (100) feet to six hundred (600) feet to the rear when illuminated by the upper beams of head lamps. However, in the case of an antique motor vehicle, the requirement of this subsection may be satisfied under section 1.7 of this chapter.
equipped, and when required under this chapter must be equipped, with
a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of the vehicle that:
(1) displays a red or an amber light, or any shade of color between
red and amber, visible from a distance of not less than one
hundred (100) feet to the rear in normal sunlight;
(2) will be actuated upon application of the service (foot) brake;
and
(3) may be incorporated with at least one (1) other rear lamp.
(b) A motor vehicle may be equipped and when required under this
chapter must be equipped with lamps or mechanical signal devices
showing to the front and rear for the purpose of indicating an intention
to turn either to the right or left. If lamps are used for this purpose, the
lamps showing to the front must be located on the same level and as
widely spaced laterally as practicable and when in use must display a
white or an amber light, or any shade of color between white and
amber, visible from a distance of not less than one hundred (100) feet
to the front in normal sunlight. The lamps showing to the rear must be
located at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable
and when in use, except as provided in section 1.7 of this chapter,
must display a red or an amber light, or any shade of color between red
and amber, visible from a distance of not less than one hundred (100)
feet to the rear in normal sunlight. When actuated the lamps must
indicate the intended direction of turning by flashing the lights showing
to the front and rear on the side toward which the turn is made. If
mechanical signal devices are used for this purpose, the devices must
be self-illuminated when in use at the times required by IC 9-21-7-2.
(c) A stop lamp or signal lamp or device may not project a glaring
light.
(b) A lamp used to display a warning to the front must be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, and must display simultaneously flashing white or amber lights or any shade of color between white and amber.
(c) A lamp used to display a warning to the rear must be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable and,
except as provided in section 1.7 of this chapter, must show
simultaneously flashing amber or red lights or any shade of color
between red and amber.
(d) A warning light must be visible from a distance of not less than
five hundred (500) feet under normal atmospheric conditions at night.
(e) A motor vehicle used to transport operating crew members may
display a lamp placed on the top of the motor vehicle with
simultaneously flashing yellow or amber lights that must be visible as
set forth in subsection (d).
(1) requires periodic motor vehicle emissions tests; and
(2) makes new vehicles exempt from the emissions tests for a time;
may not require that new vehicles be presented at an official vehicle inspection station for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of compliance.
(b) A rule adopted by the board under air pollution control laws that:
(1) requires periodic motor vehicle emissions tests; and
(2)
(A) was actually manufactured; or
(B) was designated by the manufacturer as a model manufactured;
in a calendar year at least twenty-five (25) years before January 1 of the calendar year to which the exemption applies;
may not require that those vehicles be presented at an official vehicle inspection station for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of compliance.
(1) not intended to be operated on a public way; and
(2) intended to be used to provide parts for the restoration of other vehicles.
(b) A zoning ordinance or land use regulation adopted by a unit may not prohibit a person from engaging in the activities of an automotive collector within the area subject to the zoning ordinance or land use regulation if all vehicles, including any parts cars, that are maintained and stored by the person engaging in the activities of an automotive collector:
(1) are kept on private real property; and
(2) remain out of ordinary public view by means of inside storage, suitable fencing, trees, shrubbery, or other manner of visual obstruction.
