Farm commodities; transportation from place of production to
first point of delivery; limited exemption
Sec. 2. (a) Section 1 of this chapter relating to vehicle weight,
IC 9-30 assessing a penalty for transporting a load in excess of the
registered limit of the load for the transporting vehicle, and IC 9-30
prohibiting a person from moving a transported vehicle with an
excess load until a penalty is paid do not apply to a vehicle or
combination of vehicles that transports farm commodities from the
place of production to the first point of delivery where the
commodities are weighed and title to the commodities is transferred
if the weight of the vehicle with load or combination of vehicles with
load does not exceed the gross weight limit by more than ten percent
(10%).
(b) The exemption in subsection (a) does not apply to the
following:
(1) Weight limits imposed for bridges or sections of highways
under IC 9-20-1-4.
(2) A vehicle operated on any part of an interstate highway.
(c) For purposes of this section, "farm commodities" includes
logs, wood chips, bark, sawdust, and bulk milk. The exemptions that
apply to vehicles that transport farm commodities under subsection
(a) apply to the transportation of wood chips, bark, and sawdust at all
times if the weight of the vehicle with load does not exceed either the
gross weight limit or the axle weight limit by more than ten percent
(10%).
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.100-1991, SEC.2.
Last modified: May 27, 2006