Sec. 7. (a) The owner or operator of a vehicle or combination of vehicles having a total gross weight in excess of eighty thousand (80,000) pounds but less than two hundred sixty-four thousand (264,000) pounds must:

(1) obtain a special weight registration permit;

(2) register annually and pay annually a registration fee to the department of state revenue; and

(3) install an approved automated vehicle identifier in each vehicle operating with a special weight permit;

to travel on an extra heavy duty highway.

     (b) The fee for an annual registration under subsection (a) is twenty-five dollars ($25). The fee imposed under this section must be deposited in the motor carrier regulation fund established under IC 8-2.1-23.

     (c) The department of state revenue may impose an additional permit fee in an amount that may not exceed one dollar ($1) on each trip permitted for a vehicle registered under subsection (a). This additional fee is for the use and maintenance of an automated vehicle identifier. The fee imposed under this section must be deposited in the motor carrier regulation fund established under IC 8-2.1-23.

[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-1-12(i) part; Pre-2016 Revision Citation: 9-29-6-1.5.]

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.122-1993, SEC.2; P.L.129-2001, SEC.30; P.L.120-2011, SEC.3; P.L.198-2016, SEC.341.