Section 105IAC10-4-2. Permit duration

   (a) Beginning on February 1, 2014, the department may grant an annual, multitrip permit for:

(1) divisible loads containing:

(A) agricultural commodities weighing between eighty thousand (80,000) pounds and ninety-seven thousand (97,000) pounds; and

(B) having a total vehicle ESAL value of less than or equal to two and four-tenths (2.4) total ESALs; or

(2) divisible loads containing:

(A) metal commodities weighing between eighty thousand (80,000) pounds and one hundred twenty thousand (120,000) pounds; and

(B) having a total vehicle ESAL value of less than or equal to two and four-tenths (2.4) total ESALs.

Any such annual permits shall be issued solely to a specific vehicle (including a specific truck or tractor power unit with a specific trailer configuration), and for a specified route, for multiple days up to the assigned expiration date. Annual permits are valid for a period of one (1) year from the issue date.

  (b) A single trip permit shall be assigned to the truck or tractor power unit, per trip, per configuration, per route for all loads greater than two and four-tenths (2.4) ESALs. (Indiana Department of Transportation; 105 IAC 10-4-2; emergency rule filed Dec 26, 2013, 1:48 p.m.: 20140108-IR-105130568ERA, eff Jan 1, 2014)