Section 105IAC10-4-1. Purpose; applicability

   (a) The purpose of this rule is to establish procedures for issuance, fees, and enforcement of overweight divisible load permits for specified commodities as defined herein.

  (b) Whenever the department grants an overweight divisible load permit, the permitted commodities making up the load shall consist exclusively of either:

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

(2) agriculture commodities weighing between eighty thousand (80,000) pounds and ninety-seven thousand (97,000) pounds.

Permits issued by or on behalf of the department pursuant to this rule shall apply to specified interstate, U.S., and state routes or highways only. Any travel of overweight divisible loads over local routes or highways must be permitted separately by the affected local governments. (Indiana Department of Transportation; 105 IAC 10-4-1; emergency rule filed Dec 26, 2013, 1:48 p.m.: 20140108-IR-105130568ERA, eff Jan 1, 2014)