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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE BILL No. 201 |
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| 4 | 4 | | _____ |
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| 5 | 5 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL |
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| 6 | 6 | | Citations Affected: IC 8-23. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Synopsis: Highway safety. Defines a cable-barrier system. Defines a |
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| 8 | 8 | | median. Requires the department of transportation to place a |
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| 9 | 9 | | cable-barrier system in a median that is not more than 65 feet wide |
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| 10 | 10 | | along a highway. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Effective: July 1, 2022. |
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| 12 | 12 | | Niezgodski |
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| 13 | 13 | | January 6, 2022, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security and |
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| 14 | 14 | | Transportation. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 2022 IN 201—LS 6855/DI 139 Introduced |
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| 16 | 16 | | Second Regular Session of the 122nd General Assembly (2022) |
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| 17 | 17 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 18 | 18 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 19 | 19 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 21 | 21 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the |
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| 22 | 22 | | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds |
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| 23 | 23 | | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 25 | 25 | | between statutes enacted by the 2021 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SENATE BILL No. 201 |
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| 27 | 27 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning |
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| 28 | 28 | | transportation. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. IC 8-23-1-14.2 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 1, 2022]: Sec. 14.2. "Cable-barrier system" means a flexible median |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4 barrier with a larger lateral deflection during a vehicle impact. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5 SECTION 2. IC 8-23-1-30.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7 1, 2022]: Sec. 30.5. "Median" means the portion of a divided |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8 highway separating the traveled way for traffic proceeding in |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9 opposite directions. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10 SECTION 3. IC 8-23-4-13 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12 1, 2022]: Sec. 13. (a) The department shall place a cable-barrier |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13 system in a median that is not more than sixty-five (65) feet wide |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14 along a highway. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15 (b) The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16 implement this section. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2022 IN 201—LS 6855/DI 139 |
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