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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1022 |
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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 9-13-2; IC 9-21-8-60. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Synopsis: Automated tractor-trailers. Provides that an automated |
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| 8 | 8 | | tractor-trailer may not be operated on a highway to transport passengers |
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| 9 | 9 | | or goods unless a human operator who meets all state and federal |
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| 10 | 10 | | qualifications to operate a tractor-trailer is physically present in the |
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| 11 | 11 | | automated tractor-trailer to monitor the performance of the automated |
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| 12 | 12 | | tractor-trailer and to take control of all or part of the automated |
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| 13 | 13 | | tractor-trailer's operation if necessary. Provides that an automated |
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| 14 | 14 | | tractor-trailer operated in Indiana must meet federal motor vehicle |
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| 15 | 15 | | standards and regulations. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Effective: July 1, 2024. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Ledbetter, Karickhoff, Hatfield |
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| 18 | 18 | | January 8, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 2024 IN 1022—LS 6199/DI 119 Introduced |
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| 20 | 20 | | Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024) |
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| 21 | 21 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 22 | 22 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 23 | 23 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 25 | 25 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the |
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| 26 | 26 | | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds |
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| 27 | 27 | | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 29 | 29 | | between statutes enacted by the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 30 | 30 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1022 |
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| 31 | 31 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning |
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| 32 | 32 | | motor vehicles. |
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| 33 | 33 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 1 SECTION 1. IC 9-13-2-6.2 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY |
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| 36 | 36 | | 3 1, 2024]: Sec. 6.2. "Automated tractor-trailer" means a tractor: |
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| 37 | 37 | | 4 (1) that is towing a trailer or semitrailer; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | 5 (2) with respect to which at least one (1) aspect of a safety |
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| 39 | 39 | | 6 critical control function of the tractor occurs without direct |
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| 40 | 40 | | 7 input from an individual operating the tractor. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 8 SECTION 2. IC 9-13-2-74.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE |
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| 42 | 42 | | 9 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY |
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| 43 | 43 | | 10 1, 2024]: Sec. 74.3. "Human tractor-trailer operator" means an |
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| 44 | 44 | | 11 individual who meets all state and federal qualifications to operate |
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| 45 | 45 | | 12 a tractor in combination with a trailer. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 13 SECTION 3. IC 9-21-8-60 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE |
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| 47 | 47 | | 14 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY |
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| 48 | 48 | | 15 1, 2024]: Sec. 60. (a) An automated tractor-trailer operated in |
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| 49 | 49 | | 16 Indiana must meet federal motor vehicle standards and |
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| 50 | 50 | | 17 regulations. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2024 IN 1022—LS 6199/DI 119 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 1 (b) A person may not operate an automated tractor-trailer on |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2 a highway to transport passengers or goods unless a human |
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| 54 | 54 | | 3 tractor-trailer operator is physically present in the automated |
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| 55 | 55 | | 4 tractor-trailer to: |
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| 56 | 56 | | 5 (1) monitor the performance of the automated tractor-trailer; |
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| 57 | 57 | | 6 and |
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| 58 | 58 | | 7 (2) if necessary, take control of all or part of the dynamic |
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| 59 | 59 | | 8 driving task for the automated tractor-trailer. |
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| 60 | 60 | | 2024 IN 1022—LS 6199/DI 119 |
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