Section 9-18.1-1-2 - "Declared gross weight" "Declared gross weight" means the following:
(1) For a for-hire bus, the sum of: (A) the empty weight of the bus; plus(B) the product of: (i) the number of seats on the bus; multiplied by(ii) two hundred (200) pounds.(2) For a trailer, the empty weight of the trailer plus the weight of the heaviest load the trailer will carry during a registration year.(3) For a truck, the empty weight of the truck plus the weight of the heaviest load the truck will carry during a registration year. The term includes a truck camper that is installed on a truck. The term does not include the weight of a vehicle towed by a truck.(4) For a tractor used with a semitrailer, the declared gross combination weight, which is the sum of the following:(A) The empty weight of the tractor.(B) The empty weight of the heaviest semitrailer, or set of semitrailers, that the tractor will tow during a registration year.(C) The heaviest load that the tractor will carry during a registration year.(D) The heaviest load that will be carried by a semitrailer, or set of semitrailers, that the tractor will tow during a registration year.Added by P.L. 198-2016, SEC. 326, eff. 7/1/2016.