Authority: IC 8-23-2-6; IC 9-20-1-5; IC 9-20-6-2.2

Affected: IC 8-14-1; IC 9-20-6-13

Sec. 3.5. (a) The permit fees collected from issuing divisible load permits are distributed under IC 9-20-6-13(b).

(b) For a permit issued under this rule, an applicant shall pay a twenty dollar ($20) administrative fee in addition to other permit fees as provided under this section.

(c) Divisible load permit fees are calculated as follows:

1. (1) A legal eighty thousand (80,000) pound, five (5) axle tractor-trailer is measured to have an ESAL value of approximately two and four-tenths (2.4) ESALs, as calculated under 105 IAC 10-3-2. Loads exceeding eighty thousand (80,000) pounds require divisible or nondivisible overweight permits and will be charged for all additional ESALs exceeding two and four-tenths (2.4) ESALs on a per mile basis.
2. (2) Permitted ESALs for a given permit are the total vehicle ESAL value of the permitted vehicle minus the two and four-tenths (2.4) ESALs allowed by a legal load without a permit (ESAL - 2.4).
3. (3) ESAL miles are the permitted ESAL value multiplied by the miles to be driven on the route specified in the permit ((ESAL - 2.4) × miles traveled).

4. (4) The total fee for an individual trip permit is the twenty dollar ($20) administrative fee plus twenty-five cents ($0.25) per ESAL mile above the allowed two and four-tenths (2.4) ESALs ($20 + (($0.25) × (ESAL - 2.4) × (miles traveled)). Permit fees are rounded up to the nearest dollar as follows:

   Example of Total Permit Fee Calculation
   	For an overweight vehicle with a calculated ESAL value of 4.0 that is going to travel 250 miles:
   	= $20 administrative fee + ($0.25/ESAL mile) × (4.0 ESALs - 2.4 ESAL credit) × 250 miles
   		Simplifying 4.0 - 2.4 = 1.6
   	= $20 administrative fee + ($0.25/ESAL mile) × (1.6 ESALs) × 250 miles
   		Simplifying .25 × 1.6 × 250 = 93.75
   	= $20 + $93.75
   	= $113.75
   	= $114 (rounded up)

5. (5) Annual multi-trip permits for vehicles greater than eighty thousand (80,000) pounds and less than two and four-tenths (2.4) total vehicle ESALs are issued at a zero (0) ESAL mile fee and the twenty dollar ($20) administrative fee.

(Indiana Department of Transportation; 105 IAC 10-4-3.5; filed Jun 3, 2025, 11:46 a.m.: 20250702-IR-105250063FRA)