Sec. 26. (a) The superintendent may assign qualified persons who are not state police officers to supervise or operate permanent or portable weigh stations. A person assigned under this section may stop, inspect, and issue citations to operators of trucks and trailers having a declared gross weight of at least ten thousand one (10,001) pounds and buses at a permanent or portable weigh station or while operating a clearly marked Indiana state police vehicle for violations of the following:
(1) IC 6-1.1-7-10.
(2) IC 6-6-1.1-1202.
(3) IC 6-6-2.5.
(4) IC 6-6-4.1-12.
(5) IC 8-2.1.
(6) IC 9-18 (before its expiration) or IC 9-18.1.
(7) IC 9-19.
(8) IC 9-20.
(9) IC 9-21-7-2 through IC 9-21-7-11.
(10) IC 9-21-8-41 pertaining to the duty to obey an official traffic control device for a weigh station.
(11) IC 9-21-8-45 through IC 9-21-8-48.
(12) IC 9-21-8-59.
(13) IC 9-21-9.
(14) IC 9-21-15.
(15) IC 9-24-1-1.
(16) IC 9-24-1-7.
(17) IC 9-24-3-4.5.
(18) IC 9-24-4.
(19) IC 9-24-5 (before its expiration).
(20) Except as provided in subsection (c), IC 9-24-6.1.
(21) IC 9-24-8.5.
(22) IC 9-24-11-4.
(23) IC 9-24-11-7.
(24) IC 9-24-11-8(a).
(25) IC 9-24-11-8(b).
(26) IC 9-24-13-3.
(27) IC 9-24-18-1.
(28) IC 9-24-19-1.
(29) IC 9-25-4-3.
(30) IC 9-28-4.
(31) IC 9-28-5.
(32) IC 10-14-8.
(33) IC 13-17-5-1, IC 13-17-5-3, or IC 13-17-5-4.
(34) IC 13-30-2-1.
(b) For the purpose of enforcing this section, a person assigned under this section may detain a person in the same manner as a law enforcement officer under IC 34-28-5-3.
(c) A person assigned under this section may not enforce IC 9-24-6.1-7 and IC 9-24-6.1-8.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-1-25.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.210-2005, SEC.72; P.L.156-2006, SEC.23; P.L.21-2007, SEC.4; P.L.26-2010, SEC.1; P.L.125-2012, SEC.399; P.L.135-2013, SEC.11; P.L.2-2014, SEC.51; P.L.217-2014, SEC.180; P.L.198-2016, SEC.633; P.L.257-2017, SEC.41; P.L.88-2022, SEC.4.
Structure Indiana Code
Chapter 2. State Police Department
10-11-2-1. "Civilian Employee"
10-11-2-4. Department Established
10-11-2-5. State Police Board Established
10-11-2-6. Appointment of Superintendent
10-11-2-7. Department Organization
10-11-2-8. Purchases; Expenditures; Salaries
10-11-2-10. Rank, Grade, and Position Classifications
10-11-2-11. Use of Seized Motor Vehicle
10-11-2-12. Employees; Appointments; Political Activities
10-11-2-13. Salaries; Police Employees
10-11-2-15. Discharge, Demotion, and Suspension of Employee; Hearings; Judicial Review
10-11-2-16. Number of Citations as Performance Evaluation Factor
10-11-2-17. Uniforms and Equipment
10-11-2-18. Official Hat and Insignia; Violation
10-11-2-19. Employee Expenses, Lodgings, and Subsistence
10-11-2-20. Headquarters; Purchase of Services and Equipment; Special Fund
10-11-2-21. Enforcement Powers; Transfer of Control or Direction of Department Members Prohibited
10-11-2-22. Fingerprints; Identification Data
10-11-2-23. Cooperation With Other Agencies
10-11-2-24. Correctional Institutions to Receive Prisoners; Medical Examination or Treatment
10-11-2-25. Pension Program Rights Preserved
10-11-2-26. Weigh Station Personnel; Powers
10-11-2-27. Salaries; Motor Carrier Employees
10-11-2-28.5. Salary Matrix for Capitol Police Officers
10-11-2-29. Assignment of Special Police Employees as Gaming Agents
10-11-2-31. Reporting Guidelines; Format; Number and Geographical Dispersal
10-11-2-31.2. Internet List of Drug-Contaminated Properties
10-11-2-32. Operation of Indiana Intelligence Fusion Center
10-11-2-33. Medical Forensic Examination Kits
10-11-2-34. Informational Pamphlet Distributed to Law Enforcement Agencies
10-11-2-34.2. Forfeitures Conducted by the Federal Government; Report to Legislative Council