Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1127
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected:
IC 14-16-1-11
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Synopsis: Off-road vehicle registration requirements. Eliminates the
requirement that a registration number affixed to an off-road vehicle
must be at least three inches in height.
Effective: July 1, 2001.
January 9, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
Introduced
First Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2001)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1127
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
natural and cultural resources.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 14-16-1-11; (01)IN1127.1.1. -->
SECTION 1.
IC 14-16-1-11
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 11. (a) The owner of a
vehicle who has been issued a certificate of registration for the vehicle
shall paint on or attach in a permanent manner to each side of the
forward half of the vehicle the identification number in block
characters of good proportion
not l
ess than three (3) inches in height,
reading from left to right. The numbers must contrast with the
background so as to be distinctly visible and legible.
(b) The department may adopt rules for the
size and placement of
identification numbers upon vehicles to which, because of structural
design, the identification number cannot be attached as provided in this
section.
(c) Not earlier than ninety (90) days before the expiration date of a
certificate, a registration renewal decal or other device may be issued
indicating that the certificate of registration is in full force and effect.
The department shall adopt rules under
IC 4-22-2
prescribing the
display of the decal or other device.
(d) An initial certificate of registration and a renewal of a certificate
awarded under this chapter
expires expire three (3) years from the date
of purchase of the certificate unless the certificate is canceled.
(e) The department may:
(1) award a certificate of number directly; or
(2) authorize a person to act as the department's agent for the
awarding.