Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1127

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 14-16-1-11 .

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.





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    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 less 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.