Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1228

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 9-26-2.

Synopsis: Proof of financial responsibility in an accident. Requires a law enforcement officer to perform certain duties with respect to a motor vehicle accident investigation, including impounding a motor vehicle for the failure to produce proof of financial responsibility.

Effective: July 1, 2009.





Hinkle




    January 12, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety.







Introduced

First Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2009)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1228



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 9-26-2-1.5; (09)IN1228.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 9-26-2-1.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 1.5. (a) A law enforcement officer performing an investigation under section 1 of this chapter shall request from the operator or a passenger of each motor vehicle involved in the accident proof of financial responsibility as required under IC 9-25.
    (b) If an operator or a passenger in the motor vehicle does not comply with subsection (a), the law enforcement officer shall immediately impound the motor vehicle unless the law enforcement officer determines that immediately impounding the motor vehicle is dangerous, impracticable, or otherwise inadvisable.
    (c) If the owner of the motor vehicle impounded under subsection (b) does not:
        (1) produce for the bureau the proof of financial responsibility as required under IC 9-25; and
        (2) pay any costs related to the impoundment;
within twenty (20) days after the motor vehicle is impounded, the motor vehicle is considered an abandoned vehicle subject to IC 9-22-1.

SOURCE: IC 9-26-2-2; (09)IN1228.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 9-26-2-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 2. A law enforcement officer shall forward a written report of each accident investigated under section 1 of this chapter to the state police department within twenty-four (24) hours after completing the investigation. The report must contain, if possible, the following information:
        (1) The:
             (A) name and address of the owner and operator; and
            (B) motor vehicle insurance policy number or certificate of self-insurance number from the bureau in satisfaction of the proof of financial responsibility requirements of IC 9-25;
        
of each vehicle involved in the accident.
        (2) The license number and description of each vehicle involved in the accident.
        (3) The time and place the accident occurred.
        (4) The name and address of each person injured or killed in the accident.
        (5) The name and address of each witness to the accident.