Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1449

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 9-18.

Synopsis: Imagine food banks license plates. Authorizes the bureau of motor vehicles to design and issue an Imagine food banks trust license plate and establishes the Imagine food banks trust fund. Specifies that $25 from the proceeds from the sale of an Imagine food banks trust license plate be distributed to the Feeding America-Imagine food banks trust license plate committee, which is composed of representatives of each food bank that is a part of the network of Feeding America food banks located in Indiana.

Effective: July 1, 2009.





Bardon, Duncan, Barnes, Burton




    January 13, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.







Introduced

First Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2009)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1449



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles and to make an appropriation.

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

SOURCE: IC 9-18-15-1; (09)IN1449.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 9-18-15-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.30-2008, SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 1. (a) A person who is the registered owner or lessee of a:
        (1) passenger motor vehicle;
        (2) motorcycle;
        (3) recreational vehicle; or
        (4) vehicle registered as a truck with a declared gross weight of not more than:
            (A) eleven thousand (11,000) pounds;
            (B) nine thousand (9,000) pounds; or
            (C) seven thousand (7,000) pounds;
registered with the bureau or who makes an application for an original registration or renewal registration of a vehicle may apply to the bureau for a personalized license plate to be affixed to the vehicle for which registration is sought instead of the regular license plate.
    (b) A person who:
        (1) is the registered owner or lessee of a vehicle described in subsection (a); and
        (2) is eligible to receive a license plate for the vehicle under:
            (A) IC 9-18-17 (prisoner of war license plates);
            (B) IC 9-18-18 (disabled veteran license plates);
            (C) IC 9-18-19 (Purple Heart license plates);
            (D) IC 9-18-20 (Indiana National Guard license plates);
            (E) IC 9-18-21 (Indiana Guard Reserve license plates);
            (F) IC 9-18-22 (license plates for persons with disabilities);
            (G) IC 9-18-23 (amateur radio operator license plates);
            (H) IC 9-18-24 (civic event license plates);
            (I) IC 9-18-24.5 (In God We Trust license plates);
            (J) IC 9-18-25 (special group recognition license plates);
            (K) IC 9-18-29 (environmental license plates);
            (L) IC 9-18-30 (kids first trust license plates);
            (M) IC 9-18-31 (education license plates);
            (N) IC 9-18-32.2 (drug free Indiana trust license plates);
            (O) IC 9-18-33 (Indiana FFA trust license plates);
            (P) IC 9-18-34 (Indiana firefighter license plates);
            (Q) IC 9-18-35 (Indiana food bank trust license plates);
             (R) IC 9-18-35.5 (Imagine food banks trust license plates);
            (R) (S) IC 9-18-36 (Indiana girl scouts trust license plates);
            (S) (T) IC 9-18-37 (Indiana boy scouts trust license plates);
            (T) (U) IC 9-18-38 (Indiana retired armed forces member license plates);
            (U) (V) IC 9-18-39 (Indiana antique car museum trust license plates);
            (V) (W) IC 9-18-40 (D.A.R.E. Indiana trust license plates);
            (W) (X) IC 9-18-41 (Indiana arts trust license plates);
            (X) (Y) IC 9-18-42 (Indiana health trust license plates);
            (Y) (Z) IC 9-18-43 (Indiana mental health trust license plates);
            (Z) (AA) IC 9-18-44 (Indiana Native American trust license plates);
            (AA) (BB) IC 9-18-45.8 (Pearl Harbor survivor license plates);
            (BB) (CC) IC 9-18-46.2 (Indiana state educational institution trust license plates);
            (CC) (DD) IC 9-18-47 (Lewis and Clark bicentennial license plates);
            (DD) (EE) IC 9-18-48 (Riley Children's Foundation license plates);
            (EE) (FF) IC 9-18-49 (National Football League franchised professional football team license plates);
            (FF) (GG) IC 9-18-50 (Hoosier veteran license plates);
            (GG) (HH) IC 9-18-51 (support our troops license plates); or
            (HH) (II) IC 9-18-52 (Abraham Lincoln bicentennial license plates);
may apply to the bureau for a personalized license plate to be affixed to the vehicle for which registration is sought instead of the regular special recognition license plate.
SOURCE: IC 9-18-35.5; (09)IN1449.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 9-18-35.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009]:
     Chapter 35.5. Imagine Food Banks Trust License Plates
    Sec. 1. This chapter applies after December 31, 2009.
    Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "food bank" means an organization that:
        (1) is a charitable organization under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code;
        (2) is registered to do business in Indiana;
        (3) is located within Indiana;
        (4) is a member of a national network of food banks;
        (5) collects and temporarily stores donated food; and
        (6) distributes donated food only to organizations that:
            (A) are charitable organizations under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
            (B) distribute donated food to people in Indiana.
    Sec. 3. (a) The bureau shall design and issue an Imagine food banks trust license plate.
    (b) The Imagine food banks trust license plate must be designed and issued as a special group recognition license plate under IC 9-18-25.
    (c) The bureau may enter into and complete an agreement for the production and sale of license plates with the authorized agent for the term "Imagine".
    Sec. 4. After December 31, 2009, a person who is eligible to register a vehicle under this title is eligible to receive an Imagine food banks trust license plate under this chapter upon doing the following:
        (1) Completing an application for an Imagine food banks trust license plate.
        (2) Paying the appropriate fee under section 5 of this chapter.
    Sec. 5. (a) The fee for an Imagine food banks trust license plate is as follows:
        (1) The appropriate fee under IC 9-29-5-38.
        (2) An annual fee of twenty-five dollars ($25).
    (b) The annual fee referred to in subsection (a)(2) shall be collected by the bureau.
    (c) The annual fee described in subsection (a)(2) shall be deposited in the Imagine food banks trust fund established by section 6 of this chapter.
    Sec. 6. (a) The Imagine food banks trust fund is established.
    (b) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the Imagine food banks trust fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the Imagine food banks trust fund in the same manner as other public trust funds are invested. Interest that accrues from these investments shall be deposited in the Imagine food banks trust fund. Money in the
Imagine food banks trust fund is continuously appropriated for the purposes of this section.
    (c) The bureau shall administer the Imagine food banks trust fund. Expenses of administering the Imagine food banks trust fund shall be paid from money in the Imagine food banks trust fund.
    (d) On June 30 of each year, the bureau shall distribute money in the Imagine food banks trust fund attributable to the fee under section 5(a)(2) of this chapter to the Feeding America-Imagine food banks trust license plate committee that is composed of representatives of each food bank that is a part of the network of Feeding America food banks located in Indiana.
    (e) Money in the Imagine food banks trust fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.