January 30, 2009





SENATE BILL No. 391

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DIGEST OF SB 391 (Updated January 27, 2009 12:22 pm - DI 71)



Citations Affected: IC 9-24.

Synopsis: Online or mail renewal of driver's licenses. Authorizes the bureau of motor vehicles to adopt rules concerning the renewal of certain driver's licenses by mail or by electronic service.

Effective: July 1, 2009.





Rogers, Wyss , Charbonneau, Breaux, Buck, Merritt, Paul




    January 8, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security, Transportation & Veterans Affairs.
    January 29, 2009, reported favorably _ Do Pass.






January 30, 2009

First Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2009)


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SENATE BILL No. 391



    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 9-24-12-5; (09)SB0391.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 9-24-12-5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.156-2006, SECTION 14, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an individual applying for renewal of an operator's, a motorcycle operator's, a chauffeur's, or a public passenger chauffeur's license must apply in person at a license branch and do the following:
        (1) Pass an eyesight examination.
        (2) Pass a written examination if:
            (A) the applicant has at least six (6) active points on the applicant's driving record maintained by the bureau; or
            (B) the applicant holds a valid operator's license, has not reached the applicant's twenty-first birthday, and has active points on the applicant's driving record maintained by the bureau.
     (b) The bureau may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 concerning the ability of a holder of an operator's, a motorcycle operator's, a chauffeur's, or a public passenger chauffeur's license to renew the

license by mail or by electronic service. If rules are adopted under this subsection, the rules must provide that an individual's renewal of a license by mail or by electronic service is subject to the following conditions:
        (1) A valid computerized image of the individual must exist within the records of the bureau.
        (2) The previous renewal of the individual's operator's, motorcycle operator's, chauffeur's, or public passenger chauffeur's license must not have been by mail or by electronic service.
        (3) The application for or previous renewal of the individual's license must have included a test of the individual's eyesight approved by the bureau.
        (4) If the individual were applying for the license renewal in person at a license branch, the individual would not be required under subsection (a)(2) to submit to a written examination.
        (5) The individual must be a citizen of the United States,
as shown in the records of the bureau.
        (6) There must not have been any change in the:
            (A) address; or
            (B) name;
        of the individual since the issuance or previous renewal of the individual's operator's, motorcycle operator's, chauffeur's, or public passenger chauffeur's license.
        (7) The
operator's, motorcycle operator's, chauffeur's, or public passenger chauffeur's license of the individual must not be:
            (A) suspended; or
            (B) expired;
        at the time of the application for renewal.
        (8) The individual must be less than seventy-five (75) years of age at the time of the application for renewal.
    (c) An individual applying for the renewal of an operator's, a motorcycle operator's, a chauffeur's, or a public passenger chauffeur's license must apply in person at a license branch under subsection (a) if the individual is not entitled to apply by mail or by electronic service under rules adopted under subsection (b).