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.
January 8, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security,
Transportation & Veterans Affairs.
January 29, 2009, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
motor vehicles.
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).