Citations Affected:
IC 9-18-2
;
IC 9-29-5-42
;
IC 20-9.1-4-8
;
IC 20-9.1-4-9.
Synopsis: Registration of nonpublic school buses. Modifies the
registration cycle for school buses not owned by a school corporation.
Requires that a school bus not owned by a school corporation must be
registered before August 1 each year. Permits a school bus not owned
by a school corporation that is registered after January 31 for the prior
calendar year to be registered at one-half the regular rate. Provides that
a license plate for a school bus not owned by a school corporation
properly issued before March 1, 2001, may be displayed until July 31,
2002. Makes conforming amendments.
Effective: Upon passage; July 1, 2001.
January 9, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Interstate
Cooperation.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
motor vehicles.
SECTION 1.
IC 9-18-2-7
IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 7. (a) A person who owns a vehicle
subject to registration shall register each vehicle owned by the person
as follows:
(1) A vehicle subject to section 8 of this chapter shall be
registered under section 8 of this chapter.
(2) A vehicle not subject to section 8 or 8.5 of this chapter, or to
the International Registration Plan, shall be registered before:
(A) March 1 of each year; or
(B) an earlier date subsequent to January 1 of each year as set
by the bureau.
(3) School buses owned by a school corporation are exempt from
annual registration but are subject to registration under
IC 20-9.1-4.
(4) School buses not owned by a school corporation shall be
registered subject to section 8.5 of this chapter.
(5) Subject to subsection (f), a vehicle subject to the International
Registration Plan shall be registered before April 1 of each year.
(b) Registrations and re-registrations under this section are for the
calendar year. Registration and re-registration for school buses owned
by a school corporation may be for more than a calendar year.
(c) License plates for a vehicle subject to this section may be
displayed during:
(1) the calendar year for which the vehicle is registered; and
(2) the period of time:
(A) subsequent to the calendar year; and
(B) before the date that the vehicle must be re-registered.
(d) A person who owns or operates a vehicle may not operate or
permit the operation of a vehicle that:
(1) is required to be registered under this chapter; and
(2) has expired license plates.
(e) If a vehicle that is required to be registered under this chapter
has:
(1) been operated on the highways; and
(2) not been properly registered under this chapter;
the bureau shall, before the vehicle is re-registered, collect the
registration fee that the owner of the vehicle would have paid if the
vehicle had been properly registered.
(f) The department of state revenue may adopt rules under
IC 4-22-2
to issue staggered registration to motor vehicles subject to the
International Registration Plan.
SECTION 2.
IC 9-18-2-8.5
IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2001]: Sec. 8.5. (a) Notwithstanding section 8 of this chapter, a
school bus owned by a person other than a school corporation shall
be registered before August 1.
(b) Registration and reregistration for a school bus under this
section is for one (1) year.
(c) A certificate of inspection and safety issued under
IC 20-9.1-4-5
must accompany a registration and reregistration
application of a school bus under this section.
(d) A person registering a school bus under this section shall pay
the annual registration fee required under
IC 9-29-5-8.
(e) Upon registration of a school bus under this section, the
bureau shall issue a semipermanent license plate under section 30
of this chapter or:
(1) an annual renewal tag; or
(2) other indicia;
to be attached on the semipermanent plate.
(f) A license plate issued under this section may be displayed
during:
(1) the calendar year for which the school bus is registered;
and
(2) the period:
(A) subsequent to the calendar year; and
(B) before August 1 of the subsequent year.
SECTION 3.
IC 9-29-5-42
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 42. (a) Except as
provided in subsection (c), vehicles not subject to
IC 9-18-2-8
or
IC 9-18-2-8.5
shall be registered at one-half (1/2) of the regular rate,
subject to
IC 9-18-2-7
, if the vehicle is registered after July 31 of any
year. This subsection does not apply to the following:
(1) A farm tractor used in transportation.
(2) Special farm machinery.
(3) Semitrailers registered on a five (5) year or permanent basis
under
IC 9-18-10-2.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), subsection (a) and
IC 9-18-2-7
determine the registration fee for the registration of a
vehicle subject to registration under
IC 9-18-2-8
(c),
IC 9-18-2-8
(d),
and
IC 9-18-2-8
(e) and acquired by an owner subsequent to the date
required for the annual registration of vehicles by an owner set forth in
IC 9-18-2-8.
(c) Subject to subsection (d), a vehicle subject to the International
Registration Plan that is registered after September 30 shall be
registered at a rate determined by the following formula:
STEP ONE: Determine the number of months before April 1 of
the following year beginning with the date of registration. A
partial month shall be rounded to one (1) month.
STEP TWO: Multiply the STEP ONE result by one-twelfth
(1/12).
STEP THREE: Multiply the annual registration fee for the vehicle
by the STEP TWO result.
(d) If the department of state revenue adopts rules under
IC 9-18-2-7
to implement staggered registration for motor vehicles subject to the
International Registration Plan, a motor vehicle subject to the
International Registration Plan that is registered after the date
designated for registration of the motor vehicle in rules adopted under
IC 9-17-2-7
shall be registered at a rate determined by the following
formula:
STEP ONE: Determine the number of months before the motor
vehicle must be re-registered. A partial month shall be rounded to
one (1) month.
STEP TWO: Multiply the STEP ONE result by one-twelfth
(1/12).
STEP THREE: Multiply the annual registration fee for the vehicle
by the STEP TWO result.
(e) A school bus subject to registration under
IC 9-18-2-8.5
that
is registered after January 31 for the prior calendar year shall be
registered at one-half (1/2) the regular rate.
SECTION 4.
IC 20-9.1-4-8
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 8. Registration Plates,
Application. When the owner of a school bus applies for a registration
plate under
IC 9-18-2-8.5
, he shall submit, with his application, a
certificate of inspection and safety issued under section 5 of this
chapter. If the certificate does not accompany an owner's application,
the bureau of motor vehicles shall not issue a registration plate.
SECTION 5.
IC 20-9.1-4-9
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 9. Registration Plates.
(a) A school corporation, which owns a school bus or a special purpose
bus and uses it to transport school children, is exempt from the
payment of the annual registration fee for the bus. On application by a
school corporation, the commissioner of motor vehicles shall furnish
registration number plates for exempted vehicles without charge.
Application for registration of exempted vehicles shall be:
(1) made whenever a newly acquired bus requires a registration
number plate;
(2) made whenever a registration number plate is transferred from
one (1) school bus or special purpose bus owned by the school
corporation to another school bus or special purpose bus owned
by the school corporation;
(3) made in the name of the school corporation which owns the
vehicle to be registered; and
(4) signed by the proper official of the school corporation.
(b) An owner other than a school corporation, which owns a school
bus or a special purpose bus and uses it to transport school children, is
not exempt from annual registration, as provided in
IC 9-18-2-8.5
, or
payment of the annual registration fee for school buses.
SECTION 6. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] (a) A person who
has registered a school bus owned by a person other than a school
corporation before March 1, 2001, in compliance with
IC 9-18-2-7
,
before its amendment by this act, may display the license plates
issued in 2001 until July 31, 2002.
(b) This SECTION expires August 1, 2002.