Citations Affected: IC 9-24.
Synopsis: Notation of impairment on BMV license or card. Requires
a permit, license, or identification card issued by the bureau of motor
vehicles (BMV) to indicate whether the person is blind or has a hearing
or speech impairment, if requested by the person.
Effective: July 1, 2002.
January 14, 2002, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
motor vehicles.
age but less than twenty-one (21) years of age at the time of
issuance, the date on which the permittee or licensee will become
twenty-one (21) years of age; and
(7) except as provided in subsection (c), for the purpose of
identification, a:
(A) photograph; or
(B) computerized image;
of the permittee or licensee; for the purpose of identification; and
(8) if the permittee or licensee is a hearing impaired or speech
impaired person (as defined in
IC 8-1-2.8-5
), a notation to that
effect if requested by the permittee or licensee;
and additional information that the bureau considers necessary,
including a space for the signature of the permittee or licensee.
(b) In carrying out this section, the bureau shall obtain the
equipment necessary to provide the photographs and computerized
images for permits and licenses as provided in subsection (a).
(c) The following permits or licenses do not require a photograph or
computerized image:
(1) Learner's permit issued under IC 9-24-7.
(2) (1) Temporary motorcycle learner's permit issued under
IC 9-24-8.
(3) (2) Motorcycle learner's permit issued under
IC 9-24-8.
(4) (3) Operator's license reissued under
IC 9-24-12-6.
(d) The bureau may provide for the omission of a photograph or
computerized image from any other license or permit if there is good
cause for the omission.
(e) The information contained on the permit or license as required
by subsection (a)(5) or (a)(6) for a permittee or licensee who is less
than twenty-one (21) years of age at the time of issuance shall be
printed perpendicular to the bottom edge of the permit or license.
residence address.
(3) Birth Date of birth.
(4) Date of issue and date of expiration.
(5) Distinctive identification number or Social Security account
number, whichever is requested by the individual.
(6) Sex.
(7) Weight.
(8) Height.
(9) Color of eyes and hair.
(10) Signature of the individual identified.
(11) Whether If the individual is blind (as defined in
IC 12-7-2-21
(1)), a notation to that effect if requested by the
individual.
(12) If the individual is less than eighteen (18) years of age at the
time of issuance, the dates on which the individual will become:
(A) eighteen (18) years of age; and
(B) twenty-one (21) years of age.
(13) If the individual is at least eighteen (18) years of age but less
than twenty-one (21) years of age at the time of issuance, the date
on which the individual will become twenty-one (21) years of age.
(12) (14) Photograph or computerized image.
(15) If the individual is a hearing impaired or speech impaired
person (as defined in
IC 8-1-2.8-5
), a notation to that effect if
requested by the individual.
(c) The information contained on the permit or license
identification card as required by subsection (b)(12) or (b)(13) for an
individual who is less than twenty-one (21) years of age at the time of
issuance shall be printed perpendicular to the bottom edge of the
permit or license.