April 4, 2003
ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL No. 1026
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DIGEST OF HB 1026
(Updated April 1, 2003 12:58 PM - DI 110)
Citations Affected: IC 9-22.
Synopsis: Storage fees for abandoned vehicles. Provides that if a
public agency or towing operator fails to notify the bureau of motor
vehicles (bureau) of the removal of an abandoned vehicle within 72
hours after the vehicle is removed, the public agency or towing
operator: (1) may not initially collect more in reimbursement for the
costs of storing the vehicle than the cost incurred for storage for 72
hours; and (2) may collect further reimbursement only for additional
storage costs incurred after notifying the bureau of the removal of the
abandoned vehicle.
Effective: Upon passage.
January 7, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Commerce and Economic
Development.
January 16, 2003, reported _ Do Pass.
January 21, 2003, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
January 22, 2003, engrossed.
January 23, 2003, read third time, passed. Yeas 87, nays 3.
SENATE ACTION
February 11, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Commerce and Consumer
Affairs.
April 3, 2003, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
April 4, 2003
First Regular Session 113th General Assembly (2003)
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ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL No. 1026
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 9-22-1-19; (03)EH1026.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 9-22-1-19 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 19. (a) Within
seventy-two (72) hours after removal of an abandoned vehicle to a
storage area under section 13, 14, or 16 of this chapter, the public
agency or
storage lot towing operator shall prepare and forward to the
bureau an abandoned vehicle report containing a description of the
vehicle, including the following information concerning the vehicle:
(1) The make.
(2) The model.
(3) The identification number.
(4) The number of the license plate.
(b) The public agency or
storage lot towing operator shall request
that the bureau advise the public agency or
storage lot towing operator
of the name and most recent address of the person who owns or holds
a lien on the vehicle.
(c) Notwithstanding section 4 of this chapter, if the public
agency or towing operator fails to notify the bureau of the removal
of an abandoned vehicle within seventy-two (72) hours after the
vehicle is removed as required by subsection (a), the public agency
or towing operator:
(1) may not initially collect more in reimbursement for the
costs of storing the vehicle than the cost incurred for storage
for seventy-two (72) hours; and
(2) may collect further reimbursement under this chapter
only for additional storage costs incurred after notifying the
bureau of the removal of the abandoned vehicle.