Citations Affected: IC 9-18;
IC 12-17-16
;
IC 12-18-5-7.
Synopsis: Kids first trust fund, license plate, and board. Renames the
children's trust license plate as the kids first trust license plate.
Renames the Indiana children's trust fund and the Indiana children's
trust fund board as the Indiana kids first trust fund and the Indiana kids
first trust fund board. Makes conforming changes.
Effective: July 1, 2003.
January 21, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Governmental Affairs and
Interstate Cooperation.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
motor vehicles.
SECTION 1.
IC 9-18-15-1
, AS AMENDED BY P.L.222-1999,
SECTION 9, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 1. (a) A person who is the registered owner or
lessee of a:
(1) passenger motor vehicle;
(2) motorcycle;
(3) recreational vehicle; or
(4) vehicle registered as a truck with a declared gross weight of
not more than:
(A) eleven thousand (11,000) pounds;
(B) nine thousand (9,000) pounds; or
(C) seven thousand (7,000) pounds;
registered with the bureau or who makes an application for an original
registration or renewal registration of a vehicle may apply to the bureau
for a personalized license plate to be affixed to the vehicle for which
registration is sought instead of the regular license plate.
(b) A person who:
plate under
IC 9-18-25.
The final design of the plate must be approved
by the board (as defined in
IC 12-17-16-2
).
SECTION 3.
IC 9-18-30-2
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 2. A children's kids
first trust license plate designed under
IC 9-18-25
must include the
following:
(1) A basic design for the plate, with consecutive numbers or
letters, or both, to properly identify the vehicle.
(2) A background design, an emblem, or colors that designate the
license plate as a children's trust license plate.
(3) Any other information the bureau considers necessary.
SECTION 4.
IC 9-18-30-3
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 3. After December 31,
1994, A person who is eligible to register a vehicle under this title is
eligible to receive a children's kids first trust license plate under this
chapter after December 31, 2003, upon doing the following:
(1) Completing an application for a children's kids first trust
license plate.
(2) Paying the appropriate fee under section 4 of this chapter.
SECTION 5.
IC 9-18-30-4
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 4. (a) The fee for a
children's kids first trust license plate is as follows:
(1) The appropriate fee under
IC 9-29-5-38.
(2) An annual fee of twenty-five dollars ($25).
(b) The annual fee referred to in subsection (a)(2) shall be collected
by the bureau of motor vehicles commission.
SECTION 6.
IC 9-18-30-5
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 5. (a) The annual fee
described in section 4(a)(2) of this chapter shall be deposited with the
treasurer of state in a special account.
(b) The auditor of state shall monthly distribute the money in the
special account established under subsection (a) to the Indiana
children's kids first trust fund established by
IC 12-17-16-12.
SECTION 7.
IC 9-18-30-6
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 6. (a) This section
applies only to a license plate issued under
IC 9-18-3-5
(b).
(b) A municipal corporation (as defined in
IC 36-1-2-10
) that
registers a vehicle under this title is eligible to receive a children's kids
first trust license plate under this chapter.
(c) If an officer or employee of a municipal corporation requests a
children's kids first trust license plate for a vehicle that is assigned to
or customarily used by the officer or employee, the officer or employee
is responsible for paying the annual fee for the children's kids first
trust license plate under section 4(a)(2) of this chapter, the annual
supplemental fee under
IC 9-29-5-38
, and all annual registration fees
under
IC 9-29-1-4
,
IC 9-29-3-17
,
IC 9-29-5-1
, and
IC 9-29-5-3.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection (c):
(1) a children's kids first trust license plate that is issued under
this section; and
(2) all fees and taxes that have been paid to have the plate issued;
are considered issued to and paid by the municipal corporation that
registered the vehicle for which the license plate was issued, and the
municipal corporation is entitled to retain possession of the license
plate.
SECTION 8.
IC 12-17-16-1
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 1. (a) The purpose of
the Indiana children's kids first trust program and this chapter is to
recognize that:
(1) the children of the state are its single greatest resource;
(2) children require the utmost protection to guard their future and
the future of the state;
(3) it is in the public interest to protect children from abuse and
neglect; and
(4) it is in the public interest to reduce infant mortality.
(b) Beginning with the state fiscal year beginning on July 1, 1995,
the Indiana children's kids first trust program will provide funds for
community programs that prevent child abuse and neglect.
(c) Beginning with the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, the
Indiana children's kids first trust program shall provide funds for
community programs that reduce infant mortality from the infant
mortality account established under section 13.5 of this chapter.
SECTION 9.
IC 12-17-16-2
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 2. As used in this
chapter, "board" refers to the Indiana children's kids first trust fund
board established by section 5 of this chapter.
SECTION 10.
IC 12-17-16-3
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 3. As used in this
chapter, "fund" refers to the Indiana children's kids first trust fund
established by section 12 of this chapter.
SECTION 11.
IC 12-17-16-5
, AS AMENDED BY P.L.190-2001,
SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 5. (a) The Indiana children's kids first trust fund
board is established.
(b) The purpose of the board is to determine whether proposed
projects under this chapter should be approved and to perform other
duties given to the board by this chapter. The board shall approve
projects and recommend to the division that the projects receive funds
under sections 12 and 13.5 of this chapter.
(c) The board shall, before January 1 of each year, prepare a budget
for expenditures from the fund for the following state fiscal year. The
budget must contain priorities for expenditures from the fund to
accomplish the projects that have been approved under this chapter.
The budget shall be submitted to the division and the budget
committee.
(d) The board may employ staff necessary to carry out the duties of
the board.
SECTION 12.
IC 12-17-16-11
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 11. The board shall
adopt and make available to the public:
(1) a strategic plan to implement the purposes of this chapter; and
(2) a method for proposing projects and requesting funds from the
Indiana children's kids first trust fund.
SECTION 13.
IC 12-17-16-12
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 12. (a) The Indiana
children's kids first trust fund is established to carry out the purposes
of this chapter.
(b) The fund consists of the following:
(1) Appropriations made by the general assembly.
(2) Interest as provided in subsection (e).
(3) Fees from children's kids first trust license plates issued under
IC 9-18-30.
(4) Money donated to the fund.
(5) Money transferred to the fund from other funds.
(c) The treasurer of state shall administer the fund.
(d) The expenses of administering the fund and this chapter shall be
paid from the fund.
(e) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not
currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same
manner as other public trust funds are invested. Interest that accrues
from these investments shall be deposited in the fund.
(f) An appropriation made by the general assembly to the fund shall
be allotted and allocated at the beginning of the fiscal period for which
the appropriation was made.
(g) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert
to the state general fund or any other fund.
(h) Subject to this chapter, there is annually appropriated to the
division all money in the fund for the purposes of this chapter.
However, the division may not request the allotment of money from the
appropriation for a project that has not been approved and
recommended by the board.
SECTION 14.
IC 12-18-5-7
IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 7. On June 30 and
December 31 of each year, the treasurer of state shall transfer money
from the fund as follows:
(1) Fifty-five percent (55%) of the balance on deposit in the fund
or two hundred forty-five thousand dollars ($245,000), whichever
is greater, shall be deposited in the domestic violence prevention
and treatment fund established by
IC 12-18-4.
(2) The balance in the fund after the transfer of money under
subdivision (1) shall be deposited as follows:
(A) One-third (1/3) shall be deposited in the Indiana children's
kids first trust fund established by
IC 12-17-16-12.
(B) Two-thirds (2/3) shall be deposited in the victim and
witness assistance fund established by
IC 5-2-6-14.
SECTION 15. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003] (a) After June 30,
2003, any reference in a statute or rule referring to the Indiana
children's trust fund board is considered a reference to the Indiana
kids first trust fund board.
(b) On July 1, 2003, the Indiana kids first trust fund board
becomes the owner of all the personal property and assets and
assumes the obligations and liabilities of the Indiana children's
trust fund board, as it existed before the effective date of this act.