Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1287

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 9-27-4-4.

Synopsis: Commercial driver training schools. Permits a licensed commercial driver training school to conduct classroom training in a county outside the county in which the school is located.

Effective: Upon passage.





Goodin




    January 15, 2004, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.







Introduced

Second Regular Session 113th General Assembly (2004)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1287



    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 9-27-4-4; (04)IN1287.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 9-27-4-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 4. (a) To establish or operate a commercial driver training school, the school must obtain a license from the bureau in the manner and form prescribed by the bureau.
    (b) Subject to subsection (c), the bureau shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 that state the requirements for obtaining a school license, including the following:
        (1) Location of the school.
        (2) Equipment required.
        (3) Courses of instruction.
        (4) Instructors.
        (5) Previous records of the school and instructors.
        (6) Financial statements.
        (7) Schedule of fees and charges.
        (8) Character and reputation of the operators and instructors.
        (9) Insurance in the amount and with the provisions the bureau considers necessary to adequately protect the interests of the

public.
        (10) Other matters the bureau prescribes for the protection of the public.
     (c) The rules adopted under subsection (b) must permit a licensed school to conduct classroom training in a county outside the county where the school is located to the students of:
        (1) a school corporation (as defined in IC 36-1-2-17);
        (2) a nonpublic secondary school that voluntarily becomes accredited under IC 20-1-1-6; or
        (3) a nonpublic secondary school recognized under IC 20-1-1-6.2;
if the governing body of the school corporation or the nonpublic secondary school approves the delivery of the training to its students.

SOURCE: ; (04)IN1287.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] (a) Notwithstanding IC 9-27-4-4, as amended by this act, the bureau of motor vehicles shall carry out the duties imposed upon it under IC 9-27-4-4, as amended by this act, under interim written guidelines approved by the commissioner of the bureau of motor vehicles.
    (b) This SECTION expires on the earlier of the following:
        (1) The date rules are adopted under IC 9-27-4-4, as amended by this act.
        (2) December 31, 2004.

SOURCE: ; (04)IN1287.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. An emergency is declared for this act.