Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1251

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 9-18-2.

Synopsis: Vehicle registration late fees. Provides that if the date by which a vehicle must be registered falls on a Sunday, a legal holiday, or a weekday when all license branches, full service providers, and partial services providers in the county of residence of the registrant are closed, the registration of the vehicle does not expire until midnight of the first day after the date on which a license branch, full service provider, or partial services provider is open for business in the county of residence of the registrant.

Effective: Upon passage.





Saunders, Austin




    January 12, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.







Introduced

First Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2009)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1251



    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 9-18-2-7; (09)IN1251.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 9-18-2-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.31-2008, SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: 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) Subject to subsection (g), 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 20-27-7.
        (4) Subject to subsection (f), a vehicle subject to the International Registration Plan shall be registered before April 1 of each year.
        (5) A school bus not owned by a school corporation shall be registered subject to section 8.5 of this chapter.
    (b) Registrations and reregistrations under this section are for the calendar year. Registration and reregistration 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 reregistered.
    (d) Except as provided in section 17.5 of this chapter and IC 9-18-12-2.5, 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 reregistered, 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.
    (g) Except as provided in section 8.5 of this chapter, the bureau may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to issue staggered registration to motor vehicles described in subsection (a)(2).
SOURCE: IC 9-18-2-17.5; (09)IN1251.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 9-18-2-17.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 17.5. Notwithstanding:
        (1) section 7(a)(2) of this chapter;
        (2) section 7(a)(4) of this chapter;
        (3) section 8(a) of this chapter; or
        (4) section 8.5(a) of this chapter;
if the date by which a vehicle must be registered falls on a Sunday, a legal holiday (as set forth in IC 1-1-9-1), or a weekday when all license branches, full service providers, and partial services providers in the county of residence of the registrant are closed, the registration of the vehicle does not expire until midnight of the first day after the date on which a license branch, full service provider,

or partial services provider is open for business in the county of residence of the registrant.

SOURCE: ; (09)IN1251.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. An emergency is declared for this act.