Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1206
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 9-18.
Synopsis: Disabled veteran wish foundation license plates. Establishes
the disabled veteran wish foundation trust license plate and the
disabled veteran wish foundation trust fund. Specifies that $25 from the
proceeds of the sale of a disabled veteran wish foundation trust license
plate shall be distributed to the Disabled Veteran Wish Foundation,
Inc.
Effective: July 1, 2011.
Ubelhor, Welch, Battles, Heaton
January 10, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
Introduced
First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1206
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
motor vehicles and to make an appropriation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 9-18-15-1; (11)IN1206.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 9-18-15-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.87-2010,
SECTION 10, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2011]: 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 eleven thousand (11,000) 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:
(1) is the registered owner or lessee of a vehicle described in
subsection (a); and
(2) is eligible to receive a license plate for the vehicle under:
(A) IC 9-18-17 (prisoner of war license plates);
(B) IC 9-18-18 (disabled Hoosier veteran license plates);
(C) IC 9-18-19 (Purple Heart license plates);
(D) IC 9-18-20 (Indiana National Guard license plates);
(E) IC 9-18-21 (Indiana Guard Reserve license plates);
(F) IC 9-18-22 (license plates for persons with disabilities);
(G) IC 9-18-23 (amateur radio operator license plates);
(H) IC 9-18-24 (civic event license plates);
(I) IC 9-18-24.5 (In God We Trust license plates);
(J) IC 9-18-25 (special group recognition license plates);
(K) IC 9-18-29 (environmental license plates);
(L) IC 9-18-30 (kids first trust license plates);
(M) IC 9-18-31 (education license plates);
(N) IC 9-18-32.2 (drug free Indiana trust license plates);
(O) IC 9-18-33 (Indiana FFA trust license plates);
(P) IC 9-18-34 (Indiana firefighter license plates);
(Q) IC 9-18-35 (Indiana food bank trust license plates);
(R) IC 9-18-36 (Indiana girl scouts trust license plates);
(S) IC 9-18-37 (Indiana boy scouts trust license plates);
(T) IC 9-18-38 (Indiana retired armed forces member license
plates);
(U) IC 9-18-39 (Indiana antique car museum trust license
plates);
(V) IC 9-18-40 (D.A.R.E. Indiana trust license plates);
(W) IC 9-18-41 (Indiana arts trust license plates);
(X) IC 9-18-42 (Indiana health trust license plates);
(Y) IC 9-18-43 (Indiana mental health trust license plates);
(Z) IC 9-18-44 (Indiana Native American trust license plates);
(AA) IC 9-18-45.8 (Pearl Harbor survivor license plates);
(BB) IC 9-18-46.2 (Indiana state educational institution trust
license plates);
(CC) IC 9-18-47 (Lewis and Clark bicentennial license plates);
(DD) IC 9-18-48 (Riley Children's Foundation license plates);
(EE) IC 9-18-49 (National Football League franchised
professional football team license plates);
(FF) IC 9-18-50 (Hoosier veteran license plates);
(GG) IC 9-18-51 (support our troops license plates);
(HH) IC 9-18-52 (Abraham Lincoln bicentennial license
plates);
(II) IC 9-18-53 (Earlham College Trust license plates); or
(JJ) IC 9-18-54 (Indiana Gold Star family member license
plates); or
(KK) IC 9-18-55 (disabled veteran wish foundation trust
license plates);
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
special recognition license plate.
SOURCE: IC 9-18-55; (11)IN1206.1.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 9-18-55 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS
A
NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2011]:
Chapter 55. Disabled Veteran Wish Foundation Trust License
Plates
Sec. 1. This chapter applies after December 31, 2011.
Sec. 2. The bureau shall design and issue a disabled veteran wish
foundation trust license plate. The disabled veteran wish
foundation license plate shall be designed and issued as a special
group recognition license plate under IC 9-18-25.
Sec. 3. After December 31, 2011, a person that is eligible to
register a vehicle under this title is eligible to receive a disabled
veteran wish foundation trust license plate under this chapter upon
doing the following:
(1) Completing an application for a disabled veteran wish
foundation trust license plate.
(2) Paying the fees under section 4 of this chapter.
Sec. 4. (a) The fees for a disabled veteran wish foundation
license plate are as follows:
(1) The appropriate fee under IC 9-29-5-38(a).
(2) An annual fee of twenty-five dollars ($25).
(b) The annual fee described in subsection (a)(2) shall be
collected by the bureau.
(c) The annual fee described in subsection (a)(2) shall be
deposited in the disabled veteran wish foundation trust fund
established by section 5 of this chapter.
Sec. 5. (a) The disabled veteran wish foundation trust fund
(referred to in this section as "the fund") is established.
(b) 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.
Money in the fund is continuously appropriated for the purposes
of this section.
(c) The bureau shall administer the fund. Expenses of
administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund.
(d) On June 30 of each year, the bureau shall distribute to the
Disabled Veteran Wish Foundation, Inc. the money in the fund
attributable to the annual fee paid under section 4(a)(2) of this
chapter by recipients of disabled veteran wish foundation trust
license plates.
(e) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not
revert to the state general fund.