Bill Text: IN HB1549 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Golden Hoosier discount card.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-31 - Representative Turner added as coauthor [HB1549 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-HB1549-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 12-10-19.
Synopsis: Golden Hoosier discount card. Establishes the golden
Hoosier discount card program within the division of aging. Allows an
Indiana resident who is at least 60 years of age or who has a physical
or mental impairment substantially limiting one or more major life
activities to obtain a golden Hoosier discount card that entitles the
cardholder to discounts from participating organizations.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 22, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Family, Children and
Human Affairs.
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Chapter 19. Golden Hoosier Discount Card Program
Sec. 1. The golden Hoosier discount card program is established. The division shall administer the program and shall do the following:
(1) Provide a golden Hoosier discount card to each Indiana resident who applies for the card and who:
(A) is at least sixty (60) years of age; or
(B) has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one (1) or more of the person's major life activities.
(2) Arrange programs with public and private organizations that provide benefits to individuals who use a golden Hoosier discount card. The program does not include admission to properties owned by the department of natural resources.
(3) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 that are necessary to
implement the golden Hoosier discount card program.
Sec. 2. (a) A golden Hoosier discount card must contain the
signature of the cardholder and any other information required by
the division. The card may not contain an expiration date.
(b) A golden Hoosier discount card issued under this chapter is
not transferable and may be used only by the original cardholder.
(c) An individual who loses a golden Hoosier discount card
issued under this chapter may apply to the division and obtain a
replacement card.
Sec. 3. A golden Hoosier discount cardholder is entitled to any
benefit offered by a participating organization under the golden
Hoosier discount card program to the extent agreed by the
organization.