Bill Text: IN HB1564 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Motorboat registration.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-05-13 - Public Law 171 [HB1564 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2013-HB1564-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE BILL No. 1564

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 9-31-3-2.

Synopsis: Motorboat registration. Provides that a motorboat does not have to be registered and numbered in Indiana if the motorboat: (1) is legally registered in another state; and (2) has not been in Indiana for more than 120 consecutive days; or for certain other reasons. (Current law provides that a motorboat does not have to be registered and numbered in Indiana if the motorboat: (1) is legally registered in another state; and (2) has not been in Indiana for more than 60 consecutive days; or for certain other reasons.)

Effective: July 1, 2013.

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Eberhart

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    January 22, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1564

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    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 9-31-3-2; (13)IN1564.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 9-31-3-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.46-2006, SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 2. (a) A motorboat does not have to be registered and numbered under this chapter if any of the following conditions are met:
        (1) The motorboat is legally registered in another state and:
            (A) the motorboat has not been within Indiana for more than sixty (60) one hundred twenty (120) consecutive days; or
            (B) the owner of the motorboat has paid the excise tax required under IC 6-6-11 and fees required under IC 6-6-11-13 and IC 9-29-15-9.
        (2) The motorboat is from a country other than the United States temporarily using the waters of Indiana.
        (3) The motorboat is a ship's lifeboat.
        (4) The motorboat belongs to a class of boats that has been exempted from registration and numbering by the bureau after the bureau has found the following:

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            (A) That the registration and numbering of motorboats of that class will not materially aid in their identification.
            (B) That an agency of the federal government has a numbering system applicable to the class of motorboats to which the motorboat in question belongs.
            (C) That the motorboat would also be exempt from numbering if the motorboat were subject to the federal law.
    (b) The following are prima facie evidence that a motorboat will be operated on the waters of Indiana for more than sixty (60) one hundred twenty (120) consecutive days and must be registered under subsection (a)(1):
        (1) The rental or lease for more than sixty (60) one hundred twenty (120) consecutive days of a mooring facility that is located on the waters of Indiana for the motorboat.
        (2) The purchase of a mooring facility that is located on the waters of Indiana for the motorboat.
        (3) Any other contractual agreement that allows the use of a mooring facility that is located on the waters of Indiana for:
            (A) the motorboat; and
            (B) more than sixty (60) one hundred twenty (120) consecutive days.