Bill Text: IN SB0356 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Purple Heart license plate and parking fees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-08 - First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security, Transportation and Veterans Affairs [SB0356 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2013-SB0356-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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SENATE BILL No. 356

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 9-18-19-2.5.

Synopsis: Purple Heart license plate and parking fees. Authorizes parking in a metered parking space by an owner of a motor vehicle with a Purple Heart license plate without a fee for parking or a penalty for overtime parking.

Effective: July 1, 2013.

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    January 8, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security, Transportation and Veterans Affairs.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)

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SENATE BILL No. 356

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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 9-18-19-2.5; (13)IN0356.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 9-18-19-2.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 2.5. (a) An individual who qualifies for a Purple Heart license plate under section 1 of this chapter may not be charged the following:
        (1) A fee for parking the person's motor vehicle displaying a Purple Heart license plate in a metered space.
        (2) A penalty for parking the person's motor vehicle displaying a Purple Heart license plate in a metered space for longer than the time permitted.
    (b) This section does not authorize parking of a motor vehicle in places where parking is not allowed at any time or at a specified time if the prohibition is posted and authorized by ordinances in cities and towns or by order of the Indiana department of transportation.
    (c) A person other than the owner of the motor vehicle displaying a Purple Heart license plate authorized by this chapter

is not entitled to the parking privileges authorized by this section.