Introduced Version
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.
January 8, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security,
Transportation and Veterans Affairs.
Introduced
First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)
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SENATE BILL No. 356
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.