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Citations Affected: IC 9-18; IC 9-29.

Synopsis: Veteran license plate. Amends the definition of a Purple Heart recipient for purposes of the Purple Heart license plate. Provides that a Purple Heart license plate may be issued for display on a passenger motor vehicle or a motorcycle. Eliminates the $15 annual supplemental fee for each Hoosier veteran license plate.

Effective: July 1, 2007.

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Cheney, Reske , Soliday

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    January 8, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
    February 6, 2007, reported _ Do Pass. Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to Rule 127.
    February 19, 2007, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
    February 23, 2007, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning veterans.

SOURCE: IC 9-18-19-1; (07)HB1044.3.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 9-18-19-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007]: Sec. 1. (a) This subsection expires December 31, 2007. The bureau shall design and issue a passenger motor vehicle license plate that will designate the vehicle as being registered to a person who has received a Purple Heart decoration that is awarded to a person who suffers an injury while serving as a member of the armed forces of the United States.
     (b) Effective January 1, 2008, the bureau shall design and issue a passenger motor vehicle license plate and a motorcycle license plate that will designate the passenger motor vehicle or motorcycle as being registered to an individual who has received a Purple Heart decoration that is awarded to an individual who is wounded in action against an enemy of the United States or as a result of an act of an enemy of the United States if the wound necessitates treatment by a medical officer.

SOURCE: IC 9-18-19-3; (07)HB1044.3.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 9-18-19-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007]: Sec. 3. A Purple Heart

license plate must be displayed on a passenger motor vehicle or motorcycle registered by a person to an individual described in section 2 of this chapter.

SOURCE: IC 9-29-5-38.5; (07)HB1044.3.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 9-29-5-38.5, AS ADDED BY P.L.58-2006, SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007]: Sec. 38.5. (a) A vehicle registered under IC 9-18-50 is subject to:
        (1) an annual registration fee;
        (2) an annual supplemental fee of fifteen dollars ($15); and
        (3) (2) any other fee or tax required of a person registering a vehicle under this title.
    (b) A vehicle registered under IC 9-18-51 is subject to:
        (1) an annual registration fee;
        (2) an annual supplemental fee of twenty dollars ($20); and
        (3) any other fee or tax required of a person registering a vehicle under this title.
    (c) The bureau shall distribute the annual supplemental fees fee described in subsections (a)(2) and subsection (b)(2) that are is collected from each registration to the director of veterans' affairs for deposit in the military family relief fund established under IC 10-17-12-8.