Action against driver upon notification from jurisdiction of
driver's failure to meet conditions of citation; notification of
driver; answer; hearing; suspension of license; hardship license
Sec. 9. (a) Upon written notification from a jurisdiction that is a
party to an agreement entered into under this chapter, the bureau
shall take appropriate action against a licensed driver for failure to
meet the conditions set out in the citation of the jurisdiction in which
the traffic offense occurred.
(b) The bureau shall notify the driver by first class mail of the
request by the respective jurisdiction to have the driver's license
suspended. For the purposes of this chapter, a written notice sent to
the driver's last registered address with the bureau meets the
conditions of due notice.
(c) The driver has fifteen (15) days from the date of notice to
satisfy the conditions of the citation issued by the jurisdiction or to
request a hearing before a bureau hearing officer to show evidence
or present information why the bureau should not suspend the license
for failure to meet the terms of the citation.
(d) Upon holding the hearing, the bureau may suspend the driver's
license until the conditions of the citation are met or a release from
the citing jurisdiction is obtained.
(e) If the bureau does not receive information from the driver
concerning the notification, the bureau shall suspend the driver's
license until the conditions of the citation are met or a release is
obtained.
(f) A driver that has been suspended for failure to meet the
conditions of a citation is not eligible for a hardship license under
IC 9-24-15.
(g) The bureau may not suspend a driver's license under this
section for a nonmoving traffic offense occurring in another
jurisdiction.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.16.
Last modified: May 27, 2006