Department, office, agency, or person supervising law enforcement
officer's performance of accident report duties; report fee; fee
fixed by ordinance; deposit of fee revenues
Sec. 1. (a) The main department, office, agency, or other person
under whose supervision a law enforcement officer carries on the law
enforcement officer's duties may charge a fee that is fixed by
ordinance of the fiscal body in an amount not less than three dollars
($3) for each report.
(b) The fee collected under subsection (a) shall be deposited in the
following manner:
(1) If the department supplying a copy of the accident report is
the state police department, in a separate account known as the
"accident report account". The account may be expended at the
discretion of the state police superintendent for a purpose
reasonably related to the keeping of accident reports and
records or the prevention of street and highway accidents.
(2) If the department supplying a copy of the accident report is
the sheriff, county police, or county coroner, in a separate
account known as the "accident report account". The account
may be expended at the discretion of the chief administrative
officer of the entity that charged the fee for any purpose
reasonably related to the keeping of accident reports and
records or the prevention of street and highway accidents.
(3) If the department supplying a copy of the accident report is
a city or town police department, in the local law enforcement
continuing education fund established by IC 5-2-8-2.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.1-1993, SEC.60;
P.L.48-1993, SEC.4.
Last modified: May 27, 2006