Adoption of rules; increase or decrease of service charge;
imposition of charge on other license branch services; uniformity
of charges
Sec. 19. (a) As used in this section, "low numbered motor vehicle
registration plate" means any motor vehicle registration plate
numbered from one (1) to one hundred (100) before or after the
county designation number or letter series designation, or both.
(b) As used in this section, "pull service charge" refers to the
charge that the commission may require for a requested low
numbered motor vehicle registration plate or a special numbered
motor vehicle registration plate.
(c) As used in this section, "special numbered motor vehicle
registration plate" means any plate, other than a low numbered motor
vehicle registration plate, requested for issuance out of its established
numerical sequence.
(d) Subject to subsections (e) and (f) and with the approval of the
commission, the bureau may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to do the
following:
(1) Increase or decrease any of the service charges listed in
sections 1 through 18 of this chapter.
(2) Impose a service charge on any other license branch service
that is not listed in sections 1 through 18 of this chapter.
(3) Increase or decrease a service charge imposed under
subdivision (2).
(e) The bureau's authority to adopt rules under subsection (d) is
subject to the condition that a service charge must be uniform
throughout all license branches and at all partial service locations in
Indiana.
(f) The bureau may not impose a pull service charge for a
requested passenger motor vehicle registration plate containing the
numbers set forth in IC 9-18-2-28 for a vehicle issued a license plate
under IC 9-18-17 that designates the vehicle as being owned by a
former prisoner of war or by the surviving spouse of a former
prisoner of war.
(g) The bureau may not impose a pull service charge of more than
fifteen dollars ($15) for a requested motor vehicle registration plate
issued under IC 9-18-25 for a special group recognition license plate
that commemorates the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark
expedition.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.62-1996, SEC.15;
P.L.182-2002, SEC.6; P.L.216-2003, SEC.11.
Last modified: May 27, 2006