HB 1361 Summary

• Transfers vehicle dealer licensing and regulatory responsibilities from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to the Secretary of State, with corresponding updates throughout Indiana Code sections 9-13, 9-17, 9-18, 9-22, 9-23, and 9-31.

• Adds three new dealer license plate classifications: motorcycle dealer-new, motorcycle dealer-used, and transfer dealer, with usage restrictions matching existing dealer-new and dealer-used plates.

• Authorizes the Secretary of State, agents, and employees to inspect premises of salvage vehicle businesses during business hours and grants them civil and criminal immunity when enforcing salvage vehicle laws.

• Requires persons buying or selling trailers to be licensed as dealers; makes it a Class B misdemeanor for manufacturers or distributors to fail to compensate dealers at the contracted labor rate for delivery, preparation, and warranty work obligations.

• Repeals 18 outdated statutory provisions related to vehicle dealers, sales, salvaging, and merchandising effective July 1, 2010.