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IN HB1291
Bill
Status
1/13/2015
Primary Sponsor
John Price
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AI Summary
HB 1291 Summary
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Amends Indiana Code IC 6-3.5-4-2 to allow counties flexibility in imposing motor vehicle license excise surtax rates, eliminating the requirement that all vehicles be taxed at the same rate or amount.
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Authorizes counties to impose surtax at one or more different rates based on vehicle weight classifications or vehicle class (passenger vehicles, motorcycles, trucks not exceeding 11,000 pounds, and motor driven cycles).
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Maintains surtax rate limits between 2% and 10% or fixed amounts between $7.50 and $25 per vehicle, with a minimum of $7.50 per vehicle.
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Requires counties imposing the surtax to concurrently adopt an ordinance to impose the wheel tax.
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Effective July 1, 2015, and does not affect ordinances adopted before June 1, 2013.
Legislative Description
Motor vehicle license excise surtax. Deletes the requirement in current law that a county may only impose the motor vehicle license excise surtax at the same rate or amount on each motor vehicle. Authorizes counties to: (1) impose the surtax at the same rate or amount on each motor vehicle; (2) impose the surtax at one or more different rates based on weight classifications of the vehicles; or (3) impose the surtax at one or more different rates based on the class of vehicle (passenger vehicles, motorcycles, trucks with a declared gross weight that does not exceed 11,000 pounds, and
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
1/13/2015