IC 9-18.1-6-4: Registration fee

Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (e), the fee to register a recovery vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than sixteen thousand (16,000) pounds is five hundred four dollars ($504).

(b) Except as provided in subsection (e), the fee to register a recovery vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating equal to or less than sixteen thousand (16,000) pounds is seventy-two dollars ($72).

(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), a fee imposed and collected under subsection (a) or (b) shall be distributed as follows:

(1) Twenty-five cents ($0.25) to the state construction fund.

(2) Fifty cents ($0.50) to the state motor vehicle technology fund.

(3) Two dollars and ninety cents ($2.90) to the highway, road and street fund.

(4) Four dollars ($4) to the crossroads 2000 fund.

(5) One dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) to the emergency communications fund.

(6) Three dollars and ten cents ($3.10) to the commission fund (except as provided in subsection (f)).

(7) Any remaining amount to the motor vehicle highway account.

(d) A fee described in subsection (a) that is collected under the International Registration Plan shall be distributed as set forth in IC 9-18.1-5-10.5.

(e) The fee to register a recovery vehicle for a period other than twelve (12) months is the amount determined under the following formula:

STEP ONE: Determine the number of months remaining until the vehicle's next registration date under IC 9-18.1-11. A partial month shall be rounded to one (1) month.

STEP TWO: Multiply the STEP ONE result by one-twelfth (1/12).

STEP THREE: Multiply the STEP TWO product by the applicable registration fee under subsection (a) or (b) for the vehicle.

A fee imposed and collected under this subsection that is not collected under the International Registration Plan shall be distributed under subsection (c). A fee imposed and collected under this subsection that is collected under the International Registration Plan shall be distributed under subsection (d).

(f) Beginning after June 30, 2024, when a fee imposed under subsection (a) or (b) is collected by the department of state revenue, instead of depositing three dollars and ten cents ($3.10) into the commission fund as required by subsection (c)(6), the department shall instead deposit ninety percent (90%) of that amount into the motor carrier regulation fund established by IC 8-2.1-23-1, and the remainder shall be deposited in the commission fund.