Section 9-24-7-1 - Issuance; conditions; fee(a) The bureau shall issue a learner's permit to an individual who satisfies the following conditions:(1) Makes a proper application in the form and manner prescribed by the bureau.(2) Except as provided in subsection (d), pays a fee under subsection (b) or (c), as applicable.(3) If less than eighteen (18) years of age: (A) is not ineligible under IC 9-24-2-1; and(B) provides the bureau with an emergency contact person (as defined by IC 9-26-2-5) who is not the individual who holds the learner's permit to be listed in the Indiana emergency contact data base described in IC 9-26-10-1 for the individual who holds the learner's permit.(4) Has passed a written examination as required under IC 9-24-10.(5) Either: (A) is at least sixteen (16) years of age; or(B) if at least fifteen (15) years of age but less than sixteen (16) years of age, is enrolled in an approved driver education course.(b) The fee for a learner's permit issued before January 1, 2017, is nine dollars and fifty cents ($9.50). The fee shall be distributed as follows:(1) Fifty cents ($0.50) to the motor vehicle highway account.(2) Fifty cents ($0.50) to the state motor vehicle technology fund.(3) Two dollars ($2) to the crossroads 2000 fund.(4) One dollar and seventy-five cents ($1.75) to the integrated public safety communications fund.(5) Four dollars and seventy-five cents ($4.75) to the commission fund.(c) The fee for a learner's permit issued after December 31, 2016, is nine dollars ($9). The fee shall be distributed as follows:(1) Twenty-five cents ($0.25) to the motor vehicle highway account.(2) Fifty cents ($0.50) to the state motor vehicle technology fund.(3) Two dollars ($2) to the crossroads 2000 fund.(4) One dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) to the integrated public safety communications fund.(5) Five dollars ($5) to the commission fund.(d) A fee described in subsection (a) may not be charged to an individual who: (1) is under the care and supervision of the department of child services; or(2) represents, pursuant to IC 31-36-3-4(b), a homeless youth (as defined in IC 31-36-3-4) and presents a fee and consent waiver affidavit described in IC 31-36-3-4(c); and meets all other requirements for a learner's permit under IC 9-24.
Pre-1991 Recodification Citations: 9-1-4-29(a) part; 9-1-4-29(d); 9-1-4-33(b); Pre-2016 Revision Citation: 9-29-9-1.
Amended by P.L. 174-2023,SEC. 1, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by P.L. 155-2019,SEC. 2, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by P.L. 256-2017,SEC. 168, eff. 7/1/2017.Amended by P.L. 116-2017,SEC. 3, eff. 7/1/2017.Amended by P.L. 198-2016, SEC. 454, eff. 7/1/2016.Amended by P.L. 125-2012, SEC. 196, eff. 7/1/2012.Amended by P.L. 145-2011, SEC. 15, eff. 7/1/2011.As added by P.L. 2-1991, SEC.12. Amended by P.L. 101-2009, SEC.6.