Sec. 1. (a) This section applies after June 30, 2017.

     (b) The secretary may design and issue a dealer designee license plate for use by the secretary or a designee of a licensed new or used motor vehicle dealer.

     (c) A dealer that assigns a dealer designee license plate and registration card to a person shall report to the secretary on a form issued by the secretary the date of assignment, the person’s name and address, the date of termination of the assignment, and any other information the secretary requires. A copy of the form must be kept at all times in the vehicle displaying the dealer designee license plate.

     (d) The fee for a dealer designee license plate and registration card is twenty-one dollars and thirty-five cents ($21.35). The fee shall be distributed as follows:

(1) Forty percent (40%) to the crossroads 2000 fund established by IC 8-14-10-9.

(2) Forty-nine percent (49%) to the dealer compliance account established by IC 9-32-7-1.

(3) Eleven percent (11%) to the motor vehicle highway account under IC 8-14-1.

As added by P.L.174-2016, SEC.67. Amended by P.L.179-2017, SEC.46; P.L.120-2020, SEC.53.