(A) All of the following classes of motor vehicles, registered in Decatur County, shall be subject to an annual wheel tax as set out in the following schedule, to be paid with the registration of said vehicles.
(B) Schedule:
Motor Vehicle Classification | Annual Wheel Tax |
Motor Vehicle Classification | Annual Wheel Tax |
Passenger vehicles | $50 |
Motorcycles | $50 |
Motor driven cycles | $50 |
Trucks I.C. 9-18.1-5-9 (11,000 lbs or less) | $50 |
Trucks I.C. 9-18.1-5-9 (including farm trucks, recovery vehicles and tractors not used in combination with a semitrailer) 16,000 (11,001 - 16,000 lbs) 26,000 (16,001 - 26,000 lbs) 36,000 (26,001 - 36,000 lbs) 48,000 (36,001 - 48,000 lbs) 66,000 (48,001 - 66,000 lbs) 78,000 (66,001 - 78,000 lbs) >78,000 (78,001 and over) | $39 $39 $39 $39 $39 $39 $39 |
Semitractors I.C. 9-18.1-5-9 (tractors used in combination with a semitrailer) 11,000 (1 - 11,000 lbs) 16,000 (11,001 - 16,000 lbs) 26,000 (16,001 - 26,000 lbs) 36,000 (26,001 - 36,000 lbs) 48,000 (36,001 - 48,000 lbs) 66,000 (48,001 - 66,000 lbs) 78,000 (66,001 - 78,000 lbs) >78,000 (78,001 and over) | $46 $46 $46 $46 $46 $46 $46 $46 |
Trailers used with motor vehicles I.C. 9-18.1-5-8 (includes farm trailers 12,000 lbs and over) 3,000 (1 - 3,000 lbs) 9,000 (3,001 - 9,000 lbs) 12,000 (9,001 - 12,000 lbs) 16,000 (12,001 - 16,000 lbs) 22,000 (16,001 - 22,000 lbs) >22,000 (22,001 and over) | $7 $7 $20 $20 $20 $20 |
RV I.C. 9-18.1-5-6 | $33 |
Semitrailers I.C. 9-18.1-5-10 (includes farm semitrailers) | $46 |
Buses 1. For-hire I.C. 9-18.1-5-9 11,000 (1 - 11,000 lbs) 16,000 (11,001 - 16,000 lbs) 26,000 (16,001 - 26,000 lbs) 36,000 (26,001 - 36,000 lbs) 48,000 (36,001 - 48,000 lbs) 66,000 (48,001 - 66,000 lbs) 78,000 (66,001 - 78,000 lbs) >78,000 (78,001 and over) 2. Not-for-hire I.C. 9-18.1-5-4 | $26 $26 $26 $26 $26 $26 $26 $26 $26 |
(C) As provided by Pub. L. No. 10-Acts 1980 (I.C. 6-3.5-5-4), the following motor vehicles are exempt from the annual wheel tax:
(1) Vehicles owned by the state, a state agency of this state or a political subdivision of this state;
(2) Buses owned and operated by a religious or non-profit youth organization and used to haul persons to religious service or for the benefit of their members; and
(3) Vehicles subject to the annual excise surtax imposed under I.C. 6-3.5-4.
(D) Beginning January 1, 2017, all of the Excise Surtax and Wheel Tax collected on motor vehicles registered in Decatur County shall be distributed, as provided in Pub. L. No. 10-Acts 1980, to the county, city and town units of Decatur County by the County Auditor and shall be used only to construct, reconstruct, repair, or maintain streets, roads and bridges under their jurisdiction.
(Council Ord. 2003-11, passed 5-20-2003; Council Ord. 2016-5, passed 6-14-2016; Council Ord. 2017-20, passed 10-17-2017)