(A) It is the desire of the fiscal body of the county to raise funds for the maintenance of county roads, the fiscal body does hereby update the county motor vehicle excise surtax.
(B) The license excise surtax applies to the following vehicles:
(1) Passenger vehicles;
(2) Motorcycles;
(3) Trucks with a declared gross weight that does not exceed 11,000 pounds; and
(4) Motor driven cycles.
(C) As provided by PL 10-Acts 1980 (I.C. 6-3.5-5-4), the following motor vehicles are exempt from the wheel tax:
(1) Vehicles owned by the state, a state agency or a political subdivision;
(2) Buses owned and operated by a religious or non-profit youth organization and used to haul persons to religious service of the benefit of their member; and
(3) Vehicles subject to the annual excise surtax imposed under I.C. 6-3.5-5-4.
(D) Beginning January 1, 2015 all of the excise surtax and wheel tax collected on any motor vehicles registered in Putnam County shall be distributed, as provided in PL 10 - Acts 1980 by the County Auditor and shall be used only to construct, reconstruct, repair or maintain streets, roads and bridges.
(E) The County Council herein adopts this updated section concurrently with the adoption of the county wheel tax pursuant to I.C. 6-3.5-5-l to impose said wheel tax.
(F) The rate for the imposition of this vehicle excise surtax shall be $25 per vehicle pursuant to I.C. 6-3.5-4-2(2)(a) and (2)(b).
(G) This section is being passed May 15, 2012 with the surtax imposed herein to become effective January 1, 2013, which imposes this excise surtax on any motor vehicle if it is registered in the county after December 31, 2012.
(Ord. 2012-5-15-1, passed 5-15-2012; Am. Ord. 2015-8-28-A, passed 7-28-2015)