Sec. 4. (a) The commissioner shall do the following:
(1) Not more than thirty (30) days after receiving a plan developed by a motor vehicle manufacturer or a group of motor vehicle manufacturers under section 1 of this chapter, issue a public notice of a period of at least thirty (30) days during which the public may submit written comments on the plan to the commissioner.
(2) Not more than one hundred twenty (120) days after receiving a plan, determine whether the entire plan complies with this chapter and:
(A) if the entire plan complies with this chapter, approve the plan in its entirety;
(B) if no part of the plan complies with this chapter, reject the plan in its entirety; or
(C) if only part of the plan complies with this chapter, approve that part and reject the rest of the plan.
(b) If a plan is approved in its entirety under subsection (a)(2)(A), the motor vehicle manufacturers shall begin implementing the plan not more than thirty (30) days after the date the plan is approved. If an entire plan is rejected under subsection (a)(2)(B), the commissioner shall inform the motor vehicle manufacturers why the plan was rejected, and the manufacturers shall submit a new plan not more than thirty (30) days after the commissioner informs the manufacturers that the entire plan was rejected. If a plan is approved in part and rejected in part under subsection (a)(2)(C), the manufacturers shall immediately implement the approved part of the plan and submit a revision of the rejected part of the plan not more than thirty (30) days after the commissioner informs the manufacturers of the commissioner's partial approval. The commissioner shall make a determination on a revised plan not more than thirty (30) days after receiving the revised plan.
(c) Not more than two hundred forty (240) days after receiving a plan developed by motor vehicle manufacturers under section 1 of this chapter, the commissioner shall complete, on behalf of the manufacturer, any part of the plan that has not yet been approved.
(d) After a plan has been approved under this section, the commissioner shall:
(1) review the plan three (3) years after the original date of approval of the plan and every three (3) years thereafter; and
(2) work with the motor vehicle manufacturers to agree with the manufacturers on appropriate modifications to the plan.
(e) Motor vehicle manufacturers are not required to resubmit a plan modified under subsection (d) to the commissioner for approval.
As added by P.L.170-2006, SEC.15.
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