Sec. 1. A vehicle that is owned or leased and used for official business by the following is exempt from the payment of registration fees under this article:
(1) The state or a state agency (as defined in IC 6-1.1-1-18).
(2) A municipal corporation (as defined in IC 36-1-2-10).
(3) A volunteer fire department (as defined in IC 36-8-12-2).
(4) A volunteer emergency ambulance service that:
(A) meets the requirements of IC 16-31; and
(B) has only members that serve for no compensation or a nominal annual compensation of not more than three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500).
(5) A rehabilitation center funded under IC 12-12.
(6) A community action agency (IC 12-14-23).
(7) An area agency on aging (IC 12-10-1-6) and a county council on aging that is funded through an area agency.
(8) A community mental health center (IC 12-29-2).
(9) An approved postsecondary educational institution listed in IC 21-7-13-6(a)(1)(C).