As Introduced*                            1            

123rd General Assembly                                             4            

   Regular Session                                   H. B. No. 17  5            

      1999-2000                                                    6            


   REPRESENTATIVES MOTTLEY-THOMAS-NETZLEY-PRINGLE-CORBIN-HOOD      8            


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                           A   B I L L                                          

             To amend sections 5.04 and 5.10 of the Revised Code   10           

                to add a representation of the Wright Brothers'    12           

                first piloted airplane to the Coat of  Arms and    13           

                Great Seal of the State of Ohio.                   14           




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        16           

      Section 1.  That sections 5.04 and 5.10 of the Revised Code  18           

be amended to read as follows:                                     19           

      Sec. 5.04.  The coat of arms of the state shall consist of   28           

the following device:  a circular shield; in the right foreground  29           

of the shield a full sheaf of wheat bound and standing erect; in   30           

the left foreground, a cluster of seventeen arrows bound in the    31           

center and resembling in form the sheaf of wheat; in the           32           

background, a representation of Mount Logan, Ross county, as                    

viewed from Adena state memorial; over the mount, a rising sun     33           

three-quarters exposed and radiating thirteen rays to represent    34           

the thirteen original colonies shining over the first state in     35           

the northwest territory, the exterior extremities of which rays    36           

form a semicircle; ABOVE AND TO THE LEFT OF THE SUN, A             37           

REPRESENTATION OF THE FIRST PILOTED AIRPLANE, FLOWN BY THE WRIGHT  38           

BROTHERS IN 1903; and uniting the background and foreground, a     39           

representation of the Scioto river and cultivated fields.          40           

      The coat of arms of the state shall correspond               42           

substantially with the following design:                           43           

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

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When the coat of arms of the state is reproduced in color, the     53           

colors used shall be substantially the same as the natural color   54           

of the terrain and objects shown.                                  55           

      Sec. 5.10.  All official seals shall have engraved thereon   64           

ON THEM the coat of arms of the state, as described in section     66           

5.04 of the Revised Code.                                          67           

      The great seal of the state shall be two and one-half        69           

inches in diameter and shall consist of the coat of arms of the    70           

state within a circle having a diameter of one and three-fourths   71           

inches, surrounded by the words "THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF    72           

OHIO" in news gothic capitals.  The great seal of the state shall  73           

correspond substantially with the following design:                74           

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

      The design of the great seal shall not be reproduced,        84           

except as required by any provision of the Ohio Constitution and   85           

the Revised Code, unless permission to do so is first obtained     86           

from the governor.  The governor may authorize reproduction of     87           

the design of the great seal when the purpose is to:               88           

      (A)  Permit publication of a reproduction of the great seal  90           

of the state of Ohio;                                              91           

      (B)  Aid educational or historical programs;                 93           

      (C)  Promote the economic or cultural development of the     95           

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state in a manner deemed appropriate by the governor.              96           

      A permanent record shall be kept in the governor's office    98           

of each permit to reproduce the design of the great seal.          99           

      No person shall use or permit to be used any reproduction    101          

or facsimile of the great seal or a counterfeit or nonofficial     102          

version of the great seal for any purpose not authorized by the    103          

governor.                                                          104          

      The seal of the supreme court shall consist of the coat of   106          

arms of the state within a circle one and three-fourths inches in  107          

diameter and shall be surrounded by the words "THE SUPREME COURT   108          

OF THE STATE OF OHIO."                                             109          

      The seal of each court of appeals, court of common pleas,    111          

and probate court shall consist of the coat of arms of the state   112          

within a circle one and one-fourth inches in diameter, and each    113          

seal shall be surrounded by the words "COURT OF APPEALS,           114          

................ County, Ohio"; "COMMON PLEAS COURT,               115          

................ County, Ohio"; or "PROBATE COURT,                 116          

................ County, Ohio."                                                 

      (Insert the name of the proper county.)                      118          

      The seals of all other courts of record shall be of the      120          

same size as the seal of the court of common pleas, and each       121          

shall be surrounded by the proper name of the court.               122          

      The seal of the secretary of state shall consist of the      124          

coat of arms of the state within a circle one and one-fourth       125          

inches in diameter and shall be surrounded by the words "THE SEAL  126          

OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF OHIO."                                127          

      The seal of the auditor of state shall consist of the coat   129          

of arms of the state within a circle of one and one-fourth inches  130          

in diameter, and shall be surrounded by the words "THE SEAL OF     131          

THE AUDITOR OF STATE OF OHIO."                                     132          

      The seal of the treasurer of state shall consist of the      134          

coat of arms of the state within a circle one and one-fourth       135          

inches in diameter, and shall be surrounded by the words "THE      136          

SEAL OF THE TREASURER OF STATE OF OHIO."                           137          

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      The seal of the lieutenant governor shall consist of the     139          

coat of arms of the state within a circle one and one-fourth       140          

inches in diameter and shall be surrounded by the words "THE SEAL  141          

OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF STATE OF OHIO."                      142          

      The seal of the attorney general shall consist of the coat   144          

of arms of the state within a circle one and one-fourth inches in  145          

diameter and shall be surrounded by the words "THE SEAL OF THE     146          

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF STATE OF OHIO."                                147          

      The seal of each benevolent institution shall consist of     149          

the coat of arms of the state within a circle one and one-fourth   150          

inches in diameter and shall be surrounded by the proper name of   151          

the institution.                                                   152          

      The seals of all other state, county, and municipal          154          

agencies, divisions, boards, and commissions shall consist of the  155          

coat of arms of the state within a circle one and one-fourth       156          

inches in diameter and shall be surrounded by the proper name of   157          

the office.                                                        158          

      All seals mentioned in this section shall contain the words  160          

and devices mentioned in this section and no other.                161          

      Section 2.  That existing sections 5.04 and 5.10 of the      163          

Revised Code are hereby repealed.                                  164