As Reported by House Transportation and Public Safety Committee 1
123rd General Assembly 4
Regular Session Am. H. B. No. 225 5
1999-2000 6
REPRESENTATIVES 8
SYKES-KRUPINSKI-BENDER-BRITTON-CLANCY-OLMAN-ROBINSON
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To amend section 4503.99 and to enact section 11
4503.471 of the Revised Code to create a special 12
International Association of Firefighters license 13
plate.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 15
Section 1. That section 4503.99 be amended and section 17
4503.471 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: 18
Sec. 4503.471. (A) ANY PERSON WHO IS A FIREFIGHTER WHO 21
ALSO IS A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS MAY APPLY TO THE REGISTRAR OF MOTOR 22
VEHICLES FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ANY PASSENGER CAR, NONCOMMERCIAL 23
VEHICLE, MOTOR HOME, OR OTHER VEHICLE OF A CLASS APPROVED BY THE 24
REGISTRAR THE PERSON OWNS AND THE ISSUANCE OF INTERNATIONAL 25
ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS LICENSE PLATES. THE APPLICATION 27
SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE WRITTEN EVIDENCE THAT THE REGISTRAR 28
MAY REQUIRE BY RULE SHOWING THAT THE PERSON IS A FIREFIGHTER WHO 29
IS A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF 30
FIREFIGHTERS. THE APPLICATION FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF 31
FIREFIGHTERS LICENSE PLATES MAY BE COMBINED WITH A REQUEST FOR A 32
SPECIAL RESERVE LICENSE PLATE UNDER SECTION 4503.40 OR 4503.42 OF 33
THE REVISED CODE.
UPON RECEIPT OF AN APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF A 35
VEHICLE UNDER THIS SECTION AND PRESENTATION OF SATISFACTORY 37
EVIDENCE SHOWING THAT THE PERSON IS A FIREFIGHTER AND A MEMBER IN 38
GOOD STANDING OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, 39
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THE REGISTRAR SHALL ISSUE TO THE APPLICANT THE APPROPRIATE 41
VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS, SETS OF LICENSE PLATES AND VALIDATION 42
STICKERS, OR VALIDATION STICKERS ALONE WHEN REQUIRED BY SECTION 43
4503.191 OF THE REVISED CODE. 45
IN ADDITION TO THE LETTERS AND NUMBERS ORDINARILY INSCRIBED 48
ON THE LICENSE PLATES, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS 49
LICENSE PLATES SHALL BE INSCRIBED WITH A MALTESE CROSS EMBLEM 51
DESIGNED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS AND 52
APPROVED BY THE REGISTRAR. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF 53
FIREFIGHTERS LICENSE PLATES SHALL BEAR COUNTY IDENTIFICATION 55
STICKERS THAT IDENTIFY THE COUNTY OF REGISTRATION BY NAME OR
NUMBER. 56
THE LICENSE PLATES AND VALIDATION STICKERS SHALL BE ISSUED 59
UPON PAYMENT OF THE REGULAR LICENSE FEE AS PRESCRIBED UNDER 60
SECTION 4503.04 OF THE REVISED CODE, PAYMENT OF ANY LOCAL MOTOR 61
VEHICLE TAX LEVIED UNDER CHAPTER 4504. OF THE REVISED CODE, AND 63
PAYMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL FEE OF TEN DOLLARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF 65
COMPENSATING THE BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES 66
REQUIRED IN THE ISSUING OF LICENSE PLATES UNDER THIS SECTION. IF 67
THE APPLICATION FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS 68
LICENSE PLATES IS COMBINED WITH A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL RESERVED 69
LICENSE PLATE UNDER SECTION 4503.40 OR 4503.42 OF THE REVISED 70
CODE, THE LICENSE PLATE AND VALIDATION STICKER SHALL BE ISSUED 71
UPON PAYMENT OF THE FEES AND TAXES CONTAINED IN THIS DIVISION AND 72
THE ADDITIONAL FEE PRESCRIBED UNDER SECTION 4503.40 OR 4503.42 OF
THE REVISED CODE. THE REGISTRAR SHALL DEPOSIT THE ADDITIONAL FEE 73
OF TEN DOLLARS IN THE STATE BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES FUND CREATED 75
BY SECTION 4501.25 OF THE REVISED CODE. 76
THE CHIEF OF A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR THE FIRE CHIEF 79
IMMEDIATELY SHALL NOTIFY THE REGISTRAR WHENEVER ANY PERSON UNDER 80
THE CHIEF'S SUPERVISION NO LONGER IS EMPLOYED AS A FIREFIGHTER,
EXCEPT THAT THE NOTIFICATION NEED NOT BE MADE WHEN THE PERSON 81
RETIRES FROM THE PROFESSION OF FIREFIGHTING. 82
WHENEVER A PERSON NO LONGER IS ELIGIBLE TO BE ISSUED 84
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INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS LICENSE PLATES, THE 85
PERSON SHALL SURRENDER THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF 86
FIREFIGHTERS LICENSE PLATES TO THE BUREAU IN EXCHANGE FOR LICENSE 87
PLATES WITHOUT THE MALTESE CROSS EMBLEM DESCRIBED IN THIS 88
SECTION. A FEE OF THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS SHALL BE CHARGED 90
FOR THE SERVICES REQUIRED IN THE ISSUING OF REPLACEMENT PLATES 91
WHEN A PERSON NO LONGER IS ELIGIBLE TO BE ISSUED INTERNATIONAL 92
ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS LICENSE PLATES.
A PERSON MAY MAKE APPLICATION FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION 94
OF FIREFIGHTERS LICENSE PLATES AT ANY TIME OF YEAR, AND THE 96
REGISTRAR SHALL ISSUE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS 97
LICENSE PLATES AND REPLACEMENT PLATES AT ANY TIME OF YEAR.
(B) NO PERSON WHO IS NOT A FIREFIGHTER AND A MEMBER IN 99
GOOD STANDING OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS 100
SHALL WILLFULLY AND FALSELY REPRESENT THAT THE PERSON IS A 101
FIREFIGHTER AND A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING OF THE INTERNATIONAL 102
ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING 103
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS LICENSE PLATES UNDER 104
THIS SECTION. NO PERSON SHALL OWN A VEHICLE BEARING 105
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS LICENSE PLATES UNLESS 107
THE PERSON IS ELIGIBLE TO BE ISSUED INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF 108
FIREFIGHTERS LICENSE PLATES. 110
(C) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "FIREFIGHTER" MEANS ANY 113
PERSON WHO IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE PROFESSION OF FIREFIGHTING 114
AND, FOR THE PURPOSES OF RENEWING THE REGISTRATION OF A MOTOR 115
VEHICLE FOR WHICH INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS 116
LICENSE PLATES PREVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION, 117
INCLUDES ANY PERSON WHO IS RETIRED FROM THE PROFESSION OF 118
FIREFIGHTING.
Sec. 4503.99. (A) Whoever violates section 4503.05, 127
4503.11, or 4503.12, division (A) of section 4503.182, section 128
4503.28, 4503.44, 4503.46, or 4503.47, DIVISION (B) OF SECTION 129
4503.471, or division (C), (D), or (E) of section 4503.066 of the 130
Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. 131
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(B) Whoever violates division (H)(4) of section 4503.061, 133
or section 4503.19, 4503.21, or 4503.34 of the Revised Code is 135
guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(C) Whoever violates division (B) of section 4503.182 of 137
the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. 138
(D) Whoever violates division (A) of section 4503.236 of 140
the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. 141
(E) Whoever violates section 4503.30, division (B) of 143
section 4503.301, or section 4503.32 of the Revised Code is 144
guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. 145
(F)(1) Whoever violates division (B) of section 4503.033 147
of the Revised Code shall be fined one thousand dollars. 149
(2) Whoever violates division (C) of section 4503.033 of 151
the Revised Code shall be fined ten thousand dollars. 152
Section 2. That existing section 4503.99 of the Revised 154
Code is hereby repealed. 155