H. B. No. 299 As Introduced

REPRESENTATIVE Carey

A BILL

To amend section 4507.52 of the Revised Code to change

a scheduled deputy registrar fee increase relative

to duplicate or replacement identification cards

from $3.75 to $2.75, and to declare an emergency.

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

Section 1. That section 4507.52 of the Revised Code be	5
amended to read as follows:	6

Sec. 4507.52. Each identification card issued by the	7
registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar shall display a	8
distinguishing number assigned to the cardholder, and shall	9
display the following inscription:	10

"STATE OF OHIO IDENTIFICATION CARD

This card is not valid for the purpose of operating a motor	12
vehicle. It is provided solely for the purpose of establishing	13
the identity of the bearer described on the card, who currently is	14
not licensed to operate a motor vehicle in the state of Ohio."	15

The identification card shall display substantially the same	16
information as contained in the application and as described in	17
division (A)(1) of section 4507.51 of the Revised Code, including	18
the cardholder's social security number unless the cardholder	19
specifically requests that the cardholder's social security number	20
not be displayed on the card. If federal law requires the	21
cardholder's social security number to be displayed on the	22
identification card, the social security number shall be displayed	23
on the card notwithstanding a request to not display the number	24
pursuant to this section. The identification card also shall	25
display the color photograph of the cardholder. If the cardholder	26
has executed a durable power of attorney for health care or a	27
declaration governing the use or continuation, or the withholding	28
or withdrawal, of life-sustaining treatment and has specified that	29
the cardholder wishes the identification card to indicate that the	30
cardholder has executed either type of instrument, the card also	31
shall display any symbol chosen by the registrar to indicate that	32
the cardholder has executed either type of instrument. The card	33
shall be sealed in transparent plastic or similar material and	34
shall be so designed as to prevent its reproduction or alteration	35
without ready detection.	36

The identification card for persons under twenty-one years of	37
age shall have characteristics prescribed by the registrar	38
distinguishing it from that issued to a person who is twenty-one	39
years of age or older, except that an identification card issued	40
to a person who applies no more than thirty days before the	41
applicant's twenty-first birthday shall have the characteristics	42
of an identification card issued to a person who is twenty-one	43
years of age or older.	44

Every identification card issued to a resident of this state	45
shall expire, unless canceled or surrendered earlier, on the	46
birthday of the cardholder in the fourth year after the date on	47
which it is issued. Every identification card issued to a	48
temporary resident shall expire in accordance with rules adopted	49
by the registrar and is nonrenewable, but may be replaced with a	50
new identification card upon the applicant's compliance with all	51
applicable requirements. A cardholder may renew the cardholder's	52
identification card within ninety days prior to the day on which	53
it expires by filing an application and paying the prescribed fee	54
in accordance with section 4507.50 of the Revised Code.	55

If a cardholder applies for a driver's or commercial driver's	56
license in this state or another licensing jurisdiction, the	57
cardholder shall surrender the cardholder's identification card to	58
the registrar or any deputy registrar before the license is	59
issued.	60

If a card is lost, destroyed, or mutilated, the person to	61
whom the card was issued may obtain a duplicate by doing both of	62
the following:	63

(A) Furnishing suitable proof of the loss, destruction, or	64
mutilation to the registrar or a deputy registrar;	65

(B) Filing an application and presenting documentary	66
evidence under section 4507.51 of the Revised Code.	67

Any person who loses a card and, after obtaining a duplicate,	68
finds the original, immediately shall surrender the original to	69
the registrar or a deputy registrar.	70

A cardholder may obtain a replacement identification card	71
that reflects any change of the cardholder's name by furnishing	72
suitable proof of the change to the registrar or a deputy	73
registrar and surrendering the cardholder's existing card.	74

When a cardholder applies for a duplicate or obtains a	75
replacement identification card, the cardholder shall pay a fee of	76
two dollars and fifty cents. A deputy registrar shall be allowed	77
an additional fee of ~~three~~two dollars and seventy-five cents	78
commencing on July 1, 2001, three dollars and twenty-five cents	79
commencing on January 1, 2003, and three dollars and fifty cents	80
commencing on January 1, 2004, for issuing a duplicate or	81
replacement identification card. A disabled veteran who is a	82
cardholder and has a service-connected disability rated at one	83
hundred per cent by the veterans' administration may apply to the	84
registrar or a deputy registrar for the issuance of a duplicate or	85
replacement identification card without payment of any fee	86
prescribed in this section, and without payment of any lamination	87
fee if the disabled veteran would not be required to pay a	88
lamination fee in connection with the issuance of an	89
identification card or temporary identification card as provided	90
in division (B) of section 4507.50 of the Revised Code.	91

A duplicate or replacement identification card shall expire	92
on the same date as the card it replaces.	93

The registrar shall cancel any card upon determining that the	94
card was obtained unlawfully, issued in error, or was altered. The	95
registrar also shall cancel any card that is surrendered to the	96
registrar or to a deputy registrar after the holder has obtained a	97
duplicate, replacement, or driver's or commercial driver's	98
license.	99

No agent of the state or its political subdivisions shall	100
condition the granting of any benefit, service, right, or	101
privilege upon the possession by any person of an identification	102
card. Nothing in this section shall preclude any publicly	103
operated or franchised transit system from using an identification	104
card for the purpose of granting benefits or services of the	105
system.	106

No person shall be required to apply for, carry, or possess	107
an identification card.	108

(C) Except in regard to an identification card issued to a	109
person who applies no more than thirty days before the applicant's	110
twenty-first birthday, neither the registrar nor any deputy	111
registrar shall issue an identification card to a person under	112
twenty-one years of age that does not have the characteristics	113
prescribed by the registrar distinguishing it from the	114
identification card issued to persons who are twenty-one years of	115
age or older.	116

Section 2. That existing section 4507.52 of the Revised Code	117
is hereby repealed.	118

Section 3. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency	119
measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public	120
peace, health, and safety. The reasons for the emergency are: (1)	121
that Am. Sub. H.B. 94 of the 124th General Assembly contains an	122
inadvertent error in the amount of the fee that a deputy registrar	123
must charge on and after July 1, 2001, for a duplicate or	124
replacement Ohio identification card, and (2) that, unless that	125
inadvertent error is corrected prior to that date, cardholders	126
will be required to pay one dollar more than was intended by the	127
General Assembly for each duplicate or replacement card they	128
request until January 1, 2003. Therefore, this act shall go into	129
immediate effect.	130