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| To amend section 2913.71 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| provide that theft of a vehicle validation | 2 |
| sticker is a felony of the fifth degree. | 3 |
| Section 1. That section 2913.71 of the Revised Code be | 4 |
| amended to read as follows: | 5 |
| Sec. 2913.71. Regardless of the value of the property | 6 |
| involved and regardless of whether the offender previously has | 7 |
| been convicted of a theft offense, a violation of section 2913.02 | 8 |
| or 2913.51 of the Revised Code is a felony of the fifth degree if | 9 |
| the property involved is any of the following: | 10 |
| (A) A credit card; | 11 |
| (B) A printed form for a check or other negotiable | 12 |
| instrument, that on its face identifies the drawer or maker for | 13 |
| whose use it is designed or identifies the account on which it is | 14 |
| to be drawn, and that has not been executed by the drawer or maker | 15 |
| or on which the amount is blank; | 16 |
| (C) A motor vehicle identification license plate as | 17 |
| prescribed by section 4503.22 of the Revised Code, a temporary | 18 |
| license placard or windshield sticker as prescribed by section | 19 |
| 4503.182 of the Revised Code, a validation sticker as prescribed | 20 |
| by sections 4503.19 and 4503.191 of the Revised Code, or any | 21 |
| comparable license plate, placard, or sticker as prescribed by the | 22 |
| applicable law of another state or the United States; | 23 |
| (D) A blank form for a certificate of title or a | 24 |
| manufacturer's or importer's certificate to a motor vehicle, as | 25 |
| prescribed by section 4505.07 of the Revised Code; | 26 |
| (E) A blank form for any license listed in section 4507.01 of | 27 |
| the Revised Code. | 28 |
| Section 2. That existing section 2913.71 of the Revised Code | 29 |
| is hereby repealed. | 30 |
| Section 3. Section 2913.71 of the Revised Code is presented | 31 |
| in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Am. | 32 |
| Sub. S.B. 2 and Sub. H.B. 4 of the 121st General Assembly. The | 33 |
| General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division (B) of | 34 |
| section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be | 35 |
| harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds | 36 |
| that the composite is the resulting version of the section in | 37 |
| effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in | 38 |
| this act. | 39 |