(2) All original appointments to the board shall be made not | 24 |
later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, | 25 |
and all vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the | 26 |
original appointment. Members of the board shall serve without | 27 |
compensation but shall be reimbursed for the actual expenses they | 28 |
incur in performing their duties. The director of agriculture or | 29 |
the director's designee shall serve as chairperson. The board | 30 |
shall adopt rules governing their meetings and proceedings. | 31 |
(C) There is hereby established the Ohio agriculture license | 32 |
plate scholarship program to benefit students who are enrolled in | 33 |
a program of agricultural education at an Ohio land grant | 34 |
institution. The board shall adopt rules governing all aspects of | 35 |
the program, including any additional eligibility requirements, | 36 |
the application process, scholarship amounts, and any requirements | 37 |
a student must meet in order to retain a scholarship. | 38 |
Sec. 4503.503. (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, | 42 |
noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other | 43 |
vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of motor vehicles may | 44 |
apply to the registrar for the registration of the vehicle and | 45 |
issuance of "Ohio agriculture" license plates. The application for | 46 |
"Ohio agriculture" license plates may be combined with a request | 47 |
for a special reserved license plate under section 4503.40 or | 48 |
4503.42 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the completed | 49 |
application and compliance with division (B) of this section, the | 50 |
registrar shall issue to the applicant the appropriate vehicle | 51 |
registration and a set of "Ohio agriculture" license plates with a | 52 |
validation sticker or a validation sticker alone when required by | 53 |
section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. | 54 |
In addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed | 55 |
thereon, "Ohio agriculture" license plates shall be inscribed with | 56 |
words and markings selected and designed by the Ohio farm bureau | 57 |
federation, in consultation with representatives of agricultural | 58 |
commodity organizations of this state. The registrar shall approve | 59 |
the final design. "Ohio agriculture" license plates shall bear | 60 |
county identification stickers that identify the county of | 61 |
registration by name or number. | 62 |
(B) "Ohio agriculture" license plates and validation stickers | 63 |
shall be issued upon payment of the regular license tax as | 64 |
prescribed under section 4503.04 of the Revised Code, any | 65 |
applicable motor vehicle tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the | 66 |
Revised Code, any applicable fee prescribed by section 4503.40 or | 67 |
4503.42 of the Revised Code, a bureau of motor vehicles | 68 |
administrative fee of ten dollars, the contribution specified | 69 |
under division (C) of this section, and compliance with all other | 70 |
applicable laws relating to the registration of motor vehicles. | 71 |