As Reported by the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee

127th General Assembly Regular Session 2007-2008

Sub. H. B. No. 9

Representative Carmichael 

Cosponsors: Representatives Adams, Aslanides, Bacon, Brown, Coley, Collier, Combs, Daniels, Dodd, Evans, Fende, Fessler, Flowers, Hughes, Garrison, Gibbs, Latta, McGregor, J., Okey, Reinhard, Sayre, Schlichter, Seitz, Stewart, J., Wagoner, Webster, Bubp, Domenick, Otterman, Wachtmann, Batchelder, Bolon, Book, Chandler, Core, DeBose, Dyer, Goodwin, Goyal, Hagan, J., Harwood, Heard, Hottinger, Huffman, Letson, Luckie, Miller, Patton, Schneider, Setzer, Stebelton, Strahorn, Szollosi, Wagner, Zehringer 

Senators Padgett, Schuring 

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A BILL

To amend sections 4501.01, 4507.03, 4511.01,

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4511.202, 4513.11, and 4513.99 of the Revised Code

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to require farm machinery that is designed by its

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manufacturer to operate at a speed greater than 25

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miles per hour to display a speed identification

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symbol and a slow-moving vehicle emblem when

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operated on a road or highway and to further

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address the operation of such farm machinery on

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roads and highways.

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

Section 1. That sections 4501.01, 4507.03, 4511.01, 4511.202,	10
4513.11, and 4513.99 of the Revised Code be amended to read as	11
follows:	12

Sec. 4501.01.  As used in this chapter and Chapters 4503.,	13
4505., 4507., 4509., 4510., 4511., 4513., 4515., and 4517. of the	14
Revised Code, and in the penal laws, except as otherwise provided:	15

(A) "Vehicles" means everything on wheels or runners,	16
including motorized bicycles, but does not mean electric personal	17
assistive mobility devices, vehicles that are operated exclusively	18
on rails or tracks or from overhead electric trolley wires, and	19
vehicles that belong to any police department, municipal fire	20
department, or volunteer fire department, or that are used by such	21
a department in the discharge of its functions.	22

(B) "Motor vehicle" means any vehicle, including mobile homes	23
and recreational vehicles, that is propelled or drawn by power	24
other than muscular power or power collected from overhead	25
electric trolley wires. "Motor vehicle" does not include utility	26
vehicles as defined in division (VV) of this section, motorized	27
bicycles, road rollers, traction engines, power shovels, power	28
cranes, and other equipment used in construction work and not	29
designed for or employed in general highway transportation,	30
well-drilling machinery, ditch-digging machinery, farm machinery,	31
trailers that are used to transport agricultural produce or	32
agricultural production materials between a local place of storage	33
or supply and the farm when drawn or towed on a public road or	34
highway at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or less,	35
threshing machinery, hay-baling machinery, corn sheller,	36
hammermill and agricultural tractors, machinery used in the	37
production of horticultural, agricultural, and vegetable products,	38
and trailers that are designed and used exclusively to transport a	39
boat between a place of storage and a marina, or in and around a	40
marina, when drawn or towed on a public road or highway for a	41
distance of no more than ten miles and at a speed of twenty-five	42
miles per hour or less.	43

(C) "Agricultural tractor" and "traction engine" mean any	44
self-propelling vehicle that is designed or used for drawing other	45
vehicles or wheeled machinery, but has no provisions for carrying	46
loads independently of such other vehicles, and that is used	47
principally for agricultural purposes.	48

(D) "Commercial tractor," except as defined in division (C)	49
of this section, means any motor vehicle that has motive power and	50
either is designed or used for drawing other motor vehicles, or is	51
designed or used for drawing another motor vehicle while carrying	52
a portion of the other motor vehicle or its load, or both.	53

(E) "Passenger car" means any motor vehicle that is designed	54
and used for carrying not more than nine persons and includes any	55
motor vehicle that is designed and used for carrying not more than	56
fifteen persons in a ridesharing arrangement.	57

(F) "Collector's vehicle" means any motor vehicle or	58
agricultural tractor or traction engine that is of special	59
interest, that has a fair market value of one hundred dollars or	60
more, whether operable or not, and that is owned, operated,	61
collected, preserved, restored, maintained, or used essentially as	62
a collector's item, leisure pursuit, or investment, but not as the	63
owner's principal means of transportation. "Licensed collector's	64
vehicle" means a collector's vehicle, other than an agricultural	65
tractor or traction engine, that displays current, valid license	66
tags issued under section 4503.45 of the Revised Code, or a	67
similar type of motor vehicle that displays current, valid license	68
tags issued under substantially equivalent provisions in the laws	69
of other states.	70

(G) "Historical motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle that	71
is over twenty-five years old and is owned solely as a collector's	72
item and for participation in club activities, exhibitions, tours,	73
parades, and similar uses, but that in no event is used for	74
general transportation.	75

(H) "Noncommercial motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle,	76
including a farm truck as defined in section 4503.04 of the	77
Revised Code, that is designed by the manufacturer to carry a load	78
of no more than one ton and is used exclusively for purposes other	79
than engaging in business for profit.	80

(I) "Bus" means any motor vehicle that has motor power and is	81
designed and used for carrying more than nine passengers, except	82
any motor vehicle that is designed and used for carrying not more	83
than fifteen passengers in a ridesharing arrangement.	84

(J) "Commercial car" or "truck" means any motor vehicle that	85
has motor power and is designed and used for carrying merchandise	86
or freight, or that is used as a commercial tractor.	87

(K) "Bicycle" means every device, other than a tricycle that	88
is designed solely for use as a play vehicle by a child, that is	89
propelled solely by human power upon which any person may ride,	90
and that has either two tandem wheels, or one wheel in front and	91
two wheels in the rear, any of which is more than fourteen inches	92
in diameter.	93

(L) "Motorized bicycle" means any vehicle that either has two	94
tandem wheels or one wheel in the front and two wheels in the	95
rear, that is capable of being pedaled, and that is equipped with	96
a helper motor of not more than fifty cubic centimeters piston	97
displacement that produces no more than one brake horsepower and	98
is capable of propelling the vehicle at a speed of no greater than	99
twenty miles per hour on a level surface.	100

(M) "Trailer" means any vehicle without motive power that is	101
designed or used for carrying property or persons wholly on its	102
own structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle, and includes	103
any such vehicle that is formed by or operated as a combination of	104
a semitrailer and a vehicle of the dolly type such as that	105
commonly known as a trailer dolly, a vehicle used to transport	106
agricultural produce or agricultural production materials between	107
a local place of storage or supply and the farm when drawn or	108
towed on a public road or highway at a speed greater than	109
twenty-five miles per hour, and a vehicle that is designed and	110
used exclusively to transport a boat between a place of storage	111
and a marina, or in and around a marina, when drawn or towed on a	112
public road or highway for a distance of more than ten miles or at	113
a speed of more than twenty-five miles per hour. "Trailer" does	114
not include a manufactured home or travel trailer.	115

(N) "Noncommercial trailer" means any trailer, except a	116
travel trailer or trailer that is used to transport a boat as	117
described in division (B) of this section, but, where applicable,	118
includes a vehicle that is used to transport a boat as described	119
in division (M) of this section, that has a gross weight of no	120
more than three thousand pounds, and that is used exclusively for	121
purposes other than engaging in business for a profit.	122

(O) "Mobile home" means a building unit or assembly of closed	123
construction that is fabricated in an off-site facility, is more	124
than thirty-five body feet in length or, when erected on site, is	125
three hundred twenty or more square feet, is built on a permanent	126
chassis, is transportable in one or more sections, and does not	127
qualify as a manufactured home as defined in division (C)(4) of	128
section 3781.06 of the Revised Code or as an industrialized unit	129
as defined in division (C)(3) of section 3781.06 of the Revised	130
Code.	131

(P) "Semitrailer" means any vehicle of the trailer type that	132
does not have motive power and is so designed or used with another	133
and separate motor vehicle that in operation a part of its own	134
weight or that of its load, or both, rests upon and is carried by	135
the other vehicle furnishing the motive power for propelling	136
itself and the vehicle referred to in this division, and includes,	137
for the purpose only of registration and taxation under those	138
chapters, any vehicle of the dolly type, such as a trailer dolly,	139
that is designed or used for the conversion of a semitrailer into	140
a trailer.	141

(Q) "Recreational vehicle" means a vehicular portable	142
structure that meets all of the following conditions:	143

(1) It is designed for the sole purpose of recreational	144
travel.	145

(2) It is not used for the purpose of engaging in business	146
for profit.	147

(3) It is not used for the purpose of engaging in intrastate	148
commerce.	149

(4) It is not used for the purpose of commerce as defined in	150
49 C.F.R. 383.5, as amended.	151

(5) It is not regulated by the public utilities commission	152
pursuant to Chapter 4919., 4921., or 4923. of the Revised Code.	153

(6) It is classed as one of the following:

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(a) "Travel trailer" means a nonself-propelled recreational	155
vehicle that does not exceed an overall length of thirty-five	156
feet, exclusive of bumper and tongue or coupling, and contains	157
less than three hundred twenty square feet of space when erected	158
on site. "Travel trailer" includes a tent-type fold-out camping	159
trailer as defined in section 4517.01 of the Revised Code.	160

(b) "Motor home" means a self-propelled recreational vehicle	161
that has no fifth wheel and is constructed with permanently	162
installed facilities for cold storage, cooking and consuming of	163
food, and for sleeping.	164

(c) "Truck camper" means a nonself-propelled recreational	165
vehicle that does not have wheels for road use and is designed to	166
be placed upon and attached to a motor vehicle. "Truck camper"	167
does not include truck covers that consist of walls and a roof,	168
but do not have floors and facilities enabling them to be used as	169
a dwelling.	170

(d) "Fifth wheel trailer" means a vehicle that is of such	171
size and weight as to be movable without a special highway permit,	172
that has a gross trailer area of four hundred square feet or less,	173
that is constructed with a raised forward section that allows a	174
bi-level floor plan, and that is designed to be towed by a vehicle	175
equipped with a fifth-wheel hitch ordinarily installed in the bed	176
of a truck.	177

(e) "Park trailer" means a vehicle that is commonly known as	178
a park model recreational vehicle, meets the American national	179
standard institute standard A119.5 (1988) for park trailers, is	180
built on a single chassis, has a gross trailer area of four	181
hundred square feet or less when set up, is designed for seasonal	182
or temporary living quarters, and may be connected to utilities	183
necessary for the operation of installed features and appliances.	184

(R) "Pneumatic tires" means tires of rubber and fabric or	185
tires of similar material, that are inflated with air.	186

(S) "Solid tires" means tires of rubber or similar elastic	187
material that are not dependent upon confined air for support of	188
the load.	189

(T) "Solid tire vehicle" means any vehicle that is equipped	190
with two or more solid tires.	191

(U) "Farm machinery" means all machines and tools that are	192
used in the production, harvesting, and care of farm products, and	193
includes trailers that are used to transport agricultural produce	194
or agricultural production materials between a local place of	195
storage or supply and the farm when drawn or towed on a public	196
road or highway at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or less,	197
agricultural tractors, threshing machinery, hay-baling machinery,	198
corn shellers, hammermills, and machinery used in the production	199
of horticultural, agricultural, and vegetable products.	200

(V) "Owner" includes any person or firm, other than a	201
manufacturer or dealer, that has title to a motor vehicle, except	202
that, in sections 4505.01 to 4505.19 of the Revised Code, "owner"	203
includes in addition manufacturers and dealers.	204

(W) "Manufacturer" and "dealer" include all persons and firms	205
that are regularly engaged in the business of manufacturing,	206
selling, displaying, offering for sale, or dealing in motor	207
vehicles, at an established place of business that is used	208
exclusively for the purpose of manufacturing, selling, displaying,	209
offering for sale, or dealing in motor vehicles. A place of	210
business that is used for manufacturing, selling, displaying,	211
offering for sale, or dealing in motor vehicles shall be deemed to	212
be used exclusively for those purposes even though snowmobiles or	213
all-purpose vehicles are sold or displayed for sale thereat, even	214
though farm machinery is sold or displayed for sale thereat, or	215
even though repair, accessory, gasoline and oil, storage, parts,	216
service, or paint departments are maintained thereat, or, in any	217
county having a population of less than seventy-five thousand at	218
the last federal census, even though a department in a place of	219
business is used to dismantle, salvage, or rebuild motor vehicles	220
by means of used parts, if such departments are operated for the	221
purpose of furthering and assisting in the business of	222
manufacturing, selling, displaying, offering for sale, or dealing	223
in motor vehicles. Places of business or departments in a place of	224
business used to dismantle, salvage, or rebuild motor vehicles by	225
means of using used parts are not considered as being maintained	226
for the purpose of assisting or furthering the manufacturing,	227
selling, displaying, and offering for sale or dealing in motor	228
vehicles.	229

(X) "Operator" includes any person who drives or operates a	230
motor vehicle upon the public highways.	231

(Y) "Chauffeur" means any operator who operates a motor	232
vehicle, other than a taxicab, as an employee for hire; or any	233
operator whether or not the owner of a motor vehicle, other than a	234
taxicab, who operates such vehicle for transporting, for gain,	235
compensation, or profit, either persons or property owned by	236
another. Any operator of a motor vehicle who is voluntarily	237
involved in a ridesharing arrangement is not considered an	238
employee for hire or operating such vehicle for gain,	239
compensation, or profit.	240

(Z) "State" includes the territories and federal districts of	241
the United States, and the provinces of Canada.	242

(AA) "Public roads and highways" for vehicles includes all	243
public thoroughfares, bridges, and culverts.	244

(BB) "Manufacturer's number" means the manufacturer's	245
original serial number that is affixed to or imprinted upon the	246
chassis or other part of the motor vehicle.	247

(CC) "Motor number" means the manufacturer's original number	248
that is affixed to or imprinted upon the engine or motor of the	249
vehicle.	250

(DD) "Distributor" means any person who is authorized by a	251
motor vehicle manufacturer to distribute new motor vehicles to	252
licensed motor vehicle dealers at an established place of business	253
that is used exclusively for the purpose of distributing new motor	254
vehicles to licensed motor vehicle dealers, except when the	255
distributor also is a new motor vehicle dealer, in which case the	256
distributor may distribute at the location of the distributor's	257
licensed dealership.	258

(EE) "Ridesharing arrangement" means the transportation of	259
persons in a motor vehicle where the transportation is incidental	260
to another purpose of a volunteer driver and includes ridesharing	261
arrangements known as carpools, vanpools, and buspools.	262

(FF) "Apportionable vehicle" means any vehicle that is used	263
or intended for use in two or more international registration plan	264
member jurisdictions that allocate or proportionally register	265
vehicles, that is used for the transportation of persons for hire	266
or designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation	267
of property, and that meets any of the following qualifications:	268

(1) Is a power unit having a gross vehicle weight in excess	269
of twenty-six thousand pounds;	270

(2) Is a power unit having three or more axles, regardless of	271
the gross vehicle weight;	272

(3) Is a combination vehicle with a gross vehicle weight in	273
excess of twenty-six thousand pounds.	274

"Apportionable vehicle" does not include recreational	275
vehicles, vehicles displaying restricted plates, city pick-up and	276
delivery vehicles, buses used for the transportation of chartered	277
parties, or vehicles owned and operated by the United States, this	278
state, or any political subdivisions thereof.	279

(GG) "Chartered party" means a group of persons who contract	280
as a group to acquire the exclusive use of a passenger-carrying	281
motor vehicle at a fixed charge for the vehicle in accordance with	282
the carrier's tariff, lawfully on file with the United States	283
department of transportation, for the purpose of group travel to a	284
specified destination or for a particular itinerary, either agreed	285
upon in advance or modified by the chartered group after having	286
left the place of origin.	287

(HH) "International registration plan" means a reciprocal	288
agreement of member jurisdictions that is endorsed by the American	289
association of motor vehicle administrators, and that promotes and	290
encourages the fullest possible use of the highway system by	291
authorizing apportioned registration of fleets of vehicles and	292
recognizing registration of vehicles apportioned in member	293
jurisdictions.	294

(II) "Restricted plate" means a license plate that has a	295
restriction of time, geographic area, mileage, or commodity, and	296
includes license plates issued to farm trucks under division (J)	297
of section 4503.04 of the Revised Code.	298

(JJ) "Gross vehicle weight," with regard to any commercial	299
car, trailer, semitrailer, or bus that is taxed at the rates	300
established under section 4503.042 of the Revised Code, means the	301
unladen weight of the vehicle fully equipped plus the maximum	302
weight of the load to be carried on the vehicle.	303

(KK) "Combined gross vehicle weight" with regard to any	304
combination of a commercial car, trailer, and semitrailer, that is	305
taxed at the rates established under section 4503.042 of the	306
Revised Code, means the total unladen weight of the combination of	307
vehicles fully equipped plus the maximum weight of the load to be	308
carried on that combination of vehicles.	309

(LL) "Chauffeured limousine" means a motor vehicle that is	310
designed to carry nine or fewer passengers and is operated for	311
hire on an hourly basis pursuant to a prearranged contract for the	312
transportation of passengers on public roads and highways along a	313
route under the control of the person hiring the vehicle and not	314
over a defined and regular route. "Prearranged contract" means an	315
agreement, made in advance of boarding, to provide transportation	316
from a specific location in a chauffeured limousine at a fixed	317
rate per hour or trip. "Chauffeured limousine" does not include	318
any vehicle that is used exclusively in the business of funeral	319
directing.	320

(MM) "Manufactured home" has the same meaning as in division	321
(C)(4) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code.	322

(NN) "Acquired situs," with respect to a manufactured home or	323
a mobile home, means to become located in this state by the	324
placement of the home on real property, but does not include the	325
placement of a manufactured home or a mobile home in the inventory	326
of a new motor vehicle dealer or the inventory of a manufacturer,	327
remanufacturer, or distributor of manufactured or mobile homes.	328

(OO) "Electronic" includes electrical, digital, magnetic,	329
optical, electromagnetic, or any other form of technology that	330
entails capabilities similar to these technologies.	331

(PP) "Electronic record" means a record generated,	332
communicated, received, or stored by electronic means for use in	333
an information system or for transmission from one information	334
system to another.	335

(QQ) "Electronic signature" means a signature in electronic	336
form attached to or logically associated with an electronic	337
record.	338

(RR) "Financial transaction device" has the same meaning as	339
in division (A) of section 113.40 of the Revised Code.	340

(SS) "Electronic motor vehicle dealer" means a motor vehicle	341
dealer licensed under Chapter 4517. of the Revised Code whom the	342
registrar of motor vehicles determines meets the criteria	343
designated in section 4503.035 of the Revised Code for electronic	344
motor vehicle dealers and designates as an electronic motor	345
vehicle dealer under that section.	346

(TT) "Electric personal assistive mobility device" means a	347
self-balancing two non-tandem wheeled device that is designed to	348
transport only one person, has an electric propulsion system of an	349
average of seven hundred fifty watts, and when ridden on a paved	350
level surface by an operator who weighs one hundred seventy pounds	351
has a maximum speed of less than twenty miles per hour.	352

(UU) "Limited driving privileges" means the privilege to	353
operate a motor vehicle that a court grants under section 4510.021	354
of the Revised Code to a person whose driver's or commercial	355
driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege has	356
been suspended.	357

(VV) "Utility vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle	358
designed with a bed, principally for the purpose of transporting	359
material or cargo in connection with construction, agricultural,	360
forestry, grounds maintenance, lawn and garden, materials	361
handling, or similar activities. "Utility vehicle" includes a	362
vehicle with a maximum attainable speed of twenty miles per hour	363
or less that is used exclusively within the boundaries of state	364
parks by state park employees or volunteers for the operation or	365
maintenance of state park facilities.	366

Sec. 4507.03. (A)(1) No person shall be required to obtain a	367
driver's or commercial driver's license for the purpose of	368
temporarily driving or, operating, drawing, moving, or propelling	369
a road roller,or road machinery, or any farm tractor or implement	370
of husbandry, temporarily drawn, moved, or propelled upon thea	371
street or highway.	372

(2) No person shall be required to obtain a driver's or	373
commercial driver's license for the purpose of temporarily	374
driving, operating, drawing, moving, or propelling any	375
agricultural tractor or implement of husbandry upon a street or	376
highway at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or less.	377

(3) No person shall drive, operate, draw, move, or propel any	378
agricultural tractor or implement of husbandry upon a street or	379
highway at a speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour unless	380
the person has a current, valid driver's or commercial driver's	381
license.	382

(B) Every person on active duty in the military or naval	383
forces of the United States, when furnished with a driver's permit	384
and when operating an official motor vehicle in connection with	385
such duty, is exempt from the license requirements of Chapters	386
4506. and 4507. of the Revised Code.	387

Every person on active duty in the military or naval forces	388
of the United States or in service with the peace corps,	389
volunteers in service to America, or the foreign service of the	390
United States, is exempt from the license requirements of such	391
sections for the period of histhe person's active duty or service	392
and for six months thereafter, provided such person was a licensee	393
under such sections at the time hethe person commenced such	394
active duty or service. This section does not prevent such person	395
from making an application, as provided in division (C) of section	396
4507.10 of the Revised Code, for the renewal of a driver's license	397
or motorcycle operator's endorsement or as provided in section	398
4506.14 of the Revised Code for the renewal of a commercial	399
driver's license during the period of histhe person's active duty	400
or service.	401

(C) Whoever violates division (A)(3) of this section is	402
guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.	403

Sec. 4511.01.  As used in this chapter and in Chapter 4513.	404
of the Revised Code:	405

(A) "Vehicle" means every device, including a motorized	406
bicycle, in, upon, or by which any person or property may be	407
transported or drawn upon a highway, except that "vehicle" does	408
not include any motorized wheelchair, any electric personal	409
assistive mobility device, any device that is moved by power	410
collected from overhead electric trolley wires or that is used	411
exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, or any device, other	412
than a bicycle, that is moved by human power.	413

(B) "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle propelled or drawn by	414
power other than muscular power or power collected from overhead	415
electric trolley wires, except motorized bicycles, road rollers,	416
traction engines, power shovels, power cranes, and other equipment	417
used in construction work and not designed for or employed in	418
general highway transportation, hole-digging machinery,	419
well-drilling machinery, ditch-digging machinery, farm machinery,	420
trailers used to transport agricultural produce or agricultural	421
production materials between a local place of storage or supply	422
and the farm when drawn or towed on a street or highway at a speed	423
of twenty-five miles per hour or less, threshing machinery,	424
hay-baling machinery, agricultural tractors and machinery used in	425
the production of horticultural, floricultural, agricultural, and	426
vegetable products, and trailers designed and used exclusively to	427
transport a boat between a place of storage and a marina, or in	428
and around a marina, when drawn or towed on a street or highway	429
for a distance of no more than ten miles and at a speed of	430
twenty-five miles per hour or less.	431

(C) "Motorcycle" means every motor vehicle, other than a	432
tractor, having a saddle for the use of the operator and designed	433
to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the	434
ground, including, but not limited to, motor vehicles known as	435
"motor-driven cycle," "motor scooter," or "motorcycle" without	436
regard to weight or brake horsepower.	437

(D) "Emergency vehicle" means emergency vehicles of	438
municipal, township, or county departments or public utility	439
corporations when identified as such as required by law, the	440
director of public safety, or local authorities, and motor	441
vehicles when commandeered by a police officer.	442

(E) "Public safety vehicle" means any of the following:

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(1) Ambulances, including private ambulance companies under	444
contract to a municipal corporation, township, or county, and	445
private ambulances and nontransport vehicles bearing license	446
plates issued under section 4503.49 of the Revised Code;	447

(2) Motor vehicles used by public law enforcement officers or	448
other persons sworn to enforce the criminal and traffic laws of	449
the state;	450

(3) Any motor vehicle when properly identified as required by	451
the director of public safety, when used in response to fire	452
emergency calls or to provide emergency medical service to ill or	453
injured persons, and when operated by a duly qualified person who	454
is a member of a volunteer rescue service or a volunteer fire	455
department, and who is on duty pursuant to the rules or directives	456
of that service. The state fire marshal shall be designated by the	457
director of public safety as the certifying agency for all public	458
safety vehicles described in division (E)(3) of this section.	459

(4) Vehicles used by fire departments, including motor	460
vehicles when used by volunteer fire fighters responding to	461
emergency calls in the fire department service when identified as	462
required by the director of public safety.	463

Any vehicle used to transport or provide emergency medical	464
service to an ill or injured person, when certified as a public	465
safety vehicle, shall be considered a public safety vehicle when	466
transporting an ill or injured person to a hospital regardless of	467
whether such vehicle has already passed a hospital.	468

(5) Vehicles used by the motor carrier enforcement unit for	469
the enforcement of orders and rules of the public utilities	470
commission as specified in section 5503.34 of the Revised Code.	471

(F) "School bus" means every bus designed for carrying more	472
than nine passengers that is owned by a public, private, or	473
governmental agency or institution of learning and operated for	474
the transportation of children to or from a school session or a	475
school function, or owned by a private person and operated for	476
compensation for the transportation of children to or from a	477
school session or a school function, provided "school bus" does	478
not include a bus operated by a municipally owned transportation	479
system, a mass transit company operating exclusively within the	480
territorial limits of a municipal corporation, or within such	481
limits and the territorial limits of municipal corporations	482
immediately contiguous to such municipal corporation, nor a common	483
passenger carrier certified by the public utilities commission	484
unless such bus is devoted exclusively to the transportation of	485
children to and from a school session or a school function, and	486
"school bus" does not include a van or bus used by a licensed	487
child day-care center or type A family day-care home to transport	488
children from the child day-care center or type A family day-care	489
home to a school if the van or bus does not have more than fifteen	490
children in the van or bus at any time.	491

(G) "Bicycle" means every device, other than a tricycle	492
designed solely for use as a play vehicle by a child, propelled	493
solely by human power upon which any person may ride having either	494
two tandem wheels, or one wheel in the front and two wheels in the	495
rear, any of which is more than fourteen inches in diameter.	496

(H) "Motorized bicycle" means any vehicle having either two	497
tandem wheels or one wheel in the front and two wheels in the	498
rear, that is capable of being pedaled and is equipped with a	499
helper motor of not more than fifty cubic centimeters piston	500
displacement that produces no more than one brake horsepower and	501
is capable of propelling the vehicle at a speed of no greater than	502
twenty miles per hour on a level surface.	503

(I) "Commercial tractor" means every motor vehicle having	504
motive power designed or used for drawing other vehicles and not	505
so constructed as to carry any load thereon, or designed or used	506
for drawing other vehicles while carrying a portion of such other	507
vehicles, or load thereon, or both.	508

(J) "Agricultural tractor" means every self-propelling	509
vehicle designed or used for drawing other vehicles or wheeled	510
machinery but having no provision for carrying loads independently	511
of such other vehicles, and used principally for agricultural	512
purposes.	513

(K) "Truck" means every motor vehicle, except trailers and	514
semitrailers, designed and used to carry property.	515

(L) "Bus" means every motor vehicle designed for carrying	516
more than nine passengers and used for the transportation of	517
persons other than in a ridesharing arrangement, and every motor	518
vehicle, automobile for hire, or funeral car, other than a taxicab	519
or motor vehicle used in a ridesharing arrangement, designed and	520
used for the transportation of persons for compensation.	521

(M) "Trailer" means every vehicle designed or used for	522
carrying persons or property wholly on its own structure and for	523
being drawn by a motor vehicle, including any such vehicle when	524
formed by or operated as a combination of a "semitrailer" and a	525
vehicle of the dolly type, such as that commonly known as a	526
"trailer dolly," a vehicle used to transport agricultural produce	527
or agricultural production materials between a local place of	528
storage or supply and the farm when drawn or towed on a street or	529
highway at a speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour, and a	530
vehicle designed and used exclusively to transport a boat between	531
a place of storage and a marina, or in and around a marina, when	532
drawn or towed on a street or highway for a distance of more than	533
ten miles or at a speed of more than twenty-five miles per hour.	534

(N) "Semitrailer" means every vehicle designed or used for	535
carrying persons or property with another and separate motor	536
vehicle so that in operation a part of its own weight or that of	537
its load, or both, rests upon and is carried by another vehicle.	538

(O) "Pole trailer" means every trailer or semitrailer	539
attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach, pole, or by	540
being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and	541
ordinarily used for transporting long or irregular shaped loads	542
such as poles, pipes, or structural members capable, generally, of	543
sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections.	544

(P) "Railroad" means a carrier of persons or property	545
operating upon rails placed principally on a private right-of-way.	546

(Q) "Railroad train" means a steam engine or an electric or	547
other motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated by a	548
railroad.	549

(R) "Streetcar" means a car, other than a railroad train, for	550
transporting persons or property, operated upon rails principally	551
within a street or highway.	552

(S) "Trackless trolley" means every car that collects its	553
power from overhead electric trolley wires and that is not	554
operated upon rails or tracks.	555

(T) "Explosives" means any chemical compound or mechanical	556
mixture that is intended for the purpose of producing an explosion	557
that contains any oxidizing and combustible units or other	558
ingredients in such proportions, quantities, or packing that an	559
ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion, or by	560
a detonator of any part of the compound or mixture may cause such	561
a sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant	562
gaseous pressures are capable of producing destructive effects on	563
contiguous objects, or of destroying life or limb. Manufactured	564
articles shall not be held to be explosives when the individual	565
units contain explosives in such limited quantities, of such	566
nature, or in such packing, that it is impossible to procure a	567
simultaneous or a destructive explosion of such units, to the	568
injury of life, limb, or property by fire, by friction, by	569
concussion, by percussion, or by a detonator, such as fixed	570
ammunition for small arms, firecrackers, or safety fuse matches.	571

(U) "Flammable liquid" means any liquid that has a flash	572
point of seventy degrees Fahrenheitfahrenheit, or less, as	573
determined by a tagliabue or equivalent closed cup test device.	574

(V) "Gross weight" means the weight of a vehicle plus the	575
weight of any load thereon.	576

(W) "Person" means every natural person, firm,	577
co-partnership, association, or corporation.	578

(X) "Pedestrian" means any natural person afoot.

579

(Y) "Driver or operator" means every person who drives or is	580
in actual physical control of a vehicle, trackless trolley, or	581
streetcar.	582

(Z) "Police officer" means every officer authorized to direct	583
or regulate traffic, or to make arrests for violations of traffic	584
regulations.	585

(AA) "Local authorities" means every county, municipal, and	586
other local board or body having authority to adopt police	587
regulations under the constitution and laws of this state.	588

(BB) "Street" or "highway" means the entire width between the	589
boundary lines of every way open to the use of the public as a	590
thoroughfare for purposes of vehicular travel.	591

(CC) "Controlled-access highway" means every street or	592
highway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting lands	593
and other persons have no legal right of access to or from the	594
same except at such points only and in such manner as may be	595
determined by the public authority having jurisdiction over such	596
street or highway.	597

(DD) "Private road or driveway" means every way or place in	598
private ownership used for vehicular travel by the owner and those	599
having express or implied permission from the owner but not by	600
other persons.	601

(EE) "Roadway" means that portion of a highway improved,	602
designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, except the berm	603
or shoulder. If a highway includes two or more separate roadways	604
the term "roadway" means any such roadway separately but not all	605
such roadways collectively.	606

(FF) "Sidewalk" means that portion of a street between the	607
curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent	608
property lines, intended for the use of pedestrians.	609

(GG) "Laned highway" means a highway the roadway of which is	610
divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular	611
traffic.	612

(HH) "Through highway" means every street or highway as	613
provided in section 4511.65 of the Revised Code.	614

(II) "State highway" means a highway under the jurisdiction	615
of the department of transportation, outside the limits of	616
municipal corporations, provided that the authority conferred upon	617
the director of transportation in section 5511.01 of the Revised	618
Code to erect state highway route markers and signs directing	619
traffic shall not be modified by sections 4511.01 to 4511.79 and	620
4511.99 of the Revised Code.	621

(JJ) "State route" means every highway that is designated	622
with an official state route number and so marked.	623

(KK) "Intersection" means:

624

(1) The area embraced within the prolongation or connection	625
of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary	626
lines of the roadways of two highways which join one another at,	627
or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which	628
vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other	629
angle may come in conflict.	630

(2) Where a highway includes two roadways thirty feet or more	631
apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided highway	632
by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate	633
intersection. If an intersecting highway also includes two	634
roadways thirty feet or more apart, then every crossing of two	635
roadways of such highways shall be regarded as a separate	636
intersection.	637

(3) The junction of an alley with a street or highway, or	638
with another alley, shall not constitute an intersection.	639

(LL) "Crosswalk" means:

640

(1) That part of a roadway at intersections ordinarily	641
included within the real or projected prolongation of property	642
lines and curb lines or, in the absence of curbs, the edges of the	643
traversable roadway;	644

(2) Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere,	645
distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other	646
markings on the surface;	647

(3) Notwithstanding divisions (LL)(1) and (2) of this	648
section, there shall not be a crosswalk where local authorities	649
have placed signs indicating no crossing.	650

(MM) "Safety zone" means the area or space officially set	651
apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and	652
protected or marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be	653
plainly visible at all times.	654

(NN) "Business district" means the territory fronting upon a	655
street or highway, including the street or highway, between	656
successive intersections within municipal corporations where fifty	657
per cent or more of the frontage between such successive	658
intersections is occupied by buildings in use for business, or	659
within or outside municipal corporations where fifty per cent or	660
more of the frontage for a distance of three hundred feet or more	661
is occupied by buildings in use for business, and the character of	662
such territory is indicated by official traffic control devices.	663

(OO) "Residence district" means the territory, not comprising	664
a business district, fronting on a street or highway, including	665
the street or highway, where, for a distance of three hundred feet	666
or more, the frontage is improved with residences or residences	667
and buildings in use for business.	668

(PP) "Urban district" means the territory contiguous to and	669
including any street or highway which is built up with structures	670
devoted to business, industry, or dwelling houses situated at	671
intervals of less than one hundred feet for a distance of a	672
quarter of a mile or more, and the character of such territory is	673
indicated by official traffic control devices.	674

(QQ) "Traffic control devices" means all flaggers, signs,	675
signals, markings, and devices placed or erected by authority of a	676
public body or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of	677
regulating, warning, or guiding traffic, including signs denoting	678
names of streets and highways.	679

(RR) "Traffic control signal" means any device, whether	680
manually, electrically, or mechanically operated, by which traffic	681
is alternately directed to stop, to proceed, to change direction,	682
or not to change direction.	683

(SS) "Railroad sign or signal" means any sign, signal, or	684
device erected by authority of a public body or official or by a	685
railroad and intended to give notice of the presence of railroad	686
tracks or the approach of a railroad train.	687

(TT) "Traffic" means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals,	688
vehicles, streetcars, trackless trolleys, and other devices,	689
either singly or together, while using any highway for purposes of	690
travel.	691

(UU) "Right-of-way" means either of the following, as the	692
context requires:	693

(1) The right of a vehicle, streetcar, trackless trolley, or	694
pedestrian to proceed uninterruptedly in a lawful manner in the	695
direction in which it or the individual is moving in preference to	696
another vehicle, streetcar, trackless trolley, or pedestrian	697
approaching from a different direction into its or the	698
individual's path;	699

(2) A general term denoting land, property, or the interest	700
therein, usually in the configuration of a strip, acquired for or	701
devoted to transportation purposes. When used in this context,	702
right-of-way includes the roadway, shoulders or berm, ditch, and	703
slopes extending to the right-of-way limits under the control of	704
the state or local authority.	705

(VV) "Rural mail delivery vehicle" means every vehicle used	706
to deliver United States mail on a rural mail delivery route.	707

(WW) "Funeral escort vehicle" means any motor vehicle,	708
including a funeral hearse, while used to facilitate the movement	709
of a funeral procession.	710

(XX) "Alley" means a street or highway intended to provide	711
access to the rear or side of lots or buildings in urban districts	712
and not intended for the purpose of through vehicular traffic, and	713
includes any street or highway that has been declared an "alley"	714
by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation in which	715
such street or highway is located.	716

(YY) "Freeway" means a divided multi-lane highway for through	717
traffic with all crossroads separated in grade and with full	718
control of access.	719

(ZZ) "Expressway" means a divided arterial highway for	720
through traffic with full or partial control of access with an	721
excess of fifty per cent of all crossroads separated in grade.	722

(AAA) "Thruway" means a through highway whose entire roadway	723
is reserved for through traffic and on which roadway parking is	724
prohibited.	725

(BBB) "Stop intersection" means any intersection at one or	726
more entrances of which stop signs are erected.	727

(CCC) "Arterial street" means any United States or state	728
numbered route, controlled access highway, or other major radial	729
or circumferential street or highway designated by local	730
authorities within their respective jurisdictions as part of a	731
major arterial system of streets or highways.	732

(DDD) "Ridesharing arrangement" means the transportation of	733
persons in a motor vehicle where such transportation is incidental	734
to another purpose of a volunteer driver and includes ridesharing	735
arrangements known as carpools, vanpools, and buspools.	736

(EEE) "Motorized wheelchair" means any self-propelled vehicle	737
designed for, and used by, a handicapped person and that is	738
incapable of a speed in excess of eight miles per hour.	739

(FFF) "Child day-care center" and "type A family day-care	740
home" have the same meanings as in section 5104.01 of the Revised	741
Code.	742

(GGG) "Multi-wheel agricultural tractor" means a type of	743
agricultural tractor that has two or more wheels or tires on each	744
side of one axle at the rear of the tractor, is designed or used	745
for drawing other vehicles or wheeled machinery, has no provision	746
for carrying loads independently of the drawn vehicles or	747
machinery, and is used principally for agricultural purposes.	748

(HHH) "Operate" means to cause or have caused movement of a	749
vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley.	750

(III) "Predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense" means any	751
of the following:	752

(1) A violation of section 4511.03, 4511.051, 4511.12,	753
4511.132, 4511.16, 4511.20, 4511.201, 4511.21, 4511.211, 4511.213,	754
4511.22, 4511.23, 4511.25, 4511.26, 4511.27, 4511.28, 4511.29,	755
4511.30, 4511.31, 4511.32, 4511.33, 4511.34, 4511.35, 4511.36,	756
4511.37, 4511.38, 4511.39, 4511.40, 4511.41, 4511.42, 4511.43,	757
4511.431, 4511.432, 4511.44, 4511.441, 4511.451, 4511.452,	758
4511.46, 4511.47, 4511.48, 4511.481, 4511.49, 4511.50, 4511.511,	759
4511.53, 4511.54, 4511.55, 4511.56, 4511.57, 4511.58, 4511.59,	760
4511.60, 4511.61, 4511.64, 4511.66, 4511.661, 4511.68, 4511.70,	761
4511.701, 4511.71, 4511.711, 4511.712, 4511.713, 4511.72, 4511.73,	762
4511.763, 4511.771, 4511.78, or 4511.84 of the Revised Code;	763

(2) A violation of division (A)(2) of section 4511.17,	764
divisions (A) to (D) of section 4511.51, or division (A) of	765
section 4511.74 of the Revised Code;	766

(3) A violation of any provision of sections 4511.01 to	767
4511.76 of the Revised Code for which no penalty otherwise is	768
provided in the section that contains the provision violated;	769

(4) A violation of a municipal ordinance that is	770
substantially similar to any section or provision set forth or	771
described in division (III)(1), (2), or (3) of this section.	772

Sec. 4511.202.  (A) No person shall operate a motor vehicle,	773
trackless trolley, or streetcar, agricultural tractor, or	774
agricultural tractor that is towing, pulling, or otherwise drawing	775
a unit of farm machinery on any street, highway, or property open	776
to the public for vehicular traffic without being in reasonable	777
control of the vehicle, trolley, or streetcar, agricultural	778
tractor, or unit of farm machinery.	779

(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of operating a	780
motor vehicle or agricultural tractor without being in control of	781
it, a minor misdemeanor.	782

Sec. 4513.11.  (A) All vehicles other than bicycles,	783
including animal-drawn vehicles and vehicles referred to in	784
division (G) of section 4513.02 of the Revised Code, not	785
specifically required to be equipped with lamps or other lighting	786
devices by sections 4513.03 to 4513.10 of the Revised Code, shall,	787
at the times specified in section 4513.03 of the Revised Code, be	788
equipped with at least one lamp displaying a white light visible	789
from a distance of not less than one thousand feet to the front of	790
the vehicle, and also shall be equipped with two lamps displaying	791
red light visible from a distance of not less than one thousand	792
feet to the rear of the vehicle, or as an alternative, one lamp	793
displaying a red light visible from a distance of not less than	794
one thousand feet to the rear and two red reflectors visible from	795
all distances of six hundred feet to one hundred feet to the rear	796
when illuminated by the lawful lower beams of headlamps.	797

Lamps and reflectors required or authorized by this section	798
shall meet standards adopted by the director of public safety.	799

(B) All boat trailers, farm machinery, and other machinery,	800
including all road construction machinery, upon a street or	801
highway, except when being used in actual construction and	802
maintenance work in an area guarded by a flagperson, or where	803
flares are used, or when operating or traveling within the limits	804
of a construction area designated by the director of	805
transportation, a city engineer, or the county engineer of the	806
several counties, when such construction area is marked in	807
accordance with requirements of the director and the manual of	808
uniform traffic control devices, as set forth in section 4511.09	809
of the Revised Code, which is designed for operation at a speed of	810
twenty-five miles per hour or less shall be operated at a speed	811
not exceeding twenty-five miles per hour, and shall display a	812
triangular slow-moving vehicle emblem (SMV). The emblem shall be	813
mounted so as to be visible from a distance of not less than five	814
hundred feet to the rear. The director of public safety shall	815
adopt standards and specifications for the design and position of	816
mounting the SMV emblem. The standards and specifications for SMV	817
emblems referred to in this section shall correlate with and, so	818
far as possible, conform with those approved by the American	819
society of agricultural engineers.	820

A unit of farm machinery that is designed by its manufacturer	821
to operate at a speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour may	822
be operated on a street or highway at a speed greater than	823
twenty-five miles per hour provided it is operated in accordance	824
with this section.	825

As used in this division, "machinery" does not include any	826
vehicle designed to be drawn by an animal.	827

(C) The use of the SMV emblem shall be restricted to	828
animal-drawn vehicles, and to the slow-moving vehicles specified	829
in division (B) of this section operating or traveling within the	830
limits of the highway. Its use on slow-moving vehicles being	831
transported upon other types of vehicles or on any other type of	832
vehicle or stationary object on the highway is prohibited.	833

(D)(1) No person shall sell, lease, rent, or operate any boat	834
trailer, farm machinery, or other machinery defined as a	835
slow-moving vehicle in division (B) of this section, except those	836
units designed to be completely mounted on a primary power unit,	837
which is manufactured or assembled on or after April 1, 1966,	838
unless the vehicle is equipped with a slow-moving vehicle emblem	839
mounting device as specified in division (B) of this section.	840

(2) No person shall sell, lease, rent, or operate on a street	841
or highway any unit of farm machinery that is designed by its	842
manufacturer to operate at a speed greater than twenty-five miles	843
per hour unless the unit displays a slow-moving vehicle emblem as	844
specified in division (B) of this section and a speed	845
identification symbol that meets the specifications contained in	846
the American society of agricultural engineers standard ANSI/ASAE	847
S584 JAN2005, agricultural equipment: speed identification symbol	848
(SIS).	849

(E) Any boat trailer, farm machinery, or other machinery	850
defined as a slow-moving vehicle in division (B) of this section,	851
in addition to the use of the slow-moving vehicle emblem, and any	852
unit of farm machinery that is designed by its manufacturer to	853
operate at a speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour, in	854
addition to the display of a speed identification symbol, may be	855
equipped with a red flashing light that shall be visible from a	856
distance of not less than one thousand feet to the rear at all	857
times specified in section 4513.03 of the Revised Code. When a	858
double-faced light is used, it shall display amber light to the	859
front and red light to the rear.	860

In addition to the lights described in this division, farm	861
machinery and motor vehicles escorting farm machinery may display	862
a flashing, oscillating, or rotating amber light, as permitted by	863
section 4513.17 of the Revised Code, and also may display	864
simultaneously flashing turn signals or warning lights, as	865
permitted by that section.	866

(F) Every animal-drawn vehicle upon a street or highway shall	867
at all times be equipped in one of the following ways:	868

(1) With a slow-moving vehicle emblem complying with division	869
(B) of this section;	870

(2) With alternate reflective material complying with rules	871
adopted under this division;	872

(3) With both a slow-moving vehicle emblem and alternate	873
reflective material as specified in this division.	874

The director of public safety, subject to Chapter 119. of the	875
Revised Code, shall adopt rules establishing standards and	876
specifications for the position of mounting of the alternate	877
reflective material authorized by this division. The rules shall	878
permit, as a minimum, the alternate reflective material to be	879
black, gray, or silver in color. The alternate reflective material	880
shall be mounted on the animal-drawn vehicle so as to be visible,	881
at all times specified in section 4513.03 of the Revised Code,	882
from a distance of not less than five hundred feet to the rear	883
when illuminated by the lawful lower beams of headlamps.	884

(G) Every unit of farm machinery that is designed by its	885
manufacturer to operate at a speed greater than twenty-five miles	886
per hour shall display a slow-moving vehicle emblem and a speed	887
identification symbol that meets the specifications contained in	888
the American society of agricultural engineers standard ANSI/ASAE	889
S584 JAN2005, agricultural equipment: speed identification symbol	890
(SIS) when the unit is operated upon a street or highway,	891
irrespective of the speed at which the unit is operated on the	892
street or highway. The speed identification symbol shall indicate	893
the maximum speed in miles per hour at which the unit of farm	894
machinery is designed by its manufacturer to operate. The display	895
of the speed identification symbol shall be in accordance with the	896
standard prescribed in this division.	897

If an agricultural tractor that is designed by its	898
manufacturer to operate at a speed greater than twenty-five miles	899
per hour is being operated on a street or highway at a speed	900
greater than twenty-five miles per hour and is towing, pulling, or	901
otherwise drawing a unit of farm machinery, the unit of farm	902
machinery shall display a slow-moving vehicle emblem and a speed	903
identification symbol that is the same as the speed identification	904
symbol that is displayed on the agricultural tractor.	905

(H) When an agricultural tractor that is designed by its	906
manufacturer to operate at a speed greater than twenty-five miles	907
per hour is being operated on a street or highway at a speed	908
greater than twenty-five miles per hour, the operator shall	909
possess some documentation published or provided by the	910
manufacturer indicating the maximum speed in miles per hour at	911
which the manufacturer designed the agricultural tractor to	912
operate.	913

(I) Whoever violates this section shall be punished as	914
provided in section 4513.99 of the Revised Code.	915

(H)(J) As used in this section, "boat trailer" means any	916
vehicle designed and used exclusively to transport a boat between	917
a place of storage and a marina, or in and around a marina, when	918
drawn or towed on a street or highway for a distance of no more	919
than ten miles and at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or	920
less.	921

Sec. 4513.99.  (A) Any violation of section 4513.03, 4513.04,	922
4513.05, 4513.06, 4513.07, 4513.071, 4513.09, 4513.10, 4513.11	923
except for division (H) of that section, 4513.111, 4513.12,	924
4513.13, 4513.14, 4513.15, 4513.16, 4513.17, 4513.171, 4513.18,	925
4513.182, 4513.19, 4513.20, 4513.201, 4513.202, 4513.21, 4513.22,	926
4513.23, 4513.24, 4513.242, 4513.25, 4513.26, 4513.27, 4513.28,	927
4513.29, 4513.30, 4513.31, 4513.32, or 4513.34 of the Revised Code	928
shall be punished under division (B) of this section.	929

(B) Whoever violates the sections of this chapter that are	930
specifically required to be punished under this division, or any	931
provision of sections 4513.03 to 4513.262 or 4513.27 to 4513.37 of	932
the Revised Code for which violation no penalty is otherwise	933
provided, is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on	934
a second offense within one year after the first offense, the	935
person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each	936
subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the	937
person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.	938

Section 2. That existing sections 4501.01, 4507.03, 4511.01,	939
4511.202, 4513.11, and 4513.99 of the Revised Code are hereby	940
repealed.	941

Section 3.  Section 4511.01 of the Revised Code is presented	942
in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Sub.	943
H.B. 52 and Sub. H.B. 230 of the 125th General Assembly. The	944
General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division (B) of	945
section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be	946
harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds	947
that the composite is the resulting version of the section in	948
effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in	949
this act.	950