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To enact section 4503.546 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
create "Gold Star Family" license plates. | 2 |
Section 1. That section 4503.546 of the Revised Code be | 3 |
enacted to read as follows: | 4 |
Sec. 4503.546. (A) Any member of the immediate family of a | 5 |
person who died in a combat zone while a member of any branch of | 6 |
the armed forces of the United States may apply to the registrar | 7 |
of motor vehicles for the registration of any passenger car, | 8 |
noncommercial motor vehicle, motor home, or other vehicle of a | 9 |
class approved by the registrar that the family member owns or | 10 |
leases and for issuance of "gold star family" license plates for | 11 |
that motor vehicle. The application for "gold star family" license | 12 |
plates may be combined with a request for a special reserved | 13 |
license plate under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised | 14 |
Code. Upon receipt of the completed application and compliance | 15 |
with division (B) of this section, the registrar shall issue to | 16 |
the applicant the appropriate vehicle registration, a set of "gold | 17 |
star family" license plates with a validation sticker, or a | 18 |
validation sticker alone when required by section 4503.191 of the | 19 |
Revised Code. | 20 |
In addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed | 21 |
on the license plates, "gold star family" license plates shall be | 22 |
inscribed with a gold star and the words "gold star family." "Gold | 23 |
star family" license plates shall bear county identification | 24 |
stickers that identify the county of registration by name or | 25 |
number. | 26 |
(B) "Gold star family" license plates and a validation | 27 |
sticker or, when applicable, a validation sticker alone shall be | 28 |
issued upon submission by the applicant of an application for | 29 |
registration of a motor vehicle under this section, payment of the | 30 |
regular license tax as prescribed under section 4503.04 of the | 31 |
Revised Code, any applicable motor vehicle tax levied under | 32 |
Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, and any applicable additional | 33 |
fee prescribed by section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code, | 34 |
and compliance with all other applicable laws relating to the | 35 |
registration of motor vehicles. | 36 |
(C) No person who is not a member of the immediate family of | 37 |
a person who died in a combat zone while a member of any branch of | 38 |
the armed forces of the United States shall willfully and falsely | 39 |
represent that the person is such a family member for the purpose | 40 |
of obtaining license plates under this section. | 41 |
(D) As used in this section, "member of the immediate family" | 42 |
of a person who died in a combat zone while a member of any branch | 43 |
of the armed forces of the United States means all of the | 44 |
following: | 45 |
(1) A spouse; | 46 |
(2) A parent, stepparent, or other person who acted in loco | 47 |
parentis; | 48 |
(3) A sibling, whether of the whole or half-blood, or by | 49 |
adoption; | 50 |
(4) A child, including those by adoption, or a stepchild; | 51 |
(5) A grandparent. | 52 |