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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, any applicable additional fee | 33 |
| prescribed by section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code, and | 34 |
| an additional fee of ten dollars, and compliance with all other | 35 |
| applicable laws relating to the registration of motor vehicles. | 36 |
| (C) The additional fee of ten dollars described in division | 37 |
| (B) of this section shall be for the purpose of compensating the | 38 |
| bureau of motor vehicles for additional services required in | 39 |
| issuing license plates under this section. The registrar shall | 40 |
| transmit that fee to the treasurer of state for deposit into the | 41 |
| state treasury to the credit of the bureau of motor vehicles fund | 42 |
| created by section 4501.25 of the Revised Code. | 43 |
| (D) No person who is not a member of the immediate family of | 44 |
| a person who died in a combat zone while a member of any branch of | 45 |
| the armed forces of the United States shall willfully and falsely | 46 |
| represent that the person is such a family member for the purpose | 47 |
| of obtaining license plates under this section. | 48 |
| (E) As used in this section, "member of the immediate family" | 49 |
| of a person who died in a combat zone while a member of any branch | 50 |
| of the armed forces of the United States means all of the | 51 |
| following: | 52 |
| (1) A spouse; | 53 |
| (2) A parent, stepparent, or other person who acted in loco | 54 |
| parentis; | 55 |
| (3) A sibling, whether of the whole or half-blood, or by | 56 |
| adoption; | 57 |
| (4) A child, including those by adoption, or a stepchild. | 58 |