Am. S. B. No. 25 As Reported by the House Infrastructure, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs Committee

As Reported by the House Infrastructure, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs Committee

127th General Assembly

Regular Session

2007-2008

Am. S. B. No. 25

Senator Carey

Cosponsors: Senators Gardner, Cafaro, Clancy, Goodman, Niehaus, Padgett, Boccieri, Miller, D., Faber, Schuler, Grendell, Schuring, Schaffer, Kearney, Amstutz, Austria, Cates, Harris, Morano, Mumper, Roberts, Spada, Stivers, Wilson, Sawyer, Mason, Miller, R., Fedor, Buehrer, Smith
Representatives Aslanides, Combs, Domenick, Fessler, Miller, Otterman, Reinhard, Sayre, Wachtmann

A BILL

To enact section 4503.546 of the Revised Code to

create "Gold Star Family" license plates.

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

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;

(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;

(5) A grandparent.