Sec. 4501.21. (A) There is hereby created in the state | 9 |
treasury the license plate contribution fund. The fund shall | 10 |
consist of all contributions paid by motor vehicle registrants and | 11 |
collected by the registrar of motor vehicles pursuant to sections | 12 |
4503.491, 4503.493, 4503.50, 4503.501, 4503.502, 4503.51, | 13 |
4503.522, 4503.545, 4503.55, 4503.551, 4503.552, 4503.553, | 14 |
4503.561, 4503.562, 4503.591, 4503.67, 4503.68, 4503.69, 4503.71, | 15 |
4503.711, 4503.72, 4503.73, 4503.74, 4503.75, and 4503.85 of the | 16 |
Revised Code. | 17 |
(1) The registrar shall pay the contributions received | 20 |
pursuant to section 4503.491 of the Revised Code to the breast | 21 |
cancer fund of Ohio, which shall use that money only to pay for | 22 |
programs that provide assistance and education to Ohio breast | 23 |
cancer patients and that improve access for such patients to | 24 |
quality health care and clinical trials and shall not use any of | 25 |
the money for abortion information, counseling, services, or other | 26 |
abortion-related activities. | 27 |
(7) The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 54 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.522 of the Revised Code to the | 55 |
"friends of Perry's victory and international peace memorial, | 56 |
incorporated," a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of | 57 |
this state, to assist that organization in paying the expenses it | 58 |
incurs in sponsoring or holding charitable, educational, and | 59 |
cultural events at the monument. | 60 |
(8) The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 61 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.55 of the Revised Code to the | 62 |
pro football hall of fame, which shall deposit the contributions | 63 |
into a special bank account that it establishes and which shall be | 64 |
separate and distinct from any other account the pro football hall | 65 |
of fame maintains, to be used exclusively for the purpose of | 66 |
promoting the pro football hall of fame as a travel destination. | 67 |
(10) In accordance with section 955.202 of the Revised Code, | 73 |
the registrar shall pay to the pets program funding board created | 74 |
by that section the contributions the registrar receives pursuant | 75 |
to section 4503.551 of the Revised Code and any other money from | 76 |
any other source, including donations, gifts, and grants, that is | 77 |
designated by the source to be paid to the pets program funding | 78 |
board. The board shall use the moneys it receives under this | 79 |
section only to support programs for the sterilization of dogs and | 80 |
cats and for educational programs concerning the proper veterinary | 81 |
care of those animals. | 82 |
(12) The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 86 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.553 of the Revised Code to the | 87 |
Ohio coalition for animals, incorporated, a nonprofit corporation, | 88 |
which may use the money to support educational, charitable, and | 89 |
other programs that provide care for unwanted, abused, and | 90 |
neglected horses. The Ohio coalition for animals also may use the | 91 |
money for reasonable marketing costs incurred in the design and | 92 |
promotion of the license plate and for administrative costs | 93 |
incurred in the disbursement and management of funds received | 94 |
under this section. | 95 |
(13) The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 96 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.561 of the Revised Code to the | 97 |
state of Ohio chapter of ducks unlimited, inc., which shall | 98 |
deposit the contributions into a special bank account that it | 99 |
establishes. The special bank account shall be separate and | 100 |
distinct from any other account the state of Ohio chapter of ducks | 101 |
unlimited, inc., maintains and shall be used exclusively for the | 102 |
purpose of protecting, enhancing, restoring, and managing wetlands | 103 |
and conserving wildlife habitat. The state of Ohio chapter of | 104 |
ducks unlimited, inc., annually shall notify the registrar in | 105 |
writing of the name, address, and account to which such payments | 106 |
are to be made under division (B)(12) of this section. | 107 |
(14)(15)(a) The registrar shall pay to a sports commission | 113 |
created pursuant to section 4503.591 of the Revised Code each | 114 |
contribution the registrar receives under that section that an | 115 |
applicant pays to obtain license plates that bear the logo of a | 116 |
professional sports team located in the county of that sports | 117 |
commission and that is participating in the license plate program | 118 |
pursuant to division (E) of that section, irrespective of the | 119 |
county of residence of an applicant. | 120 |
(19)(20) The registrar shall pay the contributions the | 148 |
registrar receives pursuant to section 4503.711 of the Revised | 149 |
Code to the fraternal order of police of Ohio, incorporated, which | 150 |
shall deposit the contributions into an account that it creates to | 151 |
be used for the purpose of advancing and protecting the law | 152 |
enforcement profession, promoting improved law enforcement | 153 |
methods, and teaching respect for law and order. | 154 |
(20)(21) The registrar shall pay the contributions the | 155 |
registrar receives pursuant to section 4503.72 of the Revised Code | 156 |
to the organization known on March 31, 2003, as the Ohio CASA/GAL | 157 |
association, a private, nonprofit corporation organized under | 158 |
Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code. The Ohio CASA/GAL association | 159 |
shall use these contributions to pay the expenses it incurs in | 160 |
administering a program to secure the proper representation in the | 161 |
courts of this state of abused, neglected, and dependent children, | 162 |
and for the training and supervision of persons participating in | 163 |
that program. | 164 |
(C) All investment earnings of the license plate contribution | 186 |
fund shall be credited to the fund. Not later than the first day | 187 |
of May of every year, the registrar shall distribute to each | 188 |
entity described in divisionsdivision (B)(1) to (24) of this | 189 |
section the investment income the fund earned the previous | 190 |
calendar year. The amount of such a distribution paid to an entity | 191 |
shall be proportionate to the amount of money the entity received | 192 |
from the fund during the previous calendar year. | 193 |
Sec. 4503.553. (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, | 194 |
noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other | 195 |
vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of motor vehicles may | 196 |
apply to the registrar for the registration of the vehicle and | 197 |
issuance of Ohio's horse license plates. An application made under | 198 |
this section may be combined with a request for a special reserved | 199 |
license plate under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised | 200 |
Code. Upon receipt of the completed application and compliance by | 201 |
the applicant with divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the | 202 |
registrar shall issue to the applicant the appropriate vehicle | 203 |
registration and a set of Ohio's horse license plates and a | 204 |
validation sticker, or a validation sticker alone when required by | 205 |
section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. | 206 |
(B) The Ohio's horse license plates and a validation sticker, | 214 |
or validation sticker alone, shall be issued upon receipt of a | 215 |
contribution as provided in division (C)(1) of this section and | 216 |
upon payment of the regular license tax as prescribed under | 217 |
section 4503.04 of the Revised Code, any applicable motor vehicle | 218 |
license tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, any | 219 |
applicable additional fee prescribed by section 4503.40 or 4503.42 | 220 |
of the Revised Code, a fee of ten dollars for the purpose of | 221 |
compensating the bureau of motor vehicles for additional services | 222 |
required in the issuing of Ohio's horse license plates, and | 223 |
compliance with all other applicable laws relating to the | 224 |
registration of motor vehicles. | 225 |
(C)(1) For each application for registration and registration | 226 |
renewal notice the registrar receives under this section, the | 227 |
registrar shall collect a contribution in an amount not to exceed | 228 |
forty dollars, as determined by the Ohio coalition for animals, | 229 |
incorporated. The registrar shall deposit this contribution into | 230 |
the state treasury to the credit of the license plate contribution | 231 |
fund created in section 4501.21 of the Revised Code. | 232 |
Section 3. Section 4501.21 of the Revised Code is presented | 240 |
in
this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Am. | 241 |
Sub. H.B. 68 and Sub. H.B. 298 of
the 126th General Assembly. The | 242 |
General Assembly, applying the
principle stated in division (B) of | 243 |
section 1.52 of the Revised
Code that amendments are to be | 244 |
harmonized if reasonably capable of
simultaneous operation, finds | 245 |
that the composite is the resulting
version of the section in | 246 |
effect prior to the effective date of
the section as presented in | 247 |
this act. | 248 |