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 |
Except as provided in division (B)(12) of this section, the coalition shall distribute the money to its members, and the members shall use the money only to pay for educational, charitable, and | 89 |
other programs of each coalition member that provide care for unwanted, abused, and | 90 |
neglected horses. The Ohio coalition for animals may use a portion of the | 91 |
money to pay 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 |