Sec. 4503.102. (A) The registrar of motor vehicles shall | 9 |
adopt rules to establish a centralized system of motor vehicle | 10 |
registration renewal by mail or by electronic means. Any person | 11 |
owning
a motor vehicle that was registered in the person's name | 12 |
during the
preceding registration
year shall renew the | 13 |
registration of the motor vehicle not more than ninety
days prior | 14 |
to the expiration date of the registration either by
mail or by | 15 |
electronic means through the
centralized system of registration | 16 |
established
under this section, or in person at any office of the | 17 |
registrar or at a deputy registrar's office. | 18 |
(B)(1) No less than forty-five days prior to the expiration | 19 |
date of any motor vehicle registration, the registrar shall mail
a | 20 |
renewal notice to the person in whose name the motor
vehicle is | 21 |
registered. The renewal notice shall clearly state
that the | 22 |
registration of the motor vehicle may be renewed by mail
or | 23 |
electronic means
through the centralized system of registration or | 24 |
in person at any office
of
the registrar or at a deputy | 25 |
registrar's office and shall be preprinted
with information | 26 |
including, but not limited to, the owner's name and
residence | 27 |
address as shown in the records of the bureau of motor
vehicles, a | 28 |
brief description of the motor vehicle to be
registered, notice of | 29 |
the license taxes and fees due on the motor
vehicle, the toll-free | 30 |
telephone number of the registrar as
required under division | 31 |
(D)(1) of section 4503.031 of the Revised
Code, and any additional | 32 |
information the registrar may require by
rule. The renewal notice | 33 |
shall not include the social security number of either the owner | 34 |
of the motor vehicle or the person in whose name the motor vehicle | 35 |
is registered. The renewal notice
shall be sent by regular mail to | 36 |
the owner's last known address as
shown in the records of the | 37 |
bureau
of motor vehicles. | 38 |
(2) If the application for
renewal of the registration of a | 39 |
motor vehicle is prohibited from being
accepted by the registrar | 40 |
or a deputy registrar by division (D) of section 2935.27, division | 41 |
(A) of section 2937.221, division (A) of section
4503.13, division | 42 |
(B) of section
4510.22,
or division (B)(1) of section
4521.10 of | 43 |
the Revised Code, the registrar is
not required to send
a renewal | 44 |
notice to the vehicle owner or vehicle lessee. | 45 |
(C) The owner of the motor vehicle shall verify the | 46 |
information contained in the notice, sign it either manually or by | 47 |
electronic means, and return it, either by mail or electronic | 48 |
means, or
the owner may take it in
person to any office of the | 49 |
registrar or of a deputy registrar,
together with a financial | 50 |
transaction device number,
when permitted by rule of the | 51 |
registrar, check, or money order in the amount of the
registration | 52 |
taxes and fees payable on the motor vehicle and a
mail fee of
two | 53 |
dollars and
seventy-five cents
commencing on July 1,
2001, three | 54 |
dollars and twenty-five cents commencing on January 1,
2003, and | 55 |
three dollars and fifty cents commencing on January 1,
2004, plus | 56 |
postage as
indicated on the notice, if the registration
is renewed | 57 |
by mail,
and an inspection certificate for the motor
vehicle as | 58 |
provided
in section 3704.14 of the Revised Code. If
the motor | 59 |
vehicle owner chooses
to renew the motor vehicle
registration by | 60 |
electronic means,
the owner shall proceed in
accordance with the | 61 |
rules the registrar adopts. | 62 |
(D) If all registration and transfer fees for the motor | 63 |
vehicle for the preceding year or the preceding period of the | 64 |
current registration year have not been paid, if division (D) of | 65 |
section 2935.27, division (A) of section 2937.221, division (A) of | 66 |
section 4503.13, division
(B) of section
4510.22, or
division | 67 |
(B)(1) of section
4521.10 of the Revised Code prohibits
acceptance | 68 |
of the renewal notice, or if
the owner or lessee does
not have an | 69 |
inspection certificate for the motor
vehicle as
provided in | 70 |
section 3704.14 of the Revised Code, if
that section
is | 71 |
applicable, the license shall be refused, and the
registrar or | 72 |
deputy registrar shall so notify the owner. This
section does not | 73 |
require the payment of license or registration
taxes on a motor | 74 |
vehicle for any preceding year, or for any
preceding period of a | 75 |
year, if the motor vehicle was not taxable
for that preceding year | 76 |
or period under section 4503.02, 4503.04,
4503.11, 4503.12, or | 77 |
4503.16 or Chapter 4504. of the Revised
Code. | 78 |
(E)(1) Failure to receive a renewal notice does not
relieve
a | 79 |
motor vehicle owner from the responsibility to renew the | 80 |
registration for the motor vehicle. Any person who has a motor | 81 |
vehicle registered in this state and who does not receive a | 82 |
renewal notice as provided in division (B) of this section prior | 83 |
to the expiration date of the registration shall request an | 84 |
application for registration from the registrar or a deputy | 85 |
registrar and sign the application
manually or by electronic means | 86 |
and submit the application and
pay any applicable
license taxes | 87 |
and fees to the registrar or deputy registrar. | 88 |
(2) If the owner of a motor vehicle submits an application | 89 |
for
registration and the registrar is prohibited by division (D) | 90 |
of
section 2935.27, division (A) of section 2937.221, division (A) | 91 |
of
section 4503.13, division
(B) of section
4510.22, or
division | 92 |
(B)(1) of section
4521.10 of the Revised Code from
accepting the | 93 |
application, the registrar
shall return the
application and the | 94 |
payment to the owner. If the owner of a motor
vehicle
submits a | 95 |
registration renewal application to the
registrar by electronic | 96 |
means and the registrar is prohibited from
accepting the | 97 |
application as provided in this division, the
registrar shall | 98 |
notify the
owner of this fact and deny the
application and return | 99 |
the payment or give a
credit on the
financial transaction device | 100 |
account
of the owner in
the manner
the registrar prescribes by | 101 |
rule adopted pursuant to division
(A)
of this section. | 102 |
(F) Every deputy registrar shall post in a prominent place
at | 103 |
the deputy's office a notice informing the public of the
mail | 104 |
registration system required by this section and also shall post
a | 105 |
notice that every owner of a motor vehicle and every chauffeur | 106 |
holding a certificate of registration is required to notify the | 107 |
registrar in writing of any change of residence within ten days | 108 |
after the change occurs. The notice shall be in such form as the | 109 |
registrar prescribes by rule. | 110 |
(G) The
two dollars and
seventy-five cents fee
collected
from | 111 |
July 1, 2001, through December 31, 2002, the three
dollars
and | 112 |
twenty-five cents fee collected from January 1, 2003,
through | 113 |
December 31, 2003, and the three dollars and fifty cents
fee | 114 |
collected after January 1, 2004, plus
postage and any
financial | 115 |
transaction device
surcharge collected by the registrar
for | 116 |
registration by mail, shall be paid to the credit of the
state | 117 |
bureau of motor vehicles fund
established by section 4501.25 of | 118 |
the Revised Code. | 119 |
(H)(1) Pursuant to section 113.40 of the Revised Code, the | 120 |
registrar may
implement a program
permitting payment of motor | 121 |
vehicle
registration taxes and fees,
driver's license and | 122 |
commercial
driver's license fees, and any
other taxes, fees, | 123 |
penalties, or
charges imposed or levied by the state
by means of | 124 |
a
financial
transaction device.
The registrar may
adopt rules | 125 |
as
necessary for this purpose. | 126 |
(2) Commencing(a) Except as otherwise provided in division | 127 |
(H)(2)(c) of this section, commencing with deputy registrar | 128 |
contract awards that
have a start date of July 1, 20082010, and | 129 |
for all contract
awards
thereafter, the registrar shall | 130 |
incorporate in the review
process
a score for whether or not a | 131 |
proposer states that the
proposer
willrequire all deputy | 132 |
registrars to accept payment by
means of a financial transaction | 133 |
device,
including credit cards
and debit cards through the use | 134 |
of a deputy-supplied cash or
cashless automated teller machine, | 135 |
for allany department of
public
safety transactions
conducted | 136 |
at thatby the deputy registrar
location. The bureau of motor | 137 |
vehicles shall not be
required to pay any costs associated with | 138 |
the use of the automated
teller machine. The deputy registrar | 139 |
shall not be required to pay any additional fees or expenses | 140 |
except as permitted to be in full compliance with all federal and | 141 |
state laws, including the "Truth in Lending Act," 82 Stat. 146 | 142 |
(1968), 15 U.S.C 1601, or those that are related to the setup or | 143 |
maintenance of the automated teller machine. Customers of the | 144 |
bureau shall not be required to pay any additional fees or | 145 |
expenses except as permitted to
be in full compliance with all | 146 |
federal and state laws, including
the "Truth in Lending Act." | 147 |
(b) The registrar may permit any deputy registrar to accept | 155 |
credit cards and debit cards by an over-the-counter method in lieu | 156 |
of the cash or cashless automated teller machine. The bureau of | 157 |
motor vehicles shall not be required to pay any costs associated | 158 |
with the use of the over-the-counter method. Customers of the | 159 |
bureau and the deputy registrar shall not be required to pay any | 160 |
additional fees
or expenses except as permitted to be in full | 161 |
compliance with all
federal and state laws, including the "Truth | 162 |
in Lending Act." | 163 |
(c) The registrar may exempt a deputy registrar from | 164 |
accepting payments by means of debit cards through the use of a | 165 |
deputy-supplied cash or cashless automated teller machine under | 166 |
division (H)(2)(a) of this section if the registrar determines | 167 |
that the deputy registrar location does not meet a specified | 168 |
annual transaction threshold the registrar determines, if there | 169 |
are existing automated teller machines readily available in a | 170 |
location relative to the deputy registrar's office, or for any | 171 |
other reason the registrar determines. | 172 |
(3) A county auditor or clerk of a court of common pleas that | 173 |
is designated a deputy registrar
may choose to accept payment by | 174 |
means of a financial transaction
device, including credit cards | 175 |
and debit cards, for all department
of public safety transactions | 176 |
conducted at the office of the
county auditor or clerk of a court | 177 |
of common pleas in the county auditor's or clerk's capacity as | 178 |
deputy
registrar. The bureau shall not be required to pay any | 179 |
costs
incurred by a county auditor or clerk of a court of common | 180 |
pleas who accepts payment by means of a
financial transaction | 181 |
device that result from the county auditor
accepting payment by | 182 |
means of a financial transaction device for
any such department | 183 |
of public safety transaction. | 184 |
Section 3. Section 4503.102 of the Revised Code is | 194 |
presented in
this act as a composite of the section as amended by | 195 |
both H.B. 13 and Am. Sub. H.B. 119 of
the 127th General Assembly. | 196 |
The General Assembly, applying the
principle stated in division | 197 |
(B) of section 1.52 of the Revised
Code that amendments are to be | 198 |
harmonized if reasonably capable of
simultaneous operation, finds | 199 |
that the composite is the resulting
version of the section in | 200 |
effect prior to the effective date of
the section as presented in | 201 |
this act. | 202 |