H. B. No. 399 As Introduced

Cosponsors: Representatives Derickson, Murray, Gardner, Grossman, Huffman, Evans, Adams, J., Morgan, Coley, Lundy, Sears, Adams, R., Chandler, Stebelton, Beck, Okey, Stautberg

Sec. 955.011. (A) When an application is made for	8
registration of an assistance dog and the owner can show proof by	9
certificate or other means that the dog is an assistance dog, the	10
owner of the dog shall be exempt from any fee for the	11
registration. Registration for an assistance dog shall be	12
permanent and not subject to annual renewal so long as the dog is	13
an assistance dog. Certificates and tags stamped "Ohio Assistance	14
Dog-Permanent Registration," with registration number, shall be	15
issued upon registration of such a dog. Any certificate and tag	16
stamped "Ohio Guide Dog-Permanent Registration" or "Ohio Hearing	17
Dog-Permanent Registration," with registration number, that was	18
issued for a dog in accordance with this section as it existed	19
prior to July 4, 1984, any certificate and tag stamped "Ohio	20
Handicapped Assistance Dog-Permanent Registration," with	21
registration number, that was issued for a dog in accordance with	22
this section as it existed on and after July 5, 1984, but prior to	23
November 26, 2004, and any certificate and tag stamped "Ohio	24
Service Dog-Permanent Registration," with registration number,	25
that was issued for a dog in accordance with this section as it	26
existed on and after November 26, 2004, but prior to ~~the effective~~	27
~~date of this amendment~~June 30, 2006, shall remain in effect as	28
valid proof of the registration of the dog on and after November	29
26, 2004. Duplicate certificates and tags for a dog registered in	30
accordance with this section, upon proper proof of loss, shall be	31
issued and no fee required. Each duplicate certificate and tag	32
that is issued shall be stamped "Ohio Assistance Dog-Permanent	33
Registration."	34

(B) As used in this section and in sections 955.16 and 955.43	35
of the Revised Code:	36

(1) "Mobility impaired person" means any person, regardless	37
of age, who is subject to a physiological defect or deficiency	38
regardless of its cause, nature, or extent that renders the person	39
unable to move about without the aid of crutches, a wheelchair, or	40
any other form of support, or that limits the person's functional	41
ability to ambulate, climb, descend, sit, rise, or perform any	42
related function. "Mobility impaired person" includes a person	43
with a neurological or psychological disability that limits the	44
person's functional ability to ambulate, climb, descend, sit,	45
rise, or perform any related function. "Mobility impaired person"	46
also includes a person with a seizure disorder and a person who is	47
diagnosed with autism.	48

(a) Vision twenty/two hundred or less in the better eye with	50
proper correction;	51

(b) Field defect in the better eye with proper correction	52
that contracts the peripheral field so that the diameter of the	53
visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees.	54

Section 1. That section 955.011 of the Revised Code be	6
amended to read as follows:	7

(3) "Assistance dog" means a guide dog, hearing dog, or	55
service dog that has been trained by a nonprofit special agency.	56

(4) "Guide dog" means a dog that has been trained or is in	57
training to assist a blind person.	58

(5) "Hearing dog" means a dog that has been trained or is in	59
training to assist a deaf or hearing-impaired person.	60

(6) "Service dog" means a dog that has been trained or is in	61
training to assist a mobility impaired person.	62

Section 2. That existing section 955.011 of the Revised Code	63
is hereby repealed.	64