As Passed by the Senate

128th General Assembly
Regular Session
2009-2010
Sub. H. B. No. 50


Representative Domenick 

Cosponsors: Representatives Williams, B., Harris, Huffman, Brown, Murray, Oelslager, Okey, Bolon, Winburn, Harwood, Phillips, Hottinger, McGregor, Bacon, Balderson, Batchelder, Blair, Boose, Boyd, Bubp, Burke, Carney, Combs, DeBose, Derickson, Dyer, Evans, Fende, Garland, Garrison, Gerberry, Goyal, Grossman, Hackett, Hagan, Heard, Lehner, Letson, Luckie, Mallory, Martin, McClain, Moran, Morgan, Patten, Pillich, Pryor, Ruhl, Sayre, Sears, Slesnick, Snitchler, Stebelton, Stewart, Uecker, Wachtmann, Weddington, Williams, S., Yuko, Zehringer 

Senators Turner, Fedor, Buehrer, Harris, Hughes, Miller, D., Morano, Patton, Sawyer, Schiavoni, Strahorn, Wagoner, Smith 

A BILL
To amend sections 4503.19 and 4561.15 of the Revised 1
Code to require a motor vehicle certificate of 2
registration to have a supplemental portion that 3
contains all the information contained in the main 4
portion of the certificate except for the address 5
of the person to whom the certificate is issued 6
and to modify the prohibition against a pilot 7
carrying passengers unless the pilot has a 8
specified certification. 9


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

       Section 1. That sections 4503.19 and 4561.15 of the Revised 10
Code be amended to read as follows: 11

       Sec. 4503.19.  (A) Upon the filing of an application for 12
registration and the payment of the tax for registration, the 13
registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar shall determine 14
whether the owner previously has been issued license plates for 15
the motor vehicle described in the application. If no license 16
plates previously have been issued to the owner for that motor 17
vehicle, the registrar or deputy registrar shall assign to the 18
motor vehicle a distinctive number and issue and deliver to the 19
owner in the manner that the registrar may select a certificate of 20
registration, in the form that the registrar shall prescribe, and, 21
except as otherwise provided in this section, two license plates, 22
duplicates of each other, and a validation sticker, or a 23
validation sticker alone, to be attached to the number plates as 24
provided in section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. The registrar or 25
deputy registrar also shall charge the owner any fees required 26
under division (C) of section 4503.10 of the Revised Code. 27
Trailers, manufactured homes, mobile homes, semitrailers, the 28
manufacturer thereof, the dealer, or in transit companies therein, 29
shall be issued one license plate only and one validation sticker, 30
or a validation sticker alone, and the license plate and 31
validation sticker shall be displayed only on the rear of such 32
vehicles. A commercial tractor that does not receive an 33
apportioned license plate under the international registration 34
plan shall be issued two license plates and one validation 35
sticker, and the validation sticker shall be displayed on the 36
front of the commercial tractor. An apportioned vehicle receiving 37
an apportioned license plate under the international registration 38
plan shall be issued one license plate only and one validation 39
sticker, or a validation sticker alone; the license plate shall be 40
displayed only on the front of a semitractor and on the rear of 41
all other vehicles. School buses shall not be issued license 42
plates but shall bear identifying numbers in the manner prescribed 43
by section 4511.764 of the Revised Code. The certificate of 44
registration and license plates and validation stickers, or 45
validation stickers alone, shall be issued and delivered to the 46
owner in person or by mail. Chauffeured limousines shall be issued 47
license plates, a validation sticker, and a livery sticker as 48
provided in section 4503.24 of the Revised Code. In the event of 49
the loss, mutilation, or destruction of any certificate of 50
registration, or of any license plates or validation stickers, or 51
if the owner chooses to replace license plates previously issued 52
for a motor vehicle, or if the registration certificate and 53
license plates have been impounded as provided by division (B)(1) 54
of section 4507.02 and section 4507.16 of the Revised Code, the 55
owner of a motor vehicle, or manufacturer or dealer, may obtain 56
from the registrar, or from a deputy registrar if authorized by 57
the registrar, a duplicate thereof or new license plates bearing a 58
different number, if the registrar considers it advisable, upon 59
filing an application prescribed by the registrar, and upon paying 60
a fee of one dollar for such certificate of registration, which 61
one dollar fee shall be deposited into the state treasury to the 62
credit of the state bureau of motor vehicles fund created in 63
section 4501.25 of the Revised Code. Commencing with each request 64
made on or after October 1, 2009, or in conjunction with 65
replacement license plates issued for renewal registrations 66
expiring on or after October 1, 2009, a fee of seven dollars and 67
fifty cents for each set of two license plates or six dollars and 68
fifty cents for each single license plate or validation sticker 69
shall be charged and collected, of which the registrar shall 70
deposit five dollars and fifty cents of each seven dollar and 71
fifty cent fee or each six dollar and fifty cent fee into the 72
state treasury to the credit of the state highway safety fund 73
created in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code and the remaining 74
portion of each such fee into the state treasury to the credit of 75
the state bureau of motor vehicles fund created in section 4501.25 76
of the Revised Code. In addition, each applicant for a replacement 77
certificate of registration, license plate, or validation sticker 78
shall pay the fees provided in divisions (C) and (D) of section 79
4503.10 of the Revised Code.80

       Additionally, the registrar and each deputy registrar who 81
either issues license plates and a validation sticker for use on 82
any vehicle other than a commercial tractor, semitrailer, or 83
apportioned vehicle, or who issues a validation sticker alone for 84
use on such a vehicle and the owner has changed the owner's county 85
of residence since the owner last was issued county identification 86
stickers, also shall issue and deliver to the owner either one or 87
two county identification stickers, as appropriate, which shall be 88
attached to the license plates in a manner prescribed by the 89
director of public safety. The county identification stickers 90
shall identify prominently by name or number the county in which 91
the owner of the vehicle resides at the time of registration.92

       (B) A certificate of registration issued under this section 93
shall have a portion that contains all the information contained 94
in the main portion of the certificate except for the address of 95
the person to whom the certificate is issued. Except as provided 96
in this division, whenever a reference is made in the Revised Code 97
to a motor vehicle certificate of registration that is issued 98
under this section, the reference shall be deemed to refer to 99
either the main portion of the certificate or the portion 100
containing all information in the main portion except the address 101
of the person to whom the certificate is issued. If a reference is 102
made in the Revised Code to the seizure or surrender of a motor 103
vehicle certificate of registration that is issued under this 104
section, the reference shall be deemed to refer to both the main 105
portion of the certificate and the portion containing all 106
information in the main portion except the address of the person 107
to whom the certificate is issued.108

       (C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor 109
misdemeanor.110

       Sec. 4561.15.  (A) No person shall commit any of the 111
following acts:112

       (1) Carry passengers in an aircraft unless the person 113
piloting the aircraft is a holder of a valid airperson's 114
certificate of competency in the grade of private pilot or higher115
issued by the United States that authorizes the holder to carry 116
passengers and the person is carrying any passenger in accordance 117
with the applicable certificate requirements; this division of 118
this section is inapplicable to the operation of military aircraft 119
of the United States, aircraft of a state, territory, or 120
possession of the United States, or aircraft licensed by a foreign 121
country with which the United States has a reciprocal agreement 122
covering the operation of such aircraft;123

       (2) Operate an aircraft on the land or water or in the air 124
space over this state in a careless or reckless manner that 125
endangers any person or property, or with willful or wanton 126
disregard for the rights or safety of others;127

       (3) Operate an aircraft on the land or water or in the air 128
space over this state while under the influence of intoxicating 129
liquor, controlled substances, or other habit-forming drugs;130

       (4) Tamper with, alter, destroy, remove, carry away, or cause 131
to be carried away any object used for the marking of airports, 132
landing fields, or other aeronautical facilities in this state, or 133
in any way change the position or location of such markings, 134
except by the direction of the proper authorities charged with the 135
maintenance and operation of such facilities, or illegally possess 136
any object used for such markings.137

       (B) Jurisdiction over any proceedings charging a violation of 138
this section is limited to courts of record.139

       (C) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more 140
than five hundred dollars, imprisoned not more than six months, or 141
both.142

       Section 2. That existing sections 4503.19 and 4561.15 of the 143
Revised Code are hereby repealed. 144