Sec. 4503.43. (A) Any person being awarded the congressional | 12 |
medal of honor may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles for | 13 |
the registration of histhe person's personal motor vehicle | 14 |
without the payment of any registration fee and service fee as | 15 |
required by sections 4503.04, 4503.10, and 4503.102 of the Revised | 16 |
Code, and without the payment of any applicable county or | 17 |
municipal motor vehicle tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the | 18 |
Revised Code. The application for registration shall be | 19 |
accompanied by such documentary evidence in support of such award | 20 |
as the registrar and the director of public safety may require by | 21 |
rule. The application may be combined with a request for a special | 22 |
reserved license plate under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the | 23 |
Revised Code. | 24 |
Upon receipt of an application for registration of a motor | 25 |
vehicle under this section and any applicable fee, and upon | 26 |
presentation of the required supporting evidence of the award of | 27 |
the congressional medal of honor, the registrar shall issue to the | 28 |
applicant the appropriate motor vehicle registration and a set of | 29 |
license plates and a validation sticker, or a validation sticker | 30 |
alone when required by section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. | 31 |
(B) The surviving spouse of a deceased person who had been | 43 |
awarded the congressional medal of honor, if the surviving spouse | 44 |
has not remarried and if the deceased person received or was | 45 |
eligible to receive special license plates issued under division | 46 |
(A) of this section, may apply to the registrar for the | 47 |
registration of the spouse's personal motor vehicle without the | 48 |
payment of any fee or tax as provided by division (A) of this | 49 |
section. If the application is combined with a request for a | 50 |
special license plate under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the | 51 |
Revised Code, the surviving spouse shall be required to pay | 52 |
seventy-five per cent of the applicable additional fee prescribed | 53 |
under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. The | 54 |
application for registration shall be accompanied by documentary | 55 |
evidence of the deceased person's award of the congressional medal | 56 |
of honor and by any other evidence that the registrar requires by | 57 |
rule. | 58 |
(C) No person who is not a recipient of the congressional | 64 |
medal of honor or the surviving spouse of such a person who has | 65 |
not remarried shall willfully and falsely represent that the | 66 |
person is a recipient of the congressional medal of honor or the | 67 |
surviving spouse of such a person who has not remarried for the | 68 |
purpose of obtaining license plates under this section. No person | 69 |
shall own or lease a motor vehicle bearing license plates under | 70 |
this section unless the person is eligible to be issued those | 71 |
license plates. | 72 |
Sec. 4503.431. (A) Any person who has been awarded the silver | 75 |
star may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles for the | 76 |
registration of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, | 77 |
recreational vehicle, or other vehicle the person owns or leases | 78 |
of a class approved by the registrar. The application shall be | 79 |
accompanied by such documentary evidence in support of the award | 80 |
as the registrar shall require by rule. The application may be | 81 |
combined with a request for a special reserved license plate under | 82 |
section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. | 83 |
Upon receipt of an application for registration of a motor | 84 |
vehicle under this section; presentation of satisfactory evidence | 85 |
documenting that the applicant is a recipient of the silver star; | 86 |
payment of the regular license fee as prescribed under section | 87 |
4503.04 of the Revised Code, any local motor vehicle license tax | 88 |
levied under Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, and any applicable | 89 |
additional fee prescribed by section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the | 90 |
Revised Code; and compliance with all other applicable laws | 91 |
relating to the registration of motor vehicles, the registrar | 92 |
shall issue to the applicant the appropriate motor vehicle | 93 |
registration and a set of license plates and a validation sticker, | 94 |
or a validation sticker alone when required by section 4503.191 of | 95 |
the Revised Code. | 96 |
(B) The surviving spouse of a deceased person who had been | 103 |
awarded the silver star, if the surviving spouse has not remarried | 104 |
and if the deceased person received or was eligible to receive | 105 |
special license plates issued under division (A) of this section, | 106 |
may apply to the registrar for the registration of the spouse's | 107 |
personal motor vehicle as provided by division (A) of this | 108 |
section. The application for registration shall be accompanied by | 109 |
documentary evidence of the deceased person's award of the silver | 110 |
star, and by any other evidence that the registrar requires by | 111 |
rule. | 112 |
(C)(D) No person who is not a recipient of the silver star or | 121 |
the surviving spouse of such a person who has not remarried shall | 122 |
willfully and falsely represent that the person is a recipient of | 123 |
the silver star or the surviving spouse of such a person who has | 124 |
not remarried for the purpose of obtaining license plates under | 125 |
this section. No person shall permit a motor vehicle owned or | 126 |
leased by such person to bear license plates issued under this | 127 |
section unless the person is eligible to be issued such license | 128 |
plates. | 129 |
Sec. 4503.432. (A) Any person who has been awarded the bronze | 132 |
star medal may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles for the | 133 |
registration of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, | 134 |
recreational vehicle, or other vehicle the person owns or leases | 135 |
of a class approved by the registrar. The application shall be | 136 |
accompanied by such documentary evidence in support of the award | 137 |
as the registrar shall require by rule. The application may be | 138 |
combined with a request for a special reserved license plate under | 139 |
section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. | 140 |
Upon receipt of an application for registration of a motor | 141 |
vehicle under this section; presentation of satisfactory evidence | 142 |
documenting that the applicant is a recipient of the bronze star | 143 |
medal; payment of the regular license fee as prescribed under | 144 |
section 4503.04 of the Revised Code, any local motor vehicle | 145 |
license tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, and | 146 |
any applicable additional fee prescribed by section 4503.40 or | 147 |
4503.42 of the Revised Code; and compliance with all other | 148 |
applicable laws relating to the registration of motor vehicles, | 149 |
the registrar shall issue to the applicant the appropriate motor | 150 |
vehicle registration and a set of license plates and a validation | 151 |
sticker, or a validation sticker alone when required by section | 152 |
4503.191 of the Revised Code. | 153 |
(B) The surviving spouse of a deceased person who had been | 160 |
awarded the bronze star medal, if the surviving spouse has not | 161 |
remarried and if the deceased person received or was eligible to | 162 |
receive special license plates issued under division (A) of this | 163 |
section, may apply to the registrar for the registration of the | 164 |
spouse's personal motor vehicle as provided by division (A) of | 165 |
this section. The application for registration shall be | 166 |
accompanied by documentary evidence of the deceased person's award | 167 |
of the bronze star medal, and by any other evidence that the | 168 |
registrar requires by rule. | 169 |
(C)(D) No person who is not a recipient of the bronze star | 178 |
medal or the surviving spouse of such a person who has not | 179 |
remarried shall willfully and falsely represent that the person is | 180 |
a recipient of the bronze star medal or the surviving spouse of | 181 |
such a person who has not remarried for the purpose of obtaining | 182 |
license plates under this section. No person shall permit a motor | 183 |
vehicle owned or leased by such person to bear license plates | 184 |
issued under this section unless the person is eligible to be | 185 |
issued such license plates. | 186 |
Sec. 4503.571. (A) Any person who has been awarded the | 189 |
purple heart may apply to the registrar of motor vehicles for the | 190 |
registration of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, | 191 |
recreational vehicle, motorcycle when the registrar determines | 192 |
that producing a purple heart motorcycle license plate is | 193 |
feasible, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar | 194 |
that the person owns or leases. The application shall be | 195 |
accompanied by such documentary evidence in support of the award | 196 |
as the registrar may require. The application may be combined with | 197 |
a request for a special reserved license plate under section | 198 |
4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. | 199 |
Upon receipt of an application for registration of a motor | 200 |
vehicle under this section and any required taxesapplicable fee, | 201 |
and upon presentation of the required supporting evidence of the | 202 |
award of the purple heart, the registrar shall issue to the | 203 |
applicant the appropriate motor vehicle registration and a set of | 204 |
license plates and a validation sticker, or a validation sticker | 205 |
alone when required by section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. | 206 |
The license plates and validation stickers shall be issued | 212 |
without the payment of any registration fee and service fee | 213 |
required by sections 4503.04, 4503.10, and 4503.102 of the Revised | 214 |
Code, and without the payment of any local motor vehicle license | 215 |
tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code. The applicant | 216 |
shall comply with all other applicable laws relating to the | 217 |
registration of motor vehicles. If the application is combined | 218 |
with a request for a special reserved license plate under section | 219 |
4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code, the license plates and | 220 |
validation sticker shall be issued upon payment of seventy-five | 221 |
per cent of the applicable additional fee prescribed under section | 222 |
4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. | 223 |
No(B) The surviving spouse of a deceased person who had been | 224 |
awarded the purple heart, if the surviving spouse has not | 225 |
remarried and if the deceased person received or was eligible to | 226 |
receive special license plates issued under division (A) of this | 227 |
section, may apply to the registrar for the registration of the | 228 |
spouse's personal motor vehicle without the payment of any fee or | 229 |
tax as provided by division (A) of this section. If the | 230 |
application is combined with a request for a special license plate | 231 |
under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code, the | 232 |
surviving spouse shall be required to pay seventy-five per cent of | 233 |
the additional fee prescribed under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of | 234 |
the Revised Code, as the case may be. The application for | 235 |
registration shall be accompanied by documentary evidence of the | 236 |
deceased person's award of the purple heart and by any other | 237 |
evidence that the registrar requires by rule. | 238 |
(C) No person who is not a recipient of the purple heart or | 244 |
the surviving spouse of such a person who has not remarried shall | 245 |
willfully and falsely represent that the person is a recipient of | 246 |
a purple heart or the surviving spouse of such a person who has | 247 |
not remarried for the purpose of obtaining license plates under | 248 |
this section. No person shall own or lease a motor vehicle bearing | 249 |
license plates under this section unless the person is eligible to | 250 |
be issued those license plates. | 251 |