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| To amend section 4507.21 and to enact section | 1 |
| 4507.211 of the Revised Code to require each | 2 |
| person under eighteen years of age applying for a | 3 |
| driver's license to complete a first-aid and | 4 |
| cardiopulmonary resuscitation training course. | 5 |
| Section 1. That section 4507.21 be amended and section | 6 |
| 4507.211 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
| Sec. 4507.21. (A) Each applicant for a driver's license | 8 |
| shall file an application in the office of the registrar of motor | 9 |
| vehicles or of a deputy registrar. | 10 |
| (B)(1) Each person under eighteen years of age applying for a | 11 |
| driver's license issued in this state shall present satisfactory | 12 |
| evidence of having successfully completed any one of the | 13 |
| following: | 14 |
| (a) A driver education course approved by the state | 15 |
| department of education prior to December 31, 2003. | 16 |
| (b) A driver training course approved by the director of | 17 |
| public safety. | 18 |
| (c) A driver training course comparable to a driver education | 19 |
| or driver training course described in division (B)(1)(a) or (b) | 20 |
| of this section and administered by a branch of the armed forces | 21 |
| of the United States and completed by the applicant while residing | 22 |
| outside this state for the purpose of being with or near any | 23 |
| person serving in the armed forces of the United States. | 24 |
| (2) Each person under eighteen years of age applying for a | 25 |
| driver's license also shall present, on a form prescribed by the | 26 |
| registrar, an affidavit signed by an eligible adult attesting that | 27 |
| the person has acquired at least fifty hours of actual driving | 28 |
| experience, with at least ten of those hours being at night. | 29 |
| (3) Each person under eighteen years of age applying for a | 30 |
| driver's license shall present, on a form prescribed by the | 31 |
| registrar, evidence of having successfully completed within one | 32 |
| year preceding the date the person first applies for a driver's | 33 |
| license, a first-aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training | 34 |
| course approved by the registrar under section 4507.211 of the | 35 |
| Revised Code. | 36 |
| (C) If the registrar or deputy registrar determines that the | 37 |
| applicant is entitled to the driver's license, it shall be issued. | 38 |
| If the application shows that the applicant's license has been | 39 |
| previously canceled or suspended, the deputy registrar shall | 40 |
| forward the application to the registrar, who shall determine | 41 |
| whether the license shall be granted. | 42 |
| (D) All applications shall be filed in duplicate, and the | 43 |
| deputy registrar issuing the license shall immediately forward to | 44 |
| the office of the registrar the original copy of the application, | 45 |
| together with the duplicate copy of the certificate, if issued. | 46 |
| The registrar shall prescribe rules as to the manner in which the | 47 |
| deputy registrar files and maintains the applications and other | 48 |
| records. The registrar shall file every application for a driver's | 49 |
| or commercial driver's license and index them by name and number, | 50 |
| and shall maintain a suitable record of all licenses issued, all | 51 |
| convictions and bond forfeitures, all applications for licenses | 52 |
| denied, and all licenses that have been suspended or canceled. | 53 |
| (E) For purposes of section 2313.06 of the Revised Code, the | 54 |
| registrar shall maintain accurate and current lists of the | 55 |
| residents of each county who are eighteen years of age or older, | 56 |
| have been issued, on and after January 1, 1984, driver's or | 57 |
| commercial driver's licenses that are valid and current, and would | 58 |
| be electors if they were registered to vote, regardless of whether | 59 |
| they actually are registered to vote. The lists shall contain the | 60 |
| names, addresses, dates of birth, duration of residence in this | 61 |
| state, citizenship status, and social security numbers, if the | 62 |
| numbers are available, of the licensees, and may contain any other | 63 |
| information that the registrar considers suitable. | 64 |
| (F) Each person under eighteen years of age applying for a | 65 |
| motorcycle operator's endorsement or a restricted license enabling | 66 |
| the applicant to operate a motorcycle shall present satisfactory | 67 |
| evidence of having completed the courses of instruction in the | 68 |
| motorcycle safety and education program described in section | 69 |
| 4508.08 of the Revised Code or a comparable course of instruction | 70 |
| administered by a branch of the armed forces of the United States | 71 |
| and completed by the applicant while residing outside this state | 72 |
| for the purpose of being with or near any person serving in the | 73 |
| armed forces of the United States. If the registrar or deputy | 74 |
| registrar then determines that the applicant is entitled to the | 75 |
| endorsement or restricted license, it shall be issued. | 76 |
| (G) No person shall knowingly make a false statement in an | 77 |
| affidavit presented in accordance with division (B)(2) of this | 78 |
| section. | 79 |
| (H) As used in this section, "eligible adult" means any of | 80 |
| the following persons: | 81 |
| (1) A parent, guardian, or custodian of the applicant; | 82 |
| (2) A person over the age of twenty-one who acts in loco | 83 |
| parentis of the applicant and who maintains proof of financial | 84 |
| responsibility with respect to the operation of a motor vehicle | 85 |
| owned by the applicant or with respect to the applicant's | 86 |
| operation of any motor vehicle. | 87 |
| (I) Whoever violates division (G) of this section is guilty | 88 |
| of a minor misdemeanor and shall be fined one hundred dollars. | 89 |
| Sec. 4507.211. (A) Each person under eighteen years of age | 90 |
| shall successfully complete, within one year preceding the date | 91 |
| the person first applies for a driver's license, a first-aid and | 92 |
| cardiopulmonary resuscitation training course approved by the | 93 |
| registrar of motor vehicles under this section. | 94 |
| (B) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the | 95 |
| registrar shall adopt rules governing first-aid and | 96 |
| cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for persons under eighteen | 97 |
| years of age applying for a driver's license. The rules shall | 98 |
| establish minimum course curriculum standards, which shall be in | 99 |
| accordance with training courses certified by the American red | 100 |
| cross, the American heart association, or other nationally | 101 |
| recognized first-aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation | 102 |
| certification standards. In addition, the registrar shall do all | 103 |
| of the following: | 104 |
| (1) Develop and make available a list of organizations | 105 |
| offering an approved first-aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation | 106 |
| training course; | 107 |
| (2) Prescribe and provide the form to be used as evidence of | 108 |
| successfully completing an approved first-aid and cardiopulmonary | 109 |
| resuscitation training course; | 110 |
| (3) Provide notification in driver training materials and by | 111 |
| other appropriate means of the requirement to complete a first-aid | 112 |
| and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training course; | 113 |
| (4) Adopt any other rules or procedures the registrar | 114 |
| considers necessary for the administration of this section. | 115 |
| (C) The attorney general, the department of health, the | 116 |
| department of public safety, and any other state agency may | 117 |
| provide information to the registrar on grant opportunities or | 118 |
| other funds available and permitted by law to be spent to reduce | 119 |
| the costs to persons taking a first-aid and cardiopulmonary | 120 |
| resuscitation training course required under this section. The | 121 |
| registrar shall make such information available in such a manner | 122 |
| as the registrar considers appropriate. | 123 |
| (D) Nothing in this section affects the application of | 124 |
| section 2305.23 of the Revised Code to the administration of | 125 |
| emergency care or treatment by a person who completed a first-aid | 126 |
| and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training course required under | 127 |
| this section. | 128 |
| Section 2. That existing section 4507.21 of the Revised Code | 129 |
| is hereby repealed. | 130 |
| Section 3. The Registrar of Motor Vehicles shall adopt the | 131 |
| rules required under division (B) of section 4507.211 of the | 132 |
| Revised Code not later than one hundred eighty days after the | 133 |
| effective date of this act. | 134 |
| Section 4. Section 4507.21 of the Revised Code is presented | 135 |
| in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Am. | 136 |
| Sub. H.B. 407 and Am. Sub. S.B. 123 of the 124th General Assembly. | 137 |
| The General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division | 138 |
| (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be | 139 |
| harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds | 140 |
| that the composite is the resulting version of the section in | 141 |
| effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in | 142 |
| this act. | 143 |