Sec. 4503.546. (A) Any member of the immediate family of a | 6 |
person who died in a combat zone while serving as a member of any | 7 |
branch of the armed forces of the United States or a reserve | 8 |
component of the armed forces of the United States or the Ohio | 9 |
national guard, or who died as a direct result of such service | 10 |
after an honorable discharge, may apply to the registrar of motor | 11 |
vehicles for the registration of any passenger car, noncommercial | 12 |
motor vehicle, motor home, or other vehicle of a class approved by | 13 |
the registrar that the family member owns or leases and for | 14 |
issuance of "gold star family" license plates for that motor | 15 |
vehicle. The application for "gold star family" license plates may | 16 |
be combined with a request for a special reserved license plate | 17 |
under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt | 18 |
of the completed application and compliance with division (B) of | 19 |
this section, the registrar shall issue to the applicant the | 20 |
appropriate vehicle registration, a set of "gold star family" | 21 |
license plates with a validation sticker, or a validation sticker | 22 |
alone when required by section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. | 23 |
(B) "Gold star family" license plates and a validation | 30 |
sticker or, when applicable, a validation sticker alone shall be | 31 |
issued upon submission by the applicant of an application for | 32 |
registration of a motor vehicle under this section, payment of the | 33 |
regular license tax as prescribed under section 4503.04 of the | 34 |
Revised Code, any applicable motor vehicle tax levied under | 35 |
Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, and any applicable additional | 36 |
fee prescribed by section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code, | 37 |
and compliance with all other applicable laws relating to the | 38 |
registration of motor vehicles. | 39 |
(C) No person who is not a member of the immediate family of | 40 |
a person who died in a combat zone while serving as a member of | 41 |
any branch of the armed forces of the United States or a reserve | 42 |
component of the armed forces of the United States or the Ohio | 43 |
national guard, or who died as a direct result of such service | 44 |
after an honorable discharge, shall willfully and falsely | 45 |
represent that the person is such a family member for the purpose | 46 |
of obtaining license plates under this section. | 47 |