Sec. 1505.11. (A) There is hereby created in the department | 19 |
of natural resources the Ohio geology advisory council consisting | 20 |
of seven members to be appointed by the governor with the advice | 21 |
and consent of the senate. No more than four of the members shall | 22 |
be of the same political party. Members shall be persons who have | 23 |
a demonstrated interest in the geology and mineral resources of | 24 |
this state and whose expertise reflects the various | 25 |
responsibilities of the division of geological survey. The council | 26 |
shall include at least one representative from each of the | 27 |
following: the oil and gas industry, the industrial minerals | 28 |
industry, the coal industry, hydrogeology interests, environmental | 29 |
geology interests, and an institution of higher education in this | 30 |
state. The chief of the division of geological survey may | 31 |
participate in the deliberations of the council, but shall not | 32 |
vote. | 33 |
Within ninety days after May 3, 1990, the governor shall make | 34 |
initial appointments to the council. Of the initial appointments, | 35 |
three shall be for a term ending one year after May 3, 1990, three | 36 |
shall be for a term ending two years after May 3, 1990, and one | 37 |
shall be for a term ending three years after May 3, 1990. | 38 |
Thereafter, terms of office shall be for three years, with each | 39 |
term ending on the same day of the same month as did the term that | 40 |
it succeeds. Members may be reappointed. The governor may remove | 41 |
any member at any time for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or | 42 |
malfeasance in office. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner | 43 |
provided for original appointments. Any member appointed to fill a | 44 |
vacancy prior to the expiration date of the term for which the | 45 |
member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office as a member | 46 |
for the remainder of that term. A member shall continue in office | 47 |
subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the | 48 |
member's successor takes office or until a period of sixty days | 49 |
has elapsed, whichever occurs first. | 50 |
Sec. 1505.12. The Ohio geology advisory council shall | 90 |
establish a grant program utilizing the contributions that are | 91 |
paid to the bureau of motor vehicles by persons who obtain "Ohio | 92 |
geology" license plates pursuant to section 4503.515 of the | 93 |
Revised Code and are deposited into the "Ohio geology" license | 94 |
plate fund created by section 1505.13 of the Revised Code. The | 95 |
primary purpose of the program shall be the awarding of grants by | 96 |
the council to geology departments of colleges and universities | 97 |
located in this state for graduate level research conducted at | 98 |
locations of geological interest in this state. Subject to the | 99 |
amount of money in the fund, the secondary purpose of the program | 100 |
shall be to provide materials such as rock and mineral kits to | 101 |
elementary and secondary schools in this state to assist students | 102 |
at those schools in the study of geology. | 103 |
Sec. 4503.515. (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, | 114 |
noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other | 115 |
vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of motor vehicles may | 116 |
apply to the registrar for the registration of the vehicle and | 117 |
issuance of "Ohio geology" license plates. The application may be | 118 |
combined with a request for a special reserved license plate under | 119 |
section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of | 120 |
the completed application and compliance by the applicant with | 121 |
divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the registrar shall issue | 122 |
to the applicant the appropriate vehicle registration and a set of | 123 |
"Ohio geology" license plates and a validation sticker, or a | 124 |
validation sticker alone when required by section 4503.191 of the | 125 |
Revised Code. | 126 |
(B) "Ohio geology" license plates and a validation sticker, | 133 |
or validation sticker alone, shall be issued upon receipt of an | 134 |
application for registration of a motor vehicle under this | 135 |
section; payment of the regular license tax as prescribed under | 136 |
section 4503.04 of the Revised Code, any applicable motor vehicle | 137 |
license tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, any | 138 |
applicable additional fee prescribed by section 4503.40 or 4503.42 | 139 |
of the Revised Code, an additional fee of ten dollars, and a | 140 |
contribution as provided in division (C) of this section; and | 141 |
compliance with all other applicable laws relating to the | 142 |
registration of motor vehicles. | 143 |
(B) Except as provided in this division, noNo certificate of | 183 |
registration or renewal of a certificate of registration shall be | 184 |
issued for an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle | 185 |
required to be registered under section 4519.02 of the Revised | 186 |
Code, and no certificate of registration issued under this chapter | 187 |
for an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle that is sold | 188 |
or otherwise transferred shall be transferred to the new owner of | 189 |
the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle as permitted by | 190 |
division (B) of section 4519.05 of the Revised Code, unless a | 191 |
certificate of title has been issued under this chapter for the | 192 |
motorcycle or vehicle, and the owner or new owner, as the case may | 193 |
be, presents a physical certificate of title or memorandum | 194 |
certificate of title for inspection at the time the owner or new | 195 |
owner first submits a registration application, registration | 196 |
renewal application, or registration transfer application for the | 197 |
motorcycle or vehicle if a physical certificate of title or | 198 |
memorandum certificate has been issued by a clerk of a court of | 199 |
common pleas. If, under sections 4519.512 and 4519.58 of the | 200 |
Revised Code, a clerk instead has issued an electronic certificate | 201 |
of title for the applicant's off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose | 202 |
vehicle, that certificate may be presented for inspection at the | 203 |
time of first registration in a manner prescribed by rules adopted | 204 |
by the registrar.
In the case of an off-highway motorcycle or | 205 |
all-purpose vehicle that was purchased prior to October 1, 2005, | 206 |
and for which a certificate of title has not been issued, the | 207 |
owner shall not be required to present a physical certificate of | 208 |
title or memorandum certificate of title or an electronic | 209 |
certificate of title for the motorcycle or vehicle but instead may | 210 |
present a signed affidavit of ownership in a form prescribed by | 211 |
the registrar. The affidavit shall include, at a minimum, the date | 212 |
of purchase, make, model, and vehicle identification number of the | 213 |
motorcycle or vehicle. If no vehicle identification number has | 214 |
been assigned to the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose | 215 |
vehicle, then the serial number of the motorcycle or vehicle shall | 216 |
be presented at the time of application. | 217 |
(C) When the owner of an off-highway motorcycle or | 218 |
all-purpose vehicle first registers it in the owner's name, and a | 219 |
certificate of title has been issued for the motorcycle or | 220 |
vehicle, the owner shall present for inspection a physical | 221 |
certificate of title or memorandum certificate of title showing | 222 |
title to the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle in the | 223 |
name of the owner if a physical certificate of title or memorandum | 224 |
certificate has been issued by a clerk of a court of common pleas. | 225 |
If, under sections 4519.512 and 4519.58 of the Revised Code, a | 226 |
clerk instead has issued an electronic certificate of title for | 227 |
the applicant's off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, | 228 |
that certificate may be presented for inspection at the time of | 229 |
first registration in a manner prescribed by rules adopted by the | 230 |
registrar. In the case of an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose | 231 |
vehicle that was purchased prior to October 1, 2005, and for which | 232 |
a certificate of title has not been issued, the owner shall not be | 233 |
required to present a physical certificate of title or memorandum | 234 |
certificate of title or an electronic certificate of title for the | 235 |
motorcycle or vehicle but instead may present a signed affidavit | 236 |
of ownership in a form prescribed by the registrar. The affidavit | 237 |
shall include, at a minimum, the date of purchase, make, model, | 238 |
and vehicle identification number of the motorcycle or vehicle. If | 239 |
no vehicle identification number has been assigned to the | 240 |
off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, then the serial | 241 |
number of the motorcycle or vehicle shall be presented at the time | 242 |
of application. If, when the owner of such an off-highway | 243 |
motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle first makes application to | 244 |
register it in the owner's name, the application is not in proper | 245 |
form or the certificate of title or memorandum certificate of | 246 |
title does not accompany the registration or, in the case of an | 247 |
electronic certificate of title or ownership affidavit, it is not | 248 |
presented in a manner prescribed by the registrar, the | 249 |
registration shall be refused, and neither a certificate of | 250 |
registration nor a registration sticker, license plate, or | 251 |
validation sticker shall be issued. When a certificate of | 252 |
registration and registration sticker, license plate, or | 253 |
validation sticker are issued upon the first registration of an | 254 |
off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle by or on behalf of | 255 |
the owner, the official issuing them shall indicate the issuance | 256 |
with a stamp on the certificate of title,or memorandum | 257 |
certificate of title, or affidavit, or, in the case of an | 258 |
electronic certificate of title, an electronic stamp or other | 259 |
notation as specified in rules adopted by the registrar.
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