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| To enact sections 317.45 and 5902.05 of the Revised | 1 |
| Code to authorize county recorders to issue | 2 |
| veterans identification cards. | 3 |
| Section 1. That sections 317.45 and 5902.05 of the Revised | 4 |
| Code be enacted to read as follows: | 5 |
| Sec. 317.45. (A) The county recorder may issue a veterans | 6 |
| identification card to an individual who has met the following | 7 |
| requirements: | 8 |
| (1) Presented the individual's armed forces discharge record | 9 |
| for recording under section 317.24 of the Revised Code in the | 10 |
| record of discharges in the office of the county recorder; | 11 |
| (2) Provided two forms of current and valid identification in | 12 |
| accordance with division (C) of this section, at least one of | 13 |
| which must be a form of identification that bears a photograph of | 14 |
| the individual; | 15 |
| (3) A fee of one dollar. | 16 |
| A veterans identification card expires four years after the | 17 |
| date of issuance. | 18 |
| (B) The following documents are valid forms of identification | 19 |
| for the purposes of this section: | 20 |
| (1) An original or a certified birth certificate. | 21 |
| (2) An identification card issued by the United States | 22 |
| department of veterans affairs. | 23 |
| (3) A United States military identification card. | 24 |
| (4) A social security card. | 25 |
| (5) A license or permit to carry a concealed weapon issued by | 26 |
| this state or any other state. | 27 |
| (6) A motor vehicle operator's license issued by this state | 28 |
| or any other state that bears a photograph of the licensee. | 29 |
| (7) An identification card issued by this state or any other | 30 |
| state that bears a photograph of the individual identified. | 31 |
| (8) A valid passport that bears a photograph of the | 32 |
| individual to whom the passport was issued. | 33 |
| (C) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited into | 34 |
| the county treasury and designated as general fund moneys to | 35 |
| supplement the equipment needs of the county recorder under | 36 |
| section 317.321 of the Revised Code. If no such fund exists, the | 37 |
| fee shall be deposited into the county general fund. | 38 |
| (D)(1) A veterans identification card shall conform to the | 39 |
| material and design standards established by the director of | 40 |
| veterans services under section 5902.05 of the Revised Code. | 41 |
| (2) An applicant for a veterans identification card shall be | 42 |
| photographed in color at the time the application for the card is | 43 |
| made. A county recorder that issues veterans identification cards | 44 |
| shall provide the necessary equipment to take a color photograph | 45 |
| of an applicant for a veterans identification card. Photographic | 46 |
| records of a county recorder's office that are obtained under this | 47 |
| section are the property of the county recorder's office. | 48 |
| (E) The county recorder shall maintain the confidentiality of | 49 |
| photographs, information, or documents that the recorder obtains | 50 |
| for identification under this section. The photographs, | 51 |
| information, or documents are not part of the public records of | 52 |
| the county recorder's office, and may be released only: | 53 |
| (1) To a state, local, or federal governmental agency for | 54 |
| criminal justice purposes or to any court. | 55 |
| (2) To the department of veterans services, but only if the | 56 |
| veteran gives prior signed written approval. | 57 |
| (3) To a county veterans service commission, but only if the | 58 |
| veteran gives prior signed written approval. | 59 |
| (F) A county recorder may contract with any other political | 60 |
| subdivision of the state for veterans identification card | 61 |
| production services. | 62 |
| Sec. 5902.05. The director of veterans services shall | 63 |
| establish, by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, | 64 |
| material and design standards for veterans identification cards | 65 |
| that may be issued by county recorders under section 317.45 of the | 66 |
| Revised Code. The material and design standards shall require that | 67 |
| an identification card include a distinguishing number assigned to | 68 |
| the card holder, a color photograph of the cardholder, the | 69 |
| cardholder's name and residence address, the cardholder's branch | 70 |
| of service, dates of service, and date of discharge, the name of | 71 |
| the issuing county, the indexing number that has been assigned to | 72 |
| the veteran's record of discharge, and the date of issuance and | 73 |
| expiration. | 74 |
| A veterans identification card shall not display the | 75 |
| cardholder's social security number unless federal law requires | 76 |
| the card holder's social security number to be displayed on a | 77 |
| veterans identification card. | 78 |