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To amend sections 4501.21 and 5101.98 and to enact | 1 |
sections 4503.527, 4503.534, and 4503.535 of the | 2 |
Revised Code to create the "Ohio Statehouse" | 3 |
license plate, the "Disabled American Veteran" | 4 |
license plate, and the "POW/MIA Awareness" license | 5 |
plate. | 6 |
Section 1. That sections 4501.21 and 5101.98 be amended and | 7 |
sections 4503.527, 4503.534, and 4503.535 of the Revised Code be | 8 |
enacted to read as follows: | 9 |
Sec. 4501.21. (A) There is hereby created in the state | 10 |
treasury the license plate contribution fund. The fund shall | 11 |
consist of all contributions paid by motor vehicle registrants and | 12 |
collected by the registrar of motor vehicles pursuant to sections | 13 |
4503.491, 4503.492, 4503.493, 4503.494, 4503.496, 4503.498, | 14 |
4503.499, 4503.50, 4503.501, 4503.502, 4503.505, 4503.51, | 15 |
4503.522, 4503.523, 4503.524, 4503.525, 4503.526, 4503.531, | 16 |
4503.534, 4503.545, 4503.55, 4503.551, 4503.552, 4503.553, | 17 |
4503.561, 4503.562, 4503.564, 4503.591, 4503.67, 4503.68, 4503.69, | 18 |
4503.701, 4503.71, 4503.711, 4503.712, 4503.713, 4503.72, 4503.73, | 19 |
4503.732, 4503.74, 4503.75, 4503.751, 4503.85, 4503.89, 4503.90, | 20 |
4503.92, and 4503.94 of the Revised Code. | 21 |
(B) The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 22 |
collects in the fund as follows: | 23 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions received pursuant | 24 |
to section 4503.491 of the Revised Code to the breast cancer fund | 25 |
of Ohio, which shall use that money only to pay for programs that | 26 |
provide assistance and education to Ohio breast cancer patients | 27 |
and that improve access for such patients to quality health care | 28 |
and clinical trials and shall not use any of the money for | 29 |
abortion information, counseling, services, or other | 30 |
abortion-related activities. | 31 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 32 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.492 of the Revised Code to the | 33 |
organization cancer support community central Ohio, which shall | 34 |
deposit the money into the Sheryl L. Kraner Fund of that | 35 |
organization. Cancer support community central Ohio shall expend | 36 |
the money it receives pursuant to this division only in the same | 37 |
manner and for the same purposes as that organization expends | 38 |
other money in that fund. | 39 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions received pursuant | 40 |
to section 4503.493 of the Revised Code to the autism society of | 41 |
Ohio, which shall use the contributions for programs and autism | 42 |
awareness efforts throughout the state. | 43 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 44 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.494 of the Revised Code to the | 45 |
national multiple sclerosis society for distribution in equal | 46 |
amounts to the northwestern Ohio, Ohio buckeye, and Ohio valley | 47 |
chapters of the national multiple sclerosis society. These | 48 |
chapters shall use the money they receive under this section to | 49 |
assist in paying the expenses they incur in providing services | 50 |
directly to their clients. | 51 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 52 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.496 of the Revised Code to the | 53 |
Ohio sickle cell and health association, which shall use the | 54 |
contributions to help support educational, clinical, and social | 55 |
support services for adults who have sickle cell disease. | 56 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 57 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.498 of the Revised Code to | 58 |
special olympics Ohio, inc., which shall use the contributions for | 59 |
its programs, charitable efforts, and other activities. | 60 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 61 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.499 of the Revised Code to the | 62 |
children's glioma cancer foundation, which shall use the | 63 |
contributions for its research and other programs. | 64 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 65 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.50 of the Revised Code to the | 66 |
future farmers of America foundation, which shall deposit the | 67 |
contributions into its general account to be used for educational | 68 |
and scholarship purposes of the future farmers of America | 69 |
foundation. | 70 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 71 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.501 of the Revised Code to the | 72 |
4-H youth development program of the Ohio state university | 73 |
extension program, which shall use those contributions to pay the | 74 |
expenses it incurs in conducting its educational activities. | 75 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions received pursuant | 76 |
to section 4503.502 of the Revised Code to the Ohio cattlemen's | 77 |
foundation, which shall use those contributions for scholarships | 78 |
and other educational activities. | 79 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions received pursuant | 80 |
to section 4503.505 of the Revised Code to the organization Ohio | 81 |
region phi theta kappa, which shall use those contributions for | 82 |
scholarships for students who are members of that organization. | 83 |
The registrar shall pay each contribution the registrar | 84 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.51 of the Revised Code to the | 85 |
university or college whose name or marking or design appears on | 86 |
collegiate license plates that are issued to a person under that | 87 |
section. A university or college that receives contributions from | 88 |
the fund shall deposit the contributions into its general | 89 |
scholarship fund. | 90 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 91 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.522 of the Revised Code to the | 92 |
"friends of Perry's victory and international peace memorial, | 93 |
incorporated," a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of | 94 |
this state, to assist that organization in paying the expenses it | 95 |
incurs in sponsoring or holding charitable, educational, and | 96 |
cultural events at the monument. | 97 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 98 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.523 of the Revised Code to the | 99 |
fairport lights foundation, which shall use the money to pay for | 100 |
the restoration, maintenance, and preservation of the lighthouses | 101 |
of fairport harbor. | 102 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 103 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.524 of the Revised Code to the | 104 |
Massillon tiger football booster club, which shall use the | 105 |
contributions only to promote and support the football team of | 106 |
Washington high school of the Massillon city school district. | 107 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 108 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.525 of the Revised Code to the | 109 |
United States power squadron districts seven, eleven, twenty-four, | 110 |
and twenty-nine in equal amounts. Each power squadron district | 111 |
shall use the money it receives under this section to pay for the | 112 |
educational boating programs each district holds or sponsors | 113 |
within this state. | 114 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 115 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.526 of the Revised Code to the | 116 |
Ohio district Kiwanis foundation of the Ohio district of Kiwanis | 117 |
international, which shall use the money it receives under this | 118 |
section to pay the costs of its educational and humanitarian | 119 |
activities. | 120 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 121 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.531 of the Revised Code to the | 122 |
thank you foundation, incorporated, a nonprofit corporation | 123 |
organized under the laws of this state, to assist that | 124 |
organization in paying for the charitable activities and programs | 125 |
it sponsors in support of United States military personnel, | 126 |
veterans, and their families. | 127 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 128 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.534 of the Revised Code to the | 129 |
disabled American veterans department of Ohio, to be used for | 130 |
programs that serve disabled American veterans and their families. | 131 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 132 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.55 of the Revised Code to the | 133 |
pro football hall of fame, which shall deposit the contributions | 134 |
into a special bank account that it establishes and which shall be | 135 |
separate and distinct from any other account the pro football hall | 136 |
of fame maintains, to be used exclusively for the purpose of | 137 |
promoting the pro football hall of fame as a travel destination. | 138 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions that are paid to | 139 |
the registrar pursuant to section 4503.545 of the Revised Code to | 140 |
the national rifle association foundation, which shall use the | 141 |
money to pay the costs of the educational activities and programs | 142 |
the foundation holds or sponsors in this state. | 143 |
The registrar shall pay to the Ohio pet fund the | 144 |
contributions the registrar receives pursuant to section 4503.551 | 145 |
of the Revised Code and any other money from any other source, | 146 |
including donations, gifts, and grants, that is designated by the | 147 |
source to be paid to the Ohio pet fund. The Ohio pet fund shall | 148 |
use the moneys it receives under this section to support programs | 149 |
for the sterilization of dogs and cats and for educational | 150 |
programs concerning the proper veterinary care of those animals, | 151 |
and for expenses of the Ohio pet fund that are reasonably | 152 |
necessary for it to obtain and maintain its tax-exempt status and | 153 |
to perform its duties. | 154 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 155 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.552 of the Revised Code to the | 156 |
rock and roll hall of fame and museum, incorporated. | 157 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 158 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.553 of the Revised Code to the | 159 |
Ohio coalition for animals, incorporated, a nonprofit corporation. | 160 |
Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the coalition | 161 |
shall distribute the money to its members, and the members shall | 162 |
use the money only to pay for educational, charitable, and other | 163 |
programs of each coalition member that provide care for unwanted, | 164 |
abused, and neglected horses. The Ohio coalition for animals may | 165 |
use a portion of the money to pay for reasonable marketing costs | 166 |
incurred in the design and promotion of the license plate and for | 167 |
administrative costs incurred in the disbursement and management | 168 |
of funds received under this section. | 169 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 170 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.561 of the Revised Code to the | 171 |
state of Ohio chapter of ducks unlimited, inc., which shall | 172 |
deposit the contributions into a special bank account that it | 173 |
establishes. The special bank account shall be separate and | 174 |
distinct from any other account the state of Ohio chapter of ducks | 175 |
unlimited, inc., maintains and shall be used exclusively for the | 176 |
purpose of protecting, enhancing, restoring, and managing wetlands | 177 |
and conserving wildlife habitat. The state of Ohio chapter of | 178 |
ducks unlimited, inc., annually shall notify the registrar in | 179 |
writing of the name, address, and account to which such payments | 180 |
are to be made. | 181 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 182 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.562 of the Revised Code to the | 183 |
Mahoning river consortium, which shall use the money to pay the | 184 |
expenses it incurs in restoring and maintaining the Mahoning river | 185 |
watershed. | 186 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 187 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.564 of the Revised Code to | 188 |
Antioch college for the use of the Glen Helen ecology institute to | 189 |
pay expenses related to the Glen Helen nature preserve. | 190 |
The registrar shall pay to a sports commission created | 191 |
pursuant to section 4503.591 of the Revised Code each contribution | 192 |
the registrar receives under that section that an applicant pays | 193 |
to obtain license plates that bear the logo of a professional | 194 |
sports team located in the county of that sports commission and | 195 |
that is participating in the license plate program pursuant to | 196 |
division (E) of that section, irrespective of the county of | 197 |
residence of an applicant. | 198 |
The registrar shall pay to a community charity each | 199 |
contribution the registrar receives under section 4503.591 of the | 200 |
Revised Code that an applicant pays to obtain license plates that | 201 |
bear the logo of a professional sports team that is participating | 202 |
in the license plate program pursuant to division (G) of that | 203 |
section. | 204 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 205 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.67 of the Revised Code to the | 206 |
Dan Beard council of the boy scouts of America. The council shall | 207 |
distribute all contributions in an equitable manner throughout the | 208 |
state to regional councils of the boy scouts. | 209 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 210 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.68 of the Revised Code to the | 211 |
great river council of the girl scouts of the United States of | 212 |
America. The council shall distribute all contributions in an | 213 |
equitable manner throughout the state to regional councils of the | 214 |
girl scouts. | 215 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 216 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.69 of the Revised Code to the | 217 |
Dan Beard council of the boy scouts of America. The council shall | 218 |
distribute all contributions in an equitable manner throughout the | 219 |
state to regional councils of the boy scouts. | 220 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 221 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.701 of the Revised Code to the | 222 |
Prince Hall grand lodge of free and accepted masons of Ohio, which | 223 |
shall use the contributions for scholarship purposes. | 224 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 225 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.71 of the Revised Code to the | 226 |
fraternal order of police of Ohio, incorporated, which shall | 227 |
deposit the fees into its general account to be used for purposes | 228 |
of the fraternal order of police of Ohio, incorporated. | 229 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 230 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.711 of the Revised Code to the | 231 |
fraternal order of police of Ohio, incorporated, which shall | 232 |
deposit the contributions into an account that it creates to be | 233 |
used for the purpose of advancing and protecting the law | 234 |
enforcement profession, promoting improved law enforcement | 235 |
methods, and teaching respect for law and order. | 236 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions received pursuant | 237 |
to section 4503.712 of the Revised Code to Ohio concerns of police | 238 |
survivors, which shall use those contributions to provide whatever | 239 |
assistance may be appropriate to the families of Ohio law | 240 |
enforcement officers who are killed in the line of duty. | 241 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions received pursuant | 242 |
to section 4503.713 of the Revised Code to the greater Cleveland | 243 |
peace officers memorial society, which shall use those | 244 |
contributions to honor law enforcement officers who have died in | 245 |
the line of duty and support its charitable purposes. | 246 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 247 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.72 of the Revised Code to the | 248 |
organization known on March 31, 2003, as the Ohio CASA/GAL | 249 |
association, a private, nonprofit corporation organized under | 250 |
Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code. The Ohio CASA/GAL association | 251 |
shall use these contributions to pay the expenses it incurs in | 252 |
administering a program to secure the proper representation in the | 253 |
courts of this state of abused, neglected, and dependent children, | 254 |
and for the training and supervision of persons participating in | 255 |
that program. | 256 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 257 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.73 of the Revised Code to Wright | 258 |
B. Flyer, incorporated, which shall deposit the contributions into | 259 |
its general account to be used for purposes of Wright B. Flyer, | 260 |
incorporated. | 261 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 262 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.732 of the Revised Code to the | 263 |
Siegel & Shuster society, a nonprofit organization dedicated to | 264 |
commemorating and celebrating the creation of Superman in | 265 |
Cleveland, Ohio. | 266 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 267 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.74 of the Revised Code to the | 268 |
Columbus zoological park association, which shall disburse the | 269 |
moneys to Ohio's major metropolitan zoos, as defined in section | 270 |
4503.74 of the Revised Code, in accordance with a written | 271 |
agreement entered into by the major metropolitan zoos. | 272 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 273 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.75 of the Revised Code to the | 274 |
rotary foundation, located on March 31, 2003, in Evanston, | 275 |
Illinois, to be placed in a fund known as the permanent fund and | 276 |
used to endow educational and humanitarian programs of the rotary | 277 |
foundation. | 278 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 279 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.751 of the Revised Code to the | 280 |
Ohio association of realtors, which shall deposit the | 281 |
contributions into a property disaster relief fund maintained | 282 |
under the Ohio realtors charitable and education foundation. | 283 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 284 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.85 of the Revised Code to the | 285 |
Ohio sea grant college program to be used for Lake Erie area | 286 |
research projects. | 287 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 288 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.89 of the Revised Code to the | 289 |
American red cross of greater Columbus on behalf of the Ohio | 290 |
chapters of the American red cross, which shall use the | 291 |
contributions for disaster readiness, preparedness, and response | 292 |
programs on a statewide basis. | 293 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 294 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.90 of the Revised Code to the | 295 |
nationwide children's hospital foundation. | 296 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions received pursuant | 297 |
to section 4503.92 of the Revised Code to support our troops, | 298 |
incorporated, a national nonprofit corporation, which shall use | 299 |
those contributions in accordance with its articles of | 300 |
incorporation and for the benefit of servicemembers of the armed | 301 |
forces of the United States and their families when they are in | 302 |
financial need. | 303 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 304 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.94 of the Revised Code to the | 305 |
Michelle's leading star foundation, which shall use the money | 306 |
solely to fund the rental, lease, or purchase of the simulated | 307 |
driving curriculum of the Michelle's leading star foundation by | 308 |
boards of education of city, exempted village, local, and joint | 309 |
vocational school districts. | 310 |
(C) All investment earnings of the license plate contribution | 311 |
fund shall be credited to the fund. Not later than the first day | 312 |
of May of every year, the registrar shall distribute to each | 313 |
entity described in division (B) of this section the investment | 314 |
income the fund earned the previous calendar year. The amount of | 315 |
such a distribution paid to an entity shall be proportionate to | 316 |
the amount of money the entity received from the fund during the | 317 |
previous calendar year. | 318 |
Sec. 4503.527. (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, | 319 |
noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other | 320 |
vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of motor vehicles may | 321 |
apply to the registrar for the registration of the vehicle and | 322 |
issuance of "Ohio Statehouse" license plates. The application for | 323 |
"Ohio Statehouse" license plates may be combined with a request | 324 |
for a special reserved license plate under section 4503.40 or | 325 |
4503.42 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the completed | 326 |
application and compliance with division (B) of this section, the | 327 |
registrar shall issue to the applicant the appropriate vehicle | 328 |
registration and a set of "Ohio Statehouse" license plates with a | 329 |
validation sticker or a validation sticker alone when required by | 330 |
section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. In addition to the letters | 331 |
and numbers ordinarily inscribed thereon, "Ohio Statehouse" | 332 |
license plates shall be inscribed with words and markings selected | 333 |
and designed by the capitol square review and advisory board and | 334 |
approved by the registrar. "Ohio Statehouse" license plates shall | 335 |
bear county identification stickers that identify the county of | 336 |
registration by name or number. | 337 |
(B) "Ohio Statehouse" license plates and validation stickers | 338 |
shall be issued upon payment of the regular license tax as | 339 |
prescribed under section 4503.04 of the Revised Code, any | 340 |
applicable motor vehicle tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the | 341 |
Revised Code, a bureau of motor vehicles administrative fee of ten | 342 |
dollars, the contribution specified in division (C)(1) of this | 343 |
section, and compliance with all other applicable laws relating to | 344 |
the registration of motor vehicles. If the application for "Ohio | 345 |
Statehouse" license plates is combined with a request for a | 346 |
special reserved license plate under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of | 347 |
the Revised Code, the license plates and validation sticker shall | 348 |
be issued upon payment of the contribution, fees, and taxes | 349 |
contained in this division and the additional fee prescribed under | 350 |
section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. | 351 |
(C)(1) For each application for registration and registration | 352 |
renewal submitted under this section, the registrar shall collect | 353 |
a contribution of twenty-five dollars. The registrar shall | 354 |
transmit this contribution to the treasurer of state for deposit | 355 |
into the capitol square renovation gift fund created in section | 356 |
105.41 of the Revised Code. | 357 |
(2) The registrar shall pay the ten-dollar bureau | 358 |
administrative fee, the purpose of which is to compensate the | 359 |
bureau for additional services required in issuing "Ohio | 360 |
Statehouse" license plates, into the state treasury to the credit | 361 |
of the state bureau of motor vehicles fund created in section | 362 |
4501.25 of the Revised Code. | 363 |
Sec. 4503.534. (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, | 364 |
noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other | 365 |
vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of motor vehicles may | 366 |
apply to the registrar for the registration of the vehicle and | 367 |
issuance of disabled American veteran license plates. An | 368 |
application made under this section may be combined with a request | 369 |
for a special reserved license plate under section 4503.40 or | 370 |
4503.42 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the completed | 371 |
application and compliance by the applicant with divisions (B) and | 372 |
(C) of this section, the registrar shall issue to the applicant | 373 |
the appropriate vehicle registration and a set of disabled | 374 |
American veteran license plates and a validation sticker, or a | 375 |
validation sticker alone when required by section 4503.191 of the | 376 |
Revised Code. | 377 |
In addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed | 378 |
on the license plates, disabled American veteran license plates | 379 |
shall be inscribed with identifying words or markings that are | 380 |
approved by the disabled American veterans department of Ohio and | 381 |
the registrar. Disabled American veteran license plates shall | 382 |
display county identification stickers that identify the county of | 383 |
registration by name or number. | 384 |
(B) The disabled American veteran license plates and a | 385 |
validation sticker, or validation sticker alone, shall be issued | 386 |
upon receipt of a contribution as provided in division (C) of this | 387 |
section and upon payment of the regular license tax as prescribed | 388 |
under section 4503.04 of the Revised Code, any applicable motor | 389 |
vehicle license tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the Revised | 390 |
Code, any applicable additional fee prescribed by section 4503.40 | 391 |
or 4503.42 of the Revised Code, a fee of ten dollars for the | 392 |
purpose of compensating the bureau of motor vehicles for | 393 |
additional services required in the issuing of disabled American | 394 |
veteran license plates, and compliance with all other applicable | 395 |
laws relating to the registration of motor vehicles. | 396 |
(C) For each application for registration and registration | 397 |
renewal notice the registrar receives under this section, the | 398 |
registrar shall collect a contribution of twenty-five dollars. The | 399 |
registrar shall transmit this contribution to the treasurer of | 400 |
state for deposit in the license plate contribution fund created | 401 |
in section 4501.21 of the Revised Code. | 402 |
The registrar shall transmit the additional fee of ten | 403 |
dollars paid to compensate the bureau for the additional services | 404 |
required in the issuing of disabled American veteran license | 405 |
plates to the treasurer of state for deposit into the state | 406 |
treasury to the credit of the state bureau of motor vehicles fund | 407 |
created by section 4501.25 of the Revised Code. | 408 |
Sec. 4503.535. (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, | 409 |
noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, motorcycle, | 410 |
motorized bicycle or moped, trailer, or other vehicle of a class | 411 |
approved by the registrar of motor vehicles, and, effective | 412 |
January 1, 2017, the owner or lessee of any motor-driven cycle or | 413 |
motor scooter or cab-enclosed motorcycle, may apply to the | 414 |
registrar for the registration of the vehicle and issuance of | 415 |
POW/MIA awareness license plates. The application for POW/MIA | 416 |
awareness license plates may be combined with a request for a | 417 |
special reserved license plate under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of | 418 |
the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the completed application and | 419 |
compliance with division (B) of this section, the registrar shall | 420 |
issue to the applicant the appropriate vehicle registration and a | 421 |
set of POW/MIA awareness license plates with a validation sticker, | 422 |
or a validation sticker alone when required by section 4503.191 of | 423 |
the Revised Code. | 424 |
In addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed | 425 |
thereon, POW/MIA awareness license plates shall bear the markings | 426 |
designed by rolling thunder, inc., chapter 1 Ohio. POW/MIA | 427 |
awareness license plates, except for motorcycle, motorized | 428 |
bicycle, or moped license plates, also shall bear the words "not | 429 |
forgotten." The registrar shall approve the final design. POW/MIA | 430 |
awareness license plates shall bear county identification stickers | 431 |
that identify the county of registration by name or number. | 432 |
(B) POW/MIA awareness license plates and validation stickers | 433 |
shall be issued upon payment of the regular license tax as | 434 |
prescribed under section 4503.04 of the Revised Code, any | 435 |
applicable motor vehicle tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the | 436 |
Revised Code, a bureau of motor vehicles administrative fee of ten | 437 |
dollars, the contribution specified in division (C) of this | 438 |
section, and compliance with all other applicable laws relating to | 439 |
the registration of motor vehicles. If the application for POW/MIA | 440 |
awareness license plates is combined with a request for a special | 441 |
reserved license plate under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the | 442 |
Revised Code, the license plates and validation sticker shall be | 443 |
issued upon payment of the contribution, fees, and taxes contained | 444 |
in this division and the additional fee prescribed under section | 445 |
4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. | 446 |
(C) For each application for registration and registration | 447 |
renewal submitted under this section, the registrar shall collect | 448 |
a contribution of twenty-five dollars. The registrar shall pay | 449 |
this contribution into the state treasury to the credit of the | 450 |
military injury relief fund created in section 5101.98 of the | 451 |
Revised Code. | 452 |
The registrar shall pay the ten-dollar bureau administrative | 453 |
fee, the purpose of which is to compensate the bureau for | 454 |
additional services required in issuing POW/MIA awareness license | 455 |
plates, into the state treasury to the credit of the state bureau | 456 |
of motor vehicles fund created in section 4501.25 of the Revised | 457 |
Code. | 458 |
Sec. 5101.98. (A) There is hereby created in the state | 459 |
treasury the military injury relief fund, which shall consist of | 460 |
money contributed to it under | 461 |
5747.113 of the Revised Code, of incentive grants authorized by | 462 |
the "Jobs for Veterans Act," 116 Stat. 2033 (2002), and of | 463 |
contributions made directly to it. Any person or entity may | 464 |
contribute directly to the fund in addition to or independently of | 465 |
the income tax refund contribution system established in section | 466 |
5747.113 of the Revised Code. | 467 |
(B) Upon application, the director of job and family services | 468 |
shall grant money in the fund to individuals injured while in | 469 |
active service as a member of the armed forces of the United | 470 |
States while serving under operation Iraqi freedom, operation new | 471 |
dawn, or operation enduring freedom and to individuals diagnosed | 472 |
with post-traumatic stress disorder while serving, or after having | 473 |
served, in operation Iraqi freedom, operation new dawn, or | 474 |
operation enduring freedom. | 475 |
(C) An individual who receives a grant under this section is | 476 |
precluded from receiving additional grants under this section | 477 |
during the same state fiscal year but is not precluded from being | 478 |
considered for or receiving other assistance offered by the | 479 |
department of job and family services. | 480 |
(D) The director shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the | 481 |
Revised Code establishing: | 482 |
(1) Forms and procedures by which individuals may apply for a | 483 |
grant under this section; | 484 |
(2) Criteria for reviewing, evaluating, and approving or | 485 |
denying grant applications; | 486 |
(3) Criteria for determining the amount of grants awarded | 487 |
under this section; | 488 |
(4) Definitions and standards applicable to determining | 489 |
whether an individual meets the requirements established in | 490 |
division (B) of this section; | 491 |
(5) The process for appealing eligibility determinations; and | 492 |
(6) Any other rules necessary to administer the grant program | 493 |
established in this section. | 494 |
(E) An eligibility determination, a grant approval, or a | 495 |
grant denial made under this section may not be appealed under | 496 |
Chapter 119., section 5101.35, or any other provision of the | 497 |
Revised Code. | 498 |
Section 2. That existing sections 4501.21 and 5101.98 of the | 499 |
Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 500 |