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To amend section 4501.21 and to enact section | 1 |
4503.554 of the Revised Code to create the | 2 |
"Knights of Columbus" license plate. | 3 |
Section 1. That section 4501.21 be amended and section | 4 |
4503.554 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 5 |
Sec. 4501.21. (A) There is hereby created in the state | 6 |
treasury the license plate contribution fund. The fund shall | 7 |
consist of all contributions paid by motor vehicle registrants and | 8 |
collected by the registrar of motor vehicles pursuant to sections | 9 |
4503.491, 4503.493, 4503.494, 4503.496, 4503.498, 4503.499, | 10 |
4503.50, 4503.501, 4503.502, 4503.505, 4503.51, 4503.522, | 11 |
4503.523, 4503.524, 4503.526, 4503.531, 4503.545, 4503.55, | 12 |
4503.551, 4503.552, 4503.553, 4503.554, 4503.561, 4503.562, | 13 |
4503.564, 4503.591, 4503.67, 4503.68, 4503.69, 4503.701, 4503.71, | 14 |
4503.711, 4503.712, 4503.713, 4503.72, 4503.73, 4503.732, 4503.74, | 15 |
4503.75, 4503.751, 4503.85, 4503.89, 4503.92, and 4503.94 of the | 16 |
Revised Code. | 17 |
(B) The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 18 |
collects in the fund as follows: | 19 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions received pursuant | 20 |
to section 4503.491 of the Revised Code to the breast cancer fund | 21 |
of Ohio, which shall use that money only to pay for programs that | 22 |
provide assistance and education to Ohio breast cancer patients | 23 |
and that improve access for such patients to quality health care | 24 |
and clinical trials and shall not use any of the money for | 25 |
abortion information, counseling, services, or other | 26 |
abortion-related activities. | 27 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions received pursuant | 28 |
to section 4503.493 of the Revised Code to the autism society of | 29 |
Ohio, which shall use the contributions for programs and autism | 30 |
awareness efforts throughout the state. | 31 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 32 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.494 of the Revised Code to the | 33 |
national multiple sclerosis society for distribution in equal | 34 |
amounts to the northwestern Ohio, Ohio buckeye, and Ohio valley | 35 |
chapters of the national multiple sclerosis society. These | 36 |
chapters shall use the money they receive under this section to | 37 |
assist in paying the expenses they incur in providing services | 38 |
directly to their clients. | 39 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 40 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.496 of the Revised Code to the | 41 |
Ohio sickle cell and health association, which shall use the | 42 |
contributions to help support educational, clinical, and social | 43 |
support services for adults who have sickle cell disease. | 44 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 45 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.498 of the Revised Code to | 46 |
special olympics Ohio, inc., which shall use the contributions for | 47 |
its programs, charitable efforts, and other activities. | 48 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 49 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.499 of the Revised Code to the | 50 |
children's glioma cancer foundation, which shall use the | 51 |
contributions for its research and other programs. | 52 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 53 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.50 of the Revised Code to the | 54 |
future farmers of America foundation, which shall deposit the | 55 |
contributions into its general account to be used for educational | 56 |
and scholarship purposes of the future farmers of America | 57 |
foundation. | 58 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 59 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.501 of the Revised Code to the | 60 |
4-H youth development program of the Ohio state university | 61 |
extension program, which shall use those contributions to pay the | 62 |
expenses it incurs in conducting its educational activities. | 63 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions received pursuant | 64 |
to section 4503.502 of the Revised Code to the Ohio cattlemen's | 65 |
foundation, which shall use those contributions for scholarships | 66 |
and other educational activities. | 67 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions received pursuant | 68 |
to section 4503.505 of the Revised Code to the organization Ohio | 69 |
region phi theta kappa, which shall use those contributions for | 70 |
scholarships for students who are members of that organization. | 71 |
The registrar shall pay each contribution the registrar | 72 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.51 of the Revised Code to the | 73 |
university or college whose name or marking or design appears on | 74 |
collegiate license plates that are issued to a person under that | 75 |
section. A university or college that receives contributions from | 76 |
the fund shall deposit the contributions into its general | 77 |
scholarship fund. | 78 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 79 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.522 of the Revised Code to the | 80 |
"friends of Perry's victory and international peace memorial, | 81 |
incorporated," a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of | 82 |
this state, to assist that organization in paying the expenses it | 83 |
incurs in sponsoring or holding charitable, educational, and | 84 |
cultural events at the monument. | 85 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 86 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.523 of the Revised Code to the | 87 |
fairport lights foundation, which shall use the money to pay for | 88 |
the restoration, maintenance, and preservation of the lighthouses | 89 |
of fairport harbor. | 90 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 91 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.524 of the Revised Code to the | 92 |
Massillon tiger football booster club, which shall use the | 93 |
contributions only to promote and support the football team of | 94 |
Washington high school of the Massillon city school district. | 95 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 96 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.526 of the Revised Code to the | 97 |
Ohio district Kiwanis foundation of the Ohio district of Kiwanis | 98 |
international, which shall use the money it receives under this | 99 |
section to pay the costs of its educational and humanitarian | 100 |
activities. | 101 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 102 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.531 of the Revised Code to the | 103 |
thank you foundation, incorporated, a nonprofit corporation | 104 |
organized under the laws of this state, to assist that | 105 |
organization in paying for the charitable activities and programs | 106 |
it sponsors in support of United States military personnel, | 107 |
veterans, and their families. | 108 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 109 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.55 of the Revised Code to the | 110 |
pro football hall of fame, which shall deposit the contributions | 111 |
into a special bank account that it establishes and which shall be | 112 |
separate and distinct from any other account the pro football hall | 113 |
of fame maintains, to be used exclusively for the purpose of | 114 |
promoting the pro football hall of fame as a travel destination. | 115 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions that are paid to | 116 |
the registrar pursuant to section 4503.545 of the Revised Code to | 117 |
the national rifle association foundation, which shall use the | 118 |
money to pay the costs of the educational activities and programs | 119 |
the foundation holds or sponsors in this state. | 120 |
The registrar shall pay to the Ohio pet fund the | 121 |
contributions the registrar receives pursuant to section 4503.551 | 122 |
of the Revised Code and any other money from any other source, | 123 |
including donations, gifts, and grants, that is designated by the | 124 |
source to be paid to the Ohio pet fund. The Ohio pet fund shall | 125 |
use the moneys it receives under this section to support programs | 126 |
for the sterilization of dogs and cats and for educational | 127 |
programs concerning the proper veterinary care of those animals, | 128 |
and for expenses of the Ohio pet fund that are reasonably | 129 |
necessary for it to obtain and maintain its tax-exempt status and | 130 |
to perform its duties. | 131 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 132 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.552 of the Revised Code to the | 133 |
rock and roll hall of fame and museum, incorporated. | 134 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 135 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.553 of the Revised Code to the | 136 |
Ohio coalition for animals, incorporated, a nonprofit corporation. | 137 |
Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the coalition | 138 |
shall distribute the money to its members, and the members shall | 139 |
use the money only to pay for educational, charitable, and other | 140 |
programs of each coalition member that provide care for unwanted, | 141 |
abused, and neglected horses. The Ohio coalition for animals may | 142 |
use a portion of the money to pay for reasonable marketing costs | 143 |
incurred in the design and promotion of the license plate and for | 144 |
administrative costs incurred in the disbursement and management | 145 |
of funds received under this section. | 146 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 147 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.554 of the Revised Code to the | 148 |
Ohio state council of the knights of Columbus, which shall use the | 149 |
contributions to pay for its charitable activities and programs. | 150 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 151 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.561 of the Revised Code to the | 152 |
state of Ohio chapter of ducks unlimited, inc., which shall | 153 |
deposit the contributions into a special bank account that it | 154 |
establishes. The special bank account shall be separate and | 155 |
distinct from any other account the state of Ohio chapter of ducks | 156 |
unlimited, inc., maintains and shall be used exclusively for the | 157 |
purpose of protecting, enhancing, restoring, and managing wetlands | 158 |
and conserving wildlife habitat. The state of Ohio chapter of | 159 |
ducks unlimited, inc., annually shall notify the registrar in | 160 |
writing of the name, address, and account to which such payments | 161 |
are to be made. | 162 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 163 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.562 of the Revised Code to the | 164 |
Mahoning river consortium, which shall use the money to pay the | 165 |
expenses it incurs in restoring and maintaining the Mahoning river | 166 |
watershed. | 167 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 168 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.564 of the Revised Code to | 169 |
Antioch college for the use of the Glen Helen ecology institute to | 170 |
pay expenses related to the Glen Helen nature preserve. | 171 |
The registrar shall pay to a sports commission created | 172 |
pursuant to section 4503.591 of the Revised Code each contribution | 173 |
the registrar receives under that section that an applicant pays | 174 |
to obtain license plates that bear the logo of a professional | 175 |
sports team located in the county of that sports commission and | 176 |
that is participating in the license plate program pursuant to | 177 |
division (E) of that section, irrespective of the county of | 178 |
residence of an applicant. | 179 |
The registrar shall pay to a community charity each | 180 |
contribution the registrar receives under section 4503.591 of the | 181 |
Revised Code that an applicant pays to obtain license plates that | 182 |
bear the logo of a professional sports team that is participating | 183 |
in the license plate program pursuant to division (G) of that | 184 |
section. | 185 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 186 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.67 of the Revised Code to the | 187 |
Dan Beard council of the boy scouts of America. The council shall | 188 |
distribute all contributions in an equitable manner throughout the | 189 |
state to regional councils of the boy scouts. | 190 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 191 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.68 of the Revised Code to the | 192 |
great river council of the girl scouts of the United States of | 193 |
America. The council shall distribute all contributions in an | 194 |
equitable manner throughout the state to regional councils of the | 195 |
girl scouts. | 196 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 197 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.69 of the Revised Code to the | 198 |
Dan Beard council of the boy scouts of America. The council shall | 199 |
distribute all contributions in an equitable manner throughout the | 200 |
state to regional councils of the boy scouts. | 201 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 202 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.701 of the Revised Code to the | 203 |
Prince Hall grand lodge of free and accepted masons of Ohio, which | 204 |
shall use the contributions for scholarship purposes. | 205 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 206 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.71 of the Revised Code to the | 207 |
fraternal order of police of Ohio, incorporated, which shall | 208 |
deposit the fees into its general account to be used for purposes | 209 |
of the fraternal order of police of Ohio, incorporated. | 210 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 211 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.711 of the Revised Code to the | 212 |
fraternal order of police of Ohio, incorporated, which shall | 213 |
deposit the contributions into an account that it creates to be | 214 |
used for the purpose of advancing and protecting the law | 215 |
enforcement profession, promoting improved law enforcement | 216 |
methods, and teaching respect for law and order. | 217 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions received pursuant | 218 |
to section 4503.712 of the Revised Code to Ohio concerns of police | 219 |
survivors, which shall use those contributions to provide whatever | 220 |
assistance may be appropriate to the families of Ohio law | 221 |
enforcement officers who are killed in the line of duty. | 222 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions received pursuant | 223 |
to section 4503.713 of the Revised Code to the greater Cleveland | 224 |
peace officers memorial society, which shall use those | 225 |
contributions to honor law enforcement officers who have died in | 226 |
the line of duty and support its charitable purposes. | 227 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 228 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.72 of the Revised Code to the | 229 |
organization known on March 31, 2003, as the Ohio CASA/GAL | 230 |
association, a private, nonprofit corporation organized under | 231 |
Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code. The Ohio CASA/GAL association | 232 |
shall use these contributions to pay the expenses it incurs in | 233 |
administering a program to secure the proper representation in the | 234 |
courts of this state of abused, neglected, and dependent children, | 235 |
and for the training and supervision of persons participating in | 236 |
that program. | 237 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 238 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.73 of the Revised Code to Wright | 239 |
B. Flyer, incorporated, which shall deposit the contributions into | 240 |
its general account to be used for purposes of Wright B. Flyer, | 241 |
incorporated. | 242 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 243 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.732 of the Revised Code to the | 244 |
Siegel & Shuster society, a nonprofit organization dedicated to | 245 |
commemorating and celebrating the creation of Superman in | 246 |
Cleveland, Ohio. | 247 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 248 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.74 of the Revised Code to the | 249 |
Columbus zoological park association, which shall disburse the | 250 |
moneys to Ohio's major metropolitan zoos, as defined in section | 251 |
4503.74 of the Revised Code, in accordance with a written | 252 |
agreement entered into by the major metropolitan zoos. | 253 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 254 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.75 of the Revised Code to the | 255 |
rotary foundation, located on March 31, 2003, in Evanston, | 256 |
Illinois, to be placed in a fund known as the permanent fund and | 257 |
used to endow educational and humanitarian programs of the rotary | 258 |
foundation. | 259 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 260 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.751 of the Revised Code to the | 261 |
Ohio association of realtors, which shall deposit the | 262 |
contributions into a property disaster relief fund maintained | 263 |
under the Ohio realtors charitable and education foundation. | 264 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 265 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.85 of the Revised Code to the | 266 |
Ohio sea grant college program to be used for Lake Erie area | 267 |
research projects. | 268 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 269 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.89 of the Revised Code to the | 270 |
American red cross of greater Columbus on behalf of the Ohio | 271 |
chapters of the American red cross, which shall use the | 272 |
contributions for disaster readiness, preparedness, and response | 273 |
programs on a statewide basis. | 274 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions received pursuant | 275 |
to section 4503.92 of the Revised Code to support our troops, | 276 |
incorporated, a national nonprofit corporation, which shall use | 277 |
those contributions in accordance with its articles of | 278 |
incorporation and for the benefit of servicemembers of the armed | 279 |
forces of the United States and their families when they are in | 280 |
financial need. | 281 |
The registrar shall pay the contributions the registrar | 282 |
receives pursuant to section 4503.94 of the Revised Code to the | 283 |
Michelle's leading star foundation, which shall use the money | 284 |
solely to fund the rental, lease, or purchase of the simulated | 285 |
driving curriculum of the Michelle's leading star foundation by | 286 |
boards of education of city, exempted village, local, and joint | 287 |
vocational school districts. | 288 |
(C) All investment earnings of the license plate contribution | 289 |
fund shall be credited to the fund. Not later than the first day | 290 |
of May of every year, the registrar shall distribute to each | 291 |
entity described in division (B) of this section the investment | 292 |
income the fund earned the previous calendar year. The amount of | 293 |
such a distribution paid to an entity shall be proportionate to | 294 |
the amount of money the entity received from the fund during the | 295 |
previous calendar year. | 296 |
Sec. 4503.554. (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, | 297 |
noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other | 298 |
vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of motor vehicles may | 299 |
apply to the registrar for the registration of the vehicle and | 300 |
issuance of knights of Columbus license plates. The application | 301 |
for knights of Columbus license plates may be combined with a | 302 |
request for a special reserved license plate under section 4503.40 | 303 |
or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the completed | 304 |
application and compliance with division (B) of this section, the | 305 |
registrar shall issue to the applicant the appropriate vehicle | 306 |
registration and a set of knights of Columbus license plates with | 307 |
a validation sticker, or a validation sticker alone when required | 308 |
by section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. In addition to the | 309 |
letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed thereon, knights of | 310 |
Columbus license plates shall be inscribed with words and markings | 311 |
selected and designed by the Ohio state council of the knights of | 312 |
Columbus and approved by the registrar. Knights of Columbus | 313 |
license plates shall bear county identification stickers that | 314 |
identify the county of registration by name or number. | 315 |
(B) Knights of Columbus license plates and validation | 316 |
stickers shall be issued upon payment of the regular license tax | 317 |
as prescribed under section 4503.04 of the Revised Code, any | 318 |
applicable motor vehicle tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the | 319 |
Revised Code, a bureau of motor vehicles administrative fee of ten | 320 |
dollars, the contribution specified in division (C) of this | 321 |
section, and compliance with all other applicable laws relating to | 322 |
the registration of motor vehicles. If the application for knights | 323 |
of Columbus license plates is combined with a request for a | 324 |
special reserved license plate under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of | 325 |
the Revised Code, the license plates and validation sticker shall | 326 |
be issued upon payment of the contribution, fees, and taxes | 327 |
contained in this division and the additional fee prescribed under | 328 |
section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. | 329 |
(C) For each application for registration and registration | 330 |
renewal submitted under this section, the registrar shall collect | 331 |
a contribution of ten dollars. The registrar shall pay this | 332 |
contribution into the state treasury to the credit of the license | 333 |
plate contribution fund created in section 4501.21 of the Revised | 334 |
Code. | 335 |
The registrar shall pay the ten-dollar bureau administrative | 336 |
fee, the purpose of which is to compensate the bureau for | 337 |
additional services required in issuing knights of Columbus | 338 |
license plates, into the state treasury to the credit of the state | 339 |
bureau of motor vehicles fund created in section 4501.25 of the | 340 |
Revised Code. | 341 |
Section 2. That existing section 4501.21 of the Revised Code | 342 |
is hereby repealed. | 343 |