As Reported by the House Transportation, Public Safety, and Homeland Security Committee

130th General Assembly
Regular Session
2013-2014
Am. S. B. No. 194


Senator Seitz 

Cosponsors: Senators Eklund, Uecker, Manning, Bacon, Brown, Burke, Coley, Gardner, Hite, Hughes, Jones, Kearney, Lehner, Oelslager, Patton, Peterson, Sawyer, Tavares 

Representatives Damschroder, Ruhl 

A BILL
To amend sections 4503.181 and 4511.68 of the Revised 1
Code to allow certain motor-driven cycles and 2
motor scooters to be parked on a sidewalk so long 3
as the vehicles do not impede the normal flow of 4
pedestrian traffic, and to revise the purposes for 5
which a historical vehicle may be operated.6


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

       Section 1.  That sections 4503.181 and 4511.68 of the Revised 7
Code be amended to read as follows:8

       Sec. 4503.181.  (A) As used in this section, "historical 9
motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle that is more than 10
twenty-five years old and that is owned solely as a collector's 11
item and for participation in club activities, exhibitions, tours, 12
parades, and similar uses, but in no event is. A historical motor 13
vehicle shall not be used for general transportation, but may be 14
operated on the public roads and highways to and from a location 15
where maintenance is performed on the vehicle.16

       (B) In lieu of the annual license tax levied in sections 17
4503.02 and 4503.04 of the Revised Code, a license fee of ten 18
dollars is levied on the operation of ana historical motor 19
vehicle.20

       (C) A person who owns ana historical motor vehicle and 21
applies for license plates under this section shall execute an 22
affidavit that the vehicle for which plates are requested is owned 23
and operated solely for the purposes enumerated in division (A) of 24
this section, and also setting forth in the affidavit that the 25
vehicle has been inspected and found safe to operate on the public 26
roads and highways in the state. A person who owns ana historical 27
motor vehicle and desires to display model year license plates on 28
the vehicle as permitted by this section shall execute at the time 29
of registration an affidavit setting forth that the model year 30
license plates the person desires to display on the person's 31
historical motor vehicle are legible and serviceable license 32
plates that originally were issued by this state. No registration 33
issued pursuant to this section need specify the weight of the 34
vehicle.35

       (D) A vehicle registered under this section may display 36
historical vehicle license plates issued by the registrar of motor 37
vehicles or model year license plates procured by the applicant. 38
Historical vehicle license plates shall not bear a date, but shall 39
bear the inscription "Historical Vehicle--Ohio" and the 40
registration number, which shall be shown thereon. Model year 41
license plates shall be legible and serviceable license plates 42
issued by this state and inscribed with the date of the year 43
corresponding to the model year when the vehicle was manufactured. 44
Notwithstanding section 4503.21 of the Revised Code, only one 45
model year license plate is required to be displayed on the rear 46
of the historical motor vehicle at all times. The registration 47
certificate and the historical vehicle license plates issued by 48
the registrar shall be kept in the vehicle at all times the 49
vehicle is operated on the public roads and highways in this 50
state.51

       Notwithstanding section 4503.21 of the Revised Code, the 52
owner of ana historical motor vehicle that was manufactured for 53
military purposes and that is registered under this section may 54
display the assigned registration number of the vehicle by 55
painting the number on the front and rear of the vehicle. The 56
number shall be painted, in accordance with the size and style 57
specifications established for numerals and letters shown on 58
license plates in section 4503.22 of the Revised Code, in a color 59
that contrasts clearly with the color of the vehicle, and shall be 60
legible and visible at all times. Upon application for 61
registration under this section and payment of the license fee 62
prescribed in division (B) of this section, the owner of such ana63
historical motor vehicle shall be issued historical vehicle 64
license plates. The registration certificate and at least one such 65
license plate shall be kept in the vehicle at all times the 66
vehicle is operated on the public roads and highways in this 67
state. If ownership of such a vehicle is transferred, the 68
transferor shall surrender the historical vehicle license plates 69
or transfer them to another historical motor vehicle the 70
transferor owns, and remove or obliterate the registration numbers 71
painted on the vehicle.72

       (E) Historical vehicle and model year license plates are 73
valid without renewal as long as the vehicle for which they were 74
issued or procured is in existence. Historical vehicle plates are 75
issued for the owner's use only for such vehicle unless later 76
transferred to another historical motor vehicle owned by that 77
person. In order to effect such a transfer, the owner of the 78
historical motor vehicle that originally displayed the historical 79
vehicle plates shall comply with division (C) of this section. In 80
the event of a transfer of title, the transferor shall surrender 81
historical vehicle license plates or transfer them to another 82
historical motor vehicle owned by the transferor, but model year 83
license plates may be retained by the transferor. The registrar 84
may revoke license plates issued under this section, for cause 85
shown and after hearing, for failure of the applicant to comply 86
with this section. Upon revocation, historical vehicle license 87
plates shall be surrendered; model year license plates may be 88
retained, but no longer are valid for display on the vehicle.89

       (F) The owner of ana historical motor vehicle bearing 90
historical vehicle license plates may replace them with model year 91
license plates by surrendering the historical vehicle license 92
plates and motor vehicle certificate of registration to the 93
registrar. The owner, at the time of registration, shall execute 94
an affidavit setting forth that the model year plates are legible 95
and serviceable license plates that originally were issued by this 96
state. Such an owner is required to pay the license fee prescribed 97
by division (B) of this section, but the owner is not required to 98
have the historical motor vehicle reinspected under division (C) 99
of this section.100

       A person who owns ana historical motor vehicle bearing model 101
year license plates may replace them with historical vehicle 102
license plates by surrendering the motor vehicle certificate of 103
registration and applying for issuance of historical vehicle 104
license plates. Such a person is required to pay the license fee 105
prescribed by division (B) of this section, but the person is not 106
required to have the historical motor vehicle reinspected under 107
division (C) of this section.108

       Sec. 4511.68.  (A) No person shall stand or park a trackless 109
trolley or vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with 110
other traffic or to comply with sections 4511.01 to 4511.78, 111
4511.99, and 4513.01 to 4513.37 of the Revised Code, or while 112
obeying the directions of a police officer or a traffic control 113
device, in any of the following places:114

       (1) On a sidewalk, except a bicycleas provided in division 115
(B) of this section;116

       (2) In front of a public or private driveway;117

       (3) Within an intersection;118

       (4) Within ten feet of a fire hydrant;119

       (5) On a crosswalk;120

       (6) Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;121

       (7) Within thirty feet of, and upon the approach to, any 122
flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic control device;123

       (8) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 124
thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of 125
a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by a traffic 126
control device;127

       (9) Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad 128
crossing;129

       (10) Within twenty feet of a driveway entrance to any fire 130
station and, on the side of the street opposite the entrance to 131
any fire station, within seventy-five feet of the entrance when it 132
is properly posted with signs;133

       (11) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or 134
obstruction when such standing or parking would obstruct traffic;135

       (12) Alongside any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or 136
curb of a street;137

       (13) Upon any bridge or elevated structure upon a highway, or 138
within a highway tunnel;139

       (14) At any place where signs prohibit stopping;140

       (15) Within one foot of another parked vehicle;141

       (16) On the roadway portion of a freeway, expressway, or 142
thruway.143

       (B) A person shall be permitted, without charge or 144
restriction, to stand or park on a sidewalk a motor-driven cycle 145
or motor scooter that has an engine not larger than one hundred 146
and fifty cubic centimeters, or a bicycle, provided that the 147
motor-driven cycle, motor scooter, or bicycle does not impede the 148
normal flow of pedestrian traffic. This division does not 149
authorize any person to operate a vehicle in violation of section 150
4511.711 of the Revised Code.151

       (C) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever 152
violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a minor 153
misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender 154
previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one 155
predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this 156
section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, 157
within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been 158
convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic 159
offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor 160
of the third degree.161

       Section 2.  That existing sections 4503.181 and 4511.68 of 162
the Revised Code are hereby repealed.163