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As Reported by the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee
122nd General Assembly
Regular Session
1997-1998 | Am. Sub. H. B. No. 144 |
REPRESENTATIVES METZGER-HARRIS-MALLORY-LUCAS-NETZLEY-MOTTLEY-
ROMAN-GRENDELL-BRITTON-CATES-TERWILLEGER-BENDER-OLMAN-BATEMAN-
WHALEN-VESPER-DAMSCHRODER-THOMAS-GARCIA-TIBERI-SULZER-MYERS-
WOMER BENJAMIN-BRADING-BUCHY-HAINES-VESPER-MOTTL-CAREY-FORD-
STAPLETON-HEALY-REID-LEWIS-OPFER-WESTON-SCHULER-JORDAN-BOGGS-
TAVARES-CORBIN-BEATTY-PATTON-VERICH-SALERNO-MASON-COLONNA-
SENATORS OELSLAGER-HOWARD-LATELL-DiDONATO-FURNEY-LATTA
A BILL
To amend sections 4507.23 and 4507.24 of the Revised Code to
exempt veterans who have a service-connected disability rated at
100% by the Veterans' Administration from payment
of any
application or service fees when obtaining a driver's license or
motorized bicycle license, or fee for laminating such
a license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 4507.23 and 4507.24 of the Revised Code be amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 4507.23. (A) Each EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (H)
OF THIS SECTION, EACH application for a temporary
instruction permit and examination shall be accompanied by a fee
of four dollars.
(B) Each EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION
(H) OF THIS SECTION, EACH application for a driver's license made
by a person who previously held such a license and whose license has
expired not more than two years prior to the date of application,
and who is required under this chapter to give an actual
demonstration of the person's ability to drive, shall be
accompanied by a
fee of three dollars in addition to any other fees.
(C) Except as provided in division DIVISIONS (E) AND
(H) of this
section, each application for a driver's license, or motorcycle operator's
endorsement, or renewal of a driver's license shall be
accompanied by a fee of six dollars. Each EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN
DIVISION (H) OF THIS SECTION, EACH application for a
duplicate driver's license shall be accompanied by a fee of two
dollars and fifty cents. The duplicate driver's licenses issued
under this section shall be distributed by the deputy registrar
in accordance with rules adopted by the registrar of motor
vehicles.
(D) Each EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (H) OF THIS
SECTION, EACH application for a motorized bicycle license or
duplicate thereof shall be accompanied by a fee of two dollars and
fifty cents.
(E) Each EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (H) OF THIS
SECTION, EACH application for a driver's license or renewal of
a driver's license that will be issued to a person who is less
than twenty-one years of age shall be accompanied by whichever of
the following fees is applicable:
(1) If the person is sixteen years of age or older, but
less than seventeen years of age, a fee of seven dollars and
twenty-five cents;
(2) If the person is seventeen years of age or older, but
less than eighteen years of age, a fee of six dollars;
(3) If the person is eighteen years of age or older, but
less than nineteen years of age, a fee of four dollars and
seventy-five cents;
(4) If the person is nineteen years of age or older, but
less than twenty years of age, a fee of three dollars and fifty
cents;
(5) If the person is twenty years of age or older, but
less than twenty-one years of age, a fee of two dollars and
twenty-five cents.
(F) Neither the registrar nor any deputy registrar shall
charge a fee in excess of one dollar and fifty cents for
laminating a driver's license or motorized bicycle license as
required by sections 4507.13 and 4511.521 of the Revised Code. A
deputy registrar laminating a driver's license or motorized
bicycle license shall retain the entire amount of the fee charged
for lamination, less the actual cost to the registrar of the
laminating materials used for that lamination, as specified in
the contract executed by the bureau for the laminating materials
and laminating equipment. The deputy registrar shall forward the
amount of the cost of the laminating materials to the registrar
for deposit as provided in this section.
(G) At the time and in the manner provided by section
4503.10 of the Revised Code, the deputy registrar shall transmit
the fees collected under divisions (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E),
and those portions of the fees specified in and collected under
division (F) of this section to the registrar. The registrar
shall pay two dollars and fifty cents of each fee collected under divisions
(A), (B), (C), (D), and (E)(1) to (4) of this
section, and the entire fee collected under division (E)(5)
of this section, into the state highway safety fund
established in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code, and such fees shall be
used for the sole purpose of supporting driver licensing activities. The
remaining fees collected by the registrar under this section shall be paid
into the state bureau of motor vehicles fund established in section 4501.25 of
the Revised Code.
(H) A DISABLED VETERAN WHO HAS A
SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY RATED AT ONE HUNDRED PER CENT BY
THE VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION MAY APPLY TO THE REGISTRAR OR A
DEPUTY REGISTRAR FOR THE ISSUANCE TO THAT VETERAN, WITHOUT THE
PAYMENT OF ANY FEE PRESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION, OF ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING ITEMS:
(1) A TEMPORARY INSTRUCTION PERMIT AND EXAMINATION;
(2) A NEW, RENEWAL, OR DUPLICATE DRIVER'S OR
COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE;
(3) A MOTORCYCLE OPERATOR'S ENDORSEMENT;
(4) A MOTORIZED BICYCLE LICENSE OR DUPLICATE THEREOF;
(5) LAMINATION OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR MOTORIZED BICYCLE LICENSE AS
PROVIDED IN DIVISION (F) OF THIS SECTION, IF THE CIRCUMSTANCES
SPECIFIED IN DIVISION
(H)(5) OF THIS SECTION ARE MET.
IF THE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR MOTORIZED BICYCLE LICENSE OF A DISABLED
VETERAN DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (H) OF THIS
SECTION IS LAMINATED BY A DEPUTY REGISTRAR WHO IS ACTING AS A DEPUTY REGISTRAR
PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT WITH THE REGISTRAR THAT IS IN EFFECT ON THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT, THE DISABLED VETERAN SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE
DEPUTY REGISTRAR THE LAMINATION FEE PROVIDED IN DIVISION
(F) OF THIS SECTION. IF THE DRIVER'S LICENSE
OR MOTORIZED BICYCLE LICENSE OF SUCH A DISABLED VETERAN IS LAMINATED BY A
DEPUTY REGISTRAR WHO IS ACTING AS A DEPUTY REGISTRAR PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT
WITH THE REGISTRAR THAT IS EXECUTED AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
AMENDMENT,
THE DISABLED VETERAN IS NOT REQUIRED TO PAY THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR THE
LAMINATION
FEE PROVIDED IN DIVISION (F) OF THIS
SECTION.
A DISABLED VETERAN WHOSE DRIVER'S LICENSE OR MOTORIZED BICYCLE LICENSE IS
LAMINATED BY THE REGISTRAR IS NOT REQUIRED TO PAY THE REGISTRAR ANY LAMINATION
FEE.
AN APPLICATION MADE UNDER DIVISION (H) OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY SUCH DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE OF DISABILITY AS THE
REGISTRAR MAY REQUIRE BY RULE.
Sec. 4507.24. (A) Each EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (B)
OF THIS SECTION, EACH deputy registrar may collect a fee
not to exceed the following:
(1) Three dollars and twenty-five cents for each
application for renewal of a driver's license received by him THE
DEPUTY REGISTRAR, when the applicant is required to submit to a screening
of his THE APPLICANT'S vision under section 4507.12 of the Revised
Code;
(2) Two dollars and twenty-five cents for each application
for a driver's license, or motorized bicycle license, or for
renewal of such a license, received by him THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR,
when the applicant is
not required to submit to a screening of his THE APPLICANT'S
vision under section
4507.12 of the Revised Code.
(B) The fees prescribed by division (A) of this section
shall be in addition to the fee for a temporary instruction
permit and examination, a driver's license, a motorized bicycle
license, or duplicates thereof, and shall compensate the deputy
registrar for his THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR'S services, for office
and rental expense, and
for costs as provided in division (C) of this section, as are
necessary for the proper discharge of his THE DEPUTY REGISTRAR'S
duties under sections
4507.01 to 4507.39 of the Revised Code.
A DISABLED VETERAN WHO HAS A SERVICE-CONNECTED
DISABILITY RATED AT ONE HUNDRED PER CENT BY THE VETERANS'
ADMINISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO PAY THE APPLICABLE FEE
PRESCRIBED IN DIVISION (A) OF
THIS SECTION IF THE DISABLED VETERAN SUBMITS AN
APPLICATION FOR A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR MOTORIZED
BICYCLE LICENSE OR A RENEWAL OF EITHER OF THESE LICENSES
TO A DEPUTY REGISTRAR
WHO IS ACTING AS A DEPUTY REGISTRAR PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT WITH THE REGISTRAR
THAT IS IN EFFECT ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT. THE DISABLED
VETERAN ALSO IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT WITH THE DISABLED VETERAN'S
APPLICATION
SUCH
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE OF DISABILITY AS THE REGISTRAR MAY REQUIRE
BY RULE.
A DISABLED VETERAN WHO SUBMITS AN APPLICATION DESCRIBED IN THIS DIVISION
IS NOT REQUIRED TO PAY EITHER OF THE FEES PRESCRIBED IN DIVISION
(A) OF THIS SECTION IF THE DISABLED VETERAN
SUBMITS THE APPLICATION TO A DEPUTY REGISTRAR WHO IS ACTING AS A DEPUTY
REGISTRAR PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT WITH THE REGISTRAR THAT IS EXECUTED AFTER THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT. THE DISABLED VETERAN STILL IS REQUIRED TO
SUBMIT WITH THE DISABLED VETERAN'S APPLICATION SUCH DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE OF
DISABILITY AS THE REGISTRAR MAY REQUIRE BY RULE.
A DISABLED VETERAN WHO SUBMITS AN APPLICATION DESCRIBED IN THIS DIVISION
DIRECTLY TO THE REGISTRAR IS NOT REQUIRED TO PAY EITHER OF THE FEES PRESCRIBED
IN DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION IF THE
DISABLED VETERAN SUBMITS WITH THE DISABLED VETERAN'S APPLICATION SUCH
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE OF DISABILITY AS THE REGISTRAR MAY REQUIRE BY
RULE.
(C) Each deputy registrar shall transmit to the registrar
of motor vehicles, at such time and in such manner as the
registrar shall require by rule, an amount of each fee collected
under division (A)(1) of this section as shall be determined by
the registrar. The registrar shall pay all SUCH moneys so received by
him into the state bureau of motor vehicles fund created in section
4501.25
of the Revised Code.
Section 2. That existing sections 4507.23 and 4507.24 of the Revised Code
are hereby repealed.
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