130th Ohio General Assembly
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As Reported by House Transportation and Public Safety Committee

123rd General Assembly
Regular Session
1999-2000
S. B. No. 271

SENATORS WACHTMANN-SPADA-ARMBRUSTER-
REPRESENTATIVE S CLANCY-METTLER-PATTON-OLMAN-DAMSCHRODER-MEAD


A BILL
To amend sections 4507.10 and 4507.11 of the Revised Code to provide that persons who successfully complete a course of basic instruction provided by the motorcycle safety and education program not be required to drive a motorcycle under the supervision of an examining officer in order to obtain a motorcycle operator's endorsement or a restricted license that permits only the operation of a motorcycle.

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


Section 1. That sections 4507.10 and 4507.11 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 4507.10. (A) The EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 4507.11 of the Revised Code, THE registrar of motor vehicles shall examine every applicant for a temporary instruction permit, driver's license, or motorcycle operator's endorsement before issuing any such permit, license, or endorsement.

(B) Except as provided in section 4507.12 of the Revised Code, the registrar may waive the examination of any person applying for the renewal of a driver's license or motorcycle operator's endorsement issued under this chapter, provided that the applicant presents either an unexpired license or endorsement or a license or endorsement which has expired not more than six months prior to the date of application.

(C) The registrar may waive the examination of any person applying for the renewal of such a license or endorsement who is on active duty in the armed forces of the United States or in service with the peace corps, volunteers in service to America, or the foreign service of the United States if the applicant has no physical or mental disabilities that would affect the applicant's driving ability, had a valid Ohio driver's or commercial driver's license at the time the applicant commenced such active duty or service, and the applicant's license is not under suspension or revocation by this state or any other jurisdiction. The registrar also may waive the examination of the spouse or a dependent of any such person on active duty or in service if the applicant has no physical or mental disabilities that would affect his THE APPLICANT'S driving ability, was an Ohio licensee at the time the person commenced the active duty or service, and if the person's active duty caused the spouse or dependent to relocate outside of this state during the period of the active duty or service.

(D) Except as provided in section 4507.12 of the Revised Code, the registrar may waive the examination of any person applying for such a license or endorsement who meets any of the following sets of qualifications:

(1) Has been on active duty in the armed forces of the United States, presents an honorable discharge certificate showing that the applicant has no physical or mental disabilities that would affect the applicant's driving ability, had a valid Ohio driver's or commercial driver's license at the time the applicant commenced his THE APPLICANT'S active duty, is not under a license suspension or revocation by this state or any other jurisdiction, and makes the application not more than six months after the date of discharge or separation;.

(2) Was in service with the peace corps, volunteers in service to America, or the foreign service of the United States; presents such evidence of his THE APPLICANT'S service as the registrar prescribes showing that the applicant has no physical or mental disabilities that would affect THE applicant's driving ability; had a valid Ohio driver's or commercial driver's license at the time the applicant commenced his THE APPLICANT'S service, is not under a license suspension or revocation by this state or any other jurisdiction, and makes the application no more than six months after leaving the peace corps, volunteers, or foreign service.

(3) Is the spouse or a dependent of a person on active duty in the armed forces of the United States, or in service with the peace corps, volunteers in service to America, or the foreign service of the United States; presents such evidence as the registrar prescribes showing that the applicant has no physical or mental disabilities that would affect his driving ability; presents such evidence as the registrar prescribes showing that the applicant relocated outside of Ohio as a result of the person's active duty or service; was an Ohio licensee at the time of the relocation; and makes the application not more than six months after returning to Ohio.

Sec. 4507.11. (A) The registrar of motor vehicles shall conduct all necessary examinations of applicants for temporary instruction permits, drivers' licenses, or motorcycle operators' endorsements. The examination shall include a test of the applicant's knowledge of motor vehicle laws, including the laws on stopping for school buses, a test of the applicant's physical fitness to drive, and a test of the applicant's ability to understand highway traffic control devices. The examination may be conducted in such a manner that applicants who are illiterate or limited in their knowledge of the English language may be tested by methods that would indicate to the examining officer that the applicant has a reasonable knowledge of motor vehicle laws and understands highway traffic control devices. An applicant for a driver's license shall give an actual demonstration of the ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a motor vehicle by driving the same under the supervision of an examining officer. An EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION, AN applicant for a motorcycle operator's endorsement OR A RESTRICTED LICENSE THAT PERMITS ONLY THE OPERATION OF A MOTORCYCLE shall give an actual demonstration of the ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a motorcycle by driving the same under the supervision of an examining officer. Except as provided in section 4507.12 of the Revised Code, the registrar shall designate the highway patrol or any law enforcement body to supervise and conduct examinations for temporary instruction permits, drivers' licenses, and motorcycle operators' endorsements and shall provide the necessary rules and forms to properly conduct the examinations. The records of the examinations, together with the application for a temporary instruction permit, driver's license, or motorcycle operator's endorsement, shall be forwarded to the registrar by the deputy registrar, and, if in the opinion of the registrar the applicant is qualified to operate a motor vehicle, the registrar shall issue the permit, license, or endorsement.

The registrar may authorize the highway patrol or other designated law enforcement body to issue an examiner's driving permit to an applicant who has passed the required examination, authorizing that applicant to operate a motor vehicle while the registrar is completing an investigation relative to that applicant's qualifications to receive a temporary instruction permit, driver's license, or motorcycle operator's endorsement. The examiner's driving permit shall be in the immediate possession of the applicant while operating a motor vehicle and shall be effective until final action and notification has been given by the registrar, but in no event longer than sixty days from its date of issuance.

(B)(1) AN APPLICANT FOR A MOTORCYCLE OPERATOR'S ENDORSEMENT OR A RESTRICTED LICENSE THAT PERMITS ONLY THE OPERATION OF A MOTORCYCLE WHO PRESENTS TO THE REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES OR A DEPUTY REGISTRAR A FORM APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY ATTESTING TO THE APPLICANT'S SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION WITHIN THE PRECEDING SIXTY DAYS OF A COURSE OF BASIC INSTRUCTION PROVIDED BY THE MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AND EDUCATION PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR PURSUANT TO SECTION 4508.08 of the Revised Code SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO GIVE AN ACTUAL DEMONSTRATION OF THE ABILITY TO OPERATE A MOTORCYCLE BY DRIVING A MOTORCYCLE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF AN EXAMINING OFFICER, AS DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION. UPON PRESENTATION OF THE FORM DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (B)(1) OF THIS SECTION AND COMPLIANCE WITH ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF A MOTORCYCLE OPERATOR'S ENDORSEMENT OR A RESTRICTED LICENSE THAT PERMITS ONLY THE OPERATION OF A MOTORCYCLE, THE REGISTRAR OR DEPUTY REGISTRAR SHALL ISSUE TO THE APPLICANT THE ENDORSEMENT OR RESTRICTED LICENSE, AS THE CASE MAY BE.

(2) A PERSON WHO HAS NOT ATTAINED EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND PRESENTS AN APPLICATION FOR A MOTORCYCLE OPERATOR'S ENDORSEMENT OR A RESTRICTED LICENSE UNDER DIVISION (B)(1) OF THIS SECTION ALSO SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 4507.21 of the Revised Code.


Section 2. That existing sections 4507.10 and 4507.11 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.


Section 3. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall take effect January 1, 2001.


Section 4. Section 4507.10 of the Revised Code is presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended by Am. Sub. S.B. 35 of the 122nd General Assembly and Sub. S.B. 96 of the 120th General Assembly, with the new language of neither of the acts shown in capital letters. This is in recognition of the principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that such amendments are to be harmonized where not substantively irreconcilable and constitutes a legislative finding that such is the resulting version in effect prior to the effective date of this act.
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