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S. B. No. 31As Reported by the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee
As Reported by the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee
124th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2001-2002 |
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SENATORS Oelslager, Carnes, Mead, Armbruster, Wachtmann, Mallory, Ryan
A BILL
To amend section 4503.10 of the Revised Code to
prohibit the display of Social
Security numbers on
motor vehicle certificates of registration.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 4503.10 of the Revised Code be
amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 4503.10. (A) The owner of every snowmobile,
off-highway motorcycle,
and
all-purpose vehicle required to be
registered under section
4519.02 of the Revised
Code shall file an
application
for registration under section 4519.03 of the
Revised
Code. The owner of a motor
vehicle, other than a snowmobile,
off-highway motorcycle, or
all-purpose vehicle, that is not
designed and constructed by the
manufacturer for operation on a
street or highway may not
register it under this chapter except
upon certification of
inspection pursuant to section 4513.02 of
the
Revised
Code by the sheriff or chief of
police of the
municipal or township police with jurisdiction
over the political
subdivision in which the owner of the motor
vehicle resides.
Except as provided in section 4503.103
of the Revised Code, every
owner of every other motor vehicle
not previously described in
this section and every
person mentioned as owner in the last
certificate of title of a motor vehicle
that
is operated or driven
upon the public roads or highways shall
cause to be filed each
year, by mail or otherwise, in the office
of the registrar of
motor vehicles or a deputy registrar, a
written or electronic
application or a preprinted registration renewal
notice issued
under section 4503.102 of the Revised Code, the form of
which
shall be prescribed by the registrar, for registration for
the
following registration year, which shall begin on the first
day of
January of every calendar year and end on the thirty-first
day of
December in the same year. Applications for registration
and
registration renewal notices shall be filed at the times
established by the registrar pursuant to section 4503.101 of the
Revised Code. A motor vehicle owner also may elect to renew a
motor
vehicle registration by electronic means using electronic
signature in
accordance with rules adopted by the registrar.
Except
as provided in division (J) of this
section, applications
for registration shall be made on blanks
furnished by the
registrar for that purpose, containing the
following information: (1) A brief description of the motor vehicle to be
registered, including the name of the manufacturer, the factory
number of the vehicle, the year's model, and, in the case of
commercial cars, the gross weight of the vehicle fully equipped
computed in the manner prescribed in section 4503.08 of the
Revised Code; (2) The name and residence
address of the owner, and the
township and municipal corporation in
which the
owner resides; (3) The district of registration, which shall be
determined
as follows: (a) In case the motor vehicle to be registered is used for
hire or principally in connection with any established business
or
branch business, conducted at a particular place, the district
of
registration is the municipal corporation in which that place
is
located or, if not located in any municipal corporation, the
county and township in which that place is located. (b) In case the vehicle is not so used, the district of
registration is the municipal corporation or county in which the
owner resides at the time of making the application. (4) Whether the motor vehicle is a new or used motor
vehicle; (5) The date of purchase of the motor vehicle; (6) Whether the fees required to be paid for the
registration or transfer of the motor vehicle, during the
preceding registration year and during the preceding period of
the
current registration year, have been paid. Each application
for
registration shall be signed by the owner, either
manually or by
electronic signature, or pursuant to
obtaining a limited power of
attorney authorized by the registrar for
registration, or other
document authorizing such signature. If the owner
elects to renew
the motor vehicle registration with the registrar by
electronic
means, the owner's manual signature is not required. (7) The owner's social security number, if assigned, or,
where a motor vehicle to be registered is used for hire or
principally in connection with any established business, the
owner's federal taxpayer identification number.
The bureau of
motor
vehicles shall retain in its records all social security
numbers provided
under this section, but the bureau shall not
place social security numbers on
motor vehicle certificates of
registration. (B) Each time the applicant first registers a motor
vehicle
in the applicant's name, the
applicant shall present for
inspection a
certificate of title or a memorandum certificate
showing title to
the motor vehicle to be registered in the
name of
the applicant. When a
motor vehicle inspection and maintenance
program is in effect
under section 3704.14 of the Revised Code and
rules adopted under
it, each application for registration for a
vehicle required to
be inspected under that section and those
rules shall be
accompanied by an inspection certificate for the
motor vehicle
issued in accordance with that section. The
application shall be
refused if any of the following applies: (1) The application is not in proper form. (2) The application is prohibited from being accepted by
division (D) of
section 2935.27, division (A) of section 2937.221,
division (A) of
section 4503.13, division (B) of section
4507.168,
or division (B)(1) of section 4521.10 of the Revised Code. (3) A
certificate of title or memorandum certificate of
title does not
accompany
the application. (4) All registration and transfer fees for the motor
vehicle, for the preceding year or the preceding period of the
current registration year, have not been paid. (5) The owner or lessee does not have an inspection
certificate for the motor vehicle as provided in section 3704.14
of the Revised Code, and rules adopted under it, if that section
is applicable. This section does not require the payment of license or
registration taxes on a motor vehicle for any preceding year, or
for any preceding period of a year, if the motor vehicle was not
taxable for that preceding year or period under sections 4503.02,
4503.04, 4503.11, 4503.12, and 4503.16 or Chapter 4504. of the
Revised Code. When a certificate of registration is issued upon
the first registration of a motor vehicle by or on behalf of the
owner, the official issuing the certificate shall indicate the
issuance with a stamp on the certificate of title or memorandum
certificate and on the inspection certificate for the motor
vehicle, if any. The official also shall indicate, by a stamp or
by such other means as the registrar prescribes, on the
registration certificate issued upon the first registration of a
motor vehicle by or on behalf of the owner the odometer reading
of
the motor vehicle as shown in the odometer statement included
in
or attached to the certificate of title. Upon each subsequent
registration of the motor vehicle by or on behalf of the same
owner, the official also shall so indicate the odometer reading
of
the motor vehicle as shown on the immediately preceding
certificate of registration. The registrar shall include in the permanent registration
record of any vehicle required to be inspected under section
3704.14 of the Revised Code the inspection certificate number
from
the inspection certificate that is presented at the time of
registration of the vehicle as required under this division.
(C) In addition, a charge of twenty-five cents shall be
made
for each reflectorized safety license plate issued, and a single
charge
of twenty-five cents shall be made for each county
identification sticker
or each set of county
identification
stickers issued, as the case may be, to cover the cost
of
producing the license plates and
stickers, including material,
manufacturing, and administrative costs. Those
fees shall be in
addition to the
license tax. If the total cost of producing the
plates is less
than twenty-five cents per plate, or if the total
cost of
producing the stickers is less than twenty-five cents per
sticker or
per set issued, any excess moneys accruing from the
fees shall be distributed
in the same manner as provided by
section 4501.04 of the Revised
Code for the distribution of
license tax moneys. If the total
cost of producing the plates
exceeds twenty-five cents per plate,
or if the total cost of
producing the stickers exceeds
twenty-five cents per sticker or
per set issued, the difference shall
be paid from the
license tax
moneys collected pursuant to section 4503.02 of the
Revised Code. (D) Each deputy registrar shall be allowed a fee of two
dollars and twenty-five cents for each application for
registration and registration renewal notice the
deputy registrar
receives,
which shall be for the purpose of compensating the
deputy
registrar for the deputy registrar's services, and such
office and rental expenses,
as may be necessary for the proper
discharge of the deputy registrar's
duties in the
receiving of
applications and renewal notices and the issuing of
licenses. (E) Upon the certification of the registrar, the county
sheriff or local police officials shall recover license plates
erroneously or fraudulently issued. (F) Each deputy registrar, upon receipt of any application
for
registration or registration renewal notice, together with the
license fee and any
local motor
vehicle license tax levied
pursuant to Chapter 4504. of the
Revised Code, shall transmit that
fee and tax, if any, in the
manner provided in this section,
together with the original and
duplicate copy of the application,
to the registrar. The
registrar, subject to the approval of the
director of public
safety, may deposit the funds collected by
those deputies in a
local bank or depository to the credit of the
"state of Ohio,
bureau of motor vehicles." Where a local bank or
depository
has been designated by the registrar, each deputy
registrar shall deposit
all moneys collected by the deputy
registrar into that bank
or depository not more than one business
day after their collection and shall
make
reports to the registrar
of the amounts so deposited, together
with any other information,
some of which may be prescribed by
the treasurer of state, as the
registrar may require and as
prescribed by the registrar by rule.
The registrar, within three
days after receipt of notification of
the deposit of funds by a
deputy registrar in a local bank or
depository, shall draw on that
account
in favor of the treasurer
of state. The registrar, subject to
the approval of the director
and the treasurer of state, may make
reasonable rules necessary
for the prompt transmittal of fees and
for safeguarding the
interests of the state and of counties,
townships, municipal
corporations, and transportation
improvement districts levying
local motor vehicle license taxes.
The
registrar may
pay
service
charges usually collected by banks and depositories for
such
service. If deputy registrars are located in
communities where
banking facilities are not available, they shall transmit the
fees
forthwith, by money order or otherwise, as the registrar, by
rule
approved by the director and the treasurer of state, may
prescribe. The registrar may pay the usual and customary fees
for
such service. (G) This section does not prevent any person from making
an
application for a motor vehicle license directly to the
registrar
by mail, by electronic means, or in person at any of the
registrar's offices, upon payment of a service fee of two
dollars
and twenty-five cents for each application. (H) No person shall make a false statement as to the
district of registration in an application required by division
(A) of this section. Violation of this division is falsification
under section 2921.13 of the Revised Code and punishable as
specified in that section. (I)(1) Where applicable, the requirements of division (B)
of
this section relating to the presentation of an inspection
certificate issued under section 3704.14 of the Revised Code and
rules adopted under it for a motor vehicle, the refusal of a
license for failure to present an inspection certificate, and the
stamping of the inspection certificate by the official issuing
the
certificate of registration apply to the registration of and
issuance of license plates for a motor vehicle under sections
4503.102, 4503.12, 4503.14, 4503.15, 4503.16, 4503.171, 4503.172,
4503.19, 4503.40, 4503.41, 4503.42, 4503.43, 4503.44, 4503.46,
4503.47, and 4503.51 of the Revised Code. (2)(a) The registrar shall adopt rules ensuring that each
owner registering a motor vehicle in a county where a motor
vehicle inspection and maintenance program is in effect under
section 3704.14 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it
receives information about the requirements established in that
section and those rules and about the need in those counties to
present an inspection certificate with an application for
registration or preregistration. (b) Upon request, the registrar shall provide the director
of environmental protection, or any person that has been awarded
a
contract under division (D) of section 3704.14 of the Revised
Code, an on-line computer data link to registration information
for all passenger cars, noncommercial motor vehicles, and
commercial cars that are subject to that section. The registrar
also shall provide to the director of environmental protection a
magnetic data tape containing registration information regarding
passenger cars, noncommercial motor vehicles, and commercial cars
for which a multi-year registration is in effect under section
4503.103 of the Revised Code or rules adopted under it,
including,
without limitation, the date of issuance of the
multi-year
registration, the registration deadline established
under rules
adopted under section 4503.101 of the Revised Code
that was
applicable in the year in which the multi-year
registration was
issued, and the registration deadline for
renewal of the
multi-year registration. (J) Application for registration under the international
registration plan, as set forth in sections 4503.60 to 4503.66 of
the Revised Code, shall be made to the registrar on forms
furnished by the registrar. In accordance with international
registration plan guidelines and pursuant to rules adopted by the
registrar, the forms shall include the following: (1) A uniform mileage schedule; (2) The gross vehicle weight of the vehicle or combined
gross vehicle weight of the combination vehicle as declared by
the
registrant; (3) Any other information the registrar requires by
rule.
Section 2. That existing section 4503.10 of the Revised Code
is hereby
repealed.
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