To amend section 2913.71 of the Revised Code to provide that theft of a vehicle validation sticker is a felony of the fifth degree.

Section 1. That section 2913.71 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 2913.71.  Regardless of the value of the property involved and regardless of whether the offender previously has been convicted of a theft offense, a violation of section 2913.02 or 2913.51 of the Revised Code is a felony of the fifth degree if the property involved is any of the following:

(A) A credit card;

(B) A printed form for a check or other negotiable instrument, that on its face identifies the drawer or maker for whose use it is designed or identifies the account on which it is to be drawn, and that has not been executed by the drawer or maker or on which the amount is blank;

(C) A motor vehicle identification license plate as prescribed by section 4503.22 of the Revised Code, a temporary license placard or windshield sticker as prescribed by section 4503.182 of the Revised Code, a validation sticker as prescribed by sections 4503.19 and 4503.191 of the Revised Code, or any comparable license plate, placard, or sticker as prescribed by the applicable law of another state or the United States;

(D) A blank form for a certificate of title or a manufacturer's or importer's certificate to a motor vehicle, as prescribed by section 4505.07 of the Revised Code;

(E) A blank form for any license listed in section 4507.01 of the Revised Code.

Section 2. That existing section 2913.71 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.

Section 3.  Section 2913.71 of the Revised Code is presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Am. Sub. S.B. 2 and Sub. H.B. 4 of the 121st General Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds that the composite is the resulting version of the section in effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in this act.