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Am. H. B. No. 392 As Passed by the HouseAs Passed by the House
127th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2007-2008 |
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Representative McGregor, J.
Cosponsors:
Representatives Peterson, Evans, Hughes, Wagoner, Gibbs, Chandler, Stewart, J., Stewart, D., Bacon, Zehringer, McGregor, R., Wolpert, Combs, Okey, Bubp, Collier, Stebelton, Batchelder, Strahorn, Adams, Latta, Daniels, Hite, Book, Brown, Carmichael, Domenick, Flowers, Lundy, Reinhard, Schlichter, Skindell, Sykes, Beatty, Brady, Coley, DeGeeter, Driehaus, Fende, Foley, Hottinger, Oelslager, Patton, Sayre, Schindel, Setzer, Uecker
A BILL
To enact section 4501.81 of the Revised Code to
establish a next of kin database within the Bureau
of Motor Vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 4501.81 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 4501.81. (A) The bureau of motor vehicles shall
establish a database of the next of kin of persons who are issued
and driver's licenses,
commercial driver's licenses, temporary
instruction permits, and
identification cards.
Information in
the database shall be
accessible only to employees
of the bureau
and to criminal justice agencies and is not a public record for
purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
(B) An individual holding a valid Ohio driver's license,
commercial driver's license,
temporary instruction permit, or
identification card shall be afforded the
opportunity to list the
name,
address, telephone number, and
relationship to the
individual of
at least one contact person whom
the individual
wishes to be
contacted if the individual is
involved in a motor
vehicle accident or
emergency situation and
the individual
dies
or is seriously
injured or rendered
unconscious and is
unable
to communicate with
the contact person.
The contact
person may
or may not be the next of
kin of the
applicant, except that if
the applicant is under eighteen years of age and is not
emancipated, the contact person shall include the parent,
guardian, or custodian of the applicant.
(C) The bureau, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the
Revised Code, shall adopt rules to implement this section. The
rules shall address both of the following:
(1) The methods whereby a person who has submitted the name
of a contact person for inclusion in the database may make changes
to that entry;
(2) Any other aspect of the database or its operation that
the registrar of motor vehicles determines is necessary in order
to implement this section.
(D) In the event of a motor vehicle accident or emergency
situation in which a person dies or is seriously injured or
rendered unconscious and is unable to communicate with the contact
person specified in the database, an employee of a criminal
justice agency shall
make a good faith effort to notify the
contact person of the
situation, but neither the bureau of motor
vehicles nor the employee nor the
criminal justice agency that
employs that employee
incurs any
liability if the employee is
not able to
make contact with the
contact person.
Section 2. The Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall adopt rules
establishing the next of kin database described in Section 1 of
this act, and the database shall be operational, not later than
one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section.
Section 3. This act shall be known as the "Money-Burge Act."
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