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(128th General Assembly)
(Substitute House Bill Number 50)
AN ACT
To amend sections 4503.19 and 4561.15 of the Revised
Code to
require a motor vehicle certificate of
registration to have a supplemental portion that
contains all the information contained in the main
portion of the certificate except for the address
of the person to whom the certificate is issued
and to modify the prohibition against a pilot
carrying passengers unless the pilot has a
specified certification.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1. That sections 4503.19 and 4561.15 of the Revised
Code be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 4503.19. (A) Upon the filing of an application for
registration and the payment of the tax for registration, the
registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar shall determine
whether the owner previously has been issued license plates for
the motor vehicle described in the application. If no license
plates previously have been issued to the owner for that motor
vehicle, the registrar or deputy registrar shall assign to the
motor vehicle a distinctive number and issue and deliver to the
owner in the manner that the registrar may select a certificate of
registration, in the form that the registrar shall prescribe, and,
except as otherwise provided in this section, two license plates,
duplicates of each other, and a validation sticker, or a
validation sticker alone, to be attached to the number plates as
provided in section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. The registrar or
deputy registrar also shall charge the owner any fees required
under division (C) of section 4503.10 of the Revised Code.
Trailers, manufactured homes, mobile homes, semitrailers, the
manufacturer thereof, the dealer, or in transit companies therein,
shall be issued one license plate only and one validation sticker,
or a validation sticker alone, and the license plate and
validation sticker shall be displayed only on the rear of such
vehicles. A commercial tractor that does not receive an
apportioned license plate under the international registration
plan shall be issued two license plates and one validation
sticker, and the validation sticker shall be displayed on the
front of the commercial tractor. An apportioned vehicle receiving
an apportioned license plate under the international registration
plan shall be issued one license plate only and one validation
sticker, or a validation sticker alone; the license plate shall be
displayed only on the front of a semitractor and on the rear of
all other vehicles. School buses shall not be issued license
plates but shall bear identifying numbers in the manner prescribed
by section 4511.764 of the Revised Code. The certificate of
registration and license plates and validation stickers, or
validation stickers alone, shall be issued and delivered to the
owner in person or by mail. Chauffeured limousines shall be issued
license plates, a validation sticker, and a livery sticker as
provided in section 4503.24 of the Revised Code. In the event of
the loss, mutilation, or destruction of any certificate of
registration, or of any license plates or validation stickers, or
if the owner chooses to replace license plates previously issued
for a motor vehicle, or if the registration certificate and
license plates have been impounded as provided by division (B)(1)
of section 4507.02 and section 4507.16 of the Revised Code, the
owner of a motor vehicle, or manufacturer or dealer, may obtain
from the registrar, or from a deputy registrar if authorized by
the registrar, a duplicate thereof or new license plates bearing a
different number, if the registrar considers it advisable, upon
filing an application prescribed by the registrar, and upon paying
a fee of one dollar for such certificate of registration, which
one dollar fee shall be deposited into the state treasury to the
credit of the state bureau of motor vehicles fund created in
section 4501.25 of the Revised Code. Commencing with each request
made on or after October 1, 2009, or in conjunction with
replacement license plates issued for renewal registrations
expiring on or after October 1, 2009, a fee of seven dollars and
fifty cents for each set of two license plates or six dollars and
fifty cents for each single license plate or validation sticker
shall be charged and collected, of which the registrar shall
deposit five dollars and fifty cents of each seven dollar and
fifty cent fee or each six dollar and fifty cent fee into the
state treasury to the credit of the state highway safety fund
created in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code and the remaining
portion of each such fee into the state treasury to the credit of
the state bureau of motor vehicles fund created in section 4501.25
of the Revised Code. In addition, each applicant for a replacement
certificate of registration, license plate, or validation sticker
shall pay the fees provided in divisions (C) and (D) of section
4503.10 of the Revised Code.
Additionally, the registrar and each deputy registrar who
either issues license plates and a validation sticker for use on
any vehicle other than a commercial tractor, semitrailer, or
apportioned vehicle, or who issues a validation sticker alone for
use on such a vehicle and the owner has changed the owner's county
of residence since the owner last was issued county identification
stickers, also shall issue and deliver to the owner either one or
two county identification stickers, as appropriate, which shall be
attached to the license plates in a manner prescribed by the
director of public safety. The county identification stickers
shall identify prominently by name or number the county in which
the owner of the vehicle resides at the time of registration.
(B) A certificate of registration issued under this section
shall have a portion that contains all the information contained
in the main portion of the certificate except for the address of
the person to whom the certificate is issued. Except as provided
in this division, whenever a reference is made in the Revised Code
to a motor vehicle certificate of registration that is issued
under this section, the reference shall be deemed to refer to
either the main portion of the certificate or the portion
containing all information in the main portion except the address
of the person to whom the certificate is issued. If a reference is
made in the Revised Code to the seizure or surrender of a motor
vehicle certificate of registration that is issued under this
section, the reference shall be deemed to refer to both the main
portion of the certificate and the portion containing all
information in the main portion except the address of the person
to whom the certificate is issued.
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor
misdemeanor.
Sec. 4561.15. (A) No person shall commit any of the
following acts:
(1) Carry passengers in an aircraft unless the person
piloting the aircraft is a holder of a valid airperson's
certificate of competency in the grade of private pilot or higher
issued by the United States that authorizes the holder to carry
passengers and the person is carrying any passenger in accordance
with the applicable certificate requirements; this division of
this section is inapplicable to the operation of military aircraft
of the United States, aircraft of a state, territory, or
possession of the United States, or aircraft licensed by a foreign
country with which the United States has a reciprocal agreement
covering the operation of such aircraft;
(2) Operate an aircraft on the land or water or in the air
space over this state in a careless or reckless manner that
endangers any person or property, or with willful or wanton
disregard for the rights or safety of others;
(3) Operate an aircraft on the land or water or in the air
space over this state while under the influence of intoxicating
liquor, controlled substances, or other habit-forming drugs;
(4) Tamper with, alter, destroy, remove, carry away, or cause
to be carried away any object used for the marking of airports,
landing fields, or other aeronautical facilities in this state, or
in any way change the position or location of such markings,
except by the direction of the proper authorities charged with the
maintenance and operation of such facilities, or illegally possess
any object used for such markings.
(B) Jurisdiction over any proceedings charging a violation of
this section is limited to courts of record.
(C) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more
than five hundred dollars, imprisoned not more than six months, or
both.
SECTION 2. That existing sections 4503.19 and 4561.15 of the
Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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