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S. B. No. 220 As IntroducedAs Introduced
128th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2009-2010 |
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Cosponsors:
Senators Carey, Miller, D., Hughes, Schiavoni, Wagoner
A BILL
To amend section 955.011 of the Revised Code to
revise the definition of "mobility impaired
person" to include a person who is diagnosed with
autism for purposes of the statutes governing
assistance dogs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 955.011 of the Revised Code be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 955.011. (A) When an application is made for
registration of an assistance dog and the owner can show proof by
certificate or
other means that the dog is an assistance dog,
the
owner of the dog shall
be exempt from any fee for the
registration. Registration for
an assistance dog shall be
permanent and not
subject to annual renewal so long as the dog is
an assistance dog. Certificates and tags stamped "Ohio Assistance
Dog-Permanent Registration," with registration number,
shall be
issued upon registration of such a dog. Any certificate
and tag
stamped "Ohio Guide Dog-Permanent Registration" or "Ohio
Hearing
Dog-Permanent Registration," with registration number,
that was
issued for a dog in accordance with this section as it
existed
prior to July 4, 1984, any certificate and tag stamped "Ohio
Handicapped Assistance Dog-Permanent Registration," with
registration number, that was issued for a dog in accordance with
this section as it existed on and after July 5, 1984, but prior to
November 26, 2004, and any certificate and tag stamped "Ohio
Service Dog-Permanent Registration," with registration number,
that was issued for a dog in accordance with this section as it
existed on and after November 26, 2004, but prior to the effective
date of this amendment June 30, 2006, shall remain in effect as
valid
proof of the registration of the dog on and after November
26, 2004.
Duplicate certificates and tags for a dog registered in
accordance with this section, upon proper proof of loss, shall be
issued and no fee required. Each duplicate certificate and tag
that is issued shall be stamped "Ohio Assistance
Dog-Permanent
Registration."
(B) As used in this section and in sections 955.16 and
955.43
of the Revised Code:
(1) "Mobility impaired person" means any person,
regardless
of age, who is subject to a physiological defect or
deficiency
regardless of its cause, nature, or extent that
renders the person
unable to move about without the aid of
crutches, a wheelchair, or
any other form of support, or that
limits the person's functional
ability to ambulate, climb,
descend, sit, rise, or perform any
related function. "Mobility impaired person" includes a person
with a neurological or psychological disability that limits the
person's functional ability to ambulate, climb, descend, sit,
rise, or perform any related function. "Mobility impaired person"
also includes a person with a seizure disorder and a person who is
diagnosed with autism.
(2) "Blind" means either of the following:
(a) Vision twenty/two hundred or less in the better eye
with
proper correction;
(b) Field defect in the better eye with proper correction
that contracts the peripheral field so that the diameter of the
visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees.
(3) "Assistance dog" means a guide dog, hearing dog, or
service dog that has been trained by a nonprofit special agency.
(4) "Guide dog" means a dog that has been trained or is in
training to assist a blind person.
(5) "Hearing dog" means a dog that has been trained or is in
training to assist a deaf or hearing-impaired person.
(6) "Service dog" means a dog that has been trained or is in
training to assist a mobility impaired person.
Section 2. That existing section 955.011 of the Revised Code
is hereby repealed.
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