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H. B. No. 133 As Reported by the House Transportation, Public Safety, and Homeland Security CommitteeAs Reported by the House Transportation, Public Safety, and Homeland Security Committee
130th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2013-2014 |
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Representatives Slesnick, Johnson
Cosponsors:
Representatives Blair, Damschroder, DeVitis, Hall, Henne, Hood, Letson, Maag, Mallory, Pillich, Ramos, Reece, Stautberg, Terhar, Wachtmann, Young, Ruhl
A BILL
To amend sections 4503.181, 4503.19, 4503.21,
4503.23, and 4549.10 and to enact section 4503.192
of the Revised Code to require that motor vehicles
carry only one license plate to be displayed on
the rear of the vehicle, and to amend the version
of section 4503.21 of the Revised Code that is
scheduled to take effect January 1, 2017, to
continue the provisions of this act on and after
that effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 4503.181, 4503.19, 4503.21, 4503.23,
and 4549.10 be amended and section 4503.192 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 4503.181. (A) As used in this section, "historical
motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle that is more than
twenty-five years old and that is owned solely as a collector's
item and for participation in club activities, exhibitions, tours,
parades, and similar uses, but in no event is used for general
transportation.
(B) In lieu of the annual license tax levied in sections
4503.02 and 4503.04 of the Revised Code, a license fee of ten
dollars is levied on the operation of an a historical motor
vehicle.
(C) A person who owns an a historical motor vehicle and
applies for a historical license plates
plate under this section
shall execute an affidavit that the vehicle for which plates are
the plate is requested is owned and operated solely for the
purposes enumerated in division (A) of this section, and. The
affidavit also setting shall act forth in the affidavit that the
vehicle has been inspected and found safe to operate on the public
roads and highways in the state. A person who owns an a historical
motor vehicle and desires to display
a model year license plates
plate on the vehicle as permitted by this section shall execute at
the time of registration an affidavit setting forth that the model
year license plates plate the person desires to display on the
person's historical motor vehicle are is a legible and serviceable
license plates plate that originally were was issued by this
state. No registration issued pursuant to this section need
specify the weight of the vehicle.
(D) A vehicle registered under this section may display
either a historical vehicle license plates plate issued by the
registrar of motor vehicles or a model year license plates plate
procured by the applicant. Historical A historical vehicle license
plates
plate shall not bear a date, but shall bear the
inscription "Historical Vehicle--Ohio" and the registration
number, which shall be shown thereon. Model A model year license
plates plate shall be a legible and serviceable license plates
plate issued by this state and inscribed with the date of the year
corresponding to the model year when the vehicle was manufactured.
Notwithstanding section 4503.21 of the Revised Code, only one Two
model year license plate is required to plates, duplicates of each
other, may be displayed on the rear of the historical motor
vehicle at all times any time, one plate on the front and one
plate on the rear of the vehicle. The registration certificate and
the historical vehicle license
plates plate issued by the
registrar shall be kept in the vehicle at all times the vehicle is
operated on the public roads and highways in this state.
Notwithstanding section 4503.21 of the Revised Code, the
owner of an a historical motor vehicle that was manufactured for
military purposes and that is registered under this section may
display the assigned registration number of the vehicle by
painting the number on the front and rear of the vehicle. The
number shall be painted, in accordance with the size and style
specifications established for numerals and letters shown on
license plates in section 4503.22 of the Revised Code, in a color
that contrasts clearly with the color of the vehicle, and shall be
legible and visible at all times. Upon application for
registration under this section and payment of the license fee
prescribed in division (B) of this section, the owner of such an a
historical motor vehicle shall be issued a historical vehicle
license plates plate. The registration certificate and at least
one such the license plate shall be kept in the vehicle at all
times the vehicle is operated on the public roads and highways in
this state. If ownership of such a vehicle is transferred, the
transferor shall surrender the historical vehicle license plates
plate or transfer them it to another historical motor vehicle the
transferor owns, and remove or obliterate the registration numbers
painted on the vehicle.
(E) Historical vehicle and model year license plates are
valid without renewal as long as the vehicle for which they were
issued or procured is in existence. Historical
A historical
vehicle plates are plate is issued for the owner's use only for
such vehicle unless later transferred to another historical motor
vehicle owned by that person. In order to effect such a transfer,
the owner of the historical motor vehicle that originally
displayed the historical vehicle plates plate shall comply with
division (C) of this section. In the event of a transfer of title,
the transferor shall surrender the historical vehicle license
plates
plate or transfer them it to another historical motor
vehicle owned by the transferor, but a model year license plate
orplates may be retained by the transferor. The registrar may
revoke license plates issued under this section, for cause shown
and after hearing, for failure of the applicant to comply with
this section. Upon revocation,
a historical vehicle license plates
plate shall be surrendered;
a model year license plate or plates
may be retained, but the plate or plates are no longer are valid
for display on the vehicle.
(F) The owner of an a historical motor vehicle bearing
a
historical vehicle license plates plate may replace them it with a
model year license plates plate by surrendering the historical
vehicle license plates plate and motor vehicle certificate of
registration to the registrar. The owner, at the time of
registration, shall execute an affidavit setting forth that the
model year plates are
plate is a legible and serviceable license
plates plate that originally were was issued by this state. Such
an owner is required to pay the license fee prescribed by division
(B) of this section, but the owner is not required to have the
historical motor vehicle reinspected under division (C) of this
section.
A person who owns an a historical motor vehicle bearing a
model year license plates plate may replace them it with a
historical vehicle license
plates plate by surrendering the motor
vehicle certificate of registration and applying for issuance of a
historical vehicle license plates plate. Such a person is required
to pay the license fee prescribed by division (B) of this section,
but the person is not required to have the historical motor
vehicle reinspected under division (C) of this section.
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 a license plates
plate for the motor vehicle described in the application. If no
license
plates plate previously have has 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
a license plates, duplicates of each other, plate and a validation
sticker, or a validation sticker alone, to be attached to the
number plates license plate 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
The license plate and validation sticker shall be displayed
only on the rear of such vehicles. A the vehicle. However, a
commercial tractor that does not receive an apportioned license
plate under the international registration plan shall be issued
two display the license
plates plate 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 a license
plates plate but shall bear identifying numbers in the manner
prescribed by section 4511.764 of the Revised Code. The
certificate of registration and license plates plate and
validation stickers sticker, or validation stickers sticker alone,
shall be issued and delivered to the owner in person or by mail.
Chauffeured limousines shall be issued a license plates plate, a
validation sticker, and a livery sticker as provided in section
4503.24 of the Revised Code. In
In the event of the loss, mutilation, or destruction of any
certificate of registration, or of any license plates plate or
validation stickers sticker, or if the owner chooses to replace
the license plates plate previously issued for a motor vehicle, or
if the registration certificate and license plates plate 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 a new license
plates plate 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
Commencing with each request made on or after October 1,
2009, or in conjunction with a replacement license
plates plate
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. 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 a license plates plate 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 a county identification stickers, as appropriate
sticker, which shall be attached to the license plates plate in a
manner prescribed by the director of public safety. The county
identification stickers sticker shall identify prominently by name
or number the county in which the owner of the vehicle resides at
the time of registration.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor
misdemeanor.
Sec. 4503.192. The display of a single current license plate
and validation sticker on the rear of a motor vehicle sufficiently
indicates that the vehicle is registered in this state. Any
reference in the Revised Code to license plates, a set of license
plates, registration plates, or validation stickers is deemed to
be a reference to the single license plate and validation sticker
required by section 4503.19 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 4503.21. (A) No person who is the owner or operator of
a motor vehicle shall fail to display in plain view on the front
and rear of the motor vehicle the distinctive number and
registration mark, including any county identification sticker and
any validation sticker issued under sections 4503.19 and 4503.191
of the Revised Code, furnished by the director of public safety,
except that a manufacturer of motor vehicles or dealer therein,
the holder of an in transit permit, and the owner or operator of a
motorcycle, motorized bicycle, manufactured home, mobile home,
trailer, or semitrailer shall display on the rear only. A motor
vehicle that is issued two license plates shall display the
validation sticker only on the rear license plate, except that a
commercial tractor that does not receive an apportioned license
plate under the international registration plan shall display the
license plate and validation sticker on the front of the
commercial tractor. An apportioned vehicle receiving an
apportioned license plate under the international registration
plan shall display the license plate only on the front of a
commercial tractor and on the rear of all other vehicles. All The
license plates plate shall be securely fastened so as not to
swing, and shall not be covered by any material that obstructs
their its visibility.
No person to whom a temporary license placard or windshield
sticker has been issued for the use of a motor vehicle under
section 4503.182 of the Revised Code, and no operator of that
motor vehicle, shall fail to display the temporary license placard
in plain view from the rear of the vehicle either in the rear
window or on an external rear surface of the motor vehicle, or
fail to display the windshield sticker in plain view on the rear
window of the motor vehicle. No temporary license placard or
windshield sticker shall be covered by any material that obstructs
its visibility.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor
misdemeanor.
Sec. 4503.23. No motor vehicle designed to carry passengers,
owned or leased by the state, or any of its departments, bureaus,
commissions, or institutions supported in whole or in part by
funds provided by the state, shall be operated or driven by any
person unless it has displayed, in a prominent position on both
the front and rear of the vehicle,
identification plates which a
license plate that shall be the same size, shape, and treated for
increased visibility in the same manner as those issued by the
registrar of motor vehicles for private vehicles.
Such
identification plates The license plate shall be attached to the
vehicle in the same manner as provided by statute for the
illumination and attachment of a license plates plate on private
vehicles. The registrar shall designate the colors of the license
tags which plate that shall be used on state-owned cars; such the
colors shall be other than those used on privately owned motor
vehicles, and shall apply only to license plates used on
state-owned motor vehicles. Said plates The plate shall bear a
special serial number, and the words "Ohio State Car."
Sec. 4549.10. (A) No person shall operate or cause to be
operated upon a public road or highway a motor vehicle of a
manufacturer or dealer unless the vehicle carries and displays
two
placards a placard, except as provided in section 4503.21 of the
Revised Code, issued by the director of public safety that
bear
bears the registration number of its manufacturer or dealer.
(B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty
of illegal operation of a manufacturer's or dealer's motor
vehicle, a minor misdemeanor.
Section 2. That existing sections 4503.181, 4503.19, 4503.21,
4503.23, and 4549.10 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
Section 3. That the version of section 4503.21 of the
Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2017, be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 4503.21. (A) No person who is the owner or operator of
a motor vehicle shall fail to display in plain view on the front
and rear of the motor vehicle the distinctive number and
registration mark, including any county identification sticker and
any validation sticker issued under sections 4503.19 and 4503.191
of the Revised Code, furnished by the director of public safety,
except that a manufacturer of motor vehicles or dealer therein,
the holder of an in transit permit, and the owner or operator of a
motorcycle, motorized bicycle or moped, motor-driven cycle or
motor scooter, cab-enclosed motorcycle, manufactured home, mobile
home, trailer, or semitrailer shall display on the rear only. A
motor vehicle that is issued two license plates shall display the
validation sticker only on the rear license plate, except that a
commercial tractor that does not receive an apportioned license
plate under the international registration plan shall display the
license plate and validation sticker on the front of the
commercial tractor. An apportioned vehicle receiving an
apportioned license plate under the international registration
plan shall display the license plate only on the front of a
commercial tractor and on the rear of all other vehicles. All The
license plates plate shall be securely fastened so as not to
swing, and shall not be covered by any material that obstructs
their its visibility.
No person to whom a temporary license placard or windshield
sticker has been issued for the use of a motor vehicle under
section 4503.182 of the Revised Code, and no operator of that
motor vehicle, shall fail to display the temporary license placard
in plain view from the rear of the vehicle either in the rear
window or on an external rear surface of the motor vehicle, or
fail to display the windshield sticker in plain view on the rear
window of the motor vehicle. No temporary license placard or
windshield sticker shall be covered by any material that obstructs
its visibility.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor
misdemeanor.
Section 4. That the existing version of section 4503.21 of
the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2017,
is hereby repealed.
Section 5. Sections 3 and 4 of this act shall take effect
January 1, 2017.
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