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Am. S. B. No. 194 As Enrolled
(130th General Assembly)
(Amended Senate Bill Number 194)
AN ACT
To amend sections 4503.181 and 4511.68 of the Revised
Code to allow certain motor-driven cycles and
motor scooters to be parked on a sidewalk so long
as the vehicles do not impede the normal flow of
pedestrian traffic, and to revise the purposes for
which a historical vehicle may be operated.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1. That sections 4503.181 and 4511.68 of the Revised
Code be amended 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. A historical motor
vehicle shall not be used for general transportation, but may be
operated on the public roads and highways to and from a location
where maintenance is performed on the vehicle.
(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 license plates under this section shall execute an
affidavit that the vehicle for which plates are requested is owned
and operated solely for the purposes enumerated in division (A) of
this section, and also setting 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 model year license plates 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 the person desires to display on the person's
historical motor vehicle are legible and serviceable license
plates that originally were 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
historical vehicle license plates issued by the registrar of motor
vehicles or model year license plates procured by the applicant.
Historical vehicle license plates shall not bear a date, but shall
bear the inscription "Historical Vehicle--Ohio" and the
registration number, which shall be shown thereon. Model year
license plates shall be legible and serviceable license plates
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
model year license plate is required to be displayed on the rear
of the historical motor vehicle at all times. The registration
certificate and the historical vehicle license plates 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 historical vehicle
license plates. The registration certificate and at least one such
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
or transfer them 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 vehicle plates are
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 shall comply with division (C) of this section. In
the event of a transfer of title, the transferor shall surrender
historical vehicle license plates or transfer them to another
historical motor vehicle owned by the transferor, but model year
license plates 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, historical vehicle license
plates shall be surrendered; model year license plates may be
retained, but no longer are valid for display on the vehicle.
(F) The owner of an a historical motor vehicle bearing
historical vehicle license plates may replace them with model year
license plates by surrendering the historical vehicle license
plates 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 legible
and serviceable license plates that originally were 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 model
year license plates may replace them with historical vehicle
license plates by surrendering the motor vehicle certificate of
registration and applying for issuance of historical vehicle
license plates. 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. 4511.68. (A) No person shall stand or park a trackless
trolley or vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with
other traffic or to comply with sections 4511.01 to 4511.78,
4511.99, and 4513.01 to 4513.37 of the Revised Code, or while
obeying the directions of a police officer or a traffic control
device, in any of the following places:
(1) On a sidewalk, except a bicycle as provided in division
(B) of this section;
(2) In front of a public or private driveway;
(3) Within an intersection;
(4) Within ten feet of a fire hydrant;
(5) On a crosswalk;
(6) Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(7) Within thirty feet of, and upon the approach to, any
flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic control device;
(8) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within
thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of
a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by a traffic
control device;
(9) Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad
crossing;
(10) Within twenty feet of a driveway entrance to any fire
station and, on the side of the street opposite the entrance to
any fire station, within seventy-five feet of the entrance when it
is properly posted with signs;
(11) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or
obstruction when such standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(12) Alongside any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or
curb of a street;
(13) Upon any bridge or elevated structure upon a highway, or
within a highway tunnel;
(14) At any place where signs prohibit stopping;
(15) Within one foot of another parked vehicle;
(16) On the roadway portion of a freeway, expressway, or
thruway.
(B) A person shall be permitted, without charge or
restriction, to stand or park on a sidewalk a motor-driven cycle
or motor scooter that has an engine not larger than one hundred
and fifty cubic centimeters, or a bicycle, provided that the
motor-driven cycle, motor scooter, or bicycle does not impede the
normal flow of pedestrian traffic. This division does not
authorize any person to operate a vehicle in violation of section
4511.711 of the Revised Code.
(C) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever
violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a minor
misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender
previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one
predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this
section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If,
within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been
convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic
offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor
of the third degree.
SECTION 2. That existing sections 4503.181 and 4511.68 of
the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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