127th General Assembly
(As Introduced)
Reps. Miller, J. McGregor, Evans, Budish, Dodd, Hughes, Fende, Letson, Strahorn, Boyd, Yuko, Chandler, Brady, Luckie, Sykes
BILL SUMMARY
· Creates "Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness" license plates and requires the $10 contributions paid by persons who obtain the license plates to be paid to the Ohio Sickle Cell and Health Association.
· Requires the Ohio Sickle Cell and Health Association to use the contributions it receives under the bill to help support educational, clinical, and social support services for adults who have sickle cell disease.
CONTENT AND OPERATION
Under the bill, the owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, motorcycle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles may apply for issuance of "Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness" license plates. The application for "Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness" license plates may be combined with a request for a special reserved license plate under current law. Upon receipt of the completed application and compliance by the applicant with the bill's requirements, the Registrar is required to issue to the applicant the appropriate vehicle registration and a set of "Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness" license plates with a validation sticker or a validation sticker alone when required by current law.
In addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed on the license plates, "Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness" license plates must bear words selected by and a logo designed by the Ohio Sickle Cell and Health Association. The Registrar is required to approve the final design. "Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness" license plates also must display county identification stickers that identify the county of registration by name or number. (R.C. 4503.496(A).)
"Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness" license plates and validation stickers are to be issued upon payment of the regular license tax as prescribed in current law; any applicable local motor vehicle license tax; any applicable additional special reserved license plate fee; a Bureau of Motor Vehicles $10 administrative fee; a contribution of $10; and compliance with all other applicable laws relating to motor vehicle registration (R.C. 4503.496(B) and (C)).
The Registrar must collect the $10 BMV fee and the $10 contribution for every new and renewal registration application received under the bill. The Registrar is required to deposit the BMV fee, which is to compensate the Bureau for the additional services required in issuing "Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness" license plates, into the existing State Bureau of Motor Vehicles Fund (R.C. 4503.496(C)).
The Registrar must transmit the $10 contribution to the Treasurer of State for deposit into the state treasury to the credit of the existing License Plate Contribution Fund for payment to the Ohio Sickle Cell and Health Association. The bill requires the Association to use the contributions it receives under the bill to help support educational, clinical, and social support services for adults who have sickle cell disease. (R.C. 4501.21(B)(3) and 4503.496(C).)
HISTORY
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12-11-07 |
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