Bill Text: OH HB535 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To create "Military Sacrifice" license plates.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-26 - To Transportation & Infrastructure [HB535 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2009-HB535-Introduced.html
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Representative DeBose
Cosponsors:
Representatives Pillich, Pryor, Derickson, Domenick, Fende, Chandler, Letson
| To enact section 4503.549 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| create "Military Sacrifice" license plates. | 2 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That section 4503.549 of the Revised Code be | 3 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 4 |
| Sec. 4503.549. (A) Any member of the immediate family of a | 5 |
| person who died outside a combat zone while serving honorably as a | 6 |
| member of any branch of the armed forces of the United States may | 7 |
| apply to the registrar of motor vehicles for the registration of | 8 |
| any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, motor home, or | 9 |
| other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar that the family | 10 |
| member owns or leases and for issuance of "military sacrifice" | 11 |
| license plates for that motor vehicle. The application for | 12 |
| "military sacrifice" license plates may be combined with a request | 13 |
| for a special reserved license plate under section 4503.40 or | 14 |
| 4503.42 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the completed | 15 |
| application and compliance with division (B) of this section, the | 16 |
| registrar shall issue to the applicant the appropriate vehicle | 17 |
| registration, a set of "military sacrifice" license plates with a | 18 |
| validation sticker, or a validation sticker alone when required by | 19 |
| section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. | 20 |
| In addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed | 21 |
| on the license plates, "military sacrifice" license plates shall | 22 |
| be inscribed with a distinctive emblem and the words "military | 23 |
| sacrifice." "Military sacrifice" license plates shall bear county | 24 |
| identification stickers that identify the county of registration | 25 |
| by name or number. | 26 |
| (B) "Military sacrifice" license plates and a validation | 27 |
| sticker or, when applicable, a validation sticker alone shall be | 28 |
| issued upon submission by the applicant of an application for | 29 |
| registration of a motor vehicle under this section, payment of the | 30 |
| regular license tax as prescribed under section 4503.04 of the | 31 |
| Revised Code, any applicable motor vehicle tax levied under | 32 |
| Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, and any applicable additional | 33 |
| fee prescribed by section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code, | 34 |
| and compliance with all other applicable laws relating to the | 35 |
| registration of motor vehicles. | 36 |
| (C) No person who is not a member of the immediate family of | 37 |
| a person who died outside a combat zone while serving honorably as | 38 |
| a member of any branch of the armed forces of the United States | 39 |
| shall willfully and falsely represent that the person is such a | 40 |
| family member for the purpose of obtaining license plates under | 41 |
| this section. | 42 |
| (D) As used in this section, "member of the immediate family" | 43 |
| of a person who died outside a combat zone while serving honorably | 44 |
| as a member of any branch of the armed forces of the United States | 45 |
| means all of the following: | 46 |
| (1) A spouse; | 47 |
| (2) A parent, stepparent, or other person who acted in loco | 48 |
| parentis; | 49 |
| (3) A sibling, whether of the whole or half-blood, or by | 50 |
| adoption; | 51 |
| (4) A child, including those by adoption, or a stepchild; | 52 |
| (5) A grandparent. | 53 |
