As Introduced

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

H. B. No. 604

Representative O'Farrell 

Cosponsors: Representatives Beck, Domenick, Harris, Letson, Reece, Skindell, Slesnick, Yuko 

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A BILL

To amend section 4503.41 of the Revised Code to allow

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a veteran with a service-connected disability of

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less than 100 per cent to apply for disabled

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veteran license plates upon payment of applicable

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fees.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1.  That section 4503.41 of the Revised Code be	6
amended to read as follows:	7

Sec. 4503.41. (A) Any disabled veteran who, because of a	8
service-connected disability, has been or is awarded funds for the	9
purchase of a motor vehicle under the "Disabled Veterans' and	10
Servicemen's Automobile Assistance Act of 1970," 84 Stat. 1998, 38	11
U.S.C. 1901, and amendments thereto, and any disabled veteran	12
having a service-connected disability rated at one hundred per	13
cent by the veterans' administrationdepartment of veterans	14
affairs, may apply to the registrar for the registration of the	15
disabled veteran's personal motor vehicle without the payment of	16
any registration fee and service fee as required by sections	17
4503.04, 4503.10, and 4503.102 of the Revised Code, and without	18
the payment of any local motor vehicle tax levied under Chapter	19
4504. of the Revised Code. The	20

(B) Any disabled veteran having a service-connected	21
disability rated at less than one hundred per cent by the	22
department of veterans affairs who meets at least one of the	23
criteria identified in division (A)(1) of section 4503.44 of the	24
Revised Code may apply to the registrar for the registration of	25
the disabled veteran's personal motor vehicle and issuance of	26
license plates under this section upon payment of the regular	27
license fee as prescribed under section 4503.04 of the Revised	28
Code, any local motor vehicle license tax levied under Chapter	29
4504. of the Revised Code, any applicable service fee for issuance	30
of license plates, and any applicable additional fee prescribed by	31
section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code.	32

(C) The application for registration shall be accompanied by	33
such documentary evidence of disability as the registrar may	34
require by rule.	35

(D) Upon the receipt of an application for registration of a	36
motor vehicle under this section, and presentation of satisfactory	37
evidence of disability, the registrar shall issue to the applicant	38
a set of license plates, which shall be red, white, and blue in	39
color and shall, in addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily	40
inscribed thereon, be inscribed with the word "veteran" and	41
imprinted with the international wheelchair symbol.	42

Section 2.  That existing section 4503.41 of the Revised Code	43
is hereby repealed.	44