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| To enact section 5902.10 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| require the Director of Veterans Services, upon | 2 |
| application by a person who is a veteran or active | 3 |
| duty member of any branch of the armed forces of | 4 |
| the United States, to issue to the person a | 5 |
| military transportation card that entitles the | 6 |
| person to travel on any type of public | 7 |
| transportation without charge. | 8 |
| Section 1. That section 5902.10 of the Revised Code be | 9 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 10 |
| Sec. 5902.10. (A) As used in this section: | 11 |
| (1) "Public transportation" means publicly owned or operated | 12 |
| transportation by bus, rail, or other conveyance, that provides to | 13 |
| the public transit or paratransit service on a regular and | 14 |
| continuing basis within the state, including demand-responsive | 15 |
| transportation. | 16 |
| (2) "Veteran" means either of the following: | 17 |
| (a) A person who served in the armed forces of the United | 18 |
| States on active military duty and was discharged from the service | 19 |
| under honorable conditions, and who either served on active duty | 20 |
| for reasons other than training or, while serving on active duty | 21 |
| for training, incurred a disability recognized by the department | 22 |
| of veterans affairs or department of defense as service-connected; | 23 |
| (b) A person who served in the United States merchant marine, | 24 |
| who either served on active duty for reasons other than training | 25 |
| or, while serving on active duty for training, incurred a | 26 |
| disability recognized by the department of veterans affairs or | 27 |
| department of defense as service-connected, and to whom either of | 28 |
| the following applies: | 29 |
| (i) The person has an honorable report of separation from the | 30 |
| active duty military service, form DD214 or DD215; | 31 |
| (ii) The person served in the United States merchant marine | 32 |
| between December 7, 1941, and December 31, 1946. | 33 |
| (B) The director of veterans services shall issue a military | 34 |
| transportation card to a person if both of the following apply: | 35 |
| (1) The person submits a written application indicating that | 36 |
| the person is a veteran or an active duty member of any branch of | 37 |
| the armed forces of the United States; and | 38 |
| (2) The person submits to the director such documentary | 39 |
| evidence that the director prescribes by rule that is sufficient | 40 |
| to prove to the director that the person is a veteran or an active | 41 |
| duty member of a branch of the armed forces of the United States. | 42 |
| The military transportation card shall entitle the person, | 43 |
| upon presentation, to board any mode of public transportation and | 44 |
| travel on the public transportation without payment of any fee, | 45 |
| fare, or charge of any kind. A military transportation card shall | 46 |
| be issued at no cost to the person to whom it is issued. | 47 |
| (C) A military transportation card issued to a person who is | 48 |
| a veteran shall not expire. A military transportation card issued | 49 |
| to a person who is an active duty member of a branch of the armed | 50 |
| forces of the United States expires on the date the person is | 51 |
| scheduled to cease to be such a member as shown in the documentary | 52 |
| evidence the person submits to the director at the time of | 53 |
| application. | 54 |
| (D) The director, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the | 55 |
| Revised Code, shall adopt such rules as the director determines | 56 |
| are necessary to implement this section. | 57 |