Bill Text: OH SB161 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: To require motor vehicle headlights to comply with the headlamp color requirements contained in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2014-07-10 - Effective Date [SB161 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2013-SB161-Comm_Sub.html

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As Reported by the House Transportation, Public Safety, and Homeland Security Committee

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

Am. S. B. No. 161

Senator Hughes 

Cosponsors: Senators Obhof, Patton 

Representatives Damschroder, Ruhl, Mallory, Green 

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A BILL

To amend section 4513.19 of the Revised Code to

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require motor vehicle headlights to comply with

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the headlamp color requirements contained in

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Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 108.

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

Section 1. That section 4513.19 of the Revised Code be	5
amended to read as follows:	6

Sec. 4513.19. (A) No person shall use any lights mentioned in	7
sections 4513.03 to 4513.18 of the Revised Code upon any motor	8
vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer unless said lights are equipped,	9
mounted, and adjusted as to focus and aim in accordance with	10
regulations which are prescribed by the director of public safety.	11

(B) The headlights on any motor vehicle shall comply with the	12
headlamp color requirements contained in federal motor vehicle	13
safety standard number 108, 49 C.F.R. 571.108. No person shall	14
operate a motor vehicle in violation of this division.	15

(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor	16
misdemeanor.	17

Section 2. That existing section 4513.19 of the Revised Code	18
is hereby repealed.	19