Bill Text: OH HB17 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: To clarify the penalties for operating a motorcycle without having either a motorcycle endorsement or the proper restricted license.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-18 - To Transportation & Infrastructure [HB17 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2009-HB17-Introduced.html
As Introduced

128th General Assembly
Regular Session
2009-2010
H. B. No. 17


Representative Uecker 

Cosponsors: Representatives Huffman, Fende, Bubp, Derickson, Stebelton, Balderson, Winburn 



A BILL
To amend section 4510.12 of the Revised Code to 1
clarify the penalties for operating a motorcycle 2
without having either a motorcycle endorsement or 3
the proper restricted license.4


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

       Section 1. That section 4510.12 of the Revised Code be 5
amended to read as follows:6

       Sec. 4510.12.  (A)(1) No person, except those expressly7
exempted under sections 4507.03, 4507.04, and 4507.05 of the8
Revised Code, shall operate any motor vehicle upon a public road9
or highway or any public or private property used by the public10
for purposes of vehicular travel or parking in this state unless11
the person has a valid driver's license issued under Chapter 4507.12
of the Revised Code or a commercial driver's license issued under13
Chapter 4506. of the Revised Code.14

       (2) No person, except a person expressly exempted under15
sections 4507.03, 4507.04, and 4507.05 of the Revised Code, shall16
operate any motorcycle upon a public road or highway or any public17
or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular18
travel or parking in this state unless the person has a valid19
license as a motorcycle operator that was issued upon application20
by the registrar of motor vehicles under Chapter 4507. of the21
Revised Code. The license shall be in the form of an endorsement,22
as determined by the registrar, upon a driver's or commercial23
driver's license, if the person has a valid license to operate a24
motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle, or in the form of a25
restricted license as provided in section 4507.14 of the Revised26
Code, if the person does not have a valid license to operate a27
motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle.28

       (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of operating a29
motor vehicle without a valid license and shall be punished as30
follows:31

       (1) If the trier of fact finds that the offender never has 32
held a valid driver's or commercial driver's license issued by 33
this state or any other jurisdiction, or, in a case involving the 34
operation of a motorcycle by the offender, the trier of fact finds 35
at the time of such operation the offender did not have a valid 36
license as a motorcycle operator, either in the form of an 37
endorsement upon a driver's or commercial driver's license or in 38
the form of a restricted license, the offense is a misdemeanor of 39
the first degree.40

       (2)(a) Subject to division (B)(2)(b) of this section, if the 41
offender's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or, 42
in a case involving the operation of a motorcycle by the offender, 43
the offender's driver's or commercial driver's license bearing the 44
motorcycle endorsement or the offender's restricted license was45
expired at the time of the offense for no more than six months, 46
the offense is a minor misdemeanor and if. If the offender's 47
driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or, in a case 48
involving the operation of a motorcycle by the offender, the 49
offender's driver's or commercial driver's license bearing the 50
motorcycle endorsement or the offender's restricted license was 51
expired at the time of the offense for more than six months, the52
offense is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.53

       (b)(i) If the offender previously was convicted of or pleaded54
guilty to one violation of this section or a substantially55
equivalent municipal ordinance within the past three years, the56
offense is a misdemeanor of the third degree.57

       (ii) If the offender previously was convicted of or pleaded58
guilty to two violations of this section or a substantially59
equivalent municipal ordinance within the past three years, the60
offense is a misdemeanor of the second degree.61

       (iii) If the offender previously was convicted of or pleaded62
guilty to three or more violations of this section or a63
substantially equivalent municipal ordinance within the past three64
years, the offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree.65

       (C) The court shall not impose a license suspension for a66
first violation of this section or if more than three years have67
passed since the offender's last violation of this section or a68
substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.69

       (D) If the offender was convicted of or pleaded guilty to one 70
or more violations of this section or a substantially equivalent 71
municipal ordinance within the past three years, and if the 72
offender's license was expired for more than six months at the73
time of the offense, the court shall impose a class seven74
suspension of the offender's driver license, commercial driver's75
license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or76
nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in77
division (A)(7) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code.78

       Section 2. That existing section 4510.12 of the Revised Code 79
is hereby repealed.80

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