Bill Text: OH HB269 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: To provide that a person who holds a current, valid driver's license from another state be required to pass only vision screening in order to be issued a driver's license.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-23 - Committee Report [HB269 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-HB269-Comm_Sub.html
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Representative Dovilla
Cosponsors:
Representatives Beck, Murray, Maag, Blair, McGregor, Stebelton, Reece, Adams, J., Letson, Mecklenborg, Kozlowski, Celebrezze, Johnson, Ruhl
| To amend section 4507.05 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| provide that a person who holds a current, valid | 2 |
| driver's license from another state be required to | 3 |
| pass only vision screening in order to be issued a | 4 |
| driver's license. | 5 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That section 4507.05 of the Revised Code be | 6 |
| amended to read as follows: | 7 |
| Sec. 4507.05. (A) The registrar of motor vehicles, or a | 8 |
| deputy registrar, upon receiving an application for a temporary | 9 |
| instruction permit and a temporary instruction permit | 10 |
| identification card for a driver's license from any person who is | 11 |
| at least fifteen years six months of age, may issue such a permit | 12 |
| and identification card entitling the applicant to drive a motor | 13 |
| vehicle, other than a commercial motor vehicle, upon the highways | 14 |
| under the following conditions: | 15 |
| (1) If the permit is issued to a person who is at least | 16 |
| fifteen years six months of age, but less than sixteen years of | 17 |
| age: | 18 |
| (a) The permit and identification card are in the holder's | 19 |
| immediate possession; | 20 |
| (b) The holder is accompanied by an eligible adult who | 21 |
| actually occupies the seat beside the permit holder and does not | 22 |
| have a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the whole blood, | 23 |
| blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine as provided in division | 24 |
| (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code; | 25 |
| (c) The total number of occupants of the vehicle does not | 26 |
| exceed the total number of occupant restraining devices originally | 27 |
| installed in the motor vehicle by its manufacturer, and each | 28 |
| occupant of the vehicle is wearing all of the available elements | 29 |
| of a properly adjusted occupant restraining device. | 30 |
| (2) If the permit is issued to a person who is at least | 31 |
| sixteen years of age: | 32 |
| (a) The permit and identification card are in the holder's | 33 |
| immediate possession; | 34 |
| (b) The holder is accompanied by a licensed operator who is | 35 |
| at least twenty-one years of age, is actually occupying a seat | 36 |
| beside the driver, and does not have a prohibited concentration of | 37 |
| alcohol in the whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or | 38 |
| urine as provided in division (A) of section 4511.19 of the | 39 |
| Revised Code; | 40 |
| (c) The total number of occupants of the vehicle does not | 41 |
| exceed the total number of occupant restraining devices originally | 42 |
| installed in the motor vehicle by its manufacturer, and each | 43 |
| occupant of the vehicle is wearing all of the available elements | 44 |
| of a properly adjusted occupant restraining device. | 45 |
| (B) The registrar or a deputy registrar, upon receiving from | 46 |
| any person an application for a temporary instruction permit and | 47 |
| temporary instruction permit identification card to operate a | 48 |
| motorcycle or motorized bicycle, may issue such a permit and | 49 |
| identification card entitling the applicant, while having the | 50 |
| permit and identification card in the applicant's immediate | 51 |
| possession, to drive a motorcycle under the restrictions | 52 |
| prescribed in section 4511.53 of the Revised Code, or to drive a | 53 |
| motorized bicycle under restrictions determined by the registrar. | 54 |
| A temporary instruction permit and temporary instruction permit | 55 |
| identification card to operate a motorized bicycle may be issued | 56 |
| to a person fourteen or fifteen years old. | 57 |
| (C) Any permit and identification card issued under this | 58 |
| section shall be issued in the same manner as a driver's license, | 59 |
| upon a form to be furnished by the registrar. A temporary | 60 |
| instruction permit to drive a motor vehicle other than a | 61 |
| commercial motor vehicle shall be valid for a period of one year. | 62 |
| (D) Any person having in the person's possession a valid and | 63 |
| current driver's license or motorcycle operator's license or | 64 |
| endorsement issued to the person by another jurisdiction | 65 |
| recognized by this state is exempt from obtaining a temporary | 66 |
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instruction permit for a driver's license | 67 |
| from submitting to the examination for a temporary instruction | 68 |
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permit and the regular examination | 69 |
| license or motorcycle operator's endorsement in this state if the | 70 |
| person submits to and passes vision screening as provided in | 71 |
| section 4507.12 of the Revised Code, the person surrenders to the | 72 |
| registrar or deputy registrar the person's driver's license issued | 73 |
| by the other jurisdiction, and the person complies with all other | 74 |
| applicable requirements for issuance by this state of a driver's | 75 |
| license, driver's license with a motorcycle operator's | 76 |
| endorsement, or restricted license to operate a motorcycle. | 77 |
| (E) The registrar may adopt rules governing the use of | 78 |
| temporary instruction permits and temporary instruction permit | 79 |
| identification cards. | 80 |
| (F)(1) No holder of a permit issued under division (A) of | 81 |
| this section shall operate a motor vehicle upon a highway or any | 82 |
| public or private property used by the public for purposes of | 83 |
| vehicular travel or parking in violation of the conditions | 84 |
| established under division (A) of this section. | 85 |
| (2) Except as provided in division (F)(2) of this section, no | 86 |
| holder of a permit that is issued under division (A) of this | 87 |
| section and that is issued on or after July 1, 1998, and who has | 88 |
| not attained the age of eighteen years, shall operate a motor | 89 |
| vehicle upon a highway or any public or private property used by | 90 |
| the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking between the | 91 |
| hours of midnight and six a.m. | 92 |
| The holder of a permit issued under division (A) of this | 93 |
| section on or after July 1, 1998, who has not attained the age of | 94 |
| eighteen years, may operate a motor vehicle upon a highway or any | 95 |
| public or private property used by the public for purposes of | 96 |
| vehicular travel or parking between the hours of midnight and six | 97 |
| a.m. if, at the time of such operation, the holder is accompanied | 98 |
| by the holder's parent, guardian, or custodian, and the parent, | 99 |
| guardian, or custodian holds a current valid driver's or | 100 |
| commercial driver's license issued by this state, is actually | 101 |
| occupying a seat beside the permit holder, and does not have a | 102 |
| prohibited concentration of alcohol in the whole blood, blood | 103 |
| serum or plasma, breath, or urine as provided in division (A) of | 104 |
| section 4511.19 of the Revised Code. | 105 |
| (G)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the | 106 |
| contrary, no law enforcement officer shall cause the operator of a | 107 |
| motor vehicle being operated on any street or highway to stop the | 108 |
| motor vehicle for the sole purpose of determining whether each | 109 |
| occupant of the motor vehicle is wearing all of the available | 110 |
| elements of a properly adjusted occupant restraining device as | 111 |
| required by division (A) of this section, or for the sole purpose | 112 |
| of issuing a ticket, citation, or summons if the requirement in | 113 |
| that division has been or is being violated, or for causing the | 114 |
| arrest of or commencing a prosecution of a person for a violation | 115 |
| of that requirement. | 116 |
| (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the | 117 |
| contrary, no law enforcement officer shall cause the operator of a | 118 |
| motor vehicle being operated on any street or highway to stop the | 119 |
| motor vehicle for the sole purpose of determining whether a | 120 |
| violation of division (F)(2) of this section has been or is being | 121 |
| committed or for the sole purpose of issuing a ticket, citation, | 122 |
| or summons for such a violation or for causing the arrest of or | 123 |
| commencing a prosecution of a person for such violation. | 124 |
| (H) As used in this section: | 125 |
| (1) "Eligible adult" means any of the following: | 126 |
| (a) An instructor of a driver training course approved by the | 127 |
| department of public safety; | 128 |
| (b) Any of the following persons who holds a current valid | 129 |
| driver's or commercial driver's license issued by this state: | 130 |
| (i) A parent, guardian, or custodian of the permit holder; | 131 |
| (ii) A person twenty-one years of age or older who acts in | 132 |
| loco parentis of the permit holder. | 133 |
| (2) "Occupant restraining device" has the same meaning as in | 134 |
| section 4513.263 of the Revised Code. | 135 |
| (I) Whoever violates division (F)(1) or (2) of this section | 136 |
| is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. | 137 |
| Section 2. That existing section 4507.05 of the Revised Code | 138 |
| is hereby repealed. | 139 |
