Bill Text: OH HB309 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To add a representation of the Wright Brothers' first piloted airplane to the Coat of Arms and Great Seal of the State of Ohio.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 42-19)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-08-30 - To State Government & Elections [HB309 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-HB309-Introduced.html
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Representatives Butler, Rosenberger
Cosponsors:
Representatives Adams, R., Adams, J., Amstutz, Baker, Barnes, Beck, Blair, Blessing, Boose, Boyd, Bubp, Buchy, Clyde, Combs, Conditt, Damschroder, Derickson, Dovilla, Driehaus, Duffey, Garland, Gentile, Gonzales, Goodwin, Grossman, Hackett, Hagan, C., Hall, Hayes, Henne, Hollington, Huffman, Johnson, Landis, Luckie, Mallory, Martin, McClain, McKenney, Milkovich, Newbold, O'Brien, Okey, Patmon, Reece, Roegner, Sears, Sprague, Stebelton, Stinziano, Sykes, Szollosi, Thompson, Uecker, Wachtmann, Williams, Winburn, Young, Yuko
| To amend sections 5.04 and 5.10 of the Revised Code | 1 |
| to add a representation of the Wright Brothers' | 2 |
| first piloted airplane to the Coat of Arms and | 3 |
| Great Seal of the State of Ohio. | 4 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That sections 5.04 and 5.10 of the Revised Code | 5 |
| be amended to read as follows: | 6 |
| Sec. 5.04. The coat of arms of the state shall consist of | 7 |
| the following device: a circular shield; in the right foreground | 8 |
| of the shield a full sheaf of wheat bound and standing erect; in | 9 |
| the left foreground, a cluster of seventeen arrows bound in the | 10 |
| center and resembling in form the sheaf of wheat; in the | 11 |
| background, a representation of Mount Logan, Ross county, as | 12 |
| viewed from Adena state memorial; over the mount, a rising sun | 13 |
| three-quarters exposed and radiating thirteen rays to represent | 14 |
| the thirteen original colonies shining over the first state in the | 15 |
| northwest territory, the exterior extremities of which rays form a | 16 |
| semicircle; above and to the left of the sun, a representation of | 17 |
| the first piloted airplane, flown by the Wright brothers in 1903; | 18 |
| and uniting the background and foreground, a representation of the | 19 |
| Scioto river and cultivated fields. | 20 |
| The coat of arms of the state shall correspond substantially | 21 |
| with the following design: | 22 |
| When the coat of arms of the state is reproduced in color, the | 25 |
| colors used shall be substantially the same as the natural color | 26 |
| of the terrain and objects shown. | 27 |
| Sec. 5.10. All official seals shall have engraved thereon | 28 |
| the coat of arms of the state, as described in section 5.04 of the | 29 |
| Revised Code. | 30 |
| The great seal of the state shall be two and one-half inches | 31 |
| in diameter and shall consist of the coat of arms of the state | 32 |
| within a circle having a diameter of one and three-fourths inches, | 33 |
| surrounded by the words "THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF OHIO" in | 34 |
| news gothic capitals. The great seal of the state shall correspond | 35 |
| substantially with the following design: | 36 |
| The design of the great seal shall not be reproduced, except | 40 |
| as required by any provision of the Ohio Constitution and the | 41 |
| Revised Code, unless permission to do so is first obtained from | 42 |
| the governor. The governor may authorize reproduction of the | 43 |
| design of the great seal when the purpose is to do any of the | 44 |
| following: | 45 |
| (A) Permit publication of a reproduction of the great seal of | 46 |
| the state of Ohio; | 47 |
| (B) Aid educational or historical programs; | 48 |
| (C) Promote the economic or cultural development of the state | 49 |
| in a manner deemed appropriate by the governor. | 50 |
| A permanent record shall be kept in the governor's office of | 51 |
| each permit to reproduce the design of the great seal. | 52 |
| No person shall use or permit to be used any reproduction or | 53 |
| facsimile of the great seal or a counterfeit or nonofficial | 54 |
| version of the great seal for any purpose not authorized by the | 55 |
| governor. | 56 |
| The seal of the supreme court shall consist of the coat of | 57 |
| arms of the state within a circle one and one-half inches in | 58 |
| diameter and shall be surrounded by the words "THE SUPREME COURT | 59 |
| OF THE STATE OF OHIO." | 60 |
| The seal of each court of appeals, court of common pleas, and | 61 |
| probate court shall consist of the coat of arms of the state | 62 |
| within a circle one and one-fourth inches in diameter, and each | 63 |
| seal shall be surrounded by the words "COURT OF APPEALS, | 64 |
| ................ County, Ohio"; "COMMON PLEAS COURT, | 65 |
| ................ County, Ohio"; or "PROBATE COURT, | 66 |
| ................ County, Ohio." | 67 |
| (Insert the name of the proper county.) | 68 |
| The seals of all other courts of record shall be of the same | 69 |
| size as the seal of the court of common pleas, and each shall be | 70 |
| surrounded by the proper name of the court. | 71 |
| The seal of the secretary of state shall consist of the coat | 72 |
| of arms of the state within a circle one and one-fourth inches in | 73 |
| diameter and shall be surrounded by the words "THE SEAL OF THE | 74 |
| SECRETARY OF STATE OF OHIO." | 75 |
| The seal of the auditor of state shall consist of the coat of | 76 |
| arms of the state within a circle of one and one-fourth inches in | 77 |
| diameter, and shall be surrounded by the words "THE SEAL OF THE | 78 |
| AUDITOR OF STATE OF OHIO." | 79 |
| The seal of the treasurer of state shall consist of the coat | 80 |
| of arms of the state within a circle one and one-fourth inches in | 81 |
| diameter, and shall be surrounded by the words "THE SEAL OF THE | 82 |
| TREASURER OF STATE OF OHIO." | 83 |
| The seal of the lieutenant governor shall consist of the coat | 84 |
| of arms of the state within a circle one and one-fourth inches in | 85 |
| diameter and shall be surrounded by the words "THE SEAL OF THE | 86 |
| LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF STATE OF OHIO." | 87 |
| The seal of the attorney general shall consist of the coat of | 88 |
| arms of the state within a circle one and one-fourth inches in | 89 |
| diameter and shall be surrounded by the words "THE SEAL OF THE | 90 |
| ATTORNEY GENERAL OF STATE OF OHIO." | 91 |
| The seal of each benevolent institution shall consist of the | 92 |
| coat of arms of the state within a circle one and one-fourth | 93 |
| inches in diameter and shall be surrounded by the proper name of | 94 |
| the institution. | 95 |
| The seals of all other state, county, and municipal agencies, | 96 |
| divisions, boards and commissions shall consist of the coat of | 97 |
| arms of the state within a circle one and one-fourth inches in | 98 |
| diameter and shall be surrounded by the proper name of the office. | 99 |
| All seals mentioned in this section shall contain the words | 100 |
| and devices mentioned in this section and no other. | 101 |
| Section 2. That existing sections 5.04 and 5.10 of the | 102 |
| Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 103 |
| Section 3. On the effective date of this act or any act | 104 |
| changing the state seal, supplies and materials bearing the state | 105 |
| seal as it existed before the effective date of this act or other | 106 |
| such act shall be exhausted before new supplies and materials | 107 |
| bearing the new state seal are purchased or produced. All other | 108 |
| state property bearing the state seal as it existed before the | 109 |
| effective date of such act shall be replaced in the ordinary | 110 |
| course of business and shall not be replaced solely because the | 111 |
| state seal has been changed. | 112 |
