Bill Text: OH HB354 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To redefine eligibility for issuance of a "Gold Star Family" license plate.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-10-26 - To Veterans Affairs [HB354 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-HB354-Introduced.html
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Representative Uecker
Cosponsors:
Representatives O'Brien, Lundy, Letson, Grossman, Gonzales, Brenner, Derickson, Reece, Blair, Combs
To amend section 4503.546 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
redefine eligibility for issuance of a "Gold Star | 2 |
Family" license plate. | 3 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 4503.546 of the Revised Code be | 4 |
amended to read as follows: | 5 |
Sec. 4503.546. (A) Any member of the immediate family of a | 6 |
person who died | 7 |
branch of the armed forces of the United States or a reserve | 8 |
component of the armed forces of the United States or the Ohio | 9 |
national guard, or who died as a direct result of such service | 10 |
after an honorable discharge, may apply to the registrar of motor | 11 |
vehicles for the registration of any passenger car, noncommercial | 12 |
motor vehicle, motor home, or other vehicle of a class approved by | 13 |
the registrar that the family member owns or leases and for | 14 |
issuance of "gold star family" license plates for that motor | 15 |
vehicle. The application for "gold star family" license plates may | 16 |
be combined with a request for a special reserved license plate | 17 |
under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt | 18 |
of the completed application and compliance with division (B) of | 19 |
this section, the registrar shall issue to the applicant the | 20 |
appropriate vehicle registration, a set of "gold star family" | 21 |
license plates with a validation sticker, or a validation sticker | 22 |
alone when required by section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. | 23 |
In addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed | 24 |
on the license plates, "gold star family" license plates shall be | 25 |
inscribed with a gold star and the words "gold star family." "Gold | 26 |
star family" license plates shall bear county identification | 27 |
stickers that identify the county of registration by name or | 28 |
number. | 29 |
(B) "Gold star family" license plates and a validation | 30 |
sticker or, when applicable, a validation sticker alone shall be | 31 |
issued upon submission by the applicant of an application for | 32 |
registration of a motor vehicle under this section, payment of the | 33 |
regular license tax as prescribed under section 4503.04 of the | 34 |
Revised Code, any applicable motor vehicle tax levied under | 35 |
Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, and any applicable additional | 36 |
fee prescribed by section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code, | 37 |
and compliance with all other applicable laws relating to the | 38 |
registration of motor vehicles. | 39 |
(C) No person who is not a member of the immediate family of | 40 |
a person who died | 41 |
any branch of the armed forces of the United States or a reserve | 42 |
component of the armed forces of the United States or the Ohio | 43 |
national guard, or who died as a direct result of such service | 44 |
after an honorable discharge, shall willfully and falsely | 45 |
represent that the person is such a family member for the purpose | 46 |
of obtaining license plates under this section. | 47 |
(D) As used in this section, "member of the immediate family" | 48 |
of a person who died | 49 |
any branch of the armed forces of the United States or a reserve | 50 |
component of the armed forces of the United States or the Ohio | 51 |
national guard, or who died as a direct result of such service | 52 |
after an honorable discharge, means all of the following: | 53 |
(1) A spouse; | 54 |
(2) A parent, stepparent, or other person who acted in loco | 55 |
parentis; | 56 |
(3) A sibling, whether of the whole or half-blood, or by | 57 |
adoption; | 58 |
(4) A child, including those by adoption, or a stepchild; | 59 |
(5) A grandparent. | 60 |
Section 2. That existing section 4503.546 of the Revised Code | 61 |
is hereby repealed. | 62 |