Bill Text: OH HB69 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To create the "Ohio Nature Preserves" license plate.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-10 - To Transportation & Infrastructure [HB69 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2009-HB69-Introduced.html
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Representative Dodd
Cosponsors:
Representatives Phillips, Pryor, Harris, Letson, Newcomb, Luckie, Hagan, Harwood, Chandler, DeGeeter, Mecklenborg, Domenick, Oelslager, Yuko
| To enact sections 4501.243 and 4503.563 of the | 1 |
| Revised Code to create the "Ohio Nature Preserves" | 2 |
| license plate. | 3 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That sections 4501.243 and 4503.563 of the Revised | 4 |
| Code be enacted to read as follows: | 5 |
| Sec. 4501.243. There is hereby created in the state treasury | 6 |
| the Ohio nature preserves fund. The fund shall consist of the | 7 |
| contributions that are paid to the registrar of motor vehicles by | 8 |
| applicants who obtain Ohio nature preserves license plates | 9 |
| pursuant to section 4503.563 of the Revised Code. All investment | 10 |
| earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. | 11 |
| The department of natural resources shall use the money in | 12 |
| the fund to help finance nature preserve education, nature | 13 |
| preserve clean-up projects, and nature preserve maintenance, | 14 |
| protection, and restoration. | 15 |
| Sec. 4503.563. (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, | 16 |
| noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other | 17 |
| vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of motor vehicles may | 18 |
| apply to the registrar for the registration of the vehicle and | 19 |
| issuance of Ohio nature preserves license plates. The application | 20 |
| for Ohio nature preserves license plates may be combined with a | 21 |
| request for a special reserved license plate under section 4503.40 | 22 |
| or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the completed | 23 |
| application and compliance with division (B) of this section, the | 24 |
| registrar shall issue to the applicant the appropriate vehicle | 25 |
| registration and a set of Ohio nature preserves license plates | 26 |
| with a validation sticker or a validation sticker alone when | 27 |
| required by section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. | 28 |
| In addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed | 29 |
| thereon, Ohio nature preserves license plates shall be inscribed | 30 |
| with identifying words or markings designed by the department of | 31 |
| natural resources and approved by the registrar. Ohio nature | 32 |
| preserves license plates shall bear county identification stickers | 33 |
| that identify the county of registration by name or number. | 34 |
| (B) The Ohio nature preserves license plates and validation | 35 |
| sticker shall be issued upon receipt of a contribution as provided | 36 |
| in division (C) of this section and upon payment of the regular | 37 |
| license fees as prescribed under section 4503.04 of the Revised | 38 |
| Code, a bureau of motor vehicles administrative fee of ten | 39 |
| dollars, any applicable motor vehicle tax levied under Chapter | 40 |
| 4504. of the Revised Code, and compliance with all other | 41 |
| applicable laws relating to the registration of motor vehicles. If | 42 |
| the application for Ohio nature preserves license plates is | 43 |
| combined with a request for a special reserved license plate under | 44 |
| section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code, the license plates | 45 |
| and validation sticker shall be issued upon payment of the | 46 |
| contribution, fees, and taxes contained in this division and the | 47 |
| additional fee prescribed under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the | 48 |
| Revised Code. | 49 |
| (C) For each application for registration and registration | 50 |
| renewal submitted under this section, the registrar shall collect | 51 |
| a contribution in an amount not to exceed forty dollars as | 52 |
| determined by the department. The registrar shall transmit this | 53 |
| contribution to the treasurer of state for deposit in the Ohio | 54 |
| nature preserves fund created in section 4501.243 of the Revised | 55 |
| Code. | 56 |
| The registrar shall deposit the ten-dollar bureau | 57 |
| administrative fee, the purpose of which is to compensate the | 58 |
| bureau for additional services required in issuing Ohio nature | 59 |
| preserves license plates, in the state bureau of motor vehicles | 60 |
| fund created in section 4501.25 of the Revised Code. | 61 |
