Bill Text: OH SB229 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To allow a notation on a driver's license that the licensee has suffered a traumatic brain injury.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-17 - To Highways & Transportation [SB229 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2009-SB229-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

S. B. No. 229

Senator Patton 

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A BILL

To amend section 4507.13 of the Revised Code to allow

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a notation on a driver's license that the licensee

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has suffered a traumatic brain injury.

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

Section 1. That section 4507.13 of the Revised Code be	4
amended to read as follows:	5

Sec. 4507.13.  (A) The registrar of motor vehicles shall	6
issue a driver's license to every person licensed as an operator	7
of motor vehicles other than commercial motor vehicles. No person	8
licensed as a commercial motor vehicle driver under Chapter 4506.	9
of the Revised Code need procure a driver's license, but no person	10
shall drive any commercial motor vehicle unless licensed as a	11
commercial motor vehicle driver.	12

Every driver's license shall display on it the distinguishing	13
number assigned to the licensee and shall display the licensee's	14
name and date of birth; the licensee's residence address and	15
county of residence; a color photograph of the licensee; a brief	16
description of the licensee for the purpose of identification; a	17
facsimile of the signature of the licensee as it appears on the	18
application for the license; a notation, in a manner prescribed by	19
the registrar, indicating any condition described in division	20
(D)(3) of section 4507.08 of the Revised Code to which the	21
licensee is subject; a notation, in a manner prescribed by the	22
registrar, indicating that the licensee has suffered a traumatic	23
brain injury, if the licensee requests the notation and provides	24
documentation of the injury as required by the registrar; if the	25
licensee has executed a durable power of attorney for health care	26
or a declaration governing the use or continuation, or the	27
withholding or withdrawal, of life-sustaining treatment and has	28
specified that the licensee wishes the license to indicate that	29
the licensee has executed either type of instrument, any symbol	30
chosen by the registrar to indicate that the licensee has executed	31
either type of instrument; on and after October 7, 2009, if the	32
licensee has specified that the licensee wishes the license to	33
indicate that the licensee is a veteran, active duty, or	34
reservist of the armed forces of the United States and has	35
presented a copy of the licensee's DD-214 form or an equivalent	36
document, any symbol chosen by the registrar to indicate that	37
the licensee is a veteran, active duty, or reservist of the	38
armed forces of the United States; and any additional	39
information that the registrar requires by rule. No license shall	40
display the licensee's social security number unless the licensee	41
specifically requests that the licensee's social security number	42
be displayed on the license. If federal law requires the	43
licensee's social security number to be displayed on the license,	44
the social security number shall be displayed on the license	45
notwithstanding this section.	46

The driver's license for licensees under twenty-one years of	47
age shall have characteristics prescribed by the registrar	48
distinguishing it from that issued to a licensee who is twenty-one	49
years of age or older, except that a driver's license issued to a	50
person who applies no more than thirty days before the applicant's	51
twenty-first birthday shall have the characteristics of a license	52
issued to a person who is twenty-one years of age or older.	53

The driver's license issued to a temporary resident shall	54
contain the word "nonrenewable" and shall have any additional	55
characteristics prescribed by the registrar distinguishing it from	56
a license issued to a resident.	57

Every driver's or commercial driver's license displaying a	58
motorcycle operator's endorsement and every restricted license to	59
operate a motor vehicle also shall display the designation	60
"novice," if the endorsement or license is issued to a person who	61
is eighteen years of age or older and previously has not been	62
licensed to operate a motorcycle by this state or another	63
jurisdiction recognized by this state. The "novice" designation	64
shall be effective for one year after the date of issuance of the	65
motorcycle operator's endorsement or license.	66

Each license issued under this section shall be of such	67
material and so designed as to prevent its reproduction or	68
alteration without ready detection and, to this end, shall be	69
laminated with a transparent plastic material.	70

(B) Except in regard to a driver's license issued to a person	71
who applies no more than thirty days before the applicant's	72
twenty-first birthday, neither the registrar nor any deputy	73
registrar shall issue a driver's license to anyone under	74
twenty-one years of age that does not have the characteristics	75
prescribed by the registrar distinguishing it from the driver's	76
license issued to persons who are twenty-one years of age or	77
older.	78

(C) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty	79
of a minor misdemeanor.	80

Section 2. That existing section 4507.13 of the Revised Code	81
is hereby repealed.	82