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| To amend section 121.403 and to enact section 4503.93 | 1 |
| of the Revised Code to create Ohio "Volunteer" | 2 |
| license plates. | 3 |
| Section 1. That section 121.403 be amended and section | 4 |
| 4503.93 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 5 |
| Sec. 121.403. (A) The Ohio community service council may do | 6 |
| any of the following: | 7 |
| (1) Accept monetary gifts or donations; | 8 |
| (2) Sponsor conferences, meetings, or events in furtherance | 9 |
| of the council's purpose described in section 121.40 of the | 10 |
| Revised Code and charge fees for participation or involvement in | 11 |
| the conferences, meetings, or events; | 12 |
| (3) Sell promotional items in furtherance of the council's | 13 |
| purpose described in section 121.40 of the Revised Code. | 14 |
| (B) All monetary gifts and donations, funds from the sale of | 15 |
| promotional items, contributions received from the issuance of | 16 |
| Ohio "volunteer" license plates pursuant to section 4503.93 of the | 17 |
| Revised Code, and any fees paid to the council for conferences, | 18 |
| meetings, or events sponsored by the council shall be deposited | 19 |
| into the Ohio community service council gifts and donations fund, | 20 |
| which is hereby created in the state treasury. Moneys in the fund | 21 |
| may be used only as follows: | 22 |
| (1) To pay operating expenses of the council, including | 23 |
| payroll, personal services, maintenance, equipment, and subsidy | 24 |
| payments; | 25 |
| (2) To support council programs promoting volunteerism and | 26 |
| community service in the state; | 27 |
| (3) As matching funds for federal grants. | 28 |
| Sec. 4503.93. (A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, | 29 |
| noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other | 30 |
| vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of motor vehicles may | 31 |
| apply to the registrar for the registration of the vehicle and | 32 |
| issuance of Ohio "volunteer" license plates. The application for | 33 |
| Ohio "volunteer" license plates may be combined with a request for | 34 |
| a special reserved license plate under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 | 35 |
| of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the completed application and | 36 |
| compliance with divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the | 37 |
| registrar shall issue to the applicant the appropriate vehicle | 38 |
| registration and a set of Ohio "volunteer" license plates with a | 39 |
| validation sticker or a validation sticker alone when required by | 40 |
| section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. | 41 |
| In addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed | 42 |
| on license plates, Ohio "volunteer" license plates shall be | 43 |
| inscribed with words and markings designed by the Ohio community | 44 |
| service council created by section 121.40 of the Revised Code and | 45 |
| approved by the registrar. Ohio "volunteer" license plates shall | 46 |
| bear county identification stickers that identify the county of | 47 |
| registration by name or number. | 48 |
| (B) Ohio "volunteer" license plates and a validation sticker, | 49 |
| or a validation sticker alone, shall be issued upon receipt of a | 50 |
| contribution as provided in division (C) of this section and upon | 51 |
| payment of the regular license tax prescribed in section 4503.04 | 52 |
| of the Revised Code, any applicable motor vehicle tax levied under | 53 |
| Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, any applicable additional fee | 54 |
| prescribed by section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code, a | 55 |
| bureau of motor vehicles fee of ten dollars, and compliance with | 56 |
| all other applicable laws relating to the registration of motor | 57 |
| vehicles. | 58 |
| (C)(1) For each application for registration and registration | 59 |
| renewal received under this section, the registrar shall collect a | 60 |
| contribution of fifteen dollars. The registrar shall transmit this | 61 |
| contribution to the treasurer of state for deposit in the Ohio | 62 |
| community service council gifts and donations fund created by | 63 |
| section 121.403 of the Revised Code. The council shall use all | 64 |
| such contributions for the purposes described in divisions (B)(2) | 65 |
| and (3) of that section. | 66 |
| (2) The registrar shall deposit the bureau of motor vehicles | 67 |
| fee of ten dollars specified in division (B) of this section, | 68 |
| which is for the purpose of compensating the bureau for the | 69 |
| additional services required in issuing Ohio "volunteer" license | 70 |
| plates, in the state bureau of motor vehicles fund created in | 71 |
| section 4501.25 of the Revised Code. | 72 |
| Section 2. That existing section 121.403 of the Revised Code | 73 |
| is hereby repealed. | 74 |