As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session S. B. No. 62
2025-2026
Senator Gavarone
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To amend sections 4503.10, 4503.102, 4503.12,
4511.75, 4511.751, and 4511.76; to amend, for
the purpose of adopting a new section number as
indicated in parentheses, section 4511.751
(4511.752); and to enact new section 4511.751
and sections 5.501, 3327.18, 3327.19, 4511.753,
4511.754, 4511.755, 4511.756, and 4511.757 of
the Revised Code to authorize a civil penalty
system related to drivers who illegally pass a
school bus but cannot be identified, to
designate the month of August as "School Bus
Safety Awareness Month," and to designate this
act as the School Bus Safety Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 4503.10, 4503.102, 4503.12,
4511.75, 4511.751, and 4511.76 be amended; section 4511.751
(4511.752) be amended for the purpose of adopting a new section
number as indicated in parentheses; and new section 4511.751 and
sections 5.501, 3327.18, 3327.19, 4511.753, 4511.754, 4511.755,
4511.756, and 4511.757 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as
follows:
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Sec. 5.501. The month of August is designated as "School
Bus Safety Awareness Month" to increase public awareness of the
need to properly stop when a stopped school bus is loading and
unloading passengers.
Sec. 3327.18. (A) The school bus safety fund is created in
the state treasury. The fund shall consist of the civil
penalties collected in accordance with sections 4511.753 to
4511.757 of the Revised Code.
(B) The fund shall be administered by the director of
education and workforce. Money in the fund shall be used to make
grants to school districts for purposes of improving the safety
features on school buses in accordance with section 3327.19 of
the Revised Code. Money in the fund also may be used to support
the department of education and workforce and the department of
public safety in educating the public regarding the laws
surrounding school bus safety.
(C) All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited
to the fund.
Sec. 3327.19. (A) As used in this section:
(1) "Eligible applicant" means a board of education of a
city school district, a local school district, an exempted
village school district, a cooperative education school
district, or a joint vocational school district, or a governing
board of an educational service center.
(2) "School bus safety feature" means any of the
following:
(a) External school bus cameras;
(b) Crossing arms;
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(c) Lane departure warning systems;
(d) Electronic stability control;
(e) Lighted crossover mirrors;
(f) Colorado rack test-approved bus frames;
(g) Fully illuminated stop arms located at the front and
rear of a school bus;
(h) Collision avoidance systems;
(i) All light-emitting diode lights;
(j) Ground wash lights;
(k) Reflective chevron;
(l) Occupant restraining devices that conform to the
school bus seat belt requirements of 49 C.F.R. 571;
(m) Additional safety features that become available
through advancements in technology and that are approved by the
department of public safety and the department of education and
workforce.
(B) The department of education and workforce shall
administer a school bus safety grant program. Under the grant
program, the department shall award grants to eligible
applicants who apply to the department for funding to do one of
the following:
(1) Purchase and install school bus safety features on an
eligible applicant's school buses that do not currently have
those features installed;
(2) Purchase and install school bus safety features to
replace old, broken, or outdated safety features on an eligible
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applicant's current school buses;
(3) Purchase school bus safety features as additional
features to be included on new school buses being purchased by
the eligible applicant.
(C) The department shall use the school bus safety fund
created under section 3327.18 of the Revised Code to provide
grants to eligible applicants in accordance with this section.
(D) The director of education and workforce shall
establish any procedures and requirements necessary to
administer this section, including procedures and requirements
governing the form of grant applications and grant award
processes and amounts.
(E) An eligible applicant that receives a grant under this
section shall do both of the following:
(1) Use the funds only for the purchase and installation
of school bus safety features;
(2) Spend any grant funds awarded not later than two years
after the date the funds are distributed to the eligible
applicant.
Sec. 4503.10. (A) The owner of every snowmobile, off-
highway motorcycle, and all-purpose vehicle required to be
registered under section 4519.02 of the Revised Code shall file
an application for registration under section 4519.03 of the
Revised Code. The owner of a motor vehicle, other than a
snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle, that
is not designed and constructed by the manufacturer for
operation on a street or highway may not register it under this
chapter except upon certification of inspection pursuant to
section 4513.02 of the Revised Code by the sheriff, or the chief
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of police of the municipal corporation or township, with
jurisdiction over the political subdivision in which the owner
of the motor vehicle resides. Except as provided in sections
4503.103 and 4503.107 of the Revised Code, every owner of every
other motor vehicle not previously described in this section and
every person mentioned as owner in the last certificate of title
of a motor vehicle that is operated or driven upon the public
roads or highways shall cause to be filed each year, by mail or
otherwise, in the office of the registrar of motor vehicles or a
deputy registrar, a written or electronic application or a
preprinted registration renewal notice issued under section
4503.102 of the Revised Code, the form of which shall be
prescribed by the registrar, for registration for the following
registration year, which shall begin on the first day of January
of every calendar year and end on the thirty-first day of
December in the same year. Applications for registration and
registration renewal notices shall be filed at the times
established by the registrar pursuant to section 4503.101 of the
Revised Code. A motor vehicle owner also may elect to apply for
or renew a motor vehicle registration by electronic means using
electronic signature in accordance with rules adopted by the
registrar. Except as provided in division (J) of this section,
applications for registration shall be made on blanks furnished
by the registrar for that purpose, containing the following
information:
(1) A brief description of the motor vehicle to be
registered, including the year, make, model, and vehicle
identification number, and, in the case of commercial cars, the
gross weight of the vehicle fully equipped computed in the
manner prescribed in section 4503.08 of the Revised Code;
(2) The name and residence address of the owner, and the
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township and municipal corporation in which the owner resides;
(3) The district of registration, which shall be
determined as follows:
(a) In case the motor vehicle to be registered is used for
hire or principally in connection with any established business
or branch business, conducted at a particular place, the
district of registration is the municipal corporation in which
that place is located or, if not located in any municipal
corporation, the county and township in which that place is
located.
(b) In case the vehicle is not so used, the district of
registration is the municipal corporation or county in which the
owner resides at the time of making the application.
(4) Whether the motor vehicle is a new or used motor
vehicle;
(5) The date of purchase of the motor vehicle;
(6) Whether the fees required to be paid for the
registration or transfer of the motor vehicle, during the
preceding registration year and during the preceding period of
the current registration year, have been paid. Each application
for registration shall be signed by the owner, either manually
or by electronic signature, or pursuant to obtaining a limited
power of attorney authorized by the registrar for registration,
or other document authorizing such signature. If the owner
elects to apply for or renew the motor vehicle registration with
the registrar by electronic means, the owner's manual signature
is not required.
(7) The owner's social security number, driver's license
number, or state identification number, or, where a motor
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vehicle to be registered is used for hire or principally in
connection with any established business, the owner's federal
taxpayer identification number. The bureau of motor vehicles
shall retain in its records all social security numbers provided
under this section, but the bureau shall not place social
security numbers on motor vehicle certificates of registration.
(8) Whether the applicant wishes to certify willingness to
make an anatomical gift if an applicant has not so certified
under section 2108.05 of the Revised Code. The applicant's
response shall not be considered in the decision of whether to
approve the application for registration.
(B)(1) When an applicant first registers a motor vehicle
in the applicant's name, the applicant shall provide proof of
ownership of that motor vehicle. Proof of ownership may include
any of the following:
(a) The applicant may present for inspection a physical
certificate of title or memorandum certificate showing title to
the motor vehicle to be registered in the name of the applicant.
(b) The applicant may present for inspection an electronic
certificate of title for the applicant's motor vehicle in a
manner prescribed by rules adopted by the registrar.
(c) The registrar or deputy registrar may electronically
confirm the applicant's ownership of the motor vehicle.
An applicant is not required to present a certificate of
title to an electronic motor vehicle dealer acting as a limited
authority deputy registrar in accordance with rules adopted by
the registrar.
(2) When a motor vehicle inspection and maintenance
program is in effect under section 3704.14 of the Revised Code
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and rules adopted under it, each application for registration
for a vehicle required to be inspected under that section and
those rules shall be accompanied by an inspection certificate
for the motor vehicle issued in accordance with that section.
(3) An application for registration shall be refused if
any of the following applies:
(a) The application is not in proper form.
(b) The application is prohibited from being accepted by
division (D) of section 2935.27, division (A) of section
2937.221, division (A) of section 4503.13, division (B) of
section 4510.22, division (D) of section 4511.756, division (B)
(1) of section 4521.10, or division (B) of section 5537.041 of
the Revised Code.
(c) Proof of ownership is required but is not presented or
confirmed in accordance with division (B)(1) of this section.
(d) All registration and transfer fees for the motor
vehicle, for the preceding year or the preceding period of the
current registration year, have not been paid.
(e) The owner or lessee does not have an inspection
certificate for the motor vehicle as provided in section 3704.14
of the Revised Code, and rules adopted under it, if that section
is applicable.
(4) This section does not require the payment of license
or registration taxes on a motor vehicle for any preceding year,
or for any preceding period of a year, if the motor vehicle was
not taxable for that preceding year or period under sections
4503.02, 4503.04, 4503.11, 4503.12, and 4503.16 or Chapter 4504.
of the Revised Code.
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(5) When a certificate of registration is issued upon the
first registration of a motor vehicle by or on behalf of the
owner, the official issuing the certificate shall indicate the
issuance with a stamp on the certificate of title or memorandum
certificate or, in the case of an electronic certificate of
title or electronic verification of ownership, an electronic
stamp or other notation as specified in rules adopted by the
registrar, and with a stamp on the inspection certificate for
the motor vehicle, if any.
(6) The official also shall indicate, by a stamp or by
other means the registrar prescribes, on the registration
certificate issued upon the first registration of a motor
vehicle by or on behalf of the owner the odometer reading of the
motor vehicle as shown in the odometer statement included in or
attached to the certificate of title. Upon each subsequent
registration of the motor vehicle by or on behalf of the same
owner, the official also shall so indicate the odometer reading
of the motor vehicle as shown on the immediately preceding
certificate of registration.
(7) The registrar shall include in the permanent
registration record of any vehicle required to be inspected
under section 3704.14 of the Revised Code the inspection
certificate number from the inspection certificate that is
presented at the time of registration of the vehicle as required
under this division.
(C)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(1) of
this section, the registrar and each deputy registrar shall
collect an additional fee of eleven dollars for each application
for registration and registration renewal received. For vehicles
specified in divisions (A)(1) to (21) of section 4503.042 of the
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Revised Code, the registrar and deputy registrar shall collect
an additional fee of thirty dollars for each application for
registration and registration renewal received. No additional
fee shall be charged for vehicles registered under section
4503.65 of the Revised Code. The additional fee is for the
purpose of defraying the department of public safety's costs
associated with the administration and enforcement of the motor
vehicle and traffic laws of Ohio. Each deputy registrar shall
transmit the fees collected under divisions (C)(1) and (3) of
this section in the time and manner provided in this section.
The registrar shall deposit all moneys received under division
(C)(1) of this section into the public safety - highway purposes
fund established in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code.
(2) In addition, a charge of twenty-five cents shall be
made for each reflectorized safety license plate issued, and a
single charge of twenty-five cents shall be made for each county
identification sticker or each set of county identification
stickers issued, as the case may be, to cover the cost of
producing the license plates and stickers, including material,
manufacturing, and administrative costs. Those fees shall be in
addition to the license tax. If the total cost of producing the
plates is less than twenty-five cents per plate, or if the total
cost of producing the stickers is less than twenty-five cents
per sticker or per set issued, any excess moneys accruing from
the fees shall be distributed in the same manner as provided by
section 4501.04 of the Revised Code for the distribution of
license tax moneys. If the total cost of producing the plates
exceeds twenty-five cents per plate, or if the total cost of
producing the stickers exceeds twenty-five cents per sticker or
per set issued, the difference shall be paid from the license
tax moneys collected pursuant to section 4503.02 of the Revised
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Code.
(3) The registrar and each deputy registrar shall collect
the following additional fee, as applicable, for each
application for registration or registration renewal received
for any hybrid motor vehicle, plug-in hybrid electric motor
vehicle, or battery electric motor vehicle:
(a) One hundred dollars for a hybrid motor vehicle;
(b) One hundred fifty dollars for a plug-in hybrid
electric motor vehicle;
(c) Two hundred dollars for a battery electric motor
vehicle.
Each fee imposed under this division shall be prorated
based on the number of months for which the vehicle is
registered. The registrar shall transmit all money arising from
each fee to the treasurer of state for distribution in
accordance with division (E) of section 5735.051 of the Revised
Code, subject to division (D) of section 5735.05 of the Revised
Code.
(D) Each deputy registrar shall be allowed a fee equal to
the amount established under section 4503.038 of the Revised
Code for each application for registration and registration
renewal notice the deputy registrar receives, which shall be for
the purpose of compensating the deputy registrar for the deputy
registrar's services, and such office and rental expenses, as
may be necessary for the proper discharge of the deputy
registrar's duties in the receiving of applications and renewal
notices and the issuing of registrations.
(E) Upon the certification of the registrar, the county
sheriff or local police officials shall recover license plates
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erroneously or fraudulently issued.
(F) Each deputy registrar, upon receipt of any application
for registration or registration renewal notice, together with
the license fee and any local motor vehicle license tax levied
pursuant to Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, shall transmit
that fee and tax, if any, in the manner provided in this
section, together with the original and duplicate copy of the
application, to the registrar. The registrar, subject to the
approval of the director of public safety, may deposit the funds
collected by those deputies in a local bank or depository to the
credit of the "state of Ohio, bureau of motor vehicles." Where a
local bank or depository has been designated by the registrar,
each deputy registrar shall deposit all moneys collected by the
deputy registrar into that bank or depository not more than one
business day after their collection and shall make reports to
the registrar of the amounts so deposited, together with any
other information, some of which may be prescribed by the
treasurer of state, as the registrar may require and as
prescribed by the registrar by rule. The registrar, within three
days after receipt of notification of the deposit of funds by a
deputy registrar in a local bank or depository, shall draw on
that account in favor of the treasurer of state. The registrar,
subject to the approval of the director and the treasurer of
state, may make reasonable rules necessary for the prompt
transmittal of fees and for safeguarding the interests of the
state and of counties, townships, municipal corporations, and
transportation improvement districts levying local motor vehicle
license taxes. The registrar may pay service charges usually
collected by banks and depositories for such service. If deputy
registrars are located in communities where banking facilities
are not available, they shall transmit the fees forthwith, by
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money order or otherwise, as the registrar, by rule approved by
the director and the treasurer of state, may prescribe. The
registrar may pay the usual and customary fees for such service.
(G) This section does not prevent any person from making
an application for a motor vehicle license directly to the
registrar by mail, by electronic means, or in person at any of
the registrar's offices, upon payment of a service fee equal to
the amount established under section 4503.038 of the Revised
Code for each application.
(H) No person shall make a false statement as to the
district of registration in an application required by division
(A) of this section. Violation of this division is falsification
under section 2921.13 of the Revised Code and punishable as
specified in that section.
(I)(1) Where applicable, the requirements of division (B)
of this section relating to the presentation of an inspection
certificate issued under section 3704.14 of the Revised Code and
rules adopted under it for a motor vehicle, the refusal of a
license for failure to present an inspection certificate, and
the stamping of the inspection certificate by the official
issuing the certificate of registration apply to the
registration of and issuance of license plates for a motor
vehicle under sections 4503.102, 4503.12, 4503.14, 4503.15,
4503.16, 4503.171, 4503.172, 4503.19, 4503.40, 4503.41, 4503.42,
4503.43, 4503.44, 4503.46, 4503.47, and 4503.51 of the Revised
Code.
(2)(a) The registrar shall adopt rules ensuring that each
owner registering a motor vehicle in a county where a motor
vehicle inspection and maintenance program is in effect under
section 3704.14 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it
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receives information about the requirements established in that
section and those rules and about the need in those counties to
present an inspection certificate with an application for
registration or preregistration.
(b) Upon request, the registrar shall provide the director
of environmental protection, or any person that has been awarded
a contract under section 3704.14 of the Revised Code, an on-line
computer data link to registration information for all passenger
cars, noncommercial motor vehicles, and commercial cars that are
subject to that section. The registrar also shall provide to the
director of environmental protection a magnetic data tape
containing registration information regarding passenger cars,
noncommercial motor vehicles, and commercial cars for which a
multi-year registration is in effect under section 4503.103 of
the Revised Code or rules adopted under it, including, without
limitation, the date of issuance of the multi-year registration,
the registration deadline established under rules adopted under
section 4503.101 of the Revised Code that was applicable in the
year in which the multi-year registration was issued, and the
registration deadline for renewal of the multi-year
registration.
(J) Subject to division (K) of this section, application
for registration under the international registration plan, as
set forth in sections 4503.60 to 4503.66 of the Revised Code,
shall be made to the registrar on forms furnished by the
registrar. In accordance with international registration plan
guidelines and pursuant to rules adopted by the registrar, the
forms shall include the following:
(1) A uniform mileage schedule;
(2) The gross vehicle weight of the vehicle or combined
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gross vehicle weight of the combination vehicle as declared by
the registrant;
(3) Any other information the registrar requires by rule.
(K) The registrar shall determine the feasibility of
implementing an electronic commercial fleet licensing and
management program that will enable the owners of commercial
tractors, commercial trailers, and commercial semitrailers to
conduct electronic transactions by July 1, 2010, or sooner. If
the registrar determines that implementing such a program is
feasible, the registrar shall adopt new rules under this
division or amend existing rules adopted under this division as
necessary in order to respond to advances in technology.
If international registration plan guidelines and
provisions allow member jurisdictions to permit applications for
registrations under the international registration plan to be
made via the internet, the rules the registrar adopts under this
division shall permit such action.
Sec. 4503.102. (A) The registrar of motor vehicles shall
adopt rules to establish a centralized system of motor vehicle
registration renewal by mail or by electronic means. Any person
owning a motor vehicle that was registered in the person's name
during the preceding registration year shall renew the
registration of the motor vehicle not more than ninety days
prior to the expiration date of the registration either by mail
or by electronic means through the centralized system of
registration established under this section, or in person at any
office of the registrar or at a deputy registrar's office.
(B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this
section, no less than forty-five days prior to the expiration
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date of any motor vehicle registration, the registrar shall mail
a renewal notice to the person in whose name the motor vehicle
is registered. The renewal notice shall clearly state that the
registration of the motor vehicle may be renewed by mail or
electronic means through the centralized system of registration
or in person at any office of the registrar or at a deputy
registrar's office and shall be preprinted with information
including, but not limited to, the owner's name and residence
address as shown in the records of the bureau of motor vehicles,
a brief description of the motor vehicle to be registered,
notice of the license taxes and fees due on the motor vehicle,
the toll-free telephone number of the registrar as required
under division (D)(1) of section 4503.031 of the Revised Code, a
statement that payment for a renewal may be made by financial
transaction device using the toll-free telephone number, and any
additional information the registrar may require by rule. The
renewal notice shall not include the social security number of
either the owner of the motor vehicle or the person in whose
name the motor vehicle is registered. The renewal notice shall
be sent by regular mail to the owner's last known address as
shown in the records of the bureau of motor vehicles.
(2) The registrar is not required to mail a renewal notice
if either of the following applies:
(a) The owner of the vehicle has consented to receiving
the renewal notice by electronic means only.
(b) The application for renewal of the registration of a
motor vehicle is prohibited from being accepted by the registrar
or a deputy registrar by division (D) of section 2935.27,
division (A) of section 2937.221, division (A) of section
4503.13, division (B) of section 4510.22, division (D) of
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section 4511.756, or division (B)(1) of section 4521.10 of the
Revised Code.
(3) If the owner of a motor vehicle has consented to
receiving a renewal notice by electronic means only, the
registrar shall send an electronic renewal notice to the owner
that contains the information specified in division (B)(1) of
this section at the time specified under that division.
(C) The owner of the motor vehicle shall verify the
information contained in the notice, sign it either manually or
by electronic means, and return it, either by mail or electronic
means, or the owner may take it in person to any office of the
registrar or of a deputy registrar. The owner shall include with
the notice a financial transaction device number when renewing
in person or by electronic means but not by mail, check, or
money order in the amount of the registration taxes and fees
payable on the motor vehicle and a service fee equal to the
amount established under section 4503.038 of the Revised Code,
plus postage as indicated on the notice if the registration is
renewed or fulfilled by mail, and an inspection certificate for
the motor vehicle as provided in section 3704.14 of the Revised
Code. For purposes of the centralized system of motor vehicle
registration, the registrar shall accept payments via the toll-
free telephone number established under division (D)(1) of
section 4503.031 of the Revised Code for renewals made by mail.
If the motor vehicle owner chooses to renew the motor vehicle
registration by electronic means, the owner shall proceed in
accordance with the rules the registrar adopts.
(D) If all registration and transfer fees for the motor
vehicle for the preceding year or the preceding period of the
current registration year have not been paid, if division (D) of
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section 2935.27, division (A) of section 2937.221, division (A)
of section 4503.13, division (B) of section 4510.22, division
(D) of section 4511.756, or division (B)(1) of section 4521.10
of the Revised Code prohibits acceptance of the renewal notice,
or if the owner or lessee does not have an inspection
certificate for the motor vehicle as provided in section 3704.14
of the Revised Code, if that section is applicable, the license
shall be refused, and the registrar or deputy registrar shall so
notify the owner. This section does not require the payment of
license or registration taxes on a motor vehicle for any
preceding year, or for any preceding period of a year, if the
motor vehicle was not taxable for that preceding year or period
under section 4503.02, 4503.04, 4503.11, 4503.12, or 4503.16 or
Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code.
(E)(1) Failure to receive a renewal notice does not
relieve a motor vehicle owner from the responsibility to renew
the registration for the motor vehicle. Any person who has a
motor vehicle registered in this state and who does not receive
a renewal notice as provided in division (B) of this section
prior to the expiration date of the registration shall request
an application for registration from the registrar or a deputy
registrar and sign the application manually or by electronic
means and submit the application and pay any applicable license
taxes and fees to the registrar or deputy registrar.
(2) If the owner of a motor vehicle submits an application
for registration and the registrar is prohibited by division (D)
of section 2935.27, division (A) of section 2937.221, division
(A) of section 4503.13, division (B) of section 4510.22,
division (D) of section 4511.756, or division (B)(1) of section
4521.10 of the Revised Code from accepting the application, the
registrar shall return the application and the payment to the
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owner. If the owner of a motor vehicle submits a registration
renewal application to the registrar by electronic means and the
registrar is prohibited from accepting the application as
provided in this division, the registrar shall notify the owner
of this fact and deny the application and return the payment or
give a credit on the financial transaction device account of the
owner in the manner the registrar prescribes by rule adopted
pursuant to division (A) of this section.
(F) Every deputy registrar shall post in a prominent place
at the deputy's office a notice informing the public of the mail
registration system required by this section and also shall post
a notice that every owner of a motor vehicle and every chauffeur
holding a certificate of registration is required to notify the
registrar in writing of any change of residence within ten days
after the change occurs. The notice shall be in such form as the
registrar prescribes by rule.
(G) The service fee equal to the amount established under
section 4503.038 of the Revised Code that is collected from a
person who renews a motor vehicle registration by electronic
means or by mail, plus postage collected by the registrar and
any financial transaction device surcharge collected by the
registrar, shall be paid to the credit of the public safety -
highway purposes fund established by section 4501.06 of the
Revised Code.
(H)(1) Pursuant to section 113.40 of the Revised Code, the
registrar shall implement a program permitting payment of motor
vehicle registration taxes and fees, driver's license and
commercial driver's license fees, and any other taxes, fees,
penalties, or charges imposed or levied by the state by means of
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online, at any office of the registrar, and at all deputy
registrar locations. The program shall take effect not later
than July 1, 2016. The registrar shall adopt rules as necessary
for this purpose, but all such rules are subject to any action,
policy, or procedure of the board of deposit or treasurer of
state taken or adopted under section 113.40 of the Revised Code.
(2) The rules adopted under division (H)(1) of this
section shall require a deputy registrar to accept payments by
means of a financial transaction device beginning on the
effective date of the rules unless the deputy registrar contract
entered into by the deputy registrar prohibits the acceptance of
such payments by financial transaction device. However,
commencing with deputy registrar contract awards that have a
start date of July 1, 2016, and for all contract awards
thereafter, the registrar shall require that the proposer accept
payment by means of a financial transaction device, including
credit cards and debit cards, for all department of public
safety transactions conducted at that deputy registrar location.
The bureau and deputy registrars are not required to pay
any costs that result from accepting payment by means of a
financial transaction device. A deputy registrar may charge a
person who tenders payment for a department transaction by means
of a financial transaction device any cost the deputy registrar
incurs from accepting payment by the financial transaction
device, but the deputy registrar shall not require the person to
pay any additional fee of any kind in connection with the use by
the person of the financial transaction device.
(3) In accordance with division (H)(1) of this section and
rules adopted by the registrar under that division, a county
auditor or clerk of a court of common pleas that is designated a
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deputy registrar shall accept payment by means of a financial
transaction device, including credit cards and debit cards, for
all department transactions conducted at the office of the
county auditor or clerk in the county auditor's or clerk's
capacity as deputy registrar. The bureau is not required to pay
any costs incurred by a county auditor or clerk that result from
accepting payment by means of a financial transaction device for
any department transaction.
(I) For persons who reside in counties where tailpipe
emissions inspections are required under the motor vehicle
inspection and maintenance program, the notice required by
division (B) of this section shall also include the toll-free
telephone number maintained by the Ohio environmental protection
agency to provide information concerning the locations of
emissions testing centers. The registrar also shall include a
statement in the notice that a battery electric motor vehicle is
not required to undergo emissions inspection under the motor
vehicle inspection and maintenance program established under
section 3704.14 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 4503.12. (A) Upon the transfer of ownership of a
motor vehicle, the registration of the motor vehicle expires,
and the original owner immediately shall remove the license
plates from the motor vehicle, except that:
(1) If a statutory merger or consolidation results in the
transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle from a constituent
corporation to the surviving corporation, or if the
incorporation of a proprietorship or partnership results in the
transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle from the proprietorship
or partnership to the corporation, the registration shall be
continued upon the filing by the surviving or new corporation,
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within thirty days of such transfer, of an application for an
amended certificate of registration. Upon a proper filing, the
registrar of motor vehicles shall issue an amended certificate
of registration in the name of the new owner.
(2) If the death of the owner of a motor vehicle results
in the transfer of ownership of the motor vehicle to the
surviving spouse of the owner or if a motor vehicle is owned by
two persons under joint ownership with right of survivorship
established under section 2131.12 of the Revised Code and one of
those persons dies, the registration shall be continued upon the
filing by the survivor of an application for an amended
certificate of registration. In relation to a motor vehicle that
is owned by two persons under joint ownership with right of
survivorship established under section 2131.12 of the Revised
Code, the application shall be accompanied by a copy of the
certificate of title that specifies that the vehicle is owned
under joint ownership with right of survivorship. Upon a proper
filing, the registrar shall issue an amended certificate of
registration in the name of the survivor.
(3) If the death of the owner of a motor vehicle results
in the transfer of ownership of the motor vehicle to a transfer-
on-death beneficiary or beneficiaries designated under section
2131.13 of the Revised Code, the registration shall be continued
upon the filing by the transfer-on-death beneficiary or
beneficiaries of an application for an amended certificate of
registration. The application shall be accompanied by a copy of
the certificate of title that specifies that the owner of the
motor vehicle has designated the motor vehicle in beneficiary
form under section 2131.13 of the Revised Code. Upon a proper
filing, the registrar shall issue an amended certificate of
registration in the name of the transfer-on-death beneficiary or
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beneficiaries.
(4) If the original owner of a motor vehicle that has been
transferred makes application for the registration of another
motor vehicle at any time during the remainder of the
registration period for which the transferred motor vehicle was
registered, the owner may file an application for transfer of
the registration and, where applicable, the license plates. The
transfer of the registration and, where applicable, the license
plates from the motor vehicle for which they originally were
issued to a succeeding motor vehicle purchased by the same
person in whose name the original registration and license
plates were issued shall be done within a period not to exceed
thirty days. During that thirty-day period, the license plates
from the motor vehicle for which they originally were issued may
be displayed on the succeeding motor vehicle, and the succeeding
motor vehicle may be operated on the public roads and highways
in this state.
At the time of application for transfer, the registrar
shall compute and collect the amount of tax due on the
succeeding motor vehicle, based upon the amount that would be
due on a new registration as of the date on which the transfer
is made less a credit for the unused portion of the original
registration beginning on that date. If the credit exceeds the
amount of tax due on the new registration, no refund shall be
made. In computing the amount of tax due and credits to be
allowed under this division, the provisions of division (B)(1)
(a) and (b) of section 4503.11 of the Revised Code shall apply.
As to passenger cars, noncommercial vehicles, motor homes, and
motorcycles, transfers within or between these classes of motor
vehicles only shall be allowed. If the succeeding motor vehicle
is of a different class than the motor vehicle for which the
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registration originally was issued, new license plates also
shall be issued upon the surrender of the license plates
originally issued and payment of the fees provided in divisions
(C) and (D) of section 4503.10 of the Revised Code.
(5) The owner of a commercial car having a gross vehicle
weight or combined gross vehicle weight of more than ten
thousand pounds may transfer the registration of that commercial
car to another commercial car the owner owns without
transferring ownership of the first commercial car. At any time
during the remainder of the registration period for which the
first commercial car was registered, the owner may file an
application for the transfer of the registration and, where
applicable, the license plates, accompanied by the certificate
of registration of the first commercial car. The amount of any
tax due or credit to be allowed for a transfer of registration
under this division shall be computed in accordance with
division (A)(4) of this section.
No commercial car to which a registration is transferred
under this division shall be operated on a public road or
highway in this state until after the transfer of registration
is completed in accordance with this division.
(6) Upon application to the registrar or a deputy
registrar, a person who owns or leases a motor vehicle may
transfer special license plates assigned to that vehicle to any
other vehicle that the person owns or leases or that is owned or
leased by the person's spouse. As appropriate, the application
also shall be accompanied by a power of attorney for the
registration of a leased vehicle and a written statement
releasing the special plates to the applicant. Upon a proper
filing, the registrar or deputy registrar shall assign the
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special license plates to the motor vehicle owned or leased by
the applicant and issue a new certificate of registration for
that motor vehicle.
(7) If a corporation transfers the ownership of a motor
vehicle to an affiliated corporation, the affiliated corporation
may apply to the registrar for the transfer of the registration
and any license plates. The registrar may require the applicant
to submit documentation of the corporate relationship and shall
determine whether the application for registration transfer is
made in good faith and not for the purposes of circumventing the
provisions of this chapter. Upon a proper filing, the registrar
shall issue an amended certificate of registration in the name
of the new owner.
(B) An application under division (A) of this section
shall be accompanied by a service fee equal to the amount
established under section 4503.038 of the Revised Code, a
transfer fee of one dollar, and the original certificate of
registration, if applicable.
(C) Neither the registrar nor a deputy registrar shall
transfer a registration under division (A) of this section if
the registration is prohibited by division (D) of section
2935.27, division (A) of section 2937.221, division (A) of
section 4503.13, division (D) of section 4503.234, division (B)
of section 4510.22, division (D) of section 4511.756, division
(B)(1) of section 4521.10, or division (B) of section 5537.041
of the Revised Code.
(D) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is
guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(E) As used in division (A)(6) of this section, "special
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license plates" means either of the following:
(1) Any license plates for which the person to whom the
license plates are issued must pay an additional fee in excess
of the fees prescribed in section 4503.04 of the Revised Code,
Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, and the service fee
prescribed in division (D) or (G) of section 4503.10 of the
Revised Code;
(2) License plates issued under section 4503.44 of the
Revised Code.
Sec. 4511.75. (A)(A)(1) The driver of a vehicle,
streetcar, or trackless trolley upon meeting or overtaking from
either direction any school bus stopped for the purpose of
receiving or discharging any school child, person attending
programs offered by community boards of mental health and county
boards of developmental disabilities, or child attending a
program offered by a head start agency, shall stop at least ten
feet from the front or rear of the school bus and shall not
proceed until such school bus resumes motion, or until signaled
by the school bus driver or a law enforcement officer to
proceed.
(2) It is no defense to a charge under this division (A)
(1) of this section that the school bus involved failed to
display or be equipped with an automatically extended stop
warning sign as required by division (B) of this section.
(B) Every school bus shall be equipped with amber and red
visual signals meeting the requirements of section 4511.771 of
the Revised Code, and an automatically extended stop warning
sign of a type approved by the department of education and
workforce, which shall be actuated by the driver of the bus
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whenever but only whenever the bus is stopped or stopping on the
roadway for the purpose of receiving or discharging school
children, persons attending programs offered by community boards
of mental health and county boards of developmental
disabilities, or children attending programs offered by head
start agencies. A school bus driver shall not actuate the visual
signals or the stop warning sign in designated school bus
loading areas where the bus is entirely off the roadway or at
school buildings when children or persons attending programs
offered by community boards of mental health and county boards
of developmental disabilities are loading or unloading at
curbside or at buildings when children attending programs
offered by head start agencies are loading or unloading at
curbside. The visual signals and stop warning sign shall be
synchronized or otherwise operated as required by rule of the
board.
(C) Where a highway has been divided into four or more
traffic lanes, a driver of a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless
trolley need not stop for a school bus approaching from the
opposite direction which has stopped for the purpose of
receiving or discharging any school child, persons attending
programs offered by community boards of mental health and county
boards of developmental disabilities, or children attending
programs offered by head start agencies. The driver of any
vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley overtaking the school
bus shall comply with division (A) of this section.
(D) School buses operating on divided highways or on
highways with four or more traffic lanes shall receive and
discharge all school children, persons attending programs
offered by community boards of mental health and county boards
of developmental disabilities, and children attending programs
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offered by head start agencies on their residence side of the
highway.
(E) No school bus driver shall start the driver's bus
until after any child, person attending programs offered by
community boards of mental health and county boards of
developmental disabilities, or child attending a program offered
by a head start agency who may have alighted therefrom has
reached a place of safety on the child's or person's residence
side of the road.
(F)(1) Whoever Except as provided in division (F)(3) of
this section, whoever violates division (A) of this section may
be fined an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars. A person
who is issued a citation for a violation of division (A) of this
section is not permitted to enter a written plea of guilty and
waive the person's right to contest the citation in a trial but
instead must appear in person in the proper court to answer the
charge.
(2) In Except as provided in division (F)(3) of this
section, in addition to and independent of any other penalty
provided by law, the court or mayor may impose upon an offender
who violates this section a class seven suspension of the
offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license,
temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or
nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in
division (A)(7) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code. When a
license is suspended under this section, the court or mayor
shall cause the offender to deliver the license to the court,
and the court or clerk of the court immediately shall forward
the license to the registrar of motor vehicles, together with
notice of the court's action.
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(3) If the identity of the driver of a vehicle that is the
subject of a violation of division (A) of this section cannot be
established through investigation or otherwise, the registered
owner of a vehicle may be fined a civil penalty of three hundred
dollars in accordance with sections 4511.753 to 4511.757 of the
Revised Code when that owner's vehicle is used to commit a
violation of division (A) of this section.
(G) As used in this section:
(1) "Head start agency" has the same meaning as in section
3301.32 of the Revised Code.
(2) "School bus," as used in relation to children who
attend a program offered by a head start agency, means a bus
that is owned and operated by a head start agency, is equipped
with an automatically extended stop warning sign of a type
approved by the department, is painted the color and displays
the markings described in section 4511.77 of the Revised Code,
and is equipped with amber and red visual signals meeting the
requirements of section 4511.771 of the Revised Code,
irrespective of whether or not the bus has fifteen or more
children aboard at any time. "School bus" does not include a van
owned and operated by a head start agency, irrespective of its
color, lights, or markings.
Sec. 4511.751. As used in sections 4511.751 to 4511.757
and section 4511.76 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Designated party" means the person whom a registered
owner of a vehicle identifies as the person who was operating
the owner's vehicle at the time of a school bus violation.
(B) "Entity responsible for operation of the school bus"
means the applicable board of education of a city, local or
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exempted village school district, the governing board of an
educational service center, a county board of developmental
disabilities, or the governing authority of a chartered
nonpublic school, community school established under Chapter
3314. of the Revised Code, STEM school established under Chapter
3326. of the Revised Code, or head start program that is
responsible for the operation of the school bus on which a
school bus violation detection monitoring system is installed.
(C) "Law enforcement officer" means a sheriff, deputy
sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, school resource officer,
police officer of a police department of any municipal
corporation, police constable of any township, or police officer
of a township or joint police district who is employed on a
permanent, full-time basis by a law enforcement agency.
(D) "License plate" includes any temporary motor vehicle
license registration issued under section 4503.182 of the
Revised Code or similar law of another jurisdiction.
(E) "Motor vehicle dealer" has the same meaning as in
section 4517.01 of the Revised Code.
(F) "Motor vehicle renting dealer" has the same meaning as
in section 4549.65 of the Revised Code.
(G) "Notice of violation" means a traffic ticket,
citation, summons, or other ticket issued in response to an
alleged school bus violation detected by a school bus violation
detection monitoring system that represents a civil violation.
(H) "Recorded images" means either of the following,
recorded by a school bus violation detection monitoring system,
when they are sufficiently clear and show, on at least one image
or on a portion of the videotape, the rear of a vehicle and the
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letters and numerals on the rear license plate of the vehicle:
(1) Two or more photographs, microphotographs, electronic
images, or digital images;
(2) Videotape.
(I) "Registered owner" means all of the following:
(1) Any person or entity identified by the bureau of motor
vehicles or any other state motor vehicle registration bureau,
department, or office as the owner of a vehicle;
(2) The lessee of a vehicle under a lease of six months or
longer;
(3) The renter of a vehicle pursuant to a written rental
agreement with a motor vehicle renting dealer.
(J) "School bus violation detection monitoring system"
means a camera system affixed to a school bus that consists of
two or more camera sensors or computers that can produce
recorded images.
(K) "School bus violation" means a violation of division
(A) of section 4511.75 of the Revised Code, or a substantially
equivalent municipal ordinance, when division (E) of section
4511.752 of the Revised Code applies.
Sec. 4511.751 4511.752. As used in this section, "license
plate" includes, but is not limited to, any temporary motor
vehicle license registration issued under section 4503.182 of
the Revised Code or similar law of another jurisdiction.
(A) When the operator of a school bus believes that a
motorist has violated division (A) of section 4511.75 of the
Revised Code, the operator shall report the license plate number
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and a general description of the vehicle and of the operator of
the vehicle to the law enforcement agency exercising
jurisdiction over the area where the alleged violation occurred.
(B) The information contained in the report relating to
the license plate number and to the general description of the
vehicle and the operator of the vehicle at the time of the
alleged violation may be supplied or corroborated by any person
with first-hand knowledge of the information. Information of
which the operator of the school bus has first-hand knowledge
contained in the report also may be supplied or corroborated by
any other personan entity responsible for operation of a school
bus or its contracted private vendor, through an image, images,
or video recorded by a school bus camera, including a school bus
violation detection monitoring system, installed pursuant to
section 4511.76 of the Revised Code .
(C)(1) Upon receipt of the report of the alleged violation
of division (A) of section 4511.75 of the Revised Code, the law
enforcement agency shall conduct an investigation to attempt to
determine or confirm the following:
(a) The license plate number, the color, and the make and
model of the vehicle;
(b) The date, approximate time, and location of the
alleged violation;
(c) The identity of the operator of the vehicle at the
time of the alleged violation.
(2) The law enforcement agency may use a sufficiently
clear image, images, or video provided by a school bus camera,
including a school bus violation detection monitoring system
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determine the information specified in division (C)(1) of this
section.
(D) If the identity of the operator at the time of the
alleged violation is established, the reporting of the license
plate number of the vehicle shall establish probable cause for
the law enforcement agency to issue a criminal citation for the
violation of division (A) of section 4511.75 of the Revised
Code. However, if
(E) If the identity of the operator of the vehicle at the
time of the alleged violation cannot be established and the
recorded image, images, or video are sufficiently clear to
identify the license plate of the vehicle that is the subject of
the alleged violation , the law enforcement agency shall issue a
warning may do one of the following, as applicable:
(1) Issue a notice of violation for a civil penalty of
three hundred dollars to the registered owner of the vehicle at
the time of the alleged violation , except in the case of a
leased or rented vehicle when the warning shall be issued to the
lessee at the time of the alleged violation in accordance with
sections 4511.753 to 4511.757 of the Revised Code . A law
enforcement agency shall not issue a notice of violation under
this division unless both of the following apply:
(a) The entity responsible for operation of the school bus
that is the subject of the alleged violation has installed a
school bus violation detection monitoring system pursuant to
section 4511.76 of the Revised Code on all school buses actively
operated by the entity for transportation routes.
(b) The recorded image meets all requirements necessary to
issue a ticket under section 4511.753 of the Revised Code.
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(2) Issue a warning to the registered owner of the vehicle
at the time of the alleged violation.
(F) A law enforcement agency shall not issue both a
criminal citation and a civil notice of violation for a single
instance of a violation of division (A) of section 4511.75 of
the Revised Code.
(G) The registrar of motor vehicles and deputy registrars
shall, at the time of issuing license plates to any person,
include with the license plate a summary of the requirements of
division (A) of section 4511.75 of the Revised Code and the
procedures of, and penalty in, division (F) of section 4511.75
of the Revised Code.
(H) For purposes of enforcing section 4511.75 of the
Revised Code under this section, the state highway patrol may
issue a criminal citation under division (D) of this section,
but shall not issue a notice of violation for a civil violation
under division (E) of this section. If the identity of the
operator of the vehicle at the time of the alleged violation
cannot be established, the state highway patrol may issue a
warning to the registered owner of the vehicle at the time of
the alleged violation.
Sec. 4511.753. (A) When a law enforcement agency receives
a report under division (A) or (B) of section 4511.752 of the
Revised Code, and the identity of the operator of the vehicle at
the time of the alleged violation cannot be established, the law
enforcement agency may use any lawful means to identify the
registered owner for purposes of issuing a notice of violation
under this section to that owner if all of the following are
shown on the image recorded by a school bus violation detection
monitoring system:
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(1) The school bus violation;
(2) The date and time of the violation;
(3) The electronic red light visual signals or stop
warning sign to demonstrate that such signals and sign were
actuated;
(4) The letter and numerals on the license plate of the
vehicle involved and the state that issued the license plate.
(B)(1) After the identification of the registered owner
under division (A) of this section and within thirty days of the
school bus violation, the law enforcement agency or the agency's
agent may issue and send by regular mail in a clearly marked
envelope that includes the citing law enforcement agency on the
envelope a notice of violation charging the registered owner
with the violation.
(2) A school bus violation for which a notice of violation
is issued by or on behalf of a law enforcement agency based on
evidence recorded by a school bus violation detection monitoring
system is a civil violation. The law enforcement agency or the
agency's agent shall issue the notice of violation in accordance
with the requirements of section 4511.754 of the Revised Code.
The civil penalty for the notice of violation shall be three
hundred dollars.
(C) A law enforcement agency or the agency's agent that
mails a notice of violation charging the registered owner with
the school bus violation shall, without unnecessary delay, file
a certified copy of the notice of violation with the municipal
court or county court with jurisdiction over the civil action.
(D) A certified copy of the notice of violation alleging a
school bus violation, sworn to or affirmed by a law enforcement
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officer employed by the law enforcement agency, including by
electronic means, and the recorded images produced by the school
bus violation detection monitoring system, is prima facie
evidence of the facts contained therein and is admissible in a
civil action or proceeding concerning the notice of violation
issued under this section.
Sec. 4511.754. A law enforcement agency or the agency's
agent shall ensure that a notice of violation for a school bus
violation sent under section 4511.753 of the Revised Code
contains all of the following:
(A) The name and address of the registered owner;
(B) The letters and numerals appearing on the license
plate issued to the vehicle;
(C) The school bus violation charged;
(D) A statement that the violation was recorded by a
school bus violation detection monitoring system;
(E) The date and time of the violation;
(F) A copy of the recorded images;
(G) The amount of the civil penalty imposed, the date by
which the civil penalty is required to be paid, and the address
of the municipal court or county court with jurisdiction over
the civil action to which the payment is to be sent;
(H) A statement signed by a law enforcement officer
indicating that, based on an inspection of the recorded images,
the vehicle was involved in a school bus violation and the
recorded images are prima facie evidence of that school bus
violation. The law enforcement officer may sign the statement
electronically.
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(I) Information advising the person or entity alleged to
be liable of the options prescribed in section 4511.755 of the
Revised Code, including the time, place, and manner in which the
person or entity may appear in court to contest the violation
and notice of violation and the procedure for disclaiming
liability by submitting an affidavit to the municipal court or
county court as prescribed in section 4511.755 of the Revised
Code;
(J) A warning that failure to exercise one of the options
prescribed in section 4511.755 of the Revised Code is deemed to
be an admission of liability and waiver of the opportunity to
contest the violation.
Sec. 4511.755. A person or entity who receives a notice of
violation for a civil violation sent under section 4511.753 of
the Revised Code shall elect to do one of the following:
(A) In accordance with instructions on the notice of
violation, pay the civil penalty, thereby admitting liability
and waiving the opportunity to contest the violation;
(B)(1) Within thirty days after receipt of the notice of
violation, provide the municipal court or county court with
jurisdiction over the civil action with either of the following
affidavits:
(a) An affidavit executed by the registered owner and the
operator of the vehicle at the time of the violation identifying
that operator as the designated party who may be held liable for
the violation, and containing at a minimum the name and address
of that designated party;
(b) An affidavit executed by the registered owner stating
that at the time of the violation, the vehicle or the license
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plates issued to the vehicle were stolen and therefore were in
the care, custody, or control of some person or entity to whom
the registered owner did not grant permission to use the
vehicle. To demonstrate that the vehicle or the license plates
were stolen prior to the school bus violation and therefore were
not under the control or possession of the registered owner at
the time of the violation, the registered owner shall submit
proof that a report about the stolen vehicle or license plates
was filed with the appropriate law enforcement agency prior to
the violation or within forty-eight hours after the violation
occurred.
(2) A registered owner is not responsible for a school bus
violation if, within thirty days after the date of mailing of
the notice of violation, the registered owner furnishes an
affidavit specified in division (B)(1)(a) or (b) of this section
to the court with jurisdiction in a form established by the
court and the following conditions are met:
(a) If the registered owner and the operator of the
vehicle at the time of the violation submit an affidavit as
specified in division (B)(1)(a) of this section, the operator as
the designated party either accepts liability for the violation
by paying the civil penalty or by failing to request a court
hearing within thirty days or is determined liable in a court
hearing.
(b) If the registered owner submits an affidavit as
specified in division (B)(1)(b) of this section, the affidavit
is supported by a stolen vehicle or stolen license plate report
as required in that division.
(C) If the registered owner is a motor vehicle dealer or a
motor vehicle renting dealer, notify the court with jurisdiction
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of the name and address of the customer, lessee, or renter of
the vehicle at the time of the school bus violation. The court
may establish the form of the notice or use a standard form of
notice. A motor vehicle dealer or motor vehicle renting dealer
who receives a notice of violation for an alleged school bus
violation detected by a school bus violation detection
monitoring system is not liable for a notice of violation issued
for a vehicle that was in the care, custody, or control of a
customer, lessee, or renter at the time of the alleged
violation. The dealer shall not pay the fine specified on the
notice of violation and subsequently attempt to collect a fee or
assess the customer, lessee, or renter a charge for any payment
of such a notice of violation made on behalf of the customer,
lessee, or renter.
(D) If the vehicle involved in the school bus violation is
a commercial motor vehicle and the notice of violation is issued
to a corporate entity, provide to the court with jurisdiction an
affidavit, sworn to or affirmed by an agent of the corporate
entity, that provides the name and address of the employee who
was operating the vehicle at the time of the alleged violation
and who is the designated party;
(E) Contest the notice of violation by filing a written
request for a court hearing to review the notice of violation in
a form established by the court. The person shall file the
written request not later than thirty days after receipt of the
notice of violation. The failure to request a hearing within
this time period constitutes a waiver of the right to contest
the violation and notice of violation, and is deemed to
constitute an admission of liability.
Sec. 4511.756. (A)(1) A court with jurisdiction that
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receives an affidavit described in division (B)(1)(a) or (D) of
section 4511.755 of the Revised Code or a notification under
division (C) of that section from a registered owner may proceed
to notify the law enforcement agency to send a notice of
violation that conforms with this section and section 4511.754
of the Revised Code to the designated party.
(2) The law enforcement agency shall send the conforming
notice of violation to the designated party by ordinary mail not
later than thirty days after receipt of the notification from
the court.
(B)(1) If, after conducting a hearing requested under
division (E) of section 4511.755 of the Revised Code, the court
finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the alleged school
bus violation did in fact occur and that the person named in the
original or any subsequent notice of violation is the person who
was operating the vehicle at the time of the violation, the
court shall issue a written decision imposing liability for the
violation upon the individual and submit it to the law
enforcement agency and the person named in the notice of
violation.
(2) If the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence
that the alleged school bus violation did not occur or did in
fact occur but the person named in the original or any
subsequent notice of violation is not the person who was
operating the vehicle at the time of the violation, the court
shall issue a written decision finding that the individual is
not liable for the violation and submit it to the law
enforcement agency and the person named in the notice of
violation.
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appear, the court may determine that the person is liable for
the violation or grant a continuance of the hearing. If the
court determines that the person is liable, the court shall
issue a written decision imposing liability for the violation
upon the individual and submit it to the law enforcement agency
and the person named in the notice of violation.
(C) The court shall charge the applicable court costs and
fees for the civil action to the party that does not prevail in
the action.
(D)(1) If a person liable for a school bus violation fails
to pay the civil penalty or any applicable court costs and fees,
the court may notify the registrar of motor vehicles.
(2) If the registrar receives a notice from a court under
division (D)(1) of this section, neither the registrar nor any
deputy registrar shall accept any application for the
registration or transfer of registration of any motor vehicle
owner or leased by the person named in the notice, until the
registrar receives notice from the court that the civil penalty
and any court costs and fees has been paid or dismissed.
Sec. 4511.757. (A) The civil penalty charged and collected
in accordance with sections 4511.753 to 4511.757 of the Revised
Code shall be paid as follows:
(1) Fifty dollars to the school bus safety fund created in
section 3327.18 of the Revised Code;
(2) Two hundred fifty dollars to the entity responsible
for operation of the school bus.
(B) The entity responsible for operation of the school bus
shall use the proceeds it receives for school bus safety
technology initiatives. As part of those initiatives, the entity
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may use proceeds for the purpose of defraying the costs of
purchasing, installing, operating, and maintaining the school
bus violation detection monitoring systems and offsetting a law
enforcement agency's costs related to reviewing recorded images
and issuing the notices of violation.
Sec. 4511.76. (A) The department of public safety, by and
with the advice of the department of education and workforce,
shall adopt and enforce rules relating to the construction,
design, and equipment of all school buses both publicly and
privately owned and operated in this state , including lighting
rules governing both of the following:
(1) Lighting equipment required by section 4511.771 of the
Revised Code, of all school buses both publicly and privately
owned and operated in this state ;
(2) School bus cameras, including school bus violation
detection monitoring systems, that provide an image, images, or
video for purposes of recording a violation of division (A) of
section 4511.75 of the Revised Code .
(B) The department of education and workforce, by and with
the advice of the director of public safety, shall adopt and
enforce rules relating to the operation of all vehicles used for
pupil transportation.
(C) No person shall operate a vehicle used for pupil
transportation within this state in violation of the rules of
the department of education and workforce or the department of
public safety. No person, being the owner thereof or having the
supervisory responsibility therefor, shall permit the operation
of a vehicle used for pupil transportation within this state in
violation of the rules of the department of education and
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workforce or the department of public safety.
(D) The department of public safety shall adopt and
enforce rules relating to the issuance of a license under
section 4511.763 of the Revised Code. The rules may relate to
the condition of the equipment to be operated; the liability and
property damage insurance carried by the applicant; the posting
of satisfactory and sufficient bond; and such other rules as the
director of public safety determines reasonably necessary for
the safety of the pupils to be transported.
(E) A chartered nonpublic school or a community school may
own and operate, or contract with a vendor that supplies, a
vehicle originally designed for not more than nine passengers,
not including the driver, to transport students to and from
regularly scheduled school sessions when one of the following
applies:
(1) A student's school district of residence has declared
the transportation of the student impractical pursuant to
section 3327.02 of the Revised Code;
(2) A student does not live within thirty minutes of the
chartered nonpublic school or the community school, as
applicable, and the student's school district is not required to
transport the student under section 3327.01 of the Revised Code;
(3) The governing authority of the chartered nonpublic
school or the community school has offered to provide the
transportation for its students in lieu of the students being
transported by their school district of residence.
(F) A school district may own and operate, or contract
with a vendor that supplies, a vehicle originally designed for
not more than nine passengers, not including the driver, to
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transport students to and from regularly scheduled school
sessions, if both of the following apply to the operation of
that vehicle:
(1) The number of students to be transported is not more
than nine;
(2) The students attend a chartered nonpublic school or a
community school, and the school district regularly transports
students to that chartered nonpublic school or that community
school.
(G) A school district or the governing authority of a
chartered nonpublic school or community school that uses a
vehicle originally designed for not more than nine passengers,
not including the driver, in accordance with division (E) or (F)
of this section, shall ensure that all of the following apply to
the operation of that vehicle:
(1) A qualified mechanic inspects the vehicle not fewer
than two times each year and determines that it is safe for
pupil transportation;
(2) The driver of the vehicle does not stop on the roadway
to load or unload passengers;
(3) The driver of the vehicle meets the requirements
specified for a driver of a school bus or motor van under
section 3327.10 of the Revised Code and any corresponding rules
adopted by the department of education and workforce.
Notwithstanding that section or any department rules to the
contrary, the driver is not required to have a commercial
driver's license but shall have a current, valid driver's
license, and shall be accustomed to operating the vehicle used
to transport the students;
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(4) The driver and all passengers in the vehicle comply
with the requirements of sections 4511.81 and 4513.263 of the
Revised Code, as applicable.
(H)(H)(1) An entity responsible for operation of a school
bus may purchase, install, operate, and maintain school bus
cameras, including school bus violation detection monitoring
systems, on its new or currently owned and operated school
buses. Alternatively, the entity may contract with a private
vendor to purchase, install, operate, and maintain such cameras
and systems on the school buses.
(2) An entity that uses school bus violation detection
monitoring systems, either on its own or through a contract with
a private vendor, shall do both of the following:
(a) Ensure that all of the entity's school buses with a
regular transportation route are outfitted with a school bus
violation detection monitoring system before commencing a civil
penalty system in accordance with sections 4511.753 to 4511.757
of the Revised Code;
(b) Enter into a memorandum of understanding with the
appropriate local law enforcement agency to ensure review of the
recorded images captured by the school bus violation detection
monitoring systems, reimbursement of review expenses, and
appropriate enforcement support.
(I) As used in this section, "vehicle used for pupil
transportation" means any vehicle that is identified as such by
the department of education and workforce by rule and that is
subject to Chapter 3301-83 of the Administrative Code.
(I) (J) Except as otherwise provided in this division,
whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
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If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded
guilty to one or more violations of this section or section
4511.63, 4511.761, 4511.762, 4511.764, 4511.77, or 4511.79 of
the Revised Code or a municipal ordinance that is substantially
similar to any of those sections, whoever violates this section
is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
Section 2. That existing sections 4503.10, 4503.102,
4503.12, 4511.75, 4511.751, and 4511.76 of the Revised Code are
hereby repealed.
Section 3. This act shall be known as the School Bus
Safety Act.
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