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OH HB606
Bill
Status
11/23/2010
Primary Sponsor
John Adams
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AI Summary
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Allows surviving spouses of deceased Purple Heart recipients to obtain and retain Purple Heart license plates for their personal motor vehicles without paying registration fees or local motor vehicle license taxes.
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Surviving spouse eligibility requires the spouse to remain unmarried and the deceased person to have received or been eligible to receive Purple Heart license plates under existing law.
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Surviving spouses combining Purple Heart plates with special reserved license plates under sections 4503.40 or 4503.42 must pay 75 percent of the additional fee prescribed for those special plates.
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Requires surviving spouses to provide documentary evidence of the deceased person's Purple Heart award and any other evidence required by the registrar.
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Establishes that falsely representing oneself as a Purple Heart recipient or eligible surviving spouse to obtain these plates, or owning/leasing a vehicle with these plates while ineligible, is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
Legislative Description
To permit the surviving spouse of a recipient of the Purple Heart who was issued or was eligible to be issued Purple Heart license plates to retain the Purple Heart license plates or obtain such license plates until the death or remarriage of the surviving spouse.
Purple heart license plate-surviving spouse retain until death or remarriage
Last Action
To Veterans Affairs
11/23/2010