2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4503 | Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 4503.519 | "Recovery Is Beautiful" License Plates.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A)(1) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or other vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of motor vehicles may apply to the registrar for the registration of the vehicle and issuance of "Recovery is Beautiful" license plates. The application may be combined with a request for a special reserved license plate under section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the completed application and compliance by the applicant with divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the registrar shall issue to the applicant the appropriate vehicle registration and a set of "Recovery is Beautiful" license plates and a validation sticker, or a validation sticker alone when required by section 4503.191 of the Revised Code.
(2) In addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed on the license plates, "Recovery is Beautiful" license plates shall display an appropriate logo and words that are approved by the registrar after being jointly selected by all of the following:
(a) NAMI Ohio (national alliance on mental illness of Ohio);
(b) OCAAR (Ohio citizen advocates for addiction recovery);
(c) Ohio PRO (Ohio peer recovery organizations);
(d) The Ohio council;
(e) OACBHA (Ohio association of county behavioral health authorities).
(3) "Recovery is Beautiful" license plates shall display county identification stickers that identify the county of registration as required under section 4503.19 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Recovery is Beautiful" license plates and a validation sticker, or validation sticker alone, shall be issued upon receipt of an application for registration of a motor vehicle under this section; payment of the regular license tax as prescribed under section 4503.04 of the Revised Code, any applicable motor vehicle license tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, any applicable additional fee prescribed by section 4503.40 or 4503.42 of the Revised Code, an additional administrative fee of ten dollars, and a contribution as provided in division (C)(1) of this section; and compliance with all other applicable laws relating to the registration of motor vehicles.
(C)(1) For each application for registration and registration renewal notice the registrar receives under this section, the registrar shall collect a contribution of twenty-one dollars. The registrar shall deposit this contribution into the state treasury to the credit of the license plate contribution fund created in section 4501.21 of the Revised Code.
(2) The registrar shall deposit the administrative fee of ten dollars, the purpose of which is to compensate the bureau of motor vehicles for additional services required in the issuing of "Recovery is Beautiful" license plates, into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code.
Last updated October 6, 2023 at 12:11 PM