Ohio § 4503.493

§ 4503.493.

(A) 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 autism

awareness license plates.  An application made under this section 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 autism awareness license plates and a validation

sticker, or a validation sticker alone when required by section 4503.191 of the Revised Code . In addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed on the license plates,

autism awareness license plates shall be inscribed with identifying words or markings

that are designed by the autism society of Ohio and approved by the registrar.  Autism awareness license plates shall display county identification stickers that

identify the county of registration as required under section 4503.19 of the Revised Code . (B) The autism awareness license plates and a validation sticker, or validation sticker

alone, shall be issued upon receipt of a contribution as provided in division (C)(1)

of this section and upon 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 , a fee of ten dollars for the purpose of compensating the bureau of motor vehicles

for additional services required in the issuing of autism awareness license plates,

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-five

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 additional fee of ten dollars paid to compensate

the bureau for the additional services required in the issuing of autism awareness

license plates into the state treasury to the credit of the public safety--highway

purposes fund created by section 4501.06 of the Revised Code .