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OHIO LEGISLATIVE SERVICE COMMISSION
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                           H.B. 379                                     Bill Analysis
                  134th   General Assembly
                                                                        Click here for H.B. 379’s Fiscal Note
Version: As Introduced
Primary Sponsor: Rep. Robinson
Effective Date:
Helena Volzer, Attorney
                                                DETAILED ANALYSIS
License Plate                            Weirdo Cat Lovers of Cleveland license plate, which must display an
                                         appropriate logo and words selected by representatives of the nonprofit
                                         organization Weirdo Cat Lovers of Cleveland and approved by the Registrar of
                                         Motor Vehicles.1
Recipients                               Available to all applicants.
Eligible Vehicles                        Any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational vehicle, or
                                         other vehicle approved by the Registrar.
Contribution;                            $15 required contribution.
Additional BMV Fee;
                                         $10 additional administrative BMV fee.
Use of Contribution
                                         Contributions must be paid to the Weirdo Cat Lovers of Cleveland, which
                                         must use the funds to further the organization’s mission of assisting pet
                                         parents with emergency veterinary bills for their feline companions, providing
                                         food and litter to those in economic need, and controlling feral cat
                                         populations through the process of trap-neuter-return to the community.2
Requirements for                         1. Submission of an application;
Issuance
                                         2. Payment of the regular license tax, any local tax, contribution,
                                         administrative fee, any special reserved license plate fee if necessary; and
1                 R.C. 4503.943.
2                 R.C. 4501.21 and 4503.943.
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                             3. Compliance with all other relevant laws relating to motor vehicle
                             registration.
Combined with Special        May be combined with a special reserved license plate provided in current
Reserved License Plate       law.
Applicability of License     Procedures governing the termination of nonstandard license plates apply.3
Plate Termination
Procedures
                                                 HISTORY
                             Action                                                 Date
Introduced                                                       07-21-21
H0379-I-134/ts
3   R.C. 4503.77 and 4503.78, not in the bill.
P a g e |2                                                                                          H.B. 379
                                                                                               As Introduced
Statutes affected: 
As Introduced: 4501.21