Ohio Code 4501.13 – Motorcycle safety and education fund
(A) The motorcycle safety and education fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4501.13
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Motorcycle: means a motor vehicle with motive power having a seat or saddle for the use of the operator, designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, and having no occupant compartment top or occupant compartment top that can be installed or removed by the user. See Ohio Code 4501.01
- Operator: includes any person who drives or operates a motor vehicle upon the public highways. See Ohio Code 4501.01
- State: includes the territories and federal districts of the United States, and the provinces of Canada. See Ohio Code 4501.01
- Vehicles: means everything on wheels or runners, including motorized bicycles, but does not mean electric personal assistive mobility devices, low-speed micromobility devices, vehicles that are operated exclusively on rails or tracks or from overhead electric trolley wires, and vehicles that belong to any police department, municipal fire department, or volunteer fire department, or that are used by such a department in the discharge of its functions. See Ohio Code 4501.01
(1) Six dollars of each registration fee designated for payment to the registrar of motor vehicles in division (A)(1)(b) of section 4503.04 of the Revised Code;
(2) The tuition fees collected by the director of public safety under section 4508.08 of the Revised Code for the motorcycle safety and education program;
(3) The fees collected for the initial authorization of a private organization or corporation to offer a nationally recognized motorcycle operator training course or curriculum under section 4508.08 of the Revised Code;
(4) The fees collected for the initial state certification of an instructor of motorcycle operator training course or curriculum under section 4508.08 of the Revised Code;
(5) The fees collected for the two-year program evaluation required under division (C) of section 4508.08 of the Revised Code for a private organization or corporation to continue to offer a nationally recognized motorcycle operator training course or curriculum under that section.
All investment earnings of the motorcycle safety and education fund shall be credited to the fund.
(B) The fund shall be used solely to pay part or all of the costs of conducting the motorcycle safety and education program created by section 4508.08 of the Revised Code.
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