Ohio Code § 4503.513

§ 4503.513.

(A) The owner or lessee of any passenger car, noncommercial motor vehicle, recreational

vehicle, or vehicle of a class approved by the registrar of motor vehicles, who is

a member of a historically black fraternity or sorority, may apply to the registrar

for the registration of the vehicle and issuance of “historically black fraternity-sorority”

license plates bearing the name or Greek letters of the historically black fraternity

or sorority of which the applicant is a member.  The request for a “historically black fraternity-sorority” license plate 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, proof of membership in a historically

black fraternity or sorority as required by the registrar, and compliance with division

(B) of this section, the registrar shall issue to the applicant appropriate vehicle

registration and the particular “historically black fraternity-sorority” license plates

indicating the fraternity or sorority of which the applicant is a member, with 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 thereon, each “historically

black fraternity-sorority” license plate shall be inscribed with the name of a historically

black fraternity or sorority or the Greek letters of the fraternity or sorority, or

both.  The registrar shall approve the design of each “historically black fraternity-sorority”

license plate, and the license plates shall bear county identification stickers that

identify the county of registration as required under section 4503.19 of the Revised Code . (B) The “historically black fraternity-sorority” license plates and validation sticker

shall be issued upon payment of the regular license tax as prescribed under section 4503.04 of the Revised Code , any applicable motor vehicle 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 , and an additional fee of ten dollars, and compliance with all other applicable laws

relating to the registration of motor vehicles. (C) The additional fee of ten dollars specified in division (B) of this section is to

compensate the bureau of motor vehicles for additional services required in the issuing

of “historically black fraternity-sorority” license plates.  The registrar shall deposit this additional fee into the state treasury to the credit

of the public safety--highway purposes fund created in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code . (D) As used in this section, “ historically black fraternity or sorority ” means the alpha kappa alpha sorority, inc., alpha phi alpha fraternity, inc., delta

sigma theta sorority, inc., zeta phi beta sorority, inc., iota phi theta fraternity,

inc., kappa alpha psi fraternity, inc., sigma gamma rho sorority, inc., phi beta sigma

fraternity, inc., and omega psi phi fraternity, inc., each belonging to the national

pan-hellenic council, inc.