Ohio Code 4510.103 – First phase
(A) Under the first phase of the program, both of the following apply:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4510.103
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- suspension: means the permanent or temporary withdrawal, by action of a court or the bureau of motor vehicles, of a driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege for the period of the suspension or the permanent or temporary withdrawal of the privilege to obtain a license, permit, or privilege of that type for the period of the suspension. See Ohio Code 4510.01
(1) A person whose driver’s license or permit has been suspended as a result of one or more eligible offenses is eligible for driver’s license reinstatement fee debt reduction if all of the following apply:
(a) The eligible offense or offenses occurred prior to the effective date of this section.
(b) At least eighteen months have expired since the end of the period of suspension ordered by the court for at least one suspension;
(c) The person is not indigent.
(2) A person whose driver’s license or permit has been suspended as a result of one or more eligible offenses is eligible for complete amnesty if both of the following apply:
(a) The eligible offense or offenses occurred prior to the effective date of this section.
(b) The person is indigent and can demonstrate proof of indigence by providing documentation in a form approved by the director of public safety.
(B) The director shall grant reinstatement fee debt reduction in the first phase of the program to a person who is eligible under division (A)(1) of this section as follows:
(1) If the person owes reinstatement fees for multiple eligible offenses, the person shall pay either the lowest reinstatement fee owed for those offenses or ten per cent of the total amount owed for those offenses, whichever amount is greater.
(2) If the person owes reinstatement fees for one eligible offense, the person shall pay one-half of the reinstatement fee owed for that offense.
(C) The director shall grant complete amnesty in the first phase of the program to a person eligible under division (A)(2) of this section.
(D) A person who has received either a reduction or complete amnesty of reinstatement fees under the first phase of the program is not eligible for a subsequent reduction or complete amnesty of reinstatement fees through the second phase of the program.
(E)(1) Under the first phase of the program, the director shall include, as part of the reduction or complete amnesty for an eligible participant, the reinstatement fees for any suspension that is the result of an eligible offense that occurred prior to the effective date of this section, regardless of whether the person has completed the term of the suspension ordered by the court. The director shall not include, as part of the reduction or complete amnesty under the first phase of the program, the reinstatement fees for any suspension that is the result of an eligible offense that occurs after the effective date of this section.
(2) A participant in the first phase of the program who is granted a reduction or complete amnesty shall complete the term of the driver’s license or permit suspension for any eligible offense, as required by the court.