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Did Derek Merrin create permanent registration for Ohio trailers?

Matches stated record claim. Permanent registration for noncommercial trailers became law through House Bill 23 in 2023, after his own earlier bill passed only the House.

Derek Merrin

Vehicles: permanent registration for noncommercial trailers

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he established a permanent vehicle registration option for noncommercial trailers in 2023, saving time and cost for the owners of six hundred thousand trailers.

“In 2023, Merrin succeeded in establishing a permanent vehicle registration option for non-commercial trailers, which saves time and costs for the state owners of 600,000 trailers (HB23).”

Source: Derek Merrin for Congress

What the record shows · Jun 30, 2023

Revised Code section 4503.107 lets the owner or lessee of a noncommercial trailer apply for permanent registration. It took effect June 30, 2023, and the Code names House Bill 23 of the 135th General Assembly as its legislation. His own bill on the subject, H.B. 96 of the 134th, passed the House and went no further.

Sources: Ohio Laws and Administrative Rules, Ohio General Assembly

Limit: The claim names the vehicle and the Code agrees. The count of six hundred thousand trailers is the campaign's figure and is not verified here, and the record does not show who drafted the budget's provision.

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