As Passed by the House

124th General Assembly
Regular Session
2001-2002
Am. Sub. S. B. No. 123


SENATORS Oelslager, Mead

REPRESENTATIVES Womer Benjamin, Willamowski, Seitz, Latta, Salerno, Buehrer, Schmidt, D. Miller, R. Miller, Otterman, S. Smith, Patton



A BILL
To amend sections 9.981, 119.062, 733.40, 1547.11,1
1547.111, 1547.99, 1901.024, 1901.31, 1905.01,2
1905.201, 1907.20, 2151.354, 2152.19, 2152.21,3
2743.191, 2743.51, 2743.52, 2903.04, 2903.06,4
2903.08, 2907.24, 2919.22, 2921.331, 2923.01,5
2923.122, 2925.01, 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04,6
2925.05, 2925.06, 2925.11, 2925.12, 2925.13,7
2925.14, 2925.22, 2925.23, 2925.31, 2925.32,8
2925.36, 2925.37, 2925.38, 2929.01, 2929.13,9
2929.14, 2929.15, 2929.16, 2929.17, 2929.18,10
2929.19, 2929.23, 2929.41, 2935.03, 2935.27,11
2937.221, 2937.222, 2937.46, 2937.99, 2951.02,12
2953.31, 2953.36, 3123.55, 3123.58, 3123.59,13
3123.613, 3123.614, 3327.10, 3793.02, 3793.10,14
3937.31, 4301.99, 4501.01, 4501.022, 4501.17,15
4501.19, 4501.25, 4503.033, 4503.05, 4503.061,16
4503.066, 4503.10, 4503.102, 4503.11, 4503.12,17
4503.182, 4503.19, 4503.21, 4503.231, 4503.233,18
4503.234, 4503.236, 4503.28, 4503.30, 4503.301,19
4503.32, 4503.34, 4503.39, 4503.44, 4503.46,20
4503.47, 4503.471, 4505.101, 4505.102, 4505.11,21
4505.111, 4505.15, 4505.17, 4505.18, 4505.19,22
4505.20, 4505.21, 4505.99, 4506.01, 4506.02,23
4506.03, 4506.04, 4506.05, 4506.06, 4506.10,24
4506.11, 4506.12, 4506.14, 4506.15, 4506.16,25
4506.17, 4506.18, 4506.19, 4506.20, 4506.99,26
4507.02, 4507.022, 4507.023, 4507.05, 4507.06,27
4507.061, 4507.071, 4507.08, 4507.081, 4507.111,28
4507.12, 4507.13, 4507.14, 4507.15, 4507.16,29
4507.161, 4507.162, 4507.163, 4507.164, 4507.167,30
4507.168, 4507.169, 4507.1610, 4507.1611,31
4507.1613, 4507.17, 4507.19, 4507.20, 4507.21,32
4507.25, 4507.27, 4507.28, 4507.29, 4507.30,33
4507.31, 4507.321, 4507.33, 4507.34, 4507.35,34
4507.36, 4507.361, 4507.38, 4507.45, 4507.50,35
4507.52, 4507.54, 4507.55, 4507.61, 4507.62,36
4507.63, 4507.99, 4508.03, 4508.04, 4508.06,37
4509.02, 4509.101, 4509.17, 4509.24, 4509.291,38
4509.33, 4509.34, 4509.35, 4509.37, 4509.40,39
4509.42, 4509.45, 4509.74, 4509.77, 4509.78,40
4509.79, 4509.80, 4509.81, 4511.01, 4511.03,41
4511.051, 4511.11, 4511.12, 4511.132, 4511.16,42
4511.17, 4511.18, 4511.19, 4511.191, 4511.192,43
4511.193, 4511.195, 4511.196, 4511.20, 4511.201,44
4511.202, 4511.21, 4511.211, 4511.213, 4511.22,45
4511.23, 4511.25, 4511.251, 4511.26, 4511.27,46
4511.28, 4511.29, 4511.30, 4511.31, 4511.32,47
4511.33, 4511.34, 4511.35, 4511.36, 4511.37,48
4511.38, 4511.39, 4511.40, 4511.41, 4511.42,49
4511.43, 4511.431, 4511.432, 4511.44, 4511.441,50
4511.45, 4511.451, 4511.452, 4511.46, 4511.47,51
4511.48, 4511.481, 4511.49, 4511.50, 4511.51,52
4511.511, 4511.521, 4511.53, 4511.54, 4511.55,53
4511.56, 4511.57, 4511.58, 4511.59, 4511.60,54
4511.61, 4511.62, 4511.63, 4511.64, 4511.66,55
4511.661, 4511.68, 4511.681, 4511.69, 4511.70,56
4511.701, 4511.71, 4511.711, 4511.712, 4511.713,57
4511.72, 4511.73, 4511.74, 4511.75, 4511.751,58
4511.76, 4511.761, 4511.762, 4511.763, 4511.764,59
4511.77, 4511.771, 4511.772, 4511.78, 4511.79,60
4511.81, 4511.82, 4511.84, 4511.85, 4511.951,61
4511.99, 4513.02, 4513.021, 4513.022, 4513.03,62
4513.04, 4513.05, 4513.06, 4513.07, 4513.071,63
4513.09, 4513.10, 4513.11, 4513.111, 4513.12,64
4513.13, 4513.14, 4513.15, 4513.16, 4513.17,65
4513.171, 4513.18, 4513.182, 4513.19, 4513.20,66
4513.201, 4513.202, 4513.21, 4513.22, 4513.23,67
4513.24, 4513.241, 4513.242, 4513.25, 4513.26,68
4513.261, 4513.262, 4513.263, 4513.27, 4513.28,69
4513.29, 4513.30, 4513.31, 4513.32, 4513.34,70
4513.36, 4513.361, 4513.51, 4513.60, 4513.64,71
4513.65, 4513.99, 4517.02, 4517.03, 4517.19,72
4517.20, 4517.21, 4517.22, 4517.23, 4517.24,73
4517.25, 4517.26, 4517.27, 4517.40, 4517.41,74
4517.42, 4517.43, 4517.44, 4517.45, 4517.64,75
4517.99, 4519.02, 4519.05, 4519.06, 4519.20,76
4519.22, 4519.40, 4519.41, 4519.44, 4519.45,77
4519.52, 4519.66, 4519.67, 4549.01, 4549.02,78
4549.021, 4549.03, 4549.042, 4549.08, 4549.10,79
4549.11, 4549.12, 4549.18, 4549.42, 4549.43,80
4549.44, 4549.45, 4549.451, 4549.46, 4549.62,81
4551.04, 4561.11, 4561.12, 4561.14, 4561.15,82
4561.22, 4561.24, 4561.31, 4561.99, 4563.09,83
4563.10, 4563.20, 4582.06, 4582.31, 4582.59,84
4583.01, 5120.032, 5120.033, 5120.161, 5503.22, and85
5743.99; to amend, for the purpose of adopting new86
section numbers as indicated in parentheses,87
sections 4507.022 (4510.038), 4507.061 (4510.32),88
4507.161 (4510.23), 4507.162 (4510.31), 4507.16389
(4510.33), 4507.167 (4510.34), 4507.168 (4510.22),90
4507.169 (4510.17), 4507.1610 (4510.06), 4507.161191
(4510.05), 4507.1613 (4510.07), 4507.25 (4501.34),92
4507.26 (4501.351), 4507.27 (4501.36), 4507.2893
(4501.37), 4507.29 (4501.38), 4507.33 (4511.203),94
4507.34 (4510.15), 4507.361 (4510.161), 4507.3895
(4510.41), 4507.54 (4510.52), 4507.55 (4510.53),96
4507.60 (4510.61), 4507.61 (4510.62), 4507.6297
(4510.63), 4507.63 (4510.64), 4511.95 (4510.71),98
and 4511.951 (4510.72); to enact sections 4508.091,99
4510.01, 4510.02, 4510.021, 4510.03, 4510.031,100
4510.032, 4510.034, 4510.035, 4510.036, 4510.037,101
4510.04, 4510.10, 4510.11, 4510.12, 4510.13,102
4510.14, 4510.16, 4510.21, 4510.311, 4510.43,103
4510.44, 4510.54, 4511.181, 4511.194, 4511.197, and104
4549.52; to repeal sections 3123.611, 4503.235,105
4503.99, 4507.012, 4507.021, 4507.165, 4507.166,106
4507.18, 4508.99, 4509.105, 4509.31, 4509.32,107
4509.99, 4511.83, 4511.991, 4519.99, 4549.99,108
4551.99, 4563.99, 4582.99, and 4583.99 of the109
Revised Code to adopt, effective January 1, 2003,110
the Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission's Traffic111
Proposals, with modifications, and related changes112
in the traffic laws.113


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

       Section 1.  That sections 9.981, 119.062, 733.40, 1547.11,114
1547.111, 1547.99, 1901.024, 1901.31, 1905.01, 1905.201, 1907.20,115
2151.354, 2152.19, 2152.21, 2743.191, 2743.51, 2743.52, 2903.04,116
2903.06, 2903.08, 2907.24, 2919.22, 2921.331, 2923.01, 2923.122,117
2925.01, 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04, 2925.05, 2925.06, 2925.11,118
2925.12, 2925.13, 2925.14, 2925.22, 2925.23, 2925.31, 2925.32,119
2925.36, 2925.37, 2925.38, 2929.01, 2929.13, 2929.14, 2929.15,120
2929.16, 2929.17, 2929.18, 2929.19, 2929.23, 2929.41, 2935.03,121
2935.27, 2937.221, 2937.222, 2937.46, 2937.99, 2951.02, 2953.31,122
2953.36, 3123.55, 3123.58, 3123.59, 3123.613, 3123.614, 3327.10,123
3793.02, 3793.10, 3937.31, 4301.99, 4501.01, 4501.022, 4501.17,124
4501.19, 4501.25, 4503.033, 4503.05, 4503.061, 4503.066, 4503.10,125
4503.102, 4503.11, 4503.12, 4503.182, 4503.19, 4503.21, 4503.231,126
4503.233, 4503.234, 4503.236, 4503.28, 4503.30, 4503.301, 4503.32,127
4503.34, 4503.39, 4503.44, 4503.46, 4503.47, 4503.471, 4505.101,128
4505.102, 4505.11, 4505.111, 4505.15, 4505.17, 4505.18, 4505.19,129
4505.20, 4505.21, 4505.99, 4506.01, 4506.02, 4506.03, 4506.04,130
4506.05, 4506.06, 4506.10, 4506.11, 4506.12, 4506.14, 4506.15,131
4506.16, 4506.17, 4506.18, 4506.19, 4506.20, 4506.99, 4507.02,132
4507.022, 4507.023, 4507.05, 4507.06, 4507.061, 4507.071, 4507.08,133
4507.081, 4507.111, 4507.12, 4507.13, 4507.14, 4507.15, 4507.16,134
4507.161, 4507.162, 4507.163, 4507.164, 4507.167, 4507.168,135
4507.169, 4507.1610, 4507.1611, 4507.1613, 4507.17, 4507.19,136
4507.20, 4507.21, 4507.25, 4507.27, 4507.28, 4507.29, 4507.30,137
4507.31, 4507.321, 4507.33, 4507.34, 4507.35, 4507.36, 4507.361,138
4507.38, 4507.45, 4507.50, 4507.52, 4507.54, 4507.55, 4507.61,139
4507.62, 4507.63, 4507.99, 4508.03, 4508.04, 4508.06, 4509.02,140
4509.101, 4509.17, 4509.24, 4509.291, 4509.33, 4509.34, 4509.35,141
4509.37, 4509.40, 4509.42, 4509.45, 4509.74, 4509.77, 4509.78,142
4509.79, 4509.80, 4509.81, 4511.01, 4511.03, 4511.051, 4511.11,143
4511.12, 4511.132, 4511.16, 4511.17, 4511.18, 4511.19, 4511.191,144
4511.192, 4511.193, 4511.195, 4511.196, 4511.20, 4511.201,145
4511.202, 4511.21, 4511.211, 4511.213, 4511.22, 4511.23, 4511.25,146
4511.251, 4511.26, 4511.27, 4511.28, 4511.29, 4511.30, 4511.31,147
4511.32, 4511.33, 4511.34, 4511.35, 4511.36, 4511.37, 4511.38,148
4511.39, 4511.40, 4511.41, 4511.42, 4511.43, 4511.431, 4511.432,149
4511.44, 4511.441, 4511.45, 4511.451, 4511.452, 4511.46, 4511.47,150
4511.48, 4511.481, 4511.49, 4511.50, 4511.51, 4511.511, 4511.521,151
4511.53, 4511.54, 4511.55, 4511.56, 4511.57, 4511.58, 4511.59,152
4511.60, 4511.61, 4511.62, 4511.63, 4511.64, 4511.66, 4511.661,153
4511.68, 4511.681, 4511.69, 4511.70, 4511.701, 4511.71, 4511.711,154
4511.712, 4511.713, 4511.72, 4511.73, 4511.74, 4511.75, 4511.751,155
4511.76, 4511.761, 4511.762, 4511.763, 4511.764, 4511.77,156
4511.771, 4511.772, 4511.78, 4511.79, 4511.81, 4511.82, 4511.84,157
4511.85, 4511.951, 4511.99, 4513.02, 4513.021, 4513.022, 4513.03,158
4513.04, 4513.05, 4513.06, 4513.07, 4513.071, 4513.09, 4513.10,159
4513.11, 4513.111, 4513.12, 4513.13, 4513.14, 4513.15, 4513.16,160
4513.17, 4513.171, 4513.18, 4513.182, 4513.19, 4513.20, 4513.201,161
4513.202, 4513.21, 4513.22, 4513.23, 4513.24, 4513.241, 4513.242,162
4513.25, 4513.26, 4513.261, 4513.262, 4513.263, 4513.27, 4513.28,163
4513.29, 4513.30, 4513.31, 4513.32, 4513.34, 4513.36, 4513.361,164
4513.51, 4513.60, 4513.64, 4513.65, 4513.99, 4517.02, 4517.03,165
4517.19, 4517.20, 4517.21, 4517.22, 4517.23, 4517.24, 4517.25,166
4517.26, 4517.27, 4517.40, 4517.41, 4517.42, 4517.43, 4517.44,167
4517.45, 4517.64, 4517.99, 4519.02, 4519.05, 4519.06, 4519.20,168
4519.22, 4519.40, 4519.41, 4519.44, 4519.45, 4519.52, 4519.66,169
4519.67, 4549.01, 4549.02, 4549.021, 4549.03, 4549.042, 4549.08,170
4549.10, 4549.11, 4549.12, 4549.18, 4549.42, 4549.43, 4549.44,171
4549.45, 4549.451, 4549.46, 4549.62, 4551.04, 4561.11, 4561.12,172
4561.14, 4561.15, 4561.22, 4561.24, 4561.31, 4561.99, 4563.09,173
4563.10, 4563.20, 4582.06, 4582.31, 4582.59, 4583.01, 5120.032,174
5120.033, 5120.161, 5503.22, and 5743.99 be amended; sections175
4507.022 (4510.038), 4507.061 (4510.32), 4507.161 (4510.23),176
4507.162 (4510.31), 4507.163 (4510.33), 4507.167 (4510.34),177
4507.168 (4510.22), 4507.169 (4510.17), 4507.1610 (4510.06),178
4507.1611 (4510.05), 4507.1613 (4510.07), 4507.25 (4501.34),179
4507.26 (4501.351), 4507.27 (4501.36), 4507.28 (4501.37), 4507.29180
(4501.38), 4507.33 (4511.203), 4507.34 (4510.15), 4507.361181
(4510.161), 4507.38 (4510.41), 4507.54 (4510.52), 4507.55182
(4510.53), 4507.60 (4510.61), 4507.61 (4510.62), 4507.62183
(4510.63), 4507.63 (4510.64), 4511.95 (4510.71), and 4511.951184
(4510.72) be amended for the purpose of adopting new section185
numbers as indicated in parentheses; and sections 4508.091,186
4510.01, 4510.02, 4510.021, 4510.03, 4510.031, 4510.032, 4510.034,187
4510.035, 4510.036, 4510.037, 4510.04, 4510.10, 4510.11, 4510.12,188
4510.13, 4510.14, 4510.16, 4510.21, 4510.311, 4510.43, 4510.44,189
4510.54, 4511.181, 4511.194, 4511.197, and 4549.52 of the Revised190
Code be enacted to read as follows:191

       Sec. 9.981.  (A) Sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code192
are applicable to bonds:193

       (1) The payment of the debt service on which is to be194
provided for directly or indirectly by payments contracted to be195
made in the bond proceedings by the absolute obligors, being196
persons other than the issuer; and197

       (2) Which are authorized to be issued under sections 122.39198
to 122.62, Chapter 165., 902., 3377., 3706., division (D)(A)(4) of199
section 4582.06, division (H)(A)(8) of section 4582.31, section200
4582.48, or Chapter 6121. or 6123. of the Revised Code,201
notwithstanding other provisions therein.202

       (B) Sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code are203
applicable to bonds issued under Chapters 140., 152., 154., 175.,204
and 349. of the Revised Code, and to any bonds authorized under205
laws which expressly make those sections applicable.206

       (C) Subject to division (A) of this section, the authority207
provided in sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code is208
supplemental to and not in derogation of any similar authority209
provided by, derived from, or implied by, any law, the Ohio210
Constitution, or any charter, resolution, or ordinance, and no211
inference shall be drawn to negate the authority thereunder by212
reason of the express provisions of sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the213
Revised Code.214

       (D) Sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code shall be215
liberally construed to permit flexibility in the arrangements216
therein provided to enhance the issuance of such bonds and provide217
for terms most beneficial and satisfactory to the persons which218
undertake to provide for their payment, security, and liquidity.219

       Sec. 119.062.  (A) Notwithstanding section 119.06 of the220
Revised Code, the registrar of motor vehicles is not required to221
hold any hearing in connection with an order revokingcanceling or222
suspending a motor vehicle driver's or commercial driver's license223
pursuant to section 4507.16, 4509.24, 4509.291, 4509.31, 4509.33,224
4509.37, 4509.39, 4509.42, 4509.66, 4511.191, or 4511.1962903.06,225
2903.08, 2907.24, 2921.331, 4549.02, 4549.021,or5743.99or any226
provision of Chapter 2925., 4509., 4510., or4511. of the Revised227
Code or in connection with an out-of-service order issued under228
Chapter 4506. of the Revised Code.229

       (B) Notwithstanding section 119.07 of the Revised Code, the230
registrar is not required to use registered mail, return receipt231
requested, in connection with an order revokingcanceling or232
suspending a motor vehicle driver's or commercial driver's233
license, or a notification to a person to surrender a certificate234
of registration and registration plates.235

       Sec. 733.40.  Except as otherwise provided in section236
4511.193 of the Revised Code, all fines, forfeitures, and costs in237
ordinance cases and all fees that are collected by the mayor, or238
whichthat in any manner come into histhe mayor's hands, or which239
that are due suchthe mayor or a marshal, chief of police, or240
other officer of the municipal corporation, any other fees and241
expenses whichthat have been advanced out of the treasury of the242
municipal corporation, and all money received by suchthe mayor243
for the use of suchthe municipal corporation, shall be paid by244
himthe mayor into suchthe treasury of the municipal corporation245
on the first Monday of each month. At the first regular meeting246
of the legislative authority each month, the mayor shall submit a247
full statement of all money received, from whom and for what248
purposes received, and when paid into the treasury. Except as249
otherwise provided by sections 3375.50 to 3375.52 or 4511.99250
4511.19 of the Revised Code, all fines, and forfeitures collected251
by the mayor in state cases, together with all fees and expenses252
collected whichthat have been advanced out of the county253
treasury, shall be paid by himthe mayor to the county treasury on254
the first business day of each month. Except as otherwise255
provided by sections 3375.50 to 3375.52 or 4511.994511.19 of the256
Revised Code, the mayor shall pay all court costs and fees257
collected by the mayor in state cases shall be paid by him into258
the municipal treasury on the first business day of each month.259

       This section does not apply to fines collected by a mayor's260
court for violations of division (B) of section 4513.263 of the261
Revised Code, or for violations of any municipal ordinance that is262
substantively comparable to that division, all of which shall be263
forwarded to the treasurer of state as provided in division (E) of264
section 4513.263 of the Revised Code.265

       Sec. 1547.11.  (A) No person shall operate or be in physical266
control of any vessel underway or shall manipulate any water skis,267
aquaplane, or similar device on the waters in this state if,at268
the time of the operation, control, or manipulation, any of the269
following applies:270

       (1) The person is under the influence of alcohol or, a drug271
of abuse, or the combined influence of alcohol and a drug of272
abuse;a combination of them.273

       (2) The person has a concentration of ten-hundredths of one274
per cent or more by weight of alcohol per unit volume in the275
person's whole blood;.276

       (3) The person has a concentration of twelve-hundredths of277
one per cent or more by weight per unit volume of alcohol in the278
person's blood serum or plasma.279

       (4) The person has a concentration of fourteen-hundredths of280
one gram or more by weight of alcohol per one hundred milliliters281
of the person's urine;.282

       (4)(5) The person has a concentration of ten-hundredths of283
one gram or more by weight of alcohol per two hundred ten liters284
of the person's breath.285

       (B) No person under twenty-one years of age shall operate or286
be in physical control of any vessel underway or shall manipulate287
any water skis, aquaplane, or similar device on the waters in this288
state if,at the time of the operation, control, or manipulation,289
any of the following applies:290

       (1) The person has a concentration of at least291
two-hundredths of one per cent, but less than ten-hundredths of292
one per cent by weight per unit volume of alcohol in the person's293
whole blood;.294

       (2) The person has a concentration of at least295
three-hundredths of one per cent but less than twelve-hundredths296
of one per cent by weight per unit volume of alcohol in the297
person's blood serum or plasma.298

       (3) The person has a concentration of at least twenty-eight299
one-thousandths of one gram, but less than fourteen-hundredths of300
one gram by weight of alcohol per one hundred milliliters of the301
person's urine;.302

       (3)(4) The person has a concentration of at least303
two-hundredths of one gram, but less than ten-hundredths of one304
gram by weight of alcohol per two hundred ten liters of the305
person's breath.306

       (C) In any proceeding arising out of one incident, a person307
may be charged with a violation of division (A)(1) and a violation308
of division (B)(1), (2), or (3),or(4) of this section, but the309
person shall not be convicted of more than one violation of those310
divisions.311

       (D)(1) In any criminal prosecution or juvenile court312
proceeding for a violation of this section or of an ordinance of313
any municipal corporation relating to operating a vessel or using314
any water skis, aquaplane, or similar device while under the315
influence of alcohol or a drug of abusefor an equivalent316
violation, the court may admit evidence on the concentration of317
alcohol or a drug,drugs of abuse,or a combination of them in the318
defendant's or child's whole blood, blood serum or plasma, urine,319
or breath at the time of the alleged violation as shown by320
chemical analysis of the defendant's blood, urine, or breath321
substance withdrawn, or specimen taken within two hours of the322
time of the alleged violation.323

       When a person submits to a blood test, only a physician, a324
registered nurse, or a qualified technician or, chemist,or325
phlebotomist shall withdraw blood for the purpose of determining326
itsthe alcohol or, drug of abuse,or alcohol and drug content of327
the whole blood, blood serum, or blood plasma. This limitation328
does not apply to the taking of breath or urine specimens. A329
physician, registered nurse, or qualified technician or chemist330
person authorized to withdraw blood under this division may refuse331
to withdraw blood for the purpose of determining its alcohol or332
drug of abuse contentunder this division if, in thethat person's333
opinion of the physician, nurse, or technician or chemist, the334
physical welfare of the persondefendant or child would be335
endangered by the withdrawing of blood.336

       The whole blood, blood serum or plasma, urine, or breath337
shall be analyzed in accordance with methods approved by the338
director of health by an individual possessing a valid permit339
issued by the director pursuant to section 3701.143 of the Revised340
Code.341

       If(2)In a criminal prosecution or juvenile court proceeding342
for a violation of division (A) of this section or for a violation343
of a prohibition that is substantially equivalent to division (A)344
of this section, if there was at the time the whole blood, blood345
serum or plasma, urine, or breath was taken a concentration of346
less than ten-hundredths of one per cent by weight of alcohol in347
the defendant's blood, less than fourteen-hundredths of one gram348
by weight of alcohol per one hundred milliters of the defendant's349
urine, or less than ten-hundredths of one gram by weight of350
alcohol per two hundred ten liters of the defendant's breaththe351
applicable concentration of alcohol specified for a violation of352
division (A)(2), (3), (4), or (5) of this section, that fact may353
be considered with other competent evidence in determining the354
guilt or innocence of the defendant or in making an adjudication355
for the child. This division does not limit or affect a criminal356
prosecution or juvenile court proceeding for a violation of357
division (B) of this section or for a violation of a prohibition358
that is substantially equivalent to that division.359

       (3) Upon the request of the person who was tested, the360
results of the chemical test shall be made available to the person361
or the person's attorney or agent immediately upon the completion362
of the test analysis.363

       The person tested may have a physician, a registered nurse,364
or a qualified technician or, chemist,or phlebotomist of the365
person's own choosing administer a chemical test or tests in366
addition to any administered at the direction of a law enforcement367
officer, and shall be so advised. The failure or inability to368
obtain an additional test by a person shall not preclude the369
admission of evidence relating to the test or tests taken at the370
direction of a law enforcement officer.371

       A(E)(1)Subject to division (E)(3) of this section, in any372
criminal prosecution or juvenile court proceeding for a violation373
of this section or for an equivalent violation, the court shall374
admit as prima-facie evidence a laboratory report from any375
forensic laboratory certified by the department of health that376
contains an analysis of the whole blood, blood serum or plasma,377
breath, urine, or other bodily substance tested and that contains378
all of the information specified in this division. The laboratory379
report shall contain all of the following:380

       (a) The signature, under oath, of any person who performed381
the analysis;382

       (b) Any findings as to the identity and quantity of alcohol,383
a drug of abuse, or a combination of them that was found;384

       (c) A copy of a notarized statement by the laboratory385
director or a designee of the director that contains the name of386
each certified analyst or test performer involved with the report,387
the analyst's or test performer's employment relationship with the388
laboratory that issued the report, and a notation that performing389
an analysis of the type involved is part of the analyst's or test390
performer's regular duties;391

       (d) An outline of the analyst's or test performer's392
education, training, and experience in performing the type of393
analysis involved and a certification that the laboratory394
satisfies appropriate quality control standards in general and, in395
this particular analysis, under rules of the department of health.396

       (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding the397
admission of evidence, a report of the type described in division398
(E)(1) of this section is not admissible against the defendant or399
child to whom it pertains in any proceeding, other than a400
preliminary hearing or a grand jury proceeding, unless the401
prosecutor has served a copy of the report on the defendant's or402
child's attorney or, if the defendant or child has no attorney, on403
the defendant or child.404

       (3) A report of the type described in division (E)(1) of405
this section shall not be prima-facie evidence of the contents,406
identity, or amount of any substance if, within seven days after407
the defendant or child to whom the report pertains or the408
defendant's or child's attorney receives a copy of the report, the409
defendant or child or the defendant's or child's attorney demands410
the testimony of the person who signed the report. The judge in411
the case may extend the seven-day time limit in the interest of412
justice.413

       (F) Except as otherwise provided in this division, any414
physician, registered nurse, or qualified technician or, chemist,415
or phlebotomist who withdraws blood from a person pursuant to this416
section, and a hospital, first-aid station, or clinic at which417
blood is withdrawn from a person pursuant to this section, is418
immune from criminal liability, and from civil liability that is419
based upon a claim of assault and battery or based upon any other420
claim that is not in the nature of a claim of malpractice, for any421
act performed in withdrawing blood from the person. The immunity422
provided in this division is not available to a person who423
withdraws blood if the person engages in willful or wanton424
misconduct.425

       (E) For the purposes of(G)As used in this section,426
"operateand section 1547.111 of the Revised Code:427

       (1) "Equivalent violation" means a violation of a municipal428
ordinance, law of another state, or law of the United States that429
is substantially equivalent to division (A) or (B) of this430
section.431

       (2) "Operate" means that a vessel is being used on the waters432
in this state when the vessel is not securely affixed to a dock or433
to shore or to any permanent structure to which the vessel has the434
right to affix or that a vessel is not anchored in a designated435
anchorage area or boat camping area that is established by the436
United States coast guard, this state, or a political subdivision437
and in which the vessel has the right to anchor.438

       Sec. 1547.111.  (A)(1) Any person who operates or is in439
physical control of a vessel or uses any water skis, aquaplane, or440
similar device upon any waters in this state shall be deemed to441
have given consent to a chemical test or tests of the person's442
blood, breath, or urine for the purpose of determining itsto443
determine the alcohol or, drug of abuse,or alcohol and drug of444
abuse content of the person's whole blood, blood serum or plasma,445
breath, or urine if arrested for the offense of operating or being446
in physical control of a vessel or usingmanipulating any water447
skis, aquaplane, or similar device in violation of section 1547.11448
of the Revised Code or a substantially equivalent municipal449
ordinance. The450

       (2)The test or tests under division (A) of this section451
shall be administered at the direction of a law enforcement452
officer having reasonable grounds to believe the person to have453
beenwas operating or in physical control of a vessel or using454
manipulating any water skis, aquaplane, or similar device in455
violation of section 1547.11 of the Revised Code or a456
substantially equivalent municipal ordinance. The law enforcement457
agency by which the officer is employed shall designate which of458
thetest or tests shall be administered.459

       (B) Any person who is dead,or unconscious, or who otherwise460
is in a condition rendering the person incapable of refusal shall461
be deemed not to have withdrawn consentconsented as provided by462
in division (A)(1) of this section, and the test or tests may be463
administered, subject to sections 313.12 to 313.16 of the Revised464
Code.465

       (C) Any person under arrest for the offense of operating a466
vessel or using any water skis, aquaplane, or similar device in467
violation ofviolating section 1547.11 of the Revised Code or a468
substantially equivalent municipal ordinance shall be advised of469
the consequences of refusing to submit to a chemical test or tests470
designated by the law enforcement agency as provided in division471
(A) of this section. The advice shall be in a written form472
prescribed by the chief of the division of watercraft and shall be473
read to the person. The form shall contain a statement that the474
form was shown to the person under arrest and read to the person475
in the presence ofby the arresting officer and either another law476
enforcement officer, a civilian law enforcement employee, or an477
employee of a hospital, first-aid station, or clinic, if any, to478
which the person has been taken for first-aid or medical479
treatment. The reading of the form shall be witnessed by one or480
more persons, and the witnesses shall certify to this fact by481
signing the form.482

       (D) If a law enforcement officer asks a person under arrest483
for the offense of operating a vessel or using any water skis,484
aquaplane, or similar device in violation ofviolating section485
1547.11 of the Revised Code refuses upon the request of a law486
enforcement officeror a substantially equivalent municipal487
ordinance to submit to a chemical test designated by the law488
enforcement agencyor tests as provided in division (A) of this489
section, after first having been advisedif the arresting officer490
advises the person of the consequences of the person's refusal as491
provided in division (C) of this section, and if the person492
refuses to submit, no chemical test shall be given, but the chief,493
upon.Upon receipt of a sworn statement of the law enforcement494
officer that the arresting law enforcement officer had reasonable495
grounds to believe the arrested person had been operating a vessel496
or using any water skis, aquaplane, or similar device while under497
the influence of alcohol or a drug of abuse, under the combined498
influence of alcohol and a drug of abuse, or with a prohibited499
concentration of alcohol in the person's blood, urine, or breath,500
violated section 1547.11 of the Revised Code or a substantially501
equivalent municipal ordinance and that the person refused to502
submit to the chemical test upon the request of the law503
enforcement officer, and upon receipt of the form as provided in504
division (C) of this section certifying that the arrested person505
was advised of the consequences of the refusal, the chief of the506
division of watercraft shall inform the person by written notice507
that the person is prohibited from operating or being in physical508
control of a vessel or,from using any water skis, aquaplane, or509
similar device, and is prohibited from registering any watercraft510
in accordance with section 1547.54 of the Revised Code, for one511
year following the date of the alleged violation of section512
1547.11 of the Revised Code. The suspension of these operation,513
physical control, use, and registration privileges shall continue514
for the entire one-year period, subject to review as provided in515
this section.516

       If the person under arrest is the owner of the vessel517
involved in the alleged violation, the law enforcement officer who518
arrested the person shall seize the watercraft registration519
certificate and tags from the vessel involved in the violation and520
forward them to the chief. The chief, in addition to informing521
the person by written notice that the person is prohibited from522
operating a vessel or using any water skis, aquaplane, or similar523
device, and from registering any watercraft in accordance with524
section 1547.54 of the Revised Code, for one year following the525
date of the alleged violation, shall retain the impounded526
registration certificate and tags, and shall impound all other527
registration certificates and tags issued to the person in528
accordance with sections 1547.54 and 1547.57 of the Revised Code,529
for a period of one year following the date of the alleged530
violation, subject to review as provided in this section.531

       If the arrested person fails to surrender the registration532
certificate because it is not on the person of the arrested person533
or in the watercraft, the law enforcement officer who made the534
arrest shall order the person to surrender it within twenty-four535
hours to the law enforcement officer or the law enforcement agency536
that employs the law enforcement officer. If the person fails to537
do so, the law enforcement officer shall notify the chief of that538
fact in the statement the officer submits to the chief under this539
division.540

       (E) Upon suspending a person's operation, physical control,541
use, and registration privileges in accordance with division (D)542
of this section, the chief shall notify the person in writing, at543
the person's last known address, and inform the person that the544
person may petition for a hearing in accordance with division (F)545
of this section. If a person whose operation, physical control,546
use, and registration privileges have been suspended petitions for547
a hearing or appeals any adverse decision that is adverse to the548
person, the suspension of privileges shall begin at the549
termination of any hearing or appeal unless the hearing or appeal550
resultedresults in a decision favorable to the person.551

       (F) Any person who has been notified by the chief that the552
person is prohibited from operating or being in physical control553
of a vessel or using any water skis, aquaplane, or similar device554
and from registering any watercraft in accordance with section555
1547.54 of the Revised Code, or who has had the registration556
certificate and tags of the person's watercraft impounded pursuant557
to division (D) of this section, within twenty days of the558
notification or impoundment, may file a petition in the municipal559
court or the county court, or if the person is a minor in juvenile560
court, in whosewith jurisdiction over the place at which the561
arrest occurred, agreeing to pay the cost of the proceedings and562
alleging error in the action taken by the chief under division (D)563
of this section or alleging one or more of the matters within the564
scope of the hearing as provided in this section, or both. The565
petitioner shall notify the chief of the filing of the petition566
and send the chief a copy of the petition.567

       The scope of the hearing is limited to the issues of whether568
the law enforcement officer had reasonable grounds to believe the569
petitioner was operating or in physical control of a vessel or570
usingmanipulating any water skis, aquaplane, or similar device571
while under the influence of alcohol or a drug of abuse, under the572
combined influence of alcohol and a drug of abuse, or with a573
prohibited concentration of alcohol or a drug of abuse in the574
person's blood, urine, or breathin violation of section 1547.11575
of the Revised Code or a substantially equivalent municipal576
ordinance, whether the petitioner was placed under arrest, whether577
the petitioner refused to submit to the chemical test upon request578
of the officer, and whether the petitioner was advised of the579
consequences of the petitioner's refusal.580

       (G)(1) The chief shall furnish the court a copy of the581
affidavit as provided in division (C) of this section and any582
other relevant information requested by the court.583

       (2) In hearing the matter and in determining whether the584
person has shown error in the decision taken by the chief as585
provided in division (D) of this section, the court shall decide586
the issue upon the relevant, competent, and material evidence587
submitted by the chief or the person whose operation, physical588
control, use, and registration privileges have been suspended.589

       In the proceedings, the chief shall be represented by the590
prosecuting attorney of the county in which the petition is filed591
if the petition is filed in a county court or juvenile court,592
except that if the arrest occurred within a city or village within593
the jurisdiction of the county court in which the petition is594
filed, the city director of law or village solicitor of that city595
or village shall represent the chief. If the petition is filed in596
the municipal court, the chief shall be represented as provided in597
section 1901.34 of the Revised Code.598

       (3) If the court finds from the evidence submitted that the599
person has failed to show error in the action taken by the chief600
under division (D) of this section or in one or more of the601
matters within the scope of the hearing as provided in division602
(F) of this section, or both, the court shall assess the cost of603
the proceeding against the person and shall uphold the suspension604
of the operation, physical control, use, and registration605
privileges provided in division (D) of this section. If the court606
finds that the person has shown error in the action taken by the607
chief under division (D) of this section or in one or more of the608
matters within the scope of the hearing as provided in division609
(F) of this section, or both, the cost of the proceedings shall be610
paid out of the county treasury of the county in which the611
proceedings were held, the chief shall reinstate the operation,612
physical control, use, and registration privileges of the person613
shall be reinstated without charge, and the chief shall return the614
registration certificate and tags, if impounded, shall be returned615
without charge.616

       (4) The court shall give information in writing of any617
action taken under this section to the chief.618

       (H) At the end of any period of suspension or impoundment619
imposed under this section, and upon request of the person whose620
operation, physical control, use, and registration privileges were621
suspended or whose registration certificate and tags were622
impounded, the chief shall reinstate the person's operation,623
physical control, use, and registration privileges by written624
notice and return the certificate and tags.625

       (I) No person who has received written notice from the chief626
that the person is prohibited from operating or being in physical627
control of a vessel or,from using any water skis, aquaplane, or628
similar device, and from registering a watercraft, or who has had629
the registration certificate and tags of the person's watercraft630
impounded, in accordance with division (D) of this section, shall631
operate or be in physical control of a vessel or use any water632
skis, aquaplane, or similar device for a period of one year633
following the date of the person's alleged violation of section634
1547.11 of the Revised Code or the substantially equivalent635
municipal ordinance.636

       Sec. 1547.99.  (A) Whoever violates section 1547.91 of the637
Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.638

       (B) Whoever violates section 1547.10, division (I) of639
section 1547.111, section 1547.13, or section 1547.66 of the640
Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.641

       (C) Whoever violates a provision of this chapter or a rule642
adopted thereunder, for which no penalty is otherwise provided, is643
guilty of a minor misdemeanor.644

       (D) Whoever violates section 1547.07 or 1547.12 of the645
Revised Code without causing injury to persons or damage to646
property is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.647

       (E) Whoever violates section 1547.07 or 1547.12 of the648
Revised Code causing injury to persons or damage to property is649
guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.650

       (F) Whoever violates division (M) of section 1547.54,651
division (G) of section 1547.30, or section 1547.131, 1547.25,652
1547.33, 1547.38, 1547.39, 1547.40, 1547.65, 1547.69, or 1547.92653
of the Revised Code or a rule adopted under division (A)(2) of654
section 1547.52 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of655
the fourth degree.656

       (G) Whoever violates section 1547.11 of the Revised Code is657
guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be punished658
as provided in division (G)(1), (2), or (3) of this section.659

       (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (G)(2) or (3)660
of this section, the court shall sentence the offender to a term661
of imprisonment of three consecutive days and may sentence the662
offender pursuant to section 2929.21 of the Revised Code to a663
longer term of imprisonment. In addition, the court shall impose664
upon the offender a fine of not less than one hundred fifty nor665
more than one thousand dollars.666

       The court may suspend the execution of the mandatory three667
consecutive days of imprisonment that it is required to impose by668
division (G)(1) of this section if the court, in lieu of the669
suspended term of imprisonment, places the offender on probation670
and requires the offender to attend, for three consecutive days, a671
drivers' intervention program that is certified pursuant to672
section 3793.10 of the Revised Code. The court also may suspend673
the execution of any part of the mandatory three consecutive days674
of imprisonment that it is required to impose by division (G)(1)675
of this section if the court places the offender on probation for676
part of the three consecutive days; requires the offender to677
attend, for that part of the three consecutive days, a drivers'678
intervention program that is certified pursuant to section 3793.10679
of the Revised Code; and sentences the offender to a term of680
imprisonment equal to the remainder of the three consecutive days681
that the offender does not spend attending the drivers'682
intervention program. The court may require the offender, as a683
condition of probation, to attend and satisfactorily complete any684
treatment or education programs, in addition to the required685
attendance at a drivers' intervention program, that the operators686
of the drivers' intervention program determine that the offender687
should attend and to report periodically to the court on the688
offender's progress in the programs. The court also may impose689
any other conditions of probation on the offender that it690
considers necessary.691

       (2) If, within fivesix years of the offense, the offender692
has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one violation of693
section 1547.11 of the Revised Code, of a municipal ordinance694
relating to operating a watercraft or manipulating any water skis,695
aquaplane, or similar device while under the influence of alcohol,696
a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abusea combination of697
them, of a municipal ordinance relating to operating a watercraft698
or manipulating any water skis, aquaplane, or similar device with699
a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the whole blood, blood700
serum or plasma, breath, or urine, of division (A)(1) of section701
2903.06 of the Revised Code, or of division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of702
section 2903.06 of the Revised Code or former section 2903.06 or703
2903.07 of the Revised Code as they existed prior to March 23,704
2000, in a case in which the jury or judge found that the offender705
was under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol706
and a drug of abusea combination of them, the court shall707
sentence the offender to a term of imprisonment of ten consecutive708
days and may sentence the offender pursuant to section 2929.21 of709
the Revised Code to a longer term of imprisonment. In addition,710
the court shall impose upon the offender a fine of not less than711
one hundred fifty nor more than one thousand dollars.712

       In addition to any other sentence that it imposes upon the713
offender, the court may require the offender to attend a drivers'714
intervention program that is certified pursuant to section 3793.10715
of the Revised Code.716

       (3) If, within fivesix years of the offense, the offender717
has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to more than one violation718
identified in division (G)(2) of this section, the court shall719
sentence the offender to a term of imprisonment of thirty720
consecutive days and may sentence the offender to a longer term of721
imprisonment of not more than one year. In addition, the court722
shall impose upon the offender a fine of not less than one hundred723
fifty nor more than one thousand dollars.724

       In addition to any other sentence that it imposes upon the725
offender, the court may require the offender to attend a drivers'726
intervention program that is certified pursuant to section 3793.10727
of the Revised Code.728

       (4) Upon a showing that imprisonment would seriously affect729
the ability of an offender sentenced pursuant to division (G)(1),730
(2), or (3) of this section to continue the offender's employment,731
the court may authorize that the offender be granted work release732
from imprisonment after the offender has served the three, ten, or733
thirty consecutive days of imprisonment that the court is required734
by division (G)(1), (2), or (3) of this section to impose. No735
court shall authorize work release from imprisonment during the736
three, ten, or thirty consecutive days of imprisonment that the737
court is required by division (G)(1), (2), or (3) of this section738
to impose. The duration of the work release shall not exceed the739
time necessary each day for the offender to commute to and from740
the place of employment and the place of imprisonment and the time741
actually spent under employment.742

       (5) Notwithstanding any section of the Revised Code that743
authorizes the suspension of the imposition or execution of a744
sentence or the placement of an offender in any treatment program745
in lieu of imprisonment, no court shall suspend the ten or thirty746
consecutive days of imprisonment required to be imposed by747
division (G)(2) or (3) of this section or place an offender who is748
sentenced pursuant to division (G)(2) or (3) of this section in749
any treatment program in lieu of imprisonment until after the750
offender has served the ten or thirty consecutive days of751
imprisonment required to be imposed pursuant to division (G)(2) or752
(3) of this section. Notwithstanding any section of the Revised753
Code that authorizes the suspension of the imposition or execution754
of a sentence or the placement of an offender in any treatment755
program in lieu of imprisonment, no court, except as specifically756
authorized by division (G)(1) of this section, shall suspend the757
three consecutive days of imprisonment required to be imposed by758
division (G)(1) of this section or place an offender who is759
sentenced pursuant to division (G)(1) of this section in any760
treatment program in lieu of imprisonment until after the offender761
has served the three consecutive days of imprisonment required to762
be imposed pursuant to division (G)(1) of this section.763

       (H) Whoever violates section 1547.304 of the Revised Code is764
guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree and also shall be765
assessed any costs incurred by the state or a county, township,766
municipal corporation, or other political subdivision in disposing767
of an abandoned junk vessel or outboard motor, less any money768
accruing to the state, county, township, municipal corporation, or769
other political subdivision from that disposal.770

       (I) Whoever violates division (B) or (C) of section 1547.49771
of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.772

       (J) Whoever violates section 1547.31 of the Revised Code is773
guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense.774
On each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor775
of the third degree.776

       (K) Whoever violates section 1547.05 or 1547.051 of the777
Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree if778
the violation is not related to a collision, injury to a person,779
or damage to property and a misdemeanor of the third degree if the780
violation is related to a collision, injury to a person, or damage781
to property.782

       (L) The sentencing court, in addition to the penalty783
provided under this section for a violation of this chapter or a784
rule adopted under it that involves a powercraft powered by more785
than ten horsepower and that, in the opinion of the court,786
involves a threat to the safety of persons or property, shall787
order the offender to complete successfully a boating course788
approved by the national association of state boating law789
administrators before the offender is allowed to operate a790
powercraft powered by more than ten horsepower on the waters in791
this state. Violation of a court order entered under this792
division is punishable as contempt under Chapter 2705. of the793
Revised Code.794

       Sec. 1901.024.  (A) The board of county commissioners of795
Hamilton county shall pay all of the costs of operation of the796
Hamilton county municipal court. Subject to sections 3375.50,797
3375.53, 4511.19, 4511.193, 4511.99, and 5503.04 of the Revised798
Code and to any other section of the Revised Code that requires a799
specific manner of disbursement of any moneys received by a800
municipal court, the county shall receive all of the costs, fees,801
and other moneys, except fines collected for violations of802
municipal ordinances and for violations of township resolutions803
adopted pursuant to Chapter 504. of the Revised Code, that are804
received by the Hamilton county municipal court and shall receive805
fifty per cent of all of the fines for violations of municipal806
ordinances and for violations of township resolutions adopted807
pursuant to Chapter 504. of the Revised Code that are received by808
the court.809

       (B) The board of county commissioners of Lawrence county810
shall pay all of the costs of operation of the Lawrence county811
municipal court. Subject to sections 3375.50, 3375.53, 4511.19,812
4511.193, 4511.99, and 5503.04 of the Revised Code and to any813
other section of the Revised Code that requires a specific manner814
of disbursement of any moneys received by a municipal court, the815
county shall receive all of the costs, fees, and other moneys,816
except fines collected for violations of municipal ordinances and817
for violations of township resolutions adopted pursuant to Chapter818
504. of the Revised Code, that are received by the Lawrence county819
municipal court and shall receive fifty per cent of all of the820
fines for violations of municipal ordinances and for violations of821
township resolutions adopted pursuant to Chapter 504. of the822
Revised Code that are received by the court.823

       (C) The board of county commissioners of Ottawa county shall824
pay all of the costs of operation of the Ottawa county municipal825
court. Subject to sections 3375.50, 3375.53, 4511.19, 4511.193,826
4511.99, and 5503.04 of the Revised Code and to any other section827
of the Revised Code that requires a specific manner of828
disbursement of any moneys received by a municipal court, the829
county shall receive all of the costs, fees, and other moneys,830
except fines collected for violations of municipal ordinances and831
for violations of township resolutions adopted pursuant to Chapter832
504. of the Revised Code, that are received by the Ottawa county833
municipal court and shall receive fifty per cent of all of the834
fines for violations of municipal ordinances and for violations of835
township resolutions adopted pursuant to Chapter 504. of the836
Revised Code that are received by the court.837

       (D) The board of county commissioners of a county in which a838
county-operated municipal court is located shall pay all of the839
costs of operation of the municipal court. The county in which a840
county-operated municipal court that is not subject to division841
(A), (B), or (C) of this section is located shall receive all of842
the costs, fees, and other moneys, except fines collected for843
violations of municipal ordinances and for violations of township844
resolutions adopted pursuant to Chapter 504. of the Revised Code845
and except as provided in sections 3375.50, 3375.53, and 5503.04846
of the Revised Code and in any other section of the Revised Code847
that requires a specific manner of disbursement of any moneys848
received by a municipal court, that are received by the court.849

       Sec. 1901.31.  The clerk and deputy clerks of a municipal850
court shall be selected, be compensated, give bond, and have851
powers and duties as follows:852

       (A) There shall be a clerk of the court who is appointed or853
elected as follows:854

       (1)(a) Except in the Akron, Barberton, Cuyahoga Falls,855
Medina, Toledo, Clermont county, Hamilton county, Portage county,856
and Wayne county municipal courts, if the population of the857
territory equals or exceeds one hundred thousand at the regular858
municipal election immediately preceding the expiration of the859
term of the present clerk, the clerk shall be nominated and860
elected by the qualified electors of the territory in the manner861
that is provided for the nomination and election of judges in862
section 1901.07 of the Revised Code.863

       The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six864
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January865
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's866
successor is elected and qualified.867

       (b) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the clerk of868
courts of Hamilton county shall be the clerk of the municipal869
court and may appoint an assistant clerk who shall receive the870
compensation, payable out of the treasury of Hamilton county in871
semimonthly installments, that the board of county commissioners872
prescribes. The clerk of courts of Hamilton county, acting as the873
clerk of the Hamilton county municipal court and assuming the874
duties of that office, shall receive compensation at one-fourth875
the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common876
pleas as determined in accordance with the population of the877
county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of878
the Revised Code. This compensation shall be paid from the county879
treasury in semimonthly installments and is in addition to the880
annual compensation that is received for the performance of the881
duties of the clerk of courts of Hamilton county, as provided in882
sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code.883

       (c) In the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts,884
the clerks of courts of Portage county and Wayne county shall be885
the clerks, respectively, of the Portage county and Wayne county886
municipal courts and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each887
branch that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the888
Revised Code and assistant clerks as the judges of the municipal889
court determine are necessary, all of whom shall receive the890
compensation that the legislative authority prescribes. The891
clerks of courts of Portage county and Wayne county, acting as the892
clerks of the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts and893
assuming the duties of these offices, shall receive compensation894
payable from the county treasury in semimonthly installments at895
one-fourth the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of896
common pleas as determined in accordance with the population of897
the county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18898
of the Revised Code.899

       (d) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(d) of900
this section, in the Akron municipal court, candidates for901
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by902
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day903
specified in the charter of the city of Akron for the nomination904
of municipal officers. Notwithstanding section 3513.257 of the905
Revised Code, the nominating petitions of independent candidates906
shall be signed by at least two hundred fifty qualified electors907
of the territory of the court.908

       The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and909
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not910
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of911
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or912
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and913
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the914
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the915
Revised Code.916

       If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by917
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political918
party for election to the office of clerk of the Akron municipal919
court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of920
nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office.921
If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and922
petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political923
party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be924
held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for925
election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a926
certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section927
3513.02 of the Revised Code.928

       Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating929
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk930
of the Akron municipal court shall contain a designation of the931
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following932
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be933
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court934
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised935
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so936
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term937
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's938
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and939
qualified.940

       (e) In the Clermont county municipal court, the clerk of941
courts of Clermont county shall be the clerk of the municipal942
court. The clerk of courts of Clermont county, acting as the943
clerk of the Clermont county municipal court and assuming the944
duties of that office, shall receive compensation at one-fourth945
the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common946
pleas as determined in accordance with the population of the947
county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of948
the Revised Code. This compensation shall be paid from the county949
treasury in semimonthly installments and is in addition to the950
annual compensation that is received for the performance of the951
duties of the clerk of courts of Clermont county, as provided in952
sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code.953

       (f) Irrespective of the population of the territory of the954
Medina municipal court, the clerk of that court shall be appointed955
pursuant to division (A)(2)(a) of this section by the judges of956
that court, shall hold office until the clerk's successor is957
similarly appointed and qualified, and shall receive pursuant to958
division (C) of this section the annual compensation that the959
legislative authority prescribes and that is payable in960
semimonthly installments from the same sources and in the same961
manner as provided in section 1901.11 of the Revised Code.962

       (g) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(g) of963
this section, in the Barberton municipal court, candidates for964
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by965
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day966
specified in the charter of the city of Barberton for the967
nomination of municipal officers. Notwithstanding section968
3513.257 of the Revised Code, the nominating petitions of969
independent candidates shall be signed by at least two hundred970
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.971

       The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and972
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not973
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of974
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or975
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and976
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the977
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the978
Revised Code.979

       If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by980
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political981
party for election to the office of clerk of the Barberton982
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the983
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to984
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of985
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a986
particular political party for election to that office, a primary987
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a988
candidate of that party for election to that office, and the989
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the990
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.991

       Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating992
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk993
of the Barberton municipal court shall contain a designation of994
the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following995
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be996
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court997
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised998
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so999
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term1000
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's1001
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and1002
qualified.1003

       (h) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(h) of1004
this section, in the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, candidates1005
for election to the office of clerk of the court shall be1006
nominated by primary election. The primary election shall be held1007
on the day specified in the charter of the city of Cuyahoga Falls1008
for the nomination of municipal officers. Notwithstanding section1009
3513.257 of the Revised Code, the nominating petitions of1010
independent candidates shall be signed by at least two hundred1011
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court.1012

       The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and1013
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not1014
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of1015
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or1016
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and1017
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the1018
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the1019
Revised Code.1020

       If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by1021
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political1022
party for election to the office of clerk of the Cuyahoga Falls1023
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the1024
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to1025
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of1026
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a1027
particular political party for election to that office, a primary1028
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a1029
candidate of that party for election to that office, and the1030
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the1031
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code.1032

       Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating1033
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk1034
of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall contain a designation1035
of the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the1036
following regular municipal election, all candidates for the1037
office shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the1038
territory of the court in the manner that is provided in section1039
1901.07 of the Revised Code for the election of the judges of the1040
court. The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six1041
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January1042
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's1043
successor is elected and qualified.1044

       (i) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(i) of1045
this section, in the Toledo municipal court, candidates for1046
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by1047
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day1048
specified in the charter of the city of Toledo for the nomination1049
of municipal officers. Notwithstanding section 3513.257 of the1050
Revised Code, the nominating petitions of independent candidates1051
shall be signed by at least two hundred fifty qualified electors1052
of the territory of the court.1053

       The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and1054
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not1055
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of1056
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 or1057
3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy and1058
petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the1059
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the1060
Revised Code.1061

       If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by1062
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political1063
party for election to the office of clerk of the Toledo municipal1064
court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of1065
nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office.1066
If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and1067
petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political1068
party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be1069
held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for1070
election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a1071
certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section1072
3513.02 of the Revised Code.1073

       Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating1074
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk1075
of the Toledo municipal court shall contain a designation of the1076
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following1077
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be1078
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court1079
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised1080
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so1081
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term1082
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's1083
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and1084
qualified.1085

       (2)(a) Except for the Alliance, Auglaize county, Columbiana1086
county, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown municipal courts, in a1087
municipal court for which the population of the territory is less1088
than one hundred thousand and in the Medina municipal court, the1089
clerk shall be appointed by the court, and the clerk shall hold1090
office until the clerk's successor is appointed and qualified.1091

       (b) In the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown1092
municipal courts, the clerk shall be elected for a term of office1093
as described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section.1094

       (c) In the Auglaize county municipal court, the clerk of1095
courts of Auglaize county shall be the clerk of the municipal1096
court and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each branch that is1097
established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised Code, and1098
assistant clerks as the judge of the court determines are1099
necessary, all of whom shall receive the compensation that the1100
legislative authority prescribes. The clerk of courts of Auglaize1101
county, acting as the clerk of the Auglaize county municipal court1102
and assuming the duties of that office, shall receive compensation1103
payable from the county treasury in semimonthly installments at1104
one-fourth the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of1105
common pleas as determined in accordance with the population of1106
the county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.181107
of the Revised Code.1108

       (d) In the Columbiana county municipal court, the clerk of1109
courts of Columbiana county shall be the clerk of the municipal1110
court, may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each branch office1111
that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised1112
Code, and may appoint any assistant clerks that the judges of the1113
court determine are necessary. All of the chief deputy clerks and1114
assistant clerks shall receive the compensation that the1115
legislative authority prescribes. The clerk of courts of1116
Columbiana county, acting as the clerk of the Columbiana county1117
municipal court and assuming the duties of that office, shall1118
receive compensation payable from the county treasury in1119
semimonthly installments at one-fourth the rate that is prescribed1120
for the clerks of courts of common pleas as determined in1121
accordance with the population of the county and the rates set1122
forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code.1123

       (3) During the temporary absence of the clerk due to1124
illness, vacation, or other proper cause, the court may appoint a1125
temporary clerk, who shall be paid the same compensation, have the1126
same authority, and perform the same duties as the clerk.1127

       (B) Except in the Clermont county, Hamilton county, Medina,1128
Portage county, and Wayne county municipal courts, if a vacancy1129
occurs in the office of the clerk of the Alliance, Lorain,1130
Massillon, or Youngstown municipal court or occurs in the office1131
of the clerk of a municipal court for which the population of the1132
territory equals or exceeds one hundred thousand because the clerk1133
ceases to hold the office before the end of the clerk's term or1134
because a clerk-elect fails to take office, the vacancy shall be1135
filled, until a successor is elected and qualified, by a person1136
chosen by the residents of the territory of the court who are1137
members of the county central committee of the political party by1138
which the last occupant of that office or the clerk-elect was1139
nominated. Not less than five nor more than fifteen days after a1140
vacancy occurs, those members of that county central committee1141
shall meet to make an appointment to fill the vacancy. At least1142
four days before the date of the meeting, the chairperson or a1143
secretary of the county central committee shall notify each such1144
member of that county central committee by first class mail of the1145
date, time, and place of the meeting and its purpose. A majority1146
of all such members of that county central committee constitutes a1147
quorum, and a majority of the quorum is required to make the1148
appointment. If the office so vacated was occupied or was to be1149
occupied by a person not nominated at a primary election, or if1150
the appointment was not made by the committee members in1151
accordance with this division, the court shall make an appointment1152
to fill the vacancy. A successor shall be elected to fill the1153
office for the unexpired term at the first municipal election that1154
is held more than one hundred twenty days after the vacancy1155
occurred.1156

       (C)(1) In a municipal court, other than the Auglaize county,1157
the Columbiana county, and the Lorain municipal courts, for which1158
the population of the territory is less than one hundred thousand1159
and in the Medina municipal court, the clerk of the municipal1160
court shall receive the annual compensation that the presiding1161
judge of the court prescribes, if the revenue of the court for the1162
preceding calendar year, as certified by the auditor or chief1163
fiscal officer of the municipal corporation in which the court is1164
located or, in the case of a county-operated municipal court, the1165
county auditor, is equal to or greater than the expenditures,1166
including any debt charges, for the operation of the court payable1167
under this chapter from the city treasury or, in the case of a1168
county-operated municipal court, the county treasury for that1169
calendar year, as also certified by the auditor or chief fiscal1170
officer. If the revenue of a municipal court, other than the1171
Auglaize county, the Columbiana county, and the Lorain municipal1172
courts, for which the population of the territory is less than one1173
hundred thousand or the revenue of the Medina municipal court for1174
the preceding calendar year as so certified is not equal to or1175
greater than those expenditures for the operation of the court for1176
that calendar year as so certified, the clerk of a municipal court1177
shall receive the annual compensation that the legislative1178
authority prescribes. As used in this division, "revenue" means1179
the total of all costs and fees that are collected and paid to the1180
city treasury or, in a county-operated municipal court, the county1181
treasury by the clerk of the municipal court under division (F) of1182
this section and all interest received and paid to the city1183
treasury or, in a county-operated municipal court, the county1184
treasury in relation to the costs and fees under division (G) of1185
this section.1186

       (2) In a municipal court, other than the Clermont county,1187
Hamilton county, Medina, Portage county, and Wayne county1188
municipal courts, for which the population of the territory is one1189
hundred thousand or more, and in the Lorain municipal court, the1190
clerk of the municipal court shall receive annual compensation in1191
a sum equal to eighty-five per cent of the salary of a judge of1192
the court.1193

       (3) The compensation of a clerk described in division (C)(1)1194
or (2) of this section is payable in semimonthly installments from1195
the same sources and in the same manner as provided in section1196
1901.11 of the Revised Code.1197

       (D) Before entering upon the duties of the clerk's office,1198
the clerk of a municipal court shall give bond of not less than1199
six thousand dollars to be determined by the judges of the court,1200
conditioned upon the faithful performance of the clerk's duties.1201

       (E) The clerk of a municipal court may do all of the1202
following: administer oaths, take affidavits, and issue1203
executions upon any judgment rendered in the court, including a1204
judgment for unpaid costs; issue, sign, and attach the seal of the1205
court to all writs, process, subpoenas, and papers issuing out of1206
the court; and approve all bonds, sureties, recognizances, and1207
undertakings fixed by any judge of the court or by law. The clerk1208
may refuse to accept for filing any pleading or paper submitted1209
for filing by a person who has been found to be a vexatious1210
litigator under section 2323.52 of the Revised Code and who has1211
failed to obtain leave to proceed under that section. The clerk1212
shall do all of the following: file and safely keep all journals,1213
records, books, and papers belonging or appertaining to the court;1214
record the proceedings of the court; perform all other duties that1215
the judges of the court may prescribe; and keep a book showing all1216
receipts and disbursements, which book shall be open for public1217
inspection at all times.1218

       The clerk shall prepare and maintain a general index, a1219
docket, and other records that the court, by rule, requires, all1220
of which shall be the public records of the court. In the docket,1221
the clerk shall enter, at the time of the commencement of an1222
action, the names of the parties in full, the names of the1223
counsel, and the nature of the proceedings. Under proper dates,1224
the clerk shall note the filing of the complaint, issuing of1225
summons or other process, returns, and any subsequent pleadings.1226
The clerk also shall enter all reports, verdicts, orders,1227
judgments, and proceedings of the court, clearly specifying the1228
relief granted or orders made in each action. The court may order1229
an extended record of any of the above to be made and entered,1230
under the proper action heading, upon the docket at the request of1231
any party to the case, the expense of which record may be taxed as1232
costs in the case or may be required to be prepaid by the party1233
demanding the record, upon order of the court.1234

       (F) The clerk of a municipal court shall receive, collect,1235
and issue receipts for all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other1236
moneys payable to the office or to any officer of the court. The1237
clerk shall each month disburse to the proper persons or officers,1238
and take receipts for, all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other1239
moneys that the clerk collects. Subject to sections 3375.50 and1240
4511.193 of the Revised Code and to any other section of the1241
Revised Code that requires a specific manner of disbursement of1242
any moneys received by a municipal court and except for the1243
Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and Ottawa county municipal1244
courts, the clerk shall pay all fines received for violation of1245
municipal ordinances into the treasury of the municipal1246
corporation the ordinance of which was violated and shall pay all1247
fines received for violation of township resolutions adopted1248
pursuant to Chapter 504. of the Revised Code into the treasury of1249
the township the resolution of which was violated. Subject to1250
sections 1901.024 and 4511.193 of the Revised Code, in the1251
Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and Ottawa county municipal1252
courts, the clerk shall pay fifty per cent of the fines received1253
for violation of municipal ordinances and fifty per cent of the1254
fines received for violation of township resolutions adopted1255
pursuant to Chapter 504. of the Revised Code into the treasury of1256
the county. Subject to sections 3375.50, 3375.53, 4511.991257
4511.19, and 5503.04 of the Revised Code and to any other section1258
of the Revised Code that requires a specific manner of1259
disbursement of any moneys received by a municipal court, the1260
clerk shall pay all fines collected for the violation of state1261
laws into the county treasury. Except in a county-operated1262
municipal court, the clerk shall pay all costs and fees the1263
disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in the Revised1264
Code into the city treasury. The clerk of a county-operated1265
municipal court shall pay the costs and fees the disbursement of1266
which is not otherwise provided for in the Revised Code into the1267
county treasury. Moneys deposited as security for costs shall be1268
retained pending the litigation. The clerk shall keep a separate1269
account of all receipts and disbursements in civil and criminal1270
cases, which shall be a permanent public record of the office. On1271
the expiration of the term of the clerk, the clerk shall deliver1272
the records to the clerk's successor. The clerk shall have other1273
powers and duties as are prescribed by rule or order of the court.1274

       (G) All moneys paid into a municipal court shall be noted on1275
the record of the case in which they are paid and shall be1276
deposited in a state or national bank, or a domestic savings and1277
loan association, as defined in section 1151.01 of the Revised1278
Code, that is selected by the clerk. Any interest received upon1279
the deposits shall be paid into the city treasury, except that, in1280
a county-operated municipal court, the interest shall be paid into1281
the treasury of the county in which the court is located.1282

       On the first Monday in January of each year, the clerk shall1283
make a list of the titles of all cases in the court that were1284
finally determined more than one year past in which there remains1285
unclaimed in the possession of the clerk any funds, or any part of1286
a deposit for security of costs not consumed by the costs in the1287
case. The clerk shall give notice of the moneys to the parties1288
who are entitled to the moneys or to their attorneys of record.1289
All the moneys remaining unclaimed on the first day of April of1290
each year shall be paid by the clerk to the city treasurer, except1291
that, in a county-operated municipal court, the moneys shall be1292
paid to the treasurer of the county in which the court is located.1293
The treasurer shall pay any part of the moneys at any time to the1294
person who has the right to the moneys upon proper certification1295
of the clerk.1296

       (H) Deputy clerks may be appointed by the clerk and shall1297
receive the compensation, payable in semimonthly installments out1298
of the city treasury, that the clerk may prescribe, except that1299
the compensation of any deputy clerk of a county-operated1300
municipal court shall be paid out of the treasury of the county in1301
which the court is located. Each deputy clerk shall take an oath1302
of office before entering upon the duties of the deputy clerk's1303
office and, when so qualified, may perform the duties appertaining1304
to the office of the clerk. The clerk may require any of the1305
deputy clerks to give bond of not less than three thousand1306
dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the deputy1307
clerk's duties.1308

       (I) For the purposes of this section, whenever the1309
population of the territory of a municipal court falls below one1310
hundred thousand but not below ninety thousand, and the population1311
of the territory prior to the most recent regular federal census1312
exceeded one hundred thousand, the legislative authority of the1313
municipal corporation may declare, by resolution, that the1314
territory shall be considered to have a population of at least one1315
hundred thousand.1316

       (J) The clerk or a deputy clerk shall be in attendance at1317
all sessions of the municipal court, although not necessarily in1318
the courtroom, and may administer oaths to witnesses and jurors1319
and receive verdicts.1320

       Sec. 1905.01.  (A) In all municipal corporations, other than1321
Batavia in Clermont county, not being the site of a municipal1322
court nor a place where a judge of the Auglaize county, Crawford1323
county, Jackson county, Miami county, Portage county, or Wayne1324
county municipal court sits as required pursuant to section1325
1901.021 of the Revised Code or by designation of the judges1326
pursuant to section 1901.021 of the Revised Code, the mayor of the1327
municipal corporation has jurisdiction, except as provided in1328
divisions (B), (C), and (E) of this section and subject to the1329
limitation contained in section 1905.03 and the limitation1330
contained in section 1905.031 of the Revised Code, to hear and1331
determine any prosecution for the violation of an ordinance of the1332
municipal corporation, to hear and determine any case involving a1333
violation of a vehicle parking or standing ordinance of the1334
municipal corporation unless the violation is required to be1335
handled by a parking violations bureau or joint parking violations1336
bureau pursuant to Chapter 4521. of the Revised Code, and to hear1337
and determine all criminal causes involving any moving traffic1338
violation occurring on a state highway located within the1339
boundaries of the municipal corporation, subject to the1340
limitations of sections 2937.08 and 2938.04 of the Revised Code.1341

       (B)(1) In all municipal corporations, other than Batavia in1342
Clermont county, not being the site of a municipal court nor a1343
place where a judge of a court listed in division (A) of this1344
section sits as required pursuant to section 1901.021 of the1345
Revised Code or by designation of the judges pursuant to section1346
1901.021 of the Revised Code, the mayor of the municipal1347
corporation has jurisdiction, subject to the limitation contained1348
in section 1905.03 of the Revised Code, to hear and determine1349
prosecutions involving a violation of an ordinance of the1350
municipal corporation relating to operating a vehicle while under1351
the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug1352
of abusecombination of them or relating to operating a vehicle1353
with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the whole blood,1354
blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine, and to hear and determine1355
criminal causes involving a violation of section 4511.19 of the1356
Revised Code that occur on a state highway located within the1357
boundaries of the municipal corporation, subject to the1358
limitations of sections 2937.08 and 2938.04 of the Revised Code,1359
only if the person charged with the violation, within six years of1360
the date of the violation charged, has not been convicted of or1361
pleaded guilty to any of the following:1362

       (a) A violation of an ordinance of any municipal corporation1363
relating to operating a vehicle while under the influence of1364
alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse1365
combination of them or relating to operating a vehicle with a1366
prohibited concentration of alcohol in the whole blood, blood1367
serum or plasma, breath, or urine;1368

       (b) A violation of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code;1369

       (c) A violation of any ordinance of any municipal1370
corporation or of any section of the Revised Code that regulates1371
the operation of vehicles, streetcars, and trackless trolleys upon1372
the highways or streets, in relation to which all of the following1373
apply:1374

       (i) The person, in the case in which the conviction was1375
obtained or the plea of guilty was entered, had been charged with1376
a violation of an ordinance of any municipal corporation relating1377
to operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a1378
drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse or relating to1379
operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in1380
the blood, breath, or urinea type described in division (B)(1)(a)1381
of this section, or with a violation of section 4511.19 of the1382
Revised Code;1383

       (ii) The charge of the violation described in division1384
(B)(1)(c)(i) of this section was dismissed or reduced;1385

       (iii) The violation of which the person was convicted or to1386
which the person pleaded guilty arose out of the same facts and1387
circumstances and the same act as did the charge that was1388
dismissed or reduced.1389

       (d) A violation of a statute of the United States or of any1390
other state or a municipal ordinance of a municipal corporation1391
located in any other state that is substantially similar to1392
section 4511.19 of the Revised Code.1393

       (2) The mayor of a municipal corporation does not have1394
jurisdiction to hear and determine any prosecution or criminal1395
cause involving a violation described in division (B)(1)(a) or (b)1396
of this section, regardless of where the violation occurred, if1397
the person charged with the violation, within six years of the1398
violation charged, has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any1399
violation listed in division (B)(1)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of this1400
section.1401

       If the mayor of a municipal corporation, in hearing a1402
prosecution involving a violation of an ordinance of the municipal1403
corporation the mayor serves relating to operating a vehicle while1404
under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a1405
drug of abusecombination of them or relating to operating a1406
vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the whole1407
blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine, or in hearing a1408
criminal cause involving a violation of section 4511.19 of the1409
Revised Code, determines that the person charged, within six years1410
of the violation charged, has been convicted of or pleaded guilty1411
to any violation listed in division (B)(1)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of1412
this section, the mayor immediately shall transfer the case to the1413
county court or municipal court with jurisdiction over the1414
violation charged, in accordance with section 1905.032 of the1415
Revised Code.1416

       (C)(1) In all municipal corporations, other than Batavia in1417
Clermont county, not being the site of a municipal court and not1418
being a place where a judge of a court listed in division (A) of1419
this section sits as required pursuant to section 1901.021 of the1420
Revised Code or by designation of the judges pursuant to section1421
1901.021 of the Revised Code, the mayor of the municipal1422
corporation, subject to sections 1901.031, 2937.08, and 2938.04 of1423
the Revised Code, has jurisdiction to hear and determine1424
prosecutions involving a violation of a municipal ordinance that1425
is substantially equivalent to division (B)(1) or (D)(2) of(A)of1426
section 4510.14 or section 4507.024510.16 of the Revised Code and1427
to hear and determine criminal causes that involve a moving1428
traffic violation, that involve a violation of division (B)(1) or1429
(D)(2) of(A)of section 4510.14 or section 4507.024510.16 of the1430
Revised Code, and that occur on a state highway located within the1431
boundaries of the municipal corporation only if all of the1432
following apply regarding the violation and the person charged:1433

       (a) Regarding a violation of division (B)(1) of section1434
4507.024510.16 of the Revised Code or a violation of a municipal1435
ordinance that is substantially equivalent to that division, the1436
person charged with the violation, within fivesix years of the1437
date of the violation charged, has not been convicted of or1438
pleaded guilty to any of the following:1439

       (i) A violation of division (B)(1) of section 4507.021440
4510.16 of the Revised Code;1441

       (ii) A violation of a municipal ordinance that is1442
substantially equivalent to division (B)(1) of section 4507.021443
4510.16 of the Revised Code;1444

       (iii) A violation of any municipal ordinance or section of1445
the Revised Code that regulates the operation of vehicles,1446
streetcars, and trackless trolleys upon the highways or streets,1447
in a case in which, after a charge against the person of a1448
violation of a type described in division (C)(1)(a)(i) or (ii) of1449
this section was dismissed or reduced, the person is convicted of1450
or pleads guilty to a violation that arose out of the same facts1451
and circumstances and the same act as did the charge that was1452
dismissed or reduced.1453

       (b) Regarding a violation of division (D)(2)(A) of section1454
4507.024510.14 of the Revised Code or a violation of a municipal1455
ordinance that is substantially equivalent to that division, the1456
person charged with the violation, within fivesix years of the1457
date of the violation charged, has not been convicted of or1458
pleaded guilty to any of the following:1459

       (i) A violation of division (D)(2)(A) of section 4507.021460
4510.14 of the Revised Code;1461

       (ii) A violation of a municipal ordinance that is1462
substantially equivalent to division (D)(2)(A) of section 4507.021463
4510.14 of the Revised Code;1464

       (iii) A violation of any municipal ordinance or section of1465
the Revised Code that regulates the operation of vehicles,1466
streetcars, and trackless trolleys upon the highways or streets in1467
a case in which, after a charge against the person of a violation1468
of a type described in division (C)(1)(b)(i) or (ii) of this1469
section was dismissed or reduced, the person is convicted of or1470
pleads guilty to a violation that arose out of the same facts and1471
circumstances and the same act as did the charge that was1472
dismissed or reduced.1473

       (2) The mayor of a municipal corporation does not have1474
jurisdiction to hear and determine any prosecution or criminal1475
cause involving a violation described in division (C)(1)(a)(i) or1476
(ii) of this section if the person charged with the violation,1477
within fivesix years of the violation charged, has been convicted1478
of or pleaded guilty to any violation listed in division1479
(C)(1)(a)(i), (ii), or (iii) of this section and does not have1480
jurisdiction to hear and determine any prosecution or criminal1481
cause involving a violation described in division (C)(1)(b)(i) or1482
(ii) of this section if the person charged with the violation,1483
within fivesix years of the violation charged, has been convicted1484
of or pleaded guilty to any violation listed in division1485
(C)(1)(b)(i), (ii), or (iii) of this section.1486

       (3) If the mayor of a municipal corporation, in hearing a1487
prosecution involving a violation of an ordinance of the municipal1488
corporation the mayor serves that is substantially equivalent to1489
division (B)(1) or (D)(2) of(A)of section 4510.14 or section1490
4507.024510.16 of the Revised Code or a violation of division1491
(B)(1) or (D)(2) of(A)of section 4510.14 or section 4507.021492
4510.16 of the Revised Code, determines that, under division1493
(C)(2) of this section, mayors do not have jurisdiction of the1494
prosecution, the mayor immediately shall transfer the case to the1495
county court or municipal court with jurisdiction over the1496
violation in accordance with section 1905.032 of the Revised Code.1497

       (D) If the mayor of a municipal corporation has jurisdiction1498
pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section to hear and determine1499
a prosecution or criminal cause involving a violation described in1500
division (B)(1)(a) or (b) of this section, the authority of the1501
mayor to hear or determine the prosecution or cause is subject to1502
the limitation contained in division (C) of section 1905.03 of the1503
Revised Code. If the mayor of a municipal corporation has1504
jurisdiction pursuant to division (A) or (C) of this section to1505
hear and determine a prosecution or criminal cause involving a1506
violation other than a violation described in division (B)(1)(a)1507
or (b) of this section, the authority of the mayor to hear or1508
determine the prosecution or cause is subject to the limitation1509
contained in division (C) of section 1905.031 of the Revised Code.1510

       (E)(1) The mayor of a municipal corporation does not have1511
jurisdiction to hear and determine any prosecution or criminal1512
cause involving any of the following:1513

       (a) A violation of section 2919.25 or 2919.27 of the Revised1514
Code;1515

       (b) A violation of section 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13,1516
2903.211, or 2911.211 of the Revised Code that involves a person1517
who was a family or household member of the defendant at the time1518
of the violation;1519

       (c) A violation of a municipal ordinance that is1520
substantially equivalent to an offense described in division1521
(E)(1)(a) or (b) of this section and that involves a person who1522
was a family or household member of the defendant at the time of1523
the violation.1524

       (2) The mayor of a municipal corporation does not have1525
jurisdiction to hear and determine a motion filed pursuant to1526
section 2919.26 of the Revised Code or filed pursuant to a1527
municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to that1528
section or to issue a protection order pursuant to that section or1529
a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.1530

       (3) As used in this section, "family or household member"1531
has the same meaning as in section 2919.25 of the Revised Code.1532

       (F) In keeping a docket and files, the mayor, and a mayor's1533
court magistrate appointed under section 1905.05 of the Revised1534
Code, shall be governed by the laws pertaining to county courts.1535

       Sec. 1905.201.  The mayor of a municipal corporation that has1536
a mayor's court, and a mayor's court magistrate, are entitled to1537
suspend or revoke, and shall suspend or revoke, in accordance with1538
division (B) of section 4507.16sections 4510.02, 4510.07, and1539
4511.19 of the Revised Code, the driver's or commercial driver's1540
license or permit or nonresident operating privilege of any person1541
who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of division1542
(A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, of a municipal1543
ordinance relating to operating a vehicle while under the1544
influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of1545
abusea combination of them, or of a municipal ordinance relating1546
to operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol1547
in the whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine that1548
is substantially equivalent to division (A) of section 4511.19 of1549
the Revised Code. The mayor of a municipal corporation that has a1550
mayor's court, and a mayor's court magistrate, are entitled to1551
suspend, and shall suspend, in accordance with division (E) of1552
section 4507.16sections 4510.02, 4510.07, and 4511.19 of the1553
Revised Code, the driver's, or commercial driver's license or1554
permit or nonresident operating privilege of any person who is1555
convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of division (B) of1556
section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or of a municipal ordinance1557
relating to operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of1558
alcohol in the whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or1559
urine that is substantially equivalent to division (B) of section1560
4511.19 of the Revised Code.1561

       Suspension of a commercial driver's license under this1562
section shall be concurrent with any period of disqualification or1563
suspension under section 3123.6113123.58 or 4506.16 of the1564
Revised Code or period of suspension under section 3123.58 of the1565
Revised Code. No person who is disqualified for life from holding1566
a commercial driver's license under section 4506.16 of the Revised1567
Code shall be issued a driver's license under Chapter 4507. of the1568
Revised Code during the period for which the commercial driver's1569
license was suspended under this section, and no person whose1570
commercial driver's license is suspended under this section shall1571
be issued a driver's license under Chapter 4507. of the Revised1572
Code during the period of the suspension.1573

       Sec. 1907.20.  (A) The clerk of courts shall be the clerk of1574
the county court, except that the board of county commissioners,1575
with the concurrence of the county court judges, may appoint a1576
clerk for each county court judge, who shall serve at the pleasure1577
of the board and shall receive compensation as set by the board,1578
payable in semimonthly installments from the treasury of the1579
county. An appointed clerk, before entering upon the duties of1580
the office, shall give bond of not less than five thousand1581
dollars, as determined by the board of county commissioners,1582
conditioned upon the faithful performance of the clerk's duties.1583

       The clerks of courts of common pleas, when acting as the1584
clerks of county courts, and upon assuming their county court1585
duties, shall receive compensation at one-fourth the rate1586
prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas as determined1587
in accordance with the population of the county and the rates set1588
forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code. This1589
compensation shall be paid from the county treasury in semimonthly1590
installments and is in addition to the annual compensation1591
received for the performance of the duties of the clerk of a court1592
of common pleas as provided in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the1593
Revised Code.1594

       (B) The clerk of a county court shall have general powers to1595
administer oaths, take affidavits, and issue executions upon any1596
judgment rendered in the county court, including a judgment for1597
unpaid costs, power to issue and sign all writs, process,1598
subpoenas, and papers issuing out of the court, and to attach the1599
seal of the court to them, and power to approve all bonds,1600
sureties, recognizances, and undertakings fixed by any judge of1601
the court or by law. The clerk shall file and safely keep all1602
journals, records, books, and papers belonging or appertaining to1603
the court, record its proceedings, perform all other duties that1604
the judges of the court may prescribe, and keep a book showing all1605
receipts and disbursements, which shall be open for public1606
inspection at all times. The clerk may refuse to accept for1607
filing any pleading or paper submitted for filing by a person who1608
has been found to be a vexatious litigator under section 2323.521609
of the Revised Code and who has failed to obtain leave to proceed1610
under that section.1611

       The clerk shall prepare and maintain a general index, a1612
docket as prescribed by the court, which shall be furnished by the1613
board of county commissioners, and such other records as the1614
court, by rule, requires, all of which shall be the public records1615
of the court. In the docket, the clerk shall enter at times of1616
the commencement of an action, the names of the parties in full,1617
the names of the counsel, and the nature of the proceedings. Under1618
proper dates, the clerk shall note the filing of the complaint,1619
issuing of summons or other process, returns, and pleadings1620
subsequent thereto. The clerk also shall enter all reports,1621
verdicts, orders, judgments, and proceedings of the court, clearly1622
specifying the relief granted or orders made in each action. The1623
court may order an extended record of any of the above to be made1624
and entered, under the proper action heading, upon the docket at1625
the request of any party to the case, the expense of which may be1626
taxed as costs in the case or may be required to be prepaid by the1627
party demanding the extended record, upon order of the court.1628

       (C) The clerk of a county court shall receive and collect1629
all costs, fees, fines, penalties, bail, and other moneys payable1630
to the office or to any officer of the court and issue receipts1631
therefor, and shall each month disburse the costs, fees, fines,1632
penalties, bail, and other moneys to the proper persons or1633
officers and take receipts therefor. Subject to sections 3375.51,1634
3375.53, 4511.19, 4511.193, and 4511.995503.04 of the Revised1635
Code and all other statutes that require a different distribution1636
of fines, fines received for violations of municipal ordinances1637
shall be paid into the treasury of the municipal corporation whose1638
ordinance was violated, fines received for violations of township1639
resolutions adopted pursuant to Chapter 504. of the Revised Code1640
shall be paid into the treasury of the township whose resolution1641
was violated, and fines collected for the violation of state laws1642
shall be paid into the county treasury. Moneys deposited as1643
security for costs shall be retained pending the litigation.1644

       The clerk shall keep a separate account of all receipts and1645
disbursements in civil and criminal cases. The separate account1646
shall be a permanent public record of the office. On the1647
expiration of a clerk's term, those records shall be delivered to1648
the clerk's successor.1649

       The clerk shall have such other powers and duties as are1650
prescribed by rule or order of the court.1651

       (D) All moneys paid into a county court shall be noted on1652
the record of the case in which they are paid and shall be1653
deposited in a state or national bank selected by the clerk. On1654
the first Monday in January of each year, the clerk shall make a1655
list of the titles of all cases in the county court that were1656
finally determined more than one year past in which there remains1657
unclaimed in the possession of the clerk any funds, or any part of1658
a deposit for security of costs not consumed by the costs in the1659
case. The clerk shall give notice of the moneys to the parties1660
entitled to them or to their attorneys of record. All the moneys1661
remaining unclaimed on the first day of April of each year shall1662
be paid by the clerk to the county treasurer. Any part of the1663
moneys shall be paid by the county treasurer at any time to the1664
person having the right to them, upon proper certification of the1665
clerk.1666

       (E)(1) In county court districts having appointed clerks,1667
deputy clerks may be appointed by the board of county1668
commissioners. Clerks and deputy clerks shall receive such1669
compensation payable in semimonthly installments out of the county1670
treasury as the board may prescribe. Each deputy clerk shall take1671
an oath of office before entering upon the duties of the deputy1672
clerk's office and, when so qualified, may perform the duties1673
appertaining to the office of the clerk. The clerk may require1674
any of the deputy clerks to give bond of not less than three1675
thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the1676
deputy clerk's duties.1677

       (2) A clerk of courts acting as clerk of the county court1678
may appoint deputy clerks to perform the duties pertaining to the1679
office of clerk of the county court. Each deputy clerk shall take1680
an oath of office before entering upon the deputy clerk's duties,1681
and the clerk of courts may require the deputy clerk to give bond1682
of not less than three thousand dollars, conditioned for the1683
faithful performance of the deputy clerk's duties.1684

       (3) The clerk or a deputy clerk of a county court shall be1685
in attendance at all sessions of the court, although not1686
necessarily in the courtroom, and may administer oaths to1687
witnesses and jurors and receive verdicts.1688

       (F)(1) In county court districts having appointed clerks,1689
the board of county commissioners may order the establishment of1690
one or more branch offices of the clerk and, with the concurrence1691
of the county judges, may appoint a special deputy clerk to1692
administer each branch office. Each special deputy clerk shall1693
take an oath of office before entering upon the duties of the1694
deputy clerk's office and, when so qualified, may perform any one1695
or more of the duties appertaining to the office of clerk, as the1696
board prescribes. Special deputy clerks shall receive such1697
compensation payable in semimonthly installments out of the county1698
treasury as the board may prescribe. The board may require any of1699
the special deputy clerks to give bond of not less than three1700
thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the1701
deputy clerk's duties.1702

       The board of county commissioners may authorize the clerk of1703
the county court to operate one or more branch offices, to divide1704
the clerk's time between the offices, and to perform duties1705
appertaining to the office of clerk in locations that the board1706
prescribes.1707

       (2) A clerk of courts acting as clerk of the county court1708
may establish one or more branch offices for the clerk's duties as1709
clerk of the county court and, with the concurrence of the county1710
court judges, may appoint a special deputy clerk to administer1711
each branch office. Each special deputy clerk shall take an oath1712
of office before entering upon the deputy clerk's duties and, when1713
so qualified, may perform any of the duties pertaining to the1714
office of clerk, as the clerk of courts prescribes. The clerk of1715
courts may require any of the special deputy clerks to give bond1716
of not less than three thousand dollars, conditioned for the1717
faithful performance of the deputy clerk's duties.1718

       (G) The clerk of courts of the county shall fix the1719
compensation of deputy clerks and special deputy clerks appointed1720
by the clerk pursuant to this section. Those personnel shall be1721
paid and be subject to the same requirements as other employees of1722
the clerk under the provisions of section 325.17 of the Revised1723
Code insofar as that section is applicable.1724

       Sec. 2151.354.  (A) If the child is adjudicated an unruly1725
child, the court may:1726

       (1) Make any of the dispositions authorized under section1727
2151.353 of the Revised Code;1728

       (2) Place the child on community control under any1729
sanctions, services, and conditions that the court prescribes, as1730
described in division (A)(3) of section 2152.19 of the Revised1731
Code, provided that, if the court imposes a period of community1732
service upon the child, the period of community service shall not1733
exceed one hundred seventy-five hours;1734

       (3) Suspend or revoke the driver's license, probationary1735
driver's license, or temporary instruction permit issued to the1736
child for a period of time prescribed by the court and suspend or1737
revoke the registration of all motor vehicles registered in the1738
name of the child for a period of time prescribed by the court. A1739
child whose license or permit is so suspended or revoked is1740
ineligible for issuance of a license or permit during the period1741
of suspension or revocation. At the end of the period of1742
suspension or revocation, the child shall not be reissued a1743
license or permit until the child has paid any applicable1744
reinstatement fee and complied with all requirements governing1745
license reinstatement.1746

       (4) Commit the child to the temporary or permanent custody1747
of the court;1748

       (5) Make any further disposition the court finds proper that1749
is consistent with sections 2151.312 and 2151.56 to 2151.61 of the1750
Revised Code;1751

       (6) If, after making a disposition under division (A)(1),1752
(2), or (3) of this section, the court finds upon further hearing1753
that the child is not amenable to treatment or rehabilitation1754
under that disposition, make a disposition otherwise authorized1755
under divisions (A)(1), (3), (4), and (7) of section 2152.19 of1756
the Revised Code that is consistent with sections 2151.312 and1757
2151.56 to 2151.61 of the Revised Code.1758

       (B) If a child is adjudicated an unruly child for committing1759
any act that, if committed by an adult, would be a drug abuse1760
offense, as defined in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code, or a1761
violation of division (B) of section 2917.11 of the Revised Code,1762
then, in addition to imposing, in its discretion, any other order1763
of disposition authorized by this section, the court shall do both1764
of the following:1765

       (1) Require the child to participate in a drug abuse or1766
alcohol abuse counseling program;1767

       (2) Suspend or revoke the temporary instruction permit,1768
probationary driver's license, or driver's license issued to the1769
child for a period of time prescribed by the court or, at the1770
discretion of the court, until. The court, in its discretion, may1771
terminate the suspension if the child attends and satisfactorily1772
completes a drug abuse or alcohol abuse education, intervention,1773
or treatment program specified by the court. During the time the1774
child is attending thea program as described in this division,1775
the court shall retain anythe child's temporary instruction1776
permit, probationary driver's license, or driver's license issued1777
to the child, and the court shall return the permit or license1778
when the child satisfactorily completes the programif it1779
terminates the suspension.1780

       (C)(1) If a child is adjudicated an unruly child for being1781
an habitual truant, in addition to or in lieu of imposing any1782
other order of disposition authorized by this section, the court1783
may do any of the following:1784

       (a) Order the board of education of the child's school1785
district or the governing board of the educational service center1786
in the child's school district to require the child to attend an1787
alternative school if an alternative school has been established1788
pursuant to section 3313.533 of the Revised Code in the school1789
district in which the child is entitled to attend school;1790

       (b) Require the child to participate in any academic program1791
or community service program;1792

       (c) Require the child to participate in a drug abuse or1793
alcohol abuse counseling program;1794

       (d) Require that the child receive appropriate medical or1795
psychological treatment or counseling;1796

       (e) Make any other order that the court finds proper to1797
address the child's habitual truancy, including an order requiring1798
the child to not be absent without legitimate excuse from the1799
public school the child is supposed to attend for five or more1800
consecutive days, seven or more school days in one school month,1801
or twelve or more school days in a school year and including an1802
order requiring the child to participate in a truancy prevention1803
mediation program.1804

       (2) If a child is adjudicated an unruly child for being an1805
habitual truant and the court determines that the parent,1806
guardian, or other person having care of the child has failed to1807
cause the child's attendance at school in violation of section1808
3321.38 of the Revised Code, in addition to any order of1809
disposition authorized by this section, all of the following1810
apply:1811

       (a) The court may require the parent, guardian, or other1812
person having care of the child to participate in any community1813
service program, preferably a community service program that1814
requires the involvement of the parent, guardian, or other person1815
having care of the child in the school attended by the child.1816

       (b) The court may require the parent, guardian, or other1817
person having care of the child to participate in a truancy1818
prevention mediation program.1819

       (c) The court shall warn the parent, guardian, or other1820
person having care of the child that any subsequent adjudication1821
of the child as an unruly or delinquent child for being an1822
habitual or chronic truant may result in a criminal charge against1823
the parent, guardian, or other person having care of the child for1824
a violation of division (C) of section 2919.21 or section 2919.241825
of the Revised Code.1826

       Sec. 2152.19.  (A) If a child is adjudicated a delinquent1827
child, the court may make any of the following orders of1828
disposition, in addition to any other disposition authorized or1829
required by this chapter:1830

       (1) Any order that is authorized by section 2151.353 of the1831
Revised Code for the care and protection of an abused, neglected,1832
or dependent child;1833

       (2) Commit the child to the temporary custody of any school,1834
camp, institution, or other facility operated for the care of1835
delinquent children by the county, by a district organized under1836
section 2152.41 or 2151.65 of the Revised Code, or by a private1837
agency or organization, within or without the state, that is1838
authorized and qualified to provide the care, treatment, or1839
placement required;1840

       (3) Place the child on community control under any1841
sanctions, services, and conditions that the court prescribes. As1842
a condition of community control in every case and in addition to1843
any other condition that it imposes upon the child, the court1844
shall require the child to abide by the law during the period of1845
community control. As referred to in this division, community1846
control includes, but is not limited to, the following sanctions1847
and conditions:1848

       (a) A period of basic probation supervision in which the1849
child is required to maintain contact with a person appointed to1850
supervise the child in accordance with sanctions imposed by the1851
court;1852

       (b) A period of intensive probation supervision in which the1853
child is required to maintain frequent contact with a person1854
appointed by the court to supervise the child while the child is1855
seeking or maintaining employment and participating in training,1856
education, and treatment programs as the order of disposition;1857

       (c) A period of day reporting in which the child is required1858
each day to report to and leave a center or another approved1859
reporting location at specified times in order to participate in1860
work, education or training, treatment, and other approved1861
programs at the center or outside the center;1862

       (d) A period of community service of up to five hundred1863
hours for an act that would be a felony or a misdemeanor of the1864
first degree if committed by an adult, up to two hundred hours for1865
an act that would be a misdemeanor of the second, third, or fourth1866
degree if committed by an adult, or up to thirty hours for an act1867
that would be a minor misdemeanor if committed by an adult;1868

       (e) A requirement that the child obtain a high school1869
diploma, a certificate of high school equivalence, vocational1870
training, or employment;1871

       (f) A period of drug and alcohol use monitoring;1872

       (g) A requirement of alcohol or drug assessment or1873
counseling, or a period in an alcohol or drug treatment program1874
with a level of security for the child as determined necessary by1875
the court;1876

       (h) A period in which the court orders the child to observe1877
a curfew that may involve daytime or evening hours;1878

       (i) A requirement that the child serve monitored time;1879

       (j) A period of house arrest with or without electronic1880
monitoring;1881

       (k) A period of electronic monitoring without house arrest or1882
electronically monitored house arrest that does not exceed the1883
maximum sentence of imprisonment that could be imposed upon an1884
adult who commits the same act.1885

       A period of electronically monitored house arrest imposed1886
under this division shall not extend beyond the child's1887
twenty-first birthday. If a court imposes a period of1888
electronically monitored house arrest upon a child under this1889
division, it shall require the child: to wear, otherwise have1890
attached to the child's person, or otherwise be subject to1891
monitoring by a certified electronic monitoring device or to1892
participate in the operation of and monitoring by a certified1893
electronic monitoring system; to remain in the child's home or1894
other specified premises for the entire period of electronically1895
monitored house arrest except when the court permits the child to1896
leave those premises to go to school or to other specified1897
premises; to be monitored by a central system that can determine1898
the child's location at designated times; to report periodically1899
to a person designated by the court; and to enter into a written1900
contract with the court agreeing to comply with all requirements1901
imposed by the court, agreeing to pay any fee imposed by the court1902
for the costs of the electronically monitored house arrest, and1903
agreeing to waive the right to receive credit for any time served1904
on electronically monitored house arrest toward the period of any1905
other dispositional order imposed upon the child if the child1906
violates any of the requirements of the dispositional order of1907
electronically monitored house arrest. The court also may impose1908
other reasonable requirements upon the child.1909

       Unless ordered by the court, a child shall not receive credit1910
for any time served on electronically monitored house arrest1911
toward any other dispositional order imposed upon the child for1912
the act for which was imposed the dispositional order of1913
electronically monitored house arrest.1914

       (l) A suspension of the driver's license, probationary1915
driver's license, or temporary instruction permit issued to the1916
child for a period of time prescribed by the court, or a1917
suspension of the registration of all motor vehicles registered in1918
the name of the child for a period of time prescribed by the1919
court. A child whose license or permit is so suspended is1920
ineligible for issuance of a license or permit during the period1921
of suspension. At the end of the period of suspension, the child1922
shall not be reissued a license or permit until the child has paid1923
any applicable reinstatement fee and complied with all1924
requirements governing license reinstatement.1925

       (4) Commit the child to the custody of the court;1926

       (5) Require the child to not be absent without legitimate1927
excuse from the public school the child is supposed to attend for1928
five or more consecutive days, seven or more school days in one1929
school month, or twelve or more school days in a school year;1930

       (6)(a) If a child is adjudicated a delinquent child for1931
being a chronic truant or an habitual truant who previously has1932
been adjudicated an unruly child for being a habitual truant, do1933
either or both of the following:1934

       (i) Require the child to participate in a truancy prevention1935
mediation program;1936

       (ii) Make any order of disposition as authorized by this1937
section, except that the court shall not commit the child to a1938
facility described in division (A)(2) of this section unless the1939
court determines that the child violated a lawful court order made1940
pursuant to division (C)(1)(e) of section 2151.354 of the Revised1941
Code or division (A)(5) of this section.1942

       (b) If a child is adjudicated a delinquent child for being a1943
chronic truant or a habitual truant who previously has been1944
adjudicated an unruly child for being a habitual truant and the1945
court determines that the parent, guardian, or other person having1946
care of the child has failed to cause the child's attendance at1947
school in violation of section 3321.38 of the Revised Code, do1948
either or both of the following:1949

       (i) Require the parent, guardian, or other person having1950
care of the child to participate in a truancy prevention mediation1951
program;1952

       (ii) Require the parent, guardian, or other person having1953
care of the child to participate in any community service program,1954
preferably a community service program that requires the1955
involvement of the parent, guardian, or other person having care1956
of the child in the school attended by the child.1957

       (7) Make any further disposition that the court finds1958
proper, except that the child shall not be placed in any of the1959
following:1960

       (a) A state correctional institution, a county, multicounty,1961
or municipal jail or workhouse, or another place in which an adult1962
convicted of a crime, under arrest, or charged with a crime is1963
held;1964

       (b) A community corrections facility, if the child would be1965
covered by the definition of public safety beds for purposes of1966
sections 5139.41 to 5139.45 of the Revised Code if the court1967
exercised its authority to commit the child to the legal custody1968
of the department of youth services for institutionalization or1969
institutionalization in a secure facility pursuant to this1970
chapter.1971

       (B) If a child is adjudicated a delinquent child, in1972
addition to any order of disposition made under division (A) of1973
this section, the court, in the following situations and for the1974
specified periods of time, shall suspend the child's temporary1975
instruction permit, restricted license, probationary driver's1976
license, or nonresident operating privilege, or suspend the1977
child's ability to obtain such a permit:1978

       (1) TheIf the child is adjudicated a delinquent child for1979
violating section 2923.122 of the Revised Code, with the1980
suspension and denial beingimpose a class four suspension of the1981
child's license, permit, or privilege from the range specified in1982
division (A)(4) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code or deny the1983
child the issuance of a license or permit in accordance with1984
division (E)(F)(1)(a), (c), (d), or (e) of section 2923.122 of the1985
Revised Code.1986

       (2) TheIf the child is adjudicated a delinquent child for1987
committing an act that if committed by an adult would be a drug1988
abuse offense or for violating division (B) of section 2917.11 of1989
the Revised Code, withsuspend the child's license, permit, or1990
privilege for a period of time prescribed by the court. The court,1991
in its discretion, may terminate the suspension continuing until1992
if the child attends and satisfactorily completes a drug abuse or1993
alcohol abuse education, intervention, or treatment program1994
specified by the court. During the time the child is attending1995
thea program described in this division, the court shall retain1996
anythe child's temporary instruction permit, probationary1997
driver's license, or driver's license issued to the child, and the1998
court shall return the permit or license when the child1999
satisfactorily completes the programif it terminates the2000
suspension as described in this division.2001

       (C) The court may establish a victim-offender mediation2002
program in which victims and their offenders meet to discuss the2003
offense and suggest possible restitution. If the court obtains2004
the assent of the victim of the delinquent act committed by the2005
child, the court may require the child to participate in the2006
program.2007

       (D)(1) If a child is adjudicated a delinquent child for2008
committing an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult2009
and if the child caused, attempted to cause, threatened to cause,2010
or created a risk of physical harm to the victim of the act, the2011
court, prior to issuing an order of disposition under this2012
section, shall order the preparation of a victim impact statement2013
by the probation department of the county in which the victim of2014
the act resides, by the court's own probation department, or by a2015
victim assistance program that is operated by the state, a county,2016
a municipal corporation, or another governmental entity. The court2017
shall consider the victim impact statement in determining the2018
order of disposition to issue for the child.2019

       (2) Each victim impact statement shall identify the victim2020
of the act for which the child was adjudicated a delinquent child,2021
itemize any economic loss suffered by the victim as a result of2022
the act, identify any physical injury suffered by the victim as a2023
result of the act and the seriousness and permanence of the2024
injury, identify any change in the victim's personal welfare or2025
familial relationships as a result of the act and any2026
psychological impact experienced by the victim or the victim's2027
family as a result of the act, and contain any other information2028
related to the impact of the act upon the victim that the court2029
requires.2030

       (3) A victim impact statement shall be kept confidential and2031
is not a public record. However, the court may furnish copies of2032
the statement to the department of youth services if the2033
delinquent child is committed to the department or to both the2034
adjudicated delinquent child or the adjudicated delinquent child's2035
counsel and the prosecuting attorney. The copy of a victim impact2036
statement furnished by the court to the department pursuant to2037
this section shall be kept confidential and is not a public2038
record. If an officer is preparing pursuant to section 2947.06 or2039
2951.03 of the Revised Code or Criminal Rule 32.2 a presentence2040
investigation report pertaining to a person, the court shall make2041
available to the officer, for use in preparing the report, a copy2042
of any victim impact statement regarding that person. The copies2043
of a victim impact statement that are made available to the2044
adjudicated delinquent child or the adjudicated delinquent child's2045
counsel and the prosecuting attorney pursuant to this division2046
shall be returned to the court by the person to whom they were2047
made available immediately following the imposition of an order of2048
disposition for the child under this chapter.2049

       The copy of a victim impact statement that is made available2050
pursuant to this division to an officer preparing a criminal2051
presentence investigation report shall be returned to the court by2052
the officer immediately following its use in preparing the report.2053

       (4) The department of youth services shall work with local2054
probation departments and victim assistance programs to develop a2055
standard victim impact statement.2056

       (E) If a child is adjudicated a delinquent child for being a2057
chronic truant or an habitual truant who previously has been2058
adjudicated an unruly child for being an habitual truant and the2059
court determines that the parent, guardian, or other person having2060
care of the child has failed to cause the child's attendance at2061
school in violation of section 3321.38 of the Revised Code, in2062
addition to any order of disposition it makes under this section,2063
the court shall warn the parent, guardian, or other person having2064
care of the child that any subsequent adjudication of the child as2065
an unruly or delinquent child for being an habitual or chronic2066
truant may result in a criminal charge against the parent,2067
guardian, or other person having care of the child for a violation2068
of division (C) of section 2919.21 or section 2919.24 of the2069
Revised Code.2070

       (F)(1) During the period of a delinquent child's community2071
control granted under this section, authorized probation officers2072
who are engaged within the scope of their supervisory duties or2073
responsibilities may search, with or without a warrant, the person2074
of the delinquent child, the place of residence of the delinquent2075
child, and a motor vehicle, another item of tangible or intangible2076
personal property, or other real property in which the delinquent2077
child has a right, title, or interest or for which the delinquent2078
child has the express or implied permission of a person with a2079
right, title, or interest to use, occupy, or possess if the2080
probation officers have reasonable grounds to believe that the2081
delinquent child is not abiding by the law or otherwise is not2082
complying with the conditions of the delinquent child's community2083
control. The court that places a delinquent child on community2084
control under this section shall provide the delinquent child with2085
a written notice that informs the delinquent child that authorized2086
probation officers who are engaged within the scope of their2087
supervisory duties or responsibilities may conduct those types of2088
searches during the period of community control if they have2089
reasonable grounds to believe that the delinquent child is not2090
abiding by the law or otherwise is not complying with the2091
conditions of the delinquent child's community control. The court2092
also shall provide the written notice described in division (E)(2)2093
of this section to each parent, guardian, or custodian of the2094
delinquent child who is described in that division.2095

       (2) The court that places a child on community control under2096
this section shall provide the child's parent, guardian, or other2097
custodian with a written notice that informs them that authorized2098
probation officers may conduct searches pursuant to division2099
(E)(1) of this section. The notice shall specifically state that2100
a permissible search might extend to a motor vehicle, another item2101
of tangible or intangible personal property, or a place of2102
residence or other real property in which a notified parent,2103
guardian, or custodian has a right, title, or interest and that2104
the parent, guardian, or custodian expressly or impliedly permits2105
the child to use, occupy, or possess.2106

       (G) If a juvenile court commits a delinquent child to the2107
custody of any person, organization, or entity pursuant to this2108
section and if the delinquent act for which the child is so2109
committed is a sexually oriented offense, the court in the order2110
of disposition shall do one of the following:2111

       (1) Require that the child be provided treatment as2112
described in division (A)(2) of section 5139.13 of the Revised2113
Code;2114

       (2) Inform the person, organization, or entity that it is2115
the preferred course of action in this state that the child be2116
provided treatment as described in division (A)(2) of section2117
5139.13 of the Revised Code and encourage the person,2118
organization, or entity to provide that treatment.2119

       Sec.  2152.21.  (A) Unless division (C) of this section2120
applies, if a child is adjudicated a juvenile traffic offender,2121
the court may make any of the following orders of disposition:2122

       (1) Impose costs and one or more financial sanctions in2123
accordance with section 2152.20 of the Revised Code;2124

       (2) Suspend the child's driver's license, probationary2125
driver's license, or temporary instruction permit for a definite2126
period not exceeding two years or suspend the registration of all2127
motor vehicles registered in the name of the child for a definite2128
period not exceeding two years. A child whose license or permit2129
is so suspended is ineligible for issuance of a license or permit2130
during the period of suspension. At the end of the period of2131
suspension, the child shall not be reissued a license or permit2132
until the child has paid any applicable reinstatement fee and2133
complied with all requirements governing license reinstatement.2134

       (3) Place the child on community control;2135

       (4) Require the child to make restitution for all damages2136
caused by the child's traffic violation;2137

       (5)(a) If the child is adjudicated a juvenile traffic2138
offender for committing a violation of division (A) of section2139
4511.19 of the Revised Code or of a municipal ordinance that is2140
substantially equivalent to that division, commit the child, for2141
not longer than five days, to either of the following:2142

       (i) To theThe temporary custody of a detention facility or2143
district detention facility established under section 2152.41 of2144
the Revised Code;2145

       (ii) To theThe temporary custody of any school, camp,2146
institution, or other facility for children operated in whole or2147
in part for the care of juvenile traffic offenders of that nature2148
by the county, by a district organized under section 2152.41 or2149
2151.65 of the Revised Code, or by a private agency or2150
organization within the state that is authorized and qualified to2151
provide the care, treatment, or placement required.2152

       (b) If an order of disposition committing a child to the2153
temporary custody of a home, school, camp, institution, or other2154
facility of that nature is made under division (A)(5)(a) of this2155
section, the length of the commitment shall not be reduced or2156
diminished as a credit for any time that the child was held in a2157
place of detention or shelter care, or otherwise was detained,2158
prior to entry of the order of disposition.2159

       (6) If, after making a disposition under divisions (A)(1) to2160
(5) of this section, the court finds upon further hearing that the2161
child has failed to comply with the orders of the court and the2162
child's operation of a motor vehicle constitutes the child a2163
danger to the child and to others, the court may make any2164
disposition authorized by divisions (A)(1), (3), (4), and (7) of2165
section 2152.19 of the Revised Code, except that the child may2166
not be committed to or placed in a secure correctional facility2167
unless authorized by division (A)(5) of this section, and2168
commitment to or placement in a detention facility may not exceed2169
twenty-four hours.2170

       (B) If a child is adjudicated a juvenile traffic offender2171
for violating division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the2172
Revised Code, in addition to any order of disposition made under2173
division (A) of this section, the court shall suspendimpose a2174
class six suspension of the temporary instruction permit,2175
probationary driver's license, or driver's license issued to the2176
child for a definite period of at least three months but not more2177
than two years or, at the discretion of the court, untilfrom the2178
range specified in division (A)(6) of section 4510.02 of the2179
Revised Code. The court, in its discretion, may terminate the2180
suspension if the child attends and satisfactorily completes a2181
drug abuse or alcohol abuse education, intervention, or treatment2182
program specified by the court. During the time the child is2183
attending thea program as described in this division, the court2184
shall retain anythe child's temporary instruction permit,2185
probationary driver's license, or driver's license issued to the2186
child, and the court shall return the permit or license when the2187
child satisfactorily completes the programif it terminates the2188
suspension as described in this division.2189

       (C) If a child is adjudicated a juvenile traffic offender2190
for violating division (B)(1) or (2) of section 4513.263 of the2191
Revised Code, the court shall impose the appropriate fine set2192
forth in division (G) of that section 4513.99 of the Revised Code.2193
If a child is adjudicated a juvenile traffic offender for2194
violating division (B)(3) of section 4513.263 of the Revised Code2195
and if the child is sixteen years of age or older, the court shall2196
impose the fine set forth in division (G)(2) of that section2197
4513.99 of the Revised Code. If a child is adjudicated a juvenile2198
traffic offender for violating division (B)(3) of section 4513.2632199
of the Revised Code and if the child is under sixteen years of2200
age, the court shall not impose a fine but may place the child on2201
probation or community control.2202

       (D) A juvenile traffic offender is subject to sections2203
4509.01 to 4509.78 of the Revised Code.2204

       Sec. 2743.191.  (A) There is hereby created in the state2205
treasury the reparations fund, which shall be used only for the2206
payment of awards of reparations that are granted by the attorney2207
general, the compensation of any personnel needed by the attorney2208
general to administer sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised2209
Code, the compensation of witnesses as provided in division (B) of2210
section 2743.65 of the Revised Code, other administrative costs of2211
hearing and determining claims for an award of reparations by the2212
attorney general, the costs of administering sections 2907.28 and2213
2969.01 to 2969.06 of the Revised Code, the costs of investigation2214
and decision-making as certified by the attorney general, the2215
provision of state financial assistance to victim assistance2216
programs in accordance with sections 109.91 and 109.92 of the2217
Revised Code, the costs of paying the expenses of sex2218
offense-related examinations and antibiotics pursuant to section2219
2907.28 of the Revised Code, the cost of printing and distributing2220
the pamphlet prepared by the attorney general pursuant to section2221
109.42 of the Revised Code, and, subject to division (D) of2222
section 2743.71 of the Revised Code, the costs associated with the2223
printing and providing of information cards or other printed2224
materials to law enforcement agencies and prosecuting authorities2225
and with publicizing the availability of awards of reparations2226
pursuant to section 2743.71 of the Revised Code. All costs paid2227
pursuant to section 2743.70 of the Revised Code, the portions of2228
license reinstatement fees mandated by division (L)(F)(2)(b) of2229
section 4511.191 of the Revised Code to be credited to the fund,2230
the portions of the proceeds of the sale of a forfeited vehicle2231
specified in division (D)(C)(2) of section 4503.234 of the Revised2232
Code, payments collected by the department of rehabilitation and2233
correction from prisoners who voluntarily participate in an2234
approved work and training program pursuant to division2235
(C)(8)(b)(ii) of section 5145.16 of the Revised Code, and all2236
moneys collected by the state pursuant to its right of subrogation2237
provided in section 2743.72 of the Revised Code shall be deposited2238
in the fund.2239

       (B) In making an award of reparations, the attorney general2240
shall render the award against the state. The award shall be2241
accomplished only through the following procedure, and the2242
following procedure may be enforced by writ of mandamus directed2243
to the appropriate official:2244

       (1) The attorney general shall provide for payment of the2245
claimant or providers in the amount of the award.2246

       (2) The expense shall be charged against all available2247
unencumbered moneys in the fund.2248

       (3) If sufficient unencumbered moneys do not exist in the2249
fund, the attorney general shall make application for payment of2250
the award out of the emergency purposes account or any other2251
appropriation for emergencies or contingencies, and payment out of2252
this account or other appropriation shall be authorized if there2253
are sufficient moneys greater than the sum total of then pending2254
emergency purposes account requests or requests for releases from2255
the other appropriations.2256

       (4) If sufficient moneys do not exist in the account or any2257
other appropriation for emergencies or contingencies to pay the2258
award, the attorney general shall request the general assembly to2259
make an appropriation sufficient to pay the award, and no payment2260
shall be made until the appropriation has been made. The attorney2261
general shall make this appropriation request during the current2262
biennium and during each succeeding biennium until a sufficient2263
appropriation is made. If, prior to the time that an2264
appropriation is made by the general assembly pursuant to this2265
division, the fund has sufficient unencumbered funds to pay the2266
award or part of the award, the available funds shall be used to2267
pay the award or part of the award, and the appropriation request2268
shall be amended to request only sufficient funds to pay that part2269
of the award that is unpaid.2270

       (C) The attorney general shall not make payment on a2271
decision or order granting an award until all appeals have been2272
determined and all rights to appeal exhausted, except as otherwise2273
provided in this section. If any party to a claim for an award of2274
reparations appeals from only a portion of an award, and a2275
remaining portion provides for the payment of money by the state,2276
that part of the award calling for the payment of money by the2277
state and not a subject of the appeal shall be processed for2278
payment as described in this section.2279

       (D) The attorney general shall prepare itemized bills for2280
the costs of printing and distributing the pamphlet the attorney2281
general prepares pursuant to section 109.42 of the Revised Code.2282
The itemized bills shall set forth the name and address of the2283
persons owed the amounts set forth in them.2284

       Sec. 2743.51.  As used in sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the2285
Revised Code:2286

       (A) "Claimant" means both of the following categories of2287
persons:2288

       (1) Any of the following persons who claim an award of2289
reparations under sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code:2290

       (a) A victim who was one of the following at the time of the2291
criminally injurious conduct:2292

       (i) A resident of the United States;2293

       (ii) A resident of a foreign country the laws of which2294
permit residents of this state to recover compensation as victims2295
of offenses committed in that country.2296

       (b) A dependent of a deceased victim who is described in2297
division (A)(1)(a) of this section;2298

       (c) A third person, other than a collateral source, who2299
legally assumes or voluntarily pays the obligations of a victim,2300
or of a dependent of a victim, who is described in division2301
(A)(1)(a) of this section, which obligations are incurred as a2302
result of the criminally injurious conduct that is the subject of2303
the claim and may include, but are not limited to, medical or2304
burial expenses;2305

       (d) A person who is authorized to act on behalf of any2306
person who is described in division (A)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this2307
section.2308

       (2) Any of the following persons who claim an award of2309
reparations under sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code:2310

       (a) A victim who had a permanent place of residence within2311
this state at the time of the criminally injurious conduct and2312
who, at the time of the criminally injurious conduct, complied2313
with any one of the following:2314

       (i) Had a permanent place of employment in this state;2315

       (ii) Was a member of the regular armed forces of the United2316
States or of the United States coast guard or was a full-time2317
member of the Ohio organized militia or of the United States army2318
reserve, naval reserve, or air force reserve;2319

       (iii) Was retired and receiving social security or any other2320
retirement income;2321

       (iv) Was sixty years of age or older;2322

       (v) Was temporarily in another state for the purpose of2323
receiving medical treatment;2324

       (vi) Was temporarily in another state for the purpose of2325
performing employment-related duties required by an employer2326
located within this state as an express condition of employment or2327
employee benefits;2328

       (vii) Was temporarily in another state for the purpose of2329
receiving occupational, vocational, or other job-related training2330
or instruction required by an employer located within this state2331
as an express condition of employment or employee benefits;2332

       (viii) Was a full-time student at an academic institution,2333
college, or university located in another state;2334

       (ix) Had not departed the geographical boundaries of this2335
state for a period exceeding thirty days or with the intention of2336
becoming a citizen of another state or establishing a permanent2337
place of residence in another state.2338

       (b) A dependent of a deceased victim who is described in2339
division (A)(2)(a) of this section;2340

       (c) A third person, other than a collateral source, who2341
legally assumes or voluntarily pays the obligations of a victim,2342
or of a dependent of a victim, who is described in division2343
(A)(2)(a) of this section, which obligations are incurred as a2344
result of the criminally injurious conduct that is the subject of2345
the claim and may include, but are not limited to, medical or2346
burial expenses;2347

       (d) A person who is authorized to act on behalf of any2348
person who is described in division (A)(2)(a), (b), or (c) of this2349
section.2350

       (B) "Collateral source" means a source of benefits or2351
advantages for economic loss otherwise reparable that the victim2352
or claimant has received, or that is readily available to the2353
victim or claimant, from any of the following sources:2354

       (1) The offender;2355

       (2) The government of the United States or any of its2356
agencies, a state or any of its political subdivisions, or an2357
instrumentality of two or more states, unless the law providing2358
for the benefits or advantages makes them excess or secondary to2359
benefits under sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code;2360

       (3) Social security, medicare, and medicaid;2361

       (4) State-required, temporary, nonoccupational disability2362
insurance;2363

       (5) Workers' compensation;2364

       (6) Wage continuation programs of any employer;2365

       (7) Proceeds of a contract of insurance payable to the2366
victim for loss that the victim sustained because of the2367
criminally injurious conduct;2368

       (8) A contract providing prepaid hospital and other health2369
care services, or benefits for disability;2370

       (9) That portion of the proceeds of all contracts of2371
insurance payable to the claimant on account of the death of the2372
victim that exceeds fifty thousand dollars;2373

       (10) Any compensation recovered or recoverable under the2374
laws of another state, district, territory, or foreign country2375
because the victim was the victim of an offense committed in that2376
state, district, territory, or country.2377

       "Collateral source" does not include any money, or the2378
monetary value of any property, that is subject to sections2379
2969.01 to 2969.06 of the Revised Code.2380

       (C) "Criminally injurious conduct" means one of the2381
following:2382

       (1) For the purposes of any person described in division2383
(A)(1) of this section, any conduct that occurs or is attempted in2384
this state; poses a substantial threat of personal injury or2385
death; and is punishable by fine, imprisonment, or death, or would2386
be so punishable but for the fact that the person engaging in the2387
conduct lacked capacity to commit the crime under the laws of this2388
state. Criminally injurious conduct does not include conduct2389
arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor2390
vehicle, except when any of the following applies:2391

       (a) The person engaging in the conduct intended to cause2392
personal injury or death;2393

       (b) The person engaging in the conduct was using the vehicle2394
to flee immediately after committing a felony or an act that would2395
constitute a felony but for the fact that the person engaging in2396
the conduct lacked the capacity to commit the felony under the2397
laws of this state;2398

       (c) The person engaging in the conduct was using the vehicle2399
in a manner that constitutes an OMVIOVI violation;2400

       (d) The conduct occurred on or after July 25, 1990, and the2401
person engaging in the conduct was using the vehicle in a manner2402
that constitutes a violation of section 2903.08 of the Revised2403
Code.2404

       (2) For the purposes of any person described in division2405
(A)(2) of this section, any conduct that occurs or is attempted in2406
another state, district, territory, or foreign country; poses a2407
substantial threat of personal injury or death; and is punishable2408
by fine, imprisonment, or death, or would be so punishable but for2409
the fact that the person engaging in the conduct lacked capacity2410
to commit the crime under the laws of the state, district,2411
territory, or foreign country in which the conduct occurred or was2412
attempted. Criminally injurious conduct does not include conduct2413
arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor2414
vehicle, except when any of the following applies:2415

       (a) The person engaging in the conduct intended to cause2416
personal injury or death;2417

       (b) The person engaging in the conduct was using the vehicle2418
to flee immediately after committing a felony or an act that would2419
constitute a felony but for the fact that the person engaging in2420
the conduct lacked the capacity to commit the felony under the2421
laws of the state, district, territory, or foreign country in2422
which the conduct occurred or was attempted;2423

       (c) The person engaging in the conduct was using the vehicle2424
in a manner that constitutes an OMVIOVI violation;2425

       (d) The conduct occurred on or after July 25, 1990, the2426
person engaging in the conduct was using the vehicle in a manner2427
that constitutes a violation of any law of the state, district,2428
territory, or foreign country in which the conduct occurred, and2429
that law is substantially similar to a violation of section2430
2903.08 of the Revised Code.2431

       (3) For the purposes of any person described in division2432
(A)(1) or (2) of this section, terrorism that occurs within or2433
outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.2434

       (D) "Dependent" means an individual wholly or partially2435
dependent upon the victim for care and support, and includes a2436
child of the victim born after the victim's death.2437

       (E) "Economic loss" means economic detriment consisting only2438
of allowable expense, work loss, funeral expense, unemployment2439
benefits loss, replacement services loss, cost of crime scene2440
cleanup, and cost of evidence replacement. If criminally2441
injurious conduct causes death, economic loss includes a2442
dependent's economic loss and a dependent's replacement services2443
loss. Noneconomic detriment is not economic loss; however,2444
economic loss may be caused by pain and suffering or physical2445
impairment.2446

       (F)(1) "Allowable expense" means reasonable charges incurred2447
for reasonably needed products, services, and accommodations,2448
including those for medical care, rehabilitation, rehabilitative2449
occupational training, and other remedial treatment and care and2450
including replacement costs for eyeglasses and other corrective2451
lenses. It does not include that portion of a charge for a room2452
in a hospital, clinic, convalescent home, nursing home, or any2453
other institution engaged in providing nursing care and related2454
services in excess of a reasonable and customary charge for2455
semiprivate accommodations, unless accommodations other than2456
semiprivate accommodations are medically required.2457

       (2) An immediate family member of a victim of criminally2458
injurious conduct that consists of a homicide, a sexual assault,2459
domestic violence, or a severe and permanent incapacitating injury2460
resulting in paraplegia or a similar life-altering condition, who2461
requires psychiatric care or counseling as a result of the2462
criminally injurious conduct, may be reimbursed for that care or2463
counseling as an allowable expense through the victim's2464
application. The cumulative allowable expense for care or2465
counseling of that nature for each family member of a victim of2466
that type shall not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars.2467

       (G) "Work loss" means loss of income from work that the2468
injured person would have performed if the person had not been2469
injured and expenses reasonably incurred by the person to obtain2470
services in lieu of those the person would have performed for2471
income, reduced by any income from substitute work actually2472
performed by the person, or by income the person would have earned2473
in available appropriate substitute work that the person was2474
capable of performing but unreasonably failed to undertake.2475

       (H) "Replacement services loss" means expenses reasonably2476
incurred in obtaining ordinary and necessary services in lieu of2477
those the injured person would have performed, not for income, but2478
for the benefit of the person's self or family, if the person had2479
not been injured.2480

       (I) "Dependent's economic loss" means loss after a victim's2481
death of contributions of things of economic value to the victim's2482
dependents, not including services they would have received from2483
the victim if the victim had not suffered the fatal injury, less2484
expenses of the dependents avoided by reason of the victim's2485
death. If a minor child of a victim is adopted after the victim's2486
death, the minor child continues after the adoption to incur a2487
dependent's economic loss as a result of the victim's death. If2488
the surviving spouse of a victim remarries, the surviving spouse2489
continues after the remarriage to incur a dependent's economic2490
loss as a result of the victim's death.2491

       (J) "Dependent's replacement services loss" means loss2492
reasonably incurred by dependents after a victim's death in2493
obtaining ordinary and necessary services in lieu of those the2494
victim would have performed for their benefit if the victim had2495
not suffered the fatal injury, less expenses of the dependents2496
avoided by reason of the victim's death and not subtracted in2497
calculating the dependent's economic loss. If a minor child of a2498
victim is adopted after the victim's death, the minor child2499
continues after the adoption to incur a dependent's replacement2500
services loss as a result of the victim's death. If the surviving2501
spouse of a victim remarries, the surviving spouse continues after2502
the remarriage to incur a dependent's replacement services loss as2503
a result of the victim's death.2504

       (K) "Noneconomic detriment" means pain, suffering,2505
inconvenience, physical impairment, or other nonpecuniary damage.2506

       (L) "Victim" means a person who suffers personal injury or2507
death as a result of any of the following:2508

       (1) Criminally injurious conduct;2509

       (2) The good faith effort of any person to prevent2510
criminally injurious conduct;2511

       (3) The good faith effort of any person to apprehend a2512
person suspected of engaging in criminally injurious conduct.2513

       (M) "Contributory misconduct" means any conduct of the2514
claimant or of the victim through whom the claimant claims an2515
award of reparations that is unlawful or intentionally tortious2516
and that, without regard to the conduct's proximity in time or2517
space to the criminally injurious conduct, has a causal2518
relationship to the criminally injurious conduct that is the basis2519
of the claim.2520

       (N) "Funeral expense" means any reasonable charges that are2521
not in excess of five thousand dollars per funeral and that are2522
incurred for expenses directly related to a victim's funeral,2523
cremation, or burial.2524

       (O) "Unemployment benefits loss" means a loss of unemployment2525
benefits pursuant to Chapter 4141. of the Revised Code when the2526
loss arises solely from the inability of a victim to meet the able2527
to work, available for suitable work, or the actively seeking2528
suitable work requirements of division (A)(4)(a) of section2529
4141.29 of the Revised Code.2530

       (P) "OMVIOVI violation" means any of the following:2531

       (1) A violation of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, of2532
any municipal ordinance prohibiting the operation of a vehicle2533
while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol2534
and a drug of abusecombination of them, or of any municipal2535
ordinance prohibiting the operation of a vehicle with a prohibited2536
concentration of alcohol in the whole blood, blood serum or2537
plasma, breath, or urine;2538

       (2) A violation of division (A)(1) of section 2903.06 of the2539
Revised Code;2540

       (3) A violation of division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of section2541
2903.06 of the Revised Code or of a municipal ordinance2542
substantially similar to any of those divisions, if the offender2543
was under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol2544
and a drug of abusecombination of them, at the time of the2545
commission of the offense;2546

       (4) For purposes of any person described in division (A)(2)2547
of this section, a violation of any law of the state, district,2548
territory, or foreign country in which the criminally injurious2549
conduct occurred, if that law is substantially similar to a2550
violation described in division (P)(1) or (2) of this section or2551
if that law is substantially similar to a violation described in2552
division (P)(3) of this section and the offender was under the2553
influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of2554
abusecombination of them, at the time of the commission of the2555
offense.2556

       (Q) "Pendency of the claim" for an original reparations2557
application or supplemental reparations application means the2558
period of time from the date the criminally injurious conduct upon2559
which the application is based occurred until the date a final2560
decision, order, or judgment concerning that original reparations2561
application or supplemental reparations application is issued.2562

       (R) "Terrorism" means any activity to which all of the2563
following apply:2564

       (1) The activity involves a violent act or an act that is2565
dangerous to human life.2566

       (2) The act described in division (R)(1) of this section is2567
committed within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States2568
and is a violation of the criminal laws of the United States, this2569
state, or any other state or the act described in division (R)(1)2570
of this section is committed outside the territorial jurisdiction2571
of the United States and would be a violation of the criminal laws2572
of the United States, this state, or any other state if committed2573
within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.2574

       (3) The activity appears to be intended to do any of the2575
following:2576

       (a) Intimidate or coerce a civilian population;2577

       (b) Influence the policy of any government by intimidation2578
or coercion;2579

       (c) Affect the conduct of any government by assassination or2580
kidnapping.2581

       (4) The activity occurs primarily outside the territorial2582
jurisdiction of the United States or transcends the national2583
boundaries of the United States in terms of the means by which the2584
activity is accomplished, the person or persons that the activity2585
appears intended to intimidate or coerce, or the area or locale in2586
which the perpetrator or perpetrators of the activity operate or2587
seek asylum.2588

       (S) "Transcends the national boundaries of the United States"2589
means occurring outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United2590
States in addition to occurring within the territorial2591
jurisdiction of the United States.2592

       (T) "Cost of crime scene cleanup" means reasonable and2593
necessary costs of cleaning the scene where the criminally2594
injurious conduct occurred, not to exceed seven hundred fifty2595
dollars in the aggregate per claim.2596

       (U) "Cost of evidence replacement" means costs for2597
replacement of property confiscated for evidentiary purposes2598
related to the criminally injurious conduct, not to exceed seven2599
hundred fifty dollars in the aggregate per claim.2600

       (V) "Provider" means any person who provides a victim or2601
claimant with a product, service, or accommodations that are an2602
allowable expense or a funeral expense.2603

       (W) "Immediate family member" means an individual who is2604
related to a victim within the first degree by affinity or2605
consanguinity.2606

       Sec. 2743.52.  (A) The attorney general shall make awards of2607
reparations for economic loss arising from criminally injurious2608
conduct, if satisfied by a preponderance of the evidence that the2609
requirements for an award of reparations have been met.2610

       (B) A court of claims panel of commissioners or a judge of2611
the court of claims has appellate jurisdiction to order awards of2612
reparations for economic loss arising from criminally injurious2613
conduct, if satisfied by a preponderance of the evidence that the2614
requirements for an award of reparations have been met.2615

       (C) A decision of the attorney general, an order of a court2616
of claims panel of commissioners, or the judgment of a judge of2617
the court of claims concerning an OMVIOVI violation shall not be2618
used as the basis for any civil or criminal action and shall not2619
be admissible as evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding.2620

       Sec. 2903.04.  (A) No person shall cause the death of2621
another or the unlawful termination of another's pregnancy as a2622
proximate result of the offender's committing or attempting to2623
commit a felony.2624

       (B) No person shall cause the death of another or the2625
unlawful termination of another's pregnancy as a proximate result2626
of the offender's committing or attempting to commit a misdemeanor2627
of any degree, a regulatory offense, or a minor misdemeanor other2628
than a violation of any section contained in Title XLV of the2629
Revised Code that is a minor misdemeanor and other than a2630
violation of an ordinance of a municipal corporation that,2631
regardless of the penalty set by ordinance for the violation, is2632
substantially equivalent to any section contained in Title XLV of2633
the Revised Code that is a minor misdemeanor.2634

       (C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of involuntary2635
manslaughter. Violation of division (A) of th