As Passed by the House 1
122nd General Assembly 4
Regular Session H. B. No. 293 5
1997-1998 6
REPRESENTATIVES GERBERRY-LUCAS-FORD-GARCIA-BATCHELDER-LEWIS- 8
VESPER-SAWYER-LOGAN-OGG-COLONNA-VERICH-MASON 9
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A B I L L
To amend section 2921.01 of the Revised Code to 12
amend the definition of "detention" to expressly 13
include the confinement in any public or private 14
facility of alleged or convicted offenders or 15
alleged or adjudicated delinquent or unruly 16
children who violate or allegedly violate a law 17
of this state, another state, or the United 18
States. 19
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 20
Section 1. That section 2921.01 of the Revised Code be 22
amended to read as follows: 23
Sec. 2921.01. As used in sections 2921.01 to 2921.45 of 32
the Revised Code: 33
(A) "Public official" means any elected or appointed 35
officer, or employee, or agent of the state or any political 36
subdivision, whether in a temporary or permanent capacity, and 37
includes, but is not limited to, legislators, judges, and law 39
enforcement officers.
(B) "Public servant" means any of the following: 41
(1) Any public official; 43
(2) Any person performing ad hoc a governmental function, 45
including, but not limited to, a juror, member of a temporary 47
commission, master, arbitrator, advisor, or consultant; 48
(3) A person who is a candidate for public office, whether 50
or not the person is elected or appointed to the office for which 52
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the person is a candidate. A person is a candidate for purposes 54
of this division if the person has been nominated according to 55
law for election or appointment to public office, or if the 56
person has filed a petition or petitions as required by law to 57
have the person's name placed on the ballot in a primary, 58
general, or special election, or if the person campaigns as a 59
write-in candidate in any primary, general, or special election.
(C) "Party official" means any person who holds an 61
elective or appointive post in a political party in the United 62
States or this state, by virtue of which the person directs, 63
conducts, or participates in directing or conducting party 65
affairs at any level of responsibility. 66
(D) "Official proceeding" means any proceeding before a 68
legislative, judicial, administrative, or other governmental 69
agency or official authorized to take evidence under oath, and 70
includes any proceeding before a referee, hearing examiner, 71
commissioner, notary, or other person taking testimony or a 72
deposition in connection with an official proceeding. 73
(E) "Detention" means arrest; confinement in any vehicle 75
subsequent to an arrest; confinement in any PUBLIC OR PRIVATE 76
facility for custody of persons charged with or convicted of 78
crime IN THIS STATE OR ANOTHER STATE OR UNDER THE LAWS OF THE 79
UNITED STATES or alleged or found to be a delinquent child or 81
unruly child IN THIS STATE OR ANOTHER STATE OR UNDER THE LAWS OF 82
THE UNITED STATES; hospitalization, institutionalization, or 83
confinement in any PUBLIC OR PRIVATE facility that is ordered 85
pursuant to or under the authority of section 2945.37, 2945.371, 86
2945.38, 2945.39, 2945.40, 2945.401, or 2945.402 of the Revised 87
Code; confinement in any vehicle for transportation to or from 89
any facility of any of those natures; detention for extradition 90
or deportation; except as provided in this division, supervision 91
by any employee of any facility of any of those natures that is 92
incidental to hospitalization, institutionalization, or 93
confinement in the facility but that occurs outside the facility; 94
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or supervision by an employee of the department of rehabilitation 95
and correction of a person on any type of release from a state
correctional institution. For a person confined in a county jail 96
who participates in a county jail industry program pursuant to 97
section 5147.30 of the Revised Code, "detention" includes time 98
spent at an assigned work site and going to and from the work 99
site. 100
(F) "Detention facility" means any place used for the 102
confinement of a person charged with or convicted of any crime or 103
alleged or found to be a delinquent child or unruly child. 104
(G) "Valuable thing or valuable benefit" includes, but is 106
not limited to, a contribution. This inclusion does not indicate 107
or imply that a contribution was not included in those terms 108
before September 17, 1986. 109
(H) "Campaign committee," "contribution," "political 111
action committee," "legislative campaign fund," and "political 113
party" have the same meanings as in section 3517.01 of the 114
Revised Code.
(I) "Provider agreement" and "medical assistance program" 116
have the same meanings as in section 2913.40 of the Revised Code. 117
Section 2. That existing section 2921.01 of the Revised 119
Code is hereby repealed. 120