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To amend sections 4501.01, 4509.01, 4511.01, and | 1 |
4511.99 and to enact section 4511.512 of the | 2 |
Revised Code to exempt electric personal assistive | 3 |
mobility devices from the definition of "vehicle" | 4 |
in the motor vehicle and traffic laws and to permit | 5 |
their operation on sidewalks, bikeways, and public | 6 |
streets and highways, subject to certain | 7 |
restrictions. | 8 |
Section 1. That sections 4501.01, 4509.01, 4511.01, and | 9 |
4511.99 be amended and section 4511.512 of the Revised Code be | 10 |
enacted to read as follows: | 11 |
Sec. 4501.01. As used in this chapter and Chapters 4503., | 12 |
4505., 4507., 4509., 4511., 4513., 4515., and 4517. of the | 13 |
Revised Code, and in the penal laws, except as otherwise | 14 |
provided: | 15 |
(A) "Vehicles" means everything on wheels or runners, | 16 |
including motorized bicycles, but does not mean electric personal | 17 |
assistive mobility devices, vehicles that are operated | 18 |
exclusively on rails or tracks or from overhead electric trolley | 19 |
wires, and vehicles that belong to any police department, | 20 |
municipal fire department, or volunteer fire department, or that | 21 |
are used by such a department in the discharge of its functions. | 22 |
(B) "Motor vehicle" means any vehicle, including mobile | 23 |
homes and recreational vehicles, that is propelled or drawn by | 24 |
power other than muscular power or power collected from overhead | 25 |
electric trolley wires. "Motor vehicle" does not include | 26 |
motorized bicycles, road rollers, traction engines, power | 27 |
shovels, power cranes, and other equipment used in construction | 28 |
work and not designed for or employed in general highway | 29 |
transportation, well-drilling machinery, ditch-digging | 30 |
machinery, farm machinery, trailers that are used to transport | 31 |
agricultural produce or agricultural production materials | 32 |
between a local place of storage or supply and the farm when | 33 |
drawn or towed on a public road or highway at a speed of | 34 |
twenty-five miles per hour or less, threshing machinery, | 35 |
hay-baling machinery, corn sheller, hammermill and agricultural | 36 |
tractors, machinery used in the production of horticultural, | 37 |
agricultural, and vegetable products, and trailers that are | 38 |
designed and used exclusively to transport a boat between a | 39 |
place of storage and a marina, or in and around a marina, when | 40 |
drawn or towed on a public road or highway for a distance of no | 41 |
more than ten miles and at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour | 42 |
or less. | 43 |
(C) "Agricultural tractor" and "traction engine" mean any | 44 |
self-propelling vehicle that is designed or used for drawing other | 45 |
vehicles or wheeled machinery, but has no provisions for carrying | 46 |
loads independently of such other vehicles, and that is used | 47 |
principally for agricultural purposes. | 48 |
(D) "Commercial tractor," except as defined in division (C) | 49 |
of this section, means any motor vehicle that has motive power | 50 |
and either is designed or used for drawing other motor vehicles, | 51 |
or is designed or used for drawing another motor vehicle while | 52 |
carrying a portion of the other motor vehicle or its load, or | 53 |
both. | 54 |
(E) "Passenger car" means any motor vehicle that is designed | 55 |
and used for carrying not more than nine persons and includes any | 56 |
motor vehicle that is designed and used for carrying not more | 57 |
than fifteen persons in a ridesharing arrangement. | 58 |
(F) "Collector's vehicle" means any motor vehicle or | 59 |
agricultural tractor or traction engine that is of special | 60 |
interest, that has a fair market value of one hundred dollars or | 61 |
more, whether operable or not, and that is owned, operated, | 62 |
collected, preserved, restored, maintained, or used essentially | 63 |
as a collector's item, leisure pursuit, or investment, but not | 64 |
as the owner's principal means of transportation. "Licensed | 65 |
collector's vehicle" means a collector's vehicle, other than an | 66 |
agricultural tractor or traction engine, that displays current, | 67 |
valid license tags issued under section 4503.45 of the Revised | 68 |
Code, or a similar type of motor vehicle that displays current, | 69 |
valid license tags issued under substantially equivalent | 70 |
provisions in the laws of other states. | 71 |
(G) "Historical motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle that | 72 |
is over twenty-five years old and is owned solely as a | 73 |
collector's item and for participation in club activities, | 74 |
exhibitions, tours, parades, and similar uses, but that in no | 75 |
event is used for general transportation. | 76 |
(H) "Noncommercial motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle, | 77 |
including a farm truck as defined in section 4503.04 of the | 78 |
Revised Code, that is designed by the manufacturer to carry a load | 79 |
of no more than one ton and is used exclusively for purposes | 80 |
other than engaging in business for profit. | 81 |
(I) "Bus" means any motor vehicle that has motor power and | 82 |
is designed and used for carrying more than nine passengers, | 83 |
except any motor vehicle that is designed and used for carrying | 84 |
not more than fifteen passengers in a ridesharing arrangement. | 85 |
(J) "Commercial car" or "truck" means any motor vehicle | 86 |
that has motor power and is designed and used for carrying | 87 |
merchandise or freight, or that is used as a commercial tractor. | 88 |
(K) "Bicycle" means every device, other than a tricycle | 89 |
that is designed solely for use as a play vehicle by a child, | 90 |
that is propelled solely by human power upon which any person | 91 |
may ride, and that has either two tandem wheels, or one wheel in | 92 |
front and two wheels in the rear, any of which is more than | 93 |
fourteen inches in diameter. | 94 |
(L) "Motorized bicycle" means any vehicle that either has | 95 |
two tandem wheels or one wheel in the front and two wheels in | 96 |
the rear, that is capable of being pedaled, and that is equipped | 97 |
with a helper motor of not more than fifty cubic centimeters | 98 |
piston displacement that produces no more than one brake | 99 |
horsepower and is capable of propelling the vehicle at a speed of | 100 |
no greater than twenty miles per hour on a level surface. | 101 |
(M) "Trailer" means any vehicle without motive power that | 102 |
is designed or used for carrying property or persons wholly on | 103 |
its own structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle, and | 104 |
includes any such vehicle that is formed by or operated as a | 105 |
combination of a semitrailer and a vehicle of the dolly type such | 106 |
as that commonly known as a trailer dolly, a vehicle used to | 107 |
transport agricultural produce or agricultural production | 108 |
materials between a local place of storage or supply and the farm | 109 |
when drawn or towed on a public road or highway at a speed | 110 |
greater than twenty-five miles per hour, and a vehicle that is | 111 |
designed and used exclusively to transport a boat between a | 112 |
place of storage and a marina, or in and around a marina, when | 113 |
drawn or towed on a public road or highway for a distance of | 114 |
more than ten miles or at a speed of more than twenty-five miles | 115 |
per hour. "Trailer" does not include a manufactured home or | 116 |
travel trailer. | 117 |
(N) "Noncommercial trailer" means any trailer, except a | 118 |
travel trailer or trailer that is used to transport a boat as | 119 |
described in division (B) of this section, but, where applicable, | 120 |
includes a vehicle that is used to transport a boat as described | 121 |
in division (M) of this section, that has a gross weight of no | 122 |
more than three thousand pounds, and that is used exclusively for | 123 |
purposes other than engaging in business for a profit. | 124 |
(O) "Mobile home" means a building unit or assembly of | 125 |
closed construction that is fabricated in an off-site facility, | 126 |
is more than thirty-five body feet in length or, when erected | 127 |
on site, is three hundred twenty or more square feet, is built | 128 |
on a permanent chassis, is transportable in one or more | 129 |
sections, and does not qualify as a manufactured home as | 130 |
defined in division (C)(4) of section 3781.06 of the Revised | 131 |
Code or as an industrialized unit as defined in division (C)(3) | 132 |
of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code. | 133 |
(P) "Semitrailer" means any vehicle of the trailer type | 134 |
that does not have motive power and is so designed or used with | 135 |
another and separate motor vehicle that in operation a part of | 136 |
its own weight or that of its load, or both, rests upon and is | 137 |
carried by the other vehicle furnishing the motive power for | 138 |
propelling itself and the vehicle referred to in this division, | 139 |
and includes, for the purpose only of registration and taxation | 140 |
under those chapters, any vehicle of the dolly type, such as a | 141 |
trailer dolly, that is designed or used for the conversion of a | 142 |
semitrailer into a trailer. | 143 |
(Q) "Recreational vehicle" means a vehicular portable | 144 |
structure that meets all of the following conditions: | 145 |
(1) It is designed for the sole purpose of recreational | 146 |
travel. | 147 |
(2) It is not used for the purpose of engaging in business | 148 |
for profit. | 149 |
(3) It is not used for the purpose of engaging in intrastate | 150 |
commerce. | 151 |
(4) It is not used for the purpose of commerce as defined in | 152 |
49 C.F.R. 383.5, as amended. | 153 |
(5) It is not regulated by the public utilities commission | 154 |
pursuant to Chapter 4919., 4921., or 4923. of the Revised Code. | 155 |
(6) It is classed as one of the following: | 156 |
(a) "Travel trailer" means a nonself-propelled recreational | 157 |
vehicle that does not exceed an overall length of thirty-five | 158 |
feet, exclusive of bumper and tongue or coupling, and contains | 159 |
less than three hundred twenty square feet of space when erected | 160 |
on site. "Travel trailer" includes a tent-type fold-out camping | 161 |
trailer as defined in section 4517.01 of the Revised Code. | 162 |
(b) "Motor home" means a self-propelled recreational | 163 |
vehicle that has no fifth wheel and is constructed with | 164 |
permanently installed facilities for cold storage, cooking and | 165 |
consuming of food, and for sleeping. | 166 |
(c) "Truck camper" means a nonself-propelled recreational | 167 |
vehicle that does not have wheels for road use and is designed to | 168 |
be placed upon and attached to a motor vehicle. "Truck camper" | 169 |
does not include truck covers that consist of walls and a roof, | 170 |
but do not have floors and facilities enabling them to be used as | 171 |
a dwelling. | 172 |
(d) "Fifth wheel trailer" means a vehicle that is of such | 173 |
size and weight as to be movable without a special highway | 174 |
permit, that has a gross trailer area of four hundred square | 175 |
feet or less, that is constructed with a raised forward section | 176 |
that allows a bi-level floor plan, and that is designed to be | 177 |
towed by a vehicle equipped with a fifth-wheel hitch ordinarily | 178 |
installed in the bed of a truck. | 179 |
(e) "Park trailer" means a vehicle that is commonly known as | 180 |
a park model recreational vehicle, meets the American national | 181 |
standard institute standard A119.5 (1988) for park trailers, is | 182 |
built on a single chassis, has a gross trailer area of four | 183 |
hundred square feet or less when set up, is designed for seasonal | 184 |
or temporary living quarters, and may be connected to utilities | 185 |
necessary for the operation of installed features and appliances. | 186 |
(R) "Pneumatic tires" means tires of rubber and fabric or | 187 |
tires of similar material, that are inflated with air. | 188 |
(S) "Solid tires" means tires of rubber or similar elastic | 189 |
material that are not dependent upon confined air for support of | 190 |
the load. | 191 |
(T) "Solid tire vehicle" means any vehicle that is equipped | 192 |
with two or more solid tires. | 193 |
(U) "Farm machinery" means all machines and tools that are | 194 |
used in the production, harvesting, and care of farm products, | 195 |
and includes trailers that are used to transport agricultural | 196 |
produce or agricultural production materials between a local | 197 |
place of storage or supply and the farm when drawn or towed on a | 198 |
public road or highway at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour | 199 |
or less. | 200 |
(V) "Owner" includes any person or firm, other than a | 201 |
manufacturer or dealer, that has title to a motor vehicle, | 202 |
except that, in sections 4505.01 to 4505.19 of the Revised Code, | 203 |
"owner" includes in addition manufacturers and dealers. | 204 |
(W) "Manufacturer" and "dealer" include all persons and | 205 |
firms that are regularly engaged in the business of | 206 |
manufacturing, selling, displaying, offering for sale, or dealing | 207 |
in motor vehicles, at an established place of business that is | 208 |
used exclusively for the purpose of manufacturing, selling, | 209 |
displaying, offering for sale, or dealing in motor vehicles. A | 210 |
place of business that is used for manufacturing, selling, | 211 |
displaying, offering for sale, or dealing in motor vehicles shall | 212 |
be deemed to be used exclusively for those purposes even though | 213 |
snowmobiles or all-purpose vehicles are sold or displayed for | 214 |
sale thereat, even though farm machinery is sold or displayed | 215 |
for sale thereat, or even though repair, accessory, gasoline | 216 |
and oil, storage, parts, service, or paint departments are | 217 |
maintained thereat, or, in any county having a population of | 218 |
less than seventy-five thousand at the last federal census, | 219 |
even though a department in a place of business is used to | 220 |
dismantle, salvage, or rebuild motor vehicles by means of used | 221 |
parts, if such departments are operated for the purpose of | 222 |
furthering and assisting in the business of manufacturing, | 223 |
selling, displaying, offering for sale, or dealing in motor | 224 |
vehicles. Places of business or departments in a place of | 225 |
business used to dismantle, salvage, or rebuild motor vehicles | 226 |
by means of using used parts are not considered as being | 227 |
maintained for the purpose of assisting or furthering the | 228 |
manufacturing, selling, displaying, and offering for sale or | 229 |
dealing in motor vehicles. | 230 |
(X) "Operator" includes any person who drives or operates a | 231 |
motor vehicle upon the public highways. | 232 |
(Y) "Chauffeur" means any operator who operates a motor | 233 |
vehicle, other than a taxicab, as an employee for hire; or any | 234 |
operator whether or not the owner of a motor vehicle, other than | 235 |
a taxicab, who operates such vehicle for transporting, for gain, | 236 |
compensation, or profit, either persons or property owned by | 237 |
another. Any operator of a motor vehicle who is voluntarily | 238 |
involved in a ridesharing arrangement is not considered an | 239 |
employee for hire or operating such vehicle for gain, | 240 |
compensation, or profit. | 241 |
(Z) "State" includes the territories and federal districts | 242 |
of the United States, and the provinces of Canada. | 243 |
(AA) "Public roads and highways" for vehicles includes all | 244 |
public thoroughfares, bridges, and culverts. | 245 |
(BB) "Manufacturer's number" means the manufacturer's | 246 |
original serial number that is affixed to or imprinted upon the | 247 |
chassis or other part of the motor vehicle. | 248 |
(CC) "Motor number" means the manufacturer's original | 249 |
number that is affixed to or imprinted upon the engine or motor | 250 |
of the vehicle. | 251 |
(DD) "Distributor" means any person who is authorized by a | 252 |
motor vehicle manufacturer to distribute new motor vehicles to | 253 |
licensed motor vehicle dealers at an established place of | 254 |
business that is used exclusively for the purpose of | 255 |
distributing new motor vehicles to licensed motor vehicle | 256 |
dealers, except when the distributor also is a new motor vehicle | 257 |
dealer, in which case the distributor may distribute at the | 258 |
location of the distributor's licensed dealership. | 259 |
(EE) "Ridesharing arrangement" means the transportation of | 260 |
persons in a motor vehicle where the transportation is incidental | 261 |
to another purpose of a volunteer driver and includes ridesharing | 262 |
arrangements known as carpools, vanpools, and buspools. | 263 |
(FF) "Apportionable vehicle" means any vehicle that is used | 264 |
or intended for use in two or more international registration | 265 |
plan member jurisdictions that allocate or proportionally | 266 |
register vehicles, that is used for the transportation of persons | 267 |
for hire or designed, used, or maintained primarily for the | 268 |
transportation of property, and that meets any of the following | 269 |
qualifications: | 270 |
(1) Is a power unit having a gross vehicle weight in excess | 271 |
of twenty-six thousand pounds; | 272 |
(2) Is a power unit having three or more axles, regardless | 273 |
of the gross vehicle weight; | 274 |
(3) Is a combination vehicle with a gross vehicle weight in | 275 |
excess of twenty-six thousand pounds. | 276 |
"Apportionable vehicle" does not include recreational | 277 |
vehicles, vehicles displaying restricted plates, city pick-up and | 278 |
delivery vehicles, buses used for the transportation of chartered | 279 |
parties, or vehicles owned and operated by the United States, | 280 |
this state, or any political subdivisions thereof. | 281 |
(GG) "Chartered party" means a group of persons who | 282 |
contract as a group to acquire the exclusive use of a | 283 |
passenger-carrying motor vehicle at a fixed charge for the | 284 |
vehicle in accordance with the carrier's tariff, lawfully on file | 285 |
with the United States department of transportation, for the | 286 |
purpose of group travel to a specified destination or for a | 287 |
particular itinerary, either agreed upon in advance or modified | 288 |
by the chartered group after having left the place of origin. | 289 |
(HH) "International registration plan" means a reciprocal | 290 |
agreement of member jurisdictions that is endorsed by the | 291 |
American association of motor vehicle administrators, and that | 292 |
promotes and encourages the fullest possible use of the highway | 293 |
system by authorizing apportioned registration of fleets of | 294 |
vehicles and recognizing registration of vehicles apportioned in | 295 |
member jurisdictions. | 296 |
(II) "Restricted plate" means a license plate that has a | 297 |
restriction of time, geographic area, mileage, or commodity, and | 298 |
includes license plates issued to farm trucks under division (K) | 299 |
of section 4503.04 of the Revised Code. | 300 |
(JJ) "Gross vehicle weight," with regard to any commercial | 301 |
car, trailer, semitrailer, or bus that is taxed at the rates | 302 |
established under section 4503.042 of the Revised Code, means the | 303 |
unladen weight of the vehicle fully equipped plus the maximum | 304 |
weight of the load to be carried on the vehicle. | 305 |
(KK) "Combined gross vehicle weight" with regard to any | 306 |
combination of a commercial car, trailer, and semitrailer, that | 307 |
is taxed at the rates established under section 4503.042 of the | 308 |
Revised Code, means the total unladen weight of the combination | 309 |
of vehicles fully equipped plus the maximum weight of the load to | 310 |
be carried on that combination of vehicles. | 311 |
(LL) "Chauffeured limousine" means a motor vehicle that is | 312 |
designed to carry nine or fewer passengers and is operated for | 313 |
hire on an hourly basis pursuant to a prearranged contract for | 314 |
the transportation of passengers on public roads and highways | 315 |
along a route under the control of the person hiring the vehicle | 316 |
and not over a defined and regular route. "Prearranged contract" | 317 |
means an agreement, made in advance of boarding, to provide | 318 |
transportation from a specific location in a chauffeured | 319 |
limousine at a fixed rate per hour or trip. "Chauffeured | 320 |
limousine" does not include any vehicle that is used exclusively | 321 |
in the business of funeral directing. | 322 |
(MM) "Manufactured home" has the same meaning as in | 323 |
division (C)(4) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code. | 324 |
(NN) "Acquired situs," with respect to a manufactured home | 325 |
or a mobile home, means to become located in this state by the | 326 |
placement of the home on real property, but does not include the | 327 |
placement of a manufactured home or a mobile home in the | 328 |
inventory of a new motor vehicle dealer or the inventory of a | 329 |
manufacturer, remanufacturer, or distributor of manufactured or | 330 |
mobile homes. | 331 |
(OO) "Electronic" includes electrical, digital, magnetic, | 332 |
optical, electromagnetic, or any other form of technology that | 333 |
entails capabilities similar to these technologies. | 334 |
(PP) "Electronic record" means a record generated, | 335 |
communicated, received, or stored by electronic means for use in | 336 |
an information system or for transmission from one information | 337 |
system to another. | 338 |
(QQ) "Electronic signature" means a signature in electronic | 339 |
form attached to or logically associated with an electronic | 340 |
record. | 341 |
(RR) "Financial transaction device" has the same meaning as | 342 |
in division (A) of section 113.40 of the Revised Code. | 343 |
(SS) "Electronic motor vehicle dealer" means a motor vehicle | 344 |
dealer licensed under Chapter 4517. of the Revised Code whom the | 345 |
registrar of motor vehicles determines meets the criteria | 346 |
designated in section 4503.035 of the Revised Code for electronic | 347 |
motor vehicle dealers and designates as an electronic motor | 348 |
vehicle dealer under that section. | 349 |
(TT) "Electric personal assistive mobility device" means a | 350 |
self-balancing two non-tandem wheeled device that is designed to | 351 |
transport only one person, has an electric propulsion system of an | 352 |
average of seven hundred fifty watts, and when ridden on a paved | 353 |
level surface by an operator who weighs one hundred seventy pounds | 354 |
has a maximum speed of less than twenty miles per hour. | 355 |
Sec. 4509.01. As used in sections 4509.01 to 4509.78 of the | 356 |
Revised Code: | 357 |
(A) "Person" includes every natural person, firm, | 358 |
partnership, association, or corporation. | 359 |
(B) "Driver" means every person who drives or is in actual | 360 |
physical control of a motor vehicle. | 361 |
(C) "License" includes any license, permit, or privilege to | 362 |
operate a motor vehicle issued under the laws of this state | 363 |
including: | 364 |
(1) Any temporary instruction permit or examiner's driving | 365 |
permit; | 366 |
(2) The privilege of any person to drive a motor vehicle | 367 |
whether or not such person holds a valid license; | 368 |
(3) Any nonresident's operating privilege. | 369 |
(D) "Owner" means a person who holds the legal title of a | 370 |
motor vehicle. If a motor vehicle is the subject of a lease with | 371 |
an immediate right of possession vested in the lessee, the lessee | 372 |
is the owner. A person listed as the owner on a certificate of | 373 |
title on which there is a notation of a security interest is the | 374 |
owner. A buyer or other transferee of a motor vehicle who | 375 |
receives the certificate of title from the seller or transferor | 376 |
listing the seller or transferor thereon as the owner with an | 377 |
assignment of title to the buyer or transferee nonetheless is the | 378 |
owner even though a subsequent certificate of title has not been | 379 |
issued listing the buyer or transferee as the owner. | 380 |
(E) "Registration" means registration certificates and | 381 |
registration plates issued under the laws of this state pertaining | 382 |
to the registration of motor vehicles. | 383 |
(F) "Nonresident" means every person who is not a resident | 384 |
of this state. | 385 |
(G) "Nonresident's operating privilege" means the privilege | 386 |
conferred upon a nonresident by the laws of this state pertaining | 387 |
to the operation by such person of a motor vehicle, or the use of | 388 |
a motor vehicle owned by such person, in this state. | 389 |
(H) "Vehicle" means every device by which any person or | 390 |
property may be transported upon a highway, except electric | 391 |
personal assistive mobility devices, devices moved by power | 392 |
collected from overhead electric trolley wires, or used | 393 |
exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, and except devices | 394 |
other than bicycles moved by human power. | 395 |
(I) "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle propelled by power | 396 |
other than muscular power or power collected from overhead | 397 |
electric trolley wires, except motorized bicycles, road rollers, | 398 |
traction engines, power shovels, power cranes and other equipment | 399 |
used in construction work and not designed for or employed in | 400 |
general highway transportation, hole-digging machinery, | 401 |
well-drilling machinery, ditch-digging machinery, farm machinery, | 402 |
threshing machinery, hay baling machinery, and agricultural | 403 |
tractors and machinery used in the production of horticultural, | 404 |
floricultural, agricultural, and vegetable products. | 405 |
(J) "Accident" or "motor vehicle accident" means any | 406 |
accident involving a motor vehicle which results in bodily injury | 407 |
to or death of any person, or damage to the property of any person | 408 |
in excess of four hundred dollars. | 409 |
(K) "Proof of financial responsibility" means proof of | 410 |
ability to respond in damages for liability, on account of | 411 |
accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date of such | 412 |
proof, arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a | 413 |
motor vehicle in the amount of twelve thousand five hundred | 414 |
dollars because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any | 415 |
one accident, in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars | 416 |
because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any | 417 |
one accident, and in the amount of seven thousand five hundred | 418 |
dollars because of injury to property of others in any one | 419 |
accident. | 420 |
(L) "Motor-vehicle liability policy" means an "owner's | 421 |
policy" or an "operator's policy" of liability insurance, | 422 |
certified as provided in section 4509.46 or 4509.47 of the Revised | 423 |
Code as proof of financial responsibility, and issued, except as | 424 |
provided in section 4509.47 of the Revised Code, by an insurance | 425 |
carrier authorized to do business in this state, to or for the | 426 |
benefit of the person named therein as insured. | 427 |
Sec. 4511.01. As used in this chapter and in Chapter 4513. | 428 |
of the Revised Code: | 429 |
(A) "Vehicle" means every device, including a motorized | 430 |
bicycle, in, upon, or by which any person or property may be | 431 |
transported or drawn upon a highway, except motorized wheelchairs, | 432 |
electric personal assistive mobility devices, devices moved by | 433 |
power collected from overhead electric trolley wires, or used | 434 |
exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, and devices other | 435 |
than bicycles moved by human power. | 436 |
(B) "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle propelled or drawn | 437 |
by power other than muscular power or power collected from | 438 |
overhead electric trolley wires, except motorized bicycles, road | 439 |
rollers, traction engines, power shovels, power cranes, and other | 440 |
equipment used in construction work and not designed for or | 441 |
employed in general highway transportation, hole-digging | 442 |
machinery, well-drilling machinery, ditch-digging machinery, farm | 443 |
machinery, trailers used to transport agricultural produce or | 444 |
agricultural production materials between a local place of storage | 445 |
or supply and the farm when drawn or towed on a street or highway | 446 |
at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or less, threshing | 447 |
machinery, hay-baling machinery, agricultural tractors and | 448 |
machinery used in the production of horticultural, floricultural, | 449 |
agricultural, and vegetable products, and trailers designed and | 450 |
used exclusively to transport a boat between a place of storage | 451 |
and a marina, or in and around a marina, when drawn or towed on a | 452 |
street or highway for a distance of no more than ten miles and at | 453 |
a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or less. | 454 |
(C) "Motorcycle" means every motor vehicle, other than a | 455 |
tractor, having a saddle for the use of the operator and designed | 456 |
to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the | 457 |
ground, including, but not limited to, motor vehicles known as | 458 |
"motor-driven cycle," "motor scooter," or "motorcycle" without | 459 |
regard to weight or brake horsepower. | 460 |
(D) "Emergency vehicle" means emergency vehicles of | 461 |
municipal, township, or county departments or public utility | 462 |
corporations when identified as such as required by law, the | 463 |
director of public safety, or local authorities, and motor | 464 |
vehicles when commandeered by a police officer. | 465 |
(E) "Public safety vehicle" means any of the following: | 466 |
(1) Ambulances, including private ambulance companies under | 467 |
contract to a municipal corporation, township, or county, and | 468 |
private ambulances and nontransport vehicles bearing license | 469 |
plates issued under section 4503.49 of the Revised Code; | 470 |
(2) Motor vehicles used by public law enforcement officers | 471 |
or other persons sworn to enforce the criminal and traffic laws of | 472 |
the state; | 473 |
(3) Any motor vehicle when properly identified as required | 474 |
by the director of public safety, when used in response to fire | 475 |
emergency calls or to provide emergency medical service to ill or | 476 |
injured persons, and when operated by a duly qualified person who | 477 |
is a member of a volunteer rescue service or a volunteer fire | 478 |
department, and who is on duty pursuant to the rules or directives | 479 |
of that service. The state fire marshal shall be designated by | 480 |
the director of public safety as the certifying agency for all | 481 |
public safety vehicles described in division (E)(3) of this | 482 |
section. | 483 |
(4) Vehicles used by fire departments, including motor | 484 |
vehicles when used by volunteer fire fighters responding to | 485 |
emergency calls in the fire department service when identified as | 486 |
required by the director of public safety. | 487 |
Any vehicle used to transport or provide emergency medical | 488 |
service to an ill or injured person, when certified as a public | 489 |
safety vehicle, shall be considered a public safety vehicle when | 490 |
transporting an ill or injured person to a hospital regardless of | 491 |
whether such vehicle has already passed a hospital. | 492 |
(5) Vehicles used by the commercial motor vehicle safety | 493 |
enforcement unit for the enforcement of orders and rules of the | 494 |
public utilities commission as specified in section 5503.34 of the | 495 |
Revised Code. | 496 |
(F) "School bus" means every bus designed for carrying more | 497 |
than nine passengers that is owned by a public, private, or | 498 |
governmental agency or institution of learning and operated for | 499 |
the transportation of children to or from a school session or a | 500 |
school function, or owned by a private person and operated for | 501 |
compensation for the transportation of children to or from a | 502 |
school session or a school function, provided "school bus" does | 503 |
not include a bus operated by a municipally owned transportation | 504 |
system, a mass transit company operating exclusively within the | 505 |
territorial limits of a municipal corporation, or within such | 506 |
limits and the territorial limits of municipal corporations | 507 |
immediately contiguous to such municipal corporation, nor a common | 508 |
passenger carrier certified by the public utilities commission | 509 |
unless such bus is devoted exclusively to the transportation of | 510 |
children to and from a school session or a school function, and | 511 |
"school bus" does not include a van or bus used by a licensed | 512 |
child day-care center or type A family day-care home to transport | 513 |
children from the child day-care center or type A family day-care | 514 |
home to a school if the van or bus does not have more than fifteen | 515 |
children in the van or bus at any time. | 516 |
(G) "Bicycle" means every device, other than a tricycle | 517 |
designed solely for use as a play vehicle by a child, propelled | 518 |
solely by human power upon which any person may ride having either | 519 |
two tandem wheels, or one wheel in the front and two wheels in the | 520 |
rear, any of which is more than fourteen inches in diameter. | 521 |
(H) "Motorized bicycle" means any vehicle having either two | 522 |
tandem wheels or one wheel in the front and two wheels in the | 523 |
rear, that is capable of being pedaled and is equipped with a | 524 |
helper motor of not more than fifty cubic centimeters piston | 525 |
displacement that produces no more than one brake horsepower and | 526 |
is capable of propelling the vehicle at a speed of no greater than | 527 |
twenty miles per hour on a level surface. | 528 |
(I) "Commercial tractor" means every motor vehicle having | 529 |
motive power designed or used for drawing other vehicles and not | 530 |
so constructed as to carry any load thereon, or designed or used | 531 |
for drawing other vehicles while carrying a portion of such other | 532 |
vehicles, or load thereon, or both. | 533 |
(J) "Agricultural tractor" means every self-propelling | 534 |
vehicle designed or used for drawing other vehicles or wheeled | 535 |
machinery but having no provision for carrying loads independently | 536 |
of such other vehicles, and used principally for agricultural | 537 |
purposes. | 538 |
(K) "Truck" means every motor vehicle, except trailers and | 539 |
semitrailers, designed and used to carry property. | 540 |
(L) "Bus" means every motor vehicle designed for carrying | 541 |
more than nine passengers and used for the transportation of | 542 |
persons other than in a ridesharing arrangement, and every motor | 543 |
vehicle, automobile for hire, or funeral car, other than a taxicab | 544 |
or motor vehicle used in a ridesharing arrangement, designed and | 545 |
used for the transportation of persons for compensation. | 546 |
(M) "Trailer" means every vehicle designed or used for | 547 |
carrying persons or property wholly on its own structure and for | 548 |
being drawn by a motor vehicle, including any such vehicle when | 549 |
formed by or operated as a combination of a "semitrailer" and a | 550 |
vehicle of the dolly type, such as that commonly known as a | 551 |
"trailer dolly," a vehicle used to transport agricultural produce | 552 |
or agricultural production materials between a local place of | 553 |
storage or supply and the farm when drawn or towed on a street or | 554 |
highway at a speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour, and a | 555 |
vehicle designed and used exclusively to transport a boat between | 556 |
a place of storage and a marina, or in and around a marina, when | 557 |
drawn or towed on a street or highway for a distance of more than | 558 |
ten miles or at a speed of more than twenty-five miles per hour. | 559 |
(N) "Semitrailer" means every vehicle designed or used for | 560 |
carrying persons or property with another and separate motor | 561 |
vehicle so that in operation a part of its own weight or that of | 562 |
its load, or both, rests upon and is carried by another vehicle. | 563 |
(O) "Pole trailer" means every trailer or semitrailer | 564 |
attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach, pole, or by | 565 |
being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and | 566 |
ordinarily used for transporting long or irregular shaped loads | 567 |
such as poles, pipes, or structural members capable, generally, of | 568 |
sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections. | 569 |
(P) "Railroad" means a carrier of persons or property | 570 |
operating upon rails placed principally on a private right-of-way. | 571 |
(Q) "Railroad train" means a steam engine or an electric or | 572 |
other motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated by a | 573 |
railroad. | 574 |
(R) "Streetcar" means a car, other than a railroad train, | 575 |
for transporting persons or property, operated upon rails | 576 |
principally within a street or highway. | 577 |
(S) "Trackless trolley" means every car that collects its | 578 |
power from overhead electric trolley wires and that is not | 579 |
operated upon rails or tracks. | 580 |
(T) "Explosives" means any chemical compound or mechanical | 581 |
mixture that is intended for the purpose of producing an explosion | 582 |
that contains any oxidizing and combustible units or other | 583 |
ingredients in such proportions, quantities, or packing that an | 584 |
ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion, or by | 585 |
a detonator of any part of the compound or mixture may cause such | 586 |
a sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant | 587 |
gaseous pressures are capable of producing destructive effects on | 588 |
contiguous objects, or of destroying life or limb. Manufactured | 589 |
articles shall not be held to be explosives when the individual | 590 |
units contain explosives in such limited quantities, of such | 591 |
nature, or in such packing, that it is impossible to procure a | 592 |
simultaneous or a destructive explosion of such units, to the | 593 |
injury of life, limb, or property by fire, by friction, by | 594 |
concussion, by percussion, or by a detonator, such as fixed | 595 |
ammunition for small arms, firecrackers, or safety fuse matches. | 596 |
(U) "Flammable liquid" means any liquid that has a flash | 597 |
point of seventy degrees Fahrenheit, or less, as determined by a | 598 |
tagliabue or equivalent closed cup test device. | 599 |
(V) "Gross weight" means the weight of a vehicle plus the | 600 |
weight of any load thereon. | 601 |
(W) "Person" means every natural person, firm, | 602 |
co-partnership, association, or corporation. | 603 |
(X) "Pedestrian" means any natural person afoot. | 604 |
(Y) "Driver or operator" means every person who drives or is | 605 |
in actual physical control of a vehicle, trackless trolley, or | 606 |
streetcar. | 607 |
(Z) "Police officer" means every officer authorized to | 608 |
direct or regulate traffic, or to make arrests for violations of | 609 |
traffic regulations. | 610 |
(AA) "Local authorities" means every county, municipal, and | 611 |
other local board or body having authority to adopt police | 612 |
regulations under the constitution and laws of this state. | 613 |
(BB) "Street" or "highway" means the entire width between | 614 |
the boundary lines of every way open to the use of the public as a | 615 |
thoroughfare for purposes of vehicular travel. | 616 |
(CC) "Controlled-access highway" means every street or | 617 |
highway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting lands | 618 |
and other persons have no legal right of access to or from the | 619 |
same except at such points only and in such manner as may be | 620 |
determined by the public authority having jurisdiction over such | 621 |
street or highway. | 622 |
(DD) "Private road or driveway" means every way or place in | 623 |
private ownership used for vehicular travel by the owner and those | 624 |
having express or implied permission from the owner but not by | 625 |
other persons. | 626 |
(EE) "Roadway" means that portion of a highway improved, | 627 |
designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, except the berm | 628 |
or shoulder. If a highway includes two or more separate roadways | 629 |
the term "roadway" means any such roadway separately but not all | 630 |
such roadways collectively. | 631 |
(FF) "Sidewalk" means that portion of a street between the | 632 |
curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent | 633 |
property lines, intended for the use of pedestrians. | 634 |
(GG) "Laned highway" means a highway the roadway of which is | 635 |
divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular | 636 |
traffic. | 637 |
(HH) "Through highway" means every street or highway as | 638 |
provided in section 4511.65 of the Revised Code. | 639 |
(II) "State highway" means a highway under the jurisdiction | 640 |
of the department of transportation, outside the limits of | 641 |
municipal corporations, provided that the authority conferred upon | 642 |
the director of transportation in section 5511.01 of the Revised | 643 |
Code to erect state highway route markers and signs directing | 644 |
traffic shall not be modified by sections 4511.01 to 4511.79 and | 645 |
4511.99 of the Revised Code. | 646 |
(JJ) "State route" means every highway that is designated | 647 |
with an official state route number and so marked. | 648 |
(KK) "Intersection" means: | 649 |
(1) The area embraced within the prolongation or connection | 650 |
of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary | 651 |
lines of the roadways of two highways which join one another at, | 652 |
or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which | 653 |
vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other | 654 |
angle may come in conflict. | 655 |
(2) Where a highway includes two roadways thirty feet or | 656 |
more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided | 657 |
highway by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate | 658 |
intersection. If an intersecting highway also includes two | 659 |
roadways thirty feet or more apart, then every crossing of two | 660 |
roadways of such highways shall be regarded as a separate | 661 |
intersection. | 662 |
(3) The junction of an alley with a street or highway, or | 663 |
with another alley, shall not constitute an intersection. | 664 |
(LL) "Crosswalk" means: | 665 |
(1) That part of a roadway at intersections ordinarily | 666 |
included within the real or projected prolongation of property | 667 |
lines and curb lines or, in the absence of curbs, the edges of the | 668 |
traversable roadway; | 669 |
(2) Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or | 670 |
elsewhere, distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines | 671 |
or other markings on the surface; | 672 |
(3) Notwithstanding divisions (LL)(1) and (2) of this | 673 |
section, there shall not be a crosswalk where local authorities | 674 |
have placed signs indicating no crossing. | 675 |
(MM) "Safety zone" means the area or space officially set | 676 |
apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and | 677 |
protected or marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be | 678 |
plainly visible at all times. | 679 |
(NN) "Business district" means the territory fronting upon a | 680 |
street or highway, including the street or highway, between | 681 |
successive intersections within municipal corporations where fifty | 682 |
per cent or more of the frontage between such successive | 683 |
intersections is occupied by buildings in use for business, or | 684 |
within or outside municipal corporations where fifty per cent or | 685 |
more of the frontage for a distance of three hundred feet or more | 686 |
is occupied by buildings in use for business, and the character of | 687 |
such territory is indicated by official traffic control devices. | 688 |
(OO) "Residence district" means the territory, not | 689 |
comprising a business district, fronting on a street or highway, | 690 |
including the street or highway, where, for a distance of three | 691 |
hundred feet or more, the frontage is improved with residences or | 692 |
residences and buildings in use for business. | 693 |
(PP) "Urban district" means the territory contiguous to and | 694 |
including any street or highway which is built up with structures | 695 |
devoted to business, industry, or dwelling houses situated at | 696 |
intervals of less than one hundred feet for a distance of a | 697 |
quarter of a mile or more, and the character of such territory is | 698 |
indicated by official traffic control devices. | 699 |
(QQ) "Traffic control devices" means all flaggers, signs, | 700 |
signals, markings, and devices placed or erected by authority of a | 701 |
public body or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of | 702 |
regulating, warning, or guiding traffic, including signs denoting | 703 |
names of streets and highways. | 704 |
(RR) "Traffic control signal" means any device, whether | 705 |
manually, electrically, or mechanically operated, by which traffic | 706 |
is alternately directed to stop, to proceed, to change direction, | 707 |
or not to change direction. | 708 |
(SS) "Railroad sign or signal" means any sign, signal, or | 709 |
device erected by authority of a public body or official or by a | 710 |
railroad and intended to give notice of the presence of railroad | 711 |
tracks or the approach of a railroad train. | 712 |
(TT) "Traffic" means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, | 713 |
vehicles, streetcars, trackless trolleys, and other devices, | 714 |
either singly or together, while using any highway for purposes of | 715 |
travel. | 716 |
(UU) "Right-of-way" means either of the following, as the | 717 |
context requires: | 718 |
(1) The right of a vehicle, streetcar, trackless trolley, or | 719 |
pedestrian to proceed uninterruptedly in a lawful manner in the | 720 |
direction in which it or the individual is moving in preference to | 721 |
another vehicle, streetcar, trackless trolley, or pedestrian | 722 |
approaching from a different direction into its or the | 723 |
individual's path; | 724 |
(2) A general term denoting land, property, or the interest | 725 |
therein, usually in the configuration of a strip, acquired for or | 726 |
devoted to transportation purposes. When used in this context, | 727 |
right-of-way includes the roadway, shoulders or berm, ditch, and | 728 |
slopes extending to the right-of-way limits under the control of | 729 |
the state or local authority. | 730 |
(VV) "Rural mail delivery vehicle" means every vehicle used | 731 |
to deliver United States mail on a rural mail delivery route. | 732 |
(WW) "Funeral escort vehicle" means any motor vehicle, | 733 |
including a funeral hearse, while used to facilitate the movement | 734 |
of a funeral procession. | 735 |
(XX) "Alley" means a street or highway intended to provide | 736 |
access to the rear or side of lots or buildings in urban districts | 737 |
and not intended for the purpose of through vehicular traffic, and | 738 |
includes any street or highway that has been declared an "alley" | 739 |
by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation in which | 740 |
such street or highway is located. | 741 |
(YY) "Freeway" means a divided multi-lane highway for | 742 |
through traffic with all crossroads separated in grade and with | 743 |
full control of access. | 744 |
(ZZ) "Expressway" means a divided arterial highway for | 745 |
through traffic with full or partial control of access with an | 746 |
excess of fifty per cent of all crossroads separated in grade. | 747 |
(AAA) "Thruway" means a through highway whose entire roadway | 748 |
is reserved for through traffic and on which roadway parking is | 749 |
prohibited. | 750 |
(BBB) "Stop intersection" means any intersection at one or | 751 |
more entrances of which stop signs are erected. | 752 |
(CCC) "Arterial street" means any United States or state | 753 |
numbered route, controlled access highway, or other major radial | 754 |
or circumferential street or highway designated by local | 755 |
authorities within their respective jurisdictions as part of a | 756 |
major arterial system of streets or highways. | 757 |
(DDD) "Ridesharing arrangement" means the transportation of | 758 |
persons in a motor vehicle where such transportation is incidental | 759 |
to another purpose of a volunteer driver and includes ridesharing | 760 |
arrangements known as carpools, vanpools, and buspools. | 761 |
(EEE) "Motorized wheelchair" means any self-propelled | 762 |
vehicle designed for, and used by, a handicapped person and that | 763 |
is incapable of a speed in excess of eight miles per hour. | 764 |
(FFF) "Child day-care center" and "type A family day-care | 765 |
home" have the same meanings as in section 5104.01 of the Revised | 766 |
Code. | 767 |
(GGG) "Multi-wheel agricultural tractor" means a type of | 768 |
agricultural tractor that has two or more wheels or tires on each | 769 |
side of one axle at the rear of the tractor, is designed or used | 770 |
for drawing other vehicles or wheeled machinery, has no provision | 771 |
for carrying loads independently of the drawn vehicles or | 772 |
machinery, and is used principally for agricultural purposes. | 773 |
Sec. 4511.512. (A)(1) Electric personal assistive mobility | 774 |
devices may be operated on the public streets, highways, | 775 |
sidewalks, and paths and portions of roadways set aside for the | 776 |
exclusive use of bicycles in accordance with this section. | 777 |
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, those | 778 |
sections of this chapter that by their nature are applicable to an | 779 |
electric personal assistive mobility device apply to the device | 780 |
and the person operating it whenever it is operated upon any | 781 |
public street, highway, sidewalk, or upon any path or portion of a | 782 |
roadway set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles. | 783 |
(3) A local authority may regulate or prohibit the | 784 |
operation of electric personal assistive mobility devices on | 785 |
public streets, highways, sidewalks, and paths under its | 786 |
jurisdiction. | 787 |
(B) No operator of an electric personal assistive mobility | 788 |
device shall do any of the following: | 789 |
(1) Fail to yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians and | 790 |
human-powered vehicles at all times; | 791 |
(2) Fail to give an audible signal before overtaking and | 792 |
passing a pedestrian; | 793 |
(3) Operate the device at night unless the device or its | 794 |
operator is equipped with or wearing both of the following: | 795 |
(a) A lamp pointing to the front that emits a white light | 796 |
visible from a distance of not less than five hundred feet; | 797 |
(b) A red reflector facing the rear that is visible from | 798 |
all distances from one hundred feet to six hundred feet when | 799 |
directly in front of lawful lower beams of head lamps on a motor | 800 |
vehicle. | 801 |
(4) Operate the device on any portion of a street or | 802 |
highway that has an established speed limit of fifty-five miles | 803 |
per hour or more; | 804 |
(5) Operate the device upon any path set aside for the | 805 |
exclusive use of pedestrians or other specialized use when an | 806 |
appropriate sign giving notice of such use is posted on the path; | 807 |
(6) If under eighteen years of age, operate the device | 808 |
unless wearing a protective helmet on the person's head with the | 809 |
chin strap properly fastened; | 810 |
(7) If under sixteen years of age, operate the device | 811 |
unless, during the operation, the person is under the direct | 812 |
visual and audible supervision of another person who is eighteen | 813 |
years of age or older and is responsible for the immediate care of | 814 |
the child. | 815 |
(C) No person who is under fourteen years of age shall | 816 |
operate an electric personal assistive mobility device. | 817 |
(D) No person shall distribute or sell an electric | 818 |
personal assistive mobility device unless the device is | 819 |
accompanied by a written statement that is substantially | 820 |
equivalent to the following: "WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF | 821 |
SERIOUS INJURY, USE ONLY WHILE WEARING FULL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT – | 822 |
HELMET, WRIST GUARDS, ELBOW PADS, AND KNEE PADS." | 823 |
(E) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any | 824 |
rule of the director of natural resources or a board of park | 825 |
district commissioners governing the operation of vehicles on | 826 |
lands under the control of the director or board, as applicable. | 827 |
Sec. 4511.99. (A) Whoever violates division (A)(1), (2), | 828 |
(3), or (4) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, in addition to | 829 |
the license suspension or revocation provided in section 4507.16 | 830 |
of the Revised Code and any disqualification imposed under section | 831 |
4506.16 of the Revised Code, shall be punished as provided in | 832 |
division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section. Whoever | 833 |
violates division (A)(5), (6), or (7) of section 4511.19 of the | 834 |
Revised Code, in addition to the license suspension or revocation | 835 |
provided in section 4507.16 of the Revised Code and any | 836 |
disqualification imposed under section 4506.16 of the Revised | 837 |
Code, shall be punished as provided in division (A)(5), (6), (7), | 838 |
or (8) of this section. | 839 |
(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2), (3), or | 840 |
(4) of this section, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of | 841 |
the first degree and the court shall sentence the offender to a | 842 |
term of imprisonment of three consecutive days and may sentence | 843 |
the offender pursuant to section 2929.21 of the Revised Code to a | 844 |
longer term of imprisonment. In addition, the court shall impose | 845 |
upon the offender a fine of not less than two hundred fifty and | 846 |
not more than one thousand dollars. | 847 |
The court may suspend the execution of the mandatory three | 848 |
consecutive days of imprisonment that it is required to impose by | 849 |
this division, if the court, in lieu of the suspended term of | 850 |
imprisonment, places the offender on probation and requires the | 851 |
offender to attend, for three consecutive days, a drivers' | 852 |
intervention program that is certified pursuant to section 3793.10 | 853 |
of the Revised Code. The court also may suspend the execution of | 854 |
any part of the mandatory three consecutive days of imprisonment | 855 |
that it is required to impose by this division, if the court | 856 |
places the offender on probation for part of the three consecutive | 857 |
days; requires the offender to attend, for that part of the three | 858 |
consecutive days, a drivers' intervention program that is | 859 |
certified pursuant to section 3793.10 of the Revised Code; and | 860 |
sentences the offender to a term of imprisonment equal to the | 861 |
remainder of the three consecutive days that the offender does not | 862 |
spend attending the drivers' intervention program. The court may | 863 |
require the offender, as a condition of probation, to attend and | 864 |
satisfactorily complete any treatment or education programs that | 865 |
comply with the minimum standards adopted pursuant to Chapter | 866 |
3793. of the Revised Code by the director of alcohol and drug | 867 |
addiction services, in addition to the required attendance at a | 868 |
drivers' intervention program, that the operators of the drivers' | 869 |
intervention program determine that the offender should attend and | 870 |
to report periodically to the court on the offender's progress in | 871 |
the programs. The court also may impose any other conditions of | 872 |
probation on the offender that it considers necessary. | 873 |
Of the fine imposed pursuant to this division, twenty-five | 874 |
dollars shall be paid to an enforcement and education fund | 875 |
established by the legislative authority of the law enforcement | 876 |
agency in this state that primarily was responsible for the arrest | 877 |
of the offender, as determined by the court that imposes the fine. | 878 |
This share shall be used by the agency to pay only those costs it | 879 |
incurs in enforcing section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a | 880 |
substantially similar municipal ordinance and in informing the | 881 |
public of the laws governing the operation of a motor vehicle | 882 |
while under the influence of alcohol, the dangers of operating a | 883 |
motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, and other | 884 |
information relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and the | 885 |
consumption of alcoholic beverages. Fifty dollars of the fine | 886 |
imposed pursuant to this division shall be paid to the political | 887 |
subdivision that pays the cost of housing the offender during the | 888 |
offender's term of incarceration to the credit of the fund that | 889 |
pays the cost of the incarceration. If the offender was confined | 890 |
as a result of the offense prior to being sentenced for the | 891 |
offense but is not sentenced to a term of incarceration, the fifty | 892 |
dollars shall be paid to the political subdivision that paid the | 893 |
cost of housing the offender during that period of confinement. | 894 |
The political subdivision shall use this share to pay or reimburse | 895 |
incarceration or treatment costs it incurs in housing or providing | 896 |
drug and alcohol treatment to persons who violate section 4511.19 | 897 |
of the Revised Code or a substantially similar municipal ordinance | 898 |
and to pay for ignition interlock devices and electronic house | 899 |
arrest equipment for persons who violate that section. | 900 |
Twenty-five dollars of the fine imposed pursuant to this division | 901 |
shall be deposited into the county indigent drivers alcohol | 902 |
treatment fund or municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment | 903 |
fund under the control of that court, as created by the county or | 904 |
municipal corporation pursuant to division (N) of section 4511.191 | 905 |
of the Revised Code. The balance of the fine shall be disbursed | 906 |
as otherwise provided by law. | 907 |
(2)(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(4) of | 908 |
this section, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first | 909 |
degree, and, except as provided in this division, the court shall | 910 |
sentence the offender to a term of imprisonment of ten consecutive | 911 |
days and may sentence the offender pursuant to section 2929.21 of | 912 |
the Revised Code to a longer term of imprisonment if, within six | 913 |
years of the offense, the offender has been convicted of or | 914 |
pleaded guilty to one violation of the following: | 915 |
(i) Division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised | 916 |
Code; | 917 |
(ii) A municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle | 918 |
while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol | 919 |
and a drug of abuse; | 920 |
(iii) A municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle | 921 |
with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, | 922 |
or urine; | 923 |
(iv) Section 2903.04 of the Revised Code in a case in which | 924 |
the offender was subject to the sanctions described in division | 925 |
(D) of that section; | 926 |
(v) Division (A)(1) of section 2903.06 or division (A)(1) of | 927 |
section 2903.08 of the Revised Code or a municipal ordinance that | 928 |
is substantially similar to either of those divisions; | 929 |
(vi) Division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of section 2903.06, | 930 |
division (A)(2) of section 2903.08, or former section 2903.07 of | 931 |
the Revised Code, or a municipal ordinance that is substantially | 932 |
similar to any of those divisions or that former section, in a | 933 |
case in which the jury or judge found that the offender was under | 934 |
the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug | 935 |
of abuse; | 936 |
(vii) A statute of the United States or of any other state | 937 |
or a municipal ordinance of a municipal corporation located in any | 938 |
other state that is substantially similar to division (A) or (B) | 939 |
of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code. | 940 |
As an alternative to the term of imprisonment required to be | 941 |
imposed by this division, but subject to division (A)(12) of this | 942 |
section, the court may impose upon the offender a sentence | 943 |
consisting of both a term of imprisonment of five consecutive days | 944 |
and not less than eighteen consecutive days of electronically | 945 |
monitored house arrest as defined in division (A) of section | 946 |
2929.23 of the Revised Code. The five consecutive days of | 947 |
imprisonment and the period of electronically monitored house | 948 |
arrest shall not exceed six months. The five consecutive days of | 949 |
imprisonment do not have to be served prior to or consecutively | 950 |
with the period of electronically monitored house arrest. | 951 |
In addition, the court shall impose upon the offender a fine | 952 |
of not less than three hundred fifty and not more than one | 953 |
thousand five hundred dollars. | 954 |
In addition to any other sentence that it imposes upon the | 955 |
offender, the court may require the offender to attend a drivers' | 956 |
intervention program that is certified pursuant to section 3793.10 | 957 |
of the Revised Code. If the officials of the drivers' | 958 |
intervention program determine that the offender is alcohol | 959 |
dependent, they shall notify the court, and the court shall order | 960 |
the offender to obtain treatment through an alcohol and drug | 961 |
addiction program authorized by section 3793.02 of the Revised | 962 |
Code. The cost of the treatment shall be paid by the offender. | 963 |
Of the fine imposed pursuant to this division, thirty-five | 964 |
dollars shall be paid to an enforcement and education fund | 965 |
established by the legislative authority of the law enforcement | 966 |
agency in this state that primarily was responsible for the arrest | 967 |
of the offender, as determined by the court that imposes the fine. | 968 |
This share shall be used by the agency to pay only those costs it | 969 |
incurs in enforcing section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a | 970 |
substantially similar municipal ordinance and in informing the | 971 |
public of the laws governing the operation of a motor vehicle | 972 |
while under the influence of alcohol, the dangers of operating a | 973 |
motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, and other | 974 |
information relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and the | 975 |
consumption of alcoholic beverages. One hundred fifteen dollars | 976 |
of the fine imposed pursuant to this division shall be paid to the | 977 |
political subdivision that pays the cost of housing the offender | 978 |
during the offender's term of incarceration. This share shall be | 979 |
used by the political subdivision to pay or reimburse | 980 |
incarceration or treatment costs it incurs in housing or providing | 981 |
drug and alcohol treatment to persons who violate section 4511.19 | 982 |
of the Revised Code or a substantially similar municipal ordinance | 983 |
and to pay for ignition interlock devices and electronic house | 984 |
arrest equipment for persons who violate that section, and shall | 985 |
be paid to the credit of the fund that pays the cost of the | 986 |
incarceration. Fifty dollars of the fine imposed pursuant to this | 987 |
division shall be deposited into the county indigent drivers | 988 |
alcohol treatment fund or municipal indigent drivers alcohol | 989 |
treatment fund under the control of that court, as created by the | 990 |
county or municipal corporation pursuant to division (N) of | 991 |
section 4511.191 of the Revised Code. The balance of the fine | 992 |
shall be disbursed as otherwise provided by law. | 993 |
(b) Regardless of whether the vehicle the offender was | 994 |
operating at the time of the offense is registered in the | 995 |
offender's name or in the name of another person, the court, in | 996 |
addition to the penalties imposed under division (A)(2)(a) of this | 997 |
section and all other penalties provided by law and subject to | 998 |
section 4503.235 of the Revised Code, shall order the | 999 |
immobilization for ninety days of the vehicle the offender was | 1000 |
operating at the time of the offense and the impoundment for | 1001 |
ninety days of the identification license plates of that vehicle. | 1002 |
The order for the immobilization and impoundment shall be issued | 1003 |
and enforced in accordance with section 4503.233 of the Revised | 1004 |
Code. | 1005 |
(3)(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(4) of | 1006 |
this section and except as provided in this division, if, within | 1007 |
six years of the offense, the offender has been convicted of or | 1008 |
pleaded guilty to two violations identified in division (A)(2) of | 1009 |
this section, the court shall sentence the offender to a term of | 1010 |
imprisonment of thirty consecutive days and may sentence the | 1011 |
offender to a longer definite term of imprisonment of not more | 1012 |
than one year. As an alternative to the term of imprisonment | 1013 |
required to be imposed by this division, but subject to division | 1014 |
(A)(12) of this section, the court may impose upon the offender a | 1015 |
sentence consisting of both a term of imprisonment of fifteen | 1016 |
consecutive days and not less than fifty-five consecutive days of | 1017 |
electronically monitored house arrest as defined in division (A) | 1018 |
of section 2929.23 of the Revised Code. The fifteen consecutive | 1019 |
days of imprisonment and the period of electronically monitored | 1020 |
house arrest shall not exceed one year. The fifteen consecutive | 1021 |
days of imprisonment do not have to be served prior to or | 1022 |
consecutively with the period of electronically monitored house | 1023 |
arrest. | 1024 |
In addition, the court shall impose upon the offender a fine | 1025 |
of not less than five hundred fifty and not more than two thousand | 1026 |
five hundred dollars. | 1027 |
In addition to any other sentence that it imposes upon the | 1028 |
offender, the court shall require the offender to attend an | 1029 |
alcohol and drug addiction program authorized by section 3793.02 | 1030 |
of the Revised Code. The cost of the treatment shall be paid by | 1031 |
the offender. If the court determines that the offender is unable | 1032 |
to pay the cost of attendance at the treatment program, the court | 1033 |
may order that payment of the cost of the offender's attendance at | 1034 |
the treatment program be made from that court's indigent drivers | 1035 |
alcohol treatment fund. | 1036 |
Of the fine imposed pursuant to this division, one hundred | 1037 |
twenty-three dollars shall be paid to an enforcement and education | 1038 |
fund established by the legislative authority of the law | 1039 |
enforcement agency in this state that primarily was responsible | 1040 |
for the arrest of the offender, as determined by the court that | 1041 |
imposes the fine. This share shall be used by the agency to pay | 1042 |
only those costs it incurs in enforcing section 4511.19 of the | 1043 |
Revised Code or a substantially similar municipal ordinance and in | 1044 |
informing the public of the laws governing the operation of a | 1045 |
motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, the dangers of | 1046 |
operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, | 1047 |
and other information relating to the operation of a motor vehicle | 1048 |
and the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Two hundred | 1049 |
seventy-seven dollars of the fine imposed pursuant to this | 1050 |
division shall be paid to the political subdivision that pays the | 1051 |
cost of housing the offender during the offender's term of | 1052 |
incarceration. This share shall be used by the political | 1053 |
subdivision to pay or reimburse incarceration or treatment costs | 1054 |
it incurs in housing or providing drug and alcohol treatment to | 1055 |
persons who violate section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a | 1056 |
substantially similar municipal ordinance and to pay for ignition | 1057 |
interlock devices and electronic house arrest equipment for | 1058 |
persons who violate that section and shall be paid to the credit | 1059 |
of the fund that pays the cost of incarceration. The balance of | 1060 |
the fine shall be disbursed as otherwise provided by law. | 1061 |
(b) Regardless of whether the vehicle the offender was | 1062 |
operating at the time of the offense is registered in the | 1063 |
offender's name or in the name of another person, the court, in | 1064 |
addition to the penalties imposed under division (A)(3)(a) of this | 1065 |
section and all other penalties provided by law and subject to | 1066 |
section 4503.235 of the Revised Code, shall order the criminal | 1067 |
forfeiture to the state of the vehicle the offender was operating | 1068 |
at the time of the offense. The order of criminal forfeiture | 1069 |
shall be issued and enforced in accordance with section 4503.234 | 1070 |
of the Revised Code. | 1071 |
(4)(a)(i) If, within six years of the offense, the offender | 1072 |
has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or more | 1073 |
violations identified in division (A)(2) of this section, and if | 1074 |
sentence is not required to be imposed under division | 1075 |
(A)(4)(a)(ii) of this section, the offender is guilty of a felony | 1076 |
of the fourth degree and, notwithstanding division (A)(4) of | 1077 |
section 2929.14 of the Revised Code, may be sentenced to a | 1078 |
definite prison term that shall be not less than six months and | 1079 |
not more than thirty months. The court shall sentence the | 1080 |
offender in accordance with sections 2929.11 to 2929.19 of the | 1081 |
Revised Code and shall impose as part of the sentence either a | 1082 |
mandatory term of local incarceration of sixty consecutive days of | 1083 |
imprisonment in accordance with division (G)(1) of section 2929.13 | 1084 |
of the Revised Code or a mandatory prison term of sixty | 1085 |
consecutive days of imprisonment in accordance with division | 1086 |
(G)(2) of that section. If the court requires the offender to | 1087 |
serve a mandatory term of local incarceration of sixty consecutive | 1088 |
days of imprisonment in accordance with division (G)(1) of section | 1089 |
2929.13 of the Revised Code, the court, pursuant to section | 1090 |
2929.17 of the Revised Code, may impose upon the offender a | 1091 |
sentence that includes a term of electronically monitored house | 1092 |
arrest, provided that the term of electronically monitored house | 1093 |
arrest shall not commence until after the offender has served the | 1094 |
mandatory term of local incarceration. | 1095 |
(ii) If the offender previously has been convicted of or | 1096 |
pleaded guilty to a violation of division (A) of section 4511.19 | 1097 |
of the Revised Code under circumstances in which the violation was | 1098 |
a felony, regardless of when the prior violation and the prior | 1099 |
conviction or guilty plea occurred, the offender is guilty of a | 1100 |
felony of the third degree. The court shall sentence the offender | 1101 |
in accordance with sections 2929.11 to 2929.19 of the Revised Code | 1102 |
and shall impose as part of the sentence a mandatory prison term | 1103 |
of sixty consecutive days of imprisonment in accordance with | 1104 |
division (G)(2) of section 2929.13 of the Revised Code. | 1105 |
(iii) In addition to all other sanctions imposed on an | 1106 |
offender under division (A)(4)(a)(i) or (ii) of this section, the | 1107 |
court shall impose upon the offender, pursuant to section 2929.18 | 1108 |
of the Revised Code, a fine of not less than eight hundred nor | 1109 |
more than ten thousand dollars. | 1110 |
In addition to any other sanction that it imposes upon the | 1111 |
offender under division (A)(4)(a)(i) or (ii) of this section, the | 1112 |
court shall require the offender to attend an alcohol and drug | 1113 |
addiction program authorized by section 3793.02 of the Revised | 1114 |
Code. The cost of the treatment shall be paid by the offender. If | 1115 |
the court determines that the offender is unable to pay the cost | 1116 |
of attendance at the treatment program, the court may order that | 1117 |
payment of the cost of the offender's attendance at the treatment | 1118 |
program be made from the court's indigent drivers alcohol | 1119 |
treatment fund. | 1120 |
Of the fine imposed pursuant to this division, two hundred | 1121 |
ten dollars shall be paid to an enforcement and education fund | 1122 |
established by the legislative authority of the law enforcement | 1123 |
agency in this state that primarily was responsible for the arrest | 1124 |
of the offender, as determined by the court that imposes the fine. | 1125 |
This share shall be used by the agency to pay only those costs it | 1126 |
incurs in enforcing section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a | 1127 |
substantially similar municipal ordinance and in informing the | 1128 |
public of the laws governing operation of a motor vehicle while | 1129 |
under the influence of alcohol, the dangers of operation of a | 1130 |
motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, and other | 1131 |
information relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and the | 1132 |
consumption of alcoholic beverages. Four hundred forty dollars of | 1133 |
the fine imposed pursuant to this division shall be paid to the | 1134 |
political subdivision that pays the cost of housing the offender | 1135 |
during the offender's term of incarceration. This share shall be | 1136 |
used by the political subdivision to pay or reimburse | 1137 |
incarceration or treatment costs it incurs in housing or providing | 1138 |
drug and alcohol treatment to persons who violate section 4511.19 | 1139 |
of the Revised Code or a substantially similar municipal ordinance | 1140 |
and to pay for ignition interlock devices and electronic house | 1141 |
arrest equipment for persons who violate that section, and shall | 1142 |
be paid to the credit of the fund that pays the cost of | 1143 |
incarceration. The balance of the fine shall be disbursed as | 1144 |
otherwise provided by law. | 1145 |
(b) Regardless of whether the vehicle the offender was | 1146 |
operating at the time of the offense is registered in the | 1147 |
offender's name or in the name of another person, the court, in | 1148 |
addition to the sanctions imposed under division (A)(4)(a) of this | 1149 |
section and all other sanctions provided by law and subject to | 1150 |
section 4503.235 of the Revised Code, shall order the criminal | 1151 |
forfeiture to the state of the vehicle the offender was operating | 1152 |
at the time of the offense. The order of criminal forfeiture | 1153 |
shall be issued and enforced in accordance with section 4503.234 | 1154 |
of the Revised Code. | 1155 |
(c) As used in division (A)(4)(a) of this section, | 1156 |
"mandatory prison term" and "mandatory term of local | 1157 |
incarceration" have the same meanings as in section 2929.01 of the | 1158 |
Revised Code. | 1159 |
If title to a motor vehicle that is subject to an order for | 1160 |
criminal forfeiture under this section is assigned or transferred | 1161 |
and division (C)(2) or (3) of section 4503.234 of the Revised Code | 1162 |
applies, in addition to or independent of any other penalty | 1163 |
established by law, the court may fine the offender the value of | 1164 |
the vehicle as determined by publications of the national auto | 1165 |
dealer's association. The proceeds from any fine imposed under | 1166 |
this division shall be distributed in accordance with division | 1167 |
(D)(4) of section 4503.234 of the Revised Code. | 1168 |
(5)(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(6), (7), | 1169 |
or (8) of this section, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of | 1170 |
the first degree, and the court shall sentence the offender to one | 1171 |
of the following: | 1172 |
(i) A term of imprisonment of at least three consecutive | 1173 |
days and a requirement that the offender attend, for three | 1174 |
consecutive days, a drivers' intervention program that is | 1175 |
certified pursuant to section 3793.10 of the Revised Code; | 1176 |
(ii) If the court determines that the offender is not | 1177 |
conducive to treatment in the program, if the offender refuses to | 1178 |
attend the program, or if the place of imprisonment can provide a | 1179 |
drivers' intervention program, a term of imprisonment of at least | 1180 |
six consecutive days. | 1181 |
(b) In addition, the court shall impose upon the offender a | 1182 |
fine of not less than two hundred fifty and not more than one | 1183 |
thousand dollars. | 1184 |
The court may require the offender, as a condition of | 1185 |
probation, to attend and satisfactorily complete any treatment or | 1186 |
education programs that comply with the minimum standards adopted | 1187 |
pursuant to Chapter 3793. of the Revised Code by the director of | 1188 |
alcohol and drug addiction services, in addition to the required | 1189 |
attendance at a drivers' intervention program, that the operators | 1190 |
of the drivers' intervention program determine that the offender | 1191 |
should attend and to report periodically to the court on the | 1192 |
offender's progress in the programs. The court also may impose | 1193 |
any other conditions of probation on the offender that it | 1194 |
considers necessary. | 1195 |
Of the fine imposed pursuant to this division, twenty-five | 1196 |
dollars shall be paid to an enforcement and education fund | 1197 |
established by the legislative authority of the law enforcement | 1198 |
agency in this state that primarily was responsible for the arrest | 1199 |
of the offender, as determined by the court that imposes the fine. | 1200 |
The agency shall use this share to pay only those costs it incurs | 1201 |
in enforcing section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a | 1202 |
substantially similar municipal ordinance and in informing the | 1203 |
public of the laws governing the operation of a motor vehicle | 1204 |
while under the influence of alcohol, the dangers of operating a | 1205 |
motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, and other | 1206 |
information relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and the | 1207 |
consumption of alcoholic beverages. Fifty dollars of the fine | 1208 |
imposed pursuant to this division shall be paid to the political | 1209 |
subdivision that pays the cost of housing the offender during the | 1210 |
offender's term of incarceration to the credit of the fund that | 1211 |
pays the cost of the incarceration. The political subdivision | 1212 |
shall use this share to pay or reimburse incarceration or | 1213 |
treatment costs it incurs in housing or providing drug and alcohol | 1214 |
treatment to persons who violate section 4511.19 of the Revised | 1215 |
Code or a substantially similar municipal ordinance and to pay for | 1216 |
ignition interlock devices and electronic house arrest equipment | 1217 |
for persons who violate that section. Twenty-five dollars of the | 1218 |
fine imposed pursuant to this division shall be deposited into the | 1219 |
county indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund or municipal | 1220 |
indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund under the control of that | 1221 |
court, as created by the county or municipal corporation pursuant | 1222 |
to division (N) of section 4511.191 of the Revised Code. The | 1223 |
balance of the fine shall be disbursed as otherwise provided by | 1224 |
law. | 1225 |
(6)(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(8) of | 1226 |
this section and except as provided in this division, if, within | 1227 |
six years of the offense, the offender has been convicted of or | 1228 |
pleaded guilty to one violation of division (A) or (B) of section | 1229 |
4511.19 of the Revised Code, a municipal ordinance relating to | 1230 |
operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug | 1231 |
of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse, a municipal ordinance | 1232 |
relating to operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of | 1233 |
alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine, section 2903.04 of the | 1234 |
Revised Code in a case in which the offender was subject to the | 1235 |
sanctions described in division (D) of that section, section | 1236 |
2903.06, 2903.07, or 2903.08 of the Revised Code or a municipal | 1237 |
ordinance that is substantially similar to section 2903.07 of the | 1238 |
Revised Code in a case in which the jury or judge found that the | 1239 |
offender was under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or | 1240 |
alcohol and a drug of abuse, or a statute of the United States or | 1241 |
of any other state or a municipal ordinance of a municipal | 1242 |
corporation located in any other state that is substantially | 1243 |
similar to division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised | 1244 |
Code, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, | 1245 |
and the court shall sentence the offender to a term of | 1246 |
imprisonment of twenty consecutive days and may sentence the | 1247 |
offender pursuant to section 2929.21 of the Revised Code to a | 1248 |
longer term of imprisonment. As an alternative to the term of | 1249 |
imprisonment required to be imposed by this division, but subject | 1250 |
to division (A)(12) of this section, the court may impose upon the | 1251 |
offender a sentence consisting of both a term of imprisonment of | 1252 |
ten consecutive days and not less than thirty-six consecutive days | 1253 |
of electronically monitored house arrest as defined in division | 1254 |
(A) of section 2929.23 of the Revised Code. The ten consecutive | 1255 |
days of imprisonment and the period of electronically monitored | 1256 |
house arrest shall not exceed six months. The ten consecutive | 1257 |
days of imprisonment do not have to be served prior to or | 1258 |
consecutively with the period of electronically monitored house | 1259 |
arrest. | 1260 |
In addition, the court shall impose upon the offender a fine | 1261 |
of not less than three hundred fifty and not more than one | 1262 |
thousand five hundred dollars. | 1263 |
In addition to any other sentence that it imposes upon the | 1264 |
offender, the court may require the offender to attend a drivers' | 1265 |
intervention program that is certified pursuant to section 3793.10 | 1266 |
of the Revised Code. If the officials of the drivers' | 1267 |
intervention program determine that the offender is alcohol | 1268 |
dependent, they shall notify the court, and the court shall order | 1269 |
the offender to obtain treatment through an alcohol and drug | 1270 |
addiction program authorized by section 3793.02 of the Revised | 1271 |
Code. The offender shall pay the cost of the treatment. | 1272 |
Of the fine imposed pursuant to this division, thirty-five | 1273 |
dollars shall be paid to an enforcement and education fund | 1274 |
established by the legislative authority of the law enforcement | 1275 |
agency in this state that primarily was responsible for the arrest | 1276 |
of the offender, as determined by the court that imposes the fine. | 1277 |
The agency shall use this share to pay only those costs it incurs | 1278 |
in enforcing section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a | 1279 |
substantially similar municipal ordinance and in informing the | 1280 |
public of the laws governing the operation of a motor vehicle | 1281 |
while under the influence of alcohol, the dangers of operating a | 1282 |
motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, and other | 1283 |
information relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and the | 1284 |
consumption of alcoholic beverages. One hundred fifteen dollars | 1285 |
of the fine imposed pursuant to this division shall be paid to the | 1286 |
political subdivision that pays the cost of housing the offender | 1287 |
during the offender's term of incarceration. The political | 1288 |
subdivision shall use this share to pay or reimburse incarceration | 1289 |
or treatment costs it incurs in housing or providing drug and | 1290 |
alcohol treatment to persons who violate section 4511.19 of the | 1291 |
Revised Code or a substantially similar municipal ordinance and to | 1292 |
pay for ignition interlock devices and electronic house arrest | 1293 |
equipment for persons who violate that section, and this share | 1294 |
shall be paid to the credit of the fund that pays the cost of the | 1295 |
incarceration. Fifty dollars of the fine imposed pursuant to this | 1296 |
division shall be deposited into the county indigent drivers | 1297 |
alcohol treatment fund or municipal indigent drivers alcohol | 1298 |
treatment fund under the control of that court, as created by the | 1299 |
county or municipal corporation pursuant to division (N) of | 1300 |
section 4511.191 of the Revised Code. The balance of the fine | 1301 |
shall be disbursed as otherwise provided by law. | 1302 |
(b) Regardless of whether the vehicle the offender was | 1303 |
operating at the time of the offense is registered in the | 1304 |
offender's name or in the name of another person, the court, in | 1305 |
addition to the penalties imposed under division (A)(6)(a) of this | 1306 |
section and all other penalties provided by law and subject to | 1307 |
section 4503.235 of the Revised Code, shall order the | 1308 |
immobilization for ninety days of the vehicle the offender was | 1309 |
operating at the time of the offense and the impoundment for | 1310 |
ninety days of the identification license plates of that vehicle. | 1311 |
The order for the immobilization and impoundment shall be issued | 1312 |
and enforced in accordance with section 4503.233 of the Revised | 1313 |
Code. | 1314 |
(7)(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(8) of | 1315 |
this section and except as provided in this division, if, within | 1316 |
six years of the offense, the offender has been convicted of or | 1317 |
pleaded guilty to two violations of division (A) or (B) of section | 1318 |
4511.19 of the Revised Code, a municipal ordinance relating to | 1319 |
operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug | 1320 |
of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse, a municipal ordinance | 1321 |
relating to operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of | 1322 |
alcohol in the blood, breath, or urine, section 2903.04 of the | 1323 |
Revised Code in a case in which the offender was subject to the | 1324 |
sanctions described in division (D) of that section, section | 1325 |
2903.06, 2903.07, or 2903.08 of the Revised Code or a municipal | 1326 |
ordinance that is substantially similar to section 2903.07 of the | 1327 |
Revised Code in a case in which the jury or judge found that the | 1328 |
offender was under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or | 1329 |
alcohol and a drug of abuse, or a statute of the United States or | 1330 |
of any other state or a municipal ordinance of a municipal | 1331 |
corporation located in any other state that is substantially | 1332 |
similar to division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised | 1333 |
Code, the court shall sentence the offender to a term of | 1334 |
imprisonment of sixty consecutive days and may sentence the | 1335 |
offender to a longer definite term of imprisonment of not more | 1336 |
than one year. As an alternative to the term of imprisonment | 1337 |
required to be imposed by this division, but subject to division | 1338 |
(A)(12) of this section, the court may impose upon the offender a | 1339 |
sentence consisting of both a term of imprisonment of thirty | 1340 |
consecutive days and not less than one hundred ten consecutive | 1341 |
days of electronically monitored house arrest as defined in | 1342 |
division (A) of section 2929.23 of the Revised Code. The thirty | 1343 |
consecutive days of imprisonment and the period of electronically | 1344 |
monitored house arrest shall not exceed one year. The thirty | 1345 |
consecutive days of imprisonment do not have to be served prior to | 1346 |
or consecutively with the period of electronically monitored house | 1347 |
arrest. | 1348 |
In addition, the court shall impose upon the offender a fine | 1349 |
of not less than five hundred fifty and not more than two thousand | 1350 |
five hundred dollars. | 1351 |
In addition to any other sentence that it imposes upon the | 1352 |
offender, the court shall require the offender to attend an | 1353 |
alcohol and drug addiction program authorized by section 3793.02 | 1354 |
of the Revised Code. The offender shall pay the cost of the | 1355 |
treatment. If the court determines that the offender is unable to | 1356 |
pay the cost of attendance at the treatment program, the court may | 1357 |
order that payment of the cost of the offender's attendance at the | 1358 |
treatment program be made from that court's indigent drivers | 1359 |
alcohol treatment fund. | 1360 |
Of the fine imposed pursuant to this division, one hundred | 1361 |
twenty-three dollars shall be paid to an enforcement and education | 1362 |
fund established by the legislative authority of the law | 1363 |
enforcement agency in this state that primarily was responsible | 1364 |
for the arrest of the offender, as determined by the court that | 1365 |
imposes the fine. The agency shall use this share to pay only | 1366 |
those costs it incurs in enforcing section 4511.19 of the Revised | 1367 |
Code or a substantially similar municipal ordinance and in | 1368 |
informing the public of the laws governing the operation of a | 1369 |
motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, the dangers of | 1370 |
operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, | 1371 |
and other information relating to the operation of a motor vehicle | 1372 |
and the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Two hundred | 1373 |
seventy-seven dollars of the fine imposed pursuant to this | 1374 |
division shall be paid to the political subdivision that pays the | 1375 |
cost of housing the offender during the offender's term of | 1376 |
incarceration. The political subdivision shall use this share to | 1377 |
pay or reimburse incarceration or treatment costs it incurs in | 1378 |
housing or providing drug and alcohol treatment to persons who | 1379 |
violate section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a substantially | 1380 |
similar municipal ordinance and to pay for ignition interlock | 1381 |
devices and electronic house arrest equipment for persons who | 1382 |
violate that section, and this share shall be paid to the credit | 1383 |
of the fund that pays the cost of incarceration. The balance of | 1384 |
the fine shall be disbursed as otherwise provided by law. | 1385 |
(b) Regardless of whether the vehicle the offender was | 1386 |
operating at the time of the offense is registered in the | 1387 |
offender's name or in the name of another person, the court, in | 1388 |
addition to the penalties imposed under division (A)(7)(a) of this | 1389 |
section and all other penalties provided by law and subject to | 1390 |
section 4503.235 of the Revised Code, shall order the | 1391 |
immobilization for one hundred eighty days of the vehicle the | 1392 |
offender was operating at the time of the offense and the | 1393 |
impoundment for one hundred eighty days of the identification | 1394 |
license plates of that vehicle. The order for the immobilization | 1395 |
and impoundment shall be issued and enforced in accordance with | 1396 |
section 4503.233 of the Revised Code. | 1397 |
(8)(a)(i) If, within six years of the offense, the offender | 1398 |
has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or more | 1399 |
violations of division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the | 1400 |
Revised Code, a municipal ordinance relating to operating a | 1401 |
vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or | 1402 |
alcohol and a drug of abuse, a municipal ordinance relating to | 1403 |
operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in | 1404 |
the blood, breath, or urine, section 2903.04 of the Revised Code | 1405 |
in a case in which the offender was subject to the sanctions | 1406 |
described in division (D) of that section, section 2903.06, | 1407 |
2903.07, or 2903.08 of the Revised Code or a municipal ordinance | 1408 |
that is substantially similar to section 2903.07 of the Revised | 1409 |
Code in a case in which the jury or judge found that the offender | 1410 |
was under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol | 1411 |
and a drug of abuse, or a statute of the United States or of any | 1412 |
other state or a municipal ordinance of a municipal corporation | 1413 |
located in any other state that is substantially similar to | 1414 |
division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, and if | 1415 |
sentence is not required to be imposed under division | 1416 |
(A)(8)(a)(ii) of this section, the offender is guilty of a felony | 1417 |
of the fourth degree and, notwithstanding division (A)(4) of | 1418 |
section 2929.14 of the Revised Code, may be sentenced to a | 1419 |
definite prison term that shall be not less than six months and | 1420 |
not more than thirty months. The court shall sentence the | 1421 |
offender in accordance with sections 2929.11 to 2929.19 of the | 1422 |
Revised Code and shall impose as part of the sentence either a | 1423 |
mandatory term of local incarceration of one hundred twenty | 1424 |
consecutive days of imprisonment in accordance with division | 1425 |
(G)(1) of section 2929.13 of the Revised Code or a mandatory | 1426 |
prison term of one hundred twenty consecutive days of imprisonment | 1427 |
in accordance with division (G)(2) of that section. If the court | 1428 |
requires the offender to serve a mandatory term of local | 1429 |
incarceration of one hundred twenty consecutive days of | 1430 |
imprisonment in accordance with division (G)(1) of section 2929.13 | 1431 |
of the Revised Code, the court, pursuant to section 2929.17 of the | 1432 |
Revised Code, may impose upon the offender a sentence that | 1433 |
includes a term of electronically monitored house arrest, provided | 1434 |
that the term of electronically monitored house arrest shall not | 1435 |
commence until after the offender has served the mandatory term of | 1436 |
local incarceration. | 1437 |
(ii) If the offender previously has been convicted of or | 1438 |
pleaded guilty to a violation of division (A) of section 4511.19 | 1439 |
of the Revised Code under circumstances in which the violation was | 1440 |
a felony, regardless of when the prior violation and the prior | 1441 |
conviction or guilty plea occurred, the offender is guilty of a | 1442 |
felony of the third degree. The court shall sentence the offender | 1443 |
in accordance with sections 2929.11 to 2929.19 of the Revised Code | 1444 |
and shall impose as part of the sentence a mandatory prison term | 1445 |
of one hundred twenty consecutive days of imprisonment in | 1446 |
accordance with division (G)(2) of section 2929.13 of the Revised | 1447 |
Code. | 1448 |
(iii) In addition to all other sanctions imposed on an | 1449 |
offender under division (A)(8)(a)(i) or (ii) of this section, the | 1450 |
court shall impose upon the offender, pursuant to section 2929.18 | 1451 |
of the Revised Code, a fine of not less than eight hundred nor | 1452 |
more than ten thousand dollars. | 1453 |
In addition to any other sanction that it imposes upon the | 1454 |
offender under division (A)(8)(a)(i) or (ii) of this section, the | 1455 |
court shall require the offender to attend an alcohol and drug | 1456 |
addiction program authorized by section 3793.02 of the Revised | 1457 |
Code. The cost of the treatment shall be paid by the offender. If | 1458 |
the court determines that the offender is unable to pay the cost | 1459 |
of attendance at the treatment program, the court may order that | 1460 |
payment of the cost of the offender's attendance at the treatment | 1461 |
program be made from the court's indigent drivers alcohol | 1462 |
treatment fund. | 1463 |
Of the fine imposed pursuant to this division, two hundred | 1464 |
ten dollars shall be paid to an enforcement and education fund | 1465 |
established by the legislative authority of the law enforcement | 1466 |
agency in this state that primarily was responsible for the arrest | 1467 |
of the offender, as determined by the court that imposes the fine. | 1468 |
The agency shall use this share to pay only those costs it incurs | 1469 |
in enforcing section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a | 1470 |
substantially similar municipal ordinance and in informing the | 1471 |
public of the laws governing operation of a motor vehicle while | 1472 |
under the influence of alcohol, the dangers of operation of a | 1473 |
motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, and other | 1474 |
information relating to the operation of a motor vehicle and the | 1475 |
consumption of alcoholic beverages. Four hundred forty dollars of | 1476 |
the fine imposed pursuant to this division shall be paid to the | 1477 |
political subdivision that pays the cost of housing the offender | 1478 |
during the offender's term of incarceration. The political | 1479 |
subdivision shall use this share to pay or reimburse incarceration | 1480 |
or treatment costs it incurs in housing or providing drug and | 1481 |
alcohol treatment to persons who violate section 4511.19 of the | 1482 |
Revised Code or a substantially similar municipal ordinance and to | 1483 |
pay for ignition interlock devices and electronic house arrest | 1484 |
equipment for persons who violate that section, and this share | 1485 |
shall be paid to the credit of the fund that pays the cost of | 1486 |
incarceration. The balance of the fine shall be disbursed as | 1487 |
otherwise provided by law. | 1488 |
(b) Regardless of whether the vehicle the offender was | 1489 |
operating at the time of the offense is registered in the | 1490 |
offender's name or in the name of another person, the court, in | 1491 |
addition to the sanctions imposed under division (A)(8)(a) of this | 1492 |
section and all other sanctions provided by law and subject to | 1493 |
section 4503.235 of the Revised Code, shall order the criminal | 1494 |
forfeiture to the state of the vehicle the offender was operating | 1495 |
at the time of the offense. The order of criminal forfeiture | 1496 |
shall be issued and enforced in accordance with section 4503.234 | 1497 |
of the Revised Code. | 1498 |
(c) As used in division (A)(8)(a) of this section, | 1499 |
"mandatory prison term" and "mandatory term of local | 1500 |
incarceration" have the same meanings as in section 2929.01 of the | 1501 |
Revised Code. | 1502 |
(d) If title to a motor vehicle that is subject to an order | 1503 |
for criminal forfeiture under this section is assigned or | 1504 |
transferred and division (C)(2) or (3) of section 4503.234 of the | 1505 |
Revised Code applies, in addition to or independent of any other | 1506 |
penalty established by law, the court may fine the offender the | 1507 |
value of the vehicle as determined by publications of the national | 1508 |
auto dealer's association. The proceeds from any fine imposed | 1509 |
under this division shall be distributed in accordance with | 1510 |
division (D)(4) of section 4503.234 of the Revised Code. | 1511 |
(9)(a) Except as provided in division (A)(9)(b) of this | 1512 |
section, upon a showing that imprisonment would seriously affect | 1513 |
the ability of an offender sentenced pursuant to division (A)(1), | 1514 |
(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) of this section to continue | 1515 |
the offender's employment, the court may authorize that the | 1516 |
offender be granted work release from imprisonment after the | 1517 |
offender has served the three, six, ten, twenty, thirty, or sixty | 1518 |
consecutive days of imprisonment or the mandatory term of local | 1519 |
incarceration of sixty or one hundred twenty consecutive days that | 1520 |
the court is required by division (A)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), | 1521 |
(7), or (8) of this section to impose. No court shall authorize | 1522 |
work release from imprisonment during the three, six, ten, twenty, | 1523 |
thirty, or sixty consecutive days of imprisonment or the mandatory | 1524 |
term of local incarceration or mandatory prison term of sixty or | 1525 |
one hundred twenty consecutive days that the court is required by | 1526 |
division (A)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) of this | 1527 |
section to impose. The duration of the work release shall not | 1528 |
exceed the time necessary each day for the offender to commute to | 1529 |
and from the place of employment and the place of imprisonment and | 1530 |
the time actually spent under employment. | 1531 |
(b) An offender who is sentenced pursuant to division | 1532 |
(A)(2), (3), (6), or (7) of this section to a term of imprisonment | 1533 |
followed by a period of electronically monitored house arrest is | 1534 |
not eligible for work release from imprisonment, but that person | 1535 |
shall be permitted work release during the period of | 1536 |
electronically monitored house arrest. The duration of the work | 1537 |
release shall not exceed the time necessary each day for the | 1538 |
offender to commute to and from the place of employment and the | 1539 |
offender's home or other place specified by the sentencing court | 1540 |
and the time actually spent under employment. | 1541 |
(10) Notwithstanding any section of the Revised Code that | 1542 |
authorizes the suspension of the imposition or execution of a | 1543 |
sentence, the placement of an offender in any treatment program in | 1544 |
lieu of imprisonment, or the use of a community control sanction | 1545 |
for an offender convicted of a felony, no court shall suspend the | 1546 |
ten, twenty, thirty, or sixty consecutive days of imprisonment | 1547 |
required to be imposed on an offender by division (A)(2), (3), | 1548 |
(6), or (7) of this section, no court shall place an offender who | 1549 |
is sentenced pursuant to division (A)(2), (3), (4), (6), (7), or | 1550 |
(8) of this section in any treatment program in lieu of | 1551 |
imprisonment until after the offender has served the ten, twenty, | 1552 |
thirty, or sixty consecutive days of imprisonment or the mandatory | 1553 |
term of local incarceration or mandatory prison term of sixty or | 1554 |
one hundred twenty consecutive days required to be imposed | 1555 |
pursuant to division (A)(2), (3), (4), (6), (7), or (8) of this | 1556 |
section, no court that sentences an offender under division (A)(4) | 1557 |
or (8) of this section shall impose any sanction other than a | 1558 |
mandatory term of local incarceration or mandatory prison term to | 1559 |
apply to the offender until after the offender has served the | 1560 |
mandatory term of local incarceration or mandatory prison term of | 1561 |
sixty or one hundred twenty consecutive days required to be | 1562 |
imposed pursuant to division (A)(4) or (8) of this section, and no | 1563 |
court that imposes a sentence of imprisonment and a period of | 1564 |
electronically monitored house arrest upon an offender under | 1565 |
division (A)(2), (3), (6), or (7) of this section shall suspend | 1566 |
any portion of the sentence or place the offender in any treatment | 1567 |
program in lieu of imprisonment or electronically monitored house | 1568 |
arrest. Notwithstanding any section of the Revised Code that | 1569 |
authorizes the suspension of the imposition or execution of a | 1570 |
sentence or the placement of an offender in any treatment program | 1571 |
in lieu of imprisonment, no court, except as specifically | 1572 |
authorized by division (A)(1) or (5) of this section, shall | 1573 |
suspend the three or more consecutive days of imprisonment | 1574 |
required to be imposed by division (A)(1) or (5) of this section | 1575 |
or place an offender who is sentenced pursuant to division (A)(1) | 1576 |
or (5) of this section in any treatment program in lieu of | 1577 |
imprisonment until after the offender has served the three or more | 1578 |
consecutive days of imprisonment required to be imposed pursuant | 1579 |
to division (A)(1) or (5) of this section. | 1580 |
(11) No court shall sentence an offender to an alcohol | 1581 |
treatment program pursuant to division (A)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), | 1582 |
(6), (7), or (8) of this section unless the treatment program | 1583 |
complies with the minimum standards adopted pursuant to Chapter | 1584 |
3793. of the Revised Code by the director of alcohol and drug | 1585 |
addiction services. | 1586 |
(12) No court shall impose the alternative sentence of a | 1587 |
term of imprisonment plus a term of electronically monitored house | 1588 |
arrest permitted to be imposed by division (A)(2), (3), (6), or | 1589 |
(7) of this section, unless within sixty days of the date of | 1590 |
sentencing, the court issues a written finding, entered into the | 1591 |
record, that due to the unavailability of space at the | 1592 |
incarceration facility where the offender is required to serve the | 1593 |
term of imprisonment imposed upon the offender, the offender will | 1594 |
not be able to commence serving the term of imprisonment within | 1595 |
the sixty-day period following the date of sentencing. If the | 1596 |
court issues such a written finding, the court may impose the | 1597 |
alternative sentence comprised of a term of imprisonment and a | 1598 |
term of electronically monitored house arrest permitted to be | 1599 |
imposed by division (A)(2), (3), (6), or (7) of this section. | 1600 |
(B) Whoever violates section 4511.192, 4511.251, or 4511.85 | 1601 |
of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first | 1602 |
degree. The court, in addition to or independent of all other | 1603 |
penalties provided by law, may suspend for a period not to exceed | 1604 |
one year the driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or | 1605 |
nonresident operating privilege of any person who pleads guilty to | 1606 |
or is convicted of a violation of section 4511.192 of the Revised | 1607 |
Code. | 1608 |
(C) Whoever violates section 4511.63, 4511.76, 4511.761, | 1609 |
4511.762, 4511.764, 4511.77, or 4511.79 of the Revised Code is | 1610 |
guilty of one of the following: | 1611 |
(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) of this | 1612 |
section, a minor misdemeanor. | 1613 |
(2) If the offender previously has been convicted of or | 1614 |
pleaded guilty to one or more violations of section 4511.63, | 1615 |
4511.76, 4511.761, 4511.762, 4511.764, 4511.77, or 4511.79 of the | 1616 |
Revised Code or a municipal ordinance that is substantially | 1617 |
similar to any of those sections, a misdemeanor of the fourth | 1618 |
degree. | 1619 |
(D)(1) Whoever violates any provision of sections 4511.01 to | 1620 |
4511.76 or section 4511.84 of the Revised Code, for which no | 1621 |
penalty otherwise is provided in this section is guilty of one of | 1622 |
the following: | 1623 |
(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (D)(1)(b), | 1624 |
(1)(c), (2), (3), or (4) of this section, a minor misdemeanor; | 1625 |
(b) If, within one year of the offense, the offender | 1626 |
previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one | 1627 |
violation of any provision of sections 4511.01 to 4511.76 or | 1628 |
section 4511.84 of the Revised Code for which no penalty otherwise | 1629 |
is provided in this section or a municipal ordinance that is | 1630 |
substantially similar to any provision of sections 4511.01 to | 1631 |
4511.76 or section 4511.84 of the Revised Code for which no | 1632 |
penalty otherwise is provided in this section, a misdemeanor of | 1633 |
the fourth degree; | 1634 |
(c) If, within one year of the offense, the offender | 1635 |
previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two or more | 1636 |
violations of any provision described in division (D)(1)(b) of | 1637 |
this section or any municipal ordinance that is substantially | 1638 |
similar to any of those provisions, a misdemeanor of the third | 1639 |
degree. | 1640 |
(2) When any person is found guilty of a first offense for a | 1641 |
violation of section 4511.21 of the Revised Code upon a finding | 1642 |
that the person operated a motor vehicle faster than thirty-five | 1643 |
miles an hour in a business district of a municipal corporation, | 1644 |
or faster than fifty miles an hour in other portions, or faster | 1645 |
than thirty-five miles an hour while passing through a school zone | 1646 |
during recess or while children are going to or leaving school | 1647 |
during the opening or closing hours, the person is guilty of a | 1648 |
misdemeanor of the fourth degree. | 1649 |
(3) Notwithstanding section 2929.21 of the Revised Code, | 1650 |
upon a finding that such person operated a motor vehicle in a | 1651 |
construction zone where a sign was then posted in accordance with | 1652 |
section 4511.98 of the Revised Code, the court, in addition to all | 1653 |
other penalties provided by law, shall impose a fine of two times | 1654 |
the usual amount imposed for the violation. No court shall impose | 1655 |
a fine of two times the usual amount imposed for the violation | 1656 |
upon an offender who alleges, in an affidavit filed with the court | 1657 |
prior to the offender's sentencing, that the offender is indigent | 1658 |
and is unable to pay the fine imposed pursuant to this division, | 1659 |
provided the court determines the offender is an indigent person | 1660 |
and is unable to pay the fine. | 1661 |
(4) Notwithstanding section 2929.21 of the Revised Code, | 1662 |
upon a finding that a person operated a motor vehicle in violation | 1663 |
of division (C) of section 4511.213 of the Revised Code, the | 1664 |
court, in addition to all other penalties provided by law, shall | 1665 |
impose a fine of two times the usual amount imposed for the | 1666 |
violation. | 1667 |
(E) Whenever a person is found guilty in a court of record | 1668 |
of a violation of section 4511.761, 4511.762, or 4511.77 of the | 1669 |
Revised Code, the trial judge, in addition to or independent of | 1670 |
all other penalties provided by law, may suspend for any period of | 1671 |
time not exceeding three years, or revoke the license of any | 1672 |
person, partnership, association, or corporation, issued under | 1673 |
section 4511.763 of the Revised Code. | 1674 |
(F) Whoever violates division (E) or (F) of section 4511.51, | 1675 |
division (A), (D), or (E) of section 4511.521, section 4511.681, | 1676 |
division (A) or (C) of section 4511.69, section 4511.772, or | 1677 |
division (A) or (B) of section 4511.82 of the Revised Code is | 1678 |
guilty of a minor misdemeanor. | 1679 |
(G) Whoever violates division (A) of section 4511.75 of the | 1680 |
Revised Code may be fined an amount not to exceed five hundred | 1681 |
dollars. A person who is issued a citation for a violation of | 1682 |
division (A) of section 4511.75 of the Revised Code is not | 1683 |
permitted to enter a written plea of guilty and waive the person's | 1684 |
right to contest the citation in a trial, but instead must appear | 1685 |
in person in the proper court to answer the charge. | 1686 |
(H)(1) Whoever is a resident of this state and violates | 1687 |
division (A) or (B) of section 4511.81 of the Revised Code shall | 1688 |
be punished as follows: | 1689 |
(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (H)(1)(b) of | 1690 |
this section, the offender is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. | 1691 |
(b) If the offender previously has been convicted of or | 1692 |
pleaded guilty to a violation of division (A) or (B) of section | 1693 |
4511.81 of the Revised Code or of a municipal ordinance that is | 1694 |
substantially similar to either of those divisions, the offender | 1695 |
is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. | 1696 |
(2) Whoever is not a resident of this state, violates | 1697 |
division (A) or (B) of section 4511.81 of the Revised Code, and | 1698 |
fails to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the | 1699 |
offender's use or nonuse of a child restraint system was in | 1700 |
accordance with the law of the state of which the offender is a | 1701 |
resident is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a | 1702 |
second or subsequent offense, that person is guilty of a | 1703 |
misdemeanor of the fourth degree. | 1704 |
(3) All fines imposed pursuant to division (H)(1) or (2) of | 1705 |
this section shall be forwarded to the treasurer of state for | 1706 |
deposit in the "child highway safety fund" created by division (G) | 1707 |
of section 4511.81 of the Revised Code. | 1708 |
(I) Whoever violates section 4511.202 of the Revised Code is | 1709 |
guilty of operating a motor vehicle without being in control of | 1710 |
it, a minor misdemeanor. | 1711 |
(J) Whoever violates division (B) of section 4511.74, | 1712 |
division (B)(1), (2), or (3), (C), or (E)(1), (2), or (3) of | 1713 |
section 4511.83 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of | 1714 |
the first degree. | 1715 |
(K) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever | 1716 |
violates division (E) of section 4511.11, division (A) or (C) of | 1717 |
section 4511.17, or section 4511.18 of the Revised Code is guilty | 1718 |
of a misdemeanor of the third degree. If a violation of division | 1719 |
(A) or (C) of section 4511.17 of the Revised Code creates a risk | 1720 |
of physical harm to any person, the offender is guilty of a | 1721 |
misdemeanor of the first degree. A violation of division (A) or | 1722 |
(C) of section 4511.17 of the Revised Code that causes serious | 1723 |
physical harm to property that is owned, leased, or controlled by | 1724 |
a state or local authority is a felony of the fifth degree. | 1725 |
(L) Whoever violates division (H) of section 4511.69 of the | 1726 |
Revised Code shall be punished as follows: | 1727 |
(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (L)(2) of this | 1728 |
section, the offender shall be issued a warning. | 1729 |
(2) If the offender previously has been convicted of or | 1730 |
pleaded guilty to a violation of division (H) of section 4511.69 | 1731 |
of the Revised Code or of a municipal ordinance that is | 1732 |
substantially similar to that division, the offender shall not be | 1733 |
issued a warning but shall be fined twenty-five dollars for each | 1734 |
parking location that is not properly marked or whose markings are | 1735 |
not properly maintained. | 1736 |
(M) Whoever violates division (A)(1) or (2) of section | 1737 |
4511.45 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the | 1738 |
fourth degree on a first offense; on a second offense within one | 1739 |
year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a | 1740 |
misdemeanor of the third degree; and on each subsequent offense | 1741 |
within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a | 1742 |
misdemeanor of the second degree. | 1743 |
(N)(1) Whoever violates division (B) of section 4511.19 of | 1744 |
the Revised Code is guilty of operating a motor vehicle after | 1745 |
under-age alcohol consumption and shall be punished as follows: | 1746 |
(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (N)(1)(b) of | 1747 |
this section, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the | 1748 |
fourth degree. | 1749 |
(b) The offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third | 1750 |
degree if, within one year of the offense, the offender has been | 1751 |
convicted of or pleaded guilty to any violation of the following: | 1752 |
(i) Division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised | 1753 |
Code; | 1754 |
(ii) A municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle | 1755 |
while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol | 1756 |
and a drug of abuse; | 1757 |
(iii) A municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle | 1758 |
with a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the blood, breath, | 1759 |
or urine; | 1760 |
(iv) Section 2903.04 of the Revised Code in a case in which | 1761 |
the offender was subject to the sanctions described in division | 1762 |
(D) of that section; | 1763 |
(v) Division (A)(1) of section 2903.06 or division (A)(1) of | 1764 |
section 2903.08 of the Revised Code or a municipal ordinance that | 1765 |
is substantially similar to either of those divisions; | 1766 |
(vi) Division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of section 2903.06 or | 1767 |
division (A)(2) of section 2903.08 of the Revised Code or a | 1768 |
municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to any of those | 1769 |
divisions, or former section 2903.07 of the Revised Code or a | 1770 |
substantially similar municipal ordinance, in a case in which the | 1771 |
jury or judge found that the offender was under the influence of | 1772 |
alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse; | 1773 |
(vii) A statute of the United States or of any other state | 1774 |
or a municipal ordinance of a municipal corporation located in any | 1775 |
other state that is substantially similar to division (A) or (B) | 1776 |
of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code. | 1777 |
(2) In addition to or independent of all other penalties | 1778 |
provided by law, the offender's driver's or commercial driver's | 1779 |
license or permit or nonresident operating privilege shall be | 1780 |
suspended in accordance with, and for the period of time specified | 1781 |
in, division (E) of section 4507.16 of the Revised Code. | 1782 |
(O) Whoever violates section 4511.62 of the Revised Code is | 1783 |
guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. | 1784 |
(P) Whoever violates division (F)(1)(a) or (b) of section | 1785 |
4511.69 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall | 1786 |
be fined not less than two hundred fifty nor more than five | 1787 |
hundred dollars, but in no case shall an offender be sentenced to | 1788 |
any term of imprisonment. | 1789 |
Arrest or conviction for a violation of division (F)(1)(a) or | 1790 |
(b) of section 4511.69 of the Revised Code does not constitute a | 1791 |
criminal record and need not be reported by the person so arrested | 1792 |
or convicted in response to any inquiries contained in any | 1793 |
application for employment, license, or other right or privilege, | 1794 |
or made in connection with the person's appearance as a witness. | 1795 |
Every fine collected under this division shall be paid by the | 1796 |
clerk of the court to the political subdivision in which the | 1797 |
violation occurred. Except as provided in this division, the | 1798 |
political subdivision shall use the fine moneys it receives under | 1799 |
this division to pay the expenses it incurs in complying with the | 1800 |
signage and notice requirements contained in division (E) of | 1801 |
section 4511.69 of the Revised Code. The political subdivision | 1802 |
may use up to fifty per cent of each fine it receives under this | 1803 |
division to pay the costs of educational, advocacy, support, and | 1804 |
assistive technology programs for persons with disabilities, and | 1805 |
for public improvements within the political subdivision that | 1806 |
benefit or assist persons with disabilities, if governmental | 1807 |
agencies or nonprofit organizations offer the programs. | 1808 |
(Q)(1) Whoever violates division (B) or (C) of section | 1809 |
4511.512 of the Revised Code shall be punished as follows: | 1810 |
(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (Q)(1)(b) of | 1811 |
this section, the offender is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and | 1812 |
shall be fined ten dollars. | 1813 |
(b) If the offender previously has been convicted of or | 1814 |
pleaded guilty to a violation of division (B) or (C) of section | 1815 |
4511.512 of the Revised Code or a substantially similar municipal | 1816 |
ordinance, the court shall do one of the following: | 1817 |
(i) Order the impoundment for not less than one day but not | 1818 |
more than thirty days of the electric personal assistive mobility | 1819 |
device that was involved in the current violation of that | 1820 |
division. The court shall order the device to be impounded at a | 1821 |
safe indoor location designated by the court and may assess | 1822 |
storage fees of not more than five dollars per day, provided the | 1823 |
total storage, processing, and release fees assessed against the | 1824 |
offender or the device in connection with the device's impoundment | 1825 |
or subsequent release shall not exceed fifty dollars. | 1826 |
(ii) If the court does not issue an impoundment order | 1827 |
pursuant to division (Q)(1)(b)(i) of this section, issue an order | 1828 |
prohibiting the offender from operating any electric personal | 1829 |
assistive mobility device on the public streets, highways, | 1830 |
sidewalks, and paths and portions of roadways set aside for the | 1831 |
exclusive use of bicycles for not less than one day but not more | 1832 |
than thirty days. | 1833 |
(2) Whoever violates division (D) of section 4511.512 of | 1834 |
the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. | 1835 |
Section 2. That existing sections 4501.01, 4509.01, 4511.01, | 1836 |
and 4511.99 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 1837 |