REPRESENTATIVES Setzer, Seitz, C. Evans, Kearns, Price, McGregor, Chandler, Domenick, Collier, Flowers, Wolpert, Distel, D. Evans, Hagan, Hartnett, Oelslager, Otterman, S. Patton, Perry, J. Stewart, Taylor

To amend section 505.511 of the Revised Code to

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increase the charges for responding in townships

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to certain security alarm system false alarms and

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to earmark the moneys a township so collects for

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police services.

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

Section 1. That section 505.511 of the Revised Code be	6
amended to read as follows:	7

Sec. 505.511.  (A) A board of township trustees that operates	8
a township police department or the board of township trustees of	9
a township police district may, after police constables, the	10
township police, a law enforcement agency with which the township	11
contracts for police services, and the county sheriff or the	12
sheriff's deputy have answered a combined total of three false	13
alarms resulting from the malfunction of the same commercial or	14
residential security alarm system within the township in the same	15
calendar year, cause the township clerk to mail the manager of the	16
commercial establishment or the occupant, lessee, agent, or tenant	17
of the residence, a bill for twenty-five dollars for each	18
subsequent false alarm from the same alarm system during that	19
year, to defray the costs incurred. IfThe bill's amount shall be	20
as follows:	21

(1) For the fourth false alarm of that year .....$50.00;

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(2) For the fifth false alarm of that year .....$100.00;

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(3) For all false alarms in that year occurring after the	24
fifth false alarm ...................................$150.00.	25

If payment of the bill is not received within thirty days,	26
the township clerk shall send a notice by certified mail to the	27
manager and to the owner, if different, of the real estate of	28
which the commercial establishment is a part, or to the occupant,	29
lessee, agent, or tenant and to the owner, if different, of the	30
real estate of which the residence is a part, indicating that	31
failure to pay the bill within thirty days, or to show just cause	32
why the bill should not be paid, will result in the assessment of	33
a twenty-five dollar lien upon the real estate in the amount of	34
the bill. If payment is not received within those thirty days or	35
if just cause is not shown, the sum of twenty-five dollarsamount	36
of the bill shall be entered upon the tax duplicate, shall be a	37
lien upon the real estate from the date of the entry, and shall be	38
collected as other taxes and returned to the township general fund	39
treasury to be earmarked for use for police services. The	40

The board of township trustees shall not cause the township	41
clerk to send a bill pursuant to this division if a bill has	42
already been sent pursuant to division (B) of this section for the	43
same false alarm.	44

(B) The county sheriff may, after the county sheriff or the	45
sheriff's deputy, police constables, the township police, and a	46
law enforcement agency with which the township contracts for	47
police services have answered a combined total of three false	48
alarms resulting from the malfunction of the same commercial or	49
residential security alarm system within the unincorporated area	50
of the county in the same calendar year, mail the manager of the	51
commercial establishment or the occupant, lessee, agent, or tenant	52
of the residence a bill for twenty-five dollars for each	53
subsequent false alarm from the same alarm system during that	54
year, to defray the costs incurred. IfThe bill's amount shall be	55
as follows:	56

(1) For the fourth false alarm of that year .....$50.00;

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(2) For the fifth false alarm of that year .....$100.00;

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(3) For all false alarms in that year occurring after the	59
fifth false alarm ...................................$150.00.	60

If payment of the bill is not received within thirty days,	61
the sheriff shall send a notice by certified mail to the manager	62
and to the owner, if different, of the real estate of which the	63
commercial establishment is a part, or to the occupant, lessee,	64
agent, or tenant and to the owner, if different, of the real	65
estate of which the residence is a part, indicating that the	66
failure to pay the bill within thirty days, or to show just cause	67
why the bill should not be paid, will result in the assessment of	68
a twenty-five dollar lien upon the real estate in the amount of	69
the bill. If payment is not received within those thirty days or	70
if just cause is not shown, the sum of twenty-five dollarsamount	71
of the bill shall be entered upon the tax duplicate, shall be a	72
lien upon the real estate from the date of the entry, and shall be	73
collected as other taxes and returned to the county treasury. The	74

The sheriff shall not send a bill pursuant to this division	75
if a bill has already been sent pursuant to division (A) of this	76
section for the same false alarm.	77

(C) As used in this section, "commercial establishment" has	78
the same meaning as in section 505.391 of the Revised Code.	79

Section 2. That existing section 505.511 of the Revised Code	80
is hereby repealed.	81