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To amend section 9.92 of the Revised Code to permit a | 1 |
Board of County Commissioners to enter into an | 2 |
agreement of affiliation with a citizens' reward | 3 |
program and to require the imposition of one | 4 |
dollar in additional court costs to assist in the | 5 |
funding of affiliated citizens' reward programs. | 6 |
Section 1. That section 9.92 of the Revised Code be amended | 7 |
to read as follows: | 8 |
Sec. 9.92. (A) As used in this section | 9 |
(1) "Citizens' reward program" means any organization that | 10 |
satisfies all of the following criteria: | 11 |
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pay rewards to citizens for volunteering tips and information to | 14 |
law enforcement agencies concerning felonies, offenses of | 15 |
violence, or misdemeanors that have been committed; | 16 |
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the payment of rewards to citizens for volunteering tips and | 18 |
information to law enforcement agencies concerning felonies, | 19 |
offenses of violence, or misdemeanors that have been committed. | 20 |
(2) "Detention facility" has the same meaning as in section | 21 |
2921.01 of the Revised Code. | 22 |
(B) A citizens' reward program may apply to the board of | 23 |
county commissioners of any county or counties in which it | 24 |
operates for recognition as the official reward program for that | 25 |
county or counties. Upon receipt of the application, the board of | 26 |
county commissioners shall determine if it is in proper order and | 27 |
the information it contains is correct. If the application meets | 28 |
these criteria, the board, by resolution, may officially recognize | 29 |
the program. Recognition of a program by a county under this | 30 |
division qualifies the program for funding of its reward fund | 31 |
under division (E)(2) of section 2933.41 of the Revised Code. No | 32 |
more than one such reward program shall be recognized in any | 33 |
county. | 34 |
(C)(1) If a board of county commissioners enters into an | 35 |
agreement of affiliation with a citizens' reward program pursuant | 36 |
to division (D) of this section, any municipal court, county | 37 |
court, or court of common pleas within the county shall impose the | 38 |
sum of one dollar as costs in any case in which a person is | 39 |
convicted of or pleads guilty to any offense other than a traffic | 40 |
offense. This one dollar additional court costs is in addition to | 41 |
any other court costs that the court is required by law to impose | 42 |
upon the offender, and, the court shall impose the one dollar | 43 |
additional court costs as long as the agreement of affiliation | 44 |
remains in effect, but the court, in the court's discretion, may | 45 |
remit this one dollar additional court costs to the offender. The | 46 |
clerk of each court shall transmit all such moneys collected | 47 |
during a month on or before the twentieth day of the following | 48 |
month to the affiliated citizens' reward program. | 49 |
(2) No person shall be placed or held in a detention facility | 50 |
for failing to pay the additional one dollar court costs that are | 51 |
required to be paid by division (C)(1) of this section. | 52 |
(3) A citizens' reward program receiving funds pursuant to | 53 |
division (C)(1) of this section may use the funds for any purpose | 54 |
described in division (A)(1)(b) or (c) of this section. | 55 |
(D)(1) Any citizens' reward program that is recognized under | 56 |
division (B) of this section may enter into a written agreement of | 57 |
affiliation with a board of county commissioners in the county in | 58 |
which the program operates. Agreements of affiliation executed | 59 |
pursuant to this division shall be valid for two years and may be | 60 |
renewed. The agreements shall do all of the following: | 61 |
(a) Specify the relationship between the citizens' reward | 62 |
program, the county, and law enforcement agencies in the county; | 63 |
(b) Specify that the citizens' reward program shall account | 64 |
annually to the board of county commissioners for all funds raised | 65 |
by the organization from all sources and all funds expended by the | 66 |
organization for any purpose; | 67 |
(c) Allow the citizens' reward program to itemize the sources | 68 |
of funds raised without referring to the name of the source; | 69 |
(d) Prohibit the citizens' reward program from divulging the | 70 |
identity of any person to whom a reward was paid. | 71 |
(2) In every county in which the board of county | 72 |
commissioners approves of an agreement of affiliation, the board | 73 |
shall notify the clerk of each municipal court, county court, and | 74 |
court of common pleas within the county of that agreement of | 75 |
affiliation and of the duty to collect the additional court costs | 76 |
imposed pursuant to division (C) of this section. | 77 |
(E) The recognition of a citizens' reward program under this | 78 |
section does not make it a governmental unit for purposes of | 79 |
section 149.43 of the Revised Code and does not subject it to the | 80 |
disclosure provisions of that section. A board of county | 81 |
commissioners that recognizes a citizens' reward program pursuant | 82 |
to this section shall require the program to provide the board | 83 |
with an accounting of all funds the program receives or disburses | 84 |
subsequent to its recognition in order to maintain recognition. | 85 |
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citizens' reward program under this section may by resolution | 87 |
revoke its recognition of the program. The board shall send a copy | 88 |
of the resolution, upon adoption, to the program and to each | 89 |
appropriate law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over the | 90 |
territory served by the program. | 91 |
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program shall contain all of the following information: | 93 |
(1) The name of the program and its mailing address; | 94 |
(2) The name and address of each of its officers or | 95 |
officials; | 96 |
(3) Information sufficient to establish the intention and | 97 |
ability of the program's officers to implement the program | 98 |
throughout the county; | 99 |
(4) The purposes for which the program is organized and | 100 |
operated and the services it offers; | 101 |
(5) A copy of the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the | 102 |
program, if applicable, or a copy of the rules and procedures | 103 |
under which the program is organized and operated; | 104 |
(6) Any other relevant information that the board of county | 105 |
commissioners requires, by resolution. | 106 |
Section 2. That existing section 9.92 of the Revised Code is | 107 |
hereby repealed. | 108 |