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| To enact section 2927.121 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| create the offense of intimidation of a homeless | 2 |
| person. | 3 |
| Section 1. That section 2927.121 of the Revised Code be | 4 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 5 |
| Sec. 2927.121. (A) As used in this section, "homeless person" | 6 |
| means either of the following: | 7 |
| (1) An individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate | 8 |
| nighttime residence; | 9 |
| (2) An individual who has a primary nighttime residence that | 10 |
| meets any of the following criteria: | 11 |
| (a) A supervised publicly or privately operated shelter | 12 |
| designed to provide temporary living accommodations; | 13 |
| (b) An institution that provides a temporary residence for | 14 |
| individuals intended to be institutionalized; | 15 |
| (c) A public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily | 16 |
| used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings. | 17 |
| (B) No person shall violate section 2903.04, 2903.041, | 18 |
| 2903.05, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.14, 2903.21, 2903.211, | 19 |
| 2903.22, 2903.31, 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.03, 2905.11, 2905.12, | 20 |
| 2907.01, 2907.03, 2907.05, 2907.06, 2909.01, 2909.02, 2909.03, | 21 |
| 2909.05, 2909.06, 2909.07, 2911.02, 2913.01, 2913.02, or 2917.01 | 22 |
| of the Revised Code if the offender commits the violation with the | 23 |
| intent to cause harm to any victim of the violation because that | 24 |
| victim is a homeless person. | 25 |
| (C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of intimidation | 26 |
| of a homeless person. Intimidation of a homeless person is an | 27 |
| offense of the next higher degree than the offense the commission | 28 |
| of which is a necessary element of intimidation of a homeless | 29 |
| person. | 30 |