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| To enact section 4511.204 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| prohibit driving a vehicle while text messaging | 2 |
| or typing on a mobile communication device. | 3 |
| Section 1. That section 4511.204 of the Revised Code be | 4 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 5 |
| Sec. 4511.204. (A) No person shall drive a motor vehicle, | 6 |
| trackless trolley, or streetcar on any street, highway, or | 7 |
| property open to the public for vehicular traffic while text | 8 |
| messaging or typing on a mobile communication device. | 9 |
| (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any of the | 10 |
| following: | 11 |
| (1) A person using a mobile communication device in that | 12 |
| manner for emergency purposes, including an emergency contact | 13 |
| with a law enforcement agency, hospital or health care provider, | 14 |
| fire department, or other similar emergency agency or entity; | 15 |
| (2) A person operating a public safety vehicle who uses a | 16 |
| mobile communication device in that manner in the course of the | 17 |
| person's duties. | 18 |
| (C) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty | 19 |
| of a minor misdemeanor. | 20 |
| (D) As used in this section, "mobile communication device" | 21 |
| includes any of the following: | 22 |
| (1) A wireless telephone; | 23 |
| (2) A text-messaging device; | 24 |
| (3) A personal digital assistant; | 25 |
| (4) A computer; | 26 |
| (5) Any other substantially similar wireless device that is | 27 |
| designed or used to communicate text or data. | 28 |