| (5) The person has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty to
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a
felony or any offense involving moral turpitude under the laws
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of
this or any other state or the United States, and has not been
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convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense that is a
misdemeanor
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of the first degree under the laws of this state or
an offense
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under the laws of any other state or the United States
that
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carries a penalty that is substantially equivalent to the
penalty
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for a misdemeanor of the first degree under the laws of
this
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state.
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| (6) The person has been fingerprinted and has been the
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subject of a
search of local, state, and national fingerprint
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files to
disclose any criminal record. Such fingerprints shall be
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taken
under the direction of the administrative judge of the court
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of
common pleas who, prior to the applicable qualification date,
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shall notify the board of elections, board of county
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commissioners, or county central committee of the proper
political
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party, as applicable, of the judge's findings.
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| (7) The person has prepared a complete history of
the
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person's places of
residence for a period of six years immediately
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preceding the
qualification date and a complete history of the
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person's places of
employment for a period of six years
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immediately preceding the
qualification date, indicating the name
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and address of each
employer and the period of time employed by
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that employer. The
residence and employment histories shall be
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filed with the
administrative judge of the court of common pleas
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of the county,
who shall forward them with the findings under
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division (B)(6) of
this section to the appropriate board of
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elections, board of
county commissioners, or county central
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committee of the proper
political party prior to the applicable
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qualification date.
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| (a) Has obtained or held, within the four-year period ending
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immediately prior to the qualification date, a valid basic peace
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officer
certificate of training issued by the Ohio peace officer
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training
commission or has been issued a certificate of training
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pursuant to section 5503.05 of the
Revised Code, and,
within the
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four-year period ending immediately prior to the qualification
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date, has been employed as an appointee pursuant to section
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5503.01 of the
Revised Code or as a full-time peace officer as
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defined in section 109.71 of
the Revised Code performing duties
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related to the enforcement of statutes,
ordinances, or codes;
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| (b) Has obtained or held, within the three-year period ending
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immediately prior to the qualification date, a valid basic peace
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officer
certificate of training issued by the Ohio peace officer
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training
commission and has been employed for at least the last
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three years prior to the qualification date as a full-time
law
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|
enforcement
officer, as defined in division (A)(11) of section
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2901.01 of the Revised Code,
performing duties related to the
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enforcement of statutes, ordinances, or
codes.
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(b) Has completed satisfactorily, at
least two years of
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post-secondary education or the equivalent in
semester or quarter
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hoursa minimum, a two-year associate degree in a college or
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university authorized
to confer degrees by the Ohio board of
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regents or the comparable
agency of another state in which the
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college or university is
located or in a school that holds a
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certificate of registration issued by the state board of career
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colleges and schools under Chapter 3332. of the Revised Code.
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| (C) Persons who meet the requirements of division (B) of
this
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section, except the requirement of division (B)(2) of this
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section, may take
all actions otherwise necessary to comply with
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division (B) of
this section. If, on the applicable qualification
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date, no
person has met all the requirements of division (B) of
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this
section, then persons who have complied with and meet the
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requirements of division (B) of this section, except the
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requirement of division (B)(2) of this section, shall be
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considered
qualified candidates under division (B) of this
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section.
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| (D) Newly elected sheriffs shall
attend a basic training
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course conducted by the Ohio peace officer
training commission
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pursuant to division (A) of section
109.80 of the Revised Code. A
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newly elected sheriff shall complete not less than two weeks of
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this course
before the first Monday in January next after the
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sheriff's
election. While attending the basic training course, a
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newly elected sheriff
may, with the approval of the board of
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county commissioners, receive
compensation, paid for from funds
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established by the sheriff's county for this
purpose, in the same
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manner and amounts as if carrying out the powers and
duties of the
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office of sheriff.
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| (E) In each calendar year, each
sheriff shall attend and
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successfully complete at least sixteen
hours of continuing
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education approved under division (B) of
section 109.80 of the
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Revised Code. A sheriff who receives a
waiver of the continuing
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education requirement from the commission
under division (C) of
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|
section 109.80 of the Revised Code because
of medical disability
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or for other good cause shall complete the
requirement at the
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earliest time after the disability or cause
terminates.
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| (1) "Qualification date" means the last day on which a
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candidate for the office of sheriff can file a declaration of
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candidacy, a statement of candidacy, or a declaration of intent
to
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be a write-in candidate, as applicable, in the case of a
primary
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|
election for the office of sheriff; the last day on which
a person
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may be appointed to fill a vacancy in a party nomination
for the
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|
office of sheriff under Chapter 3513. of the Revised
Code, in the
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|
case of a vacancy in the office of sheriff; or a
date thirty days
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|
after the day on which a vacancy in the office
of sheriff occurs,
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|
in the case of an appointment to such a
vacancy under section
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305.02 of the Revised Code.
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