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| To amend section 3737.99 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| revise the penalties for violations of the Ohio | 2 |
| Fire Code concerning nonresidential buildings. | 3 |
| Section 1. That section 3737.99 of the Revised Code be | 4 |
| amended to read as follows: | 5 |
| Sec. 3737.99. (A) Whoever violates section 3737.28 of the | 6 |
| Revised Code may be summarily punished, by the officer concerned, | 7 |
| by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or commitment to | 8 |
| the county jail until that person is willing to comply with the | 9 |
| order of such officer. | 10 |
| (B) Except as a violation of section 2923.17 of the Revised | 11 |
| Code involves subject matter covered by the state fire code and | 12 |
| except as such a violation is covered by division (G) of this | 13 |
| section, whoever violates division (A) of section 3737.51 of the | 14 |
| Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. If | 15 |
| the violation involves a nonresidential building as defined in | 16 |
| section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, notwithstanding the fine | 17 |
| specified in division (A)(2)(b) of section 2929.28 or division | 18 |
| (A)(8) of section 2929.31 of the Revised Code for a misdemeanor of | 19 |
| the first degree, the offender shall be subject to a fine of not | 20 |
| less than five thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand | 21 |
| dollars. | 22 |
| (C) Whoever violates section 3737.61 of the Revised Code is | 23 |
| guilty of a minor misdemeanor. | 24 |
| (D) Whoever violates section 3737.62 or 3737.64 of the | 25 |
| Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. | 26 |
| (E) Whoever violates section 3737.63 or division (A) or (B) | 27 |
| of section 3737.65 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor | 28 |
| of the third degree. | 29 |
| (F) Whoever violates division (C)(3) or (D)(5) of section | 30 |
| 3737.73 of the Revised Code shall be fined one thousand dollars. | 31 |
| (G) Whoever violates section 3737.66 of the Revised Code is | 32 |
| guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. | 33 |
| (H) Whoever knowingly violates division (C) of section | 34 |
| 3737.882 of the Revised Code is guilty of an unclassified felony | 35 |
| and shall be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or | 36 |
| imprisoned for not more than fourteen months, or both. Whoever | 37 |
| recklessly violates division (C) of section 3737.882 of the | 38 |
| Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. | 39 |
| (I) Whoever knowingly violates division (F)(1), (2), or (3) | 40 |
| of section 3737.881 or section 3737.93 of the Revised Code is | 41 |
| guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. | 42 |
| (J) Whoever knowingly violates division (B) or (C) of section | 43 |
| 3737.91 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the | 44 |
| second degree. | 45 |
| Section 2. That existing section 3737.99 of the Revised Code | 46 |
| is hereby repealed. | 47 |