Cosponsors:
Senators Lehner, Seitz, Skindell, Turner, Hite, Beagle, Burke, Gentile, Jones, LaRose, Niehaus, Patton, Sawyer, Schiavoni, Tavares, Wagoner
Representatives Antonio, Ashford, Budish, Celebrezze, Cera, Combs, Derickson, Dovilla, Fedor, Fende, Garland, Gerberry, Goyal, Grossman, Hagan, R., Heard, Kozlowski, Letson, Lundy, Mallory, Milkovich, O'Brien, Phillips, Ramos, Schuring, Szollosi, Thompson, Winburn, Yuko
Section 1. That sections 955.02, 955.10, 955.12, 955.20, | 5 |
955.26, and 1901.183 be amended and sections 956.01, 956.02, | 6 |
956.03, 956.04, 956.05, 956.06, 956.07, 956.08, 956.09, 956.10, | 7 |
956.11, 956.12, 956.13, 956.14, 956.15, 956.16, 956.17, and 956.18 | 8 |
of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 9 |
Sec. 955.02. AAs used in this chapter, "dog kennel" or | 10 |
"kennel owner is a person, partnership, firm, company, or | 11 |
corporation professionally engaged in the business" means an | 12 |
establishment that keeps, houses, and maintains adult dogs, as | 13 |
defined in section 956.01 of the Revised Code, for the purpose of | 14 |
breeding the dogs for hunting or for a fee or other consideration | 15 |
received through a sale, exchange, or lease and that is not a high | 16 |
volume breeder licensed under Chapter 956. of the Revised Code. | 17 |
Sec. 955.10. No owner of a dog, except a dog constantly | 18 |
confined to a
registereddog kennel registered under this chapter | 19 |
or one licensed under Chapter 956. of the Revised Code, shall fail | 20 |
to require the dog to wear, at all times, a valid tag issued in | 21 |
connection with a certificate of registration. A dog's failuredog | 22 |
found not wearing at any time to wear a valid tag shall be | 23 |
prima-facie evidence of lack of registration and shall subject any | 24 |
dog found not wearing such a tag to impounding, sale, or | 25 |
destruction. | 26 |
The warden and deputies shall make a record of all dogs | 38 |
owned, kept, and harbored in their respective counties. They shall | 39 |
patrol their respective counties and seize and impound on sight | 40 |
all dogs found running at large and all dogs more than three | 41 |
months of age found not wearing a valid registration tag, except | 42 |
any dog that wears a valid registration tag and is: on the | 43 |
premises of its owner, keeper, or harborer, under the reasonable | 44 |
control of its owner or some other person, hunting with its owner | 45 |
or its handler at a field trial, kept constantly confined in a | 46 |
registered dog kennel registered under this chapter or one | 47 |
licensed under Chapter 956. of the Revised Code, or acquired by, | 48 |
and confined on the premises of, an institution or organization of | 49 |
the type described in section 955.16 of the Revised Code. A dog | 50 |
that wears a valid registration tag may be seized on the premises | 51 |
of its owner, keeper, or harborer and impounded only in the event | 52 |
of a natural disaster. | 53 |
If a dog warden has reason to believe that a dog is being | 54 |
treated inhumanely on the premises of its owner, keeper, or | 55 |
harborer, the warden shall apply to the court of common pleas for | 56 |
the county in which the premises are located for an order to enter | 57 |
the premises, and if necessary, seize the dog. If the court finds | 58 |
probable cause to believe that the dog is being treated | 59 |
inhumanely, it shall issue such an order. | 60 |
The wardens and deputies shall have the same police powers as | 68 |
are conferred upon sheriffs and police officers in the performance | 69 |
of their duties as prescribed by sections 955.01 to 955.27, 955.29 | 70 |
to 955.38, and 955.50 to 955.53 of the Revised Code. They shall | 71 |
also have power to summon the assistance of bystanders in | 72 |
performing their duties and may serve writs and other legal | 73 |
processes issued by any court in their respective counties with | 74 |
reference to enforcing those sections. County auditors may | 75 |
deputize the wardens or deputies to issue dog licenses as provided | 76 |
in sections 955.01 and 955.14 of the Revised Code. | 77 |
Whenever any person files an affidavit in a court of | 78 |
competent jurisdiction that there is a dog running at large that | 79 |
is not kept constantly confined either in a registered dog kennel | 80 |
registered under this chapter or one licensed under Chapter 956. | 81 |
of the Revised Code or on the premises of an institution or | 82 |
organization of the type described in section 955.16 of the | 83 |
Revised Code or that a dog is kept or harbored in the warden's | 84 |
jurisdiction without being registered as required by law, the | 85 |
court shall immediately order the warden to seize and impound the | 86 |
dog. Thereupon the warden shall immediately seize and impound the | 87 |
dog complained of. The warden shall give immediate notice by | 88 |
certified mail to the owner, keeper, or harborer of the dog seized | 89 |
and impounded by the warden, if the owner, keeper, or harborer can | 90 |
be determined from the current year's registration list maintained | 91 |
by the warden and the county auditor of the county where the dog | 92 |
is registered, that the dog has been impounded and that, unless | 93 |
the dog is redeemed within fourteen days of the date of the | 94 |
notice, it may thereafter be sold or destroyed according to law. | 95 |
If the owner, keeper, or harborer cannot be determined from the | 96 |
current year's registration list maintained by the warden and the | 97 |
county auditor of the county where the dog is registered, the | 98 |
officer shall post a notice in the pound or animal shelter both | 99 |
describing the dog and place where seized and advising the unknown | 100 |
owner that, unless the dog is redeemed within three days, it may | 101 |
thereafter be sold or destroyed according to law. | 102 |
Sec. 955.20. The registration fees provided for in sections | 105 |
955.01 to 955.14 of the Revised Code constitute a special fund | 106 |
known as "the dog and kennel fund." The fees shall be deposited by | 107 |
the county auditor in the county treasury daily as collected
and. | 108 |
Money in the fund shall be used for the purpose of defraying the | 109 |
cost of furnishing all blanks, records, tags, nets, and other | 110 |
equipment, for the purpose of paying the compensation of county | 111 |
dog wardens, deputies, poundkeepers, and other employees necessary | 112 |
to carry out and enforce sections 955.01 to 955.261 of the Revised | 113 |
Code, and for the payment of animal claims as provided in sections | 114 |
955.29 to 955.38 of the Revised Code, and in accordance with | 115 |
section 955.27 of the Revised Code. The board of county | 116 |
commissioners, by resolution, shall appropriate sufficient funds | 117 |
out of the dog and kennel fund, not more than fifteen per cent of | 118 |
which shall be expended by the auditor for registration tags, | 119 |
blanks, records, and clerk hire, for the purpose of defraying the | 120 |
necessary expenses of registering, seizing, impounding, and | 121 |
destroying dogs in accordance with sections 955.01 to 955.27 of | 122 |
the Revised Code, and for the purpose of covering any additional | 123 |
expenses incurred by the county auditor as authorized by division | 124 |
(F)(3) of section 955.14 of the Revised Code. | 125 |
If the funds so appropriated in any calendar year are found | 126 |
by the board to be insufficient to defray the necessary cost and | 127 |
expense of the county dog warden in enforcing sections 955.01 to | 128 |
955.27 of the Revised Code, the board, by resolution so provided, | 129 |
after setting aside a sum equal to the total amount of animal | 130 |
claims
paid orfiled in that calendar year, or an amount equal to | 131 |
the total amount of animal claims paid or allowed the preceding | 132 |
year, whichever amount is larger, may appropriate further funds | 133 |
for the use and purpose of the county dog warden in administering | 134 |
those sections. | 135 |
Sec. 955.26. Whenever, in the judgment of the director of | 136 |
health, any city or general health district board of health, or | 137 |
persons performing the duties of a board of health, rabies is | 138 |
prevalent, the director of health, the board, or those persons | 139 |
shall declare a quarantine of all dogs in the health district or | 140 |
in a part of it. During the quarantine, the owner, keeper, or | 141 |
harborer of any dog shall keep it confined on the premises of the | 142 |
owner, keeper, or harborer, or in a suitable pound or, kennel, or | 143 |
other suitable place, at the expense of the owner, keeper, or | 144 |
harborer, except that a dog may be permitted to leave the premises | 145 |
of its owner, keeper, or harborer if it is under leash or under | 146 |
the control of a responsible person. The quarantine order shall be | 147 |
considered an emergency and need not be published. | 148 |
(B) "Animal rescue for dogs" means an individual or | 173 |
organization recognized by the director of agriculture that keeps, | 174 |
houses, and maintains dogs and that is dedicated to the welfare, | 175 |
health, safety, and protection of dogs, provided that the | 176 |
individual or organization does not operate for profit, does not | 177 |
sell dogs for a profit, does not breed dogs, and does not purchase | 178 |
more than nine dogs in any given calendar year unless the dogs are | 179 |
purchased from a dog warden appointed under Chapter 955. of the | 180 |
Revised Code, a humane society, or another animal rescue for dogs. | 181 |
"Animal rescue for dogs" includes an individual or organization | 182 |
that offers spayed or neutered dogs for adoption and charges | 183 |
reasonable adoption fees to cover the costs of the individual or | 184 |
organization, including, but not limited to, costs related to | 185 |
spaying or neutering dogs. | 186 |
(C) "Animal shelter for dogs" means a facility that keeps, | 187 |
houses, and maintains dogs such as a dog pound operated by a | 188 |
municipal corporation, or by a county under Chapter 955. of the | 189 |
Revised Code, or that is operated by a humane society, animal | 190 |
welfare society, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, | 191 |
or other nonprofit organization that is devoted to the welfare, | 192 |
protection, and humane treatment of dogs and other animals. | 193 |
(H) "Dog retailer" means a person who buys, sells, or offers | 208 |
to sell dogs at wholesale for resale to another or who sells or | 209 |
gives one or more dogs to a pet store annually. "Dog retailer" | 210 |
does not include an animal rescue for dogs, an animal shelter for | 211 |
dogs, a humane society, a medical kennel for dogs, a research | 212 |
kennel for dogs, a pet store, or a veterinarian. | 213 |
(H)(1) A requirement that an in-state retailer of a puppy or | 304 |
adult dog provide to the purchaser the complete name, address, and | 305 |
telephone number of all high volume breeders, dog retailers, and | 306 |
private owners that kept, housed, or maintained the puppy or adult | 307 |
dog prior to its coming into the possession of the retailer or | 308 |
proof that the puppy or adult dog was acquired through an animal | 309 |
rescue for dogs, animal shelter for dogs, or humane society, or a | 310 |
valid health certificate from the state of origin pertaining to | 311 |
the puppy or adult dog; | 312 |
(2) A requirement that an out-of-state retailer of a puppy or | 313 |
adult dog that is conducting business in this state provide to the | 314 |
purchaser a valid health certificate from the state of origin | 315 |
pertaining to the puppy or adult dog and the complete name, | 316 |
address, and telephone number of all breeders, retailers, and | 317 |
private owners that kept, housed, or maintained the puppy or adult | 318 |
dog prior to its coming into the possession of the retailer or | 319 |
proof that the puppy or adult dog was acquired through an animal | 320 |
rescue for dogs, animal shelter for dogs, or humane society in | 321 |
this state or another state. | 322 |
Sec. 956.07. (A) A person who is applying for a license to | 433 |
operate a high volume breeder or to act as or perform the | 434 |
functions of a dog retailer under section 956.04 or 956.05 of the | 435 |
Revised Code, as applicable, shall include with the application | 436 |
for a license a nonrefundable license application fee. For the | 437 |
purpose of calculating the application fee for a high volume | 438 |
breeder, the sale of one dog from a litter constitutes the sale of | 439 |
a litter. The application fees are as follows: | 440 |
(B) Money collected by the director from each application fee | 455 |
submitted under this section shall be transmitted by the director | 456 |
to the treasurer of state to be credited to the high volume | 457 |
breeder kennel control license fund created in section 956.18 of | 458 |
the Revised Code. The treasurer of state shall transfer to the | 459 |
county auditor of the county in which a high volume breeder is | 460 |
located or will be located fifty dollars of the application fee | 461 |
submitted by the breeder under this section or an amount equal to | 462 |
the fee charged in that county for the registration of a kennel | 463 |
under section 955.14 of the Revised Code, whichever is greater. | 464 |
The county auditor shall deposit the transferred money into that | 465 |
county's dog and kennel fund created under section 955.20 of the | 466 |
Revised Code. | 467 |
(D) The director or the director's authorized representative, | 510 |
upon proper identification and upon stating the purpose and | 511 |
necessity of an inspection, may enter at reasonable times on any | 512 |
public or private property, real or personal, to inspect or | 513 |
investigate and to examine or copy records in order to determine | 514 |
compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. The | 515 |
director, the director's authorized representative, or the | 516 |
attorney general upon the request of the director may apply to the | 517 |
appropriate court in the county in which inspection will occur for | 518 |
an appropriate court order or search warrant as necessary to | 519 |
achieve the purposes of this chapter and rules adopted under it. | 520 |
(E) No owner or operator of a high volume breeder, person | 521 |
acting as or performing the functions of a dog retailer, owner or | 522 |
operator of a boarding kennel, or owner or operator of an animal | 523 |
rescue for dogs shall interfere with an inspection or refuse to | 524 |
allow the director or the director's authorized representative | 525 |
full access to all areas where dogs are kept or cared for. If | 526 |
entry is refused or inspection or investigation is refused, | 527 |
hindered, or thwarted by a high volume breeder or dog retailer, | 528 |
the director may suspend or revoke the breeder's or retailer's | 529 |
license in accordance with this chapter. | 530 |
(G) If entry that is authorized by division (D) of this | 546 |
section is refused or if an inspection or investigation is | 547 |
refused, hindered, or thwarted by intimidation or otherwise and if | 548 |
the director, an authorized representative of the director, or the | 549 |
attorney general applies for and obtains a court order or a search | 550 |
warrant under division (D) of this section to conduct the | 551 |
inspection or investigation, the owner or operator of the premises | 552 |
where entry was refused or inspection or investigation was | 553 |
refused, hindered, or thwarted, if found guilty of violating this | 554 |
chapter or rules adopted under it, is liable to the director for | 555 |
the reasonable costs incurred by the director for the regular | 556 |
salaries and fringe benefit costs of personnel assigned to conduct | 557 |
the inspection or investigation from the time the court order or | 558 |
search warrant was issued until the court order or search warrant | 559 |
is executed; for the salary, fringe benefits, and travel expenses | 560 |
of the director, an authorized representative of the director, or | 561 |
the attorney general incurred in obtaining the court order or | 562 |
search warrant; and for expenses necessarily incurred for the | 563 |
assistance of local law enforcement officers in executing the | 564 |
court order or search warrant. In the application for a court | 565 |
order or a search warrant, the director, the director's authorized | 566 |
representative, or the attorney general may request and the court, | 567 |
in its order granting the court order or search warrant, may order | 568 |
the owner or operator of the premises, if found guilty of | 569 |
violating this chapter or rules adopted under it, to reimburse the | 570 |
director for any of those costs that the court finds reasonable. | 571 |
From money recovered under this division, the director shall | 572 |
reimburse the attorney general for the costs incurred by the | 573 |
attorney general in connection with proceedings for obtaining the | 574 |
court order or search warrant, shall reimburse the political | 575 |
subdivision in which the premises is located for the assistance of | 576 |
its law enforcement officers in executing the court order or | 577 |
search warrant, and shall deposit the remainder in the state | 578 |
treasury to the credit of the high volume breeder kennel control | 579 |
license fund created in section 956.18 of the Revised Code. | 580 |
(B)(1) If the director or the director's authorized | 592 |
representative determines that a dog is being kept by a high | 593 |
volume breeder or dog retailer in a manner that materially | 594 |
violates this chapter or rules adopted under it, the director may | 595 |
impound the dog and order it to be seized by an animal rescue for | 596 |
dogs, an animal shelter for dogs, a boarding kennel, a | 597 |
veterinarian, a board of county commissioners, or a humane society | 598 |
with which the director has entered into a contract or agreement | 599 |
under division (A) of this section. Upon receiving the order from | 600 |
the director, the animal rescue for dogs, animal shelter for dogs, | 601 |
boarding kennel, veterinarian, board of county commissioners, or | 602 |
humane society shall seize the dog and keep, house, and maintain | 603 |
it.
| 604 |
(2) The director or the director's authorized representative | 605 |
shall give written notice of the impoundment by posting a notice | 606 |
on the door of the premises from which the dog was taken or by | 607 |
otherwise posting the notice in a conspicuous place at the | 608 |
premises from which the dog was taken. The notice shall provide a | 609 |
date for an adjudication hearing, which shall take place not later | 610 |
than five business days after the dog is taken and at which the | 611 |
director shall determine if the dog should be permanently | 612 |
relinquished to the custody of the director. | 613 |
(D) If, after the final disposition of an adjudication | 620 |
hearing and any appeals from that adjudication hearing, it is | 621 |
determined that a dog shall be permanently relinquished to the | 622 |
custody of the director, the dog may be adopted directly from the | 623 |
animal rescue for dogs, animal shelter for dogs, boarding kennel, | 624 |
veterinarian, county dog pound, or humane society where it is | 625 |
being kept, housed, and maintained, provided that the dog has been | 626 |
spayed or neutered unless there are medical reasons against | 627 |
spaying or neutering as determined by a veterinarian. The animal | 628 |
rescue for dogs, animal shelter for dogs, boarding kennel, | 629 |
veterinarian, county dog pound, or humane society may charge a | 630 |
reasonable adoption fee. The fee shall be at least sufficient to | 631 |
cover the costs of spaying or neutering the dog unless it is | 632 |
medically contraindicated. Impounded dogs shall be returned to | 633 |
persons acquitted of any alleged violations. | 634 |
Sec. 956.12. If the director of agriculture or the | 635 |
director's authorized representative determines that a person has | 636 |
violated or is violating this chapter or rules adopted under it, | 637 |
the director may issue and cause to be served by certified mail or | 638 |
personal service a citation of violation and an order requiring | 639 |
the person to cease the acts or practices that constitute a | 640 |
violation of this chapter or rules adopted under it or requiring | 641 |
the person to take corrective actions to eliminate the conditions | 642 |
that constitute a violation of this chapter and rules adopted | 643 |
under it. The order shall state specifically the provision or | 644 |
provisions of this chapter or the rule or rules adopted under this | 645 |
chapter that have been violated and the facts constituting the | 646 |
violation, the actions that the person must take to correct the | 647 |
deficiencies, and the time period within which the person must | 648 |
correct the violations. | 649 |
Sec. 956.14. The attorney general, upon the request of the | 687 |
director of agriculture, may bring an action for injunction | 688 |
against a person who has violated or is violating this chapter, | 689 |
rules adopted under it, or an order issued under section 956.12 of | 690 |
the Revised Code. An action for injunction shall be filed in the | 691 |
appropriate court in the county in which the violation is alleged | 692 |
to have occurred. The court shall grant such injunctive relief | 693 |
upon a showing that the person against whom the action is brought | 694 |
has violated or is violating this chapter, rules adopted under it, | 695 |
or an order issued under it. The court shall give precedence to | 696 |
such an action over all other cases. | 697 |
(2) The applicant, in the past twenty years, has been | 704 |
convicted of or pleaded guilty to violating section 959.01, | 705 |
959.02, 959.03, 959.13, 959.131, 959.15, or 959.16 of the Revised | 706 |
Code or an equivalent municipal ordinance, law of another state, | 707 |
or law of the federal government or, in the past twenty years, has | 708 |
been convicted of or pleaded guilty to violating more than once | 709 |
section 2919.25 of the Revised Code or an equivalent municipal | 710 |
ordinance, law of another state, or law of the federal government. | 711 |
(C) An application or a license shall not be denied, | 716 |
suspended, or revoked under this section without a written order | 717 |
of the director stating the findings on which the denial, | 718 |
suspension, or revocation is based. A copy of the order shall be | 719 |
sent to the applicant or license holder by certified mail or may | 720 |
be provided to the applicant or license holder by personal | 721 |
service. In addition, the person to whom a denial, suspension, or | 722 |
revocation applies may request an adjudication hearing under | 723 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The director shall comply with | 724 |
such a request. The determination of the director at an | 725 |
adjudication hearing may be appealed in accordance with section | 726 |
119.12 of the Revised Code, except that the determination may be | 727 |
appealed only to the environmental division of the Franklin county | 728 |
municipal court. | 729 |
Sec. 956.16. The director of agriculture, the director's | 730 |
authorized representative, or the attorney general may require the | 731 |
attendance of witnesses and the production of books, records, | 732 |
papers, and dogs that are needed either by the director or the | 733 |
attorney general or by any party to a hearing before the director | 734 |
and for that purpose may issue a subpoena for any witness or a | 735 |
subpoena duces tecum to compel the production of any books, | 736 |
records, papers, or dogs. The subpoena shall be served by personal | 737 |
service or by certified mail. If the subpoena is returned because | 738 |
of inability to deliver, or if no return is received within thirty | 739 |
days after the date of mailing, the subpoena may be served by | 740 |
ordinary mail. If no return of ordinary mail is received within | 741 |
thirty days after the date of mailing, service shall be deemed to | 742 |
have been made. If the subpoena is returned because of inability | 743 |
to deliver, the director or the attorney general may designate a | 744 |
person or persons to effect either personal or residence service | 745 |
on the witness. The person designated to effect personal or | 746 |
residence service under this section may be the sheriff of the | 747 |
county in which the witness resides or may be found or any other | 748 |
duly designated person. The fees and mileage of the person serving | 749 |
the subpoena shall be the same as those allowed by the courts of | 750 |
common pleas in criminal cases and shall be paid from the funds of | 751 |
the department of agriculture. Fees and mileage for the witness | 752 |
shall be the same as those allowed for witnesses by the courts of | 753 |
common pleas in criminal cases and, upon request of the witness | 754 |
following the hearing, shall be paid from the money in the high | 755 |
volume breeder kennel control license fund created in section | 756 |
956.18 of the Revised Code. | 757 |
Initial appointments to the board shall be made not later | 772 |
than sixty days after the effective date of this section. Of the | 773 |
initial appointments, two shall be for one-year terms, two shall | 774 |
be for two-year terms, and two shall be for three-year terms. | 775 |
Thereafter, terms of office of appointed members shall be three | 776 |
years, with each term ending on the same day of the same month as | 777 |
did the term that it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from | 778 |
the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the | 779 |
member was appointed. Members may be reappointed. Vacancies shall | 780 |
be filled in the manner provided for the original appointments. | 781 |
Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the | 782 |
expiration date of the term for which the member's predecessor was | 783 |
appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term. A | 784 |
member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date | 785 |
of the member's term until the member's successor takes office or | 786 |
until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. | 787 |
(A) Notwithstanding any monetary limitations in section | 820 |
1901.17 of the Revised Code, in all actions and proceedings for | 821 |
the sale of real or personal property under lien of a judgment of | 822 |
the environmental division of the municipal court, or a lien for | 823 |
machinery, material, fuel furnished, or labor performed, | 824 |
irrespective of amount, and, in those cases, the environmental | 825 |
division may proceed to foreclose and marshal all liens and all | 826 |
vested or contingent rights, to appoint a receiver, and to render | 827 |
personal judgment irrespective of amount in favor of any party; | 828 |
(B) When in aid of execution of a judgment of the | 829 |
environmental division of the municipal court, in all actions for | 830 |
the foreclosure of a mortgage on real property given to secure the | 831 |
payment of money, or the enforcement of a specific lien for money | 832 |
or other encumbrance or charge on real property, when the real | 833 |
property is situated within the territory, and, in those cases, | 834 |
the environmental division may proceed to foreclose all liens and | 835 |
all vested and contingent rights and proceed to render judgments, | 836 |
and make findings and orders, between the parties, in the same | 837 |
manner and to the same extent as in similar cases in the court of | 838 |
common pleas; | 839 |
(D) In all actions for injunction to prevent or terminate | 844 |
violations of the ordinances and regulations of any municipal | 845 |
corporation within its territory enacted or promulgated under the | 846 |
police power of that municipal corporation pursuant to Section 3 | 847 |
of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, over which the court of | 848 |
common pleas has or may have jurisdiction, and, in those cases, | 849 |
the environmental division of the municipal court may proceed to | 850 |
render judgments, and make findings and orders, in the same manner | 851 |
and to the same extent as in similar cases in the court of common | 852 |
pleas; | 853 |
(E) In all actions for injunction to prevent or terminate | 854 |
violations of the resolutions and regulations of any political | 855 |
subdivision within its territory enacted or promulgated under the | 856 |
power of that political subdivision pursuant to Article X of the | 857 |
Ohio Constitution, over which the court of common pleas has or may | 858 |
have jurisdiction, and, in those cases, the environmental division | 859 |
of the municipal court may proceed to render judgments, and make | 860 |
findings and orders, in the same manner and to the same extent as | 861 |
in similar cases in the court of common pleas; | 862 |
(F) In any civil action to enforce any provision of Chapter | 863 |
3704., 3714., 3734., 3737., 3767., or 6111. of the Revised Code | 864 |
over which the court of common pleas has or may have jurisdiction, | 865 |
and, in those actions, the environmental division of the municipal | 866 |
court may proceed to render judgments, and make findings and | 867 |
orders, in the same manner and to the same extent as in similar | 868 |
actions in the court of common pleas; | 869 |
(G) In all actions and proceedings in the nature of | 870 |
creditors' bills, and in aid of execution to subject the interests | 871 |
of a judgment debtor in real or personal property to the payment | 872 |
of a judgment of the division, and, in those actions and | 873 |
proceedings, the environmental division may proceed to marshal and | 874 |
foreclose all liens on the property irrespective of the amount of | 875 |
the lien, and all vested or contingent rights in the property; | 876 |
(I) In any review or appeal of any final order of any | 883 |
administrative officer, agency, board, department, tribunal, | 884 |
commission, or other instrumentality that relates to a local | 885 |
building, housing, air pollution, sanitation, health, fire, | 886 |
zoning, or safety code, ordinance, or regulation, in the same | 887 |
manner and to the same extent as in similar appeals in the court | 888 |
of common pleas; | 889 |