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 |