(5) The person has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty to | 26 |
a felony or any offense involving moral turpitude under the laws | 27 |
of this or any other state or the United States, and has not been | 28 |
convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense that is a misdemeanor | 29 |
of the first degree under the laws of this state or an offense | 30 |
under the laws of any other state or the United States that | 31 |
carries a penalty that is substantially equivalent to the penalty | 32 |
for a misdemeanor of the first degree under the laws of this | 33 |
state.
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(6) The person has been fingerprinted and has been the | 35 |
subject of a search of local, state, and national fingerprint | 36 |
files to disclose any criminal record. Such fingerprints shall be | 37 |
taken under the direction of the administrative judge of the court | 38 |
of common pleas who, prior to the applicable qualification date, | 39 |
shall notify the board of elections, board of county | 40 |
commissioners, or county central committee of the proper political | 41 |
party, as applicable, of the judge's findings.
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(7) The person has prepared a complete history of the | 43 |
person's places of residence for a period of six years immediately | 44 |
preceding the qualification date and a complete history of the | 45 |
person's places of employment for a period of six years | 46 |
immediately preceding the qualification date, indicating the name | 47 |
and address of each employer and the period of time employed by | 48 |
that employer. The residence and employment histories shall be | 49 |
filed with the administrative judge of the court of common pleas | 50 |
of the county, who shall forward them with the findings under | 51 |
division (B)(6) of this section to the appropriate board of | 52 |
elections, board of county commissioners, or county central | 53 |
committee of the proper political party prior to the applicable | 54 |
qualification date.
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(a) Has obtained or held, within the four-year period ending | 58 |
immediately prior to the qualification date, a valid basic peace | 59 |
officer certificate of training issued by the Ohio peace officer | 60 |
training commission or has been issued a certificate of training | 61 |
pursuant to section 5503.05 of the Revised Code, and, within the | 62 |
four-year period ending immediately prior to the qualification | 63 |
date, has been employed as an appointee pursuant to section | 64 |
5503.01 of the Revised Code or as a full-time peace officer as | 65 |
defined in section 109.71 of the Revised Code performing duties | 66 |
related to the enforcement of statutes, ordinances, or codes;
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(b) Has obtained or held, within the three-year period ending | 68 |
immediately prior to the qualification date, a valid basic peace | 69 |
officer certificate of training issued by the Ohio peace officer | 70 |
training commission and has been employed for at least the last | 71 |
three years prior to the qualification date as a full-time law | 72 |
enforcement officer, as defined in division (A)(11) of section | 73 |
2901.01 of the Revised Code, performing duties related to the | 74 |
enforcement of statutes, ordinances, or codes.
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(b) Has completed satisfactorily, at
least two years of | 83 |
post-secondary education or the equivalent in semester or quarter | 84 |
hoursa minimum, a two-year associate degree in a college or | 85 |
university authorized to confer degrees by the Ohio board of | 86 |
regents or the comparable agency of another state in which the | 87 |
college or university is located or in a school that holds a | 88 |
certificate of registration issued by the state board of career | 89 |
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 | 91 |
section, except the requirement of division (B)(2) of this | 92 |
section, may take all actions otherwise necessary to comply with | 93 |
division (B) of this section. If, on the applicable qualification | 94 |
date, no person has met all the requirements of division (B) of | 95 |
this section, then persons who have complied with and meet the | 96 |
requirements of division (B) of this section, except the | 97 |
requirement of division (B)(2) of this section, shall be | 98 |
considered qualified candidates under division (B) of this | 99 |
section.
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(D) Newly elected sheriffs shall attend a basic training | 101 |
course conducted by the Ohio peace officer training commission | 102 |
pursuant to division (A) of section 109.80 of the Revised Code. A | 103 |
newly elected sheriff shall complete not less than two weeks of | 104 |
this course before the first Monday in January next after the | 105 |
sheriff's election. While attending the basic training course, a | 106 |
newly elected sheriff may, with the approval of the board of | 107 |
county commissioners, receive compensation, paid for from funds | 108 |
established by the sheriff's county for this purpose, in the same | 109 |
manner and amounts as if carrying out the powers and duties of the | 110 |
office of sheriff.
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(E) In each calendar year, each sheriff shall attend and | 126 |
successfully complete at least sixteen hours of continuing | 127 |
education approved under division (B) of section 109.80 of the | 128 |
Revised Code. A sheriff who receives a waiver of the continuing | 129 |
education requirement from the commission under division (C) of | 130 |
section 109.80 of the Revised Code because of medical disability | 131 |
or for other good cause shall complete the requirement at the | 132 |
earliest time after the disability or cause terminates.
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(1) "Qualification date" means the last day on which a | 151 |
candidate for the office of sheriff can file a declaration of | 152 |
candidacy, a statement of candidacy, or a declaration of intent to | 153 |
be a write-in candidate, as applicable, in the case of a primary | 154 |
election for the office of sheriff; the last day on which a person | 155 |
may be appointed to fill a vacancy in a party nomination for the | 156 |
office of sheriff under Chapter 3513. of the Revised Code, in the | 157 |
case of a vacancy in the office of sheriff; or a date thirty days | 158 |
after the day on which a vacancy in the office of sheriff occurs, | 159 |
in the case of an appointment to such a vacancy under section | 160 |
305.02 of the Revised Code.
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