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| To enact section 2721.22 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| confer on a qualified person standing to challenge | 2 |
| the constitutionality of a statute. | 3 |
| Section 1. That section 2721.22 of the Revised Code be | 4 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 5 |
| Sec. 2721.22. (A) A person has standing to bring an action | 6 |
| for a declaratory judgment to determine the constitutionality of a | 7 |
| statute or to intervene in an action in which the | 8 |
| unconstitutionality of a statute has been alleged in the | 9 |
| pleadings, notwithstanding the person's failure to allege facts | 10 |
| showing that the person has suffered or will suffer a direct and | 11 |
| concrete injury resulting from enforcement of the statute, if the | 12 |
| person meets all of the following criteria: | 13 |
| (1) The person has a sufficient interest in the | 14 |
| constitutionality of the statute to effectively assist the court | 15 |
| in developing and reviewing all relevant legal and factual | 16 |
| questions necessary to a determination of the statute's | 17 |
| constitutionality. | 18 |
| (2) The issue of the statute's constitutionality is of | 19 |
| significant public importance and interest. | 20 |
| (3) The issue of the statute's constitutionality is unlikely | 21 |
| to be raised if the person is denied standing. | 22 |
| (B) If a person that has standing under division (A) of this | 23 |
| section has commenced an action for a declaratory judgment or has | 24 |
| intervened in a pending action, the court may deny a motion to | 25 |
| intervene by another person having standing under division (A) of | 26 |
| this section or may grant the motion on such terms as the court | 27 |
| finds to be in the interest of judicial economy. | 28 |
| (C) An original action authorized by division (A) of this | 29 |
| section shall be brought in the Franklin county court of common | 30 |
| pleas. | 31 |