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(122nd General Assembly)(House Bill Number 259)
AN ACT
To amend section 505.511 of the Revised Code to permit townships that operate
a township police department to impose a charge for false
alarms received from
malfunctioning security alarm systems under certain conditions,
and to include
such false alarms answered by police constables
among the false alarms for
which county sheriffs and certain boards of township
trustees may impose
charges.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1 . That section 505.511 of the Revised Code be amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 505.511. (A) The A board of township trustees that
operates a township police department or the board of township trustees of
a
township
police district may, after police constables, the
township police, a law enforcement
agency with which the township contracts for police services, and
the county sheriff or his the sheriff's deputy have answered a
combined total
of three false alarms resulting from the malfunction of the same
commercial or residential security alarm system within the
township in the same calendar year, cause the township clerk to
mail the manager of the commercial establishment or the occupant,
lessee, agent, or tenant of the residence, a bill for twenty-five
dollars for each subsequent false alarm from the same alarm
system during that year, to defray the costs incurred. If
payment of the bill is not received within thirty days, the clerk
shall send a notice by certified mail to the manager and to the
owner, if different, of the real estate of which the commercial
establishment is a part, or to the occupant, lessee, agent, or
tenant and to the owner, if different, of the real estate of
which the residence is a part, indicating that failure to pay the
bill within thirty days, or to show just cause why the bill
should not be paid, will result in the assessment of a
twenty-five dollar lien upon the real estate. If payment is not
received within thirty days or if just cause is not shown, the
sum of twenty-five dollars shall be entered upon the tax
duplicate, shall be a lien upon the real estate from the date of
the entry, and shall be collected as other taxes and returned to
the township general fund. The board of township trustees of a
township
police district shall not cause the township clerk to send a bill
pursuant to this division if a bill has already been sent
pursuant to division (B) of this section for the same false
alarm. (B) The county sheriff may, after he or his the county sheriff or
the sheriff's deputy, police constables, the
township police, and a law enforcement
agency with which the
township contracts for police services have answered a combined
total of three false alarms resulting from the malfunction of the
same commercial or residential security alarm system within the
unincorporated area of the county in the same calendar year, mail
the manager of the commercial establishment or the occupant,
lessee, agent, or tenant of the residence a bill for twenty-five
dollars for each subsequent false alarm from the same alarm
system during that year, to defray the costs incurred. If
payment of the bill is not received within thirty days, the
sheriff shall send a notice by certified mail to the manager and
to the owner, if different, of the real estate of which the
commercial establishment is a part, or to the occupant, lessee,
agent, or tenant and to the owner, if different, of the real
estate of which the residence is a part, indicating that the
failure to pay the bill within thirty days, or to show just cause
why the bill should not be paid, will result in the assessment of
a twenty-five dollar lien upon the real estate. If payment is
not received within thirty days or if just cause is not shown,
the sum of twenty-five dollars shall be entered upon the tax
duplicate, shall be a lien upon the real estate from the date of
the entry, and shall be collected as other taxes and returned to
the county treasury. The sheriff shall not send a bill pursuant
to this division if a bill has already been sent pursuant to
division (A) of this section for the same false alarm. (C) As used in this section, "commercial establishment"
has the same meaning as in section 505.391 of the Revised Code. SECTION 2 . That existing section 505.511 of the Revised Code is hereby
repealed.
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