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As Re-reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee
122nd General Assembly
Regular Session
1997-1998 | Sub. H. B. No. 293 |
REPRESENTATIVES GERBERRY-LUCAS-FORD-GARCIA-BATCHELDER-LEWIS-
VESPER-SAWYER-LOGAN-OGG-COLONNA-VERICH-MASON-
SENATORS HAGAN-BLESSING-B. JOHNSON
A BILL
To amend sections 103.73, 341.41, 753.31, 2921.01, and 2945.47 and to enact
section 9.07 of the Revised Code to expressly include within the definition of
"detention" the confinement in any
public or private facility of alleged or convicted offenders or alleged or
adjudicated delinquent or unruly children who violate or allegedly violate
a law of Ohio, another state, or the United States, to expressly include
within the definition of "detention facility" any public or private facility
used for detention of that nature, to provide comprehensive criteria for the
establishment and operation in Ohio of privately operated correction
facilities that house out-of-state prisoners, to clarify the application of
the law that prohibits "county correctional officers" and "municipal
correctional officers" from affording prisoners with access to weight exercise
equipment or to martial arts or fight training, and to declare an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 103.73, 341.41, 753.31, 2921.01, and 2945.47 be
amended and section 9.07 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 9.07. (A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
(1) "DEADLY WEAPON" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION
2923.11 OF THE REVISED CODE.
(2) "GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF A LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY" MEANS
WHICHEVER OF THE FOLLOWING IS APPLICABLE:
(a) FOR A COUNTY, THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY;
(b) FOR A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, THE
LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION;
(c) FOR A COMBINATION OF COUNTIES, A
COMBINATION OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, OR A COMBINATION OF ONE
OR MORE COUNTIES AND ONE OR MORE MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, ALL
BOARDS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITIES OF
ALL OF THE COUNTIES AND MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS THAT COMBINED TO
FORM A LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.
(3) "LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY" MEANS A COUNTY, A MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION, A COMBINATION OF COUNTIES, A COMBINATION OF
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, OR A COMBINATION OF ONE OR MORE COUNTIES
AND ONE OR MORE MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.
(4) "OUT-OF-STATE JURISDICTION" MEANS THE UNITED STATES,
ANY STATE OTHER
THAN THIS STATE, AND ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR OTHER
JURISDICTION LOCATED IN A STATE OTHER THAN THIS STATE.
(5) "OUT-OF-STATE PRISONER" MEANS A PERSON WHO IS CONVICTED OF A CRIME
IN ANOTHER STATE OR UNDER THE LAWS OF THE
UNITED STATES
OR WHO IS FOUND UNDER THE LAWS OF ANOTHER STATE OR OF THE
UNITED STATES
TO BE A DELINQUENT CHILD OR THE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT DESIGNATION.
(6) "PRIVATE CONTRACTOR" MEANS EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING:
(a) A PERSON WHO, ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION,
ENTERS INTO A
CONTRACT UNDER THIS SECTION WITH A LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY TO
OPERATE AND MANAGE A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN THIS STATE FOR
OUT-OF-STATE PRISONERS.
(2) A PERSON WHO, PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT WITH A LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY
ENTERED INTO PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, OPERATES AND MANAGES
ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN THIS STATE
FOR HOUSING OUT-OF-STATE PRISONERS.
(B) SUBJECT TO DIVISION (I) OF THIS SECTION, THE ONLY
ENTITIES OTHER THAN THIS STATE THAT ARE AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE A
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY TO HOUSE OUT-OF-STATE PRISONERS IN THIS
STATE ARE A LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY THAT OPERATES A CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OR A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR THAT
OPERATES A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION
UNDER A CONTRACT WITH A LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY.
SUBJECT TO DIVISION (I)
OF THIS SECTION, A PRIVATE ENTITY MAY OPERATE A CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY IN THIS STATE FOR THE HOUSING OF OUT-OF-STATE PRISONERS
ONLY IF THE PRIVATE ENTITY IS A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR THAT ENTERS INTO A CONTRACT
THAT COMPORTS WITH DIVISION (D) OF THIS SECTION WITH A
LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
(C)(1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED
IN THIS DIVISION, ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SECTION, A LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY SHALL NOT ENTER INTO A CONTRACT
WITH AN OUT-OF-STATE JURISDICTION TO HOUSE OUT-OF-STATE
PRISONERS IN A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN THIS STATE. ON AND AFTER THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, A LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY MAY ENTER INTO A
CONTRACT WITH AN OUT-OF-STATE JURISDICTION TO HOUSE OUT-OF-STATE PRISONERS IN
A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN THIS STATE ONLY IF
THE LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY AND THE OUT-OF-STATE
JURISDICTION WITH WHICH THE LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY INTENDS TO
CONTRACT JOINTLY SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND
CORRECTION A STATEMENT THAT CERTIFIES THE CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY'S INTENDED USE, INTENDED PRISONER POPULATION, AND
CUSTODY LEVEL, AND THE DEPARTMENT REVIEWS AND COMMENTS UPON THE PLANS
FOR THE DESIGN OR RENOVATION OF THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY REGARDING THEIR
SUITABILITY
FOR THE INTENDED PRISONER POPULATION SPECIFIED IN
THE SUBMITTED STATEMENT.
(2) IF A LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY AND AN OUT-OF-STATE
JURISDICTION ENTER INTO A CONTRACT TO HOUSE OUT-OF-STATE
PRISONERS IN A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN THIS STATE AS AUTHORIZED UNDER
DIVISION (C)(1) OF THIS SECTION, IN ADDITION
TO ANY OTHER PROVISIONS IT CONTAINS, THE CONTRACT SHALL INCLUDE
WHICHEVER OF THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS IS APPLICABLE:
(a) IF A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR WILL OPERATE THE
FACILITY IN QUESTION PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT ENTERED INTO IN
ACCORDANCE WITH DIVISION (D) OF
THIS SECTION, A REQUIREMENT THAT, IF THE FACILITY IS CLOSED OR
CEASES TO OPERATE FOR ANY REASON AND IF THE CONVERSION PLAN
DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (D)(16)
OF THIS SECTION IS NOT COMPLIED WITH, THE OUT-OF-STATE
JURISDICTION WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HOUSING AND TRANSPORTING
THE PRISONERS WHO ARE IN THE FACILITY AT THE TIME IT IS CLOSED OR CEASES TO
OPERATE AND FOR THE COST OF SO HOUSING AND TRANSPORTING THOSE
PRISONERS;
(b) IF A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR WILL NOT
OPERATE THE FACILITY IN QUESTION PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT ENTERED
INTO IN ACCORDANCE WITH DIVISION
(D) OF THIS SECTION, A
CONVERSION PLAN THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED IF, FOR ANY REASON, THE
FACILITY IS CLOSED OR CEASES TO OPERATE. THE CONVERSION PLAN
SHALL INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, PROVISIONS THAT SPECIFY
WHETHER THE LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY OR THE OUT-OF-STATE JURISDICTION
WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HOUSING AND TRANSPORTING THE PRISONERS
WHO ARE IN THE FACILITY AT THE TIME IT IS CLOSED OR CEASES TO OPERATE AND FOR
THE COST OF SO HOUSING AND TRANSPORTING THOSE PRISONERS.
(3) IF A LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY AND A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR INTEND TO ENTER
INTO A CONTRACT PURSUANT TO DIVISION (D) OF
THIS SECTION FOR THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR'S MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF A
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN THIS STATE TO HOUSE OUT-OF-STATE PRISONERS, PRIOR TO
ENTERING INTO THE CONTRACT THE LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY AND THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR
SHALL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS DIVISION. IF A PRIVATE
ENTITY INTENDS TO MANAGE AND OPERATE A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN THIS STATE TO
HOUSE OUT-OF-STATE PRISONERS WITHOUT ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT PURSUANT TO
DIVISION (D) OF THIS SECTION WITH A LOCAL
PUBLIC ENTITY, PRIOR TO COMMENCING CONSTRUCTION OR RENOVATION OF THE FACILITY
OR, IF THE FACILITY IS AN EXISTING FACILITY, PRIOR TO OPENING THE FACILITY,
THE PRIVATE ENTITY SHALL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
DIVISION. THE HEARING SHALL BE CONDUCTED AT A LOCATION WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION
OR TOWNSHIP IN WHICH THE FACILITY IS OR WILL BE LOCATED. AT LEAST ONE WEEK
PRIOR TO CONDUCTING THE HEARING, THE LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY OR PRIVATE ENTITY
WITH
THE DUTY TO CONDUCT THE HEARING SHALL CAUSE NOTICE OF THE DATE, TIME, AND
PLACE
OF THE HEARING TO BE MADE BY PUBLICATION IN THE NEWSPAPER WITH THE LARGEST
GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR
TOWNSHIP IS LOCATED. THE NOTICE SHALL BE OF A SUFFICIENT SIZE THAT IT COVERS
AT LEAST ONE-QUARTER OF A PAGE OF THE NEWSPAPER IN WHICH IT IS
PUBLISHED. THIS DIVISION APPLIES TO A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR THAT, PURSUANT TO
THE REQUIREMENT SET FORTH IN DIVISION (I) OF THIS SECTION, IS
REQUIRED TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT UNDER DIVISION (D) OF THIS SECTION.
(D) SUBJECT TO DIVISION (I) OF THIS SECTION, ON AND
AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, IF A LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY ENTERS INTO
A CONTRACT WITH A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF A
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN THIS STATE TO HOUSE OUT-OF-STATE PRISONERS, THE
CONTRACT, AT A MINIMUM, SHALL INCLUDE ALL OF THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS:
(1) A REQUIREMENT THAT THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR SEEK AND
OBTAIN ACCREDITATION FROM THE AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR
THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER ACCEPTING THE FIRST
OUT-OF-STATE PRISONER AT THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY UNDER THE CONTRACT AND THAT
IT MAINTAIN THAT ACCREDITATION FOR THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT;
(2) A REQUIREMENT THAT THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR COMPLY WITH
ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, OR REGULATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF
THIS STATE, POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THIS STATE, AND THE
UNITED
STATES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, ALL SANITATION, FOOD SERVICE, SAFETY, AND HEALTH
REGULATIONS;
(3) A REQUIREMENT THAT THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR SEND COPIES
OF REPORTS OF INSPECTIONS COMPLETED BY APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES
REGARDING COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS OF THE
TYPE DESCRIBED IN DIVISION
(D)(2) OF THIS SECTION TO THE
DIRECTOR OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION OR THE DIRECTOR'S
DESIGNEE AND TO THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF THE LOCAL PUBLIC
ENTITY IN WHICH THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IS LOCATED;
(4) A REQUIREMENT THAT THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR REPORT TO
THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITH JURISDICTION OVER THE
PLACE AT WHICH THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IS LOCATED, FOR
INVESTIGATION, ALL CRIMINAL OFFENSES OR DELINQUENT ACTS THAT ARE
COMMITTED IN OR ON THE GROUNDS OF, OR OTHERWISE IN CONNECTION
WITH, THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AND REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION ALL ESCAPES FROM OR DISTURBANCES
AT THE FACILITY;
(5) A REQUIREMENT THAT THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR PROVIDE A
WRITTEN REPORT TO THE DIRECTOR OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION
OR THE DIRECTOR'S DESIGNEE AND TO THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF THE
LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY IN WHICH THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IS
LOCATED OF ALL UNUSUAL INCIDENTS OCCURRING AT THE CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY. THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR SHALL REPORT THE INCIDENTS IN ACCORDANCE
WITH
THE INCIDENT REPORTING RULES THAT, AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT,
ARE APPLICABLE TO STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES FOR SIMILAR
INCIDENTS OCCURRING AT STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
(6) A REQUIREMENT THAT THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR PROVIDE
INTERNAL AND PERIMETER SECURITY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC, STAFF
MEMBERS OF THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, AND PRISONERS IN THE
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY;
(7) A REQUIREMENT THAT THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY BE
STAFFED AT ALL TIMES WITH A STAFFING PATTERN THAT IS ADEQUATE TO
ENSURE SUPERVISION OF INMATES AND MAINTENANCE OF SECURITY WITHIN
THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AND TO PROVIDE FOR APPROPRIATE
PROGRAMS, TRANSPORTATION, SECURITY, AND OTHER OPERATIONAL NEEDS.
IN DETERMINING SECURITY NEEDS FOR THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY,
THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR AND THE CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS SHALL FULLY
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL RELEVANT FACTORS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE PROXIMITY OF THE FACILITY TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND
SCHOOLS.
(8) A REQUIREMENT THAT THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR PROVIDE AN
ADEQUATE POLICY OF INSURANCE THAT SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENTS SET
FORTH IN DIVISION (D) OF
SECTION 9.06 OF THE REVISED CODE REGARDING CONTRACTORS WHO
OPERATE AND MANAGE A FACILITY UNDER THAT SECTION, AND THAT THE
PRIVATE CONTRACTOR INDEMNIFY, DEFEND, AND HOLD HARMLESS THE
STATE, ITS OFFICERS, AGENTS, AND EMPLOYEES, AND ANY LOCAL PUBLIC
ENTITY IN THE STATE WITH JURISDICTION OVER THE PLACE AT WHICH
THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IS LOCATED OR THAT OWNS THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN
THE MANNER
DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (D) OF
THAT SECTION REGARDING CONTRACTORS WHO OPERATE AND MANAGE A
FACILITY UNDER THAT SECTION;
(9) A REQUIREMENT THAT THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR DEVELOP A
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION SCHEDULE FOR PRISONERS HOUSED IN THE
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, CLASSIFY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHEDULE
EACH PRISONER HOUSED IN THE FACILITY, AND HOUSE ALL PRISONERS IN
THE FACILITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR CLASSIFICATION UNDER THIS
DIVISION;
(10) A REQUIREMENT THAT THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR WILL NOT
ACCEPT FOR HOUSING, AND WILL NOT HOUSE, IN THE CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY ANY OUT-OF-STATE PRISONER
IN RELATION TO WHOM EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING APPLIES:
(a) THE PRIVATE ENTITY HAS NOT OBTAINED FROM THE
OUT-OF-STATE JURISDICTION THAT IMPOSED THE SENTENCE OR SANCTION
UNDER WHICH THE PRISONER WILL BE CONFINED IN THIS STATE A COPY
OF THE INSTITUTIONAL RECORD OF THE PRISONER WHILE PREVIOUSLY
CONFINED IN THAT OUT-OF-STATE JURISDICTION OR A STATEMENT THAT
THE PRISONER PREVIOUSLY HAS NOT BEEN CONFINED IN THAT
OUT-OF-STATE JURISDICTION AND A COPY OF ALL MEDICAL RECORDS
PERTAINING TO THAT PRISONER THAT ARE IN THE POSSESSION OF THE
OUT-OF-STATE JURISDICTION.
(b) THE PRISONER, WHILE CONFINED IN ANY
OUT-OF-STATE JURISDICTION, HAS A RECORD OF INSTITUTIONAL
VIOLENCE INVOLVING THE USE OF A DEADLY WEAPON, A PATTERN OF
COMMITTING ACTS OF AN ASSAULTIVE NATURE AGAINST EMPLOYEES OF, OR
VISITORS TO, THE PLACE OF CONFINEMENT, A RECORD
INDICATING A PATTERN OF VIOLENCE, OR A RECORD OF ESCAPE OR
ATTEMPTED ESCAPE FROM SECURE CUSTODY.
(11) A REQUIREMENT THAT THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR, PRIOR TO
HOUSING ANY OUT-OF-STATE PRISONER IN THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY UNDER THE
CONTRACT, ENTER INTO A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION
AND
CORRECTION THAT SETS FORTH A PLAN AND PROCEDURE THAT WILL BE USED TO
COORDINATE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES OF STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND OF
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITH JURISDICTION OVER THE PLACE AT WHICH THE
FACILITY IS LOCATED IN RESPONSE TO ANY RIOT,
REBELLION, ESCAPE, INSURRECTION, OR OTHER EMERGENCY OCCURRING
INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE FACILITY;
(12) A REQUIREMENT THAT THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR COOPERATE
WITH THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION INSPECTION COMMITTEE IN THE
COMMITTEE'S PERFORMANCE OF ITS DUTIES UNDER SECTION 103.73 OF
THE REVISED CODE AND PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE,
ITS SUBCOMMITTEES, AND ITS STAFF MEMBERS, IN PERFORMING THOSE
DUTIES, WITH ACCESS TO THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AS DESCRIBED IN THAT
SECTION;
(13) A REQUIREMENT THAT THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR PERMIT ANY
PEACE OFFICER WHO SERVES A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WITH
JURISDICTION OVER THE PLACE AT WHICH THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
IS LOCATED TO ENTER INTO THE FACILITY TO INVESTIGATE ANY
CRIMINAL OFFENSE OR DELINQUENT ACT THAT ALLEGEDLY HAS BEEN
COMMITTED IN OR ON THE GROUNDS OF, OR OTHERWISE IN CONNECTION
WITH, THE FACILITY;
(14) A REQUIREMENT THAT THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR WILL NOT
EMPLOY ANY PERSON AT THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY UNTIL AFTER THE
PRIVATE CONTRACTOR HAS SUBMITTED TO THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL
IDENTIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION, ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF THE BUREAU, A REQUEST THAT THE BUREAU CONDUCT A CRIMINAL RECORDS
CHECK OF THE PERSON AND A REQUIREMENT THAT THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR WILL NOT
EMPLOY ANY PERSON AT THE FACILITY IF
THE RECORDS CHECK OR OTHER INFORMATION POSSESSED BY THE
CONTRACTOR INDICATES THAT THE PERSON PREVIOUSLY HAS ENGAGED IN
MALFEASANCE;
(15) A REQUIREMENT THAT THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR WILL NOT
ACCEPT FOR HOUSING, AND WILL NOT HOUSE, IN THE CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY ANY OUT-OF-STATE PRISONER UNLESS THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR
AND THE OUT-OF-STATE JURISDICTION THAT IMPOSED THE SENTENCE FOR
WHICH THE PRISONER IS TO BE CONFINED AGREE THAT, IF THE
OUT-OF-STATE PRISONER IS CONFINED IN THE FACILITY IN THIS STATE,
COMMITS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE WHILE CONFINED IN THE FACILITY, IS
CONVICTED OF OR PLEADS GUILTY TO THAT OFFENSE, AND IS SENTENCED
TO A TERM OF CONFINEMENT FOR THAT OFFENSE BUT IS NOT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR
THAT OFFENSE, THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR AND THE OUT-OF-STATE JURISDICTION WILL DO
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
(a) UNLESS SECTION 5120.50 OF THE REVISED CODE
DOES NOT APPLY IN RELATION TO THE OFFENSE THE PRISONER COMMITTED WHILE
CONFINED
IN THIS STATE AND THE TERM OF CONFINEMENT IMPOSED FOR THAT OFFENSE,
THE OUT-OF-STATE
JURISDICTION WILL ACCEPT THE PRISONER PURSUANT TO THAT SECTION
FOR SERVICE OF THAT TERM
OF CONFINEMENT AND FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME REMAINING UNDER THE
SENTENCE FOR WHICH THE PRISONER WAS CONFINED IN THE FACILITY IN
THIS STATE, THE OUT-OF-STATE JURISDICTION WILL CONFINE THE
PRISONER PURSUANT TO THAT SECTION FOR THAT TERM AND THAT
REMAINING PERIOD OF TIME, AND THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR WILL
TRANSPORT THE PRISONER TO THE OUT-OF-STATE JURISDICTION FOR
SERVICE OF THAT TERM AND THAT REMAINING PERIOD OF TIME.
(b) IF SECTION 5120.50 of the Revised Code DOES NOT APPLY IN RELATION TO THE
OFFENSE THE PRISONER COMMITTED WHILE CONFINED IN THIS STATE AND THE TERM OF
CONFINEMENT IMPOSED FOR THAT OFFENSE, THE PRISONER SHALL BE RETURNED TO THE
OUT-OF-STATE JURISDICTION OR ITS
PRIVATE CONTRACTOR FOR COMPLETION OF THE PERIOD OF TIME REMAINING UNDER THE
OUT-OF-STATE SENTENCE
FOR WHICH THE PRISONER WAS CONFINED IN THE FACILITY IN THIS STATE BEFORE
STARTING SERVICE OF
THE TERM OF CONFINEMENT IMPOSED FOR THE OFFENSE COMMITTED WHILE CONFINED IN
THIS STATE, THE OUT-OF-STATE JURISDICTION OR ITS PRIVATE CONTRACTOR WILL
CONFINE THE PRISONER FOR THAT REMAINING PERIOD OF TIME AND WILL TRANSPORT THE
PRISONER OUTSIDE OF THIS STATE FOR SERVICE OF THAT REMAINING PERIOD OF TIME,
AND, IF THE
PRISONER IS CONFINED IN THIS STATE IN A FACILITY OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION, THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR WILL BE FINANCIALLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR REIMBURSING THE DEPARTMENT AT THE PER DIEM COST OF
CONFINEMENT FOR THE DURATION OF THAT INCARCERATION, WITH THE AMOUNT OF THE
REIMBURSEMENT SO PAID TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE DEPARTMENT'S PRISONER PROGRAMS
FUND.
(16) A REQUIREMENT THAT THE
PRIVATE CONTRACTOR, PRIOR TO HOUSING ANY OUT-OF-STATE PRISONER
IN THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY UNDER THE CONTRACT, ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH
THE LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY THAT SETS FORTH A CONVERSION PLAN THAT WILL
BE FOLLOWED IF, FOR ANY REASON, THE FACILITY IS CLOSED OR CEASES
TO OPERATE. THE CONVERSION PLAN SHALL INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT
LIMITED TO, PROVISIONS THAT SPECIFY WHETHER THE PRIVATE
CONTRACTOR, THE LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY, OR THE OUT-OF-STATE
JURISDICTIONS THAT IMPOSED THE SENTENCES FOR WHICH THE
OUT-OF-STATE PRISONERS ARE CONFINED IN THE FACILITY WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR HOUSING AND TRANSPORTING THE PRISONERS WHO ARE IN THE
FACILITY AT THE TIME IT IS CLOSED OR CEASES TO OPERATE AND FOR THE
COST OF SO HOUSING AND TRANSPORTING THOSE PRISONERS.
(17) A SCHEDULE OF FINES THAT THE LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY SHALL
IMPOSE UPON THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR IF THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR
FAILS TO PERFORM ITS CONTRACTUAL DUTIES, AND A REQUIREMENT THAT, IF THE
PRIVATE CONTRACTOR FAILS TO PERFORM ITS CONTRACTUAL DUTIES,
THE LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY SHALL IMPOSE
A FINE ON THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR FROM THE SCHEDULE OF FINES AND, IN ADDITION
TO THE FINE, MAY
EXERCISE ANY OTHER RIGHTS IT HAS UNDER THE CONTRACT. DIVISION (F)(2)
OF THIS SECTION APPLIES REGARDING A FINE DESCRIBED IN THIS DIVISION.
(18) A REQUIREMENT THAT THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR ADOPT AND USE IN THE
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY THE DRUG TESTING AND TREATMENT PROGRAM THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION USES FOR INMATES IN STATE
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
(E) A PRIVATE
CORRECTIONAL OFFICER OR OTHER DESIGNATED EMPLOYEE OF A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR THAT
OPERATES A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY THAT HOUSES OUT-OF-STATE
PRISONERS IN THIS STATE UNDER A CONTRACT ENTERED INTO PRIOR TO, ON, OR AFTER
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION MAY CARRY AND USE FIREARMS IN THE COURSE OF
THE OFFICER'S OR EMPLOYEE'S EMPLOYMENT ONLY IF THE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE IS
CERTIFIED AS HAVING SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED AN APPROVED TRAINING PROGRAM
DESIGNED
TO QUALIFY PERSONS FOR POSITIONS AS SPECIAL POLICEMEN, SECURITY
GUARDS, OR PERSONS OTHERWISE PRIVATELY EMPLOYED IN A POLICE
CAPACITY, AS DESCRIBED IN DIVISION
(A) OF SECTION 109.78 OF THE
REVISED
CODE.
(F)(1) UPON NOTIFICATION BY
THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR OF AN ESCAPE FROM, OR OF A DISTURBANCE
AT, A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY THAT IS OPERATED BY A PRIVATE
CONTRACTOR UNDER A CONTRACT ENTERED INTO PRIOR TO, ON, OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS SECTION AND THAT HOUSES OUT-OF-STATE PRISONERS IN THIS STATE, THE
DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION
AND CORRECTION AND STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
SHALL USE ALL REASONABLE MEANS TO RECAPTURE PERSONS WHO ESCAPED
FROM THE FACILITY OR QUELL ANY DISTURBANCE AT THE FACILITY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PLAN AND PROCEDURE INCLUDED IN THE WRITTEN AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO UNDER
DIVISION (D)(11) OF THIS SECTION
IN RELATION TO CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SECTION, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR NORMAL PROCEDURES IN RELATION TO
CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION. ANY
COST INCURRED BY THIS STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS
STATE RELATING TO THE APPREHENSION OF A PERSON WHO ESCAPED FROM
THE FACILITY, TO THE QUELLING OF A DISTURBANCE AT THE FACILITY, OR TO THE
INVESTIGATION OR PROSECUTION AS DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (G)(2) OF THIS
SECTION OF ANY OFFENSE RELATING TO THE ESCAPE OR DISTURBANCE
SHALL BE CHARGEABLE TO AND BORNE BY THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR. THE
CONTRACTOR ALSO SHALL REIMBURSE THE STATE OR ITS POLITICAL
SUBDIVISIONS FOR ALL REASONABLE COSTS INCURRED RELATING TO THE
TEMPORARY DETENTION OF A PERSON WHO ESCAPED FROM THE FACILITY,
FOLLOWING THE PERSON'S RECAPTURE.
(2) IF A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR THAT, ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SECTION, ENTERS INTO A CONTRACT UNDER THIS SECTION WITH A LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY
FOR THE OPERATION OF A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY THAT HOUSES OUT-OF-STATE
PRISONERS
FAILS TO PERFORM ITS CONTRACTUAL DUTIES, THE LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY
SHALL IMPOSE UPON THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR A FINE FROM THE
SCHEDULE OF FINES INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT AND MAY EXERCISE ANY OTHER RIGHTS
IT HAS UNDER THE CONTRACT. A FINE IMPOSED UNDER
THIS DIVISION SHALL BE PAID TO THE LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY THAT
ENTERS INTO THE CONTRACT, AND THE LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY SHALL
DEPOSIT THE MONEY SO PAID INTO ITS TREASURY TO THE CREDIT OF THE
FUND USED TO PAY FOR COMMUNITY POLICING. IF A FINE IS IMPOSED UNDER THIS
DIVISION, THE LOCAL PUBLIC
ENTITY MAY REDUCE THE PAYMENT OWED TO THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR
PURSUANT TO ANY INVOICE IN THE AMOUNT OF THE FINE.
(G)(1) ANY ACT OR OMISSION
THAT WOULD BE A CRIMINAL OFFENSE OR A DELINQUENT ACT IF COMMITTED
AT A STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION OR AT A JAIL, WORKHOUSE,
PRISON, OR OTHER CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OPERATED BY THIS STATE OR
BY ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR GROUP OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
OF THIS STATE SHALL BE A CRIMINAL OFFENSE OR DELINQUENT ACT IF
COMMITTED BY OR WITH REGARD TO ANY OUT-OF-STATE PRISONER WHO IS
HOUSED AT ANY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OPERATED BY A PRIVATE
CONTRACTOR IN THIS STATE PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT ENTERED INTO PRIOR TO, ON, OR
AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
(2) IF ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE
EXPERIENCES ANY COST IN THE INVESTIGATION OR PROSECUTION OF AN
OFFENSE COMMITTED BY AN OUT-OF-STATE PRISONER HOUSED IN
A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OPERATED BY A PRIVATE
CONTRACTOR IN THIS STATE PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT ENTERED INTO PRIOR TO, ON, OR
AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR SHALL
REIMBURSE THE POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION FOR THE COSTS SO EXPERIENCED.
(H)(1) UPON THE COMPLETION OF AN OUT-OF-STATE PRISONER'S TERM OF
DETENTION AT A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OPERATED BY A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR IN THIS
STATE PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT ENTERED INTO PRIOR TO, ON, OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE OPERATOR OF THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SHALL
TRANSPORT THE PRISONER TO THE OUT-OF-STATE JURISDICTION THAT IMPOSED THE
SENTENCE FOR WHICH THE PRISONER WAS CONFINED BEFORE IT RELEASES THE
PRISONER FROM ITS CUSTODY.
(2) NO PRIVATE CONTRACTOR THAT OPERATES AND
MANAGES A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY HOUSING OUT-OF-STATE PRISONERS IN THIS
STATE PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT
ENTERED INTO PRIOR TO, ON, OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION
SHALL FAIL TO COMPLY
WITH DIVISION (H)(1) OF THIS SECTION.
(3) WHOEVER VIOLATES DIVISION
(H)(2) OF THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR
OF THE FIRST DEGREE.
(I) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN
THIS DIVISION, THE PROVISIONS OF DIVISIONS (A)
TO (H) OF THIS SECTION APPLY IN RELATION TO
ANY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OPERATED BY A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR IN THIS STATE TO
HOUSE OUT-OF-STATE PRISONERS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE FACILITY IS OPERATED
PURSUANT TO A CONTRACT ENTERED INTO PRIOR TO, ON, OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE
OF THIS SECTION. DIVISION (C)(1) OF THIS
SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY IN RELATION TO ANY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY FOR HOUSING
OUT-OF-STATE PRISONERS IN THIS STATE THAT IS OPERATED BY A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR
UNDER A CONTRACT ENTERED INTO WITH A LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY PRIOR TO THE
EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS SECTION. IF A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR OPERATES A CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY
IN THIS STATE FOR THE HOUSING OF OUT-OF-STATE PRISONERS UNDER A CONTRACT
ENTERED INTO WITH A LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SECTION, NO LATER THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THIS SECTION, THE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR SHALL ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE
LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY THAT COMPORTS TO THE REQUIREMENTS AND CRITERIA OF DIVISION
(D) OF THIS SECTION.
Sec. 103.73. (A) The correctional institution inspection
committee shall do all of the following:
(1) Subject to division (C) of this section, establish and
maintain a continuing program of inspection of each state
correctional institution used for the custody, control, training,
and rehabilitation of persons convicted of crime AND OF EACH PRIVATE
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. Subject to division (C) of this section, the
committee may inspect any local
correctional institution used for the same purposes. Subject to
division (C) of this section, the committee, and each member of
the committee, for the purpose of making an inspection pursuant to
this section, shall have access to any state or local correctional
institution, TO ANY PRIVATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, or to
any
part of the institution OR FACILITY and shall not be
required to give advance notice of, or to make prior arrangements
before conducting, an inspection.
(2) Evaluate and assist in the development of programs to
improve the condition or operation of correctional institutions;
(3) Prepare a report for submission to the succeeding
general assembly of the findings the committee makes in its
inspections and of
any programs that have been proposed or developed to improve the
condition or operation of the correctional institutions in the
state. The report shall contain a separate evaluation of the
inmate grievance procedure at each state correctional
institution. The committee shall submit the report to the
succeeding general assembly within fifteen days after
commencement of that general assembly's first regular session.
(B) Subject to division (C) of this section, the committee
shall make an inspection of each state correctional institution
each biennium AND OF EACH PRIVATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY EACH BIENNIUM.
The inspection shall include attendance at one general meal
period and one rehabilitative or educational program.
(C) An inspection of a state correctional institution, A PRIVATE
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, or A local correctional institution
under division (A) or (B) of this
section or under section 103.74 of the Revised Code is subject to
and shall be conducted in accordance with all of the following:
(1) The inspection shall not be conducted unless the
chairperson of the committee grants prior approval
for the inspection. The grant of prior approval shall specify whether the
inspection is to be
conducted by a subcommittee appointed under section 103.74 of the
Revised Code
or is to be conducted other than by a subcommittee appointed under that
section.
(2) The inspection shall not be conducted unless
one of the following applies:
(a) If the inspection is to be conducted by a
subcommittee appointed under section 103.74 of the Revised Code, at least
two members appointed to the committee are present for the
inspection;
(b) If division (C)(2)(a) of this section
does not apply, at least one member appointed to the committee and at least
one staff member of the committee are present for the inspection.
(3) Unless the chairperson of the committee
determines that the inspection must be conducted outside of
normal business hours for any reason, including emergency circumstances
or a justifiable cause that perpetuates the mission of the
committee, and the chairperson specifies in the grant of prior approval for
the inspection that the chairperson has so determined,
the inspection shall be conducted only during normal business hours. If the
chairperson determines that the inspection must be conducted outside of normal
business hours and the chairperson specifies in the grant of prior approval
for the inspection that the chairperson has so
determined, the inspection may be conducted outside of normal
business hours.
(4) If the inspection is to be conducted by a subcommittee appointed under
section 103.74 of the Revised Code, no staff member of the committee may be
present on the
inspection unless the chairperson of the committee, in the grant of prior
approval for the inspection,
specifically authorizes staff members to be present on the
inspection. If the inspection is to be conducted other than by a subcommittee
appointed
under that section,
staff members may be present on the inspection regardless of whether the grant
of prior approval contains a specific authorization for staff members to be
present on the inspection.
(D) AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
(1) "LOCAL PUBLIC ENTITY," "OUT-OF-STATE PRISONER," AND "PRIVATE
CONTRACTOR" HAVE THE SAME MEANINGS AS IN SECTION 9.07 of the Revised Code.
(2) "PRIVATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY"
MEANS A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN THIS STATE THAT HOUSES OUT-OF-STATE PRISONERS
AND THAT IS OPERATED BY A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR UNDER A CONTRACT WITH A LOCAL
PUBLIC ENTITY PURSUANT TO SECTION 9.07 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 341.41. (A) As used in this section:
(1) "Free weight exercise equipment" means any equipment
or device that is designed to increase the muscle mass and physical strength
of the person using it. "Free weight exercise
equipment" includes, but is not limited to,
barbells, dumbbells, weight plates, and similar free weight-type equipment and
other devices that the department of rehabilitation and correction, in rules
adopted under section 5120.423 of the Revised Code, designates as enabling a
person to
increase muscle mass and physical strength.
(2) "Fixed weight exercise equipment" means any equipment, machine, or
device
that is not designed primarily to increase muscle mass and physical strength
but rather to keep a person in relatively good physical condition. "Fixed
weight exercise equipment" includes, but is not limited to, weight machines
that
utilize weight plates, tension bands, or similar devices that provide weight
training resistance like universal and nautilus equipment. "Fixed weight
exercise equipment" includes machines that are usually assembled as a unit,
are not readily dismantled, and have been specifically modified for prison use
so as to make them secure and immobile.
(3) "County correctional officer" means a
person who is employed by a county as an employee or officer
of a county jail, county workhouse, minimum security
jail, joint city and county workhouse, municipal-county
correctional center, multicounty-municipal correctional center,
municipal-county jail or workhouse, or multicounty-municipal jail
or workhouse.
(4) A PERSON IS "EMPLOYED BY A COUNTY" IF THE PERSON IS EMPLOYED BY, OR
RECEIVES ANY COMPENSATION OR BENEFITS FROM, ANY OFFICIAL, OFFICER, OFFICE,
AGENCY, BOARD, COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT, OR OTHER ENTITY THAT IS A BRANCH OF
COUNTY GOVERNMENT, THAT IS ESTABLISHED BY A COUNTY, OR THAT SERVES A COUNTY,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A SHERIFF.
(5) "Multicounty-municipal" has the same
meaning as in section 307.93 of the Revised Code.
(B) No county correctional officer shall do any of the
following:
(1) Provide a prisoner access to free weight or fixed weight exercise
equipment;
(2) Allow a prisoner to provide or receive instruction in boxing,
wrestling, karate, judo, or another form of martial arts, or any other
program that the department of rehabilitation and correction, in rules adopted
under
section 5120.423 of the Revised Code, designates as enabling a person to
improve fighting
skills.
(C) Nothing in this section prohibits a
county correctional officer from allowing a prisoner to participate in
jogging, basketball, stationary
exercise bicycling, supervised calisthenics, or other
physical activities that are not designed to increase
muscle mass and physical strength or improve fighting
skills.
Sec. 753.31. (A) As used in this section:
(1) "Free weight exercise equipment" means any equipment
or device that is designed to increase the muscle mass and physical strength
of the person using it. "Free weight exercise equipment" includes, but is not
limited to, barbells, dumbbells, weight plates, and similar free weight-type
equipment and
other devices that the department of rehabilitation and correction, in
rules adopted under section 5120.423 of the Revised Code, designates as enabling a person to
increase muscle mass and physical strength.
(2) "Fixed weight exercise equipment" means any equipment, machine, or
device
that is not designed primarily to increase muscle mass and physical strength
but rather to keep a person in relatively good physical condition. "Fixed
weight exercise equipment" includes, but is not limited to, weight machines
that
utilize weight plates, tension bands, or similar devices that provide weight
training resistance like universal and nautilus equipment. "Fixed weight
exercise equipment" includes machines that are usually assembled as a unit,
are
not readily dismantled, and have been specifically modified for prison use so
as to make them secure and immobile.
(3) "Municipal correctional officer" means
a person who is employed by a municipal corporation as an
employee or officer of a municipal jail, municipal workhouse,
minimum security jail, joint city and county
workhouse, municipal-county correctional center,
multicounty-municipal correctional center, municipal-county jail
or workhouse, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse.
(4) A PERSON IS "EMPLOYED BY A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION" IF THE PERSON IS
EMPLOYED BY, OR RECEIVES ANY COMPENSATION OR BENEFITS FROM, ANY OFFICIAL,
OFFICER, OFFICE, AGENCY, BOARD, COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT, OR OTHER ENTITY THAT
IS
A BRANCH OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, THAT IS ESTABLISHED BY A MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION, OR THAT SERVES A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED
TO, A CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION.
(5) "Multicounty-municipal" has the same
meaning as in section 307.93 of the Revised Code.
(B) No municipal correctional officer shall
do any of the following:
(1) Provide a prisoner access to free weight or fixed weight exercise
equipment;
(2) Allow a prisoner to provide or receive instruction in
boxing, wrestling, karate, judo, or another form of martial arts, or any
other program that the department of rehabilitation and correction, in rules
adopted under section 5120.423 of the Revised Code, designates as enabling a
person to
improve fighting skills.
(C) Nothing in this section prohibits a
municipal correctional officer from allowing a prisoner to participate in
jogging, basketball, stationary
exercise bicycling, supervised calisthenics, or other
physical activities that are not designed to increase
muscle mass and physical strength or improve fighting
skills.
Sec. 2921.01. As used in sections 2921.01 to 2921.45 of
the Revised Code:
(A) "Public official" means any elected or appointed
officer, or employee, or agent of the state or any political
subdivision, whether in a temporary or permanent capacity, and
includes, but is not limited
to, legislators, judges, and law enforcement officers.
(B) "Public servant" means any of the following:
(1) Any public official;
(2) Any person performing ad hoc a governmental function,
including, but not limited to,
a juror, member of a temporary commission, master, arbitrator, advisor, or
consultant;
(3) A person who is a candidate for public office, whether or not
the person is
elected or appointed to the office for which the person is a
candidate. A person is a
candidate for purposes of this division if the person has
been nominated according to law for election or appointment to
public office, or if the person has filed a petition or petitions as
required by law to have the person's name placed on the ballot in a
primary, general, or special election, or if the person campaigns as
a write-in candidate in any primary, general, or special election.
(C) "Party official" means any person who holds an
elective or appointive post in a political party in the United
States or this state, by virtue of which the person directs,
conducts, or
participates in directing or conducting party affairs at any
level of responsibility.
(D) "Official proceeding" means any proceeding before a
legislative, judicial, administrative, or other governmental
agency or official authorized to take evidence under oath, and
includes any proceeding before a referee, hearing examiner,
commissioner, notary, or other person taking testimony or a
deposition in connection with an official proceeding.
(E) "Detention" means arrest; confinement in any vehicle
subsequent to an arrest; confinement in any PUBLIC OR PRIVATE facility
for custody
of persons charged with or convicted of crime IN THIS STATE OR ANOTHER
STATE OR UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES or alleged
or found
to be a delinquent child or unruly child IN THIS STATE OR ANOTHER STATE OR
UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES; hospitalization,
institutionalization, or confinement in any PUBLIC OR PRIVATE facility
that
is ordered pursuant
to or under the authority of section 2945.37, 2945.371, 2945.38, 2945.39,
2945.40, 2945.401, or 2945.402 of the Revised
Code; confinement in any vehicle for
transportation to or from any facility of any of those
natures; detention for extradition or deportation; except as provided in
this division, supervision by any employee of any facility of any of
those natures that is incidental to hospitalization, institutionalization,
or confinement in the facility but that occurs
outside the facility; or supervision by an employee of the department of
rehabilitation and correction of a person on any type of release from a state
correctional institution. For a person confined in a county jail who
participates in a county jail industry program pursuant to
section 5147.30 of the Revised Code, "detention" includes time
spent at an assigned work site and going to and from the work
site.
(F) "Detention facility" means any PUBLIC OR PRIVATE place used for
the
confinement of a person charged with or convicted of any crime IN THIS
STATE OR ANOTHER STATE OR UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED
STATES or
alleged or found to be a delinquent child or unruly child IN THIS STATE OR
ANOTHER STATE OR UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
(G) "Valuable thing or valuable benefit" includes, but is
not limited to, a contribution. This inclusion does not indicate
or imply that a contribution was not included in those terms
before September 17, 1986.
(H) "Campaign committee," "contribution," "political
action committee," "legislative campaign fund," and
"political party" have the same meanings
as in section 3517.01 of the Revised Code.
(I) "Provider agreement" and "medical assistance program"
have the same meanings as in section 2913.40 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 2945.47. (A)(1) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "DETENTION
FACILITY" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS IN SECTION 2921.01 of the Revised Code.
(2) If it is necessary in a criminal
proceeding before the court to procure the testimony of a person
who is imprisoned in a workhouse, juvenile detention facility,
jail, or state correctional institution within this state, or who is
in the custody of the department of youth services, the court may
require that the person's testimony be taken by deposition
pursuant to Criminal Rule 15 at the place of the person's
confinement, if the person is not a defendant in the case and if
the court determines that the interests of justice do not demand
that the person be brought before the court for the presentation
of his THE PERSON'S testimony. All witnesses for the
prosecution shall be brought before the court. The defendant may waive any
right to compel the appearance of a person brought before the court
pursuant to this division.
(B) If SUBJECT TO DIVISION (C) OF THIS SECTION, IF it
is necessary in a criminal proceeding before the
court to procure the testimony of a person who is imprisoned in a
workhouse, a juvenile detention facility, or a jail within this
state, the court may order a subpoena to be issued, directed to
the keeper of the institution, commanding him THE KEEPER to
bring the prisoner named in the subpoena before the court.
The keeper, upon receiving the subpoena, shall take the
witness before the court at the time and place named in the
subpoena, and hold him THE WITNESS until he THE
WITNESS is discharged by the court. When discharged, he THE
WITNESS shall be returned in the custody of such officer to the place of
imprisonment from which he THE WITNESS was taken, and the
officer may command any assistance that he THE OFFICER considers
proper for the transportation of the witness.
(C) If it is necessary in a criminal proceeding before the
court to procure the testimony of a person who is imprisoned in a
state correctional institution within this state, or who is in the
custody of the department of youth services, the court may order
a subpoena to be issued directed to the sheriff of the county in
which the indictment or grand jury proceeding is pending. When a
copy of the subpoena is presented by the sheriff to the warden or
superintendent of a state correctional institution, or
to the person in charge of the facility in which a juvenile is
confined, he shall deliver the witness SHALL BE DELIVERED at the
institution or facility to the sheriff who shall take him THE
WITNESS before the court at the time and place named in the subpoena and
hold him THE WITNESS until he THE WITNESS is
discharged by the court. When discharged, he THE WITNESS shall
be returned in the custody of the sheriff to the place of imprisonment from
which he THE WITNESS was taken.
(D) The court shall, in the manner provided in Chapter
120. of the Revised Code, SHALL either assign counsel or designate a
public defender to represent a juvenile subpoenaed as a witness
under this section. Compensation for assigned counsel shall be
made pursuant to section 2941.51 of the Revised Code.
(E) When a person's testimony is taken by deposition
pursuant to division (A) of this section, the deposition shall be
upon oral examination if either the prosecuting authority or the
defendant who is taking the deposition requests that the
deposition be upon oral examination, and may be videotaped if
either the prosecuting authority or the defendant who is taking
the deposition requests that it be recorded by means of
videotape.
The person requesting the testimony of the person whose
deposition is taken pursuant to division (A) of this section
shall pay the expense of taking the deposition, except that the
court may tax the expense as court costs in appropriate cases.
Section 2. That existing sections 103.73, 341.41, 753.31, 2921.01, and 2945.47
of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
Section 3. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety. The
reason for such necessity is that immediate action is crucial for the
protection of Ohio residents from potential problems that might arise due to
the housing of out-of-state prisoners in private detention facilities in Ohio.
Therefore, this act shall go into immediate effect.
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