130th Ohio General Assembly
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As Passed by the Senate

122nd General Assembly
Regular Session
1997-1998
Am. Sub. H. B. No. 342

REPRESENTATIVES HOUSEHOLDER-HAINES-SULZER-CLANCY-OGG-TERWILLEGER- GARCIA-ROMAN-GRENDELL-PADGETT-BRADING-MYERS-PERZ-REID-VESPER- HOTTINGER-OLMAN-TIBERI-METELSKY-HODGES-SAWYER-JOHNSON-TAYLOR- VERICH-CATES-LEWIS-KREBS-
SENATORS GARDNER-SCHAFRATH-SHOEMAKER- DIX-DRAKE-WHITE-NEIN-GAETH-B. JOHNSON-CUPP-HERINGTON-LATELL- LATTA-BLESSING


A BILL
To amend sections 109.57, 109.58, 109.60, 311.07, 505.43, 737.04, and 737.041 of the Revised Code to expand the authority of a county sheriff to obtain aid from other specified political subdivisions, to expand a township's authority to obtain additional police protection by contract, to permit municipal corporations to allow their police officers to work in multijurisdictional drug, gang, or career criminal task forces, to expand the list of offenses for which the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation keeps records, to revise the procedures by which a person or child must be fingerprinted, and to require every relevant clerk of a court of record to submit to the Bureau specified information regarding cases involving offenses for which the Bureau must keep records.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:


Section 1. That sections 109.57, 109.58, 109.60, 311.07, 505.43, 737.04, and 737.041 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 109.57. (A)(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Designated delinquent act or juvenile offense" means any of the following:

(i) Any "category one offense" or "category two offense";

(ii) Any violation of section 2907.03, 2907.04, or 2907.05 of the Revised Code;

(iii) Any violation of section 2907.12 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to September 3, 1996;

(iv) Any attempt to commit a violation of section 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, or 2907.05 of the Revised Code or to commit a violation of section 2907.12 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to September 3, 1996;

(v) A violation of any law that arose out of the same facts and circumstances as did a charge against the child of a violation of section 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, or 2907.05 of the Revised Code that previously was dismissed or as did a charge against the child of a violation of section 2907.12 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to September 3, 1996, that previously was dismissed;

(iv)(vi) Any violation of section 2905.02 or 2919.23 of the Revised Code that would have been a violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, had the violation been committed prior to that date.

(b) "Category one offense" and "category two offense" have the same meanings as in section 2151.26 of the Revised Code.

(2) The superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall procure from wherever procurable and file for record photographs, pictures, descriptions, fingerprints, measurements, and other information that may be pertinent of all persons who have been convicted of committing within this state a felony or, any crime constituting a misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on subsequent offenses, OR ANY MISDEMEANOR DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (A)(1)(a) OF SECTION 109.572 of the Revised Code, of all children fourteen years of age or older and under eighteen years of age who have been adjudicated delinquent children for committing within this state a designated delinquent act or juvenile offense or who have been convicted of or pleaded guilty to committing within this state a designated delinquent act or juvenile offense, and of all well-known and habitual criminals. The person in charge of any COUNTY, MULTICOUNTY, MUNICIPAL, MUNICIPAL-COUNTY, OR MULTICOUNTY-MUNICIPAL JAIL OR WORKHOUSE, COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, HALFWAY HOUSE, ALTERNATIVE RESIDENTIAL FACILITY, OR state correctional institution and the person in charge of any state institution having custody of a person suspected of having committed a felony or, any crime constituting a misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on subsequent offenses, OR ANY MISDEMEANOR DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (A)(1)(a) OF SECTION 109.572 of the Revised Code or having custody of a child fourteen years of age or older and under eighteen years of age with respect to whom there is probable cause to believe that the child may have committed a designated delinquent act or juvenile offense shall furnish such material to the superintendent of the bureau upon request. Fingerprints, photographs, or other descriptive information of a child who is under eighteen years of age, has not been arrested or otherwise taken into custody for committing an act that is a category one offense or a category two DESIGNATED DELINQUENT ACT OR JUVENILE offense, has not been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a designated delinquent act or juvenile offense, has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty to committing a designated delinquent act or juvenile offense, and is not a child with respect to whom there is probable cause to believe that the child may have committed a designated delinquent act or juvenile offense shall not be procured by the superintendent or furnished by any person in charge of any COUNTY, MULTICOUNTY, MUNICIPAL, MUNICIPAL-COUNTY, OR MULTICOUNTY-MUNICIPAL JAIL OR WORKHOUSE, COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, HALFWAY HOUSE, ALTERNATIVE RESIDENTIAL FACILITY, OR state correctional institution, except as authorized in section 2151.313 of the Revised Code. Every

(3) EVERY CLERK OF A court of record in this state, OTHER THAN THE SUPREME COURT OR A COURT OF APPEALS, shall send to the superintendent of the bureau a weekly report containing a summary of each case involving a felony, involving any crime constituting a misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on subsequent offenses, INVOLVING A MISDEMEANOR DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (A)(1)(a) OF SECTION 109.572 of the Revised Code, or involving an adjudication that a child under eighteen years of age is a delinquent child for committing a designated delinquent act or juvenile offense. THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS SHALL INCLUDE IN THE REPORT AND SUMMARY THE CLERK SENDS UNDER THIS DIVISION ALL INFORMATION DESCRIBED IN DIVISIONS (A)(3)(a) TO (f) OF THIS SECTION REGARDING A CASE BEFORE THE COURT OF APPEALS THAT IS SERVED BY THAT CLERK. The summary SHALL BE WRITTEN ON THE STANDARD FORMS FURNISHED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION AND shall include the FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

(a) THE INCIDENT TRACKING NUMBER CONTAINED ON THE STANDARD FORMS FURNISHED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION;

(b) THE style and number of the case, the dates;

(c) THE DATE of arrest, commencement of trial, and conviction or adjudication of delinquency, a statement of the offense and the conduct that constituted it, and;

(d) THE DATE THAT THE PERSON WAS CONVICTED OF OR PLEADED GUILTY TO THE OFFENSE, ADJUDICATED A DELINQUENT CHILD FOR COMMITTING THE ACT THAT IS A DESIGNATED DELINQUENT ACT OR JUVENILE OFFENSE, FOUND NOT GUILTY OF THE OFFENSE, OR FOUND NOT TO BE A DELINQUENT CHILD FOR COMMITTING AN ACT THAT IS A DESIGNATED DELINQUENT ACT OR JUVENILE OFFENSE, THE DATE OF AN ENTRY DISMISSING THE CHARGE, AN ENTRY DECLARING A MISTRIAL OF THE OFFENSE IN WHICH THE PERSON IS DISCHARGED, AN ENTRY FINDING THAT THE PERSON OR CHILD IS NOT COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL, OR AN ENTRY OF A NOLLE PROSEQUI, OR THE DATE OF ANY OTHER DETERMINATION THAT CONSTITUTES FINAL RESOLUTION OF THE CASE;

(e) A STATEMENT OF THE ORIGINAL CHARGE WITH THE SECTION of the Revised Code THAT WAS ALLEGED TO BE VIOLATED;

(f) IF THE PERSON OR CHILD WAS CONVICTED, PLEADED GUILTY, OR WAS ADJUDICATED A DELINQUENT CHILD, the sentence or terms of probation imposed, or ANY other disposition of the offender or the delinquent child. If

IF the offense involved the disarming of a law enforcement officer or an attempt to disarm a law enforcement officer, the court CLERK shall clearly state that fact in the summary, and the superintendent shall ensure that a clear statement of that fact is placed in the bureau's records.

(4) The superintendent shall cooperate with and assist sheriffs, chiefs of police, and other law enforcement officers in the establishment of a complete system of criminal identification and in obtaining fingerprints and other means of identification of all persons arrested on a charge of a felony or, any crime constituting a misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on subsequent offenses, OR A MISDEMEANOR DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (A)(1)(a) OF SECTION 109.572 of the Revised Code and of all children fourteen years of age or older and under eighteen years of age arrested or otherwise taken into custody for committing a designated delinquent act or juvenile offense. The superintendent also shall file for record the fingerprint impressions of all persons confined in a COUNTY, MULTICOUNTY, MUNICIPAL, MUNICIPAL-COUNTY, OR MULTICOUNTY-MUNICIPAL JAIL OR workhouse, jail COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, HALFWAY HOUSE, ALTERNATIVE RESIDENTIAL FACILITY, or state correctional institution for the violation of state laws and of all children fourteen years of age or older and under eighteen years of age who are confined in a COUNTY, MULTICOUNTY, MUNICIPAL, MUNICIPAL-COUNTY, OR MULTICOUNTY-MUNICIPAL JAIL OR workhouse, jail COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, HALFWAY HOUSE, ALTERNATIVE RESIDENTIAL FACILITY, or state correctional institution or in any facility for delinquent children for committing a designated delinquent act or juvenile offense, and any other information that the superintendent may receive from law enforcement officials of the state and its political subdivisions.

(5) The superintendent shall carry out Chapter 2950. of the Revised Code with respect to the registration of persons who are convicted of or plead guilty to a sexually oriented offense and with respect to all other duties imposed on the bureau under that chapter.

(B) The superintendent shall prepare and furnish to every COUNTY, MULTICOUNTY, MUNICIPAL, MUNICIPAL-COUNTY, OR MULTICOUNTY-MUNICIPAL JAIL OR WORKHOUSE, COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, HALFWAY HOUSE, ALTERNATIVE RESIDENTIAL FACILITY, OR state correctional institution and to every CLERK OF A court of record in this state SPECIFIED IN DIVISION (A)(3) OF THIS SECTION standard forms for reporting the information required under division DIVISIONS (A)(2) TO (5) of this section. THE STANDARD FORMS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT PREPARES PURSUANT TO THIS DIVISION MAY BE IN A TANGIBLE FORMAT, IN AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT, OR IN BOTH TANGIBLE FORMATS AND ELECTRONIC FORMATS.

(C) The superintendent may operate a center for electronic, automated, or other data processing for the storage and retrieval of information, data, and statistics pertaining to criminals and to children under eighteen years of age who are adjudicated delinquent children for committing a designated delinquent act or juvenile offense, criminal activity, crime prevention, law enforcement, and criminal justice, and may establish and operate a statewide communications network to gather and disseminate information, data, and statistics for the use of law enforcement agencies. The superintendent may gather, store, retrieve, and disseminate information, data, and statistics that pertain to children who are under eighteen years of age and that are gathered pursuant to sections 109.57 to 109.61 of the Revised Code together with information, data, and statistics that pertain to adults and that are gathered pursuant to those sections.

(D) The information and materials furnished to the superintendent pursuant to division DIVISIONS (A)(2) TO (5) of this section and information and materials furnished to any board or person under division (F) or (G) of this section are not public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.

(E) The attorney general shall adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, setting forth the procedure by which a person may receive or release information gathered by the superintendent pursuant to division DIVISIONS (A)(2) TO (5) of this section. A reasonable fee may be charged for this service. If a temporary employment service submits a request for a determination of whether a person the service plans to refer to an employment position has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense listed in division (A)(1), (3), (4), or (5) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, the request shall be treated as a single request and only one fee shall be charged.

(F)(1) As used in division (F)(2) of this section, "head start agency" means an entity in this state that has been approved to be an agency for purposes of subchapter II of the "Community Economic Development Act," 95 Stat. 489 (1981), 42 U.S.C.A. 9831, as amended.

(2)(a) In addition to or in conjunction with any request that is required to be made under section 109.572, 2151.86, 3301.32, 3301.541, 3319.39, 3701.881, 5104.012, 5104.013, 5126.28, 5126.281, or 5153.111 of the Revised Code, the board of education of any school district; any county board of mental retardation and developmental disabilities; any entity under contract with a county board of mental retardation and developmental disabilities; the chief administrator of any chartered nonpublic school; the chief administrator of any home health agency; the chief administrator of or person operating any child day-care center, type A family day-care home, or type B family day-care home licensed or certified under Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code; the administrator of any type C family day-care home certified pursuant to Section 1 of Sub. H.B. 62 of the 121st general assembly or Section 5 of Am. Sub. S.B. 160 of the 121st general assembly; the chief administrator of any head start agency; or the executive director of a public children services agency may request that the superintendent of the bureau investigate and determine, with respect to any individual who has applied for employment in any position after October 2, 1989, or any individual wishing to apply for employment with a board of education may request, with regard to the individual's own self INDIVIDUAL, whether the bureau has any information gathered under division DIVISIONS (A)(2) TO (5) of this section that pertains to that individual. On receipt of the request, the superintendent shall determine whether that information exists and, upon request of the person, board, or entity requesting information, also shall request from the federal bureau of investigation any criminal records it has pertaining to that individual. Within thirty days of the date that the superintendent receives a request, the superintendent shall send to the board, entity, or person a report of any information that the superintendent determines exists, including information contained in records that have been sealed under section 2953.32 of the Revised Code, and, within thirty days of its receipt, shall send the board, entity, or person a report of any information received from the federal bureau of investigation, other than information the dissemination of which is prohibited by federal law.

(b) When a board of education is required to receive information under this section as a prerequisite to employment of an individual pursuant to section 3319.39 of the Revised Code, it may accept a certified copy of records that were issued by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation and that are presented by an individual applying for employment with the district in lieu of requesting that information itself. In such a case, the board shall accept the certified copy issued by the bureau in order to make a photocopy of it for that individual's employment application documents and shall return the certified copy to the individual. In a case of that nature, a district only shall accept a certified copy of records of that nature within one year after the date of their issuance by the bureau.

(3) The state board of education may request, with respect to any individual who has applied for employment after October 2, 1989, in any position with the state board or the department of education, any information that a school district board of education is authorized to request under division (F)(2) of this section, and the superintendent of the bureau shall proceed as if the request has been received from a school district board of education under division (F)(2) of this section.

(4) When the superintendent of the bureau receives a request for information that is authorized under section 3319.291 of the Revised Code, the superintendent shall proceed as if the request has been received from a school district board of education under division (F)(2) of this section.

(G) In addition to or in conjunction with any request that is required to be made under section 173.41, 3701.881, 3712.09, 3721.121, or 3722.151 of the Revised Code with respect to an individual who has applied for employment in a position that involves providing direct care to an older adult, the chief administrator of a PASSPORT agency that provides services through the PASSPORT program created under section 173.40 of the Revised Code, home health agency, hospice care program, home licensed under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code, adult day-care program operated pursuant to rules adopted under section 3721.04 of the Revised Code, or adult care facility may request that the superintendent of the bureau investigate and determine, with respect to any individual who has applied after January 27, 1997, for employment in a position that does not involve providing direct care to an older adult, whether the bureau has any information gathered under division (A) of this section that pertains to that individual. On receipt of the request, the superintendent shall determine whether that information exists and, on request of the administrator requesting information, shall also request from the federal bureau of investigation any criminal records it has pertaining to that individual. Within thirty days of the date a request is received, the superintendent shall send to the administrator a report of any information determined to exist, including information contained in records that have been sealed under section 2953.32 of the Revised Code, and, within thirty days of its receipt, shall send the administrator a report of any information received from the federal bureau of investigation, other than information the dissemination of which is prohibited by federal law.

(H) Information obtained by a board, administrator, or other person under this section is confidential and shall not be released or disseminated.

(I) The superintendent may charge a reasonable fee for providing information or criminal records under division (F)(2) or (G) of this section.

Sec. 109.58. The superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall prepare standard impression sheets on which fingerprints may be made in accordance with the fingerprint system of identification. The impression sheets may provide for other descriptive matter that the superintendent may prescribe. The SUPERINTENDENT SHALL FURNISH THE impression sheets shall be furnished to each sheriff, chief of police, and person in charge of every workhouse COUNTY, MULTICOUNTY, MUNICIPAL, MUNICIPAL-COUNTY, OR MULTICOUNTY-MUNICIPAL JAIL OR WORKHOUSE, COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, HALFWAY HOUSE, ALTERNATIVE RESIDENTIAL FACILITY, or state correctional institution within the state. Upon the request of the board of education of a school district or of the principal or chief administrative officer of a nonpublic school, the superintendent shall provide standard impression sheets to the district or school for use in their fingerprinting programs under section 3313.96 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 109.60. (A) As used in this section, "designated delinquent act or juvenile offense" has the same meaning as in section 109.57 of the Revised Code.

(B)(1) The sheriffs of the several counties and the chiefs of police of cities, immediately upon the arrest of any person for any felony, on suspicion of any felony, or for a crime constituting a misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on subsequent offenses, OR FOR ANY MISDEMEANOR DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (A)(1)(a) OF SECTION 109.572 of the Revised Code, and immediately upon the arrest or taking into custody of any child fourteen years of age or older and under eighteen years of age for committing a designated delinquent act or juvenile offense or upon probable cause to believe that a child of that age may have committed a designated delinquent act or juvenile offense, shall take the person's or child's fingerprints, or cause the same to be taken, according to the fingerprint system of identification on the forms furnished by the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, and IMMEDIATELY SHALL forward them COPIES OF THE COMPLETED FORMS, together with any other description that may be required, and with the history of the offense committed, to the bureau to be classified and filed AND TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT HAVING JURISDICTION OVER THE PROSECUTION OF THE OFFENSE OR OVER THE ADJUDICATION RELATIVE TO THE ACT. If

(2) IF A SHERIFF OR CHIEF OF POLICE HAS NOT TAKEN, OR CAUSED TO BE TAKEN, A PERSON'S OR CHILD'S FINGERPRINTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH DIVISION (B)(1) OF THIS SECTION BY THE TIME OF THE ARRAIGNMENT OR FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE PERSON OR CHILD, THE COURT SHALL ORDER THE PERSON OR CHILD TO APPEAR BEFORE THE SHERIFF OR CHIEF OF POLICE WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS TO HAVE THE PERSON'S OR CHILD'S FINGERPRINTS TAKEN. THE SHERIFF OR CHIEF OF POLICE SHALL TAKE THE PERSON'S OR CHILD'S FINGERPRINTS, OR CAUSE THE FINGERPRINTS TO BE TAKEN, ACCORDING TO THE FINGERPRINT SYSTEM OF IDENTIFICATION ON THE FORMS FURNISHED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION AND, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PERSON'S OR CHILD'S ARRAIGNMENT OR FIRST APPEARANCE, FORWARD COPIES OF THE COMPLETED FORMS, ANY OTHER DESCRIPTION THAT MAY BE REQUIRED, AND THE HISTORY OF THE OFFENSE COMMITTED TO THE BUREAU TO BE CLASSIFIED AND FILED AND TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT.

(3) EVERY COURT WITH JURISDICTION OVER A CASE INVOLVING A PERSON OR CHILD WITH RESPECT TO WHOM DIVISION (B)(1) OF THIS SECTION REQUIRES A SHERIFF OR CHIEF OF POLICE TO TAKE THE PERSON'S OR CHILD'S FINGERPRINTS SHALL INQUIRE AT THE TIME OF THE PERSON'S OR CHILD'S SENTENCING OR ADJUDICATION WHETHER OR NOT THE PERSON OR CHILD HAS BEEN FINGERPRINTED PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B)(1) OR (2) OF THIS SECTION FOR THE ORIGINAL ARREST UPON WHICH THE SENTENCE OR ADJUDICATION IS BASED. IF THE PERSON OR CHILD WAS NOT FINGERPRINTED FOR THE ORIGINAL ARREST UPON WHICH THE SENTENCE OR ADJUDICATION IS BASED, THE COURT SHALL ORDER THE PERSON OR CHILD TO APPEAR BEFORE THE SHERIFF OR CHIEF OF POLICE WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS TO HAVE THE PERSON'S OR CHILD'S FINGERPRINTS TAKEN. THE SHERIFF OR CHIEF OF POLICE SHALL TAKE THE PERSON'S OR CHILD'S FINGERPRINTS, OR CAUSE THE FINGERPRINTS TO BE TAKEN, ACCORDING TO THE FINGERPRINT SYSTEM OF IDENTIFICATION ON THE FORMS FURNISHED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION AND IMMEDIATELY FORWARD COPIES OF THE COMPLETED FORMS, ANY OTHER DESCRIPTION THAT MAY BE REQUIRED, AND THE HISTORY OF THE OFFENSE COMMITTED TO THE BUREAU TO BE CLASSIFIED AND FILED AND TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT.

(4) IF A PERSON OR CHILD IS IN THE CUSTODY OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR A DETENTION FACILITY, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 2921.01 OF THE REVISED CODE, AND THE CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF THE DETENTION FACILITY DISCOVERS THAT A WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED OR A BILL OF INFORMATION HAS BEEN FILED ALLEGING THE PERSON OR CHILD TO HAVE COMMITTED AN OFFENSE OR ACT OTHER THAN THE OFFENSE OR ACT FOR WHICH THE PERSON OR CHILD IS IN CUSTODY, AND THE OTHER ALLEGED OFFENSE OR ACT IS ONE FOR WHICH FINGERPRINTS ARE TO BE TAKEN PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B)(1) OF THIS SECTION, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR DETENTION FACILITY SHALL TAKE THE FINGERPRINTS OF THE PERSON OR CHILD, OR CAUSE THE FINGERPRINTS TO BE TAKEN, ACCORDING TO THE FINGERPRINT SYSTEM OF IDENTIFICATION ON THE FORMS FURNISHED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION AND IMMEDIATELY FORWARD COPIES OF THE COMPLETED FORMS, ANY OTHER DESCRIPTION THAT MAY BE REQUIRED, AND THE HISTORY OF THE OFFENSE COMMITTED TO THE BUREAU TO BE CLASSIFIED AND FILED AND TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT THAT ISSUED THE WARRANT OR WITH WHICH THE BILL OF INFORMATION WAS FILED.

(5) IF an accused is found not guilty of the offense charged or a nolle prosequi is entered in any case, or if any accused child fourteen years of age or older and under eighteen years of age is found not to be a delinquent child for committing a designated delinquent act or juvenile offense or not guilty of the designated delinquent act or juvenile offense charged or a nolle prosequi is entered in that case, the fingerprints and description shall be given to the accused upon the accused's request. The

(6) THE superintendent shall compare the description received with those already on file in the bureau, and, if the superintendent finds that the person arrested or taken into custody has a criminal record or a record as a delinquent child for having committed an act that is a designated delinquent act or juvenile offense or is a fugitive from justice or wanted by any jurisdiction in this or another state, the United States, or a foreign country for any offense, the superintendent at once shall inform the arresting officer or, the officer taking the person into custody, OR THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF THE COUNTY, MULTICOUNTY, MUNICIPAL, MUNICIPAL-COUNTY, OR MULTICOUNTY-MUNICIPAL JAIL OR WORKHOUSE, COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, HALFWAY HOUSE, ALTERNATIVE RESIDENTIAL FACILITY, OR STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION IN WHICH THE PERSON OR CHILD IS IN CUSTODY of that fact and give appropriate notice to the proper authorities in the jurisdiction in which the person is wanted, or, if that jurisdiction is a foreign country, give appropriate notice to federal authorities for transmission to the foreign country. The names, under which each person whose identification is filed is known, shall be alphabetically indexed by the superintendent.

(C) This section does not apply to a violator of a city ordinance unless the officers have reason to believe that the violator is a past offender or the crime is one constituting a misdemeanor on the first offense and a felony on subsequent offenses, or unless it is advisable for the purpose of subsequent identification. This section does not apply to any child under eighteen years of age who was not arrested or otherwise taken into custody for committing an act that is a designated delinquent act or juvenile offense or upon probable cause to believe that a child of that age may have committed an act that is a designated delinquent act or juvenile offense, except as provided in section 2151.313 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 311.07. (A) Each sheriff shall preserve the public peace and cause all persons guilty of any breach of the peace, within his THE SHERIFF'S knowledge or view, to enter into recognizance with sureties to keep the peace and to appear at the succeeding term of the court of common pleas, and the sheriff shall commit such persons to jail in case they refuse to do so. He THE SHERIFF shall return a transcript of all his THE SHERIFF'S proceedings with the recognizance so taken to such court. He THE SHERIFF shall, except as provided in division (C) of this section, execute all warrants, writs, and other process directed to him THE SHERIFF by any proper and lawful authority of this state, and those issued by a proper and lawful authority of any other state. He THE SHERIFF shall attend upon the court of common pleas and the court of appeals during their sessions, and, when required, shall attend upon the probate court. In the execution of the OFFICIAL duties required of him OF THE SHERIFF, the sheriff may call to his THE SHERIFF'S aid such persons or power of the county as is necessary. Under the direction and control of the board of county commissioners, such sheriff shall have charge of the court house. A sheriff or deputy sheriff of a county may participate, as the director of an organized crime task force established under section 177.02 of the Revised Code or as a member of the investigatory staff of such a task force, in an investigation of organized criminal activity in any county or counties in this state under sections 177.01 to 177.03 of the Revised Code.

(B) The sheriff of a county may call upon the sheriff of any adjoining OTHER county, the mayor or other chief executive of any municipal corporation within his county or in adjoining counties, and the chairman CHAIRPERSON of the board of township trustees of any township within his county or in adjoining counties THIS STATE, to furnish such law enforcement or fire protection personnel, or both, together with appropriate equipment and apparatus, as may be necessary to preserve the public peace and protect persons and property in the requesting sheriff's county in the event of riot, insurrection, or invasion. Such aid shall be furnished to the sheriff requesting it, insofar as possible without withdrawing from the political subdivision furnishing such aid the minimum police and fire protection appearing necessary under the circumstances. In such case, law LAW enforcement and fire protection personnel acting outside the territory of their regular employment shall be considered as performing services within the territory of their regular employment for the purposes of compensation, pension or indemnity fund rights, workers' compensation, and other rights or benefits to which they may be entitled as incidents of their regular employment. The county receiving such aid shall reimburse, AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, the political subdivision furnishing it the cost of furnishing such aid, including compensation of personnel, expenses incurred by reason of the injury or death of any such personnel while rendering such aid, expenses of furnishing equipment and apparatus, compensation for damage to or loss of equipment or apparatus while in service outside the territory of its regular use, and such other reasonable expenses as may be incurred by any such political subdivision in furnishing such aid. THE COST OF FURNISHING SUCH AID MAY BE PAID FROM THE SHERIFF'S FURTHERANCE OF JUSTICE FUND CREATED PURSUANT TO SECTION 325.071 OF THE REVISED CODE OR FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND CREATED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2933.43 OF THE REVISED CODE, OR FROM THE COUNTY GENERAL FUND TO THE EXTENT MONEYS HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH PURPOSES PURSUANT TO SECTION 5705.38 OF THE REVISED CODE UNLESS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ADOPTS A RESOLUTION RESTRICTING OR PROHIBITING THE USE OF GENERAL FUND MONEYS WITHOUT THE PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Nothing in this section shall be construed as superseding or modifying in any way any provision of a contract entered into pursuant to section 311.29 of the Revised Code. Law enforcement officers acting pursuant to this section outside the territory of their regular employment have the same authority to enforce the law as when acting within the territory of their regular employment.

(C) The sheriff shall not execute process that is issued in a state other than this state, unless the process contains either of the following:

(1) A certification by the judge of the court that issued the process stating that the issuing court has jurisdiction to issue the process and that the documents being forwarded conform to the laws of the state in which the court is located;

(2) If the process is an initial summons to appear and defend issued after the filing of a complaint commencing an action, a certification by the clerk of the court that issued the process stating that the process was issued in conformance with the laws of the state in which the court is located.

(D) As used in this section and section 311.08 of the Revised Code, "proper and lawful authority" means any authority authorized by law to issue any process and "process" means those documents issued in this state in accordance with section 7.01 of the Revised Code and those documents, other than executions of judgments or decrees, issued in a state other than this state that conform to the laws of the state of issuance governing the issuance of process in that state.

Sec. 505.43. In order to obtain police protection, or to obtain additional police protection in times of emergency, any township may enter into a contract with one or more townships, municipal corporations, park districts created pursuant to section 511.18 or 1545.01 of the Revised Code, or county sheriffs or with a governmental entity of an adjoining state upon any terms that are agreed to by them, for services of police departments or use of police equipment, or the interchange of the service of police departments or use of police equipment within the several territories of the contracting subdivisions, if the contract is first authorized by respective boards of township trustees or other legislative bodies. The cost of the contract may be paid for from the township general fund or from funds received pursuant to the passage of a levy authorized pursuant to division (J) of section 5705.19 and section 5705.25 of the Revised Code.

Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code, insofar as it is applicable to the operation of police departments, applies to the contracting political subdivisions and police department members when the members are rendering service outside their own subdivision pursuant to the contract.

Police department members acting outside the subdivision in which they are employed may participate in any pension or indemnity fund established by their employer to the same extent as while acting within the employing subdivision, and are entitled to all the rights and benefits of Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code, to the same extent as while performing service within the subdivision.

The contract may provide for a fixed annual charge to be paid at the times agreed upon and stipulated in the contract.

Sec. 737.04. The legislative authority of any municipal corporation, in order to obtain police protection or to obtain additional police protection, OR TO ALLOW ITS POLICE OFFICERS TO WORK IN MULTIJURISDICTIONAL DRUG, GANG, OR CAREER CRIMINAL TASK FORCES, may enter into contracts with one or more municipal corporations, townships, township police districts, or county sheriffs in this state, with one or more park districts created pursuant to section 511.18 or 1545.01 of the Revised Code, or with a contiguous municipal corporation in an adjoining state, upon any terms that are agreed upon, for services of police departments or the use of police equipment or for the interchange of services of police departments or police equipment within the several territories of the contracting subdivisions.

Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code, insofar as it applies to the operation of police departments, shall apply to the contracting political subdivisions and to the police department members when they are rendering service outside their own subdivisions pursuant to the contracts.

Police department members acting outside the subdivision in which they are employed, pursuant to a contract entered into under this section, shall be entitled to participate in any indemnity fund established by their employer to the same extent as while acting within the employing subdivision. Those members shall be entitled to all the rights and benefits of Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code, to the same extent as while performing service within the subdivision.

The contracts may provide for:

(A) A fixed annual charge to be paid at the times agreed upon and stipulated in the contract;

(B) Compensation based upon:

(1) A stipulated price for each call or emergency;

(2) The number of members or pieces of equipment employed;

(3) The elapsed time of service required in each call or emergency.

(C) Compensation for loss or damage to equipment while engaged in rendering police services outside the limits of the subdivision owning and furnishing the equipment;

(D) Reimbursement of the subdivision in which the police department members are employed for any indemnity award or premium contribution assessed against the employing subdivision for workers' compensation benefits for injuries or death of its police department members occurring while engaged in rendering police services pursuant to the contract.

Sec. 737.041. The police department of any municipal corporation may provide police protection to any county, municipal corporation, township, or township police district of this state, to a park district created pursuant to section 511.18 or 1545.01 of the Revised Code, TO ANY MULTIJURISDICTIONAL DRUG, GANG, OR CAREER CRIMINAL TASK FORCE, or to a governmental entity of an adjoining state without a contract to provide police protection, upon the approval, by resolution, of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation in which the department is located and upon authorization by an officer or employee of the police department providing the police protection who is designated by title of office or position, pursuant to the resolution of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, to give the authorization.

Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code, insofar as it applies to the operation of police departments, shall apply to any municipal corporation and to members of its police department when the members are rendering police services pursuant to this section outside the municipal corporation by which they are employed.

Police department members acting, as provided in this section, outside the municipal corporation by which they are employed shall be entitled to participate in any pension or indemnity fund established by their employer to the same extent as while acting within the municipal corporation by which they are employed. Those members shall be entitled to all the rights and benefits of Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code to the same extent as while performing services within the municipal corporation by which they are employed.


Section 2. That existing sections 109.57, 109.58, 109.60, 311.07, 505.43, 737.04, and 737.041 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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