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As Reported by the House Criminal Justice Committee
122nd General Assembly
Regular Session
1997-1998 | H. B. No. 382 |
REPRESENTATIVES OGG-OPFER-PRINGLE-SULZER-TAVARES-VAN VYVEN-
GARCIA-SUTTON-FORD-MYERS-MASON-LUCAS
A BILL
To amend section 2917.31 of the Revise Code to increase the penalty for the
offense of inducing panic when the public place
involved in the offense is a
school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 2917.31 of the Revised Code be amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 2917.31. (A) No person shall cause the evacuation of
any public place, or otherwise cause serious public inconvenience
or alarm, by doing any of the following:
(1) Initiating or circulating a report or warning of an
alleged or impending fire, explosion, crime, or other
catastrophe, knowing that such report or warning is false;
(2) Threatening to commit any offense of violence;
(3) Committing any offense, with reckless disregard of the
likelihood that its commission will cause serious public
inconvenience or alarm.
(B) Division (A)(1) of this section does not apply to any
person conducting an authorized fire or emergency drill.
(C)(1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of inducing
panic,.
(2) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN DIVISION (C)(3) OR (4) OF
THIS
SECTION, INDUCING PANIC IS a misdemeanor of the first degree. If
(3) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN DIVISION (C)(4) OF
THIS
SECTION, IF A violation of this
section results in physical harm to any person, inducing panic is
a felony of the fourth degree.
(4)(a) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN DIVISION
(C)(4)(b) OF THIS SECTION, IF THE PUBLIC PLACE INVOLVED
IN A VIOLATION OF DIVISION (A)(1) OF THIS SECTION IS A SCHOOL,
INDUCING PANIC IS A FELONY OF THE FOURTH DEGREE.
(b) IF THE PUBLIC PLACE INVOLVED IN A VIOLATION OF DIVISION
(A)(1) OF THIS SECTION IS A SCHOOL AND IF THE VIOLATION RESULTS IN
PHYSICAL HARM TO ANY PERSON, INDUCING PANIC IS A FELONY OF THE THIRD DEGREE.
(D) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "SCHOOL" MEANS ANY SCHOOL OPERATED
BY A BOARD OF EDUCATION OR ANY SCHOOL FOR WHICH THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
PRESCRIBES MINIMUM STANDARDS UNDER SECTION 3301.07 of the Revised Code, WHETHER OR NOT ANY
INSTRUCTION, EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, OR TRAINING PROVIDED BY THE SCHOOL IS
BEING CONDUCTED AT THE TIME A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION IS COMMITTED.
Section 2. That existing section 2917.31 of the Revised Code is hereby
repealed.
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