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H. B. No. 309As IntroducedAs Introduced
124th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2001-2002 |
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REPRESENTATIVES Hughes, Calvert, Carmichael, Collier, Fessler, Goodman, Hoops, Latta, Lendrum, Olman, Reidelbach, Schaffer, Schmidt, G. Smith, Key, R. Miller
A BILL
To amend section 2913.49 of the Revised Code to
revise the elements of taking the identity of
another.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 2913.49 of the Revised Code be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2913.49. (A) As used in this section,
"personal
identifying information" includes, but is not limited to, the
following: the name, address,
telephone number, driver's license,
driver's license number,
commercial driver's license, commercial
driver's license number,
state identification card, state
identification card number,
social security card, social security
number, place of
employment, employee identification number,
mother's maiden
name, demand deposit account number, savings
account number,
money market account number, mutual fund account
number, other
financial account number, personal identification
number,
password, or credit card number of a living or dead
individual. (B) No person, without the other person's consent and for
any purpose, shall
obtain, possess, or use
any
unique personal
identifying information of
any
another person, living or dead
individual
with the intent to fraudulently obtain credit,
property, or services or avoid
the payment of a debt or any other
legal obligation, as if it is the person's own unique personal
identifying information. (C) No person shall create, obtain, possess, or use the
personal
identifying information of any living or dead individual
with the intent to
aid or abet another
person in violating
division (B) of this section. (D)(1) If the violation of division (B) of
this section
occurs as part of a course of conduct involving
other violations
of division (B) of this section or violations of,
attempts
to
violate, conspiracies to violate, or complicity in violations of
division
(C) of this section or section 2913.02, 2913.04, 2913.11,
2913.21,
2913.31, 2913.42, 2913.43, or 2921.13 of the
Revised
Code, the court, in determining
the degree of the offense pursuant
to division
(E) of this section, may
aggregate all credit,
property, or services obtained or sought
to be obtained by the
offender and all debts or other legal
obligations avoided or
sought to be avoided by the offender in
the violations involved in
that course of
conduct. The course of conduct may involve one
victim or more than one
victim. (2) If the violation of division (C) of this section occurs
as
part of a course of conduct involving other violations of
division
(C)
of this section or violations of, attempts to
violate, conspiracies to
violate, or complicity in violations of
division (B) of this section
or section 2913.02,
2913.04, 2913.11,
2913.21, 2913.31, 2913.42, 2913.43, or
2921.13 of the Revised
Code, the court, in determining the
degree of the offense pursuant
to division (E) of this section, may
aggregate all credit,
property, or services obtained or sought to be
obtained by the
person aided or abetted and all debts or other legal
obligations
avoided or sought to be avoided by the person aided or abetted
in
the violations involved in that course of conduct. The course of
conduct may involve one victim or more than one victim. (E) Whoever violates
this section is guilty of taking the
identity of another.
Except as otherwise provided in this
division, taking the
identity of another is a misdemeanor of the
first degree. If
the value of the credit, property, services,
debt, or other
legal obligation involved in the violation or
course of conduct is five
hundred dollars or more and is
less than
five thousand dollars, taking the identity of another
is a felony
of the fifth degree. If the value of the credit,
property,
services, debt, or other legal obligation involved in the
violation
or course of conduct is
five thousand dollars or more
and is less than one hundred
thousand dollars, taking the identity
of another is a felony of
the fourth degree. If the value of the
credit, property,
services, debt, or other legal obligation
involved in the violation or course
of conduct is one
hundred
thousand dollars or more, taking the identity of another
is a
felony of the third degree.
Section 2. That existing section 2913.49 of the Revised Code
is hereby repealed.
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