130th Ohio General Assembly
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H. B. No. 255As Passed by the House
As Passed by the House

125th General Assembly
Regular Session
2003-2004
H. B. No. 255


REPRESENTATIVES Setzer, Seitz, C. Evans, Kearns, Price, McGregor, Chandler, Domenick, Collier, Flowers, Wolpert, Distel, D. Evans, Hagan, Hartnett, Oelslager, Otterman, S. Patton, Perry, J. Stewart, Taylor



A BILL
To amend section 505.511 of the Revised Code to increase the charges for responding in townships to certain security alarm system false alarms and to earmark the moneys a township so collects for police services.

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) 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 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 The bill's amount shall be as follows:
(1) For the fourth false alarm of that year .....$50.00;
(2) For the fifth false alarm of that year .....$100.00;
(3) For all false alarms in that year occurring after the fifth false alarm ...................................$150.00.
If payment of the bill is not received within thirty days, the township 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 in the amount of the bill. If payment is not received within those thirty days or if just cause is not shown, the sum of twenty-five dollars amount of the bill 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 treasury to be earmarked for use for police services. The
The board of township trustees 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 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 The bill's amount shall be as follows:
(1) For the fourth false alarm of that year .....$50.00;
(2) For the fifth false alarm of that year .....$100.00;
(3) For all false alarms in that year occurring after the fifth false alarm ...................................$150.00.
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 in the amount of the bill. If payment is not received within those thirty days or if just cause is not shown, the sum of twenty-five dollars amount of the bill 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
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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