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Sub. H. B. No. 406  As Reported by the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee
As Reported by the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee

125th General Assembly
Regular Session
2003-2004
Sub. H. B. No. 406


Representatives Wagner, McGregor, Seitz, Setzer, Collier, DeGeeter, Taylor, Otterman, Latta, Allen, Hollister, Chandler, Kearns, Ujvagi, Webster, Gilb, Flowers, Callender, Brown, Willamowski, D. Evans, Buehrer, Aslanides, Barrett, Beatty, Carmichael, Cirelli, Core, Distel, Domenick, C. Evans, Hagan, Hartnett, Harwood, Hughes, Key, Miller, Oelslager, T. Patton, Price, Reidelbach, Reinhard, Schmidt, D. Stewart, Wilson, Wolpert 

A BILL
To enact section 4511.031 of the Revised Code to prohibit the use or possession of a portable signal preemption device under certain conditions.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 4511.031 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 4511.031. (A)(1) No person shall possess a portable signal preemption device.
(2) No person shall use a portable signal preemption device to affect the operation of the traffic control signal.
(B) This section does not apply to any of the following persons when responding to an emergency call:
(1) A peace officer, as defined in division (A)(1), (12), (14), or (19) of section 109.71 of the Revised Code;
(2) A state highway patrol trooper;
(3) A person while occupying a public safety vehicle as defined in division (E)(1), (3), or (4) of section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.
(C) Whoever violates division (A)(1) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Whoever violates division (A)(2) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(D) As used in this section, "portable signal preemption device" means a device that, if activated by a person, is capable of changing a traffic control signal to green out of sequence.
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