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H. B. No. 231 As Introduced
As Introduced
126th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2005-2006 |
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Representatives Mason, McGregor, Otterman, Allen, Brown, Chandler, Williams, Carano, S. Smith, Boccieri, Fende, Driehaus, Ujvagi, Harwood, Oelslager, C. Evans, Key, S. Patton, DeBose, Collier, Reidelbach, Yuko, Beatty
A BILL
To amend section 2909.21 and to enact section 2909.081 of the Revised Code to prohibit a person from knowingly discharging a laser into the cockpit of an aircraft.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1.
That section 2909.21 be amended and section 2909.081 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 2909.081. (A) No person shall knowingly discharge a laser or other device that creates visible light into the cockpit of an aircraft that is in the process of taking off or landing or is in flight. Whoever violates this section is guilty of interfering with the operation of an aircraft with a laser, a felony of the second degree.
(B) As used in this section, "laser" means both of the following: (1) Any device that utilizes the natural oscillations of atoms or molecules between energy levels for generating coherent electromagnetic radiation in the ultraviolet, visible, or infrared region of the spectrum and when discharged exceeds one milliwatt continuous wave; (2) Any device designed or used to amplify electromagnetic radiation by simulated emission that is visible to the human eye.
Sec. 2909.21. As used in sections 2909.21 to 2909.25 of the
Revised Code: (A) "Act of terrorism" means an act that is committed
within or outside the
territorial jurisdiction of this state or
the United States, that constitutes a specified offense if
committed in this state or constitutes an
offense in any
jurisdiction within or outside the territorial
jurisdiction of the
United States containing all of the essential
elements of a
specified offense, and that is intended to do one or more of
the
following: (1) Intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (2) Influence the policy of any government by intimidation
or
coercion; (3) Affect the conduct of any government by the act that
constitutes the offense. (B) "Material support or resources" means currency, payment
instruments, other
financial securities, financial services,
lodging, training,
safehouses
safe houses, false documentation or
identification, communications
equipment, facilities, weapons,
lethal substances, explosives,
personnel, transportation, and
other physical assets, except
medicine or religious materials. (C) "Payment instrument" means a check, draft, money order,
traveler's check, cashier's check, teller's check, or other
instrument or order for the transmission or payment of money,
regardless of whether the item in question is negotiable. (D)
"Response costs" means all costs a political
subdivision
incurs as a result of, or in making any response to, a
threat of a
specified offense made as described in section 2909.23 of the
Revised Code
or a specified offense committed as described in
section 2909.24
of the Revised Code, including, but not limited
to, all costs so
incurred by any law enforcement officers,
firefighters, rescue
personnel, or emergency medical services
personnel of the
political subdivision and all costs so incurred
by the political
subdivision that relate to laboratory testing or
hazardous
material cleanup. (E) "Specified offense" means any of the following: (1) A felony offense of
violence, a violation of section
2909.04, 2909.081, or 2927.24 of the
Revised Code, or a felony of the first
degree that is not a violation of any provision in Chapter 2925.
or 3719. of the Revised Code; (2) An attempt to commit, complicity in committing, or a
conspiracy to commit an offense listed in division (E)(1) of this
section.
Section 2. That existing section 2909.21 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.
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