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Am. H. B. No. 403 As Reported by the House Local Government and Public Administration CommitteeAs Reported by the House Local Government and Public Administration Committee
128th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2009-2010 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Evans, Murray, Ujvagi, Domenick, Foley, Dodd, Harwood, Bacon, Brown, Williams, B., Bolon, Slesnick, Letson, Yuko, Hagan, Derickson, Sears
A BILL
To enact section 737.053 of the Revised Code to
authorize a nonchartered municipal corporation to
establish a community emergency response team
within the public safety department of the
municipal corporation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 737.053 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 737.053. The legislative authority of a municipal
corporation may establish, by ordinance, a community emergency
response team within the public safety department of the municipal
corporation, and may provide for the regulation of community
emergency response team members. The director of public safety
shall be the executive head of the community emergency response
team, shall make all appointments and removals of team members,
subject to any general rules prescribed by the legislative
authority by ordinance, and shall prescribe rules for the
organization, training, administration, control, and conduct of
the community emergency response team. Members of the community
emergency response team shall not be in the classified service of
the municipal corporation and shall not be eligible for membership
in the public employees retirement system.
A "community emergency response team" is a group of
volunteers who educates persons in the municipal corporation about
disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact the community
and who trains those persons in basic disaster response skills,
such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization,
and disaster medical operations. Members of the community
emergency response team may assist first responders in accordance
with the policies developed by the director of public safety.
A community emergency response team providing service to a
municipal corporation under this section has the same immunities
and defenses in a civil action that a political subdivision has
under section 2744.02 of the Revised Code. The members of the
community emergency response team have the same immunities and
defenses in a civil action that employees of a political
subdivision have under section 2744.03 of the Revised Code.
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