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S. B. No. 230 As IntroducedAs Introduced
128th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2009-2010 |
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Cosponsors:
Senators Grendell, Morano
A BILL
To amend section 4511.191 of the Revised Code to
revise the drug abuse resistance education
(D.A.R.E.) grant program funded by a portion of
the license reinstatement fee charged to obtain a
driver's license following an OVI-related license
suspension.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 4511.191 of the Revised Code be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 4511.191. (A)(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Physical control" has the same meaning as in section
4511.194 of the Revised Code.
(b) "Alcohol monitoring device" means any device that
provides for continuous alcohol monitoring, any ignition interlock
device, any immobilizing or disabling device other than an
ignition interlock device that is constantly available to monitor
the concentration of alcohol in a person's system, or any other
device that provides for the automatic testing and periodic
reporting of alcohol consumption by a person and that a court
orders a person to use as a sanction imposed as a result of the
person's conviction of or plea of guilty to an offense.
(2) Any person who operates a vehicle, streetcar, or
trackless trolley upon a highway or any public or private property
used by the public for vehicular travel or parking within this
state or who is in physical control of a vehicle, streetcar, or
trackless trolley shall be deemed to have given consent to a
chemical test or tests of the person's whole blood, blood serum or
plasma, breath, or urine to determine the alcohol, drug of abuse,
controlled substance, metabolite of a controlled substance, or
combination content of the person's whole blood, blood serum or
plasma, breath, or urine if arrested for a violation of division
(A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, section
4511.194 of the Revised Code or a substantially equivalent
municipal ordinance, or a municipal OVI ordinance.
(3) The chemical test or tests under division (A)(2) of this
section shall be administered at the request of a law enforcement
officer having reasonable grounds to believe the person was
operating or in physical control of a vehicle, streetcar, or
trackless trolley in violation of a division, section, or
ordinance identified in division (A)(2) of this section. The law
enforcement agency by which the officer is employed shall
designate which of the tests shall be administered.
(4) Any person who is dead or unconscious, or who otherwise
is in a condition rendering the person incapable of refusal, shall
be deemed to have consented as provided in division (A)(2) of this
section, and the test or tests may be administered, subject to
sections 313.12 to 313.16 of the Revised Code.
(5)(a) If a law enforcement officer arrests a person for a
violation of division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised
Code, section 4511.194 of the Revised Code or a substantially
equivalent municipal ordinance, or a municipal OVI ordinance and
if the person if convicted would be required to be sentenced under
division (G)(1)(c), (d), or (e) of section 4511.19 of the Revised
Code, the law enforcement officer shall request the person to
submit, and the person shall submit, to a chemical test or tests
of the person's whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or
urine for the purpose of determining the alcohol, drug of abuse,
controlled substance, metabolite of a controlled substance, or
combination content of the person's whole blood, blood serum or
plasma, breath, or urine. A law enforcement officer who makes a
request pursuant to this division that a person submit to a
chemical test or tests is not required to advise the person of the
consequences of submitting to, or refusing to submit to, the test
or tests and is not required to give the person the form described
in division (B) of section 4511.192 of the Revised Code, but the
officer shall advise the person at the time of the arrest that if
the person refuses to take a chemical test the officer may employ
whatever reasonable means are necessary to ensure that the person
submits to a chemical test of the person's whole blood or blood
serum or plasma. The officer shall also advise the person at the
time of the arrest that the person may have an independent
chemical test taken at the person's own expense. Divisions (A)(3)
and (4) of this section apply to the administration of a chemical
test or tests pursuant to this division.
(b) If a person refuses to submit to a chemical test upon a
request made pursuant to division (A)(5)(a) of this section, the
law enforcement officer who made the request may employ whatever
reasonable means are necessary to ensure that the person submits
to a chemical test of the person's whole blood or blood serum or
plasma. A law enforcement officer who acts pursuant to this
division to ensure that a person submits to a chemical test of the
person's whole blood or blood serum or plasma is immune from
criminal and civil liability based upon a claim for assault and
battery or any other claim for the acts, unless the officer so
acted with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or
reckless manner.
(B)(1) Upon receipt of the sworn report of a law enforcement
officer who arrested a person for a violation of division (A) or
(B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, section 4511.194 of
the Revised Code or a substantially equivalent municipal
ordinance, or a municipal OVI ordinance that was completed and
sent to the registrar and a court pursuant to section 4511.192 of
the Revised Code in regard to a person who refused to take the
designated chemical test, the registrar shall enter into the
registrar's records the fact that the person's driver's or
commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating
privilege was suspended by the arresting officer under this
division and that section and the period of the suspension, as
determined under this section. The suspension shall be subject to
appeal as provided in section 4511.197 of the Revised Code. The
suspension shall be for whichever of the following periods
applies:
(a) Except when division (B)(1)(b), (c), or (d) of this
section applies and specifies a different class or length of
suspension, the suspension shall be a class C suspension for the
period of time specified in division (B)(3) of section 4510.02 of
the Revised Code.
(b) If the arrested person, within six years of the date on
which the person refused the request to consent to the chemical
test, had refused one previous request to consent to a chemical
test or had been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one violation
of division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or
one other equivalent offense, the suspension shall be a class B
suspension imposed for the period of time specified in division
(B)(2) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code.
(c) If the arrested person, within six years of the date on
which the person refused the request to consent to the chemical
test, had refused two previous requests to consent to a chemical
test, had been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two violations of
division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or
other equivalent offenses, or had refused one previous request to
consent to a chemical test and also had been convicted of or
pleaded guilty to one violation of division (A) or (B) of section
4511.19 of the Revised Code or other equivalent offenses, which
violation or offense arose from an incident other than the
incident that led to the refusal, the suspension shall be a class
A suspension imposed for the period of time specified in division
(B)(1) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code.
(d) If the arrested person, within six years of the date on
which the person refused the request to consent to the chemical
test, had refused three or more previous requests to consent to a
chemical test, had been convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or
more violations of division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the
Revised Code or other equivalent offenses, or had refused a number
of previous requests to consent to a chemical test and also had
been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a number of violations of
division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or
other equivalent offenses that cumulatively total three or more
such refusals, convictions, and guilty pleas, the suspension shall
be for five years.
(2) The registrar shall terminate a suspension of the
driver's or commercial driver's license or permit of a resident or
of the operating privilege of a nonresident, or a denial of a
driver's or commercial driver's license or permit, imposed
pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section upon receipt of notice
that the person has entered a plea of guilty to, or that the
person has been convicted after entering a plea of no contest to,
operating a vehicle in violation of section 4511.19 of the Revised
Code or in violation of a municipal OVI ordinance, if the offense
for which the conviction is had or the plea is entered arose from
the same incident that led to the suspension or denial.
The registrar shall credit against any judicial suspension of
a person's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or
nonresident operating privilege imposed pursuant to section
4511.19 of the Revised Code, or pursuant to section 4510.07 of the
Revised Code for a violation of a municipal OVI ordinance, any
time during which the person serves a related suspension imposed
pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section.
(C)(1) Upon receipt of the sworn report of the law
enforcement officer who arrested a person for a violation of
division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a
municipal OVI ordinance that was completed and sent to the
registrar and a court pursuant to section 4511.192 of the Revised
Code in regard to a person whose test results indicate that the
person's whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine
contained at least the concentration of alcohol specified in
division (A)(1)(b), (c), (d), or (e) of section 4511.19 of the
Revised Code or at least the concentration of a listed controlled
substance or a listed metabolite of a controlled substance
specified in division (A)(1)(j) of section 4511.19 of the Revised
Code, the registrar shall enter into the registrar's records the
fact that the person's driver's or commercial driver's license or
permit or nonresident operating privilege was suspended by the
arresting officer under this division and section 4511.192 of the
Revised Code and the period of the suspension, as determined under
divisions (C)(1)(a) to (d) of this section. The suspension shall
be subject to appeal as provided in section 4511.197 of the
Revised Code. The suspension described in this division does not
apply to, and shall not be imposed upon, a person arrested for a
violation of section 4511.194 of the Revised Code or a
substantially equivalent municipal ordinance who submits to a
designated chemical test. The suspension shall be for whichever of
the following periods applies:
(a) Except when division (C)(1)(b), (c), or (d) of this
section applies and specifies a different period, the suspension
shall be a class E suspension imposed for the period of time
specified in division (B)(5) of section 4510.02 of the Revised
Code.
(b) The suspension shall be a class C suspension for the
period of time specified in division (B)(3) of section 4510.02 of
the Revised Code if the person has been convicted of or pleaded
guilty to, within six years of the date the test was conducted,
one violation of division (A) or (B) of section 4511.19 of the
Revised Code or one other equivalent offense.
(c) If, within six years of the date the test was conducted,
the person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two
violations of a statute or ordinance described in division
(C)(1)(b) of this section, the suspension shall be a class B
suspension imposed for the period of time specified in division
(B)(2) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code.
(d) If, within six years of the date the test was conducted,
the person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to more than
two violations of a statute or ordinance described in division
(C)(1)(b) of this section, the suspension shall be a class A
suspension imposed for the period of time specified in division
(B)(1) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code.
(2) The registrar shall terminate a suspension of the
driver's or commercial driver's license or permit of a resident or
of the operating privilege of a nonresident, or a denial of a
driver's or commercial driver's license or permit, imposed
pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section upon receipt of notice
that the person has entered a plea of guilty to, or that the
person has been convicted after entering a plea of no contest to,
operating a vehicle in violation of section 4511.19 of the Revised
Code or in violation of a municipal OVI ordinance, if the offense
for which the conviction is had or the plea is entered arose from
the same incident that led to the suspension or denial.
The registrar shall credit against any judicial suspension of
a person's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or
nonresident operating privilege imposed pursuant to section
4511.19 of the Revised Code, or pursuant to section 4510.07 of the
Revised Code for a violation of a municipal OVI ordinance, any
time during which the person serves a related suspension imposed
pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section.
(D)(1) A suspension of a person's driver's or commercial
driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege
under this section for the time described in division (B) or (C)
of this section is effective immediately from the time at which
the arresting officer serves the notice of suspension upon the
arrested person. Any subsequent finding that the person is not
guilty of the charge that resulted in the person being requested
to take the chemical test or tests under division (A) of this
section does not affect the suspension.
(2) If a person is arrested for operating a vehicle,
streetcar, or trackless trolley in violation of division (A) or
(B) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a municipal OVI
ordinance, or for being in physical control of a vehicle,
streetcar, or trackless trolley in violation of section 4511.194
of the Revised Code or a substantially equivalent municipal
ordinance, regardless of whether the person's driver's or
commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating
privilege is or is not suspended under division (B) or (C) of this
section or Chapter 4510. of the Revised Code, the person's initial
appearance on the charge resulting from the arrest shall be held
within five days of the person's arrest or the issuance of the
citation to the person, subject to any continuance granted by the
court pursuant to section 4511.197 of the Revised Code regarding
the issues specified in that division.
(E) When it finally has been determined under the procedures
of this section and sections 4511.192 to 4511.197 of the Revised
Code that a nonresident's privilege to operate a vehicle within
this state has been suspended, the registrar shall give
information in writing of the action taken to the motor vehicle
administrator of the state of the person's residence and of any
state in which the person has a license.
(F) At the end of a suspension period under this section,
under section 4511.194, section 4511.196, or division (G) of
section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, or under section 4510.07 of
the Revised Code for a violation of a municipal OVI ordinance and
upon the request of the person whose driver's or commercial
driver's license or permit was suspended and who is not otherwise
subject to suspension, cancellation, or disqualification, the
registrar shall return the driver's or commercial driver's license
or permit to the person upon the occurrence of all of the
conditions specified in divisions (F)(1) and (2) of this section:
(1) A showing that the person has proof of financial
responsibility, a policy of liability insurance in effect that
meets the minimum standards set forth in section 4509.51 of the
Revised Code, or proof, to the satisfaction of the registrar, that
the person is able to respond in damages in an amount at least
equal to the minimum amounts specified in section 4509.51 of the
Revised Code.
(2) Subject to the limitation contained in division (F)(3) of
this section, payment by the person to the bureau of motor
vehicles of a license reinstatement fee of four hundred
seventy-five dollars, which fee shall be deposited in the state
treasury and credited as follows:
(a) One hundred twelve dollars and fifty cents shall be
credited to the statewide treatment and prevention fund created by
section 4301.30 of the Revised Code. The fund shall be used to pay
the costs of driver treatment and intervention programs operated
pursuant to sections 3793.02 and 3793.10 of the Revised Code. The
director of alcohol and drug addiction services shall determine
the share of the fund that is to be allocated to alcohol and drug
addiction programs authorized by section 3793.02 of the Revised
Code, and the share of the fund that is to be allocated to
drivers' intervention programs authorized by section 3793.10 of
the Revised Code.
(b) Seventy-five dollars shall be credited to the reparations
fund created by section 2743.191 of the Revised Code.
(c) Thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents shall be credited to
the indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, which is hereby
established in the state treasury. Except as otherwise provided in
division (F)(2)(c) of this section, moneys in the fund shall be
distributed by the department of alcohol and drug addiction
services to the county indigent drivers alcohol treatment funds,
the county juvenile indigent drivers alcohol treatment funds, and
the municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment funds that are
required to be established by counties and municipal corporations
pursuant to division (H) of this section, and shall be used only
to pay the cost of an alcohol and drug addiction treatment program
attended by an offender or juvenile traffic offender who is
ordered to attend an alcohol and drug addiction treatment program
by a county, juvenile, or municipal court judge and who is
determined by the county, juvenile, or municipal court judge not
to have the means to pay for the person's attendance at the
program or to pay the costs specified in division (H)(4) of this
section in accordance with that division. In addition, a county,
juvenile, or municipal court judge may use moneys in the county
indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, county juvenile indigent
drivers alcohol treatment fund, or municipal indigent drivers
alcohol treatment fund to pay for the cost of the continued use of
an alcohol monitoring device as described in divisions (H)(3) and
(4) of this section. Moneys in the fund that are not distributed
to a county indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, a county
juvenile indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, or a municipal
indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund under division (H) of this
section because the director of alcohol and drug addiction
services does not have the information necessary to identify the
county or municipal corporation where the offender or juvenile
offender was arrested may be transferred by the director of budget
and management to the statewide treatment and prevention fund
created by section 4301.30 of the Revised Code, upon certification
of the amount by the director of alcohol and drug addiction
services.
(d) Seventy-five dollars shall be credited to the Ohio
rehabilitation services commission established by section 3304.12
of the Revised Code, to the services for rehabilitation fund,
which is hereby established. The fund shall be used to match
available federal matching funds where appropriate, and for any
other purpose or program of the commission to rehabilitate people
with disabilities to help them become employed and independent.
(e) Seventy-five dollars shall be deposited into the state
treasury and credited to the drug abuse resistance education
programs fund, which is hereby established, to be used by the
attorney general for the purposes specified in division (F)(4) of
this section.
(f) Thirty dollars shall be credited to the state bureau of
motor vehicles fund created by section 4501.25 of the Revised
Code.
(g) Twenty dollars shall be credited to the trauma and
emergency medical services grants fund created by section 4513.263
of the Revised Code.
(h) Fifty dollars shall be credited to the indigent drivers
interlock and alcohol monitoring fund, which is hereby established
in the state treasury. Monies in the fund shall be distributed by
the department of public safety to the county indigent drivers
interlock and alcohol monitoring funds, the county juvenile
indigent drivers interlock and alcohol monitoring funds, and the
municipal indigent drivers interlock and alcohol monitoring funds
that are required to be established by counties and municipal
corporations pursuant to this section, and shall be used only to
pay the cost of an immobilizing or disabling device, including a
certified ignition interlock device, or an alcohol monitoring
device used by an offender or juvenile offender who is ordered to
use the device by a county, juvenile, or municipal court judge and
who is determined by the county, juvenile, or municipal court
judge not to have the means to pay for the person's use of the
device.
(3) If a person's driver's or commercial driver's license or
permit is suspended under this section, under section 4511.196 or
division (G) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, under section
4510.07 of the Revised Code for a violation of a municipal OVI
ordinance or under any combination of the suspensions described in
division (F)(3) of this section, and if the suspensions arise from
a single incident or a single set of facts and circumstances, the
person is liable for payment of, and shall be required to pay to
the bureau, only one reinstatement fee of four hundred
seventy-five dollars. The reinstatement fee shall be distributed
by the bureau in accordance with division (F)(2) of this section.
(4) The attorney general shall use amounts in the drug abuse
resistance education programs fund to award grants to law
enforcement agencies to establish and implement drug abuse
resistance education programs in public schools that receive
funding from the Ohio department of education. Grants awarded to a
law enforcement agency under this section shall be used by the
agency to pay for not more than
fifty seventy-five per cent of the
amount of the salaries of law enforcement officers who serve as
school-based law enforcement officers and also conduct drug abuse
resistance education programs in
public eligible schools. The
attorney general shall not use more than six ten per cent of the
amounts the attorney general's office receives under division
(F)(2)(e) of this section to pay the costs it incurs in
administering the grant program established by division (F)(2)(e)
of this section and in providing training and materials relating
to drug abuse resistance education programs.
The attorney general
shall establish continuing education requirements for law
enforcement officers who serve as school-based law enforcement
officers and also conduct drug abuse resistance education programs
in schools; the attorney general shall require each law
enforcement agency receiving a grant under this section to comply
with the continuing education requirements.
Following conclusion of a drug abuse resistance education
program, a school representative shall complete an evaluation form
developed by the attorney general and shall give the completed
form to the attorney general and the law enforcement agency
conducting the program. Completed evaluation forms from prior
programs shall be included in any subsequent grant application
made by the law enforcement agency.
The attorney general shall report to the governor and the
general assembly each fiscal year on the progress made in
establishing and implementing drug abuse resistance education
programs. These reports shall include an evaluation of the
effectiveness of these programs.
(G) Suspension of a commercial driver's license under
division (B) or (C) of this section shall be concurrent with any
period of disqualification under section 3123.611 or 4506.16 of
the Revised Code or any period of suspension under section 3123.58
of the Revised Code. No person who is disqualified for life from
holding a commercial driver's license under section 4506.16 of the
Revised Code shall be issued a driver's license under Chapter
4507. of the Revised Code during the period for which the
commercial driver's license was suspended under division (B) or
(C) of this section. No person whose commercial driver's license
is suspended under division (B) or (C) of this section shall be
issued a driver's license under Chapter 4507. of the Revised Code
during the period of the suspension.
(H)(1) Each county shall establish an indigent drivers
alcohol treatment fund, each county shall establish a juvenile
indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, and each municipal
corporation in which there is a municipal court shall establish an
indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund. All revenue that the
general assembly appropriates to the indigent drivers alcohol
treatment fund for transfer to a county indigent drivers alcohol
treatment fund, a county juvenile indigent drivers alcohol
treatment fund, or a municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment
fund, all portions of fees that are paid under division (F) of
this section and that are credited under that division to the
indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund in the state treasury for
a county indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, a county
juvenile indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, or a municipal
indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, all portions of
additional costs imposed under section 2949.094 of the Revised
Code that are specified for deposit into a county, county
juvenile, or municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund by
that section, and all portions of fines that are specified for
deposit into a county or municipal indigent drivers alcohol
treatment fund by section 4511.193 of the Revised Code shall be
deposited into that county indigent drivers alcohol treatment
fund, county juvenile indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, or
municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund. The portions of
the fees paid under division (F) of this section that are to be so
deposited shall be determined in accordance with division (H)(2)
of this section. Additionally, all portions of fines that are paid
for a violation of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or of any
prohibition contained in Chapter 4510. of the Revised Code, and
that are required under section 4511.19 or any provision of
Chapter 4510. of the Revised Code to be deposited into a county
indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund or municipal indigent
drivers alcohol treatment fund shall be deposited into the
appropriate fund in accordance with the applicable division of the
section or provision.
(2) That portion of the license reinstatement fee that is
paid under division (F) of this section and that is credited under
that division to the indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund shall
be deposited into a county indigent drivers alcohol treatment
fund, a county juvenile indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund,
or a municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund as follows:
(a) Regarding a suspension imposed under this section, that
portion of the fee shall be deposited as follows:
(i) If the fee is paid by a person who was charged in a
county court with the violation that resulted in the suspension or
in the imposition of the court costs, the portion shall be
deposited into the county indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund
under the control of that court;
(ii) If the fee is paid by a person who was charged in a
juvenile court with the violation that resulted in the suspension
or in the imposition of the court costs, the portion shall be
deposited into the county juvenile indigent drivers alcohol
treatment fund established in the county served by the court;
(iii) If the fee is paid by a person who was charged in a
municipal court with the violation that resulted in the suspension
or in the imposition of the court costs, the portion shall be
deposited into the municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment
fund under the control of that court.
(b) Regarding a suspension imposed under section 4511.19 of
the Revised Code or under section 4510.07 of the Revised Code for
a violation of a municipal OVI ordinance, that portion of the fee
shall be deposited as follows:
(i) If the fee is paid by a person whose license or permit
was suspended by a county court, the portion shall be deposited
into the county indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund under the
control of that court;
(ii) If the fee is paid by a person whose license or permit
was suspended by a municipal court, the portion shall be deposited
into the municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund under
the control of that court.
(3) Expenditures from a county indigent drivers alcohol
treatment fund, a county juvenile indigent drivers alcohol
treatment fund, or a municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment
fund shall be made only upon the order of a county, juvenile, or
municipal court judge and only for payment of the cost of an
assessment or the cost of the attendance at an alcohol and drug
addiction treatment program of a person who is convicted of, or
found to be a juvenile traffic offender by reason of, a violation
of division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code or a
substantially similar municipal ordinance, who is ordered by the
court to attend the alcohol and drug addiction treatment program,
and who is determined by the court to be unable to pay the cost of
the assessment or the cost of attendance at the treatment program
or for payment of the costs specified in division (H)(4) of this
section in accordance with that division. The alcohol and drug
addiction services board or the board of alcohol, drug addiction,
and mental health services established pursuant to section 340.02
or 340.021 of the Revised Code and serving the alcohol, drug
addiction, and mental health service district in which the court
is located shall administer the indigent drivers alcohol treatment
program of the court. When a court orders an offender or juvenile
traffic offender to obtain an assessment or attend an alcohol and
drug addiction treatment program, the board shall determine which
program is suitable to meet the needs of the offender or juvenile
traffic offender, and when a suitable program is located and space
is available at the program, the offender or juvenile traffic
offender shall attend the program designated by the board. A
reasonable amount not to exceed five per cent of the amounts
credited to and deposited into the county indigent drivers alcohol
treatment fund, the county juvenile indigent drivers alcohol
treatment fund, or the municipal indigent drivers alcohol
treatment fund serving every court whose program is administered
by that board shall be paid to the board to cover the costs it
incurs in administering those indigent drivers alcohol treatment
programs.
In addition, upon exhaustion of moneys in the indigent
drivers interlock and alcohol monitoring fund for the use of an
alcohol monitoring device, a county, juvenile, or municipal court
judge may use moneys in the county indigent drivers alcohol
treatment fund, county juvenile indigent drivers alcohol treatment
fund, or municipal indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund in the
following manners:
(a) If the source of the moneys was an appropriation of the
general assembly, a portion of a fee that was paid under division
(F) of this section, a portion of a fine that was specified for
deposit into the fund by section 4511.193 of the Revised Code, or
a portion of a fine that was paid for a violation of section
4511.19 of the Revised Code or of a provision contained in Chapter
4510. of the Revised Code that was required to be deposited into
the fund, to pay for the continued use of an alcohol monitoring
device by an offender or juvenile traffic offender, in conjunction
with a treatment program approved by the department of alcohol and
drug addiction services, when such use is determined clinically
necessary by the treatment program and when the court determines
that the offender or juvenile traffic offender is unable to pay
all or part of the daily monitoring or cost of the device;
(b) If the source of the moneys was a portion of an
additional court cost imposed under section 2949.094 of the
Revised Code, to pay for the continued use of an alcohol
monitoring device by an offender or juvenile traffic offender when
the court determines that the offender or juvenile traffic
offender is unable to pay all or part of the daily monitoring or
cost of the device. The moneys may be used for a device as
described in this division if the use of the device is in
conjunction with a treatment program approved by the department of
alcohol and drug addiction services, when the use of the device is
determined clinically necessary by the treatment program, but the
use of a device is not required to be in conjunction with a
treatment program approved by the department in order for the
moneys to be used for the device as described in this division.
(4) If a county, juvenile, or municipal court determines, in
consultation with the alcohol and drug addiction services board or
the board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services
established pursuant to section 340.02 or 340.021 of the Revised
Code and serving the alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health
district in which the court is located, that the funds in the
county indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, the county
juvenile indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, or the municipal
indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund under the control of the
court are more than sufficient to satisfy the purpose for which
the fund was established, as specified in divisions (H)(1) to (3)
of this section, the court may declare a surplus in the fund. If
the court declares a surplus in the fund, the court may expend the
amount of the surplus in the fund for:
(a) Alcohol and drug abuse assessment and treatment of
persons who are charged in the court with committing a criminal
offense or with being a delinquent child or juvenile traffic
offender and in relation to whom both of the following apply:
(i) The court determines that substance abuse was a
contributing factor leading to the criminal or delinquent activity
or the juvenile traffic offense with which the person is charged.
(ii) The court determines that the person is unable to pay
the cost of the alcohol and drug abuse assessment and treatment
for which the surplus money will be used.
(b) All or part of the cost of purchasing alcohol monitoring
devices to be used in conjunction with division (H)(3) of this
section, upon exhaustion of moneys in the indigent drivers
interlock and alcohol monitoring fund for the use of an alcohol
monitoring device.
(5) For the purpose of determining as described in division
(F)(2)(c) of this section whether an offender does not have the
means to pay for the offender's attendance at an alcohol and drug
addiction treatment program or whether an alleged offender or
delinquent child is unable to pay the costs specified in division
(H)(4) of this section, the court shall use the indigent client
eligibility guidelines and the standards of indigency established
by the state public defender to make the determination.
(6) The court shall identify and refer any alcohol and drug
addiction program that is not certified under section 3793.06 of
the Revised Code and that is interested in receiving amounts from
the surplus in the fund declared under division (H)(4) of this
section to the department of alcohol and drug addiction services
in order for the program to become a certified alcohol and drug
addiction program. The department shall keep a record of applicant
referrals received pursuant to this division and shall submit a
report on the referrals each year to the general assembly. If a
program interested in becoming certified makes an application to
become certified pursuant to section 3793.06 of the Revised Code,
the program is eligible to receive surplus funds as long as the
application is pending with the department. The department of
alcohol and drug addiction services must offer technical
assistance to the applicant. If the interested program withdraws
the certification application, the department must notify the
court, and the court shall not provide the interested program with
any further surplus funds.
(7)(a) Each alcohol and drug addiction services board and
board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services
established pursuant to section 340.02 or 340.021 of the Revised
Code shall submit to the department of alcohol and drug addiction
services an annual report for each indigent drivers alcohol
treatment fund in that board's area.
(b) The report, which shall be submitted not later than sixty
days after the end of the state fiscal year, shall provide the
total payment that was made from the fund, including the number of
indigent consumers that received treatment services and the number
of indigent consumers that received an alcohol monitoring device.
The report shall identify the treatment program and expenditure
for an alcohol monitoring device for which that payment was made.
The report shall include the fiscal year balance of each indigent
drivers alcohol treatment fund located in that board's area. In
the event that a surplus is declared in the fund pursuant to
division (H)(4) of this section, the report also shall provide the
total payment that was made from the surplus moneys and identify
the treatment program and expenditure for an alcohol monitoring
device for which that payment was made. The department may require
additional information necessary to complete the comprehensive
statewide alcohol and drug addiction services plan as required by
section 3793.04 of the Revised Code.
(c) If a board is unable to obtain adequate information to
develop the report to submit to the department for a particular
indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund, the board shall submit a
report detailing the effort made in obtaining the information.
(I)(1) Each county shall establish an indigent drivers
interlock and alcohol monitoring fund and a juvenile indigent
drivers interlock and alcohol treatment fund, and each municipal
corporation in which there is a municipal court shall establish an
indigent drivers interlock and alcohol monitoring fund. All
revenue that the general assembly appropriates to the indigent
drivers interlock and alcohol monitoring fund for transfer to a
county indigent drivers interlock and alcohol monitoring fund, a
county juvenile indigent drivers interlock and alcohol monitoring
fund, or a municipal indigent drivers interlock and alcohol
monitoring fund, all portions of license reinstatement fees that
are paid under division (F)(2) of this section and that are
credited under that division to the indigent drivers interlock and
alcohol monitoring fund in the state treasury, and all portions of
fines that are paid under division (G) of section 4511.19 of the
Revised Code and that are credited by division (G)(5)(e) of that
section to the indigent drivers interlock and alcohol monitoring
fund in the state treasury shall be deposited in the appropriate
fund in accordance with division (I)(2) of this section.
(2) That portion of the license reinstatement fee that is
paid under division (F) of this section and that portion of the
fine paid under division (G) of section 4511.19 of the Revised
Code and that is credited under either division to the indigent
drivers interlock and alcohol monitoring fund shall be deposited
into a county indigent drivers interlock and alcohol monitoring
fund, a county juvenile indigent drivers interlock and alcohol
monitoring fund, or a municipal indigent drivers interlock and
alcohol monitoring fund as follows:
(a) If the fee or fine is paid by a person who was charged in
a county court with the violation that resulted in the suspension
or fine, the portion shall be deposited into the county indigent
drivers interlock and alcohol monitoring fund under the control of
that court.
(b) If the fee or fine is paid by a person who was charged in
a juvenile court with the violation that resulted in the
suspension or fine, the portion shall be deposited into the county
juvenile indigent drivers interlock and alcohol monitoring fund
established in the county served by the court.
(c) If the fee or fine is paid by a person who was charged in
a municipal court with the violation that resulted in the
suspension, the portion shall be deposited into the municipal
indigent drivers interlock and alcohol monitoring fund under the
control of that court.
Section 2. That existing section 4511.191 of the Revised Code
is hereby repealed.
Section 3. Section 4511.191 of the Revised Code is presented
in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Am.
Sub. H.B. 1 and Am. Sub. H.B. 2 of the 128th General Assembly. The
General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division (B) of
section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be
harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds
that the composite is the resulting version of the section in
effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in
this act.
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