The online versions of legislation provided on this website are not official. Enrolled bills are the final version passed by the Ohio General Assembly and presented to the Governor for signature. The official version of acts signed by the Governor are available from the Secretary of State's Office in the Continental Plaza, 180 East Broad St., Columbus.
|
H. B. No. 300 As IntroducedAs Introduced
129th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2011-2012 |
| |
Representatives Goyal, Ruhl
Cosponsors:
Representatives Driehaus, Murray, Phillips, Yuko, Antonio, Patmon
A BILL
To amend sections 121.40, 955.261, 2913.01, 2913.02,
2921.321, and 3701.04, to enact sections 5502.281
and 5502.282, and to repeal section 121.404 of the
Revised Code to provide protections for search and
rescue dogs and to make changes to the law
regarding emergency volunteers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 121.40, 955.261, 2913.01, 2913.02,
2921.321, and 3701.04 be amended and sections 5502.281 and
5502.282 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 121.40. (A) There is hereby created the Ohio community
service council consisting of twenty-one voting members including
the superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent's
designee, the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents or the
chancellor's designee, the director of youth services or the
director's designee, the director of aging or the director's
designee, the chairperson of the committee of the house of
representatives dealing with education or the chairperson's
designee, the chairperson of the committee of the senate dealing
with education or the chairperson's designee, and fifteen members
who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent
of the senate and who shall serve terms of office of three years.
The appointees shall include educators, including teachers and
administrators; representatives of youth organizations; students
and parents; representatives of organizations engaged in volunteer
program development and management throughout the state, including
youth and conservation programs; and representatives of business,
government, nonprofit organizations, social service agencies,
veterans organizations, religious organizations, or philanthropies
that support or encourage volunteerism within the state. The
director of the governor's office of faith-based and community
initiatives shall serve as a nonvoting ex officio member of the
council. Members of the council shall receive no compensation, but
shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in
the performance of their official duties.
(B) The council shall appoint an executive director for the
council, who shall be in the unclassified civil service. The
governor shall be informed of the appointment of an executive
director before such an appointment is made.
The executive
director shall supervise the council's activities and report to
the council on the progress of those activities. The executive
director shall do all things necessary for the efficient and
effective implementation of the duties of the council.
The responsibilities assigned to the executive director do
not relieve the members of the council from final responsibility
for the proper performance of the requirements of this section.
(C) The council or its designee shall do all of the
following:
(1) Employ, promote, supervise, and remove all employees as
needed in connection with the performance of its duties under this
section and may assign duties to those employees as necessary to
achieve the most efficient performance of its functions, and to
that end may establish, change, or abolish positions, and assign
and reassign duties and responsibilities of any employee of the
council. Personnel employed by the council who are subject to
Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code shall retain all of their rights
and benefits conferred pursuant to that chapter. Nothing in this
chapter shall be construed as eliminating or interfering with
Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code or the rights and benefits
conferred under that chapter to public employees or to any
bargaining unit.
(2) Maintain its office in Columbus, and may hold sessions at
any place within the state;
(3) Acquire facilities, equipment, and supplies necessary to
house the council, its employees, and files and records under its
control, and to discharge any duty imposed upon it by law. The
expense of these acquisitions shall be audited and paid for in the
same manner as other state expenses. For that purpose, the council
shall prepare and submit to the office of budget and management a
budget for each biennium according to sections 101.532 and 107.03
of the Revised Code. The budget submitted shall cover the costs of
the council and its staff in the discharge of any duty imposed
upon the council by law. The council shall not delegate any
authority to obligate funds.
(4) Pay its own payroll and other operating expenses from
line items designated by the general assembly;
(5) Retain its fiduciary responsibility as appointing
authority. Any transaction instructions shall be certified by the
appointing authority or its designee.
(6) Establish the overall policy and management of the
council in accordance with this chapter;
(7) Assist in coordinating and preparing the state
application for funds under sections 101 to 184 of the "National
and Community Service Act of 1990," 104 Stat. 3127 (1990), 42
U.S.C.A. 12411 to 12544, as amended, assist in administering and
overseeing the "National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993,"
P.L. 103-82, 107 Stat. 785, and the americorps program in this
state, and assist in developing objectives for a comprehensive
strategy to encourage and expand community service programs
throughout the state;
(8) Assist the state board of education, school districts,
the chancellor of the board of regents, and institutions of higher
education in coordinating community service education programs
through cooperative efforts between institutions and organizations
in the public and private sectors;
(9) Assist the departments of natural resources, youth
services, aging, and job and family services in coordinating
community service programs through cooperative efforts between
institutions and organizations in the public and private sectors;
(10) Suggest individuals and organizations that are available
to assist school districts, institutions of higher education, and
the departments of natural resources, youth services, aging, and
job and family services in the establishment of community service
programs and assist in investigating sources of funding for
implementing these programs;
(11) Assist in evaluating the state's efforts in providing
community service programs using standards and methods that are
consistent with any statewide objectives for these programs and
provide information to the state board of education, school
districts, the chancellor of the board of regents, institutions of
higher education, and the departments of natural resources, youth
services, aging, and job and family services to guide them in
making decisions about these programs;
(12) Assist the state board of education in complying with
section 3301.70 of the Revised Code and the chancellor of the
board of regents in complying with division (B)(2) of section
3333.043 of the Revised Code;
(13) Advise, assist, consult with, and cooperate with, by
contract or otherwise, agencies and political subdivisions of this
state in establishing a statewide system for volunteers pursuant
to section 121.404 of the Revised Code.
(D) The council shall in writing enter into an agreement with
another state agency to serve as the council's fiscal agent.
Before entering into such an agreement, the council shall inform
the governor of the terms of the agreement and of the state agency
designated to serve as the council's fiscal agent. The fiscal
agent shall be responsible for all the council's fiscal matters
and financial transactions, as specified in the agreement.
Services to be provided by the fiscal agent include, but are not
limited to, the following:
(1) Preparing and processing payroll and other personnel
documents that the council executes as the appointing authority;
(2) Maintaining ledgers of accounts and reports of account
balances, and monitoring budgets and allotment plans in
consultation with the council; and
(3) Performing other routine support services that the fiscal
agent considers appropriate to achieve efficiency.
(E)(1) The council, in conjunction and consultation with the
fiscal agent, has the following authority and responsibility
relative to fiscal matters:
(a) Sole authority to draw funds for any and all federal
programs in which the council is authorized to participate;
(b) Sole authority to expend funds from their accounts for
programs and any other necessary expenses the council may incur
and its subgrantees may incur; and
(c) Responsibility to cooperate with and inform the fiscal
agent fully of all financial transactions.
(2) The council shall follow all state procurement, fiscal,
human resources, statutory, and administrative rule requirements.
(3) The fiscal agent shall determine fees to be charged to
the council, which shall be in proportion to the services
performed for the council.
(4) The council shall pay fees owed to the fiscal agent from
a general revenue fund of the council or from any other fund from
which the operating expenses of the council are paid. Any amounts
set aside for a fiscal year for the payment of these fees shall be
used only for the services performed for the council by the fiscal
agent in that fiscal year.
(F) The council may accept and administer grants from any
source, public or private, to carry out any of the council's
functions this section establishes.
Sec. 955.261. (A)(1) No person shall remove a dog that has
bitten any person from the county in which the bite occurred until
a quarantine period as specified in division (B) of this section
has been completed. No person shall transfer a dog that has bitten
any person until a quarantine period as specified in division (B)
of this section has been completed, except that a person may
transfer the dog to the county dog warden or to any other animal
control authority.
(2)(a) Subject to division (A)(2)(b) of this section, no
person shall kill a dog that has bitten any person until a
quarantine period as specified in division (B) of this section has
been completed.
(b) Division (A)(2)(a) of this section does not apply to the
killing of a dog in order to prevent further injury or death or if
the dog is diseased or seriously injured.
(3) No person who has killed a dog that has bitten any person
in order to prevent further injury or death or if the dog is
diseased or seriously injured shall fail to do both of the
following:
(a) Immediately after the killing of the dog, notify the
board of health for the district in which the bite occurred of the
facts relative to the bite and the killing;
(b) Hold the body of the dog until that board of health
claims it to perform tests for rabies.
(B) The quarantine period for a dog that has bitten any
person shall be ten days or another period that the board of
health for the district in which the bite occurred determines is
necessary to observe the dog for rabies.
(C)(1) To enable persons to comply with the quarantine
requirements specified in divisions (A) and (B) of this section,
boards of health shall make provision for the quarantine of
individual dogs under the circumstances described in those
divisions.
(2) Upon the receipt of a notification pursuant to division
(A)(3) of this section that a dog that has bitten any person has
been killed, the board of health for the district in which the
bite occurred shall claim the body of the dog from its killer and
then perform tests on the body for rabies.
(D)(1) This section does not apply to a police dog that has
bitten a person while the police dog is under the care of a
licensed veterinarian or has bitten a person while the police dog
is being used for law enforcement, corrections, prison or jail
security, or investigative purposes. If, after biting a person, a
police dog exhibits any abnormal behavior, the law enforcement
agency and the law enforcement officer the police dog assists,
within a reasonable time after the person is bitten, shall make
the police dog available for the board of health for the district
in which the bite occurred to perform tests for rabies.
(2) This section does not apply to a search and rescue dog
that has bitten a person while the search and rescue dog is under
the care of a licensed veterinarian or has bitten a person while
the search and rescue dog is being used in a search and rescue
operation. If a search and rescue dog exhibits any abnormal
behavior after biting a person, the owner of the search and rescue
dog shall make the search and rescue dog available within a
reasonable time after the person is bitten for the board of health
for the district in which the bite occurred to perform tests for
rabies.
(E) As used in this section, "police dog," has "search and
rescue dog," and "search and rescue operation" have the same
meaning meanings as in section 2921.321 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 2913.01. As used in this chapter, unless the context
requires that a term be given a different meaning:
(A) "Deception" means knowingly deceiving another or causing
another to be deceived by any false or misleading representation,
by withholding information, by preventing another from acquiring
information, or by any other conduct, act, or omission that
creates, confirms, or perpetuates a false impression in another,
including a false impression as to law, value, state of mind, or
other objective or subjective fact.
(B) "Defraud" means to knowingly obtain, by deception, some
benefit for oneself or another, or to knowingly cause, by
deception, some detriment to another.
(C) "Deprive" means to do any of the following:
(1) Withhold property of another permanently, or for a period
that appropriates a substantial portion of its value or use, or
with purpose to restore it only upon payment of a reward or other
consideration;
(2) Dispose of property so as to make it unlikely that the
owner will recover it;
(3) Accept, use, or appropriate money, property, or services,
with purpose not to give proper consideration in return for the
money, property, or services, and without reasonable justification
or excuse for not giving proper consideration.
(D) "Owner" means, unless the context requires a different
meaning, any person, other than the actor, who is the owner of,
who has possession or control of, or who has any license or
interest in property or services, even though the ownership,
possession, control, license, or interest is unlawful.
(E) "Services" include labor, personal services, professional
services, rental services, public utility services including
wireless service as defined in division (F)(1) of section 4931.40
of the Revised Code, common carrier services, and food, drink,
transportation, entertainment, and cable television services and,
for purposes of section 2913.04 of the Revised Code, include cable
services as defined in that section.
(F) "Writing" means any computer software, document, letter,
memorandum, note, paper, plate, data, film, or other thing having
in or upon it any written, typewritten, or printed matter, and any
token, stamp, seal, credit card, badge, trademark, label, or other
symbol of value, right, privilege, license, or identification.
(G) "Forge" means to fabricate or create, in whole or in part
and by any means, any spurious writing, or to make, execute,
alter, complete, reproduce, or otherwise purport to authenticate
any writing, when the writing in fact is not authenticated by that
conduct.
(H) "Utter" means to issue, publish, transfer, use, put or
send into circulation, deliver, or display.
(I) "Coin machine" means any mechanical or electronic device
designed to do both of the following:
(1) Receive a coin, bill, or token made for that purpose;
(2) In return for the insertion or deposit of a coin, bill,
or token, automatically dispense property, provide a service, or
grant a license.
(J) "Slug" means an object that, by virtue of its size,
shape, composition, or other quality, is capable of being inserted
or deposited in a coin machine as an improper substitute for a
genuine coin, bill, or token made for that purpose.
(K) "Theft offense" means any of the following:
(1) A violation of section 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11,
2911.12, 2911.13, 2911.31, 2911.32, 2913.02, 2913.03, 2913.04,
2913.041, 2913.05, 2913.06, 2913.11, 2913.21, 2913.31, 2913.32,
2913.33, 2913.34, 2913.40, 2913.42, 2913.43, 2913.44, 2913.45,
2913.47, former section 2913.47 or 2913.48, or section 2913.51,
2915.05, or 2921.41 of the Revised Code;
(2) A violation of an existing or former municipal ordinance
or law of this or any other state, or of the United States,
substantially equivalent to any section listed in division (K)(1)
of this section or a violation of section 2913.41, 2913.81, or
2915.06 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996;
(3) An offense under an existing or former municipal
ordinance or law of this or any other state, or of the United
States, involving robbery, burglary, breaking and entering, theft,
embezzlement, wrongful conversion, forgery, counterfeiting,
deceit, or fraud;
(4) A conspiracy or attempt to commit, or complicity in
committing, any offense under division (K)(1), (2), or (3) of this
section.
(L) "Computer services" includes, but is not limited to, the
use of a computer system, computer network, computer program, data
that is prepared for computer use, or data that is contained
within a computer system or computer network.
(M) "Computer" means an electronic device that performs
logical, arithmetic, and memory functions by the manipulation of
electronic or magnetic impulses. "Computer" includes, but is not
limited to, all input, output, processing, storage, computer
program, or communication facilities that are connected, or
related, in a computer system or network to an electronic device
of that nature.
(N) "Computer system" means a computer and related devices,
whether connected or unconnected, including, but not limited to,
data input, output, and storage devices, data communications
links, and computer programs and data that make the system capable
of performing specified special purpose data processing tasks.
(O) "Computer network" means a set of related and remotely
connected computers and communication facilities that includes
more than one computer system that has the capability to transmit
among the connected computers and communication facilities through
the use of computer facilities.
(P) "Computer program" means an ordered set of data
representing coded instructions or statements that, when executed
by a computer, cause the computer to process data.
(Q) "Computer software" means computer programs, procedures,
and other documentation associated with the operation of a
computer system.
(R) "Data" means a representation of information, knowledge,
facts, concepts, or instructions that are being or have been
prepared in a formalized manner and that are intended for use in a
computer, computer system, or computer network. For purposes of
section 2913.47 of the Revised Code, "data" has the additional
meaning set forth in division (A) of that section.
(S) "Cable television service" means any services provided by
or through the facilities of any cable television system or other
similar closed circuit coaxial cable communications system, or any
microwave or similar transmission service used in connection with
any cable television system or other similar closed circuit
coaxial cable communications system.
(T) "Gain access" means to approach, instruct, communicate
with, store data in, retrieve data from, or otherwise make use of
any resources of a computer, computer system, or computer network,
or any cable service or cable system both as defined in section
2913.04 of the Revised Code.
(U) "Credit card" includes, but is not limited to, a card,
code, device, or other means of access to a customer's account for
the purpose of obtaining money, property, labor, or services on
credit, or for initiating an electronic fund transfer at a
point-of-sale terminal, an automated teller machine, or a cash
dispensing machine. It also includes a county procurement card
issued under section 301.29 of the Revised Code.
(V) "Electronic fund transfer" has the same meaning as in 92
Stat. 3728, 15 U.S.C.A. 1693a, as amended.
(W) "Rented property" means personal property in which the
right of possession and use of the property is for a short and
possibly indeterminate term in return for consideration; the
rentee generally controls the duration of possession of the
property, within any applicable minimum or maximum term; and the
amount of consideration generally is determined by the duration of
possession of the property.
(X) "Telecommunication" means the origination, emission,
dissemination, transmission, or reception of data, images,
signals, sounds, or other intelligence or equivalence of
intelligence of any nature over any communications system by any
method, including, but not limited to, a fiber optic, electronic,
magnetic, optical, digital, or analog method.
(Y) "Telecommunications device" means any instrument,
equipment, machine, or other device that facilitates
telecommunication, including, but not limited to, a computer,
computer network, computer chip, computer circuit, scanner,
telephone, cellular telephone, pager, personal communications
device, transponder, receiver, radio, modem, or device that
enables the use of a modem.
(Z) "Telecommunications service" means the providing,
allowing, facilitating, or generating of any form of
telecommunication through the use of a telecommunications device
over a telecommunications system.
(AA) "Counterfeit telecommunications device" means a
telecommunications device that, alone or with another
telecommunications device, has been altered, constructed,
manufactured, or programmed to acquire, intercept, receive, or
otherwise facilitate the use of a telecommunications service or
information service without the authority or consent of the
provider of the telecommunications service or information service.
"Counterfeit telecommunications device" includes, but is not
limited to, a clone telephone, clone microchip, tumbler telephone,
or tumbler microchip; a wireless scanning device capable of
acquiring, intercepting, receiving, or otherwise facilitating the
use of telecommunications service or information service without
immediate detection; or a device, equipment, hardware, or software
designed for, or capable of, altering or changing the electronic
serial number in a wireless telephone.
(BB)(1) "Information service" means, subject to division
(BB)(2) of this section, the offering of a capability for
generating, acquiring, storing, transforming, processing,
retrieving, utilizing, or making available information via
telecommunications, including, but not limited to, electronic
publishing.
(2) "Information service" does not include any use of a
capability of a type described in division (BB)(1) of this section
for the management, control, or operation of a telecommunications
system or the management of a telecommunications service.
(CC) "Elderly person" means a person who is sixty-five years
of age or older.
(DD) "Disabled adult" means a person who is eighteen years of
age or older and has some impairment of body or mind that makes
the person unable to work at any substantially remunerative
employment that the person otherwise would be able to perform and
that will, with reasonable probability, continue for a period of
at least twelve months without any present indication of recovery
from the impairment, or who is eighteen years of age or older and
has been certified as permanently and totally disabled by an
agency of this state or the United States that has the function of
so classifying persons.
(EE) "Firearm" and "dangerous ordnance" have the same
meanings as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code.
(FF) "Motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in section
4501.01 of the Revised Code.
(GG) "Dangerous drug" has the same meaning as in section
4729.01 of the Revised Code.
(HH) "Drug abuse offense" has the same meaning as in section
2925.01 of the Revised Code.
(II)(1) "Computer hacking" means any of the following:
(a) Gaining access or attempting to gain access to all or
part of a computer, computer system, or a computer network without
express or implied authorization with the intent to defraud or
with intent to commit a crime;
(b) Misusing computer or network services including, but not
limited to, mail transfer programs, file transfer programs, proxy
servers, and web servers by performing functions not authorized by
the owner of the computer, computer system, or computer network or
other person authorized to give consent. As used in this division,
"misuse of computer and network services" includes, but is not
limited to, the unauthorized use of any of the following:
(i) Mail transfer programs to send mail to persons other than
the authorized users of that computer or computer network;
(ii) File transfer program proxy services or proxy servers to
access other computers, computer systems, or computer networks;
(iii) Web servers to redirect users to other web pages or web
servers.
(c)(i) Subject to division (II)(1)(c)(ii) of this section,
using a group of computer programs commonly known as "port
scanners" or "probes" to intentionally access any computer,
computer system, or computer network without the permission of the
owner of the computer, computer system, or computer network or
other person authorized to give consent. The group of computer
programs referred to in this division includes, but is not limited
to, those computer programs that use a computer network to access
a computer, computer system, or another computer network to
determine any of the following: the presence or types of computers
or computer systems on a network; the computer network's
facilities and capabilities; the availability of computer or
network services; the presence or versions of computer software
including, but not limited to, operating systems, computer
services, or computer contaminants; the presence of a known
computer software deficiency that can be used to gain unauthorized
access to a computer, computer system, or computer network; or any
other information about a computer, computer system, or computer
network not necessary for the normal and lawful operation of the
computer initiating the access.
(ii) The group of computer programs referred to in division
(II)(1)(c)(i) of this section does not include standard computer
software used for the normal operation, administration,
management, and test of a computer, computer system, or computer
network including, but not limited to, domain name services, mail
transfer services, and other operating system services, computer
programs commonly called "ping," "tcpdump," and "traceroute" and
other network monitoring and management computer software, and
computer programs commonly known as "nslookup" and "whois" and
other systems administration computer software.
(d) The intentional use of a computer, computer system, or a
computer network in a manner that exceeds any right or permission
granted by the owner of the computer, computer system, or computer
network or other person authorized to give consent.
(2) "Computer hacking" does not include the introduction of a
computer contaminant, as defined in section 2909.02 2909.01 of the
Revised Code, into a computer, computer system, computer program,
or computer network.
(JJ) "Police dog or horse" has and "search and rescue dog or
horse" have the same meaning meanings as in section 2921.321 of
the Revised Code.
(KK) "Anhydrous ammonia" is a compound formed by the
combination of two gaseous elements, nitrogen and hydrogen, in the
manner described in this division. Anhydrous ammonia is one part
nitrogen to three parts hydrogen (NH3). Anhydrous ammonia by
weight is fourteen parts nitrogen to three parts hydrogen, which
is approximately eighty-two per cent nitrogen to eighteen per cent
hydrogen.
(LL) "Assistance dog" has the same meaning as in section
955.011 of the Revised Code.
(MM) "Federally licensed firearms dealer" has the same
meaning as in section 5502.63 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 2913.02. (A) No person, with purpose to deprive the
owner of property or services, shall knowingly obtain or exert
control over either the property or services in any of the
following ways:
(1) Without the consent of the owner or person authorized to
give consent;
(2) Beyond the scope of the express or implied consent of the
owner or person authorized to give consent;
(B)(1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of theft.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this division or division
(B)(3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) of this section, a violation of
this section is petty theft, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If
the value of the property or services stolen is five hundred
dollars or more and is less than five thousand dollars or if the
property stolen is any of the property listed in section 2913.71
of the Revised Code, a violation of this section is theft, a
felony of the fifth degree. If the value of the property or
services stolen is five thousand dollars or more and is less than
one hundred thousand dollars, a violation of this section is grand
theft, a felony of the fourth degree. If the value of the property
or services stolen is one hundred thousand dollars or more and is
less than five hundred thousand dollars, a violation of this
section is aggravated theft, a felony of the third degree. If the
value of the property or services is five hundred thousand dollars
or more and is less than one million dollars, a violation of this
section is aggravated theft, a felony of the second degree. If the
value of the property or services stolen is one million dollars or
more, a violation of this section is aggravated theft of one
million dollars or more, a felony of the first degree.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(4), (5),
(6), (7), or (8) of this section, if the victim of the offense is
an elderly person or disabled adult, a violation of this section
is theft from an elderly person or disabled adult, and division
(B)(3) of this section applies. Except as otherwise provided in
this division, theft from an elderly person or disabled adult is a
felony of the fifth degree. If the value of the property or
services stolen is five hundred dollars or more and is less than
five thousand dollars, theft from an elderly person or disabled
adult is a felony of the fourth degree. If the value of the
property or services stolen is five thousand dollars or more and
is less than twenty-five thousand dollars, theft from an elderly
person or disabled adult is a felony of the third degree. If the
value of the property or services stolen is twenty-five thousand
dollars or more and is less than one hundred thousand dollars,
theft from an elderly person or disabled adult is a felony of the
second degree. If the value of the property or services stolen is
one hundred thousand dollars or more, theft from an elderly person
or disabled adult is a felony of the first degree.
(4) If the property stolen is a firearm or dangerous
ordnance, a violation of this section is grand theft. Except as
otherwise provided in this division, grand theft when the property
stolen is a firearm or dangerous ordnance is a felony of the third
degree, and there is a presumption in favor of the court imposing
a prison term for the offense. If the firearm or dangerous
ordnance was stolen from a federally licensed firearms dealer,
grand theft when the property stolen is a firearm or dangerous
ordnance is a felony of the first degree. The offender shall serve
a prison term imposed for grand theft when the property stolen is
a firearm or dangerous ordnance consecutively to any other prison
term or mandatory prison term previously or subsequently imposed
upon the offender.
(5) If the property stolen is a motor vehicle, a violation of
this section is grand theft of a motor vehicle, a felony of the
fourth degree.
(6) If the property stolen is any dangerous drug, a violation
of this section is theft of drugs, a felony of the fourth degree,
or, if the offender previously has been convicted of a felony drug
abuse offense, a felony of the third degree.
(7) If the property stolen is a police dog or horse, a search
and rescue dog or horse, or an assistance dog and the offender
knows or should know that the property stolen is a police dog or
horse, a search and rescue dog or horse, or an assistance dog, a
violation of this section is theft of a police dog or horse, a
search and rescue dog or horse, or an assistance dog, a felony of
the third degree.
(8) If the property stolen is anhydrous ammonia, a violation
of this section is theft of anhydrous ammonia, a felony of the
third degree.
(9) In addition to the penalties described in division (B)(2)
of this section, if the offender committed the violation by
causing a motor vehicle to leave the premises of an establishment
at which gasoline is offered for retail sale without the offender
making full payment for gasoline that was dispensed into the fuel
tank of the motor vehicle or into another container, the court may
do one of the following:
(a) Unless division (B)(9)(b) of this section applies,
suspend for not more than six months the offender's driver's
license, probationary driver's license, commercial driver's
license, temporary instruction permit, or nonresident operating
privilege;
(b) If the offender's driver's license, probationary driver's
license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction
permit, or nonresident operating privilege has previously been
suspended pursuant to division (B)(9)(a) of this section, impose a
class seven suspension of the offender's license, permit, or
privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of section
4510.02 of the Revised Code, provided that the suspension shall be
for at least six months.
(10) In addition to the penalties described in division
(B)(2) of this section, if the offender committed the violation by
stealing rented property or rental services, the court may order
that the offender make restitution pursuant to section 2929.18 or
2929.28 of the Revised Code. Restitution may include, but is not
limited to, the cost of repairing or replacing the stolen
property, or the cost of repairing the stolen property and any
loss of revenue resulting from deprivation of the property due to
theft of rental services that is less than or equal to the actual
value of the property at the time it was rented. Evidence of
intent to commit theft of rented property or rental services shall
be determined pursuant to the provisions of section 2913.72 of the
Revised Code.
(C) The sentencing court that suspends an offender's license,
permit, or nonresident operating privilege under division (B)(9)
of this section may grant the offender limited driving privileges
during the period of the suspension in accordance with Chapter
4510. of the Revised Code.
Sec. 2921.321. (A) No person shall knowingly cause, or
attempt to cause, physical harm to a police dog or horse in either
of the following circumstances:
(1) The police dog or horse is assisting a law enforcement
officer in the performance of the officer's official duties at the
time the physical harm is caused or attempted.
(2) The police dog or horse is not assisting a law
enforcement officer in the performance of the officer's official
duties at the time the physical harm is caused or attempted, but
the offender has actual knowledge that the dog or horse is a
police dog or horse.
(B) No person shall recklessly do any of the following:
(1) Taunt, torment, or strike a police dog or horse;
(2) Throw an object or substance at a police dog or horse;
(3) Interfere with or obstruct a police dog or horse, or
interfere with or obstruct a law enforcement officer who is being
assisted by a police dog or horse, in a manner that does any of
the following:
(a) Inhibits or restricts the law enforcement officer's
control of the police dog or horse;
(b) Deprives the law enforcement officer of control of the
police dog or horse;
(c) Releases the police dog or horse from its area of
control;
(d) Enters the area of control of the police dog or horse
without the consent of the law enforcement officer, including
placing food or any other object or substance into that area;
(e) Inhibits or restricts the ability of the police dog or
horse to assist a law enforcement officer.
(4) Engage in any conduct that is likely to cause serious
physical injury or death to a police dog or horse;
(5) If the person is the owner, keeper, or harborer of a dog,
fail to reasonably restrain the dog from taunting, tormenting,
chasing, approaching in a menacing fashion or apparent attitude of
attack, or attempting to bite or otherwise endanger a police dog
or horse that at the time of the conduct is assisting a law
enforcement officer in the performance of the officer's duties or
that the person knows is a police dog or horse.
(C) No person shall knowingly cause, or attempt to cause,
physical harm to an assistance dog in either of the following
circumstances:
(1) The dog is assisting or serving a blind, deaf or hearing
impaired, or mobility impaired person at the time the physical
harm is caused or attempted.
(2) The dog is not assisting or serving a blind, deaf or
hearing impaired, or mobility impaired person at the time the
physical harm is caused or attempted, but the offender has actual
knowledge that the dog is an assistance dog.
(D) No person shall recklessly do any of the following:
(1) Taunt, torment, or strike an assistance dog;
(2) Throw an object or substance at an assistance dog;
(3) Interfere with or obstruct an assistance dog, or
interfere with or obstruct a blind, deaf or hearing impaired, or
mobility impaired person who is being assisted or served by an
assistance dog, in a manner that does any of the following:
(a) Inhibits or restricts the assisted or served person's
control of the dog;
(b) Deprives the assisted or served person of control of the
dog;
(c) Releases the dog from its area of control;
(d) Enters the area of control of the dog without the consent
of the assisted or served person, including placing food or any
other object or substance into that area;
(e) Inhibits or restricts the ability of the dog to assist
the assisted or served person.
(4) Engage in any conduct that is likely to cause serious
physical injury or death to an assistance dog;
(5) If the person is the owner, keeper, or harborer of a dog,
fail to reasonably restrain the dog from taunting, tormenting,
chasing, approaching in a menacing fashion or apparent attitude of
attack, or attempting to bite or otherwise endanger an assistance
dog that at the time of the conduct is assisting or serving a
blind, deaf or hearing impaired, or mobility impaired person or
that the person knows is an assistance dog.
(E) No person shall knowingly cause, or attempt to cause,
physical harm to a search and rescue dog or horse in either of the
following circumstances:
(1) The search and rescue dog or horse is engaged in a search
and rescue operation at the time the physical harm is caused or
attempted.
(2) The search and rescue dog or horse is not engaged in a
search and rescue operation at the time the physical harm is
caused or attempted, but the offender has actual knowledge that
the dog or horse is a search and rescue dog or horse.
(F) No person shall recklessly do any of the following:
(1) Taunt, torment, or strike a search and rescue dog or
horse;
(2) Throw an object or substance at a search and rescue dog
or horse;
(3) Interfere with or obstruct a search and rescue dog or
horse, or interfere with or obstruct an individual who is being
assisted by a search and rescue dog or horse, in a manner that
does any of the following:
(a) Inhibits or restricts the individual's control of the
search and rescue dog or horse;
(b) Deprives the individual of control of the search and
rescue dog or horse;
(c) Releases the search and rescue dog or horse from its area
of control;
(d) Enters the area of control of the search and rescue dog
or horse without the consent of the individual, including placing
food or any other object or substance into that area;
(e) Inhibits or restricts the ability of the search and
rescue dog or horse to assist the individual.
(4) Engage in any conduct that is likely to cause serious
physical injury or death to a search and rescue dog or horse;
(5) If the person is the owner, keeper, or harborer of a dog,
fail to reasonably restrain the dog from taunting, tormenting,
chasing, approaching in a menacing fashion or apparent attitude of
attack, or attempting to bite or otherwise endanger a search and
rescue dog or horse that at the time of the conduct is engaged in
a search and rescue operation or that the person knows is a search
and rescue dog or horse.
(G)(1) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is
guilty of assaulting a police dog or horse. Except as otherwise
provided in this division, assaulting a police dog or horse is a
misdemeanor of the second degree. If the violation results in the
death of the police dog or horse, assaulting a police dog or horse
is a felony of the third degree. If the violation results in
serious physical harm to the police dog or horse other than its
death, assaulting a police dog or horse is a felony of the fourth
degree. If the violation results in physical harm to the police
dog or horse other than death or serious physical harm, assaulting
a police dog or horse is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(2) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty
of harassing a police dog or horse. Except as otherwise provided
in this division, harassing a police dog or horse is a misdemeanor
of the second degree. If the violation results in the death of the
police dog or horse, harassing a police dog or horse is a felony
of the third degree. If the violation results in serious physical
harm to the police dog or horse, but does not result in its death,
harassing a police dog or horse, is a felony of the fourth degree.
If the violation results in physical harm to the police dog or
horse, but does not result in its death or in serious physical
harm to it, harassing a police dog or horse is a misdemeanor of
the first degree.
(3) Whoever violates division (C) of this section is guilty
of assaulting an assistance dog. Except as otherwise provided in
this division, assaulting an assistance dog is a misdemeanor of
the second degree. If the violation results in the death of the
assistance dog, assaulting an assistance dog is a felony of the
third degree. If the violation results in serious physical harm to
the assistance dog other than its death, assaulting an assistance
dog is a felony of the fourth degree. If the violation results in
physical harm to the assistance dog other than death or serious
physical harm, assaulting an assistance dog is a misdemeanor of
the first degree.
(4) Whoever violates division (D) of this section is guilty
of harassing an assistance dog. Except as otherwise provided in
this division, harassing an assistance dog is a misdemeanor of the
second degree. If the violation results in the death of the
assistance dog, harassing an assistance dog is a felony of the
third degree. If the violation results in serious physical harm to
the assistance dog, but does not result in its death, harassing an
assistance dog is a felony of the fourth degree. If the violation
results in physical harm to the assistance dog, but does not
result in its death or in serious physical harm to it, harassing
an assistance dog is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(5) Whoever violates division (E) of this section is guilty
of assaulting a search and rescue dog or horse. Except as
otherwise provided in this division, assaulting a search and
rescue dog or horse is a misdemeanor of the second degree. If the
violation results in the death of the search and rescue dog or
horse, assaulting a search and rescue dog or horse is a felony of
the third degree. If the violation results in serious physical
harm to the search and rescue dog or horse other than its death,
assaulting a search and rescue dog or horse is a felony of the
fourth degree. If the violation results in physical harm to the
search and rescue dog or horse other than death or serious
physical harm, assaulting a search and rescue dog or horse is a
misdemeanor of the first degree.
(6) Whoever violates division (F) of this section is guilty
of harassing a search and rescue dog or horse. Except as otherwise
provided in this division, harassing a search and rescue dog or
horse is a misdemeanor of the second degree. If the violation
results in the death of the search and rescue dog or horse,
harassing a search and rescue dog or horse is a felony of the
third degree. If the violation results in serious physical harm to
the search and rescue dog or horse other than its death, harassing
a search and rescue dog or horse is a felony of the fourth degree.
If the violation results in physical harm to the search and rescue
dog or horse other than death or serious physical harm, harassing
a search and rescue dog or horse is a misdemeanor of the first
degree.
(7) In addition to any other sanction or penalty imposed for
the offense under this section, Chapter 2929., or any other
provision of the Revised Code, whoever violates division (A), (B),
(C), or (D), (E), or (F) of this section is responsible for the
payment of all of the following:
(a) Any veterinary bill or bill for medication incurred as a
result of the violation by the police department regarding a
violation of division (A) or (B) of this section or, by the blind,
deaf or hearing impaired, or mobility impaired person assisted or
served by the assistance dog regarding a violation of division (C)
or (D) of this section, or by the owner of the search and rescue
dog or horse regarding a violation of division (E) or (F) of this
section;
(b) The cost of any damaged equipment that results from the
violation;
(c) If the violation did not result in the death of the
police dog or horse, the search and rescue dog or horse, or the
assistance dog that was the subject of the violation and if, as a
result of that dog or horse being the subject of the violation,
the dog or horse needs further training or retraining to be able
to continue in the capacity of a police dog or horse, a search and
rescue dog or horse, or an assistance dog, the cost of any further
training or retraining of that dog or horse by a law enforcement
officer or, by the blind, deaf or hearing impaired, or mobility
impaired person assisted or served by the assistance dog, or by
the owner of the search and rescue dog or horse;
(d) If the violation resulted in the death of the police dog
or horse, the search and rescue dog or horse, or the assistance
dog that was the subject of the violation or resulted in serious
physical harm to that dog or horse to the extent that the dog or
horse needs to be replaced on either a temporary or a permanent
basis, the cost of replacing that dog or horse and of any further
training of a new police dog or horse or a new assistance dog by
a law enforcement officer or, by the blind, deaf or hearing
impaired, or mobility impaired person assisted or served by the
assistance dog, or by the owner of the search and rescue dog or
horse, which replacement or training is required because of the
death of or the serious physical harm to the dog or horse that was
the subject of the violation.
(F)(H) This section does not apply to a licensed veterinarian
whose conduct is in accordance with Chapter 4741. of the Revised
Code.
(G)(I) This section only applies to an offender who knows or
should know at the time of the violation that the police dog or
horse, search and rescue dog or horse, or assistance dog that is
the subject of a violation under this section is a police dog or
horse, a search and rescue dog or horse, or an assistance dog.
(H)(J) As used in this section:
(1) "Physical harm" means any injury, illness, or other
physiological impairment, regardless of its gravity or duration.
(2) "Police dog or horse" means a dog or horse that has been
trained, and may be used, to assist law enforcement officers in
the performance of their official duties.
(3) "Serious physical harm" means any of the following:
(a) Any physical harm that carries a substantial risk of
death;
(b) Any physical harm that causes permanent maiming or that
involves some temporary, substantial maiming;
(c) Any physical harm that causes acute pain of a duration
that results in substantial suffering.
(4) "Assistance dog," "blind," and "mobility impaired person"
have the same meanings as in section 955.011 of the Revised Code.
(5) "Search and rescue dog or horse" means a dog or horse
that has been trained, and may be used, to assist in a search and
rescue operation.
(6) "Search and rescue operation" means an effort conducted
at the direction of an agency of this state or of a political
subdivision of this state to locate or rescue a lost, injured, or
deceased individual.
Sec. 3701.04. (A) The director of health shall:
(1) Require reports and make inspections and investigations
that the director considers necessary;
(2) Provide administration, appoint personnel, make reports,
and take other action as necessary to comply with the requirements
of the "Construction and Modernization of Hospitals and Other
Medical Facilities Act," Title VI of the "Public Health Service
Act," 60 Stat. 1041 (1946), 42 U.S.C. 291, as amended, and the
regulations adopted under that act;
(3) Procure by contract the temporary or intermittent
services of experts, consultants, or organizations when those
services are to be performed on a part-time or fee-for-service
basis and do not involve the performance of administrative duties;
(4) Enter into agreements for the utilization of the
facilities and services of other departments, agencies, and
institutions, public or private;
(5) On behalf of the state, solicit, accept, hold,
administer, and deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the
general operations fund created in section 3701.83 of the Revised
Code, any grant, gift, devise, bequest, or contribution made to
assist in meeting the cost of carrying out the director's
responsibilities and expend the grant, gift, devise, bequest, or
contribution for the purpose for which made. Fees collected by the
director in connection with meetings and conferences shall also be
credited to the fund and expended for the purposes for which paid.
(6) Make an annual report to the governor on activities and
expenditures, including recommendations for such additional
legislation as the director considers appropriate to furnish
adequate hospital, clinic, and similar facilities to the people of
this state.
(7) Establish (B) The director shall adopt rules under
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code jointly with the executive
director of the emergency management agency to do both of the
following as required under section 5502.281 of the Revised Code:
(1) Advise, assist, consult with, and cooperate with agencies
and political subdivisions of this state to establish and maintain
a statewide system for recruiting, registering, training, and
deploying volunteers the director determines are advisable and
reasonably necessary to respond to an emergency involving the
public's health declared by the state or a political subdivision;
(2) Establish fees, procedures, standards, and requirements
necessary for recruiting, registering, training, and deploying the
volunteers.
(B)(C) The director of health may enter into agreements to
sell services offered by the department of health to boards of
health of city and general health districts and to other
departments, agencies, and institutions of this state, other
states, or the United States. Fees collected by the director for
the sale of services shall be deposited into the state treasury to
the credit of the general operations fund created in section
3701.83 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 5502.281. (A) The executive director of the emergency
management agency, jointly with the director of health, shall do
both of the following:
(1) Advise, assist, consult with, and cooperate with agencies
and political subdivisions of this state to establish and maintain
a statewide system for recruiting, registering, training, and
deploying the types of volunteers reasonably necessary to respond
to an emergency declared by the state or a political subdivision;
(2) Establish fees, procedures, standards, and requirements
for recruiting, registering, training, and deploying the
volunteers as required under this section.
(B)(1) A registered volunteer's status as a volunteer, and
any information presented in summary, statistical, or aggregate
form that does not identify an individual, is a public record
under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
(2) Information related to a registered volunteer's specific
and unique responsibilities, assignments, or deployment plans,
including training, preparedness, readiness, or organizational
assignment, is a security record for purposes of section 149.433
of the Revised Code.
(3) Information related to a registered volunteer's personal
information, including contact information, medical information,
or information related to family members or dependents, is not a
public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
(C) A volunteer registered under this section is not liable
in damages to any person or government entity in tort or other
civil action, including an action upon a medical, dental,
chiropractic, optometric, or other health-related claim or
veterinary claim, for injury, death, or loss to person or property
that may arise from an act or omission of that volunteer. This
division applies to a registered volunteer while providing
services within the scope of the volunteer's responsibilities
during an emergency declared by the state or political subdivision
or in disaster-related exercises, testing, or other training
activities, if the volunteer's act or omission does not constitute
willful or wanton misconduct.
(D) As used in this section:
(1) "Registered volunteer" means any individual registered as
a volunteer pursuant to procedures established under this section
and who serves without pay or other consideration, other than the
reasonable reimbursement or allowance for expenses actually
incurred or the provision of incidental benefits related to the
volunteer's service, such as meals, lodging, and childcare.
(2) "Political subdivision" means a county, township, or
municipal corporation in this state.
Sec. 5502.282. (A) An employer that employs forty or more
employees shall not terminate the employment of an employee who is
a registered volunteer under section 5502.281 of the Revised Code
for being tardy for or absent from any shift at the employee's
employment when all of the following criteria are met:
(1) The employee is tardy to or absent from the employee's
employment as a direct result of the employee's participation in
responding to an emergency declared by the state or a political
subdivision or as a direct result of the employee responding to a
specific request of a government official of a political
subdivision.
(2) The employee's participation was in the employee's
capacity as a registered volunteer.
(3) The employee was requested to participate by a government
official of the state or a political subdivision.
(4) The employee notified the employer of that employee's
status as a registered volunteer when the employee became a
registered volunteer. If the employee was a registered volunteer
under section 5502.281 of the Revised Code before being employed
with that employer, the employee shall notify the employer of the
employee's status as a registered volunteer within a reasonable
period of time, not to exceed fourteen days, of beginning
employment with that employer.
(5) The employee has provided advance notice to the employer
that the employee will be tardy or absent as a result of
responding to an emergency as a registered volunteer, or if it is
impossible for the employee to provide such advance notice, then
the employee has submitted documentation of the employee's
participation in responding to an emergency upon the employee's
return to work.
(6) The employee submits to the employer written verification
of the emergency within two weeks after the employee was tardy or
absent from the employee's employment as a result of the
employee's participation in responding to the emergency.
(B) If a registered volunteer is a member of an organization
that is exempt from federal income taxation under section
501(c)(3) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085,
26 U.S.C. 1, as amended, and that is organized to provide
emergency response services, then the senior official of the
organization shall notify the registered volunteer's employer that
the registered volunteer is a member of the organization. The
senior official of the organization also shall notify the employer
when the registered volunteer ceases to be a member of the
organization.
(C) Upon receipt of a notice under division (A)(4) or (B) of
this section, the employer shall notify the employee or
organization, in writing, of the number of employees employed by
the employer. Unless otherwise required by section 124.132,
124.138, or 124.1310 of the Revised Code, an employer is not
required to compensate an employee for those hours of work for
which the employee was absent or tardy as a result of the employee
responding to an emergency as a registered volunteer.
(D) An employer may excuse an employee from the employee's
duties for training that will allow the employee to maintain the
employee's certifications as a registered volunteer in an
emergency response unit if the senior official of that emergency
response unit has submitted notification to the employer and if
the employee submits notice to the employer of the training not
less than two weeks before the training takes place.
Section 2. That existing sections 121.40, 955.261, 2913.01,
2913.02, 2921.321, and 3701.04 and section 121.404 of the Revised
Code are hereby repealed.
Section 3. The General Assembly declares that it is not the
intent of the General Assembly in enacting division (A) of section
5502.282 of the Revised Code in this act to allow a person to
maintain a public policy tort action under the Ohio Supreme
Court's holding in Greeley v. Miami Valley Maintenance Contrs.,
Inc. (1990), 49 Ohio St. 3d 228, based on the policies embodied in
this chapter, or any federal, state, or local fair employment law.
|
|