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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.291 | Interstate Arrangements - Coordination of Mutual Aid Plans.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
The governor may enter into mutual aid arrangements for reciprocal emergency management aid and assistance with other states and shall coordinate mutual aid plans between political subdivisions, between this state and other states, or between this state and the United States.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.30 | Immunity From Liability.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) The state, any political subdivision, any municipal agency, any emergency management volunteer, another state, or an emergency management agency thereof or of the federal government or of another country or province or subdivision thereof performing emergency management services in this state pursuant to an arrangement, agreement, or compact for mutual aid and assistance, or any agency, member, agent, or representative of any of them, or any individual, partnership, corporation, association, trustee, or receiver, or any of the agents thereof, in good faith carrying out, complying with, or attempting to comply with any state or federal law or any arrangement, agreement, or compact for mutual aid and assistance, or any order issued by federal or state military authorities relating to emergency management, is not liable for any injury to or death of persons or damage to property as the result thereof during training periods, test periods, practice periods, or other emergency management operations, or false alerts, as well as during any hazard, actual or imminent, and subsequent to the same except in cases of willful misconduct. As used in this division, "emergency management volunteer" means only an individual who is authorized to assist any agency performing emergency management during a hazard.
(B) The state, any political subdivision, any individual, partnership, corporation, association, trustee, or receiver, or any agent, agency, representative, officer, or employee of any of them that owns, maintains, occupies, operates, or controls all or part of any building, structure, or premises shall not be liable for any injury or death sustained by any person or damage caused to any property while that person or property is in the building, structure, or premises for duty, training, or shelter purposes during a hazard, drill, test, or false warning, or is entering therein for such purposes or departing therefrom, or for any injury, death, or property damage as the result of any condition in or on the building, structure, or premises or of any act or omission with respect thereto, except a willful act intended to cause injury or damage.
(C) Any employee of a political subdivision of this state that is rendering aid in another state is considered an officer or employee of the state for purposes of the immunity established under Article VI of the emergency management assistance compact enacted under section 5502.40 of the Revised Code. Nothing in this division entitles an employee of a political subdivision to any other right or benefit of a state employee.
(D) This section does not affect the right of any person to receive benefits to which the person may be entitled under Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code or any pension law, nor the rights of any person to receive any benefits or compensation under any act of congress or under any law of this state.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.31 | Appropriations for Expenses.

Effective:
July 18, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 84 - 127th General Assembly
Each political subdivision may make appropriations for the payment of the expenses of its local activities for emergency management incurred by an agency established pursuant to section 5502.271 of the Revised Code or chargeable to that political subdivision by agreement in any county wherein a countywide agency for emergency management has been established pursuant to section 5502.26 of the Revised Code or a regional authority has been established pursuant to section 5502.27 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.32 | Acceptance of Private Offers of Assistance for Purposes of Emergency Management.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
When any person, firm, or corporation offers to the state or to any political subdivision thereof services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds by way of gift, grant, or loan for purposes of emergency management, the state or the political subdivision may accept the offer and, upon acceptance, may authorize any officer of the state or of the political subdivision, as the case may be, to receive the services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds on behalf of the state or political subdivision.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.33 | Political Activity Prohibited.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
No agency for emergency management established under sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code shall participate in any form of political activity, nor shall it be employed directly or indirectly for any political purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.34 | Disqualification for Subversive Activities - Registration and Oath Required.

Effective:
September 29, 1999
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly
No person shall be employed or associated in any capacity in any position or agency established under sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code who advocates or has advocated a change by force or violence in the constitutional form of the government of the United States or of this state or who has been convicted of or is under indictment or information charging any subversive act against the United States or this state. Each person who is appointed to serve in any position in emergency management or in an agency for emergency management, before entering upon the person's duties, shall register, in writing, the person's name, address, and any other necessary information pertaining to the person's qualifications and choice of type of service and shall take an oath before the executive director of the emergency management agency or local emergency management director or deputy director, or any other person authorized to administer oaths in this state, which oath shall be as follows:
I, ________________________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of Ohio, against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will obey the orders of the governor of the state of Ohio; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter.
And I do further swear (or affirm) that I do not advocate, nor am I a member of any political party or organization that advocates, the overthrow of the government of the United States or of this state by force or violence; and that during such time as I am engaged in emergency management employment or activities, I will not advocate nor become a member of any political party or organization that advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States or of this state by force or violence.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.35 | Exercising Emergency Management Powers Outside Jurisdiction.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, persons engaged in emergency management activities, members of emergency management agencies in this state, and members of the emergency management agencies of other states or of the federal government or of another country or of a province or subdivision thereof performing emergency management services at any place in this state pursuant to agreements, compacts, or arrangements for mutual aid and assistance, to which the state or a political subdivision thereof is a party, shall possess the same powers, duties, immunities, and privileges they would ordinarily possess if performing their duties in the jurisdiction in which normally employed or rendering services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.36 | Judicial Notice.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
All courts shall take judicial notice of plans, ordinances, resolutions, rules, or orders adopted pursuant to sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code.
Such a plan, ordinance, resolution, rule, or order may be read in evidence, at any time, from a copy thereof, if there is contained on the same page or in the same publication in which the copy is contained a printed certificate of the secretary of state or of the clerk of the political subdivision that the copy is a correct transcript of the text of the original.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.37 | Emergency Management Prohibitions.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
(A) No person shall wear or display an emergency management insignia, bear official emergency management identification, or identify himself as being affiliated with or otherwise a member of an emergency management agency established under this chapter who is not a registered member of such an agency.
(B) No person shall willfully and knowingly spread false rumors of a hazard for the purpose of instigating public panic or disorder.
(C) No person shall destroy, attempt to destroy, or tamper with any hazard warning system.
(D) No person shall willfully and knowingly send or cause to be sent an unauthorized hazard warning on any warning system or simulate any official hazard signal.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.38 | Emergency Response Provisions Not Affected by Emergency Planning Provisions.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
Except as provided in this section, sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under those sections do not apply to any activity carried out under Chapter 3750. of the Revised Code.
A countywide or regional director/coordinator of emergency management appointed under section 5502.26 or 5502.27, or a director/coordinator appointed under 5502.271 of the Revised Code, respectively, may serve on the local emergency planning committee appointed under Chapter 3750. of the Revised Code for the emergency planning district that includes his county or counties and may, if so appointed, also serve as chairperson of that committee. Any director/coordinator serving on such a committee shall incorporate any plans developed by the committee into his county's or counties' planning and preparedness activities with regard to hazards involving hazardous materials.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.39 | Emergency Management Agency Service and Reimbursement Fund.

Effective:
July 1, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 53 - 131st General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the emergency management agency service and reimbursement fund. The fund shall consist of the money collected under sections 5502.21 to 5502.38 of the Revised Code. All money in the fund shall be used to pay the costs of administering programs of the emergency management agency.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.42 | Civil Defense Certificate of Necessity - Application.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
Application for a civil defense certificate of necessity shall be filed at such time, in such manner, and in such office as may be prescribed by rule adopted pursuant to section 5502.51 of the Revised Code, but no later than the expiration of six months after the beginning of construction, reconstruction, erection, or installation of the structure or the acquisition of the equipment. The application shall be in such form as may be prescribed by that rule and shall contain plans and specifications of the structure or structures, including all materials incorporated or to be incorporated therein, and a descriptive list of all equipment acquired or to be acquired. If the certifying authority finds that the facility or proposed facility is necessary in the interest of civil defense, is designed exclusively as a civil defense facility, and is suitable and reasonably adequate for the intended purpose, it shall issue a certificate to that effect. No structure or equipment shall be considered suitable and adequate unless it is constructed to provide reasonable protection against modern methods of warfare including nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare in accordance with any standards of adequacy furnished by the federal emergency management agency.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.43 | Notice and Hearing Prior to Issuance of Certificate - Revocation or Modification.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
Before issuing any civil defense certificate, the certifying authority shall give notice in writing by registered mail to the tax commissioner, and, in case the application relates to a structure, written notice to the county auditor of the county in which such structure is or is to be located, and shall afford to the applicant and the tax commissioner and the county auditor to whom such notice has been given an opportunity for a hearing. On like notice to the applicant and opportunity for hearing the certifying authority, on its own initiative or on complaint by the tax commissioner or the county auditor of the county in which any property to which a civil defense certificate relates is located, shall revoke such civil defense certificate whenever any of the following appears:
(A) That the certificate was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation;
(B) That the holder of the certificate has failed substantially to proceed with the construction, reconstruction, installation, or acquisition of the civil defense facility contemplated by the certificate;
(C) That the structure, or the equipment, or both, to which the certificate relates is being used for the ordinary and usual purposes of the holder, and is no more than sufficient for such ordinary and usual purposes; provided, that where the circumstances so require, the certifying authority in lieu of revoking such certificate may modify the same by restricting its operation.
Upon the mailing of notice of the action of the certifying authority revoking or modifying a civil defense certificate, as provided in section 5502.44 of the Revised Code, such certificate shall cease to be in force, or shall remain in force only as modified, as the case may require.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.44 | Distribution of Certificate.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
A civil defense certificate, when issued, shall be sent by registered mail to the applicant and notice of such issuance, in the form of certified copies thereof, shall be sent by registered mail by the certifying authority to the tax commissioner and to the county auditor of the county in which any property to which the same relates is located. Notice of the order of the certifying authority denying, revoking, or modifying a civil defense certificate, in the form of certified copies thereof, shall be sent by registered mail to the applicant or the holder thereof and to the tax commissioner and such county auditor. The applicant or holder and the tax commissioner and such county auditor are parties for the purpose of the review afforded by section 5502.45 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.45 | Appeal.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
Any party aggrieved by the issuance, the refusal to issue, the revocation, or the modification of a civil defense certificate may appeal to the common pleas court of the county in which the property to which the same relates, or would relate, is located. The party desiring to appeal shall file a notice of appeal with the certifying authority setting forth the order appealed from and the grounds of his appeal. A copy of such notice of appeal shall also be filed by appellant with the court. Such notice of appeal shall be filed within fifteen days after mailing of notice as provided in section 5505.44 of the Revised Code.
The filing of a notice of appeal shall not operate as a suspension of the order of the certifying authority. Within ten days after receipt of notice of appeal the certifying authority shall prepare and certify to the court a complete record of its proceedings in the matter. Upon demand by any party the certifying authority shall furnish at the cost of such party a copy of the stenographic report of testimony offered and evidence submitted at any hearing.
In the hearing of the appeal the court shall be confined to the record as certified to it. The court shall determine the rights of the parties in accordance with sections 5502.42 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code, and may affirm, reverse, vacate, or modify the action of the certifying authority complained of in the appeal. The court shall certify its judgment to the parties to the appeal or take such other action in connection therewith as may be required to give its judgment effect.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.46 | Revocation Due to Fraud - Taxes and Penalties.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
Whenever a civil defense certificate is revoked because it was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation, all taxes that would have been payable had no certificate been issued shall be assessed with maximum penalties prescribed by the law applicable thereto.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.47 | Exemption From Real Property Tax.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
No civil defense structure shall be considered an improvement on the land on which the same is located for the purpose of real property taxation, if and from the time that a certified copy of the civil defense certificate shall have been filed in the office of the county auditor of the county in which the same is situated, and so long as such civil defense certificate shall be in force.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.48 | Exemption From Personal Property Tax.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
No civil defense structure or equipment shall be considered as "used in business" for the purpose of personal property taxation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.49 | Exemption From Corporate Franchise Tax.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
No civil defense structure or equipment for which a civil defense certificate has been issued shall be considered as an asset of any corporation in determining the value of its issued and outstanding shares or the value of the property owned and used by it in this state for the purpose of the franchise tax.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.50 | Cost of Superior Protection From Attack Does Not Increase Tax Value of Structure.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
Where for reasons of national defense, a structure is constructed by an industry that is included on the list of critical industries as furnished by the federal emergency management agency, and the structure is located underground or in such similar fashion so as to provide superior protection against attack, that portion of the cost of the structure that is attributable to the added protection shall not be considered in determining the value of the structure for purposes of property taxation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.51 | Rules and Standards for Issuance of Certificates.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
The director of public safety shall adopt and may amend or rescind rules and standards, consistent with sections 5502.42 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code, to govern the issuance of civil defense certificates and carry out the purposes of those sections.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.521 | Amber Alert Advisory Committee.

Effective:
January 8, 2003
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 290 - 124th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created the AMBER alert advisory committee, consisting of members to be appointed by the governor. The committee shall advise the governor, the attorney general, the department of public safety, and law enforcement agencies on an ongoing basis on the implementation, operation, improvement, and evaluation of the statewide emergency alert program created under section 5502.52 of the Revised Code.
(B) Initial appointments to the committee shall be made within thirty days after the effective date of this section. Terms of office shall be for two years. Members may be reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as provided for original appointments.
(C) The committee shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) The governor's designee;
(2) A representative from the department of public safety, representing the emergency management agency;
(3) A representative from the department of public safety, representing the state highway patrol;
(4) A representative from the attorney general's office--missing children clearing house;
(5) A representative from the state emergency communications committee;
(6) A representative from the federal bureau of investigation;
(7) A representative from the buckeye state sheriffs association;
(8) A representative from the Ohio association of chiefs of police;
(9) A broadcast industry designee;
(10) A victim or a victim's advocate;
(11) A representative from a local or regional AMBER plan;
(12) A representative of any other agency or organization as deemed appropriate by the governor.
(D) The governor shall select one member to serve as chairperson for a two-year term.
(E) The committee may meet periodically to review and evaluate the operation and effectiveness of the statewide emergency alert program, develop recommendations for procedures to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the program, and work in a coordinated effort to make recommendations for needed legislative change.
(F) Members of the committee shall serve without compensation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.53 | Statewide Blue Alert Program.

Effective:
June 8, 2012
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 258 - 129th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section:
"Cable system" has the meaning defined in section 2913.04 of the Revised Code.
"Law enforcement agency" means an organization or unit made up of law enforcement officers as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) There is created the statewide blue alert program that consists of a statewide system for the rapid dissemination of information to speed the apprehension of persons suspected of killing or seriously injuring law enforcement officers and to aid in the location of missing law enforcement officers. The governor shall organize the program as a coordinated effort among the governor's office, the department of public safety, the attorney general, law enforcement agencies, the state's public and commercial television and radio broadcasters, the state's cable systems, and others as considered necessary by the governor.
(C) A statewide blue alert shall be activated if all of the following activation criteria are met:
(1) A local law enforcement agency confirms that a law enforcement officer has been seriously injured or killed, and a suspect has not been apprehended, or that a law enforcement officer is missing while on duty under circumstances warranting concern for the law enforcement officer's safety.
(2) There is sufficient descriptive information about the suspect or the circumstances surrounding a law enforcement officer's injury, death, or disappearance to indicate that activation of the alert may help locate a suspect or a missing law enforcement officer.
Nothing in this division prevents the activation of a local or regional emergency alert program that may impose different criteria for the activation of a local or regional emergency alert.
(D) A radio broadcast station, television broadcast station, or cable system participating in the statewide blue alert program, and a director, officer, employee, or agent of a station or system participating in the program, is immune from liability for damages for any loss allegedly caused by or resulting from the station's or system's broadcast or cablecast of, or failure to broadcast or cablecast, any information pursuant to the statewide blue alert program.
(E) The statewide blue alert program shall be operated in such a manner that it complements and does not conflict with similar federal alert programs.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.64 | Metropolitan County Criminal Justice Services Agency - Powers and Duties.

Effective:
June 30, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
(A) A county may enter into an agreement with the largest city within the county to establish a metropolitan county criminal justice services agency, if the population of the county exceeds five hundred thousand or the population of the city exceeds two hundred fifty thousand.
(B) A metropolitan county criminal justice services agency shall do all of the following:
(1) Accomplish criminal and juvenile justice systems planning within its services area;
(2) Collect, analyze, and correlate information and data concerning the criminal and juvenile justice systems within its services area;
(3) Cooperate with and provide technical assistance to all criminal and juvenile justice agencies and systems and other appropriate organizations and persons within its services area;
(4) Encourage and assist agencies of the criminal and juvenile justice systems and other appropriate organizations and persons to solve problems that relate to its duties;
(5) Administer within its services area any federal criminal justice acts or juvenile justice acts that the division of criminal justice services pursuant to section 5139.11 of the Revised Code or the department of youth services administers within the state;
(6) Implement the comprehensive plans for its services area;
(7) Monitor or evaluate, within its services area, the performance of the criminal and juvenile justice systems projects and programs that are financed in whole or in part by funds granted through it;
(8) Apply for, allocate, and disburse grants that are made available pursuant to any federal criminal justice acts, or pursuant to any other federal, state, or private sources for the purpose of improving the criminal and juvenile justice systems;
(9) Contract with federal, state, and local agencies, foundations, corporations, and other businesses or persons to carry out the duties of the agency.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.65 | Metropolitan County Criminal Justice Services Agency - Funding, Supervisory Board.

Effective:
June 30, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
(A)(1) When funds are available for criminal justice purposes pursuant to section 5502.64 of the Revised Code, the division of criminal justice services shall provide funds to metropolitan county criminal justice services agencies for the purpose of developing, coordinating, evaluating, and implementing comprehensive plans within their respective counties. The division of criminal justice services shall provide funds to an agency only if it complies with the conditions of division (B) of this section.
(2) When funds are available for juvenile justice purposes pursuant to section 5502.64 of the Revised Code, the department of youth services shall provide funds to metropolitan county criminal justice services agencies for the purpose of developing, coordinating, evaluating, and implementing comprehensive plans within their respective counties. The department shall provide funds to an agency only if it complies with the conditions of division (B) of this section.
(B) A metropolitan county criminal justice services agency shall do all of the following:
(1) Submit, in a form that is acceptable to the division of criminal justice services or the department of youth services pursuant to section 5139.01 of the Revised Code, a comprehensive plan for the county;
(2) Establish a metropolitan county criminal justice services supervisory board whose members shall include a majority of the local elected officials in the county and representatives from law enforcement agencies, courts, prosecuting authorities, public defender agencies, rehabilitation and correction agencies, community organizations, juvenile justice services agencies, professionals, and private citizens in the county, and that shall have the authority set forth in division (C) of this section;
(3) Organize in the manner provided in sections 167.01 to 167.03, 302.21 to 302.24, or 713.21 to 713.27 of the Revised Code, unless the board created pursuant to division (B)(2) of this section organizes pursuant to these sections.
(C) A metropolitan county criminal justice services supervisory board shall do all of the following:
(1) Exercise leadership in improving the quality of the criminal and juvenile justice systems in the county;
(2) Review, approve, and maintain general oversight of the comprehensive plans for the county and the implementation of the plans;
(3) Review and comment on the overall needs and accomplishments of the criminal and juvenile justice systems in the county;
(4) Establish, as required to comply with this division, task forces, ad hoc committees, and other committees, whose members shall be appointed by the chairperson of the board;
(5) Establish any rules that the board considers necessary and that are consistent with the federal criminal justice acts and section 5502.62 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.66 | Metropolitan County Criminal Justice Services Agency - Administrative Planning District, Criminal or Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council.

Effective:
June 30, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
(A) In counties in which a metropolitan county criminal justice services agency does not exist, the division of criminal justice services shall discharge the division's duties that the director of public safety requires it to administer by establishing administrative planning districts for criminal justice programs. An administrative planning district shall contain a group of contiguous counties in which no county has a metropolitan county criminal justice services agency.
(B) In counties in which a metropolitan county criminal justice services agency does not exist, the department of youth services shall discharge pursuant to section 5139.11 of the Revised Code the department's duty by establishing administrative planning districts for juvenile justice programs.
(C) All administrative planning districts shall contain a group of contiguous counties in which no county has a metropolitan county criminal justice services agency.
(D) Any county or any combination of contiguous counties within an administrative planning district may form a criminal justice coordinating council or a juvenile justice coordinating council for its respective programs, if the county or the group of counties has a total population in excess of two hundred fifty thousand. The council shall comply with the conditions set forth in divisions (B) and (C) of section 5502.65 of the Revised Code, and exercise within its jurisdiction the powers and duties set forth in division (B) of section 5502.64 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.67 | Justice Program Service Fund.

Effective:
July 1, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 53 - 131st General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the justice program services fund. The fund shall consist of the court costs designated for the fund pursuant to section 2949.094 of the Revised Code and all money collected by the division of criminal justice services for nonfederal purposes, including subscription fees for participating in the Ohio incident-based reporting system under division (C) of section 5502.62 of the Revised Code, unless otherwise designated by law. The justice program services fund shall be used to pay costs of administering the operations of the division of criminal justice services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.69 | Ohio Narcotics Intelligence Center.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created the Ohio narcotics intelligence center in the department of public safety. The center shall operate as a division within the department.
(B) The director of public safety shall appoint an executive director of the center. The executive director shall serve at the discretion of the director of public safety. The executive director shall advise the governor and the director of public safety on matters pertaining to illegal drug activities. To carry out the duties assigned under this section, the executive director, subject to the direction and control of the director of public safety, may appoint and maintain necessary staff and may enter into any necessary agreements.
(C) The center shall do all of the following:
(1) Coordinate law enforcement response to illegal drug activities for state agencies and act as a liaison between state agencies and local entities for the purposes of communicating counter-drug policy initiatives;
(2) Collect, analyze, maintain, and disseminate information to support local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, other government agencies, and private organizations in detecting, deterring, preventing, preparing for, prosecuting, and responding to illegal drug activities. The records received and created are confidential law enforcement investigatory records pursuant to section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
(3) Develop and coordinate policies, protocols, and strategies that may be used by local, state, and private organizations to detect, deter, prevent, prepare for, prosecute, and respond to illegal drug activities;
(4) Develop, update, and coordinate the implementation of an Ohio drug control strategy to guide state and local governments and public agencies.
Last updated October 4, 2023 at 3:04 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.70 | Ohio Mobile Training Team.

Effective:
September 12, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 99 - 134th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created in the department of public safety the Ohio mobile training team, which shall be administered by a chief mobile training officer. The team shall provide services to public and nonpublic schools regarding school safety and security.
(B) Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, the director of public safety shall appoint an individual who satisfies the criteria specified in division (B) of section 5502.701 of the Revised Code as the chief mobile training officer, who shall serve at the pleasure of the director. To carry out the duties prescribed by this section or sections 5502.702 and 5502.703 of the Revised Code, the chief mobile training officer may hire and maintain necessary staff and may enter into any necessary agreements.
(C) Not later than ninety days after the appointment of the chief mobile training officer, the director of public safety shall appoint sixteen regional mobile training officers, each of whom shall satisfy the criteria specified in division (B) of section 5502.701 of the Revised Code, to conduct the duties described in sections 5502.702 and 5502.703 of the Revised Code.
The regions shall be the same as those described in division (A) of section 3312.02 of the Revised Code. To carry out the duties prescribed by sections 5502.702 and 5502.703 of the Revised Code, a regional mobile training officer may hire and maintain necessary staff and may enter into any necessary agreements.
(D) Except as otherwise provided by law, nothing in this section or in sections 5502.702 and 5502.703 of the Revised Code shall be construed to give the director of public safety, the chief mobile training officer, or a regional mobile training officer authority over the incident management structure or responsibilities of local emergency response personnel.
(E) The department of public safety, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules with respect to the Ohio mobile training team. The rules shall be made available for public inspection at the department of public safety and at other places and during reasonable hours as fixed by the chief mobile training officer of the Ohio mobile training team.
Last updated October 17, 2022 at 11:03 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.701 | Mobile Training Team Officer Qualifications.

Effective:
September 12, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 99 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "veteran" means any person who has completed service in the armed forces of the United States and who has been honorably discharged under honorable conditions from the armed forces, or who has been transferred to the reserve with evidence of satisfactory service.
(B) No person is eligible for appointment to the position of chief mobile training officer or the position of regional mobile training officer unless that person meets the following requirements:
(1) The person is a licensed peace officer, as defined in division (A)(1) of section 109.71 of the Revised Code; or
(2) The person is a veteran, as defined in division (A) of this section; and
(3) The person has met all additional qualifications prescribed by rule adopted under section 5502.70 of the Revised Code.
Last updated October 17, 2022 at 11:05 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.702 | Mobile Training Team Officer Duties.

Effective:
September 12, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 99 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "administrator" has the same meaning as in section 5502.262 of the Revised Code.
(B) The duties of the chief mobile training officer include:
(1) Administering the Ohio mobile training team;
(2) Adopting additional qualifications and training requirements for regional mobile training officers appointed under section 5502.70 of the Revised Code;
(3) Enforcing rules and executing additional duties prescribed by the department of public safety.
(C) The duties of a regional mobile training officer include:
(1) Upon request, assisting an administrator within an officer's region in the development or review of an emergency management plan under section 5502.262 of the Revised Code;
(2) Upon request, assisting an administrator of a public or nonpublic school within an officer's region with any other security protocols for activities or events outside of the building during or after school hours;
(3) Upon request, assisting in strategic communications between federal, state, and local law enforcement or agencies in the event of an emergency situation at a school within an officer's region;
(4) Offering tactical emergency medical services training to public and nonpublic schools within an officer's region;
(5) Promoting the use of the SaferOH tip line within an officer's region;
(6) Enforcing rules and executing additional duties prescribed by either the department of public safety or the chief mobile training officer;
(7) Providing instruction and training through the Ohio school safety and crisis center as prescribed in section 5502.703 of the Revised Code;
(8) Overseeing training operations and offering training opportunities for school employees, including observing emergency management tests as described in section 5502.262 of the Revised Code, providing weapons manipulation instruction, and other appropriate activities.
Last updated October 17, 2022 at 11:06 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety › Section 5502.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 5502.37 of the Revised Code shall be fined fifty dollars or imprisoned for not less than sixty days, or both.
(B) Whoever violates division (B) of section 5502.37 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five thousand nor more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not less than one nor more than five years, or both.
(C) Whoever violates division (C) or (D) of section 5502.37 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than two thousand nor more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not less than one nor more than five years, or both.
(D) Except as provided in divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section and unless another penalty is provided by the laws of this state, whoever violates sections 5502.21 to 5502.37 of the Revised Code, or any other law enacted, adopted, or issued pursuant to those sections, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars or imprisoned for not more than sixty days, or both.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5503 | State Highway Patrol › Section 5503.03 | Equipment - Rules - Promotions.

Effective:
July 1, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly
The state highway patrol and the superintendent of the state highway patrol shall be furnished by the state with such vehicles, equipment, and supplies as the director of public safety deems necessary, all of which shall remain the property of the state and be strictly accounted for by each member of the patrol.
The patrol may be equipped with standardized and tested devices for weighing vehicles, and may stop and weigh any vehicle which appears to weigh in excess of the amounts permitted by sections 5577.01 to 5577.14 of the Revised Code.
The superintendent, with the approval of the director, shall prescribe rules for instruction and discipline, make all administrative rules, and fix the hours of duty for patrol officers. The superintendent shall divide the state into districts and assign members of the patrol to such districts in a manner that the superintendent deems proper. The superintendent may transfer members of the patrol from one district to another, and rank members of the patrol. All ranks below the level of superintendent shall be classified. All promotions to a higher grade shall be made from the next lower grade. When a patrol officer is promoted by the superintendent, the officer's salary shall be increased to that of the lowest step in the pay range for the new grade which shall increase the officer's salary or wage by at least nine per cent of the base pay wherever possible.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5503 | State Highway Patrol › Section 5503.031 | Officer Pay Ranges.

Effective:
July 1, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 23 - 135th General Assembly
Beginning July 1, 2023, the following officers of the state highway patrol shall be paid in accordance with the indicated pay ranges from schedule E-1 of division (B) of section 124.152 of the Revised Code:
(A) A sergeant or equivalent officer who is an exempt employee under section 124.152 of the Revised Code shall be paid in accordance with pay range 14.
(B) A lieutenant or equivalent officer shall be paid in accordance with pay range 15.
(C) A staff lieutenant or equivalent officer shall be paid in accordance with pay range 16.
(D) A captain or equivalent officer shall be paid in accordance with pay range 17.
(E) A major or equivalent officer shall be paid in accordance with pay range 18.
(F) A lieutenant colonel or equivalent officer shall be paid in accordance with pay range 19.
Last updated April 27, 2023 at 12:20 PM