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OH HB11
Bill
Status
2/17/2009
Primary Sponsor
Michael DeBose
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AI Summary
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Any person required to register under Ohio's Sex Offender Registration and Notification Law who establishes or occupies residential premises within 1,000 feet of school premises, preschools, child day-care centers, recreation centers, playgrounds, or other places where children reasonably are expected to frequent or linger is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
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Property owners or lessees within 1,000 feet of protected facilities, prosecuting attorneys, or municipal legal officials may bring civil action for injunctive relief against violators without proving irreparable harm.
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Courts must order violators to vacate their residence as part of any injunctive relief granted, with a 30-day compliance period; failure to comply within 30 days after service may be punished as contempt of court; the 30-day period does not run during pendency of appeal.
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Violation of the residential restriction requirement constitutes a misdemeanor of the first degree under Ohio Revised Code section 2950.99(D).
Legislative Description
To provide that any person required to register under Ohio's Sex Offender Registration and Notification Law who establishes or occupies residential premises within one thousand feet of any school premises, recreation center, playground, or other place where it is reasonable to expect children to frequent or linger is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and to require a court to order a violator to vacate the premises as part of any injunctive relief granted for the violation.
Sex offender-reside near place children frequent-penalty/order to vacate
Last Action
To Criminal Justice
2/17/2009