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OH HB337
Bill
Status
1/27/2012
Primary Sponsor
Kevin Bacon
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AI Summary
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Establishes new requirements for commercial driver's licenses including medical certification self-certification categories, hazardous materials endorsement security assessments, and medical variance documentation maintained in the commercial driver's license information system
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Designates texting while driving as a serious traffic violation for commercial motor vehicle operators and increases disqualification periods for out-of-service order violations from 90 days to 180 days for first offenses and from one year to two years for second offenses within ten years
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Eliminates the requirement that the Department of Job and Family Services employ only attorneys to make administrative appeal decisions regarding family services programs
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Removes the requirement that individuals entering Ohio Works First self-sufficiency contracts must do so within 30 days of application or eligibility redetermination
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Temporarily extends the unemployment rate look-back period from two years to three years for determining state extended unemployment benefits eligibility through December 17, 2010, or when federal sharing expires, whichever is later
Legislative Description
To make changes in the law governing commercial drivers' licenses, including hazardous material endorsements, medical certification requirements, disqualifications, conviction records, and establishing texting while driving as a serious traffic violation, to exclude certain components from the prohibited length dimensions of specified types of vehicles, to revise the law governing self-sufficiency contracts established under the Ohio Works First program, to eliminate requirements that the Department of Job and Family Services employ, contract with, or designate only attorneys to make decisions in appeals regarding family services programs, to temporarily extend the look-back period from two years to three years for determining whether a state "on" indicator exists based on the total unemployment rate for purposes of state extended unemployment benefits, and to declare an emergency.
Commercial driver licensing/texting while driving/maximum vehicle lengths
Last Action
Effective Date
1/27/2012