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OH HB5
Bill
Status
9/23/2011
Primary Sponsor
Kevin Bacon
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AI Summary
HB 5 Summary
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Judicial Conference Authority: Requires the Ohio Judicial Conference to periodically adjust dollar amounts in the general exemption statute (related to property exempt from execution) to reflect changes in the consumer price index, with adjustments rounded to the nearest twenty-five dollars and published in the Register of Ohio.
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Court Costs Consolidation: Consolidates references to Revised Code sections establishing court costs and fees (other than attorney fees) across multiple court types including courts of record, courts of appeals, courts of common pleas, juvenile courts, probate courts, municipal courts, and county courts.
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Motor Vehicle Offense Penalties: Modifies penalties for various motor vehicle violations by changing mandatory penalties to discretionary ones (using "may" instead of "shall") for license plate impoundment, vehicle immobilization, and criminal forfeiture in certain driving suspension and OVI-related offenses.
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Community Control and Sentencing Flexibility: Allows courts to modify community control sanctions, substitute community control sanctions for non-mandatory jail days, and authorize offenders to make monetary contributions to the court's funding entity instead of performing community service.
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Investigator Authority and Judgment Collection: Removes the restriction preventing Auditor of State investigators from carrying concealed weapons and establishes procedures for collecting financial restitution sanctions through certificates of judgment similar to civil actions.
Legislative Description
To require the Ohio Judicial Conference periodically to adjust the dollar amounts specified in the general exemption statute, to provide consolidated references to Revised Code sections that establish costs and fees, other than attorney fees, in the courts of record of this state, to remove the provision specifying that an investigator appointed by the Auditor of State does not have the power and authority to carry a concealed weapon, to modify the penalties for certain offenses relating to the operation of motor vehicles, and to allow for a certificate of judgment to collect a financial reimbursement sanction in certain cases, the modification of a community control sanction, the substitution of a community control sanction for non-mandatory jail days, and the modification of a community service sentence by substituting a contribution to the local entity that funds the court.
Court costs & fees-consolidate statutory references to
Last Action
Effective Date
9/23/2011