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OH SB254
Bill
Status
11/9/2011
Primary Sponsor
Thomas Patton
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AI Summary
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Increases the population threshold for municipal corporations to establish a mayor's court from more than 100 to more than 200 residents, with an exception for municipal corporations located entirely on islands in Lake Erie.
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Designates violations of texting-while-driving laws (both state offense and substantially equivalent municipal ordinances) as allied offenses of similar import, preventing double punishment for the same conduct.
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Designates violations of handheld electronic device use while driving by persons under 18 years old (both state offense and substantially equivalent municipal ordinances) as allied offenses of similar import under juvenile delinquency proceedings.
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Transfers all pending cases from mayor's courts in municipalities with 200 or fewer residents (except Lake Erie islands) to appropriate municipal, county, or common pleas courts upon the bill's effective date.
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Prohibits law enforcement officers from stopping vehicles or inspecting interiors solely to enforce texting-while-driving restrictions, and allows municipal ordinances to impose greater penalties than state law without preemption.
Legislative Description
To increase from more than 100 to more than 200 the population necessary for a municipal corporation to have a mayor's court unless the municipal corporation is located entirely on an island in Lake Erie and to provide that a conviction or guilty plea of the offense of driving a vehicle while writing, sending, or reading a text-based communication on a handheld electronic wireless communications device and a conviction or guilty plea of a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance for the same conduct are allied offenses of similar import and that an adjudication for the offense of a person who is less than 18 years of age from using, in any manner, an electronic wireless communications device while driving and an adjudication of a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance for the same conduct are allied offenses of similar import.
Mayor's courts-increase minimum population needed to have
Last Action
Committee Report - S
12/5/2012