OH SB336

Enacts new section 4510.19 establishing two categories of violations for driving under suspension imposed for wrong-way driving on interstate freeways, with misdemeanor penalties for the first category and third-degree felony penalties with a mandatory 3-year prison sentence for the second category involving harm to persons.

Amends section 4511.35 to require offenders charged with wrong-way driving on interstate freeways to appear in person in court rather than enter written guilty pleas, with exceptions for violations 500 feet or more in distance, violations occurring while impaired, or violations resulting in motor vehicle collisions causing physical harm or death.

Imposes a class seven license suspension for violations involving 500 feet or more of wrong-way driving on an interstate, and a class three suspension for violations resulting in motor vehicle collisions on the left-hand roadway that caused physical harm or death.

Creates a fourth-degree felony charge for wrong-way driving on an interstate freeway committed as a proximate result of driving under the influence violations.

Defines "interstate system" by reference to 23 U.S.C.A. 101 and "physical harm to another person" by reference to existing Ohio code definitions.