OH HB354

Enacts section 1901.186 of the Revised Code to grant the Tiffin-Fostoria municipal court concurrent jurisdiction with the Seneca County court of common pleas in operating a drug addiction recovery program.

Tiffin-Fostoria municipal court may exercise concurrent jurisdiction over criminal cases where the offender's drug addiction was the primary factor in committing the offense and the offender is admitted to the PIVOT (Participating in Victory of Transition) drug recovery program.

Concurrent jurisdiction does not apply when the defendant is not a Seneca County resident, is charged with a felony offense of violence, felony sex offense, drug trafficking violations under sections 2925.04 or 2925.041, or has pending criminal proceedings in another jurisdiction.

Concurrent jurisdiction does not apply if the defendant is under community control or post-release control sanction from another court, on parole or probation elsewhere, serving a prison sentence from another court, or engaged as a law enforcement informant.

The concurrent jurisdiction provision expires five years after the effective date unless renewed or made permanent by the General Assembly.