OH HB105

Amends sections 4510.036 and 4511.75 of the Revised Code to enhance penalties for failing to stop for a school bus picking up or dropping off school children when the offender has a prior violation within a five-year period.

For a first violation of failing to stop for a school bus, the court may impose a fine up to $500 and/or a class seven driver's license suspension.

For a violation within five years of a prior violation, the court shall impose either or both of the following: a $1,000 fine and/or a class five driver's license suspension.

Persons cited for violating the school bus stop law are not permitted to enter a written guilty plea and must appear in person in court to answer the charge.

When a license is suspended under this section, the court shall cause the offender to deliver the license to the court, which shall forward it to the registrar of motor vehicles.