Ohio Senate Bill 254 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 9 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-12-05 - Committee Report - S
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

To amend sections 1905.01, 4511.204, and 4511.205 of the Revised Code 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.

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.

Rep. Thomas Patton [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-12-05		Committee Report - S
2011-11-09		To Judiciary
2011-11-09		Introduced to House

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19			Amended Code	Citation Text
19	05		Amended Code	Citation Text
19	05	01	Amended Code	Citation Text
45			Amended Code	Citation Text
45	11		Amended Code	Citation Text
45	11	204	Amended Code	Citation Text
45	11	205	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://archives.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=129_SB_254
Text	http://archives.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_SB_254_I_Y.html
Text	http://archives.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_SB_254_RS_Y.html