Bill Title: To authorize law enforcement agencies to provide law enforcement services to governmental entities in Ohio or other jurisdictions by contract or, in the absence of a contract, with the approval of the governing board of the providing agency.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-02 - To Public Safety & Homeland Security
[HB119 Detail]Download: Ohio-2009-HB119-Introduced.html
As Introduced
128th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2009-2010 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Huffman, Murray
A BILL
| To enact section 9.601 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
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authorize law enforcement agencies to provide law | 2 |
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enforcement services to governmental entities in | 3 |
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Ohio or other jurisdictions by contract or, in the | 4 |
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absence of a contract, with the approval of the | 5 |
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governing board of the providing agency. | 6 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 9.601 of the Revised Code be enacted | 7 |
to read as follows: | 8 |
Sec. 9.601. As used in this section, "law enforcement agency" | 9 |
means an organization or entity comprised of peace officers as | 10 |
defined in section 109.71 of the Revised Code. | 11 |
(A)(1) Any law enforcement agency may contract with any | 12 |
governmental entity in this state or another jurisdiction to | 13 |
provide law enforcement services, whether on a regular basis or | 14 |
only in times of emergency, upon the approval of the governing | 15 |
boards or administrative heads of the entities that are parties to | 16 |
the contract. | 17 |
(2) Any governmental entity in this state may contract with | 18 |
any law enforcement agency of this state or another jurisdiction | 19 |
to obtain law enforcement services, whether on a regular basis or | 20 |
only in times of emergency, upon the approval of the governing | 21 |
boards or administrative heads of the entities that are parties to | 22 |
the contract. | 23 |
(B) Any law enforcement agency may provide law enforcement | 24 |
services to any governmental entity in this state or another | 25 |
jurisdiction without a contract to provide those services, upon | 26 |
the approval of the governing board of the agency and upon | 27 |
authorization by an officer or employee of the agency who is | 28 |
designated by title, office, or position pursuant to the | 29 |
authorization of the governing board of the agency. | 30 |
(C) Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code, insofar as it is | 31 |
applicable to the operation of a law enforcement agency, applies | 32 |
to a political subdivision that is operating a law enforcement | 33 |
agency, and to the members of the law enforcement agency, when the | 34 |
members are rendering service under this section outside the | 35 |
boundaries of the political subdivision. | 36 |
Members acting outside the boundaries of the political | 37 |
subdivision that is operating the law enforcement agency may | 38 |
participate in any pension or indemnity fund established by the | 39 |
political subdivision to the same extent as while performing | 40 |
service within the boundaries of the political subdivision, and | 41 |
are entitled to all the rights and benefits of Chapter 4123. of | 42 |
the Revised Code, to the same extent as while performing service | 43 |
within the boundaries of the political subdivision. | 44 |