Bill Text: OH HB226 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To allow a police dog to accompany its handler in places to which the general public is invited.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-11 - To Criminal Justice [HB226 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-HB226-Introduced.html
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Representative Sprague
To amend section 955.43 of the Revised Code to allow | 1 |
a police dog to accompany its handler in places to | 2 |
which the general public is invited. | 3 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 955.43 of the Revised Code be amended | 4 |
to read as follows: | 5 |
Sec. 955.43. (A) When | 6 |
impaired, or mobility impaired person or a trainer of an | 7 |
assistance dog is accompanied by an assistance dog or when an | 8 |
employee of a law enforcement agency or a trainer of a law | 9 |
enforcement dog is accompanied by a law enforcement dog that is | 10 |
being used for the purposes of law enforcement or training, as | 11 |
applicable, the person, the employee, or the trainer, as | 12 |
applicable, is entitled to the full and equal accommodations, | 13 |
advantages, facilities, and privileges of all public conveyances, | 14 |
hotels, lodging places, all places of public accommodation, | 15 |
amusement, or resort, all institutions of education, and other | 16 |
places to which the general public is invited, and may take the | 17 |
dog into such conveyances and places, subject only to the | 18 |
conditions and limitations applicable to all persons not so | 19 |
accompanied, except that: | 20 |
(1) The dog shall not occupy a seat in any public conveyance. | 21 |
(2) The dog shall be upon a leash while using the facilities | 22 |
of a common carrier. | 23 |
(3) Any dog in training to become an assistance dog shall be | 24 |
covered by a liability insurance policy provided by the nonprofit | 25 |
special agency engaged in such work protecting members of the | 26 |
public against personal injury or property damage caused by the | 27 |
dog. | 28 |
(B) No person shall deprive a blind, deaf or hearing | 29 |
impaired, or mobility impaired person or a trainer of an | 30 |
assistance dog who is accompanied by an assistance dog or an | 31 |
employee of a law enforcement agency or a trainer of a law | 32 |
enforcement dog who is accompanied by a law enforcement dog that | 33 |
is being used for the purposes of law enforcement or training, as | 34 |
applicable, of any of the advantages, facilities, or privileges | 35 |
provided in division (A) of this section, nor charge the person, | 36 |
employee, or trainer a fee or charge for the dog. | 37 |
(C) As used in this section | 38 |
(1) "Law enforcement dog" means law enforcement canine as | 39 |
defined in section 955.012 of the Revised Code. | 40 |
(2) "Law enforcement agency" has the same meaning as in | 41 |
section 955.012 of the Revised Code. | 42 |
(3) "Institutions of education" means: | 43 |
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3345.32 of the Revised Code; | 45 |
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certificate of authorization issued by the Ohio board of regents | 47 |
pursuant to Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code; | 48 |
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of education; | 50 |
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secondary school; | 52 |
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state board of career colleges and schools. | 54 |
Section 2. That existing section 955.43 of the Revised Code | 55 |
is hereby repealed. | 56 |