Bill Text: OH HB266 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To generally prohibit driving a vehicle while using a handheld or manually operated mobile communication device.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-08-06 - To Public Safety & Homeland Security [HB266 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2009-HB266-Introduced.html
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Representative Koziura
Cosponsors:
Representatives Boose, Boyd, Brown, Celeste, Domenick, Hagan, Murray, Okey, Pryor, Ujvagi, Williams, B.
To enact section 4511.204 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
generally prohibit driving a vehicle while using a | 2 |
handheld or manually operated mobile communication | 3 |
device. | 4 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 4511.204 of the Revised Code be | 5 |
enacted to read as follows: | 6 |
Sec. 4511.204. (A) No person shall drive a motor vehicle, | 7 |
trackless trolley, or streetcar on any street, highway, or | 8 |
property open to the public for vehicular traffic while using a | 9 |
handheld or manually operated mobile communication device. | 10 |
(B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any of the | 11 |
following: | 12 |
(1) A person using a mobile communication device that is | 13 |
specifically designed and configured to allow hands-free | 14 |
operation, and is used in that manner while driving; | 15 |
(2) A person using a mobile communication device for | 16 |
emergency purposes, including an emergency call to a law | 17 |
enforcement agency, hospital or health care provider, fire | 18 |
department, or other similar emergency agency or entity; | 19 |
(3) A person operating a public safety vehicle who uses a | 20 |
mobile communication device in the course of the person's duties; | 21 |
(4) A person operating a citizens band radio or two-way radio | 22 |
while driving a motor vehicle, trackless trolley, or streetcar; | 23 |
(5) A person using a handheld or manually operated mobile | 24 |
communication device whose motor vehicle is in a stationary | 25 |
position, with the transmission in the park or neutral setting or | 26 |
with the engine or power to the motor off, and who is outside a | 27 |
lane of travel. | 28 |
(C) Whoever violates division (A) of this section shall be | 29 |
fined twenty-five dollars on a first offense, fifty dollars on a | 30 |
second or third offense, and one hundred dollars on a fourth or | 31 |
subsequent offense. | 32 |
(D) As used in this section, "mobile communication device" | 33 |
includes any of the following: | 34 |
(1) A wireless telephone; | 35 |
(2) A text-messaging device; | 36 |
(3) A personal digital assistant; | 37 |
(4) A computer; | 38 |
(5) Any other substantially similar wireless device that is | 39 |
designed or used to communicate voice, text, or data. | 40 |