(B) "Employee" means an officer, agent, employee, or servant, | 21 |
whether or not compensated or full-time or part-time, who is | 22 |
authorized to act and is acting within the scope of the officer's, | 23 |
agent's, employee's, or servant's employment for a political | 24 |
subdivision. "Employee" does not include an independent contractor | 25 |
and does not include any individual engaged by a school district | 26 |
pursuant to section 3319.301 of the Revised Code. "Employee" | 27 |
includes any elected or appointed official of a political | 28 |
subdivision. "Employee" also includes a person who has been | 29 |
convicted of or pleaded guilty to a criminal offense and who has | 30 |
been sentenced to perform community service work in a political | 31 |
subdivision whether pursuant to section 2951.02 of the Revised | 32 |
Code or otherwise, and a child who is found to be a delinquent | 33 |
child and who is ordered by a juvenile court pursuant to section | 34 |
2152.19 or 2152.20 of the Revised Code to perform community | 35 |
service or community work in a political subdivision. Employee | 36 |
also includes a volunteer tactical emergency medical technician | 37 |
providing medical assistance to a SWAT team at the request of the | 38 |
SWAT team, whether or not the technician is an actual employee of | 39 |
a political subdivision. | 40 |
(k) The collection and disposal of solid wastes, as defined | 81 |
in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code, including, but not limited | 82 |
to, the operation of solid waste disposal facilities, as | 83 |
"facilities" is defined in that section, and the collection and | 84 |
management of hazardous waste generated by households. As used in | 85 |
division (C)(2)(k) of this section, "hazardous waste generated by | 86 |
households" means solid waste originally generated by individual | 87 |
households that is listed specifically as hazardous waste in or | 88 |
exhibits one or more characteristics of hazardous waste as defined | 89 |
by rules adopted under section 3734.12 of the Revised Code, but | 90 |
that is excluded from regulation as a hazardous waste by those | 91 |
rules. | 92 |
(n) The operation of a health board, department, or agency, | 99 |
including, but not limited to, any statutorily required or | 100 |
permissive program for the provision of immunizations or other | 101 |
inoculations to all or some members of the public, provided that a | 102 |
"governmental function" does not include the supply, manufacture, | 103 |
distribution, or development of any drug or vaccine employed in | 104 |
any such immunization or inoculation program by any supplier, | 105 |
manufacturer, distributor, or developer of the drug or vaccine; | 106 |
(p) The provision or nonprovision of inspection services of | 110 |
all types, including, but not limited to, inspections in | 111 |
connection with building, zoning, sanitation, fire, plumbing, and | 112 |
electrical codes, and the taking of actions in connection with | 113 |
those types of codes, including, but not limited to, the approval | 114 |
of plans for the construction of buildings or structures and the | 115 |
issuance or revocation of building permits or stop work orders in | 116 |
connection with buildings or structures; | 117 |
(w)(i) At any time before regulations prescribed pursuant to | 145 |
49 U.S.C.A 20153 become effective, the designation, establishment, | 146 |
design, construction, implementation, operation, repair, or | 147 |
maintenance of a public road rail crossing in a zone within a | 148 |
municipal corporation in which, by ordinance, the legislative | 149 |
authority of the municipal corporation regulates the sounding of | 150 |
locomotive horns, whistles, or bells; | 151 |
(ii) On and after the effective date of regulations | 152 |
prescribed pursuant to 49 U.S.C.A. 20153, the designation, | 153 |
establishment, design, construction, implementation, operation, | 154 |
repair, or maintenance of a public road rail crossing in such a | 155 |
zone or of a supplementary safety measure, as defined in 49 | 156 |
U.S.C.A 20153, at or for a public road rail crossing, if and to | 157 |
the extent that the public road rail crossing is excepted, | 158 |
pursuant to subsection (c) of that section, from the requirement | 159 |
of the regulations prescribed under subsection (b) of that | 160 |
section. | 161 |
(F) "Political subdivision" or "subdivision" means a | 172 |
municipal corporation, township, county, school district, or other | 173 |
body corporate and politic responsible for governmental activities | 174 |
in a geographic area smaller than that of the state. "Political | 175 |
subdivision" includes, but is not limited to, a county hospital | 176 |
commission appointed under section 339.14 of the Revised Code, | 177 |
board of hospital commissioners appointed for a municipal hospital | 178 |
under section 749.04 of the Revised Code, board of hospital | 179 |
trustees appointed for a municipal hospital under section 749.22 | 180 |
of the Revised Code, regional planning commission created pursuant | 181 |
to section 713.21 of the Revised Code, county planning commission | 182 |
created pursuant to section 713.22 of the Revised Code, joint | 183 |
planning council created pursuant to section 713.231 of the | 184 |
Revised Code, interstate regional planning commission created | 185 |
pursuant to section 713.30 of the Revised Code, port authority | 186 |
created pursuant to section 4582.02 or 4582.26 of the Revised Code | 187 |
or in existence on December 16, 1964, regional council established | 188 |
by political subdivisions pursuant to Chapter 167. of the Revised | 189 |
Code, emergency planning district and joint emergency planning | 190 |
district designated under section 3750.03 of the Revised Code, | 191 |
joint emergency medical services district created pursuant to | 192 |
section 307.052 of the Revised Code, fire and ambulance district | 193 |
created pursuant to section 505.375 of the Revised Code, joint | 194 |
interstate emergency planning district established by an agreement | 195 |
entered into under that section, county solid waste management | 196 |
district and joint solid waste management district established | 197 |
under section 343.01 or 343.012 of the Revised Code, community | 198 |
school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, the | 199 |
county or counties served by a community-based correctional | 200 |
facility and program or district community-based correctional | 201 |
facility and program established and operated under sections | 202 |
2301.51 to 2301.58 of the Revised Code, a community-based | 203 |
correctional facility and program or district community-based | 204 |
correctional facility and program that is so established and | 205 |
operated, and the facility governing board of a community-based | 206 |
correctional facility and program or district community-based | 207 |
correctional facility and program that is so established and | 208 |
operated. | 209 |
(I) "State" means the state of Ohio, including, but not | 240 |
limited to, the general assembly, the supreme court, the offices | 241 |
of all elected state officers, and all departments, boards, | 242 |
offices, commissions, agencies, colleges and universities, | 243 |
institutions, and other instrumentalities of the state of Ohio. | 244 |
"State" does not include political subdivisions. | 245 |
(d) The principal holder of a D permit issued for premises or | 282 |
an open air arena under Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code while in | 283 |
the premises or open air arena for which the permit was issued if | 284 |
the principal holder of the D permit also possesses a valid | 285 |
license or temporary emergency license to carry a concealed | 286 |
handgun issued to the principal holder under section 2923.125 or | 287 |
2923.1213 of the Revised Code or a license to carry a concealed | 288 |
handgun that was issued to the principal holder by another state | 289 |
with which the attorney general has entered into a reciprocity | 290 |
agreement under section 109.69 of the Revised Code and as long as | 291 |
the principal holder is not consuming liquor or under the | 292 |
influence of alcohol or a drug of abuse, or any agent or employee | 293 |
of that holder who also is a peace officer, as defined in section | 294 |
2151.3515 of the Revised Code, who is off duty, and who otherwise | 295 |
is authorized to carry firearms while in the course of the | 296 |
officer's official duties and while in the premises or open air | 297 |
arena for which the permit was issued and as long as the agent or | 298 |
employee of that holder is not consuming liquor or under the | 299 |
influence of alcohol or a drug of abuse. | 300 |
(e) Any person who is carrying a valid license or temporary | 301 |
emergency license to carry a concealed handgun issued to the | 302 |
person under section 2923.125 or 2923.1213 of the Revised Code or | 303 |
a license to carry a concealed handgun that was issued to the | 304 |
person by another state with which the attorney general has | 305 |
entered into a reciprocity agreement under section 109.69 of the | 306 |
Revised Code and who possesses the firearm in a retail store with | 307 |
D-6 and D-8 permits issued for that store under sections 4303.182 | 308 |
and 4303.184 of the Revised Code or a D-8 permit issued for that | 309 |
store under section 4303.184 of the Revised Code, as long as the | 310 |
person is not consuming liquor or under the influence of alcohol | 311 |
or a drug of abuse. | 312 |
(3) This section does not apply to any person possessing or | 327 |
displaying firearms in any room used to exhibit unloaded firearms | 328 |
for sale or trade in a soldiers' memorial established pursuant to | 329 |
Chapter 345. of the Revised Code, in a convention center, or in | 330 |
any other public meeting place, if the person is an exhibitor, | 331 |
trader, purchaser, or seller of firearms and is not otherwise | 332 |
prohibited by law from possessing, trading, purchasing, or selling | 333 |
the firearms. | 334 |
(a) An officer, agent, or employee of this or any other state | 379 |
or the United States, or a law enforcement officer, who is | 380 |
authorized to carry deadly weapons or dangerous ordnance and is | 381 |
acting within the scope of the officer's, agent's, or employee's | 382 |
duties, a security officer employed by a board of education or | 383 |
governing body of a school during the time that the security | 384 |
officer is on duty pursuant to that contract of employment, or any | 385 |
other person who has written authorization from the board of | 386 |
education or governing body of a school to convey deadly weapons | 387 |
or dangerous ordnance into a school safety zone or to possess a | 388 |
deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance in a school safety zone and | 389 |
who conveys or possesses the deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance | 390 |
in accordance with that authorization; | 391 |
(2) Division (C) of this section does not apply to premises | 398 |
upon which home schooling is conducted. Division (C) of this | 399 |
section also does not apply to a school administrator, teacher, or | 400 |
employee who possesses an object that is indistinguishable from a | 401 |
firearm for legitimate school purposes during the course of | 402 |
employment, a student who uses an object that is indistinguishable | 403 |
from a firearm under the direction of a school administrator, | 404 |
teacher, or employee, or any other person who with the express | 405 |
prior approval of a school administrator possesses an object that | 406 |
is indistinguishable from a firearm for a legitimate purpose, | 407 |
including the use of the object in a ceremonial activity, a play, | 408 |
reenactment, or other dramatic presentation, or a ROTC activity or | 409 |
another similar use of the object. | 410 |
(E)(1) Whoever violates division (A) or (B) of this section | 452 |
is guilty of illegal conveyance or possession of a deadly weapon | 453 |
or dangerous ordnance in a school safety zone. Except as otherwise | 454 |
provided in this division, illegal conveyance or possession of a | 455 |
deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance in a school safety zone is a | 456 |
felony of the fifth degree. If the offender previously has been | 457 |
convicted of a violation of this section, illegal conveyance or | 458 |
possession of a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance in a school | 459 |
safety zone is a felony of the fourth degree. | 460 |
(2) Whoever violates division (C) of this section is guilty | 461 |
of illegal possession of an object indistinguishable from a | 462 |
firearm in a school safety zone. Except as otherwise provided in | 463 |
this division, illegal possession of an object indistinguishable | 464 |
from a firearm in a school safety zone is a misdemeanor of the | 465 |
first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a | 466 |
violation of this section, illegal possession of an object | 467 |
indistinguishable from a firearm in a school safety zone is a | 468 |
felony of the fifth degree. | 469 |
(F)(1) In addition to any other penalty imposed upon a person | 470 |
who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of this | 471 |
section and subject to division (F)(2) of this section, if the | 472 |
offender has not attained nineteen years of age, regardless of | 473 |
whether the offender is attending or is enrolled in a school | 474 |
operated by a board of education or for which the state board of | 475 |
education prescribes minimum standards under section 3301.07 of | 476 |
the Revised Code, the court shall impose upon the offender a class | 477 |
four suspension of the offender's probationary driver's license, | 478 |
restricted license, driver's license, commercial driver's license, | 479 |
temporary instruction permit, or probationary commercial driver's | 480 |
license that then is in effect from the range specified in | 481 |
division (A)(4) of section 4510.02 of the Revised Code and shall | 482 |
deny the offender the issuance of any permit or license of that | 483 |
type during the period of the suspension. | 484 |
(a) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, a | 515 |
peace officer, or an officer of a law enforcement agency of | 516 |
another state, a political subdivision of another state, or the | 517 |
United States, who is authorized to carry a deadly weapon or | 518 |
dangerous ordnance, who possesses or has under that individual's | 519 |
control a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance as a requirement of | 520 |
that individual's duties, and who is acting within the scope of | 521 |
that individual's duties at the time of that possession or | 522 |
control; | 523 |
(b) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, a | 524 |
person who is employed in this state, who is authorized to carry a | 525 |
deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance, who possesses or has under | 526 |
that individual's control a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance as | 527 |
a requirement of that person's duties, and who is subject to and | 528 |
in compliance with the requirements of section 109.801 of the | 529 |
Revised Code, unless the appointing authority of the person has | 530 |
expressly specified that the exemption provided in division | 531 |
(C)(2)(b) of this section does not apply to the person. | 532 |
(5) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, a | 544 |
prosecutor, or a secret service officer appointed by a county | 545 |
prosecuting attorney, who is authorized to carry a deadly weapon | 546 |
or dangerous ordnance in the performance of the individual's | 547 |
duties, who possesses or has under that individual's control a | 548 |
deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance as a requirement of that | 549 |
individual's duties, and who is acting within the scope of that | 550 |
individual's duties at the time of that possession or control; | 551 |
(6) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, a | 552 |
person who conveys or attempts to convey a handgun into a | 553 |
courthouse or into another building or structure in which a | 554 |
courtroom is located, who, at the time of the conveyance or | 555 |
attempt, is carrying a valid license or temporary emergency | 556 |
license to carry a concealed handgun issued to the person under | 557 |
section 2923.125 or 2923.1213 of the Revised Code or a license to | 558 |
carry a concealed handgun that was issued by another state with | 559 |
which the attorney general has entered into a reciprocity | 560 |
agreement under section 109.69 of the Revised Code, and who | 561 |
transfers possession of the handgun to the officer or officer's | 562 |
designee who has charge of the courthouse or building. The officer | 563 |
shall secure the handgun until the licensee is prepared to leave | 564 |
the premises. The exemption described in this division applies | 565 |
only if the officer who has charge of the courthouse or building | 566 |
provides services of the nature described in this division. An | 567 |
officer who has charge of the courthouse or building is not | 568 |
required to offer services of the nature described in this | 569 |
division. | 570 |
(7) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, a | 571 |
tactical emergency medical technician who openly conveys or | 572 |
attempts to convey a firearm into, or openly possesses a firearm | 573 |
in, a courthouse or another building or structure in which a | 574 |
courtroom is located, if at the time of the open conveyance, | 575 |
attempted conveyance, or possession of the firearm the tactical | 576 |
emergency medical technician is performing the official duties of | 577 |
a tactical emergency medical technician. | 578 |
(2) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty | 588 |
of illegal possession or control of a deadly weapon or dangerous | 589 |
ordnance in a courthouse. Except as otherwise provided in this | 590 |
division, illegal possession or control of a deadly weapon or | 591 |
dangerous ordnance in a courthouse is a felony of the fifth | 592 |
degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a | 593 |
violation of division (A) or (B) of this section, illegal | 594 |
possession or control of a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance in | 595 |
a courthouse is a felony of the fourth degree. | 596 |
(E) The exemptions described in divisions (C)(1), (2)(a), | 597 |
(2)(b), (4), (5), and (6), and (7) of this section do not apply to | 598 |
any judge, magistrate, peace officer, officer of a law enforcement | 599 |
agency, bailiff, deputy bailiff, prosecutor, secret service | 600 |
officer, or other person described in any of those divisions if a | 601 |
rule of superintendence or another type of rule adopted by the | 602 |
supreme court pursuant to Article IV, Ohio Constitution, or an | 603 |
applicable local rule of court prohibits all persons from | 604 |
conveying or attempting to convey a deadly weapon or dangerous | 605 |
ordnance into a courthouse or into another building or structure | 606 |
in which a courtroom is located or from possessing or having under | 607 |
one's control a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance in a | 608 |
courthouse or in another building or structure in which a | 609 |
courtroom is located. | 610 |
Sec. 2923.126. (A) A license to carry a concealed handgun | 620 |
that is issued under section 2923.125 of the Revised Code on or | 621 |
after March 14, 2007, shall expire five years after the date of | 622 |
issuance, and a license that is so issued prior to March 14, 2007, | 623 |
shall expire four years after the date of issuance. A licensee who | 624 |
has been issued a license under that section shall be granted a | 625 |
grace period of thirty days after the licensee's license expires | 626 |
during which the licensee's license remains valid. Except as | 627 |
provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, a licensee who | 628 |
has been issued a license under section 2923.125 or 2923.1213 of | 629 |
the Revised Code may carry a concealed handgun anywhere in this | 630 |
state if the licensee also carries a valid license and valid | 631 |
identification when the licensee is in actual possession of a | 632 |
concealed handgun. The licensee shall give notice of any change in | 633 |
the licensee's residence address to the sheriff who issued the | 634 |
license within forty-five days after that change. | 635 |
If a licensee is the driver or an occupant of a motor vehicle | 636 |
that is stopped as the result of a traffic stop or a stop for | 637 |
another law enforcement purpose and if the licensee is | 638 |
transporting or has a loaded handgun in the motor vehicle at that | 639 |
time, the licensee shall promptly inform any law enforcement | 640 |
officer who approaches the vehicle while stopped that the licensee | 641 |
has been issued a license or temporary emergency license to carry | 642 |
a concealed handgun and that the licensee currently possesses or | 643 |
has a loaded handgun; the licensee shall not knowingly disregard | 644 |
or fail to comply with lawful orders of a law enforcement officer | 645 |
given while the motor vehicle is stopped, knowingly fail to remain | 646 |
in the motor vehicle while stopped, or knowingly fail to keep the | 647 |
licensee's hands in plain sight after any law enforcement officer | 648 |
begins approaching the licensee while stopped and before the | 649 |
officer leaves, unless directed otherwise by a law enforcement | 650 |
officer; and the licensee shall not knowingly remove, attempt to | 651 |
remove, grasp, or hold the loaded handgun or knowingly have | 652 |
contact with the loaded handgun by touching it with the licensee's | 653 |
hands or fingers, in any manner in violation of division (E) of | 654 |
section 2923.16 of the Revised Code, after any law enforcement | 655 |
officer begins approaching the licensee while stopped and before | 656 |
the officer leaves. Additionally, if a licensee is the driver or | 657 |
an occupant of a commercial motor vehicle that is stopped by an | 658 |
employee of the motor carrier enforcement unit for the purposes | 659 |
defined in section 5503.04 of the Revised Code and if the licensee | 660 |
is transporting or has a loaded handgun in the commercial motor | 661 |
vehicle at that time, the licensee shall promptly inform the | 662 |
employee of the unit who approaches the vehicle while stopped that | 663 |
the licensee has been issued a license or temporary emergency | 664 |
license to carry a concealed handgun and that the licensee | 665 |
currently possesses or has a loaded handgun. | 666 |
If a licensee is stopped for a law enforcement purpose and if | 667 |
the licensee is carrying a concealed handgun at the time the | 668 |
officer approaches, the licensee shall promptly inform any law | 669 |
enforcement officer who approaches the licensee while stopped that | 670 |
the licensee has been issued a license or temporary emergency | 671 |
license to carry a concealed handgun and that the licensee | 672 |
currently is carrying a concealed handgun; the licensee shall not | 673 |
knowingly disregard or fail to comply with lawful orders of a law | 674 |
enforcement officer given while the licensee is stopped or | 675 |
knowingly fail to keep the licensee's hands in plain sight after | 676 |
any law enforcement officer begins approaching the licensee while | 677 |
stopped and before the officer leaves, unless directed otherwise | 678 |
by a law enforcement officer; and the licensee shall not knowingly | 679 |
remove, attempt to remove, grasp, or hold the loaded handgun or | 680 |
knowingly have contact with the loaded handgun by touching it with | 681 |
the licensee's hands or fingers, in any manner in violation of | 682 |
division (B) of section 2923.12 of the Revised Code, after any law | 683 |
enforcement officer begins approaching the licensee while stopped | 684 |
and before the officer leaves. | 685 |
(1) A police station, sheriff's office, or state highway | 693 |
patrol station, premises controlled by the bureau of criminal | 694 |
identification and investigation, a state correctional | 695 |
institution, jail, workhouse, or other detention facility, an | 696 |
airport passenger terminal, or an institution that is maintained, | 697 |
operated, managed, and governed pursuant to division (A) of | 698 |
section 5119.02 of the Revised Code or division (A)(1) of section | 699 |
5123.03 of the Revised Code; | 700 |
(7) A child day-care center, a type A family day-care home, a | 719 |
type B family day-care home, or a type C family day-care home, | 720 |
except that this division does not prohibit a licensee who resides | 721 |
in a type A family day-care home, a type B family day-care home, | 722 |
or a type C family day-care home from carrying a concealed handgun | 723 |
at any time in any part of the home that is not dedicated or used | 724 |
for day-care purposes, or from carrying a concealed handgun in a | 725 |
part of the home that is dedicated or used for day-care purposes | 726 |
at any time during which no children, other than children of that | 727 |
licensee, are in the home; | 728 |
(C)(1) Nothing in this section shall negate or restrict a | 741 |
rule, policy, or practice of a private employer that is not a | 742 |
private college, university, or other institution of higher | 743 |
education concerning or prohibiting the presence of firearms on | 744 |
the private employer's premises or property, including motor | 745 |
vehicles owned by the private employer. Nothing in this section | 746 |
shall require a private employer of that nature to adopt a rule, | 747 |
policy, or practice concerning or prohibiting the presence of | 748 |
firearms on the private employer's premises or property, including | 749 |
motor vehicles owned by the private employer. | 750 |
(2)(a) A private employer shall be immune from liability in a | 751 |
civil action for any injury, death, or loss to person or property | 752 |
that allegedly was caused by or related to a licensee bringing a | 753 |
handgun onto the premises or property of the private employer, | 754 |
including motor vehicles owned by the private employer, unless the | 755 |
private employer acted with malicious purpose. A private employer | 756 |
is immune from liability in a civil action for any injury, death, | 757 |
or loss to person or property that allegedly was caused by or | 758 |
related to the private employer's decision to permit a licensee to | 759 |
bring, or prohibit a licensee from bringing, a handgun onto the | 760 |
premises or property of the private employer. As used in this | 761 |
division, "private employer" includes a private college, | 762 |
university, or other institution of higher education. | 763 |
(b) A political subdivision shall be immune from liability in | 764 |
a civil action, to the extent and in the manner provided in | 765 |
Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code, for any injury, death, or loss | 766 |
to person or property that allegedly was caused by or related to a | 767 |
licensee bringing a handgun onto any premises or property owned, | 768 |
leased, or otherwise under the control of the political | 769 |
subdivision. As used in this division, "political subdivision" has | 770 |
the same meaning as in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code. | 771 |
(3)(a) Except as provided in divisiondivisions (C)(3)(b) and | 772 |
(c) of this section, the owner or person in control of private | 773 |
land or premises, and a private person or entity leasing land or | 774 |
premises owned by the state, the United States, or a political | 775 |
subdivision of the state or the United States, may post a sign in | 776 |
a conspicuous location on that land or on those premises | 777 |
prohibiting persons from carrying firearms or concealed firearms | 778 |
on or onto that land or those premises. Except as otherwise | 779 |
provided in this division, a person who knowingly violates a | 780 |
posted prohibition of that nature is guilty of criminal trespass | 781 |
in violation of division (A)(4) of section 2911.21 of the Revised | 782 |
Code and is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If a | 783 |
person knowingly violates a posted prohibition of that nature and | 784 |
the posted land or premises primarily was a parking lot or other | 785 |
parking facility, the person is not guilty of criminal trespass in | 786 |
violation of division (A)(4) of section 2911.21 of the Revised | 787 |
Code and instead is subject only to a civil cause of action for | 788 |
trespass based on the violation. | 789 |
(F)(1) A qualified retired peace officer who possesses a | 826 |
retired peace officer identification card issued pursuant to | 827 |
division (F)(2) of this section and a valid firearms | 828 |
requalification certification issued pursuant to division (F)(3) | 829 |
of this section has the same right to carry a concealed handgun in | 830 |
this state as a person who was issued a license to carry a | 831 |
concealed handgun under section 2923.125 of the Revised Code and | 832 |
is subject to the same restrictions that apply to a person who | 833 |
carries a license issued under that section. For purposes of | 834 |
reciprocity with other states, a qualified retired peace officer | 835 |
who possesses a retired peace officer identification card issued | 836 |
pursuant to division (F)(2) of this section and a valid firearms | 837 |
requalification certification issued pursuant to division (F)(3) | 838 |
of this section shall be considered to be a licensee in this | 839 |
state. | 840 |
(b) A retired peace officer identification card issued to a | 866 |
person under division (F)(2)(a) of this section shall identify the | 867 |
person by name, contain a photograph of the person, identify the | 868 |
public agency of this state or of the political subdivision of | 869 |
this state from which the person retired as a peace officer and | 870 |
that is issuing the identification card, and specify that the | 871 |
person retired in good standing from service as a peace officer | 872 |
with the issuing public agency and satisfies the criteria set | 873 |
forth in divisions (F)(2)(a)(i) to (iv) of this section. In | 874 |
addition to the required content specified in this division, a | 875 |
retired peace officer identification card issued to a person under | 876 |
division (F)(2)(a) of this section may include the firearms | 877 |
requalification certification described in division (F)(3) of this | 878 |
section, and if the identification card includes that | 879 |
certification, the identification card shall serve as the firearms | 880 |
requalification certification for the retired peace officer. If | 881 |
the issuing public agency issues credentials to active law | 882 |
enforcement officers who serve the agency, the agency may comply | 883 |
with division (F)(2)(a) of this section by issuing the same | 884 |
credentials to persons who retired from service as a peace officer | 885 |
with the agency and who satisfy the criteria set forth in | 886 |
divisions (F)(2)(a)(i) to (iv) of this section, provided that the | 887 |
credentials so issued to retired peace officers are stamped with | 888 |
the word "RETIRED." | 889 |
(3) If a person retired from service as a peace officer with | 895 |
a public agency of this state or of a political subdivision of | 896 |
this state and the person satisfies the criteria set forth in | 897 |
divisions (F)(2)(a)(i) to (iv) of this section, the public agency | 898 |
may provide the retired peace officer with the opportunity to | 899 |
attend a firearms requalification program that is approved for | 900 |
purposes of firearms requalification required under section | 901 |
109.801 of the Revised Code. The retired peace officer may be | 902 |
required to pay the cost of the course. | 903 |
If a retired peace officer who satisfies the criteria set | 904 |
forth in divisions (F)(2)(a)(i) to (iv) of this section attends a | 905 |
firearms requalification program that is approved for purposes of | 906 |
firearms requalification required under section 109.801 of the | 907 |
Revised Code, the retired peace officer's successful completion of | 908 |
the firearms requalification program requalifies the retired peace | 909 |
officer for purposes of division (F) of this section for five | 910 |
years from the date on which the program was successfully | 911 |
completed, and the requalification is valid during that five-year | 912 |
period. If a retired peace officer who satisfies the criteria set | 913 |
forth in divisions (F)(2)(a)(i) to (iv) of this section | 914 |
satisfactorily completes such a firearms requalification program, | 915 |
the retired peace officer shall be issued a firearms | 916 |
requalification certification that identifies the retired peace | 917 |
officer by name, identifies the entity that taught the program, | 918 |
specifies that the retired peace officer successfully completed | 919 |
the program, specifies the date on which the course was | 920 |
successfully completed, and specifies that the requalification is | 921 |
valid for five years from that date of successful completion. The | 922 |
firearms requalification certification for a retired peace officer | 923 |
may be included in the retired peace officer identification card | 924 |
issued to the retired peace officer under division (F)(2) of this | 925 |
section. | 926 |