Bill Text: OH HB576 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: To require the court clerk to promptly give written notice to the county sheriff and chief law enforcement officer of the political subdivision in which a person accused of an offense of violence will reside as a condition of bail if the offense was not committed in that political subdivision and to require the Adult Parole Authority to give similar notice to the chief law enforcement officer of the political subdivision in which an inmate who served a prison term for an offense of violence and is on parole or post-release control establishes a residence if not the political subdivision in which that offense was committed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-11-29 - Committee Report - S [HB576 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2011-HB576-Introduced.html
As Introduced

129th General Assembly
Regular Session
2011-2012
H. B. No. 576


Representative Hottinger 



A BILL
To enact sections 2937.223 and 2967.132 of the 1
Revised Code to require the court clerk to 2
promptly give written notice to the county sheriff 3
and chief law enforcement officer of the political 4
subdivision in which a person accused of an 5
offense of violence will reside as a condition of 6
bail if the offense was not committed in that 7
political subdivision and to require the Adult 8
Parole Authority to give similar notice to the 9
chief law enforcement officer of the political 10
subdivision in which an inmate who served a prison 11
term for an offense of violence and is on parole 12
or post-release control establishes a residence if 13
not the political subdivision in which that 14
offense was committed.15


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

       Section 1. That sections 2937.223 and 2967.132 of the Revised 16
Code be enacted to read as follows:17

       Sec. 2937.223. (A) In any case involving an alleged 18
commission of an offense of violence, if a condition of bail set 19
by the court under Criminal Rule 46 requires the accused to reside 20
in a political subdivision other than the political subdivision in 21
which the alleged offense was committed, the clerk of the court in 22
which the case is being heard promptly shall provide the written 23
notice set forth in division (B) of this section to the chief law 24
enforcement officer of that political subdivision if the accused 25
posts bail.26

       (B) The written notice provided by the clerk pursuant to 27
division (A) of this section shall include, but is not limited to, 28
the accused's name, a description of the accused, a list of all 29
criminal charges against the accused in the case, a copy of the 30
criminal complaint, information, or indictment filed in the case, 31
the accused's home address, the address where the accused will be 32
residing pursuant to the condition of bail, and, in cases in which 33
the accused is incarcerated at the time that the court imposes 34
bail, the name of the jail or other residential facility from 35
which the accused was released. The supreme court may adopt a 36
standard notification form to be used by all clerks of court.37

       Sec. 2967.132. (A) If a person serving a prison term for an 38
offense of violence is released from a state correctional 39
institution on parole or under a period of post-release control 40
imposed pursuant to section 2967.28 of the Revised Code and 41
establishes a residence in a political subdivision other than the 42
political subdivision in which the offense of violence was 43
committed or if that person establishes a residence in a political 44
subdivision of that nature at any time during the person's period 45
of parole or post-release control, the adult parole authority 46
promptly shall provide the written notice set forth in division 47
(B) of this section to the chief law enforcement officer of that 48
political subdivision.49

        (B) The written notice provided by the adult parole authority 50
pursuant to division (A) of this section shall include, but is not 51
limited to, the person's name, a description of the person, a list 52
of all criminal offenses for which the person was confined, a copy 53
of the criminal complaint, information, or indictment filed in the 54
case that resulted in the person's confinement, a copy of the 55
court's sentence, the person's residential address, and the name 56
of the state correctional institution from which the person was 57
released.58

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