Bill Text: OH HB98 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: To provide notice to a long-term care facility when a Tier III or similar category sex offender/child-victim offender indicates an intent to reside in the facility or registers an address within the specified geographical notification area including the facility.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-24 - To Public Safety & Homeland Security [HB98 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2009-HB98-Introduced.html
As Introduced

128th General Assembly
Regular Session
2009-2010
H. B. No. 98


Representative Combs 

Cosponsors: Representatives Huffman, Grossman, Bubp, Evans, Stebelton, Harwood, Chandler, Okey, Derickson, Newcomb 



A BILL
To amend sections 2950.01, 2950.11, 2950.12, and 1
2950.13 of the Revised Code to provide notice to 2
a long-term care facility when a Tier III or 3
similar category sex offender/child-victim 4
offender indicates an intent to reside in the 5
facility or registers an address within the 6
specified geographical notification area 7
including the facility.8


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

       Section 1. That sections 2950.01, 2950.11, 2950.12, and 9
2950.13 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:10

       Sec. 2950.01. As used in this chapter, unless the context11
clearly requires otherwise:12

       (A) "Sexually oriented offense" means any of the following 13
violations or offenses committed by a person, regardless of the 14
person's age:15

       (1) A violation of section 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.05, 16
2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.21, 2907.32, 2907.321, 2907.322, 17
or 2907.323 of the Revised Code;18

       (2) A violation of section 2907.04 of the Revised Code when 19
the offender is less than four years older than the other person 20
with whom the offender engaged in sexual conduct, the other person 21
did not consent to the sexual conduct, and the offender previously 22
has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of 23
section 2907.02, 2907.03, or 2907.04 of the Revised Code or a 24
violation of former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code;25

       (3) A violation of section 2907.04 of the Revised Code when 26
the offender is at least four years older than the other person 27
with whom the offender engaged in sexual conduct or when the 28
offender is less than four years older than the other person with 29
whom the offender engaged in sexual conduct and the offender 30
previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation 31
of section 2907.02, 2907.03, or 2907.04 of the Revised Code or a 32
violation of former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code;33

       (4) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, or 2903.11 of 34
the Revised Code when the violation was committed with a sexual 35
motivation;36

       (5) A violation of division (A) of section 2903.04 of the 37
Revised Code when the offender committed or attempted to commit 38
the felony that is the basis of the violation with a sexual 39
motivation;40

       (6) A violation of division (A)(3) of section 2903.211 of the 41
Revised Code;42

       (7) A violation of division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (5) of 43
section 2905.01 of the Revised Code when the offense is committed 44
with a sexual motivation;45

       (8) A violation of division (A)(4) of section 2905.01 of the 46
Revised Code;47

       (9) A violation of division (B) of section 2905.01 of the 48
Revised Code when the victim of the offense is under eighteen 49
years of age and the offender is not a parent of the victim of the 50
offense;51

       (10) A violation of division (B) of section 2905.02, of 52
division (B) of section 2905.03, of division (B) of section 53
2905.05, or of division (B)(5) of section 2919.22 of the Revised 54
Code;55

       (11) A violation of any former law of this state, any 56
existing or former municipal ordinance or law of another state or 57
the United States, any existing or former law applicable in a 58
military court or in an Indian tribal court, or any existing or 59
former law of any nation other than the United States that is or 60
was substantially equivalent to any offense listed in division 61
(A)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), or (10) of this 62
section;63

       (12) Any attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or 64
complicity in committing any offense listed in division (A)(1), 65
(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), or (11) of this 66
section.67

       (B)(1) "Sex offender" means, subject to division (B)(2) of 68
this section, a person who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, has 69
been convicted of, has pleaded guilty to, is adjudicated a 70
delinquent child for committing, or has been adjudicated a 71
delinquent child for committing any sexually oriented offense.72

       (2) "Sex offender" does not include a person who is convicted 73
of, pleads guilty to, has been convicted of, has pleaded guilty 74
to, is adjudicated a delinquent child for committing, or has been 75
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a sexually oriented 76
offense if the offense involves consensual sexual conduct or 77
consensual sexual contact and either of the following applies:78

       (a) The victim of the sexually oriented offense was eighteen 79
years of age or older and at the time of the sexually oriented 80
offense was not under the custodial authority of the person who is 81
convicted of, pleads guilty to, has been convicted of, has pleaded 82
guilty to, is adjudicated a delinquent child for committing, or 83
has been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing the 84
sexually oriented offense.85

       (b) The victim of the offense was thirteen years of age or 86
older, and the person who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, has 87
been convicted of, has pleaded guilty to, is adjudicated a 88
delinquent child for committing, or has been adjudicated a 89
delinquent child for committing the sexually oriented offense is 90
not more than four years older than the victim.91

       (C) "Child-victim oriented offense" means any of the 92
following violations or offenses committed by a person, regardless 93
of the person's age, when the victim is under eighteen years of 94
age and is not a child of the person who commits the violation:95

       (1) A violation of division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (5) of 96
section 2905.01 of the Revised Code when the violation is not 97
included in division (A)(7) of this section;98

       (2) A violation of division (A) of section 2905.02, division 99
(A) of section 2905.03, or division (A) of section 2905.05 of the 100
Revised Code;101

       (3) A violation of any former law of this state, any existing 102
or former municipal ordinance or law of another state or the 103
United States, any existing or former law applicable in a military 104
court or in an Indian tribal court, or any existing or former law 105
of any nation other than the United States that is or was 106
substantially equivalent to any offense listed in division (C)(1) 107
or (2) of this section;108

       (4) Any attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or 109
complicity in committing any offense listed in division (C)(1), 110
(2), or (3) of this section.111

       (D) "Child-victim offender" means a person who is convicted 112
of, pleads guilty to, has been convicted of, has pleaded guilty 113
to, is adjudicated a delinquent child for committing, or has been 114
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing any child-victim 115
oriented offense.116

        (E) "Tier I sex offender/child-victim offender" means any of 117
the following:118

       (1) A sex offender who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, has 119
been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to any of the following 120
sexually oriented offenses:121

       (a) A violation of section 2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, or 122
2907.32 of the Revised Code;123

       (b) A violation of section 2907.04 of the Revised Code when 124
the offender is less than four years older than the other person 125
with whom the offender engaged in sexual conduct, the other person 126
did not consent to the sexual conduct, and the offender previously 127
has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of 128
section 2907.02, 2907.03, or 2907.04 of the Revised Code or a 129
violation of former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code;130

       (c) A violation of division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (5) of 131
section 2907.05 of the Revised Code;132

       (d) A violation of division (A)(3) of section 2907.323 of the 133
Revised Code;134

       (e) A violation of division (A)(3) of section 2903.211, of 135
division (B) of section 2905.03, or of division (B) of section 136
2905.05 of the Revised Code;137

       (f) A violation of any former law of this state, any existing 138
or former municipal ordinance or law of another state or the 139
United States, any existing or former law applicable in a military 140
court or in an Indian tribal court, or any existing or former law 141
of any nation other than the United States, that is or was 142
substantially equivalent to any offense listed in division 143
(E)(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) of this section;144

       (g) Any attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or 145
complicity in committing any offense listed in division (E)(1)(a), 146
(b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) of this section.147

       (2) A child-victim offender who is convicted of, pleads 148
guilty to, has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to a 149
child-victim oriented offense and who is not within either 150
category of child-victim offender described in division (F)(2) or 151
(G)(2) of this section.152

       (3) A sex offender who is adjudicated a delinquent child for 153
committing or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for 154
committing any sexually oriented offense and who a juvenile court, 155
pursuant to section 2152.82, 2152.83, 2152.84, or 2152.85 of the 156
Revised Code, classifies a tier I sex offender/child-victim 157
offender relative to the offense.158

       (4) A child-victim offender who is adjudicated a delinquent 159
child for committing or has been adjudicated a delinquent child 160
for committing any child-victim oriented offense and who a 161
juvenile court, pursuant to section 2152.82, 2152.83, 2152.84, or 162
2152.85 of the Revised Code, classifies a tier I sex 163
offender/child-victim offender relative to the offense.164

       (F) "Tier II sex offender/child-victim offender" means any of 165
the following:166

       (1) A sex offender who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, has 167
been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to any of the following 168
sexually oriented offenses:169

       (a) A violation of section 2907.21, 2907.321, or 2907.322 of 170
the Revised Code;171

       (b) A violation of section 2907.04 of the Revised Code when 172
the offender is at least four years older than the other person 173
with whom the offender engaged in sexual conduct, or when the 174
offender is less than four years older than the other person with 175
whom the offender engaged in sexual conduct and the offender 176
previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation 177
of section 2907.02, 2907.03, or 2907.04 of the Revised Code or 178
former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code;179

       (c) A violation of division (A)(4) of section 2907.05 or of 180
division (A)(1) or (2) of section 2907.323 of the Revised Code;181

       (d) A violation of division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (5) of 182
section 2905.01 of the Revised Code when the offense is committed 183
with a sexual motivation;184

       (e) A violation of division (A)(4) of section 2905.01 of the 185
Revised Code when the victim of the offense is eighteen years of 186
age or older;187

       (f) A violation of division (B) of section 2905.02 or of 188
division (B)(5) of section 2919.22 of the Revised Code;189

       (g) A violation of any former law of this state, any existing 190
or former municipal ordinance or law of another state or the 191
United States, any existing or former law applicable in a military 192
court or in an Indian tribal court, or any existing or former law 193
of any nation other than the United States that is or was 194
substantially equivalent to any offense listed in division 195
(F)(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) of this section;196

       (h) Any attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or 197
complicity in committing any offense listed in division (F)(1)(a), 198
(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) of this section;199

       (i) Any sexually oriented offense that is committed after the 200
sex offender previously has been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, 201
or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing any 202
sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented offense for 203
which the offender was classified a tier I sex 204
offender/child-victim offender.205

       (2) A child-victim offender who is convicted of, pleads 206
guilty to, has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to any 207
child-victim oriented offense when the child-victim oriented 208
offense is committed after the child-victim offender previously 209
has been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or been adjudicated a 210
delinquent child for committing any sexually oriented offense or 211
child-victim oriented offense for which the offender was 212
classified a tier I sex offender/child-victim offender.213

       (3) A sex offender who is adjudicated a delinquent child for 214
committing or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for 215
committing any sexually oriented offense and who a juvenile court, 216
pursuant to section 2152.82, 2152.83, 2152.84, or 2152.85 of the 217
Revised Code, classifies a tier II sex offender/child-victim 218
offender relative to the offense.219

       (4) A child-victim offender who is adjudicated a delinquent 220
child for committing or has been adjudicated a delinquent child 221
for committing any child-victim oriented offense and whom a 222
juvenile court, pursuant to section 2152.82, 2152.83, 2152.84, or 223
2152.85 of the Revised Code, classifies a tier II sex 224
offender/child-victim offender relative to the current offense.225

       (5) A sex offender or child-victim offender who is not in any 226
category of tier II sex offender/child-victim offender set forth 227
in division (F)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section, who prior to 228
January 1, 2008, was adjudicated a delinquent child for committing 229
a sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented offense, and 230
who prior to that date was determined to be a habitual sex 231
offender or determined to be a habitual child-victim offender, 232
unless either of the following applies:233

       (a) The sex offender or child-victim offender is reclassified 234
pursuant to section 2950.031 or 2950.032 of the Revised Code as a 235
tier I sex offender/child-victim offender or a tier III sex 236
offender/child-victim offender relative to the offense.237

       (b) A juvenile court, pursuant to section 2152.82, 2152.83, 238
2152.84, or 2152.85 of the Revised Code, classifies the child a 239
tier I sex offender/child-victim offender or a tier III sex 240
offender/child-victim offender relative to the offense.241

       (G) "Tier III sex offender/child-victim offender" means any 242
of the following:243

       (1) A sex offender who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, has 244
been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to any of the following 245
sexually oriented offenses:246

       (a) A violation of section 2907.02 or 2907.03 of the Revised 247
Code;248

       (b) A violation of division (B) of section 2907.05 of the 249
Revised Code;250

       (c) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, or 2903.11 of 251
the Revised Code when the violation was committed with a sexual 252
motivation;253

       (d) A violation of division (A) of section 2903.04 of the 254
Revised Code when the offender committed or attempted to commit 255
the felony that is the basis of the violation with a sexual 256
motivation;257

       (e) A violation of division (A)(4) of section 2905.01 of the 258
Revised Code when the victim of the offense is under eighteen 259
years of age;260

       (f) A violation of division (B) of section 2905.01 of the 261
Revised Code when the victim of the offense is under eighteen 262
years of age and the offender is not a parent of the victim of the 263
offense;264

       (g) A violation of any former law of this state, any existing 265
or former municipal ordinance or law of another state or the 266
United States, any existing or former law applicable in a military 267
court or in an Indian tribal court, or any existing or former law 268
of any nation other than the United States that is or was 269
substantially equivalent to any offense listed in division 270
(G)(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) of this section;271

       (h) Any attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or 272
complicity in committing any offense listed in division (G)(1)(a), 273
(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) of this section;274

       (i) Any sexually oriented offense that is committed after the 275
sex offender previously has been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, 276
or been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing any sexually 277
oriented offense or child-victim oriented offense for which the 278
offender was classified a tier II sex offender/child-victim 279
offender or a tier III sex offender/child-victim offender.280

       (2) A child-victim offender who is convicted of, pleads 281
guilty to, has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to any 282
child-victim oriented offense when the child-victim oriented 283
offense is committed after the child-victim offender previously 284
has been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or been adjudicated a 285
delinquent child for committing any sexually oriented offense or 286
child-victim oriented offense for which the offender was 287
classified a tier II sex offender/child-victim offender or a tier 288
III sex offender/child-victim offender.289

       (3) A sex offender who is adjudicated a delinquent child for 290
committing or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for 291
committing any sexually oriented offense and who a juvenile court, 292
pursuant to section 2152.82, 2152.83, 2152.84, or 2152.85 of the 293
Revised Code, classifies a tier III sex offender/child-victim 294
offender relative to the offense.295

       (4) A child-victim offender who is adjudicated a delinquent 296
child for committing or has been adjudicated a delinquent child 297
for committing any child-victim oriented offense and whom a 298
juvenile court, pursuant to section 2152.82, 2152.83, 2152.84, or 299
2152.85 of the Revised Code, classifies a tier III sex 300
offender/child-victim offender relative to the current offense.301

       (5) A sex offender or child-victim offender who is not in 302
any category of tier III sex offender/child-victim offender set 303
forth in division (G)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section, who 304
prior to January 1, 2008, was convicted of or pleaded guilty to a 305
sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented offense or was 306
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a sexually oriented 307
offense or child-victim oriented offense and classified a juvenile 308
offender registrant, and who prior to that date was adjudicated a 309
sexual predator or adjudicated a child-victim predator, unless 310
either of the following applies:311

       (a) The sex offender or child-victim offender is reclassified 312
pursuant to section 2950.031 or 2950.032 of the Revised Code as a 313
tier I sex offender/child-victim offender or a tier II sex 314
offender/child-victim offender relative to the offense.315

       (b) The sex offender or child-victim offender is a delinquent 316
child, and a juvenile court, pursuant to section 2152.82, 2152.83, 317
2152.84, or 2152.85 of the Revised Code, classifies the child a 318
tier I sex offender/child-victim offender or a tier II sex 319
offender/child-victim offender relative to the offense.320

       (6) A sex offender who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, was 321
convicted of, or pleaded guilty to a sexually oriented offense, if 322
the sexually oriented offense and the circumstances in which it 323
was committed are such that division (F) of section 2971.03 of the 324
Revised Code automatically classifies the offender as a tier III 325
sex offender/child-victim offender;326

       (7) A sex offender or child-victim offender who is convicted 327
of, pleads guilty to, was convicted of, pleaded guilty to, is 328
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing, or was adjudicated 329
a delinquent child for committing a sexually oriented offense or 330
child-victim offense in another state, in a federal court, 331
military court, or Indian tribal court, or in a court in any 332
nation other than the United States if both of the following 333
apply:334

       (a) Under the law of the jurisdiction in which the offender 335
was convicted or pleaded guilty or the delinquent child was 336
adjudicated, the offender or delinquent child is in a category 337
substantially equivalent to a category of tier III sex 338
offender/child-victim offender described in division (G)(1), (2), 339
(3), (4), (5), or (6) of this section.340

       (b) Subsequent to the conviction, plea of guilty, or 341
adjudication in the other jurisdiction, the offender or delinquent 342
child resides, has temporary domicile, attends school or an 343
institution of higher education, is employed, or intends to reside 344
in this state in any manner and for any period of time that 345
subjects the offender or delinquent child to a duty to register or 346
provide notice of intent to reside under section 2950.04 or 347
2950.041 of the Revised Code.348

       (H) "Confinement" includes, but is not limited to, a349
community residential sanction imposed pursuant to section 2929.16350
or 2929.26 of the Revised Code.351

       (I) "Prosecutor" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01352
of the Revised Code.353

       (J) "Supervised release" means a release of an offender from354
a prison term, a term of imprisonment, or another type of355
confinement that satisfies either of the following conditions:356

       (1) The release is on parole, a conditional pardon, under a 357
community control sanction, under transitional control, or under a 358
post-release control sanction, and it requires the person to 359
report to or be supervised by a parole officer, probation officer, 360
field officer, or another type of supervising officer.361

       (2) The release is any type of release that is not described362
in division (J)(1) of this section and that requires the person 363
to report to or be supervised by a probation officer, a parole364
officer, a field officer, or another type of supervising officer.365

       (K) "Sexually violent predator specification," "sexually 366
violent predator," "sexually violent offense," "sexual motivation 367
specification," "designated homicide, assault, or kidnapping 368
offense," and "violent sex offense" have the same meanings as in 369
section 2971.01 of the Revised Code.370

       (L) "Post-release control sanction" and "transitional371
control" have the same meanings as in section 2967.01 of the372
Revised Code.373

       (M) "Juvenile offender registrant" means a person who is374
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing on or after January375
1, 2002, a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented 376
offense, who is fourteen years of age or older at the time of 377
committing the offense, and who a juvenile court judge, pursuant 378
to an order issued under section 2152.82, 2152.83, 2152.84, 379
2152.85, or 2152.86 of the Revised Code, classifies a juvenile 380
offender registrant and specifies has a duty to comply with 381
sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised 382
Code. "Juvenile offender registrant" includes a person who prior 383
to January 1, 2008, was a "juvenile offender registrant" under 384
the definition of the term in existence prior to January 1, 2008, 385
and a person who prior to July 31, 2003, was a "juvenile sex 386
offender registrant" under the former definition of that former 387
term.388

       (N) "Public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant" 389
means a person who is adjudicated a delinquent child and on whom 390
a juvenile court has imposed a serious youthful offender 391
dispositional sentence under section 2152.13 of the Revised Code392
before, on, or after January 1, 2008, and to whom all of the 393
following apply:394

       (1) The person is adjudicated a delinquent child for 395
committing, attempting to commit, conspiring to commit, or 396
complicity in committing one of the following acts:397

       (a) A violation of section 2907.02 of the Revised Code, 398
division (B) of section 2907.05 of the Revised Code, or section 399
2907.03 of the Revised Code if the victim of the violation was 400
less than twelve years of age;401

       (b) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, or 2905.01 of 402
the Revised Code that was committed with a purpose to gratify the 403
sexual needs or desires of the child.404

       (2) The person was fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, or seventeen 405
years of age at the time of committing the act.406

       (3) A juvenile court judge, pursuant to an order issued under 407
section 2152.86 of the Revised Code, classifies the person a 408
juvenile offender registrant, specifies the person has a duty to 409
comply with sections 2950.04, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised 410
Code, and classifies the person a public registry-qualified 411
juvenile offender registrant, and the classification of the person 412
as a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant has 413
not been terminated pursuant to division (D) of section 2152.86 of 414
the Revised Code.415

       (O) "Secure facility" means any facility that is designed and 416
operated to ensure that all of its entrances and exits are locked 417
and under the exclusive control of its staff and to ensure that,418
because of that exclusive control, no person who is419
institutionalized or confined in the facility may leave the420
facility without permission or supervision.421

       (P) "Out-of-state juvenile offender registrant" means a422
person who is adjudicated a delinquent child in a court in another 423
state, in a federal court, military court, or Indian tribal court, 424
or in a court in any nation other than the United States for 425
committing a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented 426
offense, who on or after January 1, 2002, moves to and resides in 427
this state or temporarily is domiciled in this state for more than 428
five days, and who has a duty under section 2950.04 or 2950.041 429
of the Revised Code to register in this state and the duty to 430
otherwise comply with that applicable section and sections 431
2950.05 and 2950.06 of the Revised Code. "Out-of-state juvenile 432
offender registrant" includes a person who prior to January 1, 433
2008, was an "out-of-state juvenile offender registrant" under 434
the definition of the term in existence prior to January 1, 2008, 435
and a person who prior to July 31, 2003, was an "out-of-state 436
juvenile sex offender registrant" under the former definition of 437
that former term.438

       (Q) "Juvenile court judge" includes a magistrate to whom the439
juvenile court judge confers duties pursuant to division (A)(15)440
of section 2151.23 of the Revised Code.441

       (R) "Adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a 442
sexually oriented offense" includes a child who receives a serious 443
youthful offender dispositional sentence under section 2152.13 of 444
the Revised Code for committing a sexually oriented offense.445

       (S) "School" and "school premises" have the same meanings as 446
in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code.447

       (T) "Residential premises" means the building in which a 448
residential unit is located and the grounds upon which that 449
building stands, extending to the perimeter of the property. 450
"Residential premises" includes any type of structure in which a 451
residential unit is located, including, but not limited to, 452
multi-unit buildings and mobile and manufactured homes.453

       (U) "Residential unit" means a dwelling unit for residential 454
use and occupancy, and includes the structure or part of a 455
structure that is used as a home, residence, or sleeping place by 456
one person who maintains a household or two or more persons who 457
maintain a common household. "Residential unit" does not include 458
a halfway house or a community-based correctional facility.459

       (V) "Multi-unit building" means a building in which is 460
located more than twelve residential units that have entry doors 461
that open directly into the unit from a hallway that is shared 462
with one or more other units. A residential unit is not considered 463
located in a multi-unit building if the unit does not have an 464
entry door that opens directly into the unit from a hallway that 465
is shared with one or more other units or if the unit is in a 466
building that is not a multi-unit building as described in this 467
division.468

       (W) "Community control sanction" has the same meaning as in469
section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.470

       (X) "Halfway house" and "community-based correctional 471
facility" have the same meanings as in section 2929.01 of the 472
Revised Code.473

       (Y) "Long-term care facility" and "sponsor" have the same 474
meanings as in section 173.14 of the Revised Code.475

       Sec. 2950.11.  (A) Regardless of when the sexually oriented 476
offense or child-victim oriented offense was committed, if a 477
person is convicted of, pleads guilty to, has been convicted of, 478
or has pleaded guilty to a sexually oriented offense or a 479
child-victim oriented offense or a person is or has been480
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a sexually oriented481
offense or a child-victim oriented offense and is classified a 482
juvenile offender registrant or is an out-of-state juvenile 483
offender registrant based on that adjudication, and if the 484
offender or delinquent child is in any category specified in 485
division (F)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section, the sheriff with 486
whom the offender or delinquent child has most recently registered 487
under section 2950.04, 2950.041, or 2950.05 of the Revised Code488
and the sheriff to whom the offender or delinquent child most489
recently sent a notice of intent to reside under section 2950.04490
or 2950.041 of the Revised Code, within the period of time491
specified in division (C) of this section, shall provide a written492
notice containing the information set forth in division (B) of493
this section to all of the persons described in divisions (A)(1) 494
to (10)(11) of this section. If the sheriff has sent a notice to 495
the persons described in those divisions as a result of 496
receiving a notice of intent to reside and if the offender or 497
delinquent child registers a residence address that is the same 498
residence address described in the notice of intent to reside, 499
the sheriff is not required to send an additional notice when 500
the offender or delinquent child registers. The sheriff shall 501
provide the notice to all of the following persons:502

       (1)(a) Any occupant of each residential unit that is located 503
within one thousand feet of the offender's or delinquent child's 504
residential premises, that is located within the county served by 505
the sheriff, and that is not located in a multi-unit building. 506
Division (D)(3) of this section applies regarding notices required 507
under this division.508

       (b) If the offender or delinquent child resides in a 509
multi-unit building, any occupant of each residential unit that is 510
located in that multi-unit building and that shares a common 511
hallway with the offender or delinquent child. For purposes of 512
this division, an occupant's unit shares a common hallway with the 513
offender or delinquent child if the entrance door into the 514
occupant's unit is located on the same floor and opens into the 515
same hallway as the entrance door to the unit the offender or 516
delinquent child occupies. Division (D)(3) of this section applies 517
regarding notices required under this division.518

       (c) The building manager, or the person the building owner or 519
condominium unit owners association authorizes to exercise 520
management and control, of each multi-unit building that is 521
located within one thousand feet of the offender's or delinquent 522
child's residential premises, including a multi-unit building in 523
which the offender or delinquent child resides, and that is 524
located within the county served by the sheriff. In addition to 525
notifying the building manager or the person authorized to 526
exercise management and control in the multi-unit building under 527
this division, the sheriff shall post a copy of the notice 528
prominently in each common entryway in the building and any other 529
location in the building the sheriff determines appropriate. The 530
manager or person exercising management and control of the 531
building shall permit the sheriff to post copies of the notice 532
under this division as the sheriff determines appropriate. In lieu 533
of posting copies of the notice as described in this division, a 534
sheriff may provide notice to all occupants of the multi-unit 535
building by mail or personal contact; if the sheriff so notifies 536
all the occupants, the sheriff is not required to post copies of 537
the notice in the common entryways to the building. Division 538
(D)(3) of this section applies regarding notices required under 539
this division.540

       (d) All additional persons who are within any category of 541
neighbors of the offender or delinquent child that the attorney 542
general by rule adopted under section 2950.13 of the Revised Code 543
requires to be provided the notice and who reside within the 544
county served by the sheriff;545

       (2) The executive director of the public children services546
agency that has jurisdiction within the specified geographical547
notification area and that is located within the county served by548
the sheriff;549

       (3)(a) The superintendent of each board of education of a550
school district that has schools within the specified geographical551
notification area and that is located within the county served by552
the sheriff;553

       (b) The principal of the school within the specified554
geographical notification area and within the county served by the555
sheriff that the delinquent child attends;556

       (c) If the delinquent child attends a school outside of the557
specified geographical notification area or outside of the school558
district where the delinquent child resides, the superintendent of559
the board of education of a school district that governs the560
school that the delinquent child attends and the principal of the561
school that the delinquent child attends.562

       (4)(a) The appointing or hiring officer of each chartered563
nonpublic school located within the specified geographical564
notification area and within the county served by the sheriff or565
of each other school located within the specified geographical566
notification area and within the county served by the sheriff and567
that is not operated by a board of education described in division568
(A)(3) of this section;569

       (b) Regardless of the location of the school, the appointing570
or hiring officer of a chartered nonpublic school that the571
delinquent child attends.572

       (5) The director, head teacher, elementary principal, or site 573
administrator of each preschool program governed by Chapter 3301. 574
of the Revised Code that is located within the specified575
geographical notification area and within the county served by the576
sheriff;577

       (6) The administrator of each child day-care center or type A 578
family day-care home that is located within the specified579
geographical notification area and within the county served by the580
sheriff, and the provider of each certified type B family day-care581
home that is located within the specified geographical582
notification area and within the county served by the sheriff. As583
used in this division, "child day-care center," "type A family584
day-care home," and "certified type B family day-care home" have585
the same meanings as in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code.586

       (7) The president or other chief administrative officer of587
each institution of higher education, as defined in section588
2907.03 of the Revised Code, that is located within the specified589
geographical notification area and within the county served by the590
sheriff, and the chief law enforcement officer of the state591
university law enforcement agency or campus police department592
established under section 3345.04 or 1713.50 of the Revised Code,593
if any, that serves that institution;594

       (8) The sheriff of each county that includes any portion of595
the specified geographical notification area;596

       (9) If the offender or delinquent child resides within the597
county served by the sheriff, the chief of police, marshal, or598
other chief law enforcement officer of the municipal corporation599
in which the offender or delinquent child resides or, if the600
offender or delinquent child resides in an unincorporated area,601
the constable or chief of the police department or police district602
police force of the township in which the offender or delinquent603
child resides;604

       (10) Volunteer organizations in which contact with minors or 605
other vulnerable individuals might occur or any organization, 606
company, or individual who requests notification as provided in 607
division (J) of this section;608

       (11)(a) The manager of a long-term care facility where the 609
offender or delinquent child will reside or that is located within 610
the specified geographical notification area and within the county 611
served by the sheriff;612

       (b) The manager of a long-term care facility who receives any 613
notice pursuant to division (A)(11)(a) of this section shall 614
provide a copy of the notice to all residents of the long-term 615
care facility and to the sponsor of each of those residents.616

       (B) The notice required under division (A) of this section617
shall include all of the following information regarding the618
subject offender or delinquent child:619

       (1) The offender's or delinquent child's name;620

       (2) The address or addresses of the offender's or public 621
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant's residence, 622
school, institution of higher education, or place of employment, 623
as applicable, or the residence address or addresses of a 624
delinquent child who is not a public registry-qualified juvenile 625
offender registrant;626

       (3) The sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented 627
offense of which the offender was convicted, to which the offender 628
pleaded guilty, or for which the child was adjudicated a 629
delinquent child;630

       (4) A statement that identifies the category specified in 631
division (F)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section that includes the 632
offender or delinquent child and that subjects the offender or 633
delinquent child to this section;634

       (5) The offender's or delinquent child's photograph.635

       (C) If a sheriff with whom an offender or delinquent child636
registers under section 2950.04, 2950.041, or 2950.05 of the 637
Revised Code or to whom the offender or delinquent child most 638
recently sent a notice of intent to reside under section 2950.04 639
or 2950.041 of the Revised Code is required by division (A) of 640
this section to provide notices regarding an offender or 641
delinquent child and if, pursuant to that requirement, the sheriff 642
provides a notice to a sheriff of one or more other counties in 643
accordance with division (A)(8) of this section, the sheriff of 644
each of the other counties who is provided notice under division 645
(A)(8) of this section shall provide the notices described in646
divisions (A)(1) to (7) and (A)(9) and (10)to (11) of this647
section to each person or entity identified within those 648
divisions that is located within the specified geographical649
notification area and within the county served by the sheriff in650
question.651

       (D)(1) A sheriff required by division (A) or (C) of this652
section to provide notices regarding an offender or delinquent653
child shall provide the notice to the neighbors that are described654
in division (A)(1) of this section and the notices to law655
enforcement personnel that are described in divisions (A)(8) and656
(9) of this section as soon as practicable, but no later than five 657
days after the offender sends the notice of intent to reside to 658
the sheriff and again no later than five days after the offender659
or delinquent child registers with the sheriff or, if the sheriff 660
is required by division (C) of this section to provide the 661
notices, no later than five days after the sheriff is provided the662
notice described in division (A)(8) of this section.663

       A sheriff required by division (A) or (C) of this section to664
provide notices regarding an offender or delinquent child shall665
provide the notices to all other specified persons that are666
described in divisions (A)(2) to (7) and (A), (10), and (11) of667
this section as soon as practicable, but not later than seven 668
days after the offender or delinquent child registers with the669
sheriff or, if the sheriff is required by division (C) of this 670
section to provide the notices, no later than five days after the671
sheriff is provided the notice described in division (A)(8) of672
this section.673

       (2) If an offender or delinquent child in relation to whom674
division (A) of this section applies verifies the offender's or675
delinquent child's current residence, school, institution of 676
higher education, or place of employment address, as applicable, 677
with a sheriff pursuant to section 2950.06 of the Revised Code, 678
the sheriff may provide a written notice containing the 679
information set forth in division (B) of this section to the680
persons identified in divisions (A)(1) to (10)(11) of this 681
section. If a sheriff provides a notice pursuant to this division 682
to the sheriff of one or more other counties in accordance with683
division (A)(8) of this section, the sheriff of each of the other 684
counties who is provided the notice under division (A)(8) of this 685
section may provide, but is not required to provide, a written 686
notice containing the information set forth in division (B) of 687
this section to the persons identified in divisions (A)(1) to (7) 688
and (A)(9) and (10)to (11) of this section.689

       (3) A sheriff may provide notice under division (A)(1)(a) or 690
(b) of this section, and may provide notice under division 691
(A)(1)(c) of this section to a building manager or person 692
authorized to exercise management and control of a building, by 693
mail, by personal contact, or by leaving the notice at or under 694
the entry door to a residential unit. For purposes of divisions 695
(A)(1)(a) and (b) of this section, and the portion of division 696
(A)(1)(c) of this section relating to the provision of notice to 697
occupants of a multi-unit building by mail or personal contact, 698
the provision of one written notice per unit is deemed as 699
providing notice to all occupants of that unit.700

       (E) All information that a sheriff possesses regarding an 701
offender or delinquent child who is in a category specified in 702
division (F)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section that is described 703
in division (B) of this section and that must be provided in a 704
notice required under division (A) or (C) of this section or that 705
may be provided in a notice authorized under division (D)(2) of 706
this section is a public record that is open to inspection under707
section 149.43 of the Revised Code.708

        The sheriff shall not cause to be publicly disseminated by 709
means of the internet any of the information described in this 710
division that is provided by a delinquent child unless that child 711
is in a category specified in division (F)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of 712
this section.713

       (F)(1) Except as provided in division (F)(2) of this 714
section, the duties to provide the notices described in divisions 715
(A) and (C) of this section apply regarding any offender or 716
delinquent child who is in any of the following categories:717

       (a) The offender is a tier III sex offender/child-victim 718
offender, or the delinquent child is a public registry-qualified 719
juvenile offender registrant, and a juvenile court has not 720
removed pursuant to section 2950.15 of the Revised Code the 721
delinquent child's duty to comply with sections 2950.04, 722
2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code.723

       (b) The delinquent child is a tier III sex 724
offender/child-victim offender who is not a public-registry 725
qualifiedpublic registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant, 726
the delinquent child was subjected to this section prior to the 727
effective date of this amendmentJanuary 1, 2008, as a sexual 728
predator, habitual sex offender, child-victim predator, or 729
habitual child-victim offender, as those terms were defined in 730
section 2950.01 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to the 731
effective date of this amendmentJanuary 1, 2008, and a juvenile 732
court has not removed pursuant to section 2152.84 or 2152.85 of 733
the Revised Code the delinquent child's duty to comply with 734
sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised 735
Code.736

       (c) The delinquent child is a tier III sex 737
offender/child-victim offender who is not a public 738
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant, the delinquent 739
child was classified a juvenile offender registrant on or after 740
the effective date of this amendmentJanuary 1, 2008, the court 741
has imposed a requirement under section 2152.82, 2152.83, or 742
2152.84 of the Revised Code subjecting the delinquent child to 743
this section, and a juvenile court has not removed pursuant to 744
section 2152.84 or 2152.85 of the Revised Code the delinquent 745
child's duty to comply with sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, 746
and 2950.06 of the Revised Code.747

        (2) The notification provisions of this section do not apply 748
to a person described in division (F)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this 749
section if a court finds at a hearing after considering the 750
factors described in this division that the person would not be 751
subject to the notification provisions of this section that were 752
in the version of this section that existed immediately prior to 753
the effective date of this amendmentJanuary 1, 2008. In making 754
the determination of whether a person would have been subject to 755
the notification provisions under prior law as described in this 756
division, the court shall consider the following factors:757

       (a) The offender's or delinquent child's age;758

       (b) The offender's or delinquent child's prior criminal or 759
delinquency record regarding all offenses, including, but not 760
limited to, all sexual offenses;761

       (c) The age of the victim of the sexually oriented offense 762
for which sentence is to be imposed or the order of disposition is 763
to be made;764

       (d) Whether the sexually oriented offense for which sentence 765
is to be imposed or the order of disposition is to be made 766
involved multiple victims;767

       (e) Whether the offender or delinquent child used drugs or 768
alcohol to impair the victim of the sexually oriented offense or 769
to prevent the victim from resisting;770

       (f) If the offender or delinquent child previously has been 771
convicted of or pleaded guilty to, or been adjudicated a 772
delinquent child for committing an act that if committed by an 773
adult would be, a criminal offense, whether the offender or 774
delinquent child completed any sentence or dispositional order 775
imposed for the prior offense or act and, if the prior offense or 776
act was a sex offense or a sexually oriented offense, whether the 777
offender or delinquent child participated in available programs 778
for sexual offenders;779

       (g) Any mental illness or mental disability of the offender 780
or delinquent child;781

       (h) The nature of the offender's or delinquent child's sexual 782
conduct, sexual contact, or interaction in a sexual context with 783
the victim of the sexually oriented offense and whether the sexual 784
conduct, sexual contact, or interaction in a sexual context was 785
part of a demonstrated pattern of abuse;786

       (i) Whether the offender or delinquent child, during the 787
commission of the sexually oriented offense for which sentence is 788
to be imposed or the order of disposition is to be made, displayed 789
cruelty or made one or more threats of cruelty;790

       (j) Whether the offender or delinquent child would have been 791
a habitual sex offender or a habitual child victim offender under 792
the definitions of those terms set forth in section 2950.01 of the 793
Revised Code as that section existed prior to the effective date 794
of this amendmentJanuary 1, 2008;795

       (k) Any additional behavioral characteristics that contribute 796
to the offender's or delinquent child's conduct.797

       (G)(1) The department of job and family services shall 798
compile, maintain, and update in January and July of each year, a 799
list of all agencies, centers, or homes of a type described in 800
division (A)(2) or (6) of this section that contains the name of 801
each agency, center, or home of that type, the county in which it 802
is located, its address and telephone number, and the name of an803
administrative officer or employee of the agency, center, or home. 804

       (2) The department of education shall compile, maintain, and 805
update in January and July of each year, a list of all boards of 806
education, schools, or programs of a type described in division 807
(A)(3), (4), or (5) of this section that contains the name of each808
board of education, school, or program of that type, the county in 809
which it is located, its address and telephone number, the name of 810
the superintendent of the board or of an administrative officer or811
employee of the school or program, and, in relation to a board of812
education, the county or counties in which each of its schools is813
located and the address of each such school. 814

       (3) The Ohio board of regents shall compile, maintain, and 815
update in January and July of each year, a list of all 816
institutions of a type described in division (A)(7) of this 817
section that contains the name of each such institution, the 818
county in which it is located, its address and telephone number, 819
and the name of its president or other chief administrative 820
officer. 821

       (4) A sheriff required by division (A) or (C) of this 822
section, or authorized by division (D)(2) of this section, to 823
provide notices regarding an offender or delinquent child, or a824
designee of a sheriff of that type, may request the department of825
job and family services, department of education, department of 826
health, or Ohio board of regents, by telephone, in person, or by 827
mail, to provide the sheriff or designee with the names, 828
addresses, and telephone numbers of the appropriate persons and 829
entities to whom the notices described in divisions (A)(2) to (7) 830
and (11) of this section are to be provided. Upon receipt of a 831
request, the department or board shall provide the requesting 832
sheriff or designee with the names, addresses, and telephone 833
numbers of the appropriate persons and entities to whom those 834
notices are to be provided.835

       (5) The department of health shall compile, maintain, and 836
update in January and July of each year, a list of all long-term 837
care facilities that contains the name of each long-term care 838
facility, the county in which it is located, and its address and 839
telephone number.840

       (H)(1) Upon the motion of the offender or the prosecuting 841
attorney of the county in which the offender was convicted of or 842
pleaded guilty to the sexually oriented offense or child-victim 843
oriented offense for which the offender is subject to community 844
notification under this section, or upon the motion of the 845
sentencing judge or that judge's successor in office, the judge 846
may schedule a hearing to determine whether the interests of 847
justice would be served by suspending the community notification 848
requirement under this section in relation to the offender. The 849
judge may dismiss the motion without a hearing but may not issue 850
an order suspending the community notification requirement without 851
a hearing. At the hearing, all parties are entitled to be heard, 852
and the judge shall consider all of the factors set forth in 853
division (K) of this section. If, at the conclusion of the 854
hearing, the judge finds that the offender has proven by clear 855
and convincing evidence that the offender is unlikely to commit 856
in the future a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim 857
oriented offense and if the judge finds that suspending the 858
community notification requirement is in the interests of 859
justice, the judge may suspend the application of this section in 860
relation to the offender. The order shall contain both of these 861
findings.862

       The judge promptly shall serve a copy of the order upon the 863
sheriff with whom the offender most recently registered under 864
section 2950.04, 2950.041, or 2950.05 of the Revised Code and upon 865
the bureau of criminal identification and investigation.866

        An order suspending the community notification requirement 867
does not suspend or otherwise alter an offender's duties to comply 868
with sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the 869
Revised Code and does not suspend the victim notification 870
requirement under section 2950.10 of the Revised Code.871

        (2) A prosecuting attorney, a sentencing judge or that 872
judge's successor in office, and an offender who is subject to the 873
community notification requirement under this section may 874
initially make a motion under division (H)(1) of this section upon 875
the expiration of twenty years after the offender's duty to comply 876
with division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of section 2950.04, division 877
(A)(2), (3), or (4) of section 2950.041 and sections 2950.05 and 878
2950.06 of the Revised Code begins in relation to the offense for 879
which the offender is subject to community notification. After 880
the initial making of a motion under division (H)(1) of this 881
section, thereafter, the prosecutor, judge, and offender may make 882
a subsequent motion under that division upon the expiration of 883
five years after the judge has entered an order denying the 884
initial motion or the most recent motion made under that 885
division.886

        (3) The offender and the prosecuting attorney have the right 887
to appeal an order approving or denying a motion made under 888
division (H)(1) of this section.889

        (4) Divisions (H)(1) to (3) of this section do not apply to 890
any of the following types of offender:891

        (a) A person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a 892
violent sex offense or designated homicide, assault, or kidnapping 893
offense and who, in relation to that offense, is adjudicated a 894
sexually violent predator;895

        (b) A person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a 896
sexually oriented offense that is a violation of division 897
(A)(1)(b) of section 2907.02 of the Revised Code committed on or 898
after January 2, 2007, and either who is sentenced under section 899
2971.03 of the Revised Code or upon whom a sentence of life 900
without parole is imposed under division (B) of section 2907.02 901
of the Revised Code;902

       (c) A person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a 903
sexually oriented offense that is attempted rape committed on or 904
after January 2, 2007, and who also is convicted of or pleads 905
guilty to a specification of the type described in section 906
2941.1418, 2941.1419, or 2941.1420 of the Revised Code;907

       (d) A person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to an 908
offense described in division (B)(3)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of 909
section 2971.03 of the Revised Code and who is sentenced for that 910
offense pursuant to that division;911

       (e) An offender who is in a category specified in division 912
(F)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section and who, subsequent to 913
being subjected to community notification, has pleaded guilty to 914
or been convicted of a sexually oriented offense or child-victim 915
oriented offense.916

       (I) If a person is convicted of, pleads guilty to, has been 917
convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to a sexually oriented 918
offense or a child-victim oriented offense or a person is or has 919
been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a sexually 920
oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense and is 921
classified a juvenile offender registrant or is an out-of-state 922
juvenile offender registrant based on that adjudication, and if 923
the offender or delinquent child is not in any category specified 924
in division (F)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section, the sheriff 925
with whom the offender or delinquent child has most recently 926
registered under section 2950.04, 2950.041, or 2950.05 of the 927
Revised Code and the sheriff to whom the offender or delinquent 928
child most recently sent a notice of intent to reside under 929
section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code, within the 930
period of time specified in division (D) of this section, shall 931
provide a written notice containing the information set forth in 932
division (B) of this section to the executive director of the 933
public children services agency that has jurisdiction within the 934
specified geographical notification area and that is located 935
within the county served by the sheriff.936

       (J) Each sheriff shall allow a volunteer organization or 937
other organization, company, or individual who wishes to receive 938
the notice described in division (A)(10) of this section regarding 939
a specific offender or delinquent child or notice regarding all 940
offenders and delinquent children who are located in the specified 941
geographical notification area to notify the sheriff by electronic 942
mail or through the sheriff's web site of this election. The 943
sheriff shall promptly inform the bureau of criminal 944
identification and investigation of these requests in accordance 945
with the forwarding procedures adopted by the attorney general 946
pursuant to section 2950.13 of the Revised Code.947

       (K) In making a determination under division (H)(1) of this 948
section as to whether to suspend the community notification 949
requirement under this section for an offender, the judge shall 950
consider all relevant factors, including, but not limited to, all 951
of the following:952

       (1) The offender's age;953

       (2) The offender's prior criminal or delinquency record 954
regarding all offenses, including, but not limited to, all 955
sexually oriented offenses or child-victim oriented offenses;956

       (3) The age of the victim of the sexually oriented offense or 957
child-victim oriented offense the offender committed;958

       (4) Whether the sexually oriented offense or child-victim 959
oriented offense the offender committed involved multiple victims;960

       (5) Whether the offender used drugs or alcohol to impair the 961
victim of the sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented 962
offense the offender committed or to prevent the victim from 963
resisting;964

       (6) If the offender previously has been convicted of, pleaded 965
guilty to, or been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing 966
an act that if committed by an adult would be a criminal offense, 967
whether the offender completed any sentence or dispositional order 968
imposed for the prior offense or act and, if the prior offense or 969
act was a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented 970
offense, whether the offender or delinquent child participated in 971
available programs for sex offenders or child-victim offenders;972

       (7) Any mental illness or mental disability of the offender;973

       (8) The nature of the offender's sexual conduct, sexual 974
contact, or interaction in a sexual context with the victim of the 975
sexually oriented offense the offender committed or the nature of 976
the offender's interaction in a sexual context with the victim of 977
the child-victim oriented offense the offender committed, 978
whichever is applicable, and whether the sexual conduct, sexual 979
contact, or interaction in a sexual context was part of a 980
demonstrated pattern of abuse;981

       (9) Whether the offender, during the commission of the 982
sexually oriented offense or child-victim oriented offense the 983
offender committed, displayed cruelty or made one or more threats 984
of cruelty;985

       (10) Any additional behavioral characteristics that 986
contribute to the offender's conduct.987

       (L) As used in this section, "specified geographical 988
notification area" means the geographic area or areas within which 989
the attorney general, by rule adopted under section 2950.13 of the 990
Revised Code, requires the notice described in division (B) of 991
this section to be given to the persons identified in divisions 992
(A)(2) to (8) and (11) of this section.993

       Sec. 2950.12.  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this 994
section, any of the following persons shall be immune from995
liability in a civil action to recover damages for injury, death,996
or loss to person or property allegedly caused by an act or997
omission in connection with a power, duty, responsibility, or998
authorization under this chapter or under rules adopted under999
authority of this chapter:1000

       (1) An officer or employee of the bureau of criminal1001
identification and investigation;1002

       (2) The attorney general, a chief of police, marshal, or1003
other chief law enforcement officer of a municipal corporation, a1004
sheriff, a constable or chief of police of a township police1005
department or police district police force, and a deputy, officer,1006
or employee of the office of the attorney general, the law1007
enforcement agency served by the marshal or the municipal or1008
township chief, the office of the sheriff, or the constable;1009

       (3) A prosecutor and an officer or employee of the office of1010
a prosecutor;1011

       (4) A supervising officer and an officer or employee of the1012
adult parole authority of the department of rehabilitation and1013
correction;1014

       (5) A supervising officer and an officer or employee of the1015
department of youth services;1016

       (6) A supervisor and a caseworker or employee of a public1017
children services agency acting pursuant to section 5153.16 of the1018
Revised Code;1019

       (7) A managing officer of a state correctional institution1020
and an officer or employee of the department of rehabilitation and1021
correction;1022

       (8) A person identified in division (A)(2), (3), (4), (5),1023
(6), or (7), or (11) of section 2950.11 of the Revised Code, an 1024
organization or person identified in division (A)(10) of that 1025
section, or the agent of that person or organization;1026

       (9) A person identified in division (A)(2) of section 1027
2950.111 of the Revised Code, regarding the person's provision of 1028
information pursuant to that division to a sheriff or a designee 1029
of a sheriff.1030

       (B) The immunity described in division (A) of this section1031
does not apply to a person described in divisions (A)(1) to (8) of1032
this section if, in relation to the act or omission in question,1033
any of the following applies:1034

       (1) The act or omission was manifestly outside the scope of1035
the person's employment or official responsibilities.1036

       (2) The act or omission was with malicious purpose, in bad1037
faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner.1038

       (3) Liability for the act or omission is expressly imposed by 1039
a section of the Revised Code.1040

       Sec. 2950.13.  (A) The attorney general shall do all of the1041
following:1042

       (1) No later than July 1, 1997, establish and maintain a1043
state registry of sex offenders and child-victim offenders that is 1044
housed at the bureau of criminal identification and investigation 1045
and that contains all of the registration, change of residence, 1046
school, institution of higher education, or place of employment 1047
address, and verification information the bureau receives pursuant 1048
to sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised 1049
Code regarding each person who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, 1050
has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to a sexually 1051
oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense and each 1052
person who is or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for 1053
committing a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented 1054
offense and is classified a juvenile offender registrant or is1055
an out-of-state juvenile offender registrant based on that1056
adjudication, all of the information the bureau receives pursuant 1057
to section 2950.14 of the Revised Code, and any notice of an 1058
order terminating or modifying an offender's or delinquent 1059
child's duty to comply with sections 2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, 1060
and 2950.06 of the Revised Code the bureau receives pursuant to 1061
section 2152.84, 2152.85, or 2950.15 of the Revised Code. For a 1062
person who was convicted of or pleaded guilty to the sexually 1063
oriented offense or child-victim related offense, the registry 1064
also shall indicate whether the person was convicted of or 1065
pleaded guilty to the offense in a criminal prosecution or in a 1066
serious youthful offender case. The registry shall not be open to 1067
inspection by the public or by any person other than a person 1068
identified in division (A) of section 2950.08 of the Revised 1069
Code. In addition to the information and material previously 1070
identified in this division, the registry shall include all of 1071
the following regarding each person who is listed in the 1072
registry:1073

       (a) A citation for, and the name of, all sexually oriented 1074
offenses or child-victim oriented offenses of which the person 1075
was convicted, to which the person pleaded guilty, or for which 1076
the person was adjudicated a delinquent child and that resulted 1077
in a registration duty, and the date on which those offenses were 1078
committed;1079

       (b) The text of the sexually oriented offenses or 1080
child-victim oriented offenses identified in division (A)(1)(a) 1081
of this section as those offenses existed at the time the person 1082
was convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or was adjudicated a 1083
delinquent child for committing those offenses, or a link to a 1084
database that sets forth the text of those offenses;1085

       (c) A statement as to whether the person is a tier I sex 1086
offender/child-victim offender, a tier II sex 1087
offender/child-victim offender, or a tier III sex 1088
offender/child-victim offender for the sexually oriented offenses 1089
or child-victim oriented offenses identified in division (A)(1)(a) 1090
of this section;1091

       (d) The community supervision status of the person, 1092
including, but not limited to, whether the person is serving a 1093
community control sanction and the nature of any such sanction, 1094
whether the person is under supervised release and the nature of 1095
the release, or regarding a juvenile, whether the juvenile is 1096
under any type of release authorized under Chapter 2152. or 5139. 1097
of the Revised Code and the nature of any such release;1098

       (e) The offense and delinquency history of the person, as 1099
determined from information gathered or provided under sections 1100
109.57 and 2950.14 of the Revised Code;1101

       (f) The bureau of criminal identification and investigation 1102
tracking number assigned to the person if one has been so 1103
assigned, the federal bureau of investigation number assigned to 1104
the person if one has been assigned and the bureau of criminal 1105
identification and investigation is aware of the number, and any 1106
other state identification number assigned to the person of which 1107
the bureau is aware;1108

       (g) Fingerprints and palmprints of the person;1109

       (h) A DNA specimen, as defined in section 109.573 of the 1110
Revised Code, from the person;1111

       (i) Whether the person has any outstanding arrest warrants;1112

       (j) Whether the person is in compliance with the person's 1113
duties under this chapter.1114

       (2) In consultation with local law enforcement1115
representatives and no later than July 1, 1997, adopt rules that1116
contain guidelines necessary for the implementation of this1117
chapter;1118

       (3) In consultation with local law enforcement1119
representatives, adopt rules for the implementation and 1120
administration of the provisions contained in section 2950.11 of 1121
the Revised Code that pertain to the notification of neighbors of 1122
an offender or a delinquent child who has committed a sexually1123
oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense and and is in 1124
a category specified in division (F)(1) of that section and rules 1125
that prescribe a manner in which victims of a sexually oriented 1126
offense or a child-victim oriented offense committed by an 1127
offender or a delinquent child who is in a category specified in 1128
division (B)(1) of section 2950.10 of the Revised Code may make a1129
request that specifies that the victim would like to be provided1130
the notices described in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section1131
2950.10 of the Revised Code;1132

       (4) In consultation with local law enforcement1133
representatives and through the bureau of criminal identification1134
and investigation, prescribe the forms to be used by judges and1135
officials pursuant to section 2950.03 or 2950.032 of the Revised 1136
Code to advise offenders and delinquent children of their duties 1137
of filing a notice of intent to reside, registration, notification 1138
of a change of residence, school, institution of higher education, 1139
or place of employment address and registration of the new,1140
school, institution of higher education, or place of employment 1141
address, as applicable, and address verification under sections 1142
2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code, and1143
prescribe the forms to be used by sheriffs relative to those1144
duties of filing a notice of intent to reside, registration,1145
change of residence, school, institution of higher education, or 1146
place of employment address notification, and address1147
verification;1148

       (5) Make copies of the forms prescribed under division (A)(4) 1149
of this section available to judges, officials, and sheriffs;1150

       (6) Through the bureau of criminal identification and1151
investigation, provide the notifications, the information and 1152
materials, and the documents that the bureau is required to 1153
provide to appropriate law enforcement officials and to the 1154
federal bureau of investigation pursuant to sections 2950.04, 1155
2950.041, 2950.05, and 2950.06 of the Revised Code;1156

       (7) Through the bureau of criminal identification and1157
investigation, maintain the verification forms returned under the 1158
address verification mechanism set forth in section 2950.06 of the 1159
Revised Code;1160

       (8) In consultation with representatives of the officials,1161
judges, and sheriffs, adopt procedures for officials, judges, and1162
sheriffs to use to forward information, photographs, and1163
fingerprints to the bureau of criminal identification and1164
investigation pursuant to the requirements of sections 2950.03,1165
2950.04, 2950.041, 2950.05, 2950.06, and 2950.11 of the Revised 1166
Code;1167

       (9) In consultation with the director of education, the1168
director of job and family services, and the director of1169
rehabilitation and correction, adopt rules that contain guidelines 1170
to be followed by boards of education of a school district,1171
chartered nonpublic schools or other schools not operated by a 1172
board of education, preschool programs, child day-care centers, 1173
type A family day-care homes, certified type B family day-care 1174
homes, and institutions of higher education regarding the proper 1175
use and administration of information received pursuant to section 1176
2950.11 of the Revised Code relative to an offender or delinquent 1177
child who has committed a sexually oriented offense or a 1178
child-victim oriented offense and is in a category specified in 1179
division (F)(1) of that section;1180

       (10) In consultation with local law enforcement1181
representatives and no later than July 1, 1997, adopt rules that1182
designate a geographic area or areas within which the notice1183
described in division (B) of section 2950.11 of the Revised Code1184
must be given to the persons identified in divisions (A)(2) to (8) 1185
and (A), (10), and (11) of that section;1186

       (11) Through the bureau of criminal identification and 1187
investigation, not later than January 1, 2004, establish and 1188
operate on the internet a sex offender and child-victim offender 1189
database that contains information for every offender who has 1190
committed a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented 1191
offense and registers in any county in this state pursuant to 1192
section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code and for every 1193
delinquent child who has committed a sexually oriented offense, 1194
is a public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant, and 1195
registers in any county in this state pursuant to either such 1196
section. The bureau shall not include on the database the 1197
identity of any offender's or public registry-qualified juvenile 1198
offender registrant's victim, any offender's or public 1199
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant's social security 1200
number, the name of any school or institution of higher education 1201
attended by any offender or public registry-qualified juvenile 1202
offender registrant, the name of the place of employment of any 1203
offender or public registry-qualified juvenile offender 1204
registrant, any tracking or identification number described in 1205
division (A)(1)(f) of this section, or any information described 1206
in division (C)(7) of section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised 1207
Code. The bureau shall provide on the database, for each offender 1208
and each public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant, 1209
at least the information specified in divisions (A)(11)(a) to (h) 1210
of this section. Otherwise, the bureau shall determine the 1211
information to be provided on the database for each offender and 1212
public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant and shall 1213
obtain that information from the information contained in the 1214
state registry of sex offenders and child-victim offenders 1215
described in division (A)(1) of this section, which information, 1216
while in the possession of the sheriff who provided it, is a 1217
public record open for inspection as described in section 1218
2950.081 of the Revised Code. The database is a public record 1219
open for inspection under section 149.43 of the Revised Code, 1220
and it shall be searchable by offender or public 1221
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant name, by county, 1222
by zip code, and by school district. The database shall provide a 1223
link to the web site of each sheriff who has established and 1224
operates on the internet a sex offender and child-victim offender 1225
database that contains information for offenders and public 1226
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrants who register in 1227
that county pursuant to section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of the 1228
Revised Code, with the link being a direct link to the sex 1229
offender and child-victim offender database for the sheriff. The 1230
bureau shall provide on the database, for each offender and public 1231
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant, at least the 1232
following information:1233

       (a) The information described in divisions (A)(1)(a), (b), 1234
(c), and (d) of this section relative to the offender or public 1235
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant;1236

       (b) The address of the offender's or public 1237
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant's school, 1238
institution of higher education, or place of employment provided 1239
in a registration form;1240

       (c) The information described in division (C)(6) of section 1241
2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code;1242

       (d) A chart describing which sexually oriented offenses and 1243
child-victim oriented offenses are included in the definitions of 1244
tier I sex offender/child-victim offender, tier II sex 1245
offender/child-victim offender, and tier III sex 1246
offender/child-victim offender;1247

       (e) Fingerprints and palm printspalmprints of the offender 1248
or public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant and a 1249
DNA specimen from the offender or public registry-qualified 1250
juvenile offender registrant;1251

       (f) The information set forth in division (B) of section 1252
2950.11 of the Revised Code;1253

       (g) Any outstanding arrest warrants for the offender or 1254
public registry-qualified juvenile offender registrant;1255

       (h) The offender's or public registry-qualified juvenile 1256
offender registrant's compliance status with duties under this 1257
chapter.1258

       (12) Develop software to be used by sheriffs in establishing 1259
on the internet a sex offender and child-victim offender database 1260
for the public dissemination of some or all of the information 1261
and materials described in division (A) of section 2950.081 of 1262
the Revised Code that are public records under that division, 1263
that are not prohibited from inclusion by division (B) of that 1264
section, and that pertain to offenders and public 1265
registry-qualified juvenile offender registrants who register in 1266
the sheriff's county pursuant to section 2950.04 or 2950.041 of 1267
the Revised Code and for the public dissemination of information 1268
the sheriff receives pursuant to section 2950.14 of the Revised 1269
Code and, upon the request of any sheriff, provide technical 1270
guidance to the requesting sheriff in establishing on the 1271
internet such a database;1272

       (13) Through the bureau of criminal identification and 1273
investigation, not later than January 1, 2004, establish and 1274
operate on the internet a database that enables local law 1275
enforcement representatives to remotely search by electronic means 1276
the state registry of sex offenders and child-victim offenders 1277
described in division (A)(1) of this section and any information 1278
and materials the bureau receives pursuant to sections 2950.04, 1279
2950.041, 2950.05, 2950.06, and 2950.14 of the Revised Code. The 1280
database shall enable local law enforcement representatives to 1281
obtain detailed information regarding each offender and delinquent 1282
child who is included in the registry, including, but not limited 1283
to the offender's or delinquent child's name, aliases, residence 1284
address, name and address of any place of employment, school, 1285
institution of higher education, if applicable, license plate 1286
number of each vehicle identified in division (C)(5) of section 1287
2950.04 or 2950.041 of the Revised Code to the extent 1288
applicable, victim preference if available, date of most recent 1289
release from confinement if applicable, fingerprints, and 1290
palmprints, all of the information and material described in 1291
divisiondivisions (A)(1)(a) to (h) of this section regarding the 1292
offender or delinquent child, and other identification parameters 1293
the bureau considers appropriate. The database is not a public 1294
record open for inspection under section 149.43 of the Revised 1295
Code and shall be available only to law enforcement 1296
representatives as described in this division. Information 1297
obtained by local law enforcement representatives through use of 1298
this database is not open to inspection by the public or by any 1299
person other than a person identified in division (A) of section 1300
2950.08 of the Revised Code.1301

       (14) Through the bureau of criminal identification and 1302
investigation, maintain a list of requests for notice about a 1303
specified offender or delinquent child or specified geographical 1304
notification area made pursuant to division (J) of section 2950.11 1305
of the Revised Code and, when an offender or delinquent child 1306
changes residence to another county, forward any requests for 1307
information about that specific offender or delinquent child to 1308
the appropriate sheriff;1309

       (15) Through the bureau of criminal identification and 1310
investigation, establish and operate a system for the immediate 1311
notification by electronic means of the appropriate officials in 1312
other states specified in this division each time an offender or 1313
delinquent child registers a residence, school, institution of 1314
higher education, or place of employment address under section 1315
2950.04 or 2950.041 of the revisedRevised Code or provides a 1316
notice of a change of address or registers a new address under 1317
division (A) or (B) of section 2950.05 of the Revised Code. The 1318
immediate notification by electronic means shall be provided to 1319
the appropriate officials in each state in which the offender or 1320
delinquent child is required to register a residence, school, 1321
institution of higher education, or place of employment address. 1322
The notification shall contain the offender's or delinquent 1323
child's name and all of the information the bureau receives from 1324
the sheriff with whom the offender or delinquent child registered 1325
the address or provided the notice of change of address or 1326
registered the new address.1327

       (B) The attorney general in consultation with local law1328
enforcement representatives, may adopt rules that establish one or1329
more categories of neighbors of an offender or delinquent child1330
who, in addition to the occupants of residential premises and 1331
other persons specified in division (A)(1) of section 2950.11 of 1332
the Revised Code, must be given the notice described in division 1333
(B) of that section.1334

       (C) No person, other than a local law enforcement 1335
representative, shall knowingly do any of the following:1336

       (1) Gain or attempt to gain access to the database 1337
established and operated by the attorney general, through the 1338
bureau of criminal identification and investigation, pursuant to 1339
division (A)(13) of this section.1340

       (2) Permit any person to inspect any information obtained 1341
through use of the database described in division (C)(1) of this 1342
section, other than as permitted under that division.1343

       (D) As used in this section, "local law enforcement1344
representatives" means representatives of the sheriffs of this1345
state, representatives of the municipal chiefs of police and1346
marshals of this state, and representatives of the township1347
constables and chiefs of police of the township police departments1348
or police district police forces of this state.1349

       Section 2. That existing sections 2950.01, 2950.11, 2950.12, 1350
and 2950.13 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.1351

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