Ohio · statute · Ohio Rev. Code ch. 5502 · 77 active provisions
(A) The department of public safety shall administer and enforce the laws relating to the registration, licensing, sale, and operation of motor vehicles and the laws pertaining to the licensing of drivers of motor vehicles. The department shall compile, analyze, and publish statistics relative to motor vehicle accident…
(A) As used in this section, "department of public safety" and "department" include all divisions within the department of public safety. (B) The director of public safety is the chief executive and administrative officer of the department. The director may establish policies governing the department, the performance o…
All expenditures for the administration and enforcement of motor vehicle and traffic laws by the department of public safety shall be paid out of moneys derived from fees, excises, or license taxes relating to registration, operation, or use of vehicles on public highways or to fuels used for propelling such vehicles a…
(A) There is hereby created in the department of public safety a division of homeland security.(B) The division shall do all of the following:(1) Coordinate all homeland security activities of all state agencies and be the liaison between state agencies and local entities for the purposes of communicating homeland secu…
(A) As used in this section: (1) "Amateur radio service" means the amateur service, the amateur-satellite service, and the radio amateur civil emergency service as provided for under 47 C.F.R. part 97.(2) "Amateur station" means a station in an amateur radio service consisting of the apparatus necessary for carrying on…
There is hereby created in the department of public safety, a driver's license examination section. The director of public safety may appoint necessary driver's license examiners and clerical personnel necessary to carry out the duties assigned under this section. The examiners shall be citizens of the United States an…
Driver's license examiners assigned to the driver's license examination section shall conduct all examinations for driver's licenses as required by sections 4507.01 to 4507.36 of the Revised Code, subject to the rules issued by the registrar of motor vehicles.
The director of public safety may conduct training schools for prospective driver's license examiners and may establish rules governing the qualifications for admission to such schools and provide for competitive examinations to determine the fitness of such students for prospective examiners, not inconsistent with the…
(A) As used in this section: (1) "Disability" has the same meaning as in section 3304.23 of the Revised Code. (2) "Emergency medical service personnel" and "firefighter" have the same meanings as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Guardian" has the same meaning as in section 2111.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "…
(A) The department of public safety, not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, shall do all of the following: (1) Establish and maintain a state registry, named "Ohio's habitual OVI/OMWI offenders," that contains all of the information specified in divisions (A)(1)(a) and (b) of this section…
Every law enforcement agency representing a township, county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision investigating a motor vehicle accident involving a fatality, personal injury, or property damage in an amount greater than one thousand dollars, within five days, shall forward a written report of such ac…
(A) The accident reports submitted pursuant to section 5502.11 of the Revised Code shall be for the use of the director of public safety for purposes of statistical, safety, and other studies. The law enforcement agency that submitted a report shall furnish a copy of such report and associated documents to any person c…
The department of public safety shall maintain an investigative unit in order to conduct investigations and other enforcement activity authorized by Chapters 3796., 4301., 4303., 5101., 5107., and 5108. and sections 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.14, 2907.09, 2913.46, 2917.11, 2921.13, 2921.31, 2921.32, 2921.33, 2923.12, 2923.…
There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio investigative unit fund. The fund shall consist of any nonfederal money received by the investigative unit of the department of public safety that is not otherwise required to be deposited into another fund under any provision of the Revised Code. The director of p…
(A) There is hereby created the Ohio investigative unit contingency fund, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state but shall not be part of the state treasury. All money seized during investigations or other enforcement activities of the investigative unit of the department of public safety prior to Janu…
(A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Any person who is employed by the department of public safety and designated by the director of public safety to enforce Title XLIII of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under it, Chapter 3796. of the Revis…
Any funding provided or made available by the United States or by any agency designated and authorized by the United States government for the purposes of enforcing compliance with supplemental nutrition assistance program laws shall be expended by the department of public safety for those purposes.
The director of public safety, on behalf of enforcement agents, may enter into cooperative or contractual arrangements with the United States, any agency or department of the United States, other states, other departments and political subdivisions of this state, or any other person or body politic to accomplish the pu…
Enforcement agents of the department of public safety shall comply with the certification requirements established in section 109.77 of the Revised Code, take an oath of office, and receive from the governor, upon recommendation of the director of public safety, a commission indicating authority to make arrests as prov…
Enforcement agents of the department of public safety may render assistance to a state or local law enforcement officer at the request of that officer or may render assistance to a state or local law enforcement officer in the event of an emergency. An enforcement agent who serves outside the department under this sect…
The department of public safety shall conduct inspections of retail liquor permit premises to determine their compliance with Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under them by the liquor control commission pertaining to retail liquor permit holders.Except as otherwise provided in this sec…
As used in sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code: (A) "Agency" means any administrative or operational division, including an office, department, bureau, board, commission, or authority, of the state or of a political subdivision thereof, including volunteer agencies, organizations, or departments.(B) "Attack…
(A) There is hereby established within the department of public safety an emergency management agency, which shall be governed under rules adopted by the director of public safety under section 5502.25 of the Revised Code. The director, with the concurrence of the governor, shall appoint an executive director, who shal…
(A) The governor may designate by written proclamation an emergency temporary location, or locations, for the seat of government for use in the event an emergency renders it imprudent, inexpedient, or impossible to conduct the affairs of state government at the normal location of the seat thereof. He shall take such ac…
The director of public safety, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt, may amend or rescind, and shall enforce rules with respect to the emergency management of the state for the purpose of providing protection for its people against any hazard. The rules shall be made available for public ins…