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...statistics relative to motor vehicle accidents and the causes of them, prepare and conduct educational programs for the purpose of promoting safety in the operation of motor vehicles on the highways, and conduct research and studies for the purpose of promoting safety on the highways of this state. (B) The department shall administer the laws and rules relative to trauma and emergency medical services specified in ...

...te investigator or a security guard provider pursuant to sections 9.79, 4749.03, 4749.04, 4749.10, and 4776.10 of the Revised Code; (9) Do all other acts necessary or desirable to carry out this chapter. (D)(1) The director of public safety may assess a reasonable fee, plus the amount of any charge or fee passed on from a financial institution, on a drawer or indorser for each of the following: (a) A check, dra...

... 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 as provided in Section 5a of Article XII, Ohio Constitution.

...and security strategic plan that will guide state and local governments in the achievement of homeland security in this state. (C) The director of public safety shall appoint an executive director, who shall be head of the division of homeland security and who regularly shall advise the governor and the director on matters pertaining to homeland security. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the dir...

...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 radio communications. (3) "Legislative authority" means the following: (a) With respect to a county, any county rural zoning commission, board of county commissioners, or county board of zoning appeals; (b) With respec...

...e citizens of the United States and residents of the state and shall have such additional qualifications as the director prescribes. The salaries and classifications of examiners and personnel shall be fixed in accordance with section 124.15 or 124.152 of the Revised Code.

...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.

... for admission to such schools and provide for competitive examinations to determine the fitness of such students for prospective examiners, not inconsistent with the rules of the director of administrative services.

...include in the database information provided on a completed verification form that the department determines is necessary for a law enforcement officer to identify a person as diagnosed with a communication disability or a disability that can impair communication. The department shall make the database available to state and local law enforcement officers through the law enforcement automated data system. (2) Inform...

...e state registry from the reports provided by the court pursuant to division (B) of this section. The state registry of Ohio's habitual OVI/OMWI offenders shall include at least the following information regarding each offender who on or after the effective date of this section is convicted in this state for the fifth or subsequent time in the preceding twenty years of an OVI/OMWI violation: (a) The ...

...vision 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 accident to the director of public safety on a form, which the director shall adopt subject to sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code.

...(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 claiming an interest arising out of a motor vehicle accident, or to the person's attorney, upon t...

...The department of public safety shall maintain an investigative unit in order to conduct investigations and other enforcement activity authorized by Chapters 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, 2923.121, 2925.11, 2925.13, 2927.02, and 4507.30 of the Revised Code. The director of public safety shall appoin...

...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 public safety shall use the money in the fund to pay the expenses of administering the law relative t...

...(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 January 1, 2017 shall be deposited into the fund. The director of public safety shall transfer money upo...

...perty that is otherwise necessary for evidentiary purposes related to any violations of the laws or rules described in division (B)(1) of this section. An enforcement agent may enter public or private premises where activity alleged to violate the laws or rules described in division (B)(1) of this section is occurring. (3) Enforcement agents who are on, immediately adjacent to, or across from retail liquor permit pr...

...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 purposes of the investigative unit of the department of public safety. The director shall cooperate wi...

...cating authority to make arrests as provided in section 5502.14 of the Revised Code.

...cy. An enforcement agent who serves outside the department under this section shall be considered as performing services within the agent's regular employment for purposes of compensation, indemnity fund rights, workers' compensation, and any other rights and benefits to which the agent may be entitled as incidents of the agent's regular employment. Such an enforcement agent retains personal immunity from civil liabi...

...ermit holders. Except as otherwise provided in this section, those inspections may be conducted only during those hours in which the permit holder is open for business and only by authorized enforcement agents of the department of public safety or by any peace officer, as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code. Inspections may be conducted at other hours only to determine compliance with laws or commission r...

...s. (C) "Chief executive" means the president of the United States, the governor of this state, the board of county commissioners of any county, the board of township trustees of any township, or the mayor or city manager of any municipal corporation within this state. (D) "Civil defense" is an integral part of emergency management that includes all those activities and measures designed or undertaken to minim...

...the governor, and shall develop a statewide emergency operations plan that shall meet any applicable federal requirements for such plans. The executive director shall have such additional authority, duties, and responsibilities as are prescribed by the governor and the director or provided by law in all matters relating to emergency management that may be reflected in other sections of the Revised Code. The executive...

...ring the emergency, if the governor considers the change advisable, and shall remain as the seat of government until the general assembly by law establishes a new location, or locations, or until the emergency is declared to be ended by the governor and the seat of government is returned to its normal location. During such time as the seat of government remains at the emergency temporary location, or locations, all o...

...ent of the state for the purpose of providing protection for its people against any hazard. The rules shall be made available for public inspection at the emergency operations center/joint dispatch facility and at such other places and during such reasonable hours as fixed by the executive director of emergency management.