Effective: September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may establish, by ordinance or resolution, a voluntary motor vehicle decal registration program to be controlled by the director of public safety of the municipal corporation and conducted by the police department of the municipal corporation. The legislative authority may establish a fee for participation in the program in an amount sufficient to cover the cost of administering the program and the cost of the decals.
(B) Any resident of the municipal corporation may enroll a motor vehicle that he owns in the program by signing a consent form, displaying the decal issued under this section, and paying the prescribed fee. The motor vehicle owner shall remove the decal to withdraw from the program and also prior to the sale or transfer of ownership of the vehicle. Any law enforcement officer may conduct, at any place within this state at which the officer would be permitted to arrest the person operating the vehicle, an investigatory stop of any motor vehicle displaying a decal issued under this section when the vehicle is being driven between the hours of one a.m. and five a.m. A law enforcement officer may conduct an investigatory stop under this division regardless of whether the officer observes a violation of law involving the vehicle or whether he has probable cause to believe that any violation of law involving the vehicle has occurred.
(C) The consent form required under division (B) of this section shall:
(1) Describe the conditions for participation in the program, including a description of an investigatory stop and a statement that any law enforcement officer may conduct, at any place within this state at which the officer would be permitted to arrest the person operating the vehicle, an investigatory stop of the motor vehicle when it is being driven between the hours of one a.m. and five a.m.
(2) Contain other information identifying the vehicle and owner as the director of public safety of the municipal corporation or the chief of police considers necessary.
(D) The state director of public safety, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules governing the color, size, and design of decals issued under this section and the location where the decals shall be displayed on vehicles that are enrolled in the program.
(E) Divisions (A) to (D) and (G) of this section do not require a law enforcement officer to conduct an investigatory stop of a vehicle displaying a decal issued under this section or under a program described in division (G) of this section.
(F) As used in this section:
(1) "Investigatory stop" means a temporary stop of a motor vehicle and its operator and occupants for purposes of determining the identity of the person who is operating the vehicle and, if the person who is operating it is not its owner, whether any violation of law has occurred or is occurring. An "investigatory stop" is not an arrest, but, if an officer who conducts an investigatory stop determines that illegal conduct has occurred or is occurring, an "investigatory stop" may be the basis for an arrest.
(2) "Law enforcement officer" means a sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer of a township or joint police district, marshal, deputy marshal, municipal police officer, or state highway patrol trooper.
(G) Any motor vehicle decal registration program that was in existence on June 1, 1993, and administered by a municipal corporation shall not be required to conform in any manner to this section and may continue to be administered in the manner in which it was administered on that date.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 7 | Municipal Corporations
Section 737.01 | Director of Public Safety.
Section 737.02 | General Duties - Records - Contracts.
Section 737.021 | Division of Traffic Engineering and Safety in Department of Public Safety.
Section 737.022 | Authority of Director of Public Safety to Promulgate Certain Traffic Regulations.
Section 737.03 | Management of Certain Institutions - Contracts and Expenditures.
Section 737.04 | Mutual Aid Contracts for Police Protection.
Section 737.041 | Providing Police Service Without Contract.
Section 737.05 | Composition and Control of Police Department.
Section 737.051 | City Auxiliary Police Unit - City Parking Enforcement Unit.
Section 737.052 | Felony Conviction Precludes or Terminates Employment.
Section 737.06 | Chief of Police.
Section 737.07 | Hours of Work for Policemen in Cities - Leave of Absence.
Section 737.08 | Composition and Control of City Fire Department.
Section 737.081 | Criminal Records Check.
Section 737.082 | Employee Status of Volunteer Firefighter.
Section 737.09 | Chief of Fire Department.
Section 737.10 | Additional Patrolmen and Firemen in Emergency Situation.
Section 737.11 | General Duties of Police and Fire Departments.
Section 737.111 | Fines, Rewards and Fees of Police Department Credited to General Fund.
Section 737.112 | Fines, Proceeds and Fees of Fire Department Credited to General Fund.
Section 737.12 | Suspension of Police and Fire Personnel.
Section 737.13 | Classification of Service - Rules and Regulations.
Section 737.14 | Relief for Members of Police or Fire Department.
Section 737.15 | Appointment of Village Marshal.
Section 737.161 | Village Auxiliary Police Unit - Parking Enforcement Unit.
Section 737.162 | Felony Conviction Precludes or Terminates Employment.
Section 737.17 | Probationary Period - Final Appointment.
Section 737.171 | Procedure for Removal of Village Marshal.
Section 737.18 | General Powers of Village Police Officers.
Section 737.19 | Powers and Duties of Village Marshal.
Section 737.20 | Disposition of Fines and Penalties.
Section 737.21 | Municipal Fire Regulations, Department, Companies, and Rescue Units.
Section 737.22 | Appointment of Fire Chief or Fire Prevention Officer and Firefighters.
Section 737.221 | Criminal Records Check.
Section 737.222 | Employee Status of Volunteer Firefighter.
Section 737.23 | Schooling of Officers and Firemen of Fire Department.
Section 737.24 | Legislative Authority May Purchase Engines and Equipment.
Section 737.25 | Buildings for Department.
Section 737.27 | Investigation of Fires.
Section 737.28 | Erection of Houses and Business Structures - Removal.
Section 737.29 | Property Recovered by Police.
Section 737.31 | Disposition to Claimant.
Section 737.32 | Sale or Donation of Unclaimed Property.
Section 737.33 | Expenses of Storage and Sale - Notice.
Section 737.37 | Power of Legislative Authority to Regulate.
Section 737.40 | Voluntary Motor Vehicle Decal Registration Program.