Regards animal abuse offenses and penalties

hb417_01_RH

As Reported by the House Public Safety Committee

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
Sub. H. B. No. 417

2025-2026

Representatives Plummer, Young

Cosponsors: Representatives Abrams,
Willis

To
amend sections
109.79
,
955.54, 955.99, 959.131, 959.99, 2921.321, and 2929.18 and to enact
sections 955.55, 955.56, and 955.57 of the Revised Code
to
prohibit the abuse of a companion animal corpse, to prohibit an
animal abuse offender from owning a companion animal in certain
circumstances, and to establish mandatory fines for violations of an
animal abuse offense.

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

Section
1.
That
sections
109.79
,
955.54, 955.99, 959.131, 959.99, 2921.321, and 2929.18 be amended and
sections 955.55, 955.56, and 955.57 of the Revised Code be enacted to
read as follows:

Sec.
109.79.
(A)
The Ohio peace officer training commission shall establish and
conduct a training school for law enforcement officers of any
political subdivision of the state or of the state public defender's
office. The school shall be known as the Ohio peace officer training
academy. No bailiff or deputy bailiff of a court of record of this
state and no criminal investigator employed by the state public
defender shall be permitted to attend the academy for training unless
the employing court of the bailiff or deputy bailiff or the state
public defender, whichever is applicable, has authorized the bailiff,
deputy bailiff, or investigator to attend the academy.

The
Ohio peace officer training commission shall develop the training
program, which shall include courses in both the civil and criminal
functions of law enforcement officers, a course in crisis
intervention with six or more hours of training, training in the
handling of missing children and child abuse and neglect cases,
and

training
on companion animal encounters and companion animal behavior,
and
at least two hours of training on the laws governing animal welfare
and cruelty under Chapter 959. of the Revised Code,
and
shall establish rules governing qualifications for admission to the
academy. The commission may require competitive examinations to
determine fitness of prospective trainees, so long as the
examinations or other criteria for admission to the academy are
consistent with the provisions of Chapter 124. of the Revised Code.

The
Ohio peace officer training commission shall determine tuition costs
sufficient in the aggregate to pay the costs of operating the
academy. Tuition paid by a political subdivision of the state or by
the state public defender's office shall be deposited into the state
treasury to the credit of the peace officer training academy fee
fund, which is hereby established. The attorney general shall use
money in the fund to pay costs associated with operation of the
academy. The costs of acquiring and equipping the academy shall be
paid from appropriations made by the general assembly to the Ohio
peace officer training commission for that purpose, from gifts or
grants received for that purpose, or from fees for goods related to
the academy.

The
Ohio peace officer training commission shall create a gaming-related
curriculum for gaming agents. The Ohio peace officer training
commission shall use money distributed to the Ohio peace officer
training academy from the Ohio law enforcement training fund to first
support the academy's training programs for gaming agents and
gaming-related curriculum. The Ohio peace officer training commission
may utilize existing training programs in other states that
specialize in training gaming agents.

The
law enforcement officers, during the period of their training, shall
receive compensation as determined by the political subdivision that
sponsors them or, if the officer is a criminal investigator employed
by the state public defender, as determined by the state public
defender. The political subdivision may pay the tuition costs of the
law enforcement officers they sponsor and the state public defender
may pay the tuition costs of criminal investigators of that office
who attend the academy.

If
trainee vacancies exist, the academy may train and issue certificates
of satisfactory completion to peace officers who are employed by a
campus police department pursuant to section 1713.50 of the Revised
Code, by a qualified nonprofit corporation police department pursuant
to section 1702.80 of the Revised Code, or by a railroad company, who
are amusement park police officers appointed and commissioned by a
judge of the appropriate municipal court or county court pursuant to
section 4973.17 of the Revised Code, or who are bank, savings and
loan association, savings bank, credit union, or association of
banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks, or credit
unions, or hospital police officers appointed and commissioned by the
secretary of state pursuant to sections 4973.17 to 4973.22 of the
Revised Code, provided that no such officer shall be trained at the
academy unless the officer meets the qualifications established for
admission to the academy and the qualified nonprofit corporation
police department; bank, savings and loan association, savings bank,
credit union, or association of banks, savings and loan associations,
savings banks, or credit unions; railroad company; hospital; or
amusement park or the private college or university that established
the campus police department prepays the entire cost of the training.
A qualified nonprofit corporation police department; bank, savings
and loan association, savings bank, credit union, or association of
banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks, or credit
unions; railroad company; hospital; or amusement park or a private
college or university that has established a campus police department
is not entitled to reimbursement from the state for any amount paid
for the cost of training the bank, savings and loan association,
savings bank, credit union, or association of banks, savings and loan
associations, savings banks, or credit unions peace officers; the
railroad company's peace officers; or the peace officers of the
qualified nonprofit corporation police department, campus police
department, hospital, or amusement park.

The
academy shall permit investigators employed by the state medical
board to take selected courses that the board determines are
consistent with its responsibilities for initial and continuing
training of investigators as required under sections 4730.26 and
4731.05 of the Revised Code. The board shall pay the entire cost of
training that investigators receive at the academy.

The
academy shall permit tactical medical professionals and fire
investigators to attend training courses at the academy that are
designed to qualify the professionals and investigators to carry
firearms while on duty under sections 109.771 and 109.774 of the
Revised Code and that provide training comparable to training
mandated under the rules required by division (A) of section 109.748
and division (A) of section 109.7481 of the Revised Code. The
executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission may
certify tactical medical professionals and fire investigators who
satisfactorily complete the training courses. The law enforcement
agency served by a tactical medical professional or the political
subdivision served by a fire investigator who attends the academy may
pay the tuition costs of the professional or investigator.

The
academy shall permit county correctional officers to attend training
courses at the academy that are designed to qualify the county
correctional officers to carry firearms while on duty under section
109.772 of the Revised Code and that provide training mandated under
the rules required by section 109.773 of the Revised Code. The
executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission may
certify county correctional officers who satisfactorily complete the
training courses. The county jail, county workhouse, minimum security
jail, joint city and county workhouse, municipal-county correctional
center, multicounty-municipal correctional center, municipal-county
jail or workhouse, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse served
by the county correctional officer who attends the academy may pay
the tuition costs of the county correctional officer.

(B)
As used in this section:

(1)
"Law enforcement officers" include any undercover drug
agent, any bailiff or deputy bailiff of a court of record, and any
criminal investigator who is employed by the state public defender.

(2)
"Undercover drug agent" means any person who:

(a)
Is employed by a county, township, or municipal corporation for the
purposes set forth in division (B)(2)(b) of this section but who is
not an employee of a county sheriff's department, of a township
constable, or of the police department of a municipal corporation or
township;

(b)
In the course of the person's employment by a county, township, or
municipal corporation, investigates and gathers information
pertaining to persons who are suspected of violating Chapter 2925. or
3719. of the Revised Code, and generally does not wear a uniform in
the performance of the person's duties.

(3)
"Crisis intervention training" has the same meaning as in
section 109.71 of the Revised Code.

(4)
"Missing children" has the same meaning as in section
2901.30 of the Revised Code.

(5)
"Companion animal" has the same meaning as in section
959.131 of the Revised Code.

Sec.
955.54.
(A)
No person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony offense of
violence committed on or after
the
effective date of this section

May 22, 2012,

or a felony violation of any provision of Chapter
959.,

2923.
,

or 2925. of the Revised Code committed on or after
the
effective date of this section

May 22, 2012,

shall knowingly own, possess, have custody of, or reside in a
residence with either of the following for a period of three years
commencing either upon the date of release of the person from any
period of incarceration imposed for the offense or violation or, if
the person is not incarcerated for the offense or violation, upon the
date
of
the person's final release from the other sanctions imposed for
that
the person plead guilty to or was convicted of
the
offense or violation:

(1)
An unspayed or unneutered dog older than twelve weeks of age;

(2)
Any dog that has been determined to be a dangerous dog under Chapter
955. of the Revised Code.

(B)
A person described in division (A) of this section shall microchip
for permanent identification any dog owned, possessed by, or in the
custody of the person.

(C)(1)
Division (A) of this section does not apply to any person who is
confined in a correctional institution of the department of
rehabilitation and correction.

(2)
Division (A) of this section does not apply to any person with
respect to any dog that the person owned, possessed, had custody of,
or resided in a residence with prior to
the
effective date of this section

May 22, 2012
.

Sec.
955.55.
(A)
As used in this section:

(1)
"Animal abuse offense" means a violation of section 959.01,
959.02, 959.03, 959.06, 959.13, 959.131, 959.14, 959.15, 959.16,
959.17, 959.18, 959.20, 959.21, or 2921.321 of the Revised Code.

(2)
"Companion animal" has the same meaning as in section
959.131 of the Revised Code.

(B)
No person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony animal
abuse offense committed on or after the effective date of this
section shall knowingly own, possess, have custody of, or reside in a
residence with any companion animal.

(C)
No person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a misdemeanor
animal abuse offense committed on or after the effective date of this
section shall knowingly own, possess, have custody of, or reside in a
residence with any companion animal for a period of two years
commencing either upon the date of release of the person from any
period of incarceration imposed for the offense or, if the person is
not incarcerated for the offense, upon the date that the person is
convicted of or pleads guilty to the offense.

(D)
Upon a person being convicted of or pleading guilty to a felony or
misdemeanor animal abuse offense, the applicable court shall, within
a reasonable period of time, notify the board of county commissioners
of the county in which the person resides of such conviction or
guilty plea.

(E)
A board of county commissioners may establish a "Do Not Adopt"
registry. If the board establishes a "Do Not Adopt"
registry, all of the following apply:

(1)
The registry shall include any person for which the board receives a
notification under division (D) of this section.

(2)
A person described in division (C) of this section shall only be on
the registry for the two-year period that the person is prohibited
from owning, possessing, having custody of, or residing in a
residence with any companion animal as specified in that division.

(3)
The board shall make such registry publicly available via its web
site.

Sec.
955.56.
(A)
The director of agriculture shall establish a statewide dangerous and
vicious dog registry that lists the name and address of every person
who has been issued a dangerous dog registration certificate from a
county auditor under this chapter. The director shall make the
registry publicly available on the department of agriculture's web
site.

(B)
Each county auditor, not more than ninety days after the effective
date of this section, shall submit a list of the names and
corresponding addresses of every person who has been issued a
dangerous dog registration certificate to the director. Thereafter,
each county auditor shall notify the director in a timely manner of
any new person who registers a dangerous or vicious dog with the
county auditor. A county auditor also shall notify the director
whenever the county auditor becomes aware of an address change for a
dangerous or vicious dog.

(C)
A person may petition the director, in a manner established by the
director, to have the person's name and address removed from the
registry if the person transfers ownership of the dangerous or
vicious dog or if the dangerous or vicious dog dies.

Sec.
955.57.
Prior
to adopting out or transferring ownership of a dog, a dog pound
operated by a municipal corporation or by a county under this chapter
or a humane society established in accordance with Chapter 1717. of
the Revised Code shall ensure that the dog has been spayed or
neutered.

Sec.
955.99.
(A)(1)
Whoever violates division (E) of section 955.11 of the Revised Code
because of a failure to comply with division (B) of that section is
guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

(2)
Whoever violates division (E) of section 955.11 of the Revised Code
because of a failure to comply with division (C) or (D) of that
section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense and of a
misdemeanor of the fourth degree on each subsequent offense.

(B)
Whoever violates section 955.10, 955.23, 955.24, or 955.25 of the
Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

(C)
Whoever violates section 955.261, 955.39, or 955.50 of the Revised
Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense and of a
misdemeanor of the fourth degree on each subsequent offense.

(D)
Whoever violates division (F) of section 955.16 or division (B) of
section 955.43 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the
fourth degree.

(E)(1)
Whoever violates section 955.21 of the Revised Code, violates
division (B) of section 955.22 of the Revised Code, or commits a
violation of division (C) of section 955.22 of the Revised Code that
involves a dog that is not a nuisance dog, dangerous dog, or vicious
dog shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars or more than one
hundred dollars on a first offense, and on each subsequent offense
shall be fined not less than seventy-five dollars or more than two
hundred fifty dollars and may be imprisoned for not more than thirty
days.

(2)
In addition to the penalties prescribed in division (E)(1) of this
section, if the offender is guilty of a violation of division (B) of
section 955.22 of the Revised Code or a violation of division (C) of
section 955.22 of the Revised Code that involves a dog that is not a
nuisance dog, dangerous dog, or vicious dog, the court may order the
offender to personally supervise the dog that the offender owns,
keeps, or harbors, to cause that dog to complete dog obedience
training, or to do both.

(F)(1)
Whoever commits a violation of division (C) of section 955.22 of the
Revised Code that involves a nuisance dog is guilty of a minor
misdemeanor on the first offense and of a misdemeanor of the fourth
degree on each subsequent offense involving the same dog. Upon a
person being convicted of or pleading guilty to a third violation of
division (C) of section 955.22 of the Revised Code involving the same
dog, the court shall require the offender to register the involved
dog as a dangerous dog.

(2)
In addition to the penalties prescribed in division (F)(1) of this
section, if a violation of division (C) of section 955.22 of the
Revised Code involves a nuisance dog, the court may order the
offender to personally supervise the nuisance dog that the offender
owns, keeps, or harbors, to cause that dog to complete dog obedience
training, or to do both.

(G)
Whoever commits a violation of division (C) of section 955.22 of the
Revised Code that involves a dangerous dog or a violation of division
(D) of that section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree
on a first offense and of a misdemeanor of the third degree on each
subsequent offense. Additionally, the court may order the offender to
personally supervise the dangerous dog that the offender owns, keeps,
or harbors, to cause that dog to complete dog obedience training, or
to do both, and the court may order the offender to obtain liability
insurance pursuant to division (E) of section 955.22 of the Revised
Code. The court, in the alternative, may order the dangerous dog to
be humanely destroyed by a licensed veterinarian, the county dog
warden, or the county humane society at the owner's expense. With
respect to a violation of division (C) of section 955.22 of the
Revised Code that involves a dangerous dog, until the court makes a
final determination and during the pendency of any appeal of a
violation of that division and at the discretion of the dog warden,
the dog shall be confined or restrained in accordance with division
(D) of section 955.22 of the Revised Code or at the county dog pound
at the owner's expense.

(H)(1)
Whoever commits a violation of division (C) of section 955.22 of the
Revised Code that involves a vicious dog is guilty of one of the
following:

(a)
A felony of the fourth degree if the dog kills a person.
Additionally, the court shall order that the vicious dog be humanely
destroyed by a licensed veterinarian, the county dog warden, or the
county humane society at the owner's expense.

(b)
A misdemeanor of the first degree if the dog causes serious injury to
a person. Additionally, the court may order the vicious dog to be
humanely destroyed by a licensed veterinarian, the county dog warden,
or the county humane society at the owner's expense.

(2)
If the court does not order the vicious dog to be destroyed under
division (H)(1)(b) of this section, the court shall issue an order
that specifies that division (D) of section 955.11 and divisions (D)
to (I) of section 955.22 of the Revised Code apply with respect to
the dog and the owner, keeper, or harborer of the dog as if the dog
were a dangerous dog and that section 955.54 of the Revised Code
applies with respect to the dog as if it were a dangerous dog. As
part of the order, the court shall order the offender to obtain the
liability insurance required under division (E)(1) of section 955.22
of the Revised Code in an amount, exclusive of interest and costs,
that equals or exceeds one hundred thousand dollars. Until the court
makes a final determination and during the pendency of any appeal of
a violation of division (C) of section 955.22 of the Revised Code and
at the discretion of the dog warden, the dog shall be confined or
restrained in accordance with the provisions described in division
(D) of section 955.22 of the Revised Code or at the county dog pound
at the owner's expense.

(I)
Whoever violates division (A)(2) of section 955.01 of the Revised
Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

(J)
Whoever violates division (E)(2) of section 955.22 of the Revised
Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

(K)
Whoever violates division (C) of section 955.221 of the Revised Code
is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Each day of continued violation
constitutes a separate offense. Fines levied and collected for
violations of that division shall be distributed by the mayor or
clerk of the municipal or county court in accordance with section
733.40, division (F) of section 1901.31, or division (C) of section
1907.20 of the Revised Code to the treasury of the county, township,
or municipal corporation whose resolution or ordinance was violated.

(L)
Whoever violates division (F)(1), (2), or (3) of section 955.22 of
the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.
Additionally, the court shall order that the dog involved in the
violation be humanely destroyed by a licensed veterinarian, the
county dog warden, or the county humane society. Until the court
makes a final determination and during the pendency of any appeal of
a violation of division (F)(1), (2), or (3) of section 955.22 of the
Revised Code and at the discretion of the dog warden, the dog shall
be confined or restrained in accordance with the provisions of
division (D) of section 955.22 of the Revised Code or at the county
dog pound at the owner's expense.

(M)
Whoever violates division (E)(1), (3), or (4) of section 955.22 of
the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

(N)
Whoever violates division (I)(4) of section 955.22 of the Revised
Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

(O)
Whoever violates division (A) or (B) of section 955.54

or division (B) or (C) of section 955.55
of
the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

(P)(1)
If a dog is confined at the county dog pound pursuant to division
(G), (H), or (L) of this section, the county dog warden shall give
written notice of the confinement to the owner of the dog. If the
county dog warden is unable to give the notice to the owner of the
dog, the county dog warden shall post the notice on the door of the
residence of the owner of the dog or in another conspicuous place on
the premises at which the dog was seized. The notice shall include a
statement that a security in the amount of one hundred dollars is due
to the county dog warden within ten days to secure payment of all
reasonable expenses, including medical care and boarding of the dog
for sixty days, expected to be incurred by the county dog pound in
caring for the dog pending the determination. The county dog warden
may draw from the security any actual costs incurred in caring for
the dog.

(2)
If the person ordered to post security under division (P)(1) of this
section does not do so within ten days of the confinement of the
animal, the dog is forfeited, and the county dog warden may determine
the disposition of the dog unless the court issues an order that
specifies otherwise.

(3)
Not more than ten days after the court makes a final determination
under division (G), (H), or (L) of this section, the county dog
warden shall provide the owner of the dog with the actual cost of the
confinement of the dog. If the county dog warden finds that the
security provided under division (P)(1) of this section is less than
the actual cost of confinement of the dog, the owner shall remit the
difference between the security provided and the actual cost to the
county dog warden within thirty days after the court's determination.
If the county dog warden finds that the security provided under
division (P)(1) of this section is greater than that actual cost, the
county dog warden shall remit the difference between the security
provided and the actual cost to the owner within thirty days after
the court's determination.

(Q)
As used in this section, "nuisance dog," "dangerous
dog," and "vicious dog" have the same meanings as in
section 955.11 of the Revised Code.

Sec.
959.131.
(A)
As used in this section:

(1)
"Companion animal" means any animal that is kept inside a
residential dwelling and any dog or cat regardless of where it is
kept, including a pet store as defined in section 956.01 of the
Revised Code. "Companion animal" does not include livestock
or any wild animal.

(2)
"Cruelty," "torment," and "torture"
have the same meanings as in section 1717.01 of the Revised Code.

(3)
"Residential dwelling" means a structure or shelter or the
portion of a structure or shelter that is used by one or more humans
for the purpose of a habitation.

(4)
"Practice of veterinary medicine" has the same meaning as
in section 4741.01 of the Revised Code.

(5)
"Wild animal" has the same meaning as in section 1531.01 of
the Revised Code.

(6)
"Federal animal welfare act" means the "Laboratory
Animal Act of 1966," Pub. L. No. 89-544, 80 Stat. 350 (1966), 7
U.S.C.A. 2131 et seq., as amended by the "Animal Welfare Act of
1970," Pub. L. No. 91-579, 84 Stat. 1560 (1970), the "Animal
Welfare Act Amendments of 1976," Pub. L. No. 94-279, 90 Stat.
417 (1976), and the "Food Security Act of 1985," Pub. L.
No. 99-198, 99 Stat. 1354 (1985), and as it may be subsequently
amended.

(7)
"Dog kennel" means an animal rescue for dogs, a boarding
kennel, or a training kennel.

(8)
"Boarding kennel" and "animal rescue for dogs"
have the same meanings as in section 956.01 of the Revised Code.

(9)
"Training kennel" means an establishment operating for
profit that keeps, houses, and maintains dogs for the purpose of
training the dogs in return for a fee or other consideration.

(10)
"Livestock" means horses, mules, and other equidae; cattle,
sheep, goats, and other bovidae; swine and other suidae; poultry;
alpacas; llamas; captive white-tailed deer; and any other animal that
is raised or maintained domestically for food or fiber.

(11)
"Captive white-tailed deer" has the same meaning as in
section 1531.01 of the Revised Code.

(12)
"Serious physical harm" means any of the following:

(a)
Physical harm that carries an unnecessary or unjustifiable
substantial risk of death;

(b)
Physical harm that involves either partial or total permanent
incapacity;

(c)
Physical harm that involves acute pain of a duration that results in
substantial suffering or that involves any degree of prolonged or
intractable pain.

(B)
No person shall knowingly torture, torment, needlessly mutilate or
maim, cruelly beat, poison, needlessly kill, or commit an act of
cruelty against a companion animal.

(C)
No person shall knowingly cause serious physical harm to a companion
animal.

(D)
No person who confines or who is the custodian or caretaker of a
companion animal shall negligently do any of the following:

(1)
Torture, torment, or commit an act of cruelty against the companion
animal;

(2)
Deprive the companion animal of necessary sustenance or confine the
companion animal without supplying it during the confinement with
sufficient quantities of good, wholesome food and water if it can
reasonably be expected that the companion animal would become sick or
suffer in any other way as a result of or due to the deprivation or
confinement;

(3)
Impound or confine the companion animal without affording it, during
the impoundment or confinement, with access to shelter from heat,
cold, wind, rain, snow, or excessive direct sunlight if it can
reasonably be expected that the companion animal would become sick or
suffer in any other way as a result of or due to the lack of adequate
shelter.

(E)
No person who confines or who is the custodian or caretaker of a
companion animal shall recklessly deprive the companion animal of
necessary sustenance or confine the companion animal without
supplying it during the confinement with sufficient quantities of
good, wholesome food and water.

(F)
No owner, manager, or employee of a dog kennel who confines or is the
custodian or caretaker of a companion animal shall knowingly do any
of the following:

(1)
Torture, torment, needlessly mutilate or maim, cruelly beat, poison,
needlessly kill, or commit an act of cruelty against the companion
animal;

(2)
Deprive the companion animal of necessary sustenance or confine the
companion animal without supplying it during the confinement with
sufficient quantities of good, wholesome food and water if it is
reasonably expected that the companion animal would die or experience
unnecessary or unjustifiable pain or suffering as a result of the
deprivation or confinement;

(3)
Impound or confine the companion animal without affording it, during
the impoundment or confinement, with access to shelter from heat,
cold, wind, rain, snow, or excessive direct sunlight if it is
reasonably expected that the companion animal would die or experience
unnecessary or unjustifiable pain or suffering as a result of or due
to the lack of adequate shelter.

(G)
No owner, manager, or employee of a dog kennel who confines or is the
custodian or caretaker of a companion animal shall negligently do any
of the following:

(1)
Torture, torment, or commit an act of cruelty against the companion
animal;

(2)
Deprive the companion animal of necessary sustenance or confine the
companion animal without supplying it during the confinement with
sufficient quantities of good, wholesome food and water if it can
reasonably be expected that the companion animal would become sick or
suffer in any other way as a result of or due to the deprivation or
confinement;

(3)
Impound or confine the companion animal without affording it, during
the impoundment or confinement, with access to shelter from heat,
cold, wind, rain, snow, or excessive direct sunlight if it can
reasonably be expected that the companion animal would become sick or
suffer in any other way as a result of or due to the lack of adequate
shelter.

(H)

No
person, except as authorized by law, shall knowingly treat a
companion animal corpse in a way that would outrage reasonable
community sensibilities.

(I)

Divisions
(B)
,
(C), (D), (E), (F), and (G)

to (H)
of
this section do not apply to any of the following:

(1)
A companion animal used in scientific research conducted by an
institution in accordance with the federal animal welfare act and
related regulations;

(2)
The lawful practice of veterinary medicine by a person who has been
issued a license, temporary permit, or registration certificate to do
so under Chapter 4741. of the Revised Code;

(3)
Dogs being used or intended for use for hunting or field trial
purposes, provided that the dogs are being treated in accordance with
usual and commonly accepted practices for the care of hunting dogs;

(4)
The use of common training devices, if the companion animal is being
treated in accordance with usual and commonly accepted practices for
the training of animals;

(5)
The administering of medicine to a companion animal that was properly
prescribed by a person who has been issued a license, temporary
permit, or registration certificate under Chapter 4741. of the
Revised Code.

(I)

(J)

Notwithstanding
any section of the Revised Code that otherwise provides for the
distribution of fine moneys, the clerk of court shall forward all
fines the clerk collects that are so imposed for any violation of
this section to the treasurer of the political subdivision or the
state, whose county humane society or law enforcement agency is to be
paid the fine money as determined under this division. The treasurer
to whom the fines are forwarded shall pay the fine moneys to the
county humane society or the county, township, municipal corporation,
or state law enforcement agency in this state that primarily was
responsible for or involved in the investigation and prosecution of
the violation. If a county humane society receives any fine moneys
under this division, the county humane society shall use the fine
moneys either to provide the training that is required for humane
society agents under section 1717.061 of the Revised Code or to
provide additional training for humane society agents.

Sec.
959.99.
(A)
Whoever violates section 959.18 or 959.19 of the Revised Code is
guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

(B)
Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates
section 959.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the
second degree. If the value of the animal killed or the injury done
amounts to three hundred dollars or more, whoever violates section
959.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first
degree.

(C)
Whoever violates section 959.03, 959.06, division (C) of section
959.09, 959.12, or 959.17 or division (A) of section 959.15 of the
Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

(D)
Whoever violates division (A) of section 959.13 or section 959.21 of
the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. In
addition, the court may order the offender to forfeit the animal or
livestock and may provide for its disposition, including, but not
limited to, the sale of the animal or livestock. If an animal or
livestock is forfeited and sold pursuant to this division, the
proceeds from the sale first shall be applied to pay the expenses
incurred with regard to the care of the animal from the time it was
taken from the custody of the former owner. The balance of the
proceeds from the sale, if any, shall be paid to the former owner of
the animal.

(E)(1)
Whoever violates division (B) or (E) of section 959.131 of the
Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree on a
first offense and a felony of the fifth degree on each subsequent
offense.

(2)
Whoever violates division (C) of section 959.131 of the Revised Code
is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.

(3)
Whoever violates section 959.01 of the Revised Code or division (D)
of section 959.131 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of
the second degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the first
degree on each subsequent offense.

(4)
Whoever violates division (F) of section 959.131 of the Revised Code
is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.

(5)
Whoever violates division (G) of section 959.131 of the Revised Code
is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

(6)(a)

(6)
Whoever violates division (H) of section 959.131 of the Revised Code
is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree on a first offense and
a felony of the fifth degree on a second or subsequent offense. In
addition, if a person is convicted of or pleads guilty to such a
violation, the court shall impose a requirement that the offender
undergo psychological evaluation or counseling in addition to any
other criminal penalty. The court shall order the offender to pay the
costs of the evaluation or counseling.

(7)(a)

A
court may order a person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a
violation of section 959.131 of the Revised Code to forfeit to an
impounding agency, as defined in section 959.132 of the Revised Code,
any or all of the companion animals in that person's ownership or
care. The court also may prohibit or place limitations on the
person's ability to own or care for any companion animals for a
specified or indefinite period of time.

(b)
A court may order a person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a
violation of division (A) of section 959.13 or section 959.131 of the
Revised Code to reimburse an impounding agency for the reasonable and
necessary costs incurred by the agency for the care of an animal or
livestock that the agency impounded as a result of the investigation
or prosecution of the violation, provided that the costs were not
otherwise paid under section 959.132 of the Revised Code.

(7)

(8)

If
a court has reason to believe that a person who is convicted of or
pleads guilty to a violation of section 959.131 or 959.21 of the
Revised Code has a mental or emotional disorder that contributed to
the violation, the court may impose as a community control sanction
or as a condition of probation a requirement that the offender
undergo psychological evaluation or counseling. The court shall order
the offender to pay the costs of the evaluation or counseling.

(F)
Whoever violates section 959.14 of the Revised Code is guilty of a
misdemeanor of the second degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor
of the first degree on each subsequent offense.

(G)
Whoever violates section 959.05 or 959.20 of the Revised Code is
guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

(H)
Whoever violates section 959.16 of the Revised Code is guilty of a
felony of the fourth degree for a first offense and a felony of the
third degree on each subsequent offense.

(I)
Whoever violates division (B) or (C) of section 959.15 of the Revised
Code is guilty of a felony and shall be fined not more than ten
thousand dollars.

(J)(1)
As used in divisions (J)(2) and (3) of this section, "animal
abuse offense" means a violation of section 959.01, 959.02,
959.03, 959.06, 959.13, 959.131, 959.14, 959.15, 959.16, 959.17,
959.18, 959.20, or 959.21 of the Revised Code.

(2)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the court
shall impose as a financial sanction a mandatory fine of two thousand
five hundred dollars if a person is convicted of or pleads guilty to
an animal abuse offense that is a misdemeanor or a fifth degree
felony.

(3)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if a
person is convicted of or pleads guilty to a fourth degree felony
animal abuse offense or a third degree felony animal abuse offense,
the court shall impose as a financial sanction a fine of not less
than two thousand five hundred dollars and not more than the maximum
financial sanction allowed under section 2929.18 of the Revised Code.

Sec.
2921.321.
(A)
No person shall knowingly cause, or attempt to cause, physical harm
to a police dog or horse in either of the following circumstances:

(1)
The police dog or horse is assisting a law enforcement officer in the
performance of the officer's official duties at the time the physical
harm is caused or attempted.

(2)
The police dog or horse is not assisting a law enforcement officer in
the performance of the officer's official duties at the time the
physical harm is caused or attempted, but the offender has actual
knowledge that the dog or horse is a police dog or horse.

(B)
No person shall recklessly do any of the following:

(1)
Taunt, torment, or strike a police dog or horse;

(2)
Throw an object or substance at a police dog or horse;

(3)
Interfere with or obstruct a police dog or horse, or interfere with
or obstruct a law enforcement officer who is being assisted by a
police dog or horse, in a manner that does any of the following:

(a)
Inhibits or restricts the law enforcement officer's control of the
police dog or horse;

(b)
Deprives the law enforcement officer of control of the police dog or
horse;

(c)
Releases the police dog or horse from its area of control;

(d)
Enters the area of control of the police dog or horse without the
consent of the law enforcement officer, including placing food or any
other object or substance into that area;

(e)
Inhibits or restricts the ability of the police dog or horse to
assist a law enforcement officer.

(4)
Engage in any conduct that is likely to cause serious physical injury
or death to a police dog or horse;

(5)
If the person is the owner, keeper, or harborer of a dog, fail to
reasonably restrain the dog from taunting, tormenting, chasing,
approaching in a menacing fashion or apparent attitude of attack, or
attempting to bite or otherwise endanger a police dog or horse that
at the time of the conduct, the police dog or horse is assisting a
law enforcement officer in the performance of the officer's duties or
that the person knows is a police dog or horse.

(C)
No person shall knowingly cause, or attempt to cause, physical harm
to an assistance dog in either of the following circumstances:

(1)
The dog, at the time the physical harm is caused or attempted, is
assisting or serving a person who is blind, deaf, or hearing impaired
or a person with a mobility impairment.

(2)
The dog, at the time the physical harm is caused or attempted, is not
assisting or serving a person who is blind, deaf, or hearing impaired
or a person with a mobility impairment, but the offender has actual
knowledge that the dog is an assistance dog.

(D)
No person shall recklessly do any of the following:

(1)
Taunt, torment, or strike an assistance dog;

(2)
Throw an object or substance at an assistance dog;

(3)
Interfere with or obstruct an assistance dog, or interfere with or
obstruct a person who is blind, deaf, or hearing impaired or a person
with a mobility impairment who is being assisted or served by an
assistance dog, in a manner that does any of the following:

(a)
Inhibits or restricts the assisted or served person's control of the
dog;

(b)
Deprives the assisted or served person of control of the dog;

(c)
Releases the dog from its area of control;

(d)
Enters the area of control of the dog without the consent of the
assisted or served person, including placing food or any other object
or substance into that area;

(e)
Inhibits or restricts the ability of the dog to assist the assisted
or served person.

(4)
Engage in any conduct that is likely to cause serious physical injury
or death to an assistance dog;

(5)
If the person is the owner, keeper, or harborer of a dog, fail to
reasonably restrain the dog from taunting, tormenting, chasing,
approaching in a menacing fashion or apparent attitude of attack, or
attempting to bite or otherwise endanger an assistance dog that at
the time of the conduct is assisting or serving a person who is
blind, deaf, or hearing impaired or a person with a mobility
impairment or that the person knows is an assistance dog.

(E)(1)
Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of assaulting
a police dog or horse, and shall be punished as provided in divisions
(E)(1)(a) and (b) of this section.

(a)
Except as otherwise provided in this division, assaulting a police
dog or horse is a misdemeanor of the second degree. If the violation
results in the death of the police dog or horse, assaulting a police
dog or horse is a felony of the third degree and the court shall
impose as a mandatory prison term one of the definite prison terms
prescribed in division (A)(3)(b) of section 2929.14 of the Revised
Code for a felony of the third degree. If the violation results in
serious physical harm to the police dog or horse other than its
death, assaulting a police dog or horse is a felony of the fourth
degree. If the violation results in physical harm to the police dog
or horse other than death or serious physical harm, assaulting a
police dog or horse is a misdemeanor of the first degree.

(b)
In addition to any other sanction imposed for assaulting a police dog
or horse, if the violation of division (A) of this section results in
the death of the police dog or horse, the sentencing court shall
impose as a financial sanction a mandatory fine under division
(B)(10) of section 2929.18 of the Revised Code. The fine shall be
paid to the law enforcement agency that was served by the police dog
or horse that was killed, and shall be used by that agency only for
one or more of the following purposes:

(i)
If the dog or horse was not owned by the agency, the payment to the
owner of the dog or horse of the cost of the dog or horse and the
cost of the training of the dog or horse to qualify it as a police
dog or horse, if that cost has not previously been paid by the
agency;

(ii)
After payment of the costs described in division (E)(1)(b)(i) of this
section, if applicable, payment of the cost of replacing the dog or
horse that was killed;

(iii)
After payment of the costs described in division (E)(1)(b)(i) of this
section, if applicable, payment of the cost of training the
replacement dog or horse to qualify it as a police dog or horse;

(iv)
After payment of the costs described in division (E)(1)(b)(i) of this
section, if applicable, payment of the cost of further training of
the replacement dog or horse that is needed to train it to the level
of training that had been achieved by the dog or horse that was
killed.

(2)
Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of harassing
a police dog or horse. Except as otherwise provided in this division,
harassing a police dog or horse is a misdemeanor of the second
degree. If the violation results in the death of the police dog or
horse, harassing a police dog or horse is a felony of the third
degree. If the violation results in serious physical harm to the
police dog or horse, but does not result in its death, harassing a
police dog or horse, is a felony of the fourth degree. If the
violation results in physical harm to the police dog or horse, but
does not result in its death or in serious physical harm to it,
harassing a police dog or horse is a misdemeanor of the first degree.

(3)
Whoever violates division (C) of this section is guilty of assaulting
an assistance dog. Except as otherwise provided in this division,
assaulting an assistance dog is a misdemeanor of the second degree.
If the violation results in the death of the assistance dog,
assaulting an assistance dog is a felony of the third degree. If the
violation results in serious physical harm to the assistance dog
other than its death, assaulting an assistance dog is a felony of the
fourth degree. If the violation results in physical harm to the
assistance dog other than death or serious physical harm, assaulting
an assistance dog is a misdemeanor of the first degree.

(4)
Whoever violates division (D) of this section is guilty of harassing
an assistance dog. Except as otherwise provided in this division,
harassing an assistance dog is a misdemeanor of the second degree. If
the violation results in the death of the assistance dog, harassing
an assistance dog is a felony of the third degree. If the violation
results in serious physical harm to the assistance dog, but does not
result in its death, harassing an assistance dog is a felony of the
fourth degree. If the violation results in physical harm to the
assistance dog, but does not result in its death or in serious
physical harm to it, harassing an assistance dog is a misdemeanor of
the first degree.

(5)
In addition to any other sanction or penalty imposed for the offense
under this section, Chapter 2929., or any other provision of the
Revised Code, whoever violates division (A), (B), (C), or (D) of this
section is responsible for the payment of all of the following:

(a)
Any veterinary bill or bill for medication incurred as a result of
the violation by the police department regarding a violation of
division (A) or (B) of this section or by the person who is blind,
deaf, or hearing impaired or the person with a mobility impairment
assisted or served by the assistance dog regarding a violation of
division (C) or (D) of this section;

(b)
The cost of any damaged equipment that results from the violation;

(c)
If the violation did not result in the death of the police dog or
horse or the assistance dog that was the subject of the violation and
if, as a result of that dog or horse being the subject of the
violation, the dog or horse needs further training or retraining to
be able to continue in the capacity of a police dog or horse or an
assistance dog, the cost of any further training or retraining of
that dog or horse by a law enforcement officer or by the person who
is blind, deaf, or hearing impaired or the person with a mobility
impairment assisted or served by the assistance dog;

(d)
If the violation resulted in the death of the assistance dog that was
the subject of the violation or resulted in serious physical harm to
the police dog or horse or the assistance dog or horse that was the
subject of the violation to the extent that the dog or horse needs to
be replaced on either a temporary or a permanent basis, the cost of
replacing that dog or horse and of any further training of a new
police dog or horse or a new assistance dog by a law enforcement
officer or by the person who is blind, deaf, or hearing impaired or
the person with a mobility impairment assisted or served by the
assistance dog, which replacement or training is required because of
the death of or the serious physical harm to the dog or horse that
was the subject of the violation.

(F)

(F)(1)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary and in
addition to any costs imposed under division (E)(5) of this section,
if a person is convicted of or pleads guilty to a misdemeanor offense
under this section, the court shall impose as a financial sanction a
mandatory fine of two thousand five hundred dollars.

(2)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary and in
addition to any costs imposed under division (E)(5) of this section,
if a person is convicted of or pleads guilty to a fourth degree or a
third degree felony offense under this section, other than a felony
offense described in division (E)(1)(a) of this section, the court
shall impose as a financial sanction a fine of not less than two
thousand five hundred dollars and not more than the maximum financial
sanction allowed under section 2929.18 of the Revised Code.

(G)

This
section does not apply to a licensed veterinarian whose conduct is in
accordance with Chapter 4741. of the Revised Code.

(G)
(H)

This section only applies to an offender who knows or should know at
the time of the violation that the police dog or horse or assistance
dog that is the subject of a violation under this section is a police
dog or horse or an assistance dog.

(H)

(I)

As
used in this section:

(1)
"Physical harm" means any injury, illness, or other
physiological impairment, regardless of its gravity or duration.

(2)
"Police dog or horse" means a dog or horse that has been
trained, and may be used, to assist law enforcement officers in the
performance of their official duties.

(3)
"Serious physical harm" means any of the following:

(a)
Any physical harm that carries a substantial risk of death;

(b)
Any physical harm that causes permanent maiming or that involves some
temporary, substantial maiming;

(c)
Any physical harm that causes acute pain of a duration that results
in substantial suffering.

(4)
"Assistance dog," "blind," and "person with
a mobility impairment" have the same meanings as in section
955.011 of the Revised Code.

Sec.
2929.18.
(A)
Except as otherwise provided in this division and in addition to
imposing court costs pursuant to section 2947.23 of the Revised Code,
the court imposing a sentence upon an offender for a felony may
sentence the offender to any financial sanction or combination of
financial sanctions authorized under this section or, in the
circumstances specified in section 2929.32 of the Revised Code, may
impose upon the offender a fine in accordance with that section, and
shall sentence the offender to make restitution pursuant to this
section and section 2929.281 of the Revised Code. The victim has a
right not to seek restitution. Financial sanctions that either are
required to be or may be imposed pursuant to this section include,
but are not limited to, the following:

(1)
Restitution by the offender to the victim of the offender's criminal
offense or the victim's estate, in an amount based on the victim's
economic loss. In open court, the court shall order that full
restitution be made to the victim, to the adult probation department
that serves the county on behalf of the victim, to the clerk of
courts, or to another agency designated by the court. At sentencing,
the court shall determine the amount of restitution to be made by the
offender. The victim, victim's representative, victim's attorney, if
applicable, the prosecutor or the prosecutor's designee, and the
offender may provide information relevant to the determination of the
amount of restitution. The amount the court orders as restitution
shall not exceed the amount of the economic loss suffered by the
victim as a direct and proximate result of the commission of the
offense. If the court imposes restitution for the cost of accounting
or auditing done to determine the extent of economic loss, the court
may order restitution for any amount of the victim's costs of
accounting or auditing provided that the amount of restitution is
reasonable and does not exceed the value of property or services
stolen or damaged as a result of the offense. The court shall hold a
hearing on restitution if the offender, victim, victim's
representative, or victim's estate disputes the amount. The court
shall determine the amount of full restitution by a preponderance of
the evidence. All restitution payments shall be credited against any
recovery of economic loss in a civil action brought by the victim or
the victim's estate against the offender.

The
court may order that the offender pay a surcharge of not more than
five per cent of the amount of the restitution otherwise ordered to
the entity responsible for collecting and processing restitution
payments.

The
victim, victim's estate, or victim's attorney, if applicable, may
file a motion or request that the prosecutor in the case file a
motion, or the offender may file a motion, for modification of the
payment terms of any restitution ordered. If the court grants the
motion, it may modify the payment terms as it determines appropriate
but shall not reduce the amount of restitution ordered, except as
provided in division (A) of section 2929.281 of the Revised Code. The
court shall not discharge restitution until it is fully paid by the
offender.

(2)
Except as provided in division (B)(1), (3), or (4) of this section, a
fine payable by the offender to the state, to a political
subdivision, or as described in division (B)(2) of this section to
one or more law enforcement agencies, with the amount of the fine
based on a standard percentage of the offender's daily income over a
period of time determined by the court and based upon the seriousness
of the offense. A fine ordered under this division shall not exceed
the maximum conventional fine amount authorized for the level of the
offense under division (A)(3) of this section.

(3)
Except as provided in division (B)(1), (3), or (4) of this section, a
fine payable by the offender to the state, to a political subdivision
when appropriate for a felony, or as described in division (B)(2) of
this section to one or more law enforcement agencies, in the
following amount:

(a)
For a felony of the first degree, not more than twenty thousand
dollars;

(b)
For a felony of the second degree, not more than fifteen thousand
dollars;

(c)
For a felony of the third degree, not more than ten thousand dollars;

(d)
For a felony of the fourth degree, not more than five thousand
dollars;

(e)
For a felony of the fifth degree, not more than two thousand five
hundred dollars.

(4)
A state fine or costs as defined in section 2949.111 of the Revised
Code.

(5)(a)
Reimbursement by the offender of any or all of the costs of sanctions
incurred by the government, including the following:

(i)
All or part of the costs of implementing any community control
sanction, including a supervision fee under section 2951.021 of the
Revised Code;

(ii)
All or part of the costs of confinement under a sanction imposed
pursuant to section 2929.14, 2929.142, or 2929.16 of the Revised
Code, provided that the amount of reimbursement ordered under this
division shall not exceed the total amount of reimbursement the
offender is able to pay as determined at a hearing and shall not
exceed the actual cost of the confinement;

(iii)
All or part of the cost of purchasing and using an immobilizing or
disabling device, including a certified ignition interlock device, or
a remote alcohol monitoring device that a court orders an offender to
use under section 4510.13 of the Revised Code.

(b)
If the offender is sentenced to a sanction of confinement pursuant to
section 2929.14 or 2929.16 of the Revised Code that is to be served
in a facility operated by a board of county commissioners, a
legislative authority of a municipal corporation, or another local
governmental entity, if, pursuant to section 307.93, 341.14, 341.19,
341.23, 753.02, 753.04, 753.16, 2301.56, or 2947.19 of the Revised
Code and section 2929.37 of the Revised Code, the board, legislative
authority, or other local governmental entity requires prisoners to
reimburse the county, municipal corporation, or other entity for its
expenses incurred by reason of the prisoner's confinement, and if the
court does not impose a financial sanction under division
(A)(5)(a)(ii) of this section, confinement costs may be assessed
pursuant to section 2929.37 of the Revised Code. In addition, the
offender may be required to pay the fees specified in section 2929.38
of the Revised Code in accordance with that section.

(c)
Reimbursement by the offender for costs pursuant to section 2929.71
of the Revised Code;

(d)
Reimbursement by the offender for costs pursuant to section 2917.321
of the Revised Code.

(B)(1)
For a first, second, or third degree felony violation of any
provision of Chapter 2925., 3719., or 4729. of the Revised Code, the
sentencing court shall impose upon the offender a mandatory fine of
at least one-half of, but not more than, the maximum statutory fine
amount authorized for the level of the offense pursuant to division
(A)(3) of this section. If an offender alleges in an affidavit filed
with the court prior to sentencing that the offender is indigent and
unable to pay the mandatory fine and if the court determines the
offender is an indigent person and is unable to pay the mandatory
fine described in this division, the court shall not impose the
mandatory fine upon the offender.

(2)
Any mandatory fine imposed upon an offender under division (B)(1) of
this section and any fine imposed upon an offender under division
(A)(2) or (3) of this section for any fourth or fifth degree felony
violation of any provision of Chapter 2925., 3719., or 4729. of the
Revised Code shall be paid to law enforcement agencies pursuant to
division (F) of section 2925.03 of the Revised Code.

(3)
For a fourth degree felony OVI offense and for a third degree felony
OVI offense, the sentencing court shall impose upon the offender a
mandatory fine in the amount specified in division (G)(1)(d) or (e)
of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code, whichever is applicable. The
mandatory fine so imposed shall be disbursed as provided in the
division pursuant to which it is imposed.

(4)
Notwithstanding any fine otherwise authorized or required to be
imposed under division (A)(2) or (3) or (B)(1) of this section or
section 2929.31 of the Revised Code for a violation of section
2925.03 of the Revised Code, in addition to any penalty or sanction
imposed for that offense under section 2925.03 or sections 2929.11 to
2929.18 of the Revised Code and in addition to the forfeiture of
property in connection with the offense as prescribed in Chapter
2981. of the Revised Code, the court that sentences an offender for a
violation of section 2925.03 of the Revised Code may impose upon the
offender a fine in addition to any fine imposed under division (A)(2)
or (3) of this section and in addition to any mandatory fine imposed
under division (B)(1) of this section. The fine imposed under
division (B)(4) of this section shall be used as provided in division
(H) of section 2925.03 of the Revised Code. A fine imposed under
division (B)(4) of this section shall not exceed whichever of the
following is applicable:

(a)
The total value of any personal or real property in which the
offender has an interest and that was used in the course of, intended
for use in the course of, derived from, or realized through conduct
in violation of section 2925.03 of the Revised Code, including any
property that constitutes proceeds derived from that offense;

(b)
If the offender has no interest in any property of the type described
in division (B)(4)(a) of this section or if it is not possible to
ascertain whether the offender has an interest in any property of
that type in which the offender may have an interest, the amount of
the mandatory fine for the offense imposed under division (B)(1) of
this section or, if no mandatory fine is imposed under division
(B)(1) of this section, the amount of the fine authorized for the
level of the offense imposed under division (A)(3) of this section.

(5)
Prior to imposing a fine under division (B)(4) of this section, the
court shall determine whether the offender has an interest in any
property of the type described in division (B)(4)(a) of this section.
Except as provided in division (B)(6) or (7) of this section, a fine
that is authorized and imposed under division (B)(4) of this section
does not limit or affect the imposition of the penalties and
sanctions for a violation of section 2925.03 of the Revised Code
prescribed under those sections or sections 2929.11 to 2929.18 of the
Revised Code and does not limit or affect a forfeiture of property in
connection with the offense as prescribed in Chapter 2981. of the
Revised Code.

(6)
If the sum total of a mandatory fine amount imposed for a first,
second, or third degree felony violation of section 2925.03 of the
Revised Code under division (B)(1) of this section plus the amount of
any fine imposed under division (B)(4) of this section does not
exceed the maximum statutory fine amount authorized for the level of
the offense under division (A)(3) of this section or section 2929.31
of the Revised Code, the court may impose a fine for the offense in
addition to the mandatory fine and the fine imposed under division
(B)(4) of this section. The sum total of the amounts of the mandatory
fine, the fine imposed under division (B)(4) of this section, and the
additional fine imposed under division (B)(6) of this section shall
not exceed the maximum statutory fine amount authorized for the level
of the offense under division (A)(3) of this section or section
2929.31 of the Revised Code. The clerk of the court shall pay any
fine that is imposed under division (B)(6) of this section to the
county, township, municipal corporation, park district as created
pursuant to section 511.18 or 1545.04 of the Revised Code, or state
law enforcement agencies in this state that primarily were
responsible for or involved in making the arrest of, and in
prosecuting, the offender pursuant to division (F) of section 2925.03
of the Revised Code.

(7)
If the sum total of the amount of a mandatory fine imposed for a
first, second, or third degree felony violation of section 2925.03 of
the Revised Code plus the amount of any fine imposed under division
(B)(4) of this section exceeds the maximum statutory fine amount
authorized for the level of the offense under division (A)(3) of this
section or section 2929.31 of the Revised Code, the court shall not
impose a fine under division (B)(6) of this section.

(8)(a)
If an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of
section 2905.01, 2905.02, 2907.21, 2907.22, or 2923.32, division
(A)(1) or (2) of section 2907.323 involving a minor, or division
(B)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of section 2919.22 of the Revised Code
also is convicted of or pleads guilty to a specification of the type
described in section 2941.1422 of the Revised Code that charges that
the offender knowingly committed the offense in furtherance of human
trafficking, the sentencing court shall sentence the offender to a
financial sanction of restitution by the offender to the victim or
the victim's estate, with the restitution including the costs of
housing, counseling, and medical and legal assistance incurred by the
victim as a direct result of the offense and the greater of the
following:

(i)
The gross income or value to the offender of the victim's labor or
services;

(ii)
The value of the victim's labor as guaranteed under the minimum wage
and overtime provisions of the "Federal Fair Labor Standards Act
of 1938," 52 Stat. 1060, 20 U.S.C. 207, and state labor laws.

(b)
If a court imposing sentence upon an offender for a felony is
required to impose upon the offender a financial sanction of
restitution under division (B)(8)(a) of this section, in addition to
that financial sanction of restitution, the court may sentence the
offender to any other financial sanction or combination of financial
sanctions authorized under this section, including a restitution
sanction under division (A)(1) of this section.

(9)
In addition to any other fine that is or may be imposed under this
section, the court imposing sentence upon an offender for a felony
that is a sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented
offense, as those terms are defined in section 2950.01 of the Revised
Code, may impose a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five
hundred dollars.

(10)
For a felony violation of division (A) of section 2921.321 of the
Revised Code that results in the death of the police dog or horse
that is the subject of the violation, the sentencing court shall
impose upon the offender a mandatory fine from the range of fines
provided under division (A)(3) of this section for a felony of the
third degree
,
but such fine shall not be less than two thousand five hundred
dollars
.
A mandatory fine imposed upon an offender under division (B)(10) of
this section shall be paid to the law enforcement agency that was
served by the police dog or horse that was killed in the felony
violation of division (A) of section 2921.321 of the Revised Code to
be used as provided in division (E)(1)(b) of that section.

(11)
In addition to any other fine that is or may be imposed under this
section, the court imposing sentence upon an offender for any of the
following offenses that is a felony may impose a fine of not less
than seventy nor more than five hundred dollars, which, except as
provided in division (B)(12) of this section, shall be transmitted to
the treasurer of state to be credited to the address confidentiality
program fund created by section 111.48 of the Revised Code:

(a)
Domestic violence;

(b)
Menacing by stalking;

(c)
Rape;

(d)
Sexual battery;

(e)
Trafficking in persons;

(f)
A violation of section 2905.01, 2905.02, 2907.21, 2907.22, or
2923.32, division (A)(1) or (2) of section 2907.323 involving a
minor, or division (B)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of section 2919.22
of the Revised Code, if the offender also is convicted of a
specification of the type described in section 2941.1422 of the
Revised Code that charges that the offender knowingly committed the
offense in furtherance of human trafficking.

(12)(a)
A court that imposes a fine under division (B)(11) of this section
may retain up to twenty-five per cent of amounts collected in
satisfaction of the fine to cover administrative costs.

(b)
A court that imposes a fine under division (B)(11) of this section
may assign up to twenty-five per cent of amounts collected in
satisfaction of the fine to reimburse the prosecuting attorney for
costs associated with prosecution of the offense.

(C)(1)
Except as provided in section 2951.021 of the Revised Code, the
offender shall pay reimbursements imposed upon the offender pursuant
to division (A)(5)(a) of this section to pay the costs incurred by a
county pursuant to any sanction imposed under this section or section
2929.16 or 2929.17 of the Revised Code or in operating a facility
used to confine offenders pursuant to a sanction imposed under
section 2929.16 of the Revised Code to the county treasurer. The
county treasurer shall deposit the reimbursements in the sanction
cost reimbursement fund that each board of county commissioners shall
create in its county treasury. The county shall use the amounts
deposited in the fund to pay the costs incurred by the county
pursuant to any sanction imposed under this section or section
2929.16 or 2929.17 of the Revised Code or in operating a facility
used to confine offenders pursuant to a sanction imposed under
section 2929.16 of the Revised Code.

(2)
Except as provided in section 2951.021 of the Revised Code, the
offender shall pay reimbursements imposed upon the offender pursuant
to division (A)(5)(a) of this section to pay the costs incurred by a
municipal corporation pursuant to any sanction imposed under this
section or section 2929.16 or 2929.17 of the Revised Code or in
operating a facility used to confine offenders pursuant to a sanction
imposed under section 2929.16 of the Revised Code to the treasurer of
the municipal corporation. The treasurer shall deposit the
reimbursements in a special fund that shall be established in the
treasury of each municipal corporation. The municipal corporation
shall use the amounts deposited in the fund to pay the costs incurred
by the municipal corporation pursuant to any sanction imposed under
this section or section 2929.16 or 2929.17 of the Revised Code or in
operating a facility used to confine offenders pursuant to a sanction
imposed under section 2929.16 of the Revised Code.

(3)
Except as provided in section 2951.021 of the Revised Code, the
offender shall pay reimbursements imposed pursuant to division
(A)(5)(a) of this section for the costs incurred by a private
provider pursuant to a sanction imposed under this section or section
2929.16 or 2929.17 of the Revised Code to the provider.

(D)
Except as otherwise provided in this division, a financial sanction
imposed pursuant to division (A) or (B) of this section is a judgment
in favor of the state or a political subdivision in which the court
that imposed the financial sanction is located, and the offender
subject to the financial sanction is the judgment debtor. A financial
sanction of reimbursement imposed pursuant to division (A)(5)(a)(ii)
of this section upon an offender who is incarcerated in a state
facility or a municipal jail is a judgment in favor of the state or
the municipal corporation, and the offender subject to the financial
sanction is the judgment debtor. A financial sanction of
reimbursement imposed upon an offender pursuant to this section for
costs incurred by a private provider of sanctions is a judgment in
favor of the private provider, and the offender subject to the
financial sanction is the judgment debtor. A financial sanction of a
mandatory fine imposed under division (B)(10) of this section that is
required under that division to be paid to a law enforcement agency
is a judgment in favor of the specified law enforcement agency, and
the offender subject to the financial sanction is the judgment
debtor. A financial sanction of restitution imposed pursuant to
division (A)(1) or (B)(8) of this section is an order in favor of the
victim of the offender's criminal act that can be collected through a
certificate of judgment as described in division (D)(1) of this
section, through execution as described in division (D)(2) of this
section, or through an order as described in division (D)(3) of this
section, and the offender shall be considered for purposes of the
collection as the judgment debtor. Imposition of a financial sanction
and execution on the judgment does not preclude any other power of
the court to impose or enforce sanctions on the offender. Once the
financial sanction is imposed as a judgment or order under this
division, the victim, private provider, state, or political
subdivision may do any of the following:

(1)
Obtain from the clerk of the court in which the judgment was entered,
at no cost, a certificate of judgment that shall be in the same
manner and form as a certificate of judgment issued in a civil
action;

(2)
Obtain execution of the judgment or order through any available
procedure, including:

(a)
An execution against the property of the judgment debtor under
Chapter 2329. of the Revised Code;

(b)
An execution against the person of the judgment debtor under Chapter
2331. of the Revised Code;

(c)
A proceeding in aid of execution under Chapter 2333. of the Revised
Code, including:

(i)
A proceeding for the examination of the judgment debtor under
sections 2333.09 to 2333.12 and sections 2333.15 to 2333.27 of the
Revised Code;

(ii)
A proceeding for attachment of the person of the judgment debtor
under section 2333.28 of the Revised Code;

(iii)
A creditor's suit under section 2333.01 of the Revised Code.

(d)
The attachment of the property of the judgment debtor under Chapter
2715. of the Revised Code;

(e)
The garnishment of the property of the judgment debtor under Chapter
2716. of the Revised Code.

(3)
Obtain an order for the assignment of wages of the judgment debtor
under section 1321.33 of the Revised Code.

(E)
A court that imposes a financial sanction upon an offender may hold a
hearing if necessary to determine whether the offender is able to pay
the sanction or is likely in the future to be able to pay it.

(F)
Each court imposing a financial sanction upon an offender under this
section or under section 2929.32 of the Revised Code may designate
the clerk of the court or another person to collect the financial
sanction. The clerk or other person authorized by law or the court to
collect the financial sanction may enter into contracts with one or
more public agencies or private vendors for the collection of,
amounts due under the financial sanction imposed pursuant to this
section or section 2929.32 of the Revised Code. Before entering into
a contract for the collection of amounts due from an offender
pursuant to any financial sanction imposed pursuant to this section
or section 2929.32 of the Revised Code, a court shall comply with
sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code.

(G)
If a court that imposes a financial sanction under division (A) or
(B) of this section finds that an offender satisfactorily has
completed all other sanctions imposed upon the offender and that all
restitution that has been ordered has been paid as ordered, the court
may suspend any financial sanctions imposed pursuant to this section
or section 2929.32 of the Revised Code that have not been paid.

(H)
No financial sanction imposed under this section or section 2929.32
of the Revised Code shall preclude a victim from bringing a civil
action against the offender.

(I)
If the court imposes restitution, fines, fees, or incarceration costs
on a business or corporation, it is the duty of the person authorized
to make disbursements from the assets of the business or corporation
to pay the restitution, fines, fees, or incarceration costs from
those assets.

(J)
If an offender is sentenced to pay restitution, a fine, fee, or
incarceration costs, the clerk of the sentencing court, on request,
shall make the offender's payment history available to the
prosecutor, victim, victim's representative, victim's attorney, if
applicable, the probation department, and the court without cost.

Section
2.
That
existing sections
109.79
,
955.54, 955.99, 959.131, 959.99, 2921.321, and 2929.18 of the Revised
Code are hereby repealed.

Section
3.
Section
959.99 of the Revised Code is presented in this act as a composite of
the section as amended by both H.B. 281 and S.B. 164 of the 134th
General Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the principle stated
in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments
are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation,
finds that the composite is the resulting version of the section in
effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in
this act.