(4) The requirements of minimum basic training that peace
| 25 |
officers appointed to probationary terms shall complete before
| 26 |
being eligible for permanent appointment, which requirements
shall
| 27 |
include a minimum of fifteen hours of training in the
handling of
| 28 |
the offense of domestic violence, other types of
domestic
| 29 |
violence-related offenses and incidents, and protection
orders and
| 30 |
consent agreements issued or approved under section
2919.26 or
| 31 |
3113.31 of the Revised Code; a minimum of six hours of
crisis
| 32 |
intervention training; and a specified amount of training
in the
| 33 |
handling of missing children and child abuse and neglect
cases;
| 34 |
and the time within which such basic training shall be
completed
| 35 |
following appointment to a probationary term;
| 36 |
(5) The requirements of minimum basic training that peace
| 37 |
officers not appointed for probationary terms but appointed on
| 38 |
other than a permanent basis shall complete in order to be
| 39 |
eligible for continued employment or permanent appointment, which
| 40 |
requirements shall include a minimum of fifteen hours of training
| 41 |
in the handling of the offense of domestic violence, other types
| 42 |
of domestic violence-related offenses and incidents, and
| 43 |
protection orders and consent agreements issued or approved under
| 44 |
section 2919.26 or 3113.31 of the Revised Code, a minimum of six
| 45 |
hours of crisis intervention training, and a specified amount of
| 46 |
training in the handling of missing children and child abuse and
| 47 |
neglect cases, and the time within which such basic training
shall
| 48 |
be completed following appointment on other than a
permanent
| 49 |
basis;
| 50 |
(6) Categories or classifications of advanced in-service
| 51 |
training programs for peace officers, including programs in the
| 52 |
handling of the offense of domestic violence, other types of
| 53 |
domestic violence-related offenses and incidents, and protection
| 54 |
orders and consent agreements issued or approved under section
| 55 |
2919.26 or 3113.31 of the Revised Code, in crisis intervention,
| 56 |
and in the handling of missing children and child abuse and
| 57 |
neglect cases, and minimum courses of study and attendance
| 58 |
requirements with respect to such categories or classifications;
| 59 |
(7) Permitting persons, who are employed as members of a
| 60 |
campus police department appointed under section 1713.50 of the
| 61 |
Revised Code; who are employed as police officers by a qualified
| 62 |
nonprofit corporation police department pursuant to section
| 63 |
1702.80 of the Revised Code; who are appointed and
commissioned as
| 64 |
bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, credit union, or
| 65 |
association of banks, savings and loan associations, savings
| 66 |
banks, or credit unions police officers,
as railroad police
| 67 |
officers, or as hospital
police officers
pursuant
to sections
| 68 |
4973.17 to 4973.22 of the Revised Code; or who are appointed and
| 69 |
commissioned as amusement park police officers pursuant to section
| 70 |
4973.17 of the Revised Code, to
attend
approved peace officer
| 71 |
training schools, including the
Ohio peace
officer training
| 72 |
academy, and to receive certificates
of
satisfactory completion of
| 73 |
basic training programs, if the
private
college or university that
| 74 |
established the campus police
department; qualified nonprofit
| 75 |
corporation police department; bank, savings and loan association,
| 76 |
savings bank, credit union, or association of banks, savings and
| 77 |
loan associations, savings banks, or credit unions;
railroad
| 78 |
company; hospital; or amusement park sponsoring the police
| 79 |
officers pays
the entire cost of the training and certification
| 80 |
and if trainee
vacancies are available;
| 81 |
(8) Permitting undercover drug agents to attend approved
| 82 |
peace officer training schools, other than the Ohio peace officer
| 83 |
training academy, and to receive certificates of satisfactory
| 84 |
completion of basic training programs, if, for each undercover
| 85 |
drug agent, the county, township, or municipal corporation that
| 86 |
employs that undercover drug agent pays the entire cost of the
| 87 |
training and certification;
| 88 |
(B) The commission shall appoint an executive director,
with
| 111 |
the approval of the attorney general, who shall hold office
during
| 112 |
the pleasure of the commission. The executive
director shall
| 113 |
perform such duties assigned by the
commission. The
executive
| 114 |
director
shall receive a salary fixed pursuant to
Chapter 124. of
| 115 |
the
Revised Code and reimbursement for expenses
within the amounts
| 116 |
available by appropriation. The executive
director may appoint
| 117 |
officers, employees, agents, and consultants
as the executive
| 118 |
director considers
necessary, prescribe their
duties, and provide
| 119 |
for reimbursement
of their expenses within the
amounts available
| 120 |
for reimbursement
by appropriation and with the
approval of the
| 121 |
commission.
| 122 |
(D) In establishing the requirements, under division (A)(12)
| 143 |
of this section, the commission may consider any portions of the
| 144 |
curriculum for instruction on the topic of animal husbandry
| 145 |
practices, if any, of the Ohio state university college of
| 146 |
veterinary medicine. No person or entity that fails to provide
| 147 |
instruction on traditional animal husbandry methods and training
| 148 |
techniques, including customary owner-performed practices, shall
| 149 |
qualify to train a humane society agent for appointment under
| 150 |
section 1717.06 of the Revised Code.
| 151 |
(1) A record of deeds, in which shall be recorded all
deeds
| 155 |
and other instruments of writing for the absolute and
| 156 |
unconditional sale or conveyance of lands, tenements, and
| 157 |
hereditaments; all notices as provided in sections 5301.47 to
| 158 |
5301.56 of the Revised Code; all judgments or decrees in actions
| 159 |
brought under section 5303.01 of the Revised Code; all
| 160 |
declarations and bylaws, and all amendments to declarations and
| 161 |
bylaws, as provided in Chapter 5311. of the
Revised Code;
| 162 |
affidavits as provided
in sections 5301.252 and 5301.56 of
the
| 163 |
Revised
Code; all certificates as provided
in section
5311.17 of
| 164 |
the
Revised Code; all articles dedicating
archaeological preserves
| 165 |
accepted by the director of the Ohio
historical society under
| 166 |
section 149.52 of the Revised Code; all
articles dedicating nature
| 167 |
preserves accepted by the director of
natural resources under
| 168 |
section 1517.05 of the Revised Code; all
agreements for the
| 169 |
registration of lands as archaeological or
historic landmarks
| 170 |
under section 149.51 or 149.55 of the Revised
Code; all
| 171 |
conveyances of conservation easements and agricultural
easements
| 172 |
under section
5301.68 of the Revised Code; all
instruments
| 173 |
extinguishing agricultural
easements under section
901.21 or
| 174 |
5301.691 of the Revised Code or pursuant to
terms of
such an
| 175 |
easement granted to a charitable organization under
section
| 176 |
5301.68 of the Revised Code; all instruments or orders
described
| 177 |
in division (B)(2)(b) of section 5301.56 of the
Revised Code;
all
| 178 |
no further action letters issued under section
122.654 or
3746.11
| 179 |
of the
Revised Code;
all covenants not to sue
issued under
section
| 180 |
3746.12 of the
Revised Code, including all
covenants
not
to sue
| 181 |
issued pursuant to section 122.654 of the
Revised Code;
any
| 182 |
restrictions on the use of property contained in
a no further
| 183 |
action letter issued under section 122.654 of the
Revised Code,
| 184 |
any restrictions on the use of
property
identified
pursuant to
| 185 |
division (C)(3)(a) of section
3746.10 of the
Revised
Code, and any
| 186 |
restrictions on the use of property contained in a deed or other
| 187 |
instrument as provided in division (E) or (F) of section 3737.882
| 188 |
of the Revised Code; any easement executed or granted under
| 189 |
section 3734.22, 3734.24, 3734.25, or 3734.26 of the Revised Code;
| 190 |
any environmental covenant entered into in accordance with
| 191 |
sections 5301.80 to 5301.92 of the Revised Code; all
memoranda of
| 192 |
trust, as
described in division (A)
of
section
5301.255 of the
| 193 |
Revised
Code, that describe specific
real
property; and all
| 194 |
agreements
entered into under division (A)
of
section
1506.44 of
| 195 |
the Revised Code;
| 196 |
(4) A record of plats, in which shall be recorded all
plats
| 218 |
and maps of town lots, of the subdivision of town lots, and
of
| 219 |
other divisions or surveys of lands, any center line survey of
a
| 220 |
highway located within the county, the plat of which shall be
| 221 |
furnished by the director of transportation or county engineer,
| 222 |
and all drawings
and amendments to drawings, as provided in
| 223 |
Chapter 5311. of the Revised
Code;
| 224 |
(B) All instruments or memoranda of instruments entitled to
| 233 |
record shall be recorded in the proper record in the order in
| 234 |
which they are presented for record. The recorder may index,
keep,
| 235 |
and record in one volume unemployment compensation liens,
internal
| 236 |
revenue tax liens and other liens in favor of the United
States as
| 237 |
described in division (A) of section 317.09 of the
Revised Code,
| 238 |
personal tax liens, mechanic's liens, agricultural
product liens,
| 239 |
notices of liens, certificates of satisfaction or
partial release
| 240 |
of estate tax liens, discharges of recognizances,
excise and
| 241 |
franchise tax liens on corporations, broker's liens,
and liens
| 242 |
provided for in sections 1513.33, 1513.37, 3752.13,
5111.022, and
| 243 |
5311.18
of the Revised Code.
| 244 |
(C) In lieu of keeping the six separate
sets of records
| 251 |
required in divisions (A)(1) to
(6) of this section and the
| 252 |
records
required in division
(D) of this section, a county
| 253 |
recorder may
record all the instruments required to be recorded by
| 254 |
this
section
in two separate sets of record books. One set shall
| 255 |
be
called the
"official records" and shall contain the instruments
| 256 |
listed in
divisions (A)(1),
(2),
(3),
(5), and (6)
and
(D)
of | 257 |
this
section. The
second set of records shall
contain the
| 258 |
instruments
listed in
division
(A)(4) of this
section.
| 259 |
(6) "Federal animal welfare act" means the "Laboratory
Animal
| 280 |
Act of 1966," Pub. L. No. 89-544, 80 Stat. 350 (1966), 7
U.S.C.A.
| 281 |
2131 et seq., as amended by the "Animal Welfare Act of
1970," Pub.
| 282 |
L. No. 91-579, 84 Stat. 1560 (1970), the "Animal
Welfare Act
| 283 |
Amendments of 1976," Pub. L. No. 94-279, 90 Stat. 417
(1976), and
| 284 |
the "Food Security Act of 1985," Pub. L. No. 99-198,
99 Stat. 1354
| 285 |
(1985), and as it may be subsequently amended.
| 286 |
(2) Deprive the companion animal of necessary sustenance,
| 296 |
confine the companion animal without supplying it during the
| 297 |
confinement with sufficient quantities of good, wholesome food and
| 298 |
water, or impound or confine the companion animal without
| 299 |
affording it, during the impoundment or confinement, with access
| 300 |
to shelter from heat, cold, wind, rain, snow, or excessive direct
| 301 |
sunlight, if it can reasonably be expected that the companion
| 302 |
animal would become sick or suffer in any other way as a result of
| 303 |
or due to the deprivation, confinement, or impoundment or
| 304 |
confinement in any of those specified manners.
| 305 |
(E) Notwithstanding any section of the Revised Code that
| 325 |
otherwise provides for the distribution of fine moneys, the clerk
| 326 |
of court shall forward all fines the clerk collects that are so
| 327 |
imposed for any
violation of this section
to the treasurer of the
| 328 |
political subdivision or the state, whose county humane society or
| 329 |
law enforcement agency is to be paid the fine money as determined
| 330 |
under this division. The
treasurer to whom the fines are forwarded
| 331 |
shall pay the fine moneys to the county humane
society or the
| 332 |
county, township, municipal corporation, or state law enforcement
| 333 |
agency in this state that primarily was responsible for or
| 334 |
involved in
the investigation and prosecution of
the violation.
If
| 335 |
a county humane society receives any fine moneys under this
| 336 |
division, the county
humane society shall use the fine
moneys to
| 337 |
provide the training
that is required for humane society agents
| 338 |
under
section 1717.06 of the
Revised Code.
| 339 |
Sec. 1717.04. The Ohio humane society may appoint agents,
| 359 |
in any county where
no active county humane society exists under
| 360 |
section 1717.05 of the Revised
Code, to represent it and to
| 361 |
receive and account for all funds coming to it
from fines or
| 362 |
otherwise, and may also appoint agents at large to prosecute its
| 363 |
work throughout the state. Such agents may arrest any person found
| 364 |
violating
any law for the protection of persons or animals, or the
| 365 |
prevention of cruelty
thereto. Upon making such arrest the agent
| 366 |
forthwith shall convey the person
arrested before some court or
| 367 |
magistrate having jurisdiction of the offense,
and there make
| 368 |
complaint against himthe person.
| 369 |
Sec. 1717.06. A county humane society organized under
| 376 |
section 1717.05 of the Revised Code may appoint agents, who are
| 377 |
residents of the county or municipal corporation for which the
| 378 |
appointment is made, for the purpose of prosecuting any person
| 379 |
guilty of an act of cruelty to persons or animals. Such agents
| 380 |
may
arrest any person found violating
this chapter or any other | 381 |
law
for
protecting
persons or animals or preventing acts of | 382 |
cruelty
thereto. Upon
making
an arrest, the agent forthwith shall
| 383 |
convey
the person
arrested before some court or magistrate having
| 384 |
jurisdiction of
the offense, and there make complaint against
the
| 385 |
person on
oath or affirmation of the offense.
| 386 |
All appointments of agents under this section shall be
| 387 |
approved by the mayor of the municipal corporation for which they
| 388 |
are made, provided that an individual has successfully completed
| 389 |
the training that is required in this section and that signed
| 390 |
proof of successful completion is on file with the applicable
| 391 |
county recorder in accordance with section 317.08 of the Revised
| 392 |
Code. If the society exists outside a municipal corporation,
such
| 393 |
appointments shall be approved by the probate judge of the
county
| 394 |
for which they are made, provided that an individual has
| 395 |
successfully completed the training that is required in this
| 396 |
section and that signed proof of successful completion is on file
| 397 |
with the applicable county recorder in accordance with section
| 398 |
317.08 of the Revised Code.
The mayor or probate judge
shall
keep
| 399 |
a record of such appointments.
| 400 |
In order to qualify for appointment as a humane society agent
| 401 |
under
this section, a person first shall successfully complete a
| 402 |
minimum
of twenty hours of training on issues relating to the
| 403 |
investigation and prosecution of cruelty to and neglect of
| 404 |
animals. The training shall comply with rules recommended by the
| 405 |
peace officer training commission under section 109.73 of the
| 406 |
Revised Code and shall include, without limitation, instruction
| 407 |
regarding animal husbandry practices as described in division
| 408 |
(A)(12) of that section. A person who has been
appointed as a
| 409 |
humane society agent
under this section prior to the
effective
| 410 |
date of
this amendmentApril 9, 2003,
may continue to act as a
| 411 |
humane
society agent for a period
of time on and
after the
| 412 |
effective date of this
amendmentApril 9, 2003, without
completing
| 413 |
the
training. However,
on or before
December 31, 2004,
a person
| 414 |
who
has been appointed as
a humane
society agent under this
| 415 |
section prior to
the effective date of
this
amendmentApril 9,
| 416 |
2003, shall
successfully complete
the
training described in this
| 417 |
paragraph
and submit
proof of its
successful completion to the
| 418 |
appropriate
appointing
mayor or
probate judge who approved the
| 419 |
appointment in order to continue
to act as a
humane
society agent
| 420 |
after
December 31, 2004.
| 421 |
Proof of successful completion of the training that is
| 422 |
required in this section shall be signed by the chief executive
| 423 |
officer of the organization or entity that provided the training
| 424 |
and the mayor or probate judge who will approve the appointment.
| 425 |
Prior to being appointed
as a humane society agent, a person
| 426 |
shall file the signed proof of
successful completion of training
| 427 |
with the county recorder in
accordance with section 317.08 of the
| 428 |
Revised Code. For this recording, the county recorder shall charge | 429 |
and collect the fee provided in division (A) of section 317.32 of | 430 |
the Revised Code. | 431 |
A person who has been appointed as a humane society agent
| 432 |
prior to
the effective date of this amendment shall file proof of
| 433 |
successful completion of training, including the required
| 434 |
signatures, with the county recorder not later than six months
| 435 |
after the effective date of this amendment. For this recording, | 436 |
the county recorder shall charge and collect the fee provided in | 437 |
division (A) of section 317.32 of the Revised Code. If a person | 438 |
who is
serving as a humane society agent on the effective date of | 439 |
this
amendment
has not filed the required proof of completion of
| 440 |
training with
the county recorder as required in this section,
| 441 |
the
person is
suspended as a humane society agent by operation
| 442 |
of law until
such proof
is on file with the county recorder. | 443 |
An individual who suspects that a humane society agent has
| 444 |
not successfully completed the training that is required in this
| 445 |
section or that an agent's proof of successful completion of
| 446 |
training contains false or misleading information may file a
| 447 |
complaint with the mayor or probate judge who approved the
| 448 |
appointment. The mayor or probate judge shall investigate the
| 449 |
complaint. If the mayor or probate judge finds that the agent has
| 450 |
not successfully completed the required training or that the proof
| 451 |
of successful completion contains false or misleading information,
| 452 |
the mayor or probate judge shall rescind the approval of the
| 453 |
appointment and order the applicable humane society to revoke the
| 454 |
appointment. | 455 |
Sec. 1717.09. A member of the Ohio humane society or of a
| 459 |
county humane
society may require the sheriff of any county, the
| 460 |
constable of any township,
the marshal or a policemanpolice
| 461 |
officer of any municipal
corporation, or any agent of such
a
| 462 |
society, to arrest any person found violating the laws in relation
| 463 |
to
cruelty to persons or animals, and to take possession of any
| 464 |
animal cruelly
treated in their respective counties or municipal
| 465 |
corporations, and deliver
such animal to the proper officers of
| 466 |
the society.
| 467 |