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__ <br />(a) No person shall violate Section 537.05, 537.06, 537.10(a)(3), (4) or {5), <br />541.03 or 541.04 by reason of race, color, religion or national origin of another person <br />or group of persons. <br />(b) No person shall violate Section 537.06, 541.03 dr 541.04 by reason of actual <br />or perceived sexual orientation, age, gender, or disability as defined by Ohio R.C. <br />3304.11(A), of another person or group of persons. <br />(c) Whoever violates subsection (a) hereof is guilty of intimidation. A violation <br />of intimidation under subsection (a) is an offense of the next higher degree than the <br />offense the commission of which is a necessary element of intimidation. In case of an <br />offense that is a misdemeanor of the first degree, whoever violates this section shall be <br />prosecuted under Ohio R.C. 2927..12. <br />(d) Whoever violates. subsection (b) of this section is guilty of intimidation. A <br />violation of intimidation under subsection (b) is an offense of the next higher degree <br />than the offense the commission of which is a necessary element of intimidation when <br />the underlying offense is a second, third or fourth degree misdemeanor. <br />shall be and is hereby amended to read as follows: <br />537.18 INTIMIDATION. <br />(a) No person shall violate Section 537.05, 537.06, 537.10(a)(3), (4) or (5), <br />541.03 or 541.04 by reason of race, color, religion or national origin of another person <br />or group of persons. <br />(b) No person shall violate Section 537.06, 541.03 or 541.04 by reason of actual <br />or perceived sexual orientation, age, gender, gender identity or expression, or <br />disability as defined by Ohio R.C. 3304.11(A), of another person or group of persons. <br />(c)... <br />Section 2. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this <br />Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in <br />an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council <br />and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings <br />open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements. <br />Adopted: ~. 2y~ 20`0 <br />PRESIDENT <br />/- <br />CLERK <br />2 <br />