56-12 Amend 335.01, 335.02, 335.05 Driver's License Requirements

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ter 4507 or a valid commercial driver's license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4506. (b) No person shall receive a driver's license, or a motorcycle operator's en- dorsement of a driver's or commercial driver's license, unless and until he surrenders to the Registrar all valid licenses issued to him by another ju- risdiction recognized by the State of Ohio. No person shall be permitted to have more than one valid license at any time. (ORC 4507.02) (c) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subjectiar, whoever vio- lates subsection (a) hereof is guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor. The gree-When the offense is an unclassified misdemeanor, the offender shall be sentenced pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2929.21 to 2929.28, except that the offender shall not be sentenced to a jail term; the offender shall not be sentenced to a community residential sanctimr pm•suant to Ohio 12.C. 2929.26; nohvithstanding division (A)(2)(a) of Ohio R.C. 2929.28, the offender may be fined up to mre thousand dollars ($1,000) and, notwithstanding division (A)(3) of Ohio R.C. 2929.27, the of- fendermay be ordered pursuant to division (C) of that section to serve a term of cmnmwrity service of up to five hundred hours. The failure of an offender to complete a term of community set•vice imposed by the court may be punished as indirect criminal contempt under divi- sion (A) of Ohio 12.C. 2705.02 that may be filed in the underlying case. If, within three years of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two or more violations of Ohio R.C. 4507.02 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree. (2) Whoever violates subsection (b) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (ORC 4507.02; 4507.99) SECTION 3. Section 335.05, Wrongful Entrustment of a Motor Vehicle, ettrrently read- ing as follows: 335.05 WRONGFUL ENTRUSTMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE. (a) No person shall permit a motor vehicle owned by the person or under the person's conhol to be driven by another if any of the following apply: (1) The offender knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the other person does not have a valid driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or valid nonresident driving privileges. (2) The offender knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the other person's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privileges have been suspended or canceled under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4510, or any other provision of the Ohio Revised Code or this Traffic Code. (3) The offender knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the other person's act of driving the motor vehicle would violate any prohibition contained in Ohio R.C. Chapter 4509. (4) The offender knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the other person's act of driving would violate Ohio R.C. 4511.19 or any substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.