58-12 Amend 335.072, 335.073, 335.12, 335.13, 335.14 Traffic

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If the owner or person in charge of the damaged property is not furnished such information, the driver of the motor vehicle nrnolved in the ac- cident or collision, within hventy-four hours after the accident or collision, shall forward to the police authority in the nnmicipality in which the accident or collision occurred the same information required to be given to the owner or person in caitrol of the damaged property and give the date, time, and Loca- tion of the accident or collision. If the accident or collision is tivith an unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle, the operator who collides with the motor vehicle shall securely attach the information required to be given in this section, in writing, to a con- spicuous place in or on the unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle. (b) Whoever violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of failure to stop after a nonpublic road accident, a misdemeanor of the f rst degree. If the violation results in serious physical harm or death to a person, failure to stop after a nonpublic road accident is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate state law. The court, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, shall impose upon the offender a class five suspension of the offender's driver's li- cense, commercia( driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(5) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02. No judge shall suspend the first six months of suspension of au offender's license, permit, or privilege required by this sub- section. (ORC 4549.021; Ord. 36-10. Passed 7-19-10.) shall be and is hereby amended to read as follows: 335.13 STOPPING AFTER ACCIDENT UPON PROPERTY OTHER THAN S"TREE"1'. (a) Li case of accident or collision resulting in injury or damage to persons or property upon any public or private properl}~ other than public roads or highways, due to the driving or operation thereon of any motor vehicle, the person driving or operating the motor vehicle, having larowledge of the accident or collision, shall stop, and, upon request of the person injured or damaged, or any other person, shalt give that person the driver's or opera- tor's name and address, and, if the driver or operator is not the owner, the name and address of the owner of that motor vehicle, together with the registered number of that motor vehicle, and, if available, exhibit the driver's or operator's ch•iver's or commercial driver's license. If the owner or person in charge of the damaged property is not furnished such information, the driver of the motor vehicle involved in the accident or collision, within twent}~-four hours after the accident or colli- sion, shall forward to the police aulhority in the nnmicipality in which the accident or collision occurred the same information required to be given to the owner or person in control of the damaged property and give the date, time, and location of the accident or collision. If the accident or collision is with an unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle, the operator who collides with the motor vehicle shall se- curely attach the information required to be given hi this section, in writ- ing, to a conspicuous place in or on the unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle. (b) Whoever violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of failure to stop after a nonpublic road accident, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the violation results in serious physical harm or death to a person, failure to stop after a nonpublic road accident is a felony and shall be prosecuted un- der appropriate state law.