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

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The court, in addition to aup other penalties provided by law, shall impose upon the offender a class five suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, pt•oba- tionary 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 re- quired by this subsection. The offender shall provide the court with proof of financial re- sponsibility as defined in Ohio R.C. 4509.01. If the offender fails to provide that proof of financial responsibilit3~, then, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, the court may order restitution pur- suant to Ohio R.C. 2929.18 m• 2929.28 in an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for any economic loss arising from an acci- dent or collision that was the direct and proximate result of the of- fendet's operation of the motor vehicle before, daring or after cmn- mitting the offense charged under this section. (OIZC 4549.021) SECTION 6. Section 335.14, Vehicle Accident Resulting in Damage to Realty, currently reading as follows: 335.14 VEI IICLE ACCIDENT RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO REAL"I'Y. (a) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in damage to real property, or personal property attached to real property, legally upon or adjacent to a public road or highway immediately shall stop and take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of the property of that fact, of the driver's name and address, and of the regish•a- tion number of the vehicle the driver is driving and, upon request and if available, shall exhibit the driver's or commercial driver's license. If the owner or person in charge of the property cannot be located after reasonable search, the driver of the vehicle involved in the accident resulting in damage to the property, within twenty-four hours after the ac- cident, shall forward to the police authority in the municipality in which the accident or collision occurred, the same information required to be given to the owner or person in control of the property and glue the loca- tion of the accident and a description of the damage insofar as it is known. (b) Whoever violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of failure to stop after an accident involving the property of others, a misdemeanor of the first degree. (ORC 4549.03; Ord. 36-10. Passed 7-19-10.) shall be and is hereby amended as follows: 335.14 VEI-IICLE ACCIDENT RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO REALTY. (a) 1•hc driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in damage to real property, or personal property attached to real property, legally upon or adjacent to a public road or highway immediately shall stop and take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person iu charge of the property of that fact, of the driver's name and address, and of the registra- tion number of the vehicle the driver is driving and, upon request and if available, shall exhibit the driver's or commercial driver's license. If the owner or person in charge of the property cannot be located after reasonable search, the driver of the vehicle involved in the accident resulting in damage to the property, within hventy-four hoots after the ac- cident, shall forward to the police authority in the municipality in which the accident or collision occurred, the same information required to be