59-12 Enact 335.074 Driving Under License Forfiture...

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4503.233. li. In all cases, if the vehicle is registered in the offender's name and if, within three years of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to hvo violations of division (A) or (B) of Ohio R.C. 4510.ll 1, or auy canbination of two violations of division (A) or (B) of Ohio R.C. 4510.1 I 1 or Ohio R.C. 4510.1 l or 4510.16, or a substantially equivalent numicipal ordinance, the court, in addition to any other sentence that it imposes upon the of- fender, ma}}~ order the immobilization of the vehicle in- volved iu the offense for sixty days and the impoundment of that vehicle's license plates for silty days i~i accordance with Ohio R.C. 4503.233. C. Iu all cases, if the vehicle is registered in the offender's name and if, within three years of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or more violations of Ohio R.C. 4510.111 or any eonr~ina- tion of three or more violations of Ohio R.C. 4510.111 or Ohio R.C. 4510.11 or 4510.16 or a substantially similar umuicipal ordinance, the court, in addition to any other seu- teuce that it imposes upon the offender, may order the criminal forfeiture of the vehicle involved in the offense to the State. (e) An order for immobilization and impoundment under this section shall be issued and enforced under Ohio R.C. 4503.233 and 4507.02, as applicable. "I'he court shall not release a motor vehicle from immobilization ordered under this section unless the court is presented with current proof of finan- cial responsibility with respect to that motor vehicle. (f) An order for criminal forfeiture under this section shall be issued and en- forced under Ohio R.C. 4503.234. Upon receipt of a copy of the order from the court, neither the Registrar of Motor Vehicles nor a Deputy Reg- istrar shall accept any application fw• the registration or transfer of regis- tration of any nrota• vehicle owned or leased by the person named iu the declaration of forfeiture. The period of registration denial shall be five years after the date of the order, unless, during that period, the court hav- lirgjurisdiction of flee offense that led to the order terminates the forfeiture and notifies the Registrar of the termination. "fhe Registrar then shall take the necessary measures to permit the person to register a vehicle owned or leased by the person or to transfer registration of the vehicle. (ORC 4510.111). SUCTION 2. It is found and determined that all formal actiwrs of this Council concernhig and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of auy of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements. S1;CTION 3. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency treasure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare in the City and for the usual daily operation of the City for the reasons set forth and defined in the pre-amble to this ordinance, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members of Council this ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption by the Council and appro~~al by the Niayor, or otherwise shall take effect and be in force after the earli- est period allowed by law.