37-17 Amend Traffic Code to Align with ORC

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rives, unless removed from the scene by an emergency vehicle operated by a political subdivision or an ambulance. (3) 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 in this section, in writ- ing, to a conspicuous place in or on the unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle. (b) LI) Whoever violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of failure to stop after an accident. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b)(2) or (3) of this section, failure to stop after an accident is a misdemeanor of the first degree. 2) If the accident or collision results in serious physical harm to a person, failure to stop after an accident is a felony and shall be prosecut- ed under appropriate State law. (3) If the accident or collision results in the death of a person, fail- ure to stop after an accident is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law. (4) In all cases, the court, in addition to any other penalties provid- ed by law, shall impose upon the offender a class five suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary in- struction 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 an offender's license, permit, or privilege requiredby this subsection. The offender shall provide the court with proof of financial responsibil- ity as defined in Ohio R.C. 4509.01. If the offender fails to provide that proof of financial responsibility, then, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, the court may order restitution pursuant to Ohio R,C. 2929.18 or 2929.28 in an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for any economic loss arising from an accident or collision that was the direct and proximate result of the offender's operation of the motor vehicle before, during or after committing the offense charged under this section. (ORC 4549.02) SECTION 8. Section 335.13, Stopping After Accident on Property Other Than Street, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances, currently reading as follows: 335.13 STOPPING AFTER ACCIDENT UPON PROPERTY OTHER THAN STREET. (a) In case of accident or collision resulting in injury or damage to persons or property upon any public or private property 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 knowledge of the accident or collision, shall stop, and, up- on request of the person injured or damaged, or any other person, shall give that person the driver's or operator'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 driver's or commercial driver's license. If the owner or person in charge of the damaged property is not fur- nished such information, the driver of the motor vehicle involved in the accident or collision, within twenty -four hours after the accident