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541.02 ARSON. (a) No person, by means of fire or explosion, shall knowingly cause or create a substantial risk of physical harm to any property of another without the other person's consent. (b) This section does not apply if the violation is done with purpose to defraud or the property involved is a statehouse or a courthouse, school building or other building or structure that is owned or controlled by the State, any political subdivision, or any department, agency or instrumentality of the State or a political subdivision, and that is used for public purposes. (c) Whoever violates this section is guilry of arson, a misdemeanor of the first degree, if the value of the property or the amount of physical harm involved is less than five hundred dollars ($500.00). (ORC 2909.03) Section 20. Section 545.03 of the General OfEenses Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 545.03 PROPERTY EXCEPTIONS AS FELONY OFFENSE. Regardless of the value of the property involved, and regardless of whether the offender has previously been convicted of a theft offense, the provisions of Section 545.05 or 545.18 do not apply if the property involved is any of the following: (a) A credit card; (b) A printed form for a check or other negotiable instrument, that on its face identifies the drawer or maker for whose use it is designed or identifies the account on which it is to be drawn, and that has not been executed by the drawer or maker or on which the amount is blank; (c) A firearm or dangerous ordnance as defined in Ohio R.C. 2923.11; (d) A motor vehicle identification license plate as prescribed by Ohio R.C. 4503.22, a temporary license placard or windshield sticker as prescribed by Ohio R.C. 4503.182, or any comparable license plate, placard or sricker as prescribed by the applicable law of another state or the United States; (e) A blank form for a certificate of title or a manufacturer's or importer's certificate to a motor vehicle, as prescribed by Ohio R.C. 4505.07; (f) A blank form for any license listed in Ohio R.C. 4507.01(A). (ORC 2913.71) Section 21. Section 545.05 of the General Offenses Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 545.05 PETTY THEFT. (a) No person, with purpose to deprive the owner of property or services, shall knowingly obtain or exert control over either the property or services in any of the following ways: (1) Without the consent of the owner or person authorized to give consent; (2) Beyond the scope of the express or implied consent of the owner or person authorized to give consent; (3) By deception; (4) By threat.