2006 Ohio Revised Code - [109.80.1] 109.801.Annual firearms requalification.

[§ 109.80.1] § 109.801. Annual firearms requalification.
 

(A) (1)  Each year the following persons shall complete successfully a firearms requalification program approved by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission in accordance with rules adopted by the attorney general pursuant to section 109.743 [109.74.3] of the Revised Code: any sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, township constable, chief of police or member of an organized police department of a municipal corporation or township, chief of police or member of a township police district police force, superintendent of the state highway patrol, state highway patrol trooper, special police officer of the state highway patrol designated under section 5503.09 of the Revised Code, enforcement agent employed under section 5502.14 of the Revised Code, or chief of police of a university or college police department or state university law enforcement officer appointed under section 3345.04 of the Revised Code; any parole or probation officer who carries a firearm in the course of official duties; any employee of the department of natural resources who is a natural resources law enforcement staff officer, park officer, forest officer, preserve officer, wildlife officer, or state watercraft officer who carries a firearm in the course of official duties; the house of representatives sergeant at arms if the house of representatives sergeant at arms has arrest authority pursuant to division (E)(1) of section 101.311 [101.31.1] of the Revised Code; any assistant house of representatives sergeant at arms; any employee of the department of youth services who is designated pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 5139.53 of the Revised Code as being authorized to carry a firearm while on duty as described in that division; or a special police officer employed by a municipal corporation at a municipal airport or other municipal air navigation facility described in division (A)(19) of section 109.71 of the Revised Code. 

(2) No person listed in division (A)(1) of this section shall carry a firearm during the course of official duties if the person does not comply with division (A)(1) of this section. 

(B)  The hours that a sheriff spends attending a firearms requalification program required by division (A) of this section are in addition to the sixteen hours of continuing education that are required by division (E) of section 311.01 of the Revised Code. 

(C)  As used in this section, "firearm" has the same meaning as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code. 
 

HISTORY: 143 v H 271 (Eff 4-10-91); 145 v S 182 (Eff 10-20-94); 145 v H 406 (Eff 11-11-94); 146 v H 670 (Eff 12-2-96); 147 v H 1 (Eff 7-1-98); 147 v S 187 (Eff 3-18-99); 148 v S 317 (Eff 3-22-2001); 149 v H 545. Eff 3-19-2003; 150 v H 230, § 1, eff. 9-16-04.

 

Effect of Amendments

150 v H 230, effective September 16, 2004, in (A)(1), inserted "special police officer ... 5502.14 of the Revised Code", and "of representatives" three times.