2006 Ohio Revised Code - 5120.49. Rules for termination of parole board\'s control over certain sexually violent offenders.

§ 5120.49. Rules for termination of parole board's control over certain sexually violent offenders.
 

The department of rehabilitation and correction, by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall prescribe standards and guidelines to be used by the parole board in determining, pursuant to section 2971.04 of the Revised Code, whether it should terminate its control over an offender's service of a prison term imposed upon the offender under division (A)(3) of section 2971.03 of the Revised Code for conviction of a violent sex offense and a sexually violent predator specification or for conviction of a designated homicide, assault, or kidnapping offense and both a sexual motivation specification and a sexually violent predator specification. The rules shall include provisions that specify that the parole board may not terminate its control over an offender's service of a prison term imposed upon the offender under that division until after the offender has served the minimum term imposed as part of that prison term and until the parole board has determined that the offender does not represent a substantial risk of physical harm to others. 
 

HISTORY: 146 v H 180. Eff 1-1-97; 150 v H 473, § 1, eff. 4-29-05.
 

The effective date is set by section 3 of HB 180. 

The provisions of § 4 of HB 180 (146 v  - ) read in part as follows: 

SECTION 4. * * * 5120.49, 5120.61, 5149.03, and 5149.10 of the Revised Code, as amended or enacted in Sections 1 and 2 of this act, shall apply only to persons who commit an offense governed by those amended and enacted sections on or after the effective date of this act. 

 

Effect of Amendments

150 v H 473, effective April 29, 2005, deleted "for a sexually violent offense" preceding "under division (A)(3)", and added "for conviction of ... specification and a sexually violent predator specification" to the end of the first sentence.