Effective: July 1, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 51 – 130th General Assembly There is hereby created in the department of public safety a division of state highway patrol which shall be administered by a superintendent of the state highway patrol. The superintendent shall be appointed by the director of public safety, and shall serve […]
Effective: October 29, 2018 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 66 – 132nd General Assembly (A) The state highway patrol shall enforce the laws of the state relating to the titling, registration, and licensing of motor vehicles; enforce on all roads and highways, notwithstanding section 4513.39 of the Revised Code, the laws relating to the operation and […]
Effective: July 1, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 51 – 130th General Assembly The state highway patrol and the superintendent of the state highway patrol shall be furnished by the state with such vehicles, equipment, and supplies as the director of public safety deems necessary, all of which shall remain the property of the state […]
Effective: April 3, 2023 Latest Legislation: House Bill 462 – 134th General Assembly (A) Beginning July 1, 2023, the following officers of the state highway patrol shall be paid in accordance with the indicated pay ranges from schedule E-1 of division (B) of section 124.152 of the Revised Code: (1) A lieutenant or equivalent officer […]
Effective: July 1, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 51 – 130th General Assembly Forty-five per cent of the fines collected from or moneys arising from bail forfeited by persons apprehended or arrested by state highway patrol troopers shall be paid into the state treasury to be credited to the general revenue fund, five per cent […]
Effective: November 12, 1992 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 98 – 119th General Assembly The superintendent of the state highway patrol, with the approval of the director of public safety, may conduct training schools for prospective state highway patrol troopers. The prospective troopers, during the period of their training and as members of the state patrol […]
Effective: July 1, 1992 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 351 – 119th General Assembly Sections 5503.01 to 5503.05 of the Revised Code do not supersede, limit, or suspend any law relative to the regulation of motor transportation upon the public highways of the state by the public utilities commission. In addition to the powers and duties […]
Effective: August 8, 1991 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 144 – 119th General Assembly In addition to the powers and duties of the state highway patrol set forth in section 5503.02 of the Revised Code and subject to the limitations of section 5503.01 of the Revised Code, a state highway patrol trooper shall arrest any person […]
Effective: March 31, 2003 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 245 – 124th General Assembly Each state highway patrol officer shall, in addition to the sick leave benefits provided in section 124.38 of the Revised Code, be entitled to occupational injury leave. Occupational injury leave of one thousand five hundred hours with pay may, with the approval […]
Effective: October 21, 1997 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 60 – 122nd General Assembly The superintendent of the state highway patrol, with the approval of the director of public safety, may designate one or more persons to be special police officers to preserve the peace and enforce the laws of this state with respect to persons […]
Effective: November 12, 1992 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 98 – 119th General Assembly There is hereby created in the department of public safety, division of state highway patrol, a program for administering and operating a law enforcement automated data system, to be known as LEADS, providing computerized data and communications to the various criminal justice […]
Effective: March 23, 2018 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 33 – 132nd General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any section of the Revised Code or rule of procedure to the contrary, a defendant’s traffic or criminal record contained in the law enforcement automated data system, also known as LEADS, may be disclosed to the defendant and the defendant’s […]
Effective: June 1, 1998 Latest Legislation: House Bill 599 – 122nd General Assembly (A) The superintendent of the state highway patrol, with the approval of the director of public safety, may establish an auxiliary unit within the state highway patrol, and provide for the regulation of the auxiliary officers. The superintendent shall be the head […]
Effective: March 9, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 85 – 125th General Assembly (A) The superintendent of the state highway patrol, with the approval of the director of public safety, may authorize the registrar of motor vehicles and designated deputy registrars to collect inspection and testing fees on behalf of the state highway patrol. The […]
Effective: July 1, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 51 – 130th General Assembly The state highway patrol shall have the same authority as is conferred upon it by section 5503.02 of the Revised Code with respect to the enforcement of state laws on other roads and highways and on other state properties, to enforce on […]
Effective: July 1, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 51 – 130th General Assembly The director of public safety may from time to time enter into contracts with the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission with respect to the policing of turnpike projects by the state highway patrol. The contracts shall provide for the reimbursement of the […]
Effective: August 8, 1991 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 144 – 119th General Assembly The superintendent of the state highway patrol shall assign any number of state highway patrol troopers and radio operators to each turnpike project that may be provided for in any contract or contracts made pursuant to section 5503.32 of the Revised Code. […]
Effective: June 11, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly There is hereby created in the department of public safety, division of state highway patrol, a motor carrier enforcement unit, to be administered by the superintendent of the state highway patrol. This unit shall be responsible for enforcement of commercial motor vehicle […]
