HB 852

As Passed by the House
136th General Assembly
    Regular Session  H. B. No. 852
       2025-2026
  Representative Miller, K.
  Cosponsors: Representatives Abrams, Ghanbari, Willis, Brennan, Cockley,
 Daniels, Dovilla, Glassburn, Johnson, Lampton, Lawson-Rowe, Mathews, A.,
Mathews, T., McClain, Miller, M., Plummer, Rader, Robb Blasdel, Russo, Santucci,
  Sigrist, Sims, Thomas, C., Tims, White, A., Williams
  To amend sections 109.77 and 737.15 and to enact  1
  sections 505.496 and 737.053 of the Revised Code  2
  to require an individual appointed as a chief of  3
  police to complete a peace officer basic  4
  training program.  5
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
      Section 1. That sections 109.77 and 737.15 be amended and  6
sections 505.496 and 737.053 of the Revised Code be enacted to  7
read as follows:  8
      Sec. 109.77. (A) As used in this section:  9
      (1) "Felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of  10
the Revised Code.  11
      (2) "Companion animal" has the same meaning as in section  12
959.131 of the Revised Code.  13
      (B)(1) Notwithstanding any general, special, or local law  14
or charter to the contrary, and except as otherwise provided in  15
this section, no person shall receive an original appointment on  16
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a permanent basis as any of the following unless the person  17
previously has been awarded a certificate by the executive  18
director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting  19
to the person's satisfactory completion of an approved state,  20
county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace  21
officer basic training program:  22
       (a) A peace officer of any county, township, municipal  23
corporation, regional transit authority, or metropolitan housing  24
authority;  25
       (b) A natural resources law enforcement staff officer,  26
forest-fire investigator, wildlife officer, or natural resources  27
officer of the department of natural resources;  28
       (c) An employee of a park district under section 511.232  29
or 1545.13 of the Revised Code;  30
       (d) An employee of a conservancy district who is  31
designated pursuant to section 6101.75 of the Revised Code;  32
       (e) A state university law enforcement officer;  33
       (f) A special police officer employed by the department of  34
mental health and addiction services behavioral health pursuant  35
to section 5119.08 of the Revised Code or the department of  36
developmental disabilities pursuant to section 5123.13 of the  37
Revised Code;  38
       (g) An enforcement agent of the department of public  39
safety whom the director of public safety designates under  40
section 5502.14 of the Revised Code;  41
       (h) A special police officer employed by a port authority  42
under section 4582.04 or 4582.28 of the Revised Code;  43
       (i) A special police officer employed by a municipal  44
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corporation at a municipal airport, or other municipal air  45
navigation facility, that has scheduled operations, as defined  46
in section 119.3 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations,  47
14 C.F.R. 119.3, as amended, and that is required to be under a  48
security program and is governed by aviation security rules of  49
the transportation security administration of the United States  50
department of transportation as provided in Parts 1542. and  51
1544. of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as  52
amended;  53
       (j) A gaming agent employed under section 3772.03 of the  54
Revised Code;  55
       (k) A chief of police or village marshal appointed under  56
section 505.49, 737.05, or 737.15 of the Revised Code.  57
       (2) Every person who is appointed on a temporary basis or  58
for a probationary term or on other than a permanent basis as  59
any of the following shall forfeit the appointed position unless  60
the person previously has completed satisfactorily or, within  61
the time prescribed by rules adopted by the attorney general  62
pursuant to section 109.74 of the Revised Code, satisfactorily  63
completes a state, county, municipal, or department of natural  64
resources peace officer basic training program for temporary or  65
probationary officers and is awarded a certificate by the  66
director attesting to the satisfactory completion of the  67
program:  68
       (a) A peace officer of any county, township, municipal  69
corporation, regional transit authority, or metropolitan housing  70
authority;  71
       (b) A natural resources law enforcement staff officer,  72
park officer, forest officer, preserve officer, wildlife  73
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officer, or state watercraft officer of the department of  74
natural resources;  75
       (c) An employee of a park district under section 511.232  76
or 1545.13 of the Revised Code;  77
       (d) An employee of a conservancy district who is  78
designated pursuant to section 6101.75 of the Revised Code;  79
       (e) A special police officer employed by the department of  80
mental health and addiction services behavioral health pursuant  81
to section 5119.08 of the Revised Code or the department of  82
developmental disabilities pursuant to section 5123.13 of the  83
Revised Code;  84
       (f) An enforcement agent of the department of public  85
safety whom the director of public safety designates under  86
section 5502.14 of the Revised Code;  87
       (g) A special police officer employed by a port authority  88
under section 4582.04 or 4582.28 of the Revised Code;  89
       (h) A special police officer employed by a municipal  90
corporation at a municipal airport, or other municipal air  91
navigation facility, that has scheduled operations, as defined  92
in section 119.3 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations,  93
14 C.F.R. 119.3, as amended, and that is required to be under a  94
security program and is governed by aviation security rules of  95
the transportation security administration of the United States  96
department of transportation as provided in Parts 1542. and  97
1544. of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as  98
amended.  99
       (3) For purposes of division (B) of this section, a state,  100
county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace  101
officer basic training program, regardless of whether the  102
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program is to be completed by peace officers appointed on a  103
permanent or temporary, probationary, or other nonpermanent  104
basis, shall include training in the handling of the offense of  105
domestic violence, other types of domestic violence-related  106
offenses and incidents, protection orders and consent agreements  107
issued or approved under section 2919.26 or 3113.31 of the  108
Revised Code, crisis intervention training, and training on  109
companion animal encounters and companion animal behavior. The  110
requirement to complete training in the handling of the offense  111
of domestic violence, other types of domestic violence-related  112
offenses and incidents, and protection orders and consent  113
agreements issued or approved under section 2919.26 or 3113.31  114
of the Revised Code does not apply to any person serving as a  115
peace officer on March 27, 1979, and the requirement to complete  116
training in crisis intervention does not apply to any person  117
serving as a peace officer on April 4, 1985. Any person who is  118
serving as a peace officer on April 4, 1985, who terminates that  119
employment after that date, and who subsequently is hired as a  120
peace officer by the same or another law enforcement agency  121
shall complete training in crisis intervention as prescribed by  122
rules adopted by the attorney general pursuant to section  123
109.742 of the Revised Code. No peace officer shall have  124
employment as a peace officer terminated and then be reinstated  125
with intent to circumvent this section.  126
       (4) Division (B) of this section does not apply to any  127
person serving on a permanent basis on March 28, 1985, as a park  128
officer, forest officer, preserve officer, wildlife officer, or  129
state watercraft officer of the department of natural resources  130
or as an employee of a park district under section 511.232 or  131
1545.13 of the Revised Code, to any person serving on a  132
permanent basis on March 6, 1986, as an employee of a  133
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conservancy district designated pursuant to section 6101.75 of  134
the Revised Code, to any person serving on a permanent basis on  135
January 10, 1991, as a preserve officer of the department of  136
natural resources, to any person employed on a permanent basis  137
on July 2, 1992, as a special police officer by the department  138
of mental health and addiction services behavioral health  139
pursuant to section 5119.08 of the Revised Code or by the  140
department of developmental disabilities pursuant to section  141
5123.13 of the Revised Code, to any person serving on a  142
permanent basis on May 17, 2000, as a special police officer  143
employed by a port authority under section 4582.04 or 4582.28 of  144
the Revised Code, to any person serving on a permanent basis on  145
March 19, 2003, as a special police officer employed by a  146
municipal corporation at a municipal airport or other municipal  147
air navigation facility described in division (A)(19) of section  148
109.71 of the Revised Code, to any person serving on a permanent  149
basis on June 19, 1978, as a state university law enforcement  150
officer pursuant to section 3345.04 of the Revised Code and who,  151
immediately prior to June 19, 1978, was serving as a special  152
police officer designated under authority of that section, or to  153
any person serving on a permanent basis on September 20, 1984,  154
as a liquor control investigator, known after June 30, 1999, as  155
an enforcement agent of the department of public safety, engaged  156
in the enforcement of Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised  157
Code.  158
        (5) Division (B) of this section does not apply to any  159
person who is appointed as a regional transit authority police  160
officer pursuant to division (Y) of section 306.35 of the  161
Revised Code if, on or before July 1, 1996, the person has  162
completed satisfactorily an approved state, county, municipal,  163
or department of natural resources peace officer basic training  164
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program and has been awarded a certificate by the executive  165
director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting  166
to the person's satisfactory completion of such an approved  167
program and if, on July 1, 1996, the person is performing peace  168
officer functions for a regional transit authority.  169
       (6) Division (B) of this section does not apply to either  170
of the following:  171
       (a) An individual serving as a chief of police or village  172
marshal on the effective date of this amendment;  173
       (b) An individual serving as an interim chief of police or  174
interim village marshal in accordance with section 505.496,  175
737.053, or 737.15 of the Revised Code, as applicable.  176
       (C) No person, after September 20, 1984, shall receive an  177
original appointment on a permanent basis as a veterans' home  178
police officer designated under section 5907.02 of the Revised  179
Code unless the person previously has been awarded a certificate  180
by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training  181
commission attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of  182
an approved police officer basic training program. Every person  183
who is appointed on a temporary basis or for a probationary term  184
or on other than a permanent basis as a veterans' home police  185
officer designated under section 5907.02 of the Revised Code  186
shall forfeit that position unless the person previously has  187
completed satisfactorily or, within one year from the time of  188
appointment, satisfactorily completes an approved police officer  189
basic training program.  190
       (D) No bailiff or deputy bailiff of a court of record of  191
this state and no criminal investigator who is employed by the  192
state public defender shall carry a firearm, as defined in  193
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section 2923.11 of the Revised Code, while on duty unless the  194
bailiff, deputy bailiff, or criminal investigator has done or  195
received one of the following:  196
       (1) Has been awarded a certificate by the executive  197
director of the Ohio peace officer training commission, which  198
certificate attests to satisfactory completion of an approved  199
state, county, or municipal basic training program for bailiffs  200
and deputy bailiffs of courts of record and for criminal  201
investigators employed by the state public defender that has  202
been recommended by the Ohio peace officer training commission;  203
       (2) Has successfully completed a firearms training program  204
approved by the Ohio peace officer training commission prior to  205
employment as a bailiff, deputy bailiff, or criminal  206
investigator;  207
       (3) Prior to June 6, 1986, was authorized to carry a  208
firearm by the court that employed the bailiff or deputy bailiff  209
or, in the case of a criminal investigator, by the state public  210
defender and has received training in the use of firearms that  211
the Ohio peace officer training commission determines is  212
equivalent to the training that otherwise is required by  213
division (D) of this section.  214
       (E)(1) Before a person seeking a certificate completes an  215
approved peace officer basic training program, the executive  216
director of the Ohio peace officer training commission shall  217
request the person to disclose, and the person shall disclose,  218
any previous criminal conviction of or plea of guilty of that  219
person to a felony.  220
       (2) Before a person seeking a certificate completes an  221
approved peace officer basic training program, the executive  222
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director shall request a criminal history records check on the  223
person. The executive director shall submit the person's  224
fingerprints to the bureau of criminal identification and  225
investigation, which shall submit the fingerprints to the  226
federal bureau of investigation for a national criminal history  227
records check.  228
       Upon receipt of the executive director's request, the  229
bureau of criminal identification and investigation and the  230
federal bureau of investigation shall conduct a criminal history  231
records check on the person and, upon completion of the check,  232
shall provide a copy of the criminal history records check to  233
the executive director. The executive director shall not award  234
any certificate prescribed in this section unless the executive  235
director has received a copy of the criminal history records  236
check on the person to whom the certificate is to be awarded.  237
       (3) The executive director of the commission shall not  238
award a certificate prescribed in this section to a person who  239
has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony or who  240
fails to disclose any previous criminal conviction of or plea of  241
guilty to a felony as required under division (E)(1) of this  242
section.  243
       (4) The executive director of the commission shall revoke  244
the certificate awarded to a person as prescribed in this  245
section, and that person shall forfeit all of the benefits  246
derived from being certified as a peace officer under this  247
section, if the person, before completion of an approved peace  248
officer basic training program, failed to disclose any previous  249
criminal conviction of or plea of guilty to a felony as required  250
under division (E)(1) of this section.  251
       (F)(1) Regardless of whether the person has been awarded  252
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the certificate or has been classified as a peace officer prior  253
to, on, or after October 16, 1996, the executive director of the  254
Ohio peace officer training commission shall revoke any  255
certificate that has been awarded to a person as prescribed in  256
this section if the person does either of the following:  257
       (a) Pleads guilty to a felony committed on or after  258
January 1, 1997;  259
       (b) Pleads guilty to a misdemeanor committed on or after  260
January 1, 1997, pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement as  261
provided in division (D) of section 2929.43 of the Revised Code  262
in which the person agrees to surrender the certificate awarded  263
to the person under this section.  264
       (2) The executive director of the commission shall suspend  265
any certificate that has been awarded to a person as prescribed  266
in this section if the person is convicted, after trial, of a  267
felony committed on or after January 1, 1997. The executive  268
director shall suspend the certificate pursuant to division (F)  269
(2) of this section pending the outcome of an appeal by the  270
person from that conviction to the highest court to which the  271
appeal is taken or until the expiration of the period in which  272
an appeal is required to be filed. If the person files an appeal  273
that results in that person's acquittal of the felony or  274
conviction of a misdemeanor, or in the dismissal of the felony  275
charge against that person, the executive director shall  276
reinstate the certificate awarded to the person under this  277
section. If the person files an appeal from that person's  278
conviction of the felony and the conviction is upheld by the  279
highest court to which the appeal is taken or if the person does  280
not file a timely appeal, the executive director shall revoke  281
the certificate awarded to the person under this section.  282
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       (G)(1) If a person is awarded a certificate under this  283
section and the certificate is revoked pursuant to division (E)  284
(4) or (F) of this section, the person shall not be eligible to  285
receive, at any time, a certificate attesting to the person's  286
satisfactory completion of a peace officer basic training  287
program.  288
       (2) The revocation or suspension of a certificate under  289
division (E)(4) or (F) of this section shall be in accordance  290
with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.  291
       (H)(1) A person who was employed as a peace officer of a  292
county, township, or municipal corporation of the state on  293
January 1, 1966, and who has completed at least sixteen years of  294
full-time active service as such a peace officer, or equivalent  295
service as determined by the executive director of the Ohio  296
peace officer training commission, may receive an original  297
appointment on a permanent basis and serve as a peace officer of  298
a county, township, or municipal corporation, or as a state  299
university law enforcement officer, without complying with the  300
requirements of division (B) of this section.  301
       (2) Any person who held an appointment as a state highway  302
trooper on January 1, 1966, may receive an original appointment  303
on a permanent basis and serve as a peace officer of a county,  304
township, or municipal corporation, or as a state university law  305
enforcement officer, without complying with the requirements of  306
division (B) of this section.  307
       (I) No person who is appointed as a peace officer of a  308
county, township, or municipal corporation on or after April 9,  309
1985, shall serve as a peace officer of that county, township,  310
or municipal corporation unless the person has received training  311
in the handling of missing children and child abuse and neglect  312
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cases from an approved state, county, township, or municipal  313
police officer basic training program or receives the training  314
within the time prescribed by rules adopted by the attorney  315
general pursuant to section 109.741 of the Revised Code.  316
       (J) No part of any approved state, county, or municipal  317
basic training program for bailiffs and deputy bailiffs of  318
courts of record and no part of any approved state, county, or  319
municipal basic training program for criminal investigators  320
employed by the state public defender shall be used as credit  321
toward the completion by a peace officer of any part of the  322
approved state, county, or municipal peace officer basic  323
training program that the peace officer is required by this  324
section to complete satisfactorily.  325
       (K) This section does not apply to any member of the  326
police department of a municipal corporation in an adjoining  327
state serving in this state under a contract pursuant to section  328
737.04 of the Revised Code.  329
       (L) The executive director of the commission shall issue a  330
certificate of completion of a training program required under  331
this section in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised  332
Code to an individual if either of the following applies:  333
       (1) The individual holds a certificate of completion of  334
such a program in another state.  335
       (2) The individual has satisfactory work experience, a  336
government certification, or a private certification as  337
described in that chapter in the same profession, occupation, or  338
occupational activity as the profession, occupation, or  339
occupational activity for which the certificate is required in  340
this state in a state that does not require completion of such a  341
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training program.  342
       (M)(1) Except as provided in division (M)(2) of this  343
section, no certificate awarded by the executive director of the  344
Ohio peace officer training commission attesting to a person's  345
satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, municipal,  346
or department of natural resources peace officer basic training  347
program shall be deemed insufficient for an appointment to a  348
position listed in division (B)(1) of this section because of a  349
lapse in the person's service as a peace officer.  350
       (2) The Ohio peace officer training commission shall  351
require a re-appointed peace officer to complete refresher  352
training of the following duration prior to performing the  353
functions of a peace officer, if the peace officer, having  354
previously been awarded a certificate by the executive director  355
of the commission attesting to the person's satisfactory  356
completion of an approved state, county, municipal, or  357
department of natural resources peace officer basic training  358
program or pursuant to Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code, for at  359
least one year prior to an appointment, was not employed as a  360
peace officer:  361
       (a) If the period of lapse was at least one year, but less  362
than four years, up to forty hours;  363
       (b) If the period of lapse was four years or longer,  364
eighty hours.  365
       Sec. 505.496. (A) Except as provided in division (B) of  366
this section, a board of township trustees of a township police  367
district or joint police district board shall not appoint an  368
individual as a chief of police under section 505.49 of the  369
Revised Code after the effective date of this section unless the  370
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individual holds a certificate attesting to the individual's  371
satisfactory completion of an approved peace officer basic  372
training program under section 109.77 of the Revised Code.  373
       (B)(1) A board of township trustees of a township police  374
district or joint police district board may appoint an  375
individual who does not hold a peace officer certificate as an  376
interim chief of police. An interim chief of police shall not  377
perform the functions of a peace officer or carry a weapon in  378
connection with peace officer duties until the individual has  379
been awarded a certificate.  380
       (2) An individual appointed as an interim chief of police  381
shall serve a term of not longer than six months, except that a  382
board of township trustees or joint police district board may  383
extend the term for good cause. The individual must enroll in an  384
approved peace officer basic training program leading to a  385
certificate of completion under section 109.77 of the Revised  386
Code during the individual's term.  387
       (C) A board of township trustees of a township police  388
district or joint police district board may appoint as a chief  389
of police an individual serving as an interim chief of police  390
under division (B) of this section who has been awarded a  391
certificate attesting to the individual's satisfactory  392
completion of an approved peace officer basic training program  393
under section 109.77 of the Revised Code.  394
       (D) Except as provided in division (E) of section 505.49  395
of the Revised Code, no board of township trustees of a township  396
police district or joint police district board shall fail to do  397
either of the following:  398
       (1) Fill a vacant position of chief of police or interim  399
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chief of police within one hundred eighty days of the position  400
becoming vacant;  401
       (2) Comply with division (A) of this section.  402
       (E) A township or joint police district is ineligible to  403
receive either of the following for a violation of division (D)  404
of this section:  405
       (1) A reimbursement from the attorney general of any funds  406
the board of township trustees or joint police district board  407
paid for continuing professional training under section 109.803  408
of the Revised Code;  409
       (2) Any law enforcement grant administered by the  410
department of public safety that the township or joint police  411
district would otherwise be entitled to receive.  412
       Sec. 737.053. (A) Except as provided in division (B) of  413
this section, a city's director of public safety shall not  414
appoint an individual as a chief of police under section 737.05  415
of the Revised Code after the effective date of this section  416
unless the individual holds a certificate attesting to the  417
individual's satisfactory completion of an approved peace  418
officer basic training program under section 109.77 of the  419
Revised Code.  420
       (B)(1) A city's director of public safety may appoint an  421
individual who does not hold a peace officer certificate as an  422
interim chief of police. An interim chief of police shall not  423
perform the functions of a peace officer or carry a weapon in  424
connection with peace officer duties until the individual has  425
been awarded a certificate.  426
       (2) An individual appointed as an interim chief of police  427
shall serve a term of not longer than six months, except that  428
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the director of public safety may extend the term for good  429
cause. The individual must enroll in an approved peace officer  430
basic training program leading to a certificate of completion  431
under section 109.77 of the Revised Code during the individual's  432
term.  433
        (C) A city's director of public safety may appoint as a  434
chief of police an individual serving as an interim chief of  435
police under division (B) of this section who has been awarded a  436
certificate attesting to the individual's satisfactory  437
completion of an approved peace officer basic training program  438
under section 109.77 of the Revised Code.  439
        (D) No city's director of public safety shall fail to do  440
either of the following:  441
        (1) Fill a vacant position of chief of police or interim  442
chief of police within one hundred eighty days of the position  443
becoming vacant;  444
        (2) Comply with division (A) of this section.  445
        (E) A city police department is ineligible to receive  446
either of the following for a violation of division (D) of this  447
section:  448
        (1) A reimbursement from the attorney general of any funds  449
the director of public safety paid for continuing professional  450
training under section 109.803 of the Revised Code;  451
        (2) Any law enforcement grant administered by the  452
department of public safety that the police department would  453
otherwise be entitled to receive.  454
        Sec. 737.15. (A) Each village shall have a marshal,  455
designated chief of police, appointed by the mayor with the  456
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advice and consent of the legislative authority of the village,  457
who need not be a resident of the village at the time of  458
appointment but shall become a resident thereof within six  459
months after appointment by the mayor and confirmation by the  460
legislative authority unless such residence requirement is  461
waived by ordinance, and who shall continue in office until  462
removed therefrom as provided by section 737.171 of the Revised  463
Code.  464
        (B) No person shall receive an appointment under this  465
section after January 1, 1970, unless, not more than sixty days  466
prior to receiving such appointment, the person has passed a  467
physical examination, given by a licensed physician, a physician  468
assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse  469
practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife, showing that the  470
person meets the physical requirements necessary to perform the  471
duties of village marshal as established by the legislative  472
authority of the village. The appointing authority shall, prior  473
to making any such appointment, file with the Ohio police and  474
fire pension fund a copy of the report or findings of said  475
licensed physician, physician assistant, clinical nurse  476
specialist, certified nurse practitioner, or certified nurse-  477
midwife. The professional fee for such physical examination  478
shall be paid for by such legislative authority.  479
        (C) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, an  480
appointing authority shall not appoint an individual as a  481
village marshal under this section after the effective date of  482
this amendment unless the individual holds a certificate  483
attesting to the individual's satisfactory completion of an  484
approved peace officer basic training program under section  485
109.77 of the Revised Code.  486
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       (D)(1) An appointing authority may appoint an individual  487
who does not hold a peace officer certificate as an interim  488
village marshal. An interim village marshal shall not perform  489
the functions of a peace officer or carry a weapon in connection  490
with peace officer duties until the individual has been awarded  491
a certificate.  492
       (2) An individual appointed as an interim village marshal  493
shall serve a term of not longer than six months, except that an  494
appointing authority may extend the term for good cause. The  495
individual must enroll in an approved peace officer basic  496
training program leading to a certificate of completion under  497
section 109.77 of the Revised Code during the individual's term.  498
       (E) An appointing authority may appoint as a village  499
marshal an individual serving as an interim village marshal  500
under division (D) of this section who has been awarded a  501
certificate attesting to the individual's satisfactory  502
completion of an approved peace officer basic training program  503
under section 109.77 of the Revised Code.  504
       (F) No appointing authority shall fail to do either of the  505
following:  506
       (1) Fill a vacant position of village marshal or interim  507
village marshal within one hundred eighty days of the position  508
becoming vacant;  509
       (2) Comply with division (C) of this section.  510
       (G) An appointing authority is ineligible to receive  511
either of the following for a violation of division (F) of this  512
section:  513
       (1) A reimbursement from the attorney general of any funds  514
the appointing authority paid for continuing professional  515
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training under section 109.803 of the Revised Code;  516
       (2) Any law enforcement grant administered by the  517
department of public safety that the appointing authority would  518
otherwise be entitled to receive.  519
       Section 2. That existing sections 109.77 and 737.15 of the  520
Revised Code are hereby repealed.  521