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To amend section 2923.125 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
eliminate the time limit within which retired and | 2 |
honorable discharged members of the Armed Forces | 3 |
of the United States are exempt from the | 4 |
requirement to complete firearms training as a | 5 |
prerequisite to obtaining a concealed handgun | 6 |
license. | 7 |
Section 1. That section 2923.125 of the Revised Code be | 8 |
amended to read as follows: | 9 |
Sec. 2923.125. (A) This section applies with respect to the | 10 |
application for and issuance by this state of concealed handgun | 11 |
licenses other than concealed handgun licenses on a temporary | 12 |
emergency basis that are issued under section 2923.1213 of the | 13 |
Revised Code. Upon the request of a person who wishes to obtain a | 14 |
concealed handgun license with respect to which this section | 15 |
applies or to renew a concealed handgun license with respect to | 16 |
which this section applies, a sheriff, as provided in division (I) | 17 |
of this section, shall provide to the person free of charge an | 18 |
application form and the web site address at which the pamphlet | 19 |
described in division (B) of section 109.731 of the Revised Code | 20 |
may be found. A sheriff shall accept a completed application form | 21 |
and the fee, items, materials, and information specified in | 22 |
divisions (B)(1) to (5) of this section at the times and in the | 23 |
manners described in division (I) of this section. | 24 |
(B) An applicant for a concealed handgun license with respect | 25 |
to which this section applies shall submit a completed application | 26 |
form and all of the following to the sheriff of the county in | 27 |
which the applicant resides or to the sheriff of any county | 28 |
adjacent to the county in which the applicant resides: | 29 |
(1)(a) A nonrefundable license fee as described in either of | 30 |
the following: | 31 |
(i) For an applicant who has been a resident of this state | 32 |
for five or more years, a fee of sixty-seven dollars; | 33 |
(ii) For an applicant who has been a resident of this state | 34 |
for less than five years, a fee of sixty-seven dollars plus the | 35 |
actual cost of having a background check performed by the federal | 36 |
bureau of investigation. | 37 |
(b) No sheriff shall require an applicant to pay for the cost | 38 |
of a background check performed by the bureau of criminal | 39 |
identification and investigation. | 40 |
(c) A sheriff shall waive the payment of the license fee | 41 |
described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section in connection with | 42 |
an initial or renewal application for a license that is submitted | 43 |
by an applicant who is a retired peace officer, a retired person | 44 |
described in division (B)(1)(b) of section 109.77 of the Revised | 45 |
Code, or a retired federal law enforcement officer who, prior to | 46 |
retirement, was authorized under federal law to carry a firearm in | 47 |
the course of duty, unless the retired peace officer, person, or | 48 |
federal law enforcement officer retired as the result of a mental | 49 |
disability. | 50 |
(d) The sheriff shall deposit all fees paid by an applicant | 51 |
under division (B)(1)(a) of this section into the sheriff's | 52 |
concealed handgun license issuance fund established pursuant to | 53 |
section 311.42 of the Revised Code. The county shall distribute | 54 |
the fees in accordance with section 311.42 of the Revised Code. | 55 |
(2) A color photograph of the applicant that was taken within | 56 |
thirty days prior to the date of the application; | 57 |
(3) One or more of the following competency certifications, | 58 |
each of which shall reflect that, regarding a certification | 59 |
described in division (B)(3)(a), (b), (c), (e), or (f) of this | 60 |
section, within the three years immediately preceding the | 61 |
application the applicant has performed that to which the | 62 |
competency certification relates and that, regarding a | 63 |
certification described in division (B)(3)(d) of this section, the | 64 |
applicant currently is an active or reserve member of the armed | 65 |
forces of the United States or | 66 |
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forces of the United States and has retired from the armed forces | 68 |
or has received an honorable discharge | 69 |
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(a) An original or photocopy of a certificate of completion | 71 |
of a firearms safety, training, or requalification or firearms | 72 |
safety instructor course, class, or program that was offered by or | 73 |
under the auspices of the national rifle association and that | 74 |
complies with the requirements set forth in division (G) of this | 75 |
section; | 76 |
(b) An original or photocopy of a certificate of completion | 77 |
of a firearms safety, training, or requalification or firearms | 78 |
safety instructor course, class, or program that satisfies all of | 79 |
the following criteria: | 80 |
(i) It was open to members of the general public. | 81 |
(ii) It utilized qualified instructors who were certified by | 82 |
the national rifle association, the executive director of the Ohio | 83 |
peace officer training commission pursuant to section 109.75 or | 84 |
109.78 of the Revised Code, or a governmental official or entity | 85 |
of another state. | 86 |
(iii) It was offered by or under the auspices of a law | 87 |
enforcement agency of this or another state or the United States, | 88 |
a public or private college, university, or other similar | 89 |
postsecondary educational institution located in this or another | 90 |
state, a firearms training school located in this or another | 91 |
state, or another type of public or private entity or organization | 92 |
located in this or another state. | 93 |
(iv) It complies with the requirements set forth in division | 94 |
(G) of this section. | 95 |
(c) An original or photocopy of a certificate of completion | 96 |
of a state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources | 97 |
peace officer training school that is approved by the executive | 98 |
director of the Ohio peace officer training commission pursuant to | 99 |
section 109.75 of the Revised Code and that complies with the | 100 |
requirements set forth in division (G) of this section, or the | 101 |
applicant has satisfactorily completed and been issued a | 102 |
certificate of completion of a basic firearms training program, a | 103 |
firearms requalification training program, or another basic | 104 |
training program described in section 109.78 or 109.801 of the | 105 |
Revised Code that complies with the requirements set forth in | 106 |
division (G) of this section; | 107 |
(d) A document that evidences both of the following: | 108 |
(i) That the applicant is an active or reserve member of the | 109 |
armed forces of the United States, was honorably discharged from | 110 |
military service in the active or reserve armed forces of the | 111 |
United States, is a retired trooper of the state highway patrol, | 112 |
or is a retired peace officer or federal law enforcement officer | 113 |
described in division (B)(1) of this section or a retired person | 114 |
described in division (B)(1)(b) of section 109.77 of the Revised | 115 |
Code and division (B)(1) of this section; | 116 |
(ii) That, through participation in the military service or | 117 |
through the former employment described in division (B)(3)(d)(i) | 118 |
of this section, the applicant acquired experience with handling | 119 |
handguns or other firearms, and the experience so acquired was | 120 |
equivalent to training that the applicant could have acquired in a | 121 |
course, class, or program described in division (B)(3)(a), (b), or | 122 |
(c) of this section. | 123 |
(e) A certificate or another similar document that evidences | 124 |
satisfactory completion of a firearms training, safety, or | 125 |
requalification or firearms safety instructor course, class, or | 126 |
program that is not otherwise described in division (B)(3)(a), | 127 |
(b), (c), or (d) of this section, that was conducted by an | 128 |
instructor who was certified by an official or entity of the | 129 |
government of this or another state or the United States or by the | 130 |
national rifle association, and that complies with the | 131 |
requirements set forth in division (G) of this section; | 132 |
(f) An affidavit that attests to the applicant's satisfactory | 133 |
completion of a course, class, or program described in division | 134 |
(B)(3)(a), (b), (c), or (e) of this section and that is subscribed | 135 |
by the applicant's instructor or an authorized representative of | 136 |
the entity that offered the course, class, or program or under | 137 |
whose auspices the course, class, or program was offered. | 138 |
(4) A certification by the applicant that the applicant has | 139 |
read the pamphlet prepared by the Ohio peace officer training | 140 |
commission pursuant to section 109.731 of the Revised Code that | 141 |
reviews firearms, dispute resolution, and use of deadly force | 142 |
matters. | 143 |
(5) A set of fingerprints of the applicant provided as | 144 |
described in section 311.41 of the Revised Code through use of an | 145 |
electronic fingerprint reading device or, if the sheriff to whom | 146 |
the application is submitted does not possess and does not have | 147 |
ready access to the use of such a reading device, on a standard | 148 |
impression sheet prescribed pursuant to division (C)(2) of section | 149 |
109.572 of the Revised Code. | 150 |
(C) Upon receipt of the completed application form, | 151 |
supporting documentation, and, if not waived, license fee of an | 152 |
applicant under this section, a sheriff, in the manner specified | 153 |
in section 311.41 of the Revised Code, shall conduct or cause to | 154 |
be conducted the criminal records check and the incompetency | 155 |
records check described in section 311.41 of the Revised Code. | 156 |
(D)(1) Except as provided in division (D)(3) or (4) of this | 157 |
section, within forty-five days after a sheriff's receipt of an | 158 |
applicant's completed application form for a concealed handgun | 159 |
license under this section, the supporting documentation, and, if | 160 |
not waived, the license fee, the sheriff shall make available | 161 |
through the law enforcement automated data system in accordance | 162 |
with division (H) of this section the information described in | 163 |
that division and, upon making the information available through | 164 |
the system, shall issue to the applicant a concealed handgun | 165 |
license that shall expire as described in division (D)(2)(a) of | 166 |
this section if all of the following apply: | 167 |
(a) The applicant is legally living in the United States, has | 168 |
been a resident of this state for at least forty-five days, and | 169 |
has been a resident of the county in which the person seeks the | 170 |
license or a county adjacent to the county in which the person | 171 |
seeks the license for at least thirty days. For purposes of | 172 |
division (D)(1)(a) of this section: | 173 |
(i) If a person is absent from the United States, from this | 174 |
state, or from a particular county in this state in compliance | 175 |
with military or naval orders as an active or reserve member of | 176 |
the armed forces of the United States and if prior to leaving this | 177 |
state in compliance with those orders the person was legally | 178 |
living in the United States and was a resident of this state, the | 179 |
person, solely by reason of that absence, shall not be considered | 180 |
to have lost the person's status as living in the United States or | 181 |
the person's residence in this state or in the county in which the | 182 |
person was a resident prior to leaving this state in compliance | 183 |
with those orders, without regard to whether or not the person | 184 |
intends to return to this state or to that county, shall not be | 185 |
considered to have acquired a residence in any other state, and | 186 |
shall not be considered to have become a resident of any other | 187 |
state. | 188 |
(ii) If a person is present in this state in compliance with | 189 |
military or naval orders as an active or reserve member of the | 190 |
armed forces of the United States for at least forty-five days, | 191 |
the person shall be considered to have been a resident of this | 192 |
state for that period of at least forty-five days, and, if a | 193 |
person is present in a county of this state in compliance with | 194 |
military or naval orders as an active or reserve member of the | 195 |
armed forces of the United States for at least thirty days, the | 196 |
person shall be considered to have been a resident of that county | 197 |
for that period of at least thirty days. | 198 |
(b) The applicant is at least twenty-one years of age. | 199 |
(c) The applicant is not a fugitive from justice. | 200 |
(d) The applicant is not under indictment for or otherwise | 201 |
charged with a felony; an offense under Chapter 2925., 3719., or | 202 |
4729. of the Revised Code that involves the illegal possession, | 203 |
use, sale, administration, or distribution of or trafficking in a | 204 |
drug of abuse; a misdemeanor offense of violence; or a violation | 205 |
of section 2903.14 or 2923.1211 of the Revised Code. | 206 |
(e) Except as otherwise provided in division (D)(5) of this | 207 |
section, the applicant has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty | 208 |
to a felony or an offense under Chapter 2925., 3719., or 4729. of | 209 |
the Revised Code that involves the illegal possession, use, sale, | 210 |
administration, or distribution of or trafficking in a drug of | 211 |
abuse; has not been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing | 212 |
an act that if committed by an adult would be a felony or would be | 213 |
an offense under Chapter 2925., 3719., or 4729. of the Revised | 214 |
Code that involves the illegal possession, use, sale, | 215 |
administration, or distribution of or trafficking in a drug of | 216 |
abuse; and has not been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or | 217 |
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a violation of | 218 |
section 2903.13 of the Revised Code when the victim of the | 219 |
violation is a peace officer, regardless of whether the applicant | 220 |
was sentenced under division (C)(4) of that section. | 221 |
(f) Except as otherwise provided in division (D)(5) of this | 222 |
section, the applicant, within three years of the date of the | 223 |
application, has not been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a | 224 |
misdemeanor offense of violence other than a misdemeanor violation | 225 |
of section 2921.33 of the Revised Code or a violation of section | 226 |
2903.13 of the Revised Code when the victim of the violation is a | 227 |
peace officer, or a misdemeanor violation of section 2923.1211 of | 228 |
the Revised Code; and has not been adjudicated a delinquent child | 229 |
for committing an act that if committed by an adult would be a | 230 |
misdemeanor offense of violence other than a misdemeanor violation | 231 |
of section 2921.33 of the Revised Code or a violation of section | 232 |
2903.13 of the Revised Code when the victim of the violation is a | 233 |
peace officer or for committing an act that if committed by an | 234 |
adult would be a misdemeanor violation of section 2923.1211 of the | 235 |
Revised Code. | 236 |
(g) Except as otherwise provided in division (D)(1)(e) of | 237 |
this section, the applicant, within five years of the date of the | 238 |
application, has not been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or | 239 |
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing two or more | 240 |
violations of section 2903.13 or 2903.14 of the Revised Code. | 241 |
(h) Except as otherwise provided in division (D)(5) of this | 242 |
section, the applicant, within ten years of the date of the | 243 |
application, has not been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or | 244 |
adjudicated a delinquent child for committing a violation of | 245 |
section 2921.33 of the Revised Code. | 246 |
(i) The applicant has not been adjudicated as a mental | 247 |
defective, has not been committed to any mental institution, is | 248 |
not under adjudication of mental incompetence, has not been found | 249 |
by a court to be a mentally ill person subject to hospitalization | 250 |
by court order, and is not an involuntary patient other than one | 251 |
who is a patient only for purposes of observation. As used in this | 252 |
division, "mentally ill person subject to hospitalization by court | 253 |
order" and "patient" have the same meanings as in section 5122.01 | 254 |
of the Revised Code. | 255 |
(j) The applicant is not currently subject to a civil | 256 |
protection order, a temporary protection order, or a protection | 257 |
order issued by a court of another state. | 258 |
(k) The applicant certifies that the applicant desires a | 259 |
legal means to carry a concealed handgun for defense of the | 260 |
applicant or a member of the applicant's family while engaged in | 261 |
lawful activity. | 262 |
(l) The applicant submits a competency certification of the | 263 |
type described in division (B)(3) of this section and submits a | 264 |
certification of the type described in division (B)(4) of this | 265 |
section regarding the applicant's reading of the pamphlet prepared | 266 |
by the Ohio peace officer training commission pursuant to section | 267 |
109.731 of the Revised Code. | 268 |
(m) The applicant currently is not subject to a suspension | 269 |
imposed under division (A)(2) of section 2923.128 of the Revised | 270 |
Code of a concealed handgun license that previously was issued to | 271 |
the applicant under this section or section 2923.1213 of the | 272 |
Revised Code. | 273 |
(2)(a) A concealed handgun license that a sheriff issues | 274 |
under division (D)(1) of this section shall expire five years | 275 |
after the date of issuance. | 276 |
If a sheriff issues a license under this section, the sheriff | 277 |
shall place on the license a unique combination of letters and | 278 |
numbers identifying the license in accordance with the procedure | 279 |
prescribed by the Ohio peace officer training commission pursuant | 280 |
to section 109.731 of the Revised Code. | 281 |
(b) If a sheriff denies an application under this section | 282 |
because the applicant does not satisfy the criteria described in | 283 |
division (D)(1) of this section, the sheriff shall specify the | 284 |
grounds for the denial in a written notice to the applicant. The | 285 |
applicant may appeal the denial pursuant to section 119.12 of the | 286 |
Revised Code in the county served by the sheriff who denied the | 287 |
application. If the denial was as a result of the criminal records | 288 |
check conducted pursuant to section 311.41 of the Revised Code and | 289 |
if, pursuant to section 2923.127 of the Revised Code, the | 290 |
applicant challenges the criminal records check results using the | 291 |
appropriate challenge and review procedure specified in that | 292 |
section, the time for filing the appeal pursuant to section 119.12 | 293 |
of the Revised Code and this division is tolled during the | 294 |
pendency of the request or the challenge and review. If the court | 295 |
in an appeal under section 119.12 of the Revised Code and this | 296 |
division enters a judgment sustaining the sheriff's refusal to | 297 |
grant to the applicant a concealed handgun license, the applicant | 298 |
may file a new application beginning one year after the judgment | 299 |
is entered. If the court enters a judgment in favor of the | 300 |
applicant, that judgment shall not restrict the authority of a | 301 |
sheriff to suspend or revoke the license pursuant to section | 302 |
2923.128 or 2923.1213 of the Revised Code or to refuse to renew | 303 |
the license for any proper cause that may occur after the date the | 304 |
judgment is entered. In the appeal, the court shall have full | 305 |
power to dispose of all costs. | 306 |
(3) If the sheriff with whom an application for a concealed | 307 |
handgun license was filed under this section becomes aware that | 308 |
the applicant has been arrested for or otherwise charged with an | 309 |
offense that would disqualify the applicant from holding the | 310 |
license, the sheriff shall suspend the processing of the | 311 |
application until the disposition of the case arising from the | 312 |
arrest or charge. | 313 |
(4) If the sheriff determines that the applicant is legally | 314 |
living in the United States and is a resident of the county in | 315 |
which the applicant seeks the license or of an adjacent county but | 316 |
does not yet meet the residency requirements described in division | 317 |
(D)(1)(a) of this section, the sheriff shall not deny the license | 318 |
because of the residency requirements but shall not issue the | 319 |
license until the applicant meets those residency requirements. | 320 |
(5) If an applicant has been convicted of or pleaded guilty | 321 |
to an offense identified in division (D)(1)(e), (f), or (h) of | 322 |
this section or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for | 323 |
committing an act or violation identified in any of those | 324 |
divisions, and if a court has ordered the sealing or expungement | 325 |
of the records of that conviction, guilty plea, or adjudication | 326 |
pursuant to sections 2151.355 to 2151.358, sections 2953.31 to | 327 |
2953.36, or section 2953.37 of the Revised Code or a court has | 328 |
granted the applicant relief pursuant to section 2923.14 of the | 329 |
Revised Code from the disability imposed pursuant to section | 330 |
2923.13 of the Revised Code relative to that conviction, guilty | 331 |
plea, or adjudication, the sheriff with whom the application was | 332 |
submitted shall not consider the conviction, guilty plea, or | 333 |
adjudication in making a determination under division (D)(1) or | 334 |
(F) of this section or, in relation to an application for a | 335 |
concealed handgun license on a temporary emergency basis submitted | 336 |
under section 2923.1213 of the Revised Code, in making a | 337 |
determination under division (B)(2) of that section. | 338 |
(E) If a concealed handgun license issued under this section | 339 |
is lost or is destroyed, the licensee may obtain from the sheriff | 340 |
who issued that license a duplicate license upon the payment of a | 341 |
fee of fifteen dollars and the submission of an affidavit | 342 |
attesting to the loss or destruction of the license. The sheriff, | 343 |
in accordance with the procedures prescribed in section 109.731 of | 344 |
the Revised Code, shall place on the replacement license a | 345 |
combination of identifying numbers different from the combination | 346 |
on the license that is being replaced. | 347 |
(F)(1) A licensee who wishes to renew a concealed handgun | 348 |
license issued under this section shall do so not earlier than | 349 |
ninety days before the expiration date of the license or at any | 350 |
time after the expiration date of the license by filing with the | 351 |
sheriff of the county in which the applicant resides or with the | 352 |
sheriff of an adjacent county an application for renewal of the | 353 |
license obtained pursuant to division (D) of this section, a | 354 |
certification by the applicant that, subsequent to the issuance of | 355 |
the license, the applicant has reread the pamphlet prepared by the | 356 |
Ohio peace officer training commission pursuant to section 109.731 | 357 |
of the Revised Code that reviews firearms, dispute resolution, and | 358 |
use of deadly force matters, and a nonrefundable license renewal | 359 |
fee in an amount determined pursuant to division (F)(4) of this | 360 |
section unless the fee is waived. | 361 |
(2) A sheriff shall accept a completed renewal application, | 362 |
the license renewal fee, and the information specified in division | 363 |
(F)(1) of this section at the times and in the manners described | 364 |
in division (I) of this section. Upon receipt of a completed | 365 |
renewal application, of certification that the applicant has | 366 |
reread the specified pamphlet prepared by the Ohio peace officer | 367 |
training commission, and of a license renewal fee unless the fee | 368 |
is waived, a sheriff, in the manner specified in section 311.41 of | 369 |
the Revised Code shall conduct or cause to be conducted the | 370 |
criminal records check and the incompetency records check | 371 |
described in section 311.41 of the Revised Code. The sheriff shall | 372 |
renew the license if the sheriff determines that the applicant | 373 |
continues to satisfy the requirements described in division (D)(1) | 374 |
of this section, except that the applicant is not required to meet | 375 |
the requirements of division (D)(1)(l) of this section. A renewed | 376 |
license shall expire five years after the date of issuance. A | 377 |
renewed license is subject to division (E) of this section and | 378 |
sections 2923.126 and 2923.128 of the Revised Code. A sheriff | 379 |
shall comply with divisions (D)(2) to (4) of this section when the | 380 |
circumstances described in those divisions apply to a requested | 381 |
license renewal. If a sheriff denies the renewal of a concealed | 382 |
handgun license, the applicant may appeal the denial, or challenge | 383 |
the criminal record check results that were the basis of the | 384 |
denial if applicable, in the same manner as specified in division | 385 |
(D)(2)(b) of this section and in section 2923.127 of the Revised | 386 |
Code, regarding the denial of a license under this section. | 387 |
(3) A renewal application submitted pursuant to division (F) | 388 |
of this section shall only require the licensee to list on the | 389 |
application form information and matters occurring since the date | 390 |
of the licensee's last application for a license pursuant to | 391 |
division (B) or (F) of this section. A sheriff conducting the | 392 |
criminal records check and the incompetency records check | 393 |
described in section 311.41 of the Revised Code shall conduct the | 394 |
check only from the date of the licensee's last application for a | 395 |
license pursuant to division (B) or (F) of this section through | 396 |
the date of the renewal application submitted pursuant to division | 397 |
(F) of this section. | 398 |
(4) An applicant for a renewal concealed handgun license | 399 |
under this section shall submit to the sheriff of the county in | 400 |
which the applicant resides or to the sheriff of any county | 401 |
adjacent to the county in which the applicant resides a | 402 |
nonrefundable license fee as described in either of the following: | 403 |
(a) For an applicant who has been a resident of this state | 404 |
for five or more years, a fee of fifty dollars; | 405 |
(b) For an applicant who has been a resident of this state | 406 |
for less than five years, a fee of fifty dollars plus the actual | 407 |
cost of having a background check performed by the federal bureau | 408 |
of investigation. | 409 |
(G)(1) Each course, class, or program described in division | 410 |
(B)(3)(a), (b), (c), or (e) of this section shall provide to each | 411 |
person who takes the course, class, or program the web site | 412 |
address at which the pamphlet prepared by the Ohio peace officer | 413 |
training commission pursuant to section 109.731 of the Revised | 414 |
Code that reviews firearms, dispute resolution, and use of deadly | 415 |
force matters may be found. Each such course, class, or program | 416 |
described in one of those divisions shall include at least twelve | 417 |
hours of training in the safe handling and use of a firearm that | 418 |
shall include all of the following: | 419 |
(a) At least ten hours of training on the following matters: | 420 |
(i) The ability to name, explain, and demonstrate the rules | 421 |
for safe handling of a handgun and proper storage practices for | 422 |
handguns and ammunition; | 423 |
(ii) The ability to demonstrate and explain how to handle | 424 |
ammunition in a safe manner; | 425 |
(iii) The ability to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and | 426 |
attitude necessary to shoot a handgun in a safe manner; | 427 |
(iv) Gun handling training. | 428 |
(b) At least two hours of training that consists of range | 429 |
time and live-fire training. | 430 |
(2) To satisfactorily complete the course, class, or program | 431 |
described in division (B)(3)(a), (b), (c), or (e) of this section, | 432 |
the applicant shall pass a competency examination that shall | 433 |
include both of the following: | 434 |
(a) A written section on the ability to name and explain the | 435 |
rules for the safe handling of a handgun and proper storage | 436 |
practices for handguns and ammunition; | 437 |
(b) A physical demonstration of competence in the use of a | 438 |
handgun and in the rules for safe handling and storage of a | 439 |
handgun and a physical demonstration of the attitude necessary to | 440 |
shoot a handgun in a safe manner. | 441 |
(3) The competency certification described in division | 442 |
(B)(3)(a), (b), (c), or (e) of this section shall be dated and | 443 |
shall attest that the course, class, or program the applicant | 444 |
successfully completed met the requirements described in division | 445 |
(G)(1) of this section and that the applicant passed the | 446 |
competency examination described in division (G)(2) of this | 447 |
section. | 448 |
(H) Upon deciding to issue a concealed handgun license, | 449 |
deciding to issue a replacement concealed handgun license, or | 450 |
deciding to renew a concealed handgun license pursuant to this | 451 |
section, and before actually issuing or renewing the license, the | 452 |
sheriff shall make available through the law enforcement automated | 453 |
data system all information contained on the license. If the | 454 |
license subsequently is suspended under division (A)(1) or (2) of | 455 |
section 2923.128 of the Revised Code, revoked pursuant to division | 456 |
(B)(1) of section 2923.128 of the Revised Code, or lost or | 457 |
destroyed, the sheriff also shall make available through the law | 458 |
enforcement automated data system a notation of that fact. The | 459 |
superintendent of the state highway patrol shall ensure that the | 460 |
law enforcement automated data system is so configured as to | 461 |
permit the transmission through the system of the information | 462 |
specified in this division. | 463 |
(I) A sheriff shall accept a completed application form or | 464 |
renewal application, and the fee, items, materials, and | 465 |
information specified in divisions (B)(1) to (5) or division (F) | 466 |
of this section, whichever is applicable, and shall provide an | 467 |
application form or renewal application to any person during at | 468 |
least fifteen hours a week and shall provide the web site address | 469 |
at which the pamphlet described in division (B) of section 109.731 | 470 |
of the Revised Code may be found at any time, upon request. The | 471 |
sheriff shall post notice of the hours during which the sheriff is | 472 |
available to accept or provide the information described in this | 473 |
division. | 474 |
Section 2. That existing section 2923.125 of the Revised Code | 475 |
is hereby repealed. | 476 |