513.02 GIFT OF MARIHUANA; TRAFFICKING IN MARIHUANA.

   (a)    No person shall knowingly give or offer to make a gift of twenty grams or less of marihuana.

   (b)    Whoever violates this section is guilty of trafficking in marihuana. Trafficking in marihuana is a minor misdemeanor for the first offense, and a misdemeanor of the third degree for any subsequent offense. In the event the offense was committed in the vicinity of a school or within the vicinity of a juvenile, trafficking in marihuana is a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 2925.03; Ord. 97-2. Passed 1-9-97.)

   (c)   The court may by order suspend for not more than five years the driver's or commercial driver's license or permit of any person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to any violation of this section. However, if the offender pleaded guilty to or was convicted of a violation of Ohio R.C. 4511.19 or a substantially similar municipal ordinance or the law of another state or the United States arising out of the same set of circumstances as the violation, the court shall suspend the offender's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit in accordance with Ohio R.C. 2925.03(G). If an offender's driver's or commercial driver's license or permit is suspended pursuant to this subsection, the offender, at any time after the expiration of two years from the day on which the offender's sentence was imposed, may file a motion with the sentencing court requesting termination of the suspension; upon the filing of such a motion and the court's finding of good cause for the termination, the court may terminate the suspension.
(ORC 2925.03; Ord. 2017-10. Passed 8-10-17.)