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Lisbon, OH Code of Ordinances
LISBON, OHIO CODE OF ORDINANCES
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
CHAPTER 501 General Provisions and Penalty
CHAPTER 505 Animals
CHAPTER 509 Peace Disturbances
CHAPTER 513 Drugs
CHAPTER 517 Gambling
CHAPTER 521 Safety, Sanitation and Health
CHAPTER 525 Administration, Enforcement and Public Service
CHAPTER 529 Alcoholic Beverages
CHAPTER 533 Sex Related Offenses
CHAPTER 537 Offenses Relating to Persons
CHAPTER 541 Offenses Relating to Property
CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
CHAPTER 537
Offenses Relating to Persons
537.001   Definitions.
537.01   Negligent homicide.
537.02   Vehicular homicide. (Repealed)
537.03   Assault.
537.04   Negligent assault.
537.05   Aggravated menacing.
537.055   Menacing by stalking.
537.06   Menacing.
537.07   Endangering children.
537.08   Unlawful restraint.
537.09   Coercion.
537.10   Threatening or harassing telecommunications.
537.11   Threatening or harassing telephone calls. (Repealed)
537.12   Party lines to be yielded in emergencies. (Repealed)
537.13   Placing harmful substance or objects in food or confection.
537.14   Domestic violence.
537.15   Tobacco use by persons under 18.
537.16   Illegal distribution of cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products; transaction scans.
537.17   Criminal child enticement. (Repealed)
537.18   Nonsupport of dependents.
537.19   Interference with custody.
537.20   Contributing to the unruliness or delinquency of a child.
537.21   Safety of crowds attending  live entertainment performances.
537.22   Hazing.
537.23   Ethnic intimidation.
537.24   Intimidation in connection with housing.
537.25   Failing to provide for a functionally impaired person.
537.26   Failure to perform viability testing.
537.27   Unlawful collection of bodily substances.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   See section histories for similar State law
   Juvenile Court - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 2151
   Parents’ liability for destructive acts of their children - see Ohio R.C. 3109.09
   Shelters for victims of domestic violence - see Ohio R.C. 3113.33 et seq.
   Vehicular homicide and vehicular manslaughter - see TRAF. 333.10
   Definitions generally - see GEN. OFF. 501.01
   “Physical harm to persons” defined - see GEN. OFF. 501.01
   “Serious physical harm to persons” defined - see GEN. OFF. 501.01
   Personal accountability for organizational conduct - see GEN. OFF. 501.12
   False report of child abuse or neglect - see GEN. OFF. 525.025
   Sales of alcohol to underage persons; prohibitions and misrepresentations - see GEN. OFF. 529.02
   Drugs - see GEN. OFF. Ch. 513
   Disorderly conduct - see GEN. OFF. 509.03
   Sex related offenses - see GEN. OFF. Ch. 533
   Improperly furnishing firearms to a minor - see GEN. OFF. 549.07
537.001   DEFINITIONS.
   (a)   As used in this chapter and any other provision of these Codified Ordinances:
      (1)   “Another’s unborn” or “other person’s unborn.”  A member of the species Homo sapiens who is or was carried in the womb of another during a period that begins with fertilization and that continues unless and until live birth occurs.
      (2)   “Unlawful termination of another’s pregnancy.”  Causing the death of an unborn member of the species Homo sapiens who is or was carried in the womb of another, as a result of injuries inflicted during the period that begins with fertilization and that continues unless and until live birth occurs.
   (b)   Notwithstanding division (a) of this section, in no case shall the definitions of the terms “another’s unborn,” “other person’s unborn” and “unlawful termination of another’s pregnancy” that are set forth in division (a) of this section be applied or construed in any of the following manners:
      (1)   Except as otherwise provided in division (b)(1) of this section, in a manner so that the offense prohibits or is construed as prohibiting any pregnant woman or her physician from performing an abortion with the consent of the pregnant woman, with the consent of the pregnant woman implied by law in a medical emergency, or with the approval of one otherwise authorized by law to consent to medical treatment on behalf of the pregnant woman.  An abortion that violates the conditions described in the immediately preceding sentence may be punished as any violation of Ohio R.C. 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, 2903.04, 2903.05, 2903.06, 2903.08, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.14, 2903.21 or 2903.22, or a substantially similar municipal ordinance, as applicable.  An abortion that does not violate the conditions described in the second immediately preceding sentence but that does violate Ohio R.C. 2919.12, 2919.13(B), 2919.15, 2919.151, 2919.17 or 2919.18, or a substantially similar municipal ordinance, may be punished as a violation of such section, as applicable.
      (2)   In a manner so that the offense is applied or is construed as applying to a woman based on an act or omission of the woman that occurs while she is or was pregnant and that results in any of the following:
         A.   Her delivery of a stillborn baby.
         B.   Her causing, in any other manner, the death in utero of a viable, unborn human that she is carrying.
         C.   Her causing the death of her child who is born alive but who dies from one or more injuries that are sustained while the child is a viable, unborn human.
         D.   Her causing her child who is born alive to sustain one or more injuries while the child is a viable, unborn human.
         E.   Her causing, threatening to cause, or attempting to cause, in any other manner, an injury, illness, or other psychological illness or condition, regardless of its duration or gravity, to a viable, unborn human that she is carrying.
(ORC 2903.09)
537.01   NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE.
   (a)   No person shall negligently cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another’s pregnancy by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance, as defined in Ohio R.C. 2923.11.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of negligent homicide, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 2903.05)
Statutory reference:
   Reckless homicide, felony offense, see Ohio R.C. 2903.041
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