(a) Twenty-five dollars of any fine imposed for a violation of a municipal O.V.I. ordinance shall be deposited into the municipal or county Indigent Drivers Alcohol Treatment Fund created pursuant to R.C. § 4511.191(H) in accordance with this section and R.C. §§ 733.40, 1901.024(A), (B), and (C), 1901.31(F) or 1907.20(C). Regardless of whether the fine is imposed by a municipal court, a mayor’s court, or a juvenile court, if the fine was imposed for a violation of an ordinance of a municipal corporation that is within the jurisdiction of a county-operated municipal court or a municipal court that is not a county-operated municipal court, the $25 that is subject to this section shall be deposited into the Indigent Drivers Alcohol Treatment Fund of the county in which that municipal corporation is located if the municipal court that has jurisdiction over that municipal corporation is a county-operated municipal court or of the municipal corporation in which is located the municipal court that has jurisdiction over that municipal corporation if that municipal court is not a county-based municipal court. Regardless of whether the fine is imposed by a county court, a mayor’s court, or a juvenile court, if the fine was imposed for a violation of an ordinance of a municipal corporation that is within the jurisdiction of a county court, the $25 that is subject to this section shall be deposited into the Indigent Drivers Alcohol Treatment Fund of the county in which is located the county court that has jurisdiction over that municipal corporation. The deposit shall be made in accordance with R.C. §§ 733.40, 1901.024(A), (B), and (C), 1901.31(F), or 1907.20(C).
(b) Any court cost imposed as a result of a violation of a municipal ordinance that is a moving violation and designated for an indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund established pursuant to R.C. § 4511.191(H) shall be deposited into the municipal or county Indigent Drivers Alcohol Treatment Fund created pursuant to R.C. § 4511.191(H) in accordance with this section and R.C. §§ 733.40, 1901.024(A), (B), and (C), 1901.31(F), or 1907.20(C). Regardless of whether the court cost is imposed by a municipal court, a mayor’s court, or a juvenile court, if the court cost was imposed for a violation of an ordinance of a municipal corporation that is within the jurisdiction of a county-operated municipal court or a municipal court that is not a county-operated municipal court, the court cost that is subject to this section shall be deposited into the Indigent Drivers Alcohol Treatment Fund of the county in which that municipal corporation is located if the municipal court that has jurisdiction over that municipal corporation is a county-operated municipal court or of the municipal corporation in which is located the municipal court that has jurisdiction over that municipal corporation if that municipal court is not a county-operated municipal court. Regardless of whether the court cost is imposed by a county court, a mayor’s court, or a juvenile court, if the court cost was imposed for a violation of an ordinance of a municipal corporation that is within the jurisdiction of a county court, the court cost that is subject to this section shall be deposited into the Indigent Drivers Alcohol Treatment Fund of the county in which is located the county court that has jurisdiction over that municipal corporation. The deposit shall be made in accordance with R.C. §§ 733.40, 1901.024(A), (B), and (C), 1901.31(F), or 1907.20(C).
(c) (1) The requirements and sanctions imposed by divisions (c)(1) and (2) of this section are an adjunct to and derive from the state’s exclusive authority over the registration and titling of motor vehicles and do not comprise a part of the criminal sentence to be imposed upon a person who violates a municipal O.V.I. ordinance.
(2) If a person is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of a municipal O.V.I. ordinance, if the vehicle the offender was operating at the time of the offense is registered in the offender’s name, and if, within six years of the current offense, the offender has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one or more violations of R.C. § 4511.19(A) or (B) or one or more other equivalent offenses, the court, in addition to and independent of any sentence that it imposes upon the offender for the offense, shall do whichever of the following is applicable:
A. Except as otherwise provided in division (c)(2)B. of this section, if, within six years of the current offense, the offender has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one violation described in division (c)(2) of this section, the court shall order the immobilization for 90 days of that vehicle and the impoundment for 90 days of the license plates of that vehicle. The order for the immobilization and impoundment shall be issued and enforced in accordance with R.C. § 4503.233.
B. If, within six years of the current offense, the offender has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two or more violations described in division (c)(2) of this section, or if the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of R.C. § 4511.19(A) under circumstances in which the violation was a felony and regardless of when the violation and the conviction or guilty plea occurred, the court shall order the criminal forfeiture to the state of that vehicle The order of criminal forfeiture shall be issued and enforced in accordance with R.C. § 4503.234.
(d) As used in this section, COUNTY- OPERATED MUNICIPAL COURT has the same meaning as in R.C. § 1901.03.
(R.C. § 4511.193)