541.08 INTIMIDATION.
   (a)   No person shall violate Ohio R.C. 2903.21, 2903.22, 2090.06, 2090.07 or 2917.21(A)(3) to (5) or Sections 537.05, 537.06, 537.10(a)(3) to (5), 541.03 or 541.04 of the General Offenses Code by reason of the race, creed, color, religious beliefs, age, disability, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, union affiliation or national origin of another person or group of persons.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of intimidation. Intimidation is an offense of the next higher degree than the offense the commission of which is a necessary element of intimidation.
(Ord. 2020-32. Passed 7-13-20.)