(a) Notice to Law Enforcement upon Stop:
(1) Except as provided in subdivisions (b)(2) and (b)(3) of this section, a licensee who has been issued a license under Ohio R.C. 2923.125 or 2923.1213 may carry a concealed handgun anywhere in this Village if the licensee also carries a valid license when the licensee is in the actual possession of a concealed handgun. The licensee shall give notice of any change in the licensee's residence address to the sheriff who issued the license within 45 days after the change.
(2) If a licensee is the driver or an occupant of a motor vehicle that is stopped as the result of a traffic stop or a stop for another law enforcement purpose and if the licensee is transporting or has a loaded handgun in the motor vehicle at that time, the licensee shall promptly inform any law enforcement officer who approaches the vehicle while stopped that the licensee has been issued a license or temporary emergency license to carry a concealed handgun and that the licensee currently possesses or has a loaded handgun; the licensee shall not knowingly disregard or fail to comply with lawful orders of a law enforcement officer given while the motor vehicle is stopped, knowingly fail to remain in the motor vehicle while stopped, or knowingly fail to keep the licensee's hands in plain sight after any law enforcement officer begins approaching the licensee while stopped and before the officer leaves, unless directed otherwise by a law enforcement officer; and the licensee shall not knowingly remove, attempt to remove, grasp, or hold the loaded handgun or knowingly have contact with the loaded handgun by touching it with the licensee's hands or fingers, in any manner in violation of federal, state or local law, after any law enforcement officer beings approaching the licensee while stopped and before the officer leaves.
(3) If a licensee is stopped for a law enforcement purpose and if the licensee is carrying a concealed handgun at the time the officer approaches, the licensee shall promptly inform any law enforcement officer who approaches the licensee while stopped that the licensee has been issued a license or temporary emergency license to carry a concealed handgun and that the licensee currently is carrying a concealed handgun; the licensee shall not knowingly disregard or fail to comply with the lawful orders of a law enforcement officer given while the motor vehicle is stopped, knowingly fail to remain in the motor vehicle while stopped, or knowingly fail to keep the licensee's hands in plain sight after any law enforcement officer begins approaching the licensee while stopped and before the officer leaves, unless directed otherwise by a law enforcement officer; and the licensee shall not knowingly remove, attempt to remove, grasp, or hold the loaded handgun or knowingly have contact with the loaded handgun by touching it with the licensee's hands or fingers, in any manner in violation of federal, state or local law, after any law enforcement officer begins approaching the licensee while stopped and before the officer leaves.
(b) Prohibited Places: A valid license issued under Ohio R.C. 2923.125 or 2923.1213 does not authorize the licensee to carry a concealed handgun in any manner prohibited under federal, state of local law. A valid license does not authorize the licensee to carry a concealed handgun into any of the following places:
(1) A police station, sheriff's office, or State Highway Patrol station, premises controlled by the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, a State correctional institution, jail, workhouse, or other detention facility, an airport passenger terminal, or an institution that is maintained, operated, managed, and governed pursuant to Ohio R.C. 5119.02(A) or Ohio R.C. 5123.03(A)(1);
(2) A school safety zone, if the licensee's carrying the concealed handgun is in violation of Ohio R.C. 2923.122;
(3) A courthouse or another building or structure in which a courtroom is located; if the licensee's carrying the concealed handgun is in violation of Ohio R.C. 2923.123;
(4) Any premises or open air arena for which a D permit has been issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4303, if the licensee's carrying the concealed handgun is in violation of Ohio R.C. 2923.121;
(5) Any premises owned or leased by any public or private college, university, or other institution of higher education, unless the handgun is in a locked motor vehicle or the licensee is in the immediate process of placing the handgun in a locked motor vehicle;
(6) Any church, synagogue, mosque, or other place of worship, unless the church, synagogue, mosque, or other place of worship posts or permits otherwise;
(7) A child day-care center, a type A family day-care home, a type B family day-care home or a type C family day-care home, except that this division does not prohibit a licensee w.ho resides in a type A family day-care home, a type B family day-care home, or a type C family day-care home from carrying a concealed handgun at any time in any part of the home that is not dedicated or used for day-care purposes, or from carrying a concealed handgun in a part of the home that is dedicated or used for day-care purposes at any time during which no children, other than children of that licensee, are in the home;
(8) An aircraft that is in, or intended for operation in, foreign air transportation, interstate air transportation, intrastate air transportation, or the transportation of mail by aircraft;
(9) Any building that is a government facility of this State or any political subdivision of this State and that is not a building that is used primarily as a shelter, restroom, parldng facility for motor vehicles, or rest facility and is not a courthouse or other building or structure in which a courtroom is located that is subject to subdivision (b)(3) of this section;
(10) A place in which federal law prohibits the carrying of handguns.
(c) Private Employers and Signage:
(1) Nothing in this section shall negate or restrict a rule, policy, or practice of a private employer that is not a private college, university, or other institution of higher education concerning or prohibiting the presence of firearms on the private employer's premises or property, including motor vehicles owned by the private employer. Nothing in this section shall require a private employer of that nature to adopt a rule, policy, or practice concerning or prohibiting the presence of firearms on the private employer's premises or property, including motor vehicles owned by the private employer.
(2) A. A private employer shall be immune from liability in a civil action for any injury, death, or loss to person or property that allegedly was caused by or related to a licensee bringing a handgun onto the premises or property of the private employer, including motor vehicles owned by the private employer, unless the private employer acted with malicious purpose. A private employer is immune from liability in a civil action for any injury, death, or loss to person or property that allegedly was caused by or related to the private employer's decision to permit a licensee to bring, or prohibit a licensee from brining, a handgun onto the premises or property of the private employer. As used in this division, "private employer" includes a private college, university, or other institution of higher education.
B. A political subdivision shall be immune from liability in a civil action, to the extent and in the manner provided in Ohio R.C. Chapter 2744, for any injury, death, or loss to person or property that allegedly was caused by or related to a licensee bringing a handgun onto any premises or property owned, leased, or otherwise under the control of the political subdivision. As used in this division, "political subdivision" has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2744.01.
(3) A. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c)(3)B. and subdivision (d) below, the owner or person in control of private land or premises, and a private person or entity leasing land or premises owned by the State, the United States, or a political subdivision of the State or the United States, may post a sign in a conspicuous location on that land or on those premises prohibiting persons from carrying firearms or concealed firearms on or onto that land or those premises. Except as otherwise provided in this division, a person who knowingly violates a posted prohibition of that nature is guilty of criminal trespass in violation of state or local law. If a person knowingly violates a posted prohibition of that nature and the posted land or premises primarily was a parking lot or other parking facility, the person is not guilty of criminal trespass in violation of state or local law, and instead is subject only to a civil cause of action for trespass based on the violation.
B. A landlord may not prohibit or restrict a tenant who is a licensee and who on or after September 9, 2008, enters into a rental agreement with the landlord for the use of residential premises, and the tenant's guest while the tenant is present, from lawfully carrying or possessing a handgun on those residential premises.
C. As used in this division (c)(3)C.:
1. "Residential Premises" has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 5321.01, except "residential premises" does not include a dwelling unit that is owned or operated by a college or university;
2. "Landlord," "tenant," and "rental agreement" have the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 5321.01;
(d) Reciprocity:
(1) A person who holds a license to carry a concealed handgun that was issued pursuant to the law of another state that is recognized by the Ohio Attorney General pursuant to a reciprocity agreement entered into pursuant to Ohio R.C. 109.69 has the same right to carry a concealed handgun in this municipality as a person who was issued a license to carry a concealed handgun under Ohio R.C. Section 2923.125 and is subject to the same restrictions that apply to a person who carries a license issued under that section.
(2) A peace officer has the same right to carry a concealed handgun in this municipality as a person who was issued a license to carry a concealed handgun under Ohio R.C. Section 2923.125, provided that the officer when carrying a concealed handgun under authority of this division is carrying validating identification. For purposes of reciprocity with other states, a peace officer shall be considered to be a licensee in this State.
(3) A qualified retired peace officer who possesses a retired peace officer identification card issued pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2923.126(F)(2) and a valid firearms requalification certification issued pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2923.126(F)(3) has the same right to carry a concealed handgun in this municipality as a person who has issued a license to carry a concealed handgun under Ohio R.C. 2923.125 and is subject to the same restrictions that apply to a person who carries a license issued under that section. For purposes of reciprocity with other states, a qualified retired peace officer who possesses a retired peace officer identification card issued pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2923.126(F)(2) and a valid firearms requalification certification issued pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2923.126(F)(3) shall be considered to be a licensee in this State.
(e) As used in this section:
(1) "Qualified retired peace officer" means a person who satisfies all of the following:
A. The person satisfies the criteria set forth in Ohio R.C. 2923.126(F)(2)(a)(i) to (v).
B. The person is not under the influence of alcohol or another intoxicating or hallucinatory drug or substance.
C. The person is not prohibited by federal law from receiving firearms.
(2) "Retired peace officer identification card" means an identification card that is issued pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2923.126(F)(2) to a person who is a retired peace officer.
(3) "Government facility of this State or a political subdivision of this State" means any of the following:
A. A building or part of a building that is owned or leased by the government of this State or a political subdivision of this State and where employees of the government of this State or the political subdivision regularly are present for the purpose of performing their official duties as employees of the State or political subdivision;
B. The office of a deputy registrar serving pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 4503 that is used to perform deputy registrar functions.
(4) "Validating identification" means photographic identification issued by the agency for which an individual serves as a peace officer that identifies the individual as a peace officer of the agency.
(ORC 2923.126; Ord. 19-1177. Passed 12-16-19.)