Ohio Code § 2949.093

§ 2949.093.

(A) A board of county commissioners of any county containing fifty-five or more law enforcement

agencies by resolution may elect to participate in a criminal justice regional information

system, either by creating and maintaining a new criminal justice regional information

system or by participating in an existing criminal justice regional information system. (B) A county is not eligible to participate in any criminal justice regional information

system unless it creates in its county treasury, pursuant to section 305.28 of the Revised Code , a criminal justice regional information fund. (C) A county that elects to participate in a criminal justice regional information system

shall obtain revenues to fund its participation by establishing an additional court

cost not exceeding five dollars to be imposed for moving violations that occur in

that county.  The board of county commissioners of that county shall establish the amount of the

additional court cost by resolution.  The board shall give written notice to all courts located in that county that adjudicate

or otherwise process moving violations that occur in that county of the county's election

to participate in the system and of the amount of the additional court cost.  Upon receipt of such notice, each recipient court shall impose that amount as an

additional court cost for all moving violations the court adjudicates or otherwise

processes, in accordance with divisions (D) and (E) of this section. (D)(1) The court in which any person is convicted of or pleads guilty to any moving violation

that occurs in a county that has elected to participate in a criminal justice regional

information system shall impose the sum established by the board pursuant to division

(C) of this section as costs in the case in addition to any other court costs that

the court is required by law to impose upon the offender.  The court shall not waive the payment of the additional court cost established by

the board pursuant to division (C) of this section unless the court determines that

the offender is indigent and waives the payment of all court costs imposed upon the

indigent offender. All such money collected during a month shall be transmitted on the first business

day of the following month by the clerk of the court to the county treasurer of the

county in which the court is located and thereafter the county treasurer shall deposit

the money in that county's criminal justice regional information fund. (2) The juvenile court in which a child is found to be a juvenile traffic offender for

an act that is a moving violation occurring in a county participating in a criminal

justice regional information system shall impose the sum established by the board

pursuant to division (C) of this section as costs in the case in addition to any other

court costs that the court is required by law to impose upon the juvenile traffic

offender.  The juvenile court shall not waive the payment of the additional court cost established

by the board pursuant to division (C) of this section unless the court determines

that the juvenile is indigent and waives the payment of all court costs imposed upon

the indigent offender. All such money collected during a month shall be transmitted on the first business

day of the following month by the clerk of the court to the county treasurer of the

county in which the juvenile court is located and thereafter the county treasurer

shall deposit the money in that county's criminal justice regional information fund. (E) Whenever a person is charged with any offense that is a moving violation and posts

bail, the court shall add to the amount of the bail the set sum required to be paid

by division (D)(1) of this section.  The clerk of the court shall retain that set sum until the person is convicted,

pleads guilty, forfeits bail, is found not guilty, or has the charges dismissed.  If the person is convicted, pleads guilty, or forfeits bail, the clerk shall transmit

the set sum to the county treasurer, who shall deposit it in the county criminal justice

regional information fund.  If the person is found not guilty or the charges are dismissed, the clerk shall

return the set sum to the person. (F) No person shall be placed or held in a detention facility as defined in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code for failing to pay the court cost or bail that is required to be paid by this section. (G)(1) Except as provided in division (G)(2) of this section, all funds collected by a county

under this section shall be used by that county only to pay the costs it incurs in

creating and maintaining a new criminal justice regional information system or to

pay the costs it incurs in participating in an existing criminal justice regional

information system. (2) If the board of county commissioners of a county determines that the funds in that

county's criminal justice regional information fund are more than sufficient to satisfy

the purpose for which the additional court cost described in division (C) of this

section was imposed, the board may declare a surplus in the fund.  The county may expend the surplus only to pay the costs it incurs in improving the

law enforcement computer technology of local law enforcement agencies located in that

county. (H) As used in this section: (1) “ Moving violation ” means any violation of any statute or ordinance, other than section 4513.263 of the Revised Code or an ordinance that is substantially equivalent to that section, that regulates

the operation of vehicles, streetcars, or trackless trolleys on highways or streets

or that regulates size or load limitations or fitness requirements of vehicles.  “Moving violation” does not include the violation of any statute or ordinance that

regulates pedestrians or the parking of vehicles. (2) “ Bail ” means cash, a check, a money order, a credit card, or any other form of money that

is posted by or for an offender pursuant to section 2937.011 or sections 2937.22 to 2937.46 of the Revised Code or Traffic Rule 4 to prevent the offender from being placed or held in a detention facility, as defined

in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code . (3) “ Criminal justice regional information system ” means a governmental computer system that serves as a cooperative between political

subdivisions in a particular region for the purpose of providing a consolidated computerized

information system for criminal justice agencies in that region.