Ohio Code 3710.99 – Penalty
(A) At the request of the director of environmental protection, a prosecuting attorney, city director of law, or similar chief legal officer may commence a criminal action, in a court of this state, against any person who violates any provision of this chapter, any rule adopted under this chapter, any license or certificate issued under this chapter, or any order issued pursuant to this chapter.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3710.99
- Certificate: means :
(1) A document issued by the director to an individual affirming that the individual has successfully completed the training and other requirements set forth in this chapter to qualify as an asbestos hazard abatement specialist, an asbestos hazard evaluation specialist, an asbestos hazard abatement worker, an asbestos hazard abatement project designer, an asbestos hazard abatement air-monitoring technician, an approved asbestos hazard training provider, or other category of asbestos hazard specialist that the director establishes by rule; or
(2) A document issued by a training institution in accordance with rules adopted by the director affirming that an individual has successfully completed the instruction required in all categories as provided in sections 3710. See Ohio Code 3710.01
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- imprisonment: means being imprisoned under a sentence imposed for an offense or serving a term of imprisonment, prison term, jail term, term of local incarceration, or other term under a sentence imposed for an offense in an institution under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction, a county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, a minimum security jail, a community-based correctional facility, or another facility described or referred to in section 2929. See Ohio Code 1.05
- License: means a document issued by the director of environmental protection to a business entity or public entity affirming that the entity has met the requirements set forth in this chapter to engage in asbestos hazard abatement projects as an asbestos hazard abatement contractor. See Ohio Code 3710.01
- Person: means any individual, business entity, governmental body, or other public or private entity. See Ohio Code 3710.01
- Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(B) Upon conviction, the person is subject to:
(1) A fine of at least ten thousand dollars but not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisonment at least one year but not more than two years, or both, for a first offense; or
(2) A fine of at least twenty thousand dollars but not more than forty thousand dollars or imprisonment of at least two years but not more than four years or both for a second or subsequent offense.