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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(A)(1) The owner or operator of a facility where chemicals are produced, or the owner or operator of any other facility or business of any type, may provide a copy of any vulnerability assessment of the facility or business or of any other security-sensitive information developed regarding the facility or business to any of the following:
(a) The local emergency planning committee of the emergency planning district in which the facility or business is located;
(b) The fire department with jurisdiction over the facility or business;
(c) The sheriff of the county in which the facility or business is located;
(d) The chief of police of any municipal corporation with jurisdiction over the facility or business;
(e) Any state agency involved in the development of plans to protect businesses of any type against terrorist attack including the Ohio department of public safety, the Ohio highway patrol, the office of homeland security, and the emergency management agency.
(2) A local emergency planning committee, fire department, sheriff, or chief of police, or other public office that receives a vulnerability assessment or other security-sensitive information pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section may provide a copy of that assessment or information to any local emergency planning committee, fire department, sheriff, or chief of police, or other public office described in division (A)(1) of this section but shall not share that vulnerability assessment or security-sensitive information with any other public or private office unless required to do so by federal or state law.
(B)(1) Any vulnerability assessment or other security-sensitive information a public office receives pursuant to division (A) of this section is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code and that assessment or information is not subject to the mandatory disclosure requirements of section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
(2) This section shall not be construed to exempt any owner or operator of a facility where chemicals are produced or the owner or operator of any other facility or business of any type from providing information contained in a vulnerability assessment or other security-sensitive information to the public when the provision of that information otherwise is required by federal or state law.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Ohio Revised Code Title XXXVII. Health Safety Morals § 3750.22 - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/oh/title-xxxvii-health-safety-morals/oh-rev-code-sect-3750-22/
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