Ohio § 4582.04 Port authority employees

Ohio Statutes

§ 4582.04 — Port authority employees

Ohio § 4582.04

Title 45Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft

Ch. 4582Port Authorities

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4582.04 (2026).

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(A)A port authority created in accordance with section4582.02of the Revised Code shall employ and fix the qualifications, duties, and compensation of any employees and professional help it may require to conduct the business of the port and may appoint an advisory board, which shall serve without compensation. Any employee may be suspended or dismissed, and the services of professional help may be terminated at any time by the port authority.

(B)A port authority may provide for the administration and enforcement of the laws of the state by employing special police officers and may seek the assistance of other appropriate law enforcement officers to enforce its regulations and maintain order.

(C)Special police officers employed by a port authority shall serve as police officers with re

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(A) A port authority created in accordance with section4582.02of the Revised Code shall employ and fix the qualifications, duties, and compensation of any employees and professional help it may require to conduct the business of the port and may appoint an advisory board, which shall serve without compensation. Any employee may be suspended or dismissed, and the services of professional help may be terminated at any time by the port authority.

(B) A port authority may provide for the administration and enforcement of the laws of the state by employing special police officers and may seek the assistance of other appropriate law enforcement officers to enforce its regulations and maintain order.

(C) Special police officers employed by a port authority shall serve as police officers with respect to the property, grounds, buildings, equipment, and facilities under the control of the port authority, to prevent hijacking of aircraft or watercraft, protect the property of the authority and the property of others located thereon, suppress nuisances and disturbances and breaches of the peace, and enforce laws and the rules of the port authority for the preservation of good order. In performing their duties, special police officers are vested with the same powers of arrest as police officers under section2935.03of the Revised Code.

Any person employed as a special police officer by a port authority is a "public employee" as defined in section145.01of the Revised Code and is not a "member of a police department" as defined in section742.01of the Revised Code.