2941.1422 Mandatory prison term - furtherance of human trafficking. - Ohio Statutes

2941.1422 Mandatory prison term - furtherance of human trafficking.

(A) Imposition of a mandatory prison term under division (D)(7) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code is precluded unless the offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony violation of section 2905.01, 2905.02, 2907.21, 2907.22, or 2923.32, division (A)(1) or (2) of section 2907.323, or division (B)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of section 2919.22 of the Revised Code and unless the indictment, count in the indictment, or information charging the offense specifies that the offender knowingly committed the offense in furtherance of human trafficking. The specification shall be stated at the end of the body of the indictment, count, or information and shall be stated in substantially the following form:

“SPECIFICATION (or, SPECIFICATION TO THE FIRST COUNT). The Grand Jurors (or insert the person’s or the prosecuting attorney’s name when appropriate) further find and specify that (set forth that the defendant knowingly committed the offense in furtherance of human trafficking).”

(B) As used in this section, “human trafficking” has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 2008 HB280 04-07-2009