A member of the emergency response commission or his designated representative who also is an officer or employee of the state or a political subdivision, a member of the local emergency planning committee of the emergency planning district having territorial jurisdiction who is also an officer or employee of the state or a political subdivision, or the designated representative of the fire department having territorial jurisdiction, upon proper identification and upon stating the purpose and necessity of an inspection, may enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property, real or personal, to inspect or investigate, obtain samples, and examine or copy any records to determine compliance with this chapter and rules adopted and orders issued under it. The commission, committee, or fire department, or a designated representative of any of them, may apply for and any judge of a court of record may issue an administrative inspection warrant under division (F) of section 2933.21 of the Revised Code, or other appropriate search warrant, necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter within the court’s territorial jurisdiction, provided that the designated representative of the commission or committee also shall be an officer or employee of the state or a political subdivision.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 3750.16

  • Emergency planning district: means an emergency planning district or joint emergency planning district designated under section 3750. See Ohio Code 3750.01
  • Fire department: means a fire department of a municipal corporation or township, a township fire district, a joint township fire district, a private fire company or volunteer fire company that has entered into an agreement for the use and operation of fire-fighting equipment with a municipal corporation, township, township fire district, or joint township fire district or, in a municipal corporation or township where no such fire department or district exists and no such agreement is in effect, the fire prevention officer of the municipal corporation or township. See Ohio Code 3750.01
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Local emergency planning committee: means the local emergency planning committee of an emergency planning district, joint emergency planning district, or joint interstate planning district established under section 3750. See Ohio Code 3750.01
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59