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Section 307.921 | Policy to assist minority business enterprises.
...From any contracts to be awarded under sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code, the contracting authority, as defined in section 307.92 of the Revised Code, may develop a policy to assist minority business enterprises, as defined in sections 122.71 and 122.921 of the Revised Code. |
Section 307.93 | Joint establishment of a multicounty correctional center.
...(A) The boards of county commissioners of two or more adjacent counties may contract for the joint establishment of a multicounty correctional center, and the board of county commissioners of a county or the boards of two or more counties may contract with any municipal corporation or municipal corporations located in that county or those counties for the joint establishment of a municipal-county or multicounty-munic... |
Section 307.931 | Submitting health insurance claims for inmates of correctional center.
...(A) For each person who is confined in a multicounty, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal correctional center as provided in section 307.93 of the Revised Code, the applicable county or municipal corporation may make a determination as to whether the person is covered under a health insurance or health care policy, contract, or plan and, if the person has such coverage, what terms and conditions are imposed by... |
Section 307.932 | Community alternative sentencing centers.
...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Division of parole and community services" means the division of parole and community services of the department of rehabilitation and correction. (2) "Eligible offender" means, in relation to a particular community alternative sentencing center or district community alternative sentencing center established and operated under this section, an offender who has been convicted of o... |
Section 307.933 | Issuance of securities.
...(A) A corrections commission formed under section 307.93 of the Revised Code may issue securities of the commission, in an amount determined by the commission, to pay for all or part of the cost of the acquisition, construction, enlargement, modification, or repair of any improvements for a multicounty, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal correctional center that is provided for in section 307.93 of the ... |
Section 307.94 | Petitioning for election on adoption of county charter.
...Electors of a county, equal in number to ten per cent of the number who voted for governor in the county at the most recent gubernatorial election, may file, not later than one hundred fifteen days before the date of a general election, a petition with the board of county commissioners asking that the question of the adoption of a county charter in the form attached to the petition be submitted to the electors of th... |
Section 307.96 | Charter or amendment effective date.
...Except as provided by Section 3 of Article X, Ohio Constitution, a county charter or amendment shall become effective if it has been approved by the majority of the electors voting thereon. The charter or amendment shall take effect on the thirtieth day after approval unless another date is fixed in the charter or amendment. No charter or amendment adopted by the electors of any county shall be held ineffective or v... |
Section 307.97 | Filing sworn itemized statement of financial transactions.
...(A) The circulator of a county charter petition, or his agent, shall, within five days after such petition is filed with the county commissioners, file a sworn itemized statement showing in detail: (1) All moneys or things of value paid, given, or promised for circulating such petition; (2) Full names and addresses of all persons to whom such payments or promises were made; (3) Full names and addresses of all pers... |
Section 307.98 | Written partnership agreement with director of job and family services.
...As used in this section, "county grantee" has the same meaning as in section 5101.21 of the Revised Code. Each board of county commissioners and each other county grantee of the county shall jointly enter into one or more written grant agreements with the director of job and family services or the director of children and youth in accordance with section 5101.21 of the Revised Code. The board of county commissione... |
Section 307.981 | Designating entities as family services agencies.
...(A)(1) As used in the Revised Code: (a) "County family services agency" means all of the following: (i) A child support enforcement agency; (ii) A county department of job and family services; (iii) A public children services agency. (b) "Family services duty" means a duty state law requires or allows a county family services agency to assume, including financial and general administrative duties. "Fam... |
Section 307.982 | Contracts to perform family services duty or workforce development activity.
...(A) To the extent permitted by federal law, including subpart F of 5 C.F.R. part 900, and subject to any limitations established by the Revised Code, including division (B) of this section, a board of county commissioners may enter into a written contract with a private or government entity, including a public or private college or university, for the entity to perform a family services duty or workforce develo... |
Section 307.983 | Plan of cooperation to enhance administration of Ohio works first program, prevention, retention, and contingency program, and other family services duties and workforce development activities.
...Each board of county commissioners shall enter into a written plan of cooperation with the county family services agencies and workforce development agency serving the county to enhance the administration of the Ohio works first program established under Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code; the prevention, retention, and contingency program established under Chapter 5108. of the Revised Code; and other family services ... |
Section 307.984 | Regional plans of cooperation to enhance the administration, delivery, and effectiveness of family services duties and workforce development activities.
...(A) To enhance the administration, delivery, and effectiveness of family services duties and workforce development activities, a board of county commissioners may enter into one or more regional plans of cooperation with the following: (1) One or more other boards of county commissioners; (2) The chief elected official or officials of one or more municipal corporations that are local areas as defined in section 630... |
Section 307.985 | Transportation work plan regarding the transportation needs of low income residents.
...Each board of county commissioners shall develop a written transportation work plan that establishes policies regarding the transportation needs of low income residents of the county seeking or striving to retain employment. In developing the transportation work plan, the board shall consult with all of the following: (A) The county department of job and family services; (B) If a regional transit authority cr... |
Section 307.986 | Procedures for providing services to children whose families relocate frequently.
...Each board of county commissioners shall establish procedures for providing services to children in the county whose families relocate frequently, causing the children to transfer to different schools throughout the year. The board shall establish the procedures with the county department of job and family services and either each board of education of school districts with territory in the county or the education se... |
Section 307.987 | Permitting exchange of information needed to improve services and assistance to individuals and families and the protection of children.
...To the extent federal and state law permit, a contract entered into under section 307.981 or 307.982, a plan of cooperation entered into under section 307.983, a regional plan of cooperation entered into under section 307.984, a transportation work plan developed under section 307.985, and procedures established under section 307.986 of the Revised Code shall permit the exchange of information needed to improve servi... |
Section 307.988 | Federal requirements for contracts with religious organization.
...If a board of county commissioners contracts with a religious organization under section 307.981 or 307.982 of the Revised Code, the religious organization shall comply with section 104 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity and Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193). |
Section 307.99 | Penalty.
...(A) Whoever violates section 307.42 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense. (B) Whoever violates section 307.43 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred dollars, and imprisoned not less than ten nor more than sixty days. (C) Whoever violates section 307.37 of the Revised Code, shall be fined not ... |
Section 327.01 | County board of trustees of sinking fund.
...In each county owing a bonded debt, there shall be a board, designated as the trustees of the sinking fund, composed of the prosecuting attorney, the county auditor, and the county treasurer. The prosecuting attorney shall be the president of such board and the county auditor shall be its secretary. |
Section 327.02 | Duties of board of trustees.
...The board of trustees of the sinking fund shall provide for the payment of all bonds issued by the county and the interest maturing thereon. All taxes, assessments, and other moneys collected for such purposes, or held in the county treasury to the credit of the sinking fund, shall be subject to investment and disbursement by such board. For the satisfaction of any obligation under its supervision, the board may sel... |
Section 327.03 | Report by auditor to trustees semiannually.
...Immediately after each semiannual settlement of taxes and assessments, the county auditor shall report to the board of trustees of the sinking fund the amount in the county treasury to the credit of the sinking fund. |
Section 327.04 | Investment of funds.
...The board of trustees of the sinking fund shall invest all moneys subject to its control in bonds of the United States, of this state, or of a municipal corporation, school district, township, or county of the state, and shall hold in reserve in cash only such sums as may be needed for effecting the purposes of sections 327.01 to 327.08, inclusive, of the Revised Code. |
Section 327.05 | Meetings - decision of questions.
...The meetings of the board of trustees of the sinking fund shall be open to the public, and all questions relating to the purchase or sale of securities or the payment of bonds or interest shall be decided by a yea and nay vote, which vote shall be recorded on the journal of such board. |
Section 327.06 | How moneys shall be drawn from and paid into treasury.
...Money shall be drawn from the county treasury for investment or disbursement by the board of trustees of the sinking fund by the issuance of a voucher, signed by all the members of the board and directed to the county auditor, on which a warrant shall be drawn on the county treasurer, payable from the proper fund. All moneys received by such board shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the proper fun... |
Section 327.07 | Record of proceedings and transactions.
...The board of trustees of the sinking fund shall keep a full and complete record of its transactions, a complete record of the funded debt of the county specifying the dates, purposes, amounts, numbers, maturities, and rates, and maturities of interest installments on such debt, where such installments are payable, and an account exhibiting the amount held in the sinking fund for the payment thereof. |
Section 956.11 | Seizure of animals.
...(A) The director of agriculture may enter into contracts or agreements with an animal rescue for dogs, an animal shelter for dogs, a boarding kennel, a veterinarian, a board of county commissioners, or a humane society for the purposes of this section. (B)(1) If the director or the director's authorized representative determines that a dog is being kept by a high volume breeder or dog broker in a manner that materi... |
Section 956.13 | Civil penalties.
...(A) The director of agriculture, after providing an opportunity for an adjudication hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may assess a civil penalty against a person who has violated or is violating sections 956.01 to 956.18 of the Revised Code or rules adopted under section 956.03 of the Revised Code. (B) A person who is assessed a civil penalty under this section is liable for a civil penalty of not more... |
Section 956.14 | Action for injunction.
...al, upon the request of the director of agriculture, may bring an action for injunction against a person who has violated or is violating this chapter or rules adopted under it. An action for injunction shall be filed in the appropriate court in the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred. The court shall grant such injunctive relief upon a showing that the person against whom the action is brought... |
Section 956.15 | Denial of application.
...(A) The director of agriculture shall deny an application for a license that is submitted under section 956.04 or 956.05 of the Revised Code for either of the following reasons: (1) The applicant for the license has violated any provision of this chapter or a rule adopted under it if the violation materially threatens the health or welfare of a dog. (2) The applicant has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a d... |
Section 956.16 | Power of subpoena.
...The director of agriculture, the director's authorized representative, or the attorney general may require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, records, papers, and dogs that are needed either by the director or the attorney general or by any party to a hearing before the director and for that purpose may issue a subpoena for any witness or a subpoena duces tecum to compel the production of ... |
Section 956.17 | Commercial dog breeding advisory board.
...state veterinarian in the department of agriculture; (2) The following six members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate: (a) One member representing a humane society; (b) One member who is a county dog warden; (c) One member who is a veterinarian; (d) One member representing animal rescues for dogs in this state; (e) One member who is a member of a professional dog breeding as... |
Section 956.18 | High volume breeder kennel control license fund.
... All money collected by the director of agriculture from late renewal fees under section 956.06, license fees under section 956.07, and civil penalties assessed under section 956.13 of the Revised Code shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the high volume breeder kennel control license fund, which is hereby created. The fund shall also consist of money appropriated to it. (B) The director shall u... |
Section 956.181 | Pet store license fund.
... All money collected by the director of agriculture from license fees under section 956.21 and civil penalties assessed under section 956.22 of the Revised Code shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the pet store license fund, which is hereby created. The fund shall also consist of money appropriated to it. (B) The director shall use the money in the fund for the purpose of administering sections... |
Section 956.19 | "Qualified breeder" defined.
...nsed by the United States department of agriculture under 7 U.S.C. 2133 and, if applicable, a state agency. (2) The breeder has not been issued a report of a direct noncompliance violation by the United States department of agriculture under the federal animal welfare act, as defined in section 959.131 of the Revised Code, for a period of three years prior to offering for sale, delivering, bartering, auctioning, bro... |
Section 956.20 | Dogs sold, delivered, bartered, etc., from pet stores.
... is approved for use by the director of agriculture under rules adopted under section 956.03 of the Revised Code; (4) A dog to a person who is younger than eighteen years of age as verified by valid photo identification; (5) A dog acquired from a qualified breeder or a dog broker unless the owner, manager, or employee provides to the person acquiring the dog, at a time prior to the transaction for the acquisition... |
Section 956.21 | Pet store license.
...(A) The director of agriculture may issue a pet store license to an owner or operator of a pet store when the owner or operator does all of the following: (1) Applies for a license in accordance with this section and rules adopted under section 956.03 of the Revised Code; (2) Affirms in writing that the owner or operator will maintain compliance with the applicable requirements established under section 959.20 of t... |
Section 956.22 | Civil penalty for violation of RC sections 956.20 or 956.21.
...(A) The director of agriculture, after providing an opportunity for an adjudication hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may assess a civil penalty against a person who has violated or is violating division (A), (B), or (C) of section 956.20 of the Revised Code or division (E) of section 956.21 of the Revised Code. (B) The person who is assessed a civil penalty under this section is liable for a civil pen... |
Section 956.23 | Regulation of pet stores.
...The regulation of pet stores is a matter of general statewide interest that requires statewide regulation. Sections 956.181 to 956.23 of the Revised Code and section 956.99 of the Revised Code constitute a comprehensive plan with respect to all aspects of the regulation of pet stores. Accordingly, it is the intent of the general assembly to preempt any local ordinance, resolution, or other law adopted to regulate the... |
Section 956.99 | Violation; misdemeanor.
...Whoever violates division (A), (B), or (C) of section 956.051 of the Revised Code, division (A), (B), or (C) of section 956.20 of the Revised Code, or division (E) of section 956.21 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. |
Section 957.16 | Blackbird population control programs.
...Sturnus vulgaris). (B) The director of agriculture may develop and conduct programs to control blackbirds which cause economic losses on Ohio farms, are detrimental to the public health and welfare, deface or defile public and private property, or create a public nuisance. (C) Any such program shall be presented to the chief of the division of wildlife and the wildlife council created by sections 121.04 and 1531.03... |
Section 959.01 | Abandoning animals.
...No owner or keeper of a dog, cat, or other domestic animal, shall abandon such animal. |
Section 959.02 | Injuring animals.
...No person shall maliciously, or willfully, and without the consent of the owner, kill or injure a horse, mare, foal, filly, jack, mule, sheep, goat, cow, steer, bull, heifer, ass, ox, swine, dog, cat, or other domestic animal that is the property of another. This section does not apply to a licensed veterinarian acting in an official capacity. |
Section 959.03 | Poisoning animals.
...No person shall maliciously, or willfully and without the consent of the owner, administer poison, except a licensed veterinarian acting in such capacity, to a horse, mare, foal, filly, jack, mule, sheep, goat, cow, steer, bull, heifer, ass, ox, swine, dog, cat, poultry, or any other domestic animal that is the property of another; and no person shall, willfully and without consent of the owner, place any poisoned fo... |
Section 959.04 | Trespassing animals.
...Sections 959.02 and 959.03 of the Revised Code do not extend to a person killing or injuring an animal or attempting to do so while endeavoring to prevent it from trespassing upon his enclosure, or while it is so trespassing, or while driving it away from his premises; provided within fifteen days thereafter, payment is made for damages done to such animal by such killing or injuring, less the actual amount of damage... |
Section 959.05 | Drugging animal prior to competition.
...No person shall administer to any animal within forty-eight hours prior to the time that the animal competes at a fair or exhibition conducted by a county or independent agricultural society authorized under Chapter 1711. of the Revised Code or by the Ohio expositions commission any drug or medicament not specifically permitted under rules of the state racing commission promulgated pursuant to Chapter 3769. of the Re... |
Section 959.06 | Destruction of domestic animals.
...(A) As used in this section, "animal shelter" means a facility operated by a humane society or any society organized under Chapter 1717. of the Revised Code, a dog pound operated pursuant to Chapter 955. of the Revised Code, or a local animal shelter that is operated by any entity of local government. (B) No person shall destroy any domestic animal by the use of either of the following: (1) A high altitude decomp... |
Section 959.07 | Reporting of violation involving a companion animal by licensed professionals.
...(A) As used in sections 959.07 to 959.10 of the Revised Code: (1) "Companion animal" has the same meaning as in section 959.131 of the Revised Code. (2) "Licensed veterinarian" has the same meaning as in section 4741.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Protective services" has the same meaning as in section 5101.60 of the Revised Code. (4) "Officer" has the same meaning as in section 959.132 of the Revised Code. (... |
Section 959.08 | Reporting of violation involving a companion animal by officers, dog wardens.
...No officer, dog warden, or deputy dog warden operating in an official or professional capacity, shall fail to immediately report a violation involving a companion animal to an appropriate social service professional when all of the following apply: (A) The officer, dog warden, or deputy dog warden has knowledge or reasonable cause to suspect that a violation involving a companion animal has occurred or is occurring... |
Section 959.09 | Manner of reporting violation; immunity; false reports.
...(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, a person required to make a report under section 959.07 or 959.08 of the Revised Code may do so orally or in writing and shall include all of the following in the report: (a) If known, the name and description of the companion animal involved; (b) The address and telephone number of the owner or other person responsible for care of the compan... |
Section 959.10 | Warning, explanation for failure to make report.
...The entity with responsibility for employment oversight of an officer, dog warden, or deputy dog warden shall issue that individual a confidential written warning if the entity discovers that the individual has violated section 959.08 of the Revised Code. The entity shall include in the warning an explanation of the violation and the reporting requirement. |