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...The "Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact" is intended to help states join together to establish an interstate compact to regulate designated insurance products. Pursuant to terms and conditions of this section, the state of Ohio seeks to join with other states and establish the interstate insurance product regulation commission, and thus become a member of the interstate insurance product regulation commi...

...(A) On or after January 1, 1978, the state, its instrumentalities, its political subdivisions and their instrumentalities, and any subdivision thereof as defined in division (H) of this section and described in this section as public entities, and Indian tribes as defined by section 4(e) of the "Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act," 88 Stat. 2204 (1975), 25 U.S.C.A. 450b(e), shall pay to the dire...

...(A) As used in sections 4719.01 to 4719.18 of the Revised Code: (1) "Affiliate" means a business entity that is owned by, operated by, controlled by, or under common control with another business entity. (2) "Communication" means a written or oral notification or advertisement that meets both of the following criteria, as applicable: (a) The notification or advertisement is transmitted by or on behalf of the se...

...The Physician Assistant (PA) Licensure Compact is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined the compact as follows: Section 1. Purpose In order to strengthen access to Medical Services, and in recognition of the advances in the delivery of Medical Services, the Participating States of the PA Licensure Compact hav...

...The "Interstate Medical Licensure Compact" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined in the compact as follows: INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT SECTION 1. PURPOSE In order to strengthen access to health care, and in recognition of the advances in the delivery of health care, the member states of the In...

...The "Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT)" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined in the compact as follows: PSYCHOLOGY INTERJURISDICTIONAL COMPACT (PSYPACT) ARTICLE I PURPOSE Whereas, states license psychologists, in order to protect the public through verification of education, training an...

...The "Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined in the compact as follows: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY LICENSURE COMPACT SECTION 1. PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of Occupational Therapy with the goal of improving public access to Occu...

...The "Counseling Compact" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined in the compact as follows: COUNSELING COMPACT SECTION 1: PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of Licensed Professional Counselors with the goal of improving public access to Professional Counseling services...

...ect, deprivation, delinquency or status offenses of individuals who have not attained the age of eighteen (18). (BB) "Supervision" means monitoring provided by the receiving state once a child has been placed in a receiving state pursuant to this compact. ARTICLE III. APPLICABILITY (A) Except as otherwise provided in Article III, Section B, this compact shall apply to: (1) The interstate placement of a...

...(A) The director of development shall adopt rules, or amendments and rescissions of rules, pursuant to section 4928.52 of the Revised Code, for the administration of the Ohio energy credit program under sections 5117.01 to 5117.12 of the Revised Code. (B) As a means of efficiently administering the program, the director may extend, by as much as a total of thirty days, any date specified in such sections for ...

...(A) A person or government entity that seeks initial certification of one or more certifiable services and supports, or that seeks to renew certification of one or more certifiable services and supports, shall submit an application to the director of behavioral health. On receipt of the application, the director shall determine whether the standards established by division (B) of this section and any rules adopted un...

...Any person required to pay taxes on real, public utility, or tangible personal property in any taxing district or other political subdivision of this state may appeal to the board of tax appeals from the action of the county budget commission of any county which relates to the fixing of uniform rates of taxation and the rate necessary to be levied by each taxing authority within a subdivision, taxing unit, libr...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Estimated taxes" means the amount that the taxpayer estimates to be the taxpayer's combined tax liability under this chapter and Chapter 5748. of the Revised Code for the current taxable year. (2) "Tax liability" means the total taxes due for the taxable year, after allowing any credit to which the taxpayer is entitled, but prior to applying any estimated tax payment, withholding...

...(A) The legislative authority of one or more municipal corporations, by ordinance or resolution, and the board of township trustees of one or more townships, by resolution, may enter into a cooperative economic development agreement under this section. The board of county commissioners of one or more counties may become a party to a cooperative economic development agreement upon the written consent of the legislativ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Derivative transaction" includes any transaction that is a contract, agreement, swap, warrant, note, or option that is based, in whole or in part, on the value of, any interest in, or any quantitative measure or the occurrence of any event relating to, one or more commodities, securities, currencies, interest or other rates, indices, or other assets. (2) "Loans and extensions of cr...

...(A) This section shall be liberally construed to require public officials to take official action and to conduct all deliberations upon official business only in open meetings unless the subject matter is specifically excepted by law. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Public body" means any of the following: (a) Any board, commission, committee, council, or similar decision-making body of a state agency, ins...

...As used in this chapter, in sections 9.95, 9.96, and 2151.655 of the Revised Code, in other sections of the Revised Code that make reference to this chapter unless the context does not permit, and in related proceedings, unless otherwise expressly provided: (A) "Acquisition" as applied to real or personal property includes, among other forms of acquisition, acquisition by exercise of a purchase option, and acquisit...

...The "interstate compact for juveniles" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined in the compact as follows: INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES Article I -- Purpose The compacting states to this interstate compact for juveniles recognize that each state is responsible for the proper supervision or return of juveni...

...The director of education and workforce shall exercise under the acts of the general assembly general supervision of the system of public education in the state. In addition to the powers otherwise imposed on the director under the provisions of law, the director shall have the powers described in this section. (A) The director shall exercise policy forming, planning, and evaluative functions for the public school...

...Notwithstanding section 3319.141 of the Revised Code, the board of education of a city, exempted village, local or joint vocational school district may adopt a policy of assault leave by which an employee who is absent due to physical disability resulting from an assault which occurs in the course of board employment will be maintained on full pay status during the period of such absence. A board of education electin...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in divisions (A)(6) and (7) of this section, no person shall operate or maintain a solid waste facility without a license issued under this division by the board of health of the health district in which the facility is located or by the director of environmental protection when the health district in which the facility is located is not on the approved list under section 3734.08 of the Revi...

...(A) The emergency response commission, by resolution, shall designate emergency planning districts to prepare and implement district chemical emergency response and preparedness plans under this chapter. The commission may designate existing political subdivisions or multijurisdictional planning organizations as districts and may revise its designation of districts as it considers necessary or appropriate. At the req...

...(A) There is hereby created the state lottery gross revenue fund, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state but shall not be part of the state treasury. All gross revenues received from sales of lottery tickets, fines, fees, and related proceeds in connection with the statewide lottery, all gross proceeds of lottery sports gaming described in sections 3770.23 to 3770.25 of the Revised Code, and all gros...

...(A) Every employer doing business in this state shall, on or before the first day of each month, pay all its employees the wages earned by them during the first half of the preceding month ending with the fifteenth day thereof, and shall, on or before the fifteenth day of each month, pay such employees the wages earned by them during the last half of the preceding calendar month. If at any time of payment an employe...

...This section shall be construed liberally to the end that employers shall be encouraged to employ and retain in their employment employees with disabilities as defined in this section. (A) As used in this section, "employee with a disability" means an employee who is afflicted with or subject to any physical or mental impairment, or both, whether congenital or due to an injury or disease of such character that the ...

...(A) Not later than ninety days after receipt of an application under section 935.05 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall issue or deny a wildlife shelter permit. The director shall issue a permit to an applicant only if all of the following apply: (1) The applicant is eighteen years of age or older. (2) The applicant has registered the dangerous wild animal or animals that are the subject of the...

...(A) Whoever violates division (A), (B), (C), (E), (F), or (G) of section 935.18 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree on a first offense and a felony of the fifth degree on each subsequent offense. (B) Whoever violates division (D) of section 935.18 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. (C) Whoever violates division (C) of section 935.29 of the Revised Cod...

...(A) Subject to divisions (A)(2) and (3) of section 955.261 of the Revised Code, a dog that is chasing or approaching in a menacing fashion or apparent attitude of attack, that attempts to bite or otherwise endanger, or that kills or injures a person or a dog that chases, threatens, harasses, injures, or kills livestock, poultry, other domestic animal, or other animal, that is the property of another person, except ...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B), (C), or (D) of this section, whoever violates division (B) of section 971.08 or division (D) of section 971.12 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (B) Whoever violates division (B) of section 971.08 or division (D) of section 971.12 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree if, in committing the offense, the...

...The following records shall be kept in the governor's office: (A) A register of every bill passed by the general assembly that has been presented to the governor, in which is entered the number of the bill, the date the bill was presented to the governor, and the action taken on it by the governor and the date of the action; (B) An appointment record in which is entered the name of each person appointed to an...

...f the DNA records based on the types of offenses committed by the persons whose records are submitted and the available resources of the bureau. (D) When a DNA record is derived from a DNA specimen provided pursuant to section 2152.74 or 2901.07 of the Revised Code, the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall attach to the DNA record personal identification information that identifies the person ...

...olice's judgment are wanted for serious offenses, are fugitives from justice, or in whose possession at the time of arrest are found goods or property reasonably believed to have been stolen; (2) Children arrested or otherwise taken into custody who in that sheriff's or chief of police's judgment are under eighteen years of age and have committed an act that would be a felony or an offense of violence if committed b...

...(A) There is hereby established within the office of the attorney general the crime victims assistance office. (B) There is hereby established the state victims assistance advisory council. The council shall consist of a chairperson, to be appointed by the attorney general, three ex officio members, and twenty-one members to be appointed by the attorney general as follows: one member who represents the Ohio victim-...

...nt the victim's arrest or detention for offenses committed by someone other than the victim who is using the victim's identity; (b) Any of the victim's creditors to aid in the creditors' investigation and establishment of whether fraudulent charges were made against accounts in the victim's name or whether accounts were opened using the victim's identity. (2) Acceptance of the identity fraud passport presented by t...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Commutation," "pardon," "prisoner," and "state correctional institution" have the same meanings as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Individual's present legal status" means whichever of the following circumstances apply on the thirty-first day of December of the calendar year covered by a capital case status report described in divisions (B) and (C) of this section to a...

...Upon the suspension of a treasurer of state as provided in section 113.17 of the Revised Code, the governor shall cause his arrest and prosecution for the offense charged. If the suspended treasurer of state is not indicted within four months of the date of the suspension or is acquitted of the offense charged before his term of office has expired, he shall immediately be restored to office and all the rights, duties...

...(A)(1) The county public defender shall provide legal representation to indigent adults and juveniles who are charged with the commission of an offense or act that is a violation of a state statute and for which the penalty or any possible adjudication includes the potential loss of liberty and in postconviction proceedings as defined in this section. (2) The county public defender may provide legal representation t...

...(A)(1) The joint county public defender shall provide legal representation to indigent adults and juveniles who are charged with the commission of an offense or act that is a violation of a state statute and for which the penalty or any possible adjudication includes the potential loss of liberty and in postconviction proceedings as defined in this section. (2) The joint county public defender may provide legal repr...

...(A) The tenure of every officer or employee in the classified service of the state and the counties, civil service townships, cities, city health districts, general health districts, and city school districts of the state, holding a position under this chapter, shall be during good behavior and efficient service. No officer or employee shall be reduced in pay or position, fined, suspended, or removed, or have the off...

...(A) The director of administrative services may debar a vendor from consideration for contract awards upon a finding based upon a reasonable belief that the vendor has done any of the following: (1) Abused the selection process by repeatedly withdrawing bids or proposals before purchase orders or contracts are issued or failing to accept orders based upon firm bids; (2) Failed to substantially perform a contract ac...

...As used in sections 1315.51 to 1315.55 of the Revised Code, unless the context otherwise requires: (A) "Conduct the business" means engaging in activities regulated under sections 1315.51 to 1315.55 of the Revised Code. (B) "Corrupt activity" has the same meaning as in section 2923 of the Revised Code. (C) "Knowingly" has the same meaning as in section 2901.22 of the Revised Code. (D) "Material" means a statement...

...(A) A money transmitter that is required to file a report regarding business conducted in this state pursuant to the "Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act," 84 Stat. 1118 (1970), 31 U.S.C.A. 5311 to 5326 and 31 C.F.R. part 103 or 12 C.F.R. 21.11, shall file a duplicate of that report with the attorney general. (B) All persons engaged in a trade or business, who receive more than ten thousand dollars in mo...

...(A) The attorney general may directly bring an action to enjoin a violation of sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of the Revised Code with the same rights, privileges, and powers as those described in section 1345.06 of the Revised Code. The prosecuting attorney of the county in which the action may be brought may bring an action to enjoin a violation of sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of the Revised Code only if the prosecutin...

...No registrant, licensee, or person required to be registered or licensed under this chapter, or individual disclosed in an application as required by this chapter, shall do any of the following: (A) Obtain a certificate of registration or mortgage loan originator license through any false or fraudulent representation of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required by state law, or make any substantia...

...(A) No person shall purposely do either of the following: (1) Transcribe, without the consent of the owner, any sounds recorded on a phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, film, or other article on which sounds are recorded, with intent to sell or use for profit through public performance any product derived from the transcription. Each transcription of sound in violation of division (A)(1) of this section is a separa...

...r on a first offense, and on subsequent offenses is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

...(A) Whoever violates section 1345.23 or 1345.24 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (B) Whoever violates division (C) of section 1345.30 or division (D) of section 1345.76 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars. (C) Whoever knowingly violates division (E) of section 1345.02 or knowingly violates section 1345.18 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the th...

...(A) The office of a member of the public employees retirement board who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony, a theft offense as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, or a violation of section 102.02, 102.03, 102.04, 2921.02, 2921.11, 2921.13, 2921.31, 2921.41, 2921.42, 2921.43, or 2921.44 of the Revised Code shall be deemed vacant. A person who has pleaded guilty to or been convicted of an of...

...(A)(1) No person shall violate or fail to comply with any provision of this chapter, any rule or order adopted or issued under it, or any condition of a permit issued in accordance with rules, resolutions, or ordinances adopted under it. (2) The attorney general, upon written request of the director of natural resources, shall bring an action for an injunction against any person who has violated, is violating, or is...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, whoever violates section 1517.021 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (2) Whoever violates section 1517.021 of the Revised Code with regard to a species of plant identified in a rule adopted under or included on a list prepared under section 1518.01 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree for a first offense. F...