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...(A) As used in this section and in section 5705.25 of the Revised Code with regard to a levy submitted under this section, "electors" means electors of the unincorporated area of a township. (B) The board of trustees of any township that withdraws or proposes by resolution to withdraw the unincorporated area of the township from a regional transit authority under section 306.55 of the Revised Code, by vote of...

...As used in sections 5905.01 to 5905.19, inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, or an association. (B) "Veterans' administration" means the veterans' administration, its predecesssors, or successors. (C) "Income" means moneys received from the veterans' administration and revenue or profit from any property wholly or partially acquired therewith. (D) "Estate...

...05.19 of the Revised Code, or under the law in effect at the time of such admission, shall have the same powers as are exercised by heads of hospitals for mental diseases and the department of mental health and addiction services with respect to the retention, transfer, parole, or discharge of the person hospitalized; provided no person shall be transferred to a hospital operated by the state or any political subdivi...

...The administrator shall be a party in interest in any proceeding for the appointment or removal of a guardian or for the removal of the disability of minority or mental incapacity of award, and in any suit or other proceeding affecting in any manner the administration by the guardian of the estate of any present or former ward whose estate includes assets derived in whole or in part from benefits paid by the veterans...

...Whenever, pursuant to any law of the United States or regulation of the veterans' administration, it is necessary prior to payment of benefits that a guardian be appointed, the appointment may be made in the manner provided in sections 5905.05 to 5905.09, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

... a natural person. Notwithstanding any law as to priority of persons entitled to appointment, or the nomination in the petition, the court may appoint some other individual or a bank or trust company as guardian, if the court determines it is for the best interest of the ward. In the case of a mentally incompetent ward the petition shall show that such ward has been rated incompetent by the veterans' administration...

...No person other than a bank or trust company shall be guardian of more than five wards at one time, unless all the wards are members of one family. Upon presentation of a petition by an attorney of the veterans' administration or other interested person alleging that a guardian is acting in a fiduciary capacity for more than five wards and requesting his discharge for that reason, the probate court, upon proof substa...

...Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian for a minor as required by section 5905.05 of the Revised Code, a certificate of the administrator or his authorized representative setting forth the age of such minor as shown by the records of the veterans' administration and the fact that the appointment of a guardian is a condition precedent to the payment of any money due the minor by the veterans' admi...

...n on examination in accordance with the laws and regulations governing such veterans' administration and that the appointment of a guardian is a condition precedent to the payment of any money due such ward by the veterans' administration shall be prima-facie evidence of the necessity for such appointment.

... is required, in the manner provided by law.

...Upon the appointment of a guardian pursuant to sections 5905.04 to 5905.09 of the Revised Code, he shall execute and file a bond to be approved by the probate court in an amount, in the form, and conditioned as required of guardians generally under sections 2109.04 and 2109.12 of the Revised Code. The court from time to time may require the guardian to file an additional bond. If a bond is tendered by a guardian wit...

...Every guardian who has received or shall receive on account of the guardian's ward any things of value from the veterans administration shall file with the probate court annually, on the anniversary date of the appointment, in addition to any other accounts required by the court, a full and accurate account of all things of value received by the guardian, all earnings, interest, or profits derived from those things...

...If any guardian fails to file with the probate court any account as required by section 5905.11 of the Revised Code, or by an order of the court, when any account is due, or within thirty days after citation issues as provided by section 2109.31 of the Revised Code, or fails to furnish the veterans' administration a true copy of any account, petition, or pleading as required by sections 5905.01 to 5905.19, inclusive,...

...Compensation payable to guardians shall be based upon services rendered and shall not exceed five per cent of the amount of moneys received during the period covered by the account required by section 5905.11 of the Revised Code. In the event of extraordinary services by any guardian, the probate court, upon petition and hearing thereon, may authorize reasonable additional compensation. A copy of the petition and not...

...Every guardian shall invest the surplus funds of his ward's estate in such securities or property as is authorized under section 2109.37 of the Revised Code, but only upon prior order of the probate court; except that the funds may be invested, without prior court authorization, in direct unconditional interest-bearing obligations of this state or of the United States and in obligations the interest and principal of ...

... under such sections or under any other law of this state.

...A guardian shall not apply any portion of the income or the estate for the support or maintenance of any person other than the ward except upon petition to and prior order of the probate court after a hearing. A signed duplicate or certified copy of said petition shall be furnished the proper office of the veterans' administration and notice of hearing thereon shall be given said office as provided in the case of hea...

...The probate court may authorize the purchase of the entire fee simple title to real estate in this state in which the guardian has no interest, but only as a home for the ward, or to protect his interest, or, if he is not a minor, as a home for his dependent family. Such purchase of real estate shall not be made except upon the entry of an order of the court after hearing upon verified petition. A copy of the petiti...

...When a copy of any public record is required by the veterans' administration to be used in determining the eligibility of any person to participate in benefits made available by the veterans' administration or in the furtherance of any proceedings under sections 5905.01 to 5905.19, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the official custodian of such public record shall without charge provide the applicant for such benefits...

...ion upon examination in accordance with law shall be prima-facie evidence that the ward has attained majority or has recovered his competency. Upon hearing after notice as provided by sections 5905.01 to 5905.19, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and the determination by the probate court that the ward has attained majority or has recovered his competency, an order shall be entered to that effect and the guardian shall...