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...It is hereby declared to be the purpose of the general assembly in enacting Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code to do all of the following: (A) Delegate to the division of financial institutions rule-making power and administrative discretion, subject to Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code, to assure the supervision and regulation of banks chartered under the laws of this state may be flexible and re...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every bank existing on or incorporated after the effective date of this amendment is subject to Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code do not affect the legality of banks organized, loans or investments made or committed to be made, or transactions completed or committ...

...Whoever violates division (E)(1) of section 1103.07 of the Revised Code shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to ten thousand dollars for each day the violation is committed, repeated, or continued.

...(A) Once elected or appointed, a director may be removed as follows: (1) By the board of directors or the superintendent of financial institutions if any of the following applies: (a) The director has filed for relief or is a debtor in a case filed under Title XI of the United States Code; (b) A court has determined the director is incompetent; (c) The director has been removed in accordance with federal law. (2...

...No state bank shall operate without adequate capital as determined by the superintendent of financial institutions. In evaluating the adequacy of a state bank's capital, the superintendent may consider any of the following: (A) The nature and volume of the bank's business; (B) The amount, nature, quality, and liquidity of the bank's assets; (C) The amount and nature of the bank's liabilities, including those that ...

...A stock state bank's board of directors may declare dividends and distributions on the bank's outstanding shares, subject to all of the following conditions: (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, payment of a dividend or distribution may only be funded from undivided profits or, subject to the approval of the superintendent of financial institutions, from a special reserve created from pr...

...(A) A bank may contract for and receive interest or finance charges at any rate or rates agreed upon or consented to by the parties to the loan contract, extension of credit, or revolving credit agreement, but not exceeding an annual percentage rate of twenty-five per cent. In addition, a bank may charge, collect, and receive, as interest, other fees and charges that are agreed upon by the bank and the borrower, incl...

...(A) Except as authorized by this section or section 1109.23 of the Revised Code, no state bank may extend credit in any manner to any of its own executive officers. No executive officer of a state bank may become indebted to that bank except by means of an extension of credit the bank is authorized by this section to make. Any extension of credit made pursuant to this section shall be promptly reported to the bank's ...

...(A) A state bank may invest, in the aggregate, twenty-five per cent of its assets in the stock, obligations, and other securities of bank subsidiary corporations and bank service corporations. (B) A state bank shall obtain the approval of the superintendent of financial institutions prior to investing in, acquiring, or establishing a bank subsidiary corporation or bank service corporation, or performing any new acti...

...(A) A state bank and its subsidiaries may engage in any of the transactions described in division (B) of this section only if one of the following applies: (1) The transaction is on terms and under circumstances, including credit standards, that are substantially the same, or at least as favorable to the bank or its subsidiary, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with or involving other nonaf...

...(A) No person shall do any of the following: (1) Include the name of another person on a document filed with the secretary of state under Title XIII or Title XVII of the Revised Code without that person's consent, if the named person is included in the filing as: (a) A statutory agent; (b) The individual causing the document to be delivered for filing; (c) The person incorporating, forming, registering, or or...

...(A) It is hereby declared to be a public purpose and function of the state to facilitate the conduct of elections by assisting boards of elections in acquiring state capital facilities consisting of voting machines, marking devices, and automatic tabulating equipment certified for use in this state under section 3506.05 of the Revised Code. Those voting machines, marking devices, and automatic tabulating equipm...

...As used in sections 111.41 to 111.99 of the Revised Code: (A) "Application assistant" means an employee or volunteer at an agency or organization that serves victims of domestic violence, menacing by stalking, human trafficking, trafficking in persons, rape, or sexual battery who has received training and certification from the secretary of state to help individuals complete applications to be program participants....

...(A) A program participant who is eligible to vote may apply to the board of elections of the county in which the program participant resides to request that the program participant's voter registration record be kept confidential. The program participant shall submit an application to the director of the board of elections, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, that includes all of the following: (1) The i...

...(A) Prior to soliciting or engaging in trust business in this state, a trust company shall pledge to the superintendent of financial institutions interest bearing securities authorized in division (B) of this section, having a par value, not including unaccrued interest, of one hundred thousand dollars, and approved by the superintendent. The trust company may pledge the securities either by delivery to the superinte...

...(A) A trust company, or a national bank or federal savings association authorized to accept and execute trusts and doing business under authority granted by the office of the comptroller of the currency may transfer all or part of its trust business in this state to another trust company or to a national bank or federal savings association authorized to accept and execute trusts and doing business under authority gra...

...A trust company may receive and hold moneys or property, in trust or as custodian, from executors, administrators, assignees, guardians, trustees, corporations, or individuals, and engage in those activities constituting the trust business, and any activities incidental to the trust business, including any of the following: (A) Acting as trustee under any instrument creating a trust for the care and management of pr...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in divisions (A)(2) and (G) of this section or as otherwise provided by the instrument creating the trust, a trust company acting as fiduciary under any instrument and having funds of the trust which are to be invested may, in addition to any other investments authorized to a trust company by law, invest them in any of the following: (a) Forms of investments enumerated or described in,...

...(A) A trust company shall keep separate and complete records for each fiduciary account or relationship, including a record of any securities constituting assets of each particular estate, trust, or account. (B) A trust company may place securities it holds in any fiduciary capacity with a qualified custodian of securities. A qualified custodian of securities that has custody of securities held by a trust company in...

...(A) A trust company licensed under this chapter may cease doing trust business and voluntarily surrender its license to solicit or engage in trust business in this state, and as a consequence be relieved of the necessity to comply with the requirements of this chapter, only with the consent of the superintendent of financial institutions. (B) A trust company proposing to cease doing trust business in this state shal...

...(A) A family trust company wishing to be licensed under this chapter shall file an application with the superintendent of financial institutions. The application shall be in the form prescribed by the superintendent and shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of five thousand dollars. (B) Within sixty days after a complete application for a license is filed, the division of financial institutions sha...

...(A) Prior to transacting any business as a licensed family trust company, a family trust company shall pledge to the superintendent of financial institutions interest-bearing securities authorized in division (B) of this section, having a par value, not including unaccrued interest, of one hundred thousand dollars, and approved by the superintendent. The family trust company may pledge the securities either by delive...

...Each licensed family trust company shall do all of the following: (A) Maintain office space in this state for the transaction of trust business and for the storage of, and access to, family trust company records; (B) Hold in this state at least two governing board meetings per year at which a quorum of the board members are physically present; (C) Employ, engage, or contract with at least one individual, on a part...

...(A) A family trust company licensed under this chapter may cease doing trust business and voluntarily surrender its license to engage in trust business in this state, and as a consequence be relieved of the necessity to comply with the requirements of this chapter, only with the consent of the superintendent of financial institutions. (B) A licensed family trust company proposing to cease doing trust business in thi...

...(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the superintendent of financial institutions, the superintendent's agents, and employees shall keep privileged and confidential all of the following information: (1) Application information and other information obtained from a family trust company, including the names and addresses of the directors and officers, the names and addresses of the stockholders, fam...