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...(A) Securities lawfully authorized and issued by an issuer, and fractionalized interests in public obligations, subject to applicable provisions for registration or of the proceedings, are negotiable instruments and securities under Chapters 1303. and 1308. of the Revised Code, notwithstanding that the promise to pay debt charges on the particular securities or fractionalized interests may be limited to payment...

...(A) Chapter 133. securities are: (1) Lawful investments for banks, savings and loan associations, credit union share guaranty corporations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, insurance companies, including domestic for life and domestic not for life, trustees or other officers having charge of sinking and bond retirement or other funds of the state, subdivisions, and taxing districts, the commissioners of the s...

...(A) A municipal corporation shall not incur net indebtedness that exceeds an amount equal to ten and one-half per cent of its tax valuation, or incur without a vote of the electors net indebtedness that exceeds an amount equal to five and one-half per cent of that tax valuation. (B) In calculating the net indebtedness of a municipal corporation, none of the following securities shall be considered: (1) Self-support...

...(A) A county shall not incur, without a vote of the electors, either of the following: (1) Net indebtedness for all purposes that exceeds an amount equal to one per cent of its tax valuation; (2) Net indebtedness for the purpose of paying the county's share of the cost of the construction, improvement, maintenance, or repair of state highways that exceeds an amount equal to one-half of one per cent of its tax v...

...(A) A board of county commissioners of a county in which a county land reutilization corporation is organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code, upon the written request of the county treasurer, may issue securities in anticipation of the collection of the current taxes that are not paid on or before the last day on which such taxes may be paid without penalty or that have become delinquent...

...(A) A county or township may issue, for itself or on behalf of any other county or township or in a joint exercise of their powers, self-supporting securities for either or both of the following purposes: (1) Paying the costs of any permanent improvements that it is authorized to acquire, improve, or construct; (2) Making loans or otherwise providing, by cooperative action, financial assistance to one or more count...

...(A) The taxing authority of a subdivision having legal authority and desiring to issue anticipatory securities that are Chapter 133. securities may pass legislation, and if anticipatory securities are outstanding and are to be paid in whole or in part at their maturity from the proceeds of renewal anticipatory securities, the taxing authority shall pass legislation that does all of the following: (1) With respect to...

...(A) As determined by the taxing authority, Chapter 133. securities may be sold by competitive bid on the best bid, or at private sale in a manner determined or authorized by the taxing authority, and at not less than ninety-seven per cent of their principal amount, plus accrued interest, and at an interest rate or rates not exceeding that determined by the taxing authority. (B) As provided in this division, the taxi...

...As used in sections 1331.01 to 1331.14 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" includes corporations, partnerships, and associations existing under or authorized by any state or territory of the United States, and solely for the purpose of the definition of division (C) of this section, a foreign governmental entity. (B) "Public office" means any state agency, public institution, political subdivision, or other organized...

...As used in sections 1332.01 to 1332.10 of the Revised Code: (A) "Applicable generally accepted accounting principles" means accounting principles and standards set forth in all applicable pronouncements of the governmental accounting standards board. (B) "Cable service," "cable system," "franchise," and "franchising authority" have the same meanings as in the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," Pub. L. No. 104-104, T...

...(A) A dispute for which a civil action is authorized under section 1332.09 of the Revised Code may first be submitted to arbitration in accordance with the procedures and subject to the conditions set forth in divisions (B) to (D) of this section. (B) Prior to initiating a civil action under section 1332.09 of the Revised Code, a person authorized to bring such an action may provide written notice of proposed arbitr...

...As used in sections 1332.21 to 1332.34 of the Revised Code: (A) "Access to video service" means the capability of a video service provider to provide video service at a household address irrespective of whether a subscriber has ordered the service or whether the service is actually provided at that address. (B) "Basic local exchange service" has the same meaning as in section 4927.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "...

...The general assembly finds and declares all of the following for the purposes of sections 1332.21 to 1332.34 of the Revised Code: (A) Video service brings significant daily benefits to this state by providing news, education, and entertainment. (B) This state's economy will be enhanced by investment in new communications and video programming infrastructure, including fiber optic and internet protocol technol...

...(A) At its sole expense and not more often than once per calendar year, a municipal corporation or township may conduct an audit for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of a video service provider's calculation of the video service provider fees it paid to the municipal corporation or township in the audit period. For the purpose of the audit, the video service provider shall make available for inspection, at...

...As used in sections 1333.05 to 1333.07 of the Revised Code: (A) "Theater" means any establishment in which motion pictures are exhibited regularly to the public for a charge. (B) "Distributor" means any person engaged in the business of renting, selling, or licensing motion pictures to exhibitors. (C) "Exhibitor" means any person engaged in the business of operating a theater in this state. (D) "Exhibit" or "exhi...

...(A) If bids are solicited from exhibitors for the purpose of entering into a license agreement, the invitation to bid shall specify: (1) The number and length of runs to which the invitation to bid applies; (2) Whether the invitation to bid applies to a first or subsequent run; (3) The geographic area for each run; (4) The names of all exhibitors who are being given an invitation to bid; (5) The date, hour, and ...

...As used in sections 1333.11 to 1333.21 of the Revised Code: (A) "Cost to the retailer" means the invoice cost of cigarettes to the retailer, or the replacement cost of cigarettes to the retailer within thirty days prior to the date of sale, in the quantity last purchased, whichever is lower, less all trade discounts except customary discounts for cash, to which shall be added the cost of doing business by the retai...

...Sections 1333.11 to 1333.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not apply to sales at retail or sales at wholesale made in any of the following circumstances, provided prior approval of the tax commissioner is obtained: (A) In an isolated transaction and not in the usual course of business; (B) Where cigarettes are advertised, offered for sale, or sold in bona fide clearance sales for the purpose of discontinuing ...

...(A)(1) A molder has a lien on a die, mold, pattern, or form that is in his possession and that belongs to a customer, for the following: (a) The amount due from the customer for plastic, metal, paper, china, ceramic, glass, or rubber fabrication work performed with the die, mold, pattern, or form, or for making or improving the die, mold, pattern, or form; (b) The cost associated with the notification described in ...

...For purposes of sections 1333.32 to 1333.34 of the Revised Code, all of the following apply: (A) "Customer" means a person that causes a moldbuilder to fabricate, cut, cast, or design molds. (B) "Mold" means molds, dies, forms, tools, and parts, for the plastic industry or for the metal forming industry. (C) "Moldbuilder" means a person, including but not limited to, a model maker, patternmaker, die maker, jig and...

...(A) To enforce a moldbuilder's lien attached pursuant to section 1333.33 of the Revised Code, the moldbuilder shall give written notice to the customer and molder stating that a lien is claimed; the amount that the moldbuilder claims is owed for fabrication, repair, or modification of the mold; and a demand for payment. The written notice described in this division shall be given by hand delivery or certified mail, r...

...(A) As used in this section and section 1333.41 of the Revised Code, "public or private construction project" means a construction project that is for public or private purposes and that is located, in whole or in part, in this state or another state. (B) If a bailee for hire performs services or provides materials with respect to any personal property of the owner of, or principal contractor associated with, a publ...

...As used in sections 1333.82 to 1333.87 of the Revised Code: (A) "Alcoholic beverages" means beer and wine as defined in section 4301.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Manufacturer" means a person, whether located in this state or elsewhere, that manufactures or supplies alcoholic beverages to distributors in this state. (C) "Distributor" means a person that sells or distributes alcoholic beverages to retail permit hold...

...Notwithstanding the terms of any franchise, no manufacturer or distributor engaged in the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages, or a subsidiary of any such manufacturer, shall: (A) Fail to act in good faith or without just cause in acting or purporting to act under the terms of a franchise or in cancelling or failing to renew a franchise; (B) Award an additional franchise for the sale of the same bra...

...(A) Whoever violates sections 1333.01 to 1333.04 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (B) Whoever violates section 1333.12 or 1333.71 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (C) Whoever violates section 1333.36 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (D) A prosecuting attorney may file an action to restrain any person found in violatio...