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...(A) In addition to other remedies authorized by law, the attorney general may bring a civil action to enforce this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter. The attorney general is not required to use any procedure prescribed in Chapter 119. of the Revised Code prior to exercising any remedy set forth in this section. (B) Upon a finding that any person has engaged or is engaging in any act or practice in viola...

...(A) A county humane society for the prevention of acts of cruelty to animals may be organized in any county by the association of not less than seven persons. (B) The members of a county humane society, at a meeting called for the purpose, shall elect not less than three of their members as its board of directors, and such directors continue in office until their successors are duly chosen. (C) The secretary or c...

...(A) A county humane society organized under section 1717.05 of the Revised Code may appoint humane society agents for the purpose of prosecuting any person guilty of an act of cruelty to animals. Such agents may arrest any person found violating this chapter or any other law for protecting animals or preventing acts of cruelty thereto. Upon making an arrest, the humane society agent shall convey the person arrested b...

...(A) As used in this section, "preneed cemetery merchandise and services contract" means a written agreement, contract, or series of contracts to sell or otherwise provide an outer burial container, monument, marker, urn, other type of merchandise customarily sold by cemeteries, or opening and closing services to be used or provided in connection with the final disposition of a dead human body, where payment for the c...

...The board of directors of a community improvement corporation in which all or a part of a downtown redevelopment district is located may accept contributions from the municipal corporation that created the district pursuant to division (E)(2) of section 5709.45 of the Revised Code. The board shall use all such contributions to promote the downtown redevelopment district to potential business patrons, to recruit busin...

...Ten or more natural persons, a majority of whom are citizens of this state, may form a development corporation under the provisions of Chapter 1726. of the Revised Code by subscribing and thereafter filing in the office of the secretary of state articles of incorporation which shall set forth: (A) The name of the corporation, which shall include the words "Ohio Development Corporation"; (B) The place in this state ...

...Any financial institution may request membership in a corporation incorporated under Chapter 1726. of the Revised Code by making application to the board of directors of the corporation on a form and in such manner as said board of directors may require, and membership shall become effective upon acceptance of such application by said board. Upon written notice given to the corporation, one year in advance, a member ...

...As used in sections 1728.01 to 1728.13 of the Revised Code: (A) "Governing body" means, in the case of a municipal corporation, the city council or legislative authority. (B) "Community urban redevelopment corporation" means a corporation qualified under Chapter 1728. of the Revised Code, to acquire, construct, operate, and maintain a project hereunder, or to acquire, operate, and maintain a project constructed b...

...Every community urban redevelopment corporation qualifying under this chapter, before proceeding with any project authorized in this chapter, shall make written application to the municipal corporation for approval thereof. The application shall be in such form and shall certify to such facts and data as shall be required by the municipal corporation, and may include but not be limited to: (A) A general state...

...Every approved project shall be evidenced by a financial agreement between the municipal corporation and the community urban redevelopment corporation. Such agreement shall be prepared by the community urban redevelopment corporation and submitted as a separate part of its application for project approval. The financial agreement shall be in the form of a contract requiring full performance within twenty year...

...(A) A community urban redevelopment corporation does not have the power, nor shall any financial agreement made pursuant to Chapter 1728. of the Revised Code, provide that the municipal corporation for its part will undertake, to construct, install, acquire, maintain, or operate any property, plant, equipment, or facilities which would be competitive with any public utility as the same is defined in section 4905.02 o...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Agricultural cooperative" means a cooperative to which all of the following apply: (1) The cooperative engages in any activity in connection with the propagation, raising, producing, harvesting, storing, drying, handling, processing, or marketing of agricultural products; procuring equipment and supplies or providing services for producers and others; bargaining; and any activity...

...Each association incorporated under this chapter shall have the following powers: (A) It may make contracts, incur liabilities, and borrow money; issue capital stock and other equity interests and issue certificates therefor; acquire property; and dispose of, mortgage, pledge, lease, or otherwise use in any manner, any of its property, or any interest in its property, wherever situated. (B) It may invest its funds,...

...(A)(1) Subject to divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section, an association may indemnify or agree to indemnify any person that was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending, or completed civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative action, suit, or proceeding, other than an action or suit by or in the right of the association, because the person is or was a director, officer,...

...(A)(1) Unless the board provides that division (A)(3) of this section applies to an amendment to the articles of incorporation, a holder of stock other than membership stock or patronage stock who is affected by a proposed amendment to the articles shall be entitled to cast one vote on the amendment regardless of the par or stated value of the stock, the number of shares, or the number of affected classes of stock he...

...Each association shall adopt for its governance and management, bylaws that are consistent with the powers granted by this chapter and the articles of incorporation of the association. The bylaws may provide for any of the following: (A) The time, place, and manner of calling and conducting the association's meetings; (B) The number of members constituting a quorum. If voting by any method other than personal appea...

...(A) Except where this chapter or an association's articles of incorporation or bylaws require that action be otherwise authorized or taken, all of the authority of an association shall be exercised by or under the direction of the board. The board shall consist of not less than five directors, elected by and from the members, unless the number of members is less than five, in which case, the number of directors may e...

...(A) A director shall perform the duties of a director, including duties as a member of any committee of the directors upon which the director serves, in good faith, in a manner the director reasonably believes to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the association, and with the care that an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would use under similar circumstances. In performing these duties, a dire...

...(A) The members, the directors, and the officers of an association shall not be personally liable for any obligation of the association. (B)(1) Directors who vote for or assent to any of the following are jointly and severally liable to the association in accordance with division (B)(2) of this section: (a) A distribution of assets to members, stockholders, or patrons contrary to law, the association's articles of ...

...(A) An association may merge or consolidate with one or more entities, if such merger or consolidation is permitted by the laws under which each constituent entity exists and the association complies with this section. (B) Each constituent association shall comply with section 1729.35 of the Revised Code with respect to form and approval of an agreement of merger or consolidation, and each constituent entity shall ...

...(A) Unless a later date is specified in the agreement, a merger or consolidation under sections 1729.35 and 1729.36 of the Revised Code is effective when the certificate of merger or consolidation is filed in accordance with section 1729.38 of the Revised Code. If, after filing the certificate but before the merger or consolidation is effective, the merger or consolidation is amended or abandoned, as provided in divi...

...(A)(1) Upon adoption of an agreement of merger or consolidation under section 1729.35 or 1729.36 of the Revised Code, a certificate, signed by any authorized officer or representative of each constituent association or entity, shall be filed with the secretary of state on a form prescribed by the secretary of state that sets forth the following: (a) The name and form of each constituent association or entity and th...

...(A) If the association's articles of incorporation or bylaws do not provide a reasonable basis for determining and paying fair cash value of the stock that is the subject of the demand for payment of fair cash value, and the affected stockholder has not agreed upon a fair cash value of the stock that is the subject of the demand within three months after delivery of the demand for payment of fair cash value, the affe...

...(A) An association may be dissolved voluntarily in the manner provided in this section. (B) A resolution of dissolution for an association shall state both of the following: (1) That the association elects to be dissolved; (2) Any additional provision considered necessary with respect to the proposed dissolution and winding up. (C) Before subscriptions for membership and any stock or other ownership interest have...

...(A) When an association is dissolved voluntarily, when the articles of incorporation of an association have been canceled, when a final order of a court of common pleas is made dissolving an association under section 1729.59 of the Revised Code, or when the period of existence of the association specified in its articles of incorporation has expired, the association shall cease to carry on business and shall do only ...