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...(A) No person shall operate any concession at any fair or exposition conducted by a county or independent agricultural society or by the Ohio expositions commission without first obtaining from the director of agriculture a license to do so under division (B) of this section, nor shall any officer, agent, or employee of a county or independent agricultural society or of the Ohio expositions commission grant a privile...

...(A) Not later than three months after the effective date of this amendment, the board of directors of a county agricultural society or an independent agricultural society that holds a credit card account on the effective date of this amendment shall adopt a written policy for the use of credit card accounts. Otherwise, a board shall adopt a written policy before first holding a credit card account. The policy shal...

...The chancellor of higher education shall review an application for a certificate of authorization from a school described in division (E) of section 3332.01 of the Revised Code within twenty-two weeks.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Online program manager" means an entity that is not an institution of higher education as defined under "The Higher Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 1001, that enters into an agreement with a private institution of higher education to provide marketing and recruitment services and at least one additional service, including course design, technology, or faculty training, to support...

...As used in sections 1715.51 to 1715.59 of the Revised Code: (A) "Charitable purpose" means any purpose the achievement of which is beneficial to the community, including the relief of poverty, the advancement of education or religion, the promotion of health, and the promotion of a governmental purpose. (B) "Institution" means any of the following: (1) A person, other than an individual, organized and operated...

...(A) If a donor consents in a record, an institution may release or modify, in whole or in part, a restriction contained in a gift instrument on the management, investment, or purpose of an institutional fund. A release or modification shall not, however, permit a fund to be used for a purpose other than a charitable purpose of the institution. (B) The appropriate court, upon application of an institution, may...

...The following shall not be required to file a registration statement as provided in section 1716.02 of the Revised Code: (A) Any religious agencies and organizations, and charities, agencies, and organizations operated, supervised, or controlled by a religious organization; (B) Any charitable organization that meets all of the following requirements: (1) It has been in continuous existence in this state for a peri...

...(A) Every contract entered into by any professional solicitor with any charitable organization shall be in writing, shall clearly state the respective obligations of the professional solicitor and the charitable organization, and shall contain a clear statement of the benefit the charitable organization will receive, which may be stated as a fixed percentage of the gross revenue or a reasonable estimate of the percen...

...(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...