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...(A) Each container of agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed that is sold for sowing purposes shall bear on it or have attached to it in a conspicuous place a label plainly written or printed in the English language giving the following information: (1) For agricultural seed that is sold on a pure live seed basis or any other basis: (a) The commonly accepted name of the kind, or kind and variety, of each agricult...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Claimant" means a person to whom an agricultural commodity handler owes a financial obligation for agricultural commodities or the actual monetary proceeds from agricultural commodities that have been delivered to the handler. (2) "Failure" means any of the following involving an agricultural commodity handler: (a) An inability to satisfy claimants financially; (b) A public ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Board of health" means the board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health in any city authorized by section 3709.05 of the Revised Code. (B) "Circus" means a traveling show to which all of the following apply: (1) It is licensed by the United States department of agriculture under the federal animal welfare act. (2) ...

...The director of agriculture shall do all of the following: (A) Provide administrative leadership to soil and water conservation districts in planning, budgeting, staffing, and administering district programs and the training of district supervisors and personnel in their duties, responsibilities, and authorities as prescribed in this chapter and Chapter 940. of the Revised Code; (B) Administer this chapter and ...

...The board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district have the following powers in addition to its other powers: (A) To conduct surveys, investigations, and research relating to the character of soil erosion, floodwater and sediment damages, and the preventive and control measures and works of improvement for flood prevention and the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water needed ...

...As used in sections 101.90 to 101.99 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" and "compensation" have the same meanings as in section 101.70 of the Revised Code. (B) "Expenditure" means any of the following that is made to, at the request of, for the benefit of, or on behalf of a state retirement system, a member of the board of a state retirement system, a state retirement system investment official, or an employee of a ...

...(A) As used in this section : "Declaration of a state of emergency" means any order, proclamation, or other action of the governor that creates a state of emergency. "State of emergency" means the period of time between when the governor declares any emergency and the expiration of that emergency, including an air pollution emergency under section 3704.032 of the Revised Code, an energy shortage emergency under s...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Designee" means a designee of the elected official in the public office if that elected official is the only elected official in the public office involved or a designee of all of the elected officials in the public office if the public office involved includes more than one elected official. (2) "Elected official" means an official elected to a local or statewide office. "Elected ...

...The "national crime prevention and privacy compact" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined in the compact as follows: NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION AND PRIVACY COMPACT The contracting states agree to the following: Overview (a) This compact organizes an electronic information sharing system among the federal go...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Employment" includes volunteer service. (2) "Independent provider" has the same meaning as in section 5164.341 of the Revised Code. (3) "Licensure" means the authorization, evidenced by a license, certificate, registration, permit, or other authority that is issued or conferred by a public office, to engage in a profession, occupation, or occupational activity, to be a foster care...

...(A)(1) Unless otherwise defined in this section, the terms that are used in this section have the same meanings as in the applicable federal act or rule. (2) As used in this section: (a) "Federal act or rule" means the "Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act," 108 Stat. 1545 to 1551, 15 U.S.C. 6101 to 6108, the "Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991," 105 Stat. 2395, 47 U.S.C. 227, any amen...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Derivative transaction" includes any transaction that is a contract, agreement, swap, warrant, note, or option that is based, in whole or in part, on the value of, any interest in, or any quantitative measure or the occurrence of any event relating to, one or more commodities, securities, currencies, interest or other rates, indices, or other assets. (2) "Loans and extensions of cr...

...(A) No state bank may extend credit to any of its executive officers, directors, or principal shareholders, or to any of their related interests, except as authorized by this section and, with respect to executive officers, as authorized by section 1109.24 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) A state bank may extend credit to any of its executive officers, directors, or principal shareholders, or to any of their related inte...

...(A) A state bank and its subsidiaries may engage in a covered transaction with an affiliate only if both of the following apply: (1) The aggregate amount of covered transactions by the bank and its subsidiaries with the particular affiliate will not exceed ten per cent of the bank's capital. (2) The aggregate amount of all covered transactions by the bank and its subsidiaries with all of the bank's affiliates will ...

...(A) Unless a longer record retention period is required by applicable federal law or regulation, each bank shall retain or preserve the following bank records and supporting documents for only the following periods of time: (1) For one year: (a) Broker's confirmations, invoices, and statements relating to security transactions of the bank or for or with its customers, after date of transaction; (b) Corporate resol...

...(A) No person who submits an application under section 111.42 of the Revised Code shall knowingly make a false attestation in the application that the applicant fears for the applicant's safety, the safety of a member of the applicant's household, or the safety of the minor, incompetent, or ward on whose behalf the application is made because the applicant, household member, minor, incompetent, or ward is a victim of...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Affiliate" means any individual or entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with a family trust company. (B) "Business entity" means a partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other entity. (C) "Control" means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a business entity, whether through ownership of voting securities, ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Control" of a state bank means either of the following: (a) Power, directly or indirectly, to direct the management or policies of a state bank; (b) Ownership or control of or power to vote twenty-five per cent or more of any class of voting securities of a state bank. (2) "State bank" includes any bank holding company that controls a state bank, and any other company that contro...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Financial transaction device" includes a credit card, debit card, charge card, prepaid or stored value card, or automated clearinghouse network credit, debit, or e-check entry that includes, but is not limited to, accounts receivable and internet-initiated, point of purchase, and telephone-initiated applications, or any other device or method for making an electronic payment or tr...

...(A) In order to assist the municipal corporation, county, or township to meet current expenses pending receipt of increased revenues or pending the reduction of operating expenses, or otherwise to meet short-term cash requirements for current expenses of the municipal corporation, county, or township, the treasurer of state may invest moneys in the state treasury by purchasing current revenue notes of the municipal c...

...As used in sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code: (A)(1) "Agency" means, except as limited by this division, any official, board, or commission having authority to promulgate rules or make adjudications in the civil service commission, the division of liquor control, the department of taxation, the industrial commission, the bureau of workers' compensation, the functions of any administrative or executive ...

...In the adoption, amendment, or rescission of any rule, an agency shall comply with the following procedure: (A) Reasonable public notice shall be given in the register of Ohio at least thirty days prior to the date set for a hearing, in the form the agency determines. The agency shall file copies of the public notice under division (B) of this section. (The agency gives public notice in the register of Ohio when t...

...(A) The Ohio public defender commission shall appoint the state public defender, who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. (B) The Ohio public defender commission shall establish rules for the conduct of the offices of the county and joint county public defenders and for the conduct of county appointed counsel systems in the state. These rules shall include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) Stand...

...(A) This section shall be liberally construed to require public officials to take official action and to conduct all deliberations upon official business only in open meetings unless the subject matter is specifically excepted by law. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Public body" means any of the following: (a) Any board, commission, committee, council, or similar decision-making body of a state agency, ins...

...(A) As used in this section, "environmental protection" means any of the following: (1) Protection of human health or safety, biological resources, or natural resources by preventing, reducing, or remediating the pollution or degradation of air, land, or water resources or by preventing or limiting the exposure of humans, animals, or plants to pollution; (2) Appropriation or regulation of privately owned property t...