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...(A) As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Accession" means goods that are physically united with other goods in such a manner that the identity of the original goods is not lost. (2)(a) "Account," except as used in "account for," means a right to payment of a monetary obligation, whether or not earned by performance, (i) for property that has been or is to be sold, leased, lice...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (E) of this section, a buyer in the ordinary course of business, other than a person buying farm products from a person engaged in farming operations, takes free of a security interest created by the buyer's seller even if the security interest is perfected and the buyer knows of its existence. (B) Except as otherwise provided in division (E) of this section, a buyer of g...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, priority between conflicting security interests and agricultural liens in the same collateral shall be determined according to the following rules: (1) Conflicting perfected security interests and agricultural liens rank according to priority in time of filing or perfection. Priority dates from the earlier of the time a filing covering the collateral is first made or...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (B), (E), (F), and (G) of this section, a filed financing statement is effective for a period of five years after the date of filing. (B) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (E), (F), and (G) of this section, an initial financing statement filed in connection with a public-finance transaction or manufactured-home transaction is effective for a period of thir...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (G) of this section, a secured party may accept collateral in full or partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures only if: (1) The debtor consents to the acceptance under division (C) of this section; (2) The secured party, within the time prescribed in division (D) of this section, does not receive a notification of objection to the proposal authenticated by: (a)...

...The various political subdivisions of this state may issue bonds, and any indebtedness created by that issuance shall not be subject to the limitations or included in the calculation of indebtedness prescribed by sections 133.05, 133.06, 133.07, and 133.09 of the Revised Code, but the bonds may be issued only under the following conditions: (A) The subdivision desiring to issue the bonds shall obtain from the county...

...(A)(1) The following information is confidential: (a) Examination information, and any information leading to or arising from an examination; (b) Investigation information, and any information arising from or leading to an investigation. (2) The information described in division (A)(1) of this section shall remain confidential for all purposes except when it is necessary for the superintendent of financial institu...

...(A) After the issuance of general obligation securities or of securities to which section 133.24 of the Revised Code applies, the taxing authority of the subdivision shall include in its annual tax budget, and levy a property tax in a sufficient amount, with any other moneys available for the purpose, to pay the debt charges on the securities payable from property taxes. The necessary property tax rate shall be inclu...

...(A) Upon the determination of the taxing authority that such funding or refunding will be in the subdivision's best interest, the subdivision may: (1) Issue general obligation securities to fund or refund any outstanding revenue or mortgage revenue, sales tax supported, or other special obligation securities previously issued by it for permanent improvements pursuant to authorization by law or the Ohio Constitution....

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Affiliate" means any of the following: (1) A person who directly or indirectly owns, controls, or holds with power to vote, twenty per cent or more of the outstanding voting securities of the debtor, other than a person who holds the securities in either of the following manners: (a) As a fiduciary or agent without sole discretionary power to vote the securities; (b) Solely to secure...

...(A) No supplier shall commit an unfair or deceptive act or practice in connection with a consumer transaction. Such an unfair or deceptive act or practice by a supplier violates this section whether it occurs before, during, or after the transaction. (B) Without limiting the scope of division (A) of this section, the act or practice of a supplier in representing any of the following is deceptive: (1) That the sub...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Deed" means a written instrument entitled to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the subject property is situated that purports to convey or transfer title in fee simple of real property in this state. "Deed" includes a leasehold interest for ninety-nine years or more. "Deed" does not include instruments providing for any of the following: (a)...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Treasurer" does not include the treasurer of state, and "governing board" does not include the state board of deposit. (2) "Other obligations" includes notes whether or not issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds. (B) The treasurer or governing board may invest or deposit any part or all of the interim moneys. The following classifications of obligations shall be eli...

...(A) In addition to the investments authorized by section 135.14 of the Revised Code, any board of education, by a two-thirds vote of its members, may authorize the treasurer of the board of education to invest up to forty per cent of the interim moneys of the board, available for investment at any one time, in either of the following: (1) Commercial paper notes issued by any entity that is defined in division (K) ...

...(A) As used in this section, "transferred service credit" means service credit purchased or obtained under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code prior to the date a member commenced the employment covered by the public employees retirement system for which the member is currently contributing to the system. (B) A member of the public employees retirement system who...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Prisoner of war" means any regularly appointed, enrolled, enlisted, or inducted member of the armed forces of the United States, reserves, or Ohio national guard who was captured, separated, and incarcerated by an enemy of the United States. (2) "Reserves" means personnel of the reserve components of any of the armed forces of the United States enumerated in division (A)(1)(a...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Long-term care insurance" has the same meaning as in section 3923.41 of the Revised Code. (2) "Retirement systems" means the public employees retirement system, the Ohio police and fire pension fund, the state teachers retirement system, the school employees retirement system, and the state highway patrol retirement system. (B) The public employees retirement board may establish a...

...(A) For the purpose stated in section 150.01 of the Revised Code, the authority may authorize a lender to claim one of the refundable tax credits allowed under section 5707.031, 5725.19, 5726.53, 5727.241, 5729.08, 5733.49, or 5747.80 of the Revised Code. The credits shall be authorized by a written contract with the lender. The contract shall specify the terms under which the lender may claim the credit, inclu...

...(A) The chief of the division of forestry may sell timber and other forest products from the state forest, state forest nurseries, and federal lands in accordance with the terms of an agreement under section 1503.271 of the Revised Code whenever the chief considers such a sale desirable. With the approval of the attorney general and the director of natural resources, the chief may sell portions of the state forest la...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, any person who wishes to recover, alter, salvage, or destroy any abandoned property that is located on, in, or in the immediate vicinity of and associated with a submerged watercraft or aircraft in Lake Erie shall obtain a permit to do so from the director of natural resources that also has been approved by the director of the Ohio history connection. ...

...(A) The division of mineral resources management shall administer, enforce, and implement this chapter. The chief of the division of mineral resources management shall do all of the following: (1) Adopt, amend, and rescind rules: (a) To administer and enforce this chapter; (b) To implement the requirements of this chapter for the reclamation of lands affected by coal mining, including such rules governing mi...

...(A) In addition to any other remedy under this chapter, the chief of the division of mineral resources management may request the attorney general to institute a civil action for relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or any other appropriate order in the court of common pleas of the county wherein a violation of this chapter is occurring or has occurred whenever a person: (1) Viol...

...(A) All money that becomes the property of the state under division (G) of section 1513.16 of the Revised Code shall be deposited in the reclamation forfeiture fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. Disbursements from the fund shall be made by the chief of the division of mineral resources management for the purpose of reclaiming areas of land affected by coal mining under a coal mining and reclamation ...

...The "Interstate Mining Compact" is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: "INTERSTATE MINING COMPACT ARTICLE I FINDINGS AND PURPOSE (A) The party states find that: (1) Mining and the contributions thereof to the economy and well-being of every state are of basic significance; (2) The effects of mining on the availabilit...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Construct" or "construction" includes drilling, boring, digging, deepening, altering, and logging. (2) "Altering" means changing the configuration of a well, including, without limitation, deepening a well, extending or replacing any portion of the inside or outside casing or wall of a well that extends below ground level, plugging a portion of a well back to a certain depth, and r...