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...(A) As used in this section: "Political subdivision" has the meaning defined in sections 2744.01 and 3905.36 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this section, "political subdivision" includes municipal corporations as defined in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code. "County board" means a county board of developmental disabilities. (B) Political subdivisions and county boards that provide health care benefits for ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Energy price risk management contract" means a contract that is intended to mitigate, for the term of the contract, the price volatility of energy sources, including, but not limited to, a contract or futures contract for natural gas, gasoline, oil, and diesel fuel, and that is a budgetary and financial tool only and not a contract for the procurement of an energy source...

...Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person appearing as a witness before any public official, department, board, bureau, commission, or agency, or any representative of a public official, department, board, bureau, commission, or agency, in any administrative or executive proceeding or investigation, public or private, if the witness so requests, shall be permitted to be accompanied, represented, a...

...As used in this section and sections 9.86 and 9.87 of the Revised Code: (A) "Officer or employee" has the same meaning as in division (A) of section 109.36 of the Revised Code. (B) "State" has the same meaning as in division (B) of section 109.36 of the Revised Code. (C) "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as in division (C) of section 109.36 of the Revised Code. (D) "Employer" has the same meaning as in...

...Except for civil actions that arise out of the operation of a motor vehicle and civil actions in which the state is the plaintiff, no officer or employee shall be liable in any civil action that arises under the law of this state for damage or injury caused in the performance of his duties, unless the officer's or employee's actions were manifestly outside the scope of his employment or official responsibilities, or ...

...(A) The state, except as provided in division (B) of this section, shall indemnify an officer or employee from liability incurred in the performance of official duties by paying any judgment in, or amount negotiated in settlement of, any civil action arising under federal law, the law of another state, or the law of a foreign jurisdiction. The reasonableness of the amount of any consent judgment or settlement is subj...

...(A) If an employee of the department of rehabilitation and correction is subject to criminal charges for actions occurring within the scope and in the course of the employee's assigned duties, and if the charges are dismissed or the employee is acquitted of any wrongdoing as a result, the employee may be indemnified for the reasonable cost of legal representation. An employee shall request indemnification by s...

...(A) As used in this section, "federal law enforcement officer" means any officer of the United States who is authorized by federal law to conduct any investigation of, and make any arrest for, any offense against the United States in violation of federal law. (B) A federal law enforcement officer, while engaged in the performance of his official duties, has the same immunity from liability that a state or local law...

...(A) The board of trustees or other governing body of a state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, board of education of a school district, or governing board of an educational service center may, in addition to all other powers provided in the Revised Code: (1) Contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure from an insurer or insurers licensed to do business by the state...

...(A)(1) Health care plans that provide benefits to persons employed by public employers as defined by this section may consider best practices established by the former school employees health care board or identified by the department of administrative services. All policies or contracts for health care benefits that are issued or renewed after the expiration of any applicable collective bargaining agreement may cons...

...If the board of education of a school district procures a tax-sheltered annuity for an employee, pursuant to section 9.90 of the Revised Code, that meets the requirements of Internal Revenue Code section 403(b), the employee has the right to designate the licensed agent, broker, or company through whom the board shall arrange for the placement or purchase of the tax-sheltered annuity. In any case in which the e...

...(A) An annuity contract or custodial account procured for an employee of a public institution of higher education pursuant to section 9.90 of the Revised Code shall comply with both of the following: (1) The annuity contract or custodial account must meet the requirements of Internal Revenue Code section 403(b). (2) The institution, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall arrange for the procurement of the...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Citizens' reward program" means any organization that satisfies all of the following criteria: (a) It is a nonprofit organization; (b) It is organized and operated exclusively to offer and pay rewards to citizens for volunteering tips and information to law enforcement agencies concerning felonies, offenses of violence, or misdemeanors that have been committed; (c) It has est...

...Third parties shall not issue and sell to others or publicly underwrite fractionalized interests in any one or more public obligations, as defined in division (GG)(2) of section 133.01 of the Revised Code, without the knowledge and express written approval or authorization of each public issuer that is the obligor on such public obligations. Provision to that effect shall be included in each such public obligation in...

...Securities to which this section applies shall bear interest at not to exceed the maximum or maximum average annual interest rate per annum determined in or pursuant to the proceedings for the securities by the legislative authority, taxing authority, subdivision, governing body, officer, or other issuer, board, authority, commission, district, agency, body, or entity that is the issuer, or governing body or officer ...

...thentication, transfer, registration, exchange, custodial, clearing, mechanical, and clerical; (2) Record or bookkeeping or book entry; (3) Preparation, signing, and issuance of checks or warrants, or electronic funds transfers authorized by section 9.37 of the Revised Code, in payment of debt charges; (4) Preparation and maintenance of reports and accounts; (5) Any other duties or functions related to the issuan...

...(A) Any one of the governor, the lieutenant governor, the attorney general, the secretary of state, the treasurer of state, or the auditor of state, shall act as the applicable elected representative of the state for purposes of any federal law or United States treasury regulation that requires that bonds, notes, or other obligations of the state or any of its officers, boards, authorities, commissions, agencies, bod...

...fferent floating interest rates, are exchanged on stated amounts of bonds or investments, or on notional amounts; or (b) A party will pay interest costs in excess of an agreed limitation; and (2) Which also may include a requirement for the issuer to issue bonds at a future date. This requirement shall be deemed to be part of the bond proceedings at the time the interest rate hedge is entered into. Issuance of...

...(A) Sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code are applicable to bonds: (1) The payment of the debt service on which is to be provided for directly or indirectly by payments contracted to be made in the bond proceedings by the absolute obligors, being persons other than the issuer; and (2) Which are authorized to be issued under sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62, Chapter 165., 902., 3377., 3706., division ...

...(A) The bond proceedings for bonds referred to in division (A) or (B) of section 9.981 of the Revised Code may provide for one or more of the following: (1) Floating rate interest structures, which may, but need not be, limited to maximum rates, with interest periods which may be fixed or vary from time to time and which may contemporaneously differ for portions of the bonds; (2) Put arrangements, with times for pu...

...(A) Provision may be made for costs and expenses of providing credit facilities, put arrangements, and interest rate hedges, and for fees and expenses of agents, and other fees, costs, and expenses in connection with arrangements under sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code to be paid directly by the absolute obligor, or to be included in the principal amount of the bonds, or to be paid from the same sources of m...