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...ties who engaged the funeral director's services, and that the bill covers the entire expense of the service described by section 5901.25 of the Revised Code, in order to obtain the auditor's warrant. The auditor shall have the necessary blanks printed and distribute them to the veterans service commission, from whom they may be procured by funeral directors.

...If a saving of money is effected by reason of the loan of automobiles, ownership of a cemetery lot, or other items mentioned in the bill of expenses under section 5901.30 of the Revised Code, the amount of such saving shall remain in the general fund of the county. If it appears that life insurance or any additional funds are coming to the family of the deceased, the veterans service commission shall withhold its sig...

...Upon securing the report and statement of expenses as provided by section 5901.27 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall transcribe in a book to be kept for that purpose, all the facts contained in the report concerning a deceased veteran, and shall certify the expenses thus incurred to the county auditor, who shall draw a warrant for those expenses upon the county treasurer, to be paid from the...

...The board of county commissioners shall, upon the petition of any five veterans of any township or municipal corporation in its county, procure for and furnish to the petitioners a suitable and durable marker for the grave of each veteran buried in the limits of the township or municipal corporation. The name of the veteran and the company, regiment, or other command in which he served may be inscribed upon the marke...

...The board of county commissioners shall provide for the proper care of the graves of all veterans, and of confederate soldiers, sailors, and marines who are buried in lots used exclusively for the benefit of veterans and confederate soldiers, sailors, and marines in cemeteries or burying grounds.

...For the purpose of enabling counties or municipal corporations to aid and facilitate the construction of veterans' facilities operated by the United States department of veterans affairs as a public works project of the government of the United States, the board of county commissioners of any county or the legislative authority of any municipal corporation may acquire lands by purchase or deed of gift for the purpose...

...In any county having a cemetery or part of it set apart for the burial of veterans, or containing a monument erected to their memory, or containing monuments and memorials erected by private or public expense to the memory of veterans, the board of county commissioners shall care for and properly preserve that portion of the cemetery so set apart for the burial of such veterans, and shall care for and properly preser...

...(A) No person who is not a veteran, an active-duty member of the armed forces of the United States, or the spouse, surviving spouse, dependent parent, minor child, or ward of a veteran or an active-duty member of the armed forces of the United States shall knowingly represent that the person is a veteran, an active-duty member of the armed forces of the United States, or the spouse, surviving spouse, dependent parent...

...to the position of director of veterans services shall be an honorably discharged or honorably separated veteran of the United States armed forces. The department of veterans services shall employ administrative and technical personnel as are necessary to perform the general and specific duties of the department. For positions within the department, the director shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Cod...

...The duties of the director of veterans services shall include the following: (A) Furnishing the veterans service commissions of all counties of the state copies of the state laws, rules, and legislation relating to the operation of the commissions and their offices; (B) Upon application, assisting the general public in obtaining records of vital statistics pertaining to veterans or their dependents; (C) Adoptin...

...The director of veterans services may microfilm or otherwise duplicate all or any part of copies of original certificates of discharge and separation submitted by Ohio veterans. The director may prepare and maintain files of such microfilmed certificates of discharge and separation in such manner that they may readily be available for the use of the department of veterans services, authorize...

...pplication, the director of veterans services shall furnish necessary instructions and advice to the veterans of the state, their heirs, or their legal representatives, respecting their claims against the United States or the state for pensions, bounty, bonus, back pay, or otherwise, by reason of military service. (B) The director or the director's representative may examine the ...

...n application, the director of veterans services shall grant money in the fund to individuals injured while in active service as a member of the armed forces of the United States while serving after October 7, 2001, and to individuals diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder while serving, or after having served, after October 7, 2001. (C) An individual who receives a grant under this section is precluded from ...

...The director of veterans services shall keep a register showing the situation and disposition of any claim filed by the department of veterans services.

...The director of veterans services may administer oaths. The director's official certificate shall be received in evidence without further authentication.

...The director of veterans services, or any employee thereof, shall not receive directly or indirectly a fee or reward of any kind from a claimant or other person for services rendered or to be rendered, relating to a duty required of the director or employee under sections 5902.01 to 5902.07 of the Revised Code, or in any manner connected therewith.

...in this state. The director of veterans services shall adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, to administer the network.

...The director of veterans services shall develop, institute, and monitor a program under which the department of veterans services assists individuals, who are medical assistance recipients, to obtain federal military-related health care benefits. As used in this section, "federal military-related health care benefits" has the meaning defined in section 5160.471 of the Revised Code.

...d to the fund. The director of veterans services shall use all moneys credited to the fund for the following purposes: (1) For the direct benefit of veterans and their spouses and dependents, for the following purposes: (a) Job training or assistance for job retraining; (b) Assistance during a period of unemployment due to prolonged physical or mental illness or disability of the veteran resulting from service ...

...Whoever violates section 5902.08 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.

...1 of the Revised Code. (E) "Uniformed services" means the armed forces, the Ohio organized militia when engaged in full-time national guard duty, the commissioned corps of the public health service, and any other category of persons designated by the president of the United States in time of war or emergency.

...erson who is a member of the uniformed services and who is called into active duty in the uniformed services for a period longer than thirty days or is injured, wounded, or hospitalized while serving on active duty in the uniformed services. (3) The employee gives notice to the employer that the employee intends to take leave pursuant to this section at least fourteen days prior to taking the leave if the leav...

...(A) An employer shall not interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise or attempted exercise of a right established under this chapter. (B) An employer shall not discharge, fine, suspend, expel, discipline, or discriminate against an employee with respect to any term or condition of employment because of the employee's actual or potential exercise, or support for another employee's exercise, of any right e...

...Whoever violates this chapter is subject to a civil action for injunctive relief or any other relief that a court finds necessary to secure a right provided by this chapter.