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...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Police dog or horse" means a dog or horse that has been trained, and may be used, to assist law enforcement officers in the performance of their official duties. (2) "Law enforcement agency" means an organization or unit made up of law enforcement officers as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Upon the disbanding of the canine or equine unit of a law enforcement a...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Borrower" means any person obligated to repay a development loan pursuant to a development loan agreement or obligated to repay a loan guaranteed pursuant to a loan guarantee agreement. (2) "Development inducement agreement" means an agreement making a grant or inducement under the authority of Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, including an inducement made under sectio...

... including, without limitation, by: (1) Setting or imposing standards, requirements, taxes, fees, assessments, or charges of any kind regarding tobacco products or alternative nicotine products that are the same as or similar to, that conflict with, that are different from, or that are in addition to, any standard, requirement, tax, fee, assessment, or other charge established or authorized by state law; (2) Lo...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Public employer" means a state agency or a political subdivision of the state. (2) "State agency" means any organized body, office, agency, institution, or other entity established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of government. (3) "Political subdivision" means a county, township, municipal corporation, or any other body corporate and politic that is resp...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Boycott" means engaging in refusals to deal, terminating business activities, or other actions that are intended to limit commercial relations with persons or entities in a discriminatory manner. "Boycott" does not include: (a) Boycotts to which 50 U.S.C. 4607(c) applies; (b) A decision based on business or economic reasons, or the specific conduct of a targeted person or entit...

...(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...

...r any of the following circumstances: (1) When the federal law enforcement officer renders assistance to a state or local law enforcement officer at the request of the officer or renders assistance to a state or local law enforcement officer in the event of an emergency; (2) When, during the investigation by the federal law enforcement officer of a federal offense over which he has jurisdiction under federal law, ...

...st rate hedge" means any arrangement: (1) By which either: (a) The different interest costs or receipts at, between, or among fixed or floating interest rates, including at different 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 ...

...vised 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)(4) of section 4582.06, division...

...have the same meanings as in section 4301.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of agriculture may promote the use of Ohio-produced agricultural goods grown for inclusion in both of the following: (1) Beer or cider through the issuance of logotypes to qualified producers and processors under a voluntary promotional certification program to be developed and administered by the division of markets. The volunta...

... to both of the following conditions: (1) No nonprofit livestock association shall receive in any fiscal year rental cost assistance exceeding fifty per cent of the funds available to the director in that fiscal year for the purposes of this section and designated for the purpose of defraying rental costs for livestock species exhibitions. (2) The rental cost assistance shall be paid by the director to the Ohi...

...mputed to do either of the following: (1) Extend any assurance to a person that the premises are safe from naturally occurring hazards merely by the act of giving permission to the person to enter the premises or by receiving consideration for the produce picked by the person; (2) Assume responsibility or liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly resulting from the natural condition of th...

...han twenty-one members, as follows: (1) The director of agriculture, or the director's designee; (2) The state veterinarian, or the state veterinarian's designee; (3) A representative of the Ohio cattlemen's association, the Ohio purebred dairy cattle association, the Ohio pork producers council, the Ohio poultry association, the Ohio sheep improvement association, the Ohio fair managers association, the Ohi...

...agriculture, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt rules for the governance and administration of exhibitions, and to provide for related food safety and the health, safety, and welfare of livestock, and may adopt by reference rules adopted by other public or private agencies such as the Ohio farm animal care commission. Rules of the director may specify those grooming, commercial, or medical...

...re for any of the following reasons: (1) The person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of section 901.76 or 2925.09 of the Revised Code, or has been found by the director of agriculture to have tampered with or sabotaged livestock; (2) The director reasonably suspects that the person's conduct in regard to raising or exhibiting the livestock threatens, endangers, or adversely affects food safe...

...Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, is in part implemented by this chapter in furtherance of the public purposes of the state to create or preserve jobs and employment opportunities or to improve the economic welfare of the people of the state. Any issuer acting through its issuing authority may in accordance with Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution: (A) Acquire by gift or purchase and hold and ...

...consistent with the purposes of Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and such determinations shall be conclusive as to the validity and enforceability of the bonds issued under such bond proceedings and of such bond proceedings and security interests given and leases, subleases, sale agreements, loan agreements, and other agreements made in connection therewith, all in accordance with their terms. (B) Pled...

...eration all of the following factors: (1) The length of time any borrower has been engaged in agriculture; (2) The net income or net worth of any borrower; and (3) The availability or feasability of alternative financing methods for any borrower. (C) The type and amount of collateral, security or credit enhancement to be provided to assure repayment of loans or of bonds; (D) The amounts and types of insurance co...

...h type, including but not limited to: (1) A pledge of the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys out of which the principal of and interest on the bonds shall be payable and a mortgage of all or any part of the pledged facilities, including any enlargements of and additions to such pledged facilities thereafter made. (2) Maintenance of each pledge, trust agreement, and indenture of mortgage made f...

...he exemptions provided in divisions (B)(1) and (13) of section 5739.02 of the Revised Code shall not be applicable to purchases for a project under this chapter. An issuer shall be exempt from all taxes on its real or personal property, or both, that has been acquired, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, improved, furnished, or equipped, or any combination thereof, under this chapter so long as such property is us...

...rmit. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Significant portion of income" means ten per cent or more of gross personal income in a calendar year or fifty per cent or more of gross personal income in a calendar year if the recipient of the income is more than sixty years of age and is receiving that portion of income under retirement benefits, including a pension or similar arrangement. (2) "Income" includes re...

...rate when all of the following apply: (1) The director has specified a corrective action to be taken under section 939.07 of the Revised Code. (2) The director or the director's authorized representative has inspected the animal feeding facility. (3) The director or the director's authorized representative finds that the facility is not being operated in a manner that protects the waters of the state. (B) In a si...

...d at the animal feeding operation. (C)(1) If, upon completion of the investigation, the director determines that the owner or operator is in compliance with this chapter, rules adopted under it, or any terms and conditions of any permit issued under it or determines that a discharge of a pollutant is not occurring or has not occurred at the animal feeding operation, the director shall dismiss the complaint and ...

...l production as defined in section 905.31 of the Revised Code, shall apply manure obtained from a concentrated animal feeding facility issued a permit under this chapter unless one of the following applies: (1) The person has been issued a livestock manager certification under section 903.07 of the Revised Code. (2) The person has been certified under this section to apply the manure by the director of agriculture....

...ed for human food products or fiber: (1) Porcine animals; (2) Bovine animals; (3) Caprine animals; (4) Ovine animals; (5) Poultry; (6) Alpacas; (7) Llamas; (8) Any other animal designated in rules adopted under section 904.03 of the Revised Code.