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...(A) The chief of the division of mineral resources management or the chief's representative shall require installation on a longwall working section of a federally approved methane monitor capable of giving warning automatically when the concentration of methane reaches a maximum percentage of not more than 1.0 volume per cent of methane. The sensoring unit indicating the atmospheric conditions on the methane monitor...

...(A) No person shall cross the longwall working face conveyor while it is in operation unless a safe crossover is provided. (B) The operator shall provide telephone pager communications or other means of providing an effective warning signal in a longwall working section. Prior to starting a longwall working face conveyor, the person who is going to activate the conveyor shall sound the telephone pager communications...

...(A) Prior to cutting and welding being performed on a longwall working section, methane gas examinations shall be made by a certified foreman or a person qualified to make the examinations designated by a certified foreman. No person shall perform cutting and welding when the methane gas concentration is one per cent or more. A certified foreman or person qualified to make examinations for gas shall be continuously p...

...(A) An operator shall ensure that all hydraulic line repairs are performed in accordance with maintaining the functioning of the line at a level consistent with that at the time of initial installation of the line. (B) An operator shall ensure that all hydraulic roof support units and associated apparatus on a longwall working face are visually inspected at least once each day, at any time of the day, by a qualified...

...An operator shall maintain first aid equipment required on each working section by section 1567.61 of the Revised Code in the headgate entry at a point not to exceed one hundred fifty feet outby the longwall working face. No operator shall fail to comply with this section.

...An operator shall maintain an accessible travel route at all times off the tailgate end of the longwall working face unless the operator develops and the chief of the division of mineral resources management approves a plan to continue operation of the longwall working section in the event the tailgate route becomes impassable. Such a plan shall include necessary provisions to be taken to provide additional protectiv...

...Employees assigned to work on a longwall working section shall be instructed in the hazards of longwall mining, including, but not limited to, a review of all of the following: (A) Escapeway and travel routes; (B) Ventilation; (C) Roof support; (D) Communications; (E) Stop controls and signals; (F) Location of first aid equipment; (G) Safety rules for longwall mining.

...Whoever knowingly violates any section of this chapter is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

...The testimony of witnesses may be taken: (A) By affidavit; (B) By deposition; (C) By oral examination.

...An affidavit is a written declaration under oath, made without notice to the adverse party. A deposition is a written declaration under oath, made upon notice to the adverse party. Oral testimony is that delivered from the lips of the witness.

...An affidavit may be used to verify a pleading, to prove the service of the summons, notice, or other process in an action; or to obtain a provisional remedy, an examination of a witness, a stay of proceedings, or upon a motion, and in any other case permitted by law.

...An affidavit may be made in or out of this state before any person authorized to take depositions, and unless it is a verification of a pleading it must be authenticated in the same way as a deposition. Such affidavit may be made before any person authorized to administer oaths whether an attorney in the case or not.

...Depositions may be taken when the testimony is required in an action, cause, or matter pending before any court or authority outside this state.

...(A) This section may be cited as the "Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act." (B) As used in this section: (1) "Foreign jurisdiction" means a state other than Ohio. (2) "Foreign subpoena" means a subpoena issued under authority of a court of record of a foreign jurisdiction. (3) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association...

... used in this state must be taken by an officer or person whose authority is derived within the state; but, if for use elsewhere, they may be taken before a commissioner or officer who derives his authority from the state, district, or territory in which they are to be used.

...e costs, if any, of a sheriff or other officer who serves any process in connection with the taking of a deposition and the fees of the witnesses, and, if directed by a person entitled to those costs or fees, may retain the deposition until those costs or fees are paid.

...on from the person of a law enforcement officer, or shall knowingly deprive or attempt to deprive a law enforcement officer of a deadly weapon, when both of the following apply: (1) The law enforcement officer, at the time of the removal, attempted removal, deprivation, or attempted deprivation, is acting within the course and scope of the officer's duties; (2) The offender knows or has reasonable cause to know tha...

...(A) No person, in attempting or committing a theft offense or in fleeing immediately after the attempt or offense, shall do any of the following: (1) Have a deadly weapon on or about the offender's person or under the offender's control; (2) Inflict, attempt to inflict, or threaten to inflict physical harm on another; (3) Use or threaten the immediate use of force against another. (B) Whoever violates this sectio...

...As used in sections 2911.11 to 2911.13 of the Revised Code, the element of trespass refers to a violation of section 2911.21 of the Revised Code.

...(A) No person, by force, stealth, or deception, shall trespass in an occupied structure or in a separately secured or separately occupied portion of an occupied structure, when another person other than an accomplice of the offender is present, with purpose to commit in the structure or in the separately secured or separately occupied portion of the structure any criminal offense, if any of the following apply: (1) ...

...(A) No person, by force, stealth, or deception, shall do any of the following: (1) Trespass in an occupied structure or in a separately secured or separately occupied portion of an occupied structure, when another person other than an accomplice of the offender is present, with purpose to commit in the structure or in the separately secured or separately occupied portion of the structure any criminal offense;...

...(A) No person by force, stealth, or deception, shall trespass in an unoccupied structure, with purpose to commit therein any theft offense, as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, or any felony. (B) No person shall trespass on the land or premises of another, with purpose to commit a felony. (C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of breaking and entering, a felony of the fifth degree.

...(A) No person, without privilege to do so, shall do any of the following: (1) Knowingly enter or remain on the land or premises of another; (2) Knowingly enter or remain on the land or premises of another, the use of which is lawfully restricted to certain persons, purposes, modes, or hours, when the offender knows the offender is in violation of any such restriction or is reckless in that regard; (3) Recklessl...

...(A)(1) No person shall enter or remain on the land or premises of another with purpose to commit on that land or those premises a misdemeanor, the elements of which involve causing physical harm to another person or causing another person to believe that the offender will cause physical harm to that person. (2) No person shall enter or remain on a critical infrastructure facility with purpose to destroy or tamper w...

...(A) As used in this section, "place of public amusement" means a stadium, theater, or other facility, whether licensed or not, at which a live performance, sporting event, or other activity takes place for entertainment of the public and to which access is made available to the public, regardless of whether admission is charged. (B) No person, without privilege to do so, shall knowingly enter or remain on any restri...

...If the sender of a payment order that is erroneously executed as provided in section 1304.70 of the Revised Code receives notification from the receiving bank that the order was executed or that the sender's account was debited with respect to the order, the sender has a duty to exercise ordinary care to determine, on the basis of information available to the sender, that the order was erroneously executed and to not...

...(A) If a funds transfer is completed but execution of a payment order by the receiving bank without compliance with section 1304.69 of the Revised Code results in delay in payment to the beneficiary, the bank shall pay interest to either the originator or the beneficiary of the funds transfer for the period of delay caused by the improper execution. Except as provided in division (C) of this section, additional damag...

..."Payment date" of a payment order means the day on which the amount of the order is payable to the beneficiary by the beneficiary's bank. The payment date may be determined by instruction of the sender but cannot be earlier than the day the order is received by the beneficiary's bank and, unless otherwise determined, is the day the order is received by the beneficiary's bank.

...(A) This section is subject to sections 1304.60 and 1304.62 of the Revised Code. (B) With respect to a payment order issued to the beneficiary's bank, acceptance of the order by the bank obliges the sender to pay the bank the amount of the order, but payment is not due until the payment date of the order. (C) This division is subject to division (E) of this section and to section 1304.70 of the Revised Code. With r...

...(A) Payment of the sender's obligation under section 1304.74 of the Revised Code to pay the receiving bank occurs as follows: (1) If the sender is a bank, payment occurs when the receiving bank receives final settlement of the obligation through a federal reserve bank or through a funds-transfer system. (2) If the sender is a bank, and the sender credited an account of the receiving bank with the sender or caused a...

...(A) Subject to division (E) of section 1304.66 and divisions (D) and (E) of section 1304.77 of the Revised Code, if a beneficiary's bank accepts a payment order, the bank shall pay the amount of the order to the beneficiary of the order. Payment is due on the payment date of the order, but, if acceptance occurs on the payment date after the close of the funds-transfer business day of the bank, payment is due on the n...

...(A) If the beneficiary's bank credits an account of the beneficiary of a payment order, payment of the bank's obligation under division (A) of section 1304.76 of the Revised Code occurs when and to the extent the beneficiary is notified of the right to withdraw the credit, the bank lawfully applies the credit to a debt of the beneficiary, or funds with respect to the order are otherwise made available to the benefici...

...(A) Subject to division (E) of section 1304.66 and divisions (D) and (E) of section 1304.77 of the Revised Code, the originator of a funds transfer shall pay the beneficiary of the originator's payment order at the time a payment order for the benefit of the beneficiary is accepted by the beneficiary's bank in the funds transfer and in an amount equal to the amount of the order accepted by the beneficiary's bank, but...

...(A) "Funds-transfer system rule" means either of the following: (1) A rule of an association of banks that governs transmission of payment orders by means of a funds-transfer system of the association or rights and obligations with respect to those orders; (2) A rule of an association of banks to the extent that it governs rights and obligations between banks that are parties to a funds transfer in which a federal ...

...(A) As used in this section, "creditor process" means levy, attachment, garnishment, notice of lien, sequestration, or similar process issued by or on behalf of a creditor or other claimant with respect to an account. (B) This division applies to creditor process with respect to an authorized account of the sender of a payment order if the creditor process is served on the receiving bank. For the purpose of determin...

...For proper cause and in compliance with applicable law, a court may restrain a person from issuing a payment order to initiate a funds transfer, an originator's bank from executing the payment order of the originator, or the beneficiary's bank from releasing funds to the beneficiary or the beneficiary from withdrawing the funds. A court may not otherwise restrain a person from issuing a payment order, paying or recei...

...(A) If a receiving bank has received more than one payment order of the sender or one or more payment orders and other items that are payable from the sender's account, the bank may charge the sender's account with respect to the various orders and items in any sequence. (B) In determining whether a credit to an account has been withdrawn by the holder of the account or applied to a debt of the holder of the accoun...

...If a receiving bank has received payment from its customer with respect to a payment order issued in the name of the customer as sender and accepted by the bank, and the customer received notification reasonably identifying the order, the customer is precluded from asserting that the bank is not entitled to retain the payment unless the customer notifies the bank of the customer's objection to the payment within one ...

...(A) If, under sections 1304.51 to 1304.85 of the Revised Code, a receiving bank is obliged to pay interest with respect to a payment order issued to the bank, the amount payable may be determined by agreement of the sender and receiving bank, or by a funds-transfer system rule if the payment order is transmitted through a funds-transfer system. (B) If the amount of interest is not determined by an agreement or rule ...

...(A) All of the following apply unless the affected parties otherwise agree or division (C) of this section applies: (1) The rights and obligations between the sender of a payment order and the receiving bank are governed by the law of the jurisdiction in which the receiving bank is located. (2) The rights and obligations between the beneficiary's bank and the beneficiary are governed by the law of the jurisdiction ...

...he auditor of state and the auditor, or officer exercising the functions of an auditor, of any subdivision. (C) "Capital funds" means the sum of the following: the par value of the outstanding common capital stock, the par value of the outstanding preferred capital stock, the aggregate par value of all outstanding capital notes and debentures, and the surplus. In the case of an institution having offices in more t...

...There shall be a state board of deposit consisting of the treasurer of state or an employee of the treasurer of state's department designated by the treasurer of state, the auditor of state or an employee of the auditor of state's department designated by the auditor of state, and the attorney general or an employee of the attorney general's department designated by the attorney general. The board shall meet on the c...

...Any national bank, any bank doing business under authority granted by the superintendent of financial institutions, or any bank doing business under authority granted by the regulatory authority of another state of the United States, located in this state, is eligible to become a public depository, subject to sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. No bank shall receive or have on deposit at any one time publi...

...(A) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Institution" means an institution eligible to become a public depository under section 135.03 or 135.32 of the Revised Code or an eligible credit union, as defined in section 135.62 of the Revised Code. (2) "Prompt corrective action directive" means a directive issued by a regulatory authority of the United States as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 1790d or 1831o. (B) An in...

...(A) Any institution mentioned in section 135.03 of the Revised Code is eligible to become a public depository of the active deposits and interim deposits of public moneys of the state subject to the requirements of sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. (B) To facilitate the settlement of obligations of the state treasury and custodial funds in the custody of the treasurer of state, the state board of depo...

...Each governing board of a subdivision shall, at least three weeks prior to the date when it is required by section 135.12 of the Revised Code to designate public depositories, by resolution, estimate the aggregate maximum amount of public moneys subject to its control to be awarded and be on deposit as inactive deposits. The governing board of each subdivision shall cause a copy of such resolution, together with a no...

...ath of its cashier, treasurer, or other officer, in such detail as to show the capital funds of the applicant, as of the date of its latest report to the superintendent of financial institutions, the comptroller of the currency, the federal deposit insurance corporation, or the board of governors of the federal reserve system, and adjusted to show any changes therein made prior to the date of the application. Such ap...

...Each governing board, in proceeding to award the inactive deposits of public moneys subject to its control to public depositories, shall estimate the probable amount of public moneys to be so deposited in and among the eligible public depositories applying therefor at the beginning of the period. Such board shall award the inactive deposits of public moneys subject to its control to the eligible institution or ...

...ath of its cashier, treasurer, or other officer, in such detail as to show the capital funds of the applicant, as of the date of its latest report to the superintendent of financial institutions, the comptroller of the currency, the federal deposit insurance corporation, or the board of governors of the federal reserve system, and adjusted to show any changes therein made prior to the date of the application. Such ap...

...Interim deposits may be awarded by the treasurer or governing board as interim moneys become available. The treasurer or the governing board shall award the interim deposits of public moneys subject to its control to the eligible institution or institutions which offer to pay the highest permissible rate of interest on interim deposits in like time certificates of deposit or savings or deposit accounts. Whenever, d...

...ess of the boundary lines, by any peace officers or persons of either state authorized to make arrests, whether the offenses be committed on or over any part of the lake, on the shores or islands therein, regardless of the state in which the place where the offense was committed lies. 3. Islands. All islands within the lake shall be considered as part of the state of Pennsylvania. 4. Pollution of water. The lake sh...

...inal case in which he was the arresting officer, assisted in the arrest, or was present at the time of arrest, and shall not hear the case.

... of the court or by a sheriff or police officer either by the county in which the court or magistrate sits or in which process is to be served.

...conducive to the public health, safety, peace, convenience, and welfare of the district. (E) The articles of incorporation shall be filed in the secretary of state's office. The secretary of state shall not accept articles that do not meet the requirements of this chapter. (F) Neither the articles of incorporation nor the development plan for the airport development district shall be amended without first obtaini...

...29 of the Revised Code. Law enforcement officers acting pursuant to this section outside the territory of their regular employment have the same authority to enforce the law as when acting within the territory of their regular employment. (C) The sheriff shall not execute process that is issued in a state other than this state, unless the process contains either of the following: (1) A certification by the jud...

...The department of education and workforce shall develop a model curriculum for instruction in college and career readiness and financial literacy. The curriculum shall focus on grades seven through twelve, but may include other grade levels. When the model curriculum has been developed, the department shall notify all school districts, community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, and STEM sc...

...s metropolitan housing authority police officers employed under division (D) of this section to exercise full arrest powers as provided in section 2935.03 of the Revised Code, perform any police function, exercise any police power, or render any police service within specified areas of the county, municipal corporation, or township for the purpose of preserving the peace and enforcing all laws of the state, ordinance...

...selected by the greater Cleveland peace officers memorial society and approved by the registrar. "Honor Our Fallen" license plates shall bear county identification stickers that identify the county of registration as required under section 4503.19 of the Revised Code. (B) "Honor Our Fallen" license plates and a validation sticker or, when applicable, a validation sticker alone, shall be issued upon submission by the...

... for assistance to preserve the public peace and protect persons and property under section 311.07 of the Revised Code, any agreement for mutual assistance or aid in police protection under section 737.04 of the Revised Code, any agreement for law enforcement services between universities and colleges and political subdivisions under section 3345.041 or 3345.21 of the Revised Code, and mutual aid agreements am...

...r the civil service system. A chief or officer of a police force of a municipal corporation may participate, as the director of an organized crime task force established under section 177.02 of the Revised Code or as a member of the investigatory staff of such a task force, in an investigation of organized criminal activity in any county or counties in this state under sections 177.01 to 177.03 of the Revised Code.

...'s deputies or persons other than peace officers as deputy dog wardens; (b) The transfer of any benefits accrued by employees who are transferred as a result of the county sheriff's being appointed as the county dog warden. (B) Any dog warden and deputy dog wardens appointed under this section shall comply with both of the following: (1) Any training requirements applicable to county dog wardens and deputy dog war...

...tive or supervisory functions; (3) An officer, member, or director of an existing qualified nonprofit corporation that creates a special improvement district under Chapter 1710. of the Revised Code, or such a person's designee or proxy, when the person is not acting in that role with respect to a purpose for which the district is created. (C)(1) "Public agency" means the general assembly, all courts, any departme...

...president or other chief administrative officer of every state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code; the executive director and the members of the capitol square review and advisory board appointed or employed pursuant to section 105.41 of the Revised Code; all members of the Ohio casino control commission, the executive director of the commission, all professional employ...

...ing the end of the former state elected officer's or staff member's service or public employment, except as provided in division (B) or (D) of this section, each former state elected officer or staff member who filed or was required to file a disclosure statement under section 102.02 of the Revised Code shall file, on or before the deadlines specified in division (D) of this section, with the joint legislative ethics...

...Each person who is an officer or employee of a political subdivision, who receives compensation of less than sixteen thousand dollars a year for holding an office or position of employment with that political subdivision, and who is required to file a statement under section 102.02 of the Revised Code; each member of the board of trustees of a state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of th...

...g entity on behalf of an elected public officer or other public official or employee who seeks elective office shall be considered to accrue ordinarily to the public official or employee for the purposes of divisions (D), (E), and (F) of this section. As used in this division, "contributions," "campaign committee," "political party," "legislative campaign fund," "political action committee," and "political contribu...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Business associate" means a person with whom a member of the general assembly is conducting or undertaking a financial transaction. (2) "Contribution" has the same meaning as in section 3517.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Employee" does not include a member of the general assembly whose nonlegislative position of employment does not involve the performance of or the authority to per...

...courts, of the entity of which he is an officer or employee. (D) A public official who is appointed to a nonelective office or a public employee shall be exempted from division (A), (B), or (C) of this section if both of the following apply: (1) The agency to which the official or employee wants to sell the goods or services, or before which the matter that involves the rendering of his services is pending, is an a...

...ssion shall elect a chairman and other officers that are necessary and shall adopt rules for its procedures. After the first meeting, the commission shall meet at the call of the chairman or upon the written request of a majority of the members. A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum. The commission shall not take any action without the concurrence of a majority of the members of the commi...

...(A) The appropriate ethics commission shall receive and may initiate complaints against persons subject to this chapter concerning conduct alleged to be in violation of this chapter or section 2921.42 or 2921.43 of the Revised Code. All complaints except those by the commission shall be by affidavit made on personal knowledge, subject to the penalties of perjury. Complaints by the commission shall be by affidav...

...No member, employee, or agent of the Ohio ethics commission, board of commissioners on grievances and discipline of the supreme court, or joint legislative ethics committee shall divulge any information or any books, papers, or documents presented to the commission, joint legislative ethics committee, or board of commissioners on grievances and discipline without the consent, in writing, of the appropriate ethics com...

...(A)(1) Subject to division (A)(2) of this section, the board of commissioners on grievances and discipline of the supreme court and the joint legislative ethics committee may recommend legislation relating to ethics, conflicts of interest, and financial disclosure and shall render advisory opinions with regard to questions concerning these matters for persons for whom it is the appropriate ethics commission. (2) Th...

...(A) The secretary of state and the county board of elections shall furnish, to each candidate for elective office who is required to file a financial disclosure statement by section 102.02 of the Revised Code, a financial disclosure form, and shall notify the appropriate ethics commission, within fifteen days of the name of the candidate, and of the subsequent withdrawal, disqualification, or death of the candidate. ...

...(A) Whoever violates division (C) of section 102.02 or division (C) of section 102.031 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates division (D) of section 102.02 or section 102.021, 102.03, 102.04, or 102.07 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (C) In addition to the penalty provided in division (B) of this section, whoever violates divi...

...nual salaries of the elective executive officers of the state are as follows: (A) Governor, one hundred fifty-four thousand two hundred forty-eight dollars; (B) Lieutenant governor, one hundred thirteen thousand nine hundred forty-seven dollars; (C) Secretary of state, one hundred thirteen thousand nine hundred forty-seven dollars; (D) Auditor of state, one hundred thirteen thousand nine hundred forty-...