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...(A) The director of budget and management shall do all of the following: (1) Keep all necessary accounting records; (2) Prescribe and maintain the accounting system of the state and establish appropriate accounting procedures and charts of accounts; (3) Establish procedures for the use of written, electronic, optical, or other communications media for approving and reviewing payment vouchers; (4) Reconcil...

...As used in sections 1332.01 to 1332.10 of the Revised Code: (A) "Applicable generally accepted accounting principles" means accounting principles and standards set forth in all applicable pronouncements of the governmental accounting standards board. (B) "Cable service," "cable system," "franchise," and "franchising authority" have the same meanings as in the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," Pub. L. No. 104-104, T...

...(A) A volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board provided for in division (A) of section 146.02 of the Revised Code shall consist of five members chosen as follows: (1) Two members elected by the legislative authority of the political subdivision or fire district; (2) Two members elected by the fire department or the volunteer fire fighters; (3) One member elected by the board members who were elected pursuant...

...As used in this chapter, except as otherwise provided: (A) "Public office" includes any state agency, public institution, political subdivision, or other organized body, office, agency, institution, or entity established by the laws of this state for the exercise of any function of government. "Public office" does not include the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "State a...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, if the board of park commissioners finds that any lands that it has acquired are not necessary for the purposes for which they were acquired by the board, it may sell and dispose of the lands upon terms the board considers advisable. The board also may lease or permit the use of any lands for purposes not inconsistent with the purposes for which the lands ...

...As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (A) "Corporation" or "domestic corporation" means a nonprofit corporation formed under the laws of this state, or a business corporation formed under the laws of this state that, by amendment to its articles as provided by law, becomes a nonprofit corporation. (B) "Foreign corporation" means a nonprofit corporation formed under the laws of anoth...

...(A) In furtherance of the purposes set forth in section 1724.01 of the Revised Code, a community improvement corporation shall have the following powers: (1)(a) To borrow money for any of the purposes of the community improvement corporation by means of loans, lines of credit, or any other financial instruments or securities, including the issuance of its bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, a small claims division established under section 1925.01 of the Revised Code has jurisdiction in civil actions for the recovery of taxes and money only, for amounts not exceeding six thousand dollars, exclusive of interest and costs. (2)(a) A small claims division does not have jurisdiction in any of the following: (i) Libel, slander, replevin, malici...

...(A) An action against a political subdivision to recover damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly caused by any act or omission in connection with a governmental or proprietary function, whether brought as an original action, cross-claim, counterclaim, third-party claim, or claim for subrogation, shall be brought within two years after the cause of action accrues, or within any applicable ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) Computer services,computer,computer system,computer network,computer program,computer software, and data have the same meanings as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code. (2) Information technology system or product includes a computer service, computer, computer system, computer network, or computer program, computer software, and data and also includes, but is not limited to, any ...

...(A) No public official or party official shall commit any theft offense, as defined in division (K) of section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, when either of the following applies: (1) The offender uses the offender's office in aid of committing the offense or permits or assents to its use in aid of committing the offense; (2) The property or service involved is owned by this state, any other state, the United State...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this division and in addition to imposing court costs pursuant to section 2947.23 of the Revised Code, the court imposing a sentence upon an offender for a felony may sentence the offender to any financial sanction or combination of financial sanctions authorized under this section or, in the circumstances specified in section 2929.32 of the Revised Code, may impose upon the offend...

...(A)(1) A sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, municipal police officer, township constable, police officer of a township or joint police district, member of a police force employed by a metropolitan housing authority under division (D) of section 3735.31 of the Revised Code, member of a police force employed by a regional transit authority under division (Y) of section 306.35 of the Revised Code, state u...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Prosecuting officer" means the prosecuting attorney of the county in which a public official who is charged as described in division (B) of this section serves, the attorney general, or a special prosecutor designated by the prosecuting attorney. A federal prosecutor may serve as a prosecuting officer under this section at the federal prosecutor's own volition. (2) "Public offici...

...Upon the creation of a regional transit authority as provided by section 306.32 of the Revised Code, and upon the qualifying of its board of trustees and the election of a president and a vice-president, the authority shall exercise in its own name all the rights, powers, and duties vested in and conferred upon it by sections 306.30 to 306.53 of the Revised Code. Subject to any reservations, limitations, and qualific...

... special accommodations and classes for students with disabilities; or any other services the district board and service center governing board agree can be better provided by the service center and are not provided under an agreement entered into under section 3313.845 of the Revised Code. Services included in the agreement shall be provided to the district in the manner specified in the agreement. The district boar...

...The governing board of an educational service center may enter into a contract with any political subdivision as defined in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code, not including school districts, community schools, or STEM schools contracting for services under section 3313.843, 3313.844, 3313.845, or 3326.45 of the Revised Code, under which the educational service center will provide services to the political subdivisi...

...wns and operates buses for transporting students may contract, in writing, with a public or private not-for-profit agency, group, or organization, with a municipal corporation or other political subdivision or agency of the state, or with an agency of the federal government to operate its buses to assist the agency, group, organization, or political subdivision in the fulfillment of its legitimate activities and in t...

...Every department, office, or institution of the state and any political subdivision thereof may make such arrangements or contracts with the board of trustees of the Ohio state university for use of the Ohio rehabilitation center as may be appropriate in order to provide for the rehabilitation in any proper case of persons with disabilities in respect of whom such department, office, or institution or political subdi...

...(A) The board of trustees of a state university or college may enter into an agreement with one or more townships, municipal corporations, counties, park districts created under section 1545.04 of the Revised Code, township park districts created under section 511.18 of the Revised Code, or other state universities or colleges and a township, municipal corporation, county, park district, or township park district may...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Community college" has the same meaning as in section 3354.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Countywide emergency management agency," "participating political subdivision," "program for emergency management within a political subdivision," and "regional authority for emergency management" have the same meanings as in section 5502.41 of the Revised Code. (3) "Technical college" ha...

...As used in this section: (A) "Board of trustees" means the board of trustees of a state university, university housing commission, state medical university, community college district, university branch district, technical college district, or state community college. (B) "Political subdivision" means a municipal corporation, county, or township. (C) "Institution" means all real property owned or leased by a...

...(A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Anticipation notes" means notes issued in anticipation of the library facilities notes authorized by this section. (2) "Authorizing proceedings" means the resolution, legislation, trust agreement, certification and other agreements, instruments, and documents, as amended and supplemented, authorizing, or providing for the security or sale or award of, notes, and includes the provis...

...(A) A political subdivision or taxing authority may hold a special election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in August for an office, question, or issue if the political subdivision is under a fiscal emergency under section 118.03 of the Revised Code, or the taxing authority that is a school district is under a fiscal emergency under division (B) of section 3316.03 of the Revised Code, at the time the boar...

...Convention facilities authority bonds and notes issued under this chapter do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or any political subdivision of the state, and the holders or owners of the bonds and notes have no right to have taxes levied by the general assembly, or, except as provided in SECTIONS 351.021 and 5739.026 of the Revised Code, by the taxing authority of any political ...