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...Unless it has been admitted to probate or record, as provided in sections 2107.01 to 2107.62 or 2129.05 to 2129.07 of the Revised Code, no will is effectual to transfer real or personal property.

...The expense of proving and recording wills and of any action for declaratory judgment of validity shall be paid by the party at whose instance this is done. The witnesses and officers shall have the same fees for attendance and services as in other cases. When the executor or administrator is appointed, the expense shall be reimbursed out of the estate.

...A testator may by will devise, bequeath, or appoint real or personal property or any interest in real or personal property to a trustee of a trust that is evidenced by a written instrument signed by the testator or any other settlor either before or on the same date of the execution of the will of the testator, that is identified in the will, and that has been signed, or is signed at any time after the execution of t...

...A policy of life insurance, or an employee or self-employed benefit plan including, but not limited to, an employee trust or annuity plan, a Keogh plan, an individual retirement account or annuity, or a retirement bond, may designate as beneficiary a trustee named by will. Upon qualification and issuance of letters of trusteeship, the proceeds of the insurance or benefit plan shall be payable to the trustee to be hel...

...A testator may confer in the testator's will, upon one or more persons, the power to nominate, in writing, an executor, coexecutor, successor executor, or successor coexecutor, and also may provide in the will that the person or persons so nominated may serve without bond. If a will confers that power, the holders of it have the authority to nominate themselves as executor, coexecutor, successor executor, or su...

... (A) A person interested in a will or codicil admitted to probate in the probate court that has not been declared valid by judgment of a court pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 5817.10 of the Revised Code may contest its validity by filing a complaint in the probate court in the county in which the will or codicil was admitted to probate. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, no person may contest...

...(A) The Rules of Civil Procedure govern all aspects of a will contest action, except as otherwise provided in sections 2107.71 to 2107.77 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Each party to a will contest action has the right to a jury trial of the action. To assert the right, a party shall demand a jury trial in the manner prescribed in the Rules of Civil Procedure. Subject to division (B)(2) of this section, if a party dema...

...Persons who are necessary parties to a will contest action are as follows: (A) Any person designated in a will to receive a testamentary disposition of real or personal property; (B) Heirs who would take property pursuant to section 2105.06 of the Revised Code had the testator died intestate; (C) The executor or the administrator with the will annexed; (D) The attorney general as provided by section 109.25 of...

...On the trial of any will contest under section 2107.71 of the Revised Code, the order of probate is prima-facie evidence of the attestation, execution, and validity of the will or codicil. The contesting party may call any witness to the will as upon cross examination.

...When the jury or the court finds that the writing produced is not the will or codicil of the testator, the trial court shall allow as part of the costs of administration the amounts to the fiduciary and to the attorneys defending the purported will or purported codicil that the trial court finds to be reasonable compensation for the services rendered in the will contest action. The court shall order the amounts...

...No person who has received or waived the right to receive the notice of the admission of a will to probate required by section 2107.19 of the Revised Code may commence an action permitted by section 2107.71 of the Revised Code to contest the validity of the will more than three months after the filing of the certificate described in division (A)(3) of section 2107.19 of the Revised Code. No other person may com...

...Sections 2107.71 to 2107.76 of the Revised Code apply to later wills admitted to probate.

... As used in sections 2108.02 to 2108.35 of the Revised Code: (A) "Adult" means an individual who is at least eighteen years of age. (B) "Agent" means an individual who is either of the following: (1) The principal's attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care; (2) Expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on the principal's behalf by any other record signed by the principal. (C...

...Sections 2108.01 to 2108.29 of the Revised Code are enacted to adopt the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (2006), national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws.

... Sections 2108.01 to 2108.29 of the Revised Code apply to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made.

... Subject to section 2108.08 of the Revised Code, an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in the manner provided in section 2108.05 of the Revised Code by any of the following: (A) The donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and either of the following applies: (1) The donor is e...

... (A) A donor may make an anatomical gift by doing any of the following: (1) Authorizing a statement or symbol to be imprinted on the donor's driver's license or identification card indicating that the donor has certified a willingness to make an anatomical gift; (2) Specifying during an application for or renewal of a motor vehicle registration that the donor has certified a willingness to make an anatomical gif...

... (A) Subject to section 2108.08 of the Revised Code, an anatomical gift made under section 2108.04 of the Revised Code may be amended by any of the following means: (1) By a record signed by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 2108.04 of the Revised Code; (2) Subject to division (C) of this section, by a record signed by another individual acting at the direction of the ...

... (A) An individual may refuse to make an anatomical gift of the individual's body or part by doing any of the following: (1) Indicating a refusal in a record signed by either of the following: (a) The individual; (b) Subject to division (B) of this section, another individual acting at the direction of the individual, if the individual is physically unable to sign. (2) Indicating a refusal by any form of com...

... (A) Subject to division (F) of this section, in the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor, a person other than the donor shall be barred from making, amending, or revoking an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part if the donor made an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 2108.05 of the Revised Code or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under...

... (A) Subject to divisions (B) and (C) of this section, and unless barred by section 2108.07 or 2108.08 of the Revised Code, an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part for purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education may be made in the manner provided for under section 2108.10 of the Revised Code by any member of the following classes of persons who is reasonably available, in the following ...

... (A) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 2108.09 of the Revised Code may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person's oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the individual receiving the oral communication. (B) Subject to division (C) of this section, an anato...

... (A) An anatomical gift may be made to any of the following persons named in the document of gift: (1) A hospital; an accredited medical school, dental school, college, or university; an organ procurement organization; or another appropriate person, for research or education; (2) Subject to division (B) of this section, an individual designated by the person making the anatomical gift if the individual is the...

... (A) If any of the following persons, while acting in the course of the person's official duties, finds an individual and reasonably believes that the individual is dead or near death, the person shall make a reasonable search of the body of the individual for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal: (1) A law enforcement offi...

... (A) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective. (B) On or after an individual's death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copying of the document of gift or refusal by a person authorized to make or object to the making of an anatomical gift with respect to th...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the telemarketing fraud enforcement fund. The treasurer of state shall deposit into the fund registration fees paid pursuant to divisions (A) and (D) of section 4719.02 of the Revised Code. The consumer protection section of the office of the attorney general shall use the moneys in the fund to pay for any expenses reasonably related to the administration of Chapter...

...A registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, dialysis technician, community health worker, or medication aide who in good faith makes a report under this chapter or any other provision of the Revised Code regarding a violation of this chapter or any other provision of the Revised Code, or participates in any investigation, administrative proceeding, or judicial proceeding resulting from the report, has the full pro...

... (A) Application for a license as a real estate salesperson shall be made to the superintendent of real estate on forms furnished by the superintendent and signed by the applicant. The application shall be in the form prescribed by the superintendent and shall contain such information as is required by this chapter and the rules of the Ohio real estate commission. The application shall be accompanied by the recommend...

...(A)(1) There is hereby created within the public utilities commission the power siting board, composed of the chairperson of the public utilities commission, the director of environmental protection, the director of health, the director of development, the director of natural resources, the director of agriculture, and a representative of the public who shall be an engineer and shall be appointed by the governor, fro...

... (A) A waterworks company, or a sewage disposal system company, that is a public utility may file an application with the public utilities commission for approval to collect an infrastructure improvement surcharge, determined in accordance with this section, from customers located in the company's affected service areas and subject to affected schedules filed by the company under section 4905.32 of the Revised Code. ...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the underground facilities protection fund. The fund shall consist of all fines collected under this chapter, except for safety registrations and fines collected under section 4913.03 of the Revised Code. The fund shall retain the interest earned. The amounts in the fund shall be used solely to fund grants under section 4913.31 of the Revised Code.

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the underground facilities protection administrative fund to be administered by the public utilities commission. The fund shall consist of all safety registrations and fines collected under section 4913.03 of the Revised Code. The fund shall retain the interest earned. The amounts in the fund shall be used for the operation of the underground technical committee, created ...

...For the protection of consumers in this state, the public utilities commission shall adopt rules under division (A) of section 4928.06 of the Revised Code specifying the necessary minimum service requirements, on or after the starting date of competitive retail electric service, of an electric utility, electric services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4...

...For the protection of consumers in this state, the public utilities commission shall adopt rules under section 4929.10 of the Revised Code specifying the necessary minimum service requirements of a retail natural gas supplier or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4929.20 of the Revised Code regarding the marketing, solicitation, sale, or provision, directly or through its billing and colle...

...All laws for the protection of railroads and their property, and all laws relating to or enforcing the duties and obligations of officers, agents, and employees of railroad companies to the public or to railroad companies, shall be applicable to the railroad tracks, property, officers, agents, and employees of a union terminal company.

...(A) The award by the Ohio rail development commission of a franchise for all or part of a rail system shall be the sole license required for a franchisee to exercise all specified franchise powers and enjoy all specified franchise rights. The franchise shall be for a term of not less than thirty-five, but not more than fifty years from the date of commencement of actual service operations. With the approval of the ge...

...(A) For the purpose of supplying water and providing sewer services to users within the unincorporated area of the township under a plan adopted pursuant to section 504.19 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees by resolution may acquire, construct, maintain, improve, repair, operate, and pay all or any part of the costs of water supply facilities or sewer improvements. If the best interests of the townsh...

... (A) The board of township trustees may establish all necessary rules to guard against the occurrence of fires and to protect the property and lives of the citizens against damage and accidents, and may purchase, lease, lease with an option to purchase, or otherwise provide any fire apparatus, mechanical resuscitators, underwater rescue and recovery equipment, or other fire equipment, appliances, materials, fire hydr...

...A volunteer firefighter appointed pursuant to this chapter is a bona fide volunteer and not an employee for purposes of section 513 of the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," 124 Stat. 119 (2010), 26 U.S.C. 4980H, if, for providing those fire protection services, the volunteer receives any of the benefits provided in Chapter 146., 4121., or 4123. or section 9.65, 505.23, 3333.26, 3923.13, or 4113.41 of the ...

...The board of township trustees may, in any year, levy a sufficient tax upon all taxable property in the township or in a fire district, to provide protection against fire, to provide fire and rescue services, to provide and maintain fire apparatus, mechanical resuscitators, underwater rescue and recovery equipment, and other fire equipment and appliances, buildings and sites therefor, sources of water supply and mate...

... (A) If a township police district does not include all the unincorporated territory of the township, the remaining unincorporated territory of the township may be added to the district by a resolution adopted by a unanimous vote of the board of township trustees to place the issue of expansion of the district on the ballot for the electors of the entire unincorporated territory of the township. The resolution shall ...

... (A) In the case of a township police district, the board of trustees of the township police district may levy a tax upon all of the taxable property in the township police district pursuant to sections 5705.19 and 5705.25 of the Revised Code to defray all or a portion of expenses of the township police district in providing police protection. (B) In the case of a joint police district, the joint police distr...

... The chief clinical officer of the hospital or the chief clinical officer's designee shall assure that all patients hospitalized or committed pursuant to this chapter shall: (A) Receive, within twenty days of their admission sufficient professional care to assure that an evaluation of current status, differential diagnosis, probable prognosis, and description of the current treatment plan is stated on the official...

... (A) Except as provided in divisions (C), (D), and (E) of this section, the chief clinical officer or, in a nonpublic hospital, the attending physician responsible for a patient's care shall provide all information, including expected physical and medical consequences, necessary to enable any patient of a hospital for persons with mental illnesses to give a fully informed, intelligent, and knowing consent, the opport...

...All patients hospitalized or committed pursuant to this chapter have the following rights: (A) The right to a written list of all rights enumerated in this chapter, to that person, that person's legal guardian, and that person's counsel. If the person is unable to read, the list shall be read and explained to the person. (B) The right at all times to be treated with consideration and respect for the patient's...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Quality assurance committee" means a committee that is appointed in the central office of the department of mental health and addiction services by the director of mental health and addiction services, a committee of a hospital or community setting program, or a duly authorized subcommittee of a committee of that nature and that is designated to carry out quality assurance program a...

... (A) A joint committee to examine the activities of the state's protection and advocacy system and client assistance program is hereby established. (B) The joint committee shall consist of three members of the senate appointed by the senate president, two from the majority party and one from the minority party, and three members of the house of representatives, two from the majority party and one from the minority...

... (A) Except as provided in divisions (C), (D), and (E) of this section, the chief medical officer shall provide all information, including expected physical and medical consequences, necessary to enable any resident of an institution for persons with i ntellectual disabilities to give a fully informed, intelligent, and knowing consent if any of the following procedures are proposed: (1) Surgery; (2) Sterilization;...

... (A) With every application for an exempt facility certificate filed pursuant to section 5709.21 of the Revised Code, the applicant shall pay a fee equal to one-half of one per cent of the total exempt facility project cost, not to exceed two thousand dollars. If the director of environmental protection is required to provide the opinion for an application, the fee shall be credited to the non-Title V clean air fund ...

...As used in sections 5709.61 to 5709.69 of the Revised Code: (A) "Enterprise zone" or "zone" means any of the following: (1) An area with a single continuous boundary designated in the manner set forth in section 5709.62 or 5709.63 of the Revised Code and certified by the director of development as having a population of at least four thousand according to the best and most recent data available to the director an...