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...A volunteer peace officers' dependents fund board shall meet promptly after election of the board's members and organize. The board shall select from among its members a chairperson and a secretary. The secretary of the board shall keep a complete record of the board's proceedings, which shall be maintained as a permanent file. Board members shall serve without compensation. The legislative authority of the fund m...

...(A) As used in this section and section 145.038 of the Revised Code, "business entity" means an entity with five or more employees that is a corporation, association, firm, limited liability company, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity engaged in business. A contract between a public employer and a business entity shall state that all individuals employed by the business entity who provide perso...

...(A) A public employer who on or after January 7, 2013, begins to receive personal services from an individual it classifies as an independent contractor or another classification other than public employee shall inform the individual of the classification and that no contributions will be made to the public employees retirement system for the services. Not later than thirty days after the services begin, the em...

...(A) The office of a member of the public employees retirement board who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony, a theft offense as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, or a violation of section 102.02, 102.03, 102.04, 2921.02, 2921.11, 2921.13, 2921.31, 2921.41, 2921.42, 2921.43, or 2921.44 of the Revised Code shall be deemed vacant. A person who has pleaded guilty to or been convicted of an of...

...Each member of the public employees retirement board, upon assuming office, shall take an oath that the member will support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state, and that the member will diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the board and that the member will not knowingly violate or willfully permit to be violated any provision of this chapter. Such oath shall be subscr...

...(A) As used in this section and section 145.2913 of the Revised Code: (1) "Uniform retirement system" or "uniform system" means the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement system. (2) "Military service credit" means credit purchased or obtained under this chapter or Chapter 742. or 5505. of the Revised Code for service in the armed forces of the United States. (B) A member of the publi...

...(A) If the conditions described in division (B) of section 145.2910 of the Revised Code are met, a member of the public employees retirement system who is not receiving a pension or benefit from the public employees retirement system is eligible to obtain credit for service as a member of the Cincinnati retirement system under this section. (B) A member of the public employees retirement system who has contributions...

...(A) If the conditions described in division (B) of section 145.2910 of the Revised Code are met and a person who is a member or former member of the public employees retirement system but not a current contributor and who is not receiving a pension or benefit from the public employees retirement system elects to receive credit under the Cincinnati retirement system for service for which the person contributed to the ...

...(A) As used in this section, "transferred service credit" means service credit purchased or obtained under section 742.21, 742.214, 742.375, 5505.201, 5505.40, or 5505.41 of the Revised Code prior to the date a member commenced the employment covered by the public employees retirement system for which the member is currently contributing to the system. (B) A member of the public employees retirement system who...

...(A) As used in this section and sections 145.362 and 145.363 of the Revised Code: (1) "Examining physician" means a physician appointed by the public employees retirement board to conduct a medical examination of a disability benefit applicant or recipient. (2) "Medical consultant" means a physician appointed by the board to review a member's application for a disability benefit or an appeal of a denial or term...

...This section does not apply to a disability recipient who, at the time contributing service terminated, was a PERS law enforcement officer. (A) A recipient of a disability benefit granted under this chapter whose application for such benefit is received by the public employees retirement system on or after January 7, 2013, shall, regardless of when the disability occurred, apply for social security disability insura...

...(A) Each public employee who is a contributor to the public employees retirement system shall contribute eight per cent of the contributor's earnable salary to the employees' savings fund, except that the public employees retirement board may raise the contribution rate to a rate not greater than ten per cent of the employee's earnable salary. (B) The head of each state department, institution, board, and co...

...(A) As used in this section, "alternate payee," "benefit," "lump sum payment," "participant," and "public retirement program" have the same meanings as in section 3105.80 of the Revised Code. (B) On receipt of an order issued under section 3105.171 or 3105.65 of the Revised Code, the public employees retirement system shall determine whether the order meets the requirements of sections 3105.80 to 3105.90 of the Revi...

...(A) The term of each volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board member is one year and begins the first day of January. (B) Election of volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board members provided for in divisions (A)(1) and (B)(1) of section 146.03 of the Revised Code shall be held each year no earlier than the first day of November and no later than the second Monday in December, and the election of the boa...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, a commission for a notary public appointed prior to the effective date of this section shall remain valid until that commission's expiration date. (2) A commission issued to an attorney shall be governed by section 147.03 of the Revised Code. (B) A commission that is set to expire as described in section 147.03 of the Revised Code or as in division (A) ...

...(A)(1) If the secretary of state believes that a violation of this chapter has occurred, the secretary of state may investigate such violations. (2) The secretary of state may investigate possible violations of this chapter upon a signed complaint from any person. (B) After an investigation, the secretary of state may take any of the following actions: (1) Revoke the notary public's commission; (2) Suspend...

...Representatives of the United Spanish War Veterans, The Disabled American Veterans, The American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, and other congressionally chartered veterans' organizations, who are recognized as such representatives by the administrator of the veterans' administration, and who are engaged in the preparation and prosecution of claims of veterans and their dependents before the r...

...(A) A notary public, or any other individual with similar authority under this section, is authorized to perform the following notarial acts: (1) Administer oaths or affirmations required or authorized by law; (2) Take and certify acknowledgments of deeds, mortgages, liens, powers of attorney, and other instruments of writing; (3) Take and certify depositions. In taking depositions, a notary public shall have ...

...(A) If the notarial act is performed by any of the persons described in divisions (A) and (B) of section 147.51 of the Revised Code, other than a person authorized to perform notarial acts by the laws or regulations of a foreign country, the signature, rank, or title and serial number, if any, of the person are sufficient proof of the authority of a holder of that rank or title to perform the act. Further proof of th...

...(A) The secretary of state shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary to implement, set, and maintain standards for online notarizations and online notaries public. Such rules shall address, at a minimum, all of the following: (1) The standards, procedures, application forms, and fees for the authorization of a notary public to act as an online notary public; (2) The means of performing o...

...(A) There is hereby created the Ohio African-American hall of fame governing board to raise funds for the Ohio African-American hall of fame, to commission a business plan for implementation of the hall of fame, to advise the Ohio history connection in the performance of its duties under section 149.305 of the Revised Code, and to select and induct persons into the hall of fame pursuant to that section. The board sha...

...The provisions of sections 149.31 to 149.42, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall not impair or restrict the authority given by other statutes over the creation of records, systems, forms, procedures, or the control over purchases of equipment by public offices.

...The director of natural resources may spend out of any funds appropriated to the department of natural resources for studies, planning, or engineering, such moneys as are necessary for the preparation of studies or plans for any state park or proposed state park in connection with which any lands or interests therein or public service facilities, or both, are to be acquired, constructed, enlarged, equipped, furnished...

...The department of natural resources through the division of parks and watercraft may plan, supervise, acquire, construct, enlarge, improve, erect, equip, and furnish public service facilities such as inns, lodges, hotels, cottages, camping sites, scenic trails, picnic sites, restaurants, commissaries, golf courses, boating and bathing facilities, and other similar facilities in state parks reasonably necessary and us...

...There is hereby created in the division of forestry a forestry advisory council which shall consist of eight appointed members, not more than four of whom shall belong to the same political party, to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. One member shall be appointed to represent each of the following: forest-based research activities, small private forest land owners, large private ...