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...As used in sections 2151.82 to 2151.84 of the Revised Code: (A) "Independent living services" means services and other forms of support designed to aid children and young adults to successfully make the transition to independent adult living and to achieve emotional and economic self-sufficiency. "Independent living services" may include the following: (1) Providing housing; (2) Teaching decision-making skills; (...

...A public children services agency or private child placing agency, that has temporary or permanent custody of, or is providing care in a planned permanent living arrangement to, a child who is fourteen years of age or older, shall provide independent living services to the child. The services to be provided shall be determined based on an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the child, completed or obtained ...

...(A) When a juvenile court commits a delinquent child to the custody of the department of youth services pursuant to this chapter, the court shall not designate the specific institution in which the department is to place the child but instead shall specify that the child is to be institutionalized in a secure facility. (B) When a juvenile court commits a delinquent child to the custody of the department of yo...

...(A) If a child is adjudicated a delinquent child, the court may make any of the following orders of disposition, in addition to any other disposition authorized or required by this chapter: (1) Any order that is authorized by section 2151.353 of the Revised Code for the care and protection of an abused, neglected, or dependent child; (2) Commit the child to the temporary custody of any school, camp, institution, or...

...(A) If a child is adjudicated a delinquent child or a juvenile traffic offender, the court may order any of the following dispositions, in addition to any other disposition authorized or required by this chapter: (1) Impose a fine in accordance with the following schedule: (a) For an act that would be a minor misdemeanor or an unclassified misdemeanor if committed by an adult, a fine not to exceed fifty dollars; ...

...(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, an action for assault or battery shall be brought within two years after the cause of action accrues, except as provided in division (B) of this section, if all of the following apply regarding the action, the cause of the action, and the parties to the action: (1) The action is brought against a mental health professional. (2) The assault or battery claim ass...

...As used in sections 2305.236 to 2305.239 of the Revised Code: (A) "Conduct" means actions or omissions. (B) "Domestic violence," "shelter," and "shelter for victims of domestic violence" have the same meanings as in section 3113.33 of the Revised Code. (C) "Perpetrator" means a person who allegedly has committed domestic violence and who bears one of the relationships specified in division (B) of section 3113.33 o...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Cable service" and "cable system" have the same meanings as in section 2913.04 of the Revised Code. (2) "Trier of fact" means the jury or, in a nonjury trial, the court. (3) "Profits" derived from a violation of division (B) of section 2913.04 or division (A) or (B) of section 2913.041 of the Revised Code are equal to whichever of the following applies: (a) The gross revenue deri...

..."Insider" means: (a) If the person who claims an exemption is an individual, a relative of the individual, a relative of a general partner of the individual, a partnership in which the individual is a general partner, a general partner of the individual, or a corporation of which the individual is a director, officer, or in control; (b) If the person who claims an exemption is a corporation, a director or officer o...

...(A) Each court of appeals may appoint one or more official reporters, law clerks, secretaries, and any other employees that the court considers necessary for its efficient operation. The clerk of the court of common pleas, acting as the clerk of the court of appeals for the county, shall perform the duties otherwise performed and collect the fees otherwise collected by the clerk of the court of common pleas, ...

...The garnishee shall be served, in the same manner as a summons is served, with three copies of the order of garnishment of personal earnings and of a written notice that the garnishee answer as provided in division (E) of section 2716.041 of the Revised Code, this section, and section 2716.21 of the Revised Code and with the garnishee's fee required by section 2716.04 of the Revised Code. The garnishee also shall be ...

...(A) The trial of a criminal case in this state shall be held in a court having jurisdiction of the subject matter, and, except in cases of emergency under section 1901.028, 1907.04, 2301.04, or 2501.20 of the Revised Code, in the territory of which the offense or any element of the offense was committed. (B) When the offense or any element of the offense was committed in an aircraft, motor vehicle, train, watercraft...

...(A) No person, without privilege to do so, shall recklessly obstruct any highway, street, sidewalk, or any other public passage in such a manner as to render the highway, street, sidewalk, or passage impassable without unreasonable inconvenience or hazard if both of the following apply: (1) The obstruction prevents an emergency vehicle from accessing a highway or street, prevents an emergency service responder fro...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Emergency response" means an action taken by a law enforcement agency to preserve the life, health, safety, or property of any person. (2) "Public safety answering point" and "emergency service provider" have the same meanings as in section 128.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Telecommunications device" and "telecommunications service" have the same meanings as in section 2913.01 o...

...(A) Except as provided in division (E), (F), or (G) of this section and unless a specific sanction is required to be imposed or is precluded from being imposed pursuant to law, a court that imposes a sentence upon an offender for a felony may impose any sanction or combination of sanctions on the offender that are provided in sections 2929.14 to 2929.18 of the Revised Code. If the offender is eligible to be senten...

...(A) Any interception warrant or extension of an interception warrant that is issued pursuant to sections 2933.53 to 2933.55 of the Revised Code shall contain all of the following: (1) The name and court of the judge who issued the warrant and the jurisdiction of that court; (2) If known, the identity of each person whose communications are to be intercepted or, if the identity is unascertainable, a detailed descrip...

...(A)(1)(a) Immediately after a sentencing hearing is held on or after January 1, 2008, for an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a sexually oriented offense and is sentenced to a prison term, a term of imprisonment, or any other type of confinement and before the offender is transferred to the custody of the department of rehabilitation and correction or to the official in charge of the jail, workhouse, ...

...(A)(1)(a) Immediately after a sentencing hearing is held on or after January 1, 2008, for an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a child-victim oriented offense and is sentenced to a prison term, a term of imprisonment, or any other type of confinement and before the offender is transferred to the custody of the department of rehabilitation and correction or to the official in charge of the jail, workhou...

...(A) Notwithstanding divisions (A) and (D) of section 2929.14, section 2929.02, 2929.03, 2929.06, 2929.13, or another section of the Revised Code, other than divisions (B) and (C) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code, that authorizes or requires a specified prison term or a mandatory prison term for a person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony or that specifies the manner and place of service of a priso...

...The electors of any county may establish, by charter provision, a county civil service commission, personnel office, or personnel department. In any county which, by its charter, creates such a commission, office, or department, and provides a system for appointment to the county service on the basis of merit and fitness, as ascertained by competitive examination, Chapter 124. of the Revised Code is not operative; bu...

...(A) The board of trustees of a joint emergency medical services district shall employ an executive director, who shall be in the unclassified service, and fix his compensation. In addition to that compensation, the director shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his official duties. The board may enter into an employment contract with the executive director for a ...

...(A)(1) Subject to division (C) of this section, the board of county commissioners may enter into an agreement with the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, township, port authority, water or sewer district, school district, library district, health district, park district, soil and water conservation district, water conservancy district, or other taxing district, or with the board of any other county, ...

...(A) As used in this section, "county office" means any officer, department, board, commission, or agency of a county. (B) There is hereby created in each county a county law library resources board. The board shall consist of five members who shall be appointed and hold office as provided in section 307.511 of the Revised Code. Beginning on January 1, 2010, subject to app...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Bonds" means: (a) Revenue bonds of the port authority described in division (B)(2)(a) of this section; (b) Securities as defined in division (KK) of section 133.01 of the Revised Code issued by the host municipal corporation, described in division (B)(3)(a) of this section; (c) Any bonds issued to refund any of those revenue bonds or securities. (2) "Corporation" means a no...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Bureau" means a nonprofit corporation that is organized under the laws of this state that is, or has among its functions acting as, a convention and visitors' bureau, and that currently receives revenue from existing lodging taxes. (2) "Cooperating parties" means the parties to a cooperative agreement. (3) "Cooperative agreement" means an agreement entered into pursuant to or a...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license, certificate, or permit issued pursuant to this chapter.

...(A) Each collector or dealer who sells, offers, or exposes for sale, or distributes nursery stock within this state, or ships nursery stock to other states, shall pay an annual license fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars to the director of agriculture for each place of business the collector or dealer operates. (B)(1) Each dealer shall furnish the director, annually, an affidavit that the dealer will buy a...

...The plant pest program fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of money credited to it under section 909.15 of the Revised Code and under this chapter and any rules adopted under it. The director of agriculture shall use money in the fund to administer this chapter and Chapter 909. of the Revised Code. The director shall keep accurate records of all receipts into and disbursements...

...The fees required by section 927.53 of the Revised Code do not apply to: (A) A person who produces for sale either within this state or within any state in which such plants and parts do not require a certificate of inspection as a condition of entry, only nonhardy plants and plant parts, vegetable plants, herbs, or forced floral plants, of whatever nature, while in bloom; (B) A person who conducts the sale of nurs...

...(A) Each nurseryman, dealer, or collector of nursery stock, who resides in or has his principal place of business in another state and who sends nursery stock into this state without having a bona fide order in advance for all such nursery stock, shall obtain the same license that is required by section 927.53 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of agriculture may enter into such reciprocal contracts and ag...

...The director of agriculture may require any person who receives, directly or indirectly, nursery stock from a foreign country to notify the department of agriculture of the arrival of such shipment, the contents thereof, and the name and address of the consignor. If instructed to do so by the director, such person shall hold any such shipment unopened until inspected or released by the director. Any infested stock wh...

...The director of agriculture or his authorized representative, shall, at least once each year, inspect each nursery and other place in this state in which nursery stock is stored or held for sale. The director or his authorized representative shall have free access, within reasonable hours, to any field, orchard, garden, greenhouse, packing ground, building, cellar, freight, or express office, or warehouse, car, vesse...

...Each nurseryman or collector who sells or delivers nursery stock in this state shall apply in writing before the fifteenth day of April of each year to the director of agriculture for inspection of his nursery stock growing in this state. Such nurseryman or collector is liable for any additional expense incurred in the inspection of the nursery stock which may be due to his failure to give such notice prior to said d...

...(A) The director of agriculture shall issue to each nurseryman, after the stock in his nursery has been officially inspected and found to be apparently free from injurious or harmful pests and after payment of the fees required by section 927.53 of the Revised Code, a certificate setting forth the fact of such inspection. The certificate is valid not to exceed one year from the first day of January following the fili...

...(A) No person shall make a false declaration of acreage or conceal any nursery stock from inspection. (B) Each person who sells nursery stock shall, if requested, furnish the director of agriculture with copies of the order forms, contracts, and agreements with his customers which are furnished for the use of agents or customers, or both.

...(A) If the director of agriculture or his authorized representative determines that a pest in or on any premises used for growing, storage, or sale of nursery stock is destructive or harmful, he shall: (1) Notify the nurseryman, dealer, collector or person having charge of the premises, in writing, of the presence of such pest; (2) Restrict the movement of such infested stock, or withold such person's license or c...

...(A) Each person who wholesales, sells for resale, or distributes for resale nursery stock in this state shall attach on the outside of each package, box, bale, or vehicle load, or lot sold or delivered, a tag or poster on which shall appear on exact copy of his valid license or certificate of inspection. (B) No person shall use certificate tags or posters which have been altered or are invalid. (C) No person shall ...

...(A) Nursery stock which is shipped into this state from another state or country, shall have attached thereto a tag or poster bearing a facsimile copy of a valid state or federal certificate of inspection. (B) No person shall accept any nursery stock for transportation which does not have a facsimile of a valid certificate or license plainly affixed on the outside of the package, box, bale, vehicle, or car containin...

...(A) No person shall sell or offer for sale or distribute any nursery stock which: (1) Is not securely labeled in accordance with the "International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants" with the complete correct botanical or approved common name as recognized by the latest edition of: (a) "Wyman's gardening encyclopedia"; (b) Bailey's "Hortus III"; or (c) Other authoritative works and checklists. (2) Is la...

...(A) The director of agriculture or his authorized representative may seize, or order removed from sale, any nursery stock which has been removed from the field where grown, has not been permanently replanted, and: (1) Does not comply with the requirements of section 927.67 of the Revised Code with respect to soundness, vigor, or freedom from pests; (2) Is not correctly labeled in accordance with section 927.67 of t...

...No person and no political subdivision, agency, department, or instrumentality of the state shall, without a permit issued by the director of agriculture, sell, offer for sale, or plant any variety of multiflora rose plants or seed in this state, except that a licensed nurseryman may plant the multiflora rose for use as a root stock in growing roses other than the multiflora rose in his nursery. The director may issu...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, no person and no political subdivision, agency, department, or instrumentality of the state shall sell, offer for sale, or plant Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) plants or seed in this state without a permit issued by the director of agriculture. The director may issue permits to plant Lythrum salicaria for use in controlled experiments. (B) The...

...To effect the purpose of sections 927.51 to 927.73 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture or the director's authorized representative may: (A) Make reasonable inspection of any premises in this state and any property therein or thereon; (B) Stop and inspect in a reasonable manner, any means of conveyance moving within this state upon probable cause to believe it contains or carries any pest, host, c...

...(A) No person shall knowingly permit any plant pest that has been determined to be destructive or dangerously harmful by the director of agriculture, in compliance with procedures required by division (A) of section 927.52 of the Revised Code, to exist in or on the person's premises. (B) Whenever the director or the director's authorized representative finds any article or commodity to be infested or has reas...

...(A) As used in this section, "gypsy moth" means the live insect, Lymantria dispar, in any stage of development. (B) The director of agriculture may establish a voluntary gypsy moth suppression program under which a landowner may request that the department of agriculture have the landowner's property aerially sprayed to suppress the presence of gypsy moths in exchange for payment from the landowner of a porti...

...(A) The director of agriculture, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may quarantine: (1) This state or any portion thereof when the director determines that such action is necessary to prevent or retard the spread of a pest into, within, or from this state; (2) Any other state or portion thereof when the director determines that a pest exists therein and that such action is necessary to preve...

...(A) No person shall violate sections 927.51 to 927.71, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or any rule or regulation of the director of agriculture promulgated under such sections. (B) The act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, servant, or other individual acting for or employed by any person within the scope of his employment or office, shall be the act, omission, or failure of such person, as well as that of...

...(A) The director of agriculture or his authorized representative may prosecute any violation of sections 927.51 to 927.72, inclusive, of the Revised Code, in any court of competent jurisdiction. (B) Upon request of the director, the prosecuting attorney of the county, or the prosecuting officer of any other political subdivision, in which any such prosecution is pending, shall aid in any investigation, prosecution, ...

...Whoever violates sections 927.51 to 927.72 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree on a first offense; on each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Cannabidiol" means the cannabidiol compound, containing a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than three-tenths per cent, derived from hemp. (B) "Cultivate" or "cultivating" means to plant, water, grow, fertilize, till, or harvest a plant or crop. "Cultivating" includes possessing or storing a plant or crop on a premises where the plant or crop was cultivated unt...