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... As used in this section, "solicit" or "solicitations" means to directly advertise to a person. "Solicit" and "solicitations" do not include either of the following: (1) Communication initiated by a consumer; (2) Advertising or marketing to a person with whom the solicitor has a current or former commercial relationship. (B) Any person other than the federal government, the state, a state agency, or a local g...

...a charitable appeal as the basis of any solicitation or an appeal that suggests that there is a charitable purpose to any solicitation. (2) "Charitable organization" is not limited to only those organizations to which contributions are tax deductible under section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code. "Charitable organization" does not include an employer who is not engaged in the business of soliciting contributions...

...fessional solicitor shall engage in any solicitation unless it has complied with the requirements of this chapter and any rules adopted under this chapter. (B) Every professional solicitor, before engaging in any solicitation, shall register with the attorney general. Applications for registration or renewal of registration shall be in writing, under oath, and in the form prescribed by the attorney general, and sha...

...the amount of revenue received from the solicitation campaign, or the number and value of goods received from the solicitation campaign, the stated benefit that the charitable organization will receive shall be a fixed percentage of the gross revenue or a fixed percentage of the amount or value of goods collected. (2) If the compensation of the professional solicitor is not contingent upon the number of contributio...

...ges in a health insuring corporation's solicitation document shall be filed with the superintendent of insurance thirty days prior to use for informational purposes, and shall comply with the requirements of this section. If the superintendent finds that any solicitation document fails to comply with the requirements of this section, the superintendent may disapprove any solicitation document or require amendm...

...ly obligated as a result of a telephone solicitation. (6) "Salesperson" means an individual who is employed, appointed, or authorized by a telephone solicitor to make telephone solicitations but does not mean any of the following: (a) An individual who comes within one of the exemptions in division (B) of this section; (b) An individual employed, appointed, or authorized by a person who comes within one of the ...

...used in this section: (1) "Competitive solicitation" means a request for proposal or any other solicitation or announcement by a public office requiring bids or proposals for the provision of goods or services to that office. (2) "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 ...

...lth or safety, a felony, or an improper solicitation for a contribution, the person orally shall notify the person's supervisor or other responsible officer of the person's employer of the violation and subsequently shall file with that supervisor or officer a written report that provides sufficient detail to identify and describe the violation. If the employer does not correct the violation or make a reasonable and ...

...anning, conducting, or executing of any solicitation of contributions for a charitable organization or charitable purpose or to the planning, conducting, or executing of a charitable sales promotion: (1) Committing any deceptive act or practice; (2) Misleading any person as to any material fact concerning the solicitation of contributions for a charitable organization or charitable purpose or concerning a charita...

...e copy of a deed in connection with the solicitation for any other service or product shall state on the top of the document used for the solicitation, in at least twenty-four-point type, all of the following: (a) That the solicitation is not from a public body; (b) That no action is legally required by the person being solicited; (c) The statutory fee for, or the cost of, obtaining a copy of the deed from the ...

...department subsequently terminates the solicitation prior to the solicitation expiration date, the department shall prorate the amount of the reimbursement that is to be paid to each private entity participating in the solicitation on the date the department terminates the solicitation. The department shall calculate the proration percentage by determining the number of days from the date the solicitation firs...

...(a) A state employee at the time of the solicitation, whose appointing authority will be the candidate, if elected; (b) A state employee at the time of the solicitation, whose appointing authority will be appointed by the candidate, if elected, as authorized or required by law; (c) A state employee at the time of the solicitation, who will function in or be employed in or by the same public agency, department, divi...

...he buyer has the right to cancel a home solicitation sale until midnight of the third business day after the day on which the buyer signs an agreement or offer to purchase. Cancellation is evidenced by the buyer giving written notice of cancellation to the seller at the seller's address, electronic mail address, or facsimile number stated in the agreement or offer to purchase. The buyer shall deliver the notice by ce...

...(A) Every home solicitation sale shall be evidenced by a written agreement or offer to purchase in the same language as that principally used in the oral sales presentation and shall contain the name and address of the seller. The seller shall present the writing to the buyer and obtain the buyer's signature to it. The writing shall state the date on which the buyer actually signs. The seller shall leave with the buy...

...e first degree. Each occurrence of a solicitation of a contribution from any person in violation of any provision of sections 1716.02 to 1716.17 of the Revised Code, other than division (A)(1) of section 1716.14 of the Revised Code, is considered a separate offense. (B)(1) Whoever violates division (A)(1) of section 1716.14 of the Revised Code is guilty of solicitation fraud and shall be punished as provided in ...

...ion is guilty of loitering to engage in solicitation, a misdemeanor of the third degree. (2) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of loitering to engage in solicitation after a positive HIV test. If the offender commits the violation prior to July 1, 1996, loitering to engage in solicitation after a positive HIV test is a felony of the fourth degree. If the offender commits the violation on or aft...

...pplicant intends to engage in telephone solicitations; (2) Each business or occupation engaged in by the applicant during the three years immediately preceding the date of the application, and the location of each such business or occupation; (3) The previous experience of the applicant as a telephone solicitor or salesperson; (4) Whether in any jurisdiction the applicant has been arrested for, convicted of, or pl...

... a purchaser as a result of a telephone solicitation, to purchase goods or services from a telephone solicitor is valid or legally binding unless the telephone solicitor receives from the purchaser a signed, written confirmation that complies with divisions (F) and (G) of this section and discloses in full the terms of the agreement. (B) No purchaser is liable for payment for goods or services provided by a telepho...

... following: (a) Receives a qualifying solicitation; (b) Conducts disaster work in this state during a disaster response period; (c) Is not subject to taxation under Chapter 5747. or 5751. of the Revised Code on any basis other than such disaster work during the calendar year preceding the year in which the disaster response period begins or is subject to such taxation during that year solely because the person ...

...all be given to such activities as the solicitation, investigation, negotiation, approval, and administration of the loan. The terms "solicitation," "investigation," "negotiation," "approval," and "administration" are defined as follows: (i) "Solicitation" is either active or passive. Active solicitation occurs when an employee of the taxpayer initiates the contact with the customer. Such activity is located a...

...as agent for the purchaser, has made no solicitation of the order to purchase the security, has no interest in the distribution of the security, and delivers to the purchaser written confirmation of the transaction that clearly itemizes the dealer's commission. "Solicitation," as used in this division, means solicitation of the order for the specific security purchased and does not include general solicitations or ad...

...ime has custody of contributions from a solicitation shall do all of the following: (1) Not later than ninety days after a solicitation campaign has been completed and on the anniversary of the commencement of a solicitation campaign lasting more than one year, furnish an accounting of all contributions collected and expenses paid, to the charitable organization with which the fund-raising counsel has contracted. T...

...ration, shall use any advertisement or solicitation document, or shall engage in any activity, that is unfair, untrue, misleading, or deceptive. (B) No health insuring corporation shall use a name that is deceptively similar to the name or description of any insurance or surety corporation doing business in this state. (C) All solicitation documents, advertisements, evidences of coverage, and enrollee identi...

...k is available; (2) Time permits the solicitation, submission, and evaluation of sealed bids; (3) The award will be made on the basis of price and other price-related factors; (4) It is not necessary to conduct discussions with responding offerors about their bids; (5) There is a reasonable expectation of receiving more than one sealed bid. A regional transit authority shall publish a notice calling for bi...

...or organization that makes door-to-door solicitations for contributions to influence legislation, for contributions to influence the actions of any regulatory agency, or for contributions to support or oppose the campaign of any candidate for political office shall report in writing to the secretary of state by the thirty-first day of July of each year with regard to actions taken during the first six months of that ...