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...As used in sections 1334.01 to 1334.15 of the Revised Code: (A) "Seller" means a person who sells or leases a business opportunity plan. (B) "Purchaser" means a person to whom a business opportunity plan is sold or leased. (C) "Broker" means a person, other than a seller, who sells or leases, offers for sale or lease, or arranges for the sale or lease of a business opportunity plan for a commission, fee, or ...

...(A) If, pursuant to division (H) of section 1334.03 of the Revised Code, a seller is required to obtain a surety bond or establish a trust account, the bond or trust account required shall be in favor of the state for the benefit of any purchaser who is damaged by a violation of, or by the seller's breach of an agreement subject to, sections 1334.01 to 1334.15 of the Revised Code. The surety bond shall be issued by a...

...(A) The general assembly declares that the offer and sale of business opportunity plans is a matter affected with a public interest. The general assembly further declares that it is the intent of this chapter to protect prospective purchasers of business opportunity plans by requiring that sellers provide the purchasers with the information necessary to make an intelligent decision about the business opportunit...

...For the purposes of this chapter: (A)(1) A transfer is made if either of the following applies: (a) With respect to an asset that is real property other than a fixture, but including the interest of a seller or purchaser under a contract for the sale of the asset, when the transfer is so far perfected that a good faith purchaser of the asset from the debtor against whom applicable law permits the transfer to be per...

...(A)(1) An attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care shall make health care decisions for the principal only if the instrument substantially complies with section 1337.12 of the Revised Code and specifically authorizes the attorney in fact to make health care decisions for the principal, and only if the attending physician of the principal determines that the principal has lost the capacity to...

...A printed form of durable power of attorney for health care may be sold or otherwise distributed in this state for use by adults who are not advised by an attorney. By use of such a printed form, a principal may authorize an attorney in fact to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf, but the printed form shall not be used as an instrument for granting authority for any other decisions. Any printed form ...

...Sections 1337.21 to 1337.64 of the Revised Code apply to all powers of attorney except the following: (A) A power to the extent it is coupled with an interest in the subject of the power, including a power given to or for the benefit of a creditor in connection with a credit transaction; (B) A power to make health-care decisions; (C) A proxy or other delegation to exercise voting rights or management rights w...

...(A) Any of the following persons may petition a court to construe a power of attorney or review the agent's conduct and grant appropriate relief: (1) The principal or the agent; (2) A guardian, conservator, or other fiduciary acting for the principal, including an executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased principal; (3) A person authorized to make health-care decisions for the principal; (4) The...

...Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to insurance and annuities authorizes the agent to do all of the following: (A) Continue, pay the premium or make a contribution on, modify, exchange, rescind, release, or terminate a contract procured by or on behalf of the principal that insures or provides an annuity to either the princi...

...(A) As used in this section, "estate, trust, or other beneficial interest" means a trust, probate estate, guardianship, conservatorship, escrow, or custodianship or a fund from which the principal is, may become, or claims to be entitled to a share or payment. (B) Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to estates, trusts, and o...

...(A) No supplier shall commit an unconscionable act or practice in connection with a consumer transaction. Such an unconscionable act or practice by a supplier violates this section whether it occurs before, during, or after the transaction. (B) In determining whether an act or practice is unconscionable, the following circumstances shall be taken into consideration: (1) Whether the supplier has knowingly taken adva...

...(A) No supplier shall commit an unconscionable act or practice concerning a consumer transaction in connection with the origination of a residential mortgage. Such an unconscionable act or practice by a supplier violates this section whether it occurs before, during, or after the transaction. (B) For purposes of division (A) of this section, the following acts or practices of a supplier in connection with such a tra...

...ability, the buyer is unable to receive benefits from the seller's services, the contract shall be proportionally divided by all of the days in which the facility was made available to the buyer as part of the contract offering, and the buyer shall be liable for payments only for that portion of the contract that can be attributed to the period prior to the buyer's actual death or disability, exclusive of any period ...

...If the facility that is the subject of the contract is under construction, and is not available for service at the time the buyer signs the contract, the seller shall maintain a surety bond issued by a surety company authorized to do business in this state the principal sum of which shall be a minimum of ten thousand dollars. The seller is relieved from the obligation to maintain the bond twenty-four months after com...

...(A) Every invention developer rendering or offering to render invention development services in this state shall maintain a bond in the amount of ten thousand dollars issued by a surety company that is authorized to do business in this state. The invention developer shall file a copy of the bond with the secretary of state prior to the time the invention developer first commences business in this state. (B) The bond...

...(A) "Adjusted for inflation" means increased in accordance with the formula for inflation adjustment set forth in exhibit C to the Master Settlement Agreement. (B) "Affiliate" means a person who directly or indirectly owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with, another person. Solely for purposes of this definition, the terms "owns," "is owned" and "ownership" mea...

...(A) The attorney general, on behalf of the tax commissioner, may seek an injunction to restrain a threatened or actual violation of division (C)(1) of section 1346.05 of the Revised Code or division (A) or (C) of section 1346.07 of the Revised Code by a stamping agent and to compel the stamping agent to comply with those divisions. (B) In any action brought by the state to enforce sections 1346.05 to 1346.10 of the ...

..., contract, or plan or any other health benefits arrangement. (4) "Provider" has the same meaning as in section 3902.11 of the Revised Code. (B) If, pursuant to an action for divorce, annulment, dissolution of marriage, or legal separation, the court determines that a party who is a resident of this state is responsible for obtaining health insurance coverage for the party's former spouse or children or if, pursua...

...Except as otherwise provided in sections 135.14, 135.143, 135.181, and 135.182 of the Revised Code, as used in sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code: (A) "Active deposit" means a public deposit necessary to meet current demands on the treasury, and that is deposited in any of the following: (1) A commercial account that is payable or withdrawable, in whole or in part, on demand; (2) A negotiable orde...

...(A) Each institution designated as a public depository and awarded public deposits under sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code, except as provided in section 135.144 or 135.145 of the Revised Code, shall provide security for the repayment of all public deposits by selecting one of the following methods: (1) Securing all uninsured public deposits of each public depositor separately as set forth in divisions (...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Public depository" means that term as defined in section 135.01 of the Revised Code, but also means an institution that receives or holds any public deposits as defined in section 135.31 of the Revised Code. (2) "Public depositor" means that term as defined in section 135.01 of the Revised Code, but also includes a county and any municipal corporation that has adopted a charter...

...(A) Except as provided in section 135.353 or 135.354 of the Revised Code, any institution described in section 135.32 of the Revised Code in receipt of a deposit of public moneys under section 135.33 or 135.35 of the Revised Code shall provide security for the repayment of all public moneys deposited in the public depository by selecting one of the following methods: (1) Securing all uninsured public deposits of eac...

...(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, a treasurer, governing board, or investing authority of a subdivision may pay public moneys of the subdivision into the Ohio subdivision's fund, which may be established in the custody of the treasurer of state. The treasurer of state shall invest the moneys in the fund in separately managed accounts and pooled accounts, including the state treasurer's investment pool, in ...

...(A) The treasurer of state may create a taxable investment pool or a tax-exempt investment pool, or both, for the purpose of providing a procedure for the temporary investment of bond proceeds. The pool shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state. (B) A treasurer, governing board, or investing authority of a subdivision, or any agency of the state that has debt-issuing authority may pay bond proceeds into ei...

...f providing eligible borrowers with the benefits of the applicable linked deposit program, and in accordance with the deposit agreement provided in section 135.623 of the Revised Code. (L) "Owner" includes a holder of one of the several estates in fee, a vendee in possession under a purchase agreement or a land contract, a mortgagor, a life tenant, one or more tenants with a right of survivorship, tenants in commo...