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...ual review of the statewide voter registration database to identify persons who appear not to be United States citizens, as follows: (A) The secretary of state shall compare the information in the statewide voter registration database with the information the secretary of state obtains from the bureau of motor vehicles under section 3503.151 of the Revised Code to identify any person who does all of the following,...

...(A) The statewide voter registration database shall be made available on a web site of the office of the secretary of state as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the following information from the statewide voter registration database regarding a registered elector shall be made available on the web site: (a) The elector's name; (b) The elector's birth date; (c) ...

...n or by a third person. Any voter registration, change of address, or change of name application, returned by mail, may be sent only to the secretary of state or the board of elections. A registered elector also may update the registration of that registered elector by filing a change of residence or change of name form on the day of a special, primary, or general election at the polling place in the precinct in wh...

...es shall correct and transfer the registration forms of registered electors whose voting precincts have thus been changed and shall notify such registrants by mail. The registration of an elector shall not be invalidated by such alteration or transfer nor shall the right of any registered elector to vote be prejudiced by any error in making out the certified list of registered voters.

...ections shall promptly cancel the registration of each elector named in the report in accordance with section 3503.21 of the Revised Code. If the report contains a residence address of an elector in a county other than the county in which the board of elections is located, the director shall promptly send a copy of the report to the appropriate board of elections, which shall cancel the registration in accordance wit...

...ed to register or to change their registration because of a change of address or change of name may register or change their registration in person at any state or local office of a designated agency, at the office of the registrar or any deputy registrar of motor vehicles, at a public high school or vocational school, at a public library, at the office of a county treasurer, or at a branch office established by the ...

...the Revised Code to request voter registration forms electronically from the office of the secretary of state or the board of elections of the county in which the person's voting residence is located. (B) The procedures shall allow such a person to express a preference for the manner in which the person will receive the requested voter registration forms, whether by mail, electronically, or in person. The reg...

...l establish a secure online voter registration system. The system shall provide for all of the following: (1) An applicant to submit a voter registration application to the secretary of state online through the internet; (2) The online applicant to be registered to vote, if all of the following apply: (a) The application contains all of the following information: (i) The applicant's name; (ii) The applicant's ad...

...(A) The registration of a registered elector shall be canceled upon the occurrence of any of the following: (1) The filing by a registered elector of a written request with a board of elections or the secretary of state, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and signed by the elector, that the registration be canceled. The filing of such a request does not prohibit an otherwise qualified elector from reregi...

...prepared from the statewide voter registration database established under section 3503.15 of the Revised Code a complete and official registration list for each precinct, containing the names, addresses, and political party whose ballot the elector voted in the most recent primary election within the current year and the immediately preceding two calendar years, of all qualified registered voters in the precinct, exc...

...or the correction of any precinct registration list or a challenge of the right to vote of any registered elector may be made by any qualified elector at the office of the board of elections not later than the thirtieth day before the day of the election. The applications or challenges, with the reasons for the application or challenge, shall be filed with the board in person or by mail on a form prescribed by the se...

...estimony under oath regarding the registration of any voter or as to the accuracy of the registration lists in any precinct.

...(A) All registration forms and lists, when not in official use by the registrars or precinct election officials, shall be in the possession of the board of elections. Names and addresses of electors may be copied from the registration lists only in the office of the board when it is open for business; but no such copying shall be permitted during the period of time commencing twenty-one days before an election and en...

...ormation brochure regarding voter registration. The brochure shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following information: (1) The applicable deadlines for registering to vote or for returning an applicant's completed registration form; (2) The applicable deadline for returning an applicant's completed registration form if the person returning the form is being compensated for registering voters; (3)...

...ring a voter submits a completed registration form that has been entrusted to that person to a board of elections, the person also shall submit, with the voter registration form, a copy of the affirmation signed by the person under division (C)(3) of this section. A single copy of the signed affirmation may be submitted with all voter registration forms that are returned by that person at one time. (E) None of...

...f his true residence, correct his registration form. The board may correct all errors occurring in the registration of electors when it finds that the errors subject to correction were not of fraudulent intent.

...If an elector applying for registration is already registered in another state or in another county within this state, the elector shall declare this fact to the registration officer and shall sign an authorization to cancel the previous registration on a form prescribed by the secretary of state. The director of the board of elections shall mail all such authorizations to the board of elections or comparable agency...

...the Revised Code. (F) "Food service operation" means a place, location, site, or separate area where food intended to be served in individual portions is prepared or served for a charge or required donation. As used in this division, "served" means a response made to an order for one or more individual portions of food in a form that is edible without washing, cooking, or additional preparation and "prepared" ...

...enting the interests of food service operations; (3) Four persons representing boards of health or the health departments operated by boards of health; (4) One person representing the academic community who is knowledgeable in food science or food technology; (5) One person representing the general public who is not employed by this state or any of its political subdivisions and has no pecuniary interest in a reta...

...food establishments and food service operations; (8) Making recommendations to the director of health with respect to the program for certification of individuals in food protection and approval of courses in food protection. (B) The council shall hold a meeting at the request of the director of agriculture, at the request of the director of health, or on written request of three or more voting members of the counc...

...food establishments and food service operations. The rules adopted under this chapter shall be applied uniformly throughout this state. All rules adopted under this chapter shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Subject to the approval of the joint committee on agency rule review, portions of the rules may be adopted by referencing all or any part of any federal regulations pert...

...To assist in the uniform application of the rules adopted under this chapter, the director of agriculture and director of health shall jointly issue a letter of opinion when issuance of a letter of opinion is recommended by the retail food safety advisory council under section 3717.03 of the Revised Code. A letter of opinion shall be issued not later than sixty days after the date the recommendation is received from ...

...food establishments and food service operations. The rules shall be compiled as the Ohio uniform food safety code, which shall be used by the licensors of retail food establishments and food service operations in ensuring the safe handling of food in this state. All scientific provisions of the Ohio uniform food safety code that are relevant to both retail food establishments and food service operations shall be adop...

...safety rules concerning food service operations and the epidemiology of foodborne illness. The individuals appointed to these positions shall serve as liaisons between the departments. They shall also serve as the departments' liaisons with other state agencies, boards of health, representatives of retail and other food establishments, representatives of food service operations, and the federal government.

...the costs of licensing food service operations in the categories specified by the director of health. In adopting the rules, the director of agriculture and the director of health shall consider any recommendations received from advisory boards or other entities representing the interests of retail food establishments and food service operations. (B) The rules shall include provisions that do all of the foll...

...gislative authority of a municipal corporation may authorize an agent to enter upon any lands in a quarantined area within the subdivisions for the sole purpose of inspecting such lands for the existence of the pest for which the quarantined area has been established. Such powers of inspection may be exercised by any such subdivision, through its agent, solely to prepare a campaign within the subdivision against a p...

...Upon request, the director of agriculture or the director's authorized representative shall provide guidance and technical assistance to owners of land who are seeking enrollment in agricultural security areas and to boards of township trustees and boards of county commissioners who receive applications requesting the establishment of agricultural security areas.

...(A)(1) The director of agriculture or the director's designee may enter at all reasonable times any premises at which a dangerous wild animal or restricted snake is confined, with the consent of the owner of the premises, for the purpose of determining compliance with this chapter and rules. (2) If the director or the director's designee is denied access to any such premises, and if the director reasonably suspects...

...The board of county commissioners of each county in which there is a soil and water conservation district may levy a tax within the ten-mill limitation and may appropriate money from the proceeds of the levy or from the general fund of the county. The money shall be held in a special fund for the credit of the district, to be expended for the purposes prescribed in section 940.08 of the Revised Code or under the poli...

... the Revised Code relating to the registration, seizing, impounding, and destroying of dogs, including the purchase, construction, and repair of vehicles and facilities necessary for the proper administration of such sections, the board of county commissioners, at the December session, if there remains more than two thousand dollars in the dog and kennel fund for that year in a county in which there is a society for ...

...The board of county commissioners, not later than the third regular meeting after it is presented with the account provided for by section 955.42 of the Revised Code, shall examine the account and, if it is found in whole or part correct and just, may order a payment in whole or in part to either the patient, the representative of the patient referred to in that section, or the physician who rendered the patient's me...

...d a license, temporary permit, or registration certificate under Chapter 4741. of the Revised Code; (2) An animal used in scientific research conducted by a research facility in accordance with the federal animal welfare act and related regulations. As used in division (E)(2) of this section, "federal animal welfare act" has the same meaning as in section 959.131 of the Revised Code. (F) The offenses established ...

...ogs in return for a fee or other consideration. (10) "Livestock" means horses, mules, and other equidae; cattle, sheep, goats, and other bovidae; swine and other suidae; poultry; alpacas; llamas; captive white-tailed deer; and any other animal that is raised or maintained domestically for food or fiber. (11) "Captive white-tailed deer" has the same meaning as in section 1531.01 of the Revised Code. (12) "Seriou...

...(A) For purposes of this section, "reporting body" means any of the following persons or entities: (1) The department of agriculture; (2) The Ohio expositions commission; (3) A county agricultural society fair board; (4) An independent agricultural society fair board; (5) An owner of an amusement ride. (B) If a reporting body receives, from an amusement ride manufacturer or other entity responsible for pa...

...f a county, township, or municipal corporation by ordinance, resolution, order, or other proceeding, in pursuance of a statute of the state, has authorized or caused the issue and delivery of any bonds, obligations, or instruments of such county, township, or municipal corporation, or has caused any county, township, or municipal contracts, grants, franchises, rights, or privileges to be made or given, which were val...

...For the purpose of organizing the senate and house of representatives of the general assembly, a certificate of election from the board of election of the proper county shall be prima-facie evidence of the right to membership of the person therein certified to be elected senator or representative.

...No member of either house of the general assembly except in compliance with this section, shall knowingly do any of the following: (A) Be appointed as trustee, officer, or manager of a benevolent, educational, or correctional institution that is authorized, created, or regulated by the state and that is supported in whole or in part by funds from the state treasury; (B) Serve on any committee or commission that is ...

...To each final journal there shall be an appendix of petitions and memorials, reports of committees, special reports, communications of officers or boards, and other papers and documents laid before either or both houses. The abstract of votes for governor and other state officers shall be printed in the appendix to the senate journal. The standing rules shall be printed in the appendix to each journal.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Legislative agent" has the meaning defined in section 101.70 of the Revised Code. (2) "State agency" has the meaning defined in section 117.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "State institution of higher education" means any state university or college as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3345.12 of the Revised Code, community college established under Chapter 3354. of the Revi...

... charitable or fraternal nonprofit corporations. (B) Sections 101.70 to 101.79 of the Revised Code do not affect professional services in drafting bills or resolutions, preparing arguments thereon, or in advising clients and rendering opinions as to the construction and the effect of proposed or pending legislation, if the services are not otherwise connected with actions to actively advocate. (C) Nothing in sectio...

...oint committee shall compile from registration statements filed with it a complete and updated list of registered legislative agents and their employers and distribute the list to each member of the general assembly, each member of the controlling board who is not a member of the general assembly, and the governor. The joint committee shall provide copies of the list to the general public upon request and may charge ...

...the public interest, and whether its operation has been impeded or enhanced by existing statutes and procedures and by budgetary, resource, and personnel practices; (4) Whether the agency has recommended statutory changes to the general assembly that would benefit the public as opposed to the persons regulated by the agency, if any, and whether its recommendations and other policies have been adopted and implemente...

... charitable or fraternal nonprofit corporations. (B) Nothing in sections 101.90 to 101.98 of the Revised Code requires the reporting of, or prohibits a retirement system board member from soliciting or accepting, a contribution from or an expenditure by any person if the contribution or expenditure is reported in accordance with Chapter 3517. of the Revised Code.

...Each person who is an officer or employee of a political subdivision, who receives compensation of less than sixteen thousand dollars a year for holding an office or position of employment with that political subdivision, and who is required to file a statement under section 102.02 of the Revised Code; each member of the board of trustees of a state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of th...

...bly; (E) Prepare or advise in the preparation of any bill or resolution, when requested by any member of the general assembly; (F) Collect, classify, and index the documents of the state which shall include executive and legislative documents and departmental reports and keep on file all bills, resolutions, and official journals printed by order of either house of the general assembly; (G) Provide members of the g...

... of the state, a county, municipal corporation, township, school district, or other governmental entity of the state, the Ohio legislative budget office of the Ohio legislative service commission shall, before the bill is recommended for passage by the house committee or the senate committee of the general assembly to which the bill was referred and again before the bill is taken up for final consideration by either ...

...ral assembly and receives second consideration pursuant to the rules of that house, the bill shall be reviewed immediately by the legislative budget officer. Upon completing this review, the legislative budget officer shall determine whether the bill could result in a net additional cost to school districts, counties, townships, or municipal corporations from any new or expanded program or service that school distric...

...f the state, a county, a municipal corporation, a township, a school district, or other governmental entity of the state to provide any information the commission requires for purposes of the review. An instrumentality, officer, or entity shall comply with a request as soon as reasonably possible after receiving it. The commission shall specify the manner of compliance, and the period of time for compliance, in it...

...The legislative service commission shall serve as a legislative budget and program oversight commission and may delegate to any committee it creates the responsibility to: (A) Conduct program reviews of state agencies and departments or programs and activities within such agencies and departments, of the state's local assistance programs, and of state laws. As used in this section "program review" means an examinati...

...s for the same occupation and a consideration of the extent to which significant changes in the board's rules could prevent an individual licensed in this state from practicing, or allow an individual licensed in this state to practice, the same occupation in another jurisdiction without obtaining an occupational license for that occupation in that other jurisdiction; (2) A comparison of the regulatory scheme put ...