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...endered, to the attorney representing a claimant under sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code. The attorney shall submit on an application form an itemized fee bill at the rate of sixty dollars per hour upon receipt of the final decision on the claim. Attorney's fees paid pursuant to this section are subject to the following maximum amounts: (1) A maximum of seven hundred twenty dollars for claims resolve...

...l or order or judgment of the court of claims granting an award of reparations may provide for the payment of the award in a lump sum or in installments. The part of an award equal to the amount of economic loss accrued to the date of the award shall be paid in a lump sum. An award for allowable expense that would accrue after the award is made shall not be paid in a lump sum. Except as provided in division (B...

...at a final award will be made, and the claimant or victim will suffer undue hardship if immediate economic relief is not obtained. An emergency award shall not exceed two thousand dollars. The attorney general or the court of claims shall deduct an amount of the emergency award from the final award, or the claimant or victim shall repay the amount of the emergency award that exceeds the final award made to the...

... emergency funeral expenses is made the claimant is the party responsible for the victim's funeral expenses and the information that is then available to the attorney general supports a finding of reasonable belief that all of the following criteria are met: (1) That the requirements for a final award under division (C) of section 2743.59 of the Revised Code may be satisfied; (2) The decedent and the claimant a...

...A claimant may file a supplemental reparations application in a claim if the attorney general or the court of claims, within s ix years prior to the filing of the supplemental application, has made any of the following determinations: (A) That an award, supplemental award, or installment award be granted; (B) That an award, supplemental award, or installment award be conditioned or denied because of actual or poten...

... of the following: (1) The number of claims filed, the number of awards made and the amount of each award, and a statistical summary of awards made and denied, including the average size of awards; (2) The balance in the reparations fund, with a listing by source and amount of the moneys that have been deposited in the fund; (3) The amount that has been withdrawn from the fund, including separate listings o...

...(A)(1) The court, in which any person is convicted of or pleads guilty to any offense other than a traffic offense that is not a moving violation, shall impose the following sum as costs in the case in addition to any other court costs that the court is required by law to impose upon the offender: (a) Thirty dollars, if the offense is a felony; (b) Nine dollars, if the offense is a misdemeanor. The court shall...

...(A) Any law enforcement agency that investigates, and any prosecuting attorney, city director of law, village solicitor, or similar prosecuting authority who prosecutes, an offense committed in this state shall, upon first contact with the victim, as defined in division (L)(1) of section 2743.51 of the Revised Code, or the victim's family or dependents, give the victim or the victim's family or dependents a copy of a...

...The attorney general is the legal representative of the reparations fund established by section 2743.191 of the Revised Code. The attorney general may institute, prosecute, and settle actions or proceedings for the enforcement of the reparations fund's right of repayment, reimbursement, recovery, and subrogation. The attorney general shall defend all suits, actions, or proceedings brought against the fund.

...(A) The attorney general, before taking any action regarding enforcement of the reparations fund's right of repayment, reimbursement, recovery, and subrogation pursuant to section 2743.72 of the Revised Code, or before taking any other action pursuant to that section, may investigate the need for that action. (B)(1) For the purpose of determining whether action is necessary under section 2743.72 of the Revised Code,...

...If an award of reparations is made to a claimant under sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code and if it is discovered that the claimant actually was not eligible for the award or that the award otherwise should not have been made under the standards and criteria set forth in sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code, the fund is entitled to recover the award from the claimant. (D) If an award of repar...

...49.43 of the Revised Code, the court of claims shall be the sole and exclusive authority in this state that adjudicates or resolves complaints based on alleged violations of that section. The clerk of the court of claims shall designate one or more current employees or hire one or more individuals to serve as special masters to hear complaints brought under this section. All special masters shall have been engaged in...

...A person holding an office of public trust shall continue therein until his successor is elected or appointed and qualified, unless otherwise provided in the constitution or laws of this state.

...(A) When an elective office becomes vacant and is filled by appointment, such appointee shall hold the office until the appointee's successor is elected and qualified; and such successor shall be elected for the unexpired term, at the first general election for the office which is vacant that occurs more than forty days after the vacancy has occurred; provided that when the unexpired term ends within one year i...

...When a vacancy in an office filled by appointment of the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, occurs by expiration of term or otherwise during a regular session of the senate, the governor shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy and forthwith report such appointment to the senate. If such vacancy occurs when the senate is not in session, and no appointment has been made and confirmed in anti...

...When not otherwise provided by law, an officer who holds his office by appointment of the governor with the advice and consent of the senate may be removed from office by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, if it is found that such officer is inefficient or derelict in the discharge of his duties, if the ethics commission created by section 102.05 of the Revised Code has found, based upon a prepon...

...on. The person so designated shall give bond and take the oath of office, and during the time he performs the duties of the office he shall receive the full emoluments thereof, no part of which shall, for such time, go to such suspended officer. If the suspended officer is removed or his term expires before the action of the senate, a new appointment shall be made.

...pal may take from his deputy or clerk a bond, with sureties, conditioned as set forth in this section. The principal is answerable for the neglect or misconduct in office of his deputy or clerk . (B) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law requiring an official bond to be conditioned substantially to the effect that an officer, clerk, or employee will faithfully perform his duties, in lieu thereof, with the ...

...ise be protected against under a surety bond and to protect against other losses as determined by the political subdivision. (B) A political subdivision may adopt a policy, by ordinance or resolution, to allow for the use of an employee dishonesty and faithful performance of duty policy, rather than a surety bond that would otherwise be required by law to be given by any of the following: (1) The political subdiv...

...Any person holding office in this state, or in any municipal corporation, county, or subdivision thereof, coming within the official classification in Section 38 of Article II, Ohio Constitution, who willfully and flagrantly exercises authority or power not authorized by law, refuses or willfully neglects to enforce the law or to perform any official duty imposed upon him by law, or is guilty of gross neglect of duty...

...Proceedings for the removal of public officers on any of the grounds enumerated in section 3.07 of the Revised Code shall be commenced by the filing of a written or printed complaint specifically setting forth the charge and signed by qualified electors of the state or political subdivision whose officer it is sought to remove, not less in number than fifteen per cent of the total vote cast for governor at the ...

...The decision of the court of common pleas in all cases for the removal of officers may be reviewed on appeal on questions of law by the court of appeals. The transcript of the record and the notice of appeal shall be filed in the court of appeals in not more than thirty days after the decision is rendered and the journal entry made by the court of common pleas. Such notice of appeal may be filed only after leave has ...

...In removal proceedings under sections 3.07 to 3.09, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the court of common pleas and the court of appeals may subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance in the same manner as in civil cases. Process shall be served by the sheriff of the county in which the witness resides. The witness fees and other fees in connection with the removal proceedings shall be the same as in civil cases, ...

...No person shall hold at the same time by appointment or election more than one of the following offices: sheriff, county auditor, county treasurer, clerk of the court of common pleas, county recorder, prosecuting attorney, and probate judge.

...An elected officer of a county, township, or municipal corporation that has levied an excise lodging tax under section 5739.08 or 5739.09 of the Revised Code, or a designee appointed by such elected officer, may simultaneously serve in the elected or appointed position and as a member or officer of the board of trustees of a convention and visitors' bureau organized under Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code. The simult...