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...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Designated official" means the chief administrative officer of a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school, or the chief administrative officer's designee. (2) "Essential school services" means services provided by a private company under contract with a STEM school that the chief administrative officer of the school has determined are necessary for the operati...

...The governing body of a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school may screen students in ninth grade for body mass index and weight status category. If a governing body elects to require the screenings, it shall comply with section 3313.674 of the Revised Code in the same manner required of a school district board of education.

... damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from providing services or performing duties under section 3313.539 of the Revised Code, unless the act or omission constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. (B) This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that a STEM school, member of a STEM school governing body, or STEM school e...

...n damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from a school employee's decision not to provide or procure mental health services for a suspended or expelled student under division (B)(2) of section 3313.668 of the Revised Code, unless the decision is made with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner. This section does not eliminate, limit,...

...All the power and authority granted to a regional transit authority shall be vested in and exercised by its board of trustees which shall manage and conduct its affairs. The board shall, within the limitations of sections 306.30 to 306.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code, by its rules and regulations provide the procedure for its actions, the manner of selection of its president, vice-president, secretary-treasurer, a...

...Upon the creation of a regional transit authority as provided by section 306.32 of the Revised Code, and upon the qualifying of its board of trustees and the election of a president and a vice-president, the authority shall exercise in its own name all the rights, powers, and duties vested in and conferred upon it by sections 306.30 to 306.53 of the Revised Code. Subject to any reservations, limitations, and qualific...

...A regional transit authority may purchase an articulated bus only if the regional transit authority establishes and follows a preference system for buses that are manufactured or assembled within this state, or, if none, within the United States.

...(A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) In the exercise of its authority under division (Y) of section 306.35 of the Revised Code, a regional transit authority shall not employ a person as a regional transit authority police officer on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the person...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Qualifying regional transit authority" means a regional transit authority whose territory includes a county having a population of more than seven hundred fifty thousand but less than nine hundred thousand as of the most recent federal decennial census. (2) "Qualifying project" means the general construction or maintenance of roads or bridges related to the provision of service b...

...(A) As used in this section, "metropolitan planning organization" has the same meaning as in section 5552.01 of the Revised Code. (B) This section applies to a regional transit authority the territory of which includes a county having a population of more than one million three hundred thousand. (C) A regional transit authority to which this section applies may do any of the following: (1) In addition to the pu...

...(A) The board of trustees of a regional transit authority may exercise the power of eminent domain to appropriate any land, rights, rights-of-way, franchise, power lines, easements, or other property, within or without the territorial boundaries of the regional transit authority, necessary or proper for the construction or efficient operation of any transit facility or access thereto under its jurisdiction purs...

...A regional transit authority which proposes to acquire by purchase or otherwise, or proposes to construct, replace, improve, extend, enlarge, maintain, or operate any transit facility, and desires to raise money for any one or more of such purposes or for the purpose of repaying or refunding any outstanding issue of bonds of the regional transit authority or pay any obligation assumed by it or of repaying or refundin...

...At the discretion of the board of trustees of a regional transit authority, the revenue bonds of the regional transit authority may be secured by a trust agreement between the board of trustees on behalf of the regional transit authority and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having powers of a trust company, within or without the state. Such trust agreement may provide for the pledg...

...Revenue bonds issued by a regional transit authority shall bear interest at the rate or rates approved by the board of trustees, shall mature within forty years following the date of issuance, and in such amount, at such times, and in such number of installments as may be provided in the resolution authorizing their issuance. Such resolution shall also provide for the execution and sealing of the bonds and the use of...

...The regional transit authority may submit to the electors within its territorial boundaries the question of issuing bonds of such authority and also the necessity of a tax outside the limitation imposed by Section 2 of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, to pay the interest on and to retire the bonds. Such bonds when so approved by the electors may be issued by the regional transit authority to purchase, acquire, constru...

...Bonds issued under sections 306.37 to 306.40, inclusive, of the Revised Code, their transfer, and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.

...(A) The secretary-treasurer of the regional transit authority shall be the fiscal officer of the regional transit authority and the custodian of its funds and records and shall assist the board of directors in such particulars as it directs in the performance of its duties. (B) Before receiving any moneys, the secretary-treasurer shall furnish bond in such amount as is determined by the board of trustees of the regi...

...(A) The board of trustees of a regional transit authority or any officer or employee designated by such board may make any contract for the purchase of goods or services, the cost of which does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars. When an expenditure, other than for the acquisition of real estate, the discharge of claims, or the acquisition of goods or services under the circumstances described in division (H) of...

...The board of trustees of a regional transit authority may enter into such contracts or other arrangements with the United States government or any department thereof, with the state government of this or other states, with counties, municipalities, townships, or other governmental agencies created by or under the authority of the laws of the state or other states, with persons, with public corporations and private co...

...All officers and employees of a regional transit authority shall be considered as public employees within the meaning of section 145.01 of the Revised Code and a regional transit authority, its officers, and employees shall be subject to Chapter 145. of the Revised Code.

...Nothing in sections 306.30 to 306.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall limit the exercise of the power or authority granted to counties or municipal corporations by sections 307.20, 717.01, and 719.01 of the Revised Code.

...The board of county commissioners of any county included within a regional transit authority may appropriate annually, from moneys to the credit of the general fund of the county and not otherwise appropriated, that portion of the expense of the regional transit authority to be paid by such county as provided in the resolution creating or enlarging the regional transit authority adopted under section 306.32 or 306.32...

...A regional transit authority may procure and pay all or any part of the cost of group hospitalization, surgical, major medical, or sickness and accident insurance or a combination of any of the foregoing for the officers and employees of the regional transit authority and their immediate dependents, whether issued by an insurance company or a health insuring corporation duly authorized to do business in this state.

...(A) Upon the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the qualified electors within the territorial boundaries of the regional transit authority voting on the question at an election held for the purpose of authorizing it, the regional transit authority may levy upon the property within its territorial boundaries a tax, for all purposes other than bond debt charges, not in excess of five mills annually on the total...

...On or before the thirty-first day of August of each year, all counties and all regional transit authorities shall provide a report to the director of transportation and the tax commissioner that specifies the total amount of local spending during the previous state fiscal year for capital costs, operating costs, and any costs for activities related to each of the following: (A) Local airports; (B) Local airport sys...

...The legislative authority of any municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision or taxing district, may convey or lease to, or exchange with, any regional transit authority or any such authority may convey or lease to, or exchange with, a municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision or taxing district, without competitive bidding an...

...(A) A regional transit authority created under sections 306.30 to 306.53 of the Revised Code, shall be exempt from and shall not be required to pay any taxes on property, both real and personal, belonging to any such authority, which is used exclusively for any public purpose. However, except as provided in division (B) of this section, such exemption shall not apply to any property belonging to any authority while ...

...A regional transit authority may cooperate with other governmental agencies of this state, or of the United States, to carry out the purposes set forth in section 306.31 of the Revised Code.

...Subject to making due provisions for the payment and performance of its obligations, the resolution or ordinance creating the regional transit authority may provide for its dissolution or modification in membership under circumstances described therein, or a regional transit authority may be dissolved or its membership modified by its board of trustees with the consent of the subdivision or subdivisions creating such...

...r damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property for an act or omission that arises from the physician assistant signing the document, and is not subject to administrative action or criminal prosecution for an act or omission that arises from the physician assistant signing the document.

...n damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property resulting from the individual's acts or omissions in the performance of any procedure, treatment, or other health care service if the individual reasonably believed that the physician assistant was acting within the proper scope of practice or was relaying medical orders from a supervising physician, unless the act or omission constitutes wi...

... incident to a claim arising out of the death, disease, or injury of any person as the result of negligence or malpractice in rendering professional service by any licensed physician, podiatrist, or hospital, as those terms are defined in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code.

...he following instances: (a) Upon the death of a licensed broker, if there is no other licensed broker within the brokerage, upon application by any interested party, subject to the approval by the appropriate probate court, to conclude the business transactions of the deceased broker; (b) Upon the revocation of a licensed broker, if there is no other licensed broker within the brokerage, to conclude the busines...

...lander, to recover damages for injury, death, or loss to persons or property or reputation allegedly caused by an act or omission in connection with compiling and providing the list required by division (F)(2) of this section. (2) The immunity described in division (H)(1) of this section does not apply to a person described in that division if, in relation to the act or omission in question, any of the followi...

... of the dissolution of a partnership by death, the surviving partner may operate under any license obtained by the partnership pursuant to this chapter for a period of sixty days and the heirs or representatives of deceased persons and receivers or trustees in bankruptcy appointed by any competent authority may operate under the license of the person succeeded in possession by the heir, representative, receiver, or t...

...ividual immediately terminates upon the death of the individual. (K) Nothing in any license issued by the Ohio construction industry licensing board shall be construed to limit or eliminate any requirement of or any license issued by the Ohio fire marshal. (L)(1) Subject to division (L)(3) of this section, no specialty section of the board shall adopt, maintain, renew, or enforce any rule, or otherwise preclude i...

...or at the nursing home resulting from a death, illness, or other unexpected cause. An individual issued a license under division (B) of this section shall submit to the board, not later than one hundred eighty days after a license is issued, satisfactory evidence that the individual has passed the licensing examination administered under section 4751.15 of the Revised Code. (C) A nursing home administrator license ...

...g of adult and pediatric trauma-related deaths, identification of adult and pediatric trauma patients, monitoring of adult and pediatric trauma patient care data, determination of the total amount of uncompensated adult and pediatric trauma care provided annually by each facility that provides care to trauma victims, and collection of any other information specified by the board. All persons designated by the board s...

...: damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property; prosecution in a criminal proceeding; or professional disciplinary action. (2) The state board of pharmacy shall not take disciplinary action against an emergency medical service organization's license issued under Chapter 4729. of the Revised Code as a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs for reasons arising from an act or omission a...

...ublic with no financial interest in the death care industry. Each member of the commission, except for the two members who represent the public, shall, at the time of appointment, have had a minimum of five consecutive years of experience in the active administration and management of a cemetery in this state. (B) Within ninety days after July 1, 1993, the governor shall make initial appointments to the commission....

...dicating the deceased's name, place of death, and date and location of the interment, entombment, or inurnment in the cemetery's office. Records may be maintained in an electronic formation only if the electronic copies are true copies of the original documents.

...sed under this chapter is dissolved by death, the surviving partners may operate under the manufactured housing dealer license for a period of sixty days, and the heirs or representatives of deceased persons and receivers or trustees in bankruptcy appointed by any competent authority may operate under the license of the person succeeded in possession by that heir, representative, receiver, or trustee in bankrup...

... (1) One million dollars for injury or death of any number of individuals in any one occurrence; (2) Five hundred thousand dollars for property damage in any one occurrence; (3) Workers' compensation insurance coverage. (B) Such proof of insurance shall be delivered to the division before or at the time of the issuance or renewal of a license. (C) If any policy required under this section is materially alt...

... or not more than thirty days after the death of, resignation of, or termination of service by, a public utilities commissioner, provide the governor with a list of four individuals who are, in the judgment of the council, the most fully qualified to accede to the office of commissioner. The council shall not include the name of an individual upon the list, if the appointment of that individual by the governor would ...

...damages in a civil action for injuries, death, or loss to persons or property arising from their participation in or acts or omissions in connection with developing, adopting, or approving a plan for safety inspections for, performing a safety inspection of, or terminating or restoring service to a master-meter system under this section, except where such participation or acts or omissions constitute reckless, willfu...

...nce failure, and whether it resulted in death, serious injury, dismemberment, or a significant threat to public safety; (C) The organizational size of the responsible person; (D) The prospective effect of a fine on the person's ability to pay business obligations and otherwise conduct business; (E) The history or number of compliance failures by the person; (F) The good faith effort on the person's part in attemp...

...er against loss sustained by reason of death or injuries to persons and for loss or damage to property resulting from the negligence of the carrier. (B) No certificate for the transportation of household goods shall be issued to a for-hire motor carrier pursuant to sections 4921.30 to 4921.38 of the Revised Code until it has filed with the commission a freight cargo insurance certificate, policy, or bond that...

...ication transliterated, or any injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from the act of transliterating or the content of any communication transliterated, between the end users of a telecommunications relay service, except in cases of willful or wanton misconduct.

... including personal or bodily injury or death, property damage or other harm for which recovery of damages is sought, to the extent that it is caused by the negligence of the operator who owns or operates small cell facilities and wireless service in the public way, any agent, officer, director, representative, employee, affiliate, or subcontractor of the operator, or their respective officers, agents, employees, di...

...uch railroad or railway, such injury or death is prima-facie evidence that the person or company operating said railroad or railway has failed to comply with the requirements of sections 4951.45 to 4951.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...dress a perceived potential for injury, death, or loss to person or property, as determined by the sole judgment of the engineer or other person. (C) The commission may suspend summarily the operation of a quiet zone established pursuant to section 4955.42 of the Revised Code if the commission, through any source, obtains sufficient, credible evidence showing that a condition at a public grade crossing located...

... when such violation contributed to his death or injury.

...ilroad company for personal injuries or death, or to surrender or waive any right in case he asserts such claim for damages.

...ereafter arising for personal injury or death, or whereby he agrees to surrender or waive, in case he asserts such right, any other right.

...For any project undertaken with financial assistance from the state under this chapter, the amount of state appropriations to be encumbered for the project in each fiscal year shall be determined by the Ohio facilities construction commission based on the project's estimated construction schedule for that year. In each fiscal year subsequent to the first year in which state appropriations are encumbered for the proje...

...(A) As used in this section, "solar-ready" means capable of accommodating the eventual installation of roof top, solar photovoltaic energy equipment. (B) The Ohio facilities construction commission shall adopt rules prescribing standards for solar-ready equipment in school buildings under their jurisdiction. The rules shall include, but not be limited to, standards regarding roof space limitations, shading and obstr...

...(A) The Ohio facilities construction commission shall cause to be transferred to the school district's project construction fund the necessary amounts from amounts appropriated by the general assembly and set aside for such purpose, from time to time as may be necessary to pay obligations chargeable to such fund when due. All investment earnings of a school district's project construction fund shall be credited to th...

...As used in this section, "big-eight school district" has the same meaning as in section 3314.02 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in section 3318.12 or Chapter 5705. of the Revised Code, a big-eight school district receiving assistance for a project under this chapter, that has opted with the approval of the Ohio facilities construction commission to divide the project into discrete ...

...Notwithstanding any provision of sections 5705.27 to 5705.50 of the Revised Code, the tax to be levied on all taxable property within a school district for the purpose of paying the cost of maintaining the classroom facilities included in the project under the agreement provided in section 3318.08 of the Revised Code or the supplemental agreement provided in section 3318.081 of the Revised Code shall be included in t...

...Notwithstanding the provision of section 321.31 of the Revised Code, immediately after each settlement with the county auditor, on presentation of the warrant of the county auditor therefor, the county treasurer shall pay to the school district the proceeds of the tax levy provided in section 3318.13 of the Revised Code to be used to pay the cost of maintaining the classroom facilities included in the project.

...There is hereby created the public school building fund within the state treasury consisting of any moneys transferred or appropriated to the fund by the general assembly, moneys paid into or transferred in accordance with section 3318.47 of the Revised Code, and any grants, gifts, or contributions received by the Ohio facilities construction commission to be used for the purposes of the fund. All investment earnings...

...The Ohio facilities construction commission shall have an interest in real property purchased with moneys in the school district's project construction fund. Once obligations issued to finance a project under section 3318.26 of the Revised Code are no longer outstanding, any interest held by the commission shall be transferred to the school district.

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, when a school district receives classroom assistance from the state from time to time under the procedure set forth in sections 3318.01 to 3318.12 of the Revised Code, the levy of taxes required by sections 3318.13 and 3318.14 of the Revised Code shall be at the rate of one-half mill for each one dollar of valuation and shall be for a maximum period of twenty-th...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Valuation" of a school district means the sum of the amounts described in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section 3317.021 of the Revised Code as most recently certified for the district before the annual computation is made under division (B) of this section. (2) "Valuation per pupil" of a school district means the district's valuation divided by the district's formula ADM as most...

...No holding that sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code or any provision thereof are unconstitutional in their application to any school district or contract shall affect any other school district or contract made under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...As used in sections 3318.21 to 3318.29 of the Revised Code: (A) "Allowable costs" means all or part of the costs of a permanent improvement that may be financed with, and paid from the proceeds of, securities issued pursuant to section 133.15 of the Revised Code. (B) "Bond proceedings" means the resolution, order, trust agreement, indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, and other agreements, amendments and supp...

...(A) The general assembly finds that many school districts are prevented by their size, tax base, or other conditions from performing their essential functions as agencies of state government to provide adequate classroom facilities and issuing securities under Chapter 133. of the Revised Code at favorable interest rates or charges. Accordingly, the Ohio facilities construction commission is invested with the powers a...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the school building program assistance fund. The fund shall consist of the proceeds of obligations issued for the purposes of such fund pursuant to section 3318.26 of the Revised Code that are payable from moneys in the lottery profits education fund created in section 3770.06 of the Revised Code or pursuant to section 151.03 of the Revised Code. All investment earnings o...

...(A) The provisions of this section apply only to obligations issued by the issuing authority prior to December 1, 1999. (B) Subject to the limitations provided in section 3318.29 of the Revised Code, the issuing authority, upon the certification by the Ohio facilities construction commission to the issuing authority of the amount of moneys or additional moneys needed in the school building program assistance fund fo...

...The authority provided by sections 3318.21 to 3318.29 of the Revised Code is in addition to and provides alternative methods for any other authority provided by law for the same or similar purposes, and are supplemental to and not in derogation of any powers of any governmental agency otherwise conferred including those conferred in Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. In case any provision of sections 3318.21 to 3318.2...

...The maximum maturity of any obligations issued pursuant to section 3318.26 of the Revised Code to provide moneys for the school building program assistance fund shall be ten years. The terms of the obligations shall be such that in any fiscal year the aggregate amount of moneys from the lottery profits education fund, and not from other sources, that are pledged to pay bond service charges on obligations issued to pr...

...The Ohio facilities construction commission shall establish design specifications for classroom facilities that are appropriate for joint vocational education programs. The specifications shall provide standards for appropriate pupil instruction space but shall not include standards for any vocational education furnishings or equipment that is not comparable to, or the vocational education equivalent of, the furnishi...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Classroom facilities" has the same meaning as in section 3318.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Emergency project" means reconstruction or renovation of or repair to any classroom facilities made necessary because of damage due to an act of God. (3) "Eligible school district" means any school district in the first through one-hundredth percentiles as determined under section 3318.011 o...

...(A)(1) As used in this section: (a) "Ohio facilities construction commission," "classroom facilities," "school district," "school district board," "net bonded indebtedness," "required percentage of the basic project costs," "basic project cost," "valuation," and "percentile" have the same meanings as in section 3318.01 of the Revised Code. (b) "Required level of indebtedness" means five per cent of the school d...

...A school district board opting to qualify for state assistance pursuant to section 3318.36 of the Revised Code through levying the tax specified in division (D)(2)(a) or (D)(4) of that section shall declare by resolution that the question of a tax levy specified in division (D)(2)(a) or (4), as applicable, of section 3318.36 of the Revised Code shall be submitted to the electors of the school district at the next gen...

...This section applies only to a school district that participates in the school building assistance expedited local partnership program under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code. A school district board that enters into an agreement with the Ohio facilities construction commission under division (B) of section 3318.36 of the Revised Code may propose for issuance any bonds necessary for its participation in the progra...

...(A) This section applies beginning in fiscal year 2003 and only to a school district participating in the school building assistance expedited local partnership program under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code. (B) If there is a decrease in the tax valuation of a school district to which this section applies by ten per cent or greater from one tax year to the next due to a decrease in the assessment rate of the t...

...In any fiscal year, the Ohio facilities construction commission may, at its discretion, provide assistance under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code to a school district that has entered into an expedited local partnership agreement under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code before the district is otherwise eligible for that assistance based on its percentile rank, if the commission determines all of the f...

...(A)(1) As used in this section: (a) "Full maintenance amount" has the same meaning as in section 3318.034 of the Revised Code. (b) A "school district with an exceptional need for immediate classroom facilities assistance" means a school district with an exceptional need for new facilities in order to protect the health and safety of all or a portion of its students. (2) No school district that participates in the ...