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...(A) Whoever violates division (A) or (B) of section 1315.28 or division (E)(2) of section 1315.53 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (B) Whoever violates division (F)(1) of section 1315.53 or division (B) of section 1315.54 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. (C) Whoever violates division (A) of section 1315.55 of the Revised Code is guilty of money...

... 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 anything of value. (D) "Business opportunity plan" means an agreement in ...

...onnection with the sale or lease of a business opportunity plan, no seller or broker shall fail to provide to a prospective purchaser, at least ten business days prior to the execution of an agreement selling or leasing a business opportunity plan, a written disclosure document. (A) The disclosure document shall carry a cover sheet showing only the name of the seller, the date the disclosure statement was prepared, ...

...onnection with the sale or lease of a business opportunity plan, no seller or broker shall: (A) Make any oral, written, or visual representation to a prospective purchaser concerning potential sales, income, or gross or net profit, unless: (1) The seller possesses data to substantiate the representation and provides the data in writing to the prospective purchaser at least ten business days prior to the execution o...

... by a surety company authorized to do business in this state. A trust account shall be established and maintained in this state. (B) Any person claiming against the bond or trust account may maintain an action against the seller and the surety or trustee, except that the surety or trustee shall be liable only for actual damages. The aggregate liability of the surety or trustee to all purchasers shall not exceed the ...

...t to cancel an agreement selling or leasing to the purchaser a business opportunity plan, in accordance with the following conditions: (1) If the seller complies with divisions (A)(7), (B), and (C) of section 1334.06 of the Revised Code, the purchaser may cancel the agreement at any time before midnight of the fifth business day after the day on which the purchaser signs the agreement. (2) If the seller has ...

...(A) Every agreement selling or leasing a business opportunity plan shall be in writing and a copy of the executed agreement and all other documents the seller requires the purchaser to sign shall be given to the purchaser at the time they are signed. The agreement shall contain at least the following: (1) The terms and conditions of payment including the initial payment or the promissory note, additional payments, ...

...esides or has his principal place of business. (C) A person subpoenaed under this section shall comply with the terms of the subpoena, unless the parties agree to modify the terms of the subpoena or unless the court has modified or quashed the subpoena, extended the return day of the subpoena, or issued any other order with respect to the subpoena prior to its return day. If a person fails without lawful excuse to...

...(A) If the attorney general, by his own inquiries or as a result of complaints has reasonable cause to believe that a person has engaged, is engaging, or threatening to engage in an act or practice that violates sections 1334.01 to 1334.15 of the Revised Code, he may bring any of the following actions: (1) An action to obtain a declaratory judgment that the act or practice violates sections 1334.01 to 1334.15 of the...

...entitled to unjust enrichment by exercising the rights provided by this section.

...d Code, or with respect to any claim arising from the sale or lease of a business opportunity plan subject to such sections. (B) A final judgment against a seller or broker under sections 1334.01 to 1334.15 of the Revised Code is admissible as prima-facie evidence of the facts upon which it is based in subsequent proceedings under sections 1334.01 to 1334.15 of the Revised Code against the same seller or broke...

...who executes an agreement selling or leasing to him a business opportunity plan or a note in connection with such an agreement may assert as a defense to a claim by a holder in due course, as defined in section 1303.32 of the Revised Code, any defense that the purchaser may assert against the seller of the business opportunity plan.

...er and an employee, or among general business partners; (B) Membership in a bona fide cooperative association of producers of agricultural products authorized by section 1 of the "Capper-Volstead Act," 42 Stat. 388 (1922), 7 U.S.C. 291; or an organization, operated on a cooperative basis by and for independent retailers, which wholesales goods or furnishes services primarily to its member-retailers; (C) An ag...

...ents and prohibitions concerning franchising," 16 C.F.R. 436.1 et seq., as may be amended from time to time, that is in effect on the date of the transaction; (B) Any transaction that complies in all material respects with the trade regulation rule of the federal trade commission, "disclosure requirements and prohibitions concerning business opportunities," 16 C.F.R. 437.1 et seq., as may be amended from time ...

...In any case arising under section 1334.08 or 1334.09 of the Revised Code, the burden of proving an exemption or exception from section 1334.12 or 1334.13 of the Revised Code is upon the person who claims the exemption or exception.

... 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 opportunity plan being offered, a...

...Whoever violates sections 1334.02 to 1334.06 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Business" means any limited liability company, limited liability partnership, corporation, sole proprietorship, association, state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, private college as defined in section 3365.01 of the Revised Code, or other group, however organized and whether operating for profit or not for profit, including a financial...

...(A) A covered entity seeking an affirmative defense under sections 1354.01 to 1354.05 of the Revised Code shall do one of the following: (1) Create, maintain, and comply with a written cybersecurity program that contains administrative, technical, and physical safeguards for the protection of personal information and that reasonably conforms to an industry recognized cybersecurity framework, as described in secti...

...A covered entity's cybersecurity program, as described in section 1354.02 of the Revised Code, reasonably conforms to an industry recognized cybersecurity framework for purposes of that section if division (A), (B), or (C) of this section is satisfied. (A)(1) The cybersecurity program reasonably conforms to the current version of any of the following or any combination of the following, subject to divisions (A)(2) a...

...Sections 1354.01 to 1354.05 of the Revised Code shall not be construed to provide a private right of action, including a class action, with respect to any act or practice regulated under those sections.

...If any provision of sections 1354.01 to 1354.05 of the Revised Code or the application thereof to a covered entity is for any reason held to be invalid, the remainder of the provisions under those sections and the application of such provisions to other covered entities shall not be thereby affected.

...The "great lakes-st. Lawrence river basin water resources compact," which has been negotiated by representatives of this state and the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and Wisconsin and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by this state as a party to it as follows: AGREEMENT Section 1. The states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minneso...

...of the great lakes-st. Lawrence river basin water resources compact. The governor shall appoint the director of natural resources as the governor's alternate for purposes of attending all meetings of the great lakes-st. Lawrence river basin water resources council and voting on matters before the council in the governor's absence. The governor shall do all of the following as administrator: (A) Receive copies...

...of the great lakes-st. Lawrence river basin water resources compact; (B) Enforce the great lakes-st. Lawrence river basin water resources compact and take appropriate actions to effectuate its purposes and intent; (C) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the development, implementation, administration, and enforcement of any permit program established under this chapter. Rules adopte...