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...embers of the society, by the vote of delegates or representatives of voting members, or by the vote of local lodges. A society may provide for voting by mail. No amendment submitted for adoption by referendum shall be adopted unless, within six months after the date of submission, a majority of the members voting have signified their consent to the amendment by one of the methods specified in this section. (B) No a...

... society shall own or operate funeral homes or undertaking establishments.

...ion of the superintendent. It may take credit for the reserves on the ceded risks to the extent reinsured, but no credit shall be allowed as an admitted asset or as a deduction from liability, to a ceding society for reinsurance made, ceded, renewed, or otherwise becoming effective after January 1, 1997, unless the reinsurance is payable by the assuming insurer on the basis of the liability of the ceding societ...

... this section. (B) The society shall file all of the following with the superintendent of insurance: (1) A certified copy of the written contract containing in full the terms and conditions of the consolidation or merger; (2) A sworn statement by the president and secretary or corresponding officers of each society showing the society's financial condition on a date fixed by the superintendent but not earlier than...

...pany by compliance with all the applicable requirements of Chapter 3913. of the Revised Code, if the plan of conversion has been approved by the superintendent of insurance. If the society's supreme governing body is constituted as an assembly, the plan shall be prepared in writing by the board of directors and shall set forth in full the terms and conditions of the conversion. If the society's supreme governing body...

.... (B) A society shall specify in its rules those persons who may be issued, or covered by, the contractual benefits set forth in division (A) of this section, consistent with providing benefits to members and their dependents. A society may, upon application of an adult member, provide benefits on the lives of children under the minimum age for adult membership.

...s or rules of the fraternal benefit society unless the owner waives this right by specifically requesting in writing that the beneficiary designation be irrevocable. A society may, through its laws or rules, limit the scope of beneficiary designations and shall provide that no revocable beneficiary shall have or obtain any vested interest in the proceeds of any certificate until the certificate has become due and pay...

...fraternal benefit society, shall be liable to attachment, garnishment, or other process, or shall be seized, taken, appropriated, or applied by any legal or equitable process or operation of law to pay any debt or liability of a member or beneficiary, or any other person who may have a right, either before or after payment by the society.

...ertificate and by all of the laws and rules of the society to the same extent as though the age of majority had been attained at the time of application. (D) A society shall provide in its laws that if its reserves as to all or any class of certificates become impaired its board of directors or corresponding body may require that there shall be paid by the owner to the society an assessment in the amount of the own...

... disclosure statement at the time of sale substantially as follows: "__________ (Name of the fraternal benefit society) IS LICENSED TO DO BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF OHIO. AS A ________ (not-for-profit, tax-exempt, self-governing, or membership organization), FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE OHIO GUARANTY ASSOCIATION. THIS MEANS THAT FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES CANNOT BE ASSESSED FOR THE INSOL...

...r's 1941 standard ordinary mortality table, the commissioner's 1941 standard industrial table, the commissioner's 1958 standard ordinary mortality table, the commissioner's 1980 standard mortality table, or any more recent table made applicable to life insurers, every paid-up nonforfeiture benefit and the amount of any cash surrender value, loan, or other option granted shall not be less than the corresponding amount...

... this section, a fraternal benefit society shall invest its funds only in such investments as are authorized by section 3907.14 of the Revised Code for the investment of assets of life insurers and subject to the limitations thereon. Any foreign or alien society permitted or seeking to do business in this state that invests its funds in accordance with the laws of the state, district, territory, country, or pr...

...idual rights to the assets, or be entitled to any apportionment on the surrender of any part of the assets, except as provided in the benefit contract. (B) A society may create, maintain, invest, disburse, and apply any special fund or funds necessary to carry out any purpose permitted by the laws of the society. No society shall, directly or indirectly, pay or use, or offer, consent, or agree to pay or use,...

...pose. No law shall apply to societies unless they are expressly designated in the law.

...pter is hereby declared to be a charitable and benevolent institution, and all of its funds are exempt from all state, county, district, municipal, and school taxes other than franchise taxes and taxes on real estate.

... 1998, shall comply with the valuation methods and standards, including interest assumptions, that are applicable to life insurers that issue policies containing like benefits. (C) The superintendent of insurance may, in the superintendent's discretion, accept other standards for valuation if the superintendent finds that the reserves produced by such standards will not be less in the aggregate than reserves compute...

... be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the department of insurance operating fund created under section 3901.021 of the Revised Code.

...Fraternal benefit societies that are authorized to transact business in this state on December 31, 1996, may continue such business until April 1, 1997. The authority of those societies and all societies licensed on or after January 1, 1997, may be renewed annually, but in all cases shall terminate on the first day of the succeeding April. However, a license so issued shall continue in full force and effect until a ...

... fraternal benefit society shall be liable for the payment of any additional expense of an examination resulting from unreasonable delays by the society in fulfilling a request for documents or information by the examiner conducting the examination. A delay is deemed unreasonable if the examiner has made two separate unfulfilled requests for the same documents or information. A request for records or information from...

... (A) A duly certified copy of its articles of incorporation; (B) A copy of its bylaws certified by its secretary or corresponding officer; (C) A written appointment of an agent as prescribed in section 3921.35 of the Revised Code; (D) A statement of its business made under oath of its president and secretary or corresponding officers in a form prescribed by the superintendent and duly verified by an examinat...

... in a manner hazardous to its members, creditors, the public, or the business, the superintendent shall issue a written notice to the society that sets forth the deficiency and the reasons for the superintendent's dissatisfaction, and that requires the society to correct the deficiency within thirty days after receipt of the notice. If the society fails to correct the deficiency within that thirty-day period, ...

...n a manner hazardous to its members or creditors or the public, the superintendent shall issue a written notice to the society that sets forth the deficiency and the reasons for the superintendent's dissatisfaction, and that requires the society to correct the deficiency within thirty days after receipt of the notice. If the society fails to correct the deficiency within that thirty-day period, the superintend...

...gs for a domestic fraternal benefit society shall be conducted consistent with the purposes of section 3903.02 of the Revised Code in a manner designed to conserve assets, limit liquidation expenses, and avoid any assessment of shares of a deficiency. (B)(1) The liquidator shall attempt to transfer policies or certificates of the liquidating fraternal benefit society by way of assignment, assumption, or other means...

...sed Code, and shall be required to complete continuing education as set forth in section 3905.481 of the Revised Code starting with the twenty-four-month period commencing on the first day of January of 1999. However, no written or other examination shall be required of any person whose application for the original issuance of a license to represent a fraternal benefit society as its agent was filed with the s...

....50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.

...ting to legacy enhanced 9-1-1 public safety answering points, next generation 9-1-1 public safety answering points, and local next generation 9-1-1 systems. The system shall be designed to provide access to emergency services from all connected communications sources and provide multimedia data capabilities for public safety answering points and other emergency service organizations. (2) The emergency services int...

...r by this act ; (2) Specific system details describing interoperability among counties, the states bordering this state, and Canada; (3) A progression plan for the system and sustainability within the funding method encompassed by sections 128.41 to 128.422 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than six months after the plan is submitted under division (A) of this section, the steering committee shall review an...

...e or federal government shall present a letter of coordination from the 9-1-1 program office. (B) The letter of coordination shall state all of the following: (1) The entity described in division (A) of this section; (2) The specific grantor identification; (3) The dollar amount of the grant; (4) The intended use of the grant; (5) The system, equipment, software, or any component to be procured with...

...d distribute data from and to public safety answering points, service providers, and emergency service providers regarding both of the following: (1) The status and operation of the components of the statewide 9-1-1 system, including all of the following: (a) The aggregate number of access lines that the provider maintains within this state; (b) The aggregate amount of costs and cost recovery associated with...

... use of that data provided by public safety answering points, service providers, and emergency service providers for the purpose of 9-1-1 shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the steering committee. (B) Data and information that contribute to more effective 9-1-1 services and emergency response may be accessed and shared among 9-1-1 and emergency response functions specifically for the purposes of effective eme...

...uting to the most appropriate public safety answering point or local next generation 9-1-1 system. Provision of this location data may include both of the following: (a) Preprovisioning of location data into a state-operated database utilizing industry standard protocols; (b) Providing a routable location with the 9-1-1 traffic at call time, utilizing approved standards for both legacy and next generation 9-1-1...

... location transmission to the public safety answering point, using either legacy private-switch automatic location identification or next generation 9-1-1 methodologies. (3) Each operator of a multiline telephone system that was installed or substantially renovated on or after the effective date of this section , shall identify the specific location of the caller using an emergency response location that includes ...

...m to a centralized location on the same site as the system. The business service user is not required to have a person available at the location to receive a notification.

...ne telephone system or voice over internet protocol system needs to be reprogrammed or replaced. (C) The business service user made a good-faith attempt to reprogram or replace the system. (D) The business service user agrees to place an instructional sticker next to the telephones that explains how to access 9-1-1 in case of emergency, provides the specific location where the device is installed, and reminds t...

...Sections 128.241 and 128.242 of the Revised Code shall not apply if they are preempted by or in conflict with federal law.

...affic misroutes, and boundary disputes between public safety answering points.

...service for all areas to be covered as set forth in the county's final plan or the council's agreement.

...A service provider that operates within a county that participates in the statewide next generation 9-1-1 core services system or within the area served by a regional council of governments that participates in that system shall deliver the 9-1-1 traffic that originates in that geographic area to the next generation 9-1-1 core for that geographic area.

...rgency number association and the internet engineering task force.

...of this section may receive through the credit authorized by section 5733.55 of the Revised Code the total nonrecurring charges for its portion of the wireline telephone network of the system and the total nonrecurring charges for any updating or modernization of that wireline telephone network in accordance with the terms, conditions, requirements, and specifications of the final plan, as such charges are set forth ...

... in a separate and distinct fund to the credit of the county. The fund shall be used to pay the costs allowed in division (A) of this section and specified in the resolution adopted under that division. In no case shall any surplus so collected be expended for other than the use and benefit of the county.

... this division, any county may seek the assistance of the steering committee with regard to operating and maintaining a 9-1-1 system. (E) Pursuant to the voter approval required by division (C) of this section, the final plan for a countywide 9-1-1 system that will be funded through a monthly charge imposed in accordance with this section shall be amended by the existing 9-1-1 program review committee, and the ame...

... this division, any county may seek the assistance of the steering committee with regard to operating and maintaining a 9-1-1 system. (E) Nothing in this chapter precludes a final plan adopted in accordance with those sections from being amended to provide that, by agreement included in the plan, a public safety answering point of another countywide 9-1-1 system is the public safety answering point of a countywide...

...he company. The company shall keep complete records of charges it bills and collects, and such records shall be open during business hours for inspection by the county commissioners or their agents or employees. If a company fails to bill any customer for the charge, it is liable to the county for the amount that was not billed. (B) A telephone company that collects charges under this section shall remit the money...

...l Wireless-E911 Costs." (2) On each retail sale of a prepaid wireless calling service occurring in this state, a wireless 9-1-1 charge of five-tenths of one per cent of the sale price. (B) For purposes of division (A)(2) of this section, a retail sale occurs in this state if it is effected by the consumer appearing in person at a seller's business location in this state, or if the sale is sourced to this state ...

... telephone system, and voice over internet protocol system to which both of the following apply: (1) The service or system is registered to the subscriber's address within this state or the subscriber's primary place of using the service or system is in this state. (2) The service or system is capable of initiating a direct connection to 9-1-1. (B) After the expiration of the charge described in division (A)...

...service. (B) Wholesale transactions between telecommunications service providers where the service is a component of a service provided to an end user. This exemption includes network access charges and interconnection charges paid to a local exchange carrier.

...Each service provider and each reseller shall collect the next generation 9-1-1 access fee imposed under section 128.41 of the Revised Code as a specific line item on each subscriber's monthly bill or point of sale invoice. The line item shall be the "Ohio Next Generation 9-1-1 Access Fee ([amount]/service/month)" or similar language. If a provider bills a subscriber for any other 9-1-1 costs that the provider may in...

...ode, there is imposed, on each retail sale of a prepaid wireless calling service occurring in this state, a next generation 9-1-1 access fee of five-tenths of one per cent of the sale price. (B) For purposes of division (A) of this section, a retail sale occurs in this state if it is effected by the consumer appearing in person at a seller's business location in this state, or if the sale is sourced to this state ...

...ion 128.422 of the Revised Code, the seller of the prepaid calling service shall collect the next generation 9-1-1 access fee imposed under section 128.42 of the Revised Code in the same manner as described in section 128.414 of the Revised Code.