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...No owner of a professional sports team that uses a tax-supported facility for most of its home games and receives financial assistance from the state or a political subdivision thereof shall cease playing most of its home games at the facility and begin playing most of its home games elsewhere unless the owner either: (A) Enters into an agreement with the political subdivision permitting the team to play most of its...

..., a person, without further license, permission, restriction, delay, or process, including by any ordinance, rule, regulation, resolution, practice, or other action or any threat of citation, prosecution, or other legal process, may own, possess, purchase, acquire, transport, store, carry, sell, transfer, manufacture, or keep any firearm, part of a firearm, its components, and its ammunition, and any knife, without b...

...(A) As used in this section, "tobacco product" and "alternative nicotine product" have the same meanings as in section 2927.02 of the Revised Code. (B) The regulation of tobacco products and alternative nicotine products is a matter of general statewide concern that requires statewide regulation. The state has adopted a comprehensive plan with respect to all aspects of the giveaway, sale, purchase, distribution, m...

...ny of the following who is employed, commissioned, disposed, appointed, or elected in a capacity specified in division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section for this state, a political subdivision of this state, or an agency, department, or instrumentality of this state or a political subdivision of this state: (1) Any law enforcement officer, as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code; (2) Any peace officer...

...ion of the state without the special permission of the general assembly.

...ic employer any question concerning the criminal background of the applicant. (C) Nothing in this section prohibits a public employer from including on any form for application for employment with the public employer a statement notifying an applicant of any provision of the Revised Code or federal law that disqualifies an individual with a particular criminal history from employment in a particular position.

...in specific equipment, machinery, or premises, over which the licensing authority has jurisdiction. (2) "Licensing authority" means a public office that issues a license to a person or entity. (3) "Political subdivision" means a county, township, municipal corporation, or any other body corporate and politic that is responsible for government activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state. (4) "...

...Any public agency, authority, board, commission, instrumentality, or special district of the state, a county, township, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of the state; (d) Any officer or agent of one of the entities listed in divisions (A)(6)(a) to (c) of this section who is authorized to enter into a contract for the construction of a public improvement or to construct a public improvement by th...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Boycott" means engaging in refusals to deal, terminating business activities, or other actions that are intended to limit commercial relations with persons or entities in a discriminatory manner. "Boycott" does not include: (a) Boycotts to which 50 U.S.C. 4607(c) applies; (b) A decision based on business or economic reasons, or the specific conduct of a targeted person or entit...

...ndividual who has been convicted of any criminal offense may request, at any time, that a licensing authority determine whether the individual's criminal conviction disqualifies the individual from obtaining a license issued or conferred by the licensing authority. An individual making such a request shall include details of the individual's criminal conviction and any payment required by the licensing authority. A l...

...fter April 12, 2021, a list of specific criminal offenses for which a conviction, judicial finding of guilt, or plea of guilty may disqualify an individual from obtaining an initial license. The licensing authority shall make the list available to the public on the licensing authority's web site pursuant to division (C) of section 9.78 of the Revised Code. The licensing authority, in adopting the list, shall do both ...

...The chief officer of any department or division of the state, and the budgeting authority of any political subdivision or school district, or any institution supported in whole or in part by the state, a county or municipality, may authorize a payroll deduction plan for contributions by employees to one or more specified charitable agencies which are corporations not for profit, community chests, united funds, or oth...

...After an authorization adopted under section 9.80 of the Revised Code, any public officer or employee of any department or division of the state, any political subdivision or school district thereof, or of any institution supported in whole or in part by the state, a county, or municipal corporation, who desires to make a contribution by the payroll deduction plan to one or more of the specified charitable agencies w...

...d all departments, boards, offices, commissions, agencies, institutions, and other instrumentalities of the state of Ohio. "State" does not include political subdivisions. For purposes of the judicial liability program, "state" means the supreme court, the courts of appeals, the courts of common pleas and any division of courts of common pleas, municipal courts, and county courts. (B) "Political subdivision" ...

...reted to permit the settlement or compromise of those civil actions, demands, or claims, except in the manner provided in Chapter 2743. of the Revised Code. (F) The department of administrative services and the office of risk management, while acting pursuant to the responsibilities prescribed in sections 9.82 to 9.83 of the Revised Code, are performing a public duty, as defined in section 2743.01 of the Revised Co...

..., and agents arising out of any act or omission of an officer, employee, or agent in the performance of official duties, except acts and omissions for which indemnification is prohibited under section 9.87 of the Revised Code; (3) Insuring and maintaining a judicial liability program. (B) The department of administrative services through the office of risk management shall establish and administer a crime insuran...

...(A) All contributions collected by the director of administrative services under division (E) of this section shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the risk management reserve fund, which is hereby created. The fund shall be used to provide insurance and self-insurance for the state under sections 9.822 and 9.83 of the Revised Code. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to ...

... is authorized to expend funds to compromise claims for liability against its officers or employees. No insurer shall deny coverage under such a policy, and the state shall not refuse to pay judgments or compromise claims, on the ground that an automobile, truck, motor vehicle with auxiliary equipment, self-propelling equipment or trailer, aircraft, or watercraft was not being used in the course of an officer's or em...

...(A) As used in this section: "Political subdivision" has the meaning defined in sections 2744.01 and 3905.36 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this section, "political subdivision" includes municipal corporations as defined in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code. "County board" means a county board of developmental disabilities. (B) Political subdivisions and county boards that provide health care benefits for ...

...a department, bureau, board, office, commission, agency, institution, or other instrumentality of this state established by the constitution or laws of this state for the exercise of any function of state government, but excludes a political subdivision, an institution of higher education, the public employees retirement system, the Ohio police and fire pension fund, the state teachers retirement system, the sc...

...official, department, board, bureau, commission, or agency, or any representative of a public official, department, board, bureau, commission, or agency, in any administrative or executive proceeding or investigation, public or private, if the witness so requests, shall be permitted to be accompanied, represented, and advised by an attorney, whose participation shall be limited to the protection of the rights ...

...As used in this section and sections 9.86 and 9.87 of the Revised Code: (A) "Officer or employee" has the same meaning as in division (A) of section 109.36 of the Revised Code. (B) "State" has the same meaning as in division (B) of section 109.36 of the Revised Code. (C) "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as in division (C) of section 109.36 of the Revised Code. (D) "Employer" has the same meaning as in...

...Except for civil actions that arise out of the operation of a motor vehicle and civil actions in which the state is the plaintiff, no officer or employee shall be liable in any civil action that arises under the law of this state for damage or injury caused in the performance of his duties, unless the officer's or employee's actions were manifestly outside the scope of his employment or official responsibilities, or ...

...ney general determine that the acts or omissions of the officer or employee were not within the terms of division (B)(2) of this section; (4) For any portion of a consent judgment or settlement that is unreasonable. (C) The director of administrative services may purchase a policy or policies of insurance on behalf of officers and employees of the state from an insurer or insurers licensed to do business in this st...

...igned duties, and if the charges are dismissed or the employee is acquitted of any wrongdoing as a result, the employee may be indemnified for the reasonable cost of legal representation. An employee shall request indemnification by submitting a written request to the director of rehabilitation and correction. The director shall determine whether to recommend indemnification and shall transmit the recommendatio...