Ohio Revised Code Search

...For the purposes of this chapter, the Ohio water development authority may: (A) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business under this chapter; (B) Sue and plead in its own name; be sued and impleaded in its own name with respect to its contracts or torts of its members, employees, or agents acting within the scope of their employment, or to enforce its obligations and covenants m...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Local area" means a local workforce development area designated under section 106 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, 29 U.S.C. 3121, pursuant to this chapter. (B) "Workforce development activity" means an activity carried out through a workforce development system. (C) "Chief elected official or officials," when used in reference to a local area, means the chief elected ...

...(A) The governor shall establish a state board. The state board shall consist of the following members: (1) The governor; (2) Two members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; (3) Two members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate; (4) Members required under section 101(b)(1)(C) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, 29 U.S.C....

...Beginning January 1, 2013, and each calendar year thereafter, the state board, with the assistance of all state agencies engaged in workforce development activities, shall prepare a report concerning the state of Ohio's workforce. Upon completion of the annual workforce report, the state board shall provide an electronic copy of the report to the president and minority leader of the senate, the speaker and minority l...

...Any municipal corporation may regulate and license manufacturers and dealers in explosives, chattel mortgage and salary loan brokers, peddlers, public ballrooms, scavengers, intelligence officers, billiard rooms, bowling alleys, livery, sale, and boarding stables, dancing or riding academies or schools, race courses, ball grounds, street musicians, secondhand dealers, junk shops, and all persons engaged in the trade,...

...In the trial of any action brought under section 715.61 of the Revised Code, the fact that any party to such action represented himself as engaged in any business or occupation, for the transaction of which a license is required, or as the keeper, proprietor, or manager of the thing for which a license is required, or that such party exhibits a sign indicating such business or calling, or such proprietorship or mana...

...Each municipal corporation may do any of the following: (A) Acquire by purchase or condemnation real estate with or without buildings on it, and easements or interests in real estate; (B) Extend, enlarge, reconstruct, repair, equip, furnish, or improve a building or improvement that it is authorized to acquire or construct; (C) Erect a crematory or provide other means for disposing of garbage or refuse, and erect ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Affiliated group of corporations" means an affiliated group as defined in section 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code, except that, if such a group includes at least one incumbent local exchange carrier that is primarily engaged in the business of providing local exchange telephone service in this state, the affiliated group shall not include any incumbent local exchange carrier that ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Affiliated group of corporations" means an affiliated group as defined in section 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code, except that, if such a group includes at least one incumbent local exchange carrier that is primarily engaged in the business of providing local exchange telephone service in this state, the affiliated group shall not include any incumbent local exchange carrier that ...

...Any municipal corporation may appropriate, enter upon, and hold real estate within its corporate limits: (A) For opening, widening, straightening, changing the grade of, and extending streets, and all other public places, and for this purpose, the municipal corporation may appropriate the right of way across railway tracks and lands held by railway companies, where such appropriation will not unnecessarily interfere...

...(A) As used in this section, "fiscal officer" means a village fiscal officer, a village clerk-treasurer, a village clerk, a city auditor, a city treasurer or, in the case of a municipal corporation having a charter that designates an officer who, by virtue of the charter, has duties and functions similar to those of the city or village officers referred to in this section, the officer so designated by the charter. (...

...Under the supervision of the director of public service, persons under section 735.14 of the Revised Code shall have control of the location of public, municipal, or county buildings to be erected on ground acquired within the limits of the city, and of the size, height, style, and general appearance of such buildings. All plans and specifications for the erection thereof shall be submitted to and approved by them be...

...(A) The members of the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. An employee member of the board shall suffer no loss or penalty whatsoever because of absence from the employee member's regular employment while engaged in official duties as a member of the board...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a fiduciary shall not cause the Ohio police and fire pension fund to engage in a transaction, if the fiduciary knows or should know that such transaction constitutes a direct or indirect: (1) Sale or exchange, or leasing, of any property between the fund and a party in interest; (2) Lending of money or other extension of credit between the fund and a party in ...

...(A) On application for retirement as provided in section 742.37 or 742.39 of the Revised Code, a member of the fund may elect to receive a retirement allowance payable throughout the member's life, or may elect, on the application for retirement, to receive the actuarial equivalent of the member's retirement allowance in a lesser amount payable for life and continuing after death to a surviving designated beneficiar...

...(A) A railway board of trustees that establishes a trust fund under section 746.03 of the Revised Code may invest and reinvest the moneys and assets held in the trust fund, subject to this chapter. The railway board of trustees shall invest and reinvest under the prudent investor standard of care, as described in section 5809.02 of the Revised Code. (B) The railway board of trustees shall retain at least one indepe...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) Deadly weapon has the same meaning as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code. (2) Governing authority of a local public entity means whichever of the following is applicable: (a) For a county, the board of county commissioners of the county; (b) For a municipal corporation, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation; (c) For a combination of counties, a combination of...

... The attorney general is prevented from engaging a private attorney with an office in this state under the rules of the controlling board regarding waiver of competitive selection. (D) There are no private attorneys with offices in this state that possess the necessary experience, capability, or capacity required by the contemplated engagement.

...By the first day of September of each year, the attorney general shall submit a report to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives describing the use of contracts with private attorneys in the preceding fiscal year. The report shall include the following: (A) Identification of all contracts entered into during the fiscal year and all previously executed contracts that remain curren...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "License" means a license, certificate, registration, permit, card, or other authority issued or conferred by a licensing authority of which the licensee has or claims the privilege to engage in the profession, occupation, or activity, or to have control of and operate certain specific equipment, machinery, or premises, over which the licensing authority has jurisdiction. (2) "Li...

... 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 entity; (c) A ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "License" means an authorization evidenced by a license, certificate, registration, permit, card, or other authority that is issued or conferred by a licensing authority to an individual by which the individual has or claims the privilege to engage in a profession, occupation, or occupational activity over which the licensing authority has jurisdiction. "License" does not include a ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "License" means an authorization evidenced by a license, certificate, registration, permit, card, or other authority that is issued or conferred by a licensing authority to an individual by which the individual has or claims the privilege to engage in a profession, occupation, or occupational activity over which the licensing authority has jurisdiction. "License" does not include a...

...(A) The state and any political subdivision may procure a policy or policies of insurance insuring its officers and employees against liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property that occurs in the course of their employment or official responsibilities for the state or the political subdivision. The state is authorized to expend funds to pay judgments that are rendered in any court against its officers...

...(A) As used in this section, "federal law enforcement officer" means any officer of the United States who is authorized by federal law to conduct any investigation of, and make any arrest for, any offense against the United States in violation of federal law. (B) A federal law enforcement officer, while engaged in the performance of his official duties, has the same immunity from liability that a state or local law...