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...(A) The superintendent of financial institutions may require persons licensed or registered by the division of financial institutions to participate in a multistate licensing system. (B)(1) If the superintendent requires use of a multistate licensing system, the superintendent may establish, by rule, regulation, or order, requirements as necessary to enable information required by existing statutes providing for li...

...Each agency shall prepare and publish, and as it becomes necessary or advisable, revise and republish, a guide to its rule-making process that functions generally to assist members of the public who participate, or who may wish to participate, in the agency's rule-making. The agency's guide is to include: (A) A statement of the agency's regulatory mission; (B) A description of how the agency is organized to achieve...

...9.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code, for engaging in deceptive trade practice as defined in section 4165.02 of the Revised Code. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law existing as of November 2, 1959, no agency may make rules which would limit or restrict the right of any person to advertise in compliance with law.

...(A) The state public defender shall serve at the pleasure of the Ohio public defender commission and shall be an attorney with a minimum of four years of experience in the practice of law and be admitted to the practice of law in this state at least one year prior to appointment. (B) The state public defender shall do all of the following: (1) Maintain a central office in Columbus. The central office shall be p...

...(A) All information obtained by a public defender when determining if a person is indigent, shall be held confidential within the ethical standards of attorney-client communications, unless previously on public record, or made available to the court as provided in section 120.05 of the Revised Code. (B) All communications between the individual defendant and a public defender shall be fully protected by the attorney...

...(A) A legal aid society that operates within the state may apply to the Ohio access to justice foundation for financial assistance from the legal aid fund established by section 120.52 of the Revised Code to be used for the funding of the society during the calendar year following the calendar year in which application is made. (B) An application for financial assistance made under division (A) of this section shal...

...There is hereby created the commission on Hispanic-Latino affairs consisting of eleven voting members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The speaker of the house of representatives shall recommend to the governor two persons for appointment to the commission, the president of the senate shall recommend to the governor two such persons, and the minority leaders of the house and senate...

...(A) There is hereby created the Ohio commission on service and volunteerism consisting of nineteen voting members including the director of education and workforce or the director's designee, the chancellor of higher education or the chancellor's designee, the director of youth services or the director's designee, the director of aging or the director's designee, and fifteen members who shall be appointed by the gove...

...As used in sections 121.41 to 121.50 of the Revised Code: (A) "Appropriate ethics commission" has the same meaning as in section 102.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Appropriate licensing agency" means a public or private entity that is responsible for licensing, certifying, or registering persons who are engaged in a particular vocation. (C) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code a...

...(A) Each executive agency lobbyist who has had any financial transaction with or for the benefit of an elected executive official, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, an executive agency official, or any member of the staff of any of the public officers or employees listed in this division shall describe the details of the transaction, including the name of the public office...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall engage any person to influence executive agency decisions or conduct executive agency lobbying activity for compensation that is contingent in any way on the outcome of an executive agency decision and no person shall accept any engagement to influence executive agency decisions or conduct executive agency lobbying activity for compensation...

...The department of development shall provide for low-interest loans to small businesses, as defined by rules adopted pursuant to the "Small Business Act," 72 Stat. 384 (1972), 15 U.S.C.A. 632, as amended, that are engaged in the export of goods produced in this state. In carrying out the purposes of this section, the department shall develop operating procedures that are essentially the same as those of the United Sta...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Development costs" means expenditures paid or incurred by the property owner in completing a certified transformational mixed use development project, including architectural or engineering fees paid or incurred in connection with the project and expenses incurred before the date the project is certified by the tax credit authority under division (C) of this section. In the case o...

...As used in this section and sections 122.151 to 122.156 of the Revised Code: (A) "Affiliate" means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another person. For the purposes of this division, a person is "controlled by" another person if the controlling person holds, directly or indirectly, the majority voting or ownership ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Payroll" means the total taxable income paid by the employer during the employer's taxable year, or during the calendar year that includes the employer's tax period, to each employee or each home-based employee employed in the project to the extent such payroll is not used to determine the credit under section 122.171 of the Revised Code. "Payroll" excludes amounts paid before the...

...As used in sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code: (A) "New technology" means the development through science or research of methods, processes, and procedures, including but not limited to those involving the processing and utilization of coal, for practical application in industrial or agribusiness situations. (B) "Industrial research" means study and investigation in giving new shapes, n...

...The director of development services is vested with the powers and duties provided in sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code, to promote the welfare of the people of the state through the interaction of the business and industrial community and educational institutions in the development of new technology and enterprise. (A) It is necessary for the state to establish the programs created pur...

...As used in sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62 of the Revised Code: (A) "Financial institution" means any banking corporation, trust company, insurance company, savings and loan association, building and loan association, or corporation, partnership, federal lending agency, foundation, or other institution engaged in lending or investing funds for industrial or business purposes. (B) "Project" means any real...

...(A) There is hereby created in the department of development the capital access loan program to assist participating financial institutions in making program loans to eligible businesses that face barriers in accessing working capital and obtaining fixed asset financing. In administering the program, the director of development may do any of the following: (1) Receive and accept grants, gifts, and contribution...

...(A) There is hereby created the minority development financing advisory board to assist in carrying out the programs created pursuant to sections 122.71 to 122.83 and 122.87 to 122.89 of the Revised Code. (B) The board shall consist of ten members. The director of development or the director's designee shall be a voting member on the board. Seven members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consen...

...(A) As used in this section and in sections 5726.55, 5733.59, 5747.66, and 5751.54 of the Revised Code: (1) "Tax credit-eligible production" means a motion picture or broadway theatrical production certified by the director of development under division (B) of this section as qualifying the production company for a tax credit under section 5726.55, 5733.59, 5747.66, or 5751.54 of the Revised Code. (2) "Certific...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Capital improvement project" means a project that consists of acquiring, constructing, rehabilitating, repairing, redeveloping, expanding, or improving facilities located, or equipment used in this state for production and postproduction of motion pictures or broadway theatrical productions. (2) "Qualified expenditures" means expenditures incurred by a production company after ...

...(A) As used in this section and section 5747.81 of the Revised Code: (1) "Small business enterprise" means a corporation, pass-through entity, or other person satisfying all of the following: (a) At the time of a qualifying investment, the enterprise meets all of the following requirements: (i) Has no outstanding tax or other liabilities owed to the state; (ii) Is in good standing with the secretary of st...

...(A) As used in this section: "Armed forces" means the armed forces of the United States, including the army, navy, air force, marine corps, space force, coast guard, or any reserve component of those forces; the national guard of any state; the commissioned corps of the United States public health service; the merchant marine service during wartime; such other service as may be designated by congress; and the Ohio ...

...All claims against the state for the repair, maintenance, and operation of the public works of Ohio, including salary and expenses of all employees engaged in such work, shall be paid upon the order of the director of administrative services.