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...(A) Whoever violates section 1721.19 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars. (B) Whoever violates section 1721.20 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars. (C) Whoever violates section 1721.21 or 1721.211 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

...If a company is organized for the purpose of erecting or building dams across rivers or streams in this state to raise and maintain a head of water; for constructing and maintaining canals, locks, and raceways to regulate and carry such head of water to any plant or powerhouse where electricity is to be generated; for erecting and maintaining lines of poles on which to string wires or cables to carry and transmit ele...

...in are concerned, the director of transportation or other state official having supervision or control as to state roads, the board of county commissioners as to county roads, the board of township trustees as to township roads, and the legislative authority of municipal corporation as to streets and alleys in their respective jurisdictions, may grant to such companies, subject to such regulations and restricti...

...23.02 of the Revised Code do not confer power to appropriate any portion of, or confer any right in, any street, alley, highway, or other public way or land situated within any municipal corporation without such municipal corporation's consent.

...No reservoirs for the storage or transportation of water shall be constructed by any company described in section 1723.01 of the Revised Code, within the corporate limits of any municipal corporation or within any public park, and all excavations made by such company, except reservoirs for storage and transportation of water, shall be well filled, and kept well filled, by it.

...on 1723.01 of the Revised Code may transport, store, insure, and ship natural gas, petroleum, coal or its derivatives, or water, and may transport and store water for the purpose of furnishing it to engineers employed in developing for petroleum, or to engineers employed in the production and transportation of petroleum; and for such purpose such company may lay down, construct, and maintain the necessary pipes, tubi...

...nd engines, as may be necessary to transport oils, coal or its derivatives, or water through tubes and pipes.

...With respect to the transporting by it of natural gas, petroleum, coal or its derivatives, water, and electricity, a company described in section 1723.01 of the Revised Code is a common carrier and is subject to the duties and liabilities of a common carrier under the laws of this state. A company described in section 1723.01 of the Revised Code includes any firm, partnership, voluntary association, joint-stock asso...

...pter: (1) "Community improvement corporation" means an economic development corporation or a county land reutilization corporation. (2) "Economic development corporation" means a corporation organized for the purposes described in division (B)(1) of this section. (3) "County land reutilization corporation" means a corporation organized under section 1724.04 of the Revised Code for the purpos...

...in a corporation formed under Chapter 1726. of the Revised Code. (8) To serve as an agent for grant applications and for the administration of grants, or to make applications as principal for grants for county land reutilization corporations. (9) To exercise the powers enumerated under Chapter 5722. of the Revised Code on behalf of a county that organizes or contracts with a county land reutilization corporation....

...(A) After the articles of incorporation have been filed, and at the first meeting of the board of directors of a county land reutilization corporation, the board shall adopt regulations for the government of the corporation, the conduct of its affairs, and the management of its property, consistent with law and the articles. The content of the regulations shall be governed by section 1702.11 of the Revised Code...

...organize a county land reutilization corporation under this chapter and Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code for the purpose of exercising the powers granted to a county under Chapter 5722. of the Revised Code. The county treasurer of the county for the benefit of which the corporation is being organized shall be the incorporator of the county land reutilization corporation. The form of the articles of incorporation of ...

...Each community improvement corporation shall prepare an annual financial report that conforms to rules prescribed by the auditor of state pursuant to section 117.20 of the Revised Code, that is prepared according to generally accepted accounting principles, and that is certified by the board of directors of the corporation or its treasurer or other chief fiscal officer to the best knowledge and belief of those person...

...If any community improvement corporation fails to prepare an annual financial report as required by section 1724.05 of the Revised Code and to file that report with the auditor of state within ninety days of the time prescribed for that filing by that section, or if the auditor of state determines by applying the standards applicable to a public office under section 117.41 of the Revised Code that any community impro...

...llation of the community improvement corporation, any remaining assets shall be applied as follows: (A) In the case of an economic development corporation, to such civic projects or public charitable purposes in the community or area as may be determined by the directors with the approval of the court of common pleas of the county wherein the corporation has its principal place of business; (B) In the case of a ...

...f the Revised Code are applicable to corporations organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code to the extent they are not inconsistent herewith.

...Any corporation organized prior to August 17, 1961 and having similar purposes may be brought under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code by the required vote of its members or shareholders adopting amended articles of incorporation. Said amended articles of incorporation shall provide for a change in the corporate title and powers in conformity with Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code and shall contain a statement that th...

...(A) A community improvement corporation may be designated: (1) By a county, one or more townships, one or more municipal corporations, two or more adjoining counties, or any combination of the foregoing as the agency of each such political subdivision for the industrial, commercial, distribution, and research development in such political subdivision when the legislative authority of such political subdivisio...

...(A) When a community improvement corporation is acting as an agent of a political subdivision designated pursuant to section 1724.10 of the Revised Code and at all times as a county land reutilization corporation, both of the following apply: (1) Any financial and proprietary information, including trade secrets, submitted by or on behalf of an entity to the community improvement corporation in connection with the...

...directors of a community improvement corporation in which all or a part of a downtown redevelopment district is located may accept contributions from the municipal corporation that created the district pursuant to division (E)(2) of section 5709.45 of the Revised Code. The board shall use all such contributions to promote the downtown redevelopment district to potential business patrons, to recruit businesses to relo...

...The officers of an incorporated board of trade, chamber of commerce, merchants' exchange, or other kindred association shall consist of a president, two vice-presidents, a treasurer, and a secretary, all of whom shall be members of the association and be engaged in business at, or residents of, the municipal corporation in which it is established. They shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting of the associati...

...An incorporated board of trade, chamber of commerce, merchants' exchange, or other kindred association may establish and appoint committees of reference and arbitration and committees of appeals, which committees shall be governed by such rules as are prescribed in the association's rules or bylaws for the settlement of such matters of reference as are submitted voluntarily for arbitration by members of the associati...

...An incorporated board of trade, chamber of commerce, merchants' exchange, or other kindred association may require from its officers, whether elected or appointed, sufficient bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties and trusts, which bonds shall be conditioned and made payable as prescribed by the association's bylaws and may be sued on, the money thereby collected to be held for the use of the party injured ...

...spector, gauger, weigher, or measurer appointed by an incorporated board of trade, chamber of commerce, merchants' exchange, or other kindred association shall be recognized as a legally appointed officer, for the duties pertaining to his position, in the city and county in which the association is located, and shall be subject to all the laws relating thereto. The certificate of such appointee as to his official ac...

...An incorporated board of trade, chamber of commerce, merchants' exchange, or other kindred association may purchase or lease suitable grounds and erect thereon such buildings as its board of directors deems proper for its interest. It may lease any portion of such building which is not occupied by or needed for its immediate use. It may, by a two-thirds favorable vote of its board, sell and convey its real estate. It...