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...Not later than sixty days after a party is served with a complaint, cross-claim, counterclaim, third-party claim, or other pleading that asserts a cause of action to which this chapter applies, the party may file a motion for expedited relief to dismiss the civil action or claim. The court may extend the sixty-day period to file the motion for expedited relief for good cause shown.

...o protect against an imminent threat to public health or safety.

...w for limited discovery under section 2747.03 of the Revised Code or delays the hearing for other good cause. (2) If the court orders a later hearing to allow for limited discovery, the court shall conduct the hearing not later than sixty days after the court order allowing discovery unless the hearing is delayed for other good cause. (B) In ruling on the motion for expedited relief, the court shall consider the ...

...on for expedited relief under section 2747.04 of the Revised Code, the court shall award reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and other reasonable litigation expenses to the moving party. The court shall not fail to award, or reduce an award of, attorney's fees, court costs, and other reasonable litigation expenses under this division on the grounds that the representation of the moving party was undertaken on a ...

...(A) Sections 2747.01 to 2747.06 of the Revised Code apply to a civil action filed or any claim asserted in a civil action on or after the effective date of this section. (B) A court shall broadly construe and apply sections 2747.01 to 2747.06 of the Revised Code to protect the exercise of the right of freedom of speech and of the press, the right to assemble and petition, and the right of association, guaranteed by...

...s being urged or incited to commit is a felony, inciting to violence is a felony of the third degree.

...ommit or facilitate the commission of a felony; (2) With purpose to commit or facilitate the commission of any offense of violence; (3) When the offender or any participant to the knowledge of the offender has on or about the offender's or participant's person or under the offender's or participant's control, uses, or intends to use a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance, as defined in section 2923.11 of the Revised...

...duct; (2) With purpose to intimidate a public official or employee into taking or refraining from official action, or with purpose to hinder, impede, or obstruct a function of government; (3) With purpose to hinder, impede, or obstruct the orderly process of administration or instruction at an educational institution, or to interfere with or disrupt lawful activities carried on at such institution. (B) No person s...

...For the purposes of prosecuting violations of sections 2917.02 and 2917.03 of the Revised Code, the state is not required to allege or prove that the offender expressly agreed with four or more others to commit any act that constitutes a violation of either section prior to or while committing those acts.

...rm to persons or property or of serious public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, a law enforcement officer or other public official may order the participants and such other persons to disperse. No person shall knowingly fail to obey such order. (B) Nothing in this section requires persons to disperse who are peaceably assembled for a lawful purpose. (C)(1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of failure to di...

...A law enforcement officer or fireman, engaged in suppressing riot or in protecting persons or property during riot: (A) Is justified in using force, other than deadly force, when and to the extent he has probable cause to believe such force is necessary to disperse or apprehend rioters; (B) Is justified in using force, including deadly force, when and to the extent he has probable cause to believe such force is nec...

...preventing the movement of persons on a public street, road, highway, or right-of-way, or to, from, within, or upon public or private property, so as to interfere with the rights of others, and by any act that serves no lawful and reasonable purpose of the offender; (5) Creating a condition that is physically offensive to persons or that presents a risk of physical harm to persons or property, by any act that serves...

...(A) No person, with purpose to prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting, procession, or gathering, shall do either of the following: (1) Do any act which obstructs or interferes with the due conduct of such meeting, procession, or gathering; (2) Make any utterance, gesture, or display which outrages the sensibilities of the group. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of disturbing a lawful meeting. Except as ...

... personnel" as defined in section 2909.04 of the Revised Code. (3) "Emergency facility" has the same meaning as in section 2909.04 of the Revised Code.

...highway, street, sidewalk, or any other public passage in such a manner as to render the highway, street, sidewalk, or passage impassable without unreasonable inconvenience or hazard if both of the following apply: (1) The obstruction prevents an emergency vehicle from accessing a highway or street, prevents an emergency service responder from responding to an emergency, or prevents an emergency vehicle or an emer...

...mage is disseminated for another lawful public purpose. (6) The person in the image is knowingly and willingly in a state of nudity or engaged in a sexual act and is knowingly and willingly in a location in which the person does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy. (7) The image is disseminated for the purpose of medical treatment or examination. (D) The following entities are not liable for a violatio...

...harm to any person, inducing panic is a felony of the fourth degree. (4) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(5), (6), (7), or (8) of this section, if a violation of this section results in economic harm, the penalty shall be determined as follows: (a) If the violation results in economic harm of one thousand dollars or more but less than seven thousand five hundred dollars and if division (C)(3) of thi...

...ndred dollars, making false alarms is a felony of the fifth degree. (4) If a violation of this section pertains to a purported, threatened, or actual use of a weapon of mass destruction, making false alarms is a felony of the third degree. (5) If a violation of this section results in economic harm of seven thousand five hundred dollars or more but less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars and if division (C)(...

...n (D)(3) of this section, swatting is a felony of the fourth degree. (3) If a violation of this section results in serious physical harm to any person, it is a felony of the second degree. (E) Prior to the sentencing of a person who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of this section, the court shall enter an order that directs any law enforcement agency or emergency service provider involved i...

...n division (D)(3)(a) of this section. (4) "Delivery system" means any of the following: (a) Any apparatus, equipment, device, or means of delivery specifically designed to deliver or disseminate a biological agent, toxin, or vector; (b) Any vector. (5) "Vector" means a living organism or molecule, including a recombinant molecule or biological product that may be engineered through biotechnology, capable of carry...

...ht thousand tickets are offered to the public; (b) A concert that is not exempted under division (D) of this section and for which more than three thousand tickets are offered to the public. (2) No person shall advertise any live entertainment performance as described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section or any concert as described in division (B)(1)(b) of this section, unless the advertisement contains the ...

...ade the payment of the known fares of a public transportation system. (B) No person shall alter any transfer, pass, ticket, or token of a public transportation system with the purpose of evading the payment of fares or of defrauding the system. (C) No person shall do any of the following while in any facility or on any vehicle of a public transportation system: (1) Play sound equipment without the proper use of a ...

...ice services in the state department of public safety pursuant to section 5502.62 of the Revised Code unless authorized in accordance with that section, any rule adopted pursuant to that section, or former section 3313.206 of the Revised Code prior to its repeal on April 8, 2019. (D) No person, with intent to identify a home or building as a mcgruff house program home or building, shall display a symbol that false...

...mproperly handling infectious agents, a felony of the second degree.

...to 2921.45 of the Revised Code: (A) "Public official" means any elected or appointed officer, or employee, or agent of the state or any political subdivision, whether in a temporary or permanent capacity, and includes, but is not limited to, legislators, judges, and law enforcement officers. "Public official" does not include an employee, officer, or governor-appointed member of the board of directors of the ...