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...(A) A public hospital agency may issue revenue obligations as provided in this section to pay the costs of hospital facilities. Such revenue obligations shall be authorized by resolution or ordinance of the governing body of the public hospital agency. (B) Revenue obligations may be secured by a pledge of and lien on all or such part of the hospital receipts of the public hospital agency as provided in the bond proc...

...(A) The volunteer peace officers' dependents fund shall be maintained in the state treasury. All investment earnings of the fund shall be collected by the treasurer of state and placed to the credit of the fund. (B) Each fund member shall pay to the treasurer of state, to the credit of the fund, an initial premium as follows: (1) Each member with an assessed property valuation of less than seven million dollars, th...

...spital, institutional commissary, state medical university, state university, or board, bureau, commission, council, committee, authority, or administrative body as the same are, or have been, created by action of the general assembly or by the legislative authority of any of the units of local government named in this division not covered by section 742.01, 3307.01, 3309.01, or 5505.01 of the Revised Code. In additi...

...Except as provided in this chapter, no member or employee of the public employees retirement board shall have any interest direct or indirect in the gains or profits of any investment made by the board nor as such directly or indirectly receive any pay or emolument of the member's or employee's services. No member or person connected with the board directly or indirectly, for self or as an agent or partner of others...

...(A) The public employees retirement system shall disclose the following to the Ohio ethics commission: (1) Anything of value received by the system from an agent and anything of value given on behalf of the system by an agent; (2) The name of any employee of the system with authority over the investment of retirement system funds or any board member of the system who deals with an agent regarding amounts described ...

...(A) The public employees retirement board shall have prepared annually by or under the supervision of an actuary an actuarial valuation of the pension assets, liabilities, and funding requirements of the public employees retirement system as established pursuant to this chapter. The actuary shall complete the valuation in accordance with actuarial standards of practice promulgated by the actuarial standards boa...

...The funds hereby created are the employees' savings fund, the employers' accumulation fund, the annuity and pension reserve fund, the income fund, the survivors' benefit fund, the defined contribution fund, and the expense fund. (A) The employees' savings fund is the fund in which shall be accumulated contributions from the earnable salaries of contributors for the purchase of annuities or retirement allowanc...

...When reference is made in this chapter, to the employees' savings fund, the employers' accumulation fund, the annuity and pension reserve fund, the income fund, the survivors' benefit fund, the defined contribution fund, or the expense fund, such reference is made to each as a separate legal entity. This section does not prevent the deposit or investment of all such moneys intermingled for such purpose but such funds...

...(A) There is hereby established in the state treasury the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund. All investment earnings earned by the fund shall be collected by the treasurer of state and placed to the credit of the fund. Each political subdivision or fire district which maintains in whole or in part a volunteer fire department or employs volunteer fire fighters shall pay to the treasurer of state, to the credit ...

...(A) As used in this section, "employing authority" means both of the following: (1) The supreme court, house of representatives, senate, legislative service commission, secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, or attorney general with respect to employees of those entities; (2) The director of administrative services, with respect to eligible employees employed in a position paid by warrant of th...

...(A) In addition to the program of deferred compensation that may be offered under this chapter, a board of township trustees may offer to all of the officers and employees of the township plans or programs for deferring compensation designed for favorable tax treatment of the compensation so deferred. A plan or program shall present a reasonable number of options to the township's officers and employees for the inves...

...(A) The Ohio history connection, in addition to its other public functions, shall cooperate with the Ohio African-American hall of fame governing board established in section 149.306 of the Revised Code to establish the Ohio African-American hall of fame. (B) The purpose of the hall of fame shall be to provide recognition to African-Americans who have made significant contributions to the state. The governing board ...

... all of the following: (1) Forms and procedures by which applicants may apply for rehabilitation tax credit certificates; (2) Criteria for reviewing, evaluating, and approving applications for certificates within the limitations under division (D) of this section, criteria for assuring that the certificates issued encompass a mixture of high and low qualified rehabilitation expenditures, and criteria for issuin...

...(A) There is hereby created the Ohio venture capital authority, which shall exercise the powers and perform the duties prescribed by this chapter. The exercise by the authority of its powers and duties is hereby declared to be an essential state governmental function. The authority is subject to all laws generally applicable to state agencies and public officials, including, but not limited to, Chapter 119. and secti...

...(A) The authority is exempt from the requirements of sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code. (B) The selection of a program administrator and the entering into an agreement under section 150.05 of the Revised Code do not constitute a purchase of services under Chapter 125. of the Revised Code. (C) Notwithstanding section 121.22 of the Revised Code, the authority may hold an executive session for either of ...

...The state, the governor, or a member of the authority is not liable in damages to any person in a civil action for any loss incurred as a result of any investment made by a program administrator or fund manager employed by the program administrator.

...(A) On the first day of January of the second year after the date of entering into an agreement under section 150.05 of the Revised Code and on the first day of August of each ensuing year, the authority shall file with the clerk of the house of representatives, the clerk of the senate, and the chairpersons of the house and senate standing committees predominantly concerned with economic development a written r...

...(A) The director of natural resources, with the approval of the governor, may provide, at one time or from time to time, for the issuance of state park revenue bonds of the state, for the purpose of paying the cost of acquiring by purchase lands or interests therein to be used in the establishment or enlargement of state parks, and for the purpose of paying the cost of acquiring, constructing, enlarging, equipping, f...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Costs of sites and facilities" includes related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of the direct costs of those projects. "Costs of sites and facilities" includes "allowable costs" as defined in section 122.085 of the Revised Code. (2) "Obligations" means obligations as defined in section 151.01 of the Revised Code issued to pay costs of sites and faciliti...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Bond proceedings" includes any trust agreements, and any amendments or supplements to them, as authorized by this section. (2) "Costs of revitalization projects" includes related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of the direct costs of those projects of the department of development or the environmental protection agency. (3) "Issuing authority" means the...

...termining the forfeited amount, and the procedures to be followed in the event of forfeiture. Cash received as the result of such forfeiture is the property of the state.

...f natural resources, in accordance with procedures established by the chief, by rules adopted in accordance with section 1513.02 of the Revised Code. The chief may reclaim the land in the same manner as set forth in sections 1513.21 to 1513.24 of the Revised Code. Each contract awarded by the chief shall be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, in accordance with section 9.312 of the Revised Code, ...

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the mining regulation and safety fund, to be administered by the chief of the division of mineral resources management. The fund shall be used for the following purposes: (1) Reclaiming land, public or private, affected by mining, or controlling mine drainage, for which no cash is held in the reclamation forfeiture fund created in section 1513.18 of the Revised Code;...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the natural areas and preserves fund, which shall consist of moneys transferred into it under section 5747.113 of the Revised Code and of contributions made directly to it. Any person may contribute directly to the fund in addition to or independently of the income tax refund contribution system established in that section. Moneys in the fund shall be disbursed pursuan...

...There is hereby created the lake Katharine management trust fund, which shall be administered by the division of natural areas and preserves in the department of natural resources for preservation, management, land acquisition, and educational programs at the lake Katharine nature preserve. The moneys in the fund shall be derived from gifts, donations, bequests, and other moneys for the purposes for which the fund is...

...Whenever ten per cent of the number of electors voting for governor at the most recent election in any county having less than sixty thousand population, as determined by the most recent federal census, petition a judge of the court of common pleas of the county, not less than ninety days before any general election for county officers, for the submission to the electors of the county the question of combining ...

...The election upon the question of combining the probate court and the court of common pleas shall be conducted as provided for the election of county officers. The board of elections shall provide separate ballots, tally sheets, blanks, stationery, and all such other supplies as may be necessary in the conduct of such election. Ballots shall be printed with an affirmative and negative statement thereon, as follows:...

...When the probate court and the court of common pleas have been combined as provided in sections 2101.43 and 2101.44 of the Revised Code, there shall be established in the court of common pleas a probate division and all matters of which the probate court has jurisdiction shall be filed and separately docketed in that division. The resident judge of the court of common pleas shall appoint the necessary deputies, clerk...

...After three years from the date of an election held under sections 2101.43 to 2101.45, inclusive, of the Revised Code, another election may be petitioned for and shall be ordered by the judge of the court of common pleas as provided in such sections either to perfect a combination of said court or to dissolve said combination and re-establish the probate court. Whenever in any county where such courts have been comb...

...(A) Whoever violates section 2101.09 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars. (B) Whoever violates section 2101.15 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than ten nor more than two hundred dollars. (C) Whoever violates section 2101.41 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than fifty dollars.

...(A) When the jury is sworn, unless for special reasons the court otherwise directs, the trial shall proceed in the following order except as provided in section 2315.02 of the Revised Code: (1) The plaintiff concisely shall state the plaintiff's claim, and briefly may state the plaintiff's evidence to sustain it. (2) The defendant briefly shall state the defendant's defense, and briefly may state the defendant'...

...If the court is of the opinion that it is proper for the jurors to have a view of property which is the subject of litigation, or of a place where a material fact occurred, it may order them to be conducted in a body under the charge of an officer to such property or place, which shall be shown to them by a person appointed by the court for that purpose. While the jurors are thus absent, no person, other than the per...

...When the case is submitted, the jury may decide it in court or retire to deliberate. Upon retiring, they must be kept together, in charge of an officer, at a convenient place, until they agree upon a verdict or are discharged by the court. The court may permit them temporarily to separate at night and for their meals.

...The officer in whose charge the jury is placed, as provided in section 2315.03 of the Revised Code, shall not communicate with them, nor allow anyone else to do so, unless by order of the court, except to ask if they have agreed upon their verdict. Such officer, before their verdict is rendered, shall not communicate to any person the state of their deliberations or the verdict agreed upon.

...Because of the sickness of a juror, or an accident or calamity which requires it, or with the consent of both parties, or after jurors have been kept together until it satisfactorily appears that there is no probability of their agreeing, the court may discharge the jury.

...When the jury is discharged during a trial or after a cause is submitted, such cause may at once be tried again, or on a future day, as the court directs.

...If by the verdict in a civil action tried to a jury any party in the action is entitled to recover money from an adverse party, the jury shall determine the amount of the recovery in its verdict.

...The provisions of this chapter that apply to trials by jury, apply to trials by the court.

...Parties to a question that might be the subject of a civil action, on filing an affidavit that the controversy is real and the proceeding in good faith to determine their rights, may agree upon a case containing the facts upon which the controversy depends and present a submission of it to any court of competent jurisdiction. The court shall hear and determine the case and render judgment as if an action were pendin...

...tort action; (b) All expenditures for medical care or treatment, rehabilitation services, or other care, treatment, services, products, or accommodations as a result of an injury or loss to person or property that is a subject of a tort action; (c) Any other expenditures incurred as a result of an injury or loss to person or property that is a subject of a tort action, other than attorney's fees incurred in conne...

...(A) Upon a post-judgment motion, a trial court in a tort action shall review the evidence supporting an award of compensatory damages for noneconomic loss that the defendant has challenged as excessive. That review shall include, but is not limited to, the following factors: (1) Whether the evidence presented or the arguments of the attorneys resulted in one or more of the following events in the determination of an...

... does not include a civil action upon a medical claim, dental claim, optometric claim, or chiropractic claim or a civil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons. (2) "Medical claim," "dental claim," "optometric claim," and "chiropractic claim" have the same meanings as in section 2305.113 of the Revised Code. (3) "Product liability claim" has the same meaning as in section 23...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for injury or loss to person or property. (a) "Tort action" includes all of the following: (i) A product liability claim for damages for injury or loss to person or property that is subject to sections 2307.71 to 2307.80 of the Revised Code; (ii) A civil action based on an unlawful discriminatory practice relating to employment br...

...(A) Sections 2315.32 to 2315.36 of the Revised Code do not apply to actions described in section 4113.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The contributory fault of the plaintiff may be asserted as an affirmative defense to a tort claim, except that the contributory fault of the plaintiff may not be asserted as an affirmative defense to an intentional tort claim.

...The contributory fault of a person does not bar the person as plaintiff from recovering damages that have directly and proximately resulted from the tortious conduct of one or more other persons, if the contributory fault of the plaintiff was not greater than the combined tortious conduct of all other persons from whom the plaintiff seeks recovery in this action and of all other persons from whom the plaintiff does n...

...If contributory fault is asserted and established as an affirmative defense to a tort claim, the court in a nonjury action shall make findings of fact, and the jury in a jury action shall return a general verdict accompanied by answers to interrogatories, that shall specify the following: (A) The total amount of the compensatory damages that would have been recoverable on that tort claim but for the tortious conduct...

...After the court makes its findings of fact or after the jury returns its general verdict accompanied by answers to interrogatories as described in section 2315.34 of the Revised Code, the court shall diminish the total amount of the compensatory damages that would have been recoverable by an amount that is proportionately equal to the percentage of tortious conduct determined under section 2307.23 of the Revised Code...

...If contributory fault is asserted as an affirmative defense to a tort claim, if it is determined that the plaintiff was contributorily at fault and that contributory fault was a direct and proximate cause of the injury, death, or loss to person or property that is the subject of the tort action, and if the plaintiff is entitled to recover compensatory damages pursuant to section 2315.33 of the Revised Code from more ...

...(A) As used in the Revised Code, unless the context requires a different meaning: (1) "Appeal" means all proceedings in which a court reviews or retries a cause determined by another court, or by an administrative officer, agency, board, department, tribunal, commission, or other instrumentality. (2) "Appeal on questions of law" means a review of a cause upon questions of law, including the weight and sufficiency o...

...a statute, the common law, or a rule of procedure entitles a person to enforce or protect. (2) "Special proceeding" means an action or proceeding that is specially created by statute and that prior to 1853 was not denoted as an action at law or a suit in equity. (3) "Provisional remedy" means a proceeding ancillary to an action, including, but not limited to, a proceeding for a preliminary injunction, attachment,...