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...All money collected under sections 1327.50 and 1327.501 of the Revised Code from fees and for services rendered by the department of agriculture in operating the type evaluation program, a metrology laboratory program, and the device permitting program shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the metrology and scale certification and device permitting fund, which is hereby created. Money credit...

...Any weights and measures official elected or appointed for a county or municipality shall have the duties enumerated in divisions (I) to (M) of section 1327.50 of the Revised Code, and the powers enumerated in section 1327.51 of the Revised Code. These powers and duties shall extend to the respective jurisdictions, except that the jurisdiction of a county official shall not extend to any municipal corporation for whi...

...No person shall do any of the following: (A) Sell, offer, or expose for sale less than the quantity he represents; (B) Take any more than the quantity he represents when, as a buyer, he furnishes the weight or measure by means of which the quantity is determined; (C) Represent the quantity he sells or offers or exposes for sale in any manner tending to mislead or in any way to deceive.

...No person shall misrepresent the price of any commodity or service sold or advertised for sale by weight, measure, or count, nor represent the price in any manner calculated or tending to mislead or in any way deceive a person.

...de customs and practices, commodities shall be sold as follows: (A) Commodities in liquid form shall be sold by liquid measure or by weight; (B) Commodities not in liquid form shall be sold only by weight, measure, or county, or a combination thereof; (C) The method of sale of commodities shall provide accurate quantity information that enables the buyer to make price and quantity comparisons.

...s determined by the seller, every bulk sale in excess of twenty dollars and every bulk delivery of heating fuel shall be accompanied by a delivery ticket containing the following information: (A) The name and address of the vendor and purchaser; (B) The date delivered; (C) The quantity delivered and the quantity upon which the price is based, if this differs from the delivered quantity; (D) The identity in the mo...

...merce or sold in intrastate commerce shall bear on the outside of the package a definite, plain, and conspicuous declaration, as may be prescribed by rule adopted by the director of agriculture, of any of the following, as applicable: (1) The identity of the commodity in the package unless the same can easily be identified through the wrapper or container; (2) The net quantity of the contents in terms of weig...

...is stated in the advertisement, there shall be closely and conspicuously associated with the statement of price such a declaration of quantity as is required by law or rule to appear on the package or with the commodity. Where a dual declaration is required, only the declaration that sets forth the quantity in terms of the smaller unit of weight or measure need appear in the advertisement. (B) Whenever an advertised...

...Irrespective of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law, the director of agriculture may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary or permanent injunction or other appropriate relief restraining any person from continued violation of sections 1327.46 to 1327.61 of the Revised Code and of regulations promulgated thereunder.

...weight or measure or device for commercial purposes and of such use by the person in charge of such building, enclosure, stand, or vehicle.

...Enactment of sections 1327.46 to 1327.61 of the Revised Code does not affect any regulations promulgated pursuant to the authority of any earlier enabling statute unless inconsistent with sections 1327.46 to 1327.61 of the Revised Code or modified or revoked by the director of agriculture.

...No person shall do any of the following: (A) Use or have in possession for use in commerce any incorrect weight or measure; (B) Wrap, package, label, or advertise any product or service contrary to this chapter, or any rules adopted under it, or sell, offer, hold, or expose for sale any service or product wrapped, packaged, labeled, or offered for sale contrary to this chapter or any rules adopted under it, or misr...

...rector's designee may assess a civil penalty against the person. The person is liable for a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for a first violation; for a second violation the person is liable for a civil penalty of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars; for each subsequent violation that occurs within five years after the second violation, the person is liable for a civil penalty of...

...Prior to filing criminal charges under section 1327.99 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall provide the person accused of the violation an opportunity for a hearing before the director to discuss the charges and offer evidence in mitigation of the charges.

...evised Code establishing a motor fuel quality testing program that is uniform throughout the state.

...Whoever violates section 1327.501 or 1327.54 or division (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E) of section 1327.61 of the Revised Code or a rule adopted under sections 1327.46 to 1327.61 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree on a first offense; on each subsequent offense within seven years after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

...de. (3) "Person" includes any individual, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, corporation, association, professional association, limited liability company, society, foundation, federation, or organization formed under the laws of this state or any other state. (B) Except as provided in section 1701.041 of the Revised Code and subject to sections 1329.01 to 1329.10 of the Revi...

...(A) The secretary of state shall not file an application for the registration of any trade name if the application indicates or implies that the trade name is connected with a government agency of this state, another state, or the United States and the trade name is not so connected or if the application indicates or implies that the applicant is incorporated and the application is not incorporated. Additionally, the...

... Revised Code, the secretary of state shall accept a document for filing and make a copy of the document by microfilm or by any authorized photostatic or digitized process. Evidence of the filing shall be returned to the person filing the document.

...9.01 to 1329.10 of the Revised Code, shall be effective for a term of five years from the date of registration or report. Upon application filed within six months prior to the expiration of such term, on a form furnished by the secretary of state, the registration or report may be renewed at the end of each five-year period for a like term, provided that a general partnership shall renew its registration or rep...

...s name and its registration or report shall be assignable by an instrument in writing duly executed and may be recorded with the secretary of state upon the payment of the fee specified in division (S)(4) of section 111.16 of the Revised Code, payable to the secretary of state, who, recording the assignment, shall issue in the name of the assignee a new certificate for the remainder of the term of the registration ...

... person who reports a fictitious name shall record all changes of the registrant's business address by filing with the secretary of state a statement in writing, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, setting forth the name previously registered or reported, the date of the registration or report, and the new address of the applicant. The filing fee specified in division (S)(4) of section 111.16 of the Rev...

...The secretary of state shall cancel from the secretary of state's files: (A) Any registration concerning which the secretary of state receives a voluntary request in writing, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, for cancellation of the registration from the registrant or the assignee of record; (B) All registrations granted under sections 1329.01 to 1329.10 of the Revised Code that are not renewed in acc...

...The secretary of state shall keep for public examination a record of all trade names registered and fictitious names reported or renewed under sections 1329.01 to 1329.10 of the Revised Code.

...(A) The attorney general, upon the request of the secretary of state, shall bring an action for an injunction against any person who violates section 1329.01 or 1329.07 of the Revised Code, and who, after proper notification by the secretary of state, refuses or fails to comply with such section. (B) No person doing business under a trade name or fictitious name shall commence or maintain an action in the trade name...