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...on of the Revised Code, no public official shall issue an order to close all places of worship in the state or in a geographic area of the state. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Place of worship" means a building or grounds where activities of an organized religious group are conducted. (2) "Public official" means any elected or appointed officer, employee, or agent of the state or any political subdivision, ...

... As used in this section, "public official" means any elected or appointed officer, employee, or agent of the state or any political subdivision, board, commission, bureau, or other public body established by law. (B) In any civil action in a state or federal court, no public official, including any attorney representing or acting on behalf of a public official, has any authority to compromise or settle the action...

...stitution of higher education, the general assembly, any legislative agency, any court or judicial agency, or any political subdivision or agency of a political subdivision. "State agency" does not include the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Records" means any document, device, or item, regardless of physical form or characteristic, including an electronic record as defin...

...d in this section: (1) "Emergency medical service" and "emergency medical service organization" have the same meanings as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Fire protection" means the use of firefighting equipment by the fire department of a firefighting agency or a private fire company, and includes the provision of ambulance, emergency medical, and rescue services by those entities. (3) "Firefighting a...

...A) "Firefighting agency" means a municipal corporation, township, township fire district, joint fire district, fire and ambulance district, or other political subdivision that operates a fire department. (B) Nothing in the Revised Code requires, or shall be construed to require, that the fire chief of a firefighting agency reside in the territory of the firefighting agency.

...icers in the performance of their official duties. (2) "Law enforcement agency" means an organization or unit made up of law enforcement officers as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Upon the disbanding of the canine or equine unit of a law enforcement agency, the agency shall give the law enforcement officer to whom a police dog or horse is assigned the first chance to purchase the animal, for on...

...ontract to the contrary, no state or local employee shall unreasonably fail to comply with any lawful request for assistance made by any federal authorities carrying out the provisions of the USA Patriot Act, any federal immigration or terrorism investigation, or any executive order of the president of the United States pertaining to homeland security, to the extent that the request is consistent with the doctrine of...

... any of the following: (a) A substantial loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability of a covered entity's information system or network; (b) A serious impact on the safety and resiliency of a covered entity's operational systems and processes; (c) A disruption of a covered entity's ability to engage in business or industrial operations, or deliver goods or services; (d) Unauthorized access to an enti...

...r the legislative authority of a municipal corporation may establish, by resolution or ordinance, as appropriate, an annuity program for the volunteer fire fighters serving the political subdivision, including those affiliated with a private entity that provides fire-fighting or emergency medical services. The program may permit the board or the legislative authority to contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure fr...

..."Economic development assistance" means all of the following: (a) The programs and assistance provided or administered by the department of development under Chapters 122. and 166. of the Revised Code and any other section of the Revised Code under which the department provides or administers economic development assistance; (b) The programs and assistance provided or administered by a political subdivision under C...

...ntee or other recipient of anything of value under a development inducement agreement. (6) "Guaranteed loan" means a loan guaranteed by this state, a state agency, or a political subdivision under the authority of Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, including any loan guarantee authorized under Chapter 166. of the Revised Code. (7) "Loan guarantee agreement" means an agreement providing for the guarantee...

...f this section, no owner of a professional sports team that uses a tax-supported facility for most of its home games and receives financial assistance from the state or a political subdivision thereof shall cease playing most of its home games at the tax-supported facility and begin playing most of its home games at a facility located outside of the state unless the owner does one of the following: (1) Enters into ...

...(A) The individual right to keep and bear arms, being a fundamental individual right that predates the United States Constitution and Ohio Constitution, and being a constitutionally protected right in every part of Ohio, the general assembly finds the need to provide uniform laws throughout the state regulating the ownership, possession, purchase, other acquisition, transport, storage, carrying, sale, other transfer,...

.... or sections 5743.021, 5743.024, 5743.026, 5743.321, 5743.323, 5743.324, 5743.511, 5743.521, 5743.621, and 5743.631 of the Revised Code.

...f this section for this state, a political subdivision of this state, or an agency, department, or instrumentality of this state or a political subdivision of this state: (1) Any law enforcement officer, as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code; (2) Any peace officer, as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code; (3) Any person who is employed in this state, who is authorized to carry firearms, a...

...(A) The general assembly and executive department officers elected under Ohio Constitution, Article III may establish, implement, and fund through public resources, security provisions for the protection of the members of the general assembly and executive department officers covered under this section. (B)(1) The authority to determine and administer appropriate security provisions for the general assembly is vest...

...A street, alley, or road shall not be laid out or established through or over the lands belonging to a public institution of the state without the special permission of the general assembly.

...loyer" means a state agency or a political subdivision of the state. (2) "State agency" means any organized body, office, agency, institution, or other entity established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of government. (3) "Political subdivision" means a county, township, municipal corporation, or any other body corporate and politic that is responsible for government activities in a geogra...

...se to a person or entity. (3) "Political subdivision" means a county, township, municipal corporation, or any other body corporate and politic that is responsible for government activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state. (4) "Public office" means any state agency, public institution, political subdivision, other organized body, office, agency, institution, or entity established by the laws of...

...s a person who undertakes to construct, alter, erect, improve, repair, demolish, remove, dig, drill, or provide professional design services for any part of a structure or public improvement. "Contractor" may include any public or business association and any person or entity that actively participates in whole or in part in the actual construction of a public improvement or provision of professional design services ...

... (1) "Boycott" means engaging in refusals to deal, terminating business activities, or other actions that are intended to limit commercial relations with persons or entities in a discriminatory manner. "Boycott" does not include: (a) Boycotts to which 50 U.S.C. 4607(c) applies; (b) A decision based on business or economic reasons, or the specific conduct of a targeted person or entity; (c) A boycott against a...

... by a licensing authority to an individual by which the individual has or claims the privilege to engage in a profession, occupation, or occupational activity over which the licensing authority has jurisdiction. "License" does not include a registration under section 101.72, 101.92, or 121.62 of the Revised Code. (2) "Licensing authority" means both of the following: (a) A board, commission, or other entity that ...

... by a licensing authority to an individual by which the individual has or claims the privilege to engage in a profession, occupation, or occupational activity over which the licensing authority has jurisdiction. "License" does not include a registration under section 101.72, 101.92, or 121.62 of the Revised Code. (2) "Licensing authority" means a state agency that issues licenses under Title XLVII or any other pro...

...d the budgeting authority of any political subdivision or school district, or any institution supported in whole or in part by the state, a county or municipality, may authorize a payroll deduction plan for contributions by employees to one or more specified charitable agencies which are corporations not for profit, community chests, united funds, or other similar united community fund organizations.

...nt or division of the state, any political subdivision or school district thereof, or of any institution supported in whole or in part by the state, a county, or municipal corporation, who desires to make a contribution by the payroll deduction plan to one or more of the specified charitable agencies which are corporations not for profit, community chests, united funds, or other similar united community fund organiza...