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...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...

...ncluding, but not limited to, the general assembly, the supreme court, the offices of all elected state officers, and all departments, boards, offices, commissions, agencies, institutions, and other instrumentalities of the state of Ohio. "State" does not include political subdivisions. For purposes of the judicial liability program, "state" means the supreme court, the courts of appeals, the courts of common ...

...department of administrative services shall direct and manage for state agencies all risk management and insurance programs authorized under section 9.822 of the Revised Code. (B) The office of risk management is hereby established within the department of administrative services. The director of administrative services, or a deputy director appointed by the director, shall control and supervise the office. (C)...

...through the office of risk management shall establish an insurance plan or plans that may provide for self-insurance, the purchase of insurance, or the purchase of surety bonds, public official bonds, or fidelity bonds, for any of the following purposes: (1) Insuring state real and personal property against losses occasioned by fire, windstorm, or other accidents and perils; (2) Insuring the state and its officer...

...(A) All contributions collected by the director of administrative services under division (E) of this section shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the risk management reserve fund, which is hereby created. The fund shall be used to provide insurance and self-insurance for the state under sections 9.822 and 9.83 of the Revised Code. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to ...

...(A) The state and any political subdivision may procure a policy or policies of insurance insuring its officers and employees against liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property that occurs in the course of their employment or official responsibilities for the state or the political subdivision. The state is authorized to expend funds to pay judgments that are rendered in any court against its officers...

...(A) As used in this section: "Political subdivision" has the meaning defined in sections 2744.01 and 3905.36 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this section, "political subdivision" includes municipal corporations as defined in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code. "County board" means a county board of developmental disabilities. (B) Political subdivisions and county boards that provide health care benefits for ...

...a contract or futures contract for natural gas, gasoline, oil, and diesel fuel, and that is a budgetary and financial tool only and not a contract for the procurement of an energy source. (2) "Political subdivision" means a county, city, village, township, park district, school district, or regional transit authority. (3) "State entity" means the general assembly, the supreme court, the court of claims, the...

...ng as a witness before any public official, department, board, bureau, commission, or agency, or any representative of a public official, department, board, bureau, commission, or agency, in any administrative or executive proceeding or investigation, public or private, if the witness so requests, shall be permitted to be accompanied, represented, and advised by an attorney, whose participation shall be limited...

...09.36 of the Revised Code. (C) "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as in division (C) of section 109.36 of the Revised Code. (D) "Employer" has the same meaning as in division (D) of section 109.36 of the Revised Code. (E) "Motor vehicle" includes automobiles, trucks, motor vehicles with auxiliary equipment, self-propelling equipment or trailers, aircraft, or watercraft.

...the plaintiff, no officer or employee shall be liable in any civil action that arises under the law of this state for damage or injury caused in the performance of his duties, unless the officer's or employee's actions were manifestly outside the scope of his employment or official responsibilities, or unless the officer or employee acted with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner. This ...

...ided in division (B) of this section, shall indemnify an officer or employee from liability incurred in the performance of official duties by paying any judgment in, or amount negotiated in settlement of, any civil action arising under federal law, the law of another state, or the law of a foreign jurisdiction. The reasonableness of the amount of any consent judgment or settlement is subject to the review and approva...

...tion and correction is subject to criminal charges for actions occurring within the scope and in the course of the employee's assigned duties, and if the charges are dismissed or the employee is acquitted of any wrongdoing as a result, the employee may be indemnified for the reasonable cost of legal representation. An employee shall request indemnification by submitting a written request to the director of reha...

...(A) As used in this section, "federal law enforcement officer" means any officer of the United States who is authorized by federal law to conduct any investigation of, and make any arrest for, any offense against the United States in violation of federal law. (B) A federal law enforcement officer, while engaged in the performance of his official duties, has the same immunity from liability that a state or local law...

...rict, or governing board of an educational service center may, in addition to all other powers provided in the Revised Code: (1) Contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure from an insurer or insurers licensed to do business by the state of Ohio for or on behalf of such of its employees as it may determine, life insurance, or sickness, accident, annuity, endowment, health, medical, hospital, dental, or surgical cov...

...STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code; or an educational service center. "Public school district" does not mean a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code. (c) "State institution of higher education" or "state institution" means a state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (d) "Political subdivision" has the same me...

..., that meets the requirements of Internal Revenue Code section 403(b), the employee has the right to designate the licensed agent, broker, or company through whom the board shall arrange for the placement or purchase of the tax-sheltered annuity. In any case in which the employee has designated such an agent, broker, or company, the board shall comply with the designation, provided that the board may impose ei...

...(A) An annuity contract or custodial account procured for an employee of a public institution of higher education pursuant to section 9.90 of the Revised Code shall comply with both of the following: (1) The annuity contract or custodial account must meet the requirements of Internal Revenue Code section 403(b). (2) The institution, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall arrange for the procurement of the...

..." means any organization that satisfies all of the following criteria: (a) It is a nonprofit organization; (b) It is organized and operated exclusively to offer and pay rewards to citizens for volunteering tips and information to law enforcement agencies concerning felonies, offenses of violence, or misdemeanors that have been committed; (c) It has established a reward fund to be used solely for the payment of ...