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...tion 4737.04 of the Revised Code, purchasing, selling, exchanging, or receiving secondhand articles of any kind other than special purchase articles as defined in section 4737.04 of the Revised Code, scrap iron, and scrap metal, shall post in a conspicuous place in or upon the person's shop, store, wagon, boat, or other place of business, a sign having the person's name and occupation legibly inscribed there...

... the Revised Code do not apply to the business of purchasing articles that are made of or contain gold, silver, platinum, or other precious metals or jewels. For purposes of this section, a person is engaged in the "business of purchasing articles that are made of or contain gold, silver, platinum, or other precious metals or jewels" if and to the extent that, in any manner, he holds himself out to the public as wil...

... Revised Code, a dealer who is in the business of purchasing, reselling, exchanging, recycling, shredding, or receiving bulk merchandise containers shall not purchase or receive plastic bulk merchandise containers that are marked with a company name or logo, or more than nine wooden bulk merchandise containers, from any other person at one time, unless the dealer maintains a record book or electronic file in which th...

...xcepted, and does not have a place of business in a building, he need not retain such articles for thirty days before selling them, provided, on Monday of each week, he files with the mayor of the municipal corporation in which is located the place of business of the person to whom such sale is made, a copy of the record required by such section to be kept in a separate book, of the articles purchased or received du...

...to 4737.03, inclusive, of the Revised Code, of a minor or apprentice, knowing or having reason to believe him to be such, or from any person between the hours of nine p.m. and seven a.m.

...er" means the owner or operator of a business that purchases or receives scrap metal for the purpose of sorting, grading, and shipping metals to third parties for direct or indirect melting into new products. (2) "Special purchase article" means all of the following: (a) Beer kegs; (b) Cable, wire, electrical components, and other equipment used in providing cable service or any utility service, including, bu...

...A scrap metal dealer or bulk merchandise container dealer shall do all of the following with respect to each special purchase article the scrap metal dealer purchases or receives or with respect to each bulk merchandise container a bulk merchandise container dealer purchases or receives that is subject to division (A) of section 4737.012 of the Revised Code: (A) Comply with the requirements of this section in ...

...A scrap metal dealer and a person who purchases, sells, exchanges, or receives secondhand articles may use an electronic device that decodes and records information contained in the metallic strip on a personal identification card to record a person's name, address, and photograph in lieu of making a copy of a person's personal identification card to comply with the requirements of sections 4737.01, 4737.04, an...

...and that collects, for its own fundraising purposes, scrap ferrous and nonferrous metals for recycling rather than disposal; (D) Sales transacted between a scrap metal dealer and a government unit or another business, including a demolition company, public utility company, or another scrap metal dealer, on the condition that the government unit or business satisfies the following criteria: (1) In the c...

...s 4737.01 to 4737.043 of the Revised Code. Consistent with the power of municipal corporations to exercise their rights under Article XVIII, Section 3 of the Ohio Constitution and recognizing the need for uniform commercial practices across this state, by analogy to Am. Financial Servs. Assn et al. v. Cleveland, 112 Ohio St. 3d 170, 2006-Ohio-6043, citing Canton v. State, 95 Ohio St. 3d 149, 2002-Ohio-2005, sy...

...reet address of the dealer's place of business; (2) Provide the name of the primary owner of the business, and of the manager of the business, if the manager is not the primary owner; (3) Provide the electronic mail address of the business; (4) Provide confirmation that the dealer has the capabilities to electronically connect with the department of public safety for the purpose of sending and receiving informa...

...d" means an establishment or place of business that is maintained or operated for the purpose of storing, keeping, buying, or selling junk. For the purposes of sections 4737.05 to 4737.99 of the Revised Code, "junk yard" includes scrap metal processing facilities that are located within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right of way of a highway in the interstate or primary system. (C) "Fence" means a bar...

...o the interstate or primary systems inside a municipality, except in zoned or unzoned industrial areas, unless he has first obtained a license issued under sections 4737.05 to 4737.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code provided that the exception does not prohibit the regulation or prohibition of junk yards in zoned or unzoned industrial areas by municipal corporations. No licensee shall operate or maintain a junk yard...

...l operate and maintain a junk yard outside of a municipality, except in zoned or unzoned industrial areas adjacent to the interstate or primary systems, without first obtaining a license to do so from the county auditor of the county in which such junk yard is located or in which such junk yard is to be established. A person who was operating or maintaining a junk yard prior to January 1, 1964 is entitled to be issue...

...ard or for a renewal thereof shall be made in writing, accompanied by the proper fee, to the chief executive officer of the municipality or the county auditor of the county in which the junk yard is located or in which it is to be established, setting forth the name and address of the applicant, the location of the junk yard, if the applicant is a firm, partnership, or association, the names and addresses of each mem...

...has been issued and the nature of the business conducted therein.

...efore a license is granted or renewed under sections 4737.05 to 4737.12 of the Revised Code, the sheriff of each county, or, if the sheriff so designates, a township police officer or constable, and the chief of police of each municipal corporation shall inspect the junk yard within the sheriff's, police officer's, constable's, or chief's respective jurisdiction to determine if it complies with sections 4737.05 to 4...

...to 4737.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code, he may apply, in the name of the state, to a court of competent jurisdiction, alleging the violation complained of and praying for an injunction or other proper relief. In such a case the court may order such junk yard abated as a nuisance or make such other order as may be proper. An action brought under this section shall not be deemed to be a bar to a prosecution under ...

...The director of transportation shall develop standards for determining and shall determine unzoned industrial areas adjacent to the interstate and primary systems pursuant to such standards. Such standards shall recognize the factors customarily considered in zoning areas as industrial, provided that they are consistent with the national policy for the control of junk yards.

... with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.

...d the person shall not engage in the business of a scrap metal dealer or a bulk merchandise container dealer, as applicable. (D) Whoever violates division (B)(1) of section 4737.04 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. The court also shall enjoin the person from engaging in the business of a scrap metal dealer or a bulk merchandise dealer. (E) Whoever violates division (B)(2) of sectio...

... project with respect to one or more trades and who offers, identifies, advertises, or otherwise holds out or represents that the individual or contracting company is permitted or qualified to perform or have responsibility for the means, method, and manner of construction, improvement, renovation, repair, or maintenance with respect to one or more trades on a construction project; (2) Does either of the follo...

...ce, the Ohio construction industry licensing board, consisting of seventeen residents of this state. The board shall have an administrative section and three specialty sections: a plumbing and hydronics section, an electrical section, and a heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration section. The director of commerce shall appoint all members of the board. The director or the director's designee s...

... other officers as the board, by rule, designates. The chairperson shall preside over meetings of the administrative section or designate another member to preside in the chairperson's absence. The administrative section shall hold at least two regular meetings each year, but may meet at additional times as specified by rule, at the call of the chairperson, or upon the request of two or more members. A majorit...

...minister, score, and maintain the confidentiality of the examinations; (2) Be responsible for all the expenses required to fulfill division (B)(1) of this section; (3) Charge an applicant a fee in an amount the administrative section of the board authorizes for administering the examination. (C) Issue and renew licenses as follows: (1) Issue a license to any individual who the appropriate specialty section of...