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...For the purposes of prosecuting violations of sections 2917.02 and 2917.03 of the Revised Code, the state is not required to allege or prove that the offender expressly agreed with four or more others to commit any act that constitutes a violation of either section prior to or while committing those acts.

... in a course of disorderly conduct in violation of section 2917.11 of the Revised Code, and there are other persons in the vicinity whose presence creates the likelihood of physical harm to persons or property or of serious public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, a law enforcement officer or other public official may order the participants and such other persons to disperse. No person shall knowingly fail to obey ...

...A law enforcement officer or fireman, engaged in suppressing riot or in protecting persons or property during riot: (A) Is justified in using force, other than deadly force, when and to the extent he has probable cause to believe such force is necessary to disperse or apprehend rioters; (B) Is justified in using force, including deadly force, when and to the extent he has probable cause to believe such force is nec...

...r alarm to another by doing any of the following: (1) Engaging in fighting, in threatening harm to persons or property, or in violent or turbulent behavior; (2) Making unreasonable noise or an offensively coarse utterance, gesture, or display or communicating unwarranted and grossly abusive language to any person; (3) Insulting, taunting, or challenging another, under circumstances in which that conduct is likely ...

..., or gathering, shall do either of the following: (1) Do any act which obstructs or interferes with the due conduct of such meeting, procession, or gathering; (2) Make any utterance, gesture, or display which outrages the sensibilities of the group. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of disturbing a lawful meeting. Except as otherwise provided in this division, disturbing a lawful meeting is a misdemea...

...o person shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Hamper the lawful operations of any law enforcement officer, firefighter, rescuer, medical person, emergency medical services person, or other authorized person, engaged in the person's duties at the scene of a fire, accident, disaster, riot, or emergency of any kind; (2) Hamper the lawful activities of any emergency facility person who is engaged in the person'...

...inconvenience or hazard if both of the following apply: (1) The obstruction prevents an emergency vehicle from accessing a highway or street, prevents an emergency service responder from responding to an emergency, or prevents an emergency vehicle or an emergency service responder from having access to an exit from an emergency. (2) Upon receipt of a request or order from an emergency service responder to remov...

...ications device under the person's control, to another, if the caller does any of the following: (1) Makes the telecommunication with purpose to harass, intimidate, or abuse any person at the premises to which the telecommunication is made, whether or not actual communication takes place between the caller and a recipient; (2) Describes, suggests, requests, or proposes that the caller, the recipient of the telecomm...

...internet service, including all of the following: (a) Broadband service, however defined or classified by the federal communications commission; (b) Information service or telecommunications service, both as defined in the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," 47 U.S.C. 153, as amended; (c) Internet protocol-enabled services, as defined in section 4927.01 of the Revised Code. (6) "Mobile service" and "telecommuni...

...venience or alarm, by doing any of the following: (1) Initiating or circulating a report or warning of an alleged or impending fire, explosion, crime, or other catastrophe, knowing that such report or warning is false; (2) Threatening to commit any offense of violence; (3) Committing any offense, with reckless disregard of the likelihood that its commission will cause serious public inconvenience or alarm. ...

...(A) No person shall do any of the following: (1) Initiate or circulate a report or warning of an alleged or impending fire, explosion, crime, or other catastrophe, knowing that the report or warning is false and likely to cause public inconvenience or alarm; (2) Knowingly cause a false alarm of fire or other emergency to be transmitted to or within any organization, public or private, for dealing with emergencies...

...zed emergency drill. (D)(1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of swatting. (2) Except as otherwise provided in division (D)(3) of this section, swatting is a felony of the fourth degree. (3) If a violation of this section results in serious physical harm to any person, it is a felony of the second degree. (E) Prior to the sentencing of a person who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation ...

...r a private entity, to whom all of the following apply: (1) The member or employee otherwise is engaged in lawful activity within the scope of the member's or employee's duties or employment. (2) The member or employee otherwise is duly authorized or licensed to manufacture, possess, sell, deliver, display, or otherwise engage in activity as described in division (A) of this section. (3) The member or employee is ...

...tricted entertainment area" means any wholly or partially enclosed area, whether indoors or outdoors, that has limited access through established entrances, or established turnstiles or similar devices. (3) "Concert" means a musical performance of which the primary component is a presentation by persons singing or playing musical instruments, that is intended by its sponsors mainly, but not necessarily exclusi...

...em. (C) No person shall do any of the following while in any facility or on any vehicle of a public transportation system: (1) Play sound equipment without the proper use of a private earphone; (2) Smoke, eat, or drink in any area where the activity is clearly marked as being prohibited; (3) Expectorate upon a person, facility, or vehicle. (D) No person shall write, deface, draw, or otherwise mark on any facilit...

... building, display the block parent symbol adopted by the former state board of education pursuant to former section 3301.076 of the Revised Code prior to its repeal on July 1, 2007. (B) No person shall, with intent to identify a building as a block parent home or building, display a symbol that falsely gives the appearance of being the block parent symbol adopted by the former state board of education pursuant to...

...e, or cause to be sent or received an isolate or derivative of an isolate of an infectious agent, except as permitted by division (B) of this section. (B) A person may possess, send, receive, or cause to be sent or received an isolate or derivative of an isolate of an infectious agent as permitted by state or federal law, including for purposes of biomedical or biotechnical research or production, provision of healt...

...employee, or agent of the state or any political subdivision, whether in a temporary or permanent capacity, and includes, but is not limited to, legislators, judges, and law enforcement officers. "Public official" does not include an employee, officer, or governor-appointed member of the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Public servant" means ...

...ant or party official, shall knowingly solicit or accept for self or another person any valuable thing or valuable benefit to corrupt or improperly influence the person or another public servant or party official with respect to the discharge of the person's or the other public servant's or party official's duty. (C) No person, with purpose to corrupt a witness or improperly to influence a witness with respect to t...

... official, or an attorney or witness involved in a civil action or proceeding in the discharge of the person's the duties of the public servant, party official, attorney, or witness. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of intimidation, a felony of the third degree. (C) A person who violates this section is liable in a civil action to any person harmed by the violation for injury, death, or loss to person o...

...ence, intimidate, or hinder any of the following persons: (1) The victim of a crime or delinquent act in the filing or prosecution of criminal charges or a delinquent child action or proceeding; (2) A witness to a criminal or delinquent act by reason of the person being a witness to that act; (3) An attorney by reason of the attorney's involvement in any criminal or delinquent child action or proceeding. (C) ...

...l, or an attorney or witness who was involved in a civil or criminal action or proceeding because the public servant, party official, attorney, or witness discharged the duties of the public servant, party official, attorney, or witness. (B) No person, purposely and by force or by unlawful threat of harm to any person or property, shall retaliate against the victim of a crime because the victim filed or prosecuted c...

...(E) No person shall be convicted of a violation of this section where proof of falsity rests solely upon contradiction by testimony of one person other than the defendant. (F) Whoever violates this section is guilty of perjury, a felony of the third degree.

... to be instituted, shall do any of the following: (1) Alter, destroy, conceal, or remove any record, document, or thing, with purpose to impair its value or availability as evidence in such proceeding or investigation; (2) Make, present, or use any record, document, or thing, knowing it to be false and with purpose to mislead a public official who is or may be engaged in such proceeding or investigation, or with pu...

...ement previously made, when any of the following applies: (1) The statement is made in any official proceeding. (2) The statement is made with purpose to incriminate another. (3) The statement is made with purpose to mislead a public official in performing the public official's official function. (4) The statement is made with purpose to secure the payment of unemployment compensation; Ohio works first; preve...

...clude taxes specifically excepted from collection pursuant to section 5711.32 of the Revised Code. Such tax list and duplicates shall contain the name of the person charged and the amount of such taxes, and the penalty, due and unpaid, and shall set forth separately the amount charged or chargeable on the general and on the classified list and duplicate. The auditor shall deliver one such duplicate to the treas...

...cate, from the first day of the month following the date of the overpayment until the last day of the month preceding the date of the refund of the overpayment. The interest shall be paid from the fund or funds to which the overpayment was credited. When the county treasurer makes the treasurer's annual settlement with the county auditor under division (D) of section 321.24 of the Revised Code, the treasurer sha...

...harged with any such taxes, all of the following apply: (A) The fiscal officer shall transmit a copy of the statement to the county treasurer within thirty days of the date it is submitted. (B) A copy of that statement shall be incorporated into the contract. (C) No payment shall be made with respect to any contract to which this section applies unless that statement has been incorporated as required under divisio...

...The county treasurer shall forthwith collect the taxes and penalty on the duplicate delivered to the treasurer by the auditor pursuant to section 5719.04 of the Revised Code and any interest thereon by any of the means provided by law. In addition to any other means provided by law, the treasurer may, after finding that the treasurer is unable to collect the full amount of delinquent taxes, interest, and penalties c...

...thorize the county treasurer to employ collectors to collect the taxes mentioned in section 5719.05 of the Revised Code or part thereof, and fix the compensation of such collectors, and provide for the reasonable and necessary expenses of such collectors in the pursuit of their duties, which shall be paid out of the county treasury. All such compensation and expenses shall be apportioned ratably by the county audito...

...ection for a period of five years is uncollectible, he shall forthwith certify such determination, together with his reasons therefor, to the county board of revision and the prosecuting attorney. If such board and the prosecuting attorney determine any such item is uncollectible, they shall certify such finding to the auditor who shall cause said item to be stricken from the cumulative tax list and duplicate.

...r, a county treasurer charged with the collection of delinquent taxes may issue a certificate of release of the lien provided for in section 5719.04 of the Revised Code if the amount secured thereby has been paid or omitted from the delinquent tax list and duplicate pursuant to section 5719.06 of the Revised Code. The treasurer shall issue a certificate of partial discharge of any part of the real property subject to...

...y other remedy provided by law for the collection of taxes, shall enforce the collection of the taxes by a civil action in the name of the treasurer against the person for the recovery of the unpaid taxes. If the proper parties are before the court, it shall be sufficient for the treasurer to allege in his complaint that the taxes stand charged upon the duplicate of the county against the person, that they are due an...

...aken the time and the place it will be sold. If the taxes, penalty, interest, and costs accrued on the property are not paid before the day appointed for such sale, which shall be not less than ten days after the taking of the property, the treasurer shall sell it at public vendue or so much of the property as will pay such taxes, penalty, interest, and costs. For making distress and sale for the payment of taxes, t...

...If the county treasurer is unable to collect by distress taxes assessed upon a person, corporation, executor, administrator, guardian, receiver, accounting officer, agent, or factor, he shall apply to the clerk of the court of common pleas in his county at any time after the semiannual settlement of the treasurer with the county auditor, and the clerk shall cause notice to be served upon such corporation, executor, a...

...In making return of the delinquent list of personal property to the county auditor, the county treasurer shall note on the margin of such list the county and state to which the delinquent taxpayer has removed, or in which he resides, with the date of his removal, if such treasurer is able to ascertain such fact. Immediately after the settlement with the auditor, the treasurer shall make and forward to the treasurer ...

...vised Code, the county treasurer shall collect such taxes and per cent, plus any penalty and interest thereon, from the person so charged, for which services he shall be allowed the same fees as treasurers receive for collecting delinquent taxes by process, to be collected from the person against whom such taxes are charged.

...For the collection of all taxes, penalties, interest, and costs mentioned in section 5719.084 of the Revised Code, the county treasurers shall have the same powers given by any law for the collection of taxes. All moneys collected by any treasurer pursuant to such section shall be by him transmitted, in the safest and most convenient way, to the treasurer of the county to which such moneys belong. At the same time, h...

... in such settlement, the treasurer may collect such tax, for his own use, at any time within one year after the settlement, either by distress and sale or by action in his own name, before any court having jurisdiction of such action.

...n every such case, the treasurer shall collect such tax and any penalty and interest thereon by distress, attachment, or other process. He may make affidavit that the residence of such taxpayer is unknown to him, or that such taxpayer is not a resident of the county where such property is found or where such debtor resides, or that such taxpayer has not property in the county sufficient to distrain to pay such tax. T...

...or an additional amount of one hundred dollars for every day of delay in the payment of such taxes.

...aid. Each dealer in intangibles shall collect the taxes due from the owners of such shares and remit the same to the tax commissioner, who shall accept the remittance on behalf of the treasurer of state. The remittance shall be made payable to the treasurer of state and shall be made in the form prescribed by the commissioner. Any dealer in intangibles who fails to pay said taxes as provided in this section sh...

...A person against whom taxes are assessed as fiduciary for another person or an estate shall, upon payment of such taxes, have a claim against such person or estate for reimbursement of the taxes paid, with legal interest, and a lien upon all funds and property of such person or estate in his possession or which come into his possession. Such lien may be enforced in any appropriate manner.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "School district income tax" means an income tax adopted under one of the following: (1) Former section 5748.03 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to its repeal by Amended Substitute House Bill No. 291 of the 115th general assembly; (2) Section 5748.03 of the Revised Code as enacted in Substitute Senate Bill No. 28 of the 118th general assembly; (3) Section 5748.08 of the Rev...

...(A) The board of education of any school district, except a joint vocational school district, may declare, by resolution, the necessity of raising annually a specified amount of money for school district purposes. The resolution shall specify whether the income that is to be subject to the tax is taxable income as defined in division (E)(1) or (2) of section 5748.01 of the Revised Code. A copy of the resolution shall...

... 5748.02 of the Revised Code on the school district income of individuals as defined in divisions (G) and (E)(1) of section 5748.01 of the Revised Code may declare, at any time, by a resolution adopted by a majority of its members, the necessity of raising annually a specified amount of money for school district purposes by replacing the existing tax with a tax on school district income as defined in divisions (G) an...

...mbers of a board of education of a school district levying a tax under section 5748.02 of the Revised Code may adopt a resolution reducing the rate of the tax by a multiple of one-fourth of one per cent. The resolution shall set forth the current rate of the tax, the reduced rate of tax that results from adoption of the resolution, the purpose or purposes for which the tax is levied, the remaining number of y...

...748.02 of the Revised Code shall be as follows: "Shall an annual income tax of _______ (state the proposed rate of tax) on the school district income of individuals be imposed by _______ (state the name of the school district), for _______ (state the number of years the tax would be levied, or that it would be levied for a continuing period of time), beginning _______ (state the date the tax would first take effect...

...(A) The question of the repeal of a school district income tax levied for more than five years may be initiated not more than once in any five-year period by filing with the board of elections of the appropriate counties not later than ninety days before the general election in any year after the year in which it is approved by the electors a petition requesting that an election be held on the question. The petition ...

...r the approval by the electors of a resolution under section 5748.03, 5748.08, or 5748.09 of the Revised Code to impose a school district income tax to provide an increase in current operating revenues or in current revenues for permanent improvements and prior to the time when the first payment to the district from the tax can be made, a board of education may anticipate a fraction of the proceeds of the tax a...