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...) "Emergency vehicle" means any of the following: (a) Any vehicle, as defined in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code, that is an emergency vehicle of a municipal, township, or county department or public utility corporation and that is identified as such as required by law, the director of public safety, or local authorities; (b) Any motor vehicle, as defined in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code, when commandee...

... the circumstance that an applicant or policyholder has been convicted of any violation of the weight provisions of Chapter 5577. of the Revised Code, or a substantially similar municipal ordinance relating to vehicle weight as a basis for doing either of the following: (1) Refusing to issue or deliver a policy of insurance upon a private automobile, or increasing the rate to be charged for such a policy; (2) Incre...

...urance determines that any person has violated sections 3938.01 to 3938.07 of the Revised Code, the superintendent may take one or more of the following actions: (1) Issue an order requiring the person to cease and desist from the actions constituting the violation; (2) Assess a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars per violation. (B) The superintendent may investigate the activities of any person t...

...Persons forming an association under section 3939.01 of the Revised Code shall make and subscribe a certificate setting forth therein: (A) The name by which the association is to be known; (B) The place which is regarded as its center or business office; (C) The object of the association, which shall only be one or more of the objects set forth in section 3939.01 of the Revised Code, and the enforcement of any con...

...g business and which has the number of policies and amount of insurance in force, and the amount of assets required, in order to organize a mutual fire insurance company, may reorganize as a mutual fire insurance company in the following manner: (A) The board of trustees of such association shall give notice of its intention to reorganize, for a period of at least three consecutive weeks before application is made, ...

...(A) A domestic mutual company may be organized by not less than twenty persons, to carry on the business of mutual insurance and to reinsure and to accept reinsurance as authorized by law and its articles of incorporation. Such persons shall execute articles of incorporation which, if not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state and of the United States, shall be approved by the attorney general and ...

...The articles of incorporation of a domestic mutual company may be amended at any meeting of members, thirty days' notice of which, and of the business to come before it, has been given by a majority of the directors in a newspaper published and of general circulation in the county where the company's principal place of business is located. Such amendment, if adopted by at least three-fifths vote of the members presen...

...r before any part of the assessment is collected, and any person liable to the assessment may inspect and take a copy of the same. Each policyholder is liable to pay his proportional part of any assessments which may be laid by the company in accordance with law and his contract, on account of losses and expenses incurred while he was a member, if he is notified of such assessment within one year after the expiratio...

...d with; (2) The proposed merger or consolidation will be inequitable to the members of the domestic mutual company or companies in that it will result in a substantial reduction of the equity of such member without reasonably compensating benefits or advantages; (3) The proposed merger or consolidation will reduce service to the policyholders of the domestic company or companies or the protection of existing insura...

...the effective date of the merger or consolidation, the superintendent shall file with the secretary of state one of the copies of the agreement on file with him, with the notice of effective date. Within fifteen days after the effective date of the merger or consolidation, a copy of the agreement certified by the superintendent shall be filed by the resulting or surviving company in any public office where the articl...

...nsurer issuing an automobile insurance policy to the owner or operator of a personal vehicle may exclude any and all coverage afforded under the policy for any loss or injury that occurs while a transportation network company driver is logged on to a transportation network company's digital network or while the driver is providing transportation network company services. This right to exclude any and all coverage may...

...e in writing to the driver both of the following: (1) The insurance coverage, including the types of coverage and limits for each type of coverage, that the transportation network company provides while the driver uses a personal vehicle in connection with transportation network company services; (2) That, depending on the terms of the policy, the transportation network company driver's own personal automobile insu...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the supervisor of bond investment companies shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of insurance shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.

...(A) Each title insurance company shall at all times establish and maintain, in addition to other reserves, a reserve: (1) Against unpaid losses; (2) Against loss expense, and shall calculate such reserves by making a careful estimate in each case of the loss expense likely to be incurred, by reason of every claim presented, pursuant to notice from or on behalf of the insured, of a title defect in or lien or adverse...

...le plan of operation within six months following November 20, 1989, or if at any time after that date the association fails to submit suitable amendments to the plan, the superintendent, after notice and hearing, shall adopt reasonable rules that are necessary or advisable to effectuate the provisions of this chapter. The rules shall continue in force until modified by the superintendent or superseded by a plan subm...

...ion and prevention of member insurer insolvencies or impairments: (A) The superintendent of insurance shall do all of the following: (1) Notify the commissioners of insurance of all the other states, territories of the United States, and the District of Columbia when the superintendent takes any of the following actions against a member insurer: (a) Revocation of license; (b) Suspension of license; (c) Make...

...ment of a renewal fee of three hundred dollars and the payment shall be made prior to the expiration date of the license. Failure to make the renewal payment shall result in the cancellation of the license. (C) In the event of nonpayment of renewal license fees within the time period prescribed by the superintendent, the license shall be canceled and subject to reinstatement on the basis of a new filing as provided ...

...ursement, and shall include all of the following: (1) The check number; (2) The date of disbursement; (3) The person to whom the disbursement was made; (4) The amount disbursed. If the amount disbursed does not agree with the amount billed or authorized, the administrator shall prepare a written record as to the application for the disbursement. (F) If the disbursement is for the earned administrative fee or com...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of insurance shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.

...of the Revised Code, may do all of the following: (A) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the certificate of authority of a risk retention group that violates any provision of sections 3960.01 to 3960.13 of the Revised Code for which a specific sanction is not imposed by the law applicable to liability insurance companies admitted to do business in this state; (B) Impose a civil penalty not to exceed three thousand...

...or marketer shall disclose all of the following information in writing in not less than twelve-point type on the first content page of any advertisements, marketing materials, or brochures made available to the public relating to a discount medical plan and with any enrollment forms: (1) A statement that the discount medical plan is not insurance; (2) A statement that the range of discounts for medical serv...

... the superintendent may do both of the following: (1) Order a discount medical plan organization to produce any records, files, advertising and solicitation materials, lists of providers with which the organization contracted, lists of members, provider agreements described in section 3961.02 of the Revised Code, agreements between a marketer and discount medical plan organization described in section 3961.03 of the...

...rovider in the amount of five hundred dollars per day, including weekend days, starting at the expiration of that ninety-day period until the provider's credentialing application is granted or denied or retroactive reimbursement to the provider according to the terms of the contract for any basic health care services, specialty health care services, or supplemental health care services the provider provid...

...perate in this state unless all of the following are met: (1) The captive insurance company obtains from the superintendent a license to do the business of captive insurance in this state. (2) The captive insurance company's board of directors holds at least one meeting each year in this state. (3) The captive insurance company maintains its principal place of business in this state. (4) The person managi...

...blic auction using at least one of the following methods: (1) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation that meets the requirements of section 7.12 of the Revised Code in the county in which the land is located; (2) On the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 of the Revised Code; (3) On the web site and social media account of the county. The advertise...

... the Revised Code, but the land is not sold at the public auction, the county board of revision may order the disposition of the abandoned land in accordance with division (B) or (C) of this section. (B) The abandoned land offered for sale at a public auction as described in section 323.73 of the Revised Code, but not sold at the auction, may be offered for sale in any usual and customary manner by the sheriff as ...

...y be paid after they are incurred, as follows: (1) If the abandoned land in question is purchased at public auction, from the purchaser of the abandoned land; (2) In the case of abandoned land transferred to a community development organization, school district, municipal corporation, county, or township under section 323.74 of the Revised Code, from either of the following: (a) At the discretion of the count...

...munity development organization, school district, municipal corporation, county, or township under section 323.74 of the Revised Code, any common law or statutory right of redemption shall forever terminate upon the occurrence of whichever of the following is applicable: (A) In the case of a sale of the land at public auction, upon the order of confirmation of the sale by the county ...

...23.73 of the Revised Code, but is not sold for want of a minimum bid, the electing subdivision or a county land reutilization corporation that identified that parcel of abandoned land shall be deemed to have appeared at the sale and submitted the winning bid at the auction, and the parcel of abandoned land shall be sold to the electing subdivision or corporation for no consideration other than the cos...

...ipal corporation, township, county, school district, community development organization, or county land reutilization corporation has requested title to the parcel, then upon adjudication of foreclosure of the parcel, the court or board of revision shall order, in the decree of foreclosure or by separate order, that the equity of redemption and any statutory or common law right of redemption in the parcel by its owne...

...nveyance or transfer to a certificate holder, community development organization, county land reutilization corporation organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code, municipal corporation, county, or township pursuant to sections 323.65 to 323.79 of the Revised Code. An appeal as provided in this section shall proceed as an appeal de novo and may include issues raised or adjudicated in the proceedings bef...

...Whoever violates division (D), (E), or (F) of section 323.153 or division (B) of section 323.159 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

...mployer" means boards of education, school districts, joint vocational districts, governing authorities of community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, educational institutions, technical colleges, state, municipal, and community colleges, community college branches, universities, ...

...ised Code, does not include any of the following: (A) Any person having a license or registration issued pursuant to sections 3319.22 to 3319.31 of the Revised Code and employed in a public school in this state in an educational position, as determined by the department of education and workforce, under programs provided for by federal acts or regulations and financed in whole or in part from federal funds, but fo...

...As used in this section, "school board member" means a member of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district board of education and a "governing board member" means a member of an educational service center governing board. (A) Within thirty days of a school board member's or a governing board member's initially taking office, the board member shall elect whether to become a member of the sc...

...d Code, does not include either of the following: (1) Any person initially employed on or after July 1, 2016, by a community school operator and for whom the operator withholds and pays employee and employer taxes pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 3101(a) and 3111(a) beginning with the first paycheck after commencing initial employment; (2) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, any person who is a former employee...

...and subject to rules adopted by the school employees retirement board, any member of the school employees retirement system who was a member with not less than one year of unadjusted service credit prior to active service in the armed forces subsequent to October 31, 1965, and who returns to service as an employee or as an employee in a capacity covered by either the public employees retirement system or the state te...

...ation of the service and subject to school employees retirement board rules, a member may purchase service credit that shall be considered as the equivalent of Ohio service for each year or portion of a year of service incurred by reason of having been on active duty as a member of the Ohio national guard or reserves for which the member is not eligible to purchase credit under division (A)(1) of this section. For pu...

...es" means the performance of duty on a voluntary or involuntary basis in a uniformed service under competent authority and includes active duty, active duty for training, initial active duty for training, inactive duty training, full-time national guard duty, and a period for which a person is absent from a position of employment for the purpose of an examination to determine the fitness of the person to perform any ...

...A school employees retirement system is hereby established for the employees as defined in section 3309.01 of the Revised Code, which shall include the several funds created and placed under the management of the school employees retirement board for the payment of retirement allowances and other benefits provided in Chapter 3309. of the Revised Code. The board may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract an...

...The school employees retirement system shall consist of the plans described in section 3309.18 to 3309.70 of the Revised Code and the plan or plans established under section 3309.81 of the Revised Code.

...dministration and management of the school employees retirement system and making effective Chapter 3309. of the Revised Code are hereby vested in the school employees retirement board which may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code and may authorize its administrative officers, or committees composed of members of said board, to act for the board in accordance with such policies and subje...

...The school employees retirement board shall do all of the following: (A) In consultation with the Ohio ethics commission, review any existing policy regarding the travel and payment of travel expenses of members and employees of the school employees retirement board and adopt rules in accordance with section 3309.04 of the Revised Code establishing a new or revised policy regarding travel and payment of travel expen...

...The school employees retirement board shall, in consultation with the Ohio ethics commission, develop an ethics policy to govern board members and employees in the performance of their official duties. The board shall submit this policy to the commission for approval. The commission shall review the policy and, if the commission determines that the policy is adequate, approve the policy. If the commission determines...

...(A) The school employees retirement board shall designate a person who is a licensed state retirement system investment officer to be the chief investment officer for the school employees retirement system. The board shall notify the division of securities of the department of commerce in writing of its designation and of any change in its designation within ten calendar days of the designation or change. (B) The ch...

...The school employees retirement board shall appoint a committee to oversee the selection of an internal auditor. The committee shall select one or more persons for employment as an internal auditor. The board shall employ the person or persons selected by the committee. The committee shall consist of the following board members: one retirant member, one employee member, and one other member. The committee shall annu...

...(A) The school employees retirement board shall consist of the following members: (1) One member, known as the treasurer of state's investment designee, who shall be appointed by the treasurer of state for a term of four years and who shall have the following qualifications: (a) The member is a resident of this state. (b) Within the three years immediately preceding the appointment, the member has not been e...

...Each member of the school employees retirement board shall, not later than ninety days after commencing service as a board member, complete the orientation program component of the retirement board member education program established under section 171.50 of the Revised Code. Each member of the board who has served a year or longer as a board member shall, not less than twice each year, attend one or more pro...

... elected or appointed member of the school employees retirement board for one or more entire fiscal years in fiscal years 2000, 2001, or 2002 is ineligible for re-election or reappointment to the board if the board paid travel-related expenses of the person or reimbursed the person for travel-related expenses that averaged more than ten thousand dollars annually for those fiscal years.