Ohio Revised Code Search

...(A)(1) Subject to division (C) of this section, no person or entity shall sell a gift card to a purchaser containing an expiration date that is less than two years after the date the gift card is issued. (2) No person or entity, within two years after a gift card is issued, shall charge service charges or fees relative to that gift card, including dormancy fees, latency fees, or administrative fees, that have the ef...

...The chief of natural areas and preserves shall adopt and may amend or repeal rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, restricting the taking, possessing, transportation, sale, offering for sale, or exposure for sale, for commercial purposes of native Ohio species of wild plants or parts of them, that are listed as endangered or threatened by rule adopted under section 1518.01 of the Revised Code. T...

...All property, real or personal, purchased, acquired, constructed, or owned by the commission under this chapter, or financed in whole or in part by obligations issued under this chapter, and used by the commission or any governmental agency for the exercise of its powers and duties, is public property used exclusively for a public purpose, and such property and the income of the commission or issuing authority or any...

...tion of the facility, together with all property, rights, easements, and interests that may be required for the operation of the facility, which facilities may include: (1) Any building, testing facility, testing device, or support facilities which would provide experimental, demonstration, or testing capabilities or services not otherwise available in this state and which are necessary for the accomplishment of th...

...commissioners, are not liable in their personal capacities on any obligations or any agreements of or with the commissioners relating to obligations or under the bond proceedings. (M) Obligations are lawful investments for banks, societies for savings, savings and loan associations, deposit guarantee associations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, insurance companies, including domestic for life and dome...

...r's employees, are not liable in their personal capacities on any obligations or any agreements of or with the issuer relating to obligations or under the bond proceedings. (L) Obligations are lawful investments for banks, societies for savings, savings and loan associations, deposit guarantee associations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, insurance companies, including domestic for life and domestic no...

...oan. "Project" means real or personal property, or both, including undivided and other interests therein, acquired by gift or purchase, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, improved, furnished, or equipped, or any combination thereof, by an issuer, or by others in whole or in part from the proceeds of a loan made by an issuer, for industry, commerce, distribution, or research and located within the boundaries of t...

...(A) "Exempt," as used in this section, means exempt from sections 1707.08 to 1707.11 and 1707.39 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, the following securities are exempt, if the issuer or guarantor has the power of taxation or assessment for the purpose of paying the obligation represented by the security, or is in specific terms empowered by the laws of the state of i...

...omise, pledge, or grant of any money or property, financial assistance, or any other thing of value in response to a solicitation. "Contribution" does not include any bona fide fees, or any dues or assessments paid by members, provided that membership is not conferred solely as a consideration for making a contribution in response to a solicitation. (G) "Deceptive act or practice" means knowingly misrepresenting a...

...Any cemetery association organized under the laws of this state may sell and convey by deed in fee simple to a corporation organized not for profit under the laws of this state for the purpose of erecting and maintaining a public monument or memorial to any distinguished deceased person, such portion of the real estate of the association as is selected and agreed upon between it and such corporation, which is not use...

...goods" means items of tangible personal property other than food that are used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. (4) "Food service operation" has the same meaning as in section 3717.01 of the Revised Code. (5) "Food that is gleaned" means perishable food that remains on a farm or other real property and that the owner, lessee, renter, or operator of the property permits one or more persons to...

...e person, one parcel or item of real or personal property that the person or a dependent of the person uses as a residence. Division (A)(1)(a) of this section does not preclude, affect, or invalidate the creation under this chapter of a judgment lien upon the exempted property but only delays the enforcement of the lien until the property is sold or otherwise transferred by the owner or in accordance with other appli...

...auxiliary facilities, real and personal property, property rights, easements, leasehold estates, and interests that may be appropriate for, or used in connection with, the operation of the arena. (2) "Convention center" means any structure expressly designed and constructed for the purposes of presenting conventions, public meetings, and exhibitions and includes parking facilities that serve the center and any pers...

...olled college or university, is public property used exclusively for a public purpose, and such property and the income therefrom is exempt from all taxation and assessment within this state, including ad valorem and excise taxes. The obligations or assurances, the transfer thereof, and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, are at all times free from taxation within the state. Th...

... management, and control of the estate, property, and funds, given, transferred, covenanted, or pledged to such municipal corporation for the trusts and purposes relating thereto and the government, conduct, and control of such institution. The board may, unless prohibited by the terms of the trust under which such estate or property is held, sell, or lease perpetually or for any less period and with or without a pri...

...either of them, are not liable in their personal capacities on any obligations or any agreements of or with the issuing authority or the director of development. (K) The issuing authority may issue obligations for the refunding, including funding and retirement, and advance refunding with or without payment or redemption prior to maturity, of any obligations previously issued. Such obligations may be issued in amoun...

...Any real or personal property, or both, of the Ohio higher educational facility commission which is acquired, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, improved, furnished, or equipped, or any combination thereof, and leased under authority of Chapter 3377. of the Revised Code is subject to or exempt from ad valorem, sales, use, and franchise taxes and to zoning, planning, and building regulations and fees, to the same e...

...auxiliary facilities, real and personal property, property rights, easements and interests that may be appropriate for, or used in connection with, the operation of the facility. (E) "Cost" means the cost of acquisition of all land, rights-of-way, property rights, easements, franchise rights, and interests required for such acquisition; the cost of demolishing or removing any buildings or structures on land so acqu...

...th or welfare, plant or animal life, or property, or that unreasonably interferes with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property. (E) "Ambient air" means that portion of the atmosphere outside of buildings and other enclosures, stacks, or ducts that surrounds human, plant, or animal life, or property. (F) "Emission" means the release into the outdoor atmosphere of an air contaminant. (G) "Air quality fac...

...(A)(1) The state lottery commission shall promulgate rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, and shall adopt operating procedures, under which a statewide lottery and statewide joint lottery may be conducted, which includes, and since the original enactment of this section has included, the authority for the commission to operate video lottery terminal games and all other lottery games. Any reference in t...

...(A) As used in this section, "person" means any individual, association, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, club, trust, estate, society, receiver, trustee, person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, instrumentality of the state or any of its political subdivisions, or any other business entity or combination of individuals meeting the requirements set forth in this section or establis...

...Areas where smoking is not regulated by this chapter. The following shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter: (A) Private residences, except during the hours of operation as a child care or adult care facility for compensation, during the hours of operation as a business by a person other than a person residing in the private residence, or during the hours of operation as a business, when employees o...

...o, the following: (a) The lowering of property values; (b) A change in the racial, religious, sexual, military status, familial status, or ethnic composition of the block, neighborhood, or other area; (c) An increase in criminal or antisocial behavior in the block, neighborhood, or other area; (d) A decline in the quality of the schools serving the block, neighborhood, or other area. (11) Deny any person ac...

...e or that is leased from, or located on property owned by or leased from, the state, a state agency, a political subdivision of the state, or a convention facilities authority created pursuant to section 351.02 of the Revised Code; (b) An area designated as a community entertainment district pursuant to section 4301.80 of the Revised Code. (20) "Low-alcohol beverage" means any brewed or fermented malt product, or...

...ars, from bringing into this state, for personal use and not for resale, not more than one liter of spirituous liquor, four and one-half liters of wine, or two hundred eighty-eight ounces of beer in any thirty-day period, and the same is free of any tax consent fee when the resident or member of the armed forces physically possesses and accompanies the spirituous liquor, wine, or beer on returning from a foreign coun...