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...The members of the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund boards shall serve without compensation. The political subdivision or fire district within which the boards operate shall provide the necessary meeting place, stationery, postage, and supplies for the efficient conduct of their business. The legal advisor for a volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board is the prosecuting attorney of the county in which...

...(A) There is hereby established in the state treasury the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund. All investment earnings earned by the fund shall be collected by the treasurer of state and placed to the credit of the fund. Each political subdivision or fire district which maintains in whole or in part a volunteer fire department or employs volunteer fire fighters shall pay to the treasurer of state, to the credit ...

...If the premium is not paid as provided in division (A) of section 146.07 of the Revised Code, the state fire marshal shall certify such failure as an assessment against the member of the fund to the auditor of the county within which the member is located. The county auditor shall then withhold the amount of such assessment, together with interest at the rate of six per cent from the due date of the premium, from the...

...The total of all initial premiums collected by the treasurer of state under section 146.07 of the Revised Code is the basic capital account of the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund, and no further contributions are required of its members until such time as claims against the fund have reduced it to ninety-five per cent or less of its basic capital account. In such event, the state fire marshal shall cause the...

...(A) If a member of the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund having a volunteer fire department or employing volunteer fire fighters does not pay the assessment provided in section 146.09 of the Revised Code within forty-five days after notice, the state fire marshal shall proceed with collection in the same manner as provided in section 146.08 of the Revised Code. (B) If a private volunteer fire company which is...

...Benefits shall be paid from the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund to or on behalf of the following persons: (A) To the surviving spouse of a volunteer firefighter killed while discharging the duties of a volunteer firefighter or who dies from exposure or injury received while in the discharge of those duties, a lump sum award of one thousand dollars, and, in addition, the sum of three hundred dollars per ...

...The benefits provided for in section 146.12 of the Revised Code are in addition to all other benefits otherwise provided for by law, and are not liable to attachment, levy, or seizure under any legal or equitable process, whether such sums remain with the treasurer of state or are in the course of transmission to the person entitled thereto, but shall inure wholly to the benefit of the beneficiary.

...Claims for benefits payable under section 146.12 of the Revised Code shall be made as follows: (A) A surviving spouse shall file a claim under oath with the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board on a form provided by the board, setting forth the full name of the deceased volunteer fire fighter, the name of the fire department or company of which the decedent was a member, the name and address of the survivi...

...Initial claims under section 146.14 of the Revised Code shall be filed with the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board located in the political subdivision or fire district in which the volunteer fire fighter was a member of a fire department or company. Thereafter, claims may be transferred at the request of the claimant or the board to a board near the current residence of the claimant, provided that the tr...

...A volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board shall meet within five days after the receipt of a claim to consider the claim and, if satisfied with the validity of the claim, shall make a determination of the amount due and to become due and shall certify its determination to the state fire marshal for payment. The certificate shall show the name and address of the board, the name and address of each beneficiary, ...

...If a volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board, after consideration of a claim, finds that the claimant has no right to benefits or that the claim is without merit, it shall deny the claim and issue notice of such action by delivering to the claimant a copy of the order, or by leaving a copy at the claimant's place of residence, or by mailing to the claimant a copy thereof by registered mail.

...The volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund boards established under sections 146.01 to 146.19 of the Revised Code, shall assume all obligations, claims, and outstanding liabilities of all fire fighters' indemnity boards existing on November 1, 1957 and all benefits due claimants after that date shall be paid in accordance with sections 146.01 to 146.19 of the Revised Code. All fire fighters' indemnity boards are he...

...The state fire marshal shall supply the public employees retirement board with a complete list of fire departments in the state which are supported wholly or in part at public expense, together with their addresses, and shall currently report additions to or deletions from such list.

...ractice of law in this state or a peace officer shall not be required to submit a criminal records check when applying to be appointed a notary public. (4)(a) Except as provided in divisions (B)(4)(b) and (c) of this section, the person has successfully completed an educational program and passed a test administered by the entities authorized by the secretary of state as required under section 147.021 of the Revis...

...blic's signature and seal. (E) "Peace officer" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code. (F) "Notary public" means an officer of the state, commissioned to perform notarial acts by the secretary of state, or prior to June 6, 2001, by the governor. A notary public is not considered an occupation or profession under Title XLVII of the Revised Code, and a notary commission is not an occupationa...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(4) of section 147.01 of the Revised Code, no person shall be appointed as a notary public unless that person has completed an educational program related to the requirements of this chapter and passed a test demonstrating knowledge of such requirements. (2) The secretary of state may authorize that such a program be completed online. (B) The secretary of state shall adopt, ...

...o practice law in this state or a peace officer, to complete a criminal records check. (2) The secretary shall not accept an application for a notary commission that includes the report of a criminal records check that is more than six months old. (B) The secretary of state shall provide to each person applying for a notary commission, other than an attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state or a peac...

...e by the Ohio supreme court, shall hold office for the term of five years unless the commission is revoked. An attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state by the Ohio supreme court shall hold office as a notary public as long as the attorney is a resident of this state or has the attorney's principal place of business or primary practice in this state, the attorney is in good standing before the Ohio supre...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, a commission for a notary public appointed prior to the effective date of this section shall remain valid until that commission's expiration date. (2) A commission issued to an attorney shall be governed by section 147.03 of the Revised Code. (B) A commission that is set to expire as described in section 147.03 of the Revised Code or as in division (A) ...

...(A)(1) If the secretary of state believes that a violation of this chapter has occurred, the secretary of state may investigate such violations. (2) The secretary of state may investigate possible violations of this chapter upon a signed complaint from any person. (B) After an investigation, the secretary of state may take any of the following actions: (1) Revoke the notary public's commission; (2) Suspend...

...Before entering upon the discharge of official duties, a notary public shall obtain the seal of a notary public. The seal shall consist of the coat of arms of the state within a circle that is at least three-quarters of an inch, but not larger than one inch, in diameter and shall be surrounded by the words "notary public," "notarial seal," or words to that effect, the name of the notary public, and the words "Stat...

...A person commissioned as a notary public prior to the effective date of this section may continue to use a seal that met the requirements of section 147.04 of the Revised Code and that was in that person's possession before that date.

... index to that record. The governor's office shall transfer to the secretary of state's office, on or after June 6, 2001, the record of notaries public formerly kept by the governor's office under section 107.10 of the Revised Code. The secretary of state's office shall maintain that record together with the record and index of commissions of notaries public required by this division. (B) If a notary public legal...

...The secretary of state shall maintain a database of notaries public on a publicly accessible web site. The web site shall provide all of the following information in relation to each notary public: (A) The status of an individual's authority to perform notarial acts; (B) Whether the notary is authorized to perform online notarizations, as defined in section 147.60 of the Revised Code; (C) A description of any a...

...Upon application, the secretary of state shall make a certified copy of a notary public commission and the endorsements on the commission. The certified copy shall be prima-facie evidence of the matters and facts contained in it. For each certified copy of a notary public commission, the secretary of state shall be entitled to receive a fee of five dollars.

... for the improvement are on file in the office of the director and the district deputy director of the district in which the improvement or part thereof is located and the time within which bids therefor will be received. Each bidder shall be required to file with the bidder's bid a bid guaranty in the form of a certified check, a cashier's check, or an electronic funds transfer to the treasurer of state that is e...

... physical facilities, garages, district offices, or other buildings funded in whole or in part by or through the department of transportation. (2) "Branch of work" means any of the following: (a) Plumbing and gas-fitting; (b) Steam and hot-water heating, ventilating apparatus, and steam-powered plant; (c) Electrical equipment.

... of the treasurer of state. In case any officer or member of the commissioners of the sinking fund whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appears on any bonds or other obligations or on any coupons attached thereto ceases to be such officer or such commissioner before the delivery of such bonds or other obligations, such signature or such facsimile is nevertheless valid and sufficient for all purposes the ...

... of the treasurer of state. In case any officer or member of the commissioners of the sinking fund whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appears on any such obligations or on any coupons attached thereto ceases to be such officer or such commissioner before the delivery thereof, such signature or such facsimile is nevertheless valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if the officer or commissione...

...issioners may designate an employee or officer of that commissioner's office to attend meetings of the commissioners when that commissioner is absent or unable for any reason to attend and such designee, when present, shall be counted in determining whether a quorum is present at the meeting and may vote and participate in all proceedings and actions of the commissioners pertaining to obligations, provided, tha...

...te agency or local government entities, officer, board, commission, authority, agency, department, or other person or body as may from time to time have the authority under law to take such actions as may be necessary to perform all or any part of the duty required by such provision; (5) The maintenance of each pledge, any trust agreement, or other instrument composing part of the bond proceedings until the state ha...

... design review and performing field and office inspections and cost estimates, on behalf of the federal highway administration. (B)(1) Upon a written determination by the director that it would be in the best interests of the traveling public, the director, upon the written request of a county, township, or municipal corporation, may utilize moneys in the highway operating fund created by section 5735.051 of the Rev...

...y" means the treasurer of state, or the officer who by law performs the functions of the treasurer of state. (5) "Obligations" means bonds, notes, or other evidence of obligation including interest coupons pertaining thereto, issued pursuant to this section. (6) "Pledged receipts" means moneys accruing to the state from the lease, lease-purchase, sale, or other disposition, or use, of qualified projects, and from...

...e motor vehicle bureau, department, or office as the owner of a motor vehicle; (2) The lessee of a motor vehicle pursuant to a lease of six months or longer; (3) The renter of a motor vehicle pursuant to a written rental agreement with a motor vehicle renting dealer. (J) "Revenues" means all nontax revenues coming into the possession of or under the control of the department by virtue of sections 5531.11 to 5...

... (b) The department, division, bureau, office, or other unit of government of any other state or jurisdiction that is functionally equivalent to the bureau of motor vehicles. (2) With respect to any user fee and any associated administrative fee, the toll project operator, in the toll project operator's sole discretion, may determine not to pursue collection of that user fee or administrative fee or to termina...

...ime and date of the hearing. A hearing officer of the toll project operator shall preside over the hearing and shall hold the hearing not later than thirty-five days after the date of mailing of the hearing notice. The hearing officer shall conduct the hearing at a location within the county in which the toll project is located. The registered owner may present evidence at the hearing as to the reasons why the ...

...r to the department, division, bureau, office, or other unit of government that is functionally equivalent to the bureau of motor vehicles. The order shall have the same effect in another state or jurisdiction as in this state. (2) File a civil suit against the registered owner in the municipal court or county court having jurisdiction over the location of the toll project as provided in section 5531.146 of t...

... and the department, division, bureau, office, or other unit of government of any other state or jurisdiction that is functionally equivalent to the bureau of motor vehicles to obtain motor vehicle owner and registration information that is necessary to conduct electronic toll collection and electronic monitoring. (B)(1) A toll project operator shall ensure that information collected by an electronic toll col...

... with the department, division, bureau, office, or other unit of government of any other state or jurisdiction that is functionally equivalent to the department of transportation or the bureau of motor vehicles for the purpose of enforcing sections 5531.11 to 5531.18 of the Revised Code with respect to the registered owner of a motor vehicle that is titled or registered in such other state or jurisdiction and utilize...

...ommission at the commission's principal office to dispute the invoice. The person may present evidence at the hearing. (2) Notwithstanding sections 1901.18, 1901.20, 1907.02, and 1907.031 of the Revised Code, the commission has exclusive original jurisdiction over a dispute regarding an invoice issued by the commission in accordance with the rules adopted under section 5537.04 of the Revised Code. (3) The commiss...

...ies shall be preserved in the principal office of the commission. (C)(1) Except as necessary to comply with covenants in bond proceedings in existence before July 1, 2013, for calendar years 2013 through 2023, the commission shall not increase the toll rates for any class of passenger vehicle as fixed on July 1, 2013, when both of the following apply: (a) The tolls are collected and remitted in accordance with a ...

...cal year to the governor, the presiding officers of each house of the general assembly, the director of budget and management, and the legislative service commission no later than the first day of that calendar or fiscal year. (G) Upon request of the chairperson of the appropriate standing committee or subcommittee of the senate and house of representatives that is primarily responsible for considering transportat...

...ppointed member of the board shall hold office for a term of two years but subject to removal at the pleasure of the authority that appointed the member. Members may be reappointed. Except as otherwise provided in this division, any vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. Any vacancy on a board appointed under division (C)(1) of this section lasting longer than thirty days...

... cause a copy of it to be filed in the office of the county engineer and of the fiscal officer of each township within the county. The system of roads designated upon the map shall then become the system of county roads of the county. Each road constituting a part of the system shall be given a number by the board of county commissioners, which may also divide the roads into convenient sections and assign appropr...

...or the use of the county engineer's office.

...l be filed by the county auditor in his office, and shall not be altered, unless such alteration is first drawn, specified, and estimated as required for the original plans and approved by the commission. No such change shall be made until the price to be paid therefor has been agreed upon, in writing, between the commission and the contractor.

...ers. He shall carefully preserve in his office all plans, drawings, profiles, bills of materials, specifications of work, and estimates of costs, in detail and in the aggregate, pertaining to such improvement or construction.

...nd of their availability at the board's office, in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county or township, as applicable, within ten days after their adoption. The board also shall provide a copy of the regulations to the department of transportation district deputy director for the district in which the county or township is located.

... auditor to each nonresident whose post-office address is known to such auditor. Such notice shall state the time and place of the hearing on claims for compensation and damages.

...cifications therefor are on file in the office of the board of each interested county for the inspection and examination of all persons interested therein. Such notice shall also state the time and place for hearing objections to said improvement. Proceedings for the appropriation of land needed for such improvement shall be maintained in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code.