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...onds and notes shall be executed by two officers of the authority as provided in the resolution authorizing the same, either or both of whom may use a facsimile signature, the official seal of the authority or a facsimile thereof shall be affixed thereto or printed thereon and attested, manually or by facsimile signature, by the secretary of the authority, and any coupons attached thereto shall bear the signature or ...

...nsmitted to a board of elections or the office of the secretary of state, "sign" or "signature" means that person's written, cursive-style legal mark written in that person's own hand. (B) For persons who do not use a cursive-style legal mark during the course of their regular business and legal affairs, "sign" or "signature" means that person's other legal mark that the person uses during the course of that person'...

...es and advisories on a web site of the office of the secretary of state as soon as is practicable after they are issued, but not later than the close of business on the same day as a directive or advisory is issued. The secretary of state shall not remove from the web site any directives and advisories so posted. The secretary of state shall provide on that web site access to all directives and advisories curre...

...fore the expiration date of the term of office of a member of the board of elections, or within fifteen days after a vacancy occurs in the board, the county executive committee of the major political party entitled to the appointment may make and file a recommendation with the secretary of state for the appointment of a qualified elector. The secretary of state shall appoint such elector, unless the secretary o...

...case of vouchers or payrolls for county offices and the treasurer shall pay such warrant. (B) In calendar year 2018, the amount of annual compensation of each member of the board of elections shall be the greater of the following: (1) The sum of the following: (a) One hundred two dollars and forty-one cents for each full one thousand of the first one hundred thousand population; (b) Forty-eight dollars and se...

... employees of the board are not public officers and shall serve, during their term of office, at the discretion of the board. The board may summarily remove the director or the deputy director by a vote of not less than three of its members and may remove any other employee by a majority vote of its membership. The deputy director and all other election officials shall take and subscribe to the same oath for t...

...n may also serve as a precinct election officer; such person shall be compensated as though he served only in the capacity of an election official, and he need not undergo a program of instruction a second time for the same election unless required by the board. (B) No person appointed under division (A) of this section, while performing the duties of such office, shall: (1) Wear any badge, sign, or other insignia...

... nomination of candidates for municipal office which is to be held in its county, the precinct officials at any such election shall consist of not more than four judges who shall perform all the duties prescribed for the proper conduct of an election by precinct officials. Such precinct officials shall be well qualified for the performance of their duties and said precinct officials for any special election shall be ...

...e readily, or who is a candidate for an office to be voted for by the voters of the precinct in which the person is to serve shall serve as an election officer. A person when appointed as an election officer shall receive from the board of elections a certificate of appointment that may be revoked at any time by the board for good and sufficient reasons. The certificate shall be in the form the board prescribes and s...

...follows: (a) For employees of a county office, department, commission, board, or other entity, or of a court of common pleas, county court, or county-operated municipal court, as defined in section 1901.03 of the Revised Code, the employee's appointing authority may permit leave with pay for this service in accordance with a resolution setting forth the terms and conditions for that leave passed by the board o...

...2 of the Revised Code shall call at the office of the board at such time before the day of the election, not earlier than the tenth day before the day of the election, as the board designates to obtain the ballots, pollbooks, registration forms and lists, and other material to be used in the official's polling place on election day. The board may also provide for the delivery of such materials to polling places in a...

...ublic library; (8) An employee of the office of a county treasurer; (9) An employee of the bureau of motor vehicles; (10) An employee of a deputy registrar of motor vehicles; (11) An employee of an election official. (C) Except as provided in section 3501.382 of the Revised Code, any applicant who is unable to sign the applicant's own name shall make an "X," if possible, which shall be certified by the sign...

...primary or general election for federal office.

... be made available on a web site of the office of the secretary of state as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the following information from the statewide voter registration database regarding a registered elector shall be made available on the web site: (a) The elector's name; (b) The elector's birth date; (c) The elector's current residence address; (d) The...

...stration forms electronically from the office of the secretary of state or the board of elections of the county in which the person's voting residence is located. (B) The procedures shall allow such a person to express a preference for the manner in which the person will receive the requested voter registration forms, whether by mail, electronically, or in person. The registration forms shall be transmitted ...

...primary or general election for federal office. (2) The registration of any elector identified as having changed the elector's voting residence to a location outside the elector's current county of registration shall not be canceled unless the registrant is sent a confirmation notice on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and the registrant fails to respond to the confirmation notice or otherwise update the ...

...be made by any qualified elector at the office of the board of elections not later than the thirtieth day before the day of the election. The applications or challenges, with the reasons for the application or challenge, shall be filed with the board in person or by mail on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and shall be signed under penalty of election falsification. (B) On receiving an application or chal...

...from the registration lists only in the office of the board when it is open for business; but no such copying shall be permitted during the period of time commencing twenty-one days before an election and ending on the eleventh day after an election if such copying will, in the opinion of the board, interfere with the necessary work of the board. Except as provided in section 111.44 of the Revised Code, the board sha...

...be obtained and filed personally in the office of the board of elections of the county in which such person last resided before removal from this state, or mailed to such board of elections. (B) Immediately following the spaces on the certificate for inserting information as requested by the secretary of state, the following statement shall be printed: "I declare under penalty of election falsification that the stat...

...the revised list of candidates for the office, after certification of a candidate to fill the vacancy, to be printed and pasted on the ballot cards so as to cover the names of candidates shown prior to the new certification, before such ballots are delivered to electors.

...respective headings provided for those offices. Such write-in will be counted as a vote for the candidates' presidential electors whose names have been properly certified to the secretary of state. (3) If you tear, soil, deface, or erroneously mark this ballot, return it to the precinct election officers or, if you cannot return it, notify the precinct election officers, and obtain another ballot." (B) Below ...

..., addressed to the responsible printing offices. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each proposal for a contract described in division (A) of this section must be accompanied by a bid bond in a sum of ten per cent of the amount of the proposal. No proposal unaccompanied by such bid bond shall be considered by the board. (C) The contract shall be awarded to the most qualified responsible proposer ...

...st such proofs in a public place in the office of the board for a period of at least twenty-four hours for inspection and correction of any errors appearing thereon. The board shall cause such proofs to be read with care and after correcting any errors shall return the corrected copy to the printer.

...gious objection, you must appear at the office of the board of elections during the four days after the election and provide photo identification or complete an affidavit of religious objection for your vote to be eligible to be counted. (4) If you need to update your voter registration, you may provide additional information below. This information will not be used for ballot counting purposes. Write your full O...

...s the official election presentation of offices and candidates, including write-in candidates, and of questions and issues, and the means by which votes are recorded. (C) "Automatic tabulating equipment" means a machine or electronic device, or interconnected or interrelated machines or electronic devices, that will automatically examine and count votes recorded on ballots. Automatic tabulating equipment may allow ...

...be a competent and experienced election officer or a person who is knowledgeable about the operation of voting equipment and shall serve during the secretary of state's term. Any vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. The secretary of state shall provide staffing assistance to the board, at the board's request. (4) For the member's service, each member of the board shal...

...information with respect to candidates, offices, questions, and issues obtainable from paper ballots for the same election prepared pursuant to Chapter 3505. of the Revised Code. Each ballot card shall have attached two stubs, each of the width of the ballot and each at least one-half inch in length, except that, if the board of elections has an alternate method to account for the ballots that the secretary of state...

...information with respect to candidates, offices, questions, and issues obtainable from paper ballots for the same election prepared pursuant to Chapter 3505. of the Revised Code. Each ballot card shall have attached two stubs, each of the width of the ballot and each at least one-half inch in length, except that, if the board of elections has an alternate method to account for the ballots that the secretary of state...

...nct at the most recent election for the office of governor, taking into consideration the size and location of each selected polling place, available parking, accessibility for persons with disabilities and other accessibility to the polling place, and the number of candidates and issues to be voted on. Notwithstanding section 3501.22 of the Revised Code, the board may appoint more than four precinct officers to each...

...elector who is unable to appear at the office of the board of elections or, if pursuant to division (C) of section 3501.10 of the Revised Code the board has designated another location in the county at which registered electors may vote, at that other location on account of personal illness, physical disability, or infirmity, and who moves from one precinct to another within a county, changes the elector's name...

...An elector may appear at the office of the board of elections to cast absent voter's ballots in person instead of applying for those ballots under section 3509.03 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding section 3509.05 or any other provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, all of the following shall apply to the casting of absent voter's ballots in person: (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of...

... constructing and equipping a principal office of the convention facilities authority; the cost of diverting highways, interchange of highways, access roads to private property, including the cost of land or easements for such access roads; the cost of public utility and common carrier relocation or duplication; the cost of all machinery, furnishings, and equipment; financing charges; interest prior to and during con...

...hairman; shall designate their terms of office; and shall appoint a secretary, who need not be a director. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum, the affirmative vote of which shall be necessary for any action taken by the authority. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the rights of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the authority. Each director shall be ...

...s the authority determines. In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature, appears on any bonds, notes, or coupons ceases to be such officer before delivery of bonds or notes, such signature or facsimile shall nevertheless be sufficient for all purposes as if he had remained in office until such delivery, and in case the seal of the authority has been changed after a facsimile has been imprint...

...ces as the authority determines. If any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appears on any bonds or coupons ceases to be such officer before delivery of the bonds, the signature or facsimile shall nevertheless be sufficient for all purposes as if the officer had remained in office until delivery of the bonds, and in case the seal of the authority has been changed after a facsimile has been impri...

...f-6 to apply by electronic means to the office of the secretary of state or to the board of elections of the county in which the person's voting residence is located for a uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot. (2) The procedures shall allow such a person who requests a uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot application to express a preference for the manner in which the person wi...

...eas absent voter's ballots. No public office, and no public official or employee who is acting in an official capacity, shall prepay the return postage for any absent voter's ballots. In mailing uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots, the board shall use the fastest mail service available, but the board shall not mail them by certified mail.

...ning the identification envelope to the office of the board of elections. The envelope in which the two envelopes and the uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots are mailed to the elector shall have two parallel lines, each one quarter of an inch in width, printed across its face, paralleling the top, with an intervening space of one-quarter of an inch between such lines. The top line shall be one and o...

...t voter's ballots to be returned to the office of the board of elections in a manner described in division (C) of section 3509.05 of the Revised Code, provided that the elector shall not be required to prepay the postage on the return envelope if, under 39 U.S.C. 3406, no postage is required.

...absent voter's ballots in person at the office of the board of elections in accordance with section 3509.051 of the Revised Code. If thereafter, and before the close of business on the seventh day preceding such election, the board provides additional separate official issue or special election ballots, as provided for in section 3511.04 of the Revised Code, the board shall promptly, and not later than the close of b...

...absentee ballots for all elections for office and for all ballot questions and issues as required under "The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act," Pub. L. No. 99-410, 100 Stat. 924, 42 U.S.C. 1973ff, et seq., as amended. (B) A uniformed services or overseas voter may use the declaration accompanying a federal write-in absentee ballot to apply to register to vote simultaneously with the submissi...

... the revised list of candidates for the office, after eliminating the deceased candidate's name, to be pasted on such ballot cards so as to cover the name or names formerly shown, before such ballot cards are delivered to the electors. In no case shall votes cast for a deceased candidate be counted or recorded.

...rohibit a person who holds an elective office for which candidates are nominated at a party primary election from doing any of the following: (a) If the person voted as a member of a different political party at any primary election within the current year and the immediately preceding two calendar years, being a candidate for nomination at a party primary held during the times specified in division (C)(2) of ...

... The statement shall be returned to the office of the board with the pollbooks and tally sheets. If a person challenged refuses to make that statement under penalty of election falsification, the person shall be permitted to vote a provisional ballot under section 3505.181 of the Revised Code. If a majority of the precinct officials finds that the statements of a person challenged or the person's voting record or ot...

... center, or for a municipal or township office. When a petition of a candidate has been accepted for filing by a board of elections, the petition shall not be deemed invalid if, upon verification of signatures contained in the petition, the board of elections finds the number of signatures accepted exceeds three times the minimum number of signatures required. A board of elections may discontinue verifying peti...

...nating all other candidates for public office in that year; (2) That nominating petitions shall be filed with the board of elections not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the primary election; (3) That the primary election shall take place only if the number of candidates for nomination for a position on that board, as verified by the board of elections, is at least one more than two...

...tion filed by joint candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor shall be filed, heard, and determined in the same manner as a protest against the nominating petition of a candidate who files individually.

... candidate of a political party for the office of representative to congress and that person withdraws as a candidate or dies at any time before the primary election, a special election shall be held under division (B) (1) of this section as soon as reasonably practicable to nominate the following: (1) That party's candidate for congress; (2) The candidate for congress of any other major political party under eith...

...vised Code as a party candidate for the office of representative to congress for election at the next general election withdraws as such candidate prior to the ninetieth day before the day of such general election, or dies prior to the ninetieth day before the day of such general election, the vacancy in the party nomination so created shall be filled in accordance with division (B) of this section as soon as reason...

...any nomination, or for election to any office or position, or upon any question or issue, other than the votes shown on such ballots for the nomination, election, question, or issue concerning which a recount of ballots was applied for. At any time before the ballots from all of the precincts listed in an application for the recount or involved in a recount pursuant to section 3515.011 of the Revised Code hav...

...r a nomination or for an election to an office or position in any precinct, if the total number of votes cast in such precinct for the applicant, as recorded by the recount, is more than four per cent larger than the number of votes for the applicant in that precinct recorded in the original certified abstract, nor shall any charge per precinct be deducted for a recount of votes cast in any precinct upon a question o...

...lable for inspection and copying at the office of the secretary of state. (4) On or before the twenty-fifth day of February of each odd-numbered year, the secretary of state shall transmit the report to the general assembly and shall send the report by electronic mail or other form of electronic communication to the board of elections of each county.

...ent is rendered is in possession of the office.

...py of the notice shall be posted in the office of the secretary of state or board of elections, as the case may be, at least five days prior to any such meeting. The meeting shall be called to order by the retiring chairman or secretary or if there is no such officer, or if such officer is absent, then by a member of such committee designated by the secretary of state in the case of the state committees, and by a mem...

... be filed with the appropriate federal office or officer under the Federal Election Campaign Act, copies of the following pages from that report: (1) The summary page; (2) The detailed summary page; (3) The page or pages that contain an itemized list of the contributions, expenditures, and independent expenditures made in connection with state and local elections in Ohio. The total amount of contributions, e...

...electronic means of transmission to the office of the secretary of state at the times specified in division (A) of section 3517.10 of the Revised Code for the filing of statements of contributions and expenditures if the county political party accepts gifts from a corporation or labor organization under division (A)(2) of this section.

... a civil action for removal from public office or employment, based on facts and circumstances covered by the opinion. (E) The commission shall establish a web site on which it shall post, at a minimum, all decisions and advisory opinions issued by the commission and copies of each election law as it is amended by the general assembly. The commission shall update the web site regularly to reflect any changes to tho...

...ion, or credit union with its principal office in this state. (2) "Political party" means only a major political party. (B) A state political party may sell or lease its contributor, membership, or mailing lists, or any other lists upon which the party and a financial institution may agree, to any financial institution for either or both of the following purposes: (1) Allowing the financial institution to use the ...

... of penalties depending on the level of office being sought and shall not exceed the fines for the same offenses specified in sections 3517.99, 3599.03, and 3599.031 of the Revised Code, or if not so specified shall not exceed one thousand dollars. Fines imposed by the commission under this section shall be paid into the general revenue fund.

...act on file in the secretary of state's office containing the law, section, or item of law, determine whether the text is correct and, if it is, so certify. (3) Not later than ten business days after receiving a copy of the petition, measure, title, and summary, the attorney general shall examine the title and summary and, if in the attorney general's opinion, the title and summary are fair and truthful statements ...

...gnatures in ink shall be filed with the office of the secretary of state or a board of elections.

...tion, and the rural route or other post-office address and township in which such voting residence is located, if outside a municipal corporation. Each signer may also print his name so as to clearly identify his signature. Each part-petition which is filed shall contain signatures of electors of only one county. Petitions containing signatures of electors of more than one county shall not thereby be declared invalid...

... the total number of votes cast for the office of governor, in the case of state, county, or municipal referendum, at the most recent election therefor.

...When a vacancy in the office of representative to congress occurs, the governor, upon satisfactory information thereof, shall issue a writ of election directing that a special election be held to fill such vacancy in the territory entitled to fill it on a day specified in the writ. Such writ shall be directed to the board of elections within such territory which shall give notice of the time and places of ...

...If there is a vacancy in the convention caused by the death or disability of any delegate or any other cause, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the majority vote of the delegates comprising the group from which such delegate was elected. If the convention contains no other delegate of that group, such vacancy shall be filled by the governor.

... constructing and equipping a principal office of the lake facilities authority; the cost of diverting highways, interchange of highways, and access roads to private property, including the cost of land or easements for the access roads, the cost of public utility and common carrier relocation or duplication, the cost of all machinery, furnishings, and equipment, financing charges, interest prior to and during ...

...ities authority determines. In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appears on any bonds, notes, or coupons, ceases to be such officer before delivery of bonds or notes, the signature or facsimile shall nevertheless be sufficient for all purposes the same as if the officer had remained in office until such delivery, and in case the seal of the lake facilities authority has been cha...

...ed and excluded from holding any public office for five years immediately following such conviction.

...te for election or nomination to public office, a political action committee including a political action committee of the corporation or labor organization, a legislative campaign fund, or any organization that supports or opposes any such candidate, or for any partisan political purpose, shall violate any law requiring the filing of an affidavit or statement respecting such use of those funds, or shall pay or use t...

...g or intimidating candidates for public office. Such person shall not directly or indirectly solicit, receive, or accept any payment, promise, or compensation for influencing or attempting to influence votes through any printing matter, except through matter inserted in such publication as "paid advertisement" and so designated. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a corrupt practice and shall be fined not les...

...absent voter's ballot of another to the office of a board of elections, unless either of the following apply: (a) The person is a relative who is authorized to do so under division (C)(1) of section 3509.05 of the Revised Code; (b) The person is, and is acting as, an employee or contractor of the United States postal service or a private carrier. (10) Except as authorized under Chapters 3509. and 3511. of the R...

...Revised Code. (B) No candidate for the office of attorney general or county prosecutor or such a candidate's campaign committee shall knowingly accept any contribution from a medicaid provider or from any person having an ownership interest in the medicaid provider. (C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

...rtment, in accordance with rules of the office of budget and management, for their actual and necessary travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. (I) The department of health, and city and general health districts providing service coordination pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 3701.024 of the Revised Code, shall provide service coordination in accordance with the standards set forth in the...

...'s predecessor was appointed shall hold office as a member for the remainder of that term. Members of the board shall serve without compensation, except to the extent that serving on the board is considered part of the member's regular duties of employment. Members shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. (D) The board of directors shall annually sele...

...ity HIV/AIDS initiative operated by the office of minority health in the United States department of health and human services. (6) "Personal responsibility education program" means the program administered by the administration for children and families in the United States department of health and human services to educate adolescents on abstinence and contraception for the prevention of pregnancy and sexually tra...

...(A) There is hereby created in the department of health the women's health program,. (B) To the extent funds are available, the women's health program shall: (1) Identify, review, and assist the director in the coordination of programs and resources the department of health is committing to women's health concerns, including the department's women's and infants' program activities; (2) Advocate for women's health...

...ted to, hospitals, medical clinics and offices, special care facilities, medical laboratories, physicians, pharmacists, dentists, physician assistants, registered and licensed practical nurses, laboratory technicians, emergency medical service organization personnel, and ambulance service organization personnel. (B) Boards of health, health authorities or officials, health care providers in localities in whic...

...ated. Members of the board shall be the officers of the association of Ohio health commissioners, or any successor organization, and membership on the board shall be coterminous with holding an office of the association. No health district is required to follow a procedure or use a form required by a rule adopted under division (B) of this section without the approval of the board. (D) A board of health shall collec...

...nity-based organizations; and regional offices of the department.

... The department of health shall provide office space for the commission. (D) The commission shall meet at the call of its chairperson to conduct its official business. A majority of the voting members of the commission constitute a quorum. The votes of at least eight voting members of the commission are necessary for the commission to take any official action or to approve the distribution of grants under this sec...

...bulatory surgical facility, physician's office, or other facility; (4) The date the abortion was performed or attempted; (5) The type of abortion procedure that was performed or attempted; (6) The gestational age of the child who was born; (7) Complications, by type, for both the woman and child; (8) Any other information the director considers appropriate. (B) The attending physician who performed or att...

...ice, but excludes a laboratory in the office of one or more physicians that refers a specimen and does not perform the professional component of the anatomic pathology service, as that component is defined in section 4731.72 of the Revised Code. (K) "Subcellular or molecular pathology" means the assessment of a patient specimen for the detection, localization, measurement, or analysis of one or more protein ...

...outpatient settings including physician offices; (4) Other programs, meetings, and educational seminars that are designed to improve the quality of medical care in Ohio and are determined by the trustees to be consistent with this section. (G) The foundation may be organized as a nonprofit corporation formed under Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code.

... sector as identified by the governor's office of workforce transformation. (C) The director of job and family services shall review the criteria for any program that provides occupational training, adult education, or career pathway assistance through a grant or other source of funding to determine whether an employee of a home health agency may participate in the program, and, to the extent possible, make any nec...

...hapter 3722. of the Revised Code, or an office of a physician, podiatrist, or dentist. (2) "Health care facility" means any of the following: (a) An ambulatory surgical facility; (b) A freestanding dialysis center; (c) A freestanding inpatient rehabilitation facility; (d) A freestanding birthing center; (e) A freestanding radiation therapy center; (f) A freestanding or mobile diagnostic imaging center. ...

... from the physician's main residence or office to each local hospital where the physician has admitting privileges; (c) Written verification that the facility has a record of the name, telephone numbers, and practice specialties of the physician; (d) Written verification from the state medical board that the physician possesses a valid license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery i...

... for public inspection at the principal office of the environmental protection agency a current schedule of pending applications for variances and a current schedule of pending variance hearings. The director shall make a complete stenographic record or electronic record of testimony and other evidence submitted at the hearing. The director shall make a written determination to issue, renew, or deny the variance and ...

...the operation of government and private offices, commercial, manufacturing, industrial, and other activities, the use of fuels, and any other activity that contributes or may contribute to the emergency necessary to meet the emergency. Orders pursuant to the declaration of an air pollution emergency shall take effect upon issuance, and any person to whom an order is directed shall initiate compliance measures immedi...

...he purposes of the program. The program office in the agency also shall serve as the staff of the small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance council created in section 3704.19 of the Revised Code and shall assist in any review conducted by the council and in the development and dissemination of the reports of the council required under that section. (C) No information submitte...

..., and for preserving the records of the office of vital statistics, and no forms or blanks shall be used other than those prescribed by the director. (2) All birth, fetal death, and death records and certificates shall be certified. Except as provided in division (G) of section 3705.09, section 3705.12, 3705.121, 3705.122, or 3705.124, division (D) of section 3705.15, or section 3705.16 of the Revised Code, a birth ...

...rict where the birth occurred or to the office of vital statistics.

...gistration of a birth in the director's office to the appropriate local registrar of vital statistics. A certified copy of the birth record corrected or registered by court order as provided in this section shall have the same legal effect for all purposes as an original birth record. The application, affidavits, findings, and orders of the court, together with a transcript of the testimony if ordered by the c...

...commissioner, forthwith be removed from office by the board of health of the health district that constitutes the primary registration district or, in the case of a local registrar serving a combined primary registration district, by the joint action of the boards of health of the health districts that constitute the combined district.

...btained. (B) No person employed by the office of vital statistics or a local registrar shall purposely furnish or possess a birth record or certified copy of a birth record with intent that it be used for deception. (C) No person shall do any of the following: (1) Purposely refuse to provide information required by this chapter or rules adopted under it; (2) Purposely transport out of this state or accept for...

...airperson of the authority. In case any officer whose signature, or a facsimile of whose signature, appears on any bonds, notes or coupons ceases to be such officer before delivery of bonds or notes, such signature or facsimile shall nevertheless be sufficient for all purposes the same as if the officer had remained in office until such delivery, and in case the seal of the authority has been changed after a facsimil...

...roved by the Ohio historic preservation office, to the extent it has jurisdiction over the facility. (7) The facility complies with the terms of its federal energy regulatory commission license or exemption that are related to recreational access, accommodation, and facilities or, if the facility is not regulated by that commission, the facility complies with similar requirements as are recommended by resource agen...

...709.41 of the Revised Code. The term of office of the members shall be five years from the date of appointment, except that of those first appointed one shall serve for five years, one for four years, one for three years, one for two years, and one for one year, and thereafter one shall be appointed each year. This paragraph does not apply to a combined board of health created under section 3709.07 of the Revised Cod...

...e committee due to holding a particular office, the individual shall fill one position on the committee and the other position shall be filled by a member selected by a majority affirmative vote of the council members present at the meeting. A council member's alternate for annual meetings may serve as the member's alternate at meetings of the executive committee. Not later than thirty days after an executive commit...

...resident of the board. (E) The term of office of the members shall be five years from the date of appointment, except that of those first appointed, one shall serve for five years, one for four years, one for three years, one for two years, and one for one year, and thereafter one shall be appointed each year. A vacancy in the membership of the board shall be filled in like manner as an original appointment and sha...

...ations for membership; (B) The term of office; (C) The number of members or a method by which the number may be determined from time to time; (D) The method of appointment. Such petition shall be filed with the boards of county commissioners of the respective counties affected, subject to approval of the director of health, and such boards shall promptly certify the text of the proposal to the boards of elect...

...x the commissioner's salary and term of office. Such commissioner shall have the same powers and perform the duties granted to or imposed upon a board of health of a city health district, except that rules, regulations, or orders of a general nature, made by the commissioner and required to be published, shall be approved by the director. The salary of such commissioner and all necessary expenses incurred by the comm...

...f members of such board, their terms of office, and the manner of appointment or election of officers. One of the members of such combined board of health shall be a physician, and one member shall be an individual appointed by the health district licensing council, if such council is established under section 3709.41 of the Revised Code. The contract may also provide for the representation of areas by one or more me...

...ations for membership; (B) The term of office; (C) The number of members or a method by which the number may be determined from time to time; (D) The method of appointment. Such petition shall be filed with the boards of county commissioners of the respective counties affected, subject to approval of the director of health, and such boards shall promptly certify the text of the proposal to the boards of elect...

...shall devote such time to the duties of office as may be fixed by contract with the board. The commissioner shall be the executive officer of the board and shall carry out all orders of the board and of the department of health. The commissioner shall be charged with the enforcement of all sanitary laws and regulations in the district. The commissioner shall keep the public informed in regard to all matters affecting...

..., and October of each year. On leaving office, the secretary shall turn over to the succeeding secretary all books, records, papers, and other matter belonging to the board. Each board or person performing the duties of the board shall procure suitable books, blanks, and other things necessary to the transaction of its business. The forms shall be used as the director of health prescribes.

...izations or the county veterans service office that can assist with investigating and applying for benefits through the United States department of veterans affairs. As used in this division, "veteran" has the same meaning as in section 5901.01 of the Revised Code.

...he closure of the facility, file in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the facility is located a notice that the property was previously used as a construction and demolition debris facility. The rules shall require that the notice be filed in the same manner as a deed to the property. The rules shall require that the notice include an engineering drawing attachment showing the physical location...

...treating patients in the professional's office. (14) "Dangerous drug" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. (15) "Generically equivalent drug" means a drug that contains identical amounts of the identical active ingredients, but not necessarily containing the same inactive ingredients, that meets the identical compendial or other applicable standard of identity, strength, quality, and puri...

...holder requests shall be the director's offices in Licking county. (2) The director shall notify a license holder by certified mail or personal delivery that the license holder is conditionally entitled to a hearing. The director shall specify in the notice that, in order to obtain a hearing, the license holder must request the hearing not later than ten days after the date of receipt of the notice. (3) If the lice...

...ch the member was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term. (3) The person appointed by the judge of the probate court shall serve as chairperson of the board. A majority vote of the members of the board is necessary to take action on any matter. The chairperson of the board shall designate the time and location for a hearing before the board. Members of the board shall serve without compensa...

...to treatment rendered in a prescriber's office that is located on the premises of or adjacent to a facility or other location described in that division. (E) If the individual who signs the consent form required by division (B)(3) of this section is another adult authorized to consent to the minor's medical treatment, the prescriber shall prescribe not more than a single, seventy-two-hour supply and indicate on the...

...(A) A peace officer may sell any controlled substance in the performance of the officer's official duties only if either of the following applies: (1) A peace officer may sell any controlled substance in the performance of the officer's official duties if all of the following apply: (a) Prior approval for the sale has been given by the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the sale takes place, in any ...

...ging, any unresolved complaint that the office of the state long-term care ombudsman has investigated and found to be valid and refers to the department of health. This requirement does not supersede federal requirements for survey agency complaint investigations.

...tten plan with the state fire marshal's office that: (1) Outlines the interim safety procedures which shall be carried out to reduce the possibility of a fire; (2) Provides evidence that the home has entered into an agreement for a fire safety inspection to be conducted not less than monthly by a qualified independent safety engineer consultant or a township, municipal, or other legally constituted fire depart...

...ealth and medicaid, the state and local offices of the department of aging, and any Ohio nursing home ombudsman program. (B) Written acknowledgment of the receipt of copies of the materials listed in this section shall be made part of the resident's record and the staff member's personnel record. (C) The administrator shall post all of the following prominently within the home: (1) A copy of the rights of resi...

...izations or the county veterans service office that can assist with investigating and applying for benefits through the United States department of veterans affairs.

... (f) The address of the legal services office of the department of health; (g) The name, address, and telephone number of a representative of the state long-term care ombudsman program and, if the resident or patient has a developmental disability or mental illness, the name, address, and telephone number of the Ohio protection and advocacy system. (3) The proposed location to which a resident may relocate as ...

...persons, about the right to contact the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program established under section 173.15 of the Revised Code with concerns about access to the facility and its residents; (6) Require the facility to communicate to compassionate caregivers and residents its visitation policy established under this section; (7) Require compassionate caregivers to comply with the screening requir...

... ten days after it is completed, to the office of child support in the department of job and family services. Each hospital shall provide a notary public to notarize, or witnesses to witness, an acknowledgment of paternity signed by the mother and father. If a hospital knows or determines that a man is presumed under section 3111.03 of the Revised Code to be the father of the child described in this section and th...

...e shall specify the appropriate person, office, or department to be contacted to review or obtain a copy of the staffing plan.

...izations or the county veterans service office that can assist with investigating and applying for benefits through the United States department of veterans affairs. (3) If a lay caregiver designation has been made and the discharging health care professional has determined that the lay caregiver is to have a role in the discharge plan, the discharge plan may include any of the following: (a) The lay caregiver's ...

...purpose of the state monitor advocate's office under 20 C.F.R. Parts 651, 653, 654, and 658. The licensor shall provide at least two posters to the licensee, one for the licensee's personal use and at least one that shall be posted in a conspicuous place within the camp. (C) The licensor may, upon proper identification to the operator or the operator's agent, enter on any property or into any structure at any reas...

... for public inspection at the principal office of the environmental protection agency a current list of pending applications for variances and a current schedule of pending variance hearings. The director shall make a complete stenographic record or electronic record of testimony and other evidence submitted at the hearing. Within ten days after the hearing, the director shall make a written determination to issue...

... for public inspection at the principal office of the environmental protection agency a current list of pending applications for variances submitted under division (F) of this section and a current schedule of pending variance hearings under it.

...ost of performing those measures at the office of the county recorder of the county in which the site is located. The cost so recorded constitutes a lien against the property on which the site is located until discharged. Upon written request of the director, the attorney general shall institute a civil action to recover the cost. Any moneys so received shall be credited to the hazardous waste clean-up fund created i...

...on does not constitute holding a public office or position of employment under the laws of this state and does not confer a right to compensation from the environmental protection agency or any other agency of this state. Not later than thirty days after selection of the arbitration team, each party to the arbitration shall deliver to the team a recommendation for compensation of the affected community or communitie...

...t the name and address of the principal office of the applicant in this state, provided that the information shall not include the license plate number or vehicle identification number of any motor vehicle used by the applicant to transport scrap tires. A registration certificate issued under this section is valid for one year from its effective date and may be renewed annually for a term of one year by submission...

...he director may record the costs at the office of the county recorder of the county in which the accumulation of scrap tires, additional solid wastes, and construction and demolition debris were located. The costs so recorded constitute a lien on the property on which the accumulation of scrap tires, additional solid wastes, and construction and demolition debris were located until discharged. Upon the written reques...

...all be open to public inspection in the office of the tax commissioner.

...be ex officio secretary, and such other officers and employees as are desired, and shall fix the term of office, qualifications, and compensation of each.

...project. In case any of the members or officers of the authority whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons cease to be such members or officers before the delivery of such bonds, such signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such member or officers had remained in office until such delivery. Bonds issued pursuant to sections 3735.40 to 3735.50 of the Revised Code...

... shall file its recommendations in the office of the fire marshal, and, within sixty days after the recommendations are filed, the fire marshal shall file with the chairperson of the council the fire marshal's comments on, and proposed action in response to, the recommendations. (C) Maintain the Ohio fire service hall of fame. In maintaining the hall of fame, the council shall keep official commendations that ...

...ng jurisdiction" means an organization, office, agency, or individual responsible for enforcing the requirements under this section. (2) "NFPA 101" means the standards for life safety code published by the national fire protection association, which includes the NFPA 80 standards for fire doors and other opening protectives. (3) "Protective door assembly" or "protective door assemblies" means any of the following...

...The fire marshal shall keep in his office a record of all fires occurring in the state, the origin of such fires, and all facts, statistics, and circumstances relating thereto which have been determined by investigations. Except for the testimony given upon an investigation, such record shall be a public record and such portions thereof, as the superintendent of insurance considers necessary, shall be transcribed and...

... section, "issuing authority" means the office of the fire marshal, in the case of a citation issued by the fire marshal or an assistant fire marshal, or the applicable township or municipal corporation, in the case of a citation issued by a certified fire safety inspector.

...ule until the council has filed in the office of the fire marshal recommendations for revisions in the proposed rule or until a period of sixty days has elapsed since the proposed rule was filed with the chairperson of the council, whichever occurs first. The fire marshal shall consider any recommendations made by the council before adopting the proposed rule, but may accept, reject, or modify the recommendati...

...l shall file its recommendations in the office of the fire marshal, and, within sixty days after the recommendations are filed, the fire marshal shall file with the chairperson of the council comments on, and proposed action in response to, the recommendations. (D) For the purpose of sections 3737.87 to 3737.89 of the Revised Code, the fire marshal shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules identifying or listi...

... programs conducted by employees of the office of the state fire marshal. (D) The state fire marshal shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules doing all of the following: (1) Defining the activities that constitute supervision over the installation, performance of major repairs on site to, abandonment of, and removal of underground storage tank systems; (2) Establishing standards and procedures for certi...

... the chairman of the board. In case any officer whose signature, or a facsimile of whose signature, appears on any bonds or coupons ceases to be an officer before delivery of the bonds, the signature or facsimile remains sufficient for all purposes the same as if he had remained in office until delivery, and in case the seal of the board has been changed after a facsimile has been imprinted on such bonds, the facsimi...

...r. (C) An appointed member shall hold office until a successor is appointed. The director of health shall fill a vacancy as soon as practicable. (D) A member shall not receive any compensation for, and shall not be paid for any expenses incurred pursuant to, fulfilling the member's duties on the board. (E) The board shall meet at the call of the board's chairperson as often as the chairperson determines necessa...

...ividuals and entities maintained by the office of inspector general in the United States department of health and human services pursuant to the "Social Security Act," sections 1128 and 1156, 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7 and 1320c-5; (3) The registry of developmental disabilities employees established under section 5123.52 of the Revised Code; (4) The internet-based sex offender and child-victim offender database establishe...

...on from a member of the manufacturer's office to be on the premises, are to be allowed to enter and remain on the premises. (C) Smoking or the carrying of pipes, cigarettes, or cigars, matches, lighters, other flame-producing items, or open flame on, or the carrying of a concealed source of ignition into, the premises of a fireworks plant is prohibited, except that a manufacturer may permit smoking in specifie...

...or an extension is approved by the head officer of the governmental agency, or division or office thereof, with jurisdiction over the activities being audited based on a showing of reasonable grounds. An audit shall not be considered to be initiated until the owner or operator or the owner's or operator's employee or independent contractor actively has begun the self-evaluation of environmental compliance. (B) "Acti...

... restrictions have been recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is located, or have been entered in the appropriate register for registered land as defined in section 5309.01 of the Revised Code, in compliance with section 3746.14 of the Revised Code; (b) If the person undertaking a voluntary action seeks to obtain a covenant not to sue and if the remedy relies on activity ...

...ed Code shall file for recording in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is located a true and accurate copy of all of the following: (1) The no further action letter issued under section 3746.11 of the Revised Code or an executive summary of it; (2) The covenant not to sue issued for the property under section 3746.12 of the Revised Code; (3) The environmental covenant for the pro...

...boratory, accredited laboratory, or the offices of a certified professional. (B) The director or the director's authorized representative may enter upon any property described in division (A) of this section to do any of the following: (1) Inspect the credentials of the certified professional or the credentials and facilities of the certified laboratory or accredited laboratory; To examine or copy data, info...

...uested materials are not on file in the offices of the environmental protection agency, the director, promptly after receipt of the request, shall send a written request to the certified professional who submitted the list pursuant to that division or those rules to submit the requested materials to the director within a specified reasonable period of time. The certified professional shall submit the requested materi...

...ertaining to waste management. (G) The office of the commission shall be in a party state. The commission may appoint or contract for and compensate such limited staff necessary to carry out its duties and functions. The staff shall serve at the commission's pleasure with the exception that staff hired as the result of securing federal funds shall be hired and governed under applicable federal statutes and regulatio...

...equirements for personnel and essential office equipment; the number of facilities in the district or under the jurisdiction of the fire department that are subject to section 3750.05 of the Revised Code; the amounts of extremely hazardous substances produced, used, or stored in the district or territory under the jurisdiction of the fire department; the amounts of hazardous materials transported in or through the di...

...of the owner's or operator's principal office. (B) Upon the written request of the owner or operator of a facility who is subject to division (A) of this section, the director, at the director's discretion, may extend the length of time required for compliance with divisions (A)(4) to (6) of this section for any period of time the director considers reasonable and necessary if the director finds from the reque...

...repare and present for recording in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the facility is located notice of the lien. The county recorder shall not charge a fee for recording a notice of lien under this division.

...repare and present for recording in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the facility is located notice of the lien. The county recorder shall not charge a fee for recording a notice of lien under this division. (C) Upon completion of a remedial action under division (A) of this section, the director shall certify the total cost of the remedial action to the attorney general and shall send a...

... hospitals, industrial, commercial, and office buildings, parks, or recreational areas inhabited or occupied by the public at any time where the public could be exposed to toxic concentrations, radiant heat, or overpressure as a result of an accidental release. (I) "Regulated substance" means a toxic or flammable substance listed in rules adopted under section 3753.02 of the Revised Code. (J) "Risk management plan"...

...ered as second class matter by the post-office department. (3) Any room, house, building, boat, vehicle, structure, or place where beer or intoxicating liquor is manufactured, sold, bartered, possessed, or kept in violation of law and all property kept and used in maintaining the same, and all property designed for the unlawful manufacture of beer or intoxicating liquor and beer or intoxicating liquor contained in ...

...ting the nuisance shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas. (B)(1) After the filing of the complaint, an application for a temporary injunction may be filed with the court or a judge of the court. A hearing shall be held on the application within ten days after the filing. (2) If an application for a temporary injunction is filed, the court or a judge of the court, on application of th...

...so be verified under oath by one of the officers signing the application. The commission shall prescribe forms to be used in making the application. The application shall specify the name of the person, association, trust, or corporation making such application, the post-office address of the applicant (if a corporation, the name of the state of its incorporation), the dates on which the applicant intends to conduct ...

...e horse-racing meeting in the principal office at such race track and at all reasonable times shall be exhibited to any authorized person requesting to see the same.

...t a report to the tax commissioner, the office of budget and management, and the legislative service commission. The report shall identify each capital improvement project undertaken under this division and in progress at each race track, indicate the total cost of each project, state the tax reduction that resulted from each project during the immediately preceding fiscal year, estimate the tax reduction that will r...

... a report to the tax commissioner, the office of budget and management, and the legislative service commission. The report shall identify each capital improvement project undertaken under this section and in progress at each race track, indicate the total cost of each project, state the tax reduction that resulted from each project during the immediately preceding fiscal year, estimate the tax reduction that w...

...ze award shall be awarded to or for any officer or employee of the state lottery commission, any officer or employee of the auditor of state actively auditing, coordinating, or observing commission drawings, or any blood relative or spouse of such an officer or employee of the commission or auditor of state living as a member of the officer's or employee's household, nor shall any such officer, employee, blood relati...

... hundred dollars or more to a statewide office holder, a member of the general assembly, a local government official elected in a jurisdiction where a casino facility is located, or a ballot issue not more than one year before the date the applicant filed the application and all information relating to the contribution, loan, donation, or other payment; (12) Any criminal conviction; and (13) Other information r...

...er disqualified from holding any public office, employment, or position of trust in this state. (1) Offers, promises, or gives anything of value or benefit to a person who is connected with the casino operator, management company, holding company, or gaming-related vendor, including their officers and employees, under an agreement to influence or with the intent to influence the actions of the person to whom the off...

...de the name of the applicant, the post office address of the applicant, and any other information the commission requires.

...bear the name of the licensee, the post office address of the licensee, the date of expiration, an identification number designated by the commission, and the seal of the commission. (D) A promoter's license shall expire twelve months after its date of issuance and shall become invalid on that date unless renewed. A promoter's license may be renewed upon application to the commission and upon payment of the renewal...

...is section shall bear the name and post office address of the applicant, the address of the place where the public boxing or wrestling match or exhibition is to be held, the date and starting time of the match or exhibition, and a serial number designated by the commission. A permit issued under this section shall allow the permit holder to conduct only the match or exhibition named in the permit. A permit is not tr...

...ckets shall be sold except from the box office on the premises in which the match or exhibition is held or such additional locations as the Ohio athletic commission has authorized in writing as locations from which tickets may be sold for a designated match or exhibition.

...he applicant shall file one copy in the office of the commission with the license application. No license shall be issued until the certificate is filed.

...er disqualified from holding any public office, employment, or position of trust in this state. (1) Offers, promises, or gives anything of value or benefit to a person who is connected with a sports gaming proprietor, an agent or employee of a sports gaming proprietor, or a member, agent, or employee of the Ohio casino control commission or the state lottery commission, under an agreement to influence, or with the ...

... education credits; (4) The terms of office for members of the environmental health specialist advisory board created in section 3776.02 of the Revised Code; (5) Any other rule necessary for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.

...e data available to the director of the office of budget and management for this purpose and the director of budget and management shall transfer amounts the funds in this section as required. The tax commission may serve as agent of the municipal corporations or townships only for the purposes of division (C)(2) of this section as promulgated by rule.

...establishments, printing, and telephone offices, railroad depots, and memorial buildings, but does not include hotels and tenement and apartment houses.

...the action of the board is filed in the office of the secretary of state, in cases where the record is required to be filed with the secretary of state; otherwise the petition shall be filed within thirty days after the action is taken. Upon receipt of the petition, after a hearing held within thirty days after the receipt of the petition and after notice has been given to the petitioner, the board may determine th...

...iliated with the university or college; office buildings; libraries; museums; and vehicles used in public transportation. That portion of a building or other enclosed structure that is owned by the state, a state agency, or a political subdivision and that is used primarily as a food service establishment is not a place of public assembly. (3) Each portion of a building or enclosed structure that is not included in...

...Code. (6) "Public official" means any officer, employee, or duly authorized representative or agent of a political subdivision or state agency. (7) "State agency" means every organized body, office, agency, institution, or other entity established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of state government. "State agency" does not include a court. (B)(1) At the time of a patient's or resident'...

...rict. (8) "Public official" means any officer, employee, or duly authorized agent or representative of a state agency or political subdivision. (9) "State agency" means any organized agency, board, body, commission, department, institution, office, or other entity established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of state government. "State agency" does not include a court. (C) The world hea...

... purpose, including but not limited to, offices, meeting rooms, sales, production and storage areas, restrooms, stairways, hallways, warehouses, garages, and vehicles. An enclosed area as described herein is a place of employment without regard to the time of day or the presence of employees. (D) "Employee" means a person who is employed by an employer, or who contracts with an employer or third person to perform s...

...heriff; (4) The appointing or hiring officer of each nonpublic school located within the specified geographical notification area and within the county served by the sheriff or of each other school located within the specified geographical notification area and within the county served by the sheriff and that is not operated by a board of education described in division (A)(3) of this section; (5) The director,...

...s with disabilities agency; (15) The office of the attorney general; (16) A health care licensing board created under Title XLVII of the Revised Code that possesses individually identifiable health information.

...In the event of a vacancy in the office of the superintendent of insurance, or in the absence or disability of that officer, or when so directed by the superintendent, the deputy superintendent of insurance shall perform all the duties of the superintendent. In the absence of the superintendent and the deputy superintendent, and when so directed by the superintendent, either assistant superintendent shall perform all...

...od made premium payments directly to an office of the insurer in an amount which fairly represents the saving in collection expenses; (C) Readjustment of the rate of premium for a group insurance policy based on the loss or expense experience thereunder, at the end of the first or any subsequent policy year of insurance thereunder, which may be made retroactive only for such policy year; (D)(1) Subject to divisio...

...y execute, acknowledge, and file in the office of the superintendent of insurance a statement expressly waiving such immunity or privilege in respect to any transaction, matter, or thing specified in such statement; and thereupon the testimony of such person or such evidence in relation to such transaction, matter, or thing may be received or produced before any judge or justice, court, tribunal, grand jury, or other...

... of entry or the state of the principal office in the United States.

...n 3901.27 of the Revised Code, the home office or principal place of business of the company shall be at such location as is named or described in the resolution. Such resolution may provide for alternate locations and establish an order of preference.

... an official position with or corporate office held by the person. Control shall be presumed to exist if any person, directly or indirectly, owns, controls, holds with the power to vote, or holds proxies representing, ten per cent or more of the voting securities of any other person. This presumption may be rebutted by a showing made in the manner provided in division (J) of section 3901.33 of the Revised Code that c...

...e maintenance and administration of the office of the fire marshal and in defraying the costs of operating the Ohio fire academy established by section 3737.33 of the Revised Code.

... requirement imposed by the plan for an office visit to a primary care physician or primary care osteopath physician licensed pursuant to Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code. (B) A health plan issuer shall clearly state on its web site and on all relevant literature that coverage for occupational therapy, physical therapy, and chiropractic services is available under the issuer's health benefit plans, as well as all...

...r medicare and medicaid services or the office of the national coordinator for health information technology. (E) A health plan issuer, including a pharmacy benefit manager, shall furnish the data required under division (B) of this section regardless of whether the request is made using the drug's unique billing code, such as a national drug code or health care common procedure coding system code, or a descriptive...

...termine. One copy shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court and one copy shall be retained for the liquidator's files. All amendments and supplements shall be similarly filed. (B) The liquidator shall reduce the assets to a degree of liquidity that is consistent with the effective execution of the liquidation. (C) A submission to the court for disbursement of assets in accordance with section 3903.34 o...

...sdiction that the securities valuation office of the national association of insurance commissioners approves as eligible for netting. (B) If a counterparty to a netting agreement or qualified financial contract with an insurer that is subject to a proceeding under sections 3903.01 to 3903.59 of the Revised Code terminates, liquidates, accelerates, or closes out the agreement or contract, damages shall be meas...

...ed or the county in which its principal office or place of business is located. (D) The conservator may at any time file a motion for and the court may grant an order under section 3903.51 of the Revised Code to liquidate assets of a foreign or alien insurer under conservation, or, if appropriate, for an order under section 3903.53 of the Revised Code to be appointed ancillary receiver. (E) The conservator may at a...

...ed or the county in which its principal office or place of business is located. (D) If a domiciliary liquidator is appointed in a reciprocal state while a liquidation is proceeding under this section, the liquidator appointed under divisions (A) to (C) of this section shall thereafter act as ancillary receiver under section 3903.53 of the Revised Code. If a domiciliary liquidator is appointed in a nonreciprocal stat...

... an official position with or corporate office held by the person. (H) "Declination of insurance coverage" means a denial, in whole or in part, by an insurance institution or agent of requested insurance coverage. (I) "Individual" means any natural person who in connection with life, health, or disability insurance: (1) Is a past, present, or proposed principal insured or certificate holder; (2) Is a past, pr...

...clude the location of the vendor's home office. (b) If the application requires the vendor to designate an individual or entity as a responsible insurance agent, that agent shall not be required to be an employee of the applicant and may be the supervising entity or an individual agent who is an employee of the supervising entity. (c) If the vendor derives less than fifty per cent of the vendor's revenue from the...

...he self-service storage facility's home office and any location at which the facility engages in self-service storage transactions. (b) If the application requires the self-service storage facility to designate an individual or entity as a responsible insurance agent, that agent shall not be required to be an employee of the applicant and may be an individual agent who is an employee of the supervising entity. (c) ...

...ndent and kept in the superintendent's office.

...published in the county where its home office is located, or, if a foreign or alien company, once in at least one newspaper published in a county of this state where an agency of the company is located. After the publication of the notice, no agent of the company shall procure applications for insurance or issue policies. In the event of the failure of any agent within the time fixed to pay the amount of fees ...

...st to the insurer at the address of the office issuing the notice of termination. Upon receipt of such a request, an insurer shall promptly provide the independent insurance agent and superintendent with documentation in support of the insurer's stated reason for termination. (F) The superintendent shall promptly investigate the allegation. If the superintendent has reasonable cause to believe that this section or t...

...e division, department, or underwriting office, or negotiates and binds ceding reinsurance contracts on behalf of an insurer; (b) Acts as an agent for the insurer, whether known as a managing general agent, manager, or other similar term; (c) With or without the authority of the insurer, separately or together with affiliates, does both of the following: (i) Produces, directly or indirectly, and underwrites an amo...

...he incarceration of persons; (C) Peace officers as defined in section 2921.51 of the Revised Code, including volunteer or honorary peace officers, or other employees of a law enforcement agency; (D) Committing magistrates, judges, employees of a court, or employees of the clerk of any court; (E) Attorneys or any person employed at an attorney's office; (F) Any other persons having the power to arrest, or perso...

...sessing or executing in the surety bond office, any form, other than a power of attorney, bond form, or collateral receipt, while acting within the scope of the employee's employment. (B) An insurer that furnishes any of the supplies mentioned in division (A) of this section to any surety bail bond agent or other person not appointed by an insurer and that accepts any bail bond business from or writes any bail bond ...

...icles of incorporation are filed in the office of the secretary of state under section 3907.02 of the Revised Code, and the name assumed by the company is not so nearly similar to that of any other company organized in this state as to lead to confusion or uncertainty on the part of the public, the secretary of state shall submit them to the attorney general for examination. If such articles are found by him to be in...

...l prepare under oath and deposit in the office of the superintendent of insurance, a statement showing the condition of the company on the thirty-first day of the December next preceding. The statement shall be submitted on the forms adopted by the superintendent pursuant to section 3901.77 of the Revised Code, and shall exhibit the following items: (A) The number of policies issued during the year; (B) The amount...

...ent of its condition and affairs in the office of the superintendent of insurance, and such statement shall be filed on the forms adopted by the superintendent pursuant to section 3901.77 of the Revised Code.

... must be filed in the county recorder's office of the county in which the agency is located. Such renewal certificates shall be retained by the recorder for a minimum of two years from the date of filing and shall be the authority of such agents to issue new policies in this state for the ensuing year.

...ent of its condition and affairs in the office of the superintendent of insurance, in the form and manner required for the annual statements of similar companies organized under the laws of this state, and annually, on the first day of January, or within sixty days thereafter, shall file with the superintendent a statement of all its affairs, in the manner and form required of similar companies of this state, except ...

...date of filing by the county recorder's office of the county where the agency is to be established, and which shall be the authority of such company, partnership, or association, and its agent, to do business in this state. Such certificates shall be retained on file for one year after the date of filing.

...by said agents in the county recorder's office of the county where the agency is located and retained therewith for a minimum of two years from the date of filing. Such renewal certificates shall be the authority of the agents to issue new policies in this state for the ensuing year.

...No person, for himself or as officer, agent, solicitor, employee, or representative of a life insurance company doing business in this state, shall make or permit a distinction or discrimination in favor of individuals between any insured persons of the same class and of equal expectation of life in the amount or payment of premiums or in rates charged for policies of life or endowment insurance, or in the dividends ...

...ny doing business in this state, or any officer, agent, employee, or representative thereof, nor any other person, shall pay, allow, or give, or offer to pay, allow, or give, directly or indirectly, as an inducement to insurance, nor shall any person, partnership or corporation knowingly receive as such inducement to insurance, any rebate of premium payable on the policy or any special favor or advantage in the divid...

...er as possible, and may fix the term of office for each class. Unless such provision is made in the articles of incorporation, all directors and trustees shall be elected annually.

...ch assignment is filed at the principal office of the corporation, then such assignee shall be deemed a policyholder, but for the purpose of determining voting rights such assignment is not effective until thirty days after it has been filed with the corporation. Except as provided in this section an assignee of a policy or contract shall not be deemed a policyholder. Such code of regulations shall provide that each...

... in effect and on file at the principal office of the new corporation on the date shares are issued the assignee shall be deemed the owner of the policy. (D) From and after the date of issuance of shares to a policyholder pursuant to sections 3913.20 to 3913.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, his ownership interest in the company as a mutual policyholder terminates, and such ownership interest shall thenceforth be ...

...eneral's approval shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and shall thereupon be in effect. After recording the amendment, the secretary of state shall deposit a copy thereof with the superintendent of insurance.

... payable in advance, either at the home office of the company or to an agent of the company, upon delivery of a receipt signed by one or more of the officers named in the policy; (B) A provision for a grace of one month for the payment of every premium after the first, which extension period may be subject to an interest charge and during which month the insurance shall continue in force, which provision may contai...

... surrendered to the company at its home office within one month from date of default for a specified cash value at least equal to the sum which would otherwise be available for the purchase of insurance. The policy may stipulate that the company may defer payment for not more than six months after the application therefor is made. This section does not apply to term insurance of twenty years or less, nor to policies...

...nal credit union administration, or the office of the comptroller of the currency. (X)(1) "Stranger-originated life insurance," or "STOLI," means a practice, arrangement, or agreement initiated at or prior to the issuance of a policy that includes both of the following: (a) The purchase or acquisition of a policy primarily benefiting one or more persons who, at the time of issuance of the policy, lack insurable...

... days thereafter, shall deposit, in the office of the superintendent of insurance, a statement under oath of all its transactions for the year next preceding the first day of January, and the condition of its business at the close of such year, according to printed blanks which shall be prepared and furnished by the superintendent, showing, in detail, the transactions of each company or association and exhibiting the...

...ay of March, shall make and file in the office of the superintendent of insurance a statement, in the form required by the superintendent, of its business for the twelve months next preceding the thirty-first day of December of the preceding year.

...d to amend the society's laws. Terms of office shall not exceed four years. The board shall meet at least quarterly to conduct the business of the society. Vacancies on the board occurring between elections shall be filled in the manner prescribed by the society's laws. A person filling the unexpired term of an elected board member shall be considered an elected member. (B) The officers of the society are elected b...

...(A) The principal office of any domestic fraternal benefit society shall be located in this state. The meetings of its supreme governing body may be held in any state, district, province, or territory in which the society has at least one subordinate lodge, or in any other location determined by the supreme governing body, and all business transacted at such meetings is as valid in all respects as if the meetings wer...

...ailed to the secretary or corresponding officer of the society at its principal office. If the superintendent disapproves the amendment, the reasons for the disapproval shall be stated in the written notice. (C) Within ninety days after an amendment is approved by the superintendent, the amendment or a synopsis of the amendment shall be furnished to all members of the society either by mail or by publication in full...

...es, the availability of any applicable office of health insurance assistance, ombudsman program, or other similar program in this state to assist consumers.

...ailing address of the superintendent's office of consumer services. (3) In the case of a notice of a final adverse benefit determination subsequent to an internal appeal, in addition to the information required under division (C)(2) of this section, the notice must also include a discussion of the decision. (4) Any written notice provided under division (C) of this section shall be in a form prescribed by the ...

...prepare, under oath, and deposit in the office of the superintendent of insurance a statement of the aggregate administrative expenses of the insurer, based on the premiums earned in the immediately preceding calendar year on the sickness and accident insurance business of the insurer. The statement shall itemize and separately detail all of the following information with respect to the insurer's sickness and acciden...

...itten notice to the insurer at its home office, accompanied by the policy for indorsement of the change thereon by the insurer. The insurer may refuse to designate a beneficiary if evidence satisfactory to the company of such beneficiary's insurable interest in the life of the insured is not furnished on request. Any such policy may provide in substance that any payment thereunder may be made to the insured or the in...

...(2) The services may be performed in an office, in a hospital, or in a community mental health facility so long as the hospital or community mental health facility is approved by the joint commission, the council on accreditation, or the commission on accreditation of rehabilitation facilities. (B) Outpatient benefits offered under division (A) of this section shall be subject to reasonable contract limitations...

...(3) The services may be performed in an office, in a hospital, in a community mental health facility, or in an alcoholism treatment facility so long as the hospital, community mental health facility, or alcoholism treatment facility is approved by the joint commission, the council on accreditation, or the commission on accreditation of rehabilitation facilities or certified by the department of mental health an...

...ty line as defined by the United States office of management and budget and revised by the secretary of health and human services under 95 Stat. 511, 42 U.S.C.A. 9902, as amended. (B) Every insurer that is authorized to write sickness and accident insurance in this state may offer group contracts of sickness and accident insurance to any charitable foundation that is certified as exempt from taxation under section ...

...f the articles of incorporation, or the officers of the company, shall also certify, under oath, that the capital exhibited is its bona fide property. Such certificates shall be filed in the office of the superintendent. Thereupon the company shall file with the superintendent a certified copy of its articles of incorporation and the approval of the attorney general, and a copy of its bylaws and constitution. If the...

... or create a debt, except for necessary office buildings, which is to continue beyond the period when an assessment may be collected and applied to the payment thereof, and no member of such a company shall be assessed for liabilities incurred prior to his membership.

...de, a certificate shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, setting forth the fact of such consolidation and the name and organization adopted thereby.

...robate judge of the county in which the office of the company is located.

...state in which the company has its head office, to companies organized in such state doing similar business therein.

...prepare, under oath, and deposit in the office of the superintendent of insurance a statement of the condition of such company on the next preceding thirty-first day of December. The statement shall be submitted on the forms adopted by the superintendent pursuant to section 3901.77 of the Revised Code, and shall exhibit the following facts and items: (A) The amount of the capital stock of the company, specify...

... the Revised Code. Thereafter, terms of office for appointed members shall be for three years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as did the term it succeeds. A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. Members may be reappointed to the board of governors. (B) The board of governors may employ, compensate, and prescribe the duties and powers of as many emplo...

...lization reserve fund shall file in the office of the superintendent of insurance a statement or statements containing information with respect to their transactions, condition, operations, and affairs during the preceding year. The statement or statements shall contain such matters and information as are prescribed and shall be in a form approved by the superintendent. (B) The superintendent or any person designate...

...erwriting association shall file in the office of the superintendent of insurance, annually on or before the first day of March, a statement that shall contain information with respect to its transactions, conditions, operations, and affairs during the preceding calendar year. Such statement shall contain such matters and information as are prescribed and shall be in such form as is approved by the superintendent.

...ney may be a corporation. The principal office of such attorney shall be maintained at the place designated by the subscribers in the powers of attorney. Except for such limitations on assessability as are approved by the superintendent of insurance, every reciprocal or interinsurance contract written pursuant to this chapter for medical malpractice insurance shall be fully assessable and shall contain a statement, ...

...poration, by the oath of its authorized officers, setting forth: (A) The name of the attorney and the name or designation under which such contracts are issued, which name or designation shall not be so similar to any other name or designation previously adopted by an attorney, or by any insurance organization in the United States, prior to the adoption of such name or designation by the attorney, as to confuse or ...

...rected to the attorney at his principal office as designated in his declaration or amendment thereof. The party commencing such action shall, at the time of such service, pay to the superintendent for the use of the state a fee of two dollars, which shall be refunded to such party as part of the taxable costs if he prevails in the action.

...attorney, the location of his principal office, and the name or designation under which such contracts of indemnity are issued. So long as such attorney complies with such sections, the superintendent annually, upon application of the attorney, shall renew the license. The superintendent may revoke or suspend the license of any attorney when such attorney is not in possession of three hundred thousand dollars of asse...

...s a temporary or permanent residence or office. "Motor vehicle" does not include a trolley, streetcar, trailer, railroad engine, railroad car, motorized bicycle, golf cart, off-road recreational vehicle, snowmobile, fork lift, aircraft, watercraft, construction equipment, farm tractor or other vehicle designed and principally used for agricultural purposes, mobile home, vehicle traveling on treads or rails, or any si...

...s a temporary or permanent residence or office. "Motor vehicle" does not include a trailer, motorized bicycle, golf cart, off-road recreational vehicle, snowmobile, watercraft, construction equipment, farm tractor or other vehicle designed and principally used for agricultural purposes, mobile home, vehicle traveling on treads or rails, or any similar vehicle.

... the Revised Code shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. A copy thereof, certified by him, shall be evidence of the existence and incorporation of the association for the purposes therein named.

...l prepare under oath and deposit in the office of the superintendent of insurance a statement of the condition of the association on the thirty-first day of the preceding December, exhibiting the facts enumerated in section 3929.30 of the Revised Code and applicable to associations organized under section 3939.01 of the Revised Code, and any other information necessary to reveal the financial condition of the associa...

...ounty where the association's principal office is situated. (B) The board shall make application to the superintendent of insurance respecting its desire to assume the requirements of the laws governing mutual fire insurance companies organized and doing business under the laws of this state. Such application shall set forth the amount of insurance carried, the number of policies in force, and the amount of its asse...

... attorney general shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and shall thereupon be in effect. After recording such amendment the secretary of state shall deposit a copy thereof with the superintendent of insurance.

... person interested in the company as an officer, policyholder, or creditor may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction by a petition in the nature of a bill in equity, praying for the court to examine such assessment or call, the necessity therefor, and all matters connected therewith, and to confirm, amend, or annul the assessment or call, or to order the same to be made as law and justice require. If an applicat...

...the Revised Code, and shall keep in his office a record in which shall be entered the name of the company so owning and depositing such securities, the name of the debtor, the par value and serial number of each such security, the date of its maturity, and the date of maturity and amount of each installment of interest to become due.

...ce shall certify under the seal of his office to the insurance department of any other state, or to any other interested person, to the fact of such deposit, and the amount and description of the securities on deposit.

...pany having securities deposited in the office of the superintendent of insurance, may, once during each calendar year, at such proper time as the company selects, cause its securities so deposited to be examined by its president, its secretary, or other agent whom it designates for that purpose.

...positing notice in a United States Post Office, postage prepaid, and addressed to the member at his address according to company records, or by personal delivery. (B) Approval of the agreement by foreign or alien companies and notice to members thereof shall be in accordance with the law of the state of domicile. Compliance with such law shall be shown by the certificate of the president or secretary of each such c...

... shall be filed in the superintendent's office a written application therefor. Such application shall be in the form or forms and supplements thereto prescribed by the superintendent and shall set forth: (1) The name and address of the applicant, and if the applicant be a firm, association, or partnership, the name and address of each member thereof, and if the applicant be a corporation, the name and address of ea...

...an official position with, or corporate office held by, the person. "Control" shall be presumed to exist if any person, directly or indirectly, owns, controls, holds with the power to vote, or holds proxies representing, ten per cent or more of the voting securities of any other person. This presumption may be rebutted by a showing that control does not exist in fact. (D)(1) "Covered claim" means an unpaid claim, i...

... not limited to, any department, board, office, commission, agency, institution, or other instrumentality or entity of any branch of state government, any political subdivision of this state, the United States or any agency of the United States, or any separate or joint governmental self-insurance or risk-pooling program, plan, or pool; (G) Contracts of any corporation by which health services are to be provided to ...

...e or his representatives, including the office of the deputy liquidator and its employees, for any act or omission in the performance of their powers and duties under sections 3955.01 to 3955.19 of the Revised Code.

...eadquarters or principal administrative office in this state unless the person is duly licensed under sections 3959.01 to 3959.16 of the Revised Code.

...department of health and human services office of the inspector general, the Ohio department of insurance, or the Ohio department of medicaid. (C) Notwithstanding divisions (A) and (B) of this section, a health care contract may be amended by operation of law as required by any applicable state or federal law, rule, or regulation. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the renegotiation of a hea...

...e diligence, be found at the registered office of the captive insurance company, the superintendent shall be an agent of such a captive insurance company upon whom any process, notice, or demand may be served. (D) A captive insurance company seeking a license to be a captive insurance company in this state shall file an application with the superintendent and shall submit all of the following along with the applic...

... of the United States branch or agency office of a foreign banking organization, is chartered under the laws of the United States or any state thereof. (2) It is regulated, supervised, and examined by federal or state officials that have regulatory authority over banks and trust companies. (3) The superintendent has determined that it meets such standards of financial condition and standing as are necessary a...

... section. (B)(1) The chief financial officer and at least one additional executive officer of a captive insurance company, or a majority of the directors of a captive insurance company annually, on the first day of January, or within sixty days thereafter prepare under oath and deposit in the office of the superintendent, a statement showing the financial condition of the captive insurance company on the thi...

...me directors, secretary, and registered office as the protected cell captive insurance company. (H) A protected cell captive insurance company may provide in its articles of incorporation, bylaws, code of regulations, or other organizational documents that a protected cell it creates shall be wound up and dissolved upon any of the following: (1) The bankruptcy, death, expulsion, insanity, resignation, or retireme...

...ce to the company at its administrative office or to the insurance agent from which you bought the insurance. If you cancel the insurance within that time, and have not filed a claim, the company is required by law to grant a full refund within 30 days after it receives your notice of cancellation. The refund will be sent directly to the person who paid for the insurance. The pet insurance policy, rider, or certifica...

...igned by the inspector is filed in the office of the superintendent of industrial compliance. All unfired pressure vessels shall conform in every detail with applicable rules adopted by the board of building standards pursuant to section 4104.02 of the Revised Code.

... duties, including the operation of the office of new African immigrant affairs established under section 4112.33 of the Revised Code. Investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.

...Code: (A) "Public authority" means any officer, board, or commission of the state, or any political subdivision of the state, authorized to enter into a contract for the construction of a public improvement or to construct the same by the direct employment of labor, or any institution supported in whole or in part by public funds and said sections apply to expenditures of such institutions made in whole or in part f...

...y the board or any court that a public officer or employee has committed any of the acts prohibited by divisions (A) and (B) of this section shall not be made the basis of any charge for the removal from office or recall of the public officer or the suspension from or termination of employment of or disciplinary acts against an employee, nor shall the officer or employee be found subject to any suit for damages...

...employee retirement system, corrections officers, guards at penal or mental institutions, special police officers appointed in accordance with sections 5119.08 and 5123.13 of the Revised Code, psychiatric attendants employed at mental health forensic facilities, youth leaders employed at juvenile correctional facilities, or members of a law enforcement security force that is established and maintained exclusively by ...

... by its president or other appropriate officer. The report shall be in a form prescribed by the board and accompanied by two copies of the employee organization's constitution and bylaws. The board shall accept a filing by a statewide, national, or international employee organization of its constitution and bylaws in lieu of a filing of the documents by each subordinate organization. The exclusive represent...

...ll be included in the list. Terms of office of employer and employee representatives are for four years, each term ending on the same day as the date of their original appointment. The Ohio federation of labor for a vacancy of an employee representative on the council, and the Ohio industry organizations, for a vacancy of an employer representative on the council, shall submit to the governor a list containing t...

... orders, proceedings, or records in the office of the commission, certified by the executive director of the commission under its seal, shall be equal to the original as evidence.

...us place in every bureau and commission office. (C) The administrator and the commission shall jointly adopt rules setting forth procedures designed to eliminate outside influence on bureau and commission employees, produce an impartial workers' compensation claims handling process, and avoid favoritism in the claims handling process. Failure to adopt and enforce these rules constitutes grounds for removal of t...

... prominently display in all areas of an office which claimants frequent a notice to the effect that the commission has statutory authority to resolve fee disputes. The commission shall adopt rules designed to prevent the solicitation of employment in the prosecution or defense of claims and make and adopt reasonable rules designed to promote the orderly and expeditious submission, hearing, and determination of claims...

...secure directly from the bureau central offices application forms upon which the bureau shall stamp a designating number. Prior to submission of an application, an employer shall make available to the bureau, and the bureau shall review, the information described in division (B)(1) of this section, and public employers shall make available, and the bureau shall review, the information necessary to verify whether the ...

...ay be filed by the administrator in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas in any county in which the employer has property or in which the employer has a place of business. The clerk, immediately upon the filing of the assessment, shall enter a judgment for the state against the employer in the amount shown on the assessment. The judgment may be filed by the clerk in a loose leaf book entitled "s...

...tor shall determine and certify for the office of budget and management that rate or rates which, when applied to the gross payroll estimate, will produce an amount equal to the estimated cost of awards or claim payments to be made during the like fiscal period, as determined by the administrator. The rate certified shall be applied and made a part of the gross payroll calculation for the period for which the f...

...tor of each county and the chief fiscal officer of each taxing district in a county and of each district activity and institution mentioned in section 4123.39 of the Revised Code forms containing the premium rates applicable to the county, district, district activity, or institution as an employer, on which to report the amount of money expended by the county, district, district activity, or institution during ...

...the secretary of state and kept in his office. The bureau shall pay the premium on the bond.

...st of the bonds shall be payable at the office of the treasurer of state. The bonds shall be of the denomination required by the administrator in his resolution to purchase, or the administrator may in his resolution to purchase require that all bonds of any series of bonds purchased by him from any taxing district shall be consolidated and issued as one bond, the principal amount of which shall be equal to the aggr...

...nd investigations to the bureau service office from which investigation and determination may be made most expeditiously. The bureau shall investigate the facts concerning an injury or occupational disease and ascertain such facts in whatever manner is most appropriate and may obtain statements in whatever manner is most appropriate from any of the following: employee; employer; attending physician, certified nurse...

... taken from an order of a staff hearing officer made under division (D) of section 4123.511 of the Revised Code from which the commission has refused to hear an appeal. Except as otherwise provided in this division, the appellant shall file the notice of appeal with a court of common pleas within sixty days after the date of the receipt of the order appealed from or the date of receipt of the order of the commission ...

...the Revised Code shall be served by the officer to whom the same shall be directed or by the sheriff of Franklin county, who may be deputized for such purposes by the officer to whom the service is directed, upon the secretary of state by leaving at his office, at least fifteen days before the return day of such process, a true and attested copy thereof, and by sending to the defendant, by registered mail, postage pr...

...u shall make and file for record in the office of the county recorder in the counties where the employer's property is located, an affidavit showing the date on which the application was filed with the commission or the bureau, the name and address of the employer against whom it was filed, and the fact that the employer had not complied with section 4123.35 of the Revised Code. The county recorder shall accept...

...pplemental instructions. (C) "Council office" means the unit of the department of job and family services that staffs the apprenticeship council and performs the administrative and oversight functions concerning this state's registered apprenticeship system.

... the executive secretary of the council office, which appointment shall be subject to confirmation by a majority vote of the apprenticeship council. The director shall appoint such additional personnel as may be necessary, subject to Chapter 124. of the Revised Code.

...The executive secretary of the council office has the following duties: (A) Encourage the voluntary participation of employers and employees in the furtherance of the objective of this chapter; (B) Register any apprenticeship programs and agreements that meet the minimum standards established by federal regulations and state rules governing the registered apprenticeship system; (C) Terminate or cancel in cons...

...te commerce and service performed by an officer of a corporation, without regard to whether such service is executive, managerial, or manual in nature, and without regard to whether such officer is a stockholder or a member of the board of directors of the corporation, unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the director that such individual has been and will continue to be free from direction or control over the p...

... employment through a public employment office described in section 4141.04 of the Revised Code. No person shall violate this section.

... of a candidate for public or political office or a political party. (2) For purposes of division (B)(10) of this section, the director may also disclose unemployment compensation information to those officials without the issuance or service of a subpoena. (D) The following information may be disclosed to accredited colleges and universities, accredited educational institutions, nonprofit research organization...

... which there shall be no charge, in the office of the county recorder of the county in which it is ascertained that such employer owns real estate or personal property. The director shall notify the employer by mail of the lien. The absence of proof that the notice was sent does not affect the validity of the lien. Such lien shall not be valid as against the claim of any mortgagee, pledgee, purchaser, judgment ...

...m shall be registered at an employment office or other registration place maintained or designated by the director of job and family services according to the procedure set forth in division (A)(3) of section 4141.29 of the Revised Code. (E) A learn to earn program participant may participate in a learn to earn program for a period not to exceed twenty-four hours a week for a maximum of six weeks.

...shall be paid through public employment offices in accordance with such rules as the director of job and family services prescribes. (B) With the exceptions in division (B)(4) of this section, benefits are payable to each eligible and qualified individual on account of each week of involuntary total unemployment after the specified waiting period at the weekly benefit amount determined by: (1) Computing the indiv...

...iting or is listed with the employment office maintained or designated by the director. (3) Extended benefits shall not be denied under this division to any individual for any week by reason of a failure to accept an offer of, or apply for suitable work if either of the following conditions apply: (a) The failure would not result in a denial of benefits to a regular benefit claimant under section 4141.29 of t...

...e division shall notify the chief peace officer of the political subdivision, who may appear and testify, either in person or through a representative, at any hearing held on the advisability of entering into the contract or consenting to the assignment or relocation. If the proposed agency store, the assignment of an agency contract, or the relocation of an agency store would be located within five hundred feet o...

...has the owner's or operator's principal office or place of business within the state. (F) If the division determines that the police or other officers of any municipal corporation or township entitled to share in distributions under this section are refusing or culpably neglecting to enforce this chapter and Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code, or the penal laws of this state relating to the manufacture, importation...

...D-6 or D-8 permit. (B) The executive officer of a municipal corporation or the fiscal officer of a township may file an application with the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or township to have property within the municipal corporation or township designated as an outdoor refreshment area or to expand an existing outdoor refreshment area to include additional property within the municipal corpora...

... of county commissioners and the fiscal officer of the board of township trustees in the county in which the business or event is or is to be conducted if the business is or is to be located outside the corporate limits of a municipal corporation, and an opportunity is provided officials or employees of the municipal corporation or county and township, who shall be designated by the legislative authority or the board...

...anied by a statement by the chief legal officer of the political subdivision that, in the chief legal officer's opinion, the objection is based upon substantial legal grounds within the meaning and intent of division (A) of section 4303.292 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of a resolution of a legislative authority or board objecting to the renewal of a permit and a statement from the chief legal officer, the div...

...ers voting in any such precinct for the office of governor at the preceding general election, filed with the board of elections of the county in which such precinct is located not later than ninety days before a general election, the board shall prepare ballots and hold an election at such general election upon the question of allowing spirituous liquor to be sold by the glass in such precinct. The ballots shal...

...carry out the duties of the registrar's office; (4) Apply for, allocate, disburse, and account for grants made available under federal law or from other federal, state, or private sources; (5) Establish accounts in a bank or depository and deposit any funds collected by the registrar in those accounts to the credit of "state of Ohio, bureau of motor vehicles." Within three days after the deposit of funds in su...

... shall retain in the deputy registrar's office a file containing copies of all records and transactions performed for the bureau. Copies of motor vehicle registration applications shall be retained for a period of eighteen months from the date of the record or transaction, whichever is later; copies of driver's license or identification card applications shall be retained for a period of four years from the date of ...

...; (3) The permanent and temporary post office addresses of all inhabitants of each home; (4) The license number of each home; (5) The state issuing each such license; (6) The date of arrival and of departure of each home; (7) The make and model of each home, if known and if either of the following applies: (a) The home enters the court, park, or property on or after January 1, 2003. (b) Ownership of the hom...

...cle registration bureau, department, or office as the owner of a motor vehicle. (B) No operator shall be charged with or convicted of a violation of division (A)(1) or (3) of section 4503.21 of the Revised Code when operating a motor vehicle on a public highway when all of the following apply: (1) The operator has a valid written rental agreement with a motor vehicle renting dealer and such agreement is in effect...

...tor vehicles shall keep on file in his office a complete index of all motor vehicle license registrations issued by license numbers and alphabetically by names of owners, and a full and correct list of the names and addresses of the deputy registrars, together with the numbers within the series that have been assigned to each. Such list shall also show such numbers as have been sold directly by the registrar.

...e opened by the director at the central office of the department of public safety. The contract to prepare the list shall be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, in accordance with section 9.312 of the Revised Code, provided there is compliance with the specifications. Such contract shall not extend beyond twenty-four consecutive registration periods as provided in section 4503.101 of the Revised ...

...manner as regular elections for county offices in the county. Notice of the election shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the district, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, once a week for two consecutive weeks prior to the election. If the board of elections operates and maintains a web site, notice of the election also shall be posted on that web site for thirty days pri...

...he county engineer may consult with the officers of the municipal corporations within the county in charge of the construction, improvement, and maintenance of municipal streets and he may designate on the map prepared pursuant to this section any proposed streets which he determines will be necessary or conducive to the orderly and efficient flow of traffic within and through the county. Upon adoption by the board ...

...terest in a pass-through entity, or any officer, employee, or agent with authority to make decisions legally binding upon a business. (3) "Truck," "trailer," and "semitrailer" have the same meanings as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "Commercial trailer" means any trailer that is not a noncommercial trailer as defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The governing board of a regional t...

...he clerk shall maintain in the clerk's office indexes for the certificates of title. The clerk need not retain on file any current certificates of title, current duplicate certificates of title, current memorandum certificates of title, or current salvage certificates of title, or supporting evidence of them covering any motor vehicle or manufactured or mobile home for a period longer than seven years after t...

... the court. If, from the records in the office of the clerk involved, there appears to be any lien on the motor vehicle, the certificate of title shall contain a statement of the lien unless the application is accompanied by proper evidence of its extinction. (B) A clerk shall transfer a decedent's interest in one or more automobiles to the surviving spouse of the decedent, as provided in section 2106.18 of the Revi...

... over the clerk's signature and seal of office, a new original certificate of title from the automated title processing records that indicates the security interest and the date of the security interest. If a security interest is fully discharged as a result of its holder's receipt of good funds in the correct amount and if the holder holds a physical certificate of title, the holder shall note the discharge of the...

... shall post with the attorney general's office in favor of this state a bond of a surety company authorized to do business in this state, in an amount of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars, to be used solely for the purpose of compensating retail purchasers of motor vehicles, manufactured homes, or mobile homes who suffer damages due to failure of the dealer or person acting on behalf of the dealer to comply ...

...pplying in person at a deputy registrar office shall be photographed at the time the application for the license is made. The application shall state any additional information that the registrar requires. (B) The registrar or a deputy registrar, in accordance with section 3503.11 of the Revised Code, shall register as an elector any person who applies for a license or endorsement under division (A) of this sectio...

...Code, in person at a deputy registrar's office. (E) The registrar shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement and administer this section.

...or the deputy registrar's services, for office and rental expense, and for costs as provided in division (D) of this section, as are necessary for the proper discharge of the deputy registrar's duties under sections 4507.01 to 4507.39 of the Revised Code. (C) A disabled veteran who submits an application described in this division is not required to pay any of the fees prescribed in division (A) of this section. Th...

...ellation or termination is filed in the office of the registrar of motor vehicles, except that such a policy subsequently procured and certified shall, on the effective date of its certification, terminate the insurance previously certified with respect to any vehicle designated in both certificates. If an expiration date is stated in the certificate provided for in section 4509.46 of the Revised Code, no notice of e...

...ary measures to prevent the registrar's office or any deputy registrar from accepting from the person, for the period of time ending five years after the date on which the order was issued or would have been issued and as described in section 4503.234 of the Revised Code, any new application for the registration of any motor vehicle in the name of the person.

...l forfeiture and shall keep at its main office, all abstracts received under this section or section 4510.03, 4510.031, 4510.032, or 4510.034 of the Revised Code and shall maintain records of convictions and bond forfeitures for any violation of a state law or a municipal ordinance regulating the operation of vehicles, streetcars, and trackless trolleys on highways and streets, except a violation related to parking a...

... motor vehicles or any deputy registrar office. If a person makes a payment in person, the person also shall pay the deputy registrar service fee or the bureau of motor vehicles service fee equal to the amount established under section 4510.10 of the Revised Code.

...of the violation. (B) "Law enforcement officer" means a sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, police officer of a police department of any municipal corporation, police constable of any township, or police officer of a township or joint police district, who is employed on a permanent, full-time basis by the law enforcement agency of a local authority that assigns such person to the location of a traffic ...

...cle registration bureau, department, or office of any other state, nor shall such a violation be recorded on the driving record of the owner or operator of the vehicle involved in the violation.

...red at the request of a law enforcement officer having reasonable grounds to believe the person was operating or in physical control of a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley in violation of a division, section, or ordinance identified in division (A)(2) of this section. The law enforcement agency by which the officer is employed shall designate which of the tests shall be administered. (4) Any person who is d...

... agency" means a police department, the office of a sheriff, the state highway patrol, a county prosecuting attorney, or a federal, state, or local governmental body that enforces criminal laws and that has employees who have a statutory power of arrest. (K)(1) Whoever violates division (C), (E)(2), or (F) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (2) Whoever violates division (E)(1) of this section is gu...

...icenses shall include the name and post-office address of the person licensed. On and after the effective date of this amendment, the registrar shall not require a license to practice as a motor vehicle salesperson. Any motor vehicle salesperson license that was issued prior to the effective date of this amendment remains valid only until the expiration date of the license. The license shall not be renewed. The f...

..., which shall include the name and post-office address of the person licensed. (F) The business records of a construction equipment auction licensee shall be open for reasonable inspection by the registrar or the registrar's authorized agent. (G) Each construction equipment auction licensee shall keep the license, or a certified copy of the license, posted in a conspicuous place in each place of its business.

...g: (1) Personnel of owners, partners, officers, or directors; (2) Location of office or principal place of business; (3) In the case of a motor vehicle dealer, any contract or agreement with any manufacturer or distributor; and in the case of a distributor, any contract or agreement with any manufacturer. (B) The notification required by division (A) of this section shall be made by filing with the registrar,...

... the deputy registrar for services, and office and rental expense, as may be necessary for the proper discharge of the deputy registrar's duties in the receiving of applications and the issuing of certificates of registration. Each deputy registrar, upon receipt of any application for registration, together with the registration fee, shall transmit the fee, together with the original and duplicate copy of the applic...

...the clerk shall maintain in the clerk's office indexes for the certificates of title. The clerk need not retain on file any current certificates of title, current duplicate certificates of title, current memorandum certificates of title, or current salvage certificates of title, or supporting evidence of them, covering any off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle for a period longer than seven years after the ...

...e of title. If, from the records in the office of the clerk, there appears to be any lien on the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, the certificate of title shall contain a statement of the lien unless the application is accompanied by proper evidence of its extinction. (B) Upon the death of one of the persons who have established joint ownership with right of survivorship under section 2131.12 of the R...

...over the clerk's signature and seal of office, shall issue a new original certificate of title from the automated title processing system that indicates the security interest and the date of the security interest. If a security interest is fully discharged as a result of its holder's receipt of good funds in the correct amount and if the holder holds a physical certificate of title, the holder shall not...

...ration by filing a new form with the office of aviation. (2) An application for the registration of any aircraft not previously registered in this state that is acquired or becomes subject to the license tax subsequent to the last day of January in any year, shall be made for the balance of the year in which the aircraft is acquired, within thirty days after the acquisition or after bec...

...ertified as a commercial airport by the office of aviation. Any person lending assistance to the operator or operation of a vehicle engaged in such activity shall be equally charged as the participants. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. If the ...

...s the director or other chief executive officer of a public-use airport. "Director" includes the director's or chief's designee. (3) "Public-use airport" has the same meaning as in section 4563.30 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of a public-use airport may dispose of any derelict aircraft located on the premises of that airport in accordance with the procedures established in this section and in section 456...

...ourt; (4) A police station, sheriff's office, state highway patrol station, or premises controlled by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation; (5) A federal, state, county, or municipal jail or prison or any other facility in which persons are incarcerated; (6) A federal or state military installation or facility; (7) A hospital that receives air ambulance services. (B) "Unmanned aerial vehi...

...izontal area," or "conical area" by the office of aviation, based upon the approach plan for the airport. No zone established under this section may include any area outside such approach, transitional, inner horizontal, and conical areas.

...which shall immediately be filed in the office of the board and shall be a public record.

...nty days after an order is filed in the office of the administrative agency, as provided by the rules of the airport zoning board of appeals, by filing with the administrative agency from which the appeal is taken and with the airport zoning board of appeals a notice of appeal specifying the grounds of such appeal. The administrative agency from which the appeal is taken shall transmit to the airport zoning board of ...

...of the department of public safety, the office of aviation, a sheriff, or a chief of police and that were provided under this division are not public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code and are not subject to mandatory disclosure under that section. (E) This section shall not be construed to replace or supersede airport security standards the United States department of homeland security and the transpo...

... constructing and equipping a principal office of the port authority, the cost of diverting highways, interchange of highways and access roads to private property, including the cost of land or easements for the access roads, the cost of public utility and common carrier relocation or duplication, the cost of all machinery, furnishings, and equipment, financing charges, interest prior to and during construction and f...

... constructing and equipping a principal office of the port authority, the cost of diverting highways, interchange of highways, and access roads to private property, including the cost of land or easements for the access roads, the cost of public utility and common carrier relocation or duplication, the cost of all machinery, furnishings, and equipment, financing charges, interest prior to and during construction and ...

...port authority determines. In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appears on any bonds, notes, or coupons, ceases to be such officer before delivery of bonds or notes, the signature or facsimile shall nevertheless be sufficient for all purposes the same as if the officer had remained in office until such delivery, and in case the seal of the port authority has been changed after a...

... prices as the board determines. If any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appears on any bonds or coupons ceases to be such officer before delivery of the bonds, the signature or facsimile shall nevertheless be sufficient for all purposes as if the officer had remained in office until delivery of the bonds, and in case the seal of the authority has been changed after a facsimile has been impri...

...urse of performing an audit of a public office or private entity, except reports submitted by the accountant to the client, are not a public record. Statements, records, schedules, working papers, and memoranda that are so made in an audit by a certified public accountant or public accountant and that are in the possession of the auditor of state also are not a public record. As used in this division, "public record"...

...e and kept in the secretary of state's office.

...uments, construction administration and office management, or equivalent experience acceptable to the board; (D) Pass an examination as prescribed by the board.

...chitect's lien in the county recorder's office of the county in which the lien was recorded. (B) The architect shall file the lien release for recording within thirty days after the underlying claim is satisfied. (C) The county recorder shall record the release and charge and collect from the architect the fees set forth in section 317.32 of the Revised Code for the recorder's services.

...eration of law in the county recorder's office of the county in which the commercial real estate is located. (B) The county recorder shall record the affidavit and charge and collect from the person filing the affidavit the fees set forth in section 317.32 of the Revised Code for the recorder's services. (C) The fact that a claim underlying a lien is satisfied or that a lien is extinguished by operation of law d...

... entry and release for recording in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the commercial real estate is located. (2) The county recorder shall record the entry and release and charge and collect from the person filing the entry and release for recording the fees set forth in section 317.32 of the Revised Code for the recorder's services.

...chitect's lien in the county recorder's office of the county in which the lien was recorded. (B) The landscape architect shall file the lien release for recording within thirty days after the underlying claim is satisfied. (C) The county recorder shall record the release and charge and collect from the landscape architect the fees set forth in section 317.32 of the Revised Code for the recorder's services.

...eration of law in the county recorder's office of the county in which the commercial real estate is located. (B) The county recorder shall record the affidavit and charge and collect from the person filing the affidavit the fees set forth in section 317.32 of the Revised Code for the recorder's services. (C) The fact that a claim underlying a lien is satisfied or that a lien is extinguished by operation of law d...

... entry and release for recording in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the commercial real estate is located. (2) The county recorder shall record the entry and release and charge and collect from the person filing the entry and release for recording the fees set forth in section 317.32 of the Revised Code for the recorder's services.

...ctice of law during the judge's term of office, either by appearing in court, by acting as advisory or consulting counsel for attorneys or others, by accepting employment or acting as an attorney, solicitor, collector, or legal advisor for any bank, corporation, or loan or trust company, or by otherwise engaging in the practice of law in this state, in or out of the courts, except as provided in section 1901.11 of th...

...t law," "counselor at law," "law," "law office," or other equivalent words by any person who is not licensed to practice law, in connection with that person's own name, or any sign, advertisement, card, letterhead, circular, or other writing, document, or design, the evident purpose of which is to induce others to believe that person to be an attorney, constitutes holding out within the meaning of division (A)(1) of ...

...depository institution shall notify the office of disciplinary counsel or other entity designated by the supreme court on each occasion when a properly payable instrument is presented for payment from the account, and the account contains insufficient funds. The depository institution shall provide this notice without regard to whether the instrument is honored by the depository institution. The depository institutio...

...od of two years, be kept on file in the office of every person so licensed. (B) On all contracts or agreements between an auction firm or auctioneer and the owner or consignee, there shall appear a prominent statement indicating that the auction firm or auctioneer is licensed by the department of agriculture, and either that the licensee is bonded in favor of the state or that an aggrieved person may initiate a cl...

...dit card bank, that is regulated by the office of the comptroller of currency, federal reserve, federal deposit insurance corporation, national credit union administration, or division of financial institutions; or to subsidiaries of any of these entities; (B) Debt adjusting incurred in the practice of law in this state; (C) A person that incidentally engages in debt adjusting to adjust the indebtedness owed to...

...e faithful performance of duties of the office of executive director. The bond shall be in an amount the board requires. The premium of the bond shall be paid from appropriations made to the board for operating purposes. Whenever the term "executive director of the state board of cosmetology" or the term "executive director of the barber board," or variations thereof, is used, referred to, or designated in statute, r...

...c fingerprint scan taken at the board's offices.

...d vice-secretary shall consult with the office of the attorney general and determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the complaint filed alleges a violation of this chapter or any rule adopted under it and that the information sought pursuant to the subpoena is relevant to the alleged violation and material to the investigation. (C)(1) Any subpoena to compel the production of records that the board ...

...onically of any change in the dentist's office address or employment within ten days after such change has taken place. On the first day of July of every even-numbered year, the secretary shall issue a printed roster of the names and addresses so registered. (E) Forty dollars of each biennial registration fee shall be paid to the dentist loan repayment fund created under section 3702.95 of the Revised Code.

...displayed in a conspicuous place in the office wherein he practices the majority of his time, and in such manner as to be easily seen and read, the license granted him by the state dental board.

...uch person to practice dentistry in his office. No person shall practice dentistry under a false name, assume a title, append or prefix to his name, letters which falsely represent him as having a degree from a legal dental college, make use of the words "dental college" or "school" or equivalent words, when not lawfully authorized to do so, impersonate another at an examination held by the state dental board, or kno...

...of any change in the dental hygienist's office address or employment within ten days after the change takes place. (D) Ten dollars of each biennial registration fee collected under division (A) or (B) of this section shall be paid to the dental hygienist loan repayment fund established under section 3702.967 of the Revised Code.

...ficate in a conspicuous location in any office in which the recipient is employed to perform the duties authorized by the certificate. (B) A dental assistant may polish the clinical crowns of teeth if all of the following requirements are met: (1) The dental assistant's polishing activities are limited to the use of a rubber cup attached to a slow-speed rotary dental hand piece to remove soft deposits that build ...

...entification made through the coroner's office or identification of photographs or other visual images of scars, tattoos, or physical deformities taken from the decedent's remains. (C) An authorizing agent who is not available to execute a cremation authorization form in person may designate another individual to serve as the authorizing agent by providing to the crematory facility where the cremation is to occur a...

...ement by any government or governmental office or agency; (D) Provide inaccurate or incomplete information to the attorney general when making an application for a certificate or certificate renewal; (E) Misrepresent that a person is registered or that the person has a valid certificate number; (F) Misrepresent, directly or by implication, any of the following information: (1) The total costs to purchase, receive...

...The consumer protection section of the office of the attorney general shall use the moneys in the fund to pay for any expenses reasonably related to the administration of Chapter 4719. of the Revised Code, the investigation or prosecution of any crimes investigated by the consumer protection section, or for educational activities that advance the purposes of Chapter 4719. of the Revised Code as set forth in se...

...nct type conspicuously suspended in the office, ladies' parlor or sitting room, barroom, washroom, and five other conspicuous places in such inn, or not less than ten conspicuous places in all, shall not be liable for loss or injury suffered by a guest, unless such guest has offered to deliver such property to such innkeeper for custody in such metal safe or vault, and the innkeeper has omitted or refused to take and...

...all be addressed to the last known post-office address of the license or certificate holder and mailed before the date the application is due. Failure of the license or certificate holder to receive an application for renewal from the board shall not excuse the holder from the requirements contained in this section, except as provided in section 5903.10 of the Revised Code. (3) A license or certificate holder seekin...

...all maintain all records in the board's office in accordance with the board's record retention schedule. (E) When an individual begins the remediation prescribed by the board, the individual shall sign a waiver permitting any entity that provides services related to the remediation to release to the board information regarding the individual's progress. An entity that provides services related to remediation shall r...

...ision of a podiatrist in a podiatrist's office. When a certified registered nurse anesthetist is supervised by a dentist, the nurse's scope of practice is limited to the anesthesia procedures that the dentist has the authority under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code to perform. (C) A nurse authorized to practice as a certified nurse practitioner, in collaboration with one or more physicians or podiatrists, may provi...

... the Revised Code; (l) A health care office or facility operated by the board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code; (m) A site where a medical practice is operated, but only if the practice is comprised of one or more physicians who also are owners of the practice; the practice is organized to provide dir...

...nt issued for patients being treated in office-based practices or other practice types or locations specified by the board. (C) All rules adopted under this section shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The rules shall be consistent with rules adopted under sections 4730.55 and 4731.056 of the Revised Code.

...embers, who shall hold their respective offices for one year. The board shall hold meetings to perform its regular duties at least four times each year. At least one of the board's regular meetings shall be held in Franklin county. The board may hold additional meetings as it considers necessary. The time and place of any regular or other meeting shall be fixed and published by the board at least thirty days prior t...

...amounts charged, the optometrist's post-office address, and the number assigned to the optometrist's certificate of licensure. The information may be provided as part of a prescription given to the person. (C) Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code does not apply to certificates issued under division (A)(2) or (3) of this section.

... door to door or establishing temporary offices, in which case the board shall suspend the certificate of licensure held by the optometrist; (16) Except as provided in division (D) of this section: (a) Waiving the payment of all or any part of a deductible or copayment that a patient, pursuant to a health insurance or health care policy, contract, or plan that covers optometric services, would otherwise be requir...

...onsultation with the attorney general's office and approval of the secretary of the board and the board's supervising member of investigations. Before issuance of a subpoena for patient record information, the secretary and supervising member shall determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the complaint filed alleges a violation of sections 4725.01 to 4725.34 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted un...

...tment of administrative services or the office of budget and management. (B) The board, subject to the approval of the controlling board, may establish fees in excess of the amounts specified in division (A) of this section if the fees do not exceed the amounts specified by more than fifty per cent. (C) All receipts of the board, from any source, shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the occup...

...ve director is the chief administrative officer of the board. (B) The executive director is an appointing authority, as defined in section 124.01 of the Revised Code, and may appoint employees necessary to carry out the board's functions. (C) The executive director, with the board's approval, may prescribe rules for the conduct of board employees, the performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preserv...

...nt filed in the state board of pharmacy office, an amount fixed by the board that is adequate to cover the expense, except that for copies required by federal or state agencies or law enforcement officers for official purposes, no charge need be made; (12) For certifying and affixing the seal of the board, an amount fixed by the board that is adequate to cover the expense, except that for certifying and affixing th...

...efused, shall return the license to the offices of the state board of pharmacy within ten days after receipt of notice of such action. (C) As used in this section: "Unprofessional conduct in the practice of pharmacy" includes any of the following: (1) Advertising or displaying signs that promote dangerous drugs to the public in a manner that is false or misleading; (2) Except as provided in section 3715.50, 3...

... as a physician assistant by an agency, office, or other instrumentality of the federal government. (C) For purposes of the medical care provided by a physician assistant pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section, both of the following apply notwithstanding any supervision requirement of this chapter to the contrary: (1) The physician who supervises the physician assistant pursuant to a supervision agreement ente...

...onsultation with the attorney general's office and approval of the secretary of the board. Before issuance of a subpoena for patient record information, the secretary shall determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the complaint filed alleges a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under it and that the records sought are relevant to the alleged violation and material to the investigation. The s...

...the Revised Code; (12) A health care office or facility operated by the board of health of a city or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of health under section 3709.05 of the Revised Code; (13) A site where a medical practice is operated, but only if the practice is comprised of one or more physicians who also are owners of the practice; the practice is organized to provide di...

...nt issued for patients being treated in office-based practices or other practice types or locations specified by the board. (C) All rules adopted under this section shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The rules shall be consistent with rules adopted under sections 4723.51 and 4731.056 of the Revised Code.

...treatment for patients being treated in office-based practices or other practice types or locations specified by the board. (C) All rules adopted under this section shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The rules shall be consistent with rules adopted under sections 4723.51 and 4730.55 of the Revised Code.

...all certificate in the license holder's office or place where the majority of the holder's practice is conducted.

...vising physician's presence in the same office suite as the delegate during the use of the device. (4) "Off-site supervision" means the supervising physician is continuously available for direct communication with the cosmetic therapist during the use of a light-based medical device. (5) "Direct physical oversight" means the supervising physician is in the same room directly observing the delegate's use of the ...

...following: (1) A commissioned medical officer of the armed forces of the United States or an employee of the veterans administration of the United States or the United States public health service in the discharge of the officer's or employee's professional duties; (2) A dentist authorized under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code to practice dentistry when engaged exclusively in the practice of dentistry or when a...

...all certificate in the license holder's office or the place where a major portion of the license holder's practice is conducted.

...atment, through the joint use of shared office space, facilities, equipment, and personnel. (b) Substantially all of the services of the members of the group are provided through the group and are billed in the name of the group and amounts so received are treated as receipts of the group. (c) The overhead expenses of and the income from the practice are distributed in accordance with methods previously determi...

...The principal office of the state board of psychology shall be in Columbus, but it may meet or conduct business at any place in this state. The board may empower any one or more of its members to conduct any proceeding, hearing, or investigation necessary to its purposes, including the administration and enforcement of Chapter 4783. of the Revised Code. The board shall meet at least twice annually and at such ...

...ense holder's official mailing address, office address, or employment within sixty days of such change.

...r, secretary, and an attorney from the office of the attorney general determine that there is probable cause to believe that the complaint alleges a violation of this chapter and that the records sought are relevant to the alleged violation and material to the investigation. No member of the board who supervises the investigation or approves the issuance of a subpoena for patient records shall participate in f...

...urveyor's lien in the county recorder's office of the county in which the lien was recorded. (B) The professional engineer or professional surveyor shall file the lien release for recording within thirty days after the underlying claim is satisfied. (C) The county recorder shall record the release and charge and collect from the professional engineer or professional surveyor the fees set forth in section 317.32...

...eration of law in the county recorder's office of the county in which the commercial real estate is located. (B) The county recorder shall record the affidavit and charge and collect from the person filing the affidavit the fees set forth in section 317.32 of the Revised Code for the recorder's services. (C) The fact that a claim underlying a lien is satisfied or that a lien is extinguished by operation of law d...

... entry and release for recording in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the commercial real estate is located. (2) The county recorder shall record the entry and release and charge and collect from the person filing the entry and release for recording the fees set forth in section 317.32 of the Revised Code for the recorder's services.

... and sanitary conditions at the clinic, office, or other place in which chiropractic services, animal chiropractic services, or acupuncture services are provided; (37) Except as provided in division (G) of this section: (a) Waiving the payment of all or any part of a deductible or copayment that a patient, pursuant to a health insurance or health care policy, contract, or plan that covers the chiropractor's ser...

...t. Upon the filing of such order in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas, the clerk, under the seal of the court, shall issue process of subpoena for the person to appear before the commission or superintendent at a time and place named in the subpoena, and each day thereafter until the examination of such person is completed. The subpoena may contain a direction that the witness bring with the wi...

...of commerce is ex officio the executive officer of the commission, or the director may designate any employee of the department as superintendent of real estate and professional licensing to act as executive officer of the commission. The commission and the real estate appraiser board created pursuant to section 4763.02 of the Revised Code shall each submit to the director a list of three persons whom the commissi...

...or each licensing period: (1) Branch office license, twenty dollars; (2) Renewal of a three-year real estate broker's license, two hundred forty-three dollars. If the licensee is a partnership, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or corporation, the full broker's renewal fee shall be required for each member of such partnership, association, limited liability company, limited ...

...aw enforcement agency, railroad police officers, and the director of public safety or the director's designated representative during all business hours. A scrap metal dealer or bulk merchandise container dealer shall do both of the following: (a) Provide a copy of those records to any law enforcement agency or railroad police officer that requests the records or to the director or director's representative, u...

...icenses shall include the name and post office address of the person licensed. The fee for a motor vehicle salvage dealer's license or a salvage motor vehicle pool license shall be one hundred dollars. In all cases the fee shall accompany the application for license. No fee is required for a salvage motor vehicle auction license. If a licensee has more than one place of business in the county, the licensee shall ...

...g: (A) Personnel of owners, partners, officers, or directors; (B) Location of office or principal place of business. Notification shall be made by filing with the registrar, within fifteen days after the change of status, a supplemental statement in a form prescribed by the registrar showing in what respects the status has been changed.

...9) of this section, a date stamp of the office of the board may serve in lieu of a postmark. (D) Regarding the fees in this section that are reduced by H.B. 509 of the 134th general assembly, the board may gradually reduce the fees, provided that the board implements the full reduction not later than January 1, 2028.

... change in the licensed veterinarian's office address or employment within ninety days after the change has taken place.

...ervice. (C) A department, agency, or office of this state that issues a license or certificate to practice a trade or profession shall issue a temporary license or certificate to practice the trade or profession as provided in section 4743.041 of the Revised Code. (D) The issuance of a license or other authorization to practice a trade or profession issued under Title XLVII or Chapter 3776. of the Revised Code ...

...te and kept in the secretary of state's office. The executive director of the board, in consultation with the director of administrative services, may employ inspectors, investigators, assistants, and other employees as necessary to administer and enforce Chapters 4747. and 4753. of the Revised Code.

...pplication for licensure is filed by an officer of the corporation and the officer, another officer, or the qualifying agent of the corporation satisfies the requirements of divisions (A)(1) and (F)(1) of this section. Officers and the statutory agent of a corporation shall be determined in accordance with Chapter 1701. of the Revised Code. (3) At least one partner in a partnership shall be licensed as a private in...

... safety shall be a participating public office for purposes of the retained applicant fingerprint database established under section 109.5721 of the Revised Code. The department shall elect to participate in the continuous record monitoring service for all persons licensed or registered under this chapter. When the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, under section 109.57 of the ...

...all serve three-year staggered terms of office in accordance with rules adopted by the board. With approval from the director of administrative services, members may receive an amount fixed under division (J) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code for each day the member is performing the member's official duties and be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing those duties.

... than two consecutive terms in the same office. (C) The board shall employ an executive director. The board may employ and prescribe the powers and duties of such employees and consultants as are necessary for it and its professional standards committees to carry out this chapter and rules adopted under it. (D) The members of the board shall receive an amount fixed under division (J) of section 124.15 of the Re...

...he license holder's fee schedule in the office or place where a major portion of the license holder's practice is conducted. The bottom of the first page of the fee schedule shall include the following statement, which shall be followed by the name, address, and telephone number of the board: "This information is required by the Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board, which regulates the...

...onsultation with the attorney general's office and approval of the secretary of the board. Before issuance of a subpoena for patient record information, the secretary shall determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the complaint filed alleges a violation of this chapter or any rule adopted under it and that the records sought are relevant to the alleged violation and material to the investigation. ...

...vestigative interview, an investigative office conference, at a deposition, or in written interrogatories, except that failure to cooperate with an investigation shall not constitute grounds for discipline under this section if a court of competent jurisdiction has issued an order that either quashes a subpoena or permits the individual to withhold the testimony or evidence in issue; (20) Representing with the pur...

...onsultation with the attorney general's office and approval of the secretary of the board. Before issuance of a subpoena for patient record information, the secretary shall determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the complaint filed alleges a violation of this chapter or the rules adopted under it and that the records sought are relevant to the alleged violation and material to the investigation. Th...

...onsultation with the attorney general's office and approval of the secretary of the board. Before issuance of a subpoena for patient record information, the secretary shall determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the complaint filed alleges a violation of this chapter or any rule adopted under it and that the records sought are relevant to the alleged violation and material to the investigation. ...

...all certificate in the license holder's office or place where the majority of the holder's practice is conducted. (D) The board shall issue a limited permit to practice respiratory care in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies: (1) The applicant holds a license or permit in another state. (2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a governm...

...vestigative interview, an investigative office conference, at a deposition, or in written interrogatories, except that failure to cooperate with an investigation shall not constitute grounds for discipline under this section if a court of competent jurisdiction has issued an order that either quashes a subpoena or permits the individual to withhold the testimony or evidence in issue; (20) Practicing in an area of ...

...ourse of study; (4) Is employed in the office of a physician and renders medical assistance under the physician's direct supervision without representing that the person is engaged in the practice of respiratory care; (5) Is employed in a clinical chemistry or arterial blood gas laboratory and is supervised by a physician without representing that the person is engaged in the practice of respiratory care; (6) Is e...

...ess and telephone number of the board's office.

...onsultation with the attorney general's office and approval of the secretary of the board. Before issuance of a subpoena for patient record information, the secretary shall determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the complaint filed alleges a violation of this chapter or the rules adopted under it and that the records sought are relevant to the alleged violation and material to the investigation. Th...

.... Upon the filing of such order in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas, the clerk, under the seal of the court, shall issue process or subpoena, and each day thereafter until the examination of the person is completed. The subpoena may contain a direction that the witness bring with the witness to the examination any books, records, or papers mentioned in the subpoena. The clerk also shall iss...

... Upon the filing of such order in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas, the clerk, under the seal of the court, shall issue process of subpoena for the person to appear before the board or superintendent at a time and place named in the subpoena, and each day thereafter until the examination of such person is completed. The subpoena may contain a direction that the witness bring with the witness to ...

...tor shall serve as the chief executive officer of the board and as the executive director of the division of emergency medical services. The executive director shall attend each meeting of the board, except the board may exclude the executive director from discussions concerning the employment or performance of the executive director or medical director of the board. The executive director shall give a surety ...

...onsultation with the attorney general's office and approval of the executive director of the board. Before issuance of a subpoena for patient record information, the executive director shall determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the complaint filed alleges a violation of this chapter or any rule adopted under it and that the records sought are relevant to the alleged violation and material t...

...nter; (h) A health care practitioner's office; (i) Any other licensed inpatient facility. (B) To qualify for a license as a basic life-support, intermediate life-support, advanced life-support, or mobile intensive care unit organization, an emergency medical service organization shall do all of the following: (1) Apply for a permit for each ambulance and nontransport vehicle owned or leased as provided in section...

...t. Upon the filing of such order in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas, the clerk, under the seal of the court, shall issue process of subpoena for the person to appear before the commission or superintendent at a time and place named in the subpoena, and each day thereafter until the examination of such person is completed. The subpoena may contain a direction that the witness bring with the witnes...

... available for public inspection at the office of the governing body. (C) Except as otherwise provided in this division, each registration issued pursuant to this section shall expire annually on the thirtieth day of September and shall be renewed by the owner or the person responsible for the operation and maintenance of the cemetery for the continued operation of the cemetery. The renewal fee shall be the same a...

...ombment, or inurnment in the cemetery's office. Records may be maintained in an electronic formation only if the electronic copies are true copies of the original documents.

...s any of the following: (1) An owner, officer, or director of a business entity seeking to offer appraisal management services in this state; (2) An individual employed, appointed, or authorized by an appraisal management company, who has the authority to enter into contractual relationships with clients for the performance of appraisal management services and the authority to enter into agreements with appraiser...

...Upon the filing of such an order in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas, the clerk, under the seal of the court, shall issue process or subpoena each day until the examination of the person is completed. The subpoena may contain a direction that the witness bring to the examination any books, records, or papers described in the subpoena. The clerk also shall issue, under the seal of the court, such o...

...le. The process shall be served by the officer to whom the process is directed or by the sheriff of Franklin county. The process shall be served as follows: (A) Upon the secretary of state by leaving the process and a true and attested copy of the process at the office of the secretary of state, at least fifteen days before the return day of the process; and (B) By sending to the defendant, at the defendant's last...

...nt issued for patients being treated in office-based practices or other practice types or locations specified by the board. The rules adopted under this division shall be consistent with this chapter and, to the extent consistent with this chapter, rules adopted under sections 4723.51, 4730.55, and 4731.056 of the Revised Code.

...utor of dangerous drugs license with an office-based opioid treatment classification; (2) A community addiction services provider that provides alcohol and drug addiction services that are certified by the department of mental health and addiction services under section 5119.36 of the Revised Code.

...onsultation with the attorney general's office and approval of the secretary and supervising member of the board. Before issuance of a subpoena for patient record information, the secretary and supervising member shall determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the complaint filed alleges a violation of this chapter or the rules adopted under it and that the records sought are relevant to the alleged v...

...onsultation with the attorney general's office and approval of the secretary of the board. Before issuance of a subpoena for patient record information, the secretary shall determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the complaint filed alleges a violation of this chapter or the rules adopted under it and that the records sought are relevant to the alleged violation and material to the investigation. Th...

...oval of the board, shall determine the office space, supplies, and professional and clerical assistance necessary to effectively perform the executive director's duties. (B) The executive director shall perform all the following duties: (1) Review and submit to the board, for its approval, applications for registration pursuant to section 4775.07 of the Revised Code; (2) Issue registration certificates, as ...

...onsultation with the attorney general's office and approval of the secretary of the board. Before issuance of a subpoena for patient record information, the secretary shall determine whether there is probable cause to believe that the complaint filed alleges a violation of this chapter or the rules adopted under it and that the records sought are relevant to the alleged violation and material to the investigation. Th...

...tate agency and to group together state offices in any city in the state as provided in section 123.01 of the Revised Code. (D) The department of commerce, division of real estate and professional licensing may adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary for administration of the provisions of this chapter related to manufactured home dealers, brokers, and salespersons.

...shall bear the licensee's name and post-office address, the issue date, a serial number the division designates, and the signature of the person the division designates pursuant to rules. (E) A manufactured housing installer license expires two years after it is issued. The division of industrial compliance shall renew a license if the applicant does all of the following: (1) Meets the requirements of division (A...

...ng: (1) Personnel of owners, partners, officers, or directors; (2) Location of an office or principal place of business. (B) The notification required by division (A) of this section shall be made by filing with the division of real estate, within fifteen days after the change of status, a supplemental statement in a form prescribed by the division of real estate showing in what respect the status has been changed...

...081 of the Revised Code, malfeasance in office, giving to such commissioner a copy of the charges against him and an opportunity to be publicly heard, in person or by counsel, in his own defense, upon not less than ten days' notice. If such commissioner is removed, the governor shall file a complete statement of all charges made against such commissioner, his findings on such charges, and a complete record of the pro...

...the commission and ordered filed in its office, is the finding, order, or decision of the commission.

... maps, charts, stationery, instruments, office furniture, apparatus, and appliances, including telephone service, and may purchase from the interstate commerce commission blank forms for the use of railroads and other utilities in making their annual reports, necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the public utilities commission, which expenses shall be audited and paid in the same manner as ...

...ied, by the commission and filed in its office, are the findings and order of the commission.

... engineers, accountants, and such other officers as it considers necessary, who shall be in the classified civil service except for persons in attorney examiner or supervisory policy-making positions, who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The commission's discretion as to whether or not a position is an attorney examiner position or a supervisory policy-making position shall be exercised upon the affirma...

...mmissioner, or by leaving a copy at the office of the commission at Columbus. The court may permit any interested party to intervene by cross-appeal.

..., equipment, building, plant, factory, office, apparatus, machinery, device, and lines of any public utility. The power to inspect includes the power to prescribe any rule or order that the commission finds necessary for protection of the public safety. In order to assist the commission in the performance of its duties under this chapter, authorized employees of the motor carrier enforcement unit, created unde...

...position or the possession of corporate office with the domestic company or utility or the holding company. Control is presumed to exist if any person, directly or indirectly, owns, controls, holds the power to vote, or holds with the power to vote proxies that constitute, twenty per cent or more of the total voting power of the domestic company or utility or the holding company. (2) "Electric utility" has the same ...

...er or not it is received in the company offices by the due date.

...um complex; a college or university; an office complex; a shopping center; a hotel; an industrial park; and a race track. (B) "Gas" means natural gas, flammable gas, or gas which is toxic or corrosive. (C) "Gathering line" and the "gathering of gas" have the same meaning as in the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act and the rules adopted by the United States department of transportation pursuant to the Natural Gas Pipe...

... Code, the board shall consult with the office of aviation of the division of multi-modal planning and programs of the department of transportation under section 4561.341 of the Revised Code. (6) That the facility will serve the public interest, convenience, and necessity; (7) In addition to the provisions contained in divisions (A)(1) to (6) of this section and rules adopted under those divisions, what its impa...

...stigation, kept by such railroad in any office or place outside of this state, or verified copies thereof, in order that an examination of such books, papers, or accounts may be made by the commission or under its direction. Such subpoena may issue to a sheriff of any county of this state.

... shall be made under oath of the proper officers of such company and shall be similar in character and detail to the annual report required to be made by railroad companies to the interstate commerce commission. If any such report is defective or erroneous, the public utilities commission may order it to be amended within a prescribed time. Such annual reports shall be preserved in the office of the public utilities ...

...pt on file in every depot, station, and office of such railroad where passengers or freight are received for transportation.

... and filed in every depot, station, and office of such railroads where passengers or property are received for transportation.

...) Its employees and their families, its officers, agents, surgeons, physicians, and attorneys at law; (B) Ministers of religion, traveling secretaries of railroad young men's or young women's Christian associations, inmates of hospitals and charitable institutions, and persons exclusively engaged in charitable work; (C) Indigent, destitute, and homeless persons, and to such persons when transported by charitab...

...es or where the railroad or any of its offices is maintained.

...iod. Such reports shall be filed in the office of the commission for the information of the governor and the general assembly. (D) Any financial information required to be submitted by an electric light company under this section shall be provided from the company's full books. The commission shall ensure appropriate protections against the disclosure of the company's trade secrets or proprietary information.

...ain. Such reports shall be filed in the office of the commission for the information of the governor and the general assembly.

...counsel governing board, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the board. (B)(1) The counsel may sue or be sued and has the powers and duties granted the counsel under this chapter, and all necessary powers to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (2) Without limitation because of enumeration, the counsel: (a) Shall have all the rights and powers of any party in interest appearing before the public utili...

...osal of the counsel and paid for by the office of the customers' counsel at the university's cost.

...he board may appoint an employee of the office of the consumers' counsel as deputy consumers' counsel. The board shall determine the salary of the deputy consumers' counsel. If a deputy consumers' counsel is appointed, the consumers' counsel shall not perform the duties and powers that are assigned by the governing board to the deputy.

...arrant; (2) Examine under oath, at the offices of the commission, any officer, agent, or employee of any person subject to this chapter. The commission, by subpoena, also may compel the attendance of a witness for the purpose of the examination and, by subpoena duces tecum, may compel the production of all books, contracts, records, and documents that relate to compliance with this chapter or compliance with rules a...

...mmissioner, or by leaving a copy at the office of the commission at Columbus. An order issued by the commission to secure compliance with Chapter 4921. or 4923. of the Revised Code or an order issued under division (A)(1) of this section assessing a forfeiture shall be reversed, vacated, or modified on appeal if, upon consideration of the record, the court is of the opinion that the order was unlawful or unreasonable...

... use only after September 13, 2010, the office of the consumers' counsel shall have authority to assist and represent residential customers in the implementation and enforcement of those rules. (B)(1) The commission has no authority over wireless service, resellers of wireless service, or wireless service providers, except as follows: (a) As provided under section 4905.84 of the Revised Code; (b) With respec...

...of the public utilities commission, the office of the consumers' counsel, consumer groups representing low-income constituents, two representatives from the Ohio association of community action agencies, and, except as provided in division (A)(3)(b) of this section, every incumbent local exchange carrier required to implement lifeline service under division (A) of this section. The public utilities commission may rev...

...es and any residential customers of the office of the consumers' counsel's toll-free number and e-mail address on all residential bills and disconnection notices.

...roved by the Ohio historic preservation office, to the extent it has jurisdiction over the facility. (vii) The facility complies with the terms of its federal energy regulatory commission license or exemption that are related to recreational access, accommodation, and facilities or, if the facility is not regulated by that commission, the facility complies with similar requirements as are recommended by resource a...

...the public utilities commission and the office of the consumers' counsel shall engage in cooperative agency efforts to educate consumers in this state regarding electric industry restructuring under this chapter.

...ng of the financing statement with the office of the secretary of state, the lien of the security interest shall be valid, binding, and perfected against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the person granting the security interest, regardless of whether the parties have notice of the lien. Also upon this filing, a transfer of an interest in the phase-in-recovery prope...

...The public utilities commission and the office of the consumers' counsel shall follow the policy specified in this section in exercising their respective authorities relative to sections 4929.03 to 4929.30 of the Revised Code. (C) Nothing in Chapter 4929. of the Revised Code shall be construed to alter the public utilities commission's construction or application of division (E) of section 4905.03 of the Revise...

...s commission may delegate to any of its officers or employees such of its duties or powers under this chapter as it considers to be appropriate to be exercised under its supervision and control. (A) The commission shall: (1) Estimate statewide and regional needs for energy for the forthcoming five- and ten-year periods which, in the opinion of the commission, will reasonably balance requirements of state and region...

...tly without, any municipal corporation. Offices, depots, and other necessary buildings for street railways may be constructed.

...ngers and freight, or either, with such offices, depots, and other buildings as it deems necessary. Such company may establish and maintain a park or pleasure grounds and for such purpose acquire and hold real estate.

...o shall record and preserve them in his office. A copy of such articles certified by the secretary of state, is evidence of the existence of such company. After such recording, the company may contract, sue and be sued, locate and acquire rights of way, grounds, and terminals, and appropriate so much land as it deems necessary for its depot, tracks, terminals, structures, and facilities, and shall have all the powers...

... utilities commission shall file in its office a written statement of the facts upon which it relied in finding the required construction impracticable. Such clearances over and adjacent to railroad tracks in terminals may be used as the commission approves. When a railroad, union depot, or terminal company, severally or jointly, determines to install an electrification system for the operation of cars, locomotives, ...

...such main tracks, sidetracks, turnouts, offices, depots, roundhouses, machine shops, water tanks, telegraph lines, and other necessary appliances, as it deems necessary, between the points named in its articles of incorporation, commencing at or within, and extending to or into any municipal corporation or place named as a terminus of its railroad.

... railroad will pass, and file it in the office of the secretary of state. Such extension then shall be held to be a part of the original line of the railroad.

... then the county in which the principal office of the company is kept.

...the state at which there is a telegraph office. Such company or person must have written upon such board, at least ten minutes before the schedule time for the arrival of each passenger train stopping regularly upon such railroad at such station, whether such train is on schedule time or not, and if late, how much. For each violation of this section, such company or person so neglecting or refusing to comply with it...

... a telegraph or telephone wire, with an office and proper means for communication by such wire at each of its principal stations. No such company operating a railroad without a telegraph or telephone wire along the line of such railroad, shall ask or receive any compensation for the transportation of passengers or freight on such railroad. The charter of a railroad company which fails to comply with the conditions o...

...n such fare is paid on the train, if an office at the point at which the passenger boarded the train was open for the sale of tickets at least thirty minutes next prior to the departure of such train.

...pointed for that purpose, or such other officer as is appointed by such railroad company, and is transferable and negotiable by indorsement on it, by the person to whose order it is made payable. On the presentation of the certificate, receipt, or voucher, so indorsed to such railroad company at its general offices, by the holder and on demand, the company shall deliver to the holder, the iron ore, grain, or other me...

...the state approved by, and filed in the office of, the secretary of state, in the sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned for the selling of genuine and valid steamship or railroad tickets for such transportation. (B) Such bond shall be executed by such person, firm, or corporation as principal, with at least two sureties who are responsible and owners of real estate within this state. The bond of a surety company...

... and a certificate thereof filed in the office of the secretary of state, under the common seal of the consolidated railroad company to which such surrender or transfer was made, the estate, property, rights, privileges, and franchises of the company whose stock was so surrendered or transferred vests in and is held and enjoyed by such consolidated company as fully and entirely, without change or diminution, as they ...

...ade upon such agent is valid unless his office or place of business is in the county where the suit is brought.

...pt of the decree of confirmation in the office of the secretary of state, they shall become a corporation of this state, amenable to its process and, with perpetual succession by such name as they assume, shall be subject to the law regulating such corporations, and shall hold the property, rights, and franchises so purchased free from liability for the debts of the original corporation.

...ing a copy of such deed or grant in the office of the secretary of state, with articles of incorporation executed in accordance with the law respecting the creation of corporations for profit, they and such persons as associate with them, not less than five in number, shall become a corporation with perpetual succession by such name as they assume, with capacity to maintain and operate such railroads, whether located...

...e number of directors and their term of office, elect such directors, a majority of whom shall be residents of the states in which such railroad is situated, and do all things necessary or proper to reorganize the company. Any creditor may become a party to the agreement, either at or before such meeting. A stockholder may become a party to such agreement at any time within one year after such meeting.

...ain, and operate, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. A certified copy of such certificate shall be evidence of a compliance with sections 4971.01 and 4971.02 of the Revised Code, and of the reorganization and existence of the company.

... such section to apply at the principal office of the company, either in person or by proxy, to become a party in interest in the agreement, such person, unless an infant or incompetent person, shall be barred of all interest, claim, right, or action under the agreement or otherwise. In case of such disability such rights shall be extended for two years after the termination of the disability.

...No officer, agent, or employee of a company operating a railroad, except the superintendent, general managing agent, or a receiver of the company, may sell or dispose of worn or scrap metal, iron, brass, or other metal owned by such company. All sales and barter of such scraps or other metals made by any other officer, agent, or employee are void. No such superintendent, managing agent, or receiver shall sell or disp...

...of the Revised code, it may file in the office of the secretary of state a notice to that effect signed by its authorized officer, which notice shall be noted by the secretary of state upon the margin of the record where the commission is recorded, and thereupon the power of such policeman shall cease. No charge shall be made by the secretary of state for the filing of such notice.

...il establishments, restaurants, hotels, offices, and other commercial or support facilities, located within or outside the right-of-way of the rail system. (H) "Corridor" means a designated portion of a rail system serving two or more designated urban areas. (I) "Franchise" means a license approved by the Ohio rail development commission that grants exclusive rights to a private corporation or organization to plan,...

...see, the commission shall seek from the office of budget and management an allotment of proceeds from the issuance of private activity bonds. The commission shall distribute those proceeds to franchisees in such proportions and amounts as it determines in its discretion. (F)(1) The commission may levy and collect special assessments upon all parcels of real property, other than real property owned by a railroad corp...

...ut not limited to personnel, equipment, office space, machinery, computers, engineering and technical advice and services; and (B) Provide such financial assistance for the implementation of the feasibility study as may be legal, proper and available. Article IIIInterstate Rail Passenger Advisory Council There is hereby created an interstate rail passenger advisory council, the membership of which shall consist of...

...No officer, agent, or other person acting for or in behalf of a railroad company operating ten or more miles of its railroad for the carrying or transporting of passengers or freight over its railroad within this state which fails to erect and maintain telegraph or telephone wires in complete working order for use and operation along its railroad, with an office and proper means of communication by such wires at each...

...g to the official design on file in the office of the secretary of state. One state flag of uniform dimensions shall be furnished to each company of the organized militia.