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...(A) In order to carry out official responsibilities under this chapter, upon reasonable cause to believe that any person has violated or is violating any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted under it, or has filed any document as required under this chapter that contains false or misleading information, the attorney general may conduct an investigation to determine whether there has been a violation or filin...

...Every person who solicits, collects, or expends contributions on behalf of a charitable organization or for a charitable purpose, or who conducts a charitable sales promotion, and every officer, director, trustee, or employee of that person who is concerned with the solicitation, collection, or expenditure of those contributions shall be considered a fiduciary and as acting in a fiduciary capacity. This section does...

... (D) A county humane society may elect officers, and make rules, regulations, and bylaws, as are deemed expedient by its members for its own government and the proper management of its affairs. (E) A humane society that organized as a branch of the Ohio humane society prior to the effective date of this amendment shall continue to have the same powers and duties that were authorized on March 1, 2019. Such a humane...

...(A) A county humane society organized under section 1717.05 of the Revised Code may appoint humane society agents for the purpose of prosecuting any person guilty of an act of cruelty to animals. Such agents may arrest any person found violating this chapter or any other law for protecting animals or preventing acts of cruelty thereto. Upon making an arrest, the humane society agent shall convey the person arrested b...

...(A) A humane society may not enter into a written agreement with a person, wherein the humane society agrees not to prosecute the person for an alleged violation of law, unless the proposed agreement has been reviewed and approved by the judge that has presided over the hearing that is required to determine if the officer had probable cause to seize the animal, and which is related to the case that is the subject of ...

...nership, association, or corporation or officers, agents, or employees thereof, shall directly or indirectly make or collect any charge pertaining to the delivery or installation of a burial receptacle in a cemetery for human remains, except when such charge is for service actually performed, or expense actually incurred in aid of said installation. Charges under this exception shall be equal for similar services in...

...(A) After the articles of incorporation have been filed, and at the first meeting of the board of directors of a county land reutilization corporation, the board shall adopt regulations for the government of the corporation, the conduct of its affairs, and the management of its property, consistent with law and the articles. The content of the regulations shall be governed by section 1702.11 of the Revised Code...

...Each community improvement corporation shall prepare an annual financial report that conforms to rules prescribed by the auditor of state pursuant to section 117.20 of the Revised Code, that is prepared according to generally accepted accounting principles, and that is certified by the board of directors of the corporation or its treasurer or other chief fiscal officer to the best knowledge and belief of those person...

...If any community improvement corporation fails to prepare an annual financial report as required by section 1724.05 of the Revised Code and to file that report with the auditor of state within ninety days of the time prescribed for that filing by that section, or if the auditor of state determines by applying the standards applicable to a public office under section 117.41 of the Revised Code that any community impro...

...Any board of trade, chamber of commerce, merchants' exchange, or other kindred association organized in this state may avail itself of the privileges and powers, in whole or in part, conferred by section 1725.01 to 1725.04 of the Revised Code, by making a certificate of its adoption of those sections, under its seal, attested by the signatures of any authorized officer, which certificate shall be filed in the office ...

...ers: (A) To elect, appoint, and employ officers, agents, and employees; to make contracts and incur liabilities for any purposes of the corporation; provided, that the corporation shall not incur any secondary liability by way of guaranty or endorsement of the obligations of any person, firm, corporation, joint stock company, association, or trust, or in any other manner; (B) To borrow money for any of the purposes...

...A corporation incorporated under Chapter 1726. of the Revised Code shall not deposit any of its funds in any banking institution unless such institution has been designated as a depository by a vote of a majority of the directors present at an authorized meeting of the board of directors, exclusive of any director who is an officer or director of the depository so designated. The corporation shall not receive money ...

...Each development corporation incorporated under this chapter shall prepare an annual financial report that conforms to rules prescribed by the auditor of state pursuant to section 117.20 of the Revised Code, that is prepared according to generally accepted accounting principles, and that is certified by the board of trustees of the corporation or its treasurer or other chief fiscal officer. The financial report shall...

...make any loan to any of its trustees or officers. It may take by gift, subscription, purchase, devise, or loan; but it shall take no loan for a term less than three years or more than twenty years, to an amount exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, or at a rate of interest greater than four per cent payable semiannually.

...is carried out by the corporation, its officers, employees, agents, or lessees, the municipal corporation shall enforce and supervise the corporation's compliance with the relocation plan. If the corporation refuses or fails to comply with the relocation plan and the municipal corporation fails or refuses to enforce compliance with such plan, the director of development may request the attorney general to comme...

...rs and all elections or appointments of officers chosen at the meeting are considered valid, until the contrary is proved; and whenever a person who is not a member, patron, or stockholder of an association has acted in good faith in reliance upon any such certified original or copy, it is conclusive in that person's favor.

...s, and terms of office of directors and officers, and the time of their election and the manner of giving notice of the election; (G) Penalties for violation of the bylaws; (H) The amounts of entrance, organization, and membership fees, if any; the manner of collecting them; and the purposes for which they may be used; (I) Any amount that each member is required to pay annually or from time to time to carry on the...

...tion for the time actually spent by its officers and directors in its service, and for the services of the members of its executive committee. (F) Unless the bylaws provide otherwise, when a vacancy on the board occurs other than by expiration of term, the remaining directors on the board, by a majority vote, shall elect a director to fill the vacancy. If the bylaws provide for an election of directors by the member...

... following: (1) One or more directors, officers, or employees of the association whom the director reasonably believes are reliable and competent in the matters prepared or presented; (2) Counsel, public accountants, or other persons as to matters that the director reasonably believes are within the person's professional or expert competence; (3) A committee of the directors upon which the director does not serve,...

...(A) Unless a later date is specified in the agreement, a merger or consolidation under sections 1729.35 and 1729.36 of the Revised Code is effective when the certificate of merger or consolidation is filed in accordance with section 1729.38 of the Revised Code. If, after filing the certificate but before the merger or consolidation is effective, the merger or consolidation is amended or abandoned, as provided in divi...

...(A)(1) Upon adoption of an agreement of merger or consolidation under section 1729.35 or 1729.36 of the Revised Code, a certificate, signed by any authorized officer or representative of each constituent association or entity, shall be filed with the secretary of state on a form prescribed by the secretary of state that sets forth the following: (a) The name and form of each constituent association or entity and th...

...(A) Any association may divide itself into two or more associations. A written plan of division shall be approved by the association's board. Such plan shall set forth all the terms of the division and the proposed effect of the division on all members and stockholders of the association. The plan also shall contain the articles of incorporation and bylaws of each association resulting from the division, which articl...

...ames and addresses of its directors and officers, the name and address of a statutory agent, and, if desired, other provisions with respect to the judicial dissolution and winding up as are considered necessary or desirable. A certified copy of the order shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, whereupon the association shall be dissolved. To the extent consistent with orders entered in such proceeding...

...(A) There is hereby created the Ohio advisory council for the aging, which shall consist of twelve members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Two ex officio members of the council shall be members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and shall be members of two different political parties. Two ex officio members of the council...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Applicant" means a person who is under final consideration for employment by a responsible party in a full-time, part-time, or temporary position that involves providing ombudsman services to residents and recipients. "Applicant" includes a person who is under final consideration for employment as the state long-term care ombudsman or the head of a regional long-term care ombudsma...