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... Provide export promotion assistance to Ohio businesses and organize or support missions to foreign countries to promote export of Ohio products and services and to encourage foreign direct investment in Ohio. The director may charge fees to businesses receiving export assistance and to participants in foreign missions sufficient to recover the direct costs of those activities. The director shall adopt, as an i...

...try cluster's human resources needs. "Ohio technical center" has the same meaning as in section 3333.94 of the Revised Code. "Sector partnership network" means a regional or statewide workforce collaborative that organizes multiple industry sector partnerships into a working group that focuses on achieving a shared goal of meeting the human resources needs of a region or statewide. "State board" and "local boar...

...e money to compete against any existing Ohio industrial parks. (F) An eligible applicant that receives a grant from the program shall not be precluded from being considered for or participating in other financial assistance programs offered by the department of development, the Ohio environmental protection agency, or the Ohio water development authority.

...(A) The Ohio river commission fund is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of all money as may be provided by law, including money received from any sale, transfer, or lease of property and money received under division (A)(13) of section 122.291 of the Revised Code. (B) The Ohio river commission shall use money in the fund to defray the commission's administrative expenses and to carry out its purposes...

...ty shall award program grants under the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program after reviewing applications sent to the authority by the development services agency. Awards shall be granted after the authority scores applications based on the scoring system under sections 122.4040 and 122.4041 of the Revised Code. (B) In awarding program grants, the authority shall consider all regulatory obligations un...

...artment of development the welcome home Ohio (WHO) program to administer the grants authorized by this section and section 163.632 of the Revised Code and the tax credits authorized by section 122.633 of the Revised Code. The department shall create and maintain a list of qualifying residential property to which the deed restriction described in division (D)(4) of this section, division (B)(4) of section 122.632, or ...

...(A) There is hereby created the Ohio aerospace and aviation technology committee, consisting of the following members: (1) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate, not more than two of whom may be members of the same political party; (2) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, not more than two of whom may be members of...

...The Ohio cultural and sports facility performance grant fund is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of all money remitted by the director of commerce under division (I) of section 169.08 of the Revised Code and amounts appropriated by the general assembly. The money in the fund shall be used as performance grants for Ohio cultural facility, Ohio sports facility, and major sports facility projects in...

...ed officers and enlisted persons in the Ohio organized militia, including military appointees in the adjutant general's department; (7)(a) All presidents, business managers, administrative officers, superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals, deans, assistant deans, instructors, teachers, and such employees as are engaged in educational or research duties connected with the public school system, colleges...

...(A) There is hereby established the Ohio geographically referenced information program council within the department of administrative services to coordinate the property owned by the state. The department of administrative services shall provide administrative support for the council. (B) The council shall consist of the following fourteen members: (1) The state chief information officer, or the officer's desi...

...quirements of Section 11, Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, semiannually make a full and detailed report of their proceedings to the governor and to the general assembly, to include the following: (A) The principal amount of obligations issued and sold during the semiannual period under authority of Sections 1, 2, and 2a to 2i, inclusive, of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and under such other sections of Article VI...

...1 of the Revised Code, or the northeast Ohio medical university. (I) A state university identified in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, and the northeast Ohio medical university, that uses or permits the use of electronic records or electronic signatures on September 16, 2014, shall, within six months after September 16, 2014, adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code to provide for the u...

...ualified school construction bonds, the Ohio facilities construction commission, in consultation with the director of budget and management, shall allocate the state portion among those issuers authorized to issue qualified school construction bonds. The Ohio facilities construction commission may also accept from any large local educational agency the allocation received by that agency under section 54F(d)(2) of the...

...described in Section 5a of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, and any other receipts from taxes, excises, permits, licenses, fines, or other sources of revenue of or of revenue distributions to the subdivision, and covenants for the establishment, investment, segregation, and maintenance of any funds or reserves in connection with the securities. No pledge or covenant may be made that impairs the express contract rights...

...sold pursuant to section 1333.41 of the Ohio Revised Code." (C) The written notice required by divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section shall include all of the following: (1) A notice of the lien created by division (A) of this section; (2) A description of the personal property that is the subject of the lien; (3) An itemized statement that represents the reasonable value of the services performed and the mater...

... adopted a charter under Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution. (3) "Public deposits," "public moneys," and "treasurer" mean those terms as defined in section 135.01 of the Revised Code, but also have the same meanings as are set forth in section 135.31 of the Revised Code, but for purposes of this section does not include the moneys of metropolitan housing authorities. (B)(1) Not later than July 1, 2017, the treasu...

... system, it may permit employees of the Ohio public employees deferred compensation board to participate. Effective ninety days after September 15, 2004, the board may not employ a state retirement system investment officer, as defined in section 1707.01 of the Revised Code, who does not hold a valid state retirement system investment officer license issued by the division of securities in the department of commerce...

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

...tem shall disclose the following to the Ohio ethics commission: (1) Anything of value received by the system from an agent and anything of value given on behalf of the system by an agent; (2) The name of any employee of the system with authority over the investment of retirement system funds or any board member of the system who deals with an agent regarding amounts described in division (A)(1) of this section. (B...

... if served in a comparable position in Ohio, would be covered by the public employees retirement system, Ohio police and fire pension fund, state teachers retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state highway patrol retirement system; (2) Service for which contributions were made by the member or on the member's behalf to a municipal retirement system in this state, except that if the conditi...

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

...a) An account that is maintained by the Ohio public employees deferred compensation board and that evidences moneys that have been deferred by, or on behalf of, a continuing member or participating employee and transmitted to the board by the retirement system of the continuing member or participating employee; (b) An account that is maintained by the governing board, administrator, depository, or trustee of a defe...

...(A) The Ohio history connection, in addition to its other functions, shall function as the state archives administration for the state and its political subdivisions. It shall be the function of the state archives administration to preserve government archives, documents, and records of historical value that may come into its possession from public or private sources. The archives administration shall evaluate, pre...

...and 5747.76 of the Revised Code. The Ohio historic preservation office is authorized to charge reasonable fees in connection with its review and approval of applications under this section. Any such fees collected shall be credited to the fund and used to pay administrative costs incurred by the Ohio historic preservation office pursuant to this section. (H) Notwithstanding sections 5725.151, 5725.34, 5726.52, ...

... scientific manner, the director of the Ohio history connection shall, in consultation with the Ohio archaeological council and the archaeological society of Ohio, adopt and may amend or rescind rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, prescribing minimum education, training, and experience requirements for personnel in charge of or otherwise engaging in archaeological survey and salvage work, and ...

...tion 718.11 of the Revised Code, of the Ohio board of tax appeals, or any court to which the decision of the Ohio board of tax appeals has been appealed, so that the amount due from the party assessed under the corrected assessment is less than the amount paid, there shall be issued to the appellant or to the appellant's assigns or legal representative a refund in the amount of the overpayment as provided by section ...

...d pursuant to Article XVIII, Section 3, Ohio Constitution, for the uses specified in section 725.07 of the Revised Code. (G) "Urban renewal refunding bonds" means the refunding bonds authorized by section 725.07 of the Revised Code. (H) "Urban renewal plan" means a plan, as it exists from time to time, for an urban renewal project, which plan shall do both of the following: (1) Conform to the general plan fo...

...ld the office in a subsequent term. The Ohio municipal league also may conduct such initial education programs and continuing education courses if approved by the auditor of state. The auditor of state, in conjunction with the Ohio municipal league, shall determine the manner and content of the initial education programs and continuing education courses. (C) A newly elected or appointed fiscal officer shall complet...

...Contributions made to the Ohio police and fire pension fund for salary that exceeds the salary benchmark calculated under division (G) of section 742.01 of the Revised Code shall be refunded in accordance with rules adopted by the trustees of the board under section 742.10 of the Revised Code.

...tration, control, and management of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, created under section 742.02 of the Revised Code, is vested in a board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, which shall consist of the following members: (1) One member, known as the treasurer of state's investment designee, who shall be appointed by the treasurer of state for a term of four years and have the following quali...

... member of the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, before entering upon the member's official duties, shall take and subscribe to an oath of affirmation that the member will support the constitution of the United States, the constitution of the state of Ohio, and that the member will honestly, faithfully, and impartially perform the duties of the member's office. Such oath or affirmation shal...

...The Ohio police and fire pension fund board of trustees shall appoint a committee to oversee the selection of an internal auditor. The committee shall select one or more persons for employment as an internal auditor. The board shall employ the person or persons selected by the committee. The committee shall consist of the following board members: one retirant member, one employee member, and one other member. The co...

...ection, a fiduciary shall not cause the Ohio police and fire pension fund to engage in a transaction, if the fiduciary knows or should know that such transaction constitutes a direct or indirect: (1) Sale or exchange, or leasing, of any property between the fund and a party in interest; (2) Lending of money or other extension of credit between the fund and a party in interest; (3) Furnishing of goods, services, or...

...by rule of the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund. (2) "Military service credit" means credit for service in the armed forces of the United States purchased or obtained from the fund, the Cincinnati retirement system, or a non-uniform retirement system. (3) "Non-uniform retirement system" or "non-uniform system" means the public employees retirement system, school employees retirement sy...

... receiving disability benefits from the Ohio police and fire pension fund and is restored to active duty as a member of a police or fire department shall, in computing years of service under section 742.37 or 742.39 of the Revised Code, be given service credit for the time the member was receiving such disability benefits. On restoration to active duty as a member of a police or fire department, the member shall mak...

...A member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund who, during the period of employment as a member of a police or fire department, is removed from active pay status due to pregnancy or a medical disability leave not exceeding one year for each such leave and who is not a participant in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 742.43 of the Revised Code shall, in computing years of active service ...

..., provided the member has paid into the Ohio police and fire pension fund a sum equal to that which the member would have been required to pay, under former section 741.12 and section 742.31 of the Revised Code, as a member of such fire department during the years for which service credit is claimed had the member been contributing a percentage of the member's salary to a firemen's relief and pension fund or to the O...

..., provided the member has paid into the Ohio police and fire pension fund a sum equal to that which the member would have been required to pay, under former section 741.43 and section 742.31 of the Revised Code, as a member of such police department during the years for which service credit is claimed had the member been contributing a percentage of the member's salary to a police relief and pension fund or to the Oh...

...the Revised Code, shall be paid to the Ohio police and fire pension fund. Payments shall be credited to the police officers' pension reserve fund, or to the firefighters' pension reserve fund, in accordance with the relief and pension fund from which the liability for such payment arises, until such time as the employer's accrued liability on account of pensioners and other benefit recipients on the rolls of t...

... allowance or benefit. A member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund or a survivor who is receiving a pension or benefit in accordance with the rules in force on April 1, 1947, governing the granting of pensions and benefits, which provide an increase in the original pension or benefit from time to time pursuant to changes in the salaries of active members, shall not be eligible to receive the increase provided ...

...ion by a member or former member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund. Prior to retiring under section 742.37 of the Revised Code, a member or former member of the fund who is, or within twelve months will be, eligible to retire and receive a pension or benefit under division (C)(1) or (3) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code may designate one dependent, not the member's or former member's spouse, as the contin...

...(A) A member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund who retired under section 742.37 of the Revised Code before February 28, 1980, may elect to receive the actuarial equivalent of the member's retirement allowance in a lesser amount payable for the remainder of the member's life and continuing after death to the member's spouse under one of the optional plans described under division (A)(1) or (2) of section 742.37...

... annual compensation of a member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund during any three years of contributions, including amounts included in terminal pay attributable to such three years, determined by dividing the member's total earnings as an employee during such years by three. (2) "Consumer price index" means the index, as prepared by the United States bureau of labor statistics (U.S. city average for ...

...hereafter, the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall make and submit a report for the preceding fiscal year of the disability retirement experience of each employer. The report shall specify the total number of disability applications submitted, the status of each application as of the last day of the fiscal year, total applications granted or denied, and the percentage of disability benefi...

...(A) A member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund determined to be eligible for a disability benefit under division (D)(1) of section 742.38 of the Revised Code shall be paid annual disability benefits, payable in twelve monthly installments, in an amount equal to seventy-two per cent of the member's average annual salary. If, as of July 2, 2013, the member had fifteen or more years of service credit, the a...

...enefit recipient" means a member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund who is receiving a disability benefit pursuant to division (C)(2), (3), (4), or (5) of former section 742.37 of the Revised Code or pursuant to section 742.38 of the Revised Code. (B) The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall adopt rules requiring a disability benefit recipient, as a condition of continuing to receiv...

...warded by the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, unless the acceptance is revoked by the member in accordance with rules adopted by the board; (4) The member's death. (B) If a member terminates active service in a police or fire department not later than eight years after the effective date of the member's election to participate in the plan, all of the following apply: (1) The membe...

...sed Code. The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall comply with the order. On receipt of notice under section 2901.43 of the Revised Code that an Ohio police and fire pension fund member is charged with an offense listed in division (D) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code under the circumstances specified in that division, the fund shall determine whether the member has been gra...

...cted from the salary of a member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund and credited to the member's account in the fund. If a member of the fund dies before receiving pension and benefit payments from the fund in an amount equal to the member's contribution and leaves no surviving spouse, surviving children, or dependent parent eligible for monthly pension payments under section 742.37 of the Revised Code, the bo...

...ars, or both. (C) Fines imposed by the Ohio elections commission under this section shall be paid into the Ohio elections commission fund created under section 3513.10 of the Revised Code.

...pursuant to Section 2g of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.10 and 5528.11 of the Revised Code, due and payable during the current calendar year, in bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, treasury bills, or other securities, issued by and constituting direct obligations of the United States of America, or discount notes of the federal national mortgage associations; provided, that only such obli...

...pursuant to Section 2g of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution and sections 5528.10 and 5528.11 of the Revised Code.

...pursuant to Section 2g of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.10 and 5528.11 of the Revised Code, due and payable during the current calendar year, except the principal of notes which the commissioners of the sinking fund certify will be retired by the issuance of bonds or renewal notes, the commissioners of the sinking fund shall certify such fact to the treasurer of state.

...pursuant to Section 2g of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution and sections 5528.10 and 5528.11 of the Revised Code due and payable during the current calendar year and the next succeeding calendar year, except the principal of notes which the commissioners of the sinking fund certify will be retired by the issuance of bonds or renewal notes, the commissioners of the sinking fund shall certify such fact to the treasurer o...

...pursuant to Section 2g of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.10 and 5528.11 of the Revised Code, the commissioners of the sinking fund shall certify such fact to the treasurer of state.

...uthority of Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution. If notes are issued in anticipation of bonds, the commissioners of the sinking fund shall issue bonds to retire such notes at their maturity unless the commissioners have provided for such retirement from the proceeds of renewal notes issued in anticipation of bonds.

...pursuant to Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code.

...pursuant to Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code, the commissioners of the sinking fund shall make a certification of such fact to the clerk of the senate, the clerk of the house of representatives, and the treasurer of state.

...nt entities. To the extent practicable, Ohio products, materials, services, and labor shall be used in any project financed in whole or in part from the fund.

...ems or the primary system, the names of Ohio residents who are listed by the United States department of defense as prisoners of war or missing in action from the Korean conflict or the Vietnam conflict may be memorialized by means of an appropriate marker listing all such persons. The design, size, and specific placement of the markers, in accordance with section 5913.30 of the Revised Code, shall be subject to the ...

...pursuant to Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and other authority vested in the general assembly, to assist in and facilitate the purposes set forth in division (B) of section 5531.10 of the Revised Code, and to assist and cooperate with any governmental agency in achieving such purposes.

... provided in Section 5a of Article XII, Ohio Constitution. The toll projects authorized by sections 5531.11 to 5531.18 of the Revised Code are part of the state highway system. (B) Any toll project shall be developed and submitted for selection in accordance with the policies and procedures of the selection process of the transportation review advisory council, created under Chapter 5512. of the Revised Code. Each...

... (D) User fees and accounts within the Ohio toll fund established in section 5531.14 of the Revised Code may be used for the acquisition of property under division (A) of this section or pursuant to contracts entered into under division (B) or (C) of this section to the same extent permitted by section 5531.14 of the Revised Code with respect to obligations.

...n, operation, and maintenance of the Ohio toll-way system by the department of transportation constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the department shall not be required to pay any state or local taxes or assessments upon any toll project, or upon revenues or any property acquired or used by the department under sections 5531.11 to 5531.18 of the Revised Code, or upon the...

... transportation and the director of the Ohio history connection, by agreement, may erect suitable markers on all state and federal highways, at points crossed by Morgan's raiders in 1863.

...The road known as Ohio route number eighty-two, running in an easterly and westerly direction through the counties of Lorain, Cuyahoga, Summit, Portage, and Trumbull and through the municipal corporations of Broadview Heights, Brecksville, Aurora, and Warren shall be known as the "Gold Star Mothers' Memorial Highway."

... city of Cincinnati and extends through Ohio shall be known as the "Donald H. Rolf Circle Freeway." The director of transportation shall erect suitable markers, in accordance with federal regulations, upon said highway indicating its name.

...ula county to its intersection with the Ohio turnpike in Lorain county, shall be known as the "Amvets highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the highway indicating its name.

...e Simon Kenton memorial bridge over the Ohio river at the municipal corporation of Aberdeen in Brown county and extending to the north boundary of the municipal corporation of Kenton in Hardin county, shall be known as the "Simon Kenton memorial highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the highway indicating its name.

...te thirty-three beginning in Willshire, Ohio, and running in a southeasterly and northwesterly direction through the counties of Van Wert, Mercer, Auglaize, Logan, Union, Franklin, Fairfield, Hocking, Athens, and Meigs to the West Virginia border shall be known as the "Marine Corps League Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

... route seventy-five, running throughout Ohio in a northerly and southerly direction, from the Michigan border in Lucas county, through the counties of Wood, Hancock, Allen, Auglaize, Shelby, Miami, Montgomery, Warren, and Butler, to the Kentucky border in Hamilton county, shall be known as the "Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Trail." (B) The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the designated po...

...The bridge that will span the Ohio river in Lawrence county and will replace the existing bridge known as the Ironton-Russell bridge, and that has a final completion date during calendar year 2016, shall be known as the "Oakley C. Collins Memorial Bridge." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the bridge or its approaches indicating its name.

...ge spanning the Cuyahoga river and the Ohio canal in Cuyahoga county, being part of the highway known as interstate route number four hundred eighty, shall be known as the "Union Workers Memorial Bridge." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the bridge or its approaches indicating its name.

...ar the municipal corporation of Berlin, Ohio and the intersection of that route and Joet road, in Holmes county, shall be known as the "Cpl. Fredrick Wayne Miller Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

...erson that receives an invoice from the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission may request an administrative hearing with the commission at the commission's principal office to dispute the invoice. The person may present evidence at the hearing. (2) Notwithstanding sections 1901.18, 1901.20, 1907.02, and 1907.031 of the Revised Code, the commission has exclusive original jurisdiction over a dispute regarding a...