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...If a general provision conflicts with a special or local provision, they shall be construed, if possible, so that effect is given to both. If the conflict between the provisions is irreconcilable, the special or local provision prevails as an exception to the general provision, unless the general provision is the later adoption and the manifest intent is that the general provision prevail.

...(A) If statutes enacted at the same or different sessions of the legislature are irreconcilable, the statute latest in date of enactment prevails. (B) If amendments to the same statute are enacted at the same or different sessions of the legislature, one amendment without reference to another, the amendments are to be harmonized, if possible, so that effect may be given to each. If the amendments are substantively i...

...If the language of the enrolled act deposited with the secretary of state, including any code section number designated pursuant to section 103.131 of the Revised Code, conflicts with the language of any subsequent printing or reprinting of the statute, the language and any such designated section number of the enrolled act prevails.

...A statute which is reenacted or amended is intended to be a continuation of the prior statute and not a new enactment, so far as it is the same as the prior statute.

...A reference to any portion of a statute of this state applies to all reenactments or amendments thereof.

...If a statute refers to a series of numbers or letters, the first and the last numbers or letters are included.

...The repeal of a repealing statute does not revive the statute originally repealed nor impair the effect of any saving clause therein.

...(A) The reenactment, amendment, or repeal of a statute does not, except as provided in division (B) of this section: (1) Affect the prior operation of the statute or any prior action taken thereunder; (2) Affect any validation, cure, right, privilege, obligation, or liability previously acquired, accrued, accorded, or incurred thereunder; (3) Affect any violation thereof or penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incur...

...As used in any statute, unless another definition is provided in that statute or a related statute: (A) "Child" includes child by adoption. (B) "Oath" includes affirmation, and "swear" includes affirm. (C) "Person" includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. (D) "Population" means that shown by the most recent regular federal census. (E) "Property" means rea...

...As used in Title I of the Revised Code, "state agency," except as otherwise provided in the title, means every organized body, office, or agency established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of state government. "State agency" does not include the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code.

...If a statute uses the term "fire marshal" it is referring to the state fire marshal.

...As used in any statute except section 303.01 or 519.01 of the Revised Code, "agriculture" includes farming; ranching; aquaculture; algaculture meaning the farming of algae; apiculture and related apicultural activities, production of honey, beeswax, honeycomb, and other related products; horticulture; viticulture, winemaking, and related activities; animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, the care and ...

...As used in the Revised Code, "OSU extension" means the cooperative extension service that was established by the "Smith-Lever Act," 38 Stat. 372 (1914), 7 U.S.C. 341 et seq., and is administered in this state by the Ohio state university.

...As used in the Revised Code, unless the context of a section does not permit the following or unless expressly provided otherwise in a section: (A) References to particular county officers, boards, commissions, and authorities mean, in the case of a county that has adopted a charter under Article X, Ohio Constitution, the officer, board, commission, or authority of that county designated by or pursuant to the...

...(A) The state solely shall regulate the business of originating, granting, servicing, and collecting loans and other forms of credit in the state and the manner in which any such business is conducted, and this regulation shall be in lieu of all other regulation of such activities by any municipal corporation or other political subdivision. (B) Any ordinance, resolution, regulation, or other action by a municipal co...

...As used in the Revised Code: (A) "Certified nurse-midwife" means an advanced practice registered nurse who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code and is designated as a certified nurse-midwife in accordance with section 4723.42 of the Revised Code and rules adopted by the board of nursing. (B) "Certified nurse practitioner" means an advanced practice registered nurse who holds...

...(A) As used in the Revised Code, "insurance rating agency" means A.M. Best Rating Services, Inc., Demotech, Inc., or a rating agency certified or approved by a national entity that engages in an approval process that includes all of the following: (1) A requirement for the rating agency to register and provide an annual updated filing; (2) Record retention requirements; (3) Financial reporting requirements; (4)...

... by a certificate of deposit, passbook, note, receipt, ledger card, or otherwise. "Bank" or "banking corporation" includes a state bank or any entity doing business as a bank, savings bank, or savings association under authority granted by the office of the comptroller of the currency or the former office of thrift supervision, the appropriate bank regulatory authority of another state of the United States, or the ap...

...It is hereby declared to be the purpose of the general assembly in enacting Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code to do all of the following: (A) Delegate to the division of financial institutions rule-making power and administrative discretion, subject to Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code, to assure the supervision and regulation of banks chartered under the laws of this state may be flexible and re...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every bank existing on or incorporated after the effective date of this amendment is subject to Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code do not affect the legality of banks organized, loans or investments made or committed to be made, or transactions completed or committ...

...(A) Except as otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code and any rules adopted under those chapters: (1) Are enforceable only by the superintendent of financial institutions, the superintendent's designee, the federal deposit insurance corporation, the federal reserve, or, with respect to Chapter 1127. of the Revised Code, a prosecuting attorney; and (2) Do not...

...All persons shall have the opportunity of acquiring knowledge of the contents of the articles of incorporation and other records filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state as required by Chapters 1101. to 1127. of the Revised Code. No person dealing with the bank shall be charged with constructive notice of the contents of any of those articles or records by reason of the filing or recording.

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, no person other than a bank doing business under authority granted by the superintendent of financial institutions, the bank chartering authority of another state, the office of the comptroller of the currency, or the bank chartering authority of a foreign country shall do either of the following: (a) Use "bank," "banker," "banking," "savings association,...

...(A) No person shall solicit, receive, or accept money or its equivalent for deposit as a business in this state, except a state bank, an entity doing business as a bank, savings bank, or savings association under authority granted by the bank regulatory authority of the United States, another state of the United States, or another country, or a credit union as defined in section 1733.01 of the Revised Code that is au...

...(A) Whoever violates division (A)(1)(a), (B)(1)(a), or (C) of section 1101.15 of the Revised Code is subject to a forfeiture of one hundred dollars for each day the violation is committed, repeated, or continued. (B) Whoever violates division (A)(1)(b) or (B)(1)(b) of section 1101.15 of the Revised Code is subject to a forfeiture of five thousand dollars for each day the violation is committed, repeated, or continue...