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...(A) The owner or keeper of an animal described in section 951.02 of the Revised Code, who negligently permits it to run at large in violation of that section, is liable for all damages resulting from injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by the animal in any of the places specified in section 951.02 of the Revised Code or upon the premises of another without reference to the fence that may enclose...

...A person finding an animal at large in violation of section 951.02 of the Revised Code, may, and a law enforcement officer of a county, township, city, or village, on view or information, shall, take and confine that animal, promptly giving notice of the taking and confining of the animal to the owner or keeper, if known, and, if not known, by publishing a notice describing the animal once in a newspaper of gen...

...If it is proven that an animal running at large in violation of section 951.02 of the Revised Code escaped from its owner or keeper without the owner's or keeper's knowledge or fault, the animal shall be returned to its owner or keeper upon payment of the compensation prescribed in section 951.13 of the Revised Code for its taking, advertising, and keeping.

...The person or county, township, city, or village whose law enforcement officer takes an animal running at large in violation of section 951.02 of the Revised Code is entitled to receive from the owner or keeper of the animal the following compensation: (A) For taking and advertising each animal, five dollars; (B) Reasonable expenses actually incurred for keeping each animal. Compensation for taking, advertising, ...

...Whoever recklessly violates section 951.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Animal" means any animal, other than a human being, and includes domestic fowl, wild birds, fish, and reptiles, living or dead. (B) "Licensee" means any person who is licensed in accordance with this chapter. (C) "Loading platform" means any place operated by a licensee for loading dead animals, or parts thereof, onto trucks to take them to a rendering plant or composting facilit...

...(A) No person shall engage in the business of disposing of, picking up, rendering, or collecting raw rendering material or transporting the material to a composting facility without a license to do so from the department of agriculture. (B) This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (1) A farmer who slaughters the farmer's own animals, raised by the farmer on the farmer's own farm, processes the farmer's ...

...(A) Application for a license shall be made to the department of agriculture on a form prescribed by the department. (B) Each application shall include all of the following: (1) The name and address of the applicant; (2) The applicant's proposed place of business; (3) A detailed statement of the method that the applicant intends to use to dispose of, pick up, render, or collect raw rendering material or to t...

...(A) Each rendering plant building shall: (1) Be provided with floors constructed of concrete or some other nonabsorbent materials; (2) Be maintained in a good state of repair; (3) Have an adequate water supply, and be supplied with sufficient steam and steam hose or other equipment approved by the department of agriculture to clean the floors of the plant and its trucks; (4) Have adequate drainage as determined b...

...(A) In the disposal or rendering of raw rendering material, all of the following requirements shall be met: (1) All raw rendering material shall be processed or disposed of within forty-eight hours after its arrival at the rendering plant; (2) Each cooking vat or tank shall be airtight, except for proper escapes for steam; (3) Steam shall be disposed of so as to cause no nuisance; (4) All skinning and dismemberin...

...(A) No raw rendering material shall be fed to an avian, equine, ovine, bovine, or porcine animal. (B) Except as provided in division (C) or (D) of this section, no raw rendering material shall be sold or offered for sale to a person who is not licensed under section 953.23 of the Revised Code unless the material is in a labeled wrapper or is in some other way identified or denatured in a manner approved by the depar...

...(A) The director of agriculture may promulgate, adopt, and enforce regulations to carry out this chapter. (B) No person shall fail to comply with the regulations adopted by the department of agriculture under division (A) of this section.

...(A) Any authorized representative of the director of agriculture who has good reason to suspect that any premises or means of conveyance contains raw rendering material shall have free access to those premises or that means of conveyance at any reasonable time. (B) The department of agriculture shall inspect each place or means of conveyance licensed under section 953.23 of the Revised Code at least once each year a...

...(A) No raw rendering material shall be conveyed unless the means of conveyance is so constructed that no drippings or seepings can escape from such means of conveyance and the raw rendering material is covered. (B) Each means of conveyance shall be thoroughly cleaned with steam, or such other method approved by the department of agriculture, at least once each day of its use for the conveyance of raw rendering mater...

...(A) Each loading platform shall: (1) Be provided with floors constructed of concrete or some other nonabsorbent material; (2) Have an adequate supply of water and steam or other facilities to clean floors or means of conveyance; (3) Have adequate drainage as determined by the department. (B) Each loading platform, and all equipment used therewith, shall at all times be kept in a reasonably sanitary condition.

...The department of agriculture may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue a license issued under this chapter for any violation under this chapter, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

...Whoever violates sections 953.21 to 953.31 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree; on each subsequent violation, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Vicious dog" means a dog that has been designated as such in accordance with section 955.23 of the Revised Code or a dog that has previously engaged in a vicious dog act when evidence of such engagement is presented to a court and the court determines that the dog has engaged in a previous vicious dog act. (B) "Dangerous dog" means a dog that has been designated as such in accordance...

...(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section or in sections 955.021, 955.022, and 955.16 of the Revised Code, every person who owns, keeps, or harbors a dog more than three months of age shall file, on or after the first day of the applicable December, but before the thirty-first day of the applicable January, in the office of the county auditor of the county in which the dog is kept or harbored, an applicatio...

...(A) When an application is made for registration of an assistance dog and the owner can show proof by certificate or other means that the dog is an assistance dog, the owner of the dog shall be exempt from any fee for the registration. Registration for an assistance dog shall be permanent and not subject to annual renewal so long as the dog is an assistance dog. Certificates and tags stamped "Ohio Assistance Dog-Perm...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Controlled substance" has the same meaning as in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Law enforcement agency" means the state highway patrol, the office of a county sheriff, the police department of a municipal corporation or township, or a township or joint police district. (3) "Law enforcement canine" means a dog regularly utilized by a law enforcement agency for genera...

...(A) As used in this section, "financial transaction device" has the same meaning as in section 301.28 of the Revised Code. (B) A county auditor may establish procedures and take actions that are necessary to allow for either or both of the following: (1) The registration of dogs and kennels under this chapter via the internet; (2) The payment of dog and kennel registration fees under this chapter by financial t...

...Whenever a county auditor registers a dangerous or vicious dog or receives a notification regarding an address change from an owner, keeper, or harborer of a dangerous or vicious dog, the county auditor shall notify in writing the applicable county dog warden of such registration or address change.

...Any dog that has been registered under sections 955.02 and 955.04 of the Revised Code and any dog not required to be registered under such sections shall be considered as personal property and have all the rights and privileges and be subject to like restraints as other livestock.

...(A) Every owner of a dog kennel shall, in like manner as provided in division (A) of section 955.02 of the Revised Code, make application for the registration of such kennel, and pay to the county auditor a registration fee of ten dollars for each such kennel, unless a greater fee has been established under section 955.14 of the Revised Code. If the application is not filed and the fee paid, on or before the thirty-f...

...ereby created in the state treasury the parks and watercraft federal grants fund. The fund shall consist of federal funds received by the department of natural resources for purposes of this section and any other money credited to the fund. The chief of the division of parks and watercraft shall use money in the fund for parks and watercraft projects approved by the director of natural resources.

...The park lodges, maintenance, and repair fund is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of money received from contractual agreements with service providers and concessionaires for state park lodges, restaurants, and marinas. The chief of the division of parks and watercraft shall use money in the fund to pay maintenance and repair costs for facilities operated by concessionaires and service providers ...

...The parks and watercraft holding fund is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of money received by the division of parks and watercraft from gift card sales, credit card sales, and sales conducted at field locations. With regard to gift card sales, the chief of the division of parks and watercraft shall transfer money in the parks and watercraft holding fund to the appropriate fund after gift certi...

...Division street in Kelleys Island state park shall be known as the "Henry T. Beatty Memorial Picnic Area." The chief of the division of parks and watercraft may erect suitable markers in the picnic area indicating its name.

...eby designated within the Malabar state park in Richland county to honor Doris Duke's pioneering contributions to conservation at Malabar state park and across the nation. (B) The "Doris Duke Woods" consists of one hundred twenty contiguous acres of Malabar state park's most mature hardwood forest located between Bromfield road and state route number ninety-five. (C) The department of natural resources shall not ...

...the owner of property adjacent to state park lands that abut a state park lake. (2) "State park lake" means a lake originally constructed for economic development purposes that is located in a state park that is situated in a county with a population under fifty thousand residents in accordance with the most recent federal decennial census. (B) The chief of the division of parks and watercraft shall establish a...

...The director of natural resources, as successor to the conservation commissioner mentioned in the compact set forth in section 1546.90 of the Revised Code, shall be administrator of said compact.

...ised Code, the chief of the division of parks and watercraft shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.

...ed Code or any rules of the division of parks and watercraft shall be fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.

...ion, township, metropolitan or township park district, soil and water conservation district, conservancy district, or joint recreation district. (J) "Net proceeds" means amounts received from the sale of obligations pursuant to this chapter, excluding amounts used to refund or retire outstanding obligations, and does not include amounts required to be deposited in special funds pursuant to the applicable bond procee...

...The Ohio parks and natural resources fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of the proceeds of obligations issued pursuant to Chapter 1557. of the Revised Code before September 30, 2000, and pursuant to sections 151.01 and 151.05 of the Revised Code, except for amounts deposited in special funds, or in escrow funds for the purpose of refunding outstanding obligations. Moneys to the credi...

... that the proceeds credited to the Ohio parks and natural resources fund have been expended for the purposes and in accordance with the limitations set forth herein. (D) Each issue of obligations shall be authorized by resolution of the commissioners of the sinking fund. The bond proceedings shall provide for the principal amount or maximum principal amount of obligations of an issue, and shall provide for or aut...

...(A) The parks and natural resources local assistance grant program is hereby established to provide grants to local government entities for capital improvements for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, expansion, improvement, planning, and equipping of capital projects that enhance the use and enjoyment of natural resources by individuals. Such projects include, but are not limited to, the acquisition of la...

...Each citizen of the United States who, on the day of the succeeding presidential election, will be eighteen years of age or over, who has moved the citizen's residence from this state not more than ninety days prior to the day of such presidential election, who has not registered to vote in the state to which that citizen has moved that citizen's residence, and who, because of that citizen's removal from this s...

...(A) Any citizen who desires to vote in a presidential election under this chapter shall, not later than four p.m. of the thirtieth day prior to the date of the presidential election, complete a certificate of intent to vote for presidential and vice-presidential electors. The certificate of intent shall be completed in duplicate on a form prescribed by the secretary of state that may be obtained and filed personally ...

...on election day or by absent voter's ballots. Such voter who votes at that voter's polling place on election day shall sign that voter's name in the poll book or poll list followed by, "Former Resident's Presidential Ballot." Qualified former residents shall be entitled to cast absent voter's ballots for presidential and vice-presidential electors. (B) The list of persons described in division (A) of this section s...

...The director of the board of elections shall forward copies of all certificates of intent received from former residents to the secretary of state no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the day of the election in which such former resident desires to vote. Upon receipt of such certificate the secretary of state shall immediately notify the chief elections officer of the state of each applicant's prior resi...

...A person who willfully makes a false statement or affidavit under sections 3504.01 to 3504.06 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.

...ch county the forms of the official ballots to be used at that general election, together with the names of the candidates to be printed on those ballots whose candidacy is to be submitted to the electors of the entire state. On the seventieth day before a special election to be held on the day specified by division (E) of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code for the holding of a primary election, designated by ...

...(A) Except as otherwise permitted under Article X or Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, no election shall be conducted in this state using ranked choice voting or instant runoff voting. (B) If the secretary of state determines that a county or municipal corporation has, by resolution or ordinance, approved the use of ranked choice voting or instant runoff voting in an election, then the county or municipal corporati...

...Revised Code shall be printed on the ballot in parentheses directly below the present name of such person. This section applies to both primary and general election ballots.

...eral or special election on the same ballot, the names of the candidates shall be differentiated on the ballot by varying combinations of first and middle names and initials. Immediately after it becomes known that two or more persons with the same given name and surname are to be candidates on the same ballot for the same office, the director of the board of elections for local, municipal, county, general, or specia...

...(A) On the office type ballot shall be printed the names of all candidates for election to offices, except the office of judge of a municipal court, county court, or court of common pleas, who were nominated at the most recent primary election as candidates of a political party or who were nominated in accordance with section 3513.02 of the Revised Code, and the names of all candidates for election to offices who wer...

...On the nonpartisan ballot shall be printed the names of all nonpartisan candidates for election to the office of judge of a municipal court, county court, or court of common pleas, the office of member of a board of education, municipal or township offices for municipal corporations and townships in which primary elections are not held for nomination of candidates by political parties, and municipal offices of munici...

...(A) On the questions and issues ballot shall be printed all questions and issues to be submitted at any one election together with the percentage of affirmative votes necessary for passage as required by law. Such ballot shall have printed across the top thereof, and below the stubs, "Official Questions and Issues Ballot." (B)(1) Questions and issues shall be grouped together on the ballot from top to bottom as pro...