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...Least restrictive regulation" means the public policy of relying on one of the following, listed from the least to the most restrictive, as a means of consumer protection: market competition; third-party or consumer-created ratings and reviews; private certification; specific private civil cause of action to remedy consumer harm; actions under Chapter 1345. of the Revised Code; regulation of the process of providing ...

...uncil. The minutes shall be part of the public record of the county board. Any action taken by the council on direct services contracts under its review shall be in public. The council shall afford an affected party the opportunity to meet with the council on matters related to a direct services contract or any action taken by the council. (B) If a county board establishes a policy specifyi...

...irty days prior to the day of the first public meeting at which the agreement is deliberated by the legislative authority of the county or municipal corporation to which the enterprise intends to relocate or relocates. With the approval of the director of development, service shall be not later than fifteen days prior to the day of the first public meeting of the legislative authority at which the agreement is delibe...

...ter supply for domestic, municipal, and public use or meeting for any other matter regarding such a district other than litigation involving the district shall keep a written transcript of the meeting and shall make the transcript available to the public upon request.

...commissioners shall make provisions for public attendance at any location involved in such a meeting. The joint board shall establish the joint board's main office or board room as the primary meeting location for the video conference or teleconference. The conference shall be held at that location in an open meeting at which the public is allowed to attend. (B) Before convening a meeting of a joint board of county...

...estion of population detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare, but shall not impose a greater minimum lot area than forty-eight hundred square feet. Before the board may amend or adopt rules, it shall notify all the townships in the county of the proposed amendments or rules by regular mail at least thirty days before the public meeting at which the proposed amendments or rules are to be considered....

...ctor also may request the attendance at meetings of the commission consultants with expertise in agricultural law, marketing, statistics, or any other subject to advise and consult with the commission on matters on the agenda of any regular or special meeting of the commission. The expenses incurred by consultants attending those meetings shall be reimbursed according to division (H) of this section. The executive se...

...f supervisors shall make provisions for public attendance at any location involved in such a meeting. The board shall establish the board's main office or board room as the primary meeting location for the video conference or teleconference. The conference shall be held at that location in an open meeting at which the public is allowed to attend. (C) Before convening a meeting of a board of supervisors by video con...

...nate that lists the number of committee meetings and investigations the committee conducted during the immediately preceding calendar year and the number of advisory opinions it issued during the immediately preceding calendar year. (E) Any investigative report that contains facts and findings regarding a complaint filed with the joint legislative ethics committee and that is prepared by the staff of the committee...

... performance of official duties. (B) "Public official or employee" means any person who is elected or appointed to an office or is an employee of any public agency. "Public official or employee" does not include any of the following: (1) A person elected or appointed to the office of precinct, ward, or district committee member under section 3517.03 of the Revised Code, any presidential elector, or any delegate t...

...nders an advisory opinion that has been publicly sought and that relates to a special set of circumstances involving ethics, conflicts of interest, or financial disclosure under Chapter 102. or section 2921.42 or 2921.43 of the Revised Code, the person to whom the opinion was directed or who was similarly situated may reasonably rely upon such opinion and shall be immune from criminal prosecutions, civil suits, or ac...

...ed under either of those divisions is a public record open for inspection under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (D) Upon the adoption by the legislative service commission of a resolution as described in division (B) of this section that implements this division and division (C) of this section, if any conference committee appointed by the general assembly to resolve the differences between the houses of the gen...

... conduct forums, conferences, and other meetings at which representatives of state agencies and other individuals having expertise in the medicaid program may participate to increase knowledge and understanding of, and to develop and propose improvements in, the medicaid program; (2) Prepare and issue reports on the medicaid program; (3) Solicit written comments on, and conduct public hearings at which persons may ...

...t least five days written notice of all meetings. (H) Members shall serve without compensation except to the extent that serving on the council is considered part of the member's regular duties of employment. The council shall reimburse each member for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the member's official duties.

... responsible for calling and conducting meetings under section 101.35 of the Revised Code may select a date for the committee's public hearing on a proposed rule that is earlier than the forty-first day after the proposed rule was filed.

...s for the department of transportation, public works commission, and department of development; (2) Other appropriations that pertain to transportation and infrastructure related to transportation. (B) The governor shall submit a transportation budget to the general assembly not later than four weeks after the general assembly's organization. (C) The governor shall submit to the general assembly, not later t...

... to enhance their knowledge of the open meetings laws set forth in section 121.22 of the Revised Code. The training shall be three hours for every term of office for which the elected official or future official was appointed or elected to the public office involved. The training shall provide elected officials or their appropriate designees and future officials with guidance in developing and updating their offices'...

...her before or after completion, are not public records for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code, but the results of such examinations are public records under that section; (M) To certify tactical medical professionals who have satisfactorily completed approved training programs that qualify them to carry firearms while on duty under section 109.771 of the Revised Code and to issue appropriate certificate...

...acquisition is to be made; (2) Solicit public comment on the proposed acquisition, particularly from persons in the geographic area where the state bank proposed to be acquired is located, before final consideration of the notice by the superintendent. (E) Upon accepting a notice required under division (B) of this section, the superintendent shall do both of the following: (1) Conduct an investigation of the comp...

... agency, including, but not limited to, public schools and surplus computers and computer equipment transferred to a public school under division (G) of this section; (3) Excess or surplus supplies that an agency trades in as full or partial payment when purchasing a replacement item; (4) Hazardous property; (5) Excess or surplus supplies that the director has authorized to be part of an interagency transfer...

...und, improvements bond retirement fund, public library fund, liquor control fund, local government fund, local transportation improvement program fund, medicaid reserve fund, mental health facilities improvement fund, Ohio fairs fund, parks and recreation improvement fund, school district income tax fund, state agency facilities improvement fund, public safety - highway purposes fund, state lottery fund, undivided li...

...(3) Adjusting the territory served by a public safety answering point; (4) Permitting a regional council of governments to operate a public safety answering point; (5) Represcribing the funding of public safety answering points as between the alternatives set forth in division (A)(7) of section 128.07 of the Revised Code; (6) Providing for wireless enhanced 9-1-1; (7) Adding, changing, or removing a 9-1-1...

...05., and 4909. of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall determine the just, reasonable, and compensatory rates, tolls, classifications, charges, or rentals to be observed and charged for the wireline telephone network portion of a basic or enhanced 9-1-1 system, and each telephone company that is a wireline service provider participating in the system shall be subject to those chapters, to the exten...

..., equipping, and furnishing one or more public safety answering points as part of a countywide 9-1-1 system effective under division (B) of section 128.08 of the Revised Code and paying the expense of administering and enforcing this section, the board of county commissioners of a county, in accordance with this section, may fix and impose, on each lot or parcel of real property in the county that is owned by a perso...

...trating the harm that would result from public disclosure of the item of information or setting forth the reason that the applicant cannot authorize public disclosure of the item of information. (c) The applicant separately shall bind and identify all items of information for which confidential treatment is requested under division (C) of this section and make specific reference to those items in the remainder of th...