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...(A) As used in this section: "Ohio sports facility" means all or a portion of a stadium, arena, tennis facility, motorsports complex, or other capital facility in this state. A primary purpose of the facility shall be to provide a site or venue for the presentation to the public of motorsports events, professional tennis tournaments, or events of one or more major or minor league professional athletic or sports te...

...(A) Except as provided in division (F) of this section, the department of administrative services in consultation with the superintendent of insurance shall negotiate with and, in accordance with the competitive selection procedures of Chapter 125. of the Revised Code, contract with one or more insurance companies authorized to do business in this state, for the issuance of one of the following: (1) A policy of gr...

...(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the department of administrative services, in consultation with the superintendent of insurance, shall, in accordance with competitive selection procedures of Chapter 125. of the Revised Code, contract with an insurance company or a health plan in combination with an insurance company, authorized to do business in this state, for the issuance of a policy or cont...

...The department of administrative services shall establish a pilot program under which it includes medical savings accounts as part of any package of health care benefit options offered to state employees and state elected officials paid by warrant of the director of budget and management. Except for the provisions in divisions (A) and (B) of section 3924.64 of the Revised Code concerning designation of an admini...

...(A) As used in this section: "Ohio-based personal protective equipment manufacturer" means a manufacturer, at least two-thirds of the beneficial ownership of which is vested in residents of this state, that produces personal protective equipment in this state. "Personal protective equipment" has the meaning defined in division (E) of section 125.05 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of administrative serv...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Advertising" includes advertising in print or electronic newspapers, journals, or magazines and advertising broadcast over radio or television or placed on the internet. (2) "State official" means an official elected to a statewide office or a member of the general assembly. (B) Any advertising purchased with public money by a state official for the same purpose that, in the aggre...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Online subscription" means an offering through an internet online service or platform to access digital content or services on a recurring basis in exchange for a subscription fee. (2) "State agency" has the same meaning as in section 1.60 of the Revised Code, except that it does not include the general assembly, any legislative agency, or the governor. (B) Any online subscript...

...(A) Pursuant to sections 125.07, 125.071, and 125.072 of the Revised Code, the department of administrative services may prescribe such conditions under which competitive sealed bids, competitive sealed proposals, and bids in reverse auctions will be received and terms of the proposed purchase as it considers necessary; provided, that all such conditions and terms shall be reasonable and shall not unreasonably restri...

...(A) The department of administrative services may require that all competitive sealed bids, competitive sealed proposals, and bids received in a reverse auction be accompanied by a performance bond or other financial assurance acceptable to the director of administrative services, in the sum and with the sureties it prescribes, payable to the state, and conditioned that the person submitting the bid or proposal, if t...

...Every contract for or on behalf of the state or any of its political subdivisions for any purchase shall contain provisions similar to those required by section 153.59 of the Revised Code in the case of construction contracts by which the contractor agrees to both of the following: (A) That, in the hiring of employees for the performance of work under the contract or any subcontract, no contractor or subcontractor...

...(A) The director of administrative services may debar a vendor from consideration for contract awards upon a finding based upon a reasonable belief that the vendor has done any of the following: (1) Abused the selection process by repeatedly withdrawing bids or proposals before purchase orders or contracts are issued or failing to accept orders based upon firm bids; (2) Failed to substantially perform a contract ac...

...If the contractor fails to furnish printing goods and services according to the terms of the contract, the department of administrative services shall purchase the required printing goods and services on the open market after notifying the contractor in writing of such action, and the cost in excess of the contract shall be collected from the contractor or the posted bond, if a bond was provided.

...All government ordering offices purchasing supplies and services from qualified non-profit agencies or their approved agents shall reimburse the department of administrative services a reasonable sum to cover the department's costs of administering sections 125.60 to 125.6012 of the Revised Code. The department may bill administrative costs to government ordering offices directly, or allow qualified non-profit agenci...

...Section 125.607 of the Revised Code does not apply to the purchase of a product or service available from a state agency, state instrumentality, or political subdivision under any law in effect on July 1, 2005.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Biodiesel," "blended biodiesel," and "diesel fuel" have the same meanings as in section 125.831 of the Revised Code. (2) "Incremental cost" means the difference in cost between blended biodiesel and conventional petroleum-based diesel fuel at the time the blended biodiesel is purchased. (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the "biodiesel revolving fund," to which ...

...(A) As used in this section, "state agency" or "agency" does not include the general assembly or any legislative agency, any court or judicial agency, the secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, or attorney general and their respective offices. (B) The Ohio geographically referenced information program council shall develop and annually update a real property management plan. E...

...(A) Any state agency that purchases, leases, or otherwise acquires any equipment, materials, goods, supplies, or services from any person and fails to make payment for the equipment, materials, goods, supplies, or services by the required payment date shall pay an interest charge to the person in accordance with division (E) of this section, unless the amount of the interest charge is less than ten dollars. Except as...

...(A) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the office of budget and management shall perform routine support for the following boards and commissions: (1) Architects board; (2) State chiropractic board; (3) State cosmetology and barber board; (4) Accountancy board; (5) State dental board; (6) Ohio occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic trainers board; (7) State board ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Agricultural water project" means a project that will improve water quality by reducing or aiding in the reduction of levels of phosphorus, nitrogen, or sediment, that result from agricultural practices, in the waters of the state. "Agricultural water project" includes a project involving research, technology, design, construction, best management practices, conservation, testing,...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no assessment shall be made or issued against an entity for any wireless 9-1-1 charge required to be collected under section 128.40 of the Revised Code or any next generation 9-1-1 access fee required to be collected under section 128.414 or 128.421 of the Revised Code more than four years after the return date for the period in which the sale or purchase was made, or...

...following: (a) Designing, upgrading, purchasing, leasing, programming, installing, testing, or maintaining the necessary data, hardware, software, and trunking required for the public safety answering point or points of the 9-1-1 system to provide wireless, enhanced, or next generation 9-1-1 service; (b) Processing 9-1-1 emergency calls from the point of origin to include any expense for interoperable bidirecti...

...Value [UCC 1-204] Except as otherwise provided in Chapters 1303., 1304., and 1305. of the Revised Code, a person gives value for rights if the person acquires them: (A) In return for a binding commitment to extend credit or for the extension of immediately available credit, whether or not drawn upon and whether or not a charge-back is provided for in the event of difficulties in collection; (B) As security f...

...med under the contract for sale, as by purchasing or paying the seller's draft or making advances against it or by merely taking it for collection whether or not documents of title accompany or are associated with the draft. "Financing agency" includes also a bank or other person who similarly intervenes between persons who are in the position of seller and buyer in respect to the goods under section 1302.81 of...

...(A) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Acceptor" means a drawee who has accepted a draft. (2) "Consumer account" means an account established by an individual primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. (3) "Consumer transaction" means a transaction in which an individual incurs an obligation primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. (4) "Drawee" means ...

...Unless the instrument otherwise provides, an instrument that states the amount payable in foreign money may be paid in the foreign money or in an equivalent amount in dollars calculated by using the current bank-offered spot rate at the place of payment for the purchase of dollars on the day on which the instrument is paid.

...There is hereby created in the department of public safety the motorcycle safety and education program. The director of public safety shall administer the program in accordance with the following guidelines: (A)(1) The program shall include courses of instruction conducted at vocational schools, community colleges, or other suitable locations, by instructors who have obtained certification in the manner and form pr...

...The department of transportation shall not enter into any program to purchase or acquire any outdoor advertising device for which a valid permit has been issued by this state, except in cases of eminent domain involving an appropriation pursuant to Chapter 163. of the Revised Code, unless the purchase or acquisition program is first approved by the general assembly.

...(A) Each person applying for an adaptive mobility dealer's license shall biennially complete and deliver to the registrar of motor vehicles, before the first day of April, a separate license application for each county in which the business of dealing in adaptive mobility vehicles is to be conducted. The registrar shall prescribe the form of the application, which shall include all of the following: (1) The name of...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Stop-sale or do-not-drive order" means a notification issued by a motor vehicle manufacturer to its franchised motor vehicle dealers stating that certain used motor vehicles in inventory shall not be sold, either at retail or wholesale, leased, or driven due to a federal safety recall or a federal or state emissions recall. (2) "Average trade-in value" means the approximate monet...

...(A) A port authority created in accordance with section 4582.02 of the Revised Code shall be governed by a board of directors. Members of a board of directors of a port authority created by the exclusive action of a municipal corporation shall consist of the number of members it considers necessary and shall be appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council. Members of a board of directors of a por...

...The legislative authority of any municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision or taxing district, may convey or lease to or from, lease with an option to purchase, or exchange with, any port authority or any port authority may convey or lease to or from, lease with an option to purchase, or exchange with, a municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other ...

...As used in sections 4712.01 to 4712.14 of the Revised Code: (A) "Buyer" means an individual who is solicited to purchase or who purchases the services of a credit services organization for purposes other than obtaining a business loan as described in division (B)(6) of section 1343.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Consumer reporting agency" has the same meaning as in the "Fair Credit Reporting Act," 84 Stat. 1128, 15 U...

...If a preneed funeral contract contains a provision stating that the preneed funeral contract will be funded by the purchase of an insurance policy, the insurance agent who sold the policy that will fund that preneed funeral contract shall require that any payment made by the purchaser be made in the form of a check, cashier's check, money order, or debit or credit card, payable only to the insurance company. The insu...

...No telephone solicitor that intends to represent or cause to be represented, expressly or impliedly, to a purchaser that the purchaser is or may be eligible to receive a gift, award, or prize, however denominated, shall fail to submit to the attorney general, any later than fourteen days prior to first making that representation, a statement setting forth all of the following, for each item mentioned: (A) A descript...

...des a person engaged in the business of purchasing personal property from another person with an agreement that the personal property will be made available to that other person for repurchase within an agreed-to time period and for an amount greater than the price originally paid to that other person for the purchase of the personal property. (B) "Superintendent of financial institutions" includes the deputy super...

...The superintendent of financial institutions shall, either personally, or by such person as the superintendent may appoint for the purpose, at least once every eighteen months, and more often if deemed advisable, investigate the business of every person licensed as a pawnbroker, and of every person by whom or for which any such loan or purchase shall be made, whether such person shall act, or claim to act, as princip...

...erson who is engaged in the business of purchasing articles made of or containing gold, silver, platinum, or other precious metals or jewels of any description if, in any manner, including any form of advertisement or solicitation of customers, the person holds himself, herself, or itself out to the public as willing to purchase such articles. (B) "Superintendent of financial institutions" includes the deputy superi...

... division may engage in the business of purchasing articles made of or containing gold, silver, platinum, or other precious metals or jewels from the public at a bona fide auction, convention, exhibition, fair, or show, the primary purpose of which is to display, trade, and sell articles made of or containing precious metals or jewels, for a period not to exceed seven days for any one auction, convention, exhib...

...Every person licensed under this chapter shall keep and use books and forms approved by the superintendent of financial institutions, which shall disclose, at the time of each purchase, a full and accurate description including identifying letters or marks thereon of the articles purchased, with the name, age, place of residence, driver's or commercial driver's license number or other personal identification, and a s...

...No person licensed under Chapter 4728. of the Revised Code shall purchase any articles from any minor, or from any person intoxicated or under the influence of a controlled substance, from any person who is known or believed by the licensee to be a thief, or a receiver of stolen property.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Pharmacy," except when used in a context that refers to the practice of pharmacy, means any area, room, rooms, place of business, department, or portion of any of the foregoing where the practice of pharmacy is conducted. (B) "Practice of pharmacy" means providing pharmacist care requiring specialized knowledge, judgment, and skill derived from the principles of biological, chemica...

...The "Interstate Medical Licensure Compact" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined in the compact as follows: INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT SECTION 1. PURPOSE In order to strengthen access to health care, and in recognition of the advances in the delivery of health care, the member states of the In...

...(A) In representing a seller in an agency relationship, a licensee shall: (1) Seek a purchase offer at a price and with terms acceptable to the seller. Unless the seller so directs, the licensee is not obligated to seek additional offers if the property is subject to a contract of sale, lease, or letter of intent to lease; (2) Accept delivery of and present any purchase offer to the seller in a timely manner, even ...

...If the purchaser or receiver, by exchange or otherwise, as described in section 4737.01 of the Revised Code, is a peddler, or goes about with a wagon to purchase or obtain, by exchange or otherwise, any of such articles not excepted, and does not have a place of business in a building, he need not retain such articles for thirty days before selling them, provided, on Monday of each week, he files with the mayor of t...

...(A) Every salvage motor vehicle auction and salvage motor vehicle pool shall do all of the following: (1) Keep an electronic record of all sales of salvage motor vehicles and shall include in the record the make, model, year, vehicle identification number, and the names and addresses of the purchaser and seller of the salvage motor vehicle. (2) Obtain from any authorized purchaser of an Ohio salvage motor vehicle a...

...(A) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, no person shall do any of the following: (1) Engage in the business of displaying or selling at retail manufactured homes or mobile homes or assume to engage in that business, unless the person is licensed as a manufactured housing dealer under this chapter, or is a salesperson licensed under this chapter and employed by a licensed manufactured housing de...

...ding any consumer or group of consumers purchasing, delivering, storing, or transporting, or seeking to purchase, deliver, store, or transport, natural gas exclusively by and solely for the consumer's or consumers' own intended use as the end user or end users and not for profit; (3) A public utility that is owned or operated by any municipal corporation; (4) A railroad as defined in sections 4907.02 and 4907.03 of...

...With the consent and approval of the public utilities commission, a large water-works or sewage disposal system company may purchase the property, plant, or business of any municipal water-works or sewage disposal system company, as those companies are defined in section 4909.051 of the Revised Code. A petition filed under this section may also seek approval of a certificate of public convenience and necessity and th...

...As used in sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code: (A) "Contiguous property" includes, but is not limited to, a manufactured home park as defined in section 4781.01 of the Revised Code; a public or publicly subsidized housing project; an apartment complex; a condominium complex; a college or university; an office complex; a shopping center; a hotel; an industrial park; and a race track. (B) "Gas" means nat...

...As used in sections 4909.041, 4909.042, and 4909.05 of the Revised Code: (A) A "lease purchase agreement" is an agreement pursuant to which a public utility leasing property is required to make rental payments for the term of the agreement and either the utility is granted the right to purchase the property upon the completion of the term of the agreement and upon the payment of an additional fixed sum of money or ...