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...e area or the respective municipal corporation or unincorporated area of a township pursuant to the terms and conditions of the franchise or agreement. However, no such franchise or agreement shall be renewed or extended beyond the existing term of the franchise or agreement or its earlier termination pursuant to the terms and conditions of the franchise or agreement. With respect to such a franchise or competitive v...

...(A)(1) In accordance with section 1332.25 of the Revised Code, the director of commerce may issue to any person, or renew, a video service authorization, which authorization confers on the person the authority, subject to sections 1332.21 to 1332.34 of the Revised Code, to provide video service in its video service area; construct and operate a video service network in, along, across, or on public rights-of-way...

...(A) An application made to the director of commerce for a video service authorization under section 1332.24 of the Revised Code shall require and contain only the following: (1) Specification of the location of the applicant's principal place of business and the names of the applicant's principal executive officers; (2) Specification of the geographic and political boundaries of the applicant's proposed video servi...

... provider shall assist a municipal corporation or township in addressing video service subscriber complaints, in a manner consistent with the provider's complaint handling process set forth in its application pursuant to division (A)(7) of section 1332.24 of the Revised Code. Nothing in sections 1332.21 to 1332.34 of the Revised Code affects any authority granted under sections 1345.01 to 1345.13 of the Revised Code....

...ervice to the respective municipal corporation or township and to every person providing video service in all or part of that video service area. (B) A video service provider may transfer its video service authorization to a successor. Within ten days after completing the transfer, the provider shall provide written notice to the respective municipal corporation or township. The transfer is not valid until th...

...(A) Consistent with the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," Pub. L. No. 104-104, Title III, Sections 303(a), 110 Stat. 61, 124, 47 U.S.C. 541(a)(3) and to prohibit discriminatory practices against a group of potential residential subscribers, no video service provider shall deny access to video service to any group of potential residential subscribers in its video service area because of the race or income of the...

...(A)(1) A video service provider that both uses telecommunications facilities to provide video service and has more than one million telephone access lines in this state shall provide access to video service to at least: (a) Twenty-five per cent of the households in its video service area within two years after the date it began providing video service in that area; (b) Fifty per cent of the households in its ...

...(A)(1)(a) If a municipal corporation or township has three or more PEG channels programmed on January 1, 2007, the person providing those channels pursuant to a franchise, competitive video service agreement, ordinance, or resolution or otherwise shall continue to provide those PEG channels, three of which shall be on the person's basic cable service, with the additional PEG channels on the person's basic cable...

...Not later than six months after the effective date of its video service authorization, a video service provider shall carry emergency interrupt service announcements transmitted by local television broadcasters and shall transmit national, state, and local emergency interrupt service announcements as required by 47 C.F.R. 11.11 et seq. or as otherwise required by the federal communications commission.

...ce provider fee to each municipal corporation and each township in which it offers video service. The fee shall be calculated quarterly by determining the provider's gross revenue for the preceding calendar quarter as described in division (B) of this section and multiplying the result by the percentage specified in division (C)(1)(a) or (b) of this section. (B) Gross revenue shall be computed in accordance w...

...nce per calendar year, a municipal corporation or township may conduct an audit for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of a video service provider's calculation of the video service provider fees it paid to the municipal corporation or township in the audit period. For the purpose of the audit, the video service provider shall make available for inspection, at the location where such records are kept in the ...

...Nothing in sections 1332.21 to 1332.33 of the Revised Code is intended to be inconsistent with the "Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984," 98 Stat. 2779, 47 U.S.C. 521 to 573.

...context otherwise requires: (A) "Corporation" or "domestic corporation" means a corporation for profit formed under the laws of this state. (B) "Foreign corporation" means a corporation for profit formed under the laws of another state, and "foreign entity" means an entity formed under the laws of another state. (C) "State" means the United States; any state, territory, insular possession, or other political su...

...he regulations, or the bylaws of a corporation, or a resolution of its shareholders or directors, the day on which the notice is given shall be excluded, and the day when the act for which notice is given is to be done shall be included, unless the instrument calling for the notice otherwise provides. If notice is permitted to be given by mail, the notice shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the mail.

...(A)(1) A corporation may be formed under this chapter for any purpose or combination of purposes for which individuals lawfully may associate themselves, except that, if the Revised Code contains special provisions pertaining to the formation of any designated type of corporation other than a professional association, as defined in section 1785.01 of the Revised Code, a corporation of that type shall be formed in acc...

...residence, domicile, or state of incorporation, may form a corporation by signing and filing with the secretary of state articles of incorporation that shall set forth all of the following: (1) The name of the corporation, which shall be in compliance with division (A) of section 1701.05 of the Revised Code; (2) The place in this state where the principal office of the corporation is to be located; (3) The auth...

... be required to file articles of incorporation or any other documents or applications with the secretary of state as established in sections 111.16, 1329.01, 1701.04, or elsewhere in the Revised Code or otherwise comply with the requirements of Title XVII of the Revised Code as a condition precedent to engaging in business in this state for any of the following activities: (1) Disaster work performed in this state ...

...tion, merger, and consolidation of corporations, the corporate name of a domestic corporation shall comply with all of the following: (1) It shall end with or include the word or abbreviation "company," "co.," "corporation," "corp.," "incorporated," or "inc." (2) It shall not include the word "benefit" or "b-" in its name as a prefix to "company," "co.," "corporation," "corp," "incorporated," or "inc.," unless ...

...equirements, which may require the corporation to provide a sinking fund out of earnings or otherwise for the purchase or redemption of the shares or for dividends or distributions on them; (5) Voting rights, which may be full, limited, or denied, except as otherwise required by law; (6) Pre-emptive rights, or the denial or limitation of them; (7) Conversion rights; (8) Restrictions on the issuance of shares; (9...

...(A) Every corporation shall have and maintain an agent, sometimes referred to as the "statutory agent," upon whom any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by statute to be served upon a corporation may be served. The agent shall be one of the following: (1) A natural person who is a resident of this state; (2) A domestic or foreign corporation, nonprofit corporation, limited liability company, partne...

...(A) When articles of incorporation and other certificates relating to the corporation are submitted to the secretary of state, the secretary of state shall, after finding that they comply with the provisions of sections 1701.01 to 1701.98 of the Revised Code, accept the articles and other certificates for filing and make a copy of the articles and other certificates by microfilm or by any authorized photostatic or di...

... (B) Unless the articles fix the consideration for which subscriptions are to be received, all of the following apply: (1) If subscriptions are to be received for shares without par value, the incorporators shall fix the consideration for which they will receive subscriptions for such shares. (2) If subscriptions are to be received for shares with par value, the consideration for the shares shall be the par value o...

...(A) After incorporation, all of the following apply: (1) If the initial directors are named in the articles, the initial directors shall hold an organizational meeting, at the call of a majority of the directors, to complete the organization of the corporation by receiving subscriptions, appointing officers, adopting regulations, and carrying on any other business brought before the meeting. (2) If the initial dire...

...gulations for the government of a corporation, the conduct of its affairs, and the management of its property, consistent with law and the articles, may be adopted, amended, or repealed in any of the following ways: (a) Within ninety days after the corporation is formed, by the directors in accordance with division (A)(1) of section 1701.10 of the Revised Code; (b) By the shareholders at a meeting held for th...

...is set forth in its articles and a corporation commences business before there has been paid in the amount of that initial stated capital, no corporate transaction shall be invalidated thereby, but incorporators participating in such transaction before the election of directors, and directors participating therein, shall be jointly and severally liable for the debts of the corporation up to an amount not exceeding in...