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...It is the public policy of the state of Ohio to prefer childbirth over abortion to the extent that is constitutionally permissible.

...ivisions shall be sent any notice of cancellation. The contractor may not self-insure. A contractor that has been approved to operate a facility under this section, and a person or entity that enters into a contract for specialized services, as described in division (I) of this section, relative to an intensive program prison established pursuant to section 5120.033 of the Revised Code to be operated by a contracto...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) Deadly weapon has the same meaning as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code. (2) Governing authority of a local public entity means whichever of the following is applicable: (a) For a county, the board of county commissioners of the county; (b) For a municipal corporation, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation; (c) For a combination of counties, a combination of...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Computer," "computer network," "computer system," "computer services," "telecommunications service," and "information service" have the same meanings as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Contractor" means either of the following: (a) A person who enters into a contract under section 9.06 of the Revised Code. (b) A person who enters into a contract under section 9.0...

...As used in sections 9.10 to 9.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code, "facsimile signature" includes, but is not limited to, the reproduction of any authorized signature by a copper plate or by a photographic, photostatic, or mechanical device, but does not authorize the use of a rubber stamp signature by the official or authorized employee referred to in section 9.11 of the Revised Code on the face of any instrument men...

...Any elected or appointed public official of this state or of any political subdivision or instrumentality thereof, or any member, agent, or employee of any board, commission, bureau, or other public body established by law, who is permitted or required in the performance of his duties to affix his signature on any check, draft, warrant, voucher, or other instrument for the payment of money, may adopt a facsimile ther...

...Any check, draft, warrant, voucher, or other instrument for the payment of money bearing a duly adopted facsimile signature as authorized by section 9.11 of the Revised Code, even though such facsimile signature was affixed without the authority or knowledge of the person whose signature it purports to be, is as valid as if the genuine manual signature of such person were affixed thereto as to any depository, bank, o...

...A county, municipal corporation, or township may spend money on highway projects that are not located within its boundaries.

...Sections 9.10 to 9.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not release the liability of any public official, employee, or other person for loss of funds occasioned by any authorized use of a duly adopted facsimile signature. Any public official, board, commission, bureau, or public body mentioned in section 9.11 of the Revised Code may protect itself and its agents and employees from loss, damage, or expense occasioned...

...As used in this section, "legal residence" means a permanent place of abode used or occupied as living quarters at the time of a person's death, including a nursing home, hospital, or other care facility. When the body of a dead person is found in a township or municipal corporation, and such person was not an inmate of a correctional, benevolent, or charitable institution of this state, and the body is not claimed ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Governmental entity" means the state or a political subdivision. (2) "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 9.48 of the Revised Code. (3) "State" has the same meaning as in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code. (B) A governmental entity may utilize distributed ledger technology, including blockchain technology, in the exercise of its authority.

...(A) The amount for purposes of a provision of the Revised Code that references this section shall be as follows: (1) Beginning on the effective date of this section through calendar year 2024, seventy-five thousand dollars; (2) For each calendar year thereafter, the amount for the previous calendar year increased by three per cent as determined and published by the director of commerce.

...The state; a county, a township, or a cemetery association or the commissioners or trustees of a county, township, or cemetery association; a municipal corporation or the legislative authority, a board, or other officers of a municipal corporation; and a benevolent, educational, or correctional institution, wholly or in part under the control of the state, or the board of directors, trustees, or other officers of the...

... credit card reissuance, credit card cancellation, and the process for reporting lost or stolen credit cards; (6) The political subdivision's credit card account's maximum credit limit or limits; (7) The actions or omissions by an officer or employee that qualify as misuse of a credit card account. (B) The name of the political subdivision shall appear on each presentation instrument related to the account includi...

...As used in this section, "political subdivision" means a county, township, municipal corporation, or any other body corporate and politic that is responsible for government activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state. No political subdivision may hold or utilize a debit card account, except for law enforcement purposes. Possession or use of a debit card account by a political subdivision except f...

...As used in sections 9.23 to 9.238 of the Revised Code: (A) "Allocable nondirect costs" means the amount of nondirect costs allocated as a result of actual expenditures on direct costs. "Allocable nondirect costs" shall be calculated as follows: direct costs actually incurred for the provision of services pursuant to a contract entered into under section 9.231 of the Revised Code divided by the minimum percentage of...

...(A)(1) Subject to divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section, a governmental entity shall not disburse money totaling twenty-five thousand dollars or more to any person for the provision of services for the primary benefit of individuals or the public and not for the primary benefit of a governmental entity or the employees of a governmental entity, unless the contracting authority of the governmental entity first ente...

...A contract entered into under section 9.231 of the Revised Code shall, at a minimum, set forth all of the following: (A) The minimum percentage of money that is to be expended on the recipient's direct costs; (B) The records that a recipient must maintain to document direct costs; (C) If some of the recipient's obligations under the contract involve the performance of any of the types of services described in divi...

...(A) A recipient shall be entitled to the contract payment earned. In no event shall a recipient be entitled to more than the contract payment earned. A recipient shall repay any money received in excess of the contract payment earned to the governmental entity or, if a different disposition is provided for in the recipient's contract with the governmental entity, dispose of that money in accordance with the terms of ...

...(A) Unless otherwise explicitly provided in the Revised Code, a recipient shall do all of the following: (1) With respect to any money received prior to the performance of the recipient's obligations under the contract entered into under section 9.231 of the Revised Code, and any money received in excess of the contract payment earned, keep current and accurate records of the receipt and use of the money in a manner...

...(A)(1) Subject to division (A)(2) of this section, the financial books and records of a recipient, and the financial books and records of any person with which the recipient contracts for the performance of the recipient's obligations under the recipient's contract with the governmental entity, shall be open to inspection by the governmental entity and by the state from the time the recipient first applies for paymen...

...(A) A recipient is liable to repay to the governmental entity any money received in excess of the contract payment earned. (B)(1) A governmental entity may bring a civil action for the recovery of money due to the governmental entity from a recipient under division (A) of this section. In such an action, any person with which the recipient has contracted for the performance of the recipient's material obligations to...

...The attorney general shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the terms of any contract entered into under section 9.231 of the Revised Code. The rules shall set forth all of the following: (A) A definition of permissible components of direct costs, including a list of expenditures that may never be included in direct costs and a nonexclusive list of expenditures that may be in...

...(A) The auditor of state shall prescribe a single form of the financial reviews required by divisions (B)(1) and (2) of section 9.234 of the Revised Code to be used for all governmental entities. (B) The auditor of state may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the form and content of the audit reports required by division (B)(3) of section 9.234 of the Revised Code and may presc...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Public building" means a building owned by a public entity. (2) "Public entity" means a subdivision, the general assembly, a court, any department, division, institution, board, commission, authority, bureau or other agency of instrumentality of the state, the five state retirement systems, or any other governmental entity. (3) "Subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 2...