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...The board of directors of a corporation incorporated under Chapter 1726. of the Revised Code shall be of such number in multiples of three as shall be determined in the first instance by the incorporators and thereafter by the shareholders and shall be elected in the first instance by the incorporators, and thereafter at each annual meeting of the corporation, or, if no annual meeting is held in any year at the time ...

...(A) So long as a community urban redevelopment corporation is obligated under a financial agreement with a municipal corporation made pursuant to section 1728.07 of the Revised Code, it shall engage in no business other than the acquisition, ownership, construction, operation, and management of such project or projects. (B) The corporation shall not voluntarily transfer the project undertaken by it under Chapter 172...

...(A) There is hereby created the Ohio advisory council for the aging, which shall consist of twelve members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Two ex officio members of the council shall be members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and shall be members of two different political parties. Two ex officio members of the council...

...(A) Subject to section 173.381 of the Revised Code and except as provided in division (I) of this section, the department of aging or its designee shall do all of the following in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code: (1) Certify a provider to provide services, including community-based long-term care services, under a program the department administers if the provider satisfies the requirements for ce...

...(A) The board of directors of a credit union may, in its discretion, appoint one or more associate directors to serve in an advisory, ex officio capacity. The board shall prescribe the duties of an associate director and the manner in which associate directors are appointed and removed. (B) Prior to appointing an associate director, the board shall confirm that the person meets all of the requirements to serve as a...

...(A) The officers of the credit union shall consist of a president, a secretary, a treasurer, and, if desired, a chairman of the board, a vice chairman of the board, one or more vice-presidents, and such other officers and assistant officers as is provided for in the regulations, bylaws, or by resolution of the board of directors. The officers shall be elected by directors. The chairman and vice chairman of the board ...

...(A) There is hereby created the housing trust fund advisory committee. The committee consists of the following seven members, appointed by the governor, with advice and consent of the Senate, who possess knowledge and experience with respect to the housing needs of low- and moderate-income persons: (1) One member to represent lenders; (2) One member to represent affordable housing developers; (3) One member to re...

...Any corporation organized for the purpose of providing a home for deaf persons may enter into a contract with the board of county commissioners of any county, or with the proper officers of any municipal infirmary, for the care and maintenance in such home of any deaf person who is an inmate of the county home or of such municipal infirmary, or who is entitled to admission thereto. In every such case the county home ...

...(A) The officers of an unincorporated nonprofit association, if any, may consist of a president, a secretary, a treasurer, and, if desired, a chairperson, one or more vice-presidents, and any other officers and assistant officers that may be considered necessary, each of whom may be designated by any other titles that may be provided in the governing principles or the resolutions of the managers. Unless the go...

...(A) The office of a manager becomes vacant if the manager dies or resigns. A resignation under this division takes effect immediately or at any other time that the manager may specify. (B) A manager may be removed from office pursuant to any procedure for removal from office provided in the governing principles. That removal from office creates a vacancy. (C) Unless the governing principles provide otherwise,...

...(A) Except as set forth in section 1746.03 of the Revised Code, before transacting business in this state, a business trust shall file in the office of the secretary of state, on forms prescribed by the secretary of state, a report containing the following information: (1) A list of the names and addresses of its trustees; (2) The address of its principal office; (3) In the case of a foreign business trust, th...

...(A) Before transacting real estate business in this state, a real estate investment trust shall file the following report in the office of the secretary of state, on forms prescribed by the secretary of state: (1) An executed copy of the trust instrument or a true and correct copy of it, certified to be such by a trustee before an official authorized to administer oaths or by a public official in another state in ...

...(A)(1) In order to permit the credit union share guaranty corporation to assess the financial condition and performance of a credit union, upon the written request of the corporation, the superintendent of credit unions or other credit union supervisory authority or the national credit union administration may furnish to the corporation a copy of unaudited financial statements filed by a participating credit union or...

...(A) A credit union share guaranty corporation shall file with the superintendent of credit unions an annual report containing audited financial statements, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or such other accounting requirements determined by the superintendent of credit unions, covering the fiscal year within one hundred days after the close of such fiscal year in accordance with di...

...(A) The organized crime investigations commission, consisting of seven members, is hereby established in the office of the attorney general. One of the members shall be the attorney general. Of the remaining members, each of whom shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, two shall be prosecuting attorneys, two shall be county sheriffs, and two shall be chief municipal law enforceme...

...(A) Each limited partnership shall maintain continuously in this state an agent for service of process on the limited partnership. 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, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited partnership association, pr...

...Except as approved by the specific written consent of all partners at the time, a person ceases to be a general partner of a limited partnership upon the happening of any of the following events of withdrawal: (A) The general partner withdraws from the limited partnership as provided in section 1782.32 of the Revised Code; (B) The general partner ceases to be a general partner of the limited partnership as provided...

...As used in this chapter, "JobsOhio" means the nonprofit corporation formed under this section, and includes any subsidiary of that corporation. In any section of law that refers to the nonprofit corporation formed under this section, reference to the corporation includes reference to any such subsidiary unless otherwise specified or clearly appearing from the context. The governor is hereby authorized to form ...

...(A) The judges of a municipal court and officers of the court shall take an oath of office as provided in section 3.23 of the Revised Code. (B) The office of judge of a municipal court is subject to forfeiture, and the judge may be removed from office, for the causes and by the procedure provided in sections 3.07 to 3.10 of the Revised Code. A vacancy in the office of judge exists upon the death, resignation...

...In addition to jurisdiction otherwise granted by this chapter, a municipal court shall have jurisdiction in actions filed under section 3729.13 of the Revised Code.

...The mayor of a municipal corporation, and in his absence, the president of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, may grant to officials of adjoining or contiguous townships the temporary use of the municipal corporation prison, station house, or watchhouse to confine criminals or other persons dangerous to the peace of the community, until they can be safety removed to the county jail, or other plac...

...In addition to the jurisdiction authorized in other sections of this chapter, a county court has original jurisdiction in actions filed under section 3729.13 of the Revised Code.

...(A) A judge of a county court shall take an oath of office as provided in section 3.23 of the Revised Code. (B) The office of judge of a county court is subject to forfeiture, and a judge may be removed from office, for the causes and by the procedure provided in sections 3.07 to 3.10 of the Revised Code.

...A county court judge has jurisdiction in any action brought pursuant to division (I) of section 4781.40 of the Revised Code if the residential premises that are the subject of the action are located within the territorial jurisdiction of the judge's county court district.

...If the broadband expansion program authority approves an application under the Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program, the following costs are eligible for reimbursement under the program: (A) Actual and reasonable costs to perform a pole replacement or mid-span pole installation, including the amount of any expenditures to remove and dispose of an existing utility pole, purchase and install a ...

...(A) As used in this section, "law enforcement officer" means any of the following who is employed, commissioned, disposed, appointed, or elected in a capacity specified in division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section for this state, a political subdivision of this state, or an agency, department, or instrumentality of this state or a political subdivision of this state: (1) Any law enforcement officer, as defined i...

...(A) The general assembly and executive department officers elected under Ohio Constitution, Article III may establish, implement, and fund through public resources, security provisions for the protection of the members of the general assembly and executive department officers covered under this section. (B)(1) The authority to determine and administer appropriate security provisions for the general assembly is vest...

...A street, alley, or road shall not be laid out or established through or over the lands belonging to a public institution of the state without the special permission of the general assembly.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Public employer" means a state agency or a political subdivision of the state. (2) "State agency" means any organized body, office, agency, institution, or other entity established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of government. (3) "Political subdivision" means a county, township, municipal corporation, or any other body corporate and politic that is resp...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "License" means a license, certificate, registration, permit, card, or other authority issued or conferred by a licensing authority of which the licensee has or claims the privilege to engage in the profession, occupation, or activity, or to have control of and operate certain specific equipment, machinery, or premises, over which the licensing authority has jurisdiction. (2) "Li...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Construction manager" and "construction manager at risk" have the same meanings as in section 9.33 of the Revised Code. (2) "Contractor" means a person who undertakes to construct, alter, erect, improve, repair, demolish, remove, dig, drill, or provide professional design services for any part of a structure or public improvement. "Contractor" may include any public or business ass...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Boycott" means engaging in refusals to deal, terminating business activities, or other actions that are intended to limit commercial relations with persons or entities in a discriminatory manner. "Boycott" does not include: (a) Boycotts to which 50 U.S.C. 4607(c) applies; (b) A decision based on business or economic reasons, or the specific conduct of a targeted person or entit...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "License" means an authorization evidenced by a license, certificate, registration, permit, card, or other authority that is issued or conferred by a licensing authority to an individual by which the individual has or claims the privilege to engage in a profession, occupation, or occupational activity over which the licensing authority has jurisdiction. "License" does not include a ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "License" means an authorization evidenced by a license, certificate, registration, permit, card, or other authority that is issued or conferred by a licensing authority to an individual by which the individual has or claims the privilege to engage in a profession, occupation, or occupational activity over which the licensing authority has jurisdiction. "License" does not include a...

...The chief officer of any department or division of the state, and the budgeting authority of any political subdivision or school district, or any institution supported in whole or in part by the state, a county or municipality, may authorize a payroll deduction plan for contributions by employees to one or more specified charitable agencies which are corporations not for profit, community chests, united funds, or oth...

...After an authorization adopted under section 9.80 of the Revised Code, any public officer or employee of any department or division of the state, any political subdivision or school district thereof, or of any institution supported in whole or in part by the state, a county, or municipal corporation, who desires to make a contribution by the payroll deduction plan to one or more of the specified charitable agencies w...

...As used in sections 9.82 to 9.83 of the Revised Code: (A) "State" means the state of Ohio, including, but not limited to, the general assembly, the supreme court, the offices of all elected state officers, and all departments, boards, offices, commissions, agencies, institutions, and other instrumentalities of the state of Ohio. "State" does not include political subdivisions. For purposes of the judicial li...

...(A) The department of administrative services shall direct and manage for state agencies all risk management and insurance programs authorized under section 9.822 of the Revised Code. (B) The office of risk management is hereby established within the department of administrative services. The director of administrative services, or a deputy director appointed by the director, shall control and supervise the office....

...(A) The department of administrative services through the office of risk management shall establish an insurance plan or plans that may provide for self-insurance, the purchase of insurance, or the purchase of surety bonds, public official bonds, or fidelity bonds, for any of the following purposes: (1) Insuring state real and personal property against losses occasioned by fire, windstorm, or other accidents and pe...

...(A) All contributions collected by the director of administrative services under division (E) of this section shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the risk management reserve fund, which is hereby created. The fund shall be used to provide insurance and self-insurance for the state under sections 9.822 and 9.83 of the Revised Code. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to ...

...(A) The state and any political subdivision may procure a policy or policies of insurance insuring its officers and employees against liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property that occurs in the course of their employment or official responsibilities for the state or the political subdivision. The state is authorized to expend funds to pay judgments that are rendered in any court against its officers...

...(A) As used in this section: "Political subdivision" has the meaning defined in sections 2744.01 and 3905.36 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this section, "political subdivision" includes municipal corporations as defined in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code. "County board" means a county board of developmental disabilities. (B) Political subdivisions and county boards that provide health care benefits for ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Energy price risk management contract" means a contract that is intended to mitigate, for the term of the contract, the price volatility of energy sources, including, but not limited to, a contract or futures contract for natural gas, gasoline, oil, and diesel fuel, and that is a budgetary and financial tool only and not a contract for the procurement of an energy source...

...Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person appearing as a witness before any public official, department, board, bureau, commission, or agency, or any representative of a public official, department, board, bureau, commission, or agency, in any administrative or executive proceeding or investigation, public or private, if the witness so requests, shall be permitted to be accompanied, represented, a...

...As used in this section and sections 9.86 and 9.87 of the Revised Code: (A) "Officer or employee" has the same meaning as in division (A) of section 109.36 of the Revised Code. (B) "State" has the same meaning as in division (B) of section 109.36 of the Revised Code. (C) "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as in division (C) of section 109.36 of the Revised Code. (D) "Employer" has the same meaning as in...

...Except for civil actions that arise out of the operation of a motor vehicle and civil actions in which the state is the plaintiff, no officer or employee shall be liable in any civil action that arises under the law of this state for damage or injury caused in the performance of his duties, unless the officer's or employee's actions were manifestly outside the scope of his employment or official responsibilities, or ...

...(A) The state, except as provided in division (B) of this section, shall indemnify an officer or employee from liability incurred in the performance of official duties by paying any judgment in, or amount negotiated in settlement of, any civil action arising under federal law, the law of another state, or the law of a foreign jurisdiction. The reasonableness of the amount of any consent judgment or settlement is subj...

...(A) If an employee of the department of rehabilitation and correction is subject to criminal charges for actions occurring within the scope and in the course of the employee's assigned duties, and if the charges are dismissed or the employee is acquitted of any wrongdoing as a result, the employee may be indemnified for the reasonable cost of legal representation. An employee shall request indemnification by s...

...(A) As used in this section, "federal law enforcement officer" means any officer of the United States who is authorized by federal law to conduct any investigation of, and make any arrest for, any offense against the United States in violation of federal law. (B) A federal law enforcement officer, while engaged in the performance of his official duties, has the same immunity from liability that a state or local law...

...(A) The board of trustees or other governing body of a state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, board of education of a school district, or governing board of an educational service center may, in addition to all other powers provided in the Revised Code: (1) Contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure from an insurer or insurers licensed to do business by the state...