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Section 503.56 | Tourism development districts.

...evelopment district" means a district designated by a township under this section. (2) "Territory of a tourism development district" means all of the area included within the territorial boundaries of a tourism development district. (3) "Business" means a sole proprietorship, a corporation for profit, a pass-through entity as defined in section 5733.04 of the Revised Code, the federal government, the state, the s...

Section 505.28 | Creation of waste disposal district.

...otest petition is filed with the board, signed by at least fifty per cent of the electors residing in the district, the act of the board in creating such district shall be void. If a petition is filed with the board asking for the creation of such a district in the township, accompanied by a map clearly showing the boundaries of such district, and signed by at least sixty-five per cent of the electors residing therei...

Section 505.64 | Authorizing use of township credit card.

...iscal officer or the fiscal officer's designee; (5) The procedure for credit card issuance, credit card reissuance, credit card cancellation, and the process for reporting lost or stolen credit cards; (6) The township's credit card account's maximum credit limit or limits; (7) The actions or omissions by an officer, employee, or appointee that qualify as misuse of a credit card account. (B) The name of the townsh...

Section 731.14 | Contracts by legislative authority of a village - exception.

...executed in the name of the village and signed on its behalf by the mayor and clerk. Except where the contract is for equipment, services, materials, or supplies to be purchased under division (D) of section 713.23 or section 125.04 or 5513.01 of the Revised Code, available from a qualified nonprofit agency pursuant to sections 4115.31 to 4115.35 of the Revised Code, or required to be purchased from a qualified nonpr...

Section 731.141 | Village administrator to make contracts and purchases.

...the village administrator or a person designated by the village administrator at the time, date, and place as specified in the advertisement to bidders or specifications. The time, date, and place of bid openings may be extended to a later date by the village administrator, provided that written or oral notice of the change shall be given to all persons who have received or requested specifications no later than nine...

Section 731.16 | Alterations or modifications of contracts.

...ct, has been agreed upon in writing and signed by the contractor, and by the mayor, or, in the event a village administrator has been appointed as provided by section 735.271 of the Revised Code, the village administrator on behalf of the village. No contractor shall recover anything for work or material because of any alteration or modification, unless such contract is made as provided by this section, nor shall he ...

Section 731.20 | Authentication and recording.

...d bylaws shall be authenticated by the signature of the presiding officer and clerk of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation. A succinct summary of ordinances of a general nature or providing for improvements shall be published as provided by sections 731.21 and 731.22 of the Revised Code before going into operation. No ordinance shall take effect until the expiration of ten days after the fir...

Section 731.24 | Certificate of clerk as to publication.

...es such publication was made, and shall sign the clerk's name thereto officially. Such certificate shall be prima-facie evidence that legal publication of the summary of the ordinance was made.

Section 731.35 | Itemized statement by circulator of petition.

... earned while circulating or soliciting signatures to petitions by persons who were regular salaried employees of some person who authorized them to solicit signatures for or circulate the petition as a part of their regular duties. (B) The statement provided for in division (A) of this section shall not be required from persons who take no other part in circulating a petition than signing declarations to parts of t...

Section 731.36 | Prohibited practices relative to petitions.

...o pay any elector anything of value for signing an initiative or referendum petition; (C) Promise to help another person to obtain appointment to any office provided for by the constitution or laws of this state or by the ordinances of any municipal corporation, or to any position or employment in the service of the state or any political subdivision thereof as a consideration for obtaining signatures to an initiati...

Section 731.59 | Custody of municipal securities.

...r vault upon any such occasion shall be signed by the treasurer and by the witness required by this section, and shall be returned to the chief accounting officer upon the same day. Whenever any securities are so held for the municipal corporation the officers having power to make such investments shall be bonded in amounts to be stipulated by ordinance. Such bonds may cover other contingencies in which such officers...

Section 733.30 | General duties of the mayor of a municipal corporation.

...aithfully obeyed and enforced. He shall sign all commissions, licenses, and permits granted by such legislative authority, or authorized by Title VII of the Revised Code, and such other instruments as by law or ordinances require his certificate.

Section 733.48 | Legal counsel for villages - petition to appoint legal counsel.

...on may be filed with the village clerk, signed by registered electors residing in the village equal in number to not less than ten per cent of the total vote cast for all candidates for governor in the village at the most recent general election at which a governor was elected, requesting that the question be placed before the electors whether, instead of the legislative authority appointing legal counsel for t...

Section 733.71 | Certain facts shall not invalidate bond.

...ligees named in the instrument have not signed it, that new duties have been imposed on the officers, or that any merely formal objection exists shall not be available in any suit on the instrument.

Section 733.72 | Charges against municipal officers filed with probate judge - proceedings.

...y elector of the municipal corporation, signed and approved by four other electors thereof, the judge shall forthwith issue a citation to any person charged in the complaint for his appearance before the judge within ten days from the filing thereof, and shall also furnish the accused and the village solicitor or city director of law with a copy thereof. The complaint shall charge any of the following: (A) That a me...

Section 735.07 | Contract - alterations or modifications.

...ct, has been agreed upon in writing and signed by the director on behalf of the city and the contractor, and approved by the board of control. No contractor may recover anything for work or material because of any such alteration or modification unless the contract is made in such manner, nor shall he be allowed or recover for such work and material, or either, more than the agreed price. The law relating to the req...

Section 737.022 | Authority of director of public safety to promulgate certain traffic regulations.

...ocation of traffic control devices and signs; (2) The regulation or prohibition of parking on public ways or public property; (3) The regulation of the right-of-way at intersections of streets, alleys, and highways; (4) The regulation or prohibition of turns at intersections; (5) The creation, abolition, and regulation of through routes and truck routes; (6) The creation, abolition, and regulation of pedestr...

Section 737.40 | Voluntary motor vehicle decal registration program.

... vehicle that he owns in the program by signing a consent form, displaying the decal issued under this section, and paying the prescribed fee. The motor vehicle owner shall remove the decal to withdraw from the program and also prior to the sale or transfer of ownership of the vehicle. Any law enforcement officer may conduct, at any place within this state at which the officer would be permitted to arrest the p...

Section 739.02 | Trustees of the sinking fund.

...l corporation there shall be a board, designated as the "trustees of the sinking fund," which shall have the management and control of the sinking fund established under section 739.01 of the Revised Code. In cities, such board shall consist of four citizens of such city, who shall be electors thereof, well known for their intelligence and integrity, to be appointed by the mayor for one, two, three, and four years r...

Section 739.09 | Deposit and withdrawal of funds.

... be drawn by check only, which shall be signed by the president and at least two members of the board, and attested by the secretary or clerk.

Section 739.13 | Record of proceedings - clerk.

...roceedings of the board, which shall be signed by the president or vice-president and by such clerk.

Section 742.26 | Employment of OPFPF or other state retirement system retirant.

...fter death to a surviving beneficiary designated at the time the plan of payment is selected. (c) Notwithstanding divisions (F)(2)(a) and (b) of this section, if a monthly annuity would be less than twenty-five dollars per month, the retirant shall receive a lump sum payment. (3) Interest shall be credited to accounts only at the time of calculation of a benefit payable under division (F)(2) of this section. (4) A...

Section 742.37 | Rules for disbursement of benefits and pensions.

...nty-five years of service credit, has resigned or been discharged, and has left the sum deducted from the member's salary on deposit in the pension fund shall upon attaining the requisite age be entitled to receive a normal service pension benefit computed and paid under division (C)(1) of this section. While participating in the deferred retirement option plan established under section 742.43 of the Revised Code, a...

Section 742.38 | Minimum medical testing and diagnostic standards or procedures to be incorporated into physical examinations for prospective members.

...ter; (3) Providing for the board to assign competent and disinterested physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and vocational evaluators to conduct examinations of a member; (4) Requiring a written report for each disability application that includes a summary of findings, medical opinions, including an opinion on whether the illness or injury upon which the member's application for...

Section 742.41 | Annual statement of funds.

...inistration of the fund, to the board-assigned physician. (2) Documentation required by section 2929.193 of the Revised Code shall be provided to a court holding a hearing under that section. (D) Any person who is a member of the fund or an other system retirant shall be furnished with a statement of the amount to the credit of the person's individual account upon the person's written request. The fund need n...

Section 742.514 | Transfer of former Cincinnati park police officers to fund.

...nt system and shall include a statement signed by the member authorizing the retirement system, if it approves the transfer, to transfer to the Ohio police and fire pension fund the total employee contributions to the credit of the member as a full-time regular member of the Cincinnati police department and as a park police officer. If the retirement system approves the transfer, it shall certify to the Ohio police ...

Section 743.06 | Proceeds from water works to be a separate fund.

...r of public service. The director shall sign all orders drawn on the treasurer of the municipal corporation against such fund.

Section 743.29 | Surveys for construction and repair of public works of municipal corporations.

... be executed in triplicate and shall be signed by the proper officers of the municipal corporation, as in the case of other contracts of such municipal corporation, and by the engineer agreeing to perform such service, and one copy thereof shall be filed with the fiscal officer of the municipal corporation, whose certificate as provided in section 5705.41 of the Revised Code shall not be required. Payment therefor ma...

Section 3505.36 | Canvass of abstracts of multi county candidates and issues.

... board shall be in writing and shall be signed by at least a majority of the members of such board. It shall bear the date of the day upon which it was made, and a copy thereof shall be posted by the board in a conspicuous place in its office. The board shall keep such copy posted for a period of at least five days.

Section 3505.37 | Canvass of abstracts by county where major portion of a subdivision involved is located.

... board shall be in writing and shall be signed by at least a majority of the members of such board. It shall bear the date of the day upon which it is made, and a copy thereof shall be posted by such board in a conspicuous place in its office. The board shall keep such copy posted for a period of at least five days.

Section 3505.38 | Certificates of election.

...a certificate of the person's election, signed by the governor, sealed with the great seal of the state, and countersigned by the secretary of state. Certificates of election of members of the house of representatives of the congress of the United States shall be forwarded by registered mail to the clerk of the house of representatives of the congress of the United States, Washington, D.C., and the person elected to ...

Section 3506.02 | Manner of adopting voting machines, marking devices, and automatic tabulating equipment.

...quipment in such county. If a petition signed by electors equal in number to two per cent of the total votes cast in the county for the office of governor at the most recent general election for that office is filed with the board of elections, such board shall submit to the electors of such county at the next general election occurring not less than ninety days thereafter the question "Shall voting machines, ...

Section 3506.13 | Challengers and witnesses in precincts where marking devices, automatic tabulating equipment, voting machines, or any combination of these are used.

...sing of the ballots and the sealing and signing of the envelopes or containers or both containing the voted ballots.

Section 3509.05 | Voting and return procedure.

...n it and the indorsements and facsimile signatures of the members of the board of elections on the back of it are visible, and placed and sealed within the identification envelope received from the board of elections for that purpose. Then, the elector shall cause the statement of voter on the outside of the identification envelope to be completed and signed, under penalty of election falsification. (B) The electo...

Section 3509.051 | Casting absent voter's ballots in person.

...entification to the election officials, sign a poll list or signature pollbook, and cast a ballot in the same manner as a voter who casts a ballot in person on the day of an election under section 3505.18 of the Revised Code. The absent voter shall not be required to complete a written application for absent voter's ballots or a statement of voter on an absent voter's ballot identification envelope. (C) No person...

Section 3511.05 | Identification envelope format and return.

... believe. ________________________ (Signature of Voter) WHOEVER COMMITS ELECTION FALSIFICATION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY OF THE FIFTH DEGREE." (B) The board shall also mail with the ballots and the unsealed identification envelope sent by mail an unsealed return envelope, gummed, ready for sealing, for use by the voter in returning the voter's marked ballots to the office of the board. The board shall send with t...

Section 3511.07 | Mailing precautions.

..., by sealing it or otherwise, and shall sign the blank form printed on the back of such envelope.

Section 3511.09 | Voting procedure.

...ed, and, by writing the elector's usual signature in the proper place on the identification envelope, the elector shall declare under penalty of election falsification that the answers to those questions are true and correct to the best of the elector's knowledge and belief. Then, the elector shall note whether there are any voting marks on the ballot. If there are any voting marks, the ballot shall be returned immed...

Section 3513.07 | Form of declaration of candidacy and petition.

..._________ (Name of Candidate), the undersigned, hereby declare under penalty of election falsification that my voting residence is in _______________ precinct of the _____________________________ (Township) or (Ward and City or Village) in the county of ________________, Ohio; that my voting residence is _______________ (Street and Number, if any, or Rural Route and Number) of the _____________________________ (City ...

Section 3513.121 | Delegates to national party convention alternative procedures.

...at section; (2) A statement in writing signed by the candidate in which the candidate states the candidate's first and second choices for nomination as the candidate of the candidate's party for the presidency of the United States. (D) A declaration of candidacy filed pursuant to division (A) of this section shall be in substantially the form prescribed in section 3513.07 of the Revised Code except that the se...

Section 3513.21 | Counting and return of ballots.

...eed without delay to canvass the vote, sign and seal it, and make returns thereof to the board of elections forthwith on the forms to be provided by the board. The provisions of Title XXXV of the Revised Code relating to the accounting for and return of all ballots at general elections apply to primary ballots. If there is any disagreement as to how a ballot should be counted it shall be submitted to all of t...

Section 3513.253 | Nomination for officers of township.

...e and township fiscal officer shall be signed by not less than twenty-five qualified electors of the township. Such petition shall be filed with the board of elections not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the general election, provided that no such nominating petition shall be accepted for filing if it appears to contain signatures aggregating in number more than three times the minim...

Section 3513.255 | Petitions for member of governing board of educational service center.

...lot. Each nominating petition shall be signed by fifty qualified electors who reside in one of the following, as applicable: (A) The school districts over which the educational service center governing board has jurisdiction, in the case of any candidate running for a position on any educational service center governing board other than a governing board established in accordance with section 3311.054 of the ...

Section 3513.257 | Independent candidates statements of candidacy and nominating petitions.

... The nominating petition shall contain signatures of qualified electors of the district, political subdivision, or portion of a political subdivision in which the candidacy is to be voted on in an amount to be determined as follows: (A) If the candidacy is to be voted on by electors throughout the entire state, the nominating petition, including the nominating petition of independent joint candidates for the offic...

Section 3513.31 | Withdrawal, disqualification, or death of candidate prior to general election.

...ajority of the committee of five, as designated on the candidate's nominating petition, if a member of that committee certifies in writing and under oath to the election officials with whom the candidate filed the candidate's nominating petition, not later than the eighty-sixth day before the day of the general election, the name of the person selected to fill the vacancy. The certification shall be accompanied...

Section 3515.09 | Filing election contest petition.

...with the clerk of the appropriate court signed by at least twenty-five voters who voted at the last election for or against a candidate for the office or for or against the issue being contested, or by the defeated candidate for said nomination or election, within fifteen days after the results of any such nomination or election have been ascertained and announced by the proper authority, or if there is a recount, wi...

Section 3517.011 | Petition form.

...r part petition shall be circulated and signed as required by section 3501.38 of the Revised Code.

Section 3517.105 | Identification of source of political advertising.

...tion, newspaper, magazine, poster, yard sign, or outdoor advertising facility, by direct mail, or by any other means of advertising to the general public. (2) For purposes of this section and section 3517.20 of the Revised Code, a person is a member of a political action committee if the person makes one or more contributions to that political action committee, and a person is a member of a political contributing en...

Section 3517.1011 | Notices and disclosures regarding electioneering communications.

...andbill, brochure, bumper sticker, yard sign, poster, billboard, and other written materials, including mailings; communications over the internet, including electronic mail; or telephone communications. (ii) A communication that appears in a news story, commentary, public service announcement, bona fide news programming, or editorial distributed through the facilities of any broadcast, cable, or satellite televisio...

Section 3517.11 | Requirement of filing statement.

...statements are required to be filed and signed a form, to be provided by the secretary of state, attesting that the candidate has been notified of the candidate's obligations under the campaign finance law. The board shall forward the completed form to the secretary of state. The board shall notify all other candidates required to file those statements with it either by certified mail, or, if the secretary of state h...

Section 3517.20 | Political communications; identification of source.

...r form of general publication that is designed to promote the nomination, election, or defeat of a candidate. (2) "Political publication for or against an issue" means a notice, placard, advertisement, sample ballot, brochure, flyer, direct mailer, or other form of general publication that is designed to promote the adoption or defeat of a ballot issue or question or to influence the voters in an election. (3) ...

Section 3519.051 | Original ink signatures required for initiative and referendum.

...Each signature of a voter who signs an initiative or referendum petition shall be an original signature of that voter in ink. Only initiative and referendum petitions containing those original signatures in ink shall be filed with the office of the secretary of state or a board of elections.

Section 3519.06 | Verification of petition.

... (B) That the statement is not properly signed; (C) That the statement is altered by erasure, interlineation, or otherwise; (D) That the statement is false in any respect; (E) That any one person has affixed more than one signature thereto.