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...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Animal" means a nonhuman mammal, bird, reptile, or amphibian, either dead or alive. (2) "Offense" means a violation of this section or an attempt, in violation of section 2923.02 of the Revised Code, to violate this section. (3) "Officer" has the same meaning as in section 959.132 of the Revised Code. (4) "Sexual conduct" means either of the following committed for the purpo...

...(A) Whoever violates section 959.18 or 959.19 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates section 959.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. If the value of the animal killed or the injury done amounts to three hundred dollars or more, whoever violates section 959.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a mis...

...As used in sections 961.01 to 961.05 of the Revised Code: (A) "Burial right" means the right of interment. (B) "Interment" means the disposition of pet remains by earth burial, entombment in a mausoleum, or inurnment in a columbarium. (C) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code. (D) "Pet" means an animal that has been adapted or tamed to live in intimate association with or for the pl...

...The owner of any land used or to be used as a pet cemetery shall file, or cause to be filed, in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the land is located, a declaration restricting the land to being used only for such purposes as are usual and normal for the operation of a pet cemetery. The owner shall execute the declaration in the same manner and with the same effect as a conveyance of an i...

...No person shall operate a pet cemetery in this state that is less than three acres in size, unless such cemetery was organized or developed and was operating on the effective date of this section.

...(A) Any person desiring to operate any pet cemetery which is organized or developed on or after the effective date of this section shall, before selling or offering to sell any burial right in such pet cemetery, establish an endowment care fund, as required by division (B) of this section, and place a deposit in the fund of at least twelve thousand dollars in cash, or in bonds of the United States, this state, or any...

...(A) After a declaration has been filed pursuant to section 961.02 of the Revised Code, the land described in the declaration shall be used for pet cemetery purposes only unless the restriction for such use is removed by order of the court of common pleas in the county where the land is located in a proceeding brought by the pet cemetery owner or the owner's heirs or assigns. (B) The court of common pleas may ...

...Whoever violates section 961.02 or 961.03 or division (B) of section 961.04 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Applicable county recorder" means the county recorder of a county in which a partition fence is, was, or is not required to be constructed and maintained in good repair. (B) "Build a fence," "construct a fence," and "maintain a fence in good repair" include any necessary clearing of land. (C) "Livestock" means horses, mules, asses, hogs, sheep, goats, cattle, and any other animal...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all fields and enclosures in which livestock are kept or placed and that are bordered by a division line between the adjoining properties of different owners shall be enclosed by a preferred partition fence. (B) Nothing in this chapter prevents an owner from building a fence that exceeds the requirements for a preferred partition fence established under this c...

...This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (A) The enclosure of lots in municipal corporations; (B) The enclosure of adjoining properties that are laid out into lots outside of municipal corporations; (C) Fences that are required to be constructed by persons or corporations owning, controlling, or managing a railroad pursuant to Chapter 4959. of the Revised Code.

...Nothing in this chapter prevents the owners of adjoining properties from entering into a written agreement that states that no fence is needed between the properties, a fence other than a preferred partition fence may be built and maintained pursuant to division (C)(1) of section 971.02 of the Revised Code, or the rights and obligations of the owners are different from what is established in this chapter. The a...

...(A) If there is evidence that a partition fence previously existed between the adjoining properties of two owners, one of the owners, or both, may file an affidavit with the applicable county recorder to be placed in the partition fence record established under section 971.15 of the Revised Code stating that a partition fence existed between the adjoining properties within two years prior to the filing of the a...

...(A) If a partition fence exists between adjoining properties, the owners of the adjoining properties shall maintain the fence in good repair in equitable shares. If the owners decide to build a new fence, they shall do so in equitable shares in accordance with this chapter unless the owners enter into an agreement in accordance with section 971.04 of the Revised Code. (B) The owners of adjoining properties sh...

...(A) If a partition fence does not exist between adjoining properties, there is no evidence that a partition fence previously existed, an affidavit has not been filed with the applicable county recorder in accordance with section 971.05 or 971.06 of the Revised Code, or a written agreement between the owners of adjoining properties has not been filed with the applicable county recorder in accordance with section...

...Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, an owner of land as defined in division (D)(2) of section 971.01 of the Revised Code is responsible for fifty per cent of the total cost of building and maintaining in good repair a partition fence between that owner and the owner of adjoining property unless a written agreement has been entered into under section 971.04 of the Revised Code.

...(A) If an owner chooses to build a partition fence and the owner of adjoining property does not share in the construction of the fence, the owner building the fence, or a contractor hired by the owner, may enter on the adjoining property for no more than ten feet for the length of the fence to build and maintain in good repair the fence. The owner or contractor building the fence is not guilty of a violation of...

...(A)(1) When an owner neglects to build or maintain in good repair a partition fence, or the portion thereof that the owner is required to build or maintain, the aggrieved owner may do either of the following: (a) File an action in a court of common pleas as provided in section 971.16 of the Revised Code; (b) File a complaint with the board of township trustees of the township in which the land or fenc...

...The cost due the township fiscal officer and the board of township trustees for making the assignment set forth in section 971.09 of the Revised Code shall be taxed equally against each of the persons and, if not paid to the fiscal officer within thirty days from the date of the assignment, shall be certified by the fiscal officer to the county auditor, with a correct description of the lands and the amount...

...The county auditor shall place the amount authorized in section 971.10 of the Revised Code upon the duplicate to be collected as other taxes, and the county treasurer shall pay it, when collected, to the township fiscal officer as other funds are paid.

...(A) If either owner fails to build or maintain in good repair the portion of a partition fence assigned to the owner under section 971.09 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees, upon the application of the aggrieved owner, shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder agreeing to furnish the labor and material, and build or maintain the fence according to the specifications proposed by the bo...

...When the work provided for under section 971.12 of the Revised Code is completed to the satisfaction of the board of township trustees, it shall certify the costs to the township fiscal officer. If the costs are not paid within thirty days, the township fiscal officer shall certify them to the county auditor with a statement of the cost of the construction or maintenance and incidental costs incurred by the tr...

...The county auditor shall place the amounts certified, as provided in section 971.13 of the Revised Code, upon the tax duplicate, which amounts shall become a lien and be collected as other taxes. The board of township trustees shall certify the amount due each person for building or maintaining the fence and the amount due each trustee and the township fiscal officer for services rendered. In anticipation...

...All agreements between the owners of adjoining properties filed in accordance with this chapter, all affidavits filed by owners in accordance with this chapter, and all assignments of and findings and decisions regarding responsibility for building and maintaining in good repair partition fences made under this chapter shall be recorded in the official records of the county recorder. A document recorded in the ...

...(A) An owner may file an action in a court of common pleas of the county in which the owner resides if the owner of adjoining property neglects to build or maintain in good repair a partition fence or the portion of a partition fence that the owner is required to build or maintain. (B) In an action filed under this section, a court shall consider all of the following when making an assignment of responsibilit...

...(A) Every employee organization that is certified or recognized as a representative of public employees under this chapter shall file with the state employment relations board a registration report that is signed by its president or other appropriate officer. The report shall be in a form prescribed by the board and accompanied by two copies of the employee organization's constitution and bylaws. The board sh...

... private employer employing one or more employees regularly in the same business, or in or about the same establishment, shall submit a payroll report to the bureau. Until the policy year commencing July 1, 2015, a private employer shall submit the payroll report in January of each year. For a policy year commencing on or after July 1, 2015, the employer shall submit the payroll report on or before August fifteenth o...

...(A) A public employee acting in good faith has the right to refuse to work under conditions that the public employee reasonably believes present an imminent danger of death or serious harm to the public employee, provided that such conditions are not such as normally exist for or reasonably might be expected to occur in the occupation of the public employee. A public employer shall not discriminate against a public e...

...ere work is being performed by a public employee of a public employer, and any place of employment and all pertinent conditions, structures, machines, apparatus, devices, equipment, and materials therein, and question privately any public employer, administrator, department head, operator, agent, or public employee. The authority to inspect and investigate includes the taking of environmental samples, the taking and ...

... board member, former board member, employee, former employee, or member of the immediate family of a board member, former board member, employee, or former employee if the person who would receive services under the contract stands to receive any preferential treatment or any unfair advantage over other eligible persons. (C) A county board shall not enter into a direct services contract for ...

...As used in this section, "management employee" does not include the superintendent of a county board of developmental disabilities. (A)(1) Each management employee of a county board of developmental disabilities shall hold a limited contract for a period of not less than one year and not more than five years, except that a management employee hired after the beginning of a program year may be employed under a...

... Any former family member; (c) Any key employee; (d) Any former key employee provided that, upon the end of the individual's employment by the family trust company, the individual does not receive investment advice from the family trust company, or invest additional assets with a family trust company-advised trust, foundation, or entity, other than with respect to assets advised directly or indirectly by the family...

... as otherwise provided in this section, employees whose salaries or wages are paid by warrant of the director of budget and management and who have accumulated sick leave under section 124.38 or 124.382 of the Revised Code shall be paid for a percentage of their accumulated balances, upon separation for any reason, including death but excluding retirement, at their last base rate of pay at the rate of one hour of pay...

...a member or former member of the public employees retirement system but not a current contributor and who is not receiving a pension or benefit from the public employees retirement system elects to receive credit under the Cincinnati retirement system for service for which the person contributed to the public employees retirement system or purchased or obtained as military service credit, the public employees retirem...

...nt" means a former member of the public employees retirement system who is receiving one of the following: (a) Age and service retirement benefits under section 145.32, 145.33, 145.331, 145.332, 145.335, or 145.46 or former section 145.34 of the Revised Code; (b) Age and service retirement benefits paid by the public employees retirement system under section 145.37 of the Revised Code; (c) Any benefit paid u...

...o elect or appoint officers, attorneys, employees, agents, or consultants, to fix their compensation, define their duties, and determine their qualifications, and to establish the interstate commission's personnel policies and programs relating to, inter alia, conflicts of interest, rates of compensation, and qualifications of personnel; (J) To accept any and all donations and grants of money, equipment, supplies, m...

...g: (a) The total numbers of licensed employees and nonlicensed employees and the numbers of full-time equivalent licensed employees and nonlicensed employees providing each category of instructional service, instructional support service, and administrative support service used pursuant to division (C)(3) of this section. The guidelines adopted under this section shall require these categories of data to be mainta...

...cer may elect to transfer to the public employees retirement system in accordance with this section. An election shall be made by giving notice to the school employees retirement system on a form provided by the school employees retirement board and shall be irrevocable. (B) When a member makes the election described in this section, the school employees retirement system shall notify the public employees ret...

...sh a retirement incentive plan for its employees who are members of the school employees retirement system. The plan shall provide for purchase by the employer of service credit for eligible employees who choose to participate in the plan and for payment by the employer of the entire cost of such service credit. A plan established under this section shall remain in effect until terminated by the employer, exce...

...ted States. (B) A member of the school employees retirement system who has contributions on deposit with a uniform retirement system shall, in computing years of total service, be given full credit for service credit earned under Chapter 742. or 5505. of the Revised Code or purchased or obtained for military service credit if a transfer to the school employees retirement system is made under this division. At the r...

...ed the employment covered by the school employees retirement system for which the member is currently contributing to the system. (B) A member of the school employees retirement system who has contributions on deposit with, but is no longer contributing to, a uniform retirement system shall, in computing years of service, be given full credit for transferred service credit if a transfer to the school employees retir...

...ction 4111.03 of the Revised Code to an employee for any time that the employee spends performing any of the following activities: (a) Walking, riding, or traveling to and from the actual place of performance of the principal activity or activities that the employee is employed to perform; (b) Activities that are preliminary to or postliminary to the principal activity or activities; (c) Activities requiring i...

...(A)(1) As used in this section: (a) "Employee" means any individual employed by an employer. (b) "Employer" means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, or any person or group of persons, acting in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee, but does not include the state, its instrumentalities, a political subdivision of the state, or an instrumentality of a political ...

...ode, or suffer, permit, or require any employee to work for less than the rate of wages so fixed, or violate the provisions of section 4115.07 of the Revised Code. Any employee upon any public improvement, except an employee to whom or on behalf of whom restitution is made pursuant to division (C) of section 4115.13 of the Revised Code, who is paid less than the fixed rate of wages applicable thereto may recov...

...o employ and retain in their employment employees with disabilities as defined in this section. (A) As used in this section, "employee with a disability" means an employee who is afflicted with or subject to any physical or mental impairment, or both, whether congenital or due to an injury or disease of such character that the impairment constitutes an impediment in obtaining employment or would constitute an imped...

... take, with dates specified, to protect employees against the hazard covered by the standard; (4) A statement of when the public employer expects to be able to comply fully with the Ohio employment risk reduction standard and what steps the public employer has taken and will take, with dates specified, to come into full compliance with the standard; (5) A certification that the public employer has informed the p...

...ding benefits to township officers and employees under section 505.60, 505.601, or 505.602 of the Revised Code, a board of township trustees may offer benefits to officers and employees through a cafeteria plan that meets the requirements of section 125 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 125, as amended, after first adopting a policy authorizing an officer or employee to receiv...

... agreements and the number of full-time employees subject to those agreements within each zone, each according to the most recent data available and identified and categorized by the appropriate standard industrial code, and the rate of unemployment in the municipal corporation or county in which the zone is located for each year since each zone was certified; (3) The number of agreements approved and executed duri...

...ss the state, its officers, agents, and employees, and any local public entity in the state with jurisdiction over the place at which the correctional facility is located or that owns the correctional facility, reimburse the state for its costs in defending the state or any of its officers, agents, or employees, and reimburse any local government entity of that nature for its costs in defending the local government e...

...pect to an individual who is a current employee for the reason listed in division (C)(1)(b) of this section, the treasurer of state shall afford the current employee a due process review. In a review under this division, the treasurer of state shall consider all of the following factors: (a) The current employee's age at the time of the offense; (b) The nature and seriousness of the offense; (c) The circumsta...