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...The chief of the division of geological survey in the discharge of official duties under sections 1505.01 to 1505.08 of the Revised Code may call to the chief's assistance, temporarily, any engineers or other employees in any state department, or in the Ohio state university, or other educational institutions financed wholly or in part by the state, for the purpose of making studies, surveys, maps, and plans fo...

...The director of natural resources, in the discharge of the director's duties under sections 1506.38 to 1506.48 of the Revised Code, may call to the director's assistance, temporarily, any engineers or other employees in any state department, or in the Ohio state university or other educational institutions financed wholly or in part by the state, for the purpose of devising the most effective and economical met...

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the abandoned mine reclamation fund, which shall be administered by the chief of the division of mineral resources management. The fund shall consist of grants from the secretary of the interior from the federal abandoned mine reclamation fund established by Title IV of the "Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977," 91 Stat. 445, 30 U.S.C.A. 1201, regulatio...

...The "Interstate Mining Compact" is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: "INTERSTATE MINING COMPACT ARTICLE I FINDINGS AND PURPOSE (A) The party states find that: (1) Mining and the contributions thereof to the economy and well-being of every state are of basic significance; (2) The effects of mining on the availabilit...

...If during an inspection conducted under section 1514.41 of the Revised Code or a safety audit conducted under section 1514.42 of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of mineral resources management finds a condition or practice at a surface mining operation that could reasonably be expected to cause the death of or imminent serious physical harm to an employee of the operation, the chief immediately shall issu...

...(A) The chief of the division of mineral resources management or an authorized employee of the division of mineral resources management may enter on lands to make inspections in accordance with this chapter and rules adopted under it when necessary in the discharge of the duties specified in this chapter and the rules. No person shall prevent or hinder the chief or an authorized employee of the division in the perfor...

...Any provision of a hiring hall contract or agreement which obligates a contractor to hire, if available, only employees referred to the contractor by a labor organization shall be void as against public policy and unenforceable with respect to employment under any public works contract unless at the date of execution of the hiring hall contract or agreement, or within thirty days thereafter, the labor organizati...

...The law enforcement officers of the division of wildlife shall be known as "wildlife officers." The chief of the division of wildlife, wildlife officers, and such other employees of the division as the chief of the division of wildlife designates, and other officers who are given like authority, shall enforce all laws pertaining to the taking, possession, protection, preservation, management, and propagation of wild ...

...(A) The department of natural resources is not liable for any death or injury to person or property that may result from the operation of a tag fishing tournament regardless of whether or not a permit has been issued for the operation of that tournament under section 1533.92 of the Revised Code. (B) No employee, officer, agent, or official of the department is liable for any death or injury to person or property tha...

...On dissolution of a park district, the board of park commissioners is dissolved and all of its duties and responsibilities shall be exercised by the probate court until all of the board's business is completed and all of its property disposed of. The court may retain special counsel and another person who in the court's discretion are qualified to assist it in the closing out of business and disposal of property and ...

...(A) Subject to any limitations as to aggregate amounts thereof that may from time to time be prescribed by the general assembly and to other applicable provisions of this chapter, and subject to the one-hundred-million-dollar limitation provided in Section 15 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, the director of the Ohio coal development office, on behalf of this state, with the advice of the technical advisory c...

...ction 1561.12 of the Revised Code; one superintendent of rescue stations; three assistant superintendents of rescue stations; three chemists; and such clerks, stenographers, and other employees as are necessary for the administration of this chapter and Chapters 1563., 1565., and 1567. and applicable provisions of Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code. Such officers, employees, and personnel shall be appointed a...

...When written charges of neglect of duty, incompetency, or malfeasance in office against any deputy mine inspector are made and filed with the chief of the division of mineral resources management, signed by not less than fifteen employees, or an owner, lessee, or agent of a mine, the chief shall promptly investigate such charges and advise in writing the complainant whose name appears first in the charges, the result...

...No employee, worker, or miner shall have in the employee's, worker's, or miner's possession inside of an underground mine more than one twenty-five pound keg or box of blasting powder or other explosives. Every person who has powder or other explosives in an underground mine shall keep the same in a wooden box suitable to contain the original container of such explosive. Such box shall be kept at all times at least t...

...(A) The chief of the division of oil and gas resources management or any officer or employee of the division thereunto duly authorized by the chief may investigate, inspect, or examine records and facilities of any coal mine operator or reservoir operator, for the purpose of determining the accuracy or correctness of any map, data, statement, report, or other item or article, filed with or otherwise received by...

...(A) A corporation by its directors, upon terms as it may impose, may provide and carry out plans for the issuance, offering, or sale, or for the grant of options, to employees of the corporation or of subsidiary corporations, or to a trustee on their behalf, during the period of their employment or other period, of, or with respect to, any unissued shares, treasury shares, or shares to be purchased, which plans may p...

...As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (A) "Corporation," "domestic corporation," "foreign corporation," "state," "articles," "shareholder," "person," "principal office," "express terms," "treasury shares," "parent corporation," "parent," "subsidiary corporation," "subsidiary," "combination," "transferee corporation," "majority share acquisition," "acquiring corporation," "voting shar...

...(A) No person shall act as an investment adviser, unless one of the following applies: (1) The person is licensed as an investment adviser by the division of securities; however, nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a person from being licensed by the division as both an investment adviser and a dealer or salesperson. (2) The person is registered under section 203 of the "Investment Advisers Act ...

...The compensation of all employees of the Ohio retirement study council and other expenses of the council shall be paid upon vouchers approved by the director and the chairperson of the council. The public employees retirement system, state teachers retirement system, school employees retirement system, state highway patrol retirement system, and Ohio police and fire pension fund shall pay the annual expenses ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Employee" and "employer" have the same meanings as in section 4113.51 of the Revised Code. (2) "Retaliatory action" includes physical, mental, or verbal abuse; change of room assignment; withholding of services; failure to provide care in a timely manner; discharge; and termination of employment. (B) An employee providing information to or participating in good faith in regi...

...(A) Each member shall pay to the multiple employer welfare arrangement operating a group self-insurance program a premium equal to its share of the arrangement's projected obligation for employee welfare benefit liability, administrative expenses, and other costs incurred by the arrangement as determined by the board of the arrangement or by a third-party administrator and approved by the board of the arrangement. Th...

...(A) Liability to third persons for any act, omission, or obligation of a business trust that has made the filings described in section 1746.04 of the Revised Code or a trustee or trustees of a business trust when acting in such capacity, shall extend to the whole of the trust estate held by such trustee or trustees, or so much thereof as may be necessary to discharge such liability, but no such liability shall attach...

...(A) Notwithstanding section 3901.71 of the Revised Code, any policy, contract, or agreement for health care services authorized by this chapter that is issued, delivered, or renewed in this state and that provides that coverage of an unmarried dependent child will terminate upon attainment of the limiting age for dependent children specified in the policy, contract, or agreement, shall also provide in substance both ...

...(A) No health insuring corporation, or agent, employee, or representative of a health insuring corporation, shall use any advertisement or solicitation document, or shall engage in any activity, that is unfair, untrue, misleading, or deceptive. (B) No health insuring corporation shall use a name that is deceptively similar to the name or description of any insurance or surety corporation doing business in thi...

...ation document shall be filed with the superintendent of insurance thirty days prior to use for informational purposes, and shall comply with the requirements of this section. If the superintendent finds that any solicitation document fails to comply with the requirements of this section, the superintendent may disapprove any solicitation document or require amendment to it on any of the grounds stated in this ...

...er of such company, shall file with the superintendent of insurance within ten days after the person becomes such beneficial owner, director, or officer, a statement in such form as the superintendent of insurance may prescribe, of the amount of all equity securities of such company of which the person is the beneficial owner, and within ten days after the close of each calendar month thereafter, if there has been a ...

...(1) In addition to the powers that the superintendent has under sections 3901.01 to 3901.31 of the Revised Code, relating to the examination of insurers, the superintendent of insurance, subject to sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code, shall also have the power to examine any insurer registered under section 3901.33 of the Revised Code and its affiliates to ascertain the financial condition of the ins...

...level RBC; (2) The notification by the superintendent of insurance to an insurer of an adjustment to the insurer's RBC report, which adjusted RBC report shows the insurer's total adjusted capital at less than its mandatory control level RBC, provided the insurer does not challenge the adjusted RBC report under section 3903.87 of the Revised Code; (3) The superintendent's notification to an insurer, following the he...

...nt informing the policyholders that the superintendent of insurance may fix a time and place for a public hearing on the reorganization plan, to be held within thirty days after the superintendent's receipt of written notice from the board of directors of the policyholders' approval of the reorganization plan. (C) A reorganization plan shall be approved upon receiving the affirmative vote of at least a majority of t...

..., and has received the approval of, the superintendent of insurance, and the articles of incorporation for the mutual insurance holding company and the reorganized stock company, and, if applicable, for an intermediate holding company, have been examined and approved by the attorney general in accordance with this section. (B) The superintendent shall approve a reorganization plan if, upon review, the superintendent...

...(A) The superintendent of insurance shall establish and maintain a system for receiving and reviewing requests for external review for adverse benefit determinations where the determination by the health plan issuer was based on a contractual issue and did not involve a medical judgment or a determination based on any medical information, except for emergency services, as specified in division (C) of section 3922.05 ...

...on approval of such investments by the superintendent of insurance; except that approval shall not be required for the purchase of the outstanding stocks, limited liability company membership interests, limited partnership interests, or limited liability partnership interests of any such company, if investment in each such company does not exceed in the aggregate two and one-half per cent of the total admitted...

...this state, may make application to the superintendent of insurance for license as a rating bureau for such kinds of insurance, or subdivision or class of risk or a part or combination thereof, as are specified in its application and shall file the following therewith: (A) A copy of its constitution, of its articles of agreement or association or its certificate of incorporation, and of its bylaws, rules, and regul...

...(A) The superintendent of insurance may examine or investigate the business and affairs of a discount medical plan organization as the superintendent deems appropriate to protect the interests of the residents of this state. (B) When examining or investigating a discount medical plan organization pursuant to division (A) of this section, the superintendent may do both of the following: (1) Order a discount medical ...

...(A) The superintendent of real estate, with the consent of the Ohio real estate commission, may enter into agreements with recognized national testing services to administer the real estate broker's examination under the superintendent's supervision and control, consistent with the requirements of this chapter as to the contents of such examination. (B) No applicant for a real estate broker's license shall take th...

... shall submit proof satisfactory to the superintendent of real estate that the licensee has satisfactorily completed thirty hours of continuing education, as prescribed by the Ohio real estate commission pursuant to section 4735.10 of the Revised Code, on or before the licensee's birthday occurring three years after the licensee's date of initial licensure, and on or before the licensee's birthday every three years t...

... shall be in writing and filed with the superintendent of real estate. It shall be in the form the superintendent prescribes and shall contain the following information: (1) The name and address of the applicant; (2) If the applicant is a partnership, unincorporated association, or any similar form of business organization, the names and the residence and business addresses of all partners, officers, directors,...

... shall be in writing and filed with the superintendent of real estate. It shall be in the form the superintendent prescribes and shall contain the following information: (1) The name and complete residence and business addresses of the applicant; (2) The name of the foreign real estate dealer who is employing the applicant or who intends to employ the applicant; (3) The age and education of the applicant, an...

...ssistant registration in writing to the superintendent of real estate on a form the superintendent prescribes. The application shall include the address of the applicant's principal place of business and all other addresses at which the applicant currently engages in the business of performing real estate appraisals and the address of the applicant's current residence. The superintendent shall retain the applicant's ...

...sed Code. The director shall appoint a superintendent of the Ohio veterans' homes upon any terms that are proper, and the superintendent, with the advice and consent of the director, shall employ aides, assistants, and employees, and perform other duties that may be assigned to the superintendent by the director or become necessary in the carrying out of the superintendent's duties. The superintendent shall be...

...assets of the acquiring state bank, the superintendent of financial institutions. (B) In the case of a transfer of assets and liabilities for which the superintendent's approval is required under division (A)(4) of this section, the acquiring state bank shall file with the superintendent an application that includes all of the following: (1) An officers' certification that the transaction has been approved by the d...

...ed in division (E) of this section, the superintendent of financial institutions shall, by rule, grant state banks and trust companies doing business under authority granted by the superintendent any right, power, privilege, or benefit possessed, by virtue of statute, rule, regulation, interpretation, or judicial decision, by any of the following: (1) Banks and trust companies doing business under authority granted ...

...(A)(1) The superintendent of financial institutions may issue an order suspending a regulated person from office or temporarily prohibiting a regulated person from further participation in the conduct of the affairs of a bank or trust company, or both, if both of the following apply: (a) The superintendent serves, or has served, the regulated person with a notice of charges and intent to remove the regulated person ...

...urance company, upon the request of the superintendent of insurance, the chairperson of the authority shall provide to the commissioner or superintendent any statement or information submitted by an applicant or recipient of a tax credit in connection with the credit. The commissioner or superintendent shall preserve the confidentiality of the statement or information. (H) A taxpayer claiming a credit under this s...

...(A) The superintendent of financial institutions may issue and serve a notice of charges and intent to suspend or revoke a licensee's license, if the superintendent finds that any of the following applies: (1) Any fact or condition exists that, if it had existed at the time when the licensee applied for its license, would have been grounds for denying the application. (2) The licensee's net worth becomes inadequate...

...normal business hours for review by the superintendent. Records must be legible and maintained in a type size that is clearly readable without magnification and in conformity with any specific typeface or font size that may be required by state or federal law. Except when otherwise provided by federal or state law, records shall be maintained in English. When records are allowed to be in a language other than English...

...or amendment, have been filed with the superintendent of insurance, and shall not be effective until the expiration of sixty days after their filing unless the superintendent sooner gives approval. The filing shall be accompanied by an actuarial certification in the form prescribed by the superintendent. The superintendent shall disapprove the filing, if the superintendent determines within the sixty-day perio...

...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 credit union making application to participate in the corporation pursuant to divisions (B) and (C) of section 1733.32 of the Revised Code or a c...

...(A) The superintendent of credit unions or the superintendent of insurance may forthwith take possession of the property and business of the credit union share guaranty corporation and retain possession until the corporation satisfies the superintendent that it will operate in conformity with this chapter whenever it appears to the superintendent that the corporation has done any of the following: (1) Failed to pay ...

...lude such provisions as required by the superintendent of insurance in rule or regulation; (7) If an insurer subject to sections 3901.32 to 3901.37 of the Revised Code is deemed by the superintendent to be in a hazardous financial condition or a condition that would be grounds for supervision, conservation, or a delinquency proceeding, then the superintendent may require the insurer to secure and maintain either a...