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...The rights of landowners, municipal corporations, corporations, and other users of waters to the waters of the conservancy district for domestic use, water supply, industrial purposes, water power, or for any other purposes are to remain the same as were owned by them prior to the organization of the district, and to such use as could be made of such waters if the improvements of the district had not been made. Where...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Fetal death" has the same meaning as in section 3705.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Stillborn" means that an infant of at least twenty weeks of gestation suffered a fetal death. (B)(1) Each permanent full-time and permanent part-time employee paid in accordance with section 124.152 of the Revised Code and each employee listed in division (B)(2), (3), or (4) of section 124.14 o...

...(A) The public employees retirement board shall have prepared annually by or under the supervision of an actuary an actuarial valuation of the pension assets, liabilities, and funding requirements of the public employees retirement system as established pursuant to this chapter. The actuary shall complete the valuation in accordance with actuarial standards of practice promulgated by the actuarial standards boa...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the board of the public employees retirement system shall make available to each retirant or disability benefit recipient receiving a monthly allowance or benefit on or after January 1, 1968, who has attained the age of sixty-five years, and who is not eligible to receive hospital insurance benefits under the federal old age, survivors, and disability ...

...(A) A payor or other third party is not liable for any of the following: (1) Having made a paymentor transferred an item of property or any other benefit to a person designated in a governing instrument who, under sections 2105.31 to 2105.40 of the Revised Code, is not entitled to the payment or item of property or other benefit, if the payment or transfer was made before the payor or other third party received writ...

...A policy of life insurance, or an employee or self-employed benefit plan including, but not limited to, an employee trust or annuity plan, a Keogh plan, an individual retirement account or annuity, or a retirement bond, may designate as beneficiary a trustee named by will. Upon qualification and issuance of letters of trusteeship, the proceeds of the insurance or benefit plan shall be payable to the trustee to be hel...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Employer" or "public employer" means boards of education, school districts, joint vocational districts, governing authorities of community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, educational institutions, technical colleges, state, municipal, and communit...

...(A) The school employees retirement board shall have prepared annually by or under the supervision of an actuary an actuarial valuation of the pension assets, liabilities, and funding requirements of the school employees retirement system as established pursuant to this chapter. The actuary shall complete the valuation in accordance with actuarial standards of practice promulgated by the actuarial standards boa...

...(A) Until December 31, 2017, the school employees retirement board shall annually increase each allowance, pension, or benefit payable under this chapter by three per cent. (B) Effective January 1, 2018, the retirement board may annually increase each allowance, pension, or benefit payable under this chapter by the percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price index, not to exceed two and one -half per cent, as...

...The school employees retirement board shall be the trustee of certain funds hereby created as follows: (A) The "employees' savings fund" is the fund in which shall be accumulated the contributions deducted from the compensation of contributors as provided by section 3309.47 of the Revised Code, together with the interest credited thereon. Such accumulated contributions refunded upon withdrawal or payable to a benefi...

...e Revised Code or any regulation of the superintendent of insurance, for the purpose of inducing or intending to induce any policyholder or prospective policyholder to purchase, amend, lapse, forfeit, change, or surrender insurance. (K) Aiding or abetting another to violate this section. (L) Refusing to issue any policy of insurance, or canceling or declining to renew such policy because of the sex or marital sta...

...(A) A plan of health coverage determines its order of benefits using the first of the following that applies: (1) A plan that does not coordinate with other plans is always the primary plan. (2) The benefits of the plan that covers a person as an employee, member, insured, or subscriber, other than a dependent, is the primary plan. The plan that covers the person as a dependent is the secondary plan. (3) When more...

... has received the prior approval of the superintendent of insurance. (B) A society shall specify in its rules those persons who may be issued, or covered by, the contractual benefits set forth in division (A) of this section, consistent with providing benefits to members and their dependents. A society may, upon application of an adult member, provide benefits on the lives of children under the minimum age for adult...

...ernal review procedures, including the superintendent's contractual review, in, or attached to, the policy, certificate, membership booklet, or outline of coverage, or other evidence of coverage it provides to covered persons. This disclosure shall be in a form prescribed by the superintendent in any associated rules, policies, or procedures. (B) The disclosure required by division (A) of this section shall ...

...o 3901.26 of the Revised Code. (F) The superintendent of insurance may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to implement the provisions of this section. (G) This section does not apply to any of the following types of coverage: a policy, contract, certificate, or agreement that covers only a specified accident, accident only, credit, dental, disability income, long-term care,...

...(A) Notwithstanding section 3901.71 of the Revised Code, any public employee benefit plan that provides that coverage of an unmarried dependent child will terminate upon attainment of the limiting age for dependent children specified in the plan shall also provide in substance both of the following: (1) Once an unmarried child has attained the limiting age for dependent children, as provided in the plan, upon the ...

...(A) An individual or group health benefit plan is subject to sections 3924.01 to 3924.06 of the Revised Code if it provides health care benefits covering at least two but no more than fifty employees of a small employer, and if it meets either of the following conditions: (1) Any portion of the premium or benefits is paid by a small employer, or any covered individual is reimbursed, whether through wage adjustments...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Reasonable assurance" means a written, verbal, or implied agreement that the individual will perform services in the same or similar capacity during the ensuing sports season or seasonal period. (2) "Seasonal employment" means employment of individuals hired primarily to perform services in an industry which because of climatic conditions or because of the seasonal nature of ...

...(A)(1) This section applies only to either of the following: (a) Initial eligibility determinations for the medicaid program; (b) An appeal from an initial eligibility determination pursuant to section 5160.31 of the Revised Code. (2)(a) Except as provided in division (A)(2)(b) of this section, this section shall not be used by a court to determine the effect of a trust on an individual's initial eligibility for t...

...(A) The state highway patrol retirement board shall have prepared annually by or under the supervision of an actuary an actuarial valuation of the pension assets, liabilities, and funding requirements of the state highway patrol retirement system as established pursuant to this chapter. The actuary shall complete the valuation in accordance with actuarial standards of practice promulgated by the actuarial standards b...

...(A) The board of trustees of a transportation improvement district may provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration, or repair of any road, highway, public place, building, or other infrastructure and levy special assessments, if the board determines that the public improvement will benefit the area where it will be constructed, reconstructed, improved, altered, or repaired. However, if...

...Whenever the owners or representatives of twenty-five per cent or more of the acreage or value of the lands in a conservancy district or the board of directors of a conservancy district file a petition with the clerk of the court having jurisdiction in the original case, stating that there has been a material change in the values of the property in the district or additional benefits are being derived from the works ...

...(A) The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall have prepared triennially by or under the supervision of an actuary an actuarial valuation of the pension assets, liabilities, and funding requirements of the Ohio police and fire pension fund as established pursuant to sections 742.01 to 742.61 of the Revised Code. The actuary shall complete the valuation in accordance with actuarial stan...

...The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall be the trustee of the funds created as follows: (A) The "police officers' contribution fund" is the fund in which shall be credited the contributions deducted from the salaries of members of police departments and paid into the Ohio police and fire pension fund, as provided by section 742.31 of the Revised Code, and that percentage of the employers...

...tive services, in consultation with the superintendent of insurance, shall, in accordance with competitive selection procedures of Chapter 125. of the Revised Code, contract with an insurance company or a health plan in combination with an insurance company, authorized to do business in this state, for the issuance of a policy or contract of health, medical, hospital, dental, vision, or surgical benefits, or any comb...

...The superintendent of insurance may, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, suspend or revoke the certificate of authority or license of any person that fails to comply with section 3905.21 of the Revised Code or that has been found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have made the statements or provided the information required under that section with actual malice. Any such person is also subject ...

...The superintendent of insurance may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to carry out the purposes of sections 3905.01 to 3905.28 of the Revised Code.

...ess activities of the insured. (B) The superintendent of insurance may issue a surplus lines broker's license to any natural person who is a resident of this or any other state or to a business entity that is organized under the laws of this or any other state. To be eligible for a resident surplus lines broker's license, a person must have both a property license and a casualty license. To be eligible for a nonresi...

...d Code and renewal of that license, the superintendent of insurance shall collect one hundred dollars.

...ed by its board of directors. (3) The superintendent of insurance has authorized the designation of the insurer as a domestic surplus lines insurer in writing. (C) A domestic surplus lines insurer shall be considered an unauthorized insurer for the purposes of writing surplus lines insurance coverage pursuant to the requirements of this chapter. (D)(1) A domestic surplus lines insurer shall only write surplus l...

...tion by any such insurance company, the superintendent of insurance may revoke the license or authority of such company doing business in this state and may require such company to pay the taxes upon such unlawfully written business to the state or territory in which it was written, as provided by the laws of such state or territory. "Do business" as used in this section does not include the maintenance or servicing...

...tities that have been certified by the superintendent as an insurance navigator. (B) An exchange shall make available a list of insurance agents operating near the individual's residence address that are certified to sell a health benefit plan through an exchange and insurance navigators that are certified under section 3905.471 of the Revised Code. An exchange operating in this state shall maintain a means of...

...The superintendent of insurance shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to carry out the purposes of sections 3905.04 and 3905.481 to 3905.486 of the Revised Code.

...ection 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of insurance shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.

...or affiliate nor shall it supersede the superintendent's authority to enforce the laws relating to insurance in the state of Ohio. (B) When an insurance agent or affiliate is acting as a public servant, the agent's or affiliate's acceptance of compensation from an insurer or the other third party exclusively related to the placement of insurance with the public entity shall not constitute a violation of division (A)...

...The superintendent of insurance may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary to implement sections 3905.71 to 3905.79 of the Revised Code.

...ssued a certificate of authority by the superintendent of insurance to transact surety business in this state. (B) "Managing general agent" means any person that is appointed or employed by an insurer to supervise or otherwise manage the bail bond business written in this state by surety bail bond agents appointed by the insurer. (C) "Surety" means an insurer that agrees to be responsible for the fulfillment of the...

...5 of the Revised Code or by rule of the superintendent of insurance, shall be deducted from the collateral due. However, allowable expenses incurred in the apprehension of a defendant because of a forfeiture of bond or judgment may be deducted if those expenses are accounted for. (C)(1) No person shall fail to return collateral security in accordance with this section. (2) A violation of division (C)(1) of this sec...

...ium rate filed with and approved by the superintendent of insurance; (B) Disclosing the expense fee that will be charged to cover the costs incurred by the agent in executing the bond.

...If the superintendent of insurance, in accordance with section 3905.14 of the Revised Code, suspends or revokes a person's license as a surety bail bond agent, the person, during the period of suspension or revocation, shall not be employed by any surety bail bond agent, have any ownership interest in any business involving bail bonds, or have any financial interest of any type in any bail bond business.

...The superintendent of insurance shall adopt, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, any rules necessary to implement sections 3905.83 to 3905.95 of the Revised Code.

...er's obligations in each currency. The superintendent may, by order, exempt an insurer, or, by rule, a class of insurers, from this requirement if the obligations in other currencies are small enough that no significant problem for financial solidity would be created by substantial fluctuations in relative currency values.

...tions contained in rules adopted by the superintendent of insurance: (1) Securities offered and sold pursuant to 15 U.S.C.A. section 77d(5); (2) Mortgage related securities described in 15 U.S.C.A. section 78c(a)(41); (3) Securities issued or guaranteed by the federal home loan mortgage corporation or the federal national mortgage association.

...plicable to any company licensed by the superintendent of insurance to transact the business of insurance in this state prior to January 1, 1982.

...ed Code is satisfactory evidence to the superintendent of insurance of the solvency and ability of the company to meet all its engagements at maturity, and that the deposit is maintained as required by section 3909.03 of the Revised Code, he shall issue renewal certificates of authority to the agents of the company, certified copies of which must be filed in the county recorder's office of the county in which the age...

... this state, until it procures from the superintendent of insurance a certificate of authority, which shall be renewable annually, stating that sections 3909.01 to 3909.17 of the Revised Code have been complied with, and setting forth the name of its attorney, a certified copy of which certificate must be filed with and retained for a minimum of two years from the date of filing by the county recorder's office of the...

...ed Code is satisfactory evidence to the superintendent of insurance of the solvency and ability of the company, partnership, or association to meet all its engagements at maturity, he shall issue renewal certficates of authority to the agents thereof, certified copies of which must be filed-by said agents in the county recorder's office of the county where the agency is located and retained therewith for a minimum of...

...All licenses granted by the superintendent of insurance under sections 3907.01 to 3907.21, inclusive, and 3909.01 to 3909.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall continue in force, unless suspended or revoked, until the first day of April next after the date of their issuance.

...hapter 119. of the Revised Code, by the superintendent of insurance.

...The superintendent of insurance, upon conviction of any life insurance company, or of any agent thereof, for violation of sections 3911.19 or 3911.20 of the Revised Code, or upon his being satisfied of the violation of either of said sections and after reasonable notice to the accused of the time and place of hearing, shall revoke the license of such company or agent, and no license shall be granted to such company o...