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...ed in division (A) of this section, the board of building standards shall assess a fee of not more than five dollars for each application for acceptance and approval of plans and specifications and for making inspections pursuant to section 3791.04 of the Revised Code. The board shall adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, specifying the manner by which the superintendent of industrial comp...

...A certificate, assignment, or conveyance executed in pursuance of law by the superintendent of insurance with the seal of his office affixed thereto shall be received as evidence and may be recorded in the same manner and with like effect as a deed duly acknowledged by an officer authorized by law. In all cases copies of papers in the office of the superintendent, certified by him under the seal of his office, are eq...

...hority, or the rights or obligations of third parties, under section 3901.07 of the Revised Code. (B) As used in this section and sections 3901.073 to 3901.078 of the Revised Code: (1) "Corporate governance annual disclosure" or "CGAD" means a confidential report filed by an insurer or insurance group in accordance with the requirements of sections 3901.072 to 3901.078 of the Revised Code. (2) "Insurance group"...

...The superintendent of insurance shall preserve a full record of his proceedings, including a concise statement of the condition of each insurance company or association authorized to transact business in this state. Each year the superintendent shall report their general conduct and condition, including the information contained in the statement required of them, arranged in tabular form in two separate reports, one...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Captive insurer" has the same meaning as in section 3905.36 of the Revised Code. (2) "Insurer" includes, but is not limited to, any person that is an affiliate of or affiliated with the insurer, as defined in section 3901.32 of the Revised Code, and any person that is a subsidiary of the insurer as defined in section 3901.32 of the Revised Code. (3) "Laws of this state relat...

...r securities or any special or advisory board contracts or other contracts of any kind promising returns and profits as an inducement to insurance. (F) Except as provided in section 3901.213 of the Revised Code, making or permitting any unfair discrimination among individuals of the same class and equal expectation of life in the rates charged for any contract of life insurance or of life annuity or in the dividend...

...As used in sections 3901.32 to 3901.37 of the Revised Code: (A) "Affiliate of" or "affiliated with" a specific person means a person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified. (B) "Control," including "controlling," "controlled by," and "under common control with," means the possession, direct or indirect, of...

...(A) Whenever it appears to the superintendent of insurance that any person has committed a violation of section 3901.33, 3901.34, 3901.341, or 3901.35 of the Revised Code, which makes the continued operation of an insurer contrary to the interests of policyholders or the public, the superintendent may, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew such insurer's license or authority...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Automated transaction" has the same meaning as in section 1306.01 of the Revised Code, and includes electronic transactions between two or more persons conducting business pursuant to the laws of this state relating to insurance. (2) "Contact point" means any electronic identification to which messages can be sent, including, but not limited to, any of the following: (a) An el...

...(A) If section 3901.62 of the Revised Code does not apply to the reinsurance ceded to an assuming insurer by a domestic ceding insurer that is authorized to do any insurance business in this state, the ceding insurer may take credit for the reinsurance ceded as a reduction of liability in an amount not exceeding the liabilities carried by the ceding insurer, if the ceding insurer complies with section 3901.64 o...

...Upon request or in any other circumstance that the superintendent of insurance determines to be appropriate, the superintendent may issue certificates of compliance to insurance companies and associations authorized to do business in this state, which shall be on either forms established by the national association of insurance commissioners or on such other forms as the superintendent may prescribe.

...When the superintendent of insurance adopts or amends a rule, including a rule related to the superintendent's duties and powers under Chapters 1751. and 1753. and Title XXXIX of the Revised Code or a rule related to an "insurance rating agency" as defined by section 1.65 of the Revised Code, the superintendent shall give consideration to the inclusion in the rule of the definition of "insurance rating agency" found ...

...(A)(1) If a negotiation undertaken pursuant to division (B)(2) of section 3902.51 of the Revised Code has not successfully concluded within thirty days, or if both parties agree that they are at an impasse, the provider, facility, emergency facility, or ambulance may send a request for arbitration to the superintendent of insurance and shall notify the health plan issuer of its request. To be eligible for arbitration...

...The superintendent of insurance in his sole discretion may commence proceedings under sections 3903.09 to 3903.11 of the Revised Code at the request of the superintendent or other appropriate insurance official of the domiciliary state of any foreign or alien insurer having property located in this state.

...All securities deposited with the superintendent of insurance shall be held by the superintendent for the purpose intended. No security shall be accepted for deposit by the superintendent unless it is of par value and market value of one thousand dollars or more.

...(A) The superintendent of insurance may examine and investigate into the affairs of every insurance institution or agent doing business in this state to determine whether the insurance institution or agent has been or is engaged in any conduct in violation of sections 3904.01 to 3904.22 of the Revised Code. (B) The superintendent may examine and investigate into the affairs of every insurance support organization ac...

...(A)(1) An individual who applies for a resident insurance agent license in this state within ninety days after establishing a principal place of residence or principal place of business in this state shall not be required under section 3905.04 of the Revised Code to complete a program of insurance education or to pass a written examination if the individual has paid all applicable fees required under this chap...

...(A) An insurance agent shall provide notice to the superintendent of insurance of any administrative action taken against the agent in another jurisdiction or by another governmental agency having professional, occupational, or financial licensing authority within thirty days after the final disposition of the matter. The notice shall include a copy of the order, consent to order, or any other relevant legal document...

...: (1) The person is an employee of, or third-party consultant retained by, the commercial policyholder. (2) The person provides skilled services in loss prevention, loss reduction, or risk and insurance coverage analysis and the purchase of insurance. (3) The person satisfies one of the following: (a) The person has obtained a bachelor's degree or a higher degree from an accredited college or university in ri...

...Unless revoked by the superintendent of insurance or unless cancelled by him on written notice from the company, or the "attorney" designated under section 3931.01 of the Revised Code, all certificates of authority and licenses of companies, or such "attorneys" organized or admitted to do business under the laws relating to insurance companies, may, in the discretion of the superintendent, and at the request of the c...

...ate of authorization issued by the Ohio board of regents under Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code or is exempt under that chapter from the requirements for a certificate of authorization.

...(A) If the superintendent of insurance, after a hearing conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, finds a violation of section 3905.76 of the Revised Code, the superintendent may order any of the following: (1) For each separate violation committed by an insurer, managing general agent, or other person, a civil penalty in an amount of not more than one thousand dollars; (2) For a violation comm...

...(A) This chapter, and any rules adopted under it, apply to entities organized under Chapters 1731., 1751., 3907., 3919., 3921., 3925., 3931., 3939., 3941., and 3953. of the Revised Code. (B) An insurer may apply to the superintendent for permission to make investments under this chapter, in lieu of making investments under any other section of the Revised Code. (C) In determining whether to permit an entity ...

...When a company is fully organized and has deposited the amount of securities required by section 3907.07 of the Revised Code, it shall file with the superintendent of insurance a duly certified copy of its articles of incorporation, a copy of the approval of the attorney general, and a copy of its bylaws or constitution. If the superintendent finds that the company is duly organized and that its capital stock has bee...

...of and the establishment of committees, boards, or other similar designated bodies with respect to such separate accounts as may be required by such laws, notwithstanding Chapter 3907. or section 3913.06 of the Revised Code, or the articles of incorporation, charter, bylaws, or code of regulations of such company.

...s commission and a county microfilming board, a board of county commissioners may, by resolution, require the county automatic data processing board established under section 307.84 of the Revised Code to coordinate the management of information resources of the county, the records and information management operations of all county offices, and the various records and information technologies acquired and ope...

...(A) The board of county commissioners of any county may participate in, give financial assistance to, and cooperate with other agencies or organizations, either private or governmental, in establishing and operating any federal program enacted by the congress of the United States, or with any such agency or organization that is receiving federal funds pursuant to a federal program, and for such purpose may adopt any ...

... to the contrary in the Revised Code, a board of county commissioners of a county that has enacted a tax levy under section 5705.191 of the Revised Code, in addition to exercising the other powers granted to a board of county commissioners, may enter into a contract with any corporation or association, whether the corporation or association is for profit or nonprofit, for that corporation or association to provide th...

...ny of the following applies: (A) The board of county commissioners, by a unanimous vote of its members, makes a determination that a real and present emergency exists, and that determination and the reasons for it are entered in the minutes of the proceedings of the board, when any of the following applies: (1) The estimated cost is less than one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars. (2) There is actual phys...

...The county or contracting authority, as defined in section 307.92 of the Revised Code, may renew a lease which has been entered into for electronic data processing equipment, services, or systems, or a radio communications system at a cost in excess of the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Revised Code as follows: (A) The lessor shall submit a written bid to the county or contracting authority that is the le...

...f the department, office, institution, board, or commission that is requesting to purchase supplies, services, or both; (2) Instructions for offerors to follow when submitting proposals; (3) Instructions governing communications between an offeror and the contracting authority, including, but not limited to, the name, title, and telephone number of the person to whom questions concerning the request for propo...

... section 307.86 of the Revised Code, a board of county commissioners that awards a franchise to a franchisee on behalf of a county transit board pursuant to section 306.04 of the Revised Code to operate a public transit system shall award the franchise through competitive bidding as prescribed in this section. The board shall solicit bids that are not sealed, and shall ensure that all bids the board receives a...

... other suitable public place a bulletin board upon which it shall post and maintain a copy of such notice for at least two weeks preceding the day of the opening of the bids.

... the invitation and the bid. (B) The board of county commissioners, by a unanimous vote of the entire board, may permit a contracting authority to exempt a bid from any or all of the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code if the estimated cost is one hundred thousand dollars or less. If the board exempts a bid from any but not all of those requirements, the bid notice published pursuant to section 307....

...When a bid is accepted for a contract other than for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of an improvement, the contracting authority shall, as a condition to entering a contract with the successful bidder, require faithful performance of all things to be done under the contract and may require, as a condition to entering a purchase contract, lease, or lease with option or agreement to...

...The award of all contracts subject to sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code shall be made to the lowest and best bidder. The bond or bid guaranty of all unsuccessful bidders shall be returned to them by the contracting authority immediately upon awarding the contract or rejection of all bids. The contracting authority may reject all bids.

...ment, authority, commission, office, or board of a county. (B) Except as otherwise required or permitted by state or federal law, a contract entered into by the contracting authority for the procurement of goods or services shall not include any of the following: (1) A provision that requires the county to indemnify or hold harmless another person; (2) A provision by which the county agrees to binding arbitrati...

...When the contracting authority rejects all bids it may either readvertise, using the original estimate, or amend the estimate and proceed to advertise in the manner provided for advertisement in section 307.86 of the Revised Code.

...Code, "contracting authority" means any board, department, commission, authority, trustee, official, administrator, agent, or individual which has authority to contract for or on behalf of the county or any agency, department, authority, commission, office, or board thereof.

...From any contracts to be awarded under sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code, the contracting authority, as defined in section 307.92 of the Revised Code, may develop a policy to assist minority business enterprises, as defined in sections 122.71 and 122.921 of the Revised Code.

... in this division shall form a judicial advisory board for the purpose of making recommendations to the corrections commission on issues of bed allocation, expansion of the center that the corrections commission oversees, and other issues concerning the administration of sentences or any other matter determined to be appropriate by the board. The judges who shall form the judicial advisory board for a corrections com...

...health care services to the appropriate third-party payer and shall designate, or make any other arrangement necessary to ensure, that payment of any amount due on the claim be made to the county, municipal corporation, or provider, as the case may be. (C) Any payment made to the county or municipal corporation pursuant to division (B) of this section shall be paid into the treasury of the governmental entity that i...

...der division (G) of this section by the board of county commissioners, affiliated group of boards of county commissioners, or municipal corporation that established and operates that center. "Eligible offender" also means a person who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a qualifying felony offense. (3) "Municipal OVI offense" has the same meaning as in section 4511.181 of the Revised Code. (4) "OVI term of...

...(A) A corrections commission formed under section 307.93 of the Revised Code may issue securities of the commission, in an amount determined by the commission, to pay for all or part of the cost of the acquisition, construction, enlargement, modification, or repair of any improvements for a multicounty, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal correctional center that is provided for in section 307.93 of the ...

...a general election, a petition with the board of county commissioners asking that the question of the adoption of a county charter in the form attached to the petition be submitted to the electors of the county. The petition shall be available for public inspection at the offices of the county commissioners during regular business hours until four p.m. of the one hundred eleventh day before the election, at which tim...

...rter petition has been certified to the board of elections pursuant to section 307.94 of the Revised Code, the board shall immediately proceed to determine whether the petition and the signatures on the petition meet the requirements of law, including section 3501.38 of the Revised Code, and to count the number of valid signatures. The board shall note opposite each invalid signature the reason for the invalidity. Th...

...Except as provided by Section 3 of Article X, Ohio Constitution, a county charter or amendment shall become effective if it has been approved by the majority of the electors voting thereon. The charter or amendment shall take effect on the thirtieth day after approval unless another date is fixed in the charter or amendment. No charter or amendment adopted by the electors of any county shall be held ineffective or v...

...(A) The circulator of a county charter petition, or his agent, shall, within five days after such petition is filed with the county commissioners, file a sworn itemized statement showing in detail: (1) All moneys or things of value paid, given, or promised for circulating such petition; (2) Full names and addresses of all persons to whom such payments or promises were made; (3) Full names and addresses of all pers...

...on 5101.21 of the Revised Code. Each board of county commissioners and each other county grantee of the county shall jointly enter into one or more written grant agreements with the director of job and family services or the director of children and youth in accordance with section 5101.21 of the Revised Code. The board of county commissioners shall enter into the agreement on behalf of the county family services ...

...cluding division (H) of this section, a board of county commissioners may designate any private or government entity within this state to serve as any of the following: (1) A child support enforcement agency; (2) A county department of job and family services; (3) A public children services agency; (4) A county department of job and family services and one other of those county family services agencies; ...