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...ion may require each registered athlete agent to complete not more than six hours of continuing education during a biennial registration in programs to be determined or approved by the commission. If the commission imposes continuing education requirements on athlete agents, not less than two of the six hours of continuing education shall be devoted to ethics. A continuing education program shall promote the ability...

...tic commission shall require an athlete agent to submit proof of one of the following securities: (1) A surety bond in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars in favor of the state of Ohio for the benefit of any person who is injured by a violation of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter; (2) A certificate of deposit in favor of, or a savings account assigned to, the state of Ohio for the benefit of any ...

...(A) Fees charged by an athlete agent for services provided to an athlete may be negotiated between the parties. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, an athlete agent shall establish an interest-bearing trust fund or similar account in a depository approved by the Ohio athletic commission to be used for the deposit of all revenues received on behalf of an athlete. An athlete agent shall depos...

...No athlete agent shall act on behalf of an athlete as a "dealer" or "investment advisor," as defined in section 1707.01 of the Revised Code, unless the athlete agent complies with Chapter 1707. of the Revised Code. An athlete agent shall disclose to an athlete and the Ohio athletic commission any ownership interest the athlete agent has in an entity referred to by the athlete agent in advising the athlete con...

...(A) An athlete agent shall maintain all of the following records: (1) The name and address of each athlete for whom the athlete agent performs services as an athlete agent in exchange for compensation; (2) The amount of fees or compensation received for the performance of services for each athlete; (3) A copy of the contract entered into between the athlete agent and each athlete; (4) Any other information the O...

...An athlete agent may engage in the following conduct: (A) Provide or send written materials to an athlete if the athlete agent simultaneously submits an identical copy of the materials to the athletic director or the director's designee, or person of similar position, at the educational institution or institution of higher education in which the athlete is enrolled, or to the institution of higher education to which...

...No athlete agent shall publish or cause to be published any false, fraudulent, or misleading notice, advertisement, or information with knowledge that it is false, fraudulent, or misleading. All advertisements of an athlete agent shall contain the name and registered business address of the athlete agent and some indication that the athlete agent is registered with the Ohio athletic commission. As used in this secti...

...No athlete agent shall do any of the following: (A) Provide false information or make false promises or representations concerning the employment of an athlete; (B) Engage in any conduct that demonstrates bad faith or dishonesty in connection with the performance of services as an athlete agent; (C) Commingle money or property of an athlete with the agent's own money or property; (D) Offer anything of value to a ...

... or revoke a registration of an athlete agent upon proof satisfactory to the commission that the athlete agent or an employee or representative of the athlete agent has done any of the following: (1) Made false or misleading statements of a material nature in an application for registration as an athlete agent; (2) Been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense in connection with the person's service as an ath...

...and equitable relief against an athlete agent in a court having jurisdiction over the matter. The plaintiff also may name the surety, the named holder of any security required of an athlete agent under this chapter, or the carrier of malpractice insurance for an athlete agent as additional parties to the action. This cause of action may be transferred or assigned in the same manner as prescribed for civil actions und...

...bring a civil action against an athlete agent who violates this chapter for compensatory damages, punitive or exemplary damages, and equitable relief as the court finds appropriate. A court may grant equitable relief to a plaintiff under this section to prevent harm that could result from the acts or omissions of an athlete or athlete agent if the court finds a reasonable likelihood that a violation occurred. (B) F...

...ts business in this state as an athlete agent consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state, whether or not the person is registered as an athlete agent with the Ohio athletic commission. If an athlete agent conducts business in this state and thereafter leaves this state with intent to defraud creditors or to avoid service of process in an action brought under this chapter, the athlete agent thereby make...

...The Ohio athletic commission shall deposit all money it receives under this chapter to the credit of the occupational licensing and regulatory fund, created under section 4743.05 of the Revised Code.

...The Ohio athletic commission shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.

...or of the first degree. (B) An athlete agent who violates division (C) of section 4771.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Aggrieved person" means a person with duties and obligations under sections 153.64, 3781.27, and 3781.28 to 3781.32 of the Revised Code and divisions (A) and (B) of section 3781.26 of the Revised Code and who is directly involved with or impacted by the alleged compliance failure, as identified in the request for inquiry, of another person with duties and obligations under sections 153....

...(A) Each utility, excavator, developer, and designer who participates in the one-call notification system shall register with the public utilities commission and pay a safety registration not to exceed fifty dollars annually, which the commission may lower if the commission determines lowering the registration to be necessary. The commission shall administer and oversee the registration process. Failure to register s...

...(A) Beginning January 1, 2016, an aggrieved person may request an inquiry with the staff of the public utilities commission seeking the imposition, in accordance with this chapter, of a fine or penalty on the person responsible for the alleged compliance failure described in division (A) of section 4913.01 of the Revised Code. The person shall make the request not later than ninety days after discovering the alleged ...

...If a request for an inquiry is made under section 4913.05 of the Revised Code, the person responsible for the alleged compliance failure may, not later than thirty days after being notified under that section, respond to the request, providing any information that the person considers relevant to the request. The response may include an admission of the compliance failure.

...(A) The staff of the public utilities commission shall conduct an inquiry upon receiving a request made under section 4913.05 of the Revised Code. The inquiry shall be limited to whether there was a compliance failure. (B) During an inquiry conducted under this section, the staff shall examine relevant facts regarding the alleged compliance failure and may request records verification, informal meetings, teleconfere...

...The staff of the public utilities commission shall make a report of each inquiry conducted under section 4913.09 of the Revised Code available to the underground technical committee, created under section 3781.34 of the Revised Code. The report shall contain any admission made under section 4913.07 of the Revised Code by the person who is the subject of the inquiry. This report shall not contain a recommendation as t...

...(A) The underground technical committee shall review every report of the staff of the public utilities commission made available under section 4913.13 of the Revised Code or submitted under section 4913.16 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than ninety days after the committee obtains the staff's report under section 4913.13 of the Revised Code, the committee shall do any of the following: (1) Make a written reco...

...In determining a fine or penalty recommendation as required under section 4913.15 or 4913.16 of the Revised Code: (A) If the compliance failure is the first for the person responsible, the underground technical committee may recommend a penalty of a training requirement, an education requirement, or another nonmonetary penalty, or may recommend a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars, or may recommend...

...The underground technical committee may communicate with persons who have knowledge or information concerning the alleged compliance failure as part of the committee's review under section 4913.15 of the Revised Code and to assist the committee in making recommendations under that section and section 4913.16 of the Revised Code.

...(A)(1) If the underground technical committee votes during the ninety-day time period as required under division (B) of section 4913.15 of the Revised Code but fails to achieve the required majority as described in division (C) of that section, no enforcement action shall be taken. (2) If the committee, during the ninety-day time period, fails to vote on any action as required under division (B) of section 4913.15 o...