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...Any acknowledgment or proof of execution of a deed, mortgage, lease, power of attorney, or other instrument that was taken, and any other notarial act that was performed, by a commissioned officer in active service with the armed forces of the United States for a person who was a member of the armed forces of the United States, for a person who was accompanying the armed forces of the United States, or for a person w...

...(A) If the notarial act is performed by any of the persons described in divisions (A) and (B) of section 147.51 of the Revised Code, other than a person authorized to perform notarial acts by the laws or regulations of a foreign country, the signature, rank, or title and serial number, if any, of the person are sufficient proof of the authority of a holder of that rank or title to perform the act. Further proof of th...

...(A) The secretary of state shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary to implement, set, and maintain standards for online notarizations and online notaries public. Such rules shall address, at a minimum, all of the following: (1) The standards, procedures, application forms, and fees for the authorization of a notary public to act as an online notary public; (2) The means of performing o...

...public employees deferred compensation board shall be comprised of a member of the house of representatives and a member of the senate, who shall not be of the same political party, each to be appointed to serve at the pleasure of the member's respective leadership, and the members of the public employees retirement board as constituted by section 145.04 of the Revised Code, who are hereby created as a separate leg...

...(A) The secretary of state shall compile, publish, and distribute the session laws either annually or biennially in a paper or electronic format. The annual or biennial publication shall contain all enrolled acts and joint resolutions, a subject index, a table indicating Revised Code sections affected, and the secretary of state's certificate that the laws, as compiled and distributed, are true copies of the original...

...(A) Any department, division, bureau, board, or commission of the state government issuing a report, pamphlet, document, or other publication intended for general public use and distribution, which publication is reproduced by duplicating processes in print whether through a contract awarded to any person, company, or the state printing division of the department of administrative services, shall cause to be delivere...

...The state library board shall forward, free of charge, in a paper or electronic format, one copy of each legislative bulletin, daily house and senate journal, pamphlet law as described in section 149.09 of the Revised Code, and summary of enactments published by the legislative service commission, to the following libraries: (A) Each library within the state that has been designated by the state library board...

...hio historic site preservation advisory board, to consist of seventeen members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Terms of office shall be for three years, commencing on the fifteenth day of January and ending on the fourteenth day of January. Each member shall hold office from the date of the member's appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Vacancie...

...(A) The Ohio history connection, in addition to its other functions, shall establish a museum in the vicinity of Wilberforce to be known as the national museum of Afro-American history and culture. For this purpose the Ohio history connection may accept donations of money, property, and personal services, apply for and receive federal assistance, acquire real property or any estate, right, or interest therein, constr...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Historic building" means a building, including its structural components, that is located in this state and that is either individually listed on the national register of historic places under 16 U.S.C. 470a, located in a registered historic district, and certified by the state historic preservation officer as being of historic significance to the district, or is individually list...

...No state agency shall retain, destroy, or otherwise transfer its state records in violation of this section. This section does not apply to state-supported institutions of higher education. Each state agency shall submit to the state records program under the director of administrative services all applications for records disposal or transfer and all schedules of records retention and destruction. The state record...

...Upon request of the department of administrative services, the attorney general may replevin any public records which have been unlawfully transferred or removed in violation of sections 149.31 to 149.44 of the Revised Code or otherwise transferred or removed unlawfully. Such records shall be returned to the office of origin and safeguards shall be established to prevent further recurrence of unlawful transfer or rem...

...commission, composed of a member of the board of county commissioners as chairperson, the prosecuting attorney, the auditor, the recorder, and the clerk of the court of common pleas. The commission shall appoint a secretary, who may or may not be a member of the commission and who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The commission may employ an archivist or records manager to serve under its direction. The...

...(A) As used in this section, "records commission" means a records commission created under section 149.39 of the Revised Code, a school district records commission and an educational service center records commission created under section 149.41 of the Revised Code, a library records commission created under section 149.411 of the Revised Code, a special taxing district records commission created under section 149.41...

...As used in this section, "archaeological site" means any mounds, earthworks, burial or settlement sites, or other place where evidence of prehistoric or early historic settlement or occupation lies on or below the surface of the ground. The Ohio history connection may accept articles dedicating as preserves real property upon which significant archaeological sites are located, if funds and services are available fo...

...(A) The authority is exempt from the requirements of sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code. (B) The selection of a program administrator and the entering into an agreement under section 150.05 of the Revised Code do not constitute a purchase of services under Chapter 125. of the Revised Code. (C) Notwithstanding section 121.22 of the Revised Code, the authority may hold an executive session for either of ...

...of, other state departments, divisions, boards, commissions, and agencies, political subdivisions, and other public officials and public and private agencies in the conduct of conservation plans and other matters in which the interests of the department of natural resources and the other departments and agencies overlap. The director, by mutual agreement, may utilize the facilities and staffs of state-supported educ...

...The director of natural resources may spend out of any funds appropriated to the department of natural resources for studies, planning, or engineering, such moneys as are necessary for the preparation of studies or plans for any state park or proposed state park in connection with which any lands or interests therein or public service facilities, or both, are to be acquired, constructed, enlarged, equipped, furnished...

...All chiefs of divisions in the department of natural resources shall be appointed by the director of natural resources. The chiefs of those divisions may be removed by the director. The chief engineer of the department of natural resources shall be a professional engineer registered under Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code or a professional architect certified and registered under Chapter 4703. of the Revis...

...(A) The director of natural resources, with the approval of the governor, may provide, at one time or from time to time, for the issuance of state park revenue bonds of the state, for the purpose of paying the cost of acquiring by purchase lands or interests therein to be used in the establishment or enlargement of state parks, and for the purpose of paying the cost of acquiring, constructing, enlarging, equipping, f...

...In the discretion of the director of natural resources any bonds issued under sections 1501.12 to 1501.15, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may be secured by a trust agreement between the director and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. Such bonds may also be secured by mortgage on such property wholly acquired through th...

...The chief of the division of forestry shall administer this chapter. The chief may adopt, amend, and rescind rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, for the administration, implementation, and enforcement of section 1503.43 of the Revised Code and for the administration, use, visitation, and protection of the state forests, except those forests used solely for research purposes by the Ohio agricu...

...The chief of the division of forestry shall cooperate with all state operated universities and the department of agriculture. The chief, with the approval of the director of natural resources, may purchase or acquire by gift, donations, or contributions any interest in land suitable for forestry purposes. The chief may enter into agreements with the federal government or other agencies for the acquisition, by lease, ...

...Forest-fire wardens shall be allowed for their services such remuneration as is fixed by the chief of the division of forestry, subject to the approval of the director of natural resources. Laborers and owners of all property required by any warden in the extinguishment of a brush or forest fire shall receive reasonable compensation for labor and material so employed, and said chief may make final settlement.

...(A) As used in this section, "firefighting agency" and "private fire company" have the same meanings as in section 9.60 of the Revised Code. (B) Each fiscal year, the director of natural resources or the director's designee shall designate not more than two hundred thousand dollars in the state forest fund created in section 1503.05 of the Revised Code for wildfire suppression payments. The amount designated shall ...