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...There is hereby created in the state treasury the economic development support fund. The fund shall consist of excess money received by the state representing gross profit on the sale of spirituous liquor that is credited or transferred to it. Money in the fund shall be used to carry out economic development activities.

..."Microbusiness" means an independently owned and operated for-profit business entity, including any affiliates, that has fewer than twenty full-time employees or full-time equivalent employees and is located in this state. For purposes of this section: (A) "Full-time employee" means an employee who, with respect to a calendar month, is employed an average of at least thirty hours of service per week. (B) The numbe...

...That governing bodies of any two or more counties, municipal corporations, townships, special districts, school districts, or other political subdivisions may enter into an agreement with each other, or with the governing bodies of any counties, municipal corporations, townships, special districts, school districts or other political subdivisions of any other state to the extent that laws of such other state permit, ...

... (A) Membership in the regional council shall be the counties, municipal corporations, townships, special districts, school districts, and other political subdivisions entering into the agreement establishing the council or admitted to membership subsequently pursuant to the agreement establishing the council or the bylaws of the council. Representation on the council may be in the manner as provided in the agreement...

...(A) The council shall have the power to: (1) Study such area governmental problems common to two or more members of the council as it deems appropriate, including but not limited to matters affecting health, safety, welfare, education, economic conditions, and regional development; (2) Promote cooperative arrangements and coordinate action among its members, and between its members and other agencies of local or ...

...(A) The regional council of governments shall adopt by-laws, by a majority vote of its members, designating the officers of the council and the method of their selection, creating a governing board that may act for the council as provided in the by-laws, and providing for the conduct of its business. (B) The by-laws of the regional council of governments shall provide for the appointment of a fiscal officer, who may...

...An educational service center serving as a fiscal agent for a regional council of governments may establish a program for the council in which the fiscal agent may enter into agreements with the governing body of one or more member governments to lend money to the member or members for the purpose of improving infrastructure within the territory of the member or members located within this state.

... The council may employ such staff and contract for the services of such consultants and experts, and may purchase or lease or otherwise provide for such supplies, materials, equipment, and facilities as it deems necessary and appropriate in the manner and under procedures established in the by-laws of the council. The council may contract with the prosecuting attorney of a county, as provided in section 309.09 of ...

...(A) The governing bodies of the member governments may appropriate funds to meet the expenses of the council. Services of personnel, use of equipment, and office space, and other necessary services may be accepted from members as part of their financial support. The members of the council, or the state of Ohio, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or political subdivisions or any governmental unit may give t...

...(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, membership on a regional council of governments and holding an office of the council does not constitute the holding of a public office or employment within the meaning of any section of the Revised Code. (2) A regional council of governments is considered a public agency for purposes of Chapter 102. and is considered a political subdivision for...

...The appropriate officials, authorities, boards, or bodies of counties, municipal corporations, townships, special districts, school districts, or other political subdivisions may contract with any council established pursuant to sections 167.01 to 167.07, inclusive, of the Revised Code to receive any service from such council or to provide any service to such council. Such contracts may also authorize the council to ...

...A regional council may enter into a contract that establishes a unit price for, and provides upon a per unit basis, materials, labor, services, overhead, profit, and associated expenses for the repair, enlargement, improvement, or demolition of a building or structure if the contract is awarded pursuant to a competitive bidding procedure of a county, municipal corporation, or township or a special district, sch...

... (A) As used in this section and sections 167.101 to 167.105 of the Revised Code: (1) "Qualifying council" means a regional council established under section 167.01 of the Revised Code to which both of the following requirements apply: (a) The council's membership is composed primarily of city, local, and exempted village school districts, or any combination of such districts; (b) The council is an informati...

... (A) A qualifying council may issue securities only for the purpose described in section 167.10 of the Revised Code. The securities may be secured only by the following: (1) A pledge of and lien on the revenue of the qualifying council, or such lesser portion of the revenue as may be designated by the qualifying council, whether derived from agreements with its members and other persons or from its ownership ...

... Securities issued under section 167.101 of the Revised Code are special obligation securities and are not general obligations of the state, the issuing qualifying council, the members of the issuing qualifying council, or any political subdivision of the state. Such securities shall not constitute debt for which the full faith and credit of the state, the issuing qualifying council, the members of the issuing ...

... The officers authorized by a qualifying council issuing securities under section 167.101 of the Revised Code shall execute the necessary documents to provide for the pledge, protection, and disposition of the pledged revenues from which debt charges and any special fund deposits are to be paid. Those necessary documents include the issued securities, trust agreements, leases, and other financing documents.

... The maximum maturity of securities issued under section 167.101 of the Revised Code shall be governed by section 133.20 of the Revised Code.

... Except for sections 9.98 to 9.983 and 167.10 to 167.105 of the Revised Code, the securities issued under section 167.101 of the Revised Code shall not be subject to any other provision of the Revised Code governing the issuance of securities by the state, its agencies, or any political subdivision of the state.

... As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (A) "Financial organization" means any bank, trust company, savings bank, safe deposit company, mutual savings bank without mutual stock, savings and loan association, credit union, or investment company. (B)(1) "Unclaimed funds" means any moneys, rights to moneys, or intangible property, described in section 169.02 of the Revised Code, when, as sho...

... Subject to division (B) of section 169.01 of the Revised Code, the following constitute unclaimed funds: (A) Except as provided in division (R) of this section, any demand, savings, or matured time deposit account, or matured certificate of deposit, together with any interest or dividend on it, less any lawful claims, that is held or owed by a holder which is a financial organization, unclaimed for a period of fi...

... (A)(1) Every holder of unclaimed funds and, when requested, every person that could be the holder of unclaimed funds, under this chapter shall report to the director of commerce with respect to the unclaimed funds as provided in this section. The report shall be verified. (2) With respect to items of unclaimed funds each having a value of fifty dollars or more, the report required under division (A)(1) of this sec...

...(A) If funds otherwise subject to Chapter 169. of the Revised Code are held for or owed or distributable to an owner whose last known address is in another state by a holder who is subject to the jurisdiction of that state, the funds will not be unclaimed funds in this state and subject to Chapter 169. of the Revised Code if they may be claimed as unclaimed, abandoned, or escheated funds under the laws of such other ...

...Nothing in section 169.04 or 169.05 of the Revised Code or in any other provision of this chapter shall be construed to diminish the authority of this state to recover one hundred per cent of funds that are or are presumed to be subject to the jurisdiction of this state under this chapter and that have been claimed as unclaimed, abandoned, or escheated funds under the laws of another state and are in the possession, ...

...(A) Every holder required to file a report under section 169.03 of the Revised Code shall, at the time of filing, pay to the director of commerce ten per cent of the aggregate amount of unclaimed funds as shown on the report, except for aggregate amounts of fifty dollars or less in which case one hundred per cent shall be paid. The funds may be deposited by the director in the state treasury to the credit of the uncl...

...(A) As used in this section, "United States savings bond" means property, tangible or intangible, in the form of a savings bond issued by the United States treasury whether in paper form, electric, or paperless form, along with all proceeds thereof. (B) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, United States savings bonds held or owing in this state by any person, or issued or owed in the co...