Ohio Rev. Code § 3714.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3714 / § 3714.09
§ 3714.09. Health district approved list
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The director of environmental protection shall place each health district that is on the approved list under division (A) or (B) of section 3734.08 of the Revised Code on the approved list for the purposes of issuing permits to install and licenses under this chapter. Any survey or resurvey of any such health district conducted under section 3734.08 of the Revised Code shall also determine whether there is substantial compliance with this chapter. If the director removes any such health district from the approved list under division (B) of that section, the director shall also remove the health district from the approved list under this division and shall administer and enforce this chapter in the health district until the health district is placed on the approved list under division (B) of section 3734.08 of the Revised Code or division (B)(1) of this section. (B)(1) Upon the request of the board of health of a health district that is not on the approved list under division (A) or (B) of section 3734.08 of the Revised Code, the director may place the board on the approved list for the purpose of permitting and licensing construction and demolition debris facilities under this chapter if the director determines that the board is both capable of and willing to enforce all of the applicable requirements of this chapter and rules adopted under it. (2) The director shall annually survey each health district on the approved list under division (B)(1) of this section to determine whether there is substantial compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. Upon determining that there is substantial compliance, the director shall place the health district on the approved list under that division. The director shall make a resurvey when in the director's opinion a resurvey is necessary and shall remove from the approved list under division (B)(1) of this section any health district not substantially complying with this chapter and rules adopted under it. (3) If, after a survey or resurvey is made under division (B)(2) of this section, the director determines that a health district is not eligible to be placed on the approved list or to continue on that list, the director shall certify that fact to the board of health of the health district and shall administer and enforce this chapter and rules adopted under it in the health district until such time as the health district is placed on the approved list. (4) Whenever the director is required to administer and enforce this chapter in any health district under division (A) or (B)(3) of this section, the director is hereby vested with all of the authority and all the duties granted to or imposed upon a board of health under this chapter and rules adopted under it within the health district. All disposal fees required to be paid to a board of health by section 3714.07 of the Revised Code and all such previous fees paid to the board, together with any money from construction and demolition debris facility license fees that were required to be paid to the board under section 3714.07 of the Revised Code as that section existed prior to April 15, 2005, that have not been expended or encumbered shall be paid to the director and deposited by the director in the state treasury to the credit of the waste management fund created in section 3734.061 of the Revised Code. (C) Nothing in this chapter limits the authority of the director to initiate and pursue any administrative remedy or to request the attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the appropriate county, or the city director of law of the appropriate city to initiate and pursue any appropriate judicial remedy available under this chapter to enforce any provision of this chapter and any rules or terms or conditions of any permit or license or order adopted or issued under this chapter with respect to any construction and demolition debris facility regardless of whether the facility is located in a health district that is on the approved list under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3721.027 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3721 / § 3721.027
§ 3721.027. Investigation of unresolved complaints found to be valid
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "survey" has the same meaning as in section 5165.60 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of health shall investigate within ten working days after referral, in accordance with procedures and criteria to be established by the department of health and the department of aging, any unresolved complaint that the office of the state long-term care ombudsman has investigated and found to be valid and refers to the department of health. This requirement does not supersede federal requirements for survey agency complaint investigations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3719.061 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3719 / § 3719.061
§ 3719.061. Prescription of opioids to minors
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 (GA 134), House Bill 558 (GA 134) (A)(1) As used in this section: (a) "Another adult authorized to consent to the minor's medical treatment" means an adult to whom a minor's parent or guardian has given written authorization to consent to the minor's medical treatment. (b) "Emergency facility" means a hospital emergency department or any other facility that provides emergency care. (c) "Medical emergency" means a situation that in a prescriber's good faith medical judgment creates an immediate threat of serious risk to the life or physical health of a minor. (d) "Minor" means an individual under eighteen years of age who is not emancipated. (2) For purposes of this section, an individual under eighteen years of age is emancipated only if the individual has married, has entered the armed services of the United States, has become employed and self-sustaining, or otherwise has become independent from the care and control of the individual's parent, guardian, or custodian. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, before issuing for a minor the first prescription in a single course of treatment for an opioid analgesic, regardless of whether the dosage is modified during that course of treatment, a prescriber shall do all of the following: (1) As part of the prescriber's examination of the minor, assess whether the minor has ever had, or currently has, mental health or substance abuse disorders and whether the minor has taken or is currently taking prescription drugs for treatment of those disorders; (2) Discuss with the minor and the minor's parent, guardian, or another adult authorized to consent to the minor's medical treatment all of the following: (a) The risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid analgesics; (b) The increased risk of addiction to controlled substances of individuals having both mental health and substance abuse disorders; (c) The dangers of taking opioid analgesics with benzodiazepines, alcohol, or other central nervous system depressants; (d) Any other information in the patient counseling information section of the labeling for the opioid analgesic required under 21 C.F.R. 201.57(c)(18). (3) Obtain written consent for the prescription from the minor's parent, guardian, or, subject to division (E) of this section, another adult authorized to consent to the minor's medical treatment. The prescriber shall record the consent on a form, which shall be known as the "Start Talking!" consent form. The form shall be separate from any other document the prescriber uses to obtain informed consent for other treatment provided to the minor. The form shall contain all of the following: (a) The name and quantity of the opioid analgesic being prescribed and the amount of the initial dose; (b) A statement indicating that a controlled substance is a drug or other substance that the United States drug enforcement administration has identified as having a potential for abuse; (c) A statement certifying that the prescriber discussed with the minor and the minor's parent, guardian, or another adult authorized to consent to the minor's medical treatment the matters described in division (B)(2) of this section; (d) The number of refills, if any, authorized by the prescription; (e) The signature of the minor's parent, guardian, or another adult authorized to consent to the minor's medical treatment and the date of signing. (C)(1) The requirements of division (B) of this section do not apply if the minor's treatment with an opioid analgesic meets any of the following criteria: (a) The treatment is associated with or incident to a medical emergency. (b) The treatment is associated with or incident to surgery, regardless of whether the surgery is performed on an inpatient or outpatient basis. (c) In the prescriber's professional judgment, fulfilling the requirements of division (B) of this section with respect to the minor's treatment would be a detriment to the minor's health or safety. (d) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the treatment is rendered in a hospital, emergency facility, ambulatory surgical facility, nursing home, pediatric respite care program, pediatric transition care program, residential care facility, freestanding rehabilitation facility, or similar institutional facility. (2) The requirements of division (B) of this section do not apply to a prescription for an opioid analgesic that a prescriber issues to a minor at the time of discharge from a facility or other location described in division (C)(1)(d) of this section. (D) The exemption in division (C)(1)(d) of this section does not apply to treatment rendered in a prescriber's office that is located on the premises of or adjacent to a facility or other location described in that division. (E) If the individual who signs the consent form required by division (B)(3) of this section is another adult authorized to consent to the minor's medical treatment, the prescriber shall prescribe not more than a single, seventy-two-hour supply and indicate on the prescription the quantity that is to be dispensed pursuant to the prescription. (F) A signed "Start Talking!" consent form obtained under this section shall be maintained in the minor's medical record. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation. Last updated March 20, 2023 at 2:03 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3704.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3704 / § 3704.99
§ 3704.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

July 1, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly (A) Whoever recklessly violates division (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), or (I) of section 3704.05 or division (B)(5) of section 3704.16 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, for each violation. Each day the violation continues after a conviction for a violation is a separate offense. (B) Whoever knowingly violates division (H), (J), or (K) of section 3704.05 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars for each day of each such violation. (C) Whoever violates section 3704.15 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (D) Whoever violates division (B)(2) or knowingly violates division (C)(1) of section 3704.16 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (E) Whoever violates division (B)(1) or (3) or knowingly violates division (C)(2) or (3) of section 3704.16 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than twenty-five hundred dollars for each day of each violation. (F) Whoever recklessly violates division (B)(4) of section 3704.16 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, for each violation. Each day the violation continues after a conviction for a violation is a separate offense. (G) The sentencing court, in addition to the penalty provided in divisions (D), (E), and (F) of this section, shall order the offender to restore within thirty days any emission control system that was tampered with in connection with the violation or to provide proof that the motor vehicle whose emission control system was tampered with has been dismantled or destroyed. The court may extend that deadline for good cause shown. If the offender does not take the corrective action ordered under this division, each day that the violation continues is a separate offense. Violation of a court order entered under this division is punishable as contempt under Chapter 2705. of the Revised Code. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.742 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.742
§ 3701.742. Consumer price index adjustment to fees for providing medical records
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The amounts specified in division (B) of section 3701.741 of the Revised Code shall be adjusted annually in accordance with this section. These amounts plus any amounts previously computed by annual adjustments made under this section shall be increased or decreased by the average percentage of increase or decrease in the consumer price index for all urban consumers (United States city average, all items), prepared by the United States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics, for the immediately preceding calendar year over the calendar year immediately preceding that year, as reported by the bureau. The director of health shall make this determination and adjust the amounts accordingly. The director shall make a list of the adjusted amounts available to the public on the internet web site maintained by the department of health.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3742.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3742 / § 3742.18
§ 3742.18. Civil action
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A)(1) At the request of the director of health, the attorney general may commence a civil action for civil penalties and injunctive and other equitable relief against any person who violates section 3742.02 , 3742.06 , or 3742.07 of the Revised Code. The action shall be commenced in the court of common pleas of the county in which the violation occurred or is about to occur. (2) The court shall grant injunctive and other equitable relief on a showing that the person has violated or is about to violate section 3742.02 , 3742.06 , or 3742.07 of the Revised Code. On a finding of a violation, the court shall assess a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars. Each day a violation continues is a separate violation. All civil penalties collected by the court under this section shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the lead abatement personnel licensing fund created under section 3742.19 of the Revised Code. (B) At the request of the director or a board of health, a prosecuting attorney, city director of law, village solicitor, or similar chief legal officer may commence a civil action for injunctive and other equitable relief against any person who violates or is about to violate an order issued by the director or board of health under section 3742.40 of the Revised Code. The court shall grant injunctive or other equitable relief on a showing that the person has violated or is about to violate the order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3791.042 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3791 / § 3791.042
§ 3791.042. Plan and specification review
Status: in_force

May 27, 2005 House Bill 175 - 125th General Assembly If a building department certified under section 3781.10 of the Revised Code does not have personnel in its full-time employ who are certified by the board of building standards to do plan and specification review, plans and specifications submitted to the building department shall be examined by the approved building official and shall be approved by the official if the plans and specifications conform with the Ohio building code and Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code, and if the plans and specifications were prepared by an architect who is certificated and registered pursuant to Chapter 4703. of the Revised Code or by a professional engineer who is registered pursuant to Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code and those plans and specifications contain a written certification by the architect or engineer that indicates that the plans and specifications conform to the Ohio building code and Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3721.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3721 / § 3721.26
§ 3721.26. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

December 13, 1990 House Bill 822 - 118th General Assembly The director of health shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement sections 3721.21 to 3721.25 of the Revised Code, including rules prescribing requirements for the notice and hearing required under section 3721.23 of the Revised Code. The notice and hearing required under section 3721.23 of the Revised Code are not subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code; however, the rules may provide for the notice to be provided and the hearing to be conducted in accordance with that chapter. Rules adopted under this section shall be no less stringent than the requirements, guidelines, and procedures established by the United States secretary of health and human services under sections 1819 and 1919 of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3781.111 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3781 / § 3781.111
§ 3781.111. Facilitating reasonable access and use by all persons with disability of buildings and facilities of buildings
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly (A) In addition to the powers conferred by any other section of the Revised Code, the board of building standards shall adopt standards and rules to facilitate the reasonable access and use by all persons with a disability of all buildings and the facilities of buildings for which plans are submitted for approval under section 3791.04 of the Revised Code. No standard or rule shall be applied to any building the plans or drawings, specifications, and date of which have been approved prior to the time that the standard or rule takes effect. (B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the standards and rules adopted by the board pursuant to this section shall be in accordance with the "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990," 104 Stat. 327, 42 U.S.C.A. 12101, as amended, and the "Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988," 102 Stat. 1619, 42 U.S.C.A. 3601, as amended. (2) For purposes of enforcement by the Ohio civil rights commission only, approval of a plan as required under section 3791.04 of the Revised Code creates a rebuttable presumption that the plans, drawings, specifications, or data submitted are in compliance with the rules adopted by the board pursuant to this section as they relate to accessibility. (C) All signs posted to designate accessible parking locations for persons with a disability and persons with disabilities that limit or impair the ability to walk in accordance with division (E) of section 4511.69 of the Revised Code and the standards and rules adopted pursuant to this section shall be mounted on a fixed or movable post or otherwise affixed in a vertical position so that the distance from the ground to the bottom edge of the sign measures not less than five feet. If a new sign or a replacement sign designating an accessible parking location is posted on or after October 14, 1999, there also shall be affixed upon the surface of that sign or affixed next to the designating sign a notice that states the fine applicable for the offense of parking a motor vehicle in the designated accessible parking location if the motor vehicle is not legally entitled to be parked in that location. (D) As used in this section, "disability" has the same meaning as in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code. As used in division (C) of this section, "persons with disabilities that limit or impair the ability to walk" has the same meaning as in division (A)(1) of section 4503.44 of the Revised Code. (E) No owner of a building or facility where accessible parking locations for persons with a disability must be designated in accordance with the standards and rules adopted pursuant to this section shall fail to properly mark the accessible parking locations as required by those standards and rules or fail to maintain the markings of the accessible parking locations, including the erection and maintenance of the fixed or movable signs. (F) The board annually shall provide statewide training on the rules adopted by the board pursuant to this section as they relate to accessibility for nonresidential building department personnel certified by the board who approve, review plans, and inspect nonresidential construction. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 12:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3703.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3703 / § 3703.21
§ 3703.21. Backflow advisory board - certification of backflow technicians - civil penalty
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 238 - 135th General Assembly (A) Within ninety days after September 16, 2004, the superintendent of industrial compliance shall appoint a backflow advisory board consisting of not more than ten members, who shall serve at the pleasure of the superintendent. The superintendent shall appoint a representative from the plumbing section of the division of industrial compliance, three representatives recommended by the plumbing administrator of the division of industrial compliance, a representative of the drinking water program of the Ohio environmental protection agency, three representatives recommended by the director of environmental protection, and not more than two members who are not employed by the plumbing or water industry. The board shall advise the superintendent on matters pertaining to the training and certification of backflow technicians. (B)(1) The superintendent shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to provide for the certification of backflow technicians. The rules shall establish all of the following requirements, specifications, and procedures: (a) Requirements and procedures for the initial certification of backflow technicians, including eligibility criteria and application requirements and fees; (b) Specifications concerning and procedures for taking examinations required for certification as a backflow technician, including eligibility criteria to take the examination and application requirements and fees for taking the examination; (c) Subject to division (B)(2) of this section, specifications concerning and procedures for renewing a certification as a backflow technician, including eligibility criteria, application requirements, and fees for renewal; (d) Specifications concerning and procedures for both of the following: (i) Approval of training agencies authorized to teach required courses to candidates for certification as backflow technicians or continuing education courses to certified backflow technicians; (ii) Renewal of the approval described in division (B)(1)(d)(i) of this section. (e) Education requirements that candidates for initial certification as backflow technicians must satisfy and continuing education requirements that certified backflow technicians must satisfy; (f) Grounds and procedures for denying, suspending, or revoking certification, or denying the renewal of certification, as a backflow technician; (g) Procedures for issuing administrative orders for the remedy of any violation of this section or any rule adopted pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section, including, but not limited to, procedures for assessing a civil penalty authorized under division (E) of this section; (h) Any provision the superintendent determines is necessary to administer or enforce this section. (2) In the rules the superintendent adopts under division (B)(1)(c) of this section, the superintendent shall do both of the following: (a) Specify that a certification be renewed every five years; (b) Establish a certification renewal fee of seventy-five dollars. (C) The superintendent shall certify a backflow technician in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code if either of the following applies: (1) The individual holds a license or certification in another state. (2) The individual has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a backflow technician in a state that does not issue that certification. (D) No individual shall engage in the installation, testing, or repair of any isolation backflow prevention device unless that individual possesses a valid certification as a backflow technician. This division does not apply with respect to the installation, testing, or repair of any containment backflow prevention device. (E) Whoever violates division (D) of this section or any rule adopted pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section shall pay a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars for each day that the violation continues. The superintendent may, by order, assess a civil penalty under this division, or may request the attorney general to bring a civil action to impose the civil penalty in the court of common pleas of the county in which the violation occurred or where the violator resides. (F) Any action taken under a rule adopted pursuant to division (B)(1)(f) of this section is subject to the appeal process of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. An administrative order issued pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(1)(g) of this section and an appeal to that type of administrative order shall be executed in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (G) As used in this section: (1) "Isolation backflow prevention device" means a device for the prevention of the backflow of liquids, solids, or gases that is regulated by the building code adopted pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code and rules adopted pursuant to this section. (2) "Containment backflow prevention device" means a device for the prevention of the backflow of liquids, solids, or gases that is installed by the supplier of, or as a requirement of, any public water system as defined in division (A) of section 6109.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3775.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3775 / § 3775.12
§ 3775.12. Sports gaming facilities
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 House Bill 29 - 134th General Assembly (A) A type B sports gaming proprietor may accept wagers on sporting events that are made in person only from individuals who are at least twenty-one years of age and who are physically present in a sports gaming facility. (B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(2) of this section, before accepting any wager on a sporting event, a type B sports gaming proprietor shall require the individual to register with the sports gaming proprietor, provide the individual's full legal name and any other information required by the Ohio casino control commission or requested by the sports gaming proprietor, and place all wagers on sporting events placed with the sports gaming proprietor through that registration. (2) A type B sports gaming proprietor may accept an anonymous wager from an individual, so long as the amount of the wager does not exceed a dollar limit determined by the commission by rule. (C) Except as provided in divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section, no individual who is under twenty-one years of age shall enter a sports gaming facility. (1) An employee of a sports gaming proprietor who is eighteen, nineteen, or twenty years of age may be present in a sports gaming facility, so long as the employee's duties are not related to sports gaming. (2) An individual who is under twenty-one years of age may enter a sports gaming facility in order to pass to another area where sports gaming is not being conducted, but only if the individual is personally escorted by an employee of the sports gaming proprietor who remains in close proximity to the individual at all times in accordance with the rules of the commission. Last updated February 14, 2022 at 4:00 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3735.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3735 / § 3735.55
§ 3735.55. Resolution granting powers to public bodies - effective immediately
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The exercise by a state public body of the powers granted in sections 3735.51 to 3735.57 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, may be authorized by ordinance or resolution of the governing body of such state public body, adopted in accordance with the charter of such public body or in the absence of a charter provision by a majority of the members of its governing body present at a meeting of said governing body, which resolution may be adopted at the meeting at which such resolution is introduced. Such a resolution shall take effect immediately and need not be laid over, published, or posted.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3797.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3797 / § 3797.05
§ 3797.05. Confirmation of registered residence address by premises owner
Status: in_force

August 3, 2006 Senate Bill 17 - 126th General Assembly (A) If a registrant registers a residence address, provides notice of a change of any residence address, or verifies a current residence address pursuant to section 3797.02 , 3797.03 , or 3797.04 of the Revised Code, all of the following apply: (1) At any time after the registration, provision of the notice, or verification, the sheriff with whom the registrant so registered or to whom the registrant so provided the notice or verified the current address may contact a person who owns, leases, or otherwise has custody, control, or supervision of the premises at the address provided by the registrant in the registration, the notice, or the verification and request that the person confirm or deny that the registrant currently resides at that address. (2) Upon receipt of a request under division (A)(1) of this section, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the person who owns, leases, or otherwise has custody, control, or supervision of the premises, or an agent of that person, shall comply with the request and inform the sheriff or designee who made the request whether or not the registrant currently resides at that address. (3) Section 3797.12 of the Revised Code applies to a person who provides information of the type described in division (A)(2) of this section in accordance with that division. (B) Division (A) of this section applies regarding any public or private residential premises, including, but not limited to, a private residence, a multi-unit residential facility, a halfway house, a homeless shelter, or any other type of residential premises. (C) A sheriff may attempt to confirm that a registrant who registers a residence address, provides notice of a change of any residence address, or verifies a current residence address as described in division (A) of this section currently resides at the address in question in manners other than the manner provided in this section. A sheriff is not limited in the number of requests that may be made under this section regarding any registration, provision of notice, or verification or in the number of times that the sheriff may attempt to confirm in manners other than the manner provided in this section that a registrant currently resides at the address in question.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3775.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3775 / § 3775.06
§ 3775.06. Occupational licenses
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 House Bill 29 - 134th General Assembly (A)(1) An individual whose duties include any of the following shall hold an appropriate and valid sports gaming occupational license issued by the Ohio casino control commission at all times: (a) Accepting wagers on sporting events on behalf of a sports gaming proprietor; (b) Handling money as part of operating sports gaming on behalf of a sports gaming proprietor, including a cashier, change person, count team, or coin wrapper; (c) Providing security for the operation of sports gaming by a sports gaming proprietor, including a guard or observer, other than providing general security at a type C sports gaming host's facility; (d) Performing other duties such that the individual has the ability to alter material aspects of sports gaming conducted by a sports gaming proprietor. (2) An individual is not required to have a sports gaming occupational license if the individual's duties are related solely to nongaming activities such as entertainment, maintenance, or preparing or serving food or beverages, including an individual who is, or is employed by, a type C sports gaming host. (3) The commission shall issue a sports gaming occupational license to an individual who meets the requirements of this chapter and of the commission's rules, provided that the commission's rules shall not require an applicant for a sports gaming occupational license who currently holds a video lottery license issued under Chapter 3770. or a license issued under Chapter 3772. of the Revised Code to take action to satisfy any additional requirement for the sports gaming occupational license that is substantially similar to any requirement the applicant previously has satisfied in order to obtain or renew the applicant's video lottery license or license issued under Chapter 3772. of the Revised Code. (B) A sports gaming occupational license permits the licensee to be employed in the capacity the commission designates during the duration of the license. The commission may establish by rule job classifications with different requirements. (C)(1) An applicant for an initial or renewed sports gaming occupational license shall apply for the license on a form prescribed by the commission and shall pay the fee required under division (C)(3) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, along with a nonrefundable application fee of one hundred dollars. The commission may annually increase the amount of the application fee in an amount that does not exceed the percentage increase in the consumer price index for the previous year, as necessary to cover the cost of processing the application. As used in this division, "consumer price index" means the consumer price index for all urban consumers or its successive equivalent, as determined by the United States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics, or its successor in responsibility, for all items, Series A. (2) Upon receiving an initial or renewed sports gaming occupational license, the applicant shall pay a nonrefundable license fee of fifty dollars. (3) An applicant's employer may pay the fees described in divisions (C)(1) and (2) of this section on behalf of the applicant. (D) The commission may adopt rules allowing an individual who holds a sports gaming occupational license from another jurisdiction to be licensed in this state by reciprocity, so long as that jurisdiction's requirements to receive that license and the activities authorized by the license are substantially similar to those of this state with respect to the license the individual seeks. (E) A sports gaming occupational license shall be valid for a term of three years. In order to renew a sports gaming occupational license, the licensee shall apply to the commission for a renewed license in the same manner as for an initial license. Last updated February 14, 2022 at 3:49 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3747.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3747 / § 3747.01
§ 3747.01. Midwest interstate compact on low-level radioactive waste
Status: in_force

April 25, 1984 House Bill 344 - 115th General Assembly The "midwest interstate compact on low-level radioactive waste" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party thereto with any other state which has legally joined the compact as follows: MIDWEST INTERSTATE COMPACT ON LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE ARTICLE I POLICY AND PURPOSE There is created the midwest interstate low-level radioactive waste compact. The states party to this compact recognize that the congress of the United States, by enacting the low-level radioactive waste policy act, 42 U.S.C. 2021, has provided for and encouraged the development of low-level radioactive waste compacts as a tool for managing such waste. The party states acknowledge that congress declared that each state is responsible for providing for the availability of capacity either within or outside the state for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste generated within its borders, except for waste generated as a result of certain defense activities of the federal government or federal research and development activities. The party states also recognize that the management of low-level radioactive waste is handled most efficiently on a regional basis; and, that the safe and efficient management of low-level radioactive waste generated within the region requires that sufficient capacity to manage such waste be properly provided. (A) It is the policy of the party states to enter into a regional low-level radioactive waste management compact for the purpose of: (1) Providing the instrument and framework for a cooperative effort; (2) Providing sufficient facilities for the proper management of low-level radioactive waste generated in the region; (3) Protecting the health and safety of the citizens of the region; (4) Limiting the number of facilities required to effectively and efficiently manage low-level radioactive waste generated in the region; (5) Encouraging the reduction of the amounts of low-level radioactive waste generated in the region; (6) Distributing the costs, benefits, and obligations of successful low-level radioactive waste management equitably among the party states and among generators and other persons who use regional facilities to manage their waste; and (7) Ensuring the ecological and economical management of low-level radioactive wastes. (B) Implicit in the congressional consent to this compact is the expectation by the congress and the party states that the appropriate federal agencies will actively assist the compact commission and the individual party states to this compact by: (1) Expeditious enforcement of federal rules, regulations, and laws; (2) Imposition of sanctions against those found to be in violation of federal rules, regulations, and laws; and (3) Timely inspection of their licensees to determine their compliance with these rules, regulations, and laws. ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires a different construction: (A) "Care" means the continued observation of a facility after closure for the purposes of detecting a need for maintenance, ensuring environmental safety, and determining compliance with applicable licensure and regulatory requirements and including the correction of problems which are detected as a result of that observation. (B) "Commission" means the midwest interstate low-level radioactive waste commission. (C) "Decommissioning" means the measures taken at the end of a facility's operating life to assure the continued protection of the public from any residual radioactivity or other potential hazards present at a facility. (D) "Disposal" means the isolation of waste from the biosphere in a permanent facility designed for that purpose. (E) "Eligible state" means a state qualified to be a party state to this compact as provided in Article VIII of this compact. (F) "Facility" means a parcel of land or site, together with the structures, equipment, and improvements on or appurtenant to the land or site, which is used or is being developed for the treatment, storage, or disposal of low-level radioactive waste. (G) "Generator" means a person who produces or possesses low-level radioactive waste in the course of or incident to manufacturing, power generation, processing, medical diagnosis and treatment, research, or other industrial or commercial activity and who, to the extent required by law, is licensed by the United States nuclear regulatory commission or a party state to produce or possess such waste. "Generator" does not include a person who provides a service by arranging for the collection, transportation, treatment, storage, or disposal of wastes generated outside the region. (H) "Host state" means any state which is designated by the commission to host a regional facility. (I) "Low-level radioactive waste" or "waste" means radioactive waste not classified as high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, spent nuclear fuel, or by-product material as defined in Section 11(e)(2) of the "Atomic Energy Act of 1954." (J) "Management plan" means the plan adopted by the commission for the storage, transportation, treatment, and disposal of waste within the region. (K) "Party state" means any eligible state which enacts the compact into law. (L) "Person" means any individual, corporation, business enterprise, or other legal entity either public or private and any legal successor, representative, agent or agency of that individual, corporation, business enterprise, or legal entity. (M) "Region" means the area of the party states. (N) "Regional facility" means a facility which is located within the region and which is established by a party state pursuant to designation of that state as a host state by the commission. (O) "Site" means the geographic location of a facility. (P) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or any other territorial possession of the United States. (Q) "Storage" means the temporary holding of waste for treatment or disposal. (R) "Treatment" means any method, technique, or process, including storage for radioactive decay, designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics or composition of any waste in order to render the waste safer for transport or management, amenable to recovery, convertible to another usable material, or reduced in volume. (S) "Waste management" means the storage, transportation, treatment, or disposal of waste. ARTICLE III THE COMMISSION (A) There is created the midwest interstate low-level radioactive waste commission. The commission consists of one voting member from each party state. The governor of each party state shall notify the commission in writing of its member and any alternates. An alternate may act on behalf of the member only in that member's absence. The method for selection and the expenses of each commission member shall be the responsibility of the member's respective state. (B) Each commission member is entitled to one vote. No action of the commission is binding unless a majority of the total membership cast their vote in the affirmative. (C) The commission shall elect annually from among its members a chairperson. The commission shall adopt and publish, in convenient form, bylaws and policies which are not inconsistent with this compact, including procedures which substantially conform with the provisions of the federal administrative procedure act, 5 U.S.C. 500 to 559, in regard to notice, conduct, and recording of meetings; access by the public to records; provision of information to the public; conduct of adjudicatory hearings; and issuance of decisions. (D) The commission shall meet at least once annually and shall also meet upon the call of the chairperson or a commission member. (E) All meetings of the commission shall be open to the public with reasonable advance notice. The commission may, by majority vote, close a meeting to the public for the purpose of considering sensitive personnel or legal strategy matters. However, all commission actions and decisions shall be made in open meetings and appropriately recorded. (F) The commission may establish advisory committees for the purpose of advising the commission on any matters pertaining to waste management. (G) The office of the commission shall be in a party state. The commission may appoint or contract for and compensate such limited staff necessary to carry out its duties and functions. The staff shall serve at the commission's pleasure with the exception that staff hired as the result of securing federal funds shall be hired and governed under applicable federal statutes and regulations. In selecting any staff, the commission shall assure that the staff has adequate experience and formal training to carry out the functions assigned to it by the commission. (H) The commission may: (1) Enter into an agreement with any person, state, or group of states for the right to use regional facilities for waste generated outside of the region and for the right to use facilities outside the region for waste generated within the region. The right of any person to use a regional facility for waste generated outside of the region requires an affirmative vote of a majority of the commission, including the affirmative vote of the member of the host state in which any affected regional facility is located. (2) Approve the disposal of waste generated within the region at a facility other than a regional facility; (3) Appear as an intervenor or party in interest before any court of law or any federal, state, or local agency, board, or commission in any matter related to waste management. In order to represent its views, the commission may arrange for any expert testimony, reports, evidence, or other participation. (4) Review the emergency closure of a regional facility, determine the appropriateness of that closure, and take whatever actions are necessary to ensure that the interests of the region are protected; (5) Take any action which is appropriate and necessary to perform its duties and functions as provided in this compact; and (6) Suspend the privileges or revoke the membership of a party state by a two-thirds vote of the membership in accordance with Article VIII of this compact. (I) The commission shall: (1) Receive and act on the petition of a non-party state to become an eligible state; (2) Submit an annual report to, and otherwise communicate with, the governors and the appropriate officers of the legislative bodies of the party states regarding the activities of the commision; (3) Hear, negotiate, and, as necessary, resolve by final decision disputes which may arise between the party states regarding this compact; (4) Adopt and amend, by a two-thirds vote of the membership, in accordance with the procedures and criteria developed pursuant to Article IV of this compact, a regional management plan which designates host states for the establishment of needed regional facilities; and (5) Adopt an annual budget. (J) Funding of the budget of the commission shall be provided as follows: (1) Each state, upon becoming a party state, shall pay fifty thousand dollars or one thousand dollars per cubic meter shipped from that state in 1980, whichever is lower, to the commission, which shall be used for the administrative costs of the commission. (2) Each state hosting a regional facility shall levy surcharges on all users of the regional facility based upon its portion of the total volume and characteristics of wastes managed at that facility. The surcharges collected at all regional facilities shall: (a) Be sufficient to cover the annual budget of the commission; (b) Represent the financial commitments of all party states to the commission; (c) Be paid to the commission, provided, however, that each host state collecting surcharges may retain a portion of the collection sufficient to cover its administrative costs of collection, and that the remainder be sufficient only to cover the approved annual budget of the commission. (K) The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The commission shall contract with an independent certified public accountant to annually audit all receipts and disbursements of commission funds, and to submit an audit report to the commission. The audit report shall be made a part of the annual report of the commission required by this article. (L) The commission may accept for any of its purposes and functions and may utilize and dispose of any donations, grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials, and services from any state or the United States or any subdivision or agency thereof, or interstate agency, or from any institution, person, firm, or corporation. The nature, amount and condition, if any, attendant upon any donation or grant accepted or received by the commission together with the identity of the donor, grantor, or lender, shall be detailed in the annual report of the commission. (M) The commission is not liable for any costs associated with any of the following: (1) The licensing and construction of any facility; (2) The operation of any facility; (3) The stabilization and closure of any facility; (4) The care of any facility; (5) The extended institutional control, after care of any facility; or (6) The transportation of waste to any facility. (N)(1) The commission is a legal entity separate and distinct from the party states and is liable for its actions as a separate and distinct legal entity. Liabilities of the commission are not liabilities of the party states. Members of the commission are not personally liable for actions taken by them in their official capacity. (2) Except as provided under paragraphs (M) and (N)(1) of this article, nothing in this compact alters liability for any act, omission, course of conduct, or liability resulting from any causal or other relationships. (O) Any person aggrieved by a final decision of the commission may obtain judicial review of such decision in any court of jurisdiction by filing in such court a petition for review within sixty days after the commission's final decision. ARTICLE IV REGIONAL MANAGEMENT PLAN The commission shall adopt a regional management plan designed to ensure the safe and efficient management of waste generated within the region. In adopting a regional waste management plan the commission shall: (A) Adopt procedures for determining, consistent with considerations for public health and safety, the type and number of regional facilities which are presently necessary and which are projected to be necessary to manage waste generated within the region; (B) Develop and consider policies promoting source reduction of waste generated within the region; (C) Develop and adopt procedures and criteria for identifying a party state as a host state for a regional facility. In developing these criteria, the commission shall consider all the following: (1) The health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the party states; (2) The existence of regional facilities within each party state; (3) The minimization of waste transportation; (4) The volumes and types of wastes generated within each party state; and (5) The environmental, economic, and ecological impacts on the air, land, and water resources of the party states. (D) Conduct such hearings, and obtain such reports, studies, evidence, and testimony required by its approved procedures prior to identifying a party state as a host state for a needed regional facility; and (E) Prepare a draft management plan, including procedures, criteria and host states, including alternatives, which shall be made available in a convenient form to the public for comment. Upon the request of a party state, the commission shall conduct a public hearing in that state prior to the adoption of the management plan. The management plan shall include the commission's response to public and party state comment. ARTICLE V RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF PARTY STATES (A) Each party state shall act in good faith in the performance of acts and courses of conduct which are intended to ensure the provision of facilities for regional availability and usage in a manner consistent with this compact. (B) Each party state has the right to have all wastes generated within its borders managed at regional facilities subject to the provisions contained in Article IX(C) of this compact. All party states have an equal right of access to any facility made available to the region by any agreement entered into by the commission pursuant to Article III of this compact. (C) Party states or generators may negotiate for the right of access to a facility outside the region and may export waste outside the region subject to commission approval under Article III of this compact. (D) To the extent permitted by federal law, each party state may enforce any applicable federal and state laws, regulations, and rules pertaining to the packaging and transportation of waste generated within or passing through its borders. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a party state to enter into any agreement with the United States nuclear regulatory commission. (E) Each party state shall provide to the commission any data and information the commission requires to implement its responsibilities. Each party state shall establish the capability to obtain any data and information required by the commission. ARTICLE VI DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF FACILITIES (A) Any party state may volunteer to become a host state, and the commission may designate that state as a host state upon a two-thirds vote of its members. (B) If all regional facilities required by the regional management plan are not developed pursuant to paragraph (A) of this article, or upon notification that an existing regional facility will be closed, the commission may designate a host state. (C) Each party state designated as a host state is responsible for determining possible facility locations within its borders. The selection of a facility site shall not conflict with applicable federal and host state laws, regulations, and rules not inconsistent with this compact and shall be based on factors including, but not limited to, geological, environmental, and economic viability of possible facility locations. (D) Any party state designated as a host state may request the commission to relieve that state of the responsibility to serve as a host state. The commission may relieve a party state of this responsibility only upon a showing by the requesting party state that no feasible potential regional facility site of the type it is designated to host exists within its borders. (E) After a state is designated a host state by the commission, it is responsible for the timely develoment and operation of a regional facility. (F) To the extent permitted by federal and state law, a host state shall regulate and license any facility within its borders and ensure the extended care of that facility. (G) The commission may designate a party state as a host state while a regional facility is in operation if the commission determines that an additional regional facility is or may be required to meet the needs of the region. The commission shall make this designation following the procedures established under Article IV of this compact. (H) Designation of a host state is for a period of twenty years or the life of the regional facility which is established under that designation, whichever is longer. Upon request of a host state, the commission may modify the period of its designation. (I) A host state may establish a fee system for any regional facility within its borders. The fee system shall be reasonable and equitable. This fee system shall provide the host state with sufficient revenue to cover any costs, including but not limited to the planning, siting, licensure, operation, decommissioning, extended care, and long-term liability, associated with such facilities. This fee system may also include reasonable revenue beyond the costs incurred for the host state, subject to approval by the commission. A host state shall submit an annual financial audit of the operation of the regional facility to the commission. The fee system may include incentives for source reduction and may be based on the hazard of the waste as well as the volume. (J) A host state shall ensure that a regional facility located within its borders which is permanently closed is properly decommissioned. A host state shall also provide for the care of a closed or decommissioned regional facility within its borders so that the public health and safety of the state and region are ensured. (K) A host state intending to close a regional facility located within its borders shall notify the commission in writing of its intention and the reasons. Notification shall be given to the commission at least five years prior to the intended date of closure. This section shall not prevent an emergency closing of a regional facility by a host state to protect its air, land, and water resources and the health and safety of its citizens. However, a host state which has an emergency closing of a regional facility shall notify the commission in writing within three working days of its action and shall, within thirty working days of its action, demonstrate justification for the closing. (L) If a regional facility closes before an additional or new facility becomes operational, waste generated within the region may be shipped temporarily to any location agreed on by the commission until a regional facility is operational. (M) A party state which is designated as a host state by the commission and fails to fulfill its obligations as a host state may have its privileges under the compact suspended or membership in the compact revoked by the commission. ARTICLE VII OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS (A) Nothing in this compact: (1) Abrogates or limits the applicability of any act of congress or diminishes or otherwise impairs the jurisdiction of any federal agency expressly conferred thereon by the congress; (2) Prevents the enforcement of any other law of a party state which is not inconsistent with this compact; (3) Prohibits any storage or treatment of waste by the generator on its own premises; (4) Affects any administrative or judicial proceeding pending on the effective date of this compact; (5) Alters the relations between and the respective internal responsibility of the government of a party state and its subdivisions; (6) Affects the generation, treatment, storage, or disposal of waste generated by the atomic energy defense activities of the secretary of the United States department of energy or successor agencies or federal research and development activities as defined in 42 U.S.C. 2021; (7) Affects the rights and powers of any party state or its political subdivisions to the extent not inconsistent with this compact, to regulate and license any facility or the transportation of waste within its borders or affects the rights and powers of any party state or its political subdivisions to tax or impose fees on the waste managed at any facility within its borders; (8) Requires a party state to enter into any agreement with the United States nuclear regulatory commission; or (9) Alters or limits liability of transporters of waste or owners and operators of sites for their acts, omissions, conduct, or relationships in accordance with applicable laws. (B) For purposes of this compact, all state laws or parts of laws in conflict with this compact are hereby superseded to the extent of the conflict. (C) No law, rule, or regulation of a party state or of any of its subdivisions or instrumentalities may be applied in a manner which discriminates against the generators of another party state. ARTICLE VIII ELIGIBLE PARTIES, WITHDRAWAL, REVOCATION, ENTRY INTO FORCE, TERMINATION (A) Eligible parties to this compact are the states of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Eligibility terminates on July 1, 1984. (B) Any state not eligible for membership in the compact may petition the commission for eligibility. The commission may establish appropriate eligibility requirements. These requirements may include, but are not limited to, an eligibility fee or designation as a host state. A petitioning state becomes eligible for membership in the compact upon the approval of the commission, including the affirmative vote of all host states. Any state becoming eligible upon the approval of the commission becomes a member of the compact in the same manner as any state eligible for membership at the time this compact enters into force. (C) An eligible state becomes a party state when the state enacts the compact into law and pays the membership fee required in Article III(J)(1) of this compact. (D) The commission is formed upon the appointment of commission members and the tender of the membership fee payable to the commission by three party states. The governor of the first state to enact this compact shall convene the initial meeting of the commission. The commission shall cause legislation to be introduced in congress which grants the consent of congress to this compact, and shall take action necessary to organize the commission and implement the provisions of this compact. (E) Any party state may withdraw from this compact by repealing the authorizing legislation but no withdrawal may take effect until five years after the governor of the withdrawing state gives notice in writing of the withdrawal to the commission and to the governor of each party state. Withdrawal does not affect any liability already incurred by or chargeable to a party state prior to the time of such withdrawal. Any host state which grants a disposal permit for waste generated in a withdrawing state shall void the permit when the withdrawal of that state is effective. (F) Any party state which fails to comply with the terms of this compact or fails to fulfill its obligations may have its privileges suspended or its membership in the compact revoked by the commission in accordance with Article III(H)(6) of this compact. Revocation takes effect one year from the date the affected party state receives written notice from the commission of its action. All legal rights of the affected party state established under this compact cease upon the effective date of revocation but any legal obligations of that party state arising prior to revocation continue until they are fulfilled. The chairperson of the commission shall transmit written notice of a revocation of a party state's membership in the compact immediately following the vote of the commission to the governor of the affected party state, all other governors of the party states and the congress of the United States. (G) This compact becomes effective July 1, 1983, or at any date subsequent to July 1, 1983, upon enactment by at least three eligible states. However, Article IX(B) of this compact shall not take effect until congress has by law consented to this compact. The congress shall have an opportunity to withdraw such consent every five years. Failure of congress to affirmatively withdraw its consent has the effect of renewing consent for an additional five-year period. The consent given to this compact by congress shall extend to any future admittance of new party states under divisions (B) and (C) of this article and to the power of the region to ban the shipment of waste from the region pursuant to Article III of this compact. (H) The withdrawal of a party state from this compact under division (E) of this article or the revocation of a state's membership in this compact under division (F) of this article does not affect the applicability of this compact to the remaining party states. (I) A state which has been designated by the commission to be a host state has ninety days from receipt by the governor of written notice of designation to withdraw from the compact without any right to receive refund of any funds already paid pursuant to this compact, and without any further payment. Withdrawal becomes effective immediately upon notice as provided in division (E) of this article. A designated host state which withdraws from the compact after ninety days and prior to fulfilling its obligations shall be assessed a sum the commission determines to be necessary to cover the costs borne by the commission and remaining party states as a result of that withdrawal. ARTICLE IX PENALTIES (A) Each party state shall prescribe and enforce penalties against any person who is not an official of another state for violation of any provision of this compact. (B) Unless otherwise authorized by the commission pursuant to Article III(H) of this compact, after January 1, 1986, it is a violation of this compact: (1) For any person to deposit at a regional facility waste not generated within the region; (2) For any regional facility to accept waste not generated within the region; (3) For any person to export from the region waste which is generated within the region; or (4) For any person to dispose of waste at a facility other than a regional facility. (C) Each party state acknowledges that the receipt by a host state of waste packaged or transported in violation of applicable laws, rules, and regulations may result in the imposition of sanctions by the host state which may include suspension or revocation of the violator's right of access to the facility in the host state. (D) Each party state has the right to seek legal recourse against any party state which acts in violation of this compact. ARTICLE X SEVERABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to the constitution of any participating state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If any provision of this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state participating therein, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3739.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3739 / § 3739.01
§ 3739.01. Cigarette ignition propensity standards definitions
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 House Bill 500 - 127th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Agent" means any person licensed by a county auditor or the tax commissioner to purchase and affix adhesive or meter stamps on packages of cigarettes pursuant to Chapter 5743. of the Revised Code. (B) "Brand family" means all styles of cigarettes sold under the same trademark and differentiated from one another by means of additional modifiers or descriptors, including, but not limited to, "menthol," "lights," "kings," and "100s." "Brand family" includes cigarettes sold under a brand name, whether that name is used alone or in conjunction with any other word, trademark, logo, symbol, motto, selling message, recognizable pattern of colors, or other indicia of product identification identical or similar to, or identifiable with, a previous brand of cigarettes. (C) "Cigarettes" has the same meaning as in division (D)(1) of section 1346.01 of the Revised Code but does not include "roll-your-own" cigarettes as defined in division (D)(2) of that section. (D) "Manufacturer" means either of the following: (1) Any entity or the entity's successor that, in any location, manufactures or otherwise produces cigarettes, or causes cigarettes to be manufactured or produced, that the entity intends to be sold in this state, including, but not limited to, cigarettes intended to be sold in the United States through an importer; (2) Any entity or the entity's successor that meets both of the following criteria: (a) Purchases cigarettes, in any location, from a second entity that manufactures or otherwise produces cigarettes in any location when that second entity does not intend that the cigarettes it manufactures be sold in the United States; (b) Intends to resell the cigarettes described in division (D)(2)(a) of this section in the United States. (E) "Repeatability" means the range of values within which ninety-five per cent of the results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall. (F) "Retail dealer" has the same meaning as in division (C)(1) of section 5743.01 of the Revised Code. (G) "Quality control and quality assurance program" means the procedures a laboratory implements to ensure both of the following: (1) Operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment-related problems do not affect cigarette test results. (2) Testing repeatability remains within the required repeatability values for all test trials used by the laboratory to certify cigarettes in accordance with this chapter and is not greater than 0.19. (H) "Sale" has the same meaning as in section 5743.01 of the Revised Code. (I) "Wholesale dealer" means either of the following persons: (1) A person, other than a manufacturer, who sells cigarettes to retail dealers or other persons for purposes of resale; (2) A person who owns, operates, or maintains one or more cigarette vending machines upon premises owned or occupied by any other person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3745.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3745 / § 3745.12
§ 3745.12. Immediate removal fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the immediate removal fund, which shall be administered by the director of environmental protection. The fund may be used for both of the following purposes: (1) To pay costs incurred by the environmental protection agency in investigating, mitigating, minimizing, removing, or abating any unauthorized spill, release, or discharge of material into or upon the environment that requires emergency action to protect the public health or safety or the environment; (2) Conducting remedial actions under section 3752.13 of the Revised Code. (B) Any person responsible for causing or allowing the unauthorized spill, release, or discharge is liable to the director for the costs incurred by the agency regardless of whether those costs were paid out of the fund created under division (A) of this section or any other fund of the agency. Upon the request of the director, the attorney general shall bring a civil action against the responsible person to recover those costs. Moneys recovered under this division shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the immediate removal fund, except that moneys recovered for costs paid from the hazardous waste clean-up fund created in section 3734.28 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the hazardous waste clean-up fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3769.0812 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3769 / § 3769.0812
§ 3769.0812. Fees paid to thoroughbred jockeys
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 386 - 129th General Assembly Beginning in the calendar year after the first calendar year in which all thoroughbred permit holders receive a commission as a lottery sales agent for conducting video lottery terminal gaming on behalf of the state or on January 1, 2015, whichever occurs first, the fees to be paid to thoroughbred jockeys shall be according to the following schedule: Purse Winning Mount Second Mount Third Mount Fourth Mount Losing Mount Up to $5,999 10% of win purse $65 $60 $55 $50 $6,000 to $7,799 10% of win purse $75 $70 $65 $60 $7,800 to $9,999 10% of win purse 5% of place purse $75 $70 $65 $10,000 to $17,999 10% of win purse 5% of place purse $85 $80 $75 $18,000 to $24,999 10% of win purse 5% of place purse 5% of show purse $85 $80 $25,000 to $49,999 10% of win purse 5% of place purse 5% of show purse $95 $85 $50,000 to $74,999 10% of win purse 5% of place purse 5% of show purse $100 $90 $75,000 and up 10% of win purse 5% of place purse 5% of show purse 5% of fourth purse $105 As used in this section, "win purse" means the amount paid the winning horse less the fees paid by the owner to enter the horse in the race.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3751.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3751 / § 3751.09
§ 3751.09. Issuing abatement orders
Status: in_force

December 14, 1988 Senate Bill 367 - 117th General Assembly The director of environmental protection may issue orders requiring the owner or operator of a facility where toxic chemicals are manufactured, processed, or otherwise used to abate a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it. The director may issue such orders as final orders without issuing a proposed action under section 3745.07 of the Revised Code and, notwithstanding section 119.06 of the Revised Code, without the necessity to hold any adjudication hearing in connection with any such order. Issuance of an order under this section is not a condition precedent to bringing any civil, criminal, or civil penalty action under this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3709.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3709 / § 3709.25
§ 3709.25. Free distribution of antitoxin
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Each board of health of a city or general health district shall provide for the free distribution of antitoxin for the treatment of cases of diphtheria and shall establish sufficient distributing stations to render such antitoxin readily available in all parts of the district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3742.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3742 / § 3742.03
§ 3742.03. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly The director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the administration and enforcement of sections 3742.01 to 3742.19 and 3742.99 of the Revised Code. The rules shall specify all of the following: (A) Procedures to be followed by a lead abatement contractor, lead abatement project designer, lead abatement worker, lead inspector, or lead risk assessor licensed under section 3742.05 of the Revised Code for undertaking lead abatement activities and procedures to be followed by a clearance technician, lead inspector, or lead risk assessor in performing a clearance examination; (B)(1) Requirements for training and licensure, in addition to those established under section 3742.08 of the Revised Code, to include levels of training and periodic refresher training for each class of worker, and to be used for licensure under section 3742.05 of the Revised Code. Except in the case of clearance technicians, these requirements shall include at least twenty-four classroom hours of training based on the Occupational Safety and Health Act training program for lead set forth in 29 C.F.R. 1926.62 . For clearance technicians, the training requirements to obtain an initial license shall not exceed six hours and the requirements for refresher training shall not exceed two hours every four years. In establishing the training and licensure requirements, the director shall consider the core of information that is needed by all licensed persons, and establish the training requirements so that persons who would seek licenses in more than one area would not have to take duplicative course work. (2) Persons certified by the American board of industrial hygiene as a certified industrial hygienist or as an industrial hygienist-in-training, and persons registered as an environmental health specialist or environmental health specialist in training under Chapter 3776. of the Revised Code, shall be exempt from any training requirements for initial licensure established under this chapter, but shall be required to take any examinations for licensure required under section 3742.05 of the Revised Code. (C) Fees for licenses issued under section 3742.05 of the Revised Code and for their renewal; (D) Procedures to be followed by lead inspectors, lead abatement contractors, environmental lead analytical laboratories, lead risk assessors, lead abatement project designers, and lead abatement workers to prevent public exposure to lead hazards and ensure worker protection during lead abatement projects; (E)(1) Record-keeping and reporting requirements for clinical laboratories, environmental lead analytical laboratories, lead inspectors, lead abatement contractors, lead risk assessors, lead abatement project designers, and lead abatement workers for lead abatement projects and record-keeping and reporting requirements for clinical laboratories, environmental lead analytical laboratories, and clearance technicians for clearance examinations; (2) Record-keeping and reporting requirements regarding lead poisoning to be followed by physicians, certified nurse-midwives if authorized as described in section 4723.438 of the Revised Code, clinical nurse specialists, and certified nurse practitioners; (3) Information that is required to be reported under rules based on divisions (E)(1) and (2) of this section and that is a medical record is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall not be released, except in aggregate statistical form. (F) Environmental sampling techniques for use in collecting samples of air, water, dust, paint, and other materials; (G) Requirements for a respiratory protection plan prepared in accordance with section 3742.07 of the Revised Code; (H) Requirements under which a manufacturer of encapsulants must demonstrate evidence of the safety and durability of its encapsulants by providing results of testing from an independent laboratory indicating that the encapsulants meet the standards developed by the "E06.23.30 task group on encapsulants," which is the task group of the lead hazards associated with buildings subcommittee of the performance of buildings committee of the American society for testing and materials. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3767.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3767 / § 3767.41
§ 3767.41. Buildings found to be public nuisance
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Building" means, except as otherwise provided in this division, any building or structure that is used or intended to be used for residential purposes. "Building" includes, but is not limited to, a building or structure in which any floor is used for retail stores, shops, salesrooms, markets, or similar commercial uses, or for offices, banks, civic administration activities, professional services, or similar business or civic uses, and in which the other floors are used, or designed and intended to be used, for residential purposes. "Building" does not include any building or structure that is occupied by its owner and that contains three or fewer residential units. (2)(a) "Public nuisance" means a building that is a menace to the public health, welfare, or safety; that is structurally unsafe, unsanitary, or not provided with adequate safe egress; that constitutes a fire hazard, is otherwise dangerous to human life, or is otherwise no longer fit and habitable; or that, in relation to its existing use, constitutes a hazard to the public health, welfare, or safety by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence, or abandonment. (b) "Public nuisance" as it applies to subsidized housing means subsidized housing that fails to meet the following standards as specified in the federal rules governing each standard: (i) Each building on the site is structurally sound, secure, habitable, and in good repair, as defined in 24 C.F.R. 5.703(b); (ii) Each building's domestic water, electrical system, elevators, emergency power, fire protection, HVAC, and sanitary system is free of health and safety hazards, functionally adequate, operable, and in good repair, as defined in 24 C.F.R. 5.703(c); (iii) Each dwelling unit within the building is structurally sound, habitable, and in good repair, and all areas and aspects of the dwelling unit are free of health and safety hazards, functionally adequate, operable, and in good repair, as defined in 24 C.F.R. 5.703(d)(1); (iv) Where applicable, the dwelling unit has hot and cold running water, including an adequate source of potable water, as defined in 24 C.F.R. 5.703(d)(2); (v) If the dwelling unit includes its own sanitary facility, it is in proper operating condition, usable in privacy, and adequate for personal hygiene, and the disposal of human waste, as defined in 24 C.F.R. 5.703(d)(3); (vi) The common areas are structurally sound, secure, and functionally adequate for the purposes intended. The basement, garage, carport, restrooms, closets, utility, mechanical, community rooms, child care rooms, halls, corridors, stairs, kitchens, laundry rooms, office, porch, patio, balcony, and trash collection areas are free of health and safety hazards, operable, and in good repair. All common area ceilings, doors, floors, HVAC, lighting, smoke detectors, stairs, walls, and windows, to the extent applicable, are free of health and safety hazards, operable, and in good repair, as defined in 24 C.F.R. 5.703(e); (vii) All areas and components of the housing are free of health and safety hazards. These areas include, but are not limited to, air quality, electrical hazards, elevators, emergency/fire exits, flammable materials, garbage and debris, handrail hazards, infestation, and lead-based paint, as defined in 24 C.F.R. 5.703(f). (3) "Abate" or "abatement" in connection with any building means the removal or correction of any conditions that constitute a public nuisance and the making of any other improvements that are needed to effect a rehabilitation of the building that is consistent with maintaining safe and habitable conditions over its remaining useful life. "Abatement" does not include the closing or boarding up of any building that is found to be a public nuisance. (4) "Interested party" means any owner, mortgagee, lienholder, tenant, or person that possesses an interest of record in any property that becomes subject to the jurisdiction of a court pursuant to this section, and any applicant for the appointment of a receiver pursuant to this section. (5) "Neighbor" means any owner of property, including, but not limited to, any person who is purchasing property by land installment contract or under a duly executed purchase contract, that is located within five hundred feet of any property that becomes subject to the jurisdiction of a court pursuant to this section, and any occupant of a building that is so located. (6) "Tenant" has the same meaning as in section 5321.01 of the Revised Code. (7) "Subsidized housing" means a property consisting of more than four dwelling units that, in whole or in part, receives project-based assistance pursuant to a contract under any of the following federal housing programs: (a) The new construction or substantial rehabilitation program under section 8(b)(2) of the "United States Housing Act of 1937," Pub. L. No. 75-412, 50 Stat. 888, 42 U.S.C. 1437f(b)(2) as that program was in effect immediately before the first day of October, 1983; (b) The moderate rehabilitation program under section 8(e)(2) of the "United States Housing Act of 1937," Pub. L. No. 75-412, 50 Stat. 888, 42 U.S.C. 1437f(e)(2); (c) The loan management assistance program under section 8 of the "United States Housing Act of 1937," Pub. L. No. 75-412, 50 Stat. 888, 42 U.S.C. 1437f; (d) The rent supplement program under section 101 of the "Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965," Pub. L. No. 89-174, 79 Stat. 667, 12 U.S.C. 1701s; (e) Section 8 of the "United States Housing Act of 1937," Pub. L. No. 75-412, 50 Stat. 888, 42 U.S.C. 1437f, following conversion from assistance under section 101 of the "Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965," Pub. L. No. 89-174, 79 Stat. 667, 12 U.S.C. 1701s; (f) The program of supportive housing for the elderly under section 202 of the "Housing Act of 1959," Pub. L. No. 86-372, 73 Stat. 654, 12 U.S.C. 1701q; (g) The program of supportive housing for persons with disabilities under section 811 of the "National Affordable Housing Act of 1990," Pub. L. No. 101-625, 104 Stat. 4313, 42 U.S.C. 8013; (h) The rental assistance program under section 521 of the "United States Housing Act of 1949," Pub. L. No. 90-448, 82 Stat. 551, as amended by Pub. L. No. 93-383, 88 Stat. 696, 42 U.S.C. 1490a. (8) "Project-based assistance" means the assistance is attached to the property and provides rental assistance only on behalf of tenants who reside in that property. (9) "Landlord" has the same meaning as in section 5321.01 of the Revised Code. (B)(1)(a) In any civil action to enforce any local building, housing, air pollution, sanitation, health, fire, zoning, or safety code, ordinance, resolution, or regulation applicable to buildings, that is commenced in a court of common pleas, municipal court, housing or environmental division of a municipal court, or county court, or in any civil action for abatement commenced in a court of common pleas, municipal court, housing or environmental division of a municipal court, or county court, by a municipal corporation or township in which the building involved is located, by any neighbor, tenant, or by a nonprofit corporation that is duly organized and has as one of its goals the improvement of housing conditions in the county or municipal corporation in which the building involved is located, if a building is alleged to be a public nuisance, the municipal corporation, township, neighbor, tenant, or nonprofit corporation may apply in its complaint for an injunction or other order as described in division (C)(1) of this section, or for the relief described in division (C)(2) of this section, including, if necessary, the appointment of a receiver as described in divisions (C)(2) and (3) of this section, or for both such an injunction or other order and such relief. The municipal corporation, township, neighbor, tenant, or nonprofit corporation commencing the action is not liable for the costs, expenses, and fees of any receiver appointed pursuant to divisions (C)(2) and (3) of this section. (b) Prior to commencing a civil action for abatement when the property alleged to be a public nuisance is subsidized housing, the municipal corporation, township, neighbor, tenant, or nonprofit corporation commencing the action shall provide the landlord of that property with written notice that specifies one or more defective conditions that constitute a public nuisance as that term applies to subsidized housing and states that if the landlord fails to remedy the condition within sixty days of the service of the notice, a claim pursuant to this section may be brought on the basis that the property constitutes a public nuisance in subsidized housing. Any party authorized to bring an action against the landlord shall make reasonable attempts to serve the notice in the manner prescribed in the Rules of Civil Procedure to the landlord or the landlord's agent for the property at the property's management office, or at the place where the tenants normally pay or send rent. If the landlord is not the owner of record, the party bringing the action shall make a reasonable attempt to serve the owner. If the owner does not receive service the person bringing the action shall certify the attempts to serve the owner. (2)(a) In a civil action described in division (B)(1) of this section, a copy of the complaint and a notice of the date and time of a hearing on the complaint shall be served upon the owner of the building and all other interested parties in accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure. If certified mail service, personal service, or residence service of the complaint and notice is refused or certified mail service of the complaint and notice is not claimed, and if the municipal corporation, township, neighbor, tenant, or nonprofit corporation commencing the action makes a written request for ordinary mail service of the complaint and notice, or uses publication service, in accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure, then a copy of the complaint and notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the building. (b) The judge in a civil action described in division (B)(1) of this section shall conduct a hearing at least twenty-eight days after the owner of the building and the other interested parties have been served with a copy of the complaint and the notice of the date and time of the hearing in accordance with division (B)(2)(a) of this section. (c) In considering whether subsidized housing is a public nuisance, the judge shall construe the standards set forth in division (A)(2)(b) of this section in a manner consistent with department of housing and urban development and judicial interpretations of those standards. The judge shall deem that the property is not a public nuisance if during the twelve months prior to the service of the notice that division (B)(1)(b) of this section requires, the department of housing and urban development's real estate assessment center issued a score of seventy-five or higher out of a possible one hundred points pursuant to its regulations governing the physical condition of multifamily properties pursuant to 24 C.F.R. part 200, subpart P, and since the most recent inspection, there has been no significant change in the property's conditions that would create a serious threat to the health, safety, or welfare of the property's tenants. (C)(1) If the judge in a civil action described in division (B)(1) of this section finds at the hearing required by division (B)(2) of this section that the building involved is a public nuisance, if the judge additionally determines that the owner of the building previously has not been afforded a reasonable opportunity to abate the public nuisance or has been afforded such an opportunity and has not refused or failed to abate the public nuisance, and if the complaint of the municipal corporation, township, neighbor, tenant, or nonprofit corporation commencing the action requested the issuance of an injunction as described in this division, then the judge may issue an injunction requiring the owner of the building to abate the public nuisance or issue any other order that the judge considers necessary or appropriate to cause the abatement of the public nuisance. If an injunction is issued pursuant to this division, the owner of the building involved shall be given no more than thirty days from the date of the entry of the judge's order to comply with the injunction, unless the judge, for good cause shown, extends the time for compliance. (2) If the judge in a civil action described in division (B)(1) of this section finds at the hearing required by division (B)(2) of this section that the building involved is a public nuisance, if the judge additionally determines that the owner of the building previously has been afforded a reasonable opportunity to abate the public nuisance and has refused or failed to do so, and if the complaint of the municipal corporation, township, neighbor, tenant, or nonprofit corporation commencing the action requested relief as described in this division, then the judge shall offer any mortgagee, lienholder, or other interested party associated with the property on which the building is located, in the order of the priority of interest in title, the opportunity to undertake the work and to furnish the materials necessary to abate the public nuisance. Prior to selecting any interested party, the judge shall require the interested party to demonstrate the ability to promptly undertake the work and furnish the materials required, to provide the judge with a viable financial and construction plan for the rehabilitation of the building as described in division (D) of this section, and to post security for the performance of the work and the furnishing of the materials. If the judge determines, at the hearing, that no interested party is willing or able to undertake the work and to furnish the materials necessary to abate the public nuisance, or if the judge determines, at any time after the hearing, that any party who is undertaking corrective work pursuant to this division cannot or will not proceed, or has not proceeded with due diligence, the judge may appoint a receiver pursuant to division (C)(3) of this section to take possession and control of the building. (3)(a) The judge in a civil action described in division (B)(1) of this section shall not appoint any person as a receiver unless the person first has provided the judge with a viable financial and construction plan for the rehabilitation of the building involved as described in division (D) of this section and has demonstrated the capacity and expertise to perform the required work and to furnish the required materials in a satisfactory manner. An appointed receiver may be a financial institution that possesses an interest of record in the building or the property on which it is located, a nonprofit corporation as described in divisions (B)(1) and (C)(3)(b) of this section, including, but not limited to, a nonprofit corporation that commenced the action described in division (B)(1) of this section, or any other qualified property manager. (b) To be eligible for appointment as a receiver, no part of the net earnings of a nonprofit corporation shall inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. Membership on the board of trustees of a nonprofit corporation appointed as a receiver does not constitute the holding of a public office or employment within the meaning of sections 731.02 and 731.12 or any other section of the Revised Code and does not constitute a direct or indirect interest in a contract or expenditure of money by any municipal corporation. A member of a board of trustees of a nonprofit corporation appointed as a receiver shall not be disqualified from holding any public office or employment, and shall not forfeit any public office or employment, by reason of membership on the board of trustees, notwithstanding any law to the contrary. (D) Prior to ordering any work to be undertaken, or the furnishing of any materials, to abate a public nuisance under this section, the judge in a civil action described in division (B)(1) of this section shall review the submitted financial and construction plan for the rehabilitation of the building involved and, if it specifies all of the following, shall approve that plan: (1) The estimated cost of the labor, materials, and any other development costs that are required to abate the public nuisance; (2) The estimated income and expenses of the building and the property on which it is located after the furnishing of the materials and the completion of the repairs and improvements; (3) The terms, conditions, and availability of any financing that is necessary to perform the work and to furnish the materials; (4) If repair and rehabilitation of the building are found not to be feasible, the cost of demolition of the building or of the portions of the building that constitute the public nuisance. (E) Upon the written request of any of the interested parties to have a building, or portions of a building, that constitute a public nuisance demolished because repair and rehabilitation of the building are found not to be feasible, the judge may order the demolition. However, the demolition shall not be ordered unless the requesting interested parties have paid the costs of demolition and, if any, of the receivership, and, if any, all notes, certificates, mortgages, and fees of the receivership. (F) Before proceeding with the duties of receiver, any receiver appointed by the judge in a civil action described in division (B)(1) of this section may be required by the judge to post a bond in an amount fixed by the judge, but not exceeding the value of the building involved as determined by the judge. The judge may empower the receiver to do any or all of the following: (1) Take possession and control of the building and the property on which it is located, operate and manage the building and the property, establish and collect rents and income, lease and rent the building and the property, and evict tenants; (2) Pay all expenses of operating and conserving the building and the property, including, but not limited to, the cost of electricity, gas, water, sewerage, heating fuel, repairs and supplies, custodian services, taxes and assessments, and insurance premiums, and hire and pay reasonable compensation to a managing agent; (3) Pay pre-receivership mortgages or installments of them and other liens; (4) Perform or enter into contracts for the performance of all work and the furnishing of materials necessary to abate, and obtain financing for the abatement of, the public nuisance; (5) Pursuant to court order, remove and dispose of any personal property abandoned, stored, or otherwise located in or on the building and the property that creates a dangerous or unsafe condition or that constitutes a violation of any local building, housing, air pollution, sanitation, health, fire, zoning, or safety code, ordinance, or regulation; (6) Obtain mortgage insurance for any receiver's mortgage from any agency of the federal government; (7) Enter into any agreement and do those things necessary to maintain and preserve the building and the property and comply with all local building, housing, air pollution, sanitation, health, fire, zoning, or safety codes, ordinances, resolutions, and regulations; (8) Give the custody of the building and the property, and the opportunity to abate the nuisance and operate the property, to its owner or any mortgagee or lienholder of record; (9) Issue notes and secure them by a mortgage bearing interest, and upon terms and conditions, that the judge approves. When sold or transferred by the receiver in return for valuable consideration in money, material, labor, or services, the notes or certificates shall be freely transferable. Any mortgages granted by the receiver shall be superior to any claims of the receiver. Priority among the receiver's mortgages shall be determined by the order in which they are recorded. (G) A receiver appointed pursuant to this section is not personally liable except for misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in the performance of the functions of the office of receiver. (H)(1) The judge in a civil action described in division (B)(1) of this section may assess as court costs, the expenses described in division (F)(2) of this section, and may approve receiver's fees to the extent that they are not covered by the income from the property. Subject to that limitation, a receiver appointed pursuant to divisions (C)(2) and (3) of this section is entitled to receive fees in the same manner and to the same extent as receivers appointed in actions to foreclose mortgages. (2)(a) Pursuant to the police powers vested in the state, all expenditures of a mortgagee, lienholder, or other interested party that has been selected pursuant to division (C)(2) of this section to undertake the work and to furnish the materials necessary to abate a public nuisance, and any expenditures in connection with the foreclosure of the lien created by this division, is a first lien upon the building involved and the property on which it is located and is superior to all prior and subsequent liens or other encumbrances associated with the building or the property, including, but not limited to, those for taxes and assessments, upon the occurrence of both of the following: (i) The prior approval of the expenditures by, and the entry of a judgment to that effect by, the judge in the civil action described in division (B)(1) of this section; (ii) The recordation of a certified copy of the judgment entry and a sufficient description of the property on which the building is located with the county recorder in the county in which the property is located within sixty days after the date of the entry of the judgment. (b) Pursuant to the police powers vested in the state, all expenses and other amounts paid in accordance with division (F) of this section by a receiver appointed pursuant to divisions (C)(2) and (3) of this section, the amounts of any notes issued by the receiver in accordance with division (F) of this section, all mortgages granted by the receiver in accordance with that division, the fees of the receiver approved pursuant to division (H)(1) of this section, and any amounts expended in connection with the foreclosure of a mortgage granted by the receiver in accordance with division (F) of this section or with the foreclosure of the lien created by this division, are a first lien upon the building involved and the property on which it is located and are superior to all prior and subsequent liens or other encumbrances associated with the building or the property, including, but not limited to, those for taxes and assessments, upon the occurrence of both of the following: (i) The approval of the expenses, amounts, or fees by, and the entry of a judgment to that effect by, the judge in the civil action described in division (B)(1) of this section; or the approval of the mortgages in accordance with division (F)(9) of this section by, and the entry of a judgment to that effect by, that judge; (ii) The recordation of a certified copy of the judgment entry and a sufficient description of the property on which the building is located, or, in the case of a mortgage, the recordation of the mortgage, a certified copy of the judgment entry, and such a description, with the county recorder of the county in which the property is located within sixty days after the date of the entry of the judgment. (c) Priority among the liens described in divisions (H)(2)(a) and (b) of this section shall be determined as described in division (I) of this section. Additionally, the creation pursuant to this section of a mortgage lien that is prior to or superior to any mortgage of record at the time the mortgage lien is so created, does not disqualify the mortgage of record as a legal investment under Chapter 1107. or any other chapter of the Revised Code. (I)(1) If a receiver appointed pursuant to divisions (C)(2) and (3) of this section files with the judge in the civil action described in division (B)(1) of this section a report indicating that the public nuisance has been abated, if the judge confirms that the receiver has abated the public nuisance, and if the receiver or any interested party requests the judge to enter an order directing the receiver to sell the building and the property on which it is located, the judge may enter that order after holding a hearing as described in division (I)(2) of this section and otherwise complying with that division. (2)(a) The receiver or interested party requesting an order as described in division (I)(1) of this section shall cause a notice of the date and time of a hearing on the request to be served on the owner of the building involved and all other interested parties in accordance with division (B)(2)(a) of this section. The judge in the civil action described in division (B)(1) of this section shall conduct the scheduled hearing. At the hearing, if the owner or any interested party objects to the sale of the building and the property, the burden of proof shall be upon the objecting person to establish, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the benefits of not selling the building and the property outweigh the benefits of selling them. If the judge determines that there is no objecting person, or if the judge determines that there is one or more objecting persons but no objecting person has sustained the burden of proof specified in this division, the judge may enter an order directing the receiver to offer the building and the property for sale upon terms and conditions that the judge shall specify. (b) In any sale of subsidized housing that is ordered pursuant to this section, the judge shall specify that the subsidized housing not be conveyed unless that conveyance complies with applicable federal law and applicable program contracts for that housing. Any such conveyance shall be subject to the condition that the purchaser enter into a contract with the department of housing and urban development or the rural housing service of the federal department of agriculture under which the property continues to be subsidized housing and the owner continues to operate that property as subsidized housing unless the secretary of housing and urban development or the administrator of the rural housing service terminates that property's contract prior to or upon the conveyance of the property. (3) If a sale of a building and the property on which it is located is ordered pursuant to divisions (I)(1) and (2) of this section and if the sale occurs in accordance with the terms and conditions specified by the judge in the judge's order of sale, then the receiver shall distribute the proceeds of the sale and the balance of any funds that the receiver may possess, after the payment of the costs of the sale, in the following order of priority and in the described manner: (a) First, in satisfaction of any notes issued by the receiver pursuant to division (F) of this section, in their order of priority; (b) Second, any unreimbursed expenses and other amounts paid in accordance with division (F) of this section by the receiver, and the fees of the receiver approved pursuant to division (H)(1) of this section; (c) Third, all expenditures of a mortgagee, lienholder, or other interested party that has been selected pursuant to division (C)(2) of this section to undertake the work and to furnish the materials necessary to abate a public nuisance, provided that the expenditures were approved as described in division (H)(2)(a) of this section and provided that, if any such interested party subsequently became the receiver, its expenditures shall be paid prior to the expenditures of any of the other interested parties so selected; (d) Fourth, the amount due for delinquent taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, and interest owed to this state or a political subdivision of this state, provided that, if the amount available for distribution pursuant to division (I)(3)(d) of this section is insufficient to pay the entire amount of those taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, and interest, the proceeds and remaining funds shall be paid to each claimant in proportion to the amount of those taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, and interest that each is due. (e) The amount of any pre-receivership mortgages, liens, or other encumbrances, in their order of priority. (4) Following a distribution in accordance with division (I)(3) of this section, the receiver shall request the judge in the civil action described in division (B)(1) of this section to enter an order terminating the receivership. If the judge determines that the sale of the building and the property on which it is located occurred in accordance with the terms and conditions specified by the judge in the judge's order of sale under division (I)(2) of this section and that the receiver distributed the proceeds of the sale and the balance of any funds that the receiver possessed, after the payment of the costs of the sale, in accordance with division (I)(3) of this section, and if the judge approves any final accounting required of the receiver, the judge may terminate the receivership. (J)(1) A receiver appointed pursuant to divisions (C)(2) and (3) of this section may be discharged at any time in the discretion of the judge in the civil action described in division (B)(1) of this section. The receiver shall be discharged by the judge as provided in division (I)(4) of this section, or when all of the following have occurred: (a) The public nuisance has been abated; (b) All costs, expenses, and approved fees of the receivership have been paid; (c) Either all receiver's notes issued and mortgages granted pursuant to this section have been paid, or all the holders of the notes and mortgages request that the receiver be discharged. (2) If a judge in a civil action described in division (B)(1) of this section determines that, and enters of record a declaration that, a public nuisance has been abated by a receiver, and if, within three days after the entry of the declaration, all costs, expenses, and approved fees of the receivership have not been paid in full, then, in addition to the circumstances specified in division (I) of this section for the entry of such an order, the judge may enter an order directing the receiver to sell the building involved and the property on which it is located. Any such order shall be entered, and the sale shall occur, only in compliance with division (I) of this section. (K) The title in any building, and in the property on which it is located, that is sold at a sale ordered under division (I) or (J)(2) of this section shall be incontestable in the purchaser and shall be free and clear of all liens for delinquent taxes, assessments, charges, penalties, and interest owed to this state or any political subdivision of this state, that could not be satisfied from the proceeds of the sale and the remaining funds in the receiver's possession pursuant to the distribution under division (I)(3) of this section. All other liens and encumbrances with respect to the building and the property shall survive the sale, including, but not limited to, a federal tax lien notice properly filed in accordance with section 317.09 of the Revised Code prior to the time of the sale, and the easements and covenants of record running with the property that were created prior to the time of the sale. (L)(1) Nothing in this section shall be construed as a limitation upon the powers granted to a court of common pleas, a municipal court or a housing or environmental division of a municipal court under Chapter 1901. of the Revised Code, or a county court under Chapter 1907. of the Revised Code. (2) The monetary and other limitations specified in Chapters 1901. and 1907. of the Revised Code upon the jurisdiction of municipal and county courts, and of housing or environmental divisions of municipal courts, in civil actions do not operate as limitations upon any of the following: (a) Expenditures of a mortgagee, lienholder, or other interested party that has been selected pursuant to division (C)(2) of this section to undertake the work and to furnish the materials necessary to abate a public nuisance; (b) Any notes issued by a receiver pursuant to division (F) of this section; (c) Any mortgage granted by a receiver in accordance with division (F) of this section; (d) Expenditures in connection with the foreclosure of a mortgage granted by a receiver in accordance with division (F) of this section; (e) The enforcement of an order of a judge entered pursuant to this section; (f) The actions that may be taken pursuant to this section by a receiver or a mortgagee, lienholder, or other interested party that has been selected pursuant to division (C)(2) of this section to undertake the work and to furnish the materials necessary to abate a public nuisance. (3) A judge in a civil action described in division (B)(1) of this section, or the judge's successor in office, has continuing jurisdiction to review the condition of any building that was determined to be a public nuisance pursuant to this section. (4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or prohibit a municipal corporation or township that has filed with the superintendent of insurance a certified copy of an adopted resolution, ordinance, or regulation authorizing the procedures described in divisions (C) and (D) of section 3929.86 of the Revised Code from receiving insurance proceeds under section 3929.86 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 28, 2023 at 10:12 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.034 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.034
§ 3701.034. Restrictions regarding use of certain federal funds
Status: in_force

May 23, 2016 House Bill 294 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Affiliate" means an entity that has with another entity a legal relationship created or governed by at least one written instrument that demonstrates any of the following: (a) Common ownership, management, or control; (b) A franchise agreement; (c) The granting or extension of a license or other agreement that authorizes an entity to use the other entity's brand name, trademark, service mark, or other registered identification mark. (2) "Violence Against Women Act" means section 1910A of section 40151 of the "Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994," part A of Title XIX of the "Public Health and Human Services Act," 108 Stat. 1920 (1994), former 42 U.S.C. 300w, 42 U.S.C. 280b-1b, as amended. (3) "Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act" means the "Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 1990," 104 Stat. 409 (1990), 42 U.S.C. 300k, as amended. (4) "Infertility prevention project" means the infertility prevention project operated by the United States centers for disease control and prevention. (5) "Minority HIV/AIDS initiative" means the minority HIV/AIDS initiative operated by the office of minority health in the United States department of health and human services. (6) "Personal responsibility education program" means the program administered by the administration for children and families in the United States department of health and human services to educate adolescents on abstinence and contraception for the prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. (7) "Nontherapeutic abortion" has the same meaning as in section 9.04 of the Revised Code. (8) "Promote" means to advocate for, assist with, encourage, or popularize through advertising or publicity. (B) The department of health shall ensure that all funds it receives through the Violence Against Women Act to distribute as grants for the purpose of education and prevention of violence against women are not used to do any of the following: (1) Perform nontherapeutic abortions; (2) Promote nontherapeutic abortions; (3) Contract with any entity that performs or promotes nontherapeutic abortions; (4) Become or continue to be an affiliate of any entity that performs or promotes nontherapeutic abortions. (C) The department shall ensure that all funds it receives through the Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act for a program to provide breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic testing and all federal and state funds that it uses to operate such a program are not used to do any of the following: (1) Perform nontherapeutic abortions; (2) Promote nontherapeutic abortions; (3) Contract with any entity that performs or promotes nontherapeutic abortions; (4) Become or continue to be an affiliate of any entity that performs or promotes nontherapeutic abortions. (D) The department shall ensure that all materials it receives through the infertility prevention project are not distributed to entities that do any of the following and shall ensure that all funds it uses for treatment associated with the infertility prevention project are not used to do any of the following: (1) Perform nontherapeutic abortions; (2) Promote nontherapeutic abortions; (3) Contract with any entity that performs or promotes nontherapeutic abortions; (4) Become or continue to be an affiliate of any entity that performs or promotes nontherapeutic abortions. (E) The department shall ensure that all funds it receives through the minority HIV/AIDS initiative to distribute as grants and all other federal and state funds that are part of the grants distributed under this initiative are not used to do any of the following: (1) Perform nontherapeutic abortions; (2) Promote nontherapeutic abortions; (3) Contract with any entity that performs or promotes nontherapeutic abortions; (4) Become or continue to be an affiliate of any entity that performs or promotes nontherapeutic abortions. (F) The department shall ensure that all state funds it receives, including funding for infant mortality reduction or infant vitality initiatives, are not used to do any of the following: (1) Perform nontherapeutic abortions; (2) Promote nontherapeutic abortions; (3) Contract with any entity that performs or promotes nontherapeutic abortions; (4) Become or continue to be an affiliate of any entity that performs or promotes nontherapeutic abortions. (G) The department shall ensure that all funds it receives through an allotment to the state under the personal responsibility education program and all other funds that are part of the grants distributed under this program are not used to do any of the following: (1) Perform nontherapeutic abortions; (2) Promote nontherapeutic abortions; (3) Contract with any entity that performs or promotes nontherapeutic abortions; (4) Become or continue to be an affiliate of any entity that performs or promotes nontherapeutic abortions. Last updated April 21, 2021 at 2:03 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3745.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3745 / § 3745.74
§ 3745.74. Public records - employee protection
Status: in_force

September 30, 1998 Senate Bill 219 - 122nd General Assembly Nothing in sections 3745.70 to 3745.73 of the Revised Code shall be construed to limit or affect either of the following: (A) The authority or obligation of any government agency pursuant to section 149.43 of the Revised Code; (B) Any employee protection rights under federal or state laws. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 3722.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3722 / § 3722.10
§ 3722.10. Hospital governing board
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly Each hospital licensed under this chapter shall have a governing board to oversee the hospital's management, operation, and control. The governing board shall be responsible for overseeing the appointment, reappointment, and assignment of privileges to medical staff as described in section 3701.351 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 19, 2021 at 5:26 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3742.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3742 / § 3742.16
§ 3742.16. Disciplinary actions
Status: in_force

April 7, 2003 House Bill 248 - 124th General Assembly In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director of health may refuse to issue or renew, or may suspend or revoke, a license, an accreditation or certification, or an approval of any person, program, or laboratory for one or more of the following reasons: (A) Violation of any provision of this chapter or the rules adopted under it; (B) Failure to pay the fee for the issuance or renewal of a license, an accreditation or certification, or an approval; (C) Any material misrepresentation in an application for a license, an accreditation or certification, or an approval; (D) Interference with an investigation made pursuant to section 3742.35 of the Revised Code; (E) Failure to meet the licensing requirements established by rule adopted under section 3742.03 of the Revised Code; (F) Employment or use of lead abatement personnel that are not licensed under this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3725.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3725 / § 3725.03
§ 3725.03. Application for certificate - inspection and certification of establishment
Status: in_force

September 19, 1975 House Bill 554 - 111th General Assembly Application for certificate shall be made to the director of health by the operator of each establishment desiring to operate as a plasmapheresis center. The director shall prescribe the application form. The director or his representative shall inspect each establishment prior to certification, and thereafter at least once each year. Plasmapheresis facilities and operations shall be made available for inspection during normal working hours upon request of any authorized representative of the state department of health. If the director finds, upon inspection, that an establishment applying for certification complies with this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder, h shall issue a certificate of approval to the owner of the center. The owner shall annually apply for renewal of certification according to the standard renewal procedure under Chapter 4745. of the Revised Code. The director may require the center at any time to send samples of any material collected or processed by the center, together with the results of applicable tests, to the department of health. Last updated October 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3714.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3714 / § 3714.051
§ 3714.051. Program for issuance of permits to install for new facilities
Status: in_force

October 6, 2017 Senate Bill 2 - 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) Not later than one hundred eighty days after December 22, 2005, and in accordance with rules adopted under section 3714.02 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection shall establish a program for the issuance of permits to install for new construction and demolition debris facilities. (2) On and after December 22, 2005, no person shall establish a new construction and demolition debris facility without first obtaining a permit to install issued by the board of health of the health district in which the facility is or is to be located or from the director if the facility is or is to be located in a health district that is not on the approved list under section 3714.09 of the Revised Code or if a board of health requests the director to issue the permit to install under division (G) of this section. (B) The director, the director's authorized representative, a board of health, or an authorized representative of the board may assist an applicant for a permit to install during the permitting process by providing guidance and technical assistance. (C) An applicant for a permit to install shall submit an application to a board of health or the director, as applicable, on a form that the director prescribes. The applicant shall include with the application all of the following: (1) The name and address of the applicant, of all partners if the applicant is a partnership or of all officers and directors if the applicant is a corporation, and of any other person who has a right to control or in fact controls management of the applicant or the selection of officers, directors, or managers of the applicant; (2) The designs and plans for the construction and demolition debris facility that include the location or proposed location of the facility, design and construction plans and specifications, anticipated beginning and ending dates for work performed, and any other related information that the director requires by rule; (3) The information required under section 3714.052 of the Revised Code; (4) An application fee of two thousand dollars. A board of health shall deposit money collected under division (C)(4) of this section into the special fund of the health district created under section 3714.07 of the Revised Code. The director shall transmit money collected under division (C)(4) of this section to the treasurer of state to be credited to the waste management fund created in section 3734.061 of the Revised Code. Not later than six months after a facility that is issued a permit to install begins accepting construction and demolition debris for disposal, a board of health or the director, as applicable, shall refund the application fee received under division (C)(4) of this section to the person that submitted the application for the permit to install. (5) Any other information required by the director in accordance with rules adopted under section 3714.02 of the Revised Code. (D) A permit to install may be issued with terms and conditions that a board of health or the director, as applicable, finds necessary to ensure that the facility will comply with this chapter and rules adopted under it and to protect public health and safety and the environment. (E) A permit to install shall expire after a time period specified by the director or board of health, as applicable, in accordance with rules adopted under section 3714.02 of the Revised Code unless the applicant has undertaken a continuing program of construction or has entered into a binding contractual obligation to undertake and complete a continuing program of construction within a reasonable time, in which case the director or board, as applicable, may extend the expiration date of a permit to install upon request of the applicant. (F) The director or a board of health, as applicable, may issue, deny, modify, suspend, or revoke a permit to install in accordance with rules. (G) A board of health shall notify the director of its receipt of an application for a permit to install. A board of health, or its authorized representative, may request the director to review an application, or part of an application, for a permit to install and also may request that the director issue or deny it when the board determines that additional expertise is required. The director shall comply with such a request. Upon a board of health's issuance of a permit to install for a new construction and demolition debris facility under this section, the board shall mail a copy of the permit to the director together with approved plans, specifications, and information regarding the facility. (H) In accordance with rules adopted under section 3714.022 of the Revised Code, the director shall establish a program for the issuance of permits to install for processing facilities. On and after the effective date of this section , no person shall establish a processing facility without first obtaining a permit to install issued by the board of health of the health district in which the processing facility is or is to be located or from the director if the facility is or is to be located in a health district that is not on the approved list under section 3714.09 of the Revised Code. An applicant for a permit to install shall submit an application to a board of health or the director, as applicable, on a form and in the manner that the director prescribes. (I) A permit to install for a processing facility may be issued with terms and conditions that a board of health or the director, as applicable, finds necessary to ensure that the facility will comply with this chapter and rules adopted under it and to protect public health and safety and the environment. The director or a board of health, as applicable, may issue, deny, modify, suspend, or revoke a permit to install in accordance with rules.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3770.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3770 / § 3770.05
§ 3770.05. Lottery sales agent license
Status: in_force

October 9, 2021 House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "person" means any individual, association, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, club, trust, estate, society, receiver, trustee, person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, instrumentality of the state or any of its political subdivisions, or any other business entity or combination of individuals meeting the requirements set forth in this section or established by rule or order of the state lottery commission. (B) The director of the state lottery commission may license any person as a lottery sales agent. Before issuing any license to a lottery sales agent, the director shall consider all of the following: (1) The financial responsibility and security of the applicant and the applicant's business or activity; (2) The accessibility of the applicant's place of business or activity to the public; (3) The sufficiency of existing licensed agents to serve the public interest; (4) The volume of expected sales by the applicant; (5) Any other factors pertaining to the public interest, convenience, or trust. (C) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (F) and (G) of this section, the director of the state lottery commission may refuse to grant, or may suspend or revoke, a license if the applicant or licensee: (1) Has been convicted of a felony or has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude; (2) Has been convicted of an offense that involves illegal gambling; (3) Has been found guilty of fraud or misrepresentation in any connection; (4) Has been found to have violated any rule or order of the commission; or (5) Has been convicted of illegal trafficking in supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits. (D) Except as otherwise provided in division (G) of this section, the director of the state lottery commission may refuse to grant, or may suspend or revoke, a license if the applicant or licensee is a corporation or other business entity, and any of the following applies: (1) Any of the directors, officers, managers, or controlling shareholders has been found guilty of any of the activities specified in divisions (C)(1) to (5) of this section; (2) It appears to the director of the state lottery commission that, due to the experience or general fitness of any director, officer, manager, or controlling shareholder, the granting of a license as a lottery sales agent would be inconsistent with the public interest, convenience, or trust; (3) The corporation or other business entity is not the owner or lessee of the business at which it would conduct a lottery sales agency pursuant to the license applied for; (4) Any person, firm, association, or corporation other than the applicant or licensee shares or will share in the profits of the applicant or licensee, other than receiving dividends or distributions as a shareholder, or participates or will participate in the management of the affairs of the applicant or licensee. (E)(1) The director of the state lottery commission shall revoke a lottery sales agent license if the applicant or licensee is or has been convicted of a violation of division (A) or (C)(1) of section 2913.46 of the Revised Code. (2) The director shall revoke the lottery sales agent license of a corporation if the corporation is or has been convicted of a violation of division (A) or (C)(1) of section 2913.46 of the Revised Code. (F) The director of the state lottery commission shall not refuse to issue a license to an applicant because of a conviction of an offense unless the refusal is in accordance with section 9.79 of the Revised Code. (G) The director of the state lottery commission shall request the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, the department of public safety, or any other state, local, or federal agency to supply the director with the criminal records of any applicant for a lottery sales agent license, and may periodically request the criminal records of any person to whom a lottery sales agent license has been issued. At or prior to the time of making such a request, the director shall require an applicant or licensee to obtain fingerprint impressions on fingerprint cards prescribed by the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation at a qualified law enforcement agency, and the director shall cause those fingerprint cards to be forwarded to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, to the federal bureau of investigation, or to both bureaus. The commission shall assume the cost of obtaining the fingerprint cards. The director shall pay to each agency supplying criminal records for each investigation a reasonable fee, as determined by the agency. The commission may adopt uniform rules specifying time periods after which the persons described in divisions (C)(1) to (5) and (D)(1) to (4) of this section may be issued a license and establishing requirements for those persons to seek a court order to have records sealed in accordance with law. (H)(1) Each applicant for a lottery sales agent license shall do both of the following: (a) Pay fees to the state lottery commission, if required by rule adopted by the director under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and the controlling board approves the fees; (b) Prior to approval of the application, obtain a surety bond in an amount the director determines by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code or, alternatively, with the director's approval, deposit the same amount into a dedicated account for the benefit of the state lottery. The director also may approve the obtaining of a surety bond to cover part of the amount required, together with a dedicated account deposit to cover the remainder of the amount required. The director also may establish an alternative program or policy, with the approval of the commission by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, that otherwise ensures the lottery's financial interests are adequately protected. If such an alternative program or policy is established, an applicant or lottery sales agent, subject to the director's approval, may be permitted to participate in the program or proceed under that policy in lieu of providing a surety bond or dedicated amount. A surety bond may be with any company that complies with the bonding and surety laws of this state and the requirements established by rules of the commission pursuant to this chapter. A dedicated account deposit shall be conducted in accordance with policies and procedures the director establishes. A surety bond, dedicated account, other established program or policy, or any combination of these resources, as applicable, may be used to pay for the lottery sales agent's failure to make prompt and accurate payments for lottery ticket sales, for missing or stolen lottery tickets, for damage to equipment or materials issued to the lottery sales agent, or to pay for expenses the commission incurs in connection with the lottery sales agent's license. (2) A lottery sales agent license is effective for at least one year, but not more than three years. A licensed lottery sales agent, on or before the date established by the director, shall renew the agent's license and provide at that time evidence to the director that the surety bond, dedicated account deposit, or both, required under division (H)(1)(b) of this section has been renewed or is active, whichever applies. Before the commission renews a lottery sales agent license, the lottery sales agent shall submit a renewal fee to the commission, if one is required by rule adopted by the director under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and the controlling board approves the renewal fee. The renewal fee shall not exceed the actual cost of administering the license renewal and processing changes reflected in the renewal application. The renewal of the license is effective for at least one year, but not more than three years. (3) A lottery sales agent license shall be complete, accurate, and current at all times during the term of the license. Any changes to an original license application or a renewal application may subject the applicant or lottery sales agent, as applicable, to paying an administrative fee that shall be in an amount that the director determines by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, and that the controlling board approves, and that shall not exceed the actual cost of administering and processing the changes to an application. (4) The relationship between the commission and a lottery sales agent is one of trust. A lottery sales agent collects funds on behalf of the commission through the sale of lottery tickets for which the agent receives a compensation. (I) Pending a final resolution of any question arising under this section, the director of the state lottery commission may issue a temporary lottery sales agent license, subject to the terms and conditions the director considers appropriate. (J) If a lottery sales agent's rental payments for the lottery sales agent's premises are determined, in whole or in part, by the amount of retail sales the lottery sales agent makes, and if the rental agreement does not expressly provide that the amount of those retail sales includes the amounts the lottery sales agent receives from lottery ticket sales, only the amounts the lottery sales agent receives as compensation from the state lottery commission for selling lottery tickets shall be considered to be amounts the lottery sales agent receives from the retail sales the lottery sales agent makes, for the purpose of computing the lottery sales agent's rental payments. Last updated October 9, 2021 at 5:37 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3717.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3717 / § 3717.09
§ 3717.09. Certification in food protection
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly (A) In accordance with rules adopted under section 3717.51 of the Revised Code, the director of health shall approve courses of study for certification in food protection as it pertains to retail food establishments and as it pertains to food service operations. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the director shall certify individuals in food protection who successfully complete a course of study approved under this section and meet all other certification requirements specified in rules adopted under section 3717.51 of the Revised Code. (B) The director shall issue a certification in food protection in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies: (1) The applicant holds a license or certification in another state. (2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter working in food protection in a state that does not issue that certification. Last updated December 29, 2023 at 7:04 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3769.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3769 / § 3769.08
§ 3769.08. Pari-mutuel system of wagering
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) Any person holding a permit to conduct a horse-racing meeting may provide a place in the race meeting grounds or enclosure at which the permit holder may conduct and supervise the pari-mutuel system of wagering by patrons of legal age on the live racing programs and simulcast racing programs conducted by the permit holder. The pari-mutuel method of wagering upon the live racing programs and simulcast racing programs held at or conducted within such race track, and at the time of such horse-racing meeting, or at other times authorized by the state racing commission, shall not be unlawful. No other place, except that provided and designated by the permit holder and except as provided in section 3769.26 of the Revised Code, nor any other method or system of betting or wagering on live racing programs and simulcast racing programs, except the pari-mutuel system, shall be used or permitted by the permit holder; nor, except as provided in section 3769.089 or 3769.26 of the Revised Code, shall the pari-mutuel system of wagering be conducted by the permit holder on any races except the races at the race track, grounds, or enclosure for which the person holds a permit. Each permit holder may retain as a commission an amount not to exceed eighteen per cent of the total of all moneys wagered on live racing programs and simulcast racing programs. The pari-mutuel wagering authorized by this section is subject to sections 3769.25 to 3769.28 of the Revised Code. (B) At the close of each racing day, each permit holder authorized to conduct thoroughbred racing, out of the amount retained on that day by the permit holder, shall pay in the manner prescribed under section 3769.103 of the Revised Code, as a tax, a sum equal to the following percentages of the total of all moneys wagered on live racing programs on that day and shall separately compute and pay in the manner prescribed under section 3769.103 of the Revised Code, as a tax, a sum equal to the following percentages of the total of all money wagered on simulcast racing programs on that day: (1) One per cent of the first two hundred thousand dollars wagered, or any part of that amount; (2) Two per cent of the next one hundred thousand dollars wagered, or any part of that amount; (3) Three per cent of the next one hundred thousand dollars wagered, or any part of that amount; (4) Four per cent of all sums over four hundred thousand dollars wagered. Except as otherwise provided in section 3769.089 of the Revised Code, each permit holder authorized to conduct thoroughbred racing shall use for purse money a sum equal to fifty per cent of the pari-mutuel revenues retained by the permit holder as a commission after payment of the state tax. This fifty per cent payment shall be in addition to the purse distribution from breakage specified in this section. Subject to division (M) of this section, from the moneys paid to the tax commissioner by thoroughbred racing permit holders, one-half of one per cent of the total of all moneys so wagered on a racing day shall be paid into the Ohio fairs fund created by section 3769.082 of the Revised Code, one and one-eighth per cent of the total of all moneys so wagered on a racing day shall be paid into the Ohio thoroughbred race fund created by section 3769.083 of the Revised Code, and one-quarter of one per cent of the total of all moneys wagered on a racing day by each permit holder shall be paid into the state racing commission operating fund created by section 3769.03 of the Revised Code. The required payment to the state racing commission operating fund does not apply to county and independent fairs and agricultural societies. The remaining moneys may be retained by the permit holder, except as provided in this section with respect to the odd cents redistribution. Amounts paid into the nursing home franchise permit fee fund pursuant to this section and section 3769.26 of the Revised Code shall be used solely for the support of the PASSPORT program as determined in appropriations made by the general assembly. If the PASSPORT program is abolished, the amount that would have been paid to the nursing home franchise permit fee fund under this chapter shall be paid to the general revenue fund of the state. As used in this chapter, "PASSPORT program" has the same meaning as in section 173.51 of the Revised Code. The total amount paid to the Ohio thoroughbred race fund under this section and division (A) of section 3769.087 of the Revised Code shall not exceed by more than six per cent the total amount paid to this fund under this section and division (A) of that section during the immediately preceding calendar year. Each year, the total amount calculated for payment into the Ohio fairs fund under this division, division (C) of this section, and division (A) of section 3769.087 of the Revised Code shall be an amount calculated using the percentages specified in this division, division (C) of this section, and division (A) of section 3769.087 of the Revised Code. A permit holder may contract with a thoroughbred horsemen's organization for the organization to act as a representative of all thoroughbred owners and trainers participating in a horse-racing meeting conducted by the permit holder. A "thoroughbred horsemen's organization" is any corporation or association that represents, through membership or otherwise, more than one-half of the aggregate of all thoroughbred owners and trainers who were licensed and actively participated in racing within this state during the preceding calendar year. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, any moneys received by a thoroughbred horsemen's organization shall be used exclusively for the benefit of thoroughbred owners and trainers racing in this state through the administrative purposes of the organization, benevolent activities on behalf of the horsemen, promotion of the horsemen's rights and interests, and promotion of equine research. A thoroughbred horsemen's organization may expend not more than an aggregate of five per cent of its annual gross receipts, or a larger amount as approved by the organization, for dues, assessments, and other payments to all other local, national, or international organizations having as their primary purposes the promotion of thoroughbred horse racing, thoroughbred horsemen's rights, and equine research. (C) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, at the close of each racing day, each permit holder authorized to conduct harness or quarter horse racing, out of the amount retained that day by the permit holder, shall pay in the manner prescribed under section 3769.103 of the Revised Code, as a tax, a sum equal to the following percentages of the total of all moneys wagered on live racing programs and shall separately compute and pay in the manner prescribed under section 3769.103 of the Revised Code, as a tax, a sum equal to the following percentages of the total of all money wagered on simulcast racing programs on that day: (1) One per cent of the first two hundred thousand dollars wagered, or any part of that amount; (2) Two per cent of the next one hundred thousand dollars wagered, or any part of that amount; (3) Three per cent of the next one hundred thousand dollars wagered, or any part of that amount; (4) Four per cent of all sums over four hundred thousand dollars wagered. Except as otherwise provided in division (B) and subject to division (M) of this section, from the moneys paid to the tax commissioner by permit holders authorized to conduct harness or quarter horse racing, one-half of one per cent of all moneys wagered on that racing day shall be paid into the Ohio fairs fund; from the moneys paid to the tax commissioner by permit holders authorized to conduct harness racing, five-eighths of one per cent of all moneys wagered on that racing day shall be paid into the Ohio standardbred development fund; and from the moneys paid to the tax commissioner by permit holders authorized to conduct quarter horse racing, five-eighths of one per cent of all moneys wagered on that racing day shall be paid into the Ohio thoroughbred race fund to support quarter horse development and purses. (D) In addition, subject to division (M) of this section, beginning on January 1, 1996, from the money paid to the tax commissioner as a tax under this section and division (A) of section 3769.087 of the Revised Code by harness horse permit holders, one-half of one per cent of the amount wagered on a racing day shall be paid into the Ohio standardbred development fund. Beginning January 1, 1998, the payment to the Ohio standardbred development fund required under this division does not apply to county agricultural societies or independent agricultural societies. The total amount paid to the Ohio standardbred development fund under this division, division (C) of this section, and division (A) of section 3769.087 of the Revised Code and the total amount paid to the Ohio thoroughbred race fund to support quarter horse development and purses under this division and division (A) of that section shall not exceed by more than six per cent the total amount paid into the fund under this division, division (C) of this section, and division (A) of section 3769.087 of the Revised Code in the immediately preceding calendar year. (E) Subject to division (M) of this section, from the money paid as a tax under this chapter by harness and quarter horse permit holders, one-quarter of one per cent of the total of all moneys wagered on a racing day by each permit holder shall be paid into the state racing commission operating fund created by section 3769.03 of the Revised Code. This division does not apply to county and independent fairs and agricultural societies. (F) Except as otherwise provided in section 3769.089 of the Revised Code, each permit holder authorized to conduct harness racing shall pay to the harness horsemen's purse pool a sum equal to fifty per cent of the pari-mutuel revenues retained by the permit holder as a commission after payment of the state tax. This fifty per cent payment is to be in addition to the purse distribution from breakage specified in this section. (G) In addition, each permit holder authorized to conduct harness racing shall be allowed to retain the odd cents of all redistribution to be made on all mutual contributions exceeding a sum equal to the next lowest multiple of ten. Forty per cent of that portion of that total sum of such odd cents shall be used by the permit holder for purse money for Ohio sired, bred, and owned colts, for purse money for Ohio bred horses, and for increased purse money for horse races. Upon the formation of the corporation described in section 3769.21 of the Revised Code to establish a harness horsemen's health and retirement fund, twenty-five per cent of that portion of that total sum of odd cents shall be paid at the close of each racing day by the permit holder to that corporation to establish and fund the health and retirement fund. Until that corporation is formed, that twenty-five per cent shall be paid at the close of each racing day by the permit holder to the tax commissioner or the tax commissioner's agent in the county seat of the county in which the permit holder operates race meetings. The remaining thirty-five per cent of that portion of that total sum of odd cents shall be retained by the permit holder. (H) In addition, each permit holder authorized to conduct thoroughbred racing shall be allowed to retain the odd cents of all redistribution to be made on all mutuel contributions exceeding a sum equal to the next lowest multiple of ten. Twenty per cent of that portion of that total sum of such odd cents shall be used by the permit holder for increased purse money for horse races. Upon the formation of the corporation described in section 3769.21 of the Revised Code to establish a thoroughbred horsemen's health and retirement fund, forty-five per cent of that portion of that total sum of odd cents shall be paid at the close of each racing day by the permit holder to that corporation to establish and fund the health and retirement fund. Until that corporation is formed, that forty-five per cent shall be paid by the permit holder to the tax commissioner or the tax commissioner's agent in the county seat of the county in which the permit holder operates race meetings, at the close of each racing day. The remaining thirty-five per cent of that portion of that total sum of odd cents shall be retained by the permit holder. (I) In addition, each permit holder authorized to conduct quarter horse racing shall be allowed to retain the odd cents of all redistribution to be made on all mutuel contributions exceeding a sum equal to the next lowest multiple of ten, subject to a tax of twenty-five per cent on that portion of the total sum of such odd cents that is in excess of two thousand dollars during a calendar year, which tax shall be paid at the close of each racing day by the permit holder to the tax commissioner or the tax commissioner's agent in the county seat of the county within which the permit holder operates race meetings. Forty per cent of that portion of that total sum of such odd cents shall be used by the permit holder for increased purse money for horse races. The remaining thirty-five per cent of that portion of that total sum of odd cents shall be retained by the permit holder. (J)(1) To encourage the improvement of racing facilities for the benefit of the public, breeders, and horse owners, and to increase the revenue to the state from the increase in pari-mutuel wagering resulting from those improvements, the taxes paid by a permit holder to the state as provided for in this chapter shall be reduced by three-fourths of one per cent of the total amount wagered for those permit holders who make capital improvements to existing race tracks or construct new race tracks. The percentage of the reduction that may be taken each racing day shall equal seventy-five per cent of the taxes levied under divisions (B) and (C) of this section and section 3769.087 of the Revised Code, and division (F)(2) of section 3769.26 of the Revised Code, as applicable, divided by the calculated amount each fund should receive under divisions (B) and (C) of this section and section 3769.087 of the Revised Code, and division (F)(2) of section 3769.26 of the Revised Code and the reduction provided for in this division. If the resulting percentage is less than one, that percentage shall be multiplied by the amount of the reduction provided for in this division. Otherwise, the permit holder shall receive the full reduction provided for in this division. The amount of the allowable reduction not received shall be carried forward and applied against future tax liability. After any reductions expire, any reduction carried forward shall be treated as a reduction as provided for in this division. If more than one permit holder is authorized to conduct racing at the facility that is being built or improved, the cost of the new race track or capital improvement shall be allocated between or among all the permit holders in the ratio that the permit holders' number of racing days bears to the total number of racing days conducted at the facility. A reduction for a new race track or a capital improvement shall start from the day racing is first conducted following the date actual construction of the new race track or each capital improvement is completed and the construction cost has been approved by the racing commission, unless otherwise provided in this section. A reduction for a new race track or a capital improvement shall continue for a period of twenty-five years for new race tracks and for fifteen years for capital improvements if the construction of the capital improvement or new race track commenced prior to March 29, 1988, and for a period of ten years for new race tracks or capital improvements if the construction of the capital improvement or new race track commenced on or after March 29, 1988, but before June 6, 2001, or until the total tax reduction reaches seventy per cent of the approved cost of the new race track or capital improvement, as allocated to each permit holder, whichever occurs first. A reduction for a new race track or a capital improvement approved after June 6, 2001, shall continue until the total tax reduction reaches one hundred per cent of the approved cost of the new race track or capital improvement, as allocated to each permit holder. A reduction granted for a new race track or a capital improvement, the application for which was approved by the racing commission after March 29, 1988, but before June 6, 2001, shall not commence nor shall the ten-year period begin to run until all prior tax reductions with respect to the same race track have ended. The total tax reduction because of capital improvements shall not during any one year exceed for all permit holders using any one track three-fourths of one per cent of the total amount wagered, regardless of the number of capital improvements made. Several capital improvements to a race track may be consolidated in an application if the racing commission approved the application prior to March 29, 1988. No permit holder may receive a tax reduction for a capital improvement approved by the racing commission on or after March 29, 1988, at a race track until all tax reductions have ended for all prior capital improvements approved by the racing commission under this section or section 3769.20 of the Revised Code at that race track. If there are two or more permit holders operating meetings at the same track, they may consolidate their applications. The racing commission shall notify the tax commissioner when the reduction of tax begins and when it ends. Each fiscal year the racing commission shall submit a report to the tax commissioner, the office of budget and management, and the legislative service commission. The report shall identify each capital improvement project undertaken under this division and in progress at each race track, indicate the total cost of each project, state the tax reduction that resulted from each project during the immediately preceding fiscal year, estimate the tax reduction that will result from each project during the current fiscal year, state the total tax reduction that resulted from all such projects at all race tracks during the immediately preceding fiscal year, and estimate the total tax reduction that will result from all such projects at all race tracks during the current fiscal year. (2) In order to qualify for the reduction in tax, a permit holder shall apply to the racing commission in such form as the commission may require and shall provide full details of the new race track or capital improvement, including a schedule for its construction and completion, and set forth the costs and expenses incurred in connection with it. The racing commission shall not approve an application unless the permit holder shows that a contract for the new race track or capital improvement has been let under an unrestricted competitive bidding procedure, unless the contract is exempted by the controlling board because of its unusual nature. In determining whether to approve an application, the racing commission shall consider whether the new race track or capital improvement will promote the safety, convenience, and comfort of the racing public and horse owners and generally tend towards the improvement of racing in this state. (3) If a new race track or capital improvement is approved by the racing commission and construction has started, the tax reduction may be authorized by the commission upon presentation of copies of paid bills in excess of one hundred thousand dollars or ten per cent of the approved cost, whichever is greater. After the initial authorization, the permit holder shall present copies of paid bills. If the permit holder is in substantial compliance with the schedule for construction and completion of the new race track or capital improvement, the racing commission may authorize the continuation of the tax reduction upon the presentation of the additional paid bills. The total amount of the tax reduction authorized shall not exceed the percentage of the approved cost of the new race track or capital improvement specified in division (J)(1) of this section. The racing commission may terminate any tax reduction immediately if a permit holder fails to complete the new race track or capital improvement, or to substantially comply with the schedule for construction and completion of the new race track or capital improvement. If a permit holder fails to complete a new race track or capital improvement, the racing commission shall order the permit holder to repay to the state the total amount of tax reduced. The normal tax paid by the permit holder shall be increased by three-fourths of one per cent of the total amount wagered until the total amount of the additional tax collected equals the total amount of tax reduced. (4) As used in this section: (a) "Capital improvement" means an addition, replacement, or remodeling of a structural unit of a race track facility costing at least one hundred thousand dollars, including, but not limited to, the construction of barns used exclusively for the race track facility, backstretch facilities for horsemen, paddock facilities, new pari-mutuel and totalizator equipment and appurtenances to that equipment purchased by the track, new access roads, new parking areas, the complete reconstruction, reshaping, and leveling of the racing surface and appurtenances, the installation of permanent new heating or air conditioning, roof replacement or restoration, installations of a permanent nature forming a part of the track structure, and construction of buildings that are located on a permit holder's premises. "Capital improvement" does not include the cost of replacement of equipment that is not permanently installed, ordinary repairs, painting, and maintenance required to keep a race track facility in ordinary operating condition. (b) "New race track" includes the reconstruction of a race track damaged by fire or other cause that has been declared by the racing commission, as a result of the damage, to be an inadequate facility for the safe operation of horse racing. (c) "Approved cost" includes all debt service and interest costs that are associated with a capital improvement or new race track and that the racing commission approves for a tax reduction under division (J) of this section. (5) The racing commission shall not approve an application for a tax reduction under this section if it has reasonable cause to believe that the actions or negligence of the permit holder substantially contributed to the damage suffered by the track due to fire or other cause. The racing commission shall obtain any data or information available from a fire marshal, law enforcement official, or insurance company concerning any fire or other damage suffered by a track, prior to approving an application for a tax reduction. (6) The approved cost to which a tax reduction applies shall be determined by generally accepted accounting principles and verified by an audit of the permit holder's records upon completion of the project by the racing commission, or by an independent certified public accountant selected by the permit holder and approved by the commission. (K) No other license or excise tax or fee, except as provided in sections 3769.01 to 3769.14 of the Revised Code, shall be assessed or collected from such licensee by any county, township, district, municipal corporation, or other body having power to assess or collect a tax or fee. That portion of the tax paid under this section by permit holders for racing conducted at and during the course of an agricultural exposition or fair, and that portion of the tax that would have been paid by eligible permit holders into the nursing home franchise permit fee fund as a result of racing conducted at and during the course of an agricultural exposition or fair, shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the horse racing tax fund, which is hereby created for the use of the agricultural societies of the several counties in which the taxes originate. The state racing commission shall determine eligible permit holders for purposes of the preceding sentence, taking into account the breed of horse, the racing dates, the geographic proximity to the fair, and the best interests of Ohio racing. On the first day of any month on which there is money in the fund, the tax commissioner shall provide for payment to the treasurer of each agricultural society the amount of the taxes collected under this section upon racing conducted at and during the course of any exposition or fair conducted by the society. (L) From the tax paid under this section by harness track permit holders, the tax commissioner shall pay into the Ohio thoroughbred race fund a sum equal to a percentage of the amount wagered upon which the tax is paid. The percentage shall be determined by the tax commissioner and shall be rounded to the nearest one-hundredth. The percentage shall be such that, when multiplied by the amount wagered upon which tax was paid by the harness track permit holders in the most recent year for which final figures are available, it results in a sum that substantially equals the same amount of tax paid by the tax commissioner during that year into the Ohio fairs fund from taxes paid by thoroughbred permit holders. This division does not apply to county and independent fairs and agricultural societies. (M) Twenty-five per cent of the taxes levied on thoroughbred racing permit holders, harness racing permit holders, and quarter horse racing permit holders under this section, division (A) of section 3769.087 of the Revised Code, and division (F)(2) of section 3769.26 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the nursing home franchise permit fee fund. The tax commissioner shall pay any money remaining, after the payment into the nursing home franchise permit fee fund and the reductions provided for in division (J) of this section and in section 3769.20 of the Revised Code, into the Ohio fairs fund, Ohio thoroughbred race fund, Ohio standardbred development fund, and state racing commission operating fund as prescribed in this section and division (A) of section 3769.087 of the Revised Code. The tax commissioner shall thereafter use and apply the balance of the money paid as a tax by any permit holder to cover any shortage in the accounts of such funds resulting from an insufficient payment as a tax by any other permit holder. Subject to section 3769.101 of the Revised Code, the moneys received by the tax commissioner shall be deposited monthly and paid by the tax commissioner into the funds to cover the total aggregate amount due from all permit holders to the funds, as calculated under this section and division (A) of section 3769.087 of the Revised Code, as applicable. If, after the payment into the nursing home franchise permit fee fund, sufficient funds are not available from the tax deposited by the tax commissioner to pay the required amounts into the Ohio fairs fund, Ohio standardbred development fund, Ohio thoroughbred race fund, and the state racing commission operating fund, the tax commissioner shall prorate on a proportional basis the amount paid to each of the funds. Any shortage to the funds as a result of a proration shall be applied against future deposits for the same calendar year when funds are available. After this application, the tax commissioner shall pay any remaining money paid as a tax by all permit holders into the nursing home franchise permit fee fund. This division does not apply to permit holders conducting racing at the course of an agricultural exposition or fair as described in division (K) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3704.033 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3704 / § 3704.033
§ 3704.033. Director to establish consultation process - measures for notifying public
Status: in_force

December 19, 1980 Senate Bill 258 - 113th General Assembly The director of environmental protection shall: (A) Establish a process of consultation with general purpose local governments, designated organizations or elected officials of local governments, and the secretary of any department having authority over federal land located in the state with respect to requirements of the federal Clean Air Act pertaining to transportation controls, air quality maintenance plan requirements, preconstruction review of indirect sources of air pollution, nonattainment requirements, prevention of significant deterioration, or enforcement orders; (B) Provide for measures by which to notify the public during any calendar year on a regular basis of instances or areas in which any national primary ambient air quality standard promulgated by the administrator under the federal Clean Air Act is or was exceeded during any portion of the preceding calendar year, to advise the public of the health hazards associated with such pollution, to enhance public awareness of the measures that can be taken to prevent such standards from being exceeded and the ways in which the public can participate in regulatory and other efforts to improve air quality, and to satisfy public notice requirements of the federal Clean Air Act.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3796.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3796 / § 3796.28
§ 3796.28. Rights of employer
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 56 - 136th General Assembly (A) Nothing in this chapter does any of the following: (1) Requires an employer to permit or accommodate an employee's use, possession, or distribution of marijuana; (2) Prohibits an employer from refusing to hire, discharging, disciplining, or otherwise taking an adverse employment action against a person with respect to hire, tenure, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of that person's use, possession, or distribution of marijuana; (3) Prohibits an employer from establishing and enforcing a drug testing policy, drug-free workplace policy, or zero-tolerance drug policy; (4) Interferes with any federal restrictions on employment, including the regulations adopted by the United States department of transportation in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended; (5) Permits a person to commence a cause of action against an employer for refusing to hire, discharging, disciplining, discriminating, retaliating, or otherwise taking an adverse employment action against a person with respect to hire, tenure, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment related to marijuana; (6) Affects the authority of the administrator of workers' compensation to grant rebates or discounts on premium rates to employers that participate in a drug-free workplace program established in accordance with rules adopted by the administrator under Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code. (B) A person who is discharged from employment because of that person's use of marijuana shall be considered to have been discharged for just cause for purposes of division (D) of section 4141.29 of the Revised Code and shall be ineligible to serve a waiting period or to be paid benefits for the duration of the individual's unemployment as described in division (D)(2) of that section if the person's use of marijuana was in violation of an employer's drug-free workplace policy, zero-tolerance policy, or other formal program or policy regulating the use of marijuana. (C) It is not a violation of division (A), (D), or (E) of section 4112.02 of the Revised Code if an employer discharges, refuses to hire, or otherwise discriminates against a person because of that person's use of marijuana if the person's use of marijuana is in violation of the employer's drug-free workplace policy, zero-tolerance policy, or other formal program or policy regulating the use of marijuana. Last updated January 14, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3706.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3706 / § 3706.10
§ 3706.10. All funds acquired shall be held in trust
Status: in_force

June 1, 1970 House Bill 963 - 108th General Assembly All moneys, funds, properties, and assets acquired by the Ohio air quality development authority under Chapter 3706. of the Revised Code, whether as proceeds from the sale of air quality revenue bonds or as revenues, or otherwise, shall be held by it in trust for the purposes of carrying out its powers and duties, shall be used and reused as provided in such chapter, and shall at no time be part of other public funds. Such funds, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing its air quality revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing the same, or except when invested pursuant to section 3706.11 of the Revised Code, shall be kept in depositories selected by the authority in the manner provided in Chapter 135. of the Revised Code, and the deposits shall be secured as provided in Chapter 135. of the Revised Code. The resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds of any issue or the trust agreement securing such bonds shall provide that any officer to whom, or any bank or trust company to which, such moneys are paid shall act as trustee of such moneys and hold and apply them for the purposes hereof, subject to such conditions as such chapter and such resolutions or trust agreement provide.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3770.072 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3770 / § 3770.072
§ 3770.072. State income tax withholding and filing of report
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "prize winner" and "transferee" have the same meanings as in section 3770.10 of the Revised Code. (B) The state lottery commission shall deduct amounts from lottery prize awards and file returns in accordance with section 5747.062 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted by the tax commissioner pursuant to that section. This division also applies to lottery prize award payments the commission remits to transferees. (C)(1) Each transferee shall deduct and withhold from each gross amount payable to each prize winner four per cent of the gross amount payable prior to making any other reduction required by this chapter. (2) With respect to amounts deducted and withheld pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section, each transferee shall comply with divisions (A)(2) to (4) of section 5747.062 of the Revised Code. (3) An employee of a corporation, limited liability company, or business trust having control or supervision of or charged with the responsibility of filing the report and making the payment required by division (C) of this section and section 5747.062 of the Revised Code, or an officer, member, manager, or trustee of a corporation, limited liability company, or business trust who is responsible for the execution of the corporation's, limited liability company's, or business trust's fiscal responsibilities, shall be personally liable for failure to file the report or pay the amount due as required by division (C) of this section and section 5747.062 of the Revised Code. The dissolution, termination, or bankruptcy of a corporation, limited liability company, or business trust does not discharge a responsible officer's, member's, manager's, employee's, or trustee's liability for a failure of the corporation, limited liability company, or business trust to file returns or pay the amount due. (4)(a) The tax commissioner may make an assessment against any person listed in division (C)(1) or (3) of this section for any deficiency for any period. Section 5747.13 of the Revised Code shall apply with respect to issuing assessments, filing petitions for reassessments, conducting hearings, issuing final determinations, making the assessment final, and filing the entry that makes the assessment final. Section 5717.02 of the Revised Code shall apply to appeals of the commissioner's final decision in connection with assessments issued pursuant to division (C)(4) of this section. (b) An assessment issued against any person listed in division (C)(1) or (3) of this section shall not be considered an election of remedies or a bar to an assessment against any other person for the failure to comply with division (C)(1) of this section. No assessment shall be issued against any person who is so listed if the amount required to be withheld has been paid by another. (c) The assessment shall include interest at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code on liability from the time the payment is due until the date of assessment. Interest shall continue to accrue from the date of assessment until the date the assessment is paid in full. Any interest accruing subsequent to the date of the issuance of the assessment shall be considered to be an additional deficiency for which the tax commissioner may issue subsequent assessments. The initial assessment and any subsequent assessments may include a penalty in an amount not to exceed twice the applicable interest charged under this division. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3737.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3737 / § 3737.29
§ 3737.29. Investigation may be private
Status: in_force

July 1, 1979 House Bill 590 - 112th General Assembly Investigation by or under the direction of the fire marshal may be private. The marshal may exclude from the place where such investigation is held all persons other than those required to be present, and witnesses may be kept separate from each other and not allowed to communicate with each other until they have been examined.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3735.66 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3735 / § 3735.66
§ 3735.66. Resolution describing boundaries of areas and eligibility for tax exemption
Status: in_force

April 3, 2023 Senate Bill 33 - 134th General Assembly The legislative authority of a political subdivision may survey the housing within the municipal corporation in the case of a municipal corporation, the unincorporated area of the township in the case of a limited home rule township, and the unincorporated area of the county in the case of a county. After the survey, the legislative authority may adopt a resolution describing the boundaries of community reinvestment areas which contain the conditions required for the finding under division (B) of section 3735.65 of the Revised Code. The findings resulting from the survey shall be incorporated in the resolution describing the boundaries of an area. The legislative authority may stipulate in the resolution that only new structures or remodeling classified as to use as commercial, industrial, or residential, or some combination thereof, and otherwise satisfying the requirements of section 3735.67 of the Revised Code are eligible for exemption from taxation under that section. If the resolution does not include such a stipulation, all new structures and remodeling satisfying the requirements of section 3735.67 of the Revised Code are eligible for exemption from taxation regardless of classification. Whether or not the resolution includes such a stipulation, the classification of the structures or remodeling eligible for exemption in the area shall at all times be consistent with zoning restrictions applicable to the area. For the purposes of sections 3735.65 to 3735.70 of the Revised Code, whether a structure or remodeling composed of multiple units is classified as commercial or residential shall be determined by resolution or ordinance of the legislative authority or, in the absence of such a determination, by the classification of the use of the structure or remodeling under the applicable zoning regulations. If construction or remodeling classified as residential is eligible for exemption from taxation, the resolution shall specify a percentage, not to exceed one hundred per cent, of the assessed valuation of such property to be exempted. The percentage specified shall apply to all residential construction or remodeling for which exemption is granted. Territory of a community reinvestment area designated by a municipal corporation shall include only territory of the municipal corporation. Territory of an area designated by a limited home rule township shall include only unincorporated territory of the township that is not already included in an area designated by a county. Territory of an area designated by a county shall include only unincorporated territory of the county that is not already included in an area designated by a limited home rule township. Upon the adoption of the resolution, the legislative authority shall send, by certified mail, one copy of the resolution and a map of the community reinvestment area in sufficient detail to denote the specific boundaries of the area, to the director of development. The resolution adopted pursuant to this section shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the political subdivision that adopted the resolution once a week for two consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, immediately following its adoption. Each legislative authority adopting a resolution pursuant to this section shall designate a housing officer. The legislative authority or housing officer shall not grant any exemption from taxation under section 3735.67 of the Revised Code until the director assigns to each community reinvestment area a unique designation by which the area shall be identified for purposes of sections 3735.65 to 3735.70 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 8, 2023 at 3:25 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 3769.103 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3769 / § 3769.103
§ 3769.103. Remittance of tax due
Status: in_force

October 1, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) On each day on which banks are open for business, or not later than noon of the calendar day following a racing day on which banks are not open for business, a permit holder shall remit the amount of tax due under sections 3769.08 , 3769.087 , and 3769.26 of the Revised Code in the manner required by the commissioner. The permit holder shall file with the tax due a report in the form required by the commissioner. The report shall reflect the activity of the previous racing day and include any other information the commissioner considers necessary to administer the taxes imposed under sections 3769.08 , 3769.087 , and 3769.26 of the Revised Code. (B) Within ten days after the close of a horse-racing meeting, a permit holder shall remit the amount of tax due under section 3769.28 of the Revised Code in the manner required by the commissioner. The permit holder shall file with the tax due the final report required pursuant to section 3769.28 of the Revised Code in the form required by the commissioner. The report shall include any information the commissioner considers necessary to administer the tax imposed by section 3769.28 of the Revised Code. (C) The commissioner may require permit holders to use the Ohio business gateway to file reports and remit the tax, or may provide for another means for taxpayers to file and remit the tax electronically.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3791.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3791 / § 3791.05
§ 3791.05. Counter floors in construction - prohibition - penalty
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly No owner, lessee, agent, factor, architect, or contractor engaged in and having supervision or charge of the building, erection, or construction of a block, building, or structure, shall neglect or refuse to place or have placed upon the joists of each story thereof, as soon as joists are in position, counter floors of such quality and strength as to render perfectly safe the going to and from thereon of all mechanics, laborers, and other persons engaged upon the work of construction or supervision, or in placing materials for such construction. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than two hundred dollars. Each day that such person neglects or refuses to have such counter floors so placed, after notice is given by a building inspector, a chief inspector, or deputy inspector of the city building inspection department in cities where such department is organized, or by the superintendent of industrial compliance of the state, in cities where such departments are not organized, or from a person whose life or personal safety may be endangered by such neglect or refusal, is a separate offense.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3745.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3745 / § 3745.04
§ 3745.04. Appeals to review commission
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "any person" means any individual, any partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, or any political subdivision, instrumentality, or agency of a state, whether or not the individual or legal entity is an applicant for or holder of a license, permit, or variance from the environmental protection agency, and includes any department, agency, or instrumentality of the federal government that is an applicant for or holder of a license, permit, or variance from the environmental protection agency. As used in this section, "action" or "act" includes the adoption, modification, or repeal of a rule or standard, the issuance, modification, or revocation of any lawful order other than an emergency order, and the issuance, denial, modification, or revocation of a license, permit, lease, variance, or certificate, or the approval or disapproval of plans and specifications pursuant to law or rules adopted thereunder. (B) Any person who was a party to a proceeding before the director of environmental protection may participate in an appeal to the environmental review appeals commission for an order vacating or modifying the action of the director or a local board of health, or ordering the director or board of health to perform an act. The environmental review appeals commission has exclusive original jurisdiction over any matter that may, under this section, be brought before it. However, the director has and retains jurisdiction to modify, amend, revise, renew, or revoke any permit, rule, order, or other action that has been appealed to the commission. The modification, amendment, revision, renewal, or revocation is subject to applicable public participation and public notice requirements and is subject to an appeal under this section or section 3745.07 of the Revised Code, as applicable. Not later than thirty days after the issuance of the modification, amendment, revision, renewal, or revocation, the director shall file with the commission and serve on each party to the existing appeal a statement notifying the commission and the party that the appealed action was revoked or describing how the appealed action was modified, amended, revised, or changed as part of a renewal, as applicable. A party to the existing appeal is deemed to have appealed such a modification, amendment, revision, renewal, or revocation upon filing with the commission and serving on all parties an objection to the modification, amendment, revision, renewal, or revocation. The objection shall be filed with the commission not later than thirty days after the director files the statement with the commission regarding the modification, amendment, revision, renewal, or revocation. The objection shall state any new grounds of appeal resulting from the modification, amendment, revision, renewal, or revocation. The commission shall not charge a fee for the filing of such an objection. A person appealing to the commission shall be known as appellant, and the director and any party to a proceeding substantially supporting the finding from which the appeal is taken shall be known as appellee, except that when an appeal involves a license to operate a disposal site or facility, the local board of health or the director of environmental protection, and any party to a proceeding substantially supporting the finding from which the appeal is taken, shall, as appropriate, be known as the appellee. Appellant and appellee shall be deemed to be parties to the appeal. (C) The director may appeal an action of a local board of health conducted under Chapter 3714. or 3734. of the Revised Code to the environmental review appeals commission for an order vacating or modifying the action of the board or may appeal to the commission for an order requiring the local board of health to perform an act. (D) An appeal shall be in writing and shall set forth the action complained of and the grounds upon which the appeal is based. The appeal shall be filed with the commission within thirty days after notice of the action. Notice of the filing of the appeal shall be filed with the appellee within three days after the appeal is filed with the commission. The appeal shall be accompanied by a filing fee of seventy dollars, which the commission, in its discretion, may reduce if by affidavit the appellant demonstrates that payment of the full amount of the fee would cause extreme hardship. Within seven days after receipt of the notice of an appeal filed under division (B) of this section, the director or local board of health, as applicable, shall prepare and certify to the commission a record of the proceedings out of which the appeal arises, including all documents and correspondence, and a transcript of all testimony. Upon the filing of an appeal, the commission shall fix the time and place at which the hearing on the appeal will be held. The commission shall give the appellant and the appellee at least ten days' written notice thereof by certified mail. The commission shall hold the hearing within thirty days after the notice of appeal is filed. The commission may postpone or continue any hearing upon its own motion or upon application of the appellant or of the appellee. The filing of an appeal does not automatically suspend or stay execution of the action appealed from. Upon application by the appellant, the commission may suspend or stay the execution pending immediate determination of the appeal without interruption by continuances, other than for unavoidable circumstances. (E) As used in this section and sections 3745.05 and 3745.06 of the Revised Code, "director of environmental protection" and "director" are deemed to include the director of agriculture and "environmental protection agency" is deemed to include the department of agriculture with respect to actions that are appealable to the commission under Chapter 903. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3709.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3709 / § 3709.19
§ 3709.19. Record of proceedings and record of diseases - quarterly activity reports
Status: in_force

April 2, 1996 House Bill 355 - 121st General Assembly The secretary of the board of health of a city or general health district shall keep a complete and accurate record of the proceedings of the board together with a record of diseases reported to the health commissioner. The records shall be kept as required by the director of health. In each general health district, the health commissioner shall prepare a quarterly report detailing the board's activities during the preceding three months. The secretary shall provide a complete and accurate copy of the record of proceedings of the board of health to the health commissioner for the purpose of preparing the report. The quarterly reports shall be submitted to the district advisory council on or before the first day of January, April, July, and October of each year. On leaving office, the secretary shall turn over to the succeeding secretary all books, records, papers, and other matter belonging to the board. Each board or person performing the duties of the board shall procure suitable books, blanks, and other things necessary to the transaction of its business. The forms shall be used as the director of health prescribes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3707.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3707 / § 3707.05
§ 3707.05. Board must secure approval of department of health in certain cases
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of health of a city or general health district shall not close public highways or prohibit travel thereon, interfere with public officers not afflicted with or directly exposed to a contagious or infectious disease, in the discharge of their official duties, or establish a quarantine of one municipal corporation or township against another municipal corporation or township, as such, without permission first obtained from the department of health and under regulations established by the department.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3726.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3726 / § 3726.13
§ 3726.13. Abortion facility maintain list of disposition locations
Status: in_force

April 6, 2021 Senate Bill 27 - 133rd General Assembly An abortion facility shall develop and maintain a written list of locations at which it provides or arranges for the final disposition of fetal remains from surgical abortions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3731.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3731 / § 3731.09
§ 3731.09. Sanitary requirements
Status: in_force

April 4, 2007 Senate Bill 305 - 126th General Assembly In every transient hotel and extended stay hotel and SRO facility in which the person, firm, or corporation operating it is required to have a license, the premises shall be kept in a sanitary condition.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3743.541 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3743 / § 3743.541
§ 3743.541. Fireworks incidents
Status: in_force

June 29, 2001 House Bill 161 - 124th General Assembly (A) The appropriate certified fire safety inspector, fire chief, or fire prevention officer or appropriate state or local law enforcement authority with jurisdiction over a fireworks incident site shall immediately notify the state fire marshal, the state fire marshal's designee, or a member of the state fire marshal's staff regarding the occurrence of the fireworks incident and the location of the fireworks incident site. (B) At any time after a fireworks incident occurs, unless the fire marshal otherwise delegates the fire marshal's authority to the appropriate state or local law enforcement authority with jurisdiction over the fireworks incident site, the fire marshal, the fire marshal's designee, or a member of the fire marshal's staff shall supervise and coordinate the investigation of the fireworks incident and supervise any dismantling, repositioning, or other disturbance of fireworks, associated equipment or other materials, or other items within the fireworks incident site or of any evidence related to the fireworks incident. (C) A state or local law enforcement officer, certified fire safety inspector, fire chief, or fire prevention officer, or any person authorized and supervised by a state or local law enforcement officer, certified fire safety inspector, fire chief, or fire prevention officer, prior to the arrival of the fire marshal, the fire marshal's designee, or a member of the fire marshal's staff at a fireworks incident site, may dismantle, reposition, or move any fireworks, any associated equipment or other materials, or any other items found within the site or any evidence related to the fireworks incident only as necessary to prevent an imminent fire, imminent explosion, or similar threat of additional injury or death to any member of the public at the site.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3705.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3705 / § 3705.25
§ 3705.25. Local registrar, deputy registrar or sub-registrar to be removed for failing to discharge official duties
Status: in_force

February 12, 2001 Senate Bill 172 - 123rd General Assembly A local registrar of vital statistics, deputy registrar, or sub-registrar who fails to discharge official duties shall, on a recommendation of the health commissioner, forthwith be removed from office by the board of health of the health district that constitutes the primary registration district or, in the case of a local registrar serving a combined primary registration district, by the joint action of the boards of health of the health districts that constitute the combined district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 3701.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 37 / Chapter 3701 / § 3701.42
§ 3701.42. Application for construction or modernization projects
Status: in_force

September 24, 1971 Senate Bill 343 - 109th General Assembly Applications for grants, loans, or loan guarantees under the federal act for hospital and medical facilities construction or modernization projects shall be submitted to the director of health and may be submitted by the state or any political subdivision thereof or by any other public or nonprofit agency eligible under the federal act. Each application for a construction or modernization project shall conform to federal and state requirements.