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Ohio Rev Code § 1.43 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.43 | Singular - Plural - Gender - Tense.

Effective: January 3, 1972|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly|(A) The singular includes the plural, and the plural includes the singular.(B) Words of one gender include the other genders.(C) Words in the present tense include the future.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.44 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.44 | Week - Year.

Effective: January 3, 1972|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly|(A) "Week" means seven consecutive days.(B) "Year" means twelve consecutive months.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.45 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.45 | Time Computation.

Effective: January 3, 1972|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly|If a number of months is to be computed by counting the months from a particular day, the period ends on the same numerical day in the concluding month as the day of the month from which the computation is begun, unless there are not that many days in the concluding month, in which case the period ends on the last day of that month.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.46 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.46 | Conflict Between Figures and Words in Expressing Number.

Effective: January 3, 1972|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly|If there is a conflict between figures and words in expressing a number, the words govern.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.47 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.47 | Presumptions in Enactment of Statutes.

Effective: January 3, 1972|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly|In enacting a statute, it is presumed that:(A) Compliance with the constitutions of the state and of the United States is intended;(B) The entire statute is intended to be effective;(C) A just and reasonable result is intended;(D) A result feasible of execution is intended.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.471 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.471 | Effective Date of Act Containing Appropriation for Current Expenses.

Effective: September 12, 1994|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 790 - 120th General Assembly|As used in this section, "appropriation for current expenses" means an appropriation of money for the current expenses of the state government and state institutions as contemplated by Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 1d.This section expresses the general assembly's interpretation of State, ex rel. Ohio AFL-CIO, v. Voinovich (1994), 69 Ohio St. 3d 225, 234 to 237, insofar as the case holds with respect to the effective date of sections of law contained in acts that contain an appropriation for current expenses.A codified or uncodified section of law contained in an act that contains an appropriation for current expenses is not subject to the referendum and goes into immediate effect if any of the following apply:(A) The section is an appropriation for current expenses;(B) The section is an earmarking of the whole or part of an appropriation for current expenses; or(C) Implementation of the section depends upon an appropriation for current expenses that is contained in the act.The general assembly shall determine which sections go into immediate effect.A codified or uncodified section of law contained in an act that contains an appropriation for current expenses that does not go into immediate effect as contemplated by this section is subject to the referendum and goes into effect as provided in Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 1c.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.48 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.48 | Presumption That Statute Is Prospective.

Effective: January 3, 1972|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly|A statute is presumed to be prospective in its operation unless expressly made retrospective.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.49 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.49 | Determining Legislative Intent.

Effective: January 3, 1972|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly|If a statute is ambiguous, the court, in determining the intention of the legislature, may consider among other matters:(A) The object sought to be attained;(B) The circumstances under which the statute was enacted;(C) The legislative history;(D) The common law or former statutory provisions, including laws upon the same or similar subjects;(E) The consequences of a particular construction;(F) The administrative construction of the statute.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.50 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.50 | Severability.

Effective: January 3, 1972|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly|If any provision of a section of the Revised Code or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the section or related sections which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions are severable.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.51 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.51 | Special or Local Provision Prevails as Exception to General Provision.

Effective: January 3, 1972|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly|If a general provision conflicts with a special or local provision, they shall be construed, if possible, so that effect is given to both. If the conflict between the provisions is irreconcilable, the special or local provision prevails as an exception to the general provision, unless the general provision is the later adoption and the manifest intent is that the general provision prevail.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.52 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.52 | Irreconcilable Statutes or Amendments - Harmonization.

Effective: January 3, 1972|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly|(A) If statutes enacted at the same or different sessions of the legislature are irreconcilable, the statute latest in date of enactment prevails.(B) If amendments to the same statute are enacted at the same or different sessions of the legislature, one amendment without reference to another, the amendments are to be harmonized, if possible, so that effect may be given to each. If the amendments are substantively irreconcilable, the latest in date of enactment prevails. The fact that a later amendment restates language deleted by an earlier amendment, or fails to include language inserted by an earlier amendment, does not of itself make the amendments irreconcilable. Amendments are irreconcilable only when changes made by each cannot reasonably be put into simultaneous operation.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.53 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.53 | Language and Any Designated Section Number of Enrolled Act Prevails.

Effective: January 3, 1972|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly|If the language of the enrolled act deposited with the secretary of state, including any code section number designated pursuant to section 103.131 of the Revised Code, conflicts with the language of any subsequent printing or reprinting of the statute, the language and any such designated section number of the enrolled act prevails.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.54 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.54 | Reenactment or Amendment Is Continuation of Prior Statute.

Effective: January 3, 1972|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly|A statute which is reenacted or amended is intended to be a continuation of the prior statute and not a new enactment, so far as it is the same as the prior statute.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.55 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.55 | Reference to Any Portion Applies to All Reenactments or Amendments.

Effective: January 3, 1972|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly|A reference to any portion of a statute of this state applies to all reenactments or amendments thereof.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.56 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.56 | Reference to Series of Numbers or Letters.

Effective: January 3, 1972|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly|If a statute refers to a series of numbers or letters, the first and the last numbers or letters are included.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.57 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.57 | Repeal of Repealing Statute.

Effective: January 3, 1972|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly|The repeal of a repealing statute does not revive the statute originally repealed nor impair the effect of any saving clause therein.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.58 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.58 | Reenactment, Amendment, or Repeal of Statute.

Effective: January 3, 1972|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 607 - 109th General Assembly|(A) The reenactment, amendment, or repeal of a statute does not, except as provided in division (B) of this section:(1) Affect the prior operation of the statute or any prior action taken thereunder;(2) Affect any validation, cure, right, privilege, obligation, or liability previously acquired, accrued, accorded, or incurred thereunder;(3) Affect any violation thereof or penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred in respect thereto, prior to the amendment or repeal;(4) Affect any investigation, proceeding, or remedy in respect of any such privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture, or punishment; and the investigation, proceeding, or remedy may be instituted, continued, or enforced, and the penalty, forfeiture, or punishment imposed, as if the statute had not been repealed or amended.(B) If the penalty, forfeiture, or punishment for any offense is reduced by a reenactment or amendment of a statute, the penalty, forfeiture, or punishment, if not already imposed, shall be imposed according to the statute as amended.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.59 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.59 | Statutory Definitions.

Effective: November 5, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 204 - 125th General Assembly|As used in any statute, unless another definition is provided in that statute or a related statute:(A) "Child" includes child by adoption.(B) "Oath" includes affirmation, and "swear" includes affirm.(C) "Person" includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association.(D) "Population" means that shown by the most recent regular federal census.(E) "Property" means real and personal property.(F) "Rule" includes regulation.(G) "State," when applied to a part of the United States, includes any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof, and any area subject to the legislative authority of the United States of America. "This state" or "the state" means the state of Ohio.(H) "United States" includes all the states.(I) "Will" includes codicil.(J) "Written" or "in writing" includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures.(K) "Internet" means the international computer network of both federal and nonfederal interoperable packet switched data networks, including the graphical subnetwork known as the world wide web.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.60 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.60 | State Agency Defined.

Effective: February 18, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 129th General Assembly|As used in Title I of the Revised Code, "state agency," except as otherwise provided in the title, means every organized body, office, or agency established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of state government. "State agency" does not include the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.601 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.601 | Fire Marshal Defined.

Effective: September 12, 2008|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 237 - 127th General Assembly|If a statute uses the term "fire marshal" it is referring to the state fire marshal.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.61 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.61 | Agriculture Defined.

Effective: June 4, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 276 - 129th General Assembly|As used in any statute except section 303.01 or 519.01 of the Revised Code, "agriculture" includes farming; ranching; aquaculture; algaculture meaning the farming of algae; apiculture and related apicultural activities, production of honey, beeswax, honeycomb, and other related products; horticulture; viticulture, winemaking, and related activities; animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, the care and raising of livestock, equine, and fur-bearing animals; poultry husbandry and the production of poultry and poultry products; dairy production; the production of field crops, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, flowers, sod, or mushrooms; timber; pasturage; any combination of the foregoing; the processing, drying, storage, and marketing of agricultural products when those activities are conducted in conjunction with, but are secondary to, such husbandry or production; and any additions or modifications to the foregoing made by the director of agriculture by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.611 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.611 | Osu Extension Defined.

Effective: September 29, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly|As used in the Revised Code, "OSU extension" means the cooperative extension service that was established by the "Smith-Lever Act," 38 Stat. 372 (1914), 7 U.S.C. 341 et seq., and is administered in this state by the Ohio state university.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.62 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.62 | References to Officers, Authorities and Resolutions in County That Has Adopted a Charter.

Effective: July 7, 2010|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 313 - 128th General Assembly|As used in the Revised Code, unless the context of a section does not permit the following or unless expressly provided otherwise in a section: (A) References to particular county officers, boards, commissions, and authorities mean, in the case of a county that has adopted a charter under Article X, Ohio Constitution, the officer, board, commission, or authority of that county designated by or pursuant to the charter to exercise the same powers or perform the same acts, duties, or functions that are to be exercised or performed under the applicable section of the Revised Code by officers, boards, commissions, or authorities of counties that have not adopted a charter. If any section of the Revised Code requires county representation on a board, commission, or authority by more than one county officer, and the charter vests the powers, duties, or functions of each county officer representing the county on the board, commission, or authority in fewer officers or in only a single county officer, the county officers or officer shall succeed to the representation of only one of the county officers on the board, commission, or authority. If any vacancy in the representation of the county on the board, commission, or authority remains, the taxing authority of the county shall adopt a resolution to fill the vacancy.(B) References to resolutions mean, in the case of a county that has adopted a charter under Article X, Ohio Constitution, the appropriate form of legislation permitted by or pursuant to the charter.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.63 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.63 | Pre-Emption by State of Certain Business Practices.

Effective: May 24, 2002|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 386 - 124th General Assembly|(A) The state solely shall regulate the business of originating, granting, servicing, and collecting loans and other forms of credit in the state and the manner in which any such business is conducted, and this regulation shall be in lieu of all other regulation of such activities by any municipal corporation or other political subdivision.(B) Any ordinance, resolution, regulation, or other action by a municipal corporation or other political subdivision to regulate, directly or indirectly, the origination, granting, servicing, or collection of loans or other forms of credit constitutes a conflict with the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, Titles XI, XIII, XVII, and XLVII, and with the uniform operation throughout the state of lending and other credit provisions, and is preempted.(C) Any ordinance, resolution, regulation, or other action by a municipal corporation or other political subdivision constitutes a conflict with the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, Titles XI, XIII, XVII, and XLVII, and is pre-empted, if the ordinance, resolution, regulation, or other action does either of the following:(1) Disqualifies a person, or its subsidiaries or affiliates, from doing business with such municipal corporation or other political subdivision based upon the acts or practices of such person, or its subsidiaries or affiliates, as an originator, grantor, servicer, or collector of loans or other forms of credit;(2) Imposes reporting requirements or other obligations upon a person, or its subsidiaries or affiliates, based upon such person's, or its subsidiaries' or affiliates', acts or practices as an originator, grantor, servicer, or collector of loans or other forms of credit.(D) If any provision of this section, or any application of any provision of this section, is for any reason held to be illegal or invalid, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect any legal and valid provision or application of this section, and the provisions and applications of this section shall be severable.(E) Nothing in this section shall be construed to invalidate or prohibit any ordinance, resolution, regulation, or other action by a municipal corporation or other political subdivision to establish and administer voluntary neighborhood reinvestment programs in furtherance of the goals and purposes of the "Community Reinvestment Act of 1977," 91 Stat. 1147, 12 U.S.C.A. 2901, as amended.(F) Nothing in this section shall be construed to invalidate any ordinance, resolution, regulation, or other action by a municipal corporation or other political subdivision that is required to meet the criteria for adequacy of law established by the United States department of housing and urban development in order to obtain certification as a fair housing assistance program.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.64 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.64 | Health Care Workers Definitions.

Effective: April 6, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 216 - 131st General Assembly|As used in the Revised Code:(A) "Certified nurse-midwife" means an advanced practice registered nurse who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code and is designated as a certified nurse-midwife in accordance with section 4723.42 of the Revised Code and rules adopted by the board of nursing.(B) "Certified nurse practitioner" means an advanced practice registered nurse who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code and is designated as a certified nurse practitioner in accordance with section 4723.42 of the Revised Code and rules adopted by the board of nursing.(C) "Clinical nurse specialist" means an advanced practice registered nurse who holds a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code and is designated as a clinical nurse specialist in accordance with section 4723.42 of the Revised Code and rules adopted by the board of nursing.(D) "Physician assistant" means an individual who is licensed under Chapter 4730. of the Revised Code to provide services as a physician assistant to patients under the supervision, control, and direction of one or more physicians.
Ohio Rev Code § 1.65 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 1 | Definitions; Rules of Construction|Section 1.65 | Insurance Rating Agencies.

Effective: March 20, 2019|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 273 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) As used in the Revised Code, "insurance rating agency" means A.M. Best Rating Services, Inc., Demotech, Inc., or a rating agency certified or approved by a national entity that engages in an approval process that includes all of the following:(1) A requirement for the rating agency to register and provide an annual updated filing;(2) Record retention requirements;(3) Financial reporting requirements;(4) Policies for the prevention of misuse of material, nonpublic information;(5) Management of conflicts of interest, including prohibited conflicts;(6) Prohibited acts and practices;(7) Disclosure requirements;(8) Required policies, practices, and internal controls;(9) Standards of training, experience, and competence for credit analysts.(B) Any reference in the Revised Code to an entity named in division (A) of this section shall be construed as a reference to any insurance rating agency as defined in division (A) of this section. Any reference in the Revised Code to a specific entity not named in division (A) of this section but otherwise meeting the definition of "insurance rating agency" in division (A) of this section shall be construed as a reference to an insurance rating agency as defined by division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 3.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|General Provisions|Chapter 3 | Officer; Oaths; Bonds|Section 3.01 | Continuation in Office Until Successor Elected or Appointed and Qualified.

Effective: January 23, 1963|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 105th General Assembly|A person holding an office of public trust shall continue therein until his successor is elected or appointed and qualified, unless otherwise provided in the constitution or laws of this state.