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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1739 | Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements › Section 1739.14 | Payment of Premiums by Members.

Effective:
July 24, 2002
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 4 - 124th General Assembly
(A) Each member shall pay to the multiple employer welfare arrangement operating a group self-insurance program a premium equal to its share of the arrangement's projected obligation for employee welfare benefit liability, administrative expenses, and other costs incurred by the arrangement as determined by the board of the arrangement or by a third-party administrator and approved by the board of the arrangement. This amount may be adjusted by the board according to the claims experience of each participating member in accordance with criteria set forth in the articles or bylaws of the arrangement.
(B) Each member shall pay a premium for each year at the beginning of each fiscal year unless otherwise provided for under the agreement.
(C) A multiple employer welfare arrangement operating a group self-insurance program shall make payments, or arrange to have payments made, to the employees of the members out of the fund for employee welfare benefits in accordance with section 3901.38 and sections 3901.381 to 3901.3814 of the Revised Code.
(D) A board of the multiple employer welfare arrangement operating a group self-insurance program shall determine whether any dividends or assessments shall be paid to or levied against participating members.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1739 | Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements › Section 1739.141 | Annual Filing Requirements.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
(A) Each multiple employer welfare arrangement operating a group self-insurance program shall file annually with the superintendent of insurance an actuarial certification including a statement that the underwriting and rating methods of the carrier do all of the following:
(1) Comply with accepted actuarial practices;
(2) Are uniformly applied to arrangement members, employees of members, and the dependents of members or employees;
(3) Comply with the provisions of section 1739.06 of the Revised Code.
(B) The certification shall be filed with the superintendent not later than the thirty-first day of March.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1739 | Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements › Section 1739.15 | Liability of Members.

Effective:
April 9, 1993
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 689 - 119th General Assembly
(A) A member of a multiple employer welfare arrangement operating a group self-insurance program is liable for all legal obligations of the arrangement, including any obligations of the arrangement to pay claims against it arising out of any occurrence, incident, or accident covered under sections 1739.01 to 1739.22 of the Revised Code, in proportion to the ratio of the total number of covered employees employed by the member on the first day of the month that the obligation arose to the total number of covered employees employed by all members of the arrangement at the time the obligation arose.
(B) Division (A) of this section applies only to the extent that the total legal obligations of the multiple employer welfare arrangement exceed the amount of any separate reserve fund that is established by the arrangement for payment of the legal obligations of the arrangement, provided the fund consists only of amounts in excess of the minimum reserves required under division (A) of section 1739.11 of the Revised Code.
(C) A multiple employer welfare arrangement operating a group self-insurance program may sue and be sued in its own name.
If the principal place of business of the arrangement is located in this state, service of process shall be perfected upon the arrangement by serving its registered agent in this state for service of process or by serving the arrangement in accordance with the laws of this state.
If the principal place of business of the arrangement is not located in this state, the arrangement shall agree and consent that a civil action may be commenced against it in the court of common pleas of the county of this state in which the cause of action arose or in which the plaintiff resides. Service of process in the action shall be perfected upon the arrangement by serving the superintendent of insurance in accordance with the laws of this state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1739 | Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements › Section 1739.16 | Contracts With Third-Party Administrator.

Effective:
April 9, 1993
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 689 - 119th General Assembly
(A) If a multiple employer welfare arrangement operating a group self-insurance program contracts with a third-party administrator that is not an employee of the arrangement, it shall enter into a written agreement. The agreement is subject to review and approval by the superintendent of insurance in accordance with this section.
(B) The agreement may provide both of the following:
(1) The right of substitution of the third-party administrator and the revocation of the agreement upon notice to the superintendent;
(2) Restrictions upon the exercise of powers by the third-party administrator.
(C) The terms of the agreement shall be reasonable and equitable. The agreement and any amendments to the agreement shall be filed by the arrangement with the superintendent at least thirty days prior to their use. Any agreement and amendments that have not been disapproved by the superintendent within thirty days after their filing with him shall be deemed to be approved.
(D) The multiple employer welfare arrangement shall furnish a copy of the agreement and any amendments to the agreement to each member upon request.
(E) Except as provided in this division and division (D) of this section, the agreement and any amendments to the agreement are confidential and privileged and shall not be released to the public by the superintendent without the prior written consent of the parties to the agreement. However, the superintendent, without the prior written consent of the parties, may release to the public, in the manner the superintendent considers appropriate, all or any part of the agreement or any amendments to the agreement if the superintendent does both of the following:
(1) Prior to release, gives notice and opportunity to be heard to the arrangement and its affiliates that would be affected by the release;
(2) Determines that the release will serve the interests of the members and their employees, or the public.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1739 | Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements › Section 1739.17 | Fiduciary Status of Trustee, Officer or Third-Party Administrator.

Effective:
April 9, 1993
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 689 - 119th General Assembly
A trustee, officer, or third-party administrator of a multiple employer welfare arrangement operating a group self-insurance program that receives, collects, disburses, or invests money in connection with the activities of the arrangement is a fiduciary as defined in the "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974," 88 Stat. 829, 29 U.S.C.A. 1001, as amended.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1739 | Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements › Section 1739.18 | Contracts With Third-Party Administrators.

Effective:
April 9, 1993
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 689 - 119th General Assembly
A multiple employer welfare arrangement operating a group self-insurance program shall contract only with a third-party administrator that meets all of the following conditions:
(A) The third-party administrator has and maintains a fidelity bond as required by the "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974," 88 Stat. 829, 29 U.S.C.A. 1001, as amended.
(B) The third-party administrator has and maintains errors and omissions coverage or other appropriate liability insurance in an amount set forth in rules adopted by the superintendent. The arrangement shall file with the superintendent a certificate of the insurer or other appropriate evidence of such coverage or insurance.
(C) The third-party administrator maintains an office in this state for the payment, processing, adjustment, and settlement of the claims of the arrangement.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1739 | Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements › Section 1739.19 | Member and Employees Deemed Insureds or Policyholders.

Effective:
April 9, 1993
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 689 - 119th General Assembly
(A) For the purpose of determining whether a multiple employer welfare arrangement operating a group self-insurance program has violated any provision of the Revised Code or any rule adopted by the superintendent of insurance, a member or its employees are deemed "insureds" or "policyholders" as used in Title XXXIX of the Revised Code.
(B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, no multiple employer welfare arrangement operating a group self-insurance program shall be considered an insurer for the purposes of Chapters 3955. and 3956. of the Revised Code, or the laws of this state that relate solely to insurers or insurance companies.
(C) Except for the purpose of describing any sickness and accident or excess insurance or stop-loss insurance policy to which a multiple employer welfare arrangement operating a group self-insurance program is a party, no such arrangement shall use in its name, contracts, literature, advertising in any medium, or any other printed matter the words "insurance," "casualty," "surety," "mutual," or any other words descriptive of the insurance business or deceptively similar to the name or description of any insurer doing business in the state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1739 | Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements › Section 1739.22 | Rules.

Effective:
April 9, 1993
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 689 - 119th General Assembly
All rules adopted by the superintendent of insurance pursuant to sections 1739.01 to 1739.22 of the Revised Code shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1739 | Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements › Section 1739.27 | Requiring Valid Certificate of Authority.

Effective:
July 2, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 125th General Assembly
No insurance agent, broker, or other person shall advertise, solicit, negotiate, collect a premium on, or sell any enrollment in, a group self-insurance program in this state, unless the multiple employer welfare arrangement has a valid certificate of authority from the superintendent of insurance.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1739 | Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements › Section 1739.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
July 2, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 125th General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates division (B) of section 1739.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.
(B) Whoever violates division (D) of section 1739.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.
(C) Whoever violates section 1739.27 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree on a first offense and a felony of the fifth degree on each subsequent offense.
(D) If a person is found guilty under this section, the court may award restitution in accordance with section 2929.18 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1743 | Miscellaneous Provisions and Types of Companies › Section 1743.01 | Building Maintenance Corporations.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When a corporation organized under the laws of this state and having a capital stock, including museum, park, pond, or rink companies, is organized for the purpose of erecting and maintaining a building any part of which is intended to be occupied by two or more incorporated companies not having a capital stock, including incorporated religious, scientific, and beneficial associations, as a lodge room, chapel, or regular place of meeting for their members, such two or more incorporated companies may each subscribe for, purchase, or become the owner, by donation or otherwise, of all or part of the capital stock of such corporation organized for the purpose of erecting and maintaining such building.
Each of such incorporated companies is liable in its corporate capacity on the shares so subscribed, purchased, and owned by it, in the same manner and to the same extent as an individual is liable on shares of stock held by him.
When two or more of such incorporated companies subscribe for, purchase, or own all the capital stock of such corporation organized for the purpose of erecting and maintaining such building, each of such two or more incorporated companies shall elect three members of its company to act as directors of such corporation as soon as all the stock thereof is subscribed and ten per cent is paid thereon, and thereafter, at such corporation's first stated meeting in January of each year, shall elect three of its directors. Such directors and their successors in office shall comprise the board of directors of such corporation, and have all the powers conferred by law on the directors of incorporated companies having a capital stock. The directors need not be the owners or holders of capital stock in such corporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1743 | Miscellaneous Provisions and Types of Companies › Section 1743.02 | Common Carrier Companies.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
A corporation organized as a common carrier company may:
(A) Make all contracts lawful for natural persons to make for the carriage of persons and for the storage, forwarding, carriage, and delivery of property, but subject to the liabilities of natural person;
(B) Lease, hold, and operate any line of railway and its appendages, before or after its completion, owned by a municipal corporation of this state, any railway connecting therewith lying without this state, and such portion of any railway within this state as is necessary for the business of such common carrier company;
(C) Construct, or complete and equip, any railway which it is authorized to lease, and the appendages of such railway;
(D) If it operates a steam railroad, borrow money, not exceeding its authorized capital stock, at a rate of interest not exceeding seven and three-tenths per cent per annum; execute bonds or promissory notes therefor, payable in lawful money, in sums of not less than one hundred dollars; secure payment of such bonds or notes by mortgage or pledge of its property then owned or thereafter acquired and of its income or franchises, including the franchise to be a corporation, though no such mortgage bond shall be sold at less than par in lawful money, without the consent of a majority in interest of the stockholders, given at a meeting of the stockholders or in writing; and exercise all other powers of a railroad company under the laws of this state, including the right of appropriation.
Any company incorporated or organized in this state may subscribe for or become the owner of stock in such corporation; but before such subscription can be made, the board of directors of the company subscribing must be authorized to make it by a vote of the majority in interest of such subscribing company's stockholders, or must obtain their consent thereto in writing.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1743 | Miscellaneous Provisions and Types of Companies › Section 1743.03 | Companies for Protecting and Preserving Dead Bodies.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Any association organized for the purpose of preserving and protecting bodies of deceased persons before burial may take, by purchase, devise, or gift, and may hold and convey, real estate not exceeding one acre of land, and may erect thereon suitable buildings and construct and maintain vaults and such other appliances as are necessary to carry out its objects. Such property shall be exempt from execution, from taxation, and from being appropriated to any other public purpose, if used exclusively for the purpose described in this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1743 | Miscellaneous Provisions and Types of Companies › Section 1743.04 | Corporations Designated as Home for Aged and Indigent Persons.

Effective:
October 25, 1978
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 349 - 112th General Assembly
A corporation designated as a home for aged and indigent persons, in addition to other property which it is allowed by law to hold, may take by purchase, gift, or devise, and may hold, use, dispose of, and convey, any property convenient for the use of the corporation or for the investment of its funds. No part of such property or of the income thereof shall be used for any purpose other than providing a suitable asylum, the support and maintenance of such asylum, and the support and maintenance of such aged and indigent persons as are admitted into it under its bylaws.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1743 | Miscellaneous Provisions and Types of Companies › Section 1743.05 | Corporations Organized for Care of Deaf and Dumb Persons.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
Any corporation organized for the purpose of providing a home for deaf persons may enter into a contract with the board of county commissioners of any county, or with the proper officers of any municipal infirmary, for the care and maintenance in such home of any deaf person who is an inmate of the county home or of such municipal infirmary, or who is entitled to admission thereto. In every such case the county home or municipal infirmary, during the period the person remains in such home for deaf persons, shall pay to such corporation, annually, a sum equal to the per capita cost of maintaining inmates in the county home or municipal infirmary.
When any deaf person is maintained in a county home or municipal infirmary, and in the judgment of the county department of job and family services should be removed to a home incorporated to provide a home for deaf persons, such department may order the removal of the person from the county home or municipal infirmary to such home. The transportation of the person to such home and the person's maintenance shall be paid for by the board of county commissioners or the proper officers of the municipal infirmary.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1743 | Miscellaneous Provisions and Types of Companies › Section 1743.06 | Corporations for Preservation of Public Parks and Memorial Sites.

Effective:
January 1, 1966
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly
Any incorporated association having for its purpose the preservation of public parks and memorial sites may acquire and hold in perpetuity, for memorial purposes for the free use and benefit of the public, any real estate in this state which is the site or scene of any battle or other engagement in behalf of or in defense of the government of the United States or of this state or which has been used or set apart for the burial of American soldiers.
In the event that such association and any owner of real estate sought to be acquired by it are unable to agree upon the price to be paid for such real estate, the association may acquire it in the manner provided by sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
The association may improve any such real estate held by it and may prescribe reasonable regulations for the use of such real estate by the public.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1743 | Miscellaneous Provisions and Types of Companies › Section 1743.07 | Corporations for Preservation of Historic and Prehistoric Sites or Monuments.

Effective:
January 1, 1966
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly
Any incorporated association or society maintained by and operating on behalf of the state for the preservation of historic or prehistoric sites or monuments, the exploration, examination, improvement, or preservation of such sites or monuments for educational, scientific, or memorial purposes, or the collecting of relics or artifacts therefrom and the placing of such relics or artifacts in a public museum, may acquire and hold any real estate in this state which is the site of an historic event, building, structure, canal, cemetery, monument, spring, tree, stone, or other natural or artificial object; which is the site of any historic or prehistoric mound, earth works, stone works, occupation, burial site, rock carving, inscribed rock, cache, hoarding pit, or cave or rock shelter when such cave or rock shelter can be proved to have been occupied or used by aborigines; or which is any site or area established by scientific exploration or historical record as having been occupied or created by aborigines. Such incorporated association may also acquire any property, immediately adjoining any such real estate, which is necessary for any such educational, scientific, or memorial purposes or for the accommodation of the public in visiting such historic site, object, or place, or which is essential to the carrying out of the purpose for which the park, reserve, or memorial was created. In the event that such incorporated association or society and any owner or holder of such real estate sought to be acquired by it are unable to agree upon the price to be paid for such real estate, or that such owner or holder cannot be located, such association or society may acquire such real estate in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Such proceedings shall be instituted in the name of the state and the attorney general shall represent the state therein.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1743 | Miscellaneous Provisions and Types of Companies › Section 1743.08 | Elevator Companies.

Effective:
June 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 9 - 129th General Assembly
A company or association organized as an elevator company may purchase and hold real and personal estate; may erect, purchase, and own the necessary buildings, offices, and machinery for carrying on the business of receiving, storing, delivering, and forwarding grain of all kinds; and may add to and connect with this the business of a general storage warehouse or forwarders of all kinds of produce and merchandise. It shall not deal as buyer or seller on its own account or for others. In the prosecution of its business it shall be governed by the same laws, not inconsistent with this section, as govern individuals in such employment.
When such company erects or owns an elevator building, and uses it for the purpose of receiving or delivering grain from or to any railroad company, as freight carried or to be carried over any part of its railroads, such railroad company may subscribe to or purchase shares in the elevator company's capital stock, to an amount not exceeding one third of the entire capital stock of the elevator company, in the name of an officer of the railroad company, and hold it as trustee. The railroad company is liable upon such stock, in its corporate capacity, to the same extent and in the manner a natural person buying it would be.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1743 | Miscellaneous Provisions and Types of Companies › Section 1743.09 | Fishery Companies.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When a company organized for the purpose of propagating fish and establishing fisheries in this state acquires the right to use any stream, canal, or reservoir from the owner of the land adjoining thereto, for the establishment of a fishery to be owned, maintained, and used for the purpose of propagating fish, no person shall fish from such stream, canal, or reservoir without first obtaining authority from such company. A person who violates this section shall be liable to such company in trespass, and to the fines authorized by law against persons trespassing upon lands.
The navigable streams and public canals in this state are not subject to this section, and this section does not cut off the privilege of any person to use or fish from any lake, river, stream, or reservoir which by custom has been used for fishing.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1743 | Miscellaneous Provisions and Types of Companies › Section 1743.11 | Foreign-Trade Zone.

Effective:
August 26, 1977
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 200 - 112th General Assembly
Any corporation may be organized and chartered for the purpose of establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign-trade zone within this state under the act of June 18, 1934, 48 Stat. 998, 19 U.S.C.A. 81A, as amended or reenacted, and may apply to the board created under that act for a grant of the privilege of establishing, operating, and maintaining such a zone. If the application is granted, the corporation may accept the grant and establish, operate, and maintain such a zone subject to the act, as amended or reenacted, and rules adopted thereunder.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1745 | Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act › Section 1745.06 | Relation to Other Law.

Effective:
May 22, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Principles of law and equity supplement this chapter unless displaced by a particular provision of this chapter.
(B) A statute in this state governing a particular type of unincorporated nonprofit association prevails over an inconsistent provision in this chapter to the extent of the inconsistency.
(C) This chapter supplements all regulatory laws that are applicable to nonprofit organizations operating in this state. In the event of a conflict, those regulatory laws prevail.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1745 | Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act › Section 1745.07 | Governing Law; Territorial Application.

Effective:
May 22, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the law of this state governs all unincorporated nonprofit associations formed or operating in this state.
(B) Unless the governing principles of an unincorporated nonprofit association specify a different jurisdiction, the law of the jurisdiction in which the association has its main place of activities governs the internal affairs of the association.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1745 | Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act › Section 1745.08 | Legal Entity; Perpetual Existence; Powers.

Effective:
May 22, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly
All of the following apply to an unincorporated nonprofit association:
(A) It is a legal entity distinct from its members and managers.
(B) It has perpetual duration unless its governing principles specify otherwise.
(C) It has the same powers as an individual to do all things necessary or convenient to carry on its activities.
(D) It may engage in profit-making activities, but any profits from those activities shall be used or set aside for the association's nonprofit purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1745 | Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act › Section 1745.09 | Ownership and Transfer of Property.

Effective:
May 22, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly
An unincorporated nonprofit association may acquire, hold, encumber, or transfer in its name an estate or interest in real or personal property. An unincorporated nonprofit association may be a legatee, a devisee, or a beneficiary of a trust or contract. All property acquired by an unincorporated nonprofit association by purchase, gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise shall be the absolute property of the association, unless it is otherwise specified in writing at the time of acquiring that property.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1745 | Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act › Section 1745.10 | Liabilities.

Effective:
May 22, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly
A debt, obligation, or other liability of an unincorporated nonprofit association, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, is solely the debt, obligation, or other liability of the association and does not become the debt, obligation, or other liability of a member or manager solely because the member acts as a member or the manager acts as a manager. A person's status as a member or a manager of an unincorporated nonprofit association does not prevent or restrict any law other than this chapter from imposing liability on the person or association because of the person's conduct.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1745 | Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act › Section 1745.11 | Assertion and Defense of Claims.

Effective:
May 22, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly
An unincorporated nonprofit association has the capacity to sue and be sued in its own name. A member or a manager of an unincorporated nonprofit association may assert a claim that the member or manager has against the association. An unincorporated nonprofit association may assert a claim that it has against a member or a manager of the association.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1745 | Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act › Section 1745.12 | Assets Subject to Judgment, Execution and Other Process.

Effective:
May 22, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly
All assets, property, funds, and rights or interests, at law or in equity, of any unincorporated nonprofit association shall be subject to judgment, execution, and other process. A money judgment against an unincorporated nonprofit association shall be enforced only against the association as an entity and shall not be enforceable against the property of any manager or member of the association.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1745 | Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act › Section 1745.13 | Appointment of Agent to Receive Service of Process.

Effective:
May 20, 2014
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 98 - 130th General Assembly
(A) An unincorporated nonprofit association may file in the office of the secretary of state a statement appointing an agent authorized to receive service of process. The agent shall be one of the following:
(1) A natural person who is a resident of this state;
(2) A domestic or foreign corporation, nonprofit corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited partnership association, professional association, business trust, or unincorporated nonprofit association that has a business address in this state. If the agent is an entity other than a domestic corporation, the agent shall meet the requirements of Title XVII of the Revised Code for an entity of the agent's type to transact business or exercise privileges in this state.
The statement appointing an agent shall set forth the name of the unincorporated nonprofit association and the name and address in this state of the agent, including the street and number or other particular description, and shall otherwise be in the form that the secretary of state prescribes. The secretary of state shall keep a record of the names of all unincorporated nonprofit associations that have filed a statement appointing an agent authorized to receive service of process and the names and addresses of their respective agents.
(B) A statement appointing an agent authorized to receive service of process under division (A) of this section shall be signed by a person authorized to manage the affairs of the unincorporated nonprofit association. The statement also shall be signed by the person appointed as agent who accepts the appointment. The appointed agent may resign by filing with the secretary of state, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, a written notice to that effect that is signed by the agent and by sending a copy of the notice to the association at the current or last known address of its principal office on or prior to the date that the notice is filed with the secretary of state. Upon the expiration of thirty days after the filing, the authority of the agent shall terminate.
(C) An unincorporated nonprofit association may revoke the appointment of an agent by filing with the secretary of state on a form prescribed by the secretary of state a written appointment of another agent and a statement that the appointment of the former agent is revoked.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1745 | Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act › Section 1745.14 | Service of Process.

Effective:
May 22, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly
In an action or proceeding against an unincorporated nonprofit association, a summons and complaint or other process may be served on an agent authorized by appointment to receive service of process or a manager of the association or in any other manner authorized by the law of this state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1745 | Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act › Section 1745.15 | Action or Proceeding Not Abated by Change.

Effective:
May 22, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly
An action or proceeding against an unincorporated nonprofit association does not abate merely because of a change in its members or managers.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1745 | Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act › Section 1745.16 | Venue.

Effective:
May 22, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly
Unless otherwise provided by law, the venue of an action against an unincorporated nonprofit association brought in this state shall be determined under the statutes applicable to an action brought in this state against a nonprofit corporation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1745 | Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act › Section 1745.17 | Member Not an Agent.

Effective:
May 22, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly
A member of an unincorporated nonprofit association is not an agent of the association solely by reason of being a member.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1745 | Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act › Section 1745.18 | Approval by Members.

Effective:
May 22, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly
Except as otherwise provided in its governing principles, an unincorporated nonprofit association shall have the approval of its members to do any of the following:
(A) Admit, suspend, dismiss, or expel a member;
(B) Select or dismiss a manager;
(C) Adopt, amend, or repeal its governing principles;
(D) Sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the association's property, with or without the association's goodwill, outside the ordinary course of its activities;
(E) Dissolve under section 1745.50 of the Revised Code or merge or consolidate under section 1745.46 or 1745.461 of the Revised Code;
(F) Undertake any other act outside the ordinary course of the association's activities if the association has annual gross receipts of less than twenty-five thousand dollars;
(G) Determine the purposes of the association and, if the association has annual gross receipts of less than twenty-five thousand dollars, determine the policies of the association;
(H) Do any other act or exercise any right that requires action by the members under the governing principles.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1745 | Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act › Section 1745.19 | Notice Requirements.

Effective:
May 22, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Unless another form of notice is required by the governing principles of an unincorporated nonprofit association or by applicable law, any notice required by this chapter shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally or sent by telegram, by the use of authorized communications equipment, or by United States mail, express mail, or courier service, with postage or fees prepaid.
(B) In computing the period of time for the giving of a notice required or permitted under this chapter or under the governing principles of an unincorporated nonprofit association or a resolution of its members or managers, the day on which the notice is given shall be excluded, and the day when the act for which the notice is given is to be done shall be included, unless the instrument calling for the notice provides otherwise. If notice is given by personal delivery or transmitted by telegram or by the use of authorized communications equipment, the notice shall be considered to have been given when it is delivered or transmitted. If notice is sent by United States mail, express mail, or courier service, the notice shall be considered to have been given when it is deposited in the mail or with the courier service.
(C) A written notice or report delivered as part of a newsletter, magazine, or other publication regularly sent to members shall constitute a written notice or report if addressed or delivered to the member's address shown in the unincorporated nonprofit association's current list of members, or, in the case of members who are residents of the same household and who have the same address in the association's current list of members, if addressed or delivered to one of those members at the address appearing on the association's current list of members.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1745 | Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act › Section 1745.20 | Membership.

Effective:
May 22, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly
(A) An unincorporated nonprofit association shall maintain a record of its members containing the name and address of each member and, if members are classified, the class to which the member belongs.
(B) A member of an unincorporated nonprofit association may be suspended, dismissed, or expelled as provided in division (A) of section 1745.29 of the Revised Code or may resign as provided in division (A) of section 1745.30 of the Revised Code. Upon the suspension or termination of membership, that fact and the date of the suspension or termination shall be recorded in the association's membership records.
(C) Unless the governing principles provide otherwise, all rights and privileges of a member in an unincorporated nonprofit association and its property shall cease on termination of membership.
(D) Whenever the number of members of an unincorporated nonprofit association that, under the law or its governing principles, must have a specified number of members is reduced below the specified number, the unincorporated nonprofit association shall not be required because of that reduction to cease carrying on its activities, but the continuing members may fill all vacancies.
(E) Unless otherwise provided in the governing principles of an unincorporated nonprofit association, all members have the same membership rights and privileges.
(F) All members of an unincorporated nonprofit association shall exercise their membership rights and privileges consistent with the obligation of good faith and fair dealing.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1745 | Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act › Section 1745.21 | Meetings of Voting Members; Calling and Place of Meeting.

Effective:
May 22, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Unless the governing principles provide otherwise, meetings of voting members of an unincorporated nonprofit association may be called by any of the following:
(1) The president or, in case of the president's absence, death, or disability, the vice-president authorized to exercise the authority of the president;
(2) The manager or managers by action at a meeting, or a majority of the managers acting without a meeting;
(3) The lesser of ten per cent of the voting members or twenty-five of the voting members, unless the governing principles specify for that purpose a smaller or larger proportion or number, but not in excess of fifty per cent of the voting members;
(4) Any other officers or persons that the governing principles authorize to call those meetings.
(B) If so provided in the governing principles, meetings of voting members may be held either within or outside this state or solely by means of authorized communications equipment.
(C) Unless the governing principles provide otherwise, the voting members and proxyholders who are not physically present at a meeting of voting members may attend the meeting by the use of authorized communications equipment that enables the voting members and proxyholders an opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the voting members, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting, participate in the proceedings, and contemporaneously communicate with the persons who are physically present at the meeting. Any voting member who uses authorized communications equipment under this division is considered to be present in person at the meeting whether the meeting is held at a designated place or solely by means of authorized communications equipment. The members or managers may adopt procedures and guidelines for the use of authorized communications equipment in connection with a meeting of voting members to permit the unincorporated nonprofit association to verify that a person is a voting member or proxyholder and to maintain a record of any vote or other action taken at the meeting.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1745 | Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act › Section 1745.22 | Notice of Meeting.

Effective:
May 22, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly
Unless the governing principles provide for notice of meetings otherwise than as provided in this section, written notice stating the place, if any, and the time of a meeting, the means, if any, by which the voting members can be present and vote at the meeting through the use of authorized communications equipment, and in case of a special meeting the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given in the manner described in section 1745.19 of the Revised Code, to each member entitled to notice of the meeting not less than ten and not more than sixty days before the date of the meeting. The notice of the meeting shall be given by or at the direction of the president, the secretary, or any other person required or permitted by the governing principles to give notice or by the officers or persons calling the meeting. If mailed or sent by overnight delivery service, that notice shall be addressed to the member at the member's address as it appears on the records of the unincorporated nonprofit association. If sent by means of authorized communications equipment, that notice shall be sent to the address furnished by the voting member for transmissions by authorized communications equipment. Notice of adjournment of a meeting need not be given if the place, if any, and the time to which it is adjourned and the procedure by which the voting members can be present and vote at the adjourned meeting through the use of authorized communications equipment are fixed and announced at the meeting.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1745 | Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act › Section 1745.23 | Waiver of Notice.

Effective:
May 22, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Notice of the place, if any, the time, and the purpose or purposes of any meeting of voting members or managers, as the case may be, whether required by law or the governing principles may be waived in writing, either before or after the holding of that meeting, by any member or any manager. That writing shall be filed with or entered upon the records of the meeting. A transmission by authorized communications equipment that contains a waiver is a writing for purposes of this division.
(B) If a member or manager attends a meeting described in division (A) of this section without protesting prior to or at the commencement of the meeting, then the lack of proper notice shall be considered to be a waiver by the member or manager of notice of the meeting.
(C) Unless the governing principles provide otherwise, a member shall be considered in attendance at a meeting described in division (A) of this section if the member is present in person, by the use of authorized communications equipment, by mail, or, if permitted, by proxy. Unless the governing principles provide otherwise, a manager shall be considered in attendance at a meeting described in division (A) of this section if the manager is present in person or by the use of authorized communications equipment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1745 | Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act › Section 1745.24 | Quorum for Voting Members' Meeting.

Effective:
May 22, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly
Unless the governing principles provide otherwise, the following apply:
(A) The voting members present in person, by the use of authorized communications equipment, by mail, or, if permitted, by proxy at any meeting of voting members shall constitute a quorum for the meeting.
(B) The affirmative vote of a majority of the voting members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present as provided in division (A) of this section shall be necessary for the authorization or taking of any action voted upon by the members, except that no action required by law or by the governing principles to be authorized or taken by a specified proportion or number of the voting members or of any class of voting members may be authorized or taken by a lesser proportion or number.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 17 | Corporations-Partnerships › Chapter 1745 | Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act › Section 1745.25 | Voting.

Effective:
May 22, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided in the governing principles, each member, regardless of class, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter properly submitted to the members for their vote, consent, waiver, release, or other action.
(B) Unless the governing principles provide otherwise, voting at elections and votes on other matters may be conducted by mail or by the use of authorized communications equipment.
(C) Participation by a member in a meeting through the use of any of the means of communication described in division (B) of this section constitutes presence in person of that member at the meeting. The members or managers may adopt procedures and guidelines for the use of authorized communications equipment to permit the unincorporated nonprofit association to verify that a person is a voting member and to maintain a record of any vote.
(D) Unless the governing principles provide otherwise, no member who is a natural person shall vote or act by proxy.