2003 Regular Session (Ohio Session Laws)

AN ACT To enact section 2503.45 of the Revised Code to authorize the Supreme Court to create a board, commission, or other entity to operate and maintain the facilities and attendant exterior grounds of the state-owned real estate located in Franklin County that this act conveys, to exempt that real estate from taxation and assessments, to authorize the conveyance of that real estate to the...

AN ACT To amend section 9.92 of the Revised Code to permit a Board of County Commissioners to enter into an agreement of affiliation with a citizens' reward program and to require the imposition of one dollar in additional court costs to assist in the funding of affiliated citizens' reward programs

AN ACT To amend sections 2106.01, 2106.02, 2107.19, 2109.301, 2109.32, 2113.53, 2117.06, 2117.07, 2117.11, and 2117.12 and to enact section 2101.163 of the Revised Code relative to the election by a surviving spouse, notice of admission of a will to probate, accounts of administrators and executors, distribution of estate assets, presentation of creditors' claims to distributees, dispute...

AN ACT To amend section 513.17 of the Revised Code to remove the limit on the amount of a secured line of credit for which the directors of a joint township hospital district board may contract

AN ACT To amend sections 2305.09 and 2305.19 of the Revised Code and to amend Section 3 of Am. Sub. H.B. 51 of the 125th General Assembly to modify the period within which a plaintiff may commence a new action after the reversal of a judgment for the plaintiff or the plaintiff's failure otherwise than upon the merits, to include within the four-year statute of limitations for certain actions an...

AN ACT To amend section 2505.02 and to enact sections 2307.84 to 2307.90, 2307.901, and 2307.902 of the Revised Code to establish minimum medical requirements for filing certain silicosis claims or mixed dust disease claims, to establish premises liability in relation to those claims, to specify a plaintiff's burden of proof in tort actions involving exposure to silica or mixed dust, and to...

AN ACT To amend sections 3121.898, 3121.899, 4141.01, 4141.281, and 4141.29 of the Revised Code, and to amend Section 3 of S.B. 99 of the 124th General Assembly to modify limitations on the use of new hire reports under the Child Support Law, to change unemployment compensation eligibility requirements when unemployment is caused by a major disaster, to modify the authority of reviewing courts...

AN ACT To amend section 1724.02 of the Revised Code to include in the powers of a community improvement corporation the power to serve as an agent for grant applications and for the administration of grants

AN ACT To enact sections 5122.44 to 5122.47 of the Revised Code to require the Department of Mental Health to create compilations of information about patients buried, entombed, or inurned in cemeteries located on the grounds of or adjacent to the grounds of hospitals under the Department's control

AN ACT To amend sections 9.314, 2151.011, 2151.421, 2151.86, 2152.18, 3301.0711, 3302.01, 3302.03, 3313.53, 3313.533, 3313.61, 3313.611, 3313.612, 3313.662, 3313.672, 3313.85, 3317.03, 3319.29, 3319.291, 3319.303, 3319.31, 3319.51, 3381.04, and 5139.05 of the Revised Code; to amend Section 7 of Sub. H.B. 196 of the 124th General Assembly and to amend Section 7 of Sub. H.B. 196 of the 124th...

AN ACT To enact sections 6111.50 to 6111.56 of the Revised Code to establish requirements for the use of credible data in administering the Water Pollution Control Law

AN ACT To amend sections 101.34, 101.99, 102.02, 102.03, 102.06, 117.10, 145.04, 145.05, 145.051, 145.06, 145.09, 145.11, 145.19, 145.193, 145.27, 145.40, 171.01, 171.03, 171.04, 742.03, 742.04, 742.05, 742.10, 742.11, 742.41, 1707.01, 1707.03, 1707.17, 1707.19, 1707.20, 1707.22, 1707.23, 1707.25, 1707.261, 1707.39, 1707.431, 1707.44, 1707.46, 3105.80, 3305.01, 3305.02, 3305.03, 3305.05, 3305.051,

AN ACT To amend sections 505.94, 1321.20, 2925.01, 4517.02, 4707.01, 4707.02, 4707.021, 4707.03, 4707.04, 4707.05, 4707.06, 4707.07, 4707.071, 4707.072, 4707.08, 4707.09, 4707.10, 4707.11, 4707.111, 4707.12, 4707.14, 4707.15, 4707.151, 4707.16, 4707.171, 4707.18 to 4707.22, 4707.26, 4707.99, 4727.03, 4727.04, and 4727.06 and to enact sections 4707.022, 4707.023, 4707.024, 4707.073, 4707.074, 4707.

AN ACT To amend sections 1337.091, 1339.411, 1339.412, 1339.66, and 2109.62 and to enact section 1339.621 of the Revised Code to provide for distribution of the trust estate upon a probate court's termination of small trusts and representation in a trust, to specify the circumstances for the revocation or nonrevocation of a power of attorney upon the termination of the marriage between the...

AN ACT To amend sections 121.083, 3781.10, 3781.19, 4123.01, and 4123.291; to enact new sections 4104.41, 4104.42, 4104.43, 4104.44, and 4104.45 and sections 4125.01 to 4125.09 and 4125.99; and to repeal sections 4104.41, 4104.42, 4104.43, 4104.44, 4104.45, and 4104.47 of the Revised Code and to amend Section 3 of Sub. H.B. 75 of the 124th General Assembly to register professional employer...

AN ACT To amend section 3929.18 of the Revised Code to limit the duration of a mutual insurance company's lien on property it insures to five years from the date of filing a certificate or extension certificate with the county recorder

AN ACT To enact section 1349.51 of the Revised Code to prohibit consumer reporting agencies from disclosing certain information obtained from insurer inquiries, and to indemnify licensed resident insurance agents for liability resulting from the use of credit information or insurance scores for an insurance company

AN ACT To amend sections 9.98, 9.981, 9.982, 122.63, 133.01, 133.08, 133.081, 133.10, 135.80, 135.81, 149.43, 169.05, 173.08, 175.08, 175.09, 175.21, 175.22, 175.23, 175.24, 175.25, 175.26, 176.05, 176.06, 176.07, 319.63, 1349.11, and 4582.54, to amend, for the purpose of adopting new section numbers as indicated in parentheses, sections 175.08 (175.09), 175.09 (175.10), 175.21 (174.02), 175.22 (1

AN ACT To amend section 2505.02 and to enact sections 2307.91 to 2307.94, 2307.941, 2307.95, 2307.96, and 2307.98 of the Revised Code to establish minimum medical requirements for filing certain asbestos claims, to specify a plaintiff's burden of proof in tort actions involving exposure to asbestos, to establish premises liability in relation to asbestos claims, and to prescribe the requirements...

AN ACT To amend sections 3313.64, 3313.66, and 3313.672 and to enact sections 3109.51 to 3109.62, 3109.65 to 3109.80, and 3313.649 of the Revised Code to permit the execution of a power of attorney or caretaker authorization affidavit permitting a grandparent with whom a child resides authority over the care, custody, and control of the child including the authority to make decisions regarding...

AN ACT To amend sections 1901.31 and 2501.011 of the Revised Code to add one additional judge for the Fifth District Court of Appeals, to create the separate office of clerk of the Clermont County Municipal Court, to amend the version of section 1901.31 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2004, to continue the provisions of this act on and after that effective date,...

AN ACT To amend sections 907.01, 907.02, 907.03, 907.04, 907.07, 907.08, 907.081, 907.09, 907.10, 907.12, 907.13, 907.15, 907.16, and 907.31, to enact new section 907.14, and to repeal section 907.14 of the Revised Code to revise the law governing the labeling and sale of seed

AN ACT To amend sections 1547.69, 2911.21, 2913.02, 2913.04, 2921.13, 2923.11, 2923.12, 2923.121, 2923.122, 2923.123, 2923.13, 2923.16, 2929.14, 2953.32, and 4749.10 and to enact sections 109.69, 109.731, 181.251, 311.41, 311.42, 2923.124, 2923.125, 2923.126, 2923.127, 2923.128, 2923.129, 2923.1210, 2923.1211, 2923.1212, 2923.1213, 2923.25, and 5122.311 of the Revised Code to authorize county...

AN ACT To amend sections 1739.02, 1739.99, 1751.02, 1751.28, 3901.78, 3905.14, 3917.01, and 3999.99 and to enact sections 1739.27 and 3999.18 of the Revised Code to change the assets that are considered to be admitted assets for purposes of meeting the statutory minimum for health insuring corporations, to provide an option for group life insurance coverage for certain members of a workforce, to...

AN ACT To amend sections 163.02, 163.09, 163.12, 303.02, 307.08, 307.79, 504.04, 504.19, 505.07, 505.375, 519.02, 3709.41, 6117.012, 6117.39, 6117.51, and 6119.11 and to enact sections 307.561, 504.21, 6101.181, and 6115.221 of the Revised Code to allow a county, township with a limited home rule government, conservancy district, sanitary district, county sewer district, or regional water and...

AN ACT To amend sections 111.16, 1701.01, 1701.831, 1707.01, 1707.02, 1707.08, 1707.09, 1707.11, 1707.16, 1707.23, 1707.28, 1707.40, 1707.41, 1707.42, 1707.43, 1707.44, and 2913.02 and to enact sections 1707.131 and 1707.261 of the Revised Code to modify the Corporation Law regarding special meetings of shareholders in connection with tender offer, control share acquisition bids; to modify the...

AN ACT To amend sections 109.801, 121.08, 306.351, 307.05, 307.055, 307.86, 1548.08, 1548.09, 1548.11, 1548.13, 1548.141, 1548.20, 2935.27, 2937.221, 3937.41, 3937.43, 3937.45, 4501.01, 4501.02, 4501.021, 4501.11, 4503.01, 4503.03, 4503.034, 4503.04, 4503.041, 4503.042, 4503.10, 4503.12, 4503.13, 4503.182, 4503.231, 4503.24, 4503.44, 4504.01, 4505.032, 4505.06, 4505.07, 4505.08, 4505.09, 4505.10,

AN ACT To amend sections 303.02, 303.161, 519.02, 519.171, and 3735.27 and to enact section 3313.537 of the Revised Code to change the composition of certain metropolitan housing authorities, to alter the purposes for and scope of county and township zoning regulations, to permit counties and townships to have landscaping and architectural standards in their zoning codes in any zone, and to allow

AN ACT To amend sections 109.573, 313.08, 2152.74, 2743.191, 2901.07, 2953.73, 2953.82, and 5120.021 of the Revised Code to require DNA specimen collection from delinquent children and criminal offenders for all felonies; to make other changes relating to the collection and use of DNA specimens; to extend for one year the period of time for certain inmates to request DNA testing; to clarify the...

AN ACT To amend sections 4906.06, 4906.08, 4906.10, 4906.98, 4906.99, 4928.62, and 4928.63 and to enact section 4906.97 of the Revised Code to change filing and notice timelines for applications filed with the Power Siting Board; to modify approval standards regarding a major electric generating facility; to authorize the Board or its chairperson to order the suspension of an activity during the...