2005 Regular Session (Ohio Session Laws)

AN ACT To amend sections 3769.083 and 3769.085 and to enact section 3769.22 of the Revised Code to authorize the State Racing Commission to enter into the National Racing Compact in order to provide for the licensure and regulation of individuals involved in the horse racing industry in the Compact states in a specified manner, to change the definition of "Ohio foaled horse," to specify that a...

AN ACT To amend sections 5747.026 and 5747.08 of the Revised Code to grant to all members of the National Guard and reserve components of the United States armed forces who have been called to active duty an extension of time in which to file income tax returns and pay income taxes, to increase the number of authorized participants in the Ohio National Guard Scholarship Program for the 2005...

AN ACT To enact section 9.481 of the Revised Code to generally prohibit political subdivisions from imposing residency requirements on certain employees

AN ACT To amend sections 903.08 and 6111.04 and to enact section 6111.451 of the Revised Code to make changes to the national pollutant discharge elimination system program with respect to concentrated animal feeding facilities, to require the Director of Environmental Protection to adopt rules specifying certain construction activities that may be conducted prior to approval of plans for a...

AN ACT To amend section 3706.01 and to enact section 3706.101 of the Revised Code and to amend Section 203.27 of Am. Sub. H.B. 66 of the 126th General Assembly to revise the definition of "air quality facility" under the Air Quality Development Authority Law, to create the FutureGen Initiative Fund, and to make an appropriation

AN ACT To amend section 317.09 of the Revised Code to authorize a county recorder to use electronic or magnetic mediums for recording federal tax and other federal liens and to request the disposal of paper versions of those recorded documents

AN ACT To amend section 1901.26 of the Revised Code to authorize the legislative authority of a municipal corporation to establish a schedule of fees to be taxed as costs in a civil, criminal, or traffic proceeding in a municipal court for services performed by officers or employees of the municipal corporation's police department or marshal's office and to revise the law regarding the Workers'...

AN ACT To amend sections 1705.03, 1705.04, 1705.53, 1785.01, 1785.02, 1785.03, 3701.881, 3902.22, 4723.16, 4729.161, 4731.226, 4731.65, 4732.28, 4734.17, 4755.01 to 4755.13, 4755.40 to 4755.43, 4755.45 to 4755.48, 4755.50 to 4755.52, 4755.56, 4755.61 to 4755.66, and 4755.99; to amend, for the purpose of adopting new section numbers as indicated in parentheses, sections 4755.01 (4755.04), 4755.02 (

AN ACT To amend section 3901.48 and to enact section 3915.16 of the Revised Code to adopt the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact

AN ACT To amend sections 1.64, 1751.01, 2305.113, 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.11, 2925.12, 2925.14, 2925.23, 2925.36, 3327.10, 3331.02, 3719.06, 3719.81, 4723.481, 4723.50, 4729.01, 4729.51, 4730.01, 4730.02, 4730.03, 4730.05, 4730.06, 4730.07, 4730.10, 4730.11, 4730.12, 4730.16, 4730.18, 4730.19, 4730.21, 4730.22, 4730.25, 4730.26, 4730.27, 4730.28, 4730.31, 4730.32, 4730.33, 4730.34, 4731.141, and 59

AN ACT To enact section 4503.761 of the Revised Code to create "One Nation Under God" license plates

AN ACT To enact section 1349.61 of the Revised Code to prohibit the sale of a gift card that has an expiration date that is less than two years after the date the gift card is issued and to prohibit, for two years after issuance, any service charges or fees having the effect of reducing the value of the gift card

AN ACT To enact sections 3721.041 and 3727.19 of the Revised Code to require nursing homes and other homes for the elderly to offer residents vaccinations against influenza and pneumonia and to require hospitals to offer certain patients vaccinations against influenza and pneumonia

AN ACT To enact section 3356.10 and to repeal section 3356.10 of the Revised Code five years after the effective date of this act to authorize conveyances during a five-year period of certain parcels of real estate held for the use and benefit of Youngstown State University, to authorize the conveyance to Liberty Township of all of the state's right, title, and interest in certain real estate...

AN ACT To amend sections 131.23, 145.38, 303.12, 306.70, 307.791, 322.021, 324.021, 503.162, 504.02, 504.03, 511.28, 511.34, 513.14, 519.12, 745.07, 747.11, 1901.07, 1901.10, 1901.31, 2961.01, 2967.17, 3311.21, 3311.50, 3311.73, 3349.29, 3354.12, 3355.09, 3375.03, 3501.01, 3501.05, 3501.10, 3501.11, 3501.13, 3501.17, 3501.26, 3501.30, 3501.33, 3501.35, 3501.38, 3501.39, 3503.02, 3503.06, 3503.11,

AN ACT To amend sections 2901.07, 2953.21, 2953.23, 2953.71, 2953.72, 2953.73, 2953.74, 2953.78, 2953.80, and 2953.82 and to enact section 2953.84 of the Revised Code to eliminate the former two-year window for applications under a program for post-conviction DNA testing and instead allow an eligible inmate to request post-conviction DNA testing at any time if specified criteria are met, to...

AN ACT To amend section 2935.09 of the Revised Code to limit the role of clerks of court in the procedures regarding the filing by private persons of affidavits alleging that a person committed a criminal offense and to require that an appropriate official review affidavits filed by private persons to determine if a complaint should be filed

AN ACT To amend section 2933.24 of the Revised Code to specify that a search warrant must be returned promptly

AN ACT To amend sections 4741.01, 4741.02, 4741.03, 4741.09, 4741.11, 4741.12, 4741.14, 4741.16, 4741.17, 4741.171, 4741.19, 4741.20, 4741.21, 4741.22, 4741.221, 4741.24, 4741.26, 4741.31, and 4741.99, to enact new sections 4741.13 and 4741.28 and sections 4741.04, 4741.15, and 4741.40 to 4741.47, and to repeal sections 4741.13, 4741.27, and 4741.28 of the Revised Code to revise the veterinary...

AN ACT To amend sections 109.572, 122.14, 307.12, 315.08, 315.14, 315.18, 2935.03, 4501.04, 4501.06, 4501.21, 4501.26, 4503.02, 4503.103, 4503.26, 4503.40, 4503.42, 4504.02, 4504.15, 4504.16, 4504.18, 4505.021, 4505.031, 4505.032, 4505.06, 4505.08, 4506.01, 4506.03, 4506.05, 4506.08, 4506.09, 4506.10, 4506.11, 4506.12, 4506.14, 4506.15, 4506.16, 4506.17, 4506.20, 4506.23, 4506.25, 4507.02, 4508.06

AN ACT To amend sections 4301.17, 4301.62, 4301.69, 4301.99, 4303.29, and 4303.292, to enact section 4301.65, and to repeal section 4303.273 of the Revised Code to revise the laws governing liquor control

AN ACT To amend sections 5725.24, 5733.01, 5733.98, 5739.011, and 5747.98 and to enact sections 149.311, 5725.151, 5733.47, and 5747.76 of the Revised Code to authorize refundable tax credits for rehabilitating historic buildings and to exempt from the sales and use taxes property used to clean manufacturing equipment that produces dairy products

AN ACT To amend section 3375.49 of the Revised Code and to amend Section 503.06 of Am. Sub. H.B. 66 of the 126th General Assembly to allow the board of trustees of a law library association to elect to assume responsibility for paying the entire compensation of the librarian and all assistant librarians of the law library despite the otherwise applicable statutory payment requirements for that...

AN ACT To amend section 4705.10 of the Revised Code to require a depository institution maintaining an interest-bearing trust account (IOLTA) for a lawyer, law firm, or legal professional association to notify the Ohio Supreme Court when a properly payable item is presented for payment from an IOLTA having insufficient funds

AN ACT To enact section 5.2230 of the Revised Code to designate September as "Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Myeloma Awareness Month."

AN ACT To enact sections 153.03 and 153.031 of the Revised Code to prohibit a state agency from awarding a public improvement contract unless its terms require the contractors and subcontractors to participate in a specified drug-free workplace program

AN ACT To amend sections 4777.01, 4777.02, 4777.03, and 4777.04 of the Revised Code to change the professional title "Industrial Hygienist in Training" to "Certified Associate Industrial Hygienist" with respect to the practice of industrial hygiene

AN ACT To amend sections 5715.19, 5721.01, 5721.03, 5721.06, 5739.03, 5739.033, 5739.24, and 5741.02 and to enact sections 323.65, 323.66, 323.67, 323.68, 323.69, 323.70, 323.71, 323.72, 323.73, 323.74, 323.75, 323.76, 323.77, 323.78, 5323.01, 5323.02, 5323.03, 5323.04, and 5323.99 of the Revised Code to reduce the time period for designating delinquent vacant lands subject to judicial...

AN ACT To amend sections 9.24, 9.981, 101.68, 102.02, 102.06, 108.05, 109.54, 109.57, 109.79, 109.91, 109.98, 117.10, 120.06, 120.13, 120.23, 120.52, 120.53, 121.37, 121.38, 122.011, 122.17, 122.171, 122.18, 122.40, 122.603, 122.71, 122.72, 122.73, 122.74, 122.75, 122.751, 122.76, 122.77, 122.78, 122.79, 122.82, 122.83, 122.95, 122.951, 123.01, 123.152, 123.17, 124.07, 124.321, 124.328, 125.041, 1

AN ACT To amend sections 133.07, 140.03, 140.05, 325.19, 339.01, 339.02, 339.03, 339.06, 339.09, 339.091, 339.14, 339.16, 339.17, 1347.12, 1349.19, 4723.01, and 4723.32 and to repeal section 339.092 of the Revised Code to modify the laws governing county hospitals and licensed practical nurse duties and to exempt a state agency or agency of a political subdivision from the requirement that it...