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8/31/2023 Holmes County Prosecuting Attorney - 2023OPR010
Whether the language of R.C. 955.50(A) prohibits both the sale and advertising of a puppy under eight-weeks old; and whether R.C. 955.50(A) is applicable Holmes-County-Prosecuting-Attorney-Formal-Opinion-Request-re-955-50-Accessibilityto high volume dog breeders as defined in R.C. Chapter 956. 

8/29/2023 Sagamore Hills Township Law Director - 2023OPR009
Compatibility: Whether a Township Police Officer can serve as a local School Board Member for a township completely within the jurisdiction served at the same local school district.

7/24/2023 Geauga County Prosecuting Attorney - 2023OPR008
Whether a county records commission and/or a county microfilm board can delegate its duties and/or authority to a different entity, like a board of county commissioners, through an agreement or memorandum of understanding.

7/19/2023 Delaware County Prosecuting Attorney - 2023OPR007
Whether Ohio Revised Code 9.48 allows a political subdivision to purchase equipment from joint purchasing programs, and does it include the labor to install the equipment.

1/30/2023 Knox County Prosecuting Attorney - 2023OPR002
Whether a non-home rule township may establish a death benefit payable to the family of a township employee if the employee dies during the employee's term of employment with the township.

8/23/2022 Delaware County Prosecuting Attorney - 2022OPR012
Whether state and local governments can fund abortions and abortion related care using state or local funds and how Home Rule impacts this ability or inability.
















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