2006 Ohio Revised Code - 2931.18. Humane society may employ attorneys.

§ 2931.18. Humane society may employ attorneys.
 

A humane society or its agent may employ an attorney, and may also employ one or more assistant attorneys to prosecute violations of law relating to: 

(A) Prevention of cruelty to animals or children; 

(B) Abandonment, nonsupport, or ill-treatment of a child by its parent; 

(C) Employment of a child under fourteen years of age in public exhibitions or vocations injurious to health, life, or morals or which cause or permit such child to suffer unnecessary physical or mental pain; 

(D) Neglect or refusal of an adult to support destitute parent. Such attorneys shall be paid out of the county treasury in an amount approved as just and reasonable by the board of county commissioners of that county. 
 

HISTORY: GC § 13424-8; 113 v 123, ch 3, § 8; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-1-53; 130 v 664 (Eff 10-8-63); 142 v H 246. Eff 12-12-88.