Terms Used In Ohio Code 1702.22

• Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
• Articles: includes original articles of incorporation, agreements of merger or consolidation if and only to the extent that articles of incorporation are adopted or amended in the agreements, amended articles, and amendments to any of these, and, in the case of a corporation created before September 1, 1851, the special charter and any amendments to it made by special act of the general assembly or pursuant to general law. See Ohio Code 1702.01
• Authorized communications equipment: means any communications equipment that provides a transmission, including, but not limited to, by telephone, telecopy, or any electronic means, from which it can be determined that the transmission was authorized by, and accurately reflects the intention of, the member or director involved and, with respect to meetings, allows all persons participating in the meeting to contemporaneously communicate with each other. See Ohio Code 1702.01
• Person: includes , but is not limited to, a nonprofit corporation, a business corporation, a partnership, an unincorporated society or association, and two or more persons having a joint or common interest. See Ohio Code 1702.01
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.