Ohio Rev. Code § 161.08
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§ 161.08. Limiting successions
Official statutory text
September 30, 1963 Senate Bill 199 - 105th General Assembly The authority of emergency interim successors to succeed to the powers and duties of the offices to which they are designated shall expire two years following the inception of an attack, but nothing in sections 161.01 to 161.29 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall prevent the resumption of the filling of vacancies in accordance with applicable constitutional and statutory provisions.
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