As used in sections 135.77 to 135.774 of the Revised Code:

(A) "Business linked deposit" means share certificates issued by an eligible lending institution that are purchased by the treasurer of state in accordance with sections 135.772 to 135.774 of the Revised Code.

(B) "Eligible lending institution" means a federal credit union, a foreign credit union licensed pursuant to section 1733.39 of the Revised Code, or a credit union as defined in section 1733.01 of the Revised Code, located in this state.

(C) "Eligible small business" means any person that has all of the following characteristics:

(1) Is domiciled in this state;

(2) Maintains offices and operating facilities exclusively in this state and transacts business in this state;

(3) Employs fewer than one hundred fifty employees, the majority of whom are residents of this state;

(4) Is organized for profit;

(5) Is able to save or create one full-time job or two part-time jobs in this state for every fifty thousand dollars borrowed.

(D) "Full-time job" means a job with regular hours of service totaling at least forty hours per week or any other standard of service accepted as full-time by the employee's employer.

(E) "Loan" means a contractual agreement under which an eligible lending institution agrees to lend money in the form of an upfront lump sum, a line of credit, or any other reasonable arrangement approved by the treasurer of state.

(F) "Part-time job" means a job with regular hours of service totaling fewer than forty hours per week or any other standard of service accepted as part-time by the employee's employer.

Added by 132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 49, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2017.