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525.09 GENERAL OFFENSES CODE 74 <br />(3) Warn such other person of impending discovery or apprehension; <br />(4) Destroy or conceal physical evidence of the misdemeanor, or induce any <br />person to withhold testimony or information or to elude legal process <br />summoning him to testify or supply evidence; <br />(5) Communicate false information to any person. (b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of obstructing justice, a misdemeanor <br />of the first degree. (ORC 2921.32) <br />525.09 RESISTING ARREST. <br />(a) No person, recklessly or by force, shall resist or in,terfere with a lawful <br />arrest of himself or another. <br />(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of resisting arrest, a misdemeanor <br />of the second degree. (ORC 2921.33) <br />525.10 HAVING AN UNLAWFUL INTEREST IN A PUBLIC CONTRACT. <br />(a) No public official shall knowingly do any of the following: <br />(1) During his term of office or within one year thereafter, occupy any <br />. position of profit in the prosecution of a public contract authorized by <br />him or by a legislative body, commission or board of which he was a <br />member at the tinne of authorization unless the contract was let by <br />competitive bidding, to the lowest and best bidder; <br />(2) Have an interest in the profits or benefits of a public contract entered <br />into by or for the use of the Municipality or governmental agency or <br />instrumentality with which he is connected; <br />(3) Have an interest in the profits or benefits of a public contract that is <br />not let by competitive bidding if required by law, and that involves <br />more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00). <br />(b) In the absence of bribery or a purpose to defraud, a public official, membel' <br />of his family or any of his business associates shall not be considered as having an <br />interest in a public contract if all of the following apply: <br />(1) The interest of that person is limited to owning or controlling shares <br />of the corporation, or being a creditor of the corporation or other <br />organization that is the contractor on the public contract involved, or <br />that is the issuer of the security in which public funds are invested; <br />(2) The shares owned or controlled by that person do not exceed five <br />percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of the corporation, and the <br />amount due that person as creditor does not exceed five percent (5%) <br />of the total indebtedness of the corporation or other organization; <br />(3) That person, prior to the time the public contract is entered into, <br />files with the Municipality or governmental agency or instrumentality <br />involved, an affidavit giving his exact status in connection with the <br />corporation or other organization. <br />(c) This section does not apply to a public contract in which a public official, <br />member of his family, or one of his business associates, has an interest, when all <br />of the following apply: <br />1994 Replacement