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(d) As used in this section, "economic harm" means all direct, incidental, and consequential pecuniary harm suffered by a victim as a result of criminal conduct. "Economic harm" includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: (1) All wages, salaries, or other compensation lost as a result of the criminal conduct; (2) The cost of all wages, salaries or other compensation paid to employees for time those employees are prevented from working as a result of the criminal conduct; (3) The overhead costs incurred for the time that a business is shut down as a result of the criminal conduct; (4) The loss of value to tangible or intangible property that was damaged as a result of the criminal conduct. (e) Nothing in this section prohibits a person from making a telephone call to a debtor that is in compliance with the "Fair Debt Collection Practices Act" , 91 Stat. 874 (1977), 15 U.S.C. 1692, as amended, or the "Telephone Consumer Protection Act", 105 Stat. 2395 (1991), 47 U.S.C. 227, as amended. (ORC 2917.21) 537.11 THREATENING OR HARASSING TELEPHONE CALLS. (a) No person shall, while communicating with any other person over the telephone, threaten to do bodily harm or use or address to such other person any words or language of a lewd, lascivious or indecent character, nature or connotation for the sole purpose of annoying such other person; nor shall any person telephone any other person repeatedly or cause any person to be telephoned repeatedly for the sole purpose of harassing or molesting such other person or his family. Any use, communication or act prohibited by this section may be deemed to have occurred or to have been committed at either the place at which the telephone call was made or was received. (ORC 4931.31) (b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (ORC 4931.99) 537.12 MISUSE OF 9-1-1 SYSTEM. (a) "9-1-1 system" means a system through which individuals can request emergency service using the telephone number 9-1-1. (ORC 4931.40) (b) No person shall knowingly use the telephone number of the 9-1-1 system to report an emergency if he knows that no emergency exists. (ORC 4931.49) (c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (ORC 4931.99) 537.13 ADULTERATING OF OR FURNISHING ADULTERATED FOOD OR CONFECTION. (a) No person shall do either of the following, knowingly or having reasonable cause to believe that any person may suffer physical harm or be seriously inconvenienced or annoyed thereby: (1) Place a pin, needle, razor blade, glass, laxative, drug of abuse, or other harmful or hazardous object or substance in any food or confection; (2) Furnish to any person any food or confection which has been adulterated in violation of subsection (a)(1) hereof. (ORC 3716.11) 1998 Replacement