Ohio Rev. Code § 124.132 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.132
§ 124.132. Disaster service leave
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly A state employee who is a certified disaster service volunteer of the American red cross or who is a verified team rubicon volunteer may be granted leave from work with pay for not to exceed thirty work days in each year to participate in specialized disaster relief services, upon the request of the American red cross or of team rubicon for the services of that employee and upon the approval of that employee's appointing authority. The appointing authority shall compensate an employee granted leave under this section at the employee's regular rate of pay for those regular work hours during which the employee is absent from work.
Ohio Rev. Code § 141.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 141 / § 141.06
§ 141.06. Compensation of assembly member appointed to supreme court
Status: in_force

December 21, 2007 Senate Bill 155 - 127th General Assembly A member of the current general assembly, or a person who was a member of the current or previous general assembly, who is appointed to fill the unexpired term of office of the chief justice or a justice of the supreme court or of any judge shall receive compensation for the balance of that unexpired term at the rate that was in effect for that office on the last day of the general assembly prior to the one during which the person was appointed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.23
§ 149.23. Authentication
Status: in_force

September 28, 2018 Senate Bill 139 - 132nd General Assembly (A) An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under section 149.22 of the Revised Code shall authenticate the record. To authenticate an electronic record, the publisher shall provide a method for a user to determine that the record received by the user from the publisher is unaltered from the official record published by the publisher. (B) Legal material in an electronic record that is authenticated under division (A) of this section is presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material. (C) If another state has adopted a law substantially similar to sections 149.21 to 149.27 of the Revised Code, legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official and authenticated by the official publisher in that state is presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material. (D) A party that contests the authentication of legal material in an electronic record authenticated under division (A) of this section has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the record is not authentic. Last updated May 19, 2021 at 7:34 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 151.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 151 / § 151.02
§ 151.02. Ohio public facilities commission
Status: in_force

January 4, 2006 Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly (A) Pursuant to the powers granted to the general assembly under Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, to authorize the issuance of obligations, and pursuant to other authority vested in the general assembly, there is hereby created a body, both corporate and politic, constituting an agency and instrumentality of the state of Ohio and performing essential functions of the state, to be known as the "Ohio public facilities commission," which in that name may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, and exercise all other authority vested in that commission by sections 151.01 to 151.05 and 151.07 to 151.11 and Chapter 154. of the Revised Code. (B) The commission shall consist of, in each case ex officio, the governor, the treasurer of state, the auditor of state, the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the director of budget and management. The governor shall serve as the chairman of the commission, the director of budget and management shall serve as its secretary, and the commission shall have such other officers as it determines, who may but need not be members of the commission. Four members of the commission constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of four members is necessary for any action taken by vote of the commission. No vacancy in the membership of the commission shall impair the rights of a quorum by such vote to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the commission. Each of the state officers above identified may designate an employee or officer of that officer's office to attend meetings of the commission when that officer is absent or unable for any reason to attend and that designee, when present, shall be counted in determining whether a quorum is present at any meeting and may vote and participate in all proceedings and actions of the commission. A designee may not execute or cause a facsimile signature to be placed on any obligation. That designation shall be in writing, executed by the designating member, and be filed with the secretary of the commission. A designation may be changed from time to time by a similar written designation. The commission may delegate to such of its members, officers, or employees as it determines those powers and duties as it deems appropriate. No member of the commission or designee shall, by reason of being or serving as a member of the commission, be required to abstain from action in any other capacity as an incumbent of a state office or position or from any action as a member of the commission in any matter affecting or in any way pertaining to both that office or position and the commission, or for any purpose be deemed to be disqualified from either such office or position or as a member of the commission by reason of so acting or to have violated any law by reason thereof. The commission may adopt and alter bylaws and rules for the conduct of its affairs, including provisions for meetings, and for the manner, subject to this chapter and Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, in which its powers and functions are to be exercised and embodied and may adopt and alter at will an official seal to be affixed to official documents, provided that the failure to affix any such seal shall not affect the legality of such documents. Members of the commission shall receive no added compensation for their services as such members but may be reimbursed, as determined by the commission, for their necessary and actual expenses incurred in the conduct of the commission's business. (C) In connection with the exercise of its powers pursuant to this chapter, the commission may enter into contracts and execute all instruments necessary or incidental to the performance of the commission's duties and the execution of the authority's powers and do all other acts necessary or proper to the fulfillment of the commission's purposes and to carry out the powers expressly granted in this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.38
§ 149.38. County records commission
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in section 307.847 of the Revised Code, there is hereby created in each county a county records commission, composed of a member of the board of county commissioners as chairperson, the prosecuting attorney, the auditor, the recorder, and the clerk of the court of common pleas. The commission shall appoint a secretary, who may or may not be a member of the commission and who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The commission may employ an archivist or records manager to serve under its direction. The commission shall meet upon the call of the chairperson. (B)(1) The functions of the county records commission shall be to provide rules for retention and disposal of records of the county, and to review applications for one-time disposal of obsolete records and schedules of records retention and disposition submitted by county offices. The commission may dispose of records pursuant to the procedure outlined in this section. The commission, at any time, may review any schedule it has previously approved and, for good cause shown, may revise that schedule, subject to division (D) of this section. (2)(a) As used in division (B)(2) of this section, "paper case records" means written reports of child abuse or neglect, written records of investigations, or other written records required to be prepared under section 2151.421 , 5153.166 , 5153.17 , or 5180.40 of the Revised Code. (b) A county public children services agency may submit to the county records commission applications for one-time disposal, or schedules of records retention and disposition, of paper case records that have been entered into permanently maintained and retrievable fields in the state automated child welfare information system established under section 5180.40 of the Revised Code or entered into other permanently maintained and retrievable electronic files. The county records commission may dispose of the paper case records pursuant to the procedure outlined in this section. (C)(1) When the county records commission has approved any county application for one-time disposal of obsolete records or any schedule of records retention and disposition, the commission shall send that application or schedule to the Ohio history connection for its review. The Ohio history connection shall review the application or schedule within a period of not more than sixty days after its receipt of it. During the sixty-day review period, the Ohio history connection may select for its custody from the application for one-time disposal of obsolete records any records it considers to be of continuing historical value, and shall denote upon any schedule of records retention and disposition any records for which the Ohio history connection will require a certificate of records disposal prior to their disposal. (2) Upon completion of its review, the Ohio history connection shall forward the application for one-time disposal of obsolete records or the schedule of records retention and disposition to the auditor of state for the auditor's approval or disapproval. The auditor of state shall approve or disapprove the application or schedule within a period of not more than sixty days after receipt of it. (3) Before public records are to be disposed of pursuant to an approved schedule of records retention and disposition, the county records commission shall inform the Ohio history connection of the disposal through the submission of a certificate of records disposal for only the records required by the schedule to be disposed of and shall give the Ohio history connection the opportunity for a period of fifteen business days to select for its custody those records, from the certificate submitted, that it considers to be of continuing historical value. Upon the expiration of the fifteen-business-day period, the county records commission also shall notify the public libraries, county historical society, state universities, and other public or quasi-public institutions, agencies, or corporations in the county that have provided the commission with their name and address for these notification purposes, that the commission has informed the Ohio history connection of the records disposal and that the notified entities, upon written agreement with the Ohio history connection pursuant to section 149.31 of the Revised Code, may select records of continuing historical value, including records that may be distributed to any of the notified entities under section 149.31 of the Revised Code. Any notified entity that notifies the county records commission of its intent to review and select records of continuing historical value from certificates of records disposal is responsible for the cost of any notice given and for the transportation of those records. (D) The rules of the county records commission shall include a rule that requires any receipts, checks, vouchers, or other similar records pertaining to expenditures from the delinquent tax and assessment collection fund created in section 321.261 of the Revised Code, from the real estate assessment fund created in section 325.31 of the Revised Code, or from amounts allocated for the furtherance of justice to the county sheriff under section 325.071 of the Revised Code or to the prosecuting attorney under section 325.12 of the Revised Code to be retained for at least four years. (E) No person shall knowingly violate the rule adopted under division (D) of this section. Whoever violates that rule is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Last updated July 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.56
§ 133.56. Levy - certification - payment and collection of reassessments - exception
Status: in_force

September 17, 1991 House Bill 207 - 119th General Assembly After the taxing authority has approved the assessments provided for in section 133.54 of the Revised Code, like proceedings shall be had for the levy, certification, payment, and collection of said assessments as apply to the levy, certification, payment, and collection of original assessments, and all laws relating to the levy, certification, payment, and collection of original assessments, except as otherwise set forth in sections 133.54 to 133.57 of the Revised Code, shall govern the levy, certification, payment, and collection of such reassessments. Such certification shall distinctly state the fact that it is a reassessment, and shall specify the original assessments for which it is substituted. Upon certification of the first installment of such reassessment for collection to the county auditor, and to the county recorder when registered title is involved, the auditor, and also the recorder in case of registered lands, shall cancel the installments of original assessments so reassessed against the lots or parcels on which the reassessment has been made and the interest and penalty thereon, as the same stand on the tax list and duplicate and on the original certificate of title. Any special assessments reassessed as provided in this section shall not again be reassessed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 113.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 113 / § 113.051
§ 113.051. Duties of treasurer
Status: in_force

March 7, 1997 Senate Bill 82 - 121st General Assembly (A) The treasurer of state or the officer who performs the duties of the office of treasurer of state is the custodian of the funds required by law to be kept in the custody of the treasurer of state. The custodial duties of the treasurer of state include safekeeping the custodial funds and investment assets of an owner; collecting principal, dividends, distributions, and interest on custodial funds and investments of an owner; and paying for, transferring, and collecting the purchase or sale price of investments. The duties of the treasurer of state do not include making investment decisions of an owner or its authorized agents or monitoring compliance with an owner's internal investment policies. The treasurer of state is not responsible for the investment decisions of an owner or agent, compliance with the owner's internal investment policies, or any unlawful activities of an owner or its authorized agents. (B) The treasurer of state may enter into a sub-custody or other agency agreement with a trustee who meets the requirements of section 135.18 of the Revised Code to execute the custodial duties required by law. The agreement shall apply to the custodial funds and investment assets of an owner. The agreement may provide that the trustee has primary responsibility for custody of the funds and investments in order to execute an owner's instructions. The treasurer of state or the treasurer's authorized agent may enter into additional agreements as necessary to facilitate an owner's transactions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 146.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 146 / § 146.15
§ 146.15. Filing initial claims
Status: in_force

October 25, 1978 House Bill 349 - 112th General Assembly Initial claims under section 146.14 of the Revised Code shall be filed with the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board located in the political subdivision or fire district in which the volunteer fire fighter was a member of a fire department or company. Thereafter, claims may be transferred at the request of the claimant or the board to a board near the current residence of the claimant, provided that the transfer is mutually agreed upon by the boards concerned.
Ohio Rev. Code § 184.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 184 / § 184.12
§ 184.12. Collaboration on research and development projects
Status: in_force

January 4, 2006 Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly Individuals, Ohio businesses and industries, local public entities and agencies, public and private education institutions, including state-supported and state-assisted institutions of higher education, the state and state agencies, and research organizations and institutions may collaborate on research and development projects.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.575 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.575
§ 109.575. Information provided by volunteers having access to children
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 187 - 123rd General Assembly At the time of a person's initial application to an organization or entity to be a volunteer in a position in which the person on a regular basis will have unsupervised access to a child, the organization or entity shall inform the person that, at any time, the person might be required to provide a set of impressions of the person's fingerprints and a criminal records check might be conducted with respect to the person. Not later than thirty days after the effective date of this section, each organization or entity shall notify each current volunteer who is in a position in which the person on a regular basis has unsupervised access to a child that, at any time, the volunteer might be required to provide a set of impressions of the volunteer's fingerprints and a criminal records check might be conducted with respect to the volunteer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.29
§ 145.29. Procedure for purchasing credit
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly (A) A member of the public employees retirement system who elects to purchase or otherwise obtain service credit under section 145.28 , 145.291 , 145.292 , 145.293 , or 145.299 or division (G) of section 145.47 of the Revised Code shall do both of the following: (1) Submit a request to the public employees retirement board in a manner or form approved by the board; (2) For each year, or portion of a year, of credit purchased or otherwise obtained, pay to the employees' savings fund an amount specified by the board that is equal to one hundred per cent of the additional liability resulting from purchasing or obtaining that year or portion of a year of credit as determined by an actuary employed by the board. (B) Subject to board rules, a member may choose to purchase or otherwise obtain in any one payment only part of any service credit listed in division (A) of this section. (C) If a member dies or withdraws from service, any payment made by the member to purchase or obtain any service credit listed in division (A) of this section shall be considered as accumulated contributions of the member. Last updated May 6, 2021 at 2:00 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.25
§ 133.25. Levying property tax to debt charges on securities payable from property taxes
Status: in_force

November 24, 1995 House Bill 251 - 121st General Assembly (A) After the issuance of general obligation securities or of securities to which section 133.24 of the Revised Code applies, the taxing authority of the subdivision shall include in its annual tax budget, and levy a property tax in a sufficient amount, with any other moneys available for the purpose, to pay the debt charges on the securities payable from property taxes. The necessary property tax rate shall be included in the fiscal year tax budget that is certified by the subdivision to the county budget commission, and, if within the ten-mill limitation, shall be without diminution by reason of section 5705.313 of the Revised Code or any similar provisions. (B) If the taxing authority determines it to be necessary or appropriate, and if not prohibited by other law, legislation relating to Chapter 133. securities may, or that legislation may provide for proceedings that may, contain or provide for any one or more or combination of the following: (1) The pledge to the payment of debt charges of, and related covenants to levy, charge, collect, deposit, and apply, receipts of the subdivision lawfully available for the purpose, referred to in this division (B) as pledged receipts, including, without limitation, ad valorem property taxes as permitted by law, income taxes, excises, utility and service revenues, local government fund, school foundation, and moneys described in Section 5a of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, and any other receipts from taxes, excises, permits, licenses, fines, or other sources of revenue of or of revenue distributions to the subdivision, and covenants for the establishment, investment, segregation, and maintenance of any funds or reserves in connection with the securities. No pledge or covenant may be made that impairs the express contract rights of the holders of outstanding securities of the subdivision. (2) Designation of a bank or trust company authorized to exercise corporate trust powers in this state as a fiscal agent for the securities, which fiscal agent may be a purchaser of any securities and fiscal agent for any other securities of the subdivision, and provision for the periodic deposit of pledged receipts in one or more separate bank accounts, funds, or other accounts established with the fiscal agent, including provision for pledged receipts collected or paid by the state or another subdivision to be transferred, by the appropriate officer of the state or other subdivision having charge of the distribution of the pledged receipts to the subdivision, directly to the fiscal agent for such deposit, which officers shall transfer such pledged receipts in accordance with this division and the legislation. The fiscal agent shall disburse moneys so held in accordance with the legislation, including the transfer of moneys to paying agents or to persons providing credit enhancement facilities at the times and in the amounts required. Until needed for that purpose, and subject to any limitations in the legislation, the fiscal agent shall either deposit such moneys on behalf of the subdivision in an institution that is eligible to become a public depository pursuant to section 135.03 of the Revised Code or invest the moneys on behalf of the subdivision in obligations that are under applicable law lawful for the investment of the particular moneys. Divisions (D), (E), and (G) of section 135.04 and sections 135.08 and 135.09 of the Revised Code do not apply to any such deposits or investments. Amounts so held and received by a fiscal agent shall be accounted for in the appropriate special funds of the subdivision as if held in the treasury of the subdivision, and the fiscal agent shall provide such information to the subdivision and to the auditor of state as is necessary for the purpose. (3) Covenants of the subdivision and other provisions to protect and safeguard the security and rights of the holders of the securities and of the providers of any credit enhancement facilities and provisions for defeasance, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such covenants and provisions as to: (a) Establishment and maintenance of the funds to be held by a fiscal agent as provided in this division, the times, amounts, and levels for deposit to such funds, and the obligations in which the proceeds of such funds may be invested pending their use, subject to limitations on investment of public funds otherwise provided for by law or charter or by the legislation; (b) The appointment, rights, powers, and duties of the fiscal agent, and vesting in the fiscal agent all or any of those rights, powers, and duties in trust; (c) Compliance with the provisions of this chapter and other laws applicable to the payment of debt charges on securities of the subdivision, including Chapter 5705. of the Revised Code; (d) Conditions that would give rise to an event of default under the terms of the legislation, and actions and remedies that any fiscal agent may take or assert on behalf of the holders of the securities. (4) As rights and remedies of the holders of securities, in addition to any other rights and remedies under law, but subject to the terms of the legislation and of any credit enhancement facility, provision that if the subdivision defaults in the payment of debt charges on the securities and such default continues for a period of thirty days, or if the subdivision fails or refuses to comply with the requirements of this chapter or the applicable proceedings, or defaults in any contract made with the holders of those securities, the holders of not less than twenty-five per cent in principal amount of the outstanding securities of that issue may appoint a trustee, who may be the fiscal agent, to represent those holders for the purposes provided in this division (B)(4). That trustee may, and upon written request of the holders of not less than twenty-five per cent in principal amount of those securities then outstanding shall, in its own name exercise all or any of the powers of such holders under division (B)(3) of this section and in addition may: (a) Bring action for payment of any debt charges then due on the securities; (b) By mandamus or other action or proceeding enforce all rights of the holders of the securities, including any right to require the subdivision to assess, levy, charge, collect, and apply pledged receipts adequate to carry out the provisions of the legislation and any agreement with those holders and to perform its duties under the legislation and this chapter; (c) Bring action upon the securities; (d) By action, require the subdivision to account as if it were the trustee of an express trust for the holders of the securities; (e) By action, enjoin any acts or things that may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holders of those securities; (f) Except in the case of securities payable from a property tax, declare all securities of the issue due and payable, and if all defaults are subsequently corrected, then, with the consent of the holders of not less than ten per cent in principal amount of those securities then outstanding, rescind and annul that declaration and its consequences. In addition to the foregoing, the trustee shall have all of the powers necessary or appropriate for the exercise of any functions specifically set forth in this section or the legislation or incident to the general representation of the holders of those securities in the enforcement and protection of their rights. (5) Contracts or other arrangements for credit enhancement facilities, which may be with a fiscal agent. The costs of or under credit enhancement facilities may be paid from any moneys of the subdivision lawfully available for the purpose. The credit enhancement facility may be for the benefit of holders of the particular securities and of any other securities of the subdivision. Any such benefit conferred with respect to other securities shall not be deemed to restrict, preclude, or otherwise impair any rights that those holders otherwise may assert. (C) Unless otherwise provided in the proceedings, the holders of not less than ten per cent in principal amount of the particular securities at the time outstanding, whether or not then due and payable or reduced to judgment and either on their own behalf or on behalf of all persons similarly situated, may: (1) By mandamus, mandatory or other injunction, or any other order, writ, process, or decree, or by any other action or proceeding, enforce all contractual or other rights of such holders, including any right to require the subdivision to assess, levy, charge, collect, and apply the pledged receipts pledged to carry out the provisions of any agreement with such holders and perform its duties under the legislation and this chapter; (2) In the case of default in payment of debt charges on their securities, commence an action upon their securities to require the subdivision to account as if it were the trustee of an express trust for those holders or to enjoin any acts or things that may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of those holders. (D) The state pledges to and agrees with the holders of Chapter 133. securities that the state will not, by enacting any law or adopting any rule, repeal, revoke, repudiate, limit, alter, stay, suspend, or otherwise reduce, rescind, or impair the power or duty of a subdivision to exercise, perform, carry out, and fulfill its responsibilities or covenants under this chapter or legislation or agreements as to its Chapter 133. securities, including a credit enhancement facility, passed or entered into pursuant to this chapter, or repeal, revoke, repudiate, limit, alter, stay, suspend, or otherwise reduce, rescind, or impair the rights and remedies of any such holders fully to enforce such responsibilities, covenants, and agreements or to enforce the pledge and agreement of the state contained in this division, or otherwise exercise any sovereign power materially impairing or materially inconsistent with the provisions of such legislation, covenants, and agreements. The general assembly determines and declares that the provisions of this chapter and the powers and duties of subdivisions authorized and imposed under this chapter are proper, reasonable, and appropriate means by which the state can and should exercise and has exercised its duties and powers under the Ohio Constitution, and that those provisions are necessary and in the public interest and a proper means to better provide for the security for, and market reception for the purchase of, those securities. This pledge and agreement shall be of no force and effect as to securities that are not outstanding. This pledge and agreement by the state may be temporarily suspended upon the declaration of martial law in the subdivision in the event of circumstances deriving directly out of a natural disaster, such as an earthquake or major conflagration or flood but not a snowstorm or civil disturbance, or out of military invasions or civil insurrections, but not strikes or crises created by financial or economic events. Payment for securities by the original and subsequent holders shall be deemed conclusive evidence of valuable consideration received by the state and subdivision for this pledge and agreement, and any action by the state contrary to or inconsistent with this division is void as applied to those securities. The state hereby grants any such benefited holder the right to sue the state and enforce this pledge and agreement, and waives all rights of defense based on sovereign immunity or sovereign power in such an action or suit, it being expressly determined and declared that the continued integrity of the contract of any such holder is essential to the continued right of the subdivision to issue and pay debt charges on securities as a subdivision of the state. Nothing in this division requires the state to continue any particular level of appropriations of moneys, or precludes the state from authorizing the subdivision to exercise, or the subdivision from exercising, subject to approval of the tax commissioner, any power provided by law to seek application of laws then in effect under the bankruptcy provisions of the United States Constitution but in any case providing for debt charges as provided in section 133.36 of the Revised Code, or to preclude the state from further exercise of any of its powers and responsibilities under the Ohio Constitution. (E) Moneys and investments held by the subdivision or a paying agent or a fiscal agent, and all receipts of the subdivision, needed and allocated to payment of debt charges or payments by the subdivision under credit enhancement facilities, are property of the subdivision devoted to essential governmental purposes and accordingly shall not be applied to any purpose other than as provided in this chapter and in the legislation, and shall not be subject to any order, judgment, lien, execution, attachment, setoff, or counterclaim by any creditor or judgment creditor, as a result of a tort judgment or otherwise, of the subdivision other than the holders of the securities or the provider of the credit enhancement facility who are entitled thereto pursuant to this chapter and the legislation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.34
§ 149.34. Records management procedures
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly The head of each state agency, office, institution, board, or commission shall do the following: (A) Establish, maintain, and direct an active continuing program for the effective management of the records of the state agency; (B) Submit to the state records program, in accordance with applicable standards and procedures, schedules proposing the length of time each record series warrants retention for administrative, legal, or fiscal purposes after it has been received or created by the agency. The head also shall submit to the state records program applications for disposal of records in the head's custody that are not needed in the transaction of current business and are not otherwise scheduled for retention or destruction. (C) Within one year after their date of creation or receipt, schedule all records for disposition or retention in the manner prescribed by applicable law and procedures. This section does not apply to state-supported institutions of higher education.
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.46
§ 128.46. Filing returns; remitting charges and fees; subscriber liability; audit and assessment
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) An entity required to collect a wireless 9-1-1 charge under section 128.40 of the Revised Code or the next generation 9-1-1 access fee under section 128.414 or 128.421 of the Revised Code shall, on or before the twenty-third day of each month, except as provided in divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section, do both of the following: (a) Make and file a return for the preceding month, in the form prescribed by the tax commissioner, showing the amount of the charges or fees due for that month; (b) Remit the full amount due, as shown on the return, with the exception of charges or fees equivalent to the amount authorized as a collection fee under division (B) of this section. (2) The commissioner may grant one or more thirty-day extensions for making and filing returns and remitting amounts due. (3) If a seller is required to collect prepaid wireless 9-1-1 charges under section 128.40 of the Revised Code or next generation 9-1-1 access fees under section 128.421 of the Revised Code in amounts that do not merit monthly returns, the commissioner may authorize the seller to make and file returns less frequently. The commissioner shall ascertain whether this authorization is warranted upon the basis of administrative costs to the state. (B) A wireless service provider, reseller, and seller may each retain as a collection fee three per cent of the total wireless 9-1-1 charges required to be collected under sections 128.40 , 128.41 , and 128.42 of the Revised Code, and shall account to the tax commissioner for the amount retained. (C) The return required under division (A)(1)(a) of this section shall be filed electronically using the Ohio business gateway, as defined in section 718.01 of the Revised Code, or any other electronic means prescribed by the tax commissioner. Remittance of the amount due shall be made electronically in a manner approved by the commissioner. An entity required to file the return may apply to the commissioner on a form prescribed by the commissioner to be excused from either electronic requirement of this division. For good cause shown, the commissioner may excuse the entity from either or both of the requirements and may permit the entity to file returns or make remittances by nonelectronic means. (D)(1) Each subscriber or consumer on which a wireless 9-1-1 charge is imposed under section 128.40 of the Revised Code or on which a next generation 9-1-1 access fee is imposed under section 128.41 or 128.42 of the Revised Code is liable to the state for the amount of the charge. (2) An entity required to collect the wireless 9-1-1 charge under section 128.40 of the Revised Code or the next generation 9-1-1 access fee under section 128.414 or 128.421 of the Revised Code is liable to the state for any amount that was required to be collected but that was not remitted, regardless of whether the amount was collected. (3) No provider of a prepaid wireless calling service shall be liable to the state for any wireless 9-1-1 charge imposed under section 128.40 of the Revised Code or any next generation 9-1-1 access fee imposed under section 128.42 of the Revised Code that was not collected or remitted. (E)(1) If the tax commissioner has reason to believe that an entity required to collect a wireless 9-1-1 charge under section 128.40 of the Revised Code or the next generation 9-1-1 access fee under section 128.414 or 128.421 of the Revised Code has failed to bill, collect, or remit the charge or fee as required by this section and sections 128.40 to 128.422 of the Revised Code or has retained more than the amount authorized under division (B) of this section, and after written notice to the entity, the tax commissioner may audit the entity for the sole purpose of making such a determination. The audit may include, but is not limited to, a sample of the entity's billings, collections, remittances, or retentions for a representative period, and the tax commissioner shall make a good faith effort to reach agreement with the entity in selecting that sample. (2) Upon written notice to the entity, the tax commissioner, after completion of the audit, may make an assessment against the entity if, pursuant to the audit, the tax commissioner determines that the entity has failed to bill, collect, or remit the charge or fee as required by sections 128.40 to 128.422 of the Revised Code or has retained more than the amount authorized under division (B) of this section. The assessment shall be in the amount of any remittance that was due and unpaid on the date notice of the audit was sent by the tax commissioner to the entity or, as applicable, in the amount of the excess amount under division (B) of this section retained by the entity as of that date. (3) The portion of any assessment consisting of charges or fees due and not paid within sixty days after the date that the assessment was made under division (E)(2) of this section shall bear interest from that date until paid at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code. That interest may be collected by making an assessment under division (E)(2) of this section. (4) Unless the entity assessed files with the tax commissioner within sixty days after service of the notice of assessment a written petition for reassessment, signed by the entity assessed or that entity's authorized agent having knowledge of the facts, the assessment shall become final and the amount of the assessment shall be due and payable from the entity assessed to the treasurer of state, for deposit to the next generation 9-1-1 fund, which is created under section 128.54 of the Revised Code. The petition shall indicate the objections of the entity assessed, but additional objections may be raised in writing if received by the commissioner prior to the date shown on the final determination. If the petition has been properly filed, the commissioner shall proceed under section 5703.60 of the Revised Code. (5) After an assessment becomes final, if any portion of the assessment remains unpaid, including accrued interest, a certified copy of the final assessment may be filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas in the county in which the business of the assessed entity is conducted. If the entity assessed maintains no place of business in this state, the certified copy of the final assessment may be filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of Franklin county. Immediately upon the filing, the clerk shall enter a judgment for the state against the assessed entity in the amount shown on the final assessment. The judgment may be filed by the clerk in a loose-leaf book entitled "special judgments for 9-1-1 charges and fees" and shall have the same effect as other judgments. The judgment shall be executed upon the request of the tax commissioner. (6) If the commissioner determines that the commissioner erroneously has refunded a 9-1-1 charge or fee to any person, the commissioner may make an assessment against that person for recovery of the erroneously refunded charge. (7) An assessment under division (E) of this section does not discharge a subscriber's or consumer's liability to reimburse the entity for a 9-1-1 charge or fee. If, after the date of service of the audit notice under division (E)(1) of this section, a subscriber or consumer pays a 9-1-1 charge or fee for the period covered by the assessment, the payment shall be credited against the assessment. Last updated July 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.577 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.577
§ 109.577. Immunity from civil liability
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 187 - 123rd General Assembly (A) If an organization or entity uses a volunteer in a position in which the person on a regular basis has unsupervised access to a child and if the volunteer has been subjected to a criminal records check performed by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation pursuant to section 109.57 , section 109.572 , or rules adopted under division (E) of section 109.57 of the Revised Code, the organization or entity, and its officials and employees, are immune from civil liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed for any death or any injury or loss to person or property that is caused by any act or omission of the volunteer and that results from or is related to the volunteer having unsupervised access to a child on a regular basis. This immunity does not apply to a person, organization, or entity that has immunity from civil liability in accordance with section 9.86 , 2744.02 , or 2744.03 of the Revised Code for the good faith compliance, attempted compliance, or failure to comply. (B) This section does not create a new cause of action or substantive legal right against a person, organization, or entity and does not affect any immunities from civil liability or defenses established by another section of the Revised Code or available at common law, to which a person, organization, or entity may be entitled under circumstances not covered by this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.301 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.301
§ 126.301. Statute of limitations
Status: in_force

July 1, 1993 House Bill 152 - 120th General Assembly Except for unclaimed funds under Chapter 169. of the Revised Code, an action against the state or an agency thereof for failure to make any distribution or other payment shall be brought within five years after the cause of action has accrued.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.421 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.421
§ 173.421. Periodic or follow-up long-term care consultations
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly As part of the long-term care consultation program established under section 173.42 of the Revised Code, the department of aging may establish procedures for the conduct of periodic or follow-up long-term care consultations for residents of nursing facilities, including annual or more frequent reassessments of the residents' functional capabilities. If the procedures are established, the department or program administrator shall assign individuals to nursing facilities to serve as care managers within the facilities. The individuals assigned shall be individuals who are certified under section 173.422 of the Revised Code to provide long-term care consultations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 165.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 165 / § 165.20
§ 165.20. Designating corporation as agent of state
Status: in_force

July 14, 1983 Senate Bill 227 - 115th General Assembly In accordance with Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, the state, acting through the director of development, or through the board of trustees of any state university or any housing commission created by section 3347.01 of the Revised Code, and its political subdivision, taxing districts, or public authorities, or its or their agencies, institutions, or instrumentalities, may by resolution or ordinance designate a corporation organized under Chapter 1702. or 1724. of the Revised Code as its or their agency to acquire, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, improve, furnish, or equip and to sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of property and facilities within the state for industry, commerce, distribution, and research; may approve such corporation and obligations of the corporation issued by it for one or more such purposes; and may have a beneficial interest in such corporation including the right to the property financed by such obligations on the retirement of such obligations, or by acquiring such property for endowment or similar uses or benefits or for ultimate direct use by it, subject to any lease or mortgage securing such obligations. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.02
§ 135.02. State board of deposit
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly There shall be a state board of deposit consisting of the treasurer of state or an employee of the treasurer of state's department designated by the treasurer of state, the auditor of state or an employee of the auditor of state's department designated by the auditor of state, and the attorney general or an employee of the attorney general's department designated by the attorney general. The board shall meet on the call of the chairperson at least annually to perform the duties prescribed in sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. At any time, two members of the board may request that the chairperson call a meeting of the board, and the chairperson shall call the meeting within thirty days after receiving such requests. The treasurer of state or the treasurer of state's designated representative shall be chairperson of the board. The treasurer of state shall designate an employee of the treasurer of state's department to serve as the secretary of the board and keep its records. A certified copy of such records shall be prima-facie evidence of the matter appearing therein in any court of record. The chairperson shall provide notification to the board of deposit that the reports required under division (B) of section 135.143 of the Revised Code have been posted to a web site maintained by the treasurer of state. The necessary expenses of the board shall be paid from the state treasury from appropriations for that purpose upon the order of the board certified by the chairperson and the secretary. Last updated August 30, 2023 at 9:39 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 113.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 113 / § 113.55
§ 113.55. Ohio ABLE savings program trust fund
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The Ohio ABLE savings program trust fund is hereby created, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state but shall not be part of the state treasury. The fund shall be used if the treasurer of state elects to accept deposits from contributors rather than have deposits sent directly to a program manager. The fund shall consist of any moneys deposited by contributors in accordance with sections 113.50 to 113.56 of the Revised Code that are not deposited directly with the program manager. Money shall be disbursed from the fund upon an order of the treasurer. All interest from the money in the fund shall be credited to the Ohio ABLE savings expense fund. (B)(1) The Ohio ABLE savings expense fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of money received from program managers, governmental or private grants, or appropriations for the program. (2) All expenses incurred by the treasurer of state in developing and administering the ABLE account program and all expenses and reimbursements allowed for the STABLE account program advisory board created under section 113.56 of the Revised Code shall be payable from the Ohio ABLE savings expense fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 187.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 187 / § 187.04
§ 187.04. Contract with department of development
Status: in_force

September 4, 2013 Senate Bill 67 - 130th General Assembly (A) The director of development services, as soon as practical after February 18, 2011, shall execute a contract with JobsOhio for the corporation to assist the director and the development services agency with providing services or otherwise carrying out the functions or duties of the agency, including the operation and management of programs, offices, divisions, or boards, as may be determined by the director in consultation with the governor. The approval or disapproval of awards involving public money shall remain functions of the agency. All contracts for grants, loans, and tax incentives involving public money shall be between the agency and the recipient and shall be enforced by the agency. JobsOhio may not execute contracts obligating the agency for loans, grants, tax credits, or incentive awards recommended by JobsOhio to the agency. Prior to execution, all contracts between the director and JobsOhio entered into under this section that obligate the agency to pay JobsOhio for services rendered are subject to controlling board approval. The term of an initial contract entered into under this section shall not extend beyond June 30, 2013. Thereafter, the director and JobsOhio may renew the contract for subsequent fiscal biennia, but at no time shall a particular contract be effective for longer than a fiscal biennium of the general assembly. JobsOhio's provision of services to the agency as described in this section shall be pursuant to a contract entered into under this section. If at any time the director determines that the contract with JobsOhio may not be renewed for the subsequent fiscal biennium, the director shall notify JobsOhio of the director's decision not later than one hundred twenty days prior to the end of the current fiscal biennium. If the director does not provide such written notice to JobsOhio prior to one hundred days before the end of the current fiscal biennium, the contract shall be renewed upon such terms as the parties may agree, subject to the requirements of this section. (B) A contract entered into under this section shall include all of the following: (1) Terms assigning to the corporation the duties of advising and assisting the director in the director's evaluation of the agency and the formulation of recommendations under section 187.05 of the Revised Code; (2) Terms designating records created or received by JobsOhio that shall be made available to the public under the same conditions as are public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Documents designated to be made available to the public pursuant to the contract shall be kept on file with the agency. Among records to be designated under this division shall be the following: (a) The corporation's federal income tax returns; (b) The report of expenditures described in division (B)(3) of section 187.03 of the Revised Code. The records shall be filed with the agency at such times and frequency as agreed to by the corporation and the agency, which shall not be less frequently than quarterly. (c) The annual total compensation paid to each officer and employee of the corporation; (d) A copy of the report for each financial audit of the corporation and of each supplemental compliance and control review of the corporation performed by a firm of independent certified public accountants pursuant to division (J) of section 187.01 of the Revised Code. (e) Records of any fully executed incentive proposals, to be filed annually; (f) Records pertaining to the monitoring of commitments made by incentive recipients, to be filed annually; (g) A copy of the minutes of all public meetings described in division (C) of section 187.03 of the Revised Code not otherwise closed to the public. (3) The following statement acknowledging that JobsOhio is not acting as an agent of the state: "JobsOhio shall have no power or authority to bind the state or to assume or create an obligation or responsibility, expressed or implied, on behalf of the state or in its name, nor shall JobsOhio represent to any person that it has any such power or authority, except as expressly provided in this contract." (C)(1) Records created by JobsOhio are not public records for the purposes of Chapter 149. of the Revised Code, regardless of who may have custody of the records, unless the record is designated to be available to the public by the contract under division (B)(2) of this section. (2) Records received by JobsOhio from any person or entity that is not subject to section 149.43 of the Revised Code are not public records for purposes of Chapter 149. of the Revised Code, regardless of who may have custody of the records, unless the record is designated to be available to the public by the contract under division (B)(2) of this section. (3) Records received by JobsOhio from a public office as defined in section 149.011 of the Revised Code that are not public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code when in the custody of the public office are not public records for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code regardless of who has custody of the records. (4) Division (B) of section 4701.19 of the Revised Code applies to any work papers of the firm of independent certified public accountants engaged to perform the annual financial audit and the supplemental compliance and control review described in division (J) of section 187.01 of the Revised Code, and to the financial audit report and any report of the supplemental compliance and control review, unless the record is designated to be available to the public by the contract under division (B)(2) of this section. (D) Any contract executed under authority of this section shall not negate, impair, or otherwise adversely affect the obligation of this state to pay debt charges on securities executed by the director or issued by the treasurer of state, Ohio public facilities commission, or any other issuing authority under Chapter 122., 151., 165., or 166. of the Revised Code to fund economic development programs of the state, or to abide by any pledge or covenant relating to the payment of those debt charges made in any related proceedings. As used in this division, "debt charges," "proceedings," and "securities" have the same meanings as in section 133.01 of the Revised Code. (E) Nothing in this section, other than the requirement of controlling board approval, shall prohibit the agency from contracting with JobsOhio to perform any of the following functions: (1) Promoting and advocating for the state; (2) Making recommendations to the agency ; (3) Performing research for the agency ; (4) Establishing and managing programs or offices on behalf of the agency, by contract; (5) Negotiating on behalf of the state. (F) Nothing in this section, other than the requirement of controlling board approval, shall prohibit the agency from compensating JobsOhio from funds currently appropriated to the agency to perform the functions described in division (E) of this section. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.53
§ 117.53. Audit statement regarding adoption of anti-harassment policy
Status: in_force

March 30, 2007 House Bill 276 - 126th General Assembly When conducting an audit under section 117.11 of the Revised Code of a city, local, exempted village, or joint vocational school district, or a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, the auditor of state shall identify whether the school district or community school has adopted an anti-harassment policy in accordance with section 3313.666 of the Revised Code. This determination shall be recorded in the audit report. The auditor of state shall not prescribe the content or operation of any anti-harassment policy adopted by a school district or community school.
Ohio Rev. Code § 119.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 119 / § 119.04
§ 119.04. Administrative rule effective dates
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) Any rule adopted by any agency shall be effective on the tenth day after the day on which the rule in final form and in compliance with division (A)(2) of this section is filed as follows: (a) The rule shall be filed in electronic form with both the secretary of state and the director of the legislative service commission; (b) The rule shall be filed in electronic form with the joint committee on agency rule review. Division (A)(1)(b) of this section does not apply to any rule to which division (C) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code does not apply. If an agency in adopting a rule designates an effective date that is later than the effective date provided for by this division, the rule if filed as required by this division shall become effective on the later date designated by the agency. An agency that adopts or amends a rule that is subject to section 106.03 of the Revised Code shall assign a review date to the rule that is not later than five years after its effective date. If a review date assigned to a rule exceeds the five-year maximum, the review date for the rule is five years after its effective date. A rule with a review date is subject to review under section 106.03 of the Revised Code. (2) The agency shall file the rule in compliance with the following standards and procedures: (a) The rule shall be numbered in accordance with the numbering system devised by the director for the Ohio administrative code. (b) The rule shall be prepared and submitted in compliance with section 103.05 of the Revised Code and the rule drafting manual of the legislative service commission. (c) The rule shall clearly state the date on which it is to be effective and the date on which it will expire, if known. (d) Each rule that amends or rescinds another rule shall clearly refer to the rule that is amended or rescinded. Each amendment shall fully restate the rule as amended. If the director of the legislative service commission or the director's designee gives an agency notice pursuant to section 103.05 of the Revised Code that a rule filed by the agency is not in compliance with section 103.05 of the Revised Code and the rule drafting manual of the commission, the agency shall within thirty days after receipt of the notice conform the rule as directed in the notice. (3) As used in this section, "rule" includes an amendment or rescission of a rule. (B) The secretary of state and the director shall preserve the rules filed under division (A)(1)(a) of this section in an accessible manner. Each such rule shall be a public record open to public inspection and may be transmitted to any law publishing company that wishes to reproduce it. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.43
§ 145.43. Designation or qualification of beneficiaries
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 520 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section and in section 145.45 of the Revised Code: (1) "Child" means a biological or legally adopted child of a deceased member. If a court hearing for an interlocutory decree for adoption was held prior to the member's death, "child" includes the child who was the subject of the hearing notwithstanding the fact that the final decree of adoption, adjudging the surviving spouse as the adoptive parent, is made subsequent to the member's death. (2) "Parent" is a parent or legally adoptive parent of a deceased member. (3) "Dependent" means a beneficiary who receives one-half of the beneficiary's support from a member during the twelve months prior to the member's death. (4) "Surviving spouse" means an individual who establishes a valid marriage to a member at the time of the member's death by marriage certificate or pursuant to division (E) of this section. (5) "Survivor" means a surviving spouse, child, or parent. (6) "Accumulated contributions" has the meaning given in section 145.01 of the Revised Code, except that, notwithstanding that section, it does not include additional amounts deposited in the employees' savings fund pursuant to the version of division (C) of section 145.23 of the Revised Code as it existed immediately prior to April 6, 2007, or pursuant to section 145.62 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as provided in division (C)(1) of section 145.45 of the Revised Code, should a member die before age and service retirement, the member's accumulated contributions and any applicable amount calculated under section 145.401 of the Revised Code, shall be paid to the person or persons the member has designated under section 145.431 of the Revised Code. A member may designate two or more persons as beneficiaries to be paid the accumulated account in a lump sum. Subject to rules adopted by the public employees retirement board, a member who designates two or more persons as beneficiaries shall specify the percentage of the lump sum that each beneficiary is to be paid. If the member has not specified the percentages, the lump sum shall be divided equally among the beneficiaries. The last designation of any beneficiary revokes all previous designations. The member's marriage, divorce, marriage dissolution, legal separation, or withdrawal of account, or the birth of the member's child, or adoption of a child, shall constitute an automatic revocation of the member's previous designation. If a deceased member was also a member of the school employees retirement system or the state teachers retirement system and a survivor benefit may be paid under section 145.37 , 3307.57 , or 3309.35 of the Revised Code, the beneficiary last established among the systems shall be the sole beneficiary in all the systems. If the accumulated contributions of a deceased member are not claimed by a beneficiary or by the estate of the deceased member within five years after the death, the contributions shall remain in the employees' savings fund or may be transferred to the income fund and thereafter shall be paid to the beneficiary or to the member's estate upon application to the board. The board shall formulate and adopt the necessary rules governing all designations of beneficiaries. (C) Except as provided in division (C)(1) of section 145.45 of the Revised Code, if a member dies before age and service retirement and is not survived by a designated beneficiary, the following shall qualify, with all attendant rights and privileges, in the following order of precedence, the member's: (1) Surviving spouse; (2) Children, share and share alike; (3) A dependent parent, if that parent takes survivor benefits under division (B) of section 145.45 of the Revised Code; (4) Parents, share and share alike; (5) Estate. If the beneficiary is deceased or is not located within ninety days, the beneficiary ceases to qualify for any benefit and the beneficiary next in order of precedence shall qualify as a beneficiary. Any payment made to a beneficiary as determined by the board shall be a full discharge and release to the board from any future claims. (D) Any amount due a retirant or disability benefit recipient receiving a monthly benefit and unpaid to the retirant or recipient at death shall be paid to the beneficiary designated in writing duly executed on a form provided by the board, signed by the retirant or recipient, and filed with the board. If no such designation has been filed, or if the designated beneficiary is not located within ninety days, any amounts payable under this chapter due to the death of the retirant or recipient shall be paid in the following order of precedence to the retirant's or recipient's: (1) Surviving spouse; (2) Children, share and share alike; (3) Parents, share and share alike; (4) Estate. The payment shall be a full discharge and release to the board from any future claim for the payment. Any amount due a beneficiary receiving a monthly benefit and unpaid to the beneficiary at the beneficiary's death shall be paid to the beneficiary's estate. (E) If the validity of marriage cannot be established to the satisfaction of the board for the purpose of disbursing any amount due under this section or section 145.45 of the Revised Code, the board may accept a decision rendered by a court having jurisdiction in the state in which the member was domiciled at the time of death that the relationship constituted a valid marriage at the time of death, or the "spouse" would have the same status as a widow or widower for purposes of sharing the distribution of the member's intestate personal property. (F) As used in this division, "recipient" means an individual who is receiving or may be eligible to receive an allowance or benefit under this chapter based on the individual's service to a public employer. If the death of a member, a recipient, or any individual who would be eligible to receive an allowance or benefit under this chapter by virtue of the death of a member or recipient is caused by one of the following beneficiaries, no amount due under this chapter to the beneficiary shall be paid to the beneficiary in the absence of a court order to the contrary filed with the board: (1) A beneficiary who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, or is found not guilty by reason of insanity of a violation of or complicity in the violation of either of the following: (a) Section 2903.01 , 2903.02 , or 2903.03 of the Revised Code; (b) An existing or former law of any other state, the United States, or a foreign nation that is substantially equivalent to section 2903.01 , 2903.02 , or 2903.03 of the Revised Code. (2) A beneficiary who is indicted for a violation of or complicity in the violation of the sections or laws described in division (F)(1)(a) or (b) of this section and is adjudicated incompetent to stand trial; (3) A beneficiary who is a juvenile found to be a delinquent child by reason of committing an act that, if committed by an adult, would be a violation of or complicity in the violation of the sections or laws described in division (F)(1)(a) or (b) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.472 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.472
§ 145.472. Crediting of interest on account balances of contributors as of 12-31-98
Status: in_force

April 6, 2007 House Bill 272 - 126th General Assembly This section applies to individuals who are contributors on December 13, 2000. (A) Not later than thirty days after December 13, 2000, the public employees retirement board shall credit interest to the individual account of each contributor in accordance with this section, except that interest shall not be credited to the individual account of a PERS or other system retirant, as defined in section 145.38 of the Revised Code, for contributions received during the period described in division (B)(4)(a) or (b) of section 145.38 of the Revised Code. For amounts deposited by a contributor under section 145.62 or the version of division (C) of section 145.23 of the Revised Code as it existed immediately prior to the effective date of this amendment, interest or earnings shall be credited in accordance with that section or former division. For contributors with service credit earned prior to December 31, 1981, the board may reflect the compounding of interest by using factors provided by the board's actuary. (B) The interest credited under this section shall be calculated on all amounts on deposit in an individual's account in the employees' savings fund as follows: (1) If this section takes effect on or before December 31, 2000, interest shall be calculated on amounts on deposit on December 31, 1998. (2) If this section takes effect after December 31, 2000, interest shall be calculated on amounts on deposit on December 31, 1999.
Ohio Rev. Code § 187.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 187 / § 187.12
§ 187.12. Campaign contributions prohibited
Status: in_force

February 18, 2011 House Bill 1 - 129th General Assembly (A) JobsOhio shall not make a contribution to any campaign committee, political party, legislative campaign fund, political action committee, or political contributing entity for any purpose whatsoever. (B) As used in this section, "contribution," "campaign committee," "political party," "legislative campaign fund," "political action committee," and "political contributing entity" have the same meanings as in section 3517.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 123.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 123 / § 123.03
§ 123.03. Director may maintain an action
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The director of administrative services may maintain an action in the name of the state for violations of any law relating to the public works for an injury to property pertaining to the public works, or for any other cause which is necessary in the performance of the director's duties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.36
§ 153.36. Approval of plans for courthouse or jail
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 497 - 135th General Assembly (A) If the plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, and specifications of work, and estimates of the cost thereof in detail and in the aggregate, required in sections 153.31 to 153.35 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, relate to the building of a courthouse or jail, or an addition to or alteration, repair, or improvement thereof, they shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners. If the estimated total cost of the project is greater than seventy-five thousand dollars, the materials also shall be submitted to the clerk of the court of common pleas, the sheriff, and probate judge, and one person to be appointed by the judge of the court of common pleas, for their approval. A project with an estimated total cost greater than seventy-five thousand dollars shall not commence unless approved by a majority of them. A copy of the materials shall be kept in the office of the board of county commissioners. (B) A board of county commissioners may independently approve a project described in division (A) of this section that has an estimated total cost of seventy-five thousand dollars or less. The board may seek the advice of the clerk of the court of common pleas, the sheriff, and a probate judge, on the project. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 119.092 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 119 / § 119.092
§ 119.092. Attorney fees
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Eligible party" means a party to an adjudication hearing other than the following: (a) The agency; (b) An individual whose net worth exceeded one million dollars at the time the individual received notification of the hearing; (c) A sole owner of an unincorporated business that had, or a partnership, corporation, association, or organization that had, a net worth exceeding five million dollars at the time the party received notification of the hearing, except that an organization that is described in subsection 501(c)(3) and is tax exempt under subsection 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, shall not be excluded as an eligible party under this division because of its net worth; (d) A sole owner of an unincorporated business that employed, or a partnership, corporation, association, or organization that employed, more than five hundred persons at the time the party received notification of the hearing. (2) "Fees" means reasonable attorney's fees, in an amount not to exceed seventy-five dollars per hour or a higher hourly fee that the agency establishes by rule and that is applicable under the circumstances. (3) "Internal Revenue Code" means the "Internal Revenue Code of 1954," 68A Stat. 3, 26 U.S.C. 1, as amended. (4) "Prevailing eligible party" means an eligible party that prevails after an adjudication hearing, as reflected in an order entered in the journal of the agency. (B)(1) Except as provided in divisions (B)(2) and (F) of this section, if an agency conducts an adjudication hearing under this chapter, the prevailing eligible party is entitled, upon filing a motion in accordance with this division, to compensation for fees incurred by that party in connection with the hearing. A prevailing eligible party that desires an award of compensation for fees shall file a motion requesting the award with the agency within thirty days after the date that the order of the agency is entered in its journal. The motion shall do all of the following: (a) Identify the party; (b) Indicate that the party is the prevailing eligible party and is entitled to receive an award of compensation for fees; (c) Include a statement that the agency's position in initiating the matter in controversy was not substantially justified; (d) Indicate the amount sought as an award; (e) Itemize all fees sought in the requested award. This itemization shall include a statement from any attorney who represented the prevailing eligible party, that indicates the fees charged, the actual time expended, and the rate at which the fees were calculated. (2) Upon the filing of a motion under this section, the request for the award shall be reviewed by the referee or examiner who conducted the adjudication hearing or, if none, by the agency involved. In the review, the referee, examiner, or agency shall determine whether the fees incurred by the prevailing eligible party exceeded one hundred dollars, whether the position of the agency in initiating the matter in controversy was substantially justified, whether special circumstances make an award unjust, and whether the prevailing eligible party engaged in conduct during the course of the hearing that unduly and unreasonably protracted the final resolution of the matter in controversy. The referee, examiner, or agency shall issue a determination, in writing, on the motion of the prevailing eligible party, which determination shall include a statement indicating whether an award has been granted, the findings and conclusions underlying it, the reasons or bases for the findings and conclusions, and, if an award has been granted, its amount. The determination shall be entered in the record of the prevailing eligible party's case, and a copy of it served on the prevailing eligible party in accordance with section 119.05 of the Revised Code. With respect to a motion under this section, the agency involved, through any representative it designates, has the burden of proving that its position in initiating the matter in controversy was substantially justified, that special circumstances make an award unjust, or that the prevailing eligible party engaged in conduct during the course of the hearing that unduly and unreasonably protracted the final resolution of the matter in controversy. A referee, examiner, or agency considering a motion under this section may deny an award entirely, or reduce the amount of an award that otherwise would be payable, to a prevailing eligible party only as follows: (a) If the determination is that the agency has sustained its burden of proof that its position in initiating the matter in controversy was substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust, the motion shall be denied; (b) If the determination is that the agency has sustained its burden of proof that the prevailing eligible party engaged in conduct during the course of the hearing that unduly and unreasonably protracted the final resolution of the matter in controversy, the referee, examiner, or agency may reduce the amount of an award, or deny an award, to that party to the extent of that conduct; (c) If the determination is that the fees of the prevailing eligible party were not in excess of one hundred dollars, the referee, agency, or examiner shall deny the motion. (3) For purposes of this section, decisions by referees or examiners upon motions are final and are not subject to review and approval by an agency. These decisions constitute final determinations of the agency for purposes of appeals under division (C) of this section. (C) A prevailing eligible party that files a motion for an award of compensation for fees under this section and that is denied an award or receives a reduced award may appeal the determination of the referee, examiner, or agency to the same court, as determined under section 119.12 of the Revised Code, as the party could have appealed the adjudication order of the agency had the party been adversely affected by it. An agency may appeal the grant of an award to this same court if a referee or examiner made the final determination pursuant to division (B)(3) of this section. Notices of appeal shall be filed in the manner and within the period specified in section 119.12 of the Revised Code. Upon the filing of an appeal under this division, the agency shall prepare and certify to the court involved a complete record of the case, and the court shall conduct a hearing on the appeal. The agency and the court shall do so in accordance with the procedures established in section 119.12 of the Revised Code for appeals pursuant to that section, unless otherwise provided in this division. The court hearing an appeal under this division may modify the determination of the referee, examiner, or agency with respect to the motion for compensation for fees only if the court finds that the failure to grant an award, or the calculation of the amount of an award, involved an abuse of discretion. The judgment of the court is final and not appealable, and a copy of it shall be certified to the agency involved and the prevailing eligible party. (D) Compensation for fees awarded to a prevailing eligible party under this section may be paid by an agency from any funds available to it for payment of such compensation. If an agency does not pay compensation from such funds or no such funds are available, upon the filing of a referee's, examiner's, agency's, or court's determination or judgment in favor of the prevailing eligible party with the clerk of the court of claims, the determination or judgment awarding compensation for fees shall be treated as if it were a judgment under Chapter 2743. of the Revised Code and be payable in accordance with the procedures specified in section 2743.19 of the Revised Code, except that interest shall not be paid in relation to the award. (E) Each agency that is required to pay compensation for fees to a prevailing eligible party pursuant to this section during any fiscal year shall prepare a report for that year. The report shall be completed no later than the first day of October of the fiscal year following the fiscal year covered by the report, and copies of it shall be filed with the general assembly. It shall contain the following information for the covered fiscal year: (1) The total amount and total number of the awards of compensation for fees required to be paid by the agency; (2) The amount and nature of each individual award that the agency was required to pay; (3) Any other relevant information that may aid the general assembly in evaluating the scope and impact of awards of compensation for fees. (F) The provisions of this section do not apply when any of the following circumstances are involved: (1) An adjudication hearing was conducted for the purpose of establishing or fixing a rate; (2) An adjudication hearing was conducted for the purpose of determining the eligibility or entitlement of any individual to benefits; (3) A prevailing eligible party was represented in an adjudication hearing by an attorney who was paid pursuant to an appropriation by the federal or state government or a local government; (4) An adjudication hearing was conducted by the state personnel board of review pursuant to authority conferred by section 124.03 of the Revised Code, or by the state employment relations board pursuant to authority conferred by Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code. Last updated September 7, 2023 at 11:42 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.31
§ 125.31. Supervising public printing
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The department of administrative services shall have supervision of all public printing except as follows: (1) Printing for the general assembly shall be the sole responsibility of the clerk of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives unless the clerk of the senate or the clerk of the house of representatives chooses either of the options specified in section 101.523 or 101.524 of the Revised Code. (2) Printing for the Ohio arts council shall be under the supervision of the council. (3) Printing for the capitol square review and advisory board shall be under the supervision of the board. (4) Printing for state-supported institutions of higher education shall be under the supervision of the department of purchasing of each such institution or the department or officer within each institution that performs the functions of a department of purchasing. (B) The department of administrative services shall determine, except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the number of copies to be printed of each publication or document, the source of reproduction, the manner of binding, quality of paper, the general kind, size, and spacing of type to be used in all reports, publications, bulletins, documents, or pamphlets printed at public expense. The department shall not use its authority to curtail the release of public information by any elected state official. (C) Division (B) of this section does not apply to printing contracts requiring special security paper, of a unique nature, if compliance will result in acquiring a disproportionately inferior product or a price that exceeds by more than five per cent the lowest price submitted on a non-Ohio bid. Last updated July 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.54
§ 153.54. Bid guaranty to be filed with bid
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Except with respect to a contract described in section 9.334 or 153.693 of the Revised Code, each person bidding for a contract with the state or any political subdivision, district, institution, or other agency thereof, excluding therefrom the department of transportation, for any public improvement shall file with the bid, a bid guaranty in the form of any of the following: (1) A bond in accordance with division (B) of this section for the full amount of the bid; (2) A certified check, cashier's check, or letter of credit pursuant to Chapter 1305. of the Revised Code, in accordance with division (C) of this section. Any such letter of credit is revocable only at the option of the beneficiary state, political subdivision, district, institution, or agency. The amount of the certified check, cashier's check, or letter of credit shall be equal to ten per cent of the bid; (3) An electronic verification through an electronic verification and security system described in section 153.08 of the Revised Code, if the state or any political subdivision, district, institution, or other agency thereof accepts bids electronically pursuant to section 153.08 of the Revised Code. (B) A bid guaranty filed pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section shall be conditioned to: (1) Provide that, if the bid is accepted, the bidder, after the awarding or the recommendation for the award of the contract, whichever the contracting authority designates, will enter into a proper contract in accordance with the bid, plans, details, and specifications. If for any reason, other than as authorized by section 9.31 of the Revised Code or division (G) of this section, the bidder fails to enter into the contract, and the contracting authority awards the contract to the next lowest bidder, the bidder and the surety on the bidder's bond are liable to the state, political subdivision, district, institution, or agency for the difference between the bid and that of the next lowest bidder, or for a penal sum not to exceed ten per cent of the amount of the bond, whichever is less. If the state, political subdivision, district, institution, or agency does not award the contract to the next lowest bidder but resubmits the project for bidding, the bidder failing to enter into the contract and the surety on the bidder's bond, except as provided in division (G) of this section, are liable to the state, political subdivision, district, institution, or agency for a penal sum not to exceed ten per cent of the amount of the bid or the costs in connection with the resubmission of printing new contract documents, required advertising, and printing and mailing notices to prospective bidders, whichever is less. (2) Indemnify the state, political subdivision, district, institution, or agency against all damage suffered by failure to perform the contract according to its provisions and in accordance with the plans, details, and specifications therefor and to pay all lawful claims of subcontractors, material suppliers, and laborers for labor performed or material furnished in carrying forward, performing, or completing the contract; and agree and assent that this undertaking is for the benefit of any subcontractor, material supplier, or laborer having a just claim, as well as for the state, political subdivision, district, institution, or agency. (C)(1) A bid guaranty filed pursuant to division (A)(2) of this section shall be conditioned to provide that if the bid is accepted, the bidder, after the awarding or the recommendation for the award of the contract, whichever the contracting authority designates, will enter into a proper contract in accordance with the bid, plans, details, specifications, and bills of material. If for any reason, other than as authorized by section 9.31 of the Revised Code or division (G) of this section, the bidder fails to enter into the contract, and the contracting authority awards the contract to the next lowest bidder, the bidder is liable to the state, political subdivision, district, institution, or agency for the difference between the bidder's bid and that of the next lowest bidder, or for a penal sum not to exceed ten per cent of the amount of the bid, whichever is less. If the state, political subdivision, district, institution, or agency does not award the contract to the next lowest bidder but resubmits the project for bidding, the bidder failing to enter into the contract, except as provided in division (G) of this section, is liable to the state, political subdivision, district, institution, or agency for a penal sum not to exceed ten per cent of the amount of the bid or the costs in connection with the resubmission, of printing new contract documents, required advertising, and printing and mailing notices to prospective bidders, whichever is less. If the bidder enters into the contract, the bidder, at the time the contract is entered to, shall file a bond for the amount of the contract to indemnify the state, political subdivision, district, institution, or agency against all damage suffered by failure to perform the contract according to its provisions and in accordance with the plans, details, and specifications and to pay all lawful claims of subcontractors, material suppliers, and laborers for labor performed or material furnished in carrying forward, performing, or completing the contract; and agree and assent that this undertaking is for the benefit of any subcontractor, material supplier, or laborer having a just claim, as well as for the state, political subdivision, district, institution, or agency. (2) A construction manager who enters into a contract pursuant to sections 9.33 to 9.333 of the Revised Code, if required by the public authority at the time the construction manager enters into the contract, shall file a letter of credit pursuant to Chapter 1305. of the Revised Code, bond, certified check, or cashier's check, for the value of the construction management contract to indemnify the state, political subdivision, district, institution, or agency against all damage suffered by the construction manager's failure to perform the contract according to its provisions, and shall agree and assent that this undertaking is for the benefit of the state, political subdivision, district, institution, or agency. A letter of credit provided by the construction manager is revocable only at the option of the beneficiary state, political subdivision, district, institution, or agency. (D) Where the state, political subdivision, district, institution, or agency accepts a bid but the bidder fails or refuses to enter into a proper contract in accordance with the bid, plans, details, and specifications within ten days after the awarding of the contract, the bidder and the surety on any bond, except as provided in division (G) of this section, are liable for the amount of the difference between the bidder's bid and that of the next lowest bidder, but not in excess of the liability specified in division (B)(1) or (C) of this section. Where the state, political subdivision, district, institution, or agency then awards the bid to such next lowest bidder and such next lowest bidder also fails or refuses to enter into a proper contract in accordance with the bid, plans, details, and specifications within ten days after the awarding of the contract, the liability of such next lowest bidder, except as provided in division (G) of this section, is the amount of the difference between the bids of such next lowest bidder and the third lowest bidder, but not in excess of the liability specified in division (B)(1) or (C) of this section. Liability on account of an award to any lowest bidder beyond the third lowest bidder shall be determined in like manner. (E) Notwithstanding division (C) of this section, where the state, political subdivision, district, institution, or agency resubmits the project for bidding, each bidder whose bid was accepted but who failed or refused to enter into a proper contract, except as provided in division (G) of this section, is liable for an equal share of a penal sum in connection with the resubmission, of printing new contract documents, required advertising, and printing and mailing notices to prospective bidders, but no bidder's liability shall exceed the amount of the bidder's bid guaranty. (F) All bid guaranties filed pursuant to this section shall be payable to the state, political subdivision, district, institution, or agency, be for the benefit of the state, political subdivision, district, institution, or agency or any person having a right of action thereon, and be deposited with, and held by, the board, officer, or agent contracting on behalf of the state, political subdivision, district, institution, or agency. All bonds filed pursuant to this section shall be issued by a surety company authorized to do business in this state as surety approved by the board, officer, or agent awarding the contract on behalf of the state, political subdivision, district, institution, or agency. (G) A bidder for a contract with the state or any political subdivision, district, institution, or other agency thereof, excluding therefrom the Ohio department of transportation, for a public improvement costing less than one-half million dollars may withdraw the bid from consideration if the bidder's bid for some other contract with the state or any political subdivision, district, institution, or other agency thereof, excluding therefrom the department of transportation, for the public improvement costing less than one-half million dollars has already been accepted, if the bidder certifies in good faith that the total amount of all the bidder's current contracts is less than one-half million dollars, and if the surety certifies in good faith that the bidder is unable to perform the subsequent contract because to do so would exceed the bidder's bonding capacity. If a bid is withdrawn under authority of this division, the contracting authority may award the contract to the next lowest bidder or reject all bids and resubmit the project for bidding, and neither the bidder nor the surety on the bidder's bond are liable for the difference between the bidder's bid and that of the next lowest bidder, for a penal sum, or for the costs of printing new contract documents, required advertising, and printing and mailing notices to prospective bidders. (H) Bid guaranties filed pursuant to division (A) of this section shall be returned to all unsuccessful bidders immediately after the contract is executed. The bid guaranty filed pursuant to division (A)(2) of this section shall be returned to the successful bidder upon filing of the bond required in division (C) of this section. (I) For the purposes of this section and sections 153.56 , 153.57 , and 153.571 of the Revised Code, "public improvement," "subcontractor," "material supplier," "laborer," and "materials" have the same meanings as in section 1311.25 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.24
§ 173.24. Protection for disciplinary or retaliatory action
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Employee" and "employer" have the same meanings as in section 4113.51 of the Revised Code. (2) "Retaliatory action" includes physical, mental, or verbal abuse; change of room assignment; withholding of services; failure to provide care in a timely manner; discharge; and termination of employment. (B) An employee providing information to or participating in good faith in registering a complaint with the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program or participating in the investigation of a complaint or in administrative or judicial proceedings resulting from a complaint registered with the office shall have the full protection against disciplinary or retaliatory action provided by division (E) of section 3721.17 and by sections 4113.51 to 4113.53 of the Revised Code. (C) No long-term care provider or other entity, no person employed by a long-term care provider or other entity, and no other individual shall knowingly subject any resident, recipient, employee, representative of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program, or another individual to any form of retaliation, reprisal, discipline, or discrimination for doing any of the following: (1) Providing information to the office; (2) Participating in registering a complaint with the office; (3) Cooperating with or participating in the investigation of a complaint by the office or in administrative or judicial proceedings resulting from a complaint registered with the office. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 2:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.61
§ 124.61. Abuse of political authority or influence
Status: in_force

December 4, 1973 Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly No person who holds any public office, or who has been nominated for, or who seeks a nomination or appointment to any public office, shall corruptly use or promise to use, either directly or indirectly, any official authority or influence in order to secure or aid any person in securing for himself or another any office or employment in the classified service, or any promotion or increase of salary therein, as a reward for political influence or service. Nor shall any person, by means of threats or coercion, induce or seek to induce anyone in the classified service to resign his position or to waive his right to certification, appointment, or promotion.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.16
§ 149.16. Secretary of state or state library board shall distribute law and journals
Status: in_force

March 5, 1987 House Bill 642 - 116th General Assembly The secretary of state shall distribute all copies of the laws and all copies of the bound house and senate journals. If no provision is made by law for the distribution of any report printed by the state, it may be distributed by the state library board in accordance with section 149.11 of the Revised Code, on the order of the officer making the report.
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.29
§ 107.29. Gubernatorial transition committee
Status: in_force

June 25, 1982 Senate Bill 530 - 114th General Assembly Not later than the third Monday in November in each year in which a new governor is elected, a gubernatorial transition committee shall be appointed. The committee shall consist of the director of budget and management, who shall serve as chairman, and such other members as the governor, and the governor-elect, may select.
Ohio Rev. Code § 165.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 165 / § 165.02
§ 165.02. Authority of bond issuer
Status: in_force

October 26, 1999 House Bill 19 - 123rd General Assembly Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, is in part implemented by this chapter in furtherance of the public purposes of the state to create or preserve jobs and employment opportunities and to improve the economic welfare of the people of the state. An issuer acting through its issuing authority may in accordance with Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution: (A) Acquire by gift or purchase and hold and mortgage real estate and interests therein and personal property to be used as a project or a part thereof; (B) Purchase, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, improve, furnish, and equip and lease, sell, exchange, and otherwise dispose of projects or parts thereof for those of the purposes set forth in Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, that are specified in the first sentence of this section, including, without limitation thereto, the sale of projects by conditional or installment sale, under which title may pass prior to or after completion of construction of a project or payment or provision for payment of all principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds, or at any other time provided in the agreement pertaining to such sale, and including sale under an option to purchase upon agreed terms which may include a price which may be a nominal amount or less than true value at the time of purchase; (C) Issue its bonds to provide funds, by loans or otherwise, for acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, enlarging, improving, furnishing, or equipping one or more projects or parts thereof; (D) Make loans for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, enlargement, improvement, furnishing, or equipping of projects or parts thereof upon such terms as the issuing authority may determine or authorize, including secured or unsecured loans, and, in connection therewith, enter into loan agreements and other agreements, accept notes or other forms of obligation to evidence such indebtedness and security interests to secure such indebtedness, and take such action as may be considered by it appropriate to protect such security and safeguard against losses, including, without limitation thereto, foreclosure and the bidding upon and purchase of property upon foreclosure or other sale; (E) Enter into contracts and execute all instruments necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of Chapter 165. of the Revised Code; (F) Fix, alter, and collect rentals and other charges for the use and occupancy of a project and lease the project to others, including a contract with, or the granting of an option to the lessee to purchase the project for such price as the issuing authority in its sole discretion determines to be appropriate, after retirement or redemption, or provision therefor, of all the bonds of the issuer issued to provide funds for the project; (G) Retain, contract with, or employ and fix the compensation of financial consultants, appraisers, accounting experts, architects, engineers, attorneys at law, and other employees, agents, and independent contractors as are necessary in the judgment of the issuing authority to carry out the provisions of Chapter 165. of the Revised Code; (H) Pledge, assign, hypothecate, or otherwise encumber as security for the bonds, the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys realized from the use, lease, sale, or other disposition of one or more projects or parts thereof as may be designated in the bond proceedings and enter into trust agreements or indentures of mortgage for the benefit of bondholders; (I) Enter into appropriate arrangements with any federal or state department or agency, county, township, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision, taxing district, or public body or agency for the planning and installation of streets, roads, alleys, water supply and distribution facilities, storm and sanitary sewage collection and disposal facilities, and other necessary appurtenances to a project; (J) Purchase fire and extended coverage and liability insurance for a project, insurance protecting the issuer and its officers and employees against liability for damage to property or injury to or death of persons arising from the project, and any other insurance the issuer may agree to provide under the bond proceedings; (K) Sell, lease, release, or otherwise dispose of real and personal property or interests therein, or a combination thereof, acquired by the issuer under authority of Chapter 165. of the Revised Code and no longer needed for the purposes of such chapter or of the issuer, and grant such easements and other rights in, over, under, or across a project as will not interfere with its use of such property. Such sale, lease, release, disposition, or grant may be made without competitive bidding and in such manner and for such consideration as the issuing authority in its judgment deems appropriate. (L) Do all other acts necessary or appropriate to carry out those of the purposes of Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, that are specified in the first sentence of this section, and the purposes of this chapter. Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.641 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.641
§ 122.641. The lakes in economic distress revolving loan program
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) There is hereby created the lakes in economic distress revolving loan program to assist businesses and other entities that are adversely affected due to economic circumstances that result in the declaration of a lake as an area under economic distress by the director of natural resources under division (A)(2) of this section. The director of development services shall administer the program. (2) The director of natural resources shall do both of the following: (a) Declare a lake as an area under economic distress. The director shall declare a lake as an area under economic distress based solely on environmental or safety issues, including the closure of a dam for safety reasons. (b) Subsequently declare a lake as an area no longer under economic distress when the environmental or safety issues, as applicable, have been resolved. (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the lakes in economic distress revolving loan fund. The fund shall consist of money appropriated to it, all payments of principal and interest on loans made from the fund, and all investment earnings on money in the fund. The director of development services shall use money in the fund to make loans under this section, provided that the loans shall be zero interest loans during the time that an applicable lake has been declared an area under economic distress under division (A)(2)(a) of this section. (C) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised that do both of the following: (1) Establish requirements and procedures for the making of loans under this section, including all of the following: (a) Eligibility criteria; (b) Application procedures; (c) Criteria for approval or disapproval of loans, including a stipulation that an applicant must demonstrate that the loan will help to achieve long-term economic stability in the area; (d) Criteria for repayment of the loans, including the establishment of an interest rate that does not exceed two points less than prime after an applicable lake has been declared as an area no longer under economic distress under division (A)(2)(b) of this section. The eligibility criteria established by the director shall not require applicants to experience a reduction in gross revenue for a defined period of greater than ten per cent. Any material provided to the development services agency by an applicant is not a public record for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall remain confidential. (2) Establish any other provisions necessary to administer this section. (D) In administering the program, the director shall assist businesses and other entities in determining the amount of loans needed. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.80
§ 135.80. Municipal, port or lake facilities authority, and county linked deposit program
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, by ordinance; the board of directors of a port authority or a lake facilities authority, by resolution; or the board of county commissioners, by resolution, may establish a linked deposit program authorizing the treasurer or governing board of the municipal corporation, the board of directors of the port authority or lake facilities authority, or the investing authority of the county, as created or designated by the ordinance or resolution, to place certificates of deposit at up to three per cent below market rates with an eligible lending institution applying for interim moneys as provided in section 135.08 of the Revised Code, selected to invest port authority or lake facilities authority moneys in linked deposit programs pursuant to section 4582.54 or 353.15 of the Revised Code, or applying for inactive moneys as provided in section 135.32 of the Revised Code, provided the institution agrees to lend the value of such deposit to eligible borrowers at up to three per cent below the present borrowing rate applicable to each borrower. The ordinance or resolution shall include requirements and provisions that are necessary to establish the program, including, but not limited to: (1) Eligibility requirements for borrowers who may receive reduced rate loans under the program; (2) Application procedures for borrowers and institutions wishing to participate in the program; (3) Review procedures for applications and criteria for acceptance or rejection of applications for reduced rate loans; (4) Necessary agreements between the eligible lending institution and the treasurer or governing board of the municipal corporation, the board of directors of the port authority or lake facilities authority, or the investing authority of the county to carry out the purposes of the linked deposit program; (5) Annual reports regarding the operation of the program to be made by the treasurer or governing board to the legislative authority, the eligible lending institution to the board of directors of the port authority or lake facilities authority, or the investing authority to the board of county commissioners. (B) The municipal corporation and the treasurer or governing board, the port authority or lake facilities authority and the board of directors, and the county and the investing authority or the board of county commissioners, are not liable to any eligible lending institution in any manner for the payment of the principal or interest on any reduced rate loan made under the program, and any delay in payment or default on the part of any borrower does not in any manner affect the deposit agreement between the eligible lending institution and the treasurer or governing board, the board of directors, or the investing authority or board of county commissioners. (C) For purposes of this section: (1) "Investing authority" has the same meaning as in section 135.31 of the Revised Code. (2) "Port authority" means a port authority created in accordance with section 4582.22 of the Revised Code. (3) "Lake facilities authority" means a lake facilities authority created in accordance with section 353.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.506 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.506
§ 126.506. Participation in technology consolidation projects
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) Each state agency shall participate in information technology consolidation projects implemented by the state chief information officer under section 125.18 of the Revised Code. (B) At the direction of and in the format specified by the director of administrative services, each state agency shall maintain a list of information technology assets possessed by the agency and associated costs related to those assets.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.13
§ 121.13. Advisory boards may be provided
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The director of each department may, with the approval of the governor, establish and appoint advisory boards to aid in the conduct of the work of his department or any division thereof. Such advisory boards shall exercise no administrative function, and their members shall receive no compensation, but may receive their actual and necessary expenses.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.01 — Ohio Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / Section 101.01
Section 101.01 | Regular session of the general assembly.
Status: in_force

(A) The first regular session of each general assembly shall convene on the first Monday of January in the odd-numbered year, or on the succeeding day if the first Monday of January is a legal holiday, and in second regular session on the same date of the following year.

(B) At one-thirty p.m. of the day specified for the beginning of the first regular session of the general assembly, the president of the senate during the preceding biennium shall take the chair and call the senate to order.January 8, 1979 Senate Bill 437 - 112th General Assembly (A) The first regular session of each general assembly shall convene on the first Monday of January in the odd-numbered year, or on the succeeding day if the first Monday of January is a legal holiday, and in second regular session on the same date of the following year. The second regular session of each general assembly shall be in a continuum of the first regular session. At the second regular session, the general assembly shall consider matters held over from the first regular session, revenue and appropriation bills, and other measures agreed to by a majority of the members elected to either house or recommended by the governor in a public proclamation or a message to the general assembly. (B) At one-thirty p.m. of the day specified for the beginning of the first regular session of the general assembly, the president of the senate during the preceding biennium or in the case of his absence or inability to act, the president pro tempore of the senate during the preceding biennium shall take the chair and call the senate to order. He shall also call the senatorial districts in their numerical order, and as they are called the persons claiming to be senators-elect therefrom shall present their certificates and take the oath of office. If neither the president nor the president pro tempore designated in this division is available to preside at the beginning of the first regular session, the senators and senators-elect shall designate by party caucus the person who shall preside over the organization of the senate. Last updated February 2, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.77 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.77
§ 101.77. Prohibition against contingent fees
Status: in_force

January 1, 1991 House Bill 538 - 118th General Assembly No person shall engage any person to actively advocate in exchange for compensation that is contingent in any way upon the passage, modification, or defeat of any legislation. No person shall accept any engagement to actively advocate in exchange for compensation that is contingent in any way upon the passage, modification, or defeat of any legislation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.15
§ 109.15. Forms of contracts
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The attorney general shall prepare suitable forms of contracts, obligations, and other like instruments of writing for the use of state officers, when requested by the governor, secretary of state, auditor of state, or treasurer of state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 123.283 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 123 / § 123.283
§ 123.283. Ohio cultural and sports facility performance grants
Status: in_force

November 25, 2025 House Bill 434 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: "Ohio sports facility" means all or a portion of a stadium, arena, tennis facility, motorsports complex, or other capital facility in this state. A primary purpose of the facility shall be to provide a site or venue for the presentation to the public of motorsports events, professional tennis tournaments, or events of one or more major or minor league professional athletic or sports teams that are associated with the state or with a city or region of the state. The facility shall be owned by or located on real property owned by the state or a governmental agency, a nonprofit corporation, or a new community authority as defined in section 349.01 of the Revised Code. "Initial estimated construction or renovation cost" means the initial estimated cost to construct a new Ohio sports facility or renovate an existing Ohio sports facility, not including any site acquisition cost, and not including any other state funds awarded to, or to be spent on, the project, other than state funds awarded under this section. (B) Funds from the Ohio cultural and sports facility performance grant fund created in section 123.282 of the Revised Code may be used to pay or reimburse up to twenty-five per cent of the initial estimated construction or renovation cost. No grant may be of an amount greater than two hundred fifty million dollars. No state funds may be awarded under this section until all of the following conditions are met: (1) Any performance grants awarded under this section shall only be used for construction or renovation and on such projects that effectuate permanent improvements at the facility. (2) The professional sports franchise, governmental agency, nonprofit corporation, new community authority, or other organization that would operate the facility has applied to the office of budget and management, on a form and in a manner prescribed by the office of budget and management, to receive the funds. The application shall include a financial and development plan, which shall be evaluated by the office of budget and management, in consultation with the Ohio facilities construction commission and the department of taxation, as applicable. The financial and development plan shall identify the facility to be constructed or renovated, and include or demonstrate, with sufficient detail and clarity, all of the following: (a) An executed lease agreement, operating agreement, management agreement, non-relocation agreement, cooperative use agreement, or other similar agreement, or an executed and binding term sheet if no other agreement is available; (b) The length of time remaining on any existing agreement, including any options to extend, or agreed to in any new agreement or binding term sheet, as described in division (B)(2)(a) of this section; (c) Any state tax credit program that has been awarded, applied for, or is anticipated or otherwise expected to be awarded or applied for, and any associated fiscal impact that it will have on the project; (d) Project phases and associated timelines; (e) How the facility will benefit the state, through at least one of the following mechanisms: (i) That the facility will generate increased state tax revenues under Chapters 5739., 5741., 5747., and 5751. of the Revised Code, which over a period of time will equal or exceed the amount of the performance grant; (ii) That the facility will bring a positive economic impact to the state, as demonstrated by an objectively verifiable economic impact study provided by an independent third party; (iii) Any other objectively verifiable metric or measurement established by the office of budget and management, and approved by the controlling board, that demonstrates that the facility will positively impact the local community, region, or state. (3) If the office of budget and management, in consultation with the Ohio facilities construction commission and the department of taxation, as applicable, is satisfied that the financial and development plan meets the requirements of divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section, the office of budget and management may, subject to the availability of appropriated funds and at its discretion, enter into a tentative agreement with the applicant organization, which shall identify the facility to be constructed or renovated, and specify all of the following: (a) In the case of a facility under division (B)(2)(e)(i) of this section, the target amounts of increased state tax revenues the facility shall generate, and the period over which the facility shall generate the increased state tax revenues, which in no case shall exceed thirty years; (b) In the case of a facility under division (B)(2)(e)(ii) or (B)(2)(e)(iii) of this section, any economic impact targets or indicators, or other objectively verifiable metric or measurement targets or indicators; (c) At the discretion of the office of budget and management, the applicant organization may combine one or more of the target or indicator amounts described under divisions (B)(2)(e)(i) and (B)(2)(e)(ii) of this section to measure the organization's performance under the grant; (d) If the increased state tax revenues, economic activity, or other objectively verifiable metric or measurement do not achieve target amounts or indicators, as determined by the office of budget and management in consultation with the department of taxation, as applicable, the office of budget and management shall take a nonrefundable amount of money equal to the deficit from the escrow account described under division (B)(4) of this section and deposit it into the general revenue fund; (e) If a professional sports franchise intends to use the facility, the professional sports franchise shall not cease playing most of its home games at the Ohio sports facility and begin playing most of its home games at a different facility until the earlier of one of the following dates: (i) The total increased state tax revenues or economic activity have achieved target amounts or indicators, including with funds from the escrow amount under division (B)(4) of this section; (ii) Thirty years after the professional sports franchise plays its initial regular season home game at the newly constructed or renovated Ohio sports facility. Division (B)(3)(e) of this section is in addition to, independent of, and operates concurrently with section 9.67 of the Revised Code. (f) In the case of a motorsports complex, that motorsports events shall be presented at the facility for the period described in the agreement entered into under division (B)(3) of this section, and that any motorsports organization that commits to using the facility for an established period of time shall give the office of budget and management not less than six months' advance notice if the organization intends to cease utilizing the facility prior to the expiration of that established period, and that if the motorsports organization does so, the motorsports organization shall be liable to the state for any performance grant funds used on the construction or renovation costs of the facility, which shall include drawing down the remainder of any escrow account established under division (B)(4) of this section; (g) In the case of a tennis facility, that the owner or manager of the facility shall provide contractual commitments from a national or international professional tennis organization in a form acceptable to the office of budget and management and the controlling board, in consultation with the Ohio facilities construction commission, that assures that one or more sanctioned professional tennis events will be presented at the facility during each year of the period described in the agreement entered into under division (B)(3) of this section. Any national or international professional tennis organization that commits to using the facility for an established period of time shall give the owner or manager of the facility and the office of budget and management not less than six months' advance notice if the organization intends to cease utilizing the facility prior to the expiration of that established period, and that if the organization does so, the organization and owner or manager of the facility shall be jointly and severally liable to the state for any performance grant funds used on the construction or renovation costs of the facility, which shall include drawing down the remainder of any escrow account established under division (B)(4) of this section. (h) The applicant organization shall hold the state of Ohio, including the office of budget and management, the Ohio facilities construction commission, the department of taxation, and the controlling board harmless from all liability for the operation and maintenance costs of the facility, and any costs incurred related to the grant application, agreement entered into under division (B)(3) of this section, the escrow deposited under division (B)(4) of this section, or the submission to controlling board for approval. (4) In the case of a facility under division (B)(2)(e) of this section, the professional sports franchise, governmental agency, nonprofit corporation, new community authority, or other organization that would operate the facility, upon reaching the agreement with the office of budget and management under division (B)(3) of this section, has executed and filed with the office of budget and management an escrow amount equal to five per cent of the total amount of the performance grant applied for, which shall be deposited in an interest-bearing account maintained within the state treasury, nonrefundable disbursements from which shall be as described in division (B)(3)(d) of this section. Whatever remains of the amount in escrow after the period described in division (B)(3)(a) of this section, or after a period agreed upon under division (B)(3)(b) or (B)(3)(c) of this section, including any interest earnings thereon, shall be returned to the applicant organization, upon certification by the office of budget and management, in consultation with the department of taxation, as applicable, that all conditions of the agreement are satisfied. The agreement under division (B)(3) of this section may provide for a process and timeline by which the applicant organization may seek a determination that all target amounts and indicators have been achieved or exceeded, then apply for the return of any remaining escrow balance. (5) The agreement under division (B)(3) of this section is submitted to, and approved by, the controlling board. Approval of any such agreement is wholly within the controlling board's discretion, and no such agreement is in any way final or enforceable unless and until the controlling board approves it. As part of its consideration, the controlling board may evaluate all grant application and agreement requirements and materials, as provided for under this section, as well as any other factor, criteria, data, metric, measurement, or information or documents the controlling board determines necessary. (C) Every person who owns real property located in, enters into a lease, license, use, or operating agreement for all or a portion of the building and facilities located in, or purchases or leases materials and items used in construction or renovation in the facility is subject to reporting requirements as may be required by the department of taxation, in consultation with the office of budget and management and the Ohio facilities construction commission, for the purposes of this section. Compliance with these requirements may be evidenced by an instrument that is duly recorded with the county recorder. (D) The office of budget and management, Ohio facilities construction commission, and department of taxation, as applicable, may develop forms necessary to implement and administer this section. Last updated January 6, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.4043 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.4043
§ 122.4043. Grant awards
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly (A) The broadband expansion program authority shall award program grants under the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program after reviewing applications sent to the authority by the development services agency. Awards shall be granted after the authority scores applications based on the scoring system under sections 122.4040 and 122.4041 of the Revised Code. (B) In awarding program grants, the authority shall consider all regulatory obligations under applicable law. The authority may not consider any of the following: (1) Proposed project conditions that require open access networks or that establish a specific rate, service, or other obligation not specified for the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program; (2) Factors that would constrain a broadband provider that receives a grant from offering or providing tier two broadband service in the same manner as the service is offered by broadband providers in other areas of the state without funding from the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program. (C) Upon making the program grant awards, the authority shall notify the broadband providers that submitted applications of the award decisions. The authority shall publish the program grant awards on the agency's web site. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.035 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.035
§ 107.035. Previous appropriations considered in determining limitations
Status: in_force

September 5, 2006 Senate Bill 321 - 126th General Assembly Any appropriation that, for fiscal year 2007, was an aggregate general revenue fund appropriation shall be considered an aggregate general revenue fund appropriation for each succeeding fiscal year with respect to the determination of the state appropriation limitation under section 107.033 of the Revised Code, even if it is made from a different fund. Any new general revenue fund appropriation made in a fiscal year after fiscal year 2007 shall be considered an aggregate general revenue fund appropriation for each succeeding fiscal year after it is first made with respect to the determination of the state appropriation limitation under section 107.033 of the Revised Code, even if it is made from a different fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.452 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.452
§ 145.452. Continuation of service credit purchase upon death of member
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly The surviving spouse of a member who dies on or after the effective date of this amendment may continue any service credit purchase the member initiated before death. A purchase shall be considered to have been initiated before the member's death if the member made one or more payments for the purchase before death. Any service credit purchased under this section shall be applied under the provisions of this chapter in the same manner as it would have been applied had it been purchased by the deceased member during the deceased member's lifetime.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.473 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.473
§ 117.473. Feasibility studies to determine efficiency or cost savings realized by sharing services or facilities
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly A state agency or local public office may request that the auditor of state conduct a feasibility study to determine if greater efficiency or cost savings could be realized by the state agency or local public office sharing services or facilities with other state agencies or local public offices. In the request, the requesting state agency or local public office shall identify for the auditor of state the specific state agencies or local public offices that may be included within the proposed plan for sharing services or facilities. The auditor of state may proceed with a requested feasibility study at the discretion of the auditor of state. The auditor of state shall provide written notification to each state agency and local public office that is identified in a request. The auditor of state may review only those identified state agencies or local public offices that do not opt out. To opt out, a state agency or local public office shall provide an opt out notice to the auditor of state within sixty days of the date on which the auditor's notification to the state agency or local public office is postmarked. If a state agency or local public office opts out of a requested feasibility study, the auditor of state, at the auditor's discretion, may cancel the feasibility study or may proceed to conduct the feasibility study considering only the identified state agencies and local public offices that have not opted out. Not later than ten days before commencing a feasibility study requested under this section, the auditor of state shall provide written notice to the requesting state agency or local public office, and any other state agency or local public office that consented to being reviewed, of the date the study will be commenced. The auditor of state shall pay the costs incurred by the auditor or the auditing team in conducting feasibility studies under this section. Not later than one hundred eighty days after completing a feasibility study, the auditor of state shall conduct a public hearing on the feasibility study findings. Not later than ten days before the date of the public hearing, the auditor shall give notice of the date, time, and location of the public hearing in writing to the state agency or local public office that requested the feasibility study, to any other state agency or local public office that consented to being reviewed, and on the auditor's web site. Last updated September 6, 2023 at 4:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.20
§ 125.20. Administrative services internet-accessible database
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) Within one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section, the director of administrative services shall establish an electronic site accessible through the internet to publish the following: (1) A database containing each state employee's gross pay from the most recent pay period. The database shall contain the name of the agency, position title, and employee name. (2) A database containing tax credits issued by the director of development to business entities that shall contain the name under which the tax credit is known, the name of the entity receiving the credit, and the county in which the credit recipient's principal place of business in this state is located. The director of administrative services may adopt rules governing the means by which information is submitted and databases are updated. Last updated October 13, 2021 at 10:45 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.18
§ 135.18. Security for repayment of public moneys
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Each institution designated as a public depository and awarded public deposits under sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code, except as provided in section 135.145 of the Revised Code, shall provide security for the repayment of all public deposits by selecting one of the following methods: (1) Securing all uninsured public deposits of each public depositor separately as set forth in divisions (B) to (J) of this section; (2) Securing all uninsured public deposits of every public depositor pursuant to section 135.181 or 135.182 of the Revised Code, as applicable, by establishing and pledging to the treasurer of state a single pool of collateral for the benefit of every public depositor at the public depository. (B) If a public depository elects to provide security pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section, the public depository shall pledge to the public depositor, as security for the repayment of all public moneys deposited in the public depository during the period of designation pursuant to an award made under sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code, eligible securities of aggregate market value at all times equal to at least one hundred five per cent of the total amount of the public depositor's uninsured public deposits. (C) In order for a public depository to receive public moneys under this section, the public depository and the public depositor shall first execute an agreement that sets forth the entire arrangement among the parties and that meets the requirements described in 12 U.S.C. 1823(e). In addition, the agreement shall authorize the public depositor to obtain control of the collateral pursuant to division (D) of section 1308.24 of the Revised Code. (D) The following securities or other obligations shall be eligible for the purposes of this section: (1) Bonds, notes, or other obligations of the United States; or bonds, notes, or other obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States or those for which the faith of the United States is pledged for the payment of principal and interest thereon, by language appearing in the instrument specifically providing such guarantee or pledge and not merely by interpretation or otherwise; (2) Bonds, notes, debentures, letters of credit, or other obligations or securities issued by any federal government agency or instrumentality, or the export-import bank of Washington; bonds, notes, or other obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States or those for which the faith of the United States is pledged for the payment of principal and interest thereon, by interpretation or otherwise and not by language appearing in the instrument specifically providing such guarantee or pledge; (3) Obligations of or fully insured or fully guaranteed by the United States or any federal government agency or instrumentality; (4) Obligations partially insured or partially guaranteed by any federal agency or instrumentality; (5) Obligations of or fully guaranteed by the federal national mortgage association, federal home loan mortgage corporation, federal farm credit bank, or student loan marketing association; (6) Bonds and other obligations of this state; (7) Bonds and other obligations of any county, township, school district, municipal corporation, or other legally constituted taxing subdivision of this state, which is not at the time of such deposit, in default in the payment of principal or interest on any of its bonds or other obligations, for which the full faith and credit of the issuing subdivision is pledged; (8) Bonds of other states of the United States which have not during the ten years immediately preceding the time of such deposit defaulted in payments of either interest or principal on any of their bonds; (9) Shares of no-load money market mutual funds consisting exclusively of obligations described in division (D)(1) or (2) of this section and repurchase agreements secured by such obligations; (10) A surety bond issued by a corporate surety licensed by the state and authorized to issue surety bonds in this state pursuant to Chapter 3929. of the Revised Code, and qualified to provide surety bonds to the federal government pursuant to 96 Stat. 1047 (1982), 31 U.S.C.A. 9304; (11) Bonds or other obligations of any county, municipal corporation, or other legally constituted taxing subdivision of another state of the United States, or of any instrumentality of such county, municipal corporation, or other taxing subdivision, for which the full faith and credit of the issuer is pledged and, at the time of purchase of the bonds or other obligations, rated in one of the two highest categories by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization. (E) An institution designated as a public depository shall designate a qualified trustee and place the eligible securities required by division (D) of this section with the trustee for safekeeping. The trustee shall hold the eligible securities in an account indicating the public depositor's security interest in the securities. The trustee shall report to the public depositor information relating to the securities pledged to secure the public deposits in the manner and frequency required by the public depositor. (F) The qualified trustee shall enter into a custodial agreement with the public depositor and public depository in which the trustee agrees to comply with entitlement orders originated by the public depositor without further consent by the public depository or, in the case of collateral held by the public depository in an account at a federal reserve bank, the public depositor shall have the public depositor's security interest marked on the books of the federal reserve bank where the account for the collateral is maintained. If the public depository fails to pay over any part of the public deposits made by the public depositor therein as provided by law, the public depositor shall give written notice of this failure to the qualified trustee holding the securities pledged against its public deposits and, at the same time, shall send a copy of this notice to the public depository. Upon receipt of this notice, the trustee shall transfer to the public depositor for sale, the securities that are necessary to produce an amount equal to the public deposits made by the public depositor and not paid over, less the portion of the deposits covered by any federal deposit insurance, plus any accrued interest due on the deposits. The public depositor shall sell any of the bonds or other securities so transferred. When a sale of bonds or other securities has been so made and upon payment to the public depositor of the purchase money, the public depositor shall transfer such bonds or securities whereupon the absolute ownership of such bonds or securities shall pass to the purchasers. Any surplus after deducting the amount due the public depositor and expenses of sale shall be paid to the public depository. (G) When the public depository has placed eligible securities described in division (D)(1) of this section with a trustee for safekeeping, the public depository may at any time substitute or exchange eligible securities described in division (D)(1) of this section having a current market value equal to or greater than the current market value of the securities then on deposit and for which they are to be substituted or exchanged, without specific authorization from any public depositor's governing board, boards, or treasurer of any such substitution or exchange. (H) When the public depository has placed eligible securities described in divisions (D)(2) to (9) of this section with a trustee for safekeeping, the public depository may at any time substitute or exchange eligible securities having a current market value equal to or greater than the current market value of the securities then on deposit and for which they are to be substituted or exchanged without specific authorization of any public depositor's governing board, boards, or treasurer of any such substitution or exchange only if one of the following applies: (1) The public depositor has authorized the public depository to make such substitution or exchange on a continuing basis during a specified period without prior approval of each substitution or exchange. The authorization may be effected by the public depositor sending to the trustee a written notice stating that substitution may be effected on a continuing basis during a specified period which shall not extend beyond the end of the period of designation during which the notice is given. The trustee may rely upon this notice and upon the period of authorization stated therein and upon the period of designation stated therein. (2) The public depository notifies the public depositor and the trustee of an intended substitution or exchange, and the public depositor does not object to the trustee as to the eligibility or market value of the securities being substituted within three business days after the date appearing on the notice of proposed substitution. The notice to the public depositor and to the trustee shall be given in writing and delivered electronically. The trustee may assume in any case that the notice has been delivered to the public depositor. In order for objections of the public depositor to be effective, receipt of the objections must be acknowledged in writing by the trustee. (3) The public depositor gives written authorization for a substitution or exchange of specific securities. (I) The public depository shall notify any public depositor of any substitution or exchange under division (H)(1) or (2) of this section. (J) Any federal reserve bank or branch thereof located in this state or federal home loan bank, without compliance with Chapter 1111. of the Revised Code and without becoming subject to any other law of this state relative to the exercise by corporations of trust powers generally, is qualified to act as trustee for the safekeeping of securities, under this section. Any institution mentioned in section 135.03 or 135.32 of the Revised Code that holds a certificate of qualification issued by the superintendent of financial institutions or any institution complying with sections 1111.04 , 1111.05 , and 1111.06 of the Revised Code, is qualified to act as trustee for the safekeeping of securities under this section, other than those belonging to itself or to an affiliate as defined in section 1101.01 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding the fact that a public depository is required to pledge eligible securities in certain amounts to secure deposits of public moneys, a trustee has no duty or obligation to determine the eligibility, market value, or face value of any securities deposited with the trustee by a public depository. This applies in all situations including, without limitation, a substitution or exchange of securities. Any charges or compensation of a designated trustee for acting as such under this section shall be paid by the public depository and in no event shall be chargeable to the state or the subdivision or to any officer of the state or subdivision. The charges or compensation shall not be a lien or charge upon the securities deposited for safekeeping prior or superior to the rights to and interests in the securities of the public depositor. The treasurer and the treasurer's bonders or surety shall be relieved from any liability to the public depositor or to the public depository for the loss or destruction of any securities deposited with a qualified trustee pursuant to this section. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 161.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 161 / § 161.08
§ 161.08. Limiting successions
Status: in_force

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.
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.22
§ 128.22. 9-1-1 program office powers
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The 9-1-1 program office may do all of the following: (A) Expend funds from the 9-1-1 program fund for the purposes of 9-1-1 public education; (B) Coordinate, adopt, and communicate all necessary technical and operational standards and requirements to ensure an effective model for a statewide interconnected 9-1-1 system; (C) Collect and distribute data from and to public safety answering points, service providers, and emergency service providers regarding both of the following: (1) The status and operation of the components of the statewide 9-1-1 system, including all of the following: (a) The aggregate number of access lines that the provider maintains within this state; (b) The aggregate amount of costs and cost recovery associated with providing 9-1-1 service, including coverage under tariffs and bill and keep arrangements within this state; (c) Any other information requested by the steering committee and deemed necessary to support the transition to next generation 9-1-1. (2) Location information necessary for the reconciliation and synchronization of next generation 9-1-1 location information, including all of the following: (a) Address location information; (b) Master street address guide; (c) Service order inputs; (d) Geographic information system files; (e) Street center lines; (f) Response boundaries; (g) Administrative boundaries; (h) Address points. (D) Require, coordinate, oversee, and limit data collection and distribution to ensure that data collection and distribution meets legal privacy and confidentiality requirements; (E) With advice from the 9-1-1 steering committee, enter into interlocal contracts, interstate contracts, intrastate contracts, and federal contracts for the purpose of implementing statewide 9-1-1 services. Last updated October 5, 2023 at 4:51 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.025 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.025
§ 131.025. Participation in federal treasury offset program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The attorney general shall enter into an agreement with the United States secretary of the treasury to participate in the federal treasury offset program for the collection of the following debts certified to the attorney general pursuant to section 131.02 of the Revised Code: (A) State income tax obligations pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 6402(e); (B) Covered unemployment compensation debts pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 6402(f). For the purpose of this section, "state income tax" includes taxes levied pursuant to Chapter 718. of the Revised Code to the extent that such taxes qualify for the federal treasury offset program under 26 U.S.C. 6402(e). Notwithstanding section 718.01 of the Revised Code, for the sole purpose of meeting the requirements of the federal treasury offset program, the attorney general is the tax administrator, as defined in that section, respecting delinquencies arising from taxes levied pursuant to Chapter 718. of the Revised Code once delinquency is certified to the attorney general for collection under section 131.02 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 20, 2021 at 10:12 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 161.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 161 / § 161.04
§ 161.04. Designating interim successors
Status: in_force

September 30, 1963 Senate Bill 199 - 105th General Assembly All state officers, subject to such regulations as may be issued by the governor, or other official authorized under the constitution and sections 161.01 to 161.29 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of governor, shall, in addition to any deputies authorized pursuant to law to exercise all of the powers and discharge the duties of the offices, designate by title emergency interim successors and specify their order of succession. The officers shall review and revise, as necessary, designations made pursuant to sections 161.01 to 161.29 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, to insure their current status. In the event that any state officer is unavailable following an attack, and in the event his deputy, if any, is also unavailable the said powers of his office shall be exercised and said duties of his office shall be discharged by his designated emergency interim successors in the order specified. Such emergency interim successors shall exercise said powers and discharge said duties only until such time as the governor under the constitution or authority other than Chapter 161. of the Revised Code, or other official authorized under the constitution or otherwise by law to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of governor, may, where a vacancy exists, appoint a successor to fill the vacancy or until a successor is otherwise appointed, or elected and qualified as provided by law; or an officer, or his deputy or a preceding named emergency interim successor, becomes available to exercise or resume the exercise of the powers and discharge the duties of his office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.11
§ 126.11. Coordination and approval of scheduling sales of certain obligations
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) The director of budget and management shall, upon consultation with the treasurer of state, coordinate and approve the scheduling of initial sales of publicly offered securities of the state and of publicly offered fractionalized interests in or securitized issues of public obligations of the state. The director shall from time to time develop and distribute to state issuers an approved sale schedule for each of the obligations covered by division (A) or (B) of this section. Division (A) of this section applies only to those obligations on which the state or a state agency is the direct obligor or obligor on any backup security or related credit enhancement facility or source of money subject to state appropriations that is intended for payment of those obligations. (2) The issuers of obligations pursuant to section 151.03 , 151.04 , 151.05 , 151.07 , 151.08 , or 151.09 or Chapter 5537. of the Revised Code shall submit to the director: (a) For review and approval: the projected sale date, amount, and type of obligations proposed to be sold; their purpose, security, and source of payment; the proposed structure and maturity schedule; the trust agreement and any supplemental agreements; and any credit enhancement facilities or interest rate hedges for the obligations; (b) For review and comment: the authorizing order or resolution; preliminary and final offering documents; method of sale; preliminary and final pricing information; and any written reports or recommendations of financial advisors or consultants relating to those obligations; (c) Promptly after each sale of those obligations: final terms, including sale price, maturity schedule and yields, and sources and uses; names of the original purchasers or underwriters; a copy of the final offering document and of the transcript of proceedings; and any other pertinent information requested by the director. (3) The issuer of obligations pursuant to section 151.06 or 151.40 or Chapter 154. of the Revised Code shall submit to the director: (a) For review and mutual agreement: the projected sale date, amount, and type of obligations proposed to be sold; their purpose, security, and source of payment; the proposed structure and maturity schedule; the trust agreement and any supplemental agreements; and any credit enhancement facilities or interest rate hedges for the obligations; (b) For review and comment: the authorizing order or resolution; preliminary and final offering documents; method of sale; preliminary and final pricing information; and any written reports or recommendations of financial advisors or consultants relating to those obligations; (c) Promptly after each sale of those obligations: final terms, including sale price, maturity schedule and yields, and sources and uses; names of the original purchasers or underwriters; a copy of the final offering document and of the transcript of proceedings; and any other pertinent information requested by the director. (4) The issuers of obligations pursuant to Chapter 166., 4981., 5540., or 6121., or section 5531.10 , of the Revised Code shall submit to the director: (a) For review and comment: the projected sale date, amount, and type of obligations proposed to be sold; the purpose, security, and source of payment; and preliminary and final offering documents; (b) Promptly after each sale of those obligations: final terms, including a maturity schedule; names of the original purchasers or underwriters; a copy of the complete continuing disclosure agreement pursuant to S.E.C. rule 15c2-12 or equivalent rule as from time to time in effect; and any other pertinent information requested by the director. (5) Not later than thirty days after the end of a fiscal year, each issuer of obligations subject to divisions (A) and (B) of this section shall submit to the director and to the treasurer of state a sale plan for the then current fiscal year for each type of obligation, projecting the amount and term of each issuance, the method of sale, and the month of sale. (B) Issuers of obligations pursuant to section 3318.085 or Chapter 175., 3366., 3706., 3737., 6121., or 6123. of the Revised Code shall submit to the director copies of the preliminary and final offering documents upon their availability if not previously submitted pursuant to division (A) of this section. (C) State agencies or state issuers seeking new legislation or changes to existing law relating to public obligations for which the state or a state agency is the direct obligor, or obligor on any backup security or related credit enhancement facility, shall timely submit the legislation or changes to the director for review and comment. (D) Not later than the first day of January of each year, every state agency obligated to make payments on outstanding public obligations with respect to which fractionalized interests have been publicly issued, such as certificates of participation, shall submit a report to the director of the amounts payable from state appropriations under those public obligations during the then current and next two fiscal years, identifying the appropriation or intended appropriation from which payment is expected to be made. (E)(1) Information relating generally to the historic, current, or future demographics or economy or financial condition or funds or general operations of the state, and descriptions of any state contractual obligations relating to public obligations, to be contained in any offering document, continuing disclosure document, or written presentation prepared, approved, or provided, or committed to be provided, by an issuer in connection with the original issuance and sale of, or rating, remarketing, or credit enhancement facilities relating to, public obligations referred to in division (A) of this section shall be approved as to format and accuracy by the director before being presented, published, or disseminated in preliminary, draft, or final form, or publicly filed in paper, electronic, or other format. (2) Except for information described in division (E)(1) of this section that is to be contained in an offering document, continuing disclosure document, or written presentation, division (E)(1) of this section does not inhibit direct communication between an issuer and a rating agency, remarketing agent, or credit enhancement provider concerning an issuance of public obligations referred to in division (A) of this section or matters associated with that issuance. (3) The materials approved and provided pursuant to division (E) of this section are the information relating to the particular subjects provided by the state or state agencies that are required or contemplated by any applicable state or federal securities laws and any commitments by the state or state agencies made under those laws. Reliance for the purpose should not be placed on any other information publicly provided, in any format including electronic, by any state agency for other purposes, including general information provided to the public or to portions of the public. A statement to that effect shall be included in those materials so approved or provided. (F) Issuers of obligations referred to in division (A) of this section may take steps, by formal agreement, covenants in the proceedings, or otherwise, as may be necessary or appropriate to comply or permit compliance with applicable lawful disclosure requirements relating to those obligations, and may, subject to division (E) of this section, provide, make available, or file copies of any required disclosure materials as necessary or appropriate. Any such formal agreement or covenant relating to subjects referred to in division (E) of this section, and any description of that agreement or covenant to be contained in any offering document, shall be approved by the director before being entered into or published or publicly disseminated in preliminary, draft, or final form or publicly filed in paper, electronic, or other format. The director shall be responsible for making all filings in compliance with those requirements relating to direct obligations of the state, including fractionalized interests in those obligations. (G) No state agency or official shall, without the approval of the director of budget and management and either the general assembly or the state controlling board, do either of the following: (1) Enter into or commit to enter into a public obligation under which fractionalized interests in the payments are to be publicly offered, which payments are anticipated to be made from money from any source appropriated or to be appropriated by the general assembly or in which the provision stated in section 9.94 of the Revised Code is not included; (2) Except as otherwise expressly authorized for the purpose by law, agree or commit to provide, from money from any source to be appropriated in the future by the general assembly, financial assistance to or participation in the costs of capital facilities, or the payment of debt charges, directly or by way of a credit enhancement facility, a reserve, rental payments, or otherwise, on obligations issued to pay costs of capital facilities. (H) As used in this section, "interest rate hedge" has the same meaning as in section 9.98 of the Revised Code; "credit enhancement facilities," "debt charges," "fractionalized interests in public obligations," "obligor," "public issuer," and "securities" have the same meanings as in section 133.01 of the Revised Code; "public obligation" has the same meaning as in division (GG)(2) of section 133.01 of the Revised Code; "obligations" means securities or public obligations or fractionalized interests in them; "issuers" means issuers of securities or state obligors on public obligations; "offering document" means an official statement, offering circular, private placement memorandum, or prospectus, or similar document; and "director" means the director of budget and management or the employee of the office of budget and management designated by the director for the purpose.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.333 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.333
§ 149.333. Applying for record disposal or transfer
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly No state agency shall retain, destroy, or otherwise transfer its state records in violation of this section. This section does not apply to state-supported institutions of higher education. Each state agency shall submit to the state records program under the director of administrative services all applications for records disposal or transfer and all schedules of records retention and destruction. The state records program shall review the applications and schedules and provide written approval, rejection, or modification of an application or schedule. The state records program shall then forward the application for records disposal or transfer or the schedule for retention or destruction, with the program's recommendation attached, to the auditor of state for review and approval. The decision of the auditor of state to approve, reject, or modify the application or schedule shall be based upon the continuing administrative and fiscal value of the state records to the state or to its citizens. If the auditor of state disapproves the action by the state agency, the auditor of state shall so inform the state agency through the state records program within sixty days, and the records shall not be destroyed. At the same time, the state records program shall forward the application for records disposal or transfer or the schedule for retention or destruction to the state archivist for review and approval. The state archivist shall have sixty days to select for custody the state records that the state archivist determines to be of continuing historical value. Records not selected shall be disposed of in accordance with this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.86 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.86
§ 101.86. Evaluating usefulness, performance, and effectiveness of agency
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 Senate Bill 331 - 133rd General Assembly (A) Not later than six months before the date on which an agency is scheduled to expire, the sunset review committee shall hold hearings to receive the testimony of the public and of the chief executive officer of each agency scheduled for review, and otherwise shall consider and evaluate the usefulness, performance, and effectiveness of the agency. (B) Each agency that is scheduled for review shall submit to the committee a report that contains all of the following information: (1) The agency's primary purpose and its various goals and objectives; (2) The agency's past and anticipated workload, the number of staff required to complete that workload, and the agency's total number of staff; (3) The agency's past and anticipated budgets and its sources of funding; (4) The number of members of its governing board or other governing entity and their compensation, if any. (C) Each agency shall have the burden of demonstrating to the committee a public need for its continued existence. In determining whether an agency has demonstrated that need, the committee shall consider all of the following: (1) The extent to which the agency has permitted qualified applicants to serve the public; (2) The cost-effectiveness of the agency in terms of number of employees, services rendered, and administrative costs incurred, both past and present; (3) The extent to which the agency has operated in the public interest, and whether its operation has been impeded or enhanced by existing statutes and procedures and by budgetary, resource, and personnel practices; (4) Whether the agency has recommended statutory changes to the general assembly that would benefit the public as opposed to the persons regulated by the agency, if any, and whether its recommendations and other policies have been adopted and implemented; (5) Whether the agency has required any persons it regulates to report to it the impact of agency rules and decisions on the public as they affect service costs and service delivery; (6) Whether persons regulated by the agency, if any, have been required to assess problems in their business operations that affect the public; (7) Whether the agency has encouraged public participation in its rule-making and decision-making; (8) The efficiency with which formal public complaints filed with the agency have been processed to completion; (9) Whether the programs or services of the agency duplicate or overlap those of other agencies; (10) Whether the purpose for which the agency was created has been fulfilled, has changed, or no longer exists; (11) Whether federal law requires that the agency be renewed in some form; (12) Changes needed in the enabling laws of the agency in order for it to comply with the criteria suggested by the considerations listed in divisions (C)(1) to (11) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.03
§ 111.03. Assistant secretary of state
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The secretary of state may appoint an assistant secretary of state, whose appointment shall be made in writing under the seal of the secretary of state and entered on record in his office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.42
§ 109.42. Compilation of laws relative to victim's rights
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 Senate Bill 16 (GA 135), House Bill 33 (GA 135) (A) The attorney general shall prepare and make available a compilation of all constitutional provisions and statutes relative to victim's rights in which the attorney general lists and explains the constitutional provisions and statutes in the form of a victim's bill of rights. The attorney general shall make the compilation available to all sheriffs, marshals, municipal corporation and township police departments, constables, and other law enforcement agencies, to all prosecuting attorneys, city directors of law, village solicitors, and other similar chief legal officers of municipal corporations, and to organizations that represent or provide services for victims of crime. The victim's bill of rights set forth in the compilation shall contain a description of all of the rights of victims that are provided for in the Ohio Constitution, or in Chapter 2930. or any other section of the Revised Code and shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) The right of a victim and a victim's representative, if applicable, to attend a proceeding before a grand jury, in a juvenile delinquency case, or in a criminal case without being discharged from the victim's or victim's representative's employment, having the victim's or victim's representative's employment terminated, having the victim's or victim's representative's pay decreased or withheld, or otherwise being punished, penalized, or threatened as a result of time lost from regular employment because of the victim's or victim's representative's attendance at the proceeding, as set forth in section 2151.211 , 2930.18 , 2939.121 , or 2945.451 of the Revised Code; (2) The potential availability pursuant to section 2151.359 or 2152.61 of the Revised Code of a forfeited recognizance to pay damages caused by a child when the delinquency of the child or child's violation of probation or community control is found to be proximately caused by the failure of the child's parent or guardian to subject the child to reasonable parental authority or to faithfully discharge the conditions of probation or community control; (3) The availability of awards of reparations pursuant to sections 2743.51 to 2743.72 of the Revised Code for injuries caused by criminal offenses; (4) The opportunity to obtain a court order, pursuant to section 2945.04 of the Revised Code, to prevent or stop the commission of the offense of intimidation of a crime victim or witness or an offense against the person or property of the complainant, or of the complainant's ward or child; (5) The right of the victim and the victim's representative pursuant to the Ohio Constitution and sections 2151.38 , 2929.20 , 2930.10 , 2930.16 , and 2930.17 of the Revised Code to receive notice of a pending motion for judicial release or other early release of the person who committed the offense against the victim, to make a statement orally, in writing, or both at the court hearing on the motion, and to be notified of the court's decision on the motion; (6) The right of the victim and the victim's representative, if applicable, pursuant to the Ohio Constitution and section 2930.16 , 2967.12 , 2967.26 , 2967.271 , or 5139.56 of the Revised Code to receive notice of any pending commutation, pardon, parole, transitional control, discharge, other form of authorized release, post-release control, or supervised release for the person who committed the offense against the victim or any application for release of that person and to send a written statement relative to the victimization and the pending action to the adult parole authority or the release authority of the department of youth services; (7) The right of the victim to bring a civil action pursuant to sections 2969.01 to 2969.06 of the Revised Code to obtain money from the offender's profit fund; (8) The right, pursuant to section 3109.09 of the Revised Code, to maintain a civil action to recover compensatory damages not exceeding ten thousand dollars and costs from the parent of a minor who willfully damages property through the commission of an act that would be a theft offense, as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, if committed by an adult; (9) The right, pursuant to section 3109.10 of the Revised Code, to maintain a civil action to recover compensatory damages not exceeding ten thousand dollars and costs from the parent of a minor who willfully and maliciously assaults a person; (10) The right of the victim, pursuant to section 2152.20 , 2152.203 , 2929.18 , 2929.28 , or 2929.281 of the Revised Code, to receive restitution from an offender or a delinquent child; (11) The right of a victim of domestic violence, including domestic violence in a dating relationship as defined in section 3113.31 of the Revised Code, to seek the issuance of a civil protection order pursuant to that section, the right of a victim of a violation of section 2903.14 , 2909.06 , 2909.07 , 2911.12 , 2911.211 , or 2919.22 of the Revised Code, a violation of a substantially similar municipal ordinance, or an offense of violence who is a family or household member of the offender at the time of the offense to seek the issuance of a temporary protection order pursuant to section 2919.26 of the Revised Code, and the right of both types of victims to be accompanied by a victim advocate during court proceedings; (12) The right of a victim of a sexually oriented offense or of a child-victim oriented offense that is committed by a person who is convicted of, pleads guilty to, or is adjudicated a delinquent child for committing the offense and who is in a category specified in division (B) of section 2950.10 of the Revised Code to receive, pursuant to that section, notice that the person has registered with a sheriff under section 2950.04 , 2950.041 , or 2950.05 of the Revised Code and notice of the person's name, the person's residence that is registered, and the offender's school, institution of higher education, or place of employment address or addresses that are registered, the person's photograph, and a summary of the manner in which the victim must make a request to receive the notice. As used in this division, "sexually oriented offense" and "child-victim oriented offense" have the same meanings as in section 2950.01 of the Revised Code. (13) The right of a victim of certain sexually violent offenses committed by an offender who also is convicted of or pleads guilty to a sexually violent predator specification and who is sentenced to a prison term pursuant to division (A)(3) of section 2971.03 of the Revised Code, of a victim of a violation of division (A)(1)(b) of section 2907.02 of the Revised Code committed on or after January 2, 2007, by an offender who is sentenced for the violation pursuant to division (B)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of section 2971.03 of the Revised Code, of a victim of an attempted rape committed on or after January 2, 2007, by an offender who also is convicted of or pleads guilty to a specification of the type described in section 2941.1418 , 2941.1419 , or 2941.1420 of the Revised Code and is sentenced for the violation pursuant to division (B)(2)(a), (b), or (c) of section 2971.03 of the Revised Code, and of a victim of an offense that is described in division (B)(3)(a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 2971.03 of the Revised Code and is committed by an offender who is sentenced pursuant to one of those divisions to receive, pursuant to section 2930.16 of the Revised Code, notice of a hearing to determine whether to modify the requirement that the offender serve the entire prison term in a state correctional facility, whether to continue, revise, or revoke any existing modification of that requirement, or whether to terminate the prison term. As used in this division, "sexually violent offense" and "sexually violent predator specification" have the same meanings as in section 2971.01 of the Revised Code. (14) The right of a victim of a sexually oriented offense to information regarding the status of the sexual assault examination kit collected from the victim pursuant to section 109.68 of the Revised Code. (B)(1)(a) A prosecuting attorney, assistant prosecuting attorney, city director of law, assistant city director of law, village solicitor, assistant village solicitor, or similar chief legal officer of a municipal corporation or an assistant of any of those officers who prosecutes an offense committed in this state, upon first contact with the victim of the offense, the victim's family, or the victim's dependents, shall give the victim, the victim's family, or the victim's dependents a copy of the victim's rights request form created under section 2930.04 of the Revised Code, or a similar form that, at a minimum, contains all the required information listed in that section, and the compilation prepared pursuant to division (A) of this section and explain, upon request, the information in the form and compilation to the victim, the victim's family, or the victim's dependents. The victim may receive either through the online version of the compilation published to the attorney general's web site, or as a paper copy, upon request. (b) A law enforcement agency that investigates a criminal offense or delinquent act committed in this state shall give the victim of the criminal offense or delinquent act, the victim's family, or the victim's dependents a copy of the form and compilation prepared pursuant to division (A) of this section at one of the following times: (i) Upon first contact with the victim, the victim's family, or the victim's dependents, a peace officer from the law enforcement agency investigating the criminal offense or delinquent act against the victim shall determine whether the victim has access to the internet and whether the victim would prefer to access the victim's rights compilation online or if the victim requires a paper copy. The peace officer may give the victim a paper copy upon first contact, if requested, or the peace officer may provide the victim with the attorney general's telephone number to access the compilation at a later time. The attorney general shall provide a web site address at which a printable version of the victim's rights compilation that can be downloaded and printed locally may be found. The attorney general shall provide limited paper copies of the victim's rights compilation upon request to law enforcement agencies that order copies directly from the attorney general and to law enforcement agencies and prosecutors to provide to victims who do not have internet access or who would prefer a paper copy. The attorney general shall create a page within the attorney general's web site that is easy to access and navigate that contains the entire content of the victim's rights compilation and a link to the web site address at which a printable version of the victim's rights compilation may be found. (ii) If the circumstances of the criminal offense or delinquent act and the condition of the victim, the victim's family, or the victim's dependents indicate that the victim, the victim's family, or the victim's dependents will not be able to understand the significance of the form and compilation upon first contact with the agency, and if the agency anticipates that it will have an additional contact with the victim, the victim's family, or the victim's dependents, upon the agency's second contact with the victim, the victim's family, or the victim's dependents. If the agency does not give the victim, the victim's family, or the victim's dependents a copy of the form and compilation upon first contact with them and does not have a second contact with the victim, the victim's family, or the victim's dependents, the agency shall mail a copy of the form and compilation to the victim, the victim's family, or the victim's dependents at their last known address. (c)(i) The attorney general shall create an information card that contains all of the following: (I) An outline list of victim's rights contained in the Ohio Constitution and Revised Code; (II) A reference to the victim's rights request form; (III) The attorney general's crime victim's services office telephone number, electronic mailing address, web site address, and contact address, and a description of how to access victim's rights information; (IV) The Ohio crime victim's justice center's telephone number, electronic mailing address, and contact address, and the web site address for accessing the center's victim's rights toolkit. (ii) Upon first contact with the victim, the law enforcement agency shall provide the victim with the information card. (2) A law enforcement agency, a prosecuting attorney or assistant prosecuting attorney, or a city director of law, assistant city director of law, village solicitor, assistant village solicitor, or similar chief legal officer of a municipal corporation that distributes a copy of the form and compilation prepared pursuant to division (A) of this section shall not be required to distribute a copy of an information card or other printed material provided by the clerk of the court of claims pursuant to section 2743.71 of the Revised Code but may provide the compilation along with the information cards or other printed materials provided by the clerk of the court of claims under section 2743.71 of the Revised Code. (C) The cost of printing and distributing the form and compilation prepared pursuant to division (A) of this section shall be paid out of the reparations fund, created pursuant to section 2743.191 of the Revised Code, in accordance with division (D) of that section. (D) As used in this section: (1) "Criminal offense," "delinquent act," and "victim's representative" have the same meanings as in section 2930.01 of the Revised Code; (2) "Victim advocate" has the same meaning as in section 2919.26 of the Revised Code. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 9:52 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.29
§ 133.29. Offering of securities to officers of bond investment fund or treasury investment board
Status: in_force

October 30, 1989 House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly (A) Before a taxing authority sells any securities of the subdivision to others, the taxing authority may offer the securities at their purchase price and accrued interest to the officer or officers who have charge of the bond retirement fund of the subdivision, or in the case of a municipal corporation to the treasury investment board for investment under section 731.56 of the Revised Code, or an officer or similar treasury investment board having the authority under a charter. (B) Any securities sold under this section shall bear interest at a rate or rates that is a fair market rate or rates for such securities at the time of the sale, and a certificate of the fiscal officer that the interest rate or rates borne by the securities is the fair market rate or rates is binding and conclusive as to the statements set forth.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.32
§ 109.32. Charitable law fund
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) All annual filing fees obtained by the attorney general pursuant to section 109.31 of the Revised Code, all receipts obtained from the sale of the charitable foundations directory, all registration fees received by the attorney general, bond forfeitures, awards of costs and attorney's fees, and civil penalties assessed under Chapter 1716. of the Revised Code, all license fees received by the attorney general under section 2915.08 , 2915.081 , or 2915.082 of the Revised Code, all fees received by the attorney general under section 2915.15 of the Revised Code, and all filing fees received by the attorney general under divisions (F) and (G) of section 2915.02 of the Revised Code, shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the charitable law fund. (B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section, the charitable law fund shall be used insofar as its moneys are available for the expenses of the charitable law section of the office of the attorney general. (2) All annual license fees that are received by the attorney general under section 2915.08 , 2915.081 , or 2915.082 of the Revised Code, and all filing fees received by the attorney general under divisions (F) and (G) of section 2915.02 of the Revised Code, that are credited to the fund shall be used by the attorney general, or any law enforcement agency in cooperation with the attorney general, for the purposes specified in division (H) of section 2915.10 of the Revised Code and to administer and enforce Chapter 2915. of the Revised Code. (3) All fees received by the attorney general under section 2915.15 of the Revised Code that are credited to the fund shall be used for the purposes specified in that section. (C) The expenses of the charitable law section in excess of moneys available in the charitable law fund shall be paid out of regular appropriations to the office of the attorney general. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 8:12 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.59
§ 122.59. Proceedings in default
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly In the event of a default with respect to any loan or lease, the director of development shall take such action as the director deems proper in the circumstances to enforce and protect the rights of the director, and such action as may be required by the provisions of any proceedings authorizing the revenue bonds or of any trust agreement securing such bonds, which may include any appropriate action at law or in equity, enforcement or waiver of any provision of any mortgage or security agreement or lease, or reinstatement of any forfeited or cancelled right, title, or privilege. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 169.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 169 / § 169.02
§ 169.02. Further defining unclaimed funds
Status: in_force

September 13, 2022 Senate Bill 224 - 134th General Assembly Subject to division (B) of section 169.01 of the Revised Code, the following constitute unclaimed funds: (A) Except as provided in division (R) of this section, any demand, savings, or matured time deposit account, or matured certificate of deposit, together with any interest or dividend on it, less any lawful claims, that is held or owed by a holder which is a financial organization, unclaimed for a period of five years; (B) Any funds paid toward the purchase of withdrawable shares or other interest in a financial organization, and any interest or dividends on them, less any lawful claims, that is held or owed by a holder which is a financial organization, unclaimed for a period of five years; (C) Except as provided in division (A) of section 3903.45 of the Revised Code, moneys held or owed by a holder, including a fraternal association, providing life insurance, including annuity or endowment coverage, unclaimed for three years after becoming payable as established from the records of such holder under any life or endowment insurance policy or annuity contract that has matured or terminated. An insurance policy, the proceeds of which are payable on the death of the insured, not matured by proof of death of the insured is deemed matured and the proceeds payable if such policy was in force when the insured attained the limiting age under the mortality table on which the reserve is based. Moneys otherwise payable according to the records of such holder are deemed payable although the policy or contract has not been surrendered as required. (D) Any deposit made to secure payment or any sum paid in advance for utility services of a public utility and any amount refundable from rates or charges collected by a public utility for utility services held or owed by a holder, less any lawful claims, that has remained unclaimed for one year after the termination of the services for which the deposit or advance payment was made or one year from the date the refund was payable, whichever is earlier; (E) Except as provided in division (R) of this section, any certificates, securities as defined in section 1707.01 of the Revised Code, nonwithdrawable shares, other instruments evidencing ownership, or rights to them or funds paid toward the purchase of them, or any dividend, capital credit, profit, distribution, interest, or payment on principal or other sum, held or owed by a holder, including funds deposited with a fiscal agent or fiduciary for payment of them, and instruments representing an ownership interest, unclaimed for five years. Any underlying share or other intangible instrument representing an ownership interest in a business association, in which the issuer has recorded on its books the issuance of the share but has been unable to deliver the certificate to the shareholder, constitutes unclaimed funds if such underlying share is unclaimed for five years. In addition, an underlying share constitutes unclaimed funds if a dividend, distribution, or other sum payable as a result of the underlying share has remained unclaimed by the owner for five years. This division shall not prejudice the rights of fiscal agents or fiduciaries for payment to return the items described in this division to their principals, according to the terms of an agency or fiduciary agreement, but such a return shall constitute the principal as the holder of the items and shall not interrupt the period for computing the time for which the items have remained unclaimed. In the case of any such funds accruing and held or owed by a corporation under division (E) of section 1701.24 of the Revised Code, such corporation shall comply with this chapter, subject to the limitation contained in section 1701.34 of the Revised Code. The period of time for which such funds have gone unclaimed specified in section 1701.34 of the Revised Code shall be computed, with respect to dividends or distributions, commencing as of the dates when such dividends or distributions would have been payable to the shareholder had such shareholder surrendered the certificates for cancellation and exchange by the date specified in the order relating to them. Capital credits of a cooperative which after January 1, 1972, have been allocated to members and which by agreement are expressly required to be paid if claimed after death of the owner are deemed payable, for the purpose of this chapter, fifteen years after either the termination of service by the cooperative to the owner or upon the nonactivity as provided in division (B) of section 169.01 of the Revised Code, whichever occurs later, provided that this provision does not apply if the payment is not mandatory. (F) Any sum payable on certified checks or other written instruments certified or issued and representing funds held or owed by a holder, less any lawful claims, that are unclaimed for five years from the date payable or from the date of issuance if payable on demand; except that the unclaimed period for money orders that are not third party bank checks is seven years, and the unclaimed period for traveler's checks is fifteen years, from the date payable or from the date of issuance if payable on demand. As used in this division, "written instruments" include, but are not limited to, certified checks, cashier's checks, bills of exchange, letters of credit, drafts, money orders, and traveler's checks. If there is no address of record for the owner or other person entitled to the funds, such address is presumed to be the address where the instrument was certified or issued. (G) Except as provided in division (R) of this section, all moneys, rights to moneys, or other intangible property, arising out of the business of engaging in the purchase or sale of securities, or otherwise dealing in intangibles, less any lawful claims, that are held or owed by a holder and are unclaimed for five years from the date of transaction. (H) Except as provided in division (A) of section 3903.45 of the Revised Code, all moneys, rights to moneys, and other intangible property distributable in the course of dissolution or liquidation of a holder that are unclaimed for one year after the date set by the holder for distribution; (I) All moneys, rights to moneys, or other intangible property removed from a safe-deposit box or other safekeeping repository located in this state or removed from a safe-deposit box or other safekeeping repository of a holder, on which the lease or rental period has expired, or any amount arising from the sale of such property, less any lawful claims, that are unclaimed for three years from the date on which the lease or rental period expired; (J) Subject to division (M)(2) of this section, all moneys, rights to moneys, or other intangible property, and any income or increment on them, held or owed by a holder which is a fiduciary for the benefit of another, or a fiduciary or custodian of a qualified retirement plan or individual retirement arrangement under section 401 or 408 of the Internal Revenue Code, unclaimed for three years after the final date for distribution; (K) All moneys, rights to moneys, or other intangible property held or owed in this state or held for or owed to an owner whose last known address is within this state, by the United States government or any state, as those terms are described in division (E) of section 169.01 of the Revised Code, unclaimed by the owner for three years, excluding any property in the control of any court in a proceeding in which a final adjudication has not been made; (L) Amounts payable pursuant to the terms of any policy of insurance, other than life insurance, or any refund available under such a policy, held or owed by any holder, unclaimed for three years from the date payable or distributable; (M)(1) Subject to division (M)(2) of this section, any funds constituting rents or lease payments due, any deposit made to secure payment of rents or leases, or any sum paid in advance for rents, leases, possible damage to property, unused services, performance requirements, or any other purpose, held or owed by a holder unclaimed for one year; (2) Any escrow funds, security deposits, or other moneys that are received by a licensed broker in a fiduciary capacity and that, pursuant to division (A)(26) of section 4735.18 of the Revised Code, are required to be deposited into and maintained in a special or trust, noninterest-bearing bank account separate and distinct from any personal or other account of the licensed broker, held or owed by the licensed broker unclaimed for two years. (N) Any sum greater than fifty dollars payable as wages, any sum payable as salaries or commissions, any sum payable for services rendered, funds owed or held as royalties, oil and mineral proceeds, funds held for or owed to suppliers, and moneys owed under pension and profit-sharing plans, held or owed by any holder unclaimed for one year from date payable or distributable, and all other credits held or owed, or to be refunded to a retail customer, by any holder unclaimed for three years from date payable or distributable; (O) Amounts held in respect of or represented by lay-aways sold after January 1, 1972, less any lawful claims, when such lay-aways are unclaimed for three years after the sale of them; (P) All moneys, rights to moneys, and other intangible property not otherwise constituted as unclaimed funds by this section, including any income or increment on them, less any lawful claims, which are held or owed by any holder, other than a holder which holds a permit issued pursuant to Chapter 3769. of the Revised Code, and which have remained unclaimed for three years after becoming payable or distributable; (Q) All moneys that arise out of a sale held pursuant to section 5322.03 of the Revised Code, that are held by a holder for delivery on demand to the appropriate person pursuant to division (I) of that section, and that are unclaimed for two years after the date of the sale. (R)(1) Any funds that are subject to an agreement between the holder and owner providing for automatic reinvestment and that constitute dividends, distributions, or other sums held or owed by a holder in connection with a security as defined in section 1707.01 of the Revised Code, an ownership interest in an investment company registered under the "Investment Company Act of 1940," 54 Stat. 789, 15 U.S.C. 80a-1, as amended, or a certificate of deposit, unclaimed for a period of five years. (2) The five-year period under division (R)(1) of this section commences from the date a second shareholder notification or communication mailing to the owner of the funds is returned to the holder as undeliverable by the United States postal service or other carrier. The notification or communication mailing by the holder shall be no less frequent than quarterly. All moneys in a personal allowance account, as defined by rules adopted by the medicaid director, up to and including the maximum resource limitation, of a medicaid recipient who has died after receiving care in a long-term care facility, and for whom there is no identifiable heir or sponsor, are not subject to this chapter. (S)(1) Funds held or owed by a holder pursuant to a preneed funeral contract, as defined in section 4717.01 of the Revised Code, unclaimed as of the last day of the calendar year in which the beneficiary turns one hundred five years of age, unless the holder or the seller or successor seller confirms during that calendar year that the beneficiary is still alive; (2) Funds held or owed by a holder that is the trustee of a preneed funeral contract trust if the trustee was unable to pay the net funds held by the trustee as required by division (J)(2) of section 4717.36 of the Revised Code upon the expiration of the one-hundred-eighty-day period specified in that division. (3) Funds held or owed by a holder which is a trustee of a preneed funeral contract trust that the trustee was unable to pay as required by division (J)(2) of section 4717.36 of the Revised Code upon the expiration of the one hundred eighty-day-period specified in that division. Last updated January 13, 2023 at 12:42 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.85 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.85
§ 125.85. Complying with federal requirements
Status: in_force

July 1, 1983 House Bill 291 - 115th General Assembly The department of administrative services shall make such certifications, take such action, make such expenditures and enter into such contracts, agreements and undertaking for and in the name of the state of Ohio, require such reports and make such investigations as may be required by law or regulation by the United States in connection with acquiring, conveying, reconveying, recapturing, reverting and disposing of federal real and related personal property prior to such property being or after such property has been quitclaimed or otherwise conveyed to transferees and such department may take similar actions for the purpose of acquiring, warehousing, distributing, transferring, retransferring, recapturing, reverting and disposing of federal personal property prior to such property being or after such property is in possession of recipients.