Ohio Rev. Code § 149.306 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.306
§ 149.306. Ohio African-American hall of fame governing board
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 141 - 131st General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the Ohio African-American hall of fame governing board to raise funds for the Ohio African-American hall of fame, to commission a business plan for implementation of the hall of fame, to advise the Ohio history connection in the performance of its duties under section 149.305 of the Revised Code, and to select and induct persons into the hall of fame pursuant to that section. The board shall consist of thirteen voting members who have demonstrated interest in preserving African-American history. The members shall be appointed as follows: (1) Three members appointed by the governor; (2) Two members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; (3) Two members appointed by the president of the senate; (4) Two members appointed by the chair of the Ohio legislative black caucus; (5) One member appointed by the national museum of Afro-American history and culture planning committee; (6) One member appointed by the board of directors of the national underground railroad freedom center; (7) One member appointed by the board of trustees of the Ohio history connection; (8) One member appointed by the board of trustees of the Ohioana library association. (B) Initial appointments to the governing board shall be made within ninety days after December 30, 2004. Of the initial appointments, the term of one member appointed by the governor, one member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one member appointed by the president of the senate, one member appointed by the chair of the Ohio legislative black caucus, the member appointed by the board of directors of the national underground railroad freedom center, and the member appointed by the board of trustees of the Ohioana library association shall be for a term ending one year after December 30, 2004. The initial terms of all other members shall be for a term ending two years after December 30, 2004. Thereafter, terms for all members shall be for two years, with each term ending on the same day of the same month as did the term that it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of the member's appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Members may be reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration date of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office as a member for the remainder of that term. A member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. (C) All members of the governing board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. The expenses of the governing board shall be paid out of the African-American hall of fame fund created under section 149.305 of the Revised Code. (D) The governing board shall elect a chairperson from its membership. It shall meet at least four times per year and shall keep a record of its proceedings, which shall be open to the public for inspection. A written notice of the time and place of each meeting shall be sent to each member. A majority of the members of the governing board shall constitute a quorum. (E) The Ohio history connection may provide any necessary staff or services required by the governing board in the performance of its duties. Compensation for those services shall be paid out of the African-American hall of fame fund. (F) The governing board may accept donations of historical items and artifacts for placement in the hall of fame and shall house those items and artifacts at the Ohio historical center in Columbus, Ohio, until a permanent hall of fame site is selected under section 149.305 of the Revised Code. After a permanent hall of fame site is selected, the governing board shall convey all donated items and artifacts to the private, nonprofit organization established under that section. All historical items and artifacts so conveyed shall remain the property of the hall of fame as part of its permanent collection. The governing board shall advise the private, nonprofit organization concerning the operation and maintenance of the hall of fame. (G) The governing board is not subject to sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 113.73 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 113 / § 113.73
§ 113.73. Required features of expenditure database
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The Ohio state and local government expenditure database shall include the following features: (1) A searchable database of all expenditures; (2) The ability to filter expenditures by the following categories: (a) The category of expense; (b) The Ohio administrative knowledge system accounting code for a specific good or service. (3) The ability to search and filter by any of the factors listed in section 113.72 of the Revised Code; (4) The ability to aggregate data contained in the database; (5) The ability to determine the total amount of expenditures awarded to a supplier by a state entity; (6) The ability to download information obtained through the database; (7) A searchable database of state and school district employee salary and employment information. (B) The information required under division (A)(7) of this section shall be provided by the department of administrative services or the department of education and workforce, as applicable. Last updated September 20, 2023 at 12:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 141.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 141 / § 141.04
§ 141.04. Compensation of judges by state
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The annual salaries of the chief justice of the supreme court and of the justices and judges named in this section payable from the state treasury are as follows: (1) For the chief justice of the supreme court, the following amounts effective in the following years: (a) Beginning January 1, 2018, one hundred seventy-four thousand seven hundred dollars; (b) Beginning January 1, 2019, one hundred eighty-three thousand four hundred fifty dollars; (c) Beginning January 1, 2020, and in each calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2025 beginning on the first day of January, the annual compensation amount shall be increased by one and three-quarters per cent; (d) Beginning January 1, 2026, and in each calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2029 beginning on the first day of January, the annual compensation amount shall be increased by five per cent. (2) For the justices of the supreme court, the following amounts effective in the following years: (a) Beginning January 1, 2018, one hundred sixty-four thousand dollars; (b) Beginning January 1, 2019, one hundred seventy-two thousand two hundred dollars; (c) Beginning January 1, 2020, and in each calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2025 beginning on the first day of January, the annual compensation amount shall be increased by one and three-quarters per cent; (d) Beginning January 1, 2026, and in each calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2029 beginning on the first day of January, the annual compensation amount shall be increased by five per cent. (3) For the judges of the courts of appeals, the following amounts effective in the following years: (a) Beginning January 1, 2018, one hundred fifty-two thousand eight hundred fifty dollars; (b) Beginning January 1, 2019, one hundred sixty thousand five hundred dollars; (c) Beginning January 1, 2020, and in each calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2025 beginning on the first day of January, the annual compensation amount shall be increased by one and three-quarters per cent; (d) Beginning January 1, 2026, and in each calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2029 beginning on the first day of January, the annual compensation amount shall be increased by five per cent. (4) For the judges of the courts of common pleas, the following amounts effective in the following years, reduced by an amount equal to the annual compensation paid to that judge from the county treasury pursuant to section 141.05 of the Revised Code: (a) Beginning January 1, 2018, one hundred forty thousand five hundred fifty dollars; (b) Beginning January 1, 2019, one hundred forty-seven thousand six hundred dollars; (c) Beginning January 1, 2020, and in each calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2025 beginning on the first day of January, the annual compensation amount shall be increased by one and three-quarters per cent; (d) Beginning January 1, 2026, and in each calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2029 beginning on the first day of January, the annual compensation amount shall be increased by five per cent. (5) For the full-time judges of a municipal court or the part-time judges of a municipal court of a territory having a population of more than fifty thousand, the following amounts effective in the following years, reduced by an amount equal to the annual compensation paid to that judge pursuant to division (B)(1)(a) of section 1901.11 of the Revised Code from municipal corporations and counties: (a) Beginning January 1, 2018, one hundred thirty-two thousand one hundred fifty dollars; (b) Beginning January 1, 2019, one hundred thirty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars; (c) Beginning January 1, 2020, and in each calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2025 beginning on the first day of January, the annual compensation amount shall be increased by one and three-quarters per cent; (d) Beginning January 1, 2026, and in each calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2029 beginning on the first day of January, the annual compensation amount shall be increased by five per cent. (6) For judges of a municipal court designated as part-time judges by section 1901.08 of the Revised Code, other than part-time judges to whom division (A)(5) of this section applies, and for judges of a county court, the following amounts effective in the following years, reduced by an amount equal to the annual compensation paid to that judge pursuant to division (A) of section 1901.11 of the Revised Code from municipal corporations and counties or pursuant to division (A) of section 1907.16 of the Revised Code from counties: (a) Beginning January 1, 2018, seventy-six thousand fifty dollars; (b) Beginning January 1, 2019, seventy-nine thousand nine hundred dollars; (c) Beginning January 1, 2020, and in each calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2025 beginning on the first day of January, the annual compensation amount shall be increased by one and three-quarters per cent; (d) Beginning January 1, 2026, and in each calendar year thereafter through calendar year 2029 beginning on the first day of January, the annual compensation amount shall be increased by five per cent. (B) Except as provided in sections 1901.122 and 1901.123 of the Revised Code, except as otherwise provided in this division, and except for the compensation to which the judges described in division (A)(5) of this section are entitled pursuant to divisions (B)(1)(a) and (2) of section 1901.11 of the Revised Code, the annual salary of the chief justice of the supreme court and of each justice or judge listed in division (A) of this section shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the state treasury. If the chief justice of the supreme court or any justice or judge listed in division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of this section delivers a written request to be paid biweekly to the administrative director of the supreme court prior to the first day of January of any year, the annual salary of the chief justice or the justice or judge that is listed in division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of this section shall be paid, during the year immediately following the year in which the request is delivered to the administrative director of the supreme court, biweekly from the state treasury. (C) Upon the death of the chief justice or a justice of the supreme court during that person's term of office, an amount shall be paid in accordance with section 2113.04 of the Revised Code, or to that person's estate. The amount shall equal the amount of the salary that the chief justice or justice would have received during the remainder of the unexpired term or an amount equal to the salary of office for two years, whichever is less. (D) Neither the chief justice of the supreme court nor any justice or judge of the supreme court, the court of appeals, the court of common pleas, or the probate court shall hold any other office of trust or profit under the authority of this state or the United States. (E) In addition to the salaries payable pursuant to this section, the chief justice of the supreme court and the justices of the supreme court shall be entitled to a vehicle allowance of five hundred dollars per month, payable from the state treasury. The allowance shall be increased on the first day of January of each odd-numbered year by an amount equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price index for the immediately preceding twenty-four month period for which information is available. (F) As used in this section: (1) "Consumer price index" means the consumer price index prepared by the United States bureau of labor statistics (U.S. city average for urban wage earners and clerical workers: all items, 1982-1984=100), or, if that index is no longer published, a generally available comparable index. (2) "Salary" does not include any portion of the cost, premium, or charge for health, medical, hospital, dental, or surgical benefits, or any combination of those benefits, covering the chief justice of the supreme court or a justice or judge named in this section and paid on the chief justice's or the justice's or judge's behalf by a governmental entity. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 113.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 113 / § 113.40
§ 113.40. Acceptance of payments by financial transaction devices
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Administrative agent of the board of deposit" means the treasurer of state. (2) "Financial transaction device" includes a credit card, debit card, banking card, prepaid or stored value card, or any other device or method for making an electronic payment or transfer of funds denominated in United States dollars. (3) "Processor" means an entity conducting the settlement of an electronic payment or transfer of funds, which shall be denominated in United States dollars. (4) "Revenue" includes fees, charges, tolls, costs, taxes, expenses, assessments, fines, penalties, payments, judgments, restitution ordered by a court, or any other amount a person owes to a state office under the authority of a state elected official or to a state entity. (5) "State elected official" means the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer of state, and auditor of state. (6) "State entity" includes any state department, agency, board, commission, or office under the authority of a state elected official that deposits funds into the state treasury or into an account in the custody of the treasurer of state. (B) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code and subject to division (D) of this section, the board of deposit shall adopt a resolution authorizing the collection, receipt, and acceptance by the state of revenue, gifts, donations, or bequests made by a financial transaction device. The board of deposit's resolution also shall direct the administrative agent of the board of deposit to solicit proposals, within guidelines established by the board of deposit in the resolution and in compliance with the procedures provided in division (C) of this section; and to assist state entities and state elected officials in implementing any financial transaction device collection, acceptance, processing, receipt, and settlement program authorized pursuant to this section. The board of deposit's resolution applies to financial transaction device services related to any and all bank accounts comprising the state treasury as well as those in the custody of the treasurer of state but not part of the state treasury. (C) The administrative agent shall follow the procedures provided in this division whenever it plans to contract with one or more processors for the purposes of this section. The administrative agent shall request proposals for acceptance, processing, and settlement services, as appropriate in accordance with the resolution adopted under division (B) of this section. Prior to making the request for proposals available, the administrative agent shall advertise its intent to request proposals for two consecutive weeks by electronic publication on the administrative agent's web site made available to the general public. The notice shall state that the administrative agent intends to request proposals; specify the purpose of the request; indicate the date, which shall be at least fifteen calendar days after the initial publication, on which the request for proposals will be available and shall detail the service or services subject to the request for proposals. Upon receiving the proposals, the administrative agent shall review them and make a recommendation to the board of deposit regarding which proposal or proposals to accept. The board of deposit shall consider the agent's recommendation and then may choose to authorize the administrative agent, on the board's behalf, to contract with one or more of the processors submitting proposals, as appropriate. The administrative agent may enter into one or more contracts for the provision of payment, collection, acceptance, processing, receipt, and settlement services to the state entities and state elected officials. Through its administrative agent, the board of deposit shall provide any processor that submitted a proposal, but with which the board of deposit's administrative agent does not enter into a contract, notice that its proposal is rejected. (D) Each state elected official or state entity subject to this section shall use only the processors of financial transaction devices with which the board of deposit's administrative agent contracts, and each such state elected official or state entity is subject to the terms of those contracts. (E) The state elected official or state entity may establish a surcharge or convenience fee that may be imposed upon a person making payment by a financial transaction device. Any surcharge or convenience fee shall follow the guidelines of the processor or processors of financial transaction devices with which the board of of deposit's administrative agent contracts. If a surcharge or convenience fee is imposed, every state elected official and state entity accepting payment by a financial transaction device shall notify each person making a payment by such a device about the surcharge or fee. Notice to each person making a payment shall be provided regardless of the medium used to make the payment and in a manner appropriate to that medium. Each notice shall include both of the following: (1) A statement that there is a surcharge or convenience fee for using a financial transaction device; (2) The total amount of the charge or fee expressed in dollars and cents for each transaction, or the rate of the charge or fee expressed as a percentage of the total amount of the transaction, whichever is applicable. (F) If a person remits revenue to the state by a financial transaction device and the payment of the revenue is reversed for any reason, or if the value of the remitted payment in United States dollars at the time of receipt by the state elected official or state entity is less than the amount owed, the person is liable to the state elected official or state entity for the total amount of the state revenue and any reimbursable costs for collection, including banking charges, legal fees, or other expenses incurred by the state elected official or state entity in collecting the reversed payment. The remedies and procedures provided in this section are in addition to any other available civil or criminal remedies provided by law. (G) No person remitting any revenue by a financial transaction device to a state elected official or state entity shall be relieved from liability for the underlying obligation, except to the extent that the state elected official or state entity realizes the revenue to the state elected official or state entity in cash or its equivalent. If revenue is not remitted by the financial transaction device issuer, or by other means of payment, or by other guarantor of payment in the transaction, the underlying obligation survives and the state elected official or state entity shall retain all remedies for enforcement that would have applied if the transaction had not occurred. (H) A state elected official or employee of a state entity or state elected official who accepts a financial transaction device payment in accordance with this section and any applicable state or local statutes, laws, policies, or rules is immune from personal liability for the final collection of such payments as specified in section 9.87 of the Revised Code. (I) If the board of deposit determines that it is necessary and in the state's best interest to contract with an additional processor subsequent to the contract award made under division (C) of this section, the board may meet and choose to contract with one or more additional processors for the remainder of the period previously established by a contract award made under division (C) of this section. (J) The administrative agent, in cooperation with the office of budget and management, may adopt, amend, and rescind rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code to implement and administer this section. (K) The treasurer of state shall have the authority to enter into such contracts necessary to fulfill its obligations as administrative agent for the board of deposit. Last updated July 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.12
§ 163.12. View of premises - court may amend defect or informality in proceedings
Status: in_force

October 10, 2007 Senate Bill 7 - 127th General Assembly (A) A view of the premises to be appropriated or of premises appropriated shall be ordered by the court when requested by a party to the proceedings. (B) The property owners shall open and close the case except that, if the premises are appropriated under section 163.06 , 307.08 , 504.19 , 6101.181 , 6115.221 , 6117.39 , or 6119.11 of the Revised Code as the result of a public exigency, the party or parties other than the owners shall open and close the case. (C) The court may amend any defect or informality in proceedings under sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code. The court may cause new parties to be added and direct further notice to be given to a party in interest as the court considers proper. (D) No part of the pleadings shall be read or exhibited to the jury.
Ohio Rev. Code § 166.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 166 / § 166.12
§ 166.12. Public policy to assist in and facilitate establishment or development of eligible innovation projects
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The general assembly finds that in order to maintain and enhance the competitiveness of the Ohio economy and to improve the economic welfare of all of the people of the state, it is necessary to ensure that high-value jobs based on research, technology, and innovation will be available to the people of this state. Further, the general assembly finds that the attraction of such jobs and their presence in this state will materially contribute to the economic welfare of all of the people of the state. Accordingly, it is declared to be the public policy of this state, through the operations under sections 166.01 and 166.12 to 166.16 of the Revised Code, and the loan and loan guarantee provisions contained in those sections, applicable laws adopted pursuant to Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and other authority vested in the general assembly, to assist in and facilitate the establishment or development of eligible innovation projects or assist and cooperate with any governmental agency in achieving that purpose. (B) In furtherance of that public policy and to implement that purpose, the director of development may: (1) After consultation with appropriate governmental agencies, enter into agreements with persons engaged in industry, commerce, distribution, development of tourism attractions or professional sports facilities, or research and with governmental agencies to induce such persons to acquire, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, renovate, enlarge, improve, equip, or furnish, or otherwise develop, eligible innovation projects and make provision therein for project facilities and governmental actions, as authorized by sections 166.01 and 166.12 to 166.16 of the Revised Code and other applicable laws; (2) Provide for innovation Ohio loan guarantees and loans under sections 166.15 and 166.16 of the Revised Code; (3) Subject to the release of such moneys by the controlling board, contract for labor and materials needed for, or contract with others, including governmental agencies, to provide, eligible innovation projects the allowable innovation costs of which are to be paid for or reimbursed from moneys in the innovation Ohio loan fund, and contract for the operation of such eligible innovation projects; (4) Subject to release thereof by the controlling board, from moneys in the innovation Ohio loan fund, acquire or contract to acquire by gift, exchange, or purchase, including the obtaining and exercise of purchase options, innovation property, and convey or otherwise dispose of, or provide for the conveyance or disposition of, innovation property so acquired or contracted to be acquired by sale, exchange, lease, lease purchase, conditional or installment sale, transfer, or other disposition, including the grant of an option to purchase, to any governmental agency or to any other person without necessity for competitive bidding and upon such terms and conditions and manner of consideration pursuant to, and as the director determines to be appropriate to satisfy the objectives of, Chapter 166. of the Revised Code; (5) Retain the services of or employ financial consultants, appraisers, consulting engineers, superintendents, managers, construction and accounting experts, attorneys, and employees, agents, and independent contractors as are necessary in the director's judgment and fix the compensation for their services; (6) Receive and accept from any person grants, gifts, and contributions of money, property, labor, and other things of value, to be held, used, and applied only for the purpose for which such grants, gifts, and contributions are made; (7) Enter into appropriate arrangements and agreements with any governmental agency for the taking or provision by that governmental agency of any governmental action with respect to innovation projects; (8) Do all other acts and enter into contracts and execute all instruments necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of sections 166.01 and 166.12 to 166.16 of the Revised Code; (9) With respect to property, including but not limited to innovation property, take such interests, including but not limited to mortgages, security interests, assignments, and exclusive or non-exclusive licenses, as may be necessary or appropriate under the circumstances, to ensure that innovation property is used within this state and that products or services associated with that innovation property are produced or, in the case of services, delivered, by persons employed within this state; (10) Adopt rules necessary to implement any of the provisions of sections 166.01 and 166.12 to 166.16 of the Revised Code applicable to the director. (C) The determinations by the director that facilities or property constitute eligible innovation projects and that costs of such facilities or property are allowable innovation costs, and all other determinations relevant thereto or to an action taken or agreement entered into, shall be conclusive for purposes of the validity and enforceability of rights of parties arising from actions taken and agreements entered into under sections 166.01 and 166.12 to 166.16 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.822 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.822
§ 124.822. Dependent care spending account fund
Status: in_force

July 17, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly The dependent care spending account fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The director of administrative services shall use money in the fund to make payments with regard to the participation of state employees in flexible spending accounts for work-related dependent care expenses under section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code. All investment earnings on money in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.323 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.323
§ 145.323. Cost of living increase
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the public employees retirement board shall annually increase each allowance, pension, or benefit payable under this chapter. Until the last day of December of the fifth full calendar year after the effective date of this amendment, the increase shall be three per cent. For each succeeding calendar year, the increase shall be as follows: (1) For each allowance, pension, or benefit granted not later than the effective date of this amendment, three per cent; (2) For each allowance, pension, or benefit granted on or after the effective date of this amendment, the percentage increase in the consumer price index, not exceeding three per cent, as determined by the United States bureau of labor statistics (U.S. city average for urban wage earners and clerical workers: "all items 1982-84=100") for the twelve-month period ending on the thirtieth day of June of the immediately preceding calendar year. If the consumer price index for that period did not increase, no increase shall be made under division (A)(2) of this section. No allowance, pension, or benefit shall exceed the limit established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 415, as amended. The first increase is payable to all persons becoming eligible after June 30, 1971, upon such persons receiving an allowance for twelve months. The increased amount is payable for the ensuing twelve-month period or until the next increase is granted under this section, whichever is later. Subsequent increases shall be determined from the date of the first increase paid to the former member in the case of an allowance being paid a beneficiary under an option, or from the date of the first increase to the survivor first receiving an allowance or benefit in the case of an allowance or benefit being paid to the subsequent survivors of the former member. The date of the first increase under this section becomes the anniversary date for any future increases. The allowance or benefit used in the first calculation of an increase under this section shall remain as the base for all future increases, unless a new base is established. (B) If payment of a portion of a benefit is made to an alternate payee under section 145.571 of the Revised Code, increases under this section granted while the order is in effect shall be apportioned between the alternate payee and the benefit recipient in the same proportion that the amount being paid to the alternate payee bears to the amount paid to the benefit recipient. If payment of a portion of a benefit is made to one or more beneficiaries under a multiple-life plan under section 145.46 of the Revised Code, each increase under this section granted while the plan of payment is in effect shall be divided among the designated beneficiaries in accordance with the portion each beneficiary has been allocated. (C) The board shall make all rules necessary to carry out this section. Last updated October 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.73 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.73
§ 121.73. Filing material incorporated by reference electronically
Status: in_force

August 18, 2019 Senate Bill 221 - 132nd General Assembly When an agency files the original or a revised version of a rule in proposed form under division (D) of section 111.15 or division (C) of section 119.03 , or a rule for review under section 106.03 of the Revised Code, that incorporates a text or other material by reference, the agency also shall file in electronic form, one complete and accurate copy of the text or other material incorporated by reference with, or otherwise shall make the text or other material available to, the joint committee on agency rule review only if the accompanying citation is not such as reasonably would enable the joint committee readily and without charge to find and inspect the text or other material that has been incorporated by reference.
Ohio Rev. Code § 103.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 103 / § 103.051
§ 103.051. Register of Ohio
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The "Register of Ohio" is an electronic publication that functions as a gazette to which members of the public may readily resort for notice of and information about rule-making processes. The director of the legislative service commission shall publish the register. The register is to include all rule-making documents that are required by statute to be published in the register. The director shall display the register free of charge on the internet, and shall ensure that printed copies of all or part of a document published in the register can be easily produced by users of the internet. The director, taking into consideration the public notice and information functions performed by the register, shall update the register at reasonable intervals, but not less often than weekly. The director shall establish a reasonable deadline before each updating. A document received by the director on or before a deadline is to be published in the register upon the register's next updating. The director shall purge a document from the register when its display no longer serves the public notice and information functions performed by the register. The director upon request of any person shall provide the person with a printed copy of all or part of a document published in the register. The director may charge and collect a fee for this service. Any such fee is not to exceed the actual cost of printing and delivering the printed copy to the person requesting it. Last updated July 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.333 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.333
§ 145.333. Contribution based benefit cap
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Retirement allowance" means any of the following as appropriate: (a) An allowance calculated under section 145.33 , 145.332 , or 145.335 of the Revised Code prior to any reduction for early retirement or election under section 145.46 of the Revised Code of a plan of payment and exclusive of any amounts payable under divisions (I)(2)(b) and (c) or (I)(3)(b) and (c) of section 145.332 of the Revised Code; (b) An allowance calculated under division (A) of section 145.45 of the Revised Code; (c) An allowance calculated under division (B)(1)(a) of section 145.331 of the Revised Code. (2) "CBBC" means the contribution based benefit cap, a limit established by the public employees retirement board on the retirement allowance a member may receive. (B) Based on the advice of an actuary appointed by the board, the board shall designate a number as the CBBC factor. The board may revise the factor pursuant to advice from an actuary appointed by the board. (C) Prior to paying a retirement allowance, the public employees retirement system shall make the following calculations: (1) Determine an amount equal to the value of the member's accumulated contributions, exclusive of contributions payable under divisions (I)(2)(b) and (c) or (I)(3)(b) and (c) of section 145.332 of the Revised Code but including any contributions made under section 145.483 of the Revised Code that represent member contributions, any contributions used to fund a benefit under section 145.36 of the Revised Code, with interest compounded at a rate approved by the board, and a portion of any amounts paid by an employer under sections 145.297 or 145.298 of the Revised Code, as determined by an actuary appointed by the board; (2) Determine the amount of a single life annuity that is the actuarial equivalent of the amount determined under division (C)(1) of this section, adjusted for age of the member at the time of retirement or, when appropriate, the age at the time of the member's death; (3) Multiply the annuity amount determined under division (C)(2) of this section by the CBBC factor. (D) The amount determined under division (C)(3) of this section is the member's CBBC. Except as provided in division (E) of this section, if the retirement allowance the member would receive exceeds the member's CBBC, the allowance shall be reduced to an amount equal to the member's CBBC. (E) The retirement allowance of a member eligible for age and service retirement under division (A) of section 145.32 of the Revised Code or division (A) of section 145.332 of the Revised Code shall not be reduced under division (D) of this section by more than five per cent of the member's single lifetime allowance computed under section 145.33 or 145.332 of the Revised Code, unless during any full month of service earned after January 1, 1987, the member's earnable salary was less than one thousand dollars. Last updated August 15, 2023 at 1:42 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.09
§ 117.09. Auditor of State authority
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The auditor of state, by virtue of the office, shall be the lead public official responsible for the examination, analysis, inspection, and audits of all public offices. The auditor of state may hire, appoint, and fix the compensation of auditors, investigators, and other staff necessary to carry out the statutory responsibilities of the office. Last updated October 6, 2021 at 6:00 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.541 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.541
§ 101.541. Appendix to house and senate journals
Status: in_force

March 9, 1999 House Bill 649 - 122nd General Assembly To each final journal there shall be an appendix of petitions and memorials, reports of committees, special reports, communications of officers or boards, and other papers and documents laid before either or both houses. The abstract of votes for governor and other state officers shall be printed in the appendix to the senate journal. The standing rules shall be printed in the appendix to each journal.
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.23
§ 107.23. Commission on eastern European affairs - duties
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The commission on eastern European affairs shall do all of the following: (1) Gather and disseminate information and conduct hearings, conferences, investigations, and special studies on issues and programs concerning eastern European people; (2) Secure appropriate recognition of accomplishments and contributions of eastern European people to the state; (3) Promote public awareness of the issues facing eastern European people by conducting a program of public education; (4) Develop, coordinate, and assist other public and private organizations that serve eastern European people, including conducting training programs for community leadership and service project staff; (5) Advise the governor, general assembly, and state departments and agencies regarding the nature, magnitude, and priorities of the issues of eastern European people; (6) Advise the governor, general assembly, and state departments and agencies on the special needs of eastern European people regarding education, employment, energy, health, housing, welfare, and recreation and develop and implement policies and programs to address those needs; (7) Propose new programs concerning eastern European people to public and private agencies and evaluate any existing programs within agencies; (8) Review and approve grants from federal, state, or private funds that are administered or subcontracted by the office of eastern European affairs under section 107.24 of the Revised Code; (9) Review and approve the annual report prepared by the office of eastern European affairs under section 107.24 of the Revised Code; (10) Coordinate and provide information regarding available state services to meet the needs of eastern European people; (11) Appoint a director to the office of eastern European affairs. (B) As used in this section and sections 107.22 and 107.24 of the Revised Code, "eastern European people" means persons who self-identify as possessing ancestry relative to any of the following: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine. Last updated September 25, 2023 at 12:42 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 191.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 191 / § 191.44
§ 191.44. Review of applications after cessation date
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of development in coordination with the Ohio broadband expansion program authority shall do the following, for the period ending six months after the date described in section 191.43 of the Revised Code: (A) Complete the review of any program applications that were submitted prior to the date described in section 191.43 of the Revised Code and pay program reimbursements for the approved applications; (B) Complete the review of any program applications submitted not later than four months after the date described in section 191.43 of the Revised Code and pay program reimbursements for the approved applications, if the reimbursements are for costs that were incurred prior to the date described in section 191.43 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 29, 2023 at 4:33 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 184.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 184 / § 184.10
§ 184.10. Commission support awards - definitions
Status: in_force

January 4, 2006 Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly As used in sections 184.10 to 184.20 of the Revised Code: (A) "In-state entity" includes individuals, public and private entities, agencies, and institutions, private companies or organizations, partnerships, business trusts, or other business entities or ventures, or research organizations, whether for profit or not for profit, that have substantial presence in Ohio. (B) "Research and development projects" means projects or activities in support of Ohio industry, commerce, and business, which include, without limitation, research and product innovation, development, and commercialization through efforts by, and may include collaboration among, Ohio business and industry, state and local public entities and agencies, public and private institutions, research organizations, or other in-state entities specifically formed for the sole purpose of both investing in and providing direct management support to any one or combination of any of the foregoing entities or any other in-state entities. Those projects and activities also include projects and activities supporting any and all matters related to research and development purposes including: attracting researchers and research teams by endowing chairs or otherwise; developing and commercializing products and processes; promoting, developing, and securing intellectual property matters and rights such as copyrights and patents; promoting, developing, and securing property interests, including time sharing arrangements; and promoting, developing, and securing financial rights and matters such as royalties, licensing, and other financial gain or sharing resulting from research and development.
Ohio Rev. Code § 165.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 165 / § 165.14
§ 165.14. Waiving project requirements
Status: in_force

August 26, 1977 House Bill 1 - 112th General Assembly (A) A project shall not be subject to the requirements relating to public buildings, structures, grounds, works, or improvements imposed by section 125.81 , 713.02 , or 713.25 of the Revised Code or any other similar requirements which may be lawfully waived by this section. (B) A project shall be constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, improved, furnished, or equipped and shall be leased, sold, or otherwise disposed of in the manner determined by the issuing authority in its sole discretion and any requirement of competitive bidding or other restriction, which may be lawfully waived by this section, imposed on the procedure for award of contracts for such purpose or the lease, sale, or other disposition of property of the issuer is not applicable to any action taken under authority of Chapter 165. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 154.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 154 / § 154.12
§ 154.12. Issuing bond anticipation notes
Status: in_force

September 14, 2000 House Bill 640 - 123rd General Assembly The authority to issue obligations under Chapter 154. of the Revised Code includes authority to issue obligations in the form of bond anticipation notes and to renew the same from time to time by the issuance of new notes, but the maximum maturity of notes, including renewals thereof, unless otherwise authorized by the general assembly, shall not exceed five years from the date of the issuance of the original notes. The holders of such notes or interest coupons pertaining thereto shall have a right to be paid solely from the revenues, receipts, and funds that may be pledged to the payment of the bonds, or from the proceeds of the bonds or renewal notes, or both, as the issuing authority provides in its resolution or order authorizing the notes. Notes may be additionally secured by covenants of the authority to the effect that the authority will do all things necessary for the issuance of bonds or renewal notes in appropriate amount, and either exchange those bonds or renewal notes therefor or apply their proceeds to the extent necessary, to make full payment of the principal of and interest on those notes at the time or times contemplated, as provided in such resolution or order. For that purpose, the authority may issue bonds or renewal notes in such principal amount and upon such terms as may be necessary to provide funds to pay when required the principal of and interest on those notes, notwithstanding any limitations prescribed by or for purposes of Chapter 154. of the Revised Code. Subject to this section, all provisions for and references to obligations in Chapter 154. of the Revised Code are applicable to notes authorized under this section. The issuing authority in the bond proceedings authorizing the issuance of bond anticipation notes shall set forth for the bonds anticipated an estimated interest rate and a schedule of principal payments for such bonds and the annual maturity dates thereof, and for purposes of any limitation on bond service charges prescribed under division (A) of section 154.02 of the Revised Code, the amount of bond service charges on those bond anticipation notes shall be deemed to be the bond service charges for the bonds anticipated by them as set forth in the bond proceedings applicable to those notes, but this provision does not modify any authority in Chapter 154. of the Revised Code to pledge applicable revenues, receipts, and funds to the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such notes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.382 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.382
§ 124.382. Sick leave credit - misuse of sick leave
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and sections 124.383 , 124.386 , 124.387 , and 124.388 of the Revised Code: (1) "Pay period" means the fourteen-day period of time during which the payroll is accumulated, as determined by the director of administrative services. (2) "Active pay status" means the conditions under which an employee is eligible to receive pay, and includes, but is not limited to, vacation leave, sick leave, personal leave, bereavement leave, and administrative leave. (3) "No pay status" means the conditions under which an employee is ineligible to receive pay and includes, but is not limited to, leave without pay, leave of absence, and disability leave. (4) "Disability leave" means the leave granted pursuant to section 124.385 of the Revised Code. (5) "Full-time permanent employee" means an employee whose regular hours of duty total eighty hours in a pay period in a state agency and whose appointment is not for a limited period of time. (6) "Base rate of pay" means the rate of pay established under schedule B or C of section 124.15 of the Revised Code or under schedule E-1 or schedule E-2 of section 124.152 of the Revised Code, plus any supplement provided under section 124.181 of the Revised Code, plus any supplements enacted into law which are added to schedule B or C of section 124.15 of the Revised Code or to schedule E-1 or schedule E-2 of section 124.152 of the Revised Code. (7) "Part-time permanent employee" means an employee whose regular hours of duty total less than eighty hours in a pay period in a state agency and whose appointment is not for a limited period of time. (B) Each full-time permanent and part-time permanent employee whose salary or wage is paid directly by warrant of the director of budget and management shall be credited with sick leave of three and one-tenth hours for each completed eighty hours of service, excluding overtime hours worked. Sick leave is not available for use until it appears on the employee's earning statement and the compensation described in the earning statement is available to the employee. (C) Any sick leave credit provided pursuant to division (B) of this section, remaining as of the last day of the pay period preceding the first paycheck the employee receives in December, shall be converted pursuant to section 124.383 of the Revised Code. (D) Employees may use sick leave, provided a credit balance is available, upon approval of the responsible administrative officer of the employing unit, for absence due to personal illness, pregnancy, injury, exposure to contagious disease that could be communicated to other employees, and illness, injury, or death in the employee's immediate family. When sick leave is used, it shall be deducted from the employee's credit on the basis of absence from previously scheduled work in such increments of an hour and at such a compensation rate as the director of administrative services determines. The appointing authority of each employing unit may require an employee to furnish a satisfactory, signed statement to justify the use of sick leave. If, after having utilized the credit provided by this section, an employee utilizes sick leave that was accumulated prior to November 15, 1981, compensation for such sick leave used shall be at a rate as the director determines. (E)(1) The previously accumulated sick leave balance of an employee who has been separated from the public service, for which separation payments pursuant to section 124.384 of the Revised Code have not been made, shall be placed to the employee's credit upon the employee's reemployment in the public service, if the reemployment takes place within ten years of the date on which the employee was last terminated from public service. (2) The previously accumulated sick leave balance of an employee who has separated from a school district shall be placed to the employee's credit upon the employee's appointment as an unclassified employee of the state department of education and workforce, if all of the following apply: (a) The employee accumulated the sick leave balance while employed by the school district. (b) The employee did not receive any separation payments for the sick leave balance. (c) The employee's employment with the department takes place within ten years after the date on which the employee separated from the school district. (F) An employee who transfers from one public agency to another shall be credited with the unused balance of the employee's accumulated sick leave. (G) The director of administrative services shall establish procedures to uniformly administer this section. No sick leave may be granted to a state employee upon or after the employee's retirement or termination of employment. (H) As used in this division, "active payroll" means conditions under which an employee is in active pay status or eligible to receive pay for an approved leave of absence, including, but not limited to, occupational injury leave, disability leave, or workers' compensation. (1) Employees who are in active payroll status on June 18, 2011, shall receive a one-time credit of additional sick leave in the pay period that begins on July 1, 2011. Full-time employees shall receive the lesser of either a one-time credit of thirty-two hours of additional sick leave or a one-time credit of additional sick leave equivalent to half the hours of personal leave the employee lost during the moratorium established under either division (A) of section 124.386 of the Revised Code or pursuant to a rule of the director of administrative services. Part-time employees shall receive a one-time credit of sixteen hours of additional sick leave. (2) Employees who are not in active payroll status due to military leave or an absence taken in accordance with the federal "Family and Medical Leave Act" are eligible to receive the one-time additional sick leave credit. (3) The one-time additional sick leave credit does not apply to employees of the supreme court, general assembly, legislative service commission, secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, or attorney general unless the supreme court, general assembly, legislative service commission, secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, or attorney general participated in the moratorium under division (H) or (I) of section 124.386 of the Revised Code and notifies in writing the director of administrative services on or before June 1, 2011, of the decision to participate in the one-time additional sick leave credit. Written notice under this division shall be signed by the appointing authority for employees of the supreme court, general assembly, or legislative service commission, as the case may be. Last updated September 5, 2023 at 5:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.25
§ 128.25. County contact for 9-1-1 discrepencies, misroutes, and boundary disputes
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Each county shall provide a single point of contact to the 9-1-1 program office who has the authority to assist in location-data discrepancies, 9-1-1 traffic misroutes, and boundary disputes between public safety answering points. Last updated October 5, 2023 at 4:50 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 159.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 159 / § 159.06
§ 159.06. Law not retroactive
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Sections 159.03 to 159.05 , inclusive, of the Revised Code shall not be retroactive or apply to any land acquired by the United States prior to May 6, 1902.
Ohio Rev. Code § 154.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 154 / § 154.02
§ 154.02. Issuing obligations
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, the issuing authority may issue obligations as from time to time authorized by or pursuant to act or resolution of the general assembly, consistent with such limitations thereon, subject to section 154.12 of the Revised Code, as the general assembly may thereby prescribe as to principal amount, bond service charges, or otherwise, and shall cause the proceeds thereof to be applied to those capital facilities designated by or pursuant to act of the general assembly for any of the following: (1) Mental hygiene and retardation, including housing for mental hygiene and retardation patients under Section 16 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution; (2) State supported and assisted institutions of higher education, including community or technical colleges; (3) Parks and recreation; (4) Ohio cultural facilities; (5) Ohio sports facilities; (6) Housing of branches and agencies of state government. (B) The authority provided by Chapter 154. of the Revised Code is in addition to any other authority provided by law for the same or similar purposes, except as may otherwise specifically be provided in Chapter 154. of the Revised Code. In case any section or provision of Chapter 154. of the Revised Code or in case any covenant, stipulation, obligation, resolution, trust agreement, indenture, lease agreement, act, or action, or part thereof, made, assumed, entered into, or taken under Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, or any application thereof, is for any reason held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remainder thereof or any other section or provision of Chapter 154. of the Revised Code or any other covenant, stipulation, obligation, resolution, trust agreement, indenture, lease, agreement, act, or action, or part thereof, made, assumed, entered into, or taken under such chapter, which shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid portion were not contained therein, nor shall such illegality or invalidity or any application thereof affect any legal and valid application thereof, and each such section, provision, covenant, stipulation, obligation, resolution, trust agreement, indenture, lease, agreement, act, or action, or part thereof, shall be deemed to be effective, operative, made, entered into or taken in the manner and to the full extent permitted by law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.583 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.583
§ 145.583. Deposits to fund payments under plan
Status: in_force

April 6, 2007 House Bill 272 - 126th General Assembly The PERS defined benefit plan or a PERS defined contribution plan may include a program under which a member participating in the plan, the member's employer, or a retirant is permitted to make deposits for the purpose of providing funds to the member or retirant for the payment of health, medical, hospital, surgical, dental, vision care, or drug expenses, including insurance premiums, deductible amounts, or copayments. Deposits made under this section are in addition to contributions required by this chapter and any other deposits made under it. A program established under this section may be a voluntary employees' beneficiary association, as described in section 501(c)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(9), as amended; an account described in section 401(h) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 401(h), as amended; a medical savings account; or a similar type of program under which an individual may accumulate funds for the purpose of paying such expenses. To implement the program, the public employees retirement board may enter into agreements with insurance companies or other entities authorized to conduct business in this state. If the PERS defined benefit plan or a PERS defined contribution plan includes a program described in this section, the board shall adopt rules to establish and administer the program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.021
§ 163.021. Taking necessary for public use - blight - veto
Status: in_force

October 10, 2007 Senate Bill 7 - 127th General Assembly (A) No agency shall appropriate real property except as necessary and for a public use. In any appropriation, the taking agency shall show by a preponderance of the evidence that the taking is necessary and for a public use. (B) Before an agency appropriates property based on a finding that the area is a blighted area or a slum, the agency shall do both of the following: (1) Adopt a comprehensive development plan that describes the public need for the property. The plan shall include at least one study documenting the public need. All of the costs of developing the plan shall be publicly financed. (2) If the agency is governed by a legislative body, obtain a resolution from that legislative body affirming the public need for the property. (C) No park board, park district, board of directors of a conservancy district, incorporated association with a purpose of establishing or preserving public parks and memorial sites, or similar park authority shall exercise any power of eminent domain to appropriate real property outside the county or counties in which the park authority is located unless the appropriation has the written approval of the legislative authority of each county in which the property is located, other than the county or counties in which the park authority is located. (D) No agency shall appropriate property based on a finding that the parcel is a blighted parcel or that the area is a blighted area or slum by making that finding in, or in conjunction with, an emergency ordinance or resolution. (E) If an appropriation is by a public agency that is not elected and an owner has provided the public agency with a written objection to the appropriation, the elected officials of the public agency or elected individual that appointed the unelected agency may veto that appropriation. If the unelected public agency was appointed by more than one public agency or elected individual, a majority vote of the elected officials of the appointing public agencies or elected individuals is required to veto the appropriation. If the public agency that is not elected is a state agency or instrumentality such as a university, the governor has the veto authority. The governor may delegate that authority but may not delegate that authority to the unelected agency that seeks the appropriation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 106.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 106 / § 106.05
§ 106.05. Referral to common sense initiative office for determination of adverse impact on business
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 10 - 130th General Assembly (A) If the joint committee on agency rule review is reviewing a proposed or existing rule under section 106.021 or 106.031 of the Revised Code and the joint committee is uncertain whether the proposed or existing rule has an adverse impact on businesses, the joint committee electronically may refer the rule to the common sense initiative office, or if the joint committee identifies an adverse impact on businesses in the proposed or existing rule that has not been evaluated or has been inadequately evaluated in a business impact analysis previously reviewed by the common sense initiative office, the joint committee electronically may rerefer the rule to the office. The joint committee electronically may transmit a memorandum to the office along with the proposed or existing rule explaining specifically why it is referring or rereferring the rule to the office. The joint committee electronically shall notify the agency if it refers or rerefers the proposed or existing rule to the office. Such a referral or rereferral tolls the running of the time within which a concurrent resolution invalidating the proposed or existing rule may be adopted. The time resumes running when the proposed or existing rule is returned to the joint committee after the referral or rereferral. The tolling does not affect the continued operation of an existing rule. (B) The office, within thirty days after receiving a proposed or existing rule under division (A) of this section, shall evaluate or reevaluate the rule to determine whether it has an adverse impact on businesses, and shall proceed under division (C)(1) or (2) of this section as is appropriate to its determination. (C)(1) If the office determined that the proposed or existing rule does not have an adverse impact on businesses, the office shall prepare a memorandum stating that finding. The office electronically shall transmit the memorandum to the agency, and electronically shall return the proposed or existing rule to the joint committee. The office also electronically shall transmit a copy of its memorandum to the joint committee along with the proposed or existing rule. The joint committee may review or reject the proposed or existing rule, the same as if the rule had not been referred or rereferred to the office. If, when the proposed or existing rule is returned to the joint committee, fewer than thirty days remain in the time by which a concurrent resolution invalidating the proposed or existing rule may be adopted, the time for adopting such a concurrent resolution is extended until the thirtieth day after the day on which the proposed or existing rule was returned to the joint committee. (2) If the office determined that the proposed or existing rule has an adverse impact on businesses, the office shall prepare a memorandum stating that finding. The office electronically shall transmit the memorandum to the agency, and electronically shall transmit the memorandum and the proposed or existing rule to the joint committee. The memorandum shall identify the proposed or existing rule to which it relates. In the case of a proposed rule, the joint committee may review or reject the proposed rule the same as if the proposed rule had not been referred or rereferred to the office. If, when the proposed rule is returned to the joint committee, fewer than thirty days remain in the time by which a concurrent resolution invalidating the proposed rule may be adopted, the time for adopting such a concurrent resolution is extended until the thirtieth day after the day on which the proposed rule was transmitted to the joint committee. The agency, after considering the memorandum, may revise the proposed rule. In the case of an existing rule, it is the same as if the agency had withdrawn the existing rule from the joint committee's jurisdiction. If the agency determines, after considering the memorandum, that the existing rule needs to be amended or rescinded, the agency shall commence the process of doing so under division (B)(1) of section 106.03 of the Revised Code. If, however, the agency determines, after considering the memorandum, that the existing rule does not need to be amended or rescinded, the agency shall proceed with periodic review of the rule under division (B)(2) of section 106.03 of the Revised Code. When the joint committee gives notice that it is referring or rereferring a proposed or existing rule to the common sense initiative office, and when the joint committee or office transmits a memorandum to the other or to an agency, the joint committee or office also electronically shall transmit a copy of the notice or memorandum to the director of the legislative service commission. The director shall publish the notice or memorandum in the register of Ohio together with a notation identifying the proposed or existing rule to which the notice or memorandum relates. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.14
§ 117.14. Annual audit of office of auditor
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly An annual audit of the office of the auditor of state shall be made by an independent certified public accountant appointed by the governor and the chairpersons of the finance committees of the senate and the house of representatives, upon recommendation from a committee consisting of: (A) The governor or the governor's designee; (B) The chairperson of the finance committee of the senate or the chairperson's designee; (C) The chairperson of the finance committee of the house of representatives or the chairperson's designee. Not later than the thirty-first day of March immediately preceding the last day of the fiscal year to be audited, the governor and chairpersons shall make the appointment and prescribe the contract terms of the audit. On or before the fifteenth day of October, the accountant shall submit a report of the audit completed under this section for the immediately preceding fiscal year to each member of the committee. One copy of the audit report shall be filed with the state library for public inspection. The audit report is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code until it is filed with the state library. The records of the auditor of state shall be made available to the accountant. The office of budget and management shall provide staff services to the committee.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.65
§ 135.65. Small business linked deposit program
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The general assembly finds that small businesses make significant contributions to the state's economic well-being. However, various economic challenges, such as tightened capital availability, inflationary pressures, or rising interest rates, can cause disproportionate harm to small businesses and discourage aspiring job creators from taking root in Ohio. Accordingly, it is declared to be the public policy of the state through the small business linked deposit program to create the availability of reduced rate loans to inject needed capital into the business community, sustain or improve small business growth profitability, protect the jobs of residents, and foster economic growth and development within Ohio's small businesses. (B) An eligible borrower for the small business linked deposit program is any person, including a person engaged in agriculture, that has all the following characteristics: (1) Is headquartered or domiciled in this state; (2) Maintains offices or operating facilities in this state, provided that the offices or operating facilities within the state comprise not less than fifty-one per cent of the total of all offices and operating facilities maintained by the business; (3) Employs fewer than one hundred fifty employees, not less than fifty-one per cent of whom are residents of this state; (4) Is organized for profit. (C) An eligible lending institution for the small business linked deposit program must be able to make commercial loans. (D) An eligible borrower shall certify on the loan application that the reduced rate loan will be used exclusively in this state to create new jobs, preserve existing jobs and employment opportunities, or materially contribute to the preservation or growth of the business. Last updated October 5, 2023 at 4:55 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.39
§ 153.39. Approval of plans for children's home
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 497 - 135th General Assembly If the plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, specifications of work, and estimates relate to the building of a children's home, they shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners and three citizens of the county, to be appointed by a resident judge of the court of common pleas, or a judge residing in the same subdivision of the judicial district. If approved by a majority of them, a copy thereof shall be deposited in the office of the board of county commissioners and kept by the board for the inspection of interested parties. Before such plans are adopted, they shall be submitted to the department of children and youth for suggestions and criticism. The boards of counties composing a district for the purpose of establishing a district children's home, in letting contracts for the necessary buildings or the repair or alteration thereof, shall be governed by the law relating to letting contracts for erecting, repairing, or altering other public buildings. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 169.052 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 169 / § 169.052
§ 169.052. Attorney unclaimed funds
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 Senate Bill 276 - 133rd General Assembly (A) Every holder of attorney unclaimed funds shall, at the time of filing, remit to the director of commerce one hundred per cent of the aggregate amount of unclaimed funds as shown on the report. The funds may be claimed by the director of the Ohio access to justice foundation, created pursuant to section 120.521 of the Revised Code. Interest shall accrue on attorney unclaimed funds in accordance with division (D) of section 169.08 of the Revised Code while held by the Ohio access to justice foundation and shall be credited to attorney unclaimed funds. (B) The director of commerce or the director's designee shall serve on the board of directors of the Ohio access to justice foundation which holds attorney unclaimed funds. (C) Funds recovered by the Ohio access to justice foundation are subject to call at the discretion of the director of commerce to be returned to the department of commerce. Funds recovered by the Ohio access to justice foundation shall be used to provide financial assistance to legal aid societies, to enhance or improve access to justice, or to operate the foundation. (D) Attorney unclaimed funds held by the Ohio access to justice foundation may be assessed the actual, reasonable cost the department of commerce incurs for administering attorney unclaimed funds as described in division (B) of section 169.03 of the Revised Code, this section, and section 169.08 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.57
§ 107.57. Regulatory restriction elimination
Status: in_force

June 8, 2022 Senate Bill 9 - 134th General Assembly (A) In the course of evaluating draft rules and business impact analyses under sections 107.51 to 107.55 of the Revised Code, or at any other time, the common sense initiative office may review any rules containing regulatory restrictions that a state agency is required to include in its inventory of regulatory restrictions under section 121.95 of the Revised Code. If the common sense initiative office determines, based on the criteria described in division (A) of section 106.03 of the Revised Code, that a state agency should eliminate a regulatory restriction, the common sense initiative office shall notify the state agency that it is required to eliminate that regulatory restriction, and the state agency shall eliminate it. (B) If a state agency objects to the elimination of a regulatory restriction that the common sense initiative office has determined should be eliminated under division (A) of this section, the state agency may appeal that decision to the joint committee on agency rule review. If the joint committee also determines, based on the criteria described in division (A) of section 106.03 of the Revised Code, that the state agency should eliminate the regulatory restriction, the state agency shall eliminate it. (C) As used in this section, "state agency" has the same meaning as in section 121.95 of the Revised Code. Last updated March 15, 2022 at 4:34 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.051
§ 145.051. Special election where person elected unable to serve
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly If a person elected to serve on the public employees retirement board is unable to assume office at the January meeting of the board following the person's election, a special election shall be held in accordance with the provisions of section 145.05 of the Revised Code within three months of the January meeting. On certification of the elections results, the newly elected person shall assume office at the meeting of the board immediately following the special election. Last updated February 1, 2022 at 5:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 105.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 105 / § 105.21
§ 105.21. State council of uniform state laws
Status: in_force

December 2, 1996 House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly The governor shall appoint four competent persons who shall constitute a council of commissioners to be known as the state council of uniform state laws. Terms of office shall be for three years, commencing on the sixth day of June and ending on the fifth day of June, except that the appointment made to fill the vacancy existing on December 8, 1972, shall be made for a term ending June 5, 1973; and upon expiration of the term ending July 23, 1974, the new term which succeeds it shall commence on July 24, 1974, and end on June 5, 1977. Each commissioner shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the commissioner was appointed. The governor may remove any one or all of the commissioners for cause, and the governor may fill any vacancy by appointment. Any commissioner appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the commissioner's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of such term. Any commissioner shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the commissioner's term until a successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.01
§ 122.01. Department of development definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in the Revised Code, the "development services agency" means the department of development and the "director of development services" means the director of development. Whenever the development services agency or director of development services is referred to or designated in any statute, rule, contract, grant, or other document, the reference or designation shall be deemed to refer to the department of development or director of development, as the case may be. (B) As used in this chapter: (1) "Community problems" includes, but is not limited to, taxation, fiscal administration, governmental structure and organization, intergovernmental cooperation, education and training, employment needs, community planning and development, air and water pollution, public safety and the administration of justice, housing, mass transportation, community facilities and services, health, welfare, recreation, open space, and the development of human resources. (2) "Professional personnel" means either of the following: (a) Personnel who have earned a bachelor's degree from a college or university; (b) Personnel who serve as or have the working title of director, assistant director, deputy director, assistant deputy director, manager, office chief, assistant office chief, or program director. (3) "Technical personnel" means any of the following: (a) Personnel who provide technical assistance according to their job description or in accordance with the Revised Code; (b) Personnel employed in the director of development's office or the legal office, communications office, finance office, legislative affairs office, or human resources office of the department of development; (c) Personnel employed in the technology division of the department. Last updated July 29, 2021 at 4:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.49
§ 173.49. Implementing rules to be adopted by department
Status: in_force

September 29, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly The department of aging shall adopt rules as the department considers necessary to implement and administer sections 173.45 to 173.48 of the Revised Code. The rules shall be adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.99
§ 147.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly Whoever violates section 147.10 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.26
§ 101.26. Members ineligible to certain appointments and employment
Status: in_force

October 6, 1994 House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly No member of either house of the general assembly except in compliance with this section, shall knowingly do any of the following: (A) Be appointed as trustee, officer, or manager of a benevolent, educational, or correctional institution that is authorized, created, or regulated by the state and that is supported in whole or in part by funds from the state treasury; (B) Serve on any committee or commission that is authorized or created by the general assembly and that provides other compensation than actual and necessary expenses; (C) Accept any appointment, office, or employment from any committee or commission that is authorized or created by the general assembly and that provides other compensation than actual and necessary expenses or accept any appointment, office, or employment from any executive or administrative branch or department of the state that provides other compensation than actual and necessary expenses. Any appointee, officer, or employee described in division (A), (B), or (C) of this section who accepts a certificate of election to either house immediately shall resign from the appointment, office, or employment, and, if he fails or refuses to do so, his seat in the general assembly shall be deemed vacant. Any member of the general assembly who accepts any appointment, office, or employment described in division (A), (B), or (C) of this section immediately shall resign from the general assembly, and, if he fails or refuses to do so, his seat in the general assembly shall be deemed vacant. This section does not apply to members of either house of the general assembly serving an educational institution of the state, supported in whole or in part by funds from the state treasury, in a capacity other than one named in division (A) of this section, school teachers, employees of boards of education, notaries public, or officers of the militia. Division (A) of this section does not apply to any member of either house of the general assembly appointed as trustee, officer, or manager of a private institution that only receives funds from the state treasury in exchange for services rendered.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.521 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.521
§ 173.521. Home first component
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of aging shall establish a home first component of the PASSPORT program under which eligible individuals may be enrolled in the medicaid-funded component of the PASSPORT program in accordance with this section. An individual is eligible for the PASSPORT program's home first component if both of the following apply: (1) The individual has been determined to be eligible for the medicaid-funded component of the PASSPORT program. (2) At least one of the following applies: (a) The individual has been admitted to a nursing facility. (b) A physician, certified nurse-midwife if authorized as described in section 4723.438 of the Revised Code, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner has determined and documented in writing that the individual has a medical condition that, unless the individual is enrolled in home and community-based services such as the PASSPORT program, will require the individual to be admitted to a nursing facility within thirty days of the physician's or nurse's determination. (c) The individual has been hospitalized and a physician, certified nurse-midwife if authorized as described in section 4723.438 of the Revised Code, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner has determined and documented in writing that, unless the individual is enrolled in home and community-based services such as the PASSPORT program, the individual is to be transported directly from the hospital to a nursing facility and admitted. (d) Both of the following apply: (i) The individual is the subject of a report made under section 5101.63 of the Revised Code regarding abuse, neglect, or exploitation or such a report referred to a county department of job and family services under section 5126.31 of the Revised Code or has made a request to a county department for protective services as defined in section 5101.60 of the Revised Code. (ii) A county department of job and family services and an area agency on aging have jointly documented in writing that, unless the individual is enrolled in home and community-based services such as the PASSPORT program, the individual should be admitted to a nursing facility. (B) Each month, each area agency on aging shall identify individuals residing in the area that the agency serves who are eligible for the home first component of the PASSPORT program. When an area agency on aging identifies such an individual, the agency shall notify the long-term care consultation program administrator serving the area in which the individual resides. The administrator shall determine whether the PASSPORT program is appropriate for the individual and whether the individual would rather participate in the PASSPORT program than continue or begin to reside in a nursing facility. If the administrator determines that the PASSPORT program is appropriate for the individual and the individual would rather participate in the PASSPORT program than continue or begin to reside in a nursing facility, the administrator shall so notify the department of aging. On receipt of the notice from the administrator, the department shall approve the individual's enrollment in the medicaid-funded component of the PASSPORT program regardless of the unified waiting list established under section 173.55 of the Revised Code, unless the enrollment would cause the component to exceed any limit on the number of individuals who may be enrolled in the component as set by the United States secretary of health and human services in the PASSPORT waiver. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.393 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.393
§ 173.393. Provider evaluation records as public records
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the records of an evaluation conducted in accordance with rules adopted under division (B)(2) of section 173.391 of the Revised Code are public records for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall be made available on request of any person, including individuals receiving or seeking any services, including community-based long-term care services, under a program the department of aging administers. (B) A part of a record of an evaluation that is otherwise available as a public record under division (A) of this section is not available as a public record if its release would violate a federal or state statute, regulation, or rule, including regulations adopted by the United States department of health and human services to implement the health information privacy provisions of the "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996," 110 Stat. 1955, 42 U.S.C. 1320d, et seq., as amended. Last updated August 5, 2021 at 1:48 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 166.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 166 / § 166.04
§ 166.04. Determining whether assistance will conform to chapter
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) Prior to entering into each agreement to provide assistance under sections 166.02 , 166.06 , and 166.07 of the Revised Code, the director of development services shall determine whether the assistance will conform to the requirements of sections 166.01 to 166.11 of the Revised Code. Such determination, and the facts upon which it is based, shall be set forth, where required, by the director in submissions made to the controlling board when the director seeks a release of moneys under section 166.02 of the Revised Code. An agreement to provide assistance under sections 166.02 , 166.06 , and 166.07 of the Revised Code shall set forth such determination, which shall be conclusive for purposes of the validity and enforceability of such agreement and any loan guarantees, loans, or other agreements entered into pursuant to such agreement to provide assistance. (B) Whenever a person applies for financial assistance under sections 166.02 , 166.06 , and 166.07 of the Revised Code and the project for which assistance is requested is to relocate facilities that are currently being operated by the person and that are located in another county, municipal corporation, or township, the person shall provide written notification of the relocation to the appropriate local governmental bodies. Prior to entering into an agreement to provide the assistance, the director shall verify that such notification has been provided. (C) As used in division (B) of this section, "appropriate local governmental bodies" means: (1) The board of county commissioners or legislative authority of the county in which the facility to be replaced is located; (2) The legislative authority of the municipal corporation or the board of township trustees of the township in which the facility to be replaced is located. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 113.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 113 / § 113.19
§ 113.19. Audit of outgoing treasurer of state
Status: in_force

March 17, 1989 House Bill 584 - 117th General Assembly (A) When the term of the treasurer of state or acting treasurer of state expires, or he resigns, is removed, or is suspended from office, an audit shall be made by the auditor of state of the state treasury and the custodial funds of the treasurer of state. The liability of the outgoing treasurer of state, acting treasurer of state, or their respective sureties, shall not be discharged until the audit is completed by the auditor of state. (B) Upon the expiration of the term of office of the treasurer of state or in the event of a vacancy in the office of treasurer of state by reason of death, resignation, removal or suspension from office, or otherwise, the treasurer or his legal representative shall transfer and deliver to his successor all documents evidencing a deposit or investment held by him. For the investments and deposits so transferred and delivered, the treasurer of state shall be credited with and his successor shall be charged with the amount of money held in such investments and deposits.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.373 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.373
§ 121.373. Family and children first administration fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the family and children first administration fund. The fund shall consist of money that the director of budget and management transfers from one or more funds of one or more agencies represented on the Ohio family and children first cabinet council. The director may transfer only money that state or federal law permits to be used for the cabinet council's administrative costs. Money in the fund shall be used to pay the cabinet council's administrative costs.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.82 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.82
§ 101.82. Sunset review committee definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly As used in sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code: (A) "Agency" means any board, commission, committee, or council, or any other similar state public body required to be established pursuant to state statutes for the exercise of any function of state government and to which members are appointed or elected. "Agency" does not include the following: (1) The general assembly, or any commission, committee, or other body composed entirely of members of the general assembly; (2) Any court; (3) Any public body created by or directly pursuant to the constitution of this state; (4) The board of trustees of any institution of higher education financially supported in whole or in part by the state; (5) Any public body that has the authority to issue bonds or notes or that has issued bonds or notes that have not been fully repaid; (6) The public utilities commission of Ohio; (7) The consumers' counsel governing board; (8) Any state board or commission that has the authority to issue any final adjudicatory order that may be appealed to the court of common pleas under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code; (9) Any board of elections; (10) The board of directors of the Ohio insurance guaranty association and the board of governors of the Ohio fair plan underwriting association; (11) The Ohio retirement study council; (12) The board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, public employees retirement board, school employees retirement board, state highway patrol retirement board, and state teachers retirement board; (13) The industrial commission; (14) The parole board; (15) The board of tax appeals; (16) The controlling board; (17) The release authority of department of youth services; (18) The environmental review appeals commission; (19) The Ohio ethics commission; (20) The Ohio public works commission; (21) The self-insuring employers evaluation board; (22) The state board of deposit; (23) The state employment relations board; (24) An agency that is exempted from the requirements of sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code by the agency's enabling statutes; and (25) The following agencies, deemed to have a purpose related to federal law: (a) The children and youth advisory council, under section 5180.04 of the Revised Code; (b) The emergency response commission under section 3750.02 of the Revised Code; (c) The public defender commission under section 120.01 of the Revised Code; (d) The homeland security advisory council under division (E) of section 5502.011 of the Revised Code; (e) The unemployment compensation review commission under section 4141.06 of the Revised Code. (B) "Abolish" means to repeal the statutes creating and empowering an agency, remove its personnel, and transfer its records to the department of administrative services pursuant to division (E) of section 149.331 of the Revised Code. (C) "Terminate" means to amend or repeal the statutes creating and empowering an agency, remove its personnel, and reassign its functions and records to another agency or officer designated by the general assembly. (D) "Transfer" means to amend the statutes creating and empowering an agency so that its functions, records, and personnel are conveyed to another agency or officer. (E) "Renew" means to continue an agency, and may include amendment of the statutes creating and empowering the agency, or recommendations for changes in agency operation or personnel. Last updated July 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 184.116 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 184 / § 184.116
§ 184.116. Commission use of independent reviewers
Status: in_force

January 4, 2006 Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly If the third frontier commission utilizes independent reviewers to review the merits of proposed research and development projects and to make recommendations to the commission concerning which projects should be awarded support under section 184.11 of the Revised Code and the commission takes one of the following actions, the commission shall provide a written explanation of the reasons for its action and present the explanation at one of the commission's regularly scheduled public meetings: (A) Awards support for a project that the reviewers do not recommend; (B) Refuses to award support for a project the reviewers do recommend; (C) Makes a support award that varies substantially from the reviewers' recommendation. The commission, pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules necessary and proper to govern explanations required under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 105.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 105 / § 105.23
§ 105.23. Duties
Status: in_force

December 2, 1996 House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly The state council of uniform state laws shall collect and digest data concerning the prevailing law in the United States and other countries, upon special subjects where uniformity is important. It shall ascertain the best means to effect uniformity upon such subjects in the laws of the various states of the United States, especially upon the following subjects: (A) Form and execution of conveyances; (B) Commercial law, including: (1) Bills of lading; (2) Private corporations; (3) Holidays; (4) Fire insurance and life insurance; (5) Negotiable instruments; (6) Partnerships; (7) Trade-marks; (8) Unfair competition; (9) Warehouse receipts. (C) Pure food laws; (D) Insolvency; (E) Uniform hours of labor; (F) Marriage and divorce; (G) Notarial certificates; (H) Execution and probate of wills.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.07
§ 145.07. Oath of office - quorum - meetings
Status: in_force

September 21, 2000 House Bill 628 - 123rd General Assembly Each member of the public employees retirement board, upon assuming office, shall take an oath that the member will support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state, and that the member will diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the board and that the member will not knowingly violate or willfully permit to be violated any provision of this chapter. Such oath shall be subscribed to by the member making it, and certified by the officer before whom it is taken, and shall be immediately filed in the office of the secretary of state. A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum. All meetings of the board shall be open to the public except executive sessions as set forth in division (G) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code, and any portions of any sessions discussing medical records or the degree of disability of a member excluded from public inspection by section 145.27 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.03
§ 122.03. Duties of department - research facilities
Status: in_force

August 12, 1982 House Bill 536 - 114th General Assembly The department of development shall: (A) Maintain a continuing evaluation of existing research facilities in the state and their relationship to orderly econmic growth and the solution of community problems of the state; (B) Prepare and disseminate information relative to research facilities in the state and their availability to industrial activities and the solution of community problems; (C) Prepare and recommend programs for the coordination of research activities in the state and to assure the maximum use of such facilities in the development of orderly economic growth and the solution of community problems; (D) Cooperate with educational institutions in the development of educational programs to train technical personnel in the field of research and those other fields related to the solution of community problems; (E) Carry out continuing studies and analyses of the problems and opportunities of communities, districts, and regions within the state, and of multi-state regions of which Ohio is a part.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.2910 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.2910
§ 145.2910. Transferring service credit and contributions between PERS and Cincinnati retirement system
Status: in_force

April 1, 2001 House Bill 535 - 123rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section and sections 145.2911 and 145.2912 of the Revised Code, "military service credit" means service credit purchased or obtained under the public employees retirement system or city of Cincinnati retirement system for service in the armed forces of the United States. (B) Service credit and contributions may be transferred between the public employees retirement system and the city of Cincinnati retirement system as specified in sections 145.2911 and 145.2912 of the Revised Code if both of the following conditions are met: (1) The Cincinnati city council and the board of trustees of the Cincinnati retirement system take all actions, including the adoption of any ordinance or resolution, necessary to authorize the transfers. (2) The public employees retirement system and Cincinnati retirement system, through their boards of trustees, enter into an agreement governing the transfers that is consistent with the requirements of sections 145.2911 and 145.2912 of the Revised Code and includes both of the following: (a) A provision under which the retirement systems agree to transfer the amounts specified in those sections; (b) A provision that specifies an amount of credit the system to which the transfer is made will grant for a specific period of service earned under the transferring system. (C) The amount of credit specified under division (B)(2) of this section may be less than the person earned for a specific period of service under the transferring system. (D)(1) The public employees retirement system, through its board of trustees, and the Cincinnati retirement system, acting pursuant to the authority granted it by the Cincinnati city council, may do either of the following: (a) By mutual consent, modify the agreement described in this section; (b) Rescind the agreement described in this section. (2) Any action taken under division (D)(1) of this section does not affect any transfers made between the systems and grants of credit made by the systems prior to the time action is taken. (3) Rescinding an agreement as provided in division (D)(1)(b) of this section does not require mutual consent. The retirement system that rescinds the agreement must promptly notify the other. (E) If either of the conditions specified in division (B) of this section is not met, a member of the public employees retirement system who meets the requirements of section 145.293 of the Revised Code may purchase credit under division (A)(2) of that section for service in the Cincinnati retirement system.
Ohio Rev. Code § 191.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 191 / § 191.05
§ 191.05. Determining unserved area for purpose of application
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly For the purposes of an application under the Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program, an area of the state shall be considered to be an unserved area, if one of the following applies: (A) Under a program to deploy broadband service to unserved areas, a governmental entity has awarded a broadband grant for the area after determining the area to be an eligible unserved area under that program. (B) The area has not been awarded any broadband grant funding, and the most recent mapping information published by the federal communications commission indicates that the area is an unserved area. Last updated August 29, 2023 at 4:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 181.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 181 / § 181.27
§ 181.27. Commission designated a criminal justice agency
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 1 - 133rd General Assembly (A) In addition to its duties set forth in sections 181.23 to 181.26 of the Revised Code, the state criminal sentencing commission is hereby designated a criminal justice agency, as defined in section 109.571 of the Revised Code, and as such is authorized by this state to apply for access to the computerized databases administered by the national crime information center or the law enforcement automated data system in Ohio, and to other computerized databases administered for the purpose of making criminal justice information accessible to state criminal justice agencies. (B) In addition to its duties set forth in sections 181.23 to 181.26 of the Revised Code, the state criminal sentencing commission shall do all of the following: (1) Within ninety days after the effective date of this section, pursuant to section 181.23 of the Revised Code, commence a study of the impact of sections relevant to the act in which this section is enacted, including but not limited to, changes to sections 109.11 , 2929.15 , 2951.041 , 2953.31 , 2953.32 , 5119.93 , and 5119.94 of the Revised Code, and continue studying that impact on an ongoing basis. (2) Not later than December 31, 2021, and biennially thereafter, submit to the general assembly and the governor its findings regarding the study described in division (B)(1) of this section, in a report that contains the results of the study and recommendations. Last updated April 14, 2022 at 2:58 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.16
§ 122.16. Economic redevelopment of distressed area
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Distressed area" means either a municipal corporation that has a population of at least fifty thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census published by the United States census bureau, or a county, that meets at least two of the following criteria: (a) Its average rate of unemployment, during the most recent five-year period for which local area unemployment statistics published by the United States bureau of labor statistics are available, as of the date the most recent federal decennial census was published, is equal to or greater than one hundred twenty-five per cent of the average rate of unemployment for the United States for the same period. (b)(i) In the case of a county, its per capita personal income is equal to or less than eighty per cent of the per capita personal income of the United States as determined by the most recently available data from the United States department of commerce, bureau of economic analysis as of the date the most recent federal decennial census was published. (ii) In the case of a municipal corporation, its per capita income is equal to or less than eighty per cent of the per capita income of the United States as determined by the most recently available five-year estimates published in the American community survey as of the date the most recent federal decennial census was published. (c)(i) In the case of a county, its ratio of personal current transfer receipts to total personal income is equal to or greater than twenty-five per cent, as determined by the most recently available data from the United States department of commerce, bureau of economic analysis as of the date the most recent federal decennial census was published. (ii) In the case of a municipal corporation, the percentage of its residents with incomes below the official poverty line is equal to or greater than twenty per cent as determined by the most recently available five-year estimates published in the American community survey as of the date the most recent federal decennial census was published. If a federal agency ceases to publish the applicable data described in division (A)(1) of this section, the director of development shall designate, on the department of development's web site, an alternative source of the applicable data published by a federal agency or, if no such source is available, another reliable source. (2) "Eligible area" means a distressed area, a labor surplus area, an inner city area, or a situational distress area. (3) "Eligible costs associated with a voluntary action" means costs incurred during the qualifying period in performing a remedy or remedial activities, as defined in section 3746.01 of the Revised Code, and any costs incurred during the qualifying period in performing both a phase I and phase II property assessment, as defined in the rules adopted under section 3746.04 of the Revised Code, provided that the performance of the phase I and phase II property assessment resulted in the implementation of the remedy or remedial activities. (4) "Inner city area" means, in a municipal corporation that has a population of at least one hundred thousand and does not meet the criteria of a labor surplus area or a distressed area, targeted investment areas established by the municipal corporation within its boundaries that are comprised of the most recent census block tracts that individually have at least twenty per cent of their population at or below the state poverty level or other census block tracts contiguous to such census block tracts. (5) "Labor surplus area" means an area designated as a labor surplus area by the United States department of labor. (6) "Official poverty line" has the same meaning as in division (A) of section 3923.51 of the Revised Code. (7) "Partner" includes a member of a limited liability company formed under Chapter 1705. or 1706. of the Revised Code or under the laws of any other state if the limited liability company is not treated as a corporation for purposes of Chapter 5733. of the Revised Code and is not classified as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. (8) "Partnership" includes a limited liability company formed under Chapter 1705. or 1706. of the Revised Code or under the laws of any other state if the limited liability company is not treated as a corporation for purposes of Chapter 5733. of the Revised Code and is not classified as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. (9) "Qualifying period" means the period that begins July 1, 1996, and ends June 30, 1999. (10) "S corporation" means a corporation that has made an election under subchapter S of chapter one of subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code for its taxable year under the Internal Revenue Code; (11) "Situational distress area" means a county or a municipal corporation that has experienced or is experiencing a closing or downsizing of a major employer that will adversely affect the economy of the county or municipal corporation. In order for a county or municipal corporation to be designated as a situational distress area, the governing body of the county or municipal corporation shall submit a petition to the director of development in the form prescribed by the director. A county or municipal corporation may be designated as a situational distress area for a period not exceeding thirty-six months. The petition shall include written documentation that demonstrates all of the following: (a) The number of jobs lost by the closing or downsizing; (b) The impact that the job loss has on the unemployment rate of the county or municipal corporation as measured by the director of job and family services; (c) The annual payroll associated with the job loss; (d) The amount of state and local taxes associated with the job loss; (e) The impact that the closing or downsizing has on the suppliers located in the county or municipal corporation. (12) "Voluntary action" has the same meaning as in section 3746.01 of the Revised Code. (13) "Taxpayer" means a corporation subject to the tax imposed by section 5733.06 of the Revised Code or any person subject to the tax imposed by section 5747.02 of the Revised Code. (14) "Governing body" means the board of county commissioners of a county, the board of township trustees of a township, or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation. (15) "Eligible site" means property for which a covenant not to sue has been issued under section 3746.12 of the Revised Code. (16) "American community survey" means the supplementary statistics collected and published annually by the United States census bureau in accordance with 13 U.S.C. 141 and 193. (B)(1) A taxpayer, partnership, or S corporation that has been issued, under section 3746.12 of the Revised Code, a covenant not to sue for a site by the director of environmental protection during the qualifying period may apply to the director of development, in the manner prescribed by the director, to enter into an agreement under which the applicant agrees to economically redevelop the site in a manner that will create employment opportunities and a credit will be granted to the applicant against the tax imposed by section 5733.06 or 5747.02 of the Revised Code. The application shall state the eligible costs associated with a voluntary action incurred by the applicant. The application shall be accompanied by proof, in a form prescribed by the director of development, that the covenant not to sue has been issued. The applicant shall request the certified professional that submitted the no further action letter for the eligible site under section 3746.11 of the Revised Code to submit an affidavit to the director of development verifying the eligible costs associated with the voluntary action at that site. The director shall review the applications in the order they are received. If the director determines that the applicant meets the requirements of this section, the director may enter into an agreement granting a credit against the tax imposed by section 5733.06 or 5747.02 of the Revised Code. In making the determination, the director may consider the extent to which political subdivisions and other units of government will cooperate with the applicant to redevelop the eligible site. The agreement shall state the amount of the tax credit and the reporting requirements described in division (F) of this section. (2) The maximum annual amount of credits the director of development may grant under such agreements shall be as follows: 1996 $5,000,000 1997 $10,000,000 1998 $10,000,000 1999 $5,000,000 For any year in which the director of development does not grant tax credits under this section equal to the maximum annual amount, the amount not granted for that year shall be added to the maximum annual amount that may be granted for the following year. However, the director shall not grant any tax credits under this section after June 30, 1999. (C)(1) If the covenant not to sue was issued in connection with a site that is not located in an eligible area, the credit amount is equal to the lesser of five hundred thousand dollars or ten per cent of the eligible costs associated with a voluntary action incurred by the taxpayer, partnership, or S corporation. (2) If a covenant not to sue was issued in connection with a site that is located in an eligible area, the credit amount is equal to the lesser of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars or fifteen per cent of the eligible costs associated with a voluntary action incurred by the taxpayer, partnership, or S corporation. (3) A taxpayer, partnership, or S corporation that has been issued covenants not to sue under section 3746.12 of the Revised Code for more than one site may apply to the director of development to enter into more than one agreement granting a credit against the tax imposed by section 5733.06 or 5747.02 of the Revised Code. (4) For each year for which a taxpayer, partnership, or S corporation has been granted a credit under an agreement entered into under this section, the director of development shall issue a certificate to the taxpayer, partnership, or S corporation indicating the amount of the credit the taxpayer, the partners of the partnership, or the shareholders of the S corporation may claim for that year, not including any amount that may be carried forward from previous years under section 5733.34 of the Revised Code. (D)(1) Each agreement entered into under this section shall incorporate a commitment by the taxpayer, partnership, or S corporation not to permit the use of an eligible site to cause the relocation of employment positions to that site from elsewhere in this state, except as otherwise provided in division (D)(2) of this section. The commitment shall be binding on the taxpayer, partnership, or S corporation for the lesser of five years from the date the agreement is entered into or the number of years the taxpayer, partnership, or S corporation is entitled to claim the tax credit under the agreement. (2) An eligible site may be the site of employment positions relocated from elsewhere in this state if the director of development determines both of the following: (a) That the site from which the employment positions would be relocated is inadequate to meet market and industry conditions, expansion plans, consolidation plans, or other business considerations affecting the relocating employer; (b) That the governing body of the county, township, or municipal corporation from which the employment positions would be relocated has been notified of the possible relocation. For purposes of this section, the movement of an employment position from one political subdivision to another political subdivision shall be considered a relocation of an employment position, but the transfer of an individual employee from one political subdivision to another political subdivision shall not be considered a relocation of an employment position as long as the individual's employment position in the first political subdivision is refilled. (E) A taxpayer, partnership, or S corporation that has entered into an agreement granting a credit against the tax imposed by section 5733.06 or 5747.02 of the Revised Code that subsequently recovers in a lawsuit or settlement of a lawsuit at least seventy-five per cent of the eligible costs associated with a voluntary action shall not claim any credit amount remaining, including any amounts carried forward from prior years, beginning with the taxable year in which the judgment in the lawsuit is entered or the settlement is finally agreed to. Any amount of credit that a taxpayer, partnership, or S corporation may not claim by reason of this division shall not be considered to have been granted for the purpose of determining the total amount of credits that may be issued under division (B)(2) of this section. (F) Each year for which a taxpayer, partnership, or S corporation claims a credit under section 5733.34 of the Revised Code, the taxpayer, partnership, or S corporation shall report the following to the director of development: (1) The status of all cost recovery litigation described in division (E) of this section to which it was a party during the previous year; (2) Confirmation that the covenant not to sue has not been revoked or has not been voided; (3) Confirmation that the taxpayer, partnership, or S corporation has not permitted the eligible site to be used in such a manner as to cause the relocation of employment positions from elsewhere in this state in violation of the commitment required under division (D) of this section; (4) Any other information the director of development requires to perform the director's duties under this section. (G) The director of development shall annually certify, by the first day of January of each year during the qualifying period, the eligible areas for the calendar year that includes that first day of January. (H) The director of development, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section, including rules prescribing forms required for administering this section. Last updated September 6, 2023 at 4:25 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.20
§ 153.20. Duty of attorney general
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The attorney general shall have charge of and direct the proceedings necessary to enforce contracts authorized by sections 153.01 to 153.19 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.111 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.111
§ 109.111. Attorney general court order and settlement fund
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the attorney general court order and settlement fund, which shall be part of the state treasury. (B) The fund shall consist of money collected or received by the office of the attorney general, on behalf of the state of Ohio or an agency or officer thereof, as a result of an order or judgment of a court or a settlement or other compromise of claims, for transfer to the appropriate fund or funds in the manner provided under section 109.112 of the Revised Code. (C) All money in the fund, including investment earnings thereon, shall be exclusively transferred as directed by section 109.112 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.64 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.64
§ 153.64. Protecting underground utility facilities during construction of public improvement
Status: in_force

September 23, 2022 House Bill 430 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Public improvement" means any construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, alteration, or repair of a building, highway, drainage system, water system, road, street, alley, sewer, ditch, sewage disposal plant, water works, and all other structures or works of any nature by a public authority. (2) "Public authority" includes the following: (a) The state, or a county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision; (b) Any public agency, authority, board, commission, instrumentality, or special district of or in the state or a county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision; (c) A designer as defined in section 3781.25 of the Revised Code who is acting on behalf of any entity described in division (A)(2)(a) or (b) of this section. (3) "Underground utility facilities" includes any item buried or placed below ground or submerged under water for use in connection with the storage or conveyance of water or sewage; or electronic, telephonic, or telegraphic communications; electricity; petroleum products; manufactured, mixed, or natural gas; synthetic or liquified natural gas; propane gas; or other substances. "Underground utility facilities" includes, but is not limited to, all operational underground pipes, sewers, tubing, conduits, cables, valves, lines, wires, manholes, and attachments, whether owned by any public or private or profit or nonprofit person, firm, partnership, company, corporation, joint stock association, joint venture, or voluntary association, wherever organized or incorporated, except for a private septic system in a single- or multi-family dwelling utilized only for that dwelling and not connected to any other system. (4) "Protection service" means a notification center not an owner of an underground utility facility that complies with the following: (a) It exists for the purpose of receiving notice from public authorities and from other persons that plan to prepare plans and specifications for, or engage in, public improvements involving digging, blasting, excavating, or other underground construction activities; (b) It distributes the information described in division (A)(4)(a) of this section to its members and participants; (c) It has registered by March 14, 1989, with the secretary of state and the public utilities commission under former division (F) of this section as it existed on that date. (5) "Construction area" means the area delineated on the plans and specifications for the public improvement within which the work provided for in the contract will be performed. (6) "Interstate gas pipeline" means an interstate gas pipeline subject to the "Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968," 49 U.S.C. 1671, as amended. (7) "Interstate hazardous liquids pipeline" means an interstate hazardous liquids pipeline subject to the "Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979," 49 U.S.C. 2002, as amended. (B)(1) In any public improvement which may involve underground utility facilities, the public authority, prior to preparing plans and specifications, shall contact a protection service and any owners of underground utility facilities that are not members of a protection service for the existence and location of all underground utility facilities within the construction area. (2) If requested by the public authority, each owner of underground utility facilities within the construction area, other than real property owners listed in divisions (C)(1) to (4) of section 3781.25 of the Revised Code, shall do one of the following within ten days of receiving notice from the public authority or a protection service: (a) Mark the location of the underground utility facilities, other than those facilities serving single-family or two-, three-, or four-unit dwellings, within the construction area in accordance with the marking standards described in division (C) of section 3781.29 of the Revised Code; (b) Provide digital or paper drawings, or both, that meet both of the following requirements: (i) They are drawn to scale and include locatable items. Locatable items may include poles, pedestals, back of curb, sidewalk, edge of pavement, centerline of ditch, property lines, and other similar items. (ii) They depict the location of the underground utility facilities. (3) If the public improvement is within six hundred sixty feet of the center point of any interstate hazardous liquid pipeline or interstate gas pipeline, the pipeline operator shall provide to the public authority all of the following: (a) A written notice of any special notification requirements; (b) The location and description of any right-of-way associated with the pipeline as well as pipeline location information, such as providing documents reflecting the actual location of the pipeline, marking facilities on design drawings, and providing maps; (c) Contact information for the primary contact person for the project area. Compliance with divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section does not relieve an owner of underground utility facilities from compliance with the marking requirements of section 3781.29 of the Revised Code. (4) The public authority shall include, in the plans and specifications for such improvement, the identity and location of the existing underground utility facilities located in the construction area as provided to the public authority by the owner of the underground utility facility and the name, address, and telephone number of each owner of any underground utility facilities in the construction area that does not subscribe to a protection service. (a) If the public authority is notified that the improvement is within six hundred sixty feet of the center point of any interstate hazardous liquid pipeline or interstate gas pipeline, the public authority shall also include in the plans and specifications for the project all of the following: (i) Any special notification requirements; (ii) The name and contact information of the primary contact person for each pipeline operator who has provided notice to the public authority under division (B)(3) of this section; (iii) Notice stating that the public authority has utilized reasonable means to contact the pipeline operator to verify the location of the pipeline and pipeline right-of-way; (iv) Notice that the public authority has reviewed, or has attempted to review, preliminary information about the public improvement with the pipeline operator and incorporated the requested adjustments into the plans. (b) For purposes of division (B)(4)(a)(iii) of this section, a public authority who provides notice to the protection service in accordance with division (B)(1) of this section is deemed to have utilized reasonable means to contact the operator of the pipeline. (5) Any anticipated temporary or permanent relocation of underground utility facilities deemed necessary by the public authority shall be negotiated or arranged by the public authority with the owners of the underground utility facilities prior to the start of construction. If a temporary or permanent relocation of utility facilities is necessary, the owner of the underground utility facility shall be given a reasonable time to move such utility facilities unless the contractor to whom the contract for a public improvement is awarded or its subcontractor agrees with the owner of the underground utility facility to coordinate relocation with construction operations. (6) The public authority, within ten calendar days after award of a contract for a public improvement, shall notify in writing all owners of underground utility facilities known to be located in the construction area of the public improvement of the name and address of the contractor to whom the contract for the public improvement was awarded. Where notice is given in writing by certified mail, the return receipt, signed by any person to whom the notice is delivered, shall be conclusive proof of notice. (C) The contractor to whom a contract for a public improvement is awarded or its subcontractor, at least two working days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, but no more than ten working days, prior to commencing construction operations in the construction area which may involve underground utility facilities, shall cause notice to be given to a protection service and the owners of underground utility facilities shown on the plans and specifications who are not members of a protection service. The owner of the underground utility facility, within forty-eight hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after notice is received, shall stake, mark, or otherwise designate the location of the underground utility facilities in the construction area in such a manner as to indicate their course together with the approximate depth at which they were installed. (D) If the public authority fails to comply with the requirements of division (B) of this section, the contractor to whom the work is awarded or its subcontractor complies with the requirements of division (C) of this section, and the contractor or its subcontractor encounters underground utility facilities in the construction area that would have been shown on the plans and specifications for such improvement had a protection service or owner of the underground utility facility who is not a member of a protection service whose name, address, and telephone number is provided by the public authority been contacted, then the contractor, upon notification to the public authority, is entitled to an increase to the contract price for itself or its subcontractor for any additional work that must be undertaken or additional time that will be required and is entitled to an extension of the completion date of the contract for the period of time of any delays to the construction of the public improvement. In the event of a dispute as to the application of this section, procedures may be commenced under the applicable terms of the construction contract, or if the contract contains no provision for final resolution of the dispute, pursuant to the procedures for arbitration in Chapter 2711. of the Revised Code. This section does not affect rights between the contractors and the public authority for any increase in contract price or additional time to perform the contract when the public authority complies with division (B) of this section. Any public authority who complies with the requirements of division (B) of this section and any contractor or its subcontractor who complies with the requirements of division (C) of this section shall not be responsible to the owner of the underground utility facility if underground utility lines are encountered not as marked in accordance with the provisions of division (C) of this section by the owner of the underground utility facility, unless the contractor or its subcontractor has actual notice of the underground utility facility. Except as noted in this division, this section does not affect rights between the contractor or its subcontractor and the owner of the underground utility facility for failure to mark or erroneously marking utility lines. The public authority shall not make as a requirement of any contract for public improvement any change in responsibilities between the public authority and the owners of the underground utility facilities in connection with damage, injury, or loss to any property in connection with underground utility facilities. The contractor or its subcontractor shall alert immediately the occupants of nearby premises as to any emergency that the contractor or subcontractor may create or discover at or near such premises. The contractor or its subcontractor shall report immediately to the owner or operator of the underground facility any break or leak on its lines or any dent, gouge, groove, or other damage to such lines or to their coating or cathodic protection, made or discovered in the course of their excavation. (E) This section does not affect rights between the public authority and the owners of the underground utility facilities for responsibility for costs involving removal, relocation, or protection of existing underground utility facilities, or for costs for delays occasioned thereby. Last updated July 7, 2022 at 10:39 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.32
§ 163.32. Removing advertising device is compensable
Status: in_force

October 9, 1981 House Bill 146 - 114th General Assembly Any removal of an advertising device that is ordered by a public agency pursuant to law or ordinance, or to the exercise of any power or authority possessed by the public agency, shall be deemed to constitute the taking of all right, title, and interest in the advertising device, including any leasehold interest, of the owner of the advertising device and of the right of the owner of the real property on which the advertising device is located to erect and maintain the advertising device on it. If the public agency and any such owner of a compensable right, title, or interest do not reach agreement as to the amount of just compensation to be paid for the right, title, or interest, the public agency shall institute an action to appropriate it in accordance with this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 119.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 119 / § 119.07
§ 119.07. Notice of hearing - contents - notice of order of suspension of license - publication of notice - effect of failure to give notice
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Except when a statute prescribes a notice and the persons to whom it shall be given, in all cases in which section 119.06 of the Revised Code requires an agency to afford an opportunity for a hearing prior to the issuance of an order, the agency shall give notice to the party informing the party of the party's right to a hearing. Notice shall be served in accordance with section 119.05 of the Revised Code and shall include the charges or other reasons for the proposed action, the law or rule directly involved, and a statement informing the party that the party is entitled to a hearing if the party requests it within thirty days of the time of service. The notice shall also inform the party that at the hearing the party may appear in person, by the party's attorney, or by such other representative as is permitted to practice before the agency, or may present the party's position, arguments, or contentions in writing and that at the hearing the party may present evidence and examine witnesses appearing for and against the party. A copy of the notice shall be provided to attorneys or other representatives of record representing the party. This paragraph does not apply to situations in which such section provides for a hearing only when it is requested by the party. When a statute specifically permits the suspension of a license without a prior hearing, notice of the agency's order shall be served on the party in accordance with section 119.05 of the Revised Code not later than the business day next succeeding such order. The notice shall state the reasons for the agency's action, cite the law or rule directly involved, and state that the party will be afforded a hearing if the party requests it within thirty days of the date on which notice is served. A copy of the notice shall be provided to attorneys or other representatives of record representing the party. Whenever a party requests a hearing in accordance with this section and section 119.06 of the Revised Code, the agency shall immediately set the date, time, and place for the hearing and serve the party with notice of the hearing. The date set for the hearing shall be within fifteen days, but not earlier than seven days, after the party has requested a hearing, unless otherwise agreed to by both the agency and the party. The failure of an agency to serve the notices for any hearing required by sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code in the manner provided in section 119.05 of the Revised Code shall invalidate any order entered pursuant to the hearing. Last updated September 7, 2023 at 11:37 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.42
§ 111.42. Address confidentiality program; application to secretary of state
Status: in_force

April 29, 2022 House Bill 93 - 134th General Assembly (A) A person to whom all of the following applies may apply to the secretary of state with the assistance of an application assistant to become a participant in the address confidentiality program, in which an address designated by the secretary of state serves as the person's address or the address of the minor, incompetent, or ward on whose behalf the person is applying: (1) The applicant is an adult who is applying on behalf of the person's self or is a parent or guardian applying on behalf of a minor, incompetent, or ward. (2) The applicant or the minor, incompetent, or ward, as applicable, resides, works, or attends a school or an institution of higher education in this state. (3) The applicant fears for the safety of the applicant, a member of the applicant's household, or the minor, incompetent, or ward on whose behalf the application is made because the applicant, household member, minor, incompetent, or ward is a victim of domestic violence, menacing by stalking, human trafficking, trafficking in persons, rape, or sexual battery. (4) The applicant or the minor, incompetent, or ward, as applicable, is not a tier I sex offender/child-victim offender, a tier II sex offender/child-victim offender, or a tier III sex offender/child-victim offender. (B) An application to become a participant in the address confidentiality program shall be made on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and filed in the office of the secretary of state in the manner prescribed by the secretary of state. The application shall contain all of the following: (1) A notarized statement by the applicant that the applicant fears for the safety of the applicant, a member of the applicant's household, or the minor, incompetent, or ward on whose behalf the application is made because the applicant, household member, minor, incompetent, or ward is a victim of domestic violence, menacing by stalking, human trafficking, trafficking in persons, rape, or sexual battery; (2) A statement that the application assistant recommends that the applicant or the minor, incompetent, or ward, as applicable, participate in the address confidentiality program; (3) A knowing and voluntary designation of the secretary of state as the agent for the purposes of receiving service of process and the receipt of mail; (4) The mailing address and telephone number or numbers at which the secretary of state may contact the applicant; (5) The address or addresses of the applicant's residence, school, institution of higher education, business, or place of employment that the applicant requests not be disclosed for the reason that disclosure will increase the risk that the applicant, a member of the applicant's household, or the minor, incompetent, or ward on whose behalf the application is made will be threatened or physically harmed by another person; (6) The signature of the applicant, the name and signature of the application assistant who assisted the applicant, and the date on which the applicant and the application assistant signed the application; (7) Except for a claim based on the performance or nonperformance of a public duty that was manifestly outside the scope of the officer's or employee's office or employment or in which the officer or employee acted with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner, a voluntary release and waiver of all future claims against the state for any claim that may arise from participation in the address confidentiality program. (C) Upon receiving a properly completed application under division (B) of this section, the secretary of state shall, within ten business days, do all of the following: (1) Certify the applicant or the minor, incompetent, or ward on whose behalf the application is filed as a program participant; (2) Designate each eligible address listed in the application as a confidential address; (3) Issue the program participant a unique program participant identification number; (4) Issue the program participant an address confidentiality program authorization card, which shall be valid during the period that the program participant remains certified to participate in the address confidentiality program, and which shall include the address at which the program participant may receive mail through the office of the secretary of state; (5) Provide information to the program participant concerning all of the following: (a) The manner in which the program participant may use the secretary of state as the program participant's agent for the purposes of receiving mail and receiving service of process and the types of mail that the secretary of state will forward to the program participant; (b) The process to register to vote and to vote as a program participant, if the program participant is eligible to vote; (c) The process to file a real property confidentiality notice with the county recorder concerning any real property in which the program participant acquires an ownership interest after being certified a program participant and after the effective date of this amendment ; (d) The process to authorize the secretary of state to disclose confidential information concerning the program participant under certain circumstances, as described in division (E) of section 111.43 of the Revised Code. (D) A program participant shall update the person's application information, within thirty days after any change has occurred, by submitting a notice of change to the office of the secretary of state on a form prescribed by the secretary of state. The secretary of state may, with proper notice, cancel a program participant's certification if the participant is found to be unreachable for a period of sixty days or more. (E) The certification of a program participant shall be valid for four years after the date of the filing of the application for the program participant unless the certification is withdrawn or invalidated before the end of that four-year period. (F)(1) A program participant who continues to be eligible to participate in the address confidentiality program may renew the program participant's certification by submitting a renewal application to the secretary of state with the assistance of an application assistant. The renewal application shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and shall contain all of the information described in division (B) of this section. (2) The secretary of state may prescribe by rule a grace period during which a program participant whose certification has expired may renew the program participant's certification without being considered to have ceased being a program participant during that period. (3) When a program participant renews the program participant's certification, the program participant shall continue to use the program participant's original program participant identification number. (G) A tier I sex offender/child-victim offender, a tier II sex offender/child-victim offender, or a tier III sex offender/child-victim offender is not eligible to participate in the address confidentiality program described in sections 111.41 to 111.99 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 7, 2022 at 11:27 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.74
§ 109.74. Attorney general may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations
Status: in_force

December 2, 1996 House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly The attorney general, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, has discretion to adopt and promulgate any or all of the rules and regulations recommended by the Ohio peace officer training commission to the attorney general pursuant to section 109.73 of the Revised Code. When the attorney general promulgates any rule or regulation recommended by the commission, the attorney general shall transmit a certified copy thereof to the secretary of state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.861 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.861
§ 122.861. Diesel emissions reduction grant and loan programs
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Certified engine configuration" means a new, rebuilt, or remanufactured engine configuration that satisfies divisions (A)(1)(a) and (b) and, if applicable, division (A)(1)(c) of this section: (a) It has been certified by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency or the California air resources board. (b) It meets or is rebuilt or remanufactured to a more stringent set of engine emission standards than when originally manufactured, as determined pursuant to Subtitle G of Title VII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-58, 119 Stat. 838, et seq. (c) In the case of a certified engine configuration involving the replacement of an existing engine, an engine configuration that replaced an engine that was removed from the vehicle and returned to the supplier for remanufacturing to a more stringent set of engine emissions standards or for scrappage. (2) "Section 793" means section 793 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-58, 119 Stat. 841, et seq. (3) "Verified technology" means a pollution control technology, including a retrofit technology, advanced truckstop electrification system, or auxiliary power unit, that has been verified by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency or the California air resources board. (B) For the purpose of reducing emissions from diesel engines, the director of environmental protection shall administer a diesel emissions reduction grant program and a clean diesel school bus program. The programs shall provide for the implementation in this state of section 793 and shall otherwise be administered in compliance with the requirements of section 793, and any regulations issued pursuant to that section. The director shall apply to the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency for grant or loan funds available under section 793 to help fund the diesel emissions reduction grant program and the clean diesel school bus program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 188.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 188 / § 188.30
§ 188.30. Law governing appropriation of real property does not apply
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly Sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code do not apply regarding the application of sections 188.01 to 188.23 of the Revised Code. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 1:01 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 146.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 146 / § 146.07
§ 146.07. Volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly (A) There is hereby established in the state treasury the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund. All investment earnings earned by the fund shall be collected by the treasurer of state and placed to the credit of the fund. Each political subdivision or fire district which maintains in whole or in part a volunteer fire department or employs volunteer fire fighters shall pay to the treasurer of state, to the credit of the fund, an initial premium as follows: (1) Having an assessed property valuation of less than seven million dollars, a premium of three hundred dollars; (2) Having an assessed property valuation of seven million dollars but less than fourteen million dollars, a premium of three hundred fifty dollars; (3) Having an assessed property valuation of fourteen million dollars but less than twenty-one million dollars, a premium of four hundred dollars; (4) Having an assessed property valuation of twenty-one million dollars but less than twenty-eight million dollars, a premium of four hundred fifty dollars; (5) Having an assessed property valuation of twenty-eight million dollars or over, a premium of five hundred dollars. (B) Each private volunteer fire company which is under contract to afford fire protection to a political subdivision or fire district and which has elected to become a member of the fund is a member of the fund upon the payment of an initial premium of five hundred dollars within one month of such election, to the treasurer of state, to the credit of the fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.08
§ 135.08. Application for interim deposits
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Each eligible institution desiring to be a public depository of interim deposits of the public moneys of the state or of the subdivision shall, not more than one hundred twenty days prior to the date fixed by section 135.12 of the Revised Code for the designation of public depositories, make application therefor in writing to the proper governing board. Such application shall specify the maximum amount of such public moneys which the applicant desires to receive and have on deposit as interim deposits at any one time during the period covered by the designation, provided that it shall not apply for more than thirty per cent of its total assets as revealed by its latest report to the superintendent of financial institutions, the comptroller of the currency, the federal deposit insurance corporation, or the board of governors of the federal reserve system, and the rate of interest which the applicant will pay thereon, subject to the limitations of sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. Each application shall be accompanied by a financial statement of the applicant, under oath of its cashier, treasurer, or other officer, in such detail as to show the capital funds of the applicant, as of the date of its latest report to the superintendent of financial institutions, the comptroller of the currency, the federal deposit insurance corporation, or the board of governors of the federal reserve system, and adjusted to show any changes therein made prior to the date of the application. Such application may be combined with an application for designation as a public depository of inactive deposits, active deposits, or both. Last updated August 30, 2023 at 9:52 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.791 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.791
§ 109.791. Peace officer training - sergeants and above
Status: in_force

February 4, 2026 House Bill 44 - 136th General Assembly The Ohio peace officer training commission may establish and conduct police officer training courses in addition to those specified in section 109.79 of the Revised Code to be offered to a law enforcement officer at or above the rank of sergeant. Last updated January 8, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 118.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 118 / § 118.99
§ 118.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

October 17, 2017 House Bill 103 - 132nd General Assembly (A) During the fiscal emergency period, no officer or employee of the municipal corporation, county, or township shall do any of the following: (1) Knowingly enter into any contract, financial obligation, or other liability of the municipal corporation, county, or township involving an expenditure, or make any expenditure in excess of the amount permitted by division (E) of section 118.06 or division (B) of section 118.11 or by section 118.12 of the Revised Code; (2) Knowingly enter into any contract, financial obligation, or other liability of the municipal corporation, county, or township, or knowingly execute or deliver debt obligations, or transfer, advance, or borrow moneys from one fund of the municipal corporation, county, or township to or for any other fund of the municipal corporation, county, or township where any of such actions are required to be approved by the financial planning and supervision commission unless such actions have been so approved or deemed to be approved as provided in or pursuant to this chapter; (3) Knowingly fail or refuse to take any of the actions required by this chapter for the preparation or amendment of the financial plan, or knowingly prepare, present, or certify any information or report for the commission or any of its employees, advisory committees, task forces, or agents that is false or misleading or which is recklessly prepared or presented without due care for its accuracy, or, upon learning that any such information is false or misleading, or was recklessly prepared or presented, knowingly fail promptly to advise the commission, or the employee, advisory committee, task force, or agent to whom such information was given, of that fact; (4) Knowingly use or cause to be used moneys of a construction fund for purposes other than the lawful purposes of the construction fund, or knowingly use or cause to be used moneys of a fund created under this chapter for the payment of principal and interest on debt obligations, or a bond retirement fund, or sinking fund for other than the payment of the principal of and interest on debt obligations or other authorized costs or payments from such funds, or knowingly fail to perform the duty of such officer or employee to cause the prompt deposit of moneys to any of the funds referred to in this division. (B) The prohibitions set forth in division (A) of this section are in addition to any other prohibitions provided by law for a municipal corporation, county, or township, or by or pursuant to a municipal charter. (C) In addition to any other penalty or liability provided by law for a municipal corporation, county, or township, or by or pursuant to a municipal charter, a violation of division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section is a misdemeanor of the second degree. Upon conviction of any officer or employee of a municipal corporation, county, or township for any violation under division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of this section, such officer or employee shall forfeit office or employment. For the seven-year period immediately following the date of conviction, such officer shall also be ineligible to hold any public office or other position of trust in this state or be employed by any public entity in this state. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.01
§ 149.01. Official reports - number - filing
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly Each elective state officer, the adjutant general, the adult parole authority, the department of agriculture, the director of administrative services, the public utilities commission, the superintendent of insurance, the superintendent of financial institutions, the superintendent of purchases and printing, the fire marshal, the industrial commission, the administrator of workers' compensation, the state department of transportation, the department of health, the state medical board, the state dental board, the board of embalmers and funeral directors, the bureau of services for the visually impaired, the accountancy board of Ohio, the state council of uniform state laws, the board of commissioners of the sinking fund, the department of taxation, the board of tax appeals, the division of liquor control, the director of state armories, the trustees of the Ohio state university, and every private or quasi-public institution, association, board, or corporation receiving state money for its use and purpose shall make annually, at the end of each fiscal year, in quadruplicate, a report of the transactions and proceedings of that office or department for that fiscal year, excepting receipts and disbursements unless otherwise specifically required by law. The report shall contain a summary of the official acts of the officer, board, council, commission, institution, association, or corporation and any suggestions and recommendations that are proper. One of the reports shall be filed with the governor, one with the secretary of state, and one with the state library, and one shall be kept on file in the office of the officer, board, council, commission, institution, association, or corporation. The reports shall be so filed by the first day of August, except that the report of the treasurer of state shall be so filed by the thirty-first day of December. Last updated February 7, 2023 at 9:21 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.51
§ 147.51. Notarial acts
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) A notary public, or any other individual with similar authority under this section, is authorized to perform the following notarial acts: (1) Administer oaths or affirmations required or authorized by law; (2) Take and certify acknowledgments of deeds, mortgages, liens, powers of attorney, and other instruments of writing; (3) Take and certify depositions. In taking depositions, a notary public shall have the power that is by law vested in judges of county courts to compel the attendance of witnesses and punish them for refusing to testify. Sheriffs and constables are required to serve and return all process issued by notaries public in the taking of depositions. (B) Notarial acts may be performed outside this state for use in this state with the same effect as if performed by a notary public of this state by the following persons authorized pursuant to the laws and regulations of other governments, in addition to any other persons authorized by the laws and regulations of this state: (1) A notary public authorized to perform notarial acts in the place in which the act is performed; (2) A judge, clerk, or deputy clerk of any court of record in the place in which the notarial act is performed; (3) An officer of the foreign service of the United States, a consular agent, or any other person authorized by regulation of the United States department of state to perform notarial acts in the place in which the act is performed; (4) A commissioned officer in active service with the armed forces of the United States and any other person authorized by regulation of the armed forces to perform notarial acts if the notarial act is performed for one of the following or for a dependent of one of the following: (a) A member of the merchant marines of the United States; (b) A member of the armed forces of the United States; (c) Any other person serving with or accompanying the armed forces of the United States. (5) Any other person authorized to perform notarial acts in the place in which the act is performed. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 157.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 157 / § 157.09
§ 157.09. Acceptable measurement evidence for land and other surveys
Status: in_force

October 1, 1985 House Bill 134 - 116th General Assembly Distances, bearings, and areas computed indirectly from co-ordinates shall be considered acceptable measurement evidence for land and other surveys if such co-ordinates have been determined in accordance with sections 157.04 , 157.07 , and 157.08 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.58
§ 145.58. Group health insurance coverage for retired persons and survivors
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly (A) The public employees retirement board shall adopt rules establishing eligibility for any coverage provided under this section. The rules shall base eligibility on years and types of service credit earned by members. Eligibility determinations shall be made in accordance with the rules, except that an individual who, as a result of making a false statement in an attempt to secure a benefit under this section, is convicted of violating section 2921.13 of the Revised Code is ineligible for coverage. (B) The board may enter into agreements with insurance companies, health insuring corporations, or government agencies authorized to do business in the state for issuance of a policy or contract of health, medical, hospital, or surgical coverage, or any combination thereof, for eligible individuals receiving age and service retirement or a disability or survivor benefit subscribing to the plan, or for PERS retirants employed under section 145.38 of the Revised Code, for coverage in accordance with division (D)(2) of section 145.38 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the policy or contract may also include coverage for any eligible individual's spouse and dependent children and for any of the eligible individual's sponsored dependents as the board determines appropriate. If all or any portion of the policy or contract premium is to be paid by any individual receiving age and service retirement or a disability or survivor benefit, the individual shall, by written authorization, instruct the board to deduct the premium agreed to be paid by the individual to the company, corporation, or agency. The board may contract for coverage on the basis of part or all of the cost of the coverage to be paid from appropriate funds of the public employees retirement system. The cost paid from the funds of the system shall be included in the employer's contribution rate provided by sections 145.48 and 145.51 of the Revised Code. The board may by rule provide coverage to individuals who are not eligible under the rules adopted under division (A) of this section if the coverage is provided at no cost to the retirement system. The board shall not pay or reimburse the cost for coverage under this section or section 145.584 of the Revised Code for any such individual. The board may provide for self-insurance of risk or level of risk as set forth in the contract with the companies, corporations, or agencies, and may provide through the self-insurance method specific coverage as authorized by rules of the board. (C) The board shall, beginning the month following receipt of satisfactory evidence of the payment for coverage, pay monthly to each recipient of service retirement, or a disability or survivor benefit under the public employees retirement system who is eligible for coverage under part B of the medicare program established under Title XVIII of "The Social Security Act Amendments of 1965," 79 Stat. 301 (1965), 42 U.S.C.A. 1395j, as amended, an amount determined by the board for such coverage, except that the board shall make no such payment to any individual who is not eligible for coverage under the rules adopted under division (A) of this section or pay an amount that exceeds the amount paid by the recipient for the coverage. At the request of the board, the recipient shall certify to the retirement system the amount paid by the recipient for coverage described in this division. (D) The board shall establish by rule requirements for the coordination of any coverage or payment provided under this section or section 145.584 of the Revised Code with any similar coverage or payment made available to the same individual by the Ohio police and fire pension fund, state teachers retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state highway patrol retirement system. (E) The board shall make all other necessary rules pursuant to the purpose and intent of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.13
§ 122.13. Definitions
Status: in_force

January 4, 2001 Senate Bill 186 - 123rd General Assembly As used in sections 122.13 to 122.136 of the Revised Code: (A) "Closing" means the permanent cessation of operations at an establishment that employs at least twenty-five persons. (B) "Employee-owned corporation" means a business operation that is controlled by a board of directors that is selected by the shareholders on a basis of one vote per shareholder and in which the management rights are represented by voting stock that is owned only by employees of the operation, a nonprofit community development corporation, or an employee-owned stock ownership plan any portion of which is owned by not less than twenty per cent of those employees. An "employee-owned corporation" also includes a business operation in which not less than fifty per cent of each class of voting security is owned by an employee stock ownership trust established under an employee stock ownership plan as defined in 26 U.S.C.A. 4975(e)(7), if the employee stock ownership plan requires pass-through of voting rights on voting securities as the securities are allocated to individual participating employee accounts. (C) "Establishment" means any factory, plant, office, or other facility, but does not include a construction site or other workplace that was intended to be a temporary workplace. (D) "Relocation" means removal of all or substantially all of the industrial or commercial operations in an establishment to a new location, within or outside of the state, that is one hundred or more miles from the location of the original establishment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.44
§ 173.44. Survey of nursing homes and residential care facilities
Status: in_force

September 29, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "nursing home" and "residential care facility" have the same meanings as in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of aging may conduct an annual survey of nursing homes and residential care facilities. The survey shall include questions about capacity, occupancy, and private pay charges. The department may contract with an outside entity to conduct the survey and analyze the results. The results of the survey and any analysis completed by the department or its designee shall be made available to the general assembly, other state agencies, nursing home and residential care facility providers, and the general public. (C) No nursing home or residential care facility shall recklessly fail to complete the survey.
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.14
§ 163.14. Determination of ownership rights
Status: in_force

October 10, 2007 Senate Bill 7 - 127th General Assembly (A) In appropriation proceedings the jury shall be sworn to impartially assess the compensation and damages, if any, without deductions for general benefits as to the property of the owner. (B) The jury, in its verdict, shall assess the compensation for the property appropriated and damages, if any, to the residue, to be paid to the owners. When a building or other structure is on the property appropriated or when a building or other structure is situated partly upon the land appropriated and partly upon adjoining land so that the structure cannot be divided upon the line between such lands without manifest injury thereto, the jury, in assessing compensation to any owner of the land, shall assess the value thereof, as part of the compensation. The title to said structure shall vest in the agency which shall have the right to enter upon the adjoining land upon which any part of the structure is located for the purpose of removing said structure therefrom, after deposit in accordance with the verdict. Such removal shall be made within ninety days after taking title to the property appropriated; provided, that the court may extend removal time upon such conditions as the court requires. (C) The jury, in its verdict, shall assess compensation to the owner of a business conducted on the property taken for loss of goodwill if the owner proves both of the following: (1) The loss is caused by the taking of the property; (2) The loss cannot reasonably be prevented by relocation of the business or by taking steps and adopting procedures that a reasonably prudent person would take and adopt in preserving the goodwill. Compensation for loss of goodwill shall not be included in payments made under section 163.53 of the Revised Code, shall not be duplicated in any compensation otherwise awarded to the owner, shall not exceed ten thousand dollars, and shall not be awarded in appropriations of less than the entirety of the business property. (D) The verdict shall be signed by at least three-fourths of the members of the jury. (E) If a jury is discharged without rendering a verdict, another shall be impaneled at the earliest convenient time and shall make the inquiry and assessment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 176.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 176 / § 176.01
§ 176.01. Municipal corporation, county or township may establish or designate housing advisory board
Status: in_force

October 10, 1991 House Bill 339 - 119th General Assembly (A) Any municipal corporation, county, or township may, alone or jointly with one or more contiguous or overlapping other municipal corporations, counties, or townships, establish or designate a housing advisory board. (B) The purposes of a housing advisory board are: (1) To receive and review comprehensive plans for the development and maintenance of affordable housing submitted to the housing advisory board pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 176.04 of the Revised Code by any such political subdivision it serves; (2) To receive and review written descriptions submitted to the housing advisory board pursuant to division (A)(3) of section 176.04 of the Revised Code by any subdivision it serves of the purposes to which such subdivision proposes to apply the proceeds of general obligations such subdivision proposes to issue or the moneys raised by taxation that such subdivision proposes to expend pursuant to Section 16 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution; (3) To advise the subdivisions it serves regarding the plans and descriptions it receives pursuant to divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section; and (4) To perform such other advisory functions for any subdivision it serves related to such subdivision's programs to provide, or assist in providing, housing as such subdivision may request it to perform. (C) Every housing advisory board shall include balanced representation of each of the following groups located within the political subdivisions served by the board: (1) Institutions that lend money for housing; (2) Nonprofit builders and developers of housing; (3) For-profit builders and developers of housing; (4) For-profit builders and developers of rental housing; (5) Real estate brokers licensed under Chapter 4735. of the Revised Code; (6) Other persons with professional knowledge regarding local housing needs and fair housing issues within the subdivisions served by the board; (7) Residents of areas of the subdivisions served by the board that could receive housing assistance from such subdivisions; (8) Any metropolitan housing authority operating within the subdivisions served by the board; (9) The elected officials of the political subdivisions served by the board; (10) Such other groups or individuals that the appointing authority determines are necessary to provide balanced advice on housing plans and programs. (D) The board of county commissioners shall do one of the following: (1) Appoint the members of a county housing advisory board; (2) Designate an existing board, commission, or committee of the county to serve as the county housing advisory board and, if necessary to achieve the balanced representation required by division (C) of this section, appoint additional members to serve with or in an advisory capacity to the existing board, commission, or committee when it meets as a county housing advisory board. Subject to the requirements of division (C) of this section and any requirements governing membership in an existing county board, commission, or committee that is designated to serve as the county housing advisory board, the number of members of a county housing advisory board and the length of their terms shall be determined by the board of county commissioners. (E) The mayor of a municipal corporation, with the consent of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, shall do one of the following: (1) Appoint the members of a municipal corporation housing advisory board; (2) Designate an existing board, commission, or committee of the municipal corporation to serve as the municipal corporation housing advisory board and, if necessary to achieve the balanced representation required by division (C) of this section, appoint additional members to serve with or in an advisory capacity to the existing board, commission, or committee when it meets as a municipal corporation housing advisory board. Subject to the requirements of division (C) of this section and any requirements governing membership in an existing municipal corporation board, commission, or committee that is designated to serve as the municipal corporation housing advisory board, the number of members of the municipal corporation housing board and the length of their terms shall be determined by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation. (F) The board of township trustees shall do one of the following: (1) Appoint the members of a township housing advisory board; (2) Designate an existing board, commission, or committee of the township to serve as the township housing advisory board and, if necessary to achieve the balanced representation required by division (C) of this section, appoint additional members to serve with or in an advisory capacity to the existing board, commission, or committee when it meets as a township housing advisory board. Subject to the requirements of division (C) of this section and any requirements governing membership in an existing township board, commission, or committee that is designated to serve as the township housing advisory board, the number of members of the township advisory board and the length of their terms shall be determined by the board of township trustees. (G) Whenever any municipal corporation enters into an agreement to use the services of a county housing advisory board pursuant to section 176.02 of the Revised Code and the municipal corporation has a population of fifty thousand or greater, the board shall include at least one member who is a resident of the municipal corporation. The board of county commissioners shall appoint each such member from a list of names submitted to the board of county commissioners by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation to be represented. (H) Any housing advisory board established or designated under this section shall, within thirty days after its first meeting, notify the department of development in writing of the formation of the board and of its initial members. Thereafter, each housing advisory board shall provide to the department such reports and information regarding the board's activities as the department may require.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.151 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.151
§ 124.151. Direct deposit of compensation
Status: in_force

December 1, 2006 House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "compensation" includes, but is not limited to, wages and salary, travel allowances paid pursuant to section 101.27 of the Revised Code, and benefits paid pursuant to sections 124.13 , 124.19 , 124.381 , 124.382 , 124.383 , 124.384 , 124.385 , and 124.386 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The compensation of any employee who is paid by warrant of the director of budget and management shall be paid by direct deposit. Each such employee shall provide to the appointing authority a written authorization for payment by direct deposit. The authorization shall include the designation of a financial institution equipped to accept direct deposits and the number of the account into which the deposit is to be made. The authorization shall remain in effect until withdrawn in writing by the employee or until dishonored by the financial institution. The director of administrative services shall provide by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the direct deposit in a financial institution of the compensation of an employee who fails to provide to the appointing authority a written authorization for payment by direct deposit. (2) Division (B)(1) of this section does not apply to an employee who was appointed to the employee's current position before June 5, 2002, who is a public employee as defined in section 4117.01 of the Revised Code, and whose applicable collective bargaining agreement does not require the employee to be paid by direct deposit.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.24
§ 101.24. Powers of each house compelling attendance
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Upon a call of either house, if a quorum of members is not present, or a member is absent, the members present may direct the sergeant at arms or, if there is no sergeant at arms of such house, any other person to compel the attendance of absentees. If, on a call of either house, the members present refuse to excuse an absentee, he shall not be entitled to compensation during his absence and shall be liable for expenses incurred in procuring his attendance, which shall be deducted from his salary.
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.51
§ 133.51. Issuing public obligations for housing purposes
Status: in_force

October 10, 1991 House Bill 339 - 119th General Assembly Any county, municipal corporation, or township may issue or incur public obligations, including general obligations, to provide, or assist in providing, housing pursuant to Section 16 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 127.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 127 / § 127.14
§ 127.14. Transfer of funds
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The controlling board may, at the request of any state agency or the director of budget and management, authorize, with respect to the provisions of any appropriation act: (A) Transfers of all or part of an appropriation within but not between state agencies, except such transfers as the director of budget and management is authorized by law to make, provided that no transfer shall be made by the director for the purpose of effecting new or changed levels of program service not authorized by the general assembly; (B) Transfers of all or part of an appropriation from one fiscal year to another; (C) Transfers of all or part of an appropriation within or between state agencies made necessary by administrative reorganization or by the abolition of an agency or part of an agency; (D) Transfers of all or part of cash balances in excess of needs from any fund of the state to the general revenue fund or to such other fund of the state to which the money would have been credited in the absence of the fund from which the transfers are authorized to be made, except that the controlling board may not authorize such transfers from the accrued leave liability fund, auto registration distribution fund, local motor vehicle license tax fund, budget stabilization fund, building improvement fund, development bond retirement fund, facilities establishment fund, gasoline excise tax fund, general revenue fund, higher education improvement fund, highway improvement bond retirement fund, highway capital improvement fund, highway operating fund, horse racing tax fund, improvements bond retirement fund, public library fund, liquor control fund, local government fund, local transportation improvement program fund, medicaid reserve fund, mental health facilities improvement fund, Ohio fairs fund, parks and recreation improvement fund, school district income tax fund, state agency facilities improvement fund, public safety - highway purposes fund, state lottery fund, undivided liquor permit fund, Vietnam conflict compensation bond retirement fund, volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund, waterways safety fund, wildlife fund, workers' compensation fund, or any fund not specified in this division that the director of budget and management determines to be a bond fund or bond retirement fund; (E) Transfers of all or part of those appropriations included in the emergency purposes account of the controlling board; (F) Temporary transfers of all or part of an appropriation or other moneys into and between existing funds, or new funds, as may be established by law when needed for capital outlays for which notes or bonds will be issued; (G) Transfer or release of all or part of an appropriation to a state agency requiring controlling board approval of such transfer or release as provided by law; (H) Temporary transfer of funds included in the emergency purposes appropriation of the controlling board. Such temporary transfers may be made subject to conditions specified by the controlling board at the time temporary transfers are authorized. No transfers shall be made under this division for the purpose of effecting new or changed levels of program service not authorized by the general assembly. As used in this section, "request" means an application by a state agency or the director of budget and management seeking some action by the controlling board. When authorizing the transfer of all or part of an appropriation under this section, the controlling board may authorize the transfer to an existing appropriation item and the creation of and transfer to a new appropriation item. Whenever there is a transfer of all or part of funds included in the emergency purposes appropriation by the controlling board, pursuant to division (E) of this section, the state agency or the director of budget and management receiving such transfer shall keep a detailed record of the use of the transferred funds. At the earliest scheduled meeting of the controlling board following the accomplishment of the purposes specified in the request originally seeking the transfer, or following the total expenditure of the transferred funds for the specified purposes, the state agency or the director of budget and management shall submit a report on the expenditure of such funds to the board. The portion of any appropriation so transferred which is not required to accomplish the purposes designated in the original request to the controlling board shall be returned to the proper appropriation of the controlling board at this time. Notwithstanding any provisions of law providing for the deposit of revenues received by a state agency to the credit of a particular fund in the state treasury, whenever there is a temporary transfer of funds included in the emergency purposes appropriation of the controlling board pursuant to division (H) of this section, revenues received by any state agency receiving such a temporary transfer of funds shall, as directed by the controlling board, be transferred back to the emergency purposes appropriation. The board may delegate to the director of budget and management authority to approve transfers among items of appropriation under division (A) of this section. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 1:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.131 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.131
§ 122.131. Employee ownership assistance program
Status: in_force

January 4, 2001 Senate Bill 186 - 123rd General Assembly There is hereby created the employee ownership assistance program to be administered by the director of development. The director may employ any professional and technical personnel and other employees that are necessary to comply with sections 122.13 to 122.136 of the Revised Code. The director shall assist an individual or group of individuals, who seek assistance in the establishment of an employee-owned corporation. The director shall inform local government, business organizations, labor organizations, and others in the state of the availability of the program and its services established pursuant to sections 122.13 to 122.136 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.542 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.542
§ 173.542. Home first component of the assisted living program
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of aging shall establish a home first component of the assisted living program under which eligible individuals may be enrolled in the medicaid-funded component of the assisted living program in accordance with this section. An individual is eligible for the assisted living program's home first component if both of the following apply: (1) The individual has been determined to be eligible for the medicaid-funded component of the assisted living program. (2) At least one of the following applies: (a) The individual has been admitted to a nursing facility. (b) A physician, certified nurse-midwife if authorized as described in section 4723.438 of the Revised Code, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner has determined and documented in writing that the individual has a medical condition that, unless the individual is enrolled in home and community-based services such as the assisted living program, will require the individual to be admitted to a nursing facility within thirty days of the physician's or nurse's determination. (c) The individual has been hospitalized and a physician, certified nurse-midwife if authorized as described in section 4723.438 of the Revised Code, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner has determined and documented in writing that, unless the individual is enrolled in home and community-based services such as the assisted living program, the individual is to be transported directly from the hospital to a nursing facility and admitted. (d) Both of the following apply: (i) The individual is the subject of a report made under section 5101.63 of the Revised Code regarding abuse, neglect, or exploitation or such a report referred to a county department of job and family services under section 5126.31 of the Revised Code or has made a request to a county department for protective services as defined in section 5101.60 of the Revised Code. (ii) A county department of job and family services and an area agency on aging have jointly documented in writing that, unless the individual is enrolled in home and community-based services such as the assisted living program, the individual should be admitted to a nursing facility. (B) Each month, each area agency on aging shall identify individuals residing in the area that the area agency on aging serves who are eligible for the home first component of the assisted living program. When an area agency on aging identifies such an individual and determines that there is a vacancy in a residential care facility participating in the medicaid-funded component of the assisted living program that is acceptable to the individual, the agency shall notify the long-term care consultation program administrator serving the area in which the individual resides. The administrator shall determine whether the assisted living program is appropriate for the individual and whether the individual would rather participate in the assisted living program than continue or begin to reside in a nursing facility. If the administrator determines that the assisted living program is appropriate for the individual and the individual would rather participate in the assisted living program than continue or begin to reside in a nursing facility, the administrator shall so notify the department of aging. On receipt of the notice from the administrator, the department shall approve the individual's enrollment in the medicaid-funded component of the assisted living program regardless of the unified waiting list established under section 173.55 of the Revised Code, unless the enrollment would cause the component to exceed any limit on the number of individuals who may participate in the component as set by the United States secretary of health and human services in the assisted living waiver. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 103.143 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 103 / § 103.143
§ 103.143. Local impact statement of net additional cost to school districts, counties, townships, or municipal corporations
Status: in_force

September 5, 2001 House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly In addition to its duties under section 103.14 of the Revised Code, the legislative service commission shall, in accordance with this section, review all bills assigned to a committee of the general assembly, complete the appropriate local impact statements required by this section, and compile and distribute these statements as required by division (D) of this section. (A) Subject to division (F) of this section, whenever any bill is introduced into either house of the general assembly and receives second consideration pursuant to the rules of that house, the bill shall be reviewed immediately by the legislative budget officer. Upon completing this review, the legislative budget officer shall determine whether the bill could result in a net additional cost to school districts, counties, townships, or municipal corporations from any new or expanded program or service that school districts, counties, townships, or municipal corporations would be required to perform or administer under the bill. If the legislative budget officer determines that it could result in such a cost, the legislative service commission shall prepare a local impact statement in the manner specified in this section. Immediately upon determining the potential for a net additional cost, the legislative budget officer shall notify the sponsor of the bill, the chairperson of the committee to which the bill has been assigned, and the presiding officer and minority leader of the house in which the bill originates of the legislative budget officer's determination by signing and dating a statement to be delivered to them. If a local impact statement is required, the legislative service commission shall, as soon as possible but no later than thirty days after the date the bill is scheduled for a first hearing in a committee in the house in which the bill was introduced or no later than thirty days after being requested to do so by the chairperson of such a committee, prepare a statement containing the most accurate estimate possible, in dollars, of the net additional costs, if any, that will be required of school districts, counties, townships, or municipal corporations to perform or administer a new or expanded program or service required under the bill. Copies of this statement shall be sent to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the sponsor of the bill, the minority leader in both houses, and the chairperson of the committee to which the bill has been assigned. No bill for which a local impact statement is required by this section shall be voted out of committee until after the committee members have received and considered the statement or, if the bill was amended in committee, the revised statement, unless the bill is voted out of committee by a two-thirds vote of the membership of the committee. (B) In preparing a local impact statement, the legislative service commission may request any department, division, institution, board, commission, authority, bureau, or other instrumentality or officer of the state, a school district, a county, a municipal corporation, or a township to provide any of the following information: (1) An estimate, in dollars, of the amount by which the bill would increase or decrease the revenues received or expenditures made by the instrumentality, officer, or entity; (2) Any other information the legislative service commission considers necessary for it to understand or explain the fiscal effect of the bill. An instrumentality, officer, or entity shall comply with a request as soon as reasonably possible, but not later than fifteen days, after receiving it. The legislative service commission shall specify the manner of compliance in its request, and if necessary may specify a period of time longer than fifteen days for compliance. The legislative service commission may consider any information provided under division (B)(1) or (2) of this section in preparing a local impact statement. (C) Any time a bill is amended, the legislative service commission shall, as soon as reasonably possible, revise the local impact statement to reflect changes made by amendment. (D) The legislative service commission shall annually compile the final local impact statements completed for all laws passed by both houses of the general assembly in the preceding year. It shall send a copy of this compilation as a draft report to associations or nonprofit organizations formed for the improvement of school districts or municipal, township, or county government or for their elected officials by the last day of July of each year. Upon receiving the draft report, these associations and organizations may comment about the actual fiscal impact of bills passed during the year covered by the report and forward those comments to the legislative service commission by the last day of August. The legislative service commission shall then prepare a final report consisting of the compiled local impact statements and all forwarded comments. The final report shall be completed by the last day of September and copies of the report shall be sent to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate. (E) As used in this section, "net additional cost" means any cost incurred or anticipated to be incurred by a school district, county, township, or municipal corporation in performing or administering a new or expanded program or service required by a state law other than any of the following: (1) A cost arising from the exercise of authority granted by a state law rather than from the performance of a duty or obligation imposed by a state law; (2) New duties or obligations that create only a minimal cost for affected school districts, counties, townships, or municipal corporations. The legislative service commission shall determine what constitutes such a minimal cost. Before making this determination, the legislative service commission shall notify the state organizations that represent school districts, counties, townships, and municipal corporations regarding the proposed determination and provide a thirty-day period for these organizations and individual school districts, counties, townships, and municipal corporations to comment on it. (3) A cost arising from a law passed as a result of a federal mandate. The amounts described in division (E)(2) of this section include only the amounts remaining after subtracting from such costs any revenues received or receivable by the school district, county, township, or municipal corporation on account of the program or service, including the following: (a) Fees charged to the recipients of the program or service; (b) State or federal aid paid specifically or categorically in connection with the program or service; (c) Any offsetting savings resulting from the diminution or elimination of any other program or service directly attributable to the performance or administration of the required program or service. (F) This section does not apply to any of the following: (1) The main biennial operating appropriations bill; (2) The biennial operating appropriations bill for state agencies supported by motor fuel tax revenue; (3) The biennial operating appropriations bill or bills for the bureau of workers' compensation and the industrial commission; (4) Any other bill that makes the principal biennial operating appropriations for one or more state agencies; (5) The bill that primarily contains corrections and supplemental appropriations to the biennial operating appropriations bills; (6) The main biennial capital appropriations bill; (7) The bill that primarily contains reappropriations from previous capital appropriations bills.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.547 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.547
§ 173.547. Staff requirements for assisted living program facility
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly A residential care facility providing services covered by the assisted living program to an individual enrolled in the program shall have staff on-site twenty-four hours each day who are able to do all of the following: (A) Meet the scheduled and unpredicted needs of the individuals enrolled in the assisted living program in a manner that promotes the individuals' dignity and independence; (B) Provide supervision services for those individuals; (C) Help keep the individuals safe and secure.