Ohio Rev. Code § 117.463 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.463
§ 117.463. Annual report
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The auditor of state shall annually submit a report in writing to the governor, the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, and the president and minority leader of the senate containing all of the following: (1) The progress state agencies or state institutions of higher education have made in implementing the recommendations contained in recent performance audits; (2) The amount of money saved as a result of the implementation; (3) Other operational and programmatic improvements or efficiencies that have been achieved as a result of the implementation. (B) The auditor of state shall establish a process for obtaining the information required for the report. Submissions from agencies and institutions intended for inclusion in this annual report shall not substitute the requirements of section 117.462 of the Revised Code. (C) The report shall be submitted no later than the first day of November of each year. Last updated September 6, 2023 at 4:07 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.56
§ 153.56. Creditor shall furnish statement of amount due - service of notice of furnishing
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly (A) Any person to whom any money is due for labor or work performed or materials furnished in a public improvement as provided in section 153.54 of the Revised Code, at any time after performing the labor or work or furnishing the materials, but not later than ninety days after the completion of the contract by the principal contractor or design-build firm and the acceptance of the public improvement for which the bond was provided by the duly authorized board or officer, shall furnish the sureties on the bond, a statement of the amount due to the person. (B) A suit shall not be brought against sureties on the bond until after sixty days after the furnishing of the statement described in division (A) of this section. If the indebtedness is not paid in full at the expiration of that sixty days, and if the person complies with division (C) of this section, the person may bring an action in the person's own name upon the bond, as provided in sections 2307.06 and 2307.07 of the Revised Code, that action to be commenced, notwithstanding section 2305.12 of the Revised Code, not later than one year from the date of acceptance of the public improvement for which the bond was provided. (C) To exercise rights under this section, a subcontractor or materials supplier supplying labor or materials that cost more than thirty thousand dollars, who is not in direct privity of contract with the principal contractor or design-build firm for the public improvement, shall serve a notice of furnishing upon the principal contractor or design-build firm in the form provided in section 1311.261 of the Revised Code. (D) A subcontractor or materials supplier who serves a notice of furnishing under division (C) of this section as required to exercise rights under this section has the right of recovery only as to amounts owed for labor and work performed and materials furnished during and after the twenty-one days immediately preceding service of the notice of furnishing. (E) For purposes of this section: (1) "Design-build firm" has the same meaning as in section 153.65 of the Revised Code. (2) "Principal contractor" has the same meaning as in section 1311.25 of the Revised Code, and may include a "construction manager at risk" as defined in section 9.33 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.59
§ 163.59. Policy for land acquisition
Status: in_force

September 6, 2002 House Bill 426 - 124th General Assembly In order to encourage and expedite the acquisition of real property by agreements with owners, to avoid litigation and relieve congestion in the courts, to assure consistent treatment for owners in the many state and federally assisted programs, and to promote public confidence in public land acquisition practices, heads of acquiring agencies shall do or ensure the acquisition satisfies all of the following: (A) The head of an acquiring agency shall make every reasonable effort to acquire expeditiously real property by negotiation. (B) In order for an acquiring agency to acquire real property, the acquisition shall be for a defined public purpose that is to be achieved in a defined and reasonable period of time. An acquisition of real property that complies with section 5501.31 of the Revised Code satisfies the defined public purpose requirement of this division. (C) Real property to be acquired shall be appraised before the initiation of negotiations, and the owner or the owner's designated representative shall be given a reasonable opportunity to accompany the appraiser during the appraiser's inspection of the property, except that the head of the lead agency may prescribe a procedure to waive the appraisal in cases involving the acquisition by sale or donation of property with a low fair market value. If the appraisal values the property to be acquired at more than ten thousand dollars, the head of the acquiring agency concerned shall make every reasonable effort to provide a copy of the appraisal to the owner. As used in this section, "appraisal" means a written statement independently and impartially prepared by a qualified appraiser, or a written statement prepared by an employee of the acquiring agency who is a qualified appraiser, setting forth an opinion of defined value of an adequately described property as of a specified date, supported by the presentation and analysis of relevant market information. (D) Before the initiation of negotiations for real property, the head of the acquiring agency concerned shall establish an amount that the head of the acquiring agency believes to be just compensation for the property and shall make a prompt offer to acquire the property for no less than the full amount so established. In no event shall that amount be less than the agency's approved appraisal of the fair market value of the property. Any decrease or increase in the fair market value of real property prior to the date of valuation caused by the public improvement for which the property is acquired, or by the likelihood that the property would be acquired for that improvement, other than that due to physical deterioration within the reasonable control of the owner, will be disregarded in determining the compensation for the property. The head of the acquiring agency concerned shall provide the owner of real property to be acquired with a written statement of, and summary of the basis for, the amount that the head of the acquiring agency established as just compensation. Where appropriate, the just compensation for real property acquired and for damages to remaining real property shall be separately stated. The owner shall be given a reasonable opportunity to consider the offer of the acquiring agency for the real property, to present material that the owner believes is relevant to determining the fair market value of the property, and to suggest modification in the proposed terms and conditions of the acquisition. The acquiring agency shall consider the owner's presentation and suggestions. (E) If information presented by the owner or a material change in the character or condition of the real property indicates the need for new appraisal information, or if a period of more than two years has elapsed since the time of the appraisal of the property, the head of the acquiring agency concerned shall have the appraisal updated or obtain a new appraisal. If updated appraisal information or a new appraisal indicates that a change in the acquisition offer is warranted, the head of the acquiring agency shall promptly reestablish the amount of the just compensation for the property and offer that amount to the owner in writing. (F) No owner shall be required to surrender possession of real property before the acquiring agency concerned pays the agreed purchase price, or deposits with the court for the benefit of the owner an amount not less than the agency's approved appraisal of the fair market value of the property, or the amount of the award of compensation in the condemnation proceeding for the property. (G) The construction or development of a public improvement shall be so scheduled that no person lawfully occupying real property shall be required to move from a dwelling, or to move the person's business or farm operation, without at least ninety days' written notice from the head of the acquiring agency concerned of the date by which the move is required. (H) If the head of an acquiring agency permits an owner or tenant to occupy the real property acquired on a rental basis for a short term or for a period subject to termination on short notice, the amount of rent required shall not exceed the fair rental value of the property to a short-term occupier. (I) In no event shall the head of an acquiring agency either advance the time of condemnation, or defer negotiations or condemnation and the deposit of funds in court for the use of the owner, or take any other action coercive in nature, in order to compel an agreement on the price to be paid for the real property. (J) When any interest in real property is acquired by exercise of the power of eminent domain, the head of the acquiring agency concerned shall institute the formal condemnation proceedings. No head of an acquiring agency shall intentionally make it necessary for an owner to institute legal proceedings to prove the fact of the taking of the owner's real property. (K) If the acquisition of only part of a property would leave its owner with an uneconomic remnant, the head of the acquiring agency concerned shall offer to acquire that remnant. For the purposes of this division, an uneconomic remnant is a parcel of real property in which the owner is left with an interest after the partial acquisition of the owner's property and which the head of the agency concerned has determined has little or no value or utility to the owner. An acquisition of real property may continue while an acquiring agency carries out the requirements of divisions (A) to (K) of this section. This section applies only when the acquisition of real property may result in an exercise of the power of eminent domain.
Ohio Rev. Code § 118.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 118 / § 118.20
§ 118.20. Authorizing debt obligations
Status: in_force

September 3, 1996 House Bill 462 - 121st General Assembly Pursuant to section 118.19 of the Revised Code: (A) The ordinance or resolution authorizing the debt obligations may provide for the pledge of, and covenants to levy, charge, collect, deposit, and apply ad valorem property taxes, income taxes, excises, utility revenues, local government fund receipts, permit and license fees, and any other receipts from taxes, permits, licenses, fines, or other sources of revenue of the municipal corporation, county, or township; accrued and capitalized interest and premium from the proceeds of the sale of the debt obligations, lawfully available for the purpose, to the payment of the debt service and costs of issuing, carrying, redeeming, and retiring such debt obligations; covenants in respect of the establishment, investment, segregation, and maintenance of any funds or reserves in connection with the debt obligations and any other funds of the municipal corporation, county, or township. No pledge may be made in a manner which impairs the contract rights of the holders of any outstanding debt obligations. (B) The ordinance or resolution authorizing the debt obligations may designate a fiscal agent for the debt obligations, or the fiscal agent may be designated by other ordinance or resolution of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, county, or township. The fiscal agent may be a purchaser of such debt obligations or other debt obligations of the municipal corporation, county, or township. (C) The ordinance or resolution authorizing the debt obligations may provide for immediate or periodic deposit of pledged receipts or a portion thereof in one or more separate bank accounts, funds, or other accounts established with the fiscal agent. Provision may be made therein for pledged receipts that are collected by the state, the county, the township, or any agency for the municipal corporation, county, or township to be transferred by the appropriate officer of the state or county or agency having charge of the collection or distribution of such pledged receipts directly to the fiscal agent for deposit under the ordinance or resolution. Such officers of the state and county or agent shall transfer such pledged receipts in accordance with this section and the ordinance. The fiscal agent shall disburse funds so held for payments when due in accordance with the ordinance or resolution, including the transfer of funds to paying agents for the debt obligations at the times and in the amounts required. Until needed for such purposes, the fiscal agent shall invest the funds on behalf of the municipal corporation, county, or township in obligations that are lawful for the investment of public funds of the municipal corporation, county, or township, including provisions for such investments in a municipal charter, in the manner provided for in the ordinance or resolution. Funds held by the fiscal agent and all moneys and securities therein and pledged receipts payable thereto in accordance with the ordinance or resolution are hereby declared to be property of the municipal corporation, county, or township devoted to essential governmental purposes and accordingly shall not be applied to any purpose other than as provided herein and shall not be subject to any order, judgment, lien, execution, attachment, setoff, or counterclaim by any creditor of the municipal corporation, county, or township other than a creditor for whose benefit such fund is established and maintained and who is entitled thereto under and pursuant to this section. (D) The ordinance or resolution authorizing the debt obligations shall provide that proceeds of the debt obligations shall be deposited with a fiscal agent in a special and separate bank account and held in trust and expended only for the object or purpose for which such debt obligations were issued. A copy of the ordinance or resolution authorizing the debt obligations shall be filed with such fiscal agent at or prior to the time the proceeds are made available to the municipal corporation, county, or township. No moneys shall be withdrawn from such account unless there is filed with such fiscal agent a written requisition of the fiscal officer of the municipal corporation, county, or township or the fiscal officer's authorized deputy, setting forth the item number of the requisition or the account to be charged, the name of the person to whom payment is due, the amount to be paid, a statement to the effect that the obligation in the stated amount has been incurred by the municipal corporation, county, or township and is a proper charge against such account, and such other information as may be required by the ordinance or resolution. Pending such withdrawals, the moneys shall be invested for and on behalf of the municipal corporation, county, or township by the fiscal agent in obligations which are lawful for the investment of public funds of the municipal corporation, county, or township, including provisions for such investments in a municipal charter, in the manner as provided for in the ordinance or resolution. (E) Amounts held by fiscal agents shall be accounted for in the appropriate special funds of the municipal corporation, county, or township as if held in the treasury of the municipal corporation, county, or township, and the fiscal agents shall provide such information to the municipal corporation, county, or township as is necessary for the purpose. (F) The ordinance or resolution authorizing the debt obligations may contain covenants of the municipal corporation, county, or township to protect and safeguard the security and rights of the holders of such debt obligations, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such ordinance or resolution may contain covenants as to: (1) Establishment and maintenance of the funds to be held by fiscal agents as provided in this section and section 118.23 of the Revised Code, the times, amounts, and levels for deposits to such funds, and the obligations in which the proceeds of such funds may be invested pending their use, subject to such limitations on investment of public funds otherwise provided for by law or pursuant to the charter of a municipal corporation; (2) The appointment, rights, powers, and duties of the fiscal agent, including limiting or abrogating the right of the holders to appoint a trustee pursuant to section 118.21 of the Revised Code and vesting in the fiscal agent all or any of such rights, powers, and duties, in trust; (3) The execution of a credit agreement with the fiscal agent for the benefit of holders of such debt obligations and for the benefit of any other holders of other debt obligations of the municipal corporation, county, or township then outstanding, provided, however, that such benefit conferred on such holders of such outstanding debt obligations shall not be deemed to restrict, preclude, or otherwise impair any rights that such holders otherwise may assert; (4) Filings, review, and correction of tax budgets, appropriation measures, annual reports, audits, and other matters of financial record; (5) Compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the financial plan and other laws applicable to the municipal corporation, county, or township including Chapters 133. and 5705. of the Revised Code, and with further restrictions on the powers, rights, and duties of the municipal corporation, county, or township necessary, appropriate, or desirable for the proper, provident, and efficient management of financial affairs that the municipal corporation, county, or township, with the approval of the commission or, when authorized by the commission, the financial supervisor, determines will assure prompt payment when due of its debt obligations; (6) Conditions that would give rise to an event of default under the terms of such ordinance and actions and remedies that the fiscal agent may take or assert on behalf of the holders of such debt obligations; (7) Restrictions on the issuance of other debt obligations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.61
§ 121.61. Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

May 12, 1994 House Bill 492 - 120th General Assembly (A) No person shall knowingly fail to register as required under section 121.62 of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall knowingly fail to keep a receipt or maintain a record that section 121.63 of the Revised Code requires the person to keep or maintain. (C) No person shall knowingly fail to file a statement that section 121.63 or 121.64 of the Revised Code requires the person to file. (D) No person shall knowingly file a false statement that section 121.63 or 121.64 of the Revised Code requires the person to file.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.45
§ 145.45. Beneficiary may substitute other benefits
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Except as provided in division (C)(1) of this section, in lieu of accepting the payment of the accumulated account of a member who dies before service retirement, a beneficiary, as determined in this section or section 145.43 of the Revised Code, may elect to forfeit the accumulated contributions and to substitute certain other benefits under division (A) or (B) of this section. (A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(3) of this section, if a deceased member was eligible for a service retirement benefit as provided in section 145.33 , 145.331 , 145.332 , or 145.335 of the Revised Code, a surviving spouse or other sole dependent beneficiary may elect to receive a monthly benefit computed as a joint-life plan under which the spouse or beneficiary receives one hundred per cent of the actuarial equivalent of the deceased member's lesser retirement allowance payable for the member's life, which the member would have received had the member retired on the last day of the month of death and had the member at that time selected such a plan. Payment shall begin with the month subsequent to the member's death, except that a surviving spouse who is less than sixty-five years old may defer receipt of such benefit. Upon receipt, the benefit shall be calculated based upon the spouse's age at the time of first payment, and shall accrue regular interest during the time of deferral. (2) Except as provided in division (A)(3) of this section, a surviving spouse or other sole dependent beneficiary may elect, in lieu of a monthly payment under division (A)(1) of this section, a plan of payment consisting of both of the following: (a) A lump sum in an amount the surviving spouse or other sole dependent beneficiary designates that constitutes a portion of the allowance that would be payable under division (A)(1) of this section; (b) The remainder of that allowance in monthly payments. The total amount paid as a lump sum and a monthly benefit shall be the actuarial equivalent of the amount that would have been paid had the lump sum not been selected. The lump sum amount designated by the surviving spouse or other sole dependent beneficiary under division (A)(2)(a) of this section shall be not less than six times and not more than thirty-six times the monthly amount that would be payable to the surviving spouse or other sole dependent beneficiary under division (A)(1) of this section and shall not result in a monthly payment that is less than fifty per cent of that monthly amount. (3) If the monthly amount of the single lifetime allowance of a member who dies on or after March 22, 2019, would be less than fifty dollars, a benefit under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section shall be the greater of the following: (a) The amount payable under section 145.43 of the Revised Code as a refund of the member's accumulated contributions; (b) An amount equal to the actuarial present value of the member's retirement allowance as determined by the public employees retirement system. (B) If a deceased member had, except as provided in division (B)(7) of this section, at least one and one-half years of contributing service credit, with, except as provided in division (B)(7) of this section, at least one-quarter year of contributing service credit within the two and one-half years prior to the date of death, or was receiving at the time of death a disability benefit as provided in section 145.36 , 145.361 , or 145.37 of the Revised Code, qualified survivors who elect to receive monthly benefits shall receive the greater of the benefits provided in division (B)(1)(a) or (b) and (4) of this section as allocated in accordance with division (B)(5) of this section. (1)(a) Number of Qualified survivors affecting the benefit Annual Benefit as a Per Cent of Decedent's Final Average Salary Or Monthly Benefit shall not be less than 1 25% $250 2 40 400 3 50 500 4 55 500 5 or more 60 500 (b) Years of Service Annual Benefit as a Per Cent of Member's Final Average Salary 20 29% 21 33 22 37 23 41 24 45 25 48 26 51 27 54 28 57 29 or more 60 (2) Benefits shall begin as qualified survivors meet eligibility requirements as follows: (a) A qualified spouse is the surviving spouse of the deceased member, who is age sixty-two, or regardless of age meets one of the following qualifications: (i) Except as provided in division (B)(7) of this section, the deceased member had ten or more years of Ohio service credit. (ii) The spouse is caring for a qualified child. (iii) The spouse is adjudged physically or mentally incompetent. A spouse of a member who died prior to August 27, 1970, whose eligibility was determined at the member's death, and who is physically or mentally incompetent on or after August 20, 1976, shall be paid the monthly benefit which that person would otherwise receive when qualified by age. (b) A qualified child is any child of the deceased member who has never been married and to whom one of the following applies: (i) Is under age twenty-two; (ii) Regardless of age, is adjudged physically or mentally incompetent at the time of the member's death. (c) A qualified parent is a dependent parent aged sixty-five or older or regardless of age if physically or mentally incompetent, a dependent parent whose eligibility was determined by the member's death prior to August 20, 1976, and who is physically or mentally incompetent on or after August 20, 1976, shall be paid the monthly benefit for which that person would otherwise qualify. (3) "Physically or mentally incompetent" as used in this section may be determined by a court of jurisdiction, or by a physician appointed by the retirement board. Incapability of making a living because of a physically or mentally disabling condition shall meet the qualifications of this division. (4) Benefits to a qualified survivor shall terminate upon ceasing to meet eligibility requirements as provided in this division, a first marriage, abandonment, adoption, or during active military service. Benefits to a deceased member's surviving spouse that were terminated under a former version of this section that required termination due to remarriage and were not resumed prior to September 16, 1998, shall resume on the first day of the month immediately following receipt by the board of an application on a form provided by the board. Benefits to a qualified child who is at least eighteen years of age but under twenty-two years of age that under a former version of this section never commenced or were terminated due to a lack of attendance at an institution of learning or training and not commenced or resumed before April 6, 2017, shall commence or resume on the first day of the month immediately following receipt by the board of an application on a form provided by the board if the application is received on or before the date that is one year after April 6, 2017. These benefits terminate on the child attaining twenty-two years of age. Upon the death of any subsequent spouse who was a member of the public employees retirement system, state teachers retirement system, or school employees retirement system, the surviving spouse of such member may elect to continue receiving benefits under this division, or to receive survivor's benefits, based upon the subsequent spouse's membership in one or more of the systems, for which such surviving spouse is eligible under this section or section 3307.66 or 3309.45 of the Revised Code. If the surviving spouse elects to continue receiving benefits under this division, such election shall not preclude the payment of benefits under this division to any other qualified survivor. Benefits shall begin or resume on the first day of the month following the attainment of eligibility and shall terminate on the first day of the month following loss of eligibility. (5)(a) If a benefit is payable under division (B)(1)(a) of this section, benefits to a qualified spouse shall be paid in the amount determined for the first qualifying survivor in division (B)(1)(a) of this section. All other qualifying survivors shall share equally in the benefit or remaining portion thereof. (b) All qualifying survivors shall share equally in a benefit payable under division (B)(1)(b) of this section, except that if there is a surviving spouse, the surviving spouse shall receive not less than the amount determined for the first qualifying survivor in division (B)(1)(a) of this section. (6) The beneficiary of a member who is also a member of the state teachers retirement system or of the school employees retirement system, must forfeit the member's accumulated contributions in those systems and in the public employees retirement system, if the beneficiary takes a survivor benefit. Such benefit shall be exclusively governed by section 145.37 of the Revised Code. (7) The following restrictions do not apply if the deceased member was contributing toward benefits under section 145.332 of the Revised Code at the time of death: (a) That the deceased member have had at least one and one-half years of contributing service credit, with at least one-quarter year of contributing service within the two and one-half years prior to the date of death; (b) If the deceased member was killed in the line of duty, that the deceased member have had ten or more years of Ohio service credit as described in division (B)(2)(a)(i) of this section. For the purposes of division (B)(7)(b) of this section, "killed in the line of duty," means either that death occurred in the line of duty or that death occurred as a result of injury sustained in the line of duty. (C)(1) Regardless of whether the member is survived by a spouse or designated beneficiary, if the public employees retirement system receives notice that a deceased member described in division (A) or (B) of this section has one or more qualified children, all persons who are qualified survivors under division (B) of this section shall receive monthly benefits as provided in division (B) of this section. If, after determining the monthly benefits to be paid under division (B) of this section, the system receives notice that there is a qualified survivor who was not considered when the determination was made, the system shall, notwithstanding section 145.561 of the Revised Code, recalculate the monthly benefits with that qualified survivor included, even if the benefits to qualified survivors already receiving benefits are reduced as a result. The benefits shall be calculated as if the qualified survivor who is the subject of the notice became eligible on the date the notice was received and shall be paid to qualified survivors effective on the first day of the first month following the system's receipt of the notice. If the retirement system did not receive notice that a deceased member has one or more qualified children prior to making payment under section 145.43 of the Revised Code to a beneficiary as determined by the retirement system, the payment is a full discharge and release of the system from any future claims under this section or section 145.43 of the Revised Code. (2) If benefits under division (C)(1) of this section to all persons, or to all persons other than a surviving spouse or other sole beneficiary, terminate, there are no children under the age of twenty-two years, and the surviving spouse or beneficiary qualifies for benefits under division (A) of this section, the surviving spouse or beneficiary may elect to receive benefits under division (A) of this section. The benefits shall be effective on the first day of the month immediately following the termination. (D) The final average salary used in the calculation of a benefit payable pursuant to division (A) or (B) of this section to a survivor or beneficiary of a disability benefit recipient shall be adjusted for each year between the disability benefit's effective date and the recipient's date of death by the lesser of three per cent or the actual average percentage increase in 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 1982-84=100"). (E) If the survivor benefits due and paid under this section are in a total amount less than the member's accumulated account that was transferred from the public employees' savings fund to the survivors' benefit fund, then the difference between the total amount of the benefits paid shall be paid to the beneficiary under section 145.43 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 18, 2023 at 10:16 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.177 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.177
§ 122.177. Career exploration internship program
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Business" means a sole proprietorship, a corporation for profit, or a pass-through entity as defined in section 5733.04 of the Revised Code. (2) "Career exploration internship" means a paid employment relationship between a student intern and a business in which the student intern acquires education, instruction, and experience relevant to the student intern's career aspirations. (3) "Student intern" means an individual who, at the time the business applies for a grant under division (B) of this section, meets both of the following criteria: (a) The individual is entitled to attend school in this state. (b) The individual is either between sixteen and eighteen years of age or is enrolled in grade eleven or twelve. (B) There is hereby created in the development services agency the career exploration internship program to award grants to businesses that employ a student intern in a career exploration internship. To qualify for a grant under the program, the career exploration internship shall be at least twenty weeks in duration and include at least two hundred hours of paid work and instruction in this state. To obtain a grant, the business shall apply to the development services agency before the starting date of the career exploration internship. The application shall include all of the following: (1) A brief description of the career exploration internship; (2) A signed statement by the student intern briefly describing the student intern's career aspirations and how the student intern believes this career exploration internship may help achieve those aspirations; (3) A signed statement by a principal or guidance counselor at the student intern's school or, in the case of a home schooled student, an individual responsible for administering instruction to the student intern, acknowledging that the employment opportunity qualifies as a career exploration internship and expressing intent to advise the student intern as provided in division (E) of this section; (4) The name, address, and telephone number of the business; (5) Any other information required by the development services agency. (C)(1) The development services agency shall review and make a determination with respect to each application submitted under division (B) of this section in the order in which the application is received. The agency shall not approve any application under this section that is received by the agency later than June 25, 2017, or that was submitted by a business that does not have substantial operations in this state. The agency may not otherwise deny an application unless the application is incomplete, the proposed employment relationship does not qualify as a career exploration internship for which a grant may be awarded under this section, the business is ineligible to receive a grant under division (D)(1) of this section, or the agency determines that approving the application would cause the amount that could be awarded to exceed the amount of money in the career exploration internship fund. (2) The agency shall send written notice of its determination to the applicant within thirty days after receiving the application. If the agency determines that the application shall not be approved, the notice shall include the reasons for such determination. (3) The agency's determination is final and may not be appealed for any reason. A business may submit a new or amended application under division (B) of this section at any time before or after receiving notice under division (C)(2) of this section. (D)(1) In any calendar year, the development services agency shall not award grants under this section to any business that has received grants for three career exploration internships in that calendar year. The agency shall not award a grant to a business unless the agency receives a report from the business within thirty days after the end of the career exploration internship or thirteen months after the approval of the application, whichever comes first, that includes all of the following: (a) The date the student intern began the internship; (b) The date the internship ended or a statement that the student will continue to be employed by the business; (c) The total number of hours during the internship that the student intern was employed by the business; (d) The total wages paid by the business to the student intern during the internship; (e) A signed statement by the student intern briefly describing the duties performed during the internship and the skills and experiences gained throughout the internship; (f) Any other information required by the agency. (2) If the agency receives the report and determines that it contains all of the information and the statement required by division (D)(1) of this section and that the career exploration internship described in the report complies with all the provisions of this section, the agency shall award a grant to the business. The amount of the grant shall equal the lesser of the following: (a) Fifty per cent of the wages paid by the business to the student intern for the first twelve months following the date the application was approved; (b) Five thousand dollars. (E) The student intern and the principal, guidance counselor, or other qualified individual who signed the statement described in division (B)(3) of this section shall meet at least once in the thirty days following the end of the career exploration internship or in the thirteenth month following the start of the career exploration internship, whichever comes first. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the student intern's experiences during the career exploration internship, consider the practical applications of these experiences to the student intern's career aspirations, and to establish or confirm goals for the student intern. If practicable, the meeting shall be in person. Otherwise, the meeting may be conducted over the telephone. (F) A business that receives a grant under this section may submit a new application under division (B) of this section for another career exploration internship with the same student intern. Such an application does not have to include the statements otherwise required by divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section. (G) Annually, on the first day of August until August 2017, the development services agency shall compile a report indicating the number of career exploration internships approved by the agency under this section, the statements issued by the student interns under divisions (B)(2) and (D)(1)(e) of this section, the number of student interns that continued employment with the business after the termination of the career exploration internship, and the total amount of grants awarded under this section. The report shall not disclose any student interns' personally identifiable information. The agency shall provide copies of the report to the governor, the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, and the president and minority leader of the senate. (H) The development services agency may adopt rules necessary to administer this section in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (I) The career exploration internship fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of a portion of the proceeds from the upfront license fees paid for the casino facilities authorized under Section 6(C) of Article XV, Ohio Constitution. Money in the fund shall be used by the development services agency to provide grants under this section. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.92 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.92
§ 109.92. State financial assistance to victim assistance programs that operate in state
Status: in_force

July 1, 2000 Senate Bill 153 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Appropriations may be made by the general assembly to the office of the attorney general for the purpose of providing state financial assistance to victim assistance programs that operate in the state. All amounts so appropriated shall be used to provide financial assistance to victim assistance programs in accordance with section 109.91 of the Revised Code and this section. The program for the provision of such financial assistance shall be administered by the crime victims assistance office established pursuant to section 109.91 of the Revised Code. (B) A victim assistance program may apply to the crime victims assistance office for state financial assistance out of funds appropriated to the office of the attorney general for that purpose by the general assembly. Each application for such financial assistance shall include all of the following information: (1) Evidence that the program is incorporated in this state as a nonprofit corporation or is a program established by a unit of state or local government; (2) The proposed budget of the program for the period during which the financial assistance is sought; (3) A summary of services offered by the program; (4) An estimate of the number of persons served by the program. (C) Within thirty days of receipt of an application for financial assistance from a victim assistance program in accordance with division (B) of this section, the crime victims assistance office, based in part on the recommendations of the victim assistance advisory board made pursuant to section 109.91 of the Revised Code, shall notify the program in writing whether it is eligible for financial assistance and, if eligible, estimate the amount that will be made available to the program and the time when the financial assistance will be made available. (D) Each victim assistance program that receives any financial assistance pursuant to this section shall use the financial assistance only to provide the services identified in its application for such assistance as being services it offered and to cover a reasonable cost of administration of the program. Each victim assistance program that receives any such financial assistance shall make a good faith effort to minimize its costs of administration.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.37
§ 122.37. Steel futures program
Status: in_force

September 16, 2014 House Bill 486 - 130th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the development services agency the steel futures program, for the purpose of preserving and improving the existing industrial base of the state, improving the economy of the state by providing employment, increased productivity, and ensuring continued technological development consistent with these goals, and maintaining a high standard of living for the people of this state. The steel futures program may be supplemental to any other enterprise assistance program administered by the director of development services, and shall be administered so as to provide financial and technical assistance to increase the competitiveness of existing steel and steel-related industries in this state, and to encourage establishment and development of new industries of this type within the state. The director shall develop a strategy for financial and technical assistance to steel and steel-related industries in the state, which shall include investment policies with regard to these industries. (B) In administering the program, the director may consult with appropriate representatives of steel and steel-related industries, appropriate representatives of any union that represents workers in these industries, and other persons with expert knowledge in these industries. (C) The director of development services shall consult with the chairperson of the public utilities commission to foster development of public and private cooperative efforts that result in energy savings and reduced energy costs for steel and steel-related industries. (D) Assistance may be made available to steel and steel-related industries undertaking projects the director determines to have long-term implications for and broad applicability to the economy of this state when the director finds: (1) The undertaking of projects by the industries will benefit the people of the state by creating or preserving jobs and employment opportunities or improving the economic welfare of the people of this state, and promoting development of new technology or improving application of existing steel and steel-related technology. (2) The undertaking of projects by the industries will allow them to compete more effectively in the marketplace. (E) Projects eligible to receive assistance under the steel futures program may include, but are not limited to, the following areas: (1) Research and development specifically related to steel and steel-related industries and feasibility studies for business development within these industries; (2) Employee training; (3) Labor and management relations; and (4) Technology-driven capital investment. (F) Financial and technical assistance may be in the form and conditioned upon terms as the director considers appropriate. (G) No later than the first day of August of each year, the director shall submit a report to the general assembly describing projects of the steel futures program, results obtained from completed projects of the program, and program projects for the next fiscal year. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 164.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 164 / § 164.25
§ 164.25. Approving application
Status: in_force

July 26, 2001 House Bill 3 - 124th General Assembly The director of the Ohio public works commission shall approve applications for grants submitted under sections 164.20 to 164.27 of the Revised Code if all of the following apply: (A) The approval of the application by the applicable natural resources assistance council was reasonably based on the criteria specified in divisions (A)(1) to (11) of section 164.24 of the Revised Code. (B) The application for a grant and the proposed project for which the grant is to be used comply with all other requirements established under sections 164.20 to 164.27 of the Revised Code. (C) The amount of the financial assistance, when added to all other financial assistance provided during the calendar year for projects within the district for which a natural resources assistance council was appointed, does not exceed that district's allocation of money from the clean Ohio conservation fund under section 164.27 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.92 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.92
§ 101.92. Retirement system lobbyists and employers - registration statements - fee - review
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly (A) Each retirement system lobbyist and each employer shall file with the joint legislative ethics committee, within ten days following the engagement of a retirement system lobbyist, an initial registration statement showing all of the following: (1) The name, business address, and occupation of the retirement system lobbyist; (2) The name and business address of the employer or of the real party in interest on whose behalf the retirement system lobbyist is acting, if it is different from the employer. For the purposes of division (A) of this section, where a trade association or other charitable or fraternal organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under subsection 501(c) of the federal Internal Revenue Code is the employer, the statement need not list the names and addresses of every member of the association or organization, so long as the association or organization itself is listed. (3) A brief description of the retirement system decision to which the engagement relates; (4) The name of the retirement system or systems to which the engagement relates. (B) In addition to the initial registration statement required by division (A) of this section, each retirement system lobbyist and employer shall file with the joint committee, not later than the last day of January, May, and September of each year, an updated registration statement that confirms the continuing existence of each engagement described in an initial registration statement and that lists the specific retirement system decisions that the lobbyist sought to influence under the engagement during the period covered by the updated statement, and with it any statement of expenditures required to be filed by section 101.93 of the Revised Code and any details of financial transactions required to be filed by section 101.94 of the Revised Code. (C) If a retirement system lobbyist is engaged by more than one employer, the lobbyist shall file a separate initial and updated registration statement for each engagement. If an employer engages more than one retirement system lobbyist, the employer need file only one updated registration statement under division (B) of this section, which shall contain the information required by division (B) of this section regarding all of the retirement system lobbyists engaged by the employer. (D)(1) A change in any information required by division (A)(1), (2), or (B) of this section shall be reflected in the next updated registration statement filed under division (B) of this section. (2) Within thirty days following the termination of an engagement, the retirement system lobbyist who was employed under the engagement shall send written notification of the termination to the joint committee. (E) A registration fee of twenty-five dollars shall be charged for filing an initial registration statement. All money collected from registration fees under this division and late filing fees under division (G) of this section shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the joint legislative ethics committee fund created under section 101.34 of the Revised Code. (F) Upon registration pursuant to this section, a retirement system lobbyist shall be issued a card by the joint committee showing that the lobbyist is registered. The registration card and the retirement system lobbyist's registration shall be valid from the date of their issuance until the thirty-first day of January of the year following the year in which the initial registration was filed. (G) The executive director of the joint committee shall be responsible for reviewing each registration statement filed with the joint committee under this section and for determining whether the statement contains all of the required information. If the joint committee determines that the registration statement does not contain all of the required information or that a retirement system lobbyist or employer has failed to file a registration statement, the joint committee shall send written notification by certified mail to the person who filed the registration statement regarding the deficiency in the statement or to the person who failed to file the registration statement regarding the failure. Any person so notified by the joint committee shall, not later than fifteen days after receiving the notice, file a registration statement or an amended registration statement that contains all of the required information. If any person who receives a notice under this division fails to file a registration statement or such an amended registration statement within this fifteen-day period, the joint committee shall assess a late filing fee equal to twelve dollars and fifty cents per day, up to a maximum fee of one hundred dollars, upon that person. The joint committee may waive the late filing fee for good cause shown. (H) On or before the fifteenth day of March of each year, the joint committee shall, in the manner and form that it determines, publish a report containing statistical information on the registration statements filed with it under this section during the preceding year. (I) If an employer who engages a retirement system lobbyist is the recipient of a contract, grant, lease, or other financial arrangement pursuant to which funds of the state or of a retirement system are distributed or allocated, the retirement system may consider the failure of the employer or the retirement system lobbyist to comply with this section as a breach of a material condition of the contract, grant, lease, or other financial arrangement. (J) Retirement system officials may require certification from any person seeking the award of a contract, grant, lease, or financial arrangement that the person and the person's employer are in compliance with this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.202 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.202
§ 111.202. Facsimile signature
Status: in_force

October 4, 1996 House Bill 495 - 121st General Assembly Any document filed with the secretary of state that, by statute or by rule or determination of the secretary of state, is required to include a signature of a person may contain, in lieu of the person's original signature, a copy of the person's original signature transmitted by facsimile machine to the secretary of state, or be a photocopy or similar reproduction of the person's original signature.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.98 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.98
§ 101.98. Retirement system lobbyists and employers - statements as public records - list of registrants - form for filings
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly (A) The joint legislative ethics committee shall keep on file the statements required by sections 101.92 , 101.93 , and 101.94 of the Revised Code. These statements are public records and open to public inspection, and the joint committee shall computerize them so that the information contained in them is readily accessible to the general public. The joint committee shall provide copies of the statements to the general public on request and may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed the cost of copying and delivering the statement. (B) Not later than the last day of February and October of each year, the joint committee shall compile from the registration statements filed with it a complete and updated list of registered retirement system lobbyists and their employers, and distribute the list to each member of the general assembly, elected executive official, and the director of each retirement system, who shall distribute the list to the appropriate personnel under the director's jurisdiction. The joint committee shall provide copies of the list to the general public on request and may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed the cost of copying and delivering the list. (C) The joint committee shall prescribe and make available an appropriate form for the filings required by sections 101.92 , 101.93 , and 101.94 of the Revised Code. The form shall contain the following notice in boldface type: "ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY FILES A FALSE STATEMENT IS GUILTY OF FALSIFICATION UNDER SECTION 2921.13 OF THE REVISED CODE, WHICH IS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FIRST DEGREE." (D) The joint committee may adopt rules as necessary to implement sections 101.90 to 101.98 of the Revised Code. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code. (E) The joint committee shall publish a handbook that explains in clear and concise language the provisions of sections 101.90 to 101.98 of the Revised Code and make it available free of charge to retirement system lobbyists, employers, and any other interested persons.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.602 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.602
§ 122.602. Capital access loan program
Status: in_force

September 28, 2012 Senate Bill 314 - 129th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the department of development the capital access loan program to assist participating financial institutions in making program loans to eligible businesses that face barriers in accessing working capital and obtaining fixed asset financing. In administering the program, the director of development may do any of the following: (1) Receive and accept 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 the grants, gifts, and contributions are made, from individuals, private and public corporations, the United States or any agency of the United States, the state or any agency of the state, or any political subdivision of the state; (2) Agree to repay any contribution of money or return any property contributed or the value of that property at the times, in the amounts, and on the terms and conditions, excluding the payment of interest, that the director consents to at the time a contribution is made; and evidence obligations by notes, bonds, or other written instruments; (3) Adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to carry out the purposes of the program specified in sections 122.60 to 122.605 of the Revised Code; (4) Engage in all other acts, and enter into contracts and execute all instruments, necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes specified in sections 122.60 to 122.605 of the Revised Code. (B) The director shall determine the eligibility of a financial institution to participate in the program and may set a limit on the number of financial institutions that may participate in the program. (C) To be considered eligible by the director to participate in the program, a financial institution shall enter into a participation agreement with the department that sets out the terms and conditions under which the department will deposit moneys from the fund into the financial institution's program reserve account, specifies the criteria for loan qualification under the program, and contains any additional terms the director considers necessary. (D) After receiving the certification required under division (C) of section 122.603 of the Revised Code, the director may disburse moneys from the fund to a participating financial institution for deposit in its program reserve account if the director determines that the capital access loan involved meets all of the following criteria: (1) It will be made to an eligible business. (2) It will be used by the eligible business for a project, activity, or enterprise that fosters economic development. (3) It will not be made in order to enroll in the program prior debt that is not covered under the program and that is owed or was previously owed by an eligible business to the financial institution. (4) It will not be utilized for a project or development related to the on-site construction or purchase of residential housing. (5) It will not be used to finance passive real estate ownership. (6) It conforms to the requirements of divisions (E), (F), (G), (H), and (I) of this section, and to the rules adopted by the director under division (A)(3) of this section. (E) The director shall not approve a deposit amount from the fund for a capital access loan to an eligible business that exceeds two hundred fifty thousand dollars for working capital or five hundred thousand dollars for the purchase of fixed assets. An eligible business may apply for the maximum deposit amount for both working capital and the purchase of fixed assets in the same capital access loan enrollment. (F) A financial institution may apply to the director for the approval of a capital access loan to any business that is owned or operated by a person that has previously defaulted under any state financial assistance program. (G) Eligible businesses that apply for a capital access loan shall comply with section 9.66 of the Revised Code. (H) A financial institution may apply to the director for the approval of a capital access loan that refinances a nonprogram loan made by another financial institution. (I) The director shall not approve a capital access loan that refinances a nonprogram loan made by the same financial institution, unless the amount of the refinanced loan exceeds the existing debt, in which case only the amount exceeding the existing debt is eligible for a loan under the program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.432 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.432
§ 173.432. Care management and authorization services
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The department of aging or its designee shall provide care management and authorization services with regard to the state plan services specified in division (B) of section 173.431 of the Revised Code that are provided to participants of department of aging-administered medicaid waiver components. The department or its designee shall ensure that no person providing the care management and authorization services performs an activity that may not be performed without a valid certificate or license issued by an agency of this state unless the person holds the valid certificate or license.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.01
§ 109.01. Election - term
Status: in_force

January 9, 1961 House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly The attorney general shall be elected quadrennially, and shall hold his office for a term of four years. The term of office of the attorney general shall commence on the second Monday of January next after his election.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.081 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.081
§ 121.081. Department of insurance - powers and duties
Status: in_force

January 1, 1968 Senate Bill 97 - 107th General Assembly All powers and duties vested in and imposed upon the department of commerce prior to September 9, 1957, respecting the superintendent of insurance and any officers, deputies, or employees of the division of insurance, shall after that date be vested in and imposed upon the department of insurance.
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.14
§ 111.14. Statistics of all other officers returnable to secretary of state
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly All classes of statistics returnable to the auditor of state, attorney general, or other state officer, shall be transferred by such officer to the secretary of state, subject to the use of such officer so far as necessary in the discharge of his duties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.101 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.101
§ 145.101. Venue for court actions
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly Any action brought against the public employees retirement system or the public employees retirement board or its officers, employees, or board members in their official capacities shall be brought in the appropriate court in Franklin county, Ohio.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.23
§ 117.23. Report of public accountant
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly The report of a public office that is prepared by a public accountant shall be made and signed by the accountant in charge of the audit and filed in the offices of the auditor of state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.482 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.482
§ 121.482. Disposition of money received
Status: in_force

December 28, 2006 House Bill 699 - 126th General Assembly Money the inspector general receives pursuant to court orders or settlements shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.77 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.77
§ 109.77. Certificate of completion of basic training program necessary for appointment
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (2) "Companion animal" has the same meaning as in section 959.131 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Notwithstanding any general, special, or local law or charter to the contrary, and except as otherwise provided in this section, no person shall receive an original appointment on a permanent basis as any of the following unless the person previously has been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace officer basic training program: (a) A peace officer of any county, township, municipal corporation, regional transit authority, or metropolitan housing authority; (b) A natural resources law enforcement staff officer, forest-fire investigator, wildlife officer, or natural resources officer of the department of natural resources; (c) An employee of a park district under section 511.232 or 1545.13 of the Revised Code; (d) An employee of a conservancy district who is designated pursuant to section 6101.75 of the Revised Code; (e) A state university law enforcement officer; (f) A special police officer employed by the department of mental health and addiction services pursuant to section 5119.08 of the Revised Code or the department of developmental disabilities pursuant to section 5123.13 of the Revised Code; (g) An enforcement agent of the department of public safety whom the director of public safety designates under section 5502.14 of the Revised Code; (h) A special police officer employed by a port authority under section 4582.04 or 4582.28 of the Revised Code; (i) A special police officer employed by a municipal corporation at a municipal airport, or other municipal air navigation facility, that has scheduled operations, as defined in section 119.3 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 14 C.F.R. 119.3 , as amended, and that is required to be under a security program and is governed by aviation security rules of the transportation security administration of the United States department of transportation as provided in Parts 1542. and 1544. of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended; (j) A gaming agent employed under section 3772.03 of the Revised Code. (2) Every person who is appointed on a temporary basis or for a probationary term or on other than a permanent basis as any of the following shall forfeit the appointed position unless the person previously has completed satisfactorily or, within the time prescribed by rules adopted by the attorney general pursuant to section 109.74 of the Revised Code, satisfactorily completes a state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace officer basic training program for temporary or probationary officers and is awarded a certificate by the director attesting to the satisfactory completion of the program: (a) A peace officer of any county, township, municipal corporation, regional transit authority, or metropolitan housing authority; (b) A natural resources law enforcement staff officer, park officer, forest officer, preserve officer, wildlife officer, or state watercraft officer of the department of natural resources; (c) An employee of a park district under section 511.232 or 1545.13 of the Revised Code; (d) An employee of a conservancy district who is designated pursuant to section 6101.75 of the Revised Code; (e) A special police officer employed by the department of mental health and addiction services pursuant to section 5119.08 of the Revised Code or the department of developmental disabilities pursuant to section 5123.13 of the Revised Code; (f) An enforcement agent of the department of public safety whom the director of public safety designates under section 5502.14 of the Revised Code; (g) A special police officer employed by a port authority under section 4582.04 or 4582.28 of the Revised Code; (h) A special police officer employed by a municipal corporation at a municipal airport, or other municipal air navigation facility, that has scheduled operations, as defined in section 119.3 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 14 C.F.R. 119.3 , as amended, and that is required to be under a security program and is governed by aviation security rules of the transportation security administration of the United States department of transportation as provided in Parts 1542. and 1544. of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended. (3) For purposes of division (B) of this section, a state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace officer basic training program, regardless of whether the program is to be completed by peace officers appointed on a permanent or temporary, probationary, or other nonpermanent basis, shall include training in the handling of the offense of domestic violence, other types of domestic violence-related offenses and incidents, protection orders and consent agreements issued or approved under section 2919.26 or 3113.31 of the Revised Code, crisis intervention training, and training on companion animal encounters and companion animal behavior. The requirement to complete training in the handling of the offense of domestic violence, other types of domestic violence-related offenses and incidents, and protection orders and consent agreements issued or approved under section 2919.26 or 3113.31 of the Revised Code does not apply to any person serving as a peace officer on March 27, 1979, and the requirement to complete training in crisis intervention does not apply to any person serving as a peace officer on April 4, 1985. Any person who is serving as a peace officer on April 4, 1985, who terminates that employment after that date, and who subsequently is hired as a peace officer by the same or another law enforcement agency shall complete training in crisis intervention as prescribed by rules adopted by the attorney general pursuant to section 109.742 of the Revised Code. No peace officer shall have employment as a peace officer terminated and then be reinstated with intent to circumvent this section. (4) Division (B) of this section does not apply to any person serving on a permanent basis on March 28, 1985, as a park officer, forest officer, preserve officer, wildlife officer, or state watercraft officer of the department of natural resources or as an employee of a park district under section 511.232 or 1545.13 of the Revised Code, to any person serving on a permanent basis on March 6, 1986, as an employee of a conservancy district designated pursuant to section 6101.75 of the Revised Code, to any person serving on a permanent basis on January 10, 1991, as a preserve officer of the department of natural resources, to any person employed on a permanent basis on July 2, 1992, as a special police officer by the department of mental health and addiction services pursuant to section 5119.08 of the Revised Code or by the department of developmental disabilities pursuant to section 5123.13 of the Revised Code, to any person serving on a permanent basis on May 17, 2000, as a special police officer employed by a port authority under section 4582.04 or 4582.28 of the Revised Code, to any person serving on a permanent basis on March 19, 2003, as a special police officer employed by a municipal corporation at a municipal airport or other municipal air navigation facility described in division (A)(19) of section 109.71 of the Revised Code, to any person serving on a permanent basis on June 19, 1978, as a state university law enforcement officer pursuant to section 3345.04 of the Revised Code and who, immediately prior to June 19, 1978, was serving as a special police officer designated under authority of that section, or to any person serving on a permanent basis on September 20, 1984, as a liquor control investigator, known after June 30, 1999, as an enforcement agent of the department of public safety, engaged in the enforcement of Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code. (5) Division (B) of this section does not apply to any person who is appointed as a regional transit authority police officer pursuant to division (Y) of section 306.35 of the Revised Code if, on or before July 1, 1996, the person has completed satisfactorily an approved state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace officer basic training program and has been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of such an approved program and if, on July 1, 1996, the person is performing peace officer functions for a regional transit authority. (C) No person, after September 20, 1984, shall receive an original appointment on a permanent basis as a veterans' home police officer designated under section 5907.02 of the Revised Code unless the person previously has been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of an approved police officer basic training program. Every person who is appointed on a temporary basis or for a probationary term or on other than a permanent basis as a veterans' home police officer designated under section 5907.02 of the Revised Code shall forfeit that position unless the person previously has completed satisfactorily or, within one year from the time of appointment, satisfactorily completes an approved police officer basic training program. (D) No bailiff or deputy bailiff of a court of record of this state and no criminal investigator who is employed by the state public defender shall carry a firearm, as defined in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code, while on duty unless the bailiff, deputy bailiff, or criminal investigator has done or received one of the following: (1) Has been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission, which certificate attests to satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, or municipal basic training program for bailiffs and deputy bailiffs of courts of record and for criminal investigators employed by the state public defender that has been recommended by the Ohio peace officer training commission; (2) Has successfully completed a firearms training program approved by the Ohio peace officer training commission prior to employment as a bailiff, deputy bailiff, or criminal investigator; (3) Prior to June 6, 1986, was authorized to carry a firearm by the court that employed the bailiff or deputy bailiff or, in the case of a criminal investigator, by the state public defender and has received training in the use of firearms that the Ohio peace officer training commission determines is equivalent to the training that otherwise is required by division (D) of this section. (E)(1) Before a person seeking a certificate completes an approved peace officer basic training program, the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission shall request the person to disclose, and the person shall disclose, any previous criminal conviction of or plea of guilty of that person to a felony. (2) Before a person seeking a certificate completes an approved peace officer basic training program, the executive director shall request a criminal history records check on the person. The executive director shall submit the person's fingerprints to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, which shall submit the fingerprints to the federal bureau of investigation for a national criminal history records check. Upon receipt of the executive director's request, the bureau of criminal identification and investigation and the federal bureau of investigation shall conduct a criminal history records check on the person and, upon completion of the check, shall provide a copy of the criminal history records check to the executive director. The executive director shall not award any certificate prescribed in this section unless the executive director has received a copy of the criminal history records check on the person to whom the certificate is to be awarded. (3) The executive director of the commission shall not award a certificate prescribed in this section to a person who has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony or who fails to disclose any previous criminal conviction of or plea of guilty to a felony as required under division (E)(1) of this section. (4) The executive director of the commission shall revoke the certificate awarded to a person as prescribed in this section, and that person shall forfeit all of the benefits derived from being certified as a peace officer under this section, if the person, before completion of an approved peace officer basic training program, failed to disclose any previous criminal conviction of or plea of guilty to a felony as required under division (E)(1) of this section. (F)(1) Regardless of whether the person has been awarded the certificate or has been classified as a peace officer prior to, on, or after October 16, 1996, the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission shall revoke any certificate that has been awarded to a person as prescribed in this section if the person does either of the following: (a) Pleads guilty to a felony committed on or after January 1, 1997; (b) Pleads guilty to a misdemeanor committed on or after January 1, 1997, pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement as provided in division (D) of section 2929.43 of the Revised Code in which the person agrees to surrender the certificate awarded to the person under this section. (2) The executive director of the commission shall suspend any certificate that has been awarded to a person as prescribed in this section if the person is convicted, after trial, of a felony committed on or after January 1, 1997. The executive director shall suspend the certificate pursuant to division (F)(2) of this section pending the outcome of an appeal by the person from that conviction to the highest court to which the appeal is taken or until the expiration of the period in which an appeal is required to be filed. If the person files an appeal that results in that person's acquittal of the felony or conviction of a misdemeanor, or in the dismissal of the felony charge against that person, the executive director shall reinstate the certificate awarded to the person under this section. If the person files an appeal from that person's conviction of the felony and the conviction is upheld by the highest court to which the appeal is taken or if the person does not file a timely appeal, the executive director shall revoke the certificate awarded to the person under this section. (G)(1) If a person is awarded a certificate under this section and the certificate is revoked pursuant to division (E)(4) or (F) of this section, the person shall not be eligible to receive, at any time, a certificate attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of a peace officer basic training program. (2) The revocation or suspension of a certificate under division (E)(4) or (F) of this section shall be in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (H)(1) A person who was employed as a peace officer of a county, township, or municipal corporation of the state on January 1, 1966, and who has completed at least sixteen years of full-time active service as such a peace officer, or equivalent service as determined by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission, may receive an original appointment on a permanent basis and serve as a peace officer of a county, township, or municipal corporation, or as a state university law enforcement officer, without complying with the requirements of division (B) of this section. (2) Any person who held an appointment as a state highway trooper on January 1, 1966, may receive an original appointment on a permanent basis and serve as a peace officer of a county, township, or municipal corporation, or as a state university law enforcement officer, without complying with the requirements of division (B) of this section. (I) No person who is appointed as a peace officer of a county, township, or municipal corporation on or after April 9, 1985, shall serve as a peace officer of that county, township, or municipal corporation unless the person has received training in the handling of missing children and child abuse and neglect cases from an approved state, county, township, or municipal police officer basic training program or receives the training within the time prescribed by rules adopted by the attorney general pursuant to section 109.741 of the Revised Code. (J) No part of any approved state, county, or municipal basic training program for bailiffs and deputy bailiffs of courts of record and no part of any approved state, county, or municipal basic training program for criminal investigators employed by the state public defender shall be used as credit toward the completion by a peace officer of any part of the approved state, county, or municipal peace officer basic training program that the peace officer is required by this section to complete satisfactorily. (K) This section does not apply to any member of the police department of a municipal corporation in an adjoining state serving in this state under a contract pursuant to section 737.04 of the Revised Code. (L) The executive director of the commission shall issue a certificate of completion of a training program required under this section in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an individual if either of the following applies: (1) The individual holds a certificate of completion of such a program in another state. (2) The individual has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter in the same profession, occupation, or occupational activity as the profession, occupation, or occupational activity for which the certificate is required in this state in a state that does not require completion of such a training program. (M)(1) Except as provided in division (M)(2) of this section, no certificate awarded by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting to a person's satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace officer basic training program shall be deemed insufficient for an appointment to a position listed in division (B)(1) of this section because of a lapse in the person's service as a peace officer. (2) The Ohio peace officer training commission shall require a re-appointed peace officer to complete refresher training of the following duration prior to performing the functions of a peace officer, if the peace officer, having previously been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the commission attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace officer basic training program or pursuant to Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code, for at least one year prior to an appointment, was not employed as a peace officer: (a) If the period of lapse was at least one year, but less than four years, up to forty hours; (b) If the period of lapse was four years or longer, eighty hours. Last updated October 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.362 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.362
§ 145.362. Disability benefit recipient to retain membership status
Status: in_force

March 22, 2019 House Bill 572 - 132nd General Assembly A disability benefit recipient whose application for a disability benefit was received by the public employees retirement system before January 7, 2013, shall, regardless of when the disability occurred, retain membership status and shall be considered on leave of absence from employment during the first five years following the effective date of a disability benefit, notwithstanding any contrary provisions in this chapter. A disability benefit recipient whose application for a disability benefit is received by the system on or after January 7, 2013, shall, regardless of when the disability occurred, retain membership status and shall be considered on leave of absence from employment during the first three years following the effective date of a disability benefit, except that, if the member is receiving rehabilitative services acceptable to the board's examining physician, the board may permit the recipient to retain membership status and be considered on leave of absence from employment for up to five years following the effective date of a disability benefit. The public employees retirement board shall require any disability benefit recipient to undergo a periodic medical examination, as determined by the board's medical consultant or as specified in rules adopted by the board. The board may waive the medical examination if the board's medical consultant certifies that the recipient's disability is ongoing or for any other reason specified in rules adopted by the board. If any disability benefit recipient refuses to submit to a medical examination, the recipient's disability benefit shall be suspended until withdrawal of the refusal. Should the refusal continue for one year, all the recipient's rights in and to the disability benefit shall be terminated as of the effective date of the original suspension. On completion of the examination by the board's examining physician, the physician shall report to the board's medical consultant and certify whether the disability benefit recipient meets the applicable standard for termination of a disability benefit. If the examining physician certifies that the recipient meets the applicable standard for termination of a disability benefit and the medical consultant concurs, the medical consultant shall certify to the board that the recipient meets the applicable standard for termination. (A) Regardless of when the disability occurred, if the recipient's application for a disability benefit was received by the system before January 7, 2013, or, if on or after that date, the recipient has been receiving the benefit for less than three years or is receiving rehabilitative services acceptable to the board's examining physician and considered on leave of absence, or, if, at the time contributing service terminated, the recipient was a PERS law enforcement officer, the standard for termination is that the recipient is no longer physically and mentally incapable of resuming the service from which the recipient was found disabled. (B) Regardless of when the disability occurred, if the recipient's application for a disability benefit is received by the system on or after January 7, 2013, the recipient has been receiving the benefit for three years or longer, the recipient was not a PERS law enforcement officer at the time contributing service terminated, and the recipient is not receiving rehabilitative services acceptable to the board's examining physician, the standard for termination is that the recipient is not physically or mentally incapable of performing the duties of any position that meets all of the following criteria: (1) Replaces not less than seventy-five per cent of the member's final average salary, adjusted each year by the actual average increase in 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"); (2) Is reasonably to be found in the member's regional job market; (3) Is one that the member is qualified for by experience or education. If the board concurs in the report that the disability benefit recipient meets the applicable standard for termination of a disability benefit, the payment of the disability benefit shall be terminated not later than three months after the date of the board's concurrence or upon employment as a public employee. If the leave of absence has not expired, the retirement board shall certify to the disability benefit recipient's last employer before being found disabled that the recipient is no longer physically and mentally incapable of resuming service that is the same or similar to that from which the recipient was found disabled. The employer shall restore the recipient to the recipient's previous position and salary or to a position and salary similar thereto, unless the recipient was dismissed or resigned in lieu of dismissal for dishonesty, misfeasance, malfeasance, or conviction of a felony. Each disability benefit recipient shall file with the board an annual statement of earnings, current medical information on the recipient's condition, and any other information required in rules adopted by the board. The board may waive the requirement that a disability benefit recipient file an annual statement of earnings or current medical information if the board's medical consultant certifies that the recipient's disability is ongoing or for any other reason specified in rules adopted by the board. The board shall annually examine the information submitted by the recipient. If a disability benefit recipient fails to file the statement or information, the disability benefit shall be suspended until the statement and information are filed. If the failure continues for one year, the recipient's right to the disability benefit shall be terminated as of the effective date of the original suspension. If a disability benefit recipient is restored to service by, or elected to an elective office with, an employer covered by this chapter, the recipient's disability benefit shall cease. The board may terminate a disability benefit at the request of the recipient if the board's medical consultant determines that the recipient is no longer disabled. If disability retirement under section 145.36 of the Revised Code is terminated for any reason, the annuity and pension reserves at that time in the annuity and pension reserve fund shall be transferred to the employees' savings fund and the employers' accumulation fund, respectively. If the total disability benefit paid is less than the amount of the accumulated contributions of the member transferred to the annuity and pension reserve fund at the time of the member's disability retirement, the difference shall be transferred from the annuity and pension reserve fund to another fund as may be required. In determining the amount of a member's account following the termination of disability retirement for any reason, the total amount paid shall be charged against the member's refundable account. If a disability allowance paid under section 145.361 of the Revised Code is terminated for any reason, the reserve on the allowance at that time in the annuity and pension reserve fund shall be transferred from that fund to the employers' accumulation fund. If a former disability benefit recipient again becomes a contributor, other than as an other system retirant under section 145.38 of the Revised Code, to this system, the state teachers retirement system, or the school employees retirement system, and completes an additional two years of service credit, the former disability benefit recipient shall be entitled to full service credit, not exceeding five years' service credit, for the period as a disability benefit recipient, except that if the board adopts a rule requiring payment for the service credit it shall be granted only if the former disability benefit recipient pays an amount determined under the rule. The rule shall not require payment of more than the additional liability to the retirement system resulting from granting the credit. The former recipient may choose to purchase only part of the credit in any one payment. If any employer employs any member who is receiving a disability benefit, the employer shall file notice of employment with the retirement board, designating the date of employment. In case the notice is not filed, the total amount of the benefit paid during the period of employment prior to notice shall be charged to and paid by the employer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.42
§ 117.42. Enforcement powers of attorney general
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly Upon request of the auditor of state, the attorney general may file and prosecute to judgment or decree appropriate actions to prevent the unlawful expenditures of public funds, cancel contracts not made in compliance with law, enforce liabilities arising from false certifications or failure to furnish financial reports, secure compliance with this chapter, secure compliance with fiscal, accounting, or budgeting requirements, opinions, or adjustments made in an audit report, secure compliance with the laws, ordinances, rules, and orders pertaining to any public office, and enforce generally the laws relating to the expenditure of public funds. All sums collected as a result of any action taken under this chapter shall be placed in the treasury of the appropriate public office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 148.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 148 / § 148.09
§ 148.09. Exemption of benefits from rights of creditors
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly Except as provided in sections 3105.171 and 3105.63 and Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code and this chapter, a participant account or any benefit or other right accrued or accruing to any person under this chapter or under a deferred compensation program offered by a government unit, as defined in section 148.06 of the Revised Code, or by a municipal corporation shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, sale to satisfy a judgment or order, the operation of bankruptcy or insolvency laws, or other process of law and shall be unassignable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 176.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 176 / § 176.07
§ 176.07. Developing regulations for state housing loan, loan guarantee, loan subsidy and grant programs
Status: in_force

July 1, 2005 House Bill 431 - 125th General Assembly The director of development, in consultation with the public and the housing trust fund advisory committee created under section 174.06 of the Revised Code, shall develop regulations applicable to all existing and future state housing loan, loan guarantee, loan subsidy, and grant programs. The regulations shall require recipients of financing from state housing programs, that provide or assist in providing multi-family rental housing, to do both of the following: (A) Reasonably ensure that the multi-family rental housing will be affordable to those families and individuals targeted for the multi-family rental housing for the useful life of the multi-family rental housing or thirty years, whichever is longer; (B) Prepare and implement a plan to reasonably assist any families and individuals displaced by the multi-family housing in obtaining decent affordable housing. The department of development shall distribute a copy of these regulations to each local housing advisory board to serve as a guideline for carrying out the requirements of divisions (D)(2) and (3) of section 176.04 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 103.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 103 / § 103.20
§ 103.20. Office space of legislative service commission
Status: in_force

July 1, 1971 House Bill 118 - 109th General Assembly The Ohio legislative service commission shall be provided with adequate office space in the state house. The director of the Ohio legislative service commission, with the approval of the commission, may obtain office space elsewhere in Columbus if the space in the state house is inadequate.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.422 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.422
§ 173.422. Certification to conduct long-term care consultation
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly (A) The department of aging shall certify individuals who meet certification requirements established by rule to provide long-term care consultations for purposes of sections 173.42 and 173.421 of the Revised Code. The director of aging shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the certification process and requirements. The rules shall specify the education, experience, or training in long-term care a person must have to qualify for certification. (B) Notwithstanding the requirements for a certification under division (A) of this section, the department shall issue a certification to provide long-term care consultations in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to a person if either of the following applies: (1) The person holds a license or certification in another state. (2) The person has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a provider of long-term care consultations in a state that does not issue that license or certification. Last updated December 29, 2023 at 7:34 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.1710 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.1710
§ 122.1710. Individual microcredential assistance program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Low-income individual" has the same meaning as "low-income person" in section 5101.311 of the Revised Code. (2) "Microcredential" has the same meaning as in section 122.178 of the Revised Code. (3) "OhioMeansJobs web site" has the same meaning as in section 6301.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "Partially unemployed" and "totally unemployed" have the same meanings as in section 4141.01 of the Revised Code. (5) "Training provider" means all of the following: (a) A state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code; (b) An Ohio technical center as defined in section 3333.94 of the Revised Code; (c) A private business or institution that offers training to allow an individual to earn one or more microcredentials. (6) "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year of this state as specified in section 9.34 of the Revised Code. (B) There is hereby created the individual microcredential assistance program to reimburse training providers for training costs for individuals to earn a microcredential. The department of development, in consultation with the governor's office of workforce transformation, shall administer the program. The director shall administer the program so that the total reimbursement to each training provider approved to participate in the program occurs at least once per fiscal year. (C) A training provider seeking to participate in the program shall submit an application to the director of development at the beginning or before the beginning of a fiscal year, but not later than the date established by the director. The training provider shall include in the application all of the following information: (1) The number of microcredentials the training provider will seek a reimbursement for and the names of the microcredentials; (2) The cost of the training for each microcredential; (3) The total amount of the reimbursement the training provider will seek; (4) The training provider's plan to provide opportunities for individuals who are low income, partially unemployed, or totally unemployed to participate in a training program and receive a microcredential; (5) Any other information the director requires. (D)(1) The director shall consider the following factors in determining whether to approve an application submitted under division (C) of this section: (a) The duration of the training program; (b) The cost of the training; (c) Whether approving an application will promote regional diversity in apportioning reimbursements uniformly across the state; (d) The training provider's commitment to providing opportunities for individuals who are low income, partially unemployed, or totally unemployed to participate in a training program and receive a microcredential. (2) In determining regional diversity under division (D)(1)(c) of this section, the director shall use the regions established under division (G) of section 122.178 of the Revised Code. (3) The director shall not approve an application submitted under this section if either of the following apply: (a) The microcredentials identified in the application are not included in the list the chancellor of higher education establishes under section 122.178 of the Revised Code. (b) The training provider has violated Chapter 4111. of the Revised Code within the four fiscal years immediately preceding the date of application. (4) The director shall notify a training provider in writing of the director's decision to approve or deny the training provider's application to participate in the program. (E) A participating training provider shall not charge an individual participating in a training program to earn a microcredential for which the training provider is seeking a reimbursement for either of the following: (1) Any costs associated with the individual's participation in the training program; (2) Any costs to the training provider resulting from an individual not completing the training program. (F)(1) Each participating training provider seeking reimbursement for training costs for one or more microcredentials earned by one or more individuals in a training program shall submit an application to the director after the individual or individuals have earned a microcredential. The training provider shall submit the reimbursement application during the fiscal year in which the training provider applied under division (C) of this section, but not later than the date established by the director. The training provider shall include in the reimbursement application all of the following information: (a) The actual cost for the training provider to provide each individual with the training; (b) Evidence that each individual earned a microcredential; (c) Any demographic information of each individual that the individual provides to the training provider, including race and gender. (2) The amount of the reimbursement shall be not more than three thousand dollars for each microcredential an individual receives. A participating training provider may not receive a reimbursement for any additional individual who earns a microcredential beyond the number of microcredentials included in the application under division (C) of this section. A participating training provider may receive a total reimbursement of five hundred thousand dollars in a fiscal year. However, each participating training provider that is a state institution of higher education may receive a total reimbursement or advance payment amount under section 122.1713 of the Revised Code of one million dollars in a fiscal year. (3) A training provider may request that an individual participating in the training provider's program provide demographic information to the training provider, including race and gender. An individual is not required to provide that information. (G) The director shall do all of the following regarding the operation of the program: (1) Create an application to participate in the program and an application for reimbursement; (2) Create applications to participate in and seek advance payments under the platinum provider programs established under sections 122.1712 and 122.1713 of the Revised Code; (3) Create and distribute a survey to each individual who successfully earned a microcredential because of a reimbursement to a training provider under this section inquiring as to the individual's occupation and wages at the time of completing the survey. (H) The director shall include on the internet web site maintained by the department, and the governor's office of workforce transformation shall include on the office's internet web site and the OhioMeansJobs web site, all of the content created under division (G) of this section. (I) The director may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as the director considers necessary to implement this section and sections 122.1712 and 122.1713 of the Revised Code, including establishing priority guidelines for approving applications under division (D) of this section. (J) Any personal information of an individual the director receives in connection with the individual microcredential assistance program created under this section is not a public record for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. However, the director may use the information as necessary to complete the reports required under section 122.1711 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 155.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 155 / § 155.36
§ 155.36. [Former R.C. 1509.77, amended and renumbered by H.B. 110, 134th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2021] Formation of drilling unit for certain properties
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly A state agency that owns or controls a parcel of land for which a nomination for that land has been denied under section 155.33 of the Revised Code may enter into written agreements to use that parcel of land to form a drilling unit that conforms to the minimum acreage and distance requirements established under section 1509.24 or 1509.25 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 7, 2021 at 4:56 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.10
§ 153.10. No change in plans without approval of owner
Status: in_force

March 18, 1999 House Bill 850 - 122nd General Assembly After the plans, bills of material, specifications of work, estimates of cost in detail and in the aggregate, life-cycle cost analysis, form of bid, bid guaranty, and other data that may be required are approved and filed with the owner as defined in section 153.01 of the Revised Code, no change of plans, details, bills of material, or specifications shall be made or allowed unless the same are approved by the owner as defined in section 153.01 of the Revised Code. When so approved, the plans of the proposed change, with detail to scale and full size, specifications of work, and bills of material shall be filed with the original papers. If such change affects the price, the amount thereof shall likewise receive such approval.
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.27
§ 128.27. Service provider duty to deliver 9-1-1 traffic
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly A service provider that operates within a county that participates in the statewide next generation 9-1-1 core services system or within the area served by a regional council of governments that participates in that system shall deliver the 9-1-1 traffic that originates in that geographic area to the next generation 9-1-1 core for that geographic area. Last updated October 5, 2023 at 4:50 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 184.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 184 / § 184.13
§ 184.13. No state interest in or liability for funded projects
Status: in_force

January 4, 2006 Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly The state shall have no ownership interest in any business or private entity, agency, institution, company, partnership, business trust, venture, or organization that has received support for a research and development project under section 184.11 of the Revised Code, and shall assume no shared risk or shared liability.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.411 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.411
§ 149.411. Library records commission
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly There is hereby created in each county free public library, municipal free public library, township free public library, school district free public library as described in section 3375.15 of the Revised Code, county library district, and regional library district a library records commission composed of the members and the fiscal officer of the board of library trustees of the appropriate public library or library district. The commission shall meet at least once every twelve months. The functions of the commission shall be to review applications for one-time disposal of obsolete records and schedules of records retention and disposition submitted by any employee of the library. The commission may dispose of records pursuant to the procedure outlined in section 149.381 of the Revised Code. The commission, at any time, may review any schedule it has previously approved and, for good cause shown, may revise that schedule under the procedure outlined in that section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.41
§ 107.41. Request for department goals and metrics
Status: in_force

December 30, 2008 House Bill 420 - 127th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "department" has the same meaning as in section 121.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Whenever the governor finds necessary, the governor shall direct each department to establish goals and metrics that, when achieved, will further the governor's leadership agenda. (C) To increase transparency, each department's performance measures, which shall be determined by assessing the department's adherence to the goals and metrics developed pursuant to this section, shall be periodically posted on the governor's web site.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.24
§ 126.24. OAKS support organization fund
Status: in_force

June 30, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly The OAKS support organization fund is hereby created in the state treasury for the purpose of paying the operating, development, and upgrade expenses of the state's enterprise resource planning system. The fund shall consist of transfers received pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 126.12 of the Revised Code and agency payroll charge revenues that are designated to support the operating, development, and upgrade costs of the Ohio administrative knowledge system. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.52
§ 145.52. Transitional liability - installment payments
Status: in_force

April 6, 2007 House Bill 272 - 126th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and section 145.53 of the Revised Code, "transitional liability" means an amount equal to the employer obligation due under division (A) of section 145.51 of the Revised Code for the months of October, November, and December of 2007. (B) The transitional liability is payable in three installments on or before December 31, 2008, December 31, 2009, and December 31, 2010. (1) The first installment is due not later than December 31, 2008, and equals the portion of the transitional liability for the month of October 2007. (2) The second installment is due not later than December 31, 2009, and equals the portion of the transitional liability for the month of November 2007. (3) The third installment is due not later than December 31, 2010, and equals the portion of the transitional liability for the month of December 2007. (C) Interest and penalties for failing to pay amounts when due under division (B) of this section shall be calculated in accordance with division (C) of section 145.51 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 120.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 120 / § 120.54
§ 120.54. Uses of financial assistance
Status: in_force

September 20, 2024 House Bill 50 - 135th General Assembly (A) A legal aid society that receives financial assistance from the legal aid fund under section 120.53 of the Revised Code shall use the financial assistance for only the following purposes: (1) To defray the costs of providing legal services to indigents; (2) To provide legal training and legal technical assistance to other eligible legal aid societies; and (3) If the legal aid society has entered into an agreement pursuant to division (H) of section 120.53 of the Revised Code and in accordance with the description and list of conditions set forth in its application pursuant to division (B)(9) of that section, to provide funds for the services, programs, training, and legal technical assistance provided to the legal aid society under the contract. (B) No financial assistance received by a legal aid society from the legal aid fund pursuant to section 120.53 of the Revised Code shall be used for the provision of legal services in any criminal case or proceeding or in the provision of legal assistance in any fee generating case. Last updated July 8, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.26
§ 109.26. Registration of charitable trusts
Status: in_force

January 10, 1978 House Bill 659 - 112th General Assembly Except as provided in this section, every charitable trust established or active in this state shall register with the attorney general. The attorney general shall prepare and maintain a register of such charitable trusts. The following are not required to register under this section: (A) Charitable remainder trusts created after July 31, 1969, gifts to which are deductible for federal income, gift, or estate tax purposes; (B) Charitable trusts in which all charitable interests are contingent and will vest only upon conditions which have not occurred; (C) Decedent's estates; (D) Such other classes of charitable trusts as the attorney general may exempt from registration by regulation pursuant to section 109.27 of the Revised Code. County or independent agricultural societies organized under Chapter 1711. of the Revised Code are not charitable trusts. Every charitable trust shall be registered with the attorney general in accordance with this section within six months after the effective date of this section, November 19, 1975, within six months after the creation of such trust, or within six months after occurrence of an event by reason of which such trust is required to register by this section, whichever is later, provided that all registrations of charitable trusts made prior to November 19, 1975, shall be deemed in full compliance with this section and no further registration shall be required. No trustee of a charitable trust shall willfully fail to register such charitable trust as required by this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 188.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 188 / § 188.27
§ 188.27. No expansion of governmental authority
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly Sections 188.01 to 188.23 of the Revised Code shall not be construed as expanding the authority of the state, its agencies, or political subdivisions beyond the authority existing under federal law or the laws of this state. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 1:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.21
§ 163.21. Abandonment of proceedings
Status: in_force

October 10, 2007 Senate Bill 7 - 127th General Assembly (A)(1) If it has not taken possession of property that is appropriated, an agency may abandon appropriation proceedings under sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code at any time after the proceedings are commenced but not later than ninety days after the final determination of the cause. (2) In all cases of abandonment as described in division (A)(1) of this section, the court shall enter a judgment against the agency for costs, including jury fees, and shall enter a judgment in favor of each affected owner, in amounts that the court considers to be just, for each of the following that the owner incurred: (a) Witness fees, including expert witness fees; (b) Attorney's fees; (c) Other actual expenses. (B)(1) In appropriation proceedings under sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code or as authorized by divisions (A) and (B) of section 163.02 of the Revised Code for appropriation proceedings in time of a public exigency under other sections of the Revised Code, if the court determines that an agency is not entitled to appropriate particular property, the court shall enter both of the following: (a) A judgment against the agency for costs, including jury fees; (b) A judgment in favor of each affected owner, in amounts that the court considers to be just, for the owner's reasonable disbursements and expenses, to include witness fees, expert witness fees, attorney's fees, appraisal and engineering fees, and for other actual expenses that the owner incurred in connection with the proceedings. (2) Any award to an owner pursuant to this section shall be paid by the head of the agency for whose benefit the appropriation proceedings were initiated. (C)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) or (3) of this section and subject to division (C)(5) of this section, when an agency appropriates property and the final award of compensation is greater than one hundred twenty-five per cent of the agency's good faith offer for the property or, if before commencing the appropriation proceeding the agency made a revised offer based on conditions indigenous to the property that could not reasonably have been discovered at the time of the good faith offer, one hundred twenty-five per cent of the revised offer, the court shall enter judgment in favor of the owner, in amounts the court considers just, for all costs and expenses, including attorney's and appraisal fees, that the owner actually incurred. (2) The court shall not enter judgment for costs and expenses, including attorney's fees and appraisal fees, if the agency is appropriating property in time of war or other public exigency imperatively requiring its immediate seizure, for the purpose of making or repairing roads that shall be open to the public without charge, for the purpose of implementing rail service under Chapter 4981. of the Revised Code, or under section 307.08 , 504.19 , 6101.181 , 6115.221 , 6117.39 , or 6119.11 of the Revised Code as the result of a public exigency, or the agency is a municipal corporation that is appropriating property as a result of a public exigency, except that the court shall enter judgment in favor of the owner for costs and expenses, including attorney's and appraisal fees, that the owner actually incurred only if the property being appropriated is land used for agricultural purposes as defined in section 303.01 or 519.01 of the Revised Code, or the county auditor of the county in which the land is located has determined under section 5713.31 of the Revised Code that the land is "land devoted exclusively to agricultural use" as defined in section 5713.30 of the Revised Code and the final award of compensation is more than one hundred fifty per cent of the agency's good faith offer or a revised offer made by the agency under division (C)(1) or (3) of this section. (3) The court shall not enter judgment for costs and expenses, including attorney's fees and appraisal fees, that the owner actually incurred if the owner and the agency exchanged appraisals prior to the filing of the petition and the final award of compensation was not more than one hundred twenty-five per cent of the agency's first offer for the property made subsequent to the exchange of appraisals and at least thirty days before the filing of the petition. (4) An award of costs and expenses, including attorney's and appraisal fees, that the owner actually incurred, under division (C) of this section shall not exceed the lesser of twenty-five per cent of the amount by which the final award of compensation exceeds the agency's initial good faith offer or revised offer or twenty-five per cent of the amount by which the final award of compensation exceeds the agency's last written offer made not less than forty-five days before the date initially designated for trial by the court. (5)(a) An award of costs and expenses, including attorney's and appraisal fees, that the owner actually incurred, made under division (G) of section 163.09 of the Revised Code is not subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in divisions (C)(1), (2), (3), and (4) of this section. (b) The court shall not enter judgment for costs and expenses, including attorney's fees and appraisal fees, under division (C) of this section unless not less than fifty days prior to the date initially designated by the court for trial the owner provided the agency with an appraisal or summary appraisal of the property being appropriated or with the owner's sworn statement setting forth the value of the property and an explanation of how the owner arrived at that value.
Ohio Rev. Code § 166.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 166 / § 166.11
§ 166.11. Limits on aggregate amounts of obligations and guarantees
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The aggregate amount of debt service payable in any calendar year on project financing obligations issued under section 166.08 of the Revised Code, exclusive of make-whole call redemptions or other optional prepayments, shall not exceed fifty million dollars. The aggregate principal amount of obligations, exclusive of project financing obligations, that may be issued under section 166.08 of the Revised Code is six hundred thirty million dollars, plus the principal amount of any such obligations retired by payment, the amounts held or obligations pledged for the payment of the principal amount of any such obligations outstanding, amounts in special funds held as reserves to meet bond service charges, and amounts of obligations issued to provide moneys required to meet payments from the loan guarantee fund created in section 166.06 of the Revised Code and the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund created in section 166.15 of the Revised Code. Of that six hundred thirty million dollars, not more than eighty-four million principal amount of obligations may be issued for eligible advanced energy projects and not more than one hundred million principal amount of obligations may be issued for eligible logistics and distribution projects. No portion of the eighty-four million principal amount for eligible advanced energy projects may be issued after the effective date of this amendment. The terms of the obligations issued under section 166.08 of the Revised Code, other than obligations issued to meet guarantees that cannot be satisfied from amounts then held in the loan guarantee fund or the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund, shall be such that the aggregate amount of moneys used from profit from the sale of spirituous liquor, and not from other sources, in any fiscal year shall not exceed sixty-three million dollars. For purposes of the preceding sentence, "other sources" include the annual investment income on special funds to the extent it will be available for payment of any bond service charges in lieu of use of profit from the sale of spirituous liquor, and shall be estimated on the basis of the expected funding of those special funds and assumed investment earnings thereon at a rate equal to the weighted average yield on investments of those special funds determined as of any date within sixty days immediately preceding the date of issuance of the bonds in respect of which the determination is being made. Amounts received in any fiscal year under section 6341 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 6341, shall not be included when determining the sixty-three million dollar limit. The determinations required by this division shall be made by the treasurer of state at the time of issuance of an issue of obligations and shall be conclusive for purposes of such issue of obligations from and after their issuance and delivery. (B) The aggregate amount of the guaranteed portion of the unpaid principal of loans guaranteed under sections 166.06 and 166.15 of the Revised Code and the unpaid principal of loans made under sections 166.07 , 166.16 , and 166.21 of the Revised Code may not at any time exceed eight hundred million dollars. Of that eight hundred million dollars, the aggregate amount of the guaranteed portion of the unpaid principal of loans guaranteed under sections 166.06 and 166.15 of the Revised Code shall not at any time exceed two hundred million dollars. However, the limitations established under this division do not apply to loans made with proceeds from the issuance and sale of project financing obligations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.37
§ 124.37. Police and fire departments reduction in work force - layoffs - job abolishment
Status: in_force

December 4, 1973 Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly When it becomes necessary in a police or fire department, through lack of work or funds, or for causes other than those outlined in section 124.34 of the Revised Code, to reduce the force in such department, the youngest employee in point of service shall be first laid off. Should a position in the police or fire department once abolished or made unnecessary be found necessary to be re-created or re-established within three years from the date of abolishment, or should a vacancy occur through death, resignation, or any other cause within three years from the date of the abolishment of the position or layoff, the oldest employee in point of service of those laid off shall be entitled to the position, providing he was at the date of his separation a regular and permanent employee. If any employee, laid off as prescribed in this section, enters into the active service of the army, navy, marine corps, or other armed service of the United States, the period such employee serves therein shall not be considered in the determination of the three years stipulated as a maximum time within which reinstatements shall be made; such three-year period shall be computed exclusive of the time the employee spent in the armed services. When a position above the rank of patrolman in the police department and above the rank of regular fireman in the fire department is abolished, and the incumbent has been permanently appointed, he shall be demoted to the next lower rank and the youngest officer in point of service in the next lower rank shall be demoted, and so on down until the youngest person in point of service has been reached, who shall be laid off.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.05
§ 125.05. Competitive selection
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly No state agency shall purchase any supplies or services except as provided in this section and section 127.16 of the Revised Code. When exercising direct purchasing authority the agency shall utilize a selection process that complies with all applicable laws, rules, or regulations of the department of administrative services. (A) A state agency may, without competitive selection, make any purchase of supplies or services that cost less than fifty thousand dollars after complying with divisions (A) to (E) of section 125.035 of the Revised Code. The agency may make the purchase directly or may make the purchase from or through the department of administrative services, whichever the agency determines. The agency shall adopt written procedures consistent with the department's purchasing procedures and shall use those procedures when making purchases under this division. Section 127.16 of the Revised Code does not apply to purchases made under this division. (B) A state agency shall make purchases of supplies and services that cost fifty thousand dollars or more through the department of administrative services and the process provided in section 125.035 of the Revised Code, unless the department grants a waiver and a release and permit under that section. (C) An agency that has been granted a release and permit under section 125.035 of the Revised Code to make a purchase may make the purchase without competitive selection if after making the purchase the cumulative purchase threshold as computed under division (E) of section 127.16 of the Revised Code would: (1) Be exceeded and the controlling board approves the purchase; (2) Not be exceeded and the department of administrative services approves the purchase. (D) An agency that has been granted a release and permit under section 125.035 of the Revised Code to make a purchase may make the purchase by utilizing the electronic procurement system established by the department of administrative services under section 125.073 of the Revised Code. (E) If the department of education and workforce or the Ohio education computer network determines that it can purchase software services or supplies for specified school districts at a price less than the price for which the districts could purchase the same software services or supplies for themselves, the department or network shall certify that fact to the department of administrative services and, acting as an agent for the specified school districts, shall make that purchase without following the provisions in divisions (A) to (D) of this section. (F) When the purchase cost of personal protective equipment is less than fifty thousand dollars, a state agency shall comply with section 125.035 of the Revised Code. If the purchase is not subject to the requirements of an applicable first or second requisite procurement program, the agency shall apply the same preferences in section 125.09 of the Revised Code when making the purchase. As used in this division, "personal protective equipment" means equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards that cause workplace injuries and illnesses. Last updated August 31, 2023 at 12:48 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.05
§ 111.05. Bond of assistant secretary
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, the assistant secretary of state shall give bond to the secretary of state in such sum and with such sureties as the secretary of state requires, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. Such bond shall be deposited with the secretary of state and kept in his office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 175.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 175 / § 175.14
§ 175.14. Inclusion of reduction of infant mortality as priority housing need in annual plan
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 Senate Bill 332 - 131st General Assembly ( A) The Ohio housing finance agency shall include reducing infant mortality as a priority housing need in the agency's annual plan under section 175.04 of the Revised Code. (B) The Ohio housing finance agency may establish a housing assistance pilot program to expand housing opportunities for extremely low-income households that include pregnant women or new mothers. The housing assistance pilot program shall include rental assistance. If the Ohio housing finance agency establishes such a program under this division, it shall do all of the following: (1) Establish the program not later than December 31, 2017, and not end the program before December 31, 2020; (2) Through a competitive bidding process, select local community entities that are involved with issues concerning housing and infant mortality reduction efforts to participate in the program; (3) Evaluate the outcome of the program and include the findings in the annual report prepared pursuant to division (G) of section 175.04 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.45
§ 173.45. Facilities definitions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly As used in this section and in sections 173.46 to 173.49 of the Revised Code: (A) "Residential facility" means a residential facility licensed under section 5119.34 of the Revised Code that provides accommodations, supervision, and personal care services for three to sixteen unrelated adults. (B) "Community-based long-term care services" has the same meaning as in section 173.14 of the Revised Code. (C) "Long-term care facility" means a nursing home or residential care facility. (D) "Nursing home" and "residential care facility" have the same meanings as in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code. (E) "Nursing facility" has the same meaning as in section 5165.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.03
§ 163.03. Right of entry
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly Any agency may, upon the notice prescribed in this section, prior to or subsequent to the filing of a petition pursuant to section 163.05 of the Revised Code, enter upon any lands, waters, and premises for the purpose of making such surveys, soundings, drillings, appraisals, and examinations as are necessary or proper for the purpose of the agency under sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, and such entry shall not constitute a trespass. Notice of such proposed entry shall be given to the owner or the person in possession by such means as are reasonably available not less than forty-eight hours nor more than thirty days prior to the date of such entry. The agency shall make restitution or reimbursement for any actual damage resulting to such lands, waters, and premises and to improvements or personal property located in, on, along, over, or under such lands, waters, and premises, as a result of such activities. If the parties are unable to agree upon restitution or other settlement, damages are recoverable by civil action to which the state or agency hereby consents.
Ohio Rev. Code § 119.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 119 / § 119.01
§ 119.01. Administrative procedure definitions
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code: (A)(1) "Agency" means, except as limited by this division, any official, board, or commission having authority to promulgate rules or make adjudications in the civil service commission, the division of liquor control, the department of taxation, the industrial commission, the bureau of workers' compensation, the functions of any administrative or executive officer, department, division, bureau, board, or commission of the government of the state specifically made subject to sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code, and the licensing functions of any administrative or executive officer, department, division, bureau, board, or commission of the government of the state having the authority or responsibility of issuing, suspending, revoking, or canceling licenses. Sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code do not apply to the public utilities commission. Sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code do not apply to the utility radiological safety board; to the controlling board; to actions of the superintendent of financial institutions and the superintendent of insurance in the taking possession of, and rehabilitation or liquidation of, the business and property of banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks, credit unions, insurance companies, associations, reciprocal fraternal benefit societies, and bond investment companies; to any action taken by the division of securities under section 1707.201 of the Revised Code; or to any action that may be taken by the superintendent of financial institutions under section 1113.03 , 1121.06 , 1121.10 , 1125.09 , 1125.12 , 1125.18 , 1349.33 , 1733.35 , 1733.361 , 1733.37 , or 1761.03 of the Revised Code. Sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code do not apply to actions of the industrial commission or the bureau of workers' compensation under sections 4123.01 to 4123.94 of the Revised Code with respect to all matters of adjudication, or to the actions of the industrial commission, bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, and bureau of workers' compensation under division (D) of section 4121.32 , sections 4123.29 , 4123.34 , 4123.341 , 4123.342 , 4123.345 , 4123.40 , 4123.411 , 4123.44 , 4123.442 , 4127.07 , divisions (B), (C), and (E) of section 4131.04 , and divisions (B), (C), and (E) of section 4131.14 of the Revised Code with respect to all matters concerning the establishment of premium, contribution, and assessment rates. (2) "Agency" also means any official or work unit having authority to promulgate rules or make adjudications in the department of job and family services, but only with respect to both of the following: (a) The adoption, amendment, or rescission of rules that section 5101.09 of the Revised Code requires be adopted in accordance with this chapter; (b) The issuance, suspension, revocation, or cancellation of licenses. (B) "License" means any license, permit, certificate, commission, or charter issued by any agency. "License" does not include any arrangement whereby a person or government entity furnishes medicaid services under a provider agreement with the department of medicaid. (C) "Rule" means any rule, regulation, or standard, having a general and uniform operation, adopted, promulgated, and enforced by any agency under the authority of the laws governing such agency, and includes any appendix to a rule. "Rule" does not include any internal management rule of an agency unless the internal management rule affects private rights and does not include any guideline adopted pursuant to section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code. (D) "Adjudication" means the determination by the highest or ultimate authority of an agency of the rights, duties, privileges, benefits, or legal relationships of a specified person, but does not include the issuance of a license in response to an application with respect to which no question is raised, nor other acts of a ministerial nature. (E) "Hearing" means a public hearing by any agency in compliance with procedural safeguards afforded by sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code. (F) "Person" means a person, firm, corporation, association, or partnership. (G) "Party" means the person whose interests are the subject of an adjudication by an agency. (H) "Appeal" means the procedure by which a person, aggrieved by a finding, decision, order, or adjudication of any agency, invokes the jurisdiction of a court. (I) "Internal management rule" means any rule, regulation, or standard governing the day-to-day staff procedures and operations within an agency. Last updated September 6, 2023 at 4:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 167.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 167 / § 167.04
§ 167.04. Adoption of by-laws
Status: in_force

October 29, 2018 Senate Bill 239 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The regional council of governments shall adopt by-laws, by a majority vote of its members, designating the officers of the council and the method of their selection, creating a governing board that may act for the council as provided in the by-laws, and providing for the conduct of its business. (B) The by-laws of the regional council of governments shall provide for the appointment of a fiscal officer, who may hold any other office or employment with the council, and who shall receive, deposit, invest, and disburse the funds of the council in the manner authorized by the by-laws or action by the council. (C) The by-laws of a regional council of governments the members of which include, under sections 167.01 and 167.02 of the Revised Code, at least eight counties may include a provision authorizing member attendance and voting at council meetings either in person or by proxy. (D) The officers of the council shall notify the auditor of state of the regional council's formation, provide a copy of the council's by-laws, and provide on a form prescribed by the auditor of state any other information regarding the regional council that the auditor of state considers necessary. The council shall take no official action, other than formation, before notifying the auditor of state of its formation in accordance with this section. Any official action the council takes before making that notification, including entering into any contract, is void.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.17
§ 145.17. Department monthly statement
Status: in_force

June 30, 1991 House Bill 382 - 119th General Assembly The head of each department shall, on the first day of each calendar month, notify the public employees retirement board of the employment or the entering into office of new public employees, and shall submit to the board a statement showing the names, sex, title, earnable salary, duties, and date of birth of the new public employees, and shall also notify the board at the same time of all removals, withdrawals, and changes in salary of any contributors to the public employees retirement system that has occurred during the preceding month.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.54
§ 173.54. Medicaid-funded component of assisted living program
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of medicaid shall create the medicaid-funded component of the assisted living program. In creating the medicaid-funded component, the department of medicaid shall collaborate with the department of aging. (B) Unless the medicaid-funded component of the assisted living program is terminated under division (C) of this section, all of the following apply: (1) The department of aging shall administer the medicaid-funded component through a contract entered into with the department of medicaid under section 5162.35 of the Revised Code. (2) The contract shall include an estimate of the medicaid-funded component's costs. (3) The medicaid-funded component shall be operated as a separate medicaid waiver component. (4) The medicaid-funded component may not serve more individuals than is set by the United States secretary of health and human services in the assisted living waiver. (5) To the extent authorized by rules authorized by section 5162.021 of the Revised Code, the director of aging may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code regarding the medicaid-funded component. Last updated September 22, 2023 at 9:37 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.12
§ 133.12. Issuing general obligation securities to meet emergencies
Status: in_force

June 30, 2006 House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly (A) If the tax commissioner determines that funds are not otherwise available for the purpose, the taxing authority of a subdivision having general property taxing power may issue general obligation securities in case of any of the following: (1) An epidemic or threatened epidemic, or during an unusual prevalence of a dangerous communicable disease, to defray those expenses that the board of health having jurisdiction within the subdivision considers necessary to prevent the spread of the epidemic or disease; (2) The destruction of an essential permanent improvement by fire, flood, or extraordinary catastrophe, to provide temporary necessary facilities in place of that permanent improvement; (3) A special election called after the adoption of the annual appropriation measure, to pay the costs of that election payable by the subdivision; (4) Within a quarantined area, the outbreak or infestation of the pest for which the quarantined area was established, to defray those expenses that the subdivision considers necessary to combat the pest, including removal or complete destruction of plants that are dead or dying from the pest. (B) One-half of the principal amount of the securities issued under this section prior to the effective date of this amendment shall mature on the first day of June next following the next February tax settlement at which, in accordance with the statutory tax budget procedure, a property tax to pay the debt charges on the securities can be included in the budget, and the other one-half of the principal amount shall mature on the next following first day of December. The last maturity of the securities issued under this section on and after the effective date of this amendment shall be not later than the last day of December of the tenth year following the year in which the securities are first issued. A property tax shall be levied to pay debt charges on any of those securities. (C) As used in this section: (1) "Pest" has the same meaning as in section 927.51 of the Revised Code. (2) "Quarantined area" has the same meaning as in section 927.39 of the Revise Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.61
§ 135.61. Linked deposit program investments and rules
Status: in_force

April 30, 2024 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly (A) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Eligible borrower," "eligible credit union," and "eligible lending institution" have the same meanings as in section 135.62 of the Revised Code. (2) "Eligible participant" and "eligible savings institution" have the same meanings as in section 135.70 of the Revised Code. (B) The treasurer of state may invest in linked deposits under sections 135.61 to 135.66 and 135.70 to 135.71 of the Revised Code, provided that at the time any such linked deposits are placed, purchased, or designated, the combined amount of investments of public money of the state in linked deposits of any kind is not more than twelve per cent of the state's total average investment portfolio, as determined by the treasurer of state. When deciding whether to invest in any linked deposits, the treasurer of state shall give priority to the investment, liquidity, and cash flow needs of the state. (C) The treasurer of state may, in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, adopt rules necessary for the implementation and administration of linked deposits authorized by this section, including, but not limited to, the manner in which an eligible lending institution or eligible savings institution is designated, and the manner in which linked deposits are placed, purchased, designated, held, and collateralized. (D) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the Revised Code, the treasurer of state may require an eligible credit union that holds linked deposits authorized under this section to pay interest at a rate not lower than the product of the interest rate set in the deposit agreement, as required by sections 135.623 and 135.703 of the Revised Code, multiplied by the sum of one plus the treasurer of state's assessment rate. The treasurer of state may, in accordance with section 119.03 of the Revised Code, adopt rules necessary for the implementation of this division. (E)(1) Records of the treasurer of state, an eligible lending institution, or an eligible savings institution are not public records within the meaning of section 149.43 of the Revised Code if any of the following apply: (a) The record is provided by an eligible borrower to an eligible lending institution, or by an eligible participant to an eligible savings institution, to obtain a financial service or product from such institution. (b) The record results from a transaction between the eligible borrower and the eligible lending institution, or the eligible participant and the eligible savings institution, involving a financial product or service. (c) An eligible lending institution or eligible savings institution otherwise obtains the record about an eligible borrower or eligible participant in connection with providing a financial product or service. (2) The records specified in division (E)(1) of this section may include names, addresses, telephone numbers, social security numbers, income, credit scores, information obtained through cookies and other internet collection devices, loan amounts, contributors to a linked deposit savings account, and amounts contributed to, earned by, or distributed from a linked deposit savings account. Last updated February 7, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.451 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.451
§ 145.451. Payment of death benefit
Status: in_force

September 21, 2000 House Bill 628 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Upon the death of a retirant or disability benefit recipient, who at the time of death is receiving an age and service retirement benefit or a disability benefit from this system, a death benefit shall be paid, following the completion of an application on a form approved by the public employees retirement board, to one of the following in the order given: (1) The person the retirant or disability benefit recipient has designated in writing duly executed on a form provided by the board, signed by the retirant or disability benefit recipient, and filed with the board. If more than one such designation has been made, the person last designated shall be considered the person designated. (2) The retirant's or disability benefit recipient's surviving spouse; (3) The retirant's or disability benefit recipient's children, share and share alike; (4) The retirant's or disability benefit recipient's parents, share and share alike; (5) The person responsible for burial expenses; (6) The retirant's or disability benefit recipient's estate. (B) The amount of the death benefit shall be as follows: (1) If the retirant or disability benefit recipient had at least five years' but less than ten years' total service credit, five hundred dollars; (2) If the retirant or disability benefit recipient had at least ten years' but less than fifteen years' total service credit, one thousand dollars; (3) If the retirant or disability benefit recipient had at least fifteen years' but less than twenty years' total service credit, one thousand five hundred dollars; (4) If the retirant or disability benefit recipient had at least twenty years' but less than twenty-five years' total service credit, two thousand dollars; (5) If the retirant or disability benefit recipient had twenty-five or more years' total service credit, two thousand five hundred dollars. (C) A benefit paid under this section shall be treated as life insurance for purposes of this chapter and shall be funded solely from contributions made under section 145.48 of the Revised Code and any earnings attributable to those contributions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 113.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 113 / § 113.22
§ 113.22. Information technology reserve fund
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the treasurer's information technology reserve fund. The fund shall consist of unexpended amounts transferred from either or both of the following: (A) The securities lending program fund created under section 135.47 of the Revised Code; (B) The account created under section 3366.05 of the Revised Code that is in the custody of the treasurer of state and not part of the state treasury. Moneys credited to the treasurer's information technology reserve fund shall be expended only to acquire or maintain hardware, software, or contract services for the efficient operation of the treasurer of state's office. Unexpended amounts shall be retained in the fund and reserved for such future technology needs. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 3:33 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.522 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.522
§ 101.522. Contracts with private printers
Status: in_force

March 9, 1999 House Bill 649 - 122nd General Assembly If the clerk of the senate or the clerk of the house of representatives contracts with a private printer outside the clerk's office to print a document or class of documents, the clerk shall negotiate and agree with the printer upon those terms as are necessary and proper with respect to the printing job being contracted for. The terms are to include provisions with respect to: (A) Composition of the document, reflecting means of effectively communicating the content of the document, subject to matters of composition prescribed by law, by rule of the senate or house of representatives, by joint rule of both houses, or by order of the senate or house of representatives; (B) Method of printing to be used; (C) Delivery to the clerk of proof sheets, return to the printer of corrected proofs, and making of corrections; (D) Approximate quantity to be printed, reflecting the uses to which the document foreseeably is to be put, subject to matters of quantity prescribed by law, by rule of the senate or house of representatives, by joint rule of both houses, or by order of the senate or house of representatives; (E) Deadlines; (F) Compensation to be paid to the printer for services rendered and materials provided, and any liquidated damages to be charged against the printer for misfeasance or nonfeasance; (G) Term of the contract, and (H) Other matters as are necessary and proper for efficient, timely, and successful performance of the printing job.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.87 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.87
§ 145.87. Transferring portion of employer contribution to employers' accumulation fund
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly For each member participating in a PERS defined contribution plan, the public employees retirement system may transfer to the employers' accumulation fund a portion of the employer contribution required under section 145.48 of the Revised Code. If the public employees retirement board elects to make a transfer under this section, the portion transferred shall not exceed the percentage of earnable salary of members for whom the contributions are being made that is determined by an actuary appointed by the board to be necessary to mitigate any negative financial impact on the system of members' participation in a plan. The board may have prepared, at intervals determined by the board, an actuarial study to determine whether a transfer under this section is necessary to reflect a change in the level of negative financial impact resulting from members' participation in a plan. The percentage transferred, if any, shall be increased or decreased to reflect the amount needed to mitigate the negative financial impact, if any, on the system, as determined by the study. A change in the percentage transferred shall take effect on a date determined by the board. If a transfer under this section is made, the system shall make the transfer until the unfunded actuarial accrued liability for all benefits, except health care benefits provided under section 145.58 or 145.584 of the Revised Code and benefit increases to members and former members participating in the PERS defined benefit plan granted after September 21, 2000, is fully amortized, as determined by the annual actuarial valuation prepared under section 145.22 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.08
§ 128.08. Resolution to approve or disapprove plan
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Within sixty days after receipt of the final plan pursuant to division (B)(1) of section 128.07 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners of the county and the legislative authority of each municipal corporation in the county and of each township whose territory is proposed to be included in a countywide 9-1-1 system shall act by resolution to approve or disapprove the plan, except that, with respect to a final plan that provides for funding of the 9-1-1 system in part through charges imposed under section 128.35 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall not act by resolution to approve or disapprove the plan until after a resolution adopted under section 128.35 of the Revised Code has become effective as provided in division (D) of that section. Each such authority immediately shall notify the board of county commissioners in writing of its approval or disapproval of the final plan. Failure by a board or legislative authority to notify the board of county commissioners of approval or disapproval within such sixty-day period shall be deemed disapproval by the board or authority. (B) As used in this division, "county's population" excludes the population of any municipal corporation or township that, under the plan, is completely excluded from 9-1-1 service in the county's final plan. A countywide plan is effective if all of the following entities approve the plan in accordance with this section: (1) The board of county commissioners; (2) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation that contains at least thirty per cent of the county's population, if any; (3) The legislative authorities of municipal corporations and townships that contain at least sixty per cent of the county's population or, if the plan has been approved by a municipal corporation that contains at least sixty per cent of the county's population, by the legislative authorities of municipal corporations and townships that contain at least seventy-five per cent of the county's population. (C) After a countywide plan approved in accordance with this section is adopted, all of the telephone companies, subdivisions, and regional councils of governments included in the plan are subject to the specific requirements of the plan and to this chapter. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 12:21 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.752 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.752
§ 109.752. Sheriff attending peace officer basic training programs
Status: in_force

December 2, 1996 House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly Any sheriff may attend and be awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting to the satisfactory completion of any state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace officer basic training program that has been approved by the executive director under section 109.75 of the Revised Code or is offered at the Ohio peace officer training academy.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.138 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.138
§ 124.138. Paid leave and benefits for eligible full-time fire fighters employed by adjutant general
Status: in_force

December 1, 2006 House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly The director of administrative services may establish paid leaves and employee benefits for eligible full-time fire fighters employed by the adjutant general's department that are comparable to paid leaves and employee benefits provided to other full-time permanent employees paid directly by warrant of the director of budget and management. Any paid leaves and employee benefits established under this section shall be limited to fire fighters regularly scheduled to work at least one hundred four hours per biweekly pay period and shall be adjusted so that the ratio between the hours worked and the paid leave hours earned shall be the same as the ratio between the hours worked and the paid leave hours earned by full-time permanent employees with the same amount of accrued service. The director of administrative services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing any paid leaves and employee benefits established under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.13
§ 117.13. Recovery of costs of audits of state agencies - public audit expense fund-intrastate - public audit expense fund-local government
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) The total costs of audits of state agencies, both direct and indirect, shall be recovered by the auditor of state in the following manner: (1) The total costs of all audits of state agencies, both direct and indirect, shall be paid to the auditor of state on statements rendered by the auditor of state. Money so received by the auditor of state shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the public audit expense fund--intrastate, which is hereby created, and shall be used to pay costs related to such audits. The costs of audits of a state agency shall be charged to the state agency being audited, unless otherwise determined by the auditor of state. The costs of any employee or expert employed pursuant to section 117.09 of the Revised Code called upon to testify in any legal proceedings in regard to any audit, or called upon to review or discuss any matter related to any audit, may be charged to the state agency to which the audit relates. (2) The auditor of state shall determine and publish annually rates to be charged to state agencies for recovering the costs of audits of state agencies. The rates shall take into consideration federal cost recovery guidelines. (B) As used in this division, "government auditing standards" means the government auditing standards published by the comptroller general of the United States general accounting office. (1) Except as provided in divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section, any costs of an audit of a private institution, association, board, or corporation receiving public money for its use shall be charged to the public office providing the public money in the same manner as costs of an audit of the public office. (2) If an audit of a private child placing agency or private noncustodial agency receiving public money from a public children services agency for providing child welfare or child protection services sets forth that money has been illegally expended, converted, misappropriated, or is unaccounted for, the costs of the audit shall be charged to the agency being audited in the same manner as costs of an audit of a public office, unless the findings are inconsequential, as defined by government auditing standards. (3) If such an audit does not set forth that money has been illegally expended, converted, misappropriated, or is unaccounted for or sets forth findings that are inconsequential, as defined by government auditing standards, the costs of the audit shall be charged as follows: (a) One-third of the costs to the agency being audited; (b) One-third of the costs to the public children services agency that provided the public money to the agency being audited; (c) One-third of the costs to the department of job and family services. (C) The total costs of audits of local public offices, both direct and indirect, shall be recovered by the auditor of state in the following manner: (1) The total costs of all audits of local public offices, both direct and indirect, shall be paid to the auditor of state on statements rendered by the auditor of state. Money so received by the auditor of state shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the public audit expense fund-local government, which is hereby created, and shall be used to pay costs related to such audits. The costs of audits of a local public office shall be charged to the local public office being audited, unless otherwise determined by the auditor of state. The charges billed to the local public office for the cost of audits performed shall be offset subject to the availability of resources from the local government audit support fund created under section 117.131 of the Revised Code, the general revenue fund, or other state sources provided to the auditor of state for such purposes. The auditor of state shall establish the manner in which the offset shall be determined. The costs of any employee or expert employed pursuant to section 117.09 of the Revised Code called upon to testify in any legal proceedings in regard to any audit, or called upon to review or discuss any matter related to any audit, may be charged to the public office to which the audit relates. (2) At the conclusion of each audit, or analysis and report made pursuant to section 117.24 of the Revised Code, the fiscal officer of the local public office audited may allocate the charges billed for the cost of the audit, or of the audit and the analysis and report to appropriate funds using a methodology that follows guidance provided by the auditor of state. (3) The auditor of state shall provide each local public office a statement or certification of the amount due from the public office for services performed by the auditor of state under this or any other section of the Revised Code, as well as the date upon which payment is due to the auditor of state. The auditor of state is authorized to negotiate with any local public office and, upon agreement between the auditor of state and the local public office, may adopt a schedule for payment of the amount due under this section. Any local public office that does not pay the amount due to the auditor of state by that date may be assessed by the auditor of state for interest from the date upon which the payment is due at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code. All interest charges assessed by the auditor of state may be collected in the same manner as audit costs pursuant to division (D) of this section. (4) The auditor of state shall determine and publish annually rates to be charged to local public offices for recovering the costs of audits of local public offices. (D) If the auditor of state fails to receive payment for any amount due, including, but not limited to, fines, fees, and costs, from a public office for services performed under this or any other section of the Revised Code, the auditor of state may seek payment through the office of budget and management. (Amounts due include any amount due to an independent public accountant with whom the auditor has contracted to perform services, all costs and fees associated with participation in the uniform accounting network, and all costs associated with the auditor's provision of local government services.) Upon certification by the auditor of state to the director of budget and management of any such amount due, the director shall withhold from the public office any amount available, up to and including the amount certified as due, from any funds under the director's control that belong to or are lawfully payable or due to the public office. The director shall promptly pay the amount withheld to the auditor of state. If the director determines that no funds due and payable to the public office are available or that insufficient amounts of such funds are available to cover the amount due, the director shall withhold and pay to the auditor of state the amounts available and, in the case of a local public office, certify the remaining amount to the county auditor of the county in which the local public office is located. The county auditor shall withhold from the local public office any amount available, up to and including the amount certified as due, from any funds under the county auditor's control and belonging to or lawfully payable or due to the local public office. The county auditor shall promptly pay any such amount withheld to the auditor of state. Last updated August 9, 2021 at 3:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.63
§ 121.63. Statement of expenditures - records
Status: in_force

September 5, 2001 House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly (A) Each executive agency lobbyist and each employer shall file with the joint legislative ethics committee, with the updated registration statement required by division (B) of section 121.62 of the Revised Code, a statement of expenditures as specified in divisions (B) and (C) of this section. An executive agency lobbyist shall file a separate statement of expenditures under this section for each employer that engages the executive agency lobbyist. (B)(1) In addition to the information required by divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section, a statement filed by an executive agency lobbyist shall show the total amount of expenditures made during the reporting period covered by the statement by the executive agency lobbyist. (2) If, during a reporting period covered by a statement, an employer or any executive agency lobbyist the employer engaged made, either separately or in combination with each other, expenditures to, at the request of, for the benefit of, or on behalf of a particular elected executive official, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, a particular executive agency official, or a particular member of the staff of any public officer listed in division (B)(2) of this section, the employer or executive agency lobbyist also shall state the name of the public officer or employee to whom, at whose request, for whose benefit, or on whose behalf the expenditures were made, the total amount of the expenditures made, a brief description of the expenditures made, the approximate date the expenditures were made, the executive agency decision, if any, sought to be influenced, and the identity of the client on whose behalf the expenditure was made. As used in division (B)(2) of this section, "expenditures" does not include expenditures made by an executive agency lobbyist as payment for meals and other food and beverages. (3) If, during a reporting period covered by a statement, an executive agency lobbyist made expenditures as payment for meals and other food and beverages, other than for meals and other food and beverages provided at a meeting at which the person participated in a panel, seminar, or speaking engagement or at a meeting or convention of a national organization to which any state agency, including, but not limited to, any legislative agency or state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, pays membership dues, that, when added to the amount of previous payments made for meals and other food and beverages by that executive agency lobbyist during that same calendar year, exceeded a total of fifty dollars to, at the request of, for the benefit of, or on behalf of a particular elected executive official, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, a particular executive agency official, or any particular member of the staff of any of the public officers or employees listed in division (B)(3) of this section, then the executive agency lobbyist shall also state regarding those expenditures the name of the public officer or employee to whom, at whose request, for whose benefit, or on whose behalf the expenditures were made, the total amount of the expenditures made, a brief description of the expenditures made, the approximate date the expenditures were made, the executive agency decision, if any, sought to be influenced, and the identity of the client on whose behalf the expenditure was made. (C) In addition to the information required by divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section, a statement filed by an employer shall show the total amount of expenditures made by the employer filing the statement during the period covered by the statement. As used in this section, "expenditures" does not include the expenses of maintaining office facilities, or the compensation paid to executive agency lobbyists engaged to influence executive agency decisions or conduct executive agency lobbying activity. No employer shall be required to show any expenditure on a statement filed under this division if the expenditure is reported on a statement filed under division (B)(1), (2), or (3) of this section by an executive agency lobbyist engaged by the employer. (D) Any statement required to be filed under this section shall be filed at the times specified in section 121.62 of the Revised Code. Each statement shall cover expenditures made during the four-calendar-month period that ended on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the statement is required to be filed. (E) If it is impractical or impossible for an executive agency lobbyist or employer to determine exact dollar amounts or values of expenditures, reporting of good faith estimates, based on reasonable accounting procedures, constitutes compliance with this division. (F) Executive agency lobbyists and employers shall retain receipts or maintain records for all expenditures that are required to be reported pursuant to this section. These receipts or records shall be maintained for a period ending on the thirty-first day of December of the second calendar year after the year in which the expenditure was made. (G)(1) At least ten days before the date on which the statement is filed, each employer or executive agency lobbyist who is required to file an expenditure statement under division (B)(2) or (3) of this section shall deliver a copy of the statement, or the portion showing the expenditure, to the public officer or employee who is listed in the statement as having received the expenditure or on whose behalf it was made. (2) If, during a reporting period covered by an expenditure statement filed under division (B)(2) of this section, an employer or any executive agency lobbyist the employer engaged made, either separately or in combination with each other, either directly or indirectly, expenditures for an honorarium or for transportation, lodging, or food and beverages purchased for consumption on the premises in which the food and beverages were sold to, at the request of, for the benefit or, or on behalf of any of the public officers or employees described in division (B)(2) of this section, the employer or executive agency lobbyist shall deliver to the public officer or employee a statement that contains all of the nondisputed information prescribed in division (B)(2) of this section with respect to the expenditures described in division (G)(2) of this section. The statement of expenditures made under division (G)(2) of this section shall be delivered to the public officer or employee to whom, at whose request, for whose benefit, or on whose behalf those expenditures were made on the same day in which a copy of the expenditure statement or of a portion showing the expenditure is delivered to the public officer or employee under division (G)(1) of this section. An employer is not required to show any expenditure on a statement delivered under division (G)(2) of this section if the expenditure is shown on a statement delivered under division (G)(2) of this section by a legislative agent engaged by the employer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.93 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.93
§ 121.93. Review of agency operations
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, an agency shall review its operations to identify principles of law or policy that have not been stated in a rule and that the agency is relying upon in conducting adjudications or other determinations of rights and liabilities or in issuing writings and other materials, such as instructions, directives, policy statements, guidelines, handbooks, manuals, advisories, notices, circulars, advertisements, forms, letters, and opinions. An agency is not required to identify principles of law or policy relied upon in issuing internal management rules as defined n section 111.15 of the Revised Code. The agency shall complete at least one of the reviews during a governor's term. Within six months after the expiration of a governor's term, the agency electronically shall transmit a report to the joint committee on agency rule review containing the following: (1) A statement that the agency has completed one or more of the reviews, specifying the exact number of reviews completed during the governor's expired term; (2) The principles of law or policies identified under this division; (3) The agency's considerations regarding the identified principles of law or policies under division (B) of this section; (4) Any principles of law or policies for which the agency determines rulemaking is indicated or for which the agency has commenced the rule-making process under division (C) of this section. The joint committee on agency rule review shall make the reports available on its web site. (B) The agency shall determine whether a principle of law or policy thus identified has a general and uniform operation and establishes a legal regulation or standard that would not exist in its absence. If the principle of law or policy has these characteristics, the agency shall determine whether the principle of law or policy should be supplanted by its restatement in a rule to achieve one or more of the following as they are relevant to the principle of law or policy: (1) Assert the general and uniform operation of the principle of law or policy; (2) Make the principle of law or policy more readily available to the public; (3) Make the principle of law or policy more readily available to persons who specifically are affected by the principle of law or policy; (4) Enable the principle of law or policy to be better known in advance of its application; (5) Enable greater public participation in improvement and further development of the principle of law or policy; (6) Enable greater participation by persons specifically affected by the principle of law or policy in the improvement and further development of the principle of law or policy; (7) Make the principle of law or policy more easily understandable; or (8) Make the principle of law or policy more readily available to those legally charged with monitoring or reviewing the agency's operations. If a principle of law or policy aids in the interpretation of an existing rule or statute, the agency shall consider whether the aiding effect clarifies or otherwise resolves an uncertainty in the existing rule or statute. If the principle of law or policy can be so characterized, the agency shall consider whether the principle of law or policy should be supplanted by its restatement in an interpretive rule. The agency may not presume that a principle of law or policy that aids in the interpretation of an existing rule or statute is simply a reiteration of the existing rule or statute. (C) If the agency determines, in light of the foregoing standards, that rulemaking is indicated, the agency shall commence the rule-making process as soon as it is reasonably feasible to do so, but not later than the date that is six months after the determination was made. The principle of law or policy as it is restated in a rule does not need to be wholly congruent with the supplanted principle of law or policy. The agency lawfully may improve or develop further the supplanted principle of law or policy as it is restated in a rule. The agency may continue to rely upon the principle of law or policy, but only while it is complying with the preceding paragraph. The agency may not rely upon the principle of law or policy in advising with regard to or in determining the rights or liabilities of a person if the agency fails to commence the rule-making process by the deadline specified in the preceding paragraph, or if, after commencing the rule-making process, the agency neglects or abandons the rule-making process before it is completed. (D) A principle of law or policy that is relied upon directly or by clear implication from a statute applying to the agency does not need to be supplanted by rule. (E) This section does not apply to an agency, commission, or committee created in the legislative branch of government or to serve the general assembly including, but not limited to, all of the following: (1) The joint legislative ethics committee; (2) The legislative service commission; (3) The legislative information services; (4) The capitol square review and advisory board. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 184.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 184 / § 184.17
§ 184.17. Outreach activities - minority defined
Status: in_force

January 4, 2006 Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly As used in sections 184.171 , 184.172 , and 184.173 of the Revised Code, "minority" means an individual who is a United States citizen and who is a member of one of the following economically disadvantaged groups: Blacks or African Americans, American Indians, Hispanics or Latinos, and Asians.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.31
§ 126.31. Travel and other expenses
Status: in_force

September 29, 1999 House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Any officer, member, or employee of, or consultant to, the general assembly, supreme court, court of appeals, court of claims, any agency of any of these, or any state university or college as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3345.12 of the Revised Code may be reimbursed for actual and necessary traveling and other expenses incurred while attending any gathering, conference, or convention, or while performing official duties, inside or outside this state, if authorized by the general assembly or by that court, agency, university, or college, respectively. Reimbursement shall be made in the manner, and at rates that do not exceed those, prescribed by law or, in the absence of such law, in the manner, and at rates that do not exceed those, established by the general assembly or by that court, agency, university, or college, respectively. (B) Any officer, member, or employee of, or consultant to, any state agency, other than a state agency described in division (A) of this section, whose compensation is paid in whole or in part from state funds may be reimbursed directly for traveling and other expenses incurred while the officer, member, employee, or consultant is attending any meeting, conference, retreat, convention, or similar gathering, or while the officer, member, employee, or consultant is performing official duties, inside or outside this state, if authorized by that state agency, or the provider of goods or services to the officer, member, employee, or consultant may be reimbursed directly for those traveling or other expenses. Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, reimbursement to the officer, member, employee, consultant, or provider shall be made in the manner, and at rates that do not exceed those, provided by rule of the director of budget and management adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code. Not later than the thirtieth day of September each year, the director of budget and management shall submit to the president and minority leader of the senate and the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives a summary of all out-of-state travel expenditures reimbursed by any state agencies under this division during the preceding fiscal year. (C) The spouse of the governor may be reimbursed directly for the spouse's traveling and other expenses incurred while attending any meeting, conference, retreat, convention, or similar gathering to assist or serve the governor in the discharge of the governor's official duties, or while otherwise assisting or serving the governor in the discharge of the governor's official duties, inside or outside this state, if authorized by the governor, or the provider of goods or services to the governor's spouse may be reimbursed directly for those traveling or other expenses. Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, reimbursement made under this division is exclusively for the use and benefit of the governor's spouse and shall not be considered as inuring to the use or benefit of the governor for any purpose. Reimbursement shall be made in the manner, and at rates that do not exceed those, provided by rule of the director of budget and management adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code. (D) The director of budget and management may establish by rule adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code or by guidelines the allowable expenses a state agency may incur to host or sponsor any meeting, conference, retreat, convention, or similar gathering and the manner in which and the rates at which the state agency may incur those expenses. A state agency shall comply with any rule or guideline adopted under this division. This division does not apply to the general assembly, supreme court, court of claims, any agency of any of these, or any state university or college as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3345.12 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.403 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.403
§ 121.403. Powers of commission - gifts and donations fund - use of moneys
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) The Ohio commission on service and volunteerism may do any of the following: (1) Accept monetary gifts or donations; (2) Sponsor conferences, meetings, or events in furtherance of the commission's purpose described in section 121.40 of the Revised Code and charge fees for participation or involvement in the conferences, meetings, or events; (3) Sell promotional items in furtherance of the commission's purpose described in section 121.40 of the Revised Code. (B) All monetary gifts and donations, funds from the sale of promotional items, contributions received from the issuance of Ohio "volunteer" license plates pursuant to section 4503.93 of the Revised Code, and any fees paid to the commission for conferences, meetings, or events sponsored by the commission shall be deposited into the Ohio commission on service and volunteerism gifts and donations fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. Moneys in the fund may be used only as follows: (1) To pay operating expenses of the commission, including payroll, personal services, maintenance, equipment, and subsidy payments; (2) To support commission programs promoting volunteerism and community service in the state; (3) As matching funds for federal grants.
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.021
§ 147.021. Education and testing
Status: in_force

September 20, 2019 Senate Bill 263 - 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(4) of section 147.01 of the Revised Code, no person shall be appointed as a notary public unless that person has completed an educational program related to the requirements of this chapter and passed a test demonstrating knowledge of such requirements. (2) The secretary of state may authorize that such a program be completed online. (B) The secretary of state shall adopt, in rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, standards and curricula for the educational program required under this section. The rules shall address all of the following: (1) The entities authorized to administer the educational program and the required test, which shall include the following entities that meet the minimum requirements established by the secretary of state: (a) Those entities providing notary public educational programming and testing services prior to the effective date of this section; (b) Another entity that has a business relationship with an entity described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section. (2) The standards and curricula of the program, which shall be established in coordination with the entities authorized to administer the program and the required test and shall include all of the following: (a) The terms of notary commission; (b) How to renew a commission; (c) The conditions under which a commission may be revoked; (d) What constitutes a legal notarial act; (e) The manner of taking depositions; (f) The taking of an acknowledgment; (g) The administration of a jurat. (3) The provisions and content of the required test, which shall be established in coordination with the entities authorized to administer the educational program and required test.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.71 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.71
§ 124.71. Unauthorized operation of motor vehicles
Status: in_force

December 4, 1973 Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly No person shall willfully operate a motor vehicle, motor vehicle with auxiliary equipment, or self-propelling equipment or trailers owned or to be operated by the state or a political subdivision, without reasonable cause to believe that the specific use or operation is one that is properly authorized. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.152 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.152
§ 133.152. Issuance of securities to pay for joint county juvenile detention facility improvements
Status: in_force

July 20, 2006 Senate Bill 125 - 126th General Assembly (A) The taxing authority of a detention facility district, of a district organized under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code, or of a combined district organized under sections 2152.41 and 2151.65 of the Revised Code that has entered into an agreement under division (C) of section 2151.655 of the Revised Code may issue self-supporting securities to pay the cost of permanent improvements of the district. Costs of permanent improvements that may be financed with, and paid from the proceeds of, self-supporting securities issued under this section include, without limitation as to other costs properly allocable to the permanent improvements, the costs of: acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, rehabilitating, installing, remodeling, renovating, enlarging, equipping, furnishing, or otherwise improving permanent improvements; site clearance, improvement, and preparation; acquisition of real or personal property; indemnity and surety bonds and premiums on insurance; all related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of direct costs of the taxing authority; engineering, architectural, legal, and other consulting and professional services; designs, plans, specifications, feasibility or rate studies, appraisals, surveys, and estimates of cost; interest or interest equivalent on the securities, whether capitalized or not; financing costs; title work and title commitment, insurance, and guaranties; amounts necessary to establish any debt service reserve or other reserves as required by the proceedings for the securities; audits; the reimbursement of moneys advanced or applied by or borrowed from any person, whether to or by the taxing authority or others, from whatever source provided, for the payment of any item or items of cost of the permanent improvements; and all other expenses necessary or incidental to planning or determining feasibility or practicability with respect to permanent improvements or necessary or incidental to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, installation, remodeling, renovation, enlargement, equipping, furnishing, or other improvement of the permanent improvements, the financing of the permanent improvements, and the placing of the permanent improvements in condition for use and operation, and all like or related costs, including any one, part, or combination of, or the taxing authority's share of, those costs and expenses. The total of the principal of and interest on all securities issued by the taxing authority of a district under this section and outstanding at any time shall not exceed such an amount that the debt charges on the outstanding securities due in any fiscal year exceed three per cent of the operating expenses of the district for that year. (B) Self-supporting securities issued under this section are not general obligations of the district or of the counties composing the district. Self-supporting securities issued under this section shall be secured by a pledge of and a lien on the payments due from counties under the agreement entered into under division (C) of section 2151.655 of the Revised Code or the revenue, if any, of the district derived from ownership or operation of the district's permanent improvements, including rates, charges, or rents. If any such rates, charges, or rents are levied, the securities shall further be secured by covenants of the taxing authority to maintain sufficient rates, charges, or rents to pay debt charges on the securities to the extent those debt charges are not payable from other funds of the district or to the extent other funds of the district are not pledged to the payment of the debt charges. If any securities are issued to fund or refund any self-supporting securities issued under this section, the self-supporting securities shall be secured by a pledge of and lien on the proceeds of such funding or refunding securities. (C) A joint board of county commissioners issuing self-supporting securities under this section shall do so by resolution, and such resolution shall set forth the terms of the securities, the date of the securities, the amount to be issued, and the maximum rate of interest. The securities shall mature at such times not exceeding the maximum limits specified for general obligations in section 133.20 of the Revised Code, and shall be executed in such manner as the resolution provides. The securities shall be negotiable, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denominations, be in such form, carry such registration privileges, be payable in such medium of payment at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption as the taxing authority may authorize. The securities may be sold at public or private sale. (D) Self-supporting securities issued under this section, their transfer, and any income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.56
§ 147.56. Notarial act performed prior to January 1, 1974
Status: in_force

January 1, 1974 House Bill 47 - 110th General Assembly A notarial act performed prior to January 1, 1974, is not affected by sections 147.51 to 147.58 of the Revised Code. These sections provide an additional method of proving notarial acts and do not diminish or invalidate the recognition accorded to notarial acts by other laws or regulations of this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 150.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 150 / § 150.01
§ 150.01. Venture capital program definitions
Status: in_force

March 27, 2013 House Bill 510 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Authority" means the Ohio venture capital authority created under section 150.02 of the Revised Code. (2) "Issuer" means a port authority organized and existing under applicable provisions of Chapter 4582. of the Revised Code that, pursuant to an agreement entered into under division (E) of section 150.02 of the Revised Code, issues or issued obligations to fund one or more loans to the program fund. (3) "Lender" means any person that lends money to the program fund as provided in this chapter and includes any issuer and any trustee. (4) "Loss" means a loss incurred with respect to a lender's loan to the program fund. Such a loss is incurred only if and to the extent a program administrator fails to satisfy its obligations to the lender to make timely payments of principal or interest as provided in the loan agreement between the lender and the program administrator. "Loss" does not include either of the following: (a) Any loss incurred by the program fund, including a loss attributable to any investment made by a program administrator; (b) Any loss of the capital required to be provided by a program administrator, or income accruing to that capital, under the agreement entered into under division (B) of section 150.05 of the Revised Code. (5) "Ohio-based business enterprise" means a person that is engaged in business, that employs at least one individual on a full-time or part-time basis at a place of business in this state, including a person engaged in business if that person is a self-employed individual, and that is in the seed or early stage of business development requiring initial or early stage funding or is an established business enterprise developing new methods or technologies. (6) "Ohio-based venture capital fund" means a venture capital fund having its principal office in this state, where the majority of the fund's staff are employed and where at least one investment professional is employed who has at least five years of experience in venture capital investment. (7) "Program fund" means the fund created under section 150.03 of the Revised Code. (8) "Research and development purposes" has the same meaning as used in Section 2p of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and includes the development of sites and facilities in this state for and in support of those research and development purposes. (9) "Trustee" means a trust company or a bank with corporate trust powers, in either case having a place of business in this state, being a taxpayer under Chapter 5707., 5725., 5726., 5727., 5729., 5733., or 5747 of the Revised Code at the time it may claim and receive a tax credit under division (E) of section 150.07 of the Revised Code, and acting in its capacity as a trustee pursuant to a trust agreement under which an issuer issues obligations to fund loans to the program fund. (B) The general assembly declares that its purpose in enacting Chapter 150. of the Revised Code is to increase the amount of private investment capital available in this state for Ohio-based business enterprises in the seed or early stages of business development and requiring initial or early stage funding, as well as established Ohio-based business enterprises developing new methods or technologies, including the promotion of research and development purposes, thereby increasing employment, creating additional wealth, and otherwise benefiting the economic welfare of the people of this state. Accordingly, it is the intention of the general assembly that the program fund make investments in support of Ohio-based business enterprises in accordance with the investment policy authorized and required under section 150.03 of the Revised Code, and that the Ohio venture capital authority focus its investment policy principally on venture capital funds investing in such Ohio-based business enterprises. The general assembly finds and determines that this chapter and the investment policy, and actions taken under and consistent therewith, will promote and implement the public purposes of Section 2p of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution.