Ohio Rev. Code § 122.081 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.081
§ 122.081. Small business register
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The office of small business and entrepreneurship in the development services agency shall prepare and publish a "small business register" or contract with any person as provided in this section to prepare and publish the register. The small business register shall contain the following information regarding each proposed rule recorded by the office of small business and entrepreneurship: (1) The title and administrative code rule number of the proposed rule; (2) A brief summary of the proposed rule; (3) The date on which the proposed rule was recorded by the office of small business and entrepreneurship; and (4) The name, address, and telephone number of an individual or office within the agency that proposed the rule who can provide information about the proposed rule. (B) The small business register shall be published on a weekly basis. The information required under division (A) of this section shall be published in the register no later than two weeks after the proposed rule to which the information relates is recorded by the office of small business and entrepreneurship. The office shall furnish the small business register, on a single copy or subscription basis, to any person who requests it and pays a single copy price or subscription rate fixed by the office. The office shall furnish the chairpersons of the standing committees of the senate and house of representatives having jurisdiction over small businesses with free subscriptions to the small business register. (C) Upon the request of the office of small business and entrepreneurship, the director of administrative services shall, in accordance with the competitive selection procedure of Chapter 125. of the Revised Code, let a contract for the compilation, printing, and distribution of the small business register. (D) The office of small business and entrepreneurship shall adopt, and may amend or rescind, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, such rules as are necessary to enable it to properly carry out this section. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.40
§ 109.40. Compilation of statutes relative to obscenity
Status: in_force

November 5, 1959 House Bill 24 - 103rd General Assembly The attorney general shall compile all statutes relative to obscenity in a convenient pamphlet or paper and may distribute this compilation, without charge, to such sheriffs, police chiefs, county prosecutors, city prosecutors, mayors, constables, judges of the courts of common pleas, county court judges, municipal judges, and other interested parties, as may request such distribution, and make available a reasonable number of such compilations to fill such requests. The attorney general shall, from time to time, supplement and keep the compilation current and he may, upon request, distribute such supplemental material in the manner provided in this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.751 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.751
§ 122.751. Certifying loan applicants
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The minority development financing advisory board or a regional economic development entity shall only consider an application for a loan from any applicant after a determination that the applicant is a community development corporation, or after a certification by the director of development under division (B)(1) of section 122.921 of the Revised Code that the applicant is a minority business enterprise, or after a certification by the minority business supplier development council that the applicant is a minority business, and that the applicant satisfies all criteria regarding eligibility for assistance pursuant to section 122.76 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 20, 2021 at 10:11 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.41
§ 145.41. Termination of membership - leave of absence
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Membership shall cease upon refund of accumulated contributions, death, or retirement except as provided in section 145.362 of the Revised Code. A member who separates from service for any reason other than death or retirement or who otherwise ceases to be a public employee for any reason other than death or retirement may leave the member's accumulated contributions on deposit with the public employees retirement board and, for the purposes of the public employees retirement system, be considered on a membership leave of absence. The member's membership rights shall continue until the member has withdrawn the member's accumulated contributions, retired on a retirement allowance as provided in section 145.33 , 145.331 , 145.332 , or 145.335 of the Revised Code, or died. The account of such a member shall remain in the employees' savings fund, except that the account of a member who has less than five calendar years of contributing service credit or is a member of the state teachers retirement system or the school employees retirement system may be transferred to the income fund if by the end of the fifth calendar year following the calendar year in which the last contribution was received the member has not died, claimed a refund of contributions, or requested the retirement board to continue the member's membership on a leave of absence basis. In case such a member later requests a refund, the member's account shall be restored to the employees' savings account and refunded therefrom. Members on such leaves of absence shall retain all rights, obligations, and privileges of membership in the public employees retirement system. A "contributor," as defined in division (F) of section 145.01 of the Revised Code, who formerly lost membership through termination of membership leave of absence and who has not withdrawn the contributor's account shall be reinstated as a member with all the rights, privileges, and obligations of membership in the system. In no case shall a member on leave of absence as provided in this section add to the member's total number of years of service credit by reason of such leave of absence, unless such member is eligible to and does make a payment as provided in section 145.291 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 18, 2023 at 10:16 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 123.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 123 / § 123.26
§ 123.26. Regulation and collection of tolls, rents, fines, etc
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) The executive director of the Ohio facilities construction commission shall regulate the rate of tolls to be collected on the construction or improvement of the public works of the state, and shall fix all rentals and collect all tolls, rents, fines, commissions, fees, and other revenues arising from any source in the construction or improvement of the public works of the state. (B) Deposits made to the commission's fund in the state treasury under section 123.201 of the Revised Code shall consist of money received by the commission under division (A) of this section, fees paid under section 123.24 of the Revised Code, transfers of money to the fund authorized by the general assembly, and such amount of the investment earnings of the administrative building fund created in division (F) of section 154.24 of the Revised Code as the director of budget and management determines to be appropriate and in excess of the amounts required to meet estimated federal arbitrage rebate requirements. Money in the fund shall be used by the commission for the following purposes: (1) To pay personnel and other administrative expenses of the commission; (2) To pay the cost of conducting evaluations of public works; (3) To pay the cost of building design specifications; (4) To pay the cost of providing project management services; (5) To pay the cost of operating the local administration competency certification program prescribed by section 123.24 of the Revised Code; and (6) Any other purposes that the executive director of the commission determines to be necessary for the commission to execute its duties under this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 165.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 165 / § 165.01
§ 165.01. Industrial development bond definitions
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 444 - 133rd General Assembly As used in this chapter: "Bonds" means bonds, notes, or other forms of evidences of obligation issued in temporary or definitive form, including notes issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds and renewal notes. The funding of bond anticipation notes with bonds or renewal notes and the exchange of definitive bonds for temporary bonds are not subject to section 165.07 of the Revised Code. "Bond proceedings" means the resolution or ordinance or the trust agreement or indenture of mortgage, or combination thereof, authorizing or providing for the terms and conditions applicable to bonds issued under authority of this chapter. "Issuer" means the state or a county, township, or municipal corporation of the state. "Issuing authority" means in the case of the state, the director of development services ; in the case of a municipal corporation, the legislative authority thereof; in the case of a township, the board of township trustees; and in the case of a county, the board of county commissioners or whatever officers, board, commission, council, or other body might succeed to the legislative powers of the commissioners. "Pledged facilities" means the project or projects mortgaged or the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys from which are pledged, or both, for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds issued under authority of section 165.03 of the Revised Code, and includes a project for which a loan has been made under authority of this chapter, in which case, references in this chapter to revenues of such pledged facilities or from the disposition thereof includes payments made or to be made to or for the account of the issuer pursuant to such loan. "Project" means real or personal property, or both, including undivided and other interests therein, acquired by gift or purchase, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, improved, furnished, or equipped, or any combination thereof, by an issuer, or by others in whole or in part from the proceeds of a loan made by an issuer, for industry, commerce, distribution, or research and located within the boundaries of the issuer. "Project" includes sanitary facilities, drainage facilities, and prevention or replacement facilities as defined in section 6117.01 of the Revised Code. A project as defined in this division is hereby determined to qualify as facilities described in Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution. "Revenues" means the rentals, revenues, payments, repayments, income, charges, and moneys derived or to be derived from the use, lease, sublease, rental, sale, including installment sale or conditional sale, or other disposition of pledged facilities, or derived or to be derived pursuant to a loan made for a project, bond proceeds to the extent provided in the bond proceedings for the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the bonds, proceeds from any insurance, condemnation or guaranty pertaining to pledged facilities or the financing thereof, and income and profit from the investment of the proceeds of bonds or of any revenues. "Security interest" means a mortgage, lien, or other encumbrance on, or pledge or assignment of, or other security interest with respect to all or any part of pledged facilities, revenues, reserve funds, or other funds established under the bond proceedings, or on, of, or with respect to, a lease, sublease, sale, conditional sale or installment sale agreement, loan agreement, or any other agreement pertaining to the lease, sublease, sale, or other disposition of a project or pertaining to a loan made for a project, or any guaranty or insurance agreement made with respect thereto, or any interest of the issuer therein, or any other interest granted, assigned, or released to secure payments of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any bonds or to secure any other payments to be made by an issuer under the bond proceedings. Any security interest under this chapter may be prior or subordinate to or on a parity with any other mortgage, lien, encumbrance, pledge, assignment, or other security interest. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.584 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.584
§ 145.584. Benefits equivalent to medicare
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the board of the public employees retirement system shall make available to each retirant or disability benefit recipient receiving a monthly allowance or benefit on or after January 1, 1968, who has attained the age of sixty-five years, and who is not eligible to receive hospital insurance benefits under the federal old age, survivors, and disability insurance program without payment of premiums, one of the following: (1) Hospital insurance coverage substantially equivalent to the federal hospital insurance benefits, Social Security Amendments of 1965, 79 Stat. 291, 42 U.S.C.A. 1395c, as amended; (2) An amount, determined by the board, to reimburse the retirant or disability benefit recipient for payment of premiums for federal hospital insurance benefits described in this division, which amount shall not exceed the premiums paid. This coverage or amount shall also be made available to the spouse, widow, or widower of such retirant or disability benefit recipient provided such spouse, widow, or widower has attained age sixty-five and is not eligible to receive hospital insurance benefits under the federal old age, survivors, and disability insurance program without payment of premiums. The widow or widower of a retirant or disability benefit recipient shall be eligible for such coverage or amount only if he or she is the recipient of a monthly allowance or benefit from this system. A portion of the cost of the premium or amount for the spouse may be paid from the appropriate funds of the system. The remainder of the cost shall be paid by the recipient of the allowance or benefit. The cost of such coverage or amount, paid from the funds of the system, shall be included in the employer's rate provided by section 145.48 of the Revised Code. The retirement board is authorized to make all necessary rules pursuant to the purpose and intent of this section, and may contract for such coverage as provided in section 145.58 of the Revised Code. At the request of the board, the recipient of reimbursement under this section shall certify to the retirement system the premium paid for the federal insurance benefits described in division (A) of this section. Payment of the amount described in division (A)(2) of this section shall begin for the first month that the recipient is participating in both the federal hospital insurance benefits and a health care arrangement offered by the system. (B) The board need not make the hospital insurance coverage or amount described in division (A) of this section available to any person for whom it is prohibited by section 145.58 of the Revised Code from paying or reimbursing the premium cost of such insurance.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.06
§ 135.06. Application for inactive deposits
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Each eligible institution desiring to be a public depository of the inactive deposits of the public moneys of the subdivision shall, not more than thirty days prior to the date fixed by section 135.12 of the Revised Code for the designation of such public depositories, make application therefor in writing to the proper governing board. Such application shall specify the maximum amount of such public moneys which the applicant desires to receive and have on deposit as an inactive deposit at any one time during the period covered by the designation, provided that it shall not apply for more than thirty per cent of its total assets as revealed by its latest report to the superintendent of financial institutions, the comptroller of the currency, the federal deposit insurance corporation, or the board of governors of the federal reserve system, and the rate of interest which the applicant will pay thereon, subject to the limitations of sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. Each application shall be accompanied by a financial statement of the applicant, under oath of its cashier, treasurer, or other officer, in such detail as to show the capital funds of the applicant, as of the date of its latest report to the superintendent of financial institutions, the comptroller of the currency, the federal deposit insurance corporation, or the board of governors of the federal reserve system, and adjusted to show any changes therein made prior to the date of the application. Such application may be combined with an application for designation as a public depository of active deposits, interim deposits, or both. Last updated August 30, 2023 at 9:49 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.08
§ 145.08. Reimbursing expenses of board members - liability insurance
Status: in_force

August 25, 1995 House Bill 226 - 121st General Assembly (A) The members of the public employees retirement board shall serve without compensation but shall suffer no loss or penalty whatsoever because of absence from their regular employment to attend meetings authorized and called by the board. The board members shall be reimbursed for all actual necessary expenses from the expense fund created under division (E) of section 145.23 of the Revised Code. Any determination by the board that a meeting of the board, or any part of the board, is necessary shall be final. (B) The board may secure insurance coverage designated to indemnify board members and employees for their actions or conduct in the performance of official duties, and may pay required premiums for such coverage from the expense fund. (C) The board shall adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code establishing a policy for reimbursement of travel expenses incurred by board members in the performance of their official duties. As part of any audit performed under Chapter 117. of the Revised Code, an inquiry shall be made into whether board members have complied with these rules. (D) No board member shall accept payment or reimbursement for travel expenses, other than for meals and other food and beverages provided to the member, from any source other than the expense fund. Except in the case of an emergency, no out-of-state travel expenses shall be reimbursed unless approved in advance by a majority of the board at a regular board meeting.
Ohio Rev. Code § 184.173 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 184 / § 184.173
§ 184.173. Outreach activities and EDGE program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The third frontier commission shall conduct the outreach activities described in sections 184.171 and 184.172 of the Revised Code in conjunction with the EDGE program created under section 122.922 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 5, 2021 at 1:57 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 187.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 187 / § 187.01
§ 187.01. JobsOhio Corporation; creation; articles of incorporation
Status: in_force

September 4, 2013 Senate Bill 67 - 130th General Assembly As used in this chapter, "JobsOhio" means the nonprofit corporation formed under this section, and includes any subsidiary of that corporation. In any section of law that refers to the nonprofit corporation formed under this section, reference to the corporation includes reference to any such subsidiary unless otherwise specified or clearly appearing from the context. The governor is hereby authorized to form a nonprofit corporation, to be named "JobsOhio," with the purposes of promoting economic development, job creation, job retention, job training, and the recruitment of business to this state. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the corporation shall be organized and operated in accordance with Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code. The governor shall sign and file articles of incorporation for the corporation with the secretary of state. The legal existence of the corporation shall begin upon the filing of the articles. In addition to meeting the requirements for articles of incorporation in Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code, the articles of incorporation for the nonprofit corporation shall set forth the following: (A) The designation of the name of the corporation as JobsOhio; (B) The creation of a board of directors consisting of nine directors, to be appointed by the governor, who satisfy the qualifications prescribed by section 187.02 of the Revised Code; (C) A requirement that the governor make initial appointments to the board within sixty days after the filing of the articles of incorporation. Of the initial appointments made to the board, two shall be for a term ending one year after the date the articles were filed, two shall be for a term ending two years after the date the articles were filed, and five shall be for a term ending four years after the date the articles were filed. The articles shall state that, following the initial appointments, the governor shall appoint directors to terms of office of four years, with each term of office ending on the same day of the same month as did the term that it succeeds. If any director dies, resigns, or the director's status changes such that any of the requirements of division (C) of section 187.02 of the Revised Code are no longer met, that director's seat on the board shall become immediately vacant. The governor shall forthwith fill the vacancy by appointment for the remainder of the term of office of the vacated seat. (D) A requirement that the governor appoint one director to be chairperson of the board and procedures for electing directors to serve as officers of the corporation and members of an executive committee; (E) A provision for the appointment of a chief investment officer of the corporation by the recommendation of the board and approval of the governor. The chief investment officer shall serve at the pleasure of the board and shall have the power to execute contracts, spend corporation funds, and hire employees on behalf of the corporation. If the position of chief investment officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as provided in this division. (F) Provisions requiring the board to do all of the following: (1) Adopt one or more resolutions providing for compensation of the chief investment officer; (2) Approve an employee compensation plan recommended by the chief investment officer; (3) Approve a contract with the director of development services for the corporation to assist the director and the development services agency with providing services or otherwise carrying out the functions or duties of the agency, including the operation and management of programs, offices, divisions, or boards, as may be determined by the director of development services in consultation with the governor; (4) Approve all major contracts for services recommended by the chief investment officer; (5) Establish an annual strategic plan and standards of measure to be used in evaluating the corporation's success in executing the plan; (6) Establish a conflicts of interest policy that, at a minimum, complies with section 187.06 of the Revised Code; (7) Hold a minimum of four board of directors meetings per year at which a quorum of the board is physically present, and such other meetings, at which directors' physical presence is not required, as may be necessary. Meetings at which a quorum of the board is required to be physically present are subject to divisions (C), (D), and (E) of section 187.03 of the Revised Code. (8) Establish a records retention policy and present the policy, and any subsequent changes to the policy, at a meeting of the board of directors at which a quorum of the board is required to be physically present pursuant to division (F)(7) of this section; (9) Adopt standards of conduct for the directors. (G) A statement that directors shall not receive any compensation from the corporation, except that directors may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection with services performed for the corporation; (H) A provision authorizing the board to amend provisions of the corporation's articles of incorporation or regulations, except provisions required by this chapter; (I) Procedures by which the corporation would be dissolved and by which all corporation rights and assets would be distributed to the state or to another corporation organized under this chapter. These procedures shall incorporate any separate procedures subsequently set forth in this chapter for the dissolution of the corporation. The articles shall state that no dissolution shall take effect until the corporation has made adequate provision for the payment of any outstanding bonds, notes, or other obligations. (J) A provision establishing an audit committee to be comprised of directors. The articles shall require that the audit committee hire a firm of independent certified public accountants, selected in consultation with the auditor of state, to perform, once each year, a financial audit of the corporation and of any nonprofit entity the sole member of which is JobsOhio. The articles also shall require all of the following: (1) Commencing with JobsOhio's fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, the financial statements to be audited are to be prepared in accordance with accounting principles and standards set forth in all applicable pronouncements of the governmental accounting standards board; (2) The firm of independent certified public accountants hired is to conduct a supplemental compliance and control review pursuant to a written agreement by and among the firm, the auditor of state, JobsOhio, and any nonprofit entity the sole member of which is JobsOhio; and (3) A copy of each financial audit report and each report of the results of the compliance and control review are to be provided to the governor, the auditor of state, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate. (K) A provision authorizing a majority of the disinterested directors to remove a director for misconduct, as that term may be defined in the articles or regulations of the corporation. The removal of a director under this division creates a vacancy on the board that the governor shall fill by appointment for the remainder of the term of office of the vacated seat. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 175.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 175 / § 175.32
§ 175.32. Down payment lien
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A)(1) At the time a first home is purchased under the program, the Ohio housing finance agency shall secure the amount of the down payment assistance by a lien on the home for a period of five years. Such lien shall attach, and may be perfected, collected, and enforced in the same manner as a mortgage lien on the home, and shall otherwise have the same force and effect as a mortgage lien, except that it shall be subordinate to a mortgage lien securing any money loaned by a financial institution for the purchase of the home. (2) If the agency finds that a recipient failed to comply with the first home ownership criteria in division (A) of section 175.30 of the Revised Code, or otherwise used fraudulent information to obtain down payment assistance, the agency shall enforce the lien. (B)(1) If a recipient becomes a resident of another state and does not reside at least five years in a first home purchased with down payment assistance awarded under the program, the amount of the lien created in division (A) of this section that may be collected shall be determined as follows: Months resided in first home Collectable amount as per cent of down payment assistance Less than 12 months 100% 12 months and a day to 24 months 80% 24 months and a day to 36 months 60% 36 months and a day to 48 months 40% 48 months and a day to 60 months 20% The lien created under division (A) of this section shall be extinguished upon collection pursuant to this division. (2) A lien created under division (A)(1) of this section shall be extinguished if the recipient, within the five-year period, moves to another residence located in this state. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.56
§ 149.56. Program to locate, identify, and evaluate abandoned property and other resources in Lake Erie
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 141 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "abandoned property" has the same meaning as in section 1506.30 of the Revised Code. (B) The Ohio history connection shall establish a program to locate, identify, and evaluate abandoned property and other resources in Lake Erie. The Ohio history connection, in accordance with the authority granted under section 149.30 of the Revised Code, may list any abandoned property it finds to have historical significance on its Ohio archaeological inventory or Ohio historical inventory as the director of the Ohio history connection considers appropriate. In determining whether an item has historical significance, the director shall follow the criteria of the national register of historic places established in 36 C.F.R. 60. The director shall notify the director of natural resources of any abandoned property found to have historical significance. The Ohio history connection may use the services of volunteers to locate, identify, and evaluate abandoned property in Lake Erie. The director shall approve any volunteer programs and may recruit, train, and supervise the services of volunteers. (C) The moneys credited to the Ohio history connection under division (C) of section 1506.35 of the Revised Code and any appropriations, contributions, gifts, and federal grants made to the Ohio history connection for the purposes of this section and the applicable provisions of sections 1506.30 to 1506.36 of the Revised Code shall be placed in a separate fund within the accounts of the Ohio history connection, together with moneys credited to that fund under divisions (D)(2) and (3) of section 1506.33 of the Revised Code, to be used solely to implement and administer this section and the duties assigned the Ohio history connection under sections 1506.30 to 1506.36 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.1411 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.1411
§ 135.1411. Municpal corporation environmental, social, personal, or ideology investment prohibition
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Unless expressly authorized by the laws of this state, the treasurer or the governing board of a municipal corporation shall not do either of the following: (A) Make an investment decision with the primary purpose of influencing any environmental, social, personal, or ideological policy; (B) Permit any person or entity to which the treasurer or governing board delegates the management of the investment of public money to make investment decisions with public money with the primary purpose of influencing any environmental, social, personal, or ideological policy. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 174.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 174 / § 174.02
§ 174.02. Low- and moderate-income housing trust fund
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) The low- and moderate-income housing trust fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund consists of all appropriations made to the fund, housing trust fund fees collected by county recorders pursuant to section 317.36 of the Revised Code and deposited into the fund pursuant to section 319.63 of the Revised Code, and all grants, gifts, loan repayments, and contributions of money made from any source to the department of development for deposit in the fund. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The director of development shall allocate a portion of the money in the fund to an account of the Ohio housing finance agency. The department shall administer the fund. The Ohio housing finance agency shall use money allocated to it for implementing and administering its programs and duties under sections 174.03 and 174.05 of the Revised Code, and the department shall use the remaining money in the fund for implementing and administering its programs and duties under sections 174.03 to 174.06 of the Revised Code. Use of all money drawn from the fund is subject to the following restrictions: (1)(a) Not more than five per cent of the current year appropriation authority for the fund shall be allocated between grants to community development corporations for the community development corporation grant program and grants and loans to the Ohio community development finance fund, a private nonprofit corporation. (b) In any year in which the amount in the fund exceeds one hundred thousand dollars and at least that much is allocated for the uses described in this section, not less than one hundred thousand dollars shall be used to provide training, technical assistance, and capacity building assistance to nonprofit development organizations. (2) Not more than ten per cent of any current year appropriation authority for the fund shall be used for the emergency shelter housing grants program to make grants to private, nonprofit organizations and municipal corporations, counties, and townships for emergency shelter housing for the homeless and emergency shelter facilities serving unaccompanied youth seventeen years of age and younger. The grants shall be distributed pursuant to rules the director adopts and qualify as matching funds for funds obtained pursuant to the McKinney Act, 101 Stat. 85 (1987), 42 U.S.C.A. 11371 to 11378. (3) In any fiscal year in which the amount in the fund exceeds the amount awarded pursuant to division (A)(1)(b) of this section by at least two hundred fifty thousand dollars, at least two hundred fifty thousand dollars from the fund shall be provided to the department of aging for the resident services coordinator program as established in section 173.08 of the Revised Code. (4) Of all current year appropriation authority for the fund, not more than five per cent shall be used for administration. (5) Not less than forty-five per cent of the funds awarded during any one fiscal year shall be for grants and loans to nonprofit organizations under section 174.03 of the Revised Code. (6) Not less than fifty per cent of the funds awarded during any one fiscal year, excluding the amounts awarded pursuant to divisions (A)(1), (2), and (7) of this section, shall be for grants and loans for activities that provide housing and housing assistance to families and individuals in rural areas and small cities that are not eligible to participate as a participating jurisdiction under the "HOME Investment Partnerships Act," 104 Stat. 4094 (1990), 42 U.S.C. 12701 note, 12721. (7) No money in the fund shall be used to pay for any legal services other than the usual and customary legal services associated with the acquisition of housing. (8) Money in the fund may be used as matching money for federal funds received by the state, counties, municipal corporations, and townships for the activities listed in section 174.03 of the Revised Code. (B) If, after the second quarter of any year, it appears to the director that the full amount of the money in the fund designated in that year for activities that provide housing and housing assistance to families and individuals in rural areas and small cities under division (A) of this section will not be used for that purpose, the director may reallocate all or a portion of that amount for other housing activities. In determining whether or how to reallocate money under this division, the director may consult with and shall receive advice from the housing trust fund advisory committee. Last updated August 5, 2021 at 1:49 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 123.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 123 / § 123.18
§ 123.18. Power to administer oaths
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The director of administrative services may administer oaths to persons required by law to file affidavits or statements in the department of administrative services and to witnesses who are examined in matters pertaining to the administration of the public works.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.571 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.571
§ 122.571. Revenue bond guaranty fund
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly There is hereby created the revenue bond guaranty fund to consist of all money allocated by the director of development to guarantee payment of interest on, principal of and redemption premium on, the revenue bonds issued by the director under Chapter 122. of the Revised Code, all grants, gifts, and contributions made to the director for such purpose, and all money and property provided by law for such purpose. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.30
§ 107.30. Appropriations for expenses of governor-elect
Status: in_force

September 29, 1997 House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly The general assembly shall make an appropriation, in the operating budget for the fiscal year in which a new governor is elected, to the office of budget and management from the general revenue fund for the purchase of supplies, the payment of salaries for the governor-elect's immediate staff, rental or other charges for office space, the rental or purchase of equipment and furniture, printing and distribution of the inaugural address as required by section 149.04 of the Revised Code, and other reasonable expenses of the governor-elect during the period of transition.
Ohio Rev. Code § 175.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 175 / § 175.06
§ 175.06. Program duties and powers - bonds and financial assistance
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly (A) The Ohio housing finance agency shall do all of the following related to carrying out its programs: (1) Upon the governor's designation, serve as the housing credit agency for the state and perform all responsibilities of a housing credit agency pursuant to Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code and similar applicable laws; (2) Require that housing that benefits from the agency's assistance be available without discrimination in accordance with Chapter 4112. of the Revised Code and applicable provisions of federal law; (3) Demonstrate measurable and objective transparency; (4) Efficiently award funding to maximize affordable housing production using cost-effective strategies; (5) Encourage national equity investment in low-income housing tax credit projects; (6) Utilize resources to provide competitive homebuyer programs to serve low- and moderate-income persons. (B) The Ohio housing finance agency may do any of the following related to carrying out its programs: (1) Issue bonds, provide security for assets, make deposits, purchase or make loans, provide economic incentives for the development of housing, and provide financial assistance for emergency housing; (2) Serve as a public housing agency and contract with the United States department of housing and urban development to administer the department's rent subsidy program, housing subsidy program, and monitoring programs for low- and moderate-income persons. The agency shall ensure that any contract into which it enters provides for sufficient compensation to the agency for its services. (3) Develop and administer programs under which the agency uses moneys from the housing trust fund as allocated by the department of development to extend financial assistance pursuant to sections 174.01 to 174.07 of the Revised Code; (4) Make financial assistance available; (5) Guarantee and commit to guarantee the repayment of financing that a lending institution extends for housing, guaranteeing that debt with any of the agency's reserve funds not raised by taxation and not otherwise obligated for debt service, including the housing development fund established pursuant to section 175.11 of the Revised Code and any fund created under division (B)(14) of section 175.05 of the Revised Code; (6) Make, commit to make, and participate in making financial assistance, including federally insured mortgage loans, available to finance the construction and rehabilitation of housing or to refinance existing housing; (7) Invest in, purchase, and take from lenders the assignment of notes or other evidence of debt including federally insured mortgage loans, or participate with lenders in notes and loans for homeownership, development, or refinancing of housing; (8) Sell at public or private sale any mortgage or mortgage backed securities the agency holds; (9) Issue bonds to carry out the agency's purposes as set forth in this chapter; (10) Extend or otherwise make available housing assistance on terms the agency determines. (C) The Ohio housing finance agency may issue bonds and extend financial assistance from any fund the agency administers for the prompt replacement, repair, or refinancing of damaged housing if both of the following apply: (1) The governor declares that a state of emergency exists with respect to a county, region, or political subdivision of this state, or declares that a county, region, or political subdivision has experienced a disaster as defined in section 5502.21 of the Revised Code. (2) The agency determines that the emergency or disaster has substantially damaged or destroyed housing in the area of the emergency or disaster. (D) The agency shall establish guidelines for extending financial assistance for emergency housing. The guidelines shall include eligibility criteria for assistance and the terms and conditions under which the agency may extend financial assistance.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.28
§ 101.28. Joint conventions
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Joint conventions of the two houses of the general assembly shall be held in the hall of the house of representatives, unless otherwise ordered by joint resolution. During a joint convention, each house shall be deemed in session as a separate branch of the general assembly. Except in voting in elections where each member is entitled to a separate vote, each house shall act separately and no question shall be carried otherwise than by concurrent action of both houses. Either house, by vote of a majority of its members, may dissolve such convention by an order withdrawing therefrom. A joint convention, by the concurrent vote of the two houses, may recess or adjourn to a time certain; but such recess or adjournment of the convention shall not be an adjournment or recess of either house, or prevent such house from proceeding with its business during such recess or adjournment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 105.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 105 / § 105.41
§ 105.41. Capitol square review and advisory board - funds
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 (GA 134), House Bill 66 (GA 133) (A) There is hereby created in the legislative branch of government the capitol square review and advisory board, consisting of twelve members as follows: (1) Two members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate, both of whom shall not be members of the same political party; (2) Two members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, both of whom shall not be members of the same political party; (3) Four members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, not more than three of whom shall be members of the same political party, one of whom shall be the chief of staff of the governor's office, one of whom shall represent the Ohio arts council, one of whom shall represent the Ohio history connection, and one of whom shall represent the public at large; (4) One member, who shall be a former president of the senate, appointed by the current president of the senate. If the current president of the senate, in the current president's discretion, decides for any reason not to make the appointment or if no person is eligible or available to serve, the seat shall remain vacant. (5) One member, who shall be a former speaker of the house of representatives, appointed by the current speaker of the house of representatives. If the current speaker of the house of representatives, in the current speaker's discretion, decides for any reason not to make the appointment or if no person is eligible or available to serve, the seat shall remain vacant. (6) The clerk of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives. (B) All appointed members of the board serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and may be discharged from the board, by the appointing authority, without cause. Terms of office of each member appointed under divisions (A)(3), (4), and (5) of this section shall be for three years unless discharged by the appointing authority before the end of the term. Members of the general assembly appointed to the board may be members of the board only so long as they are members of the general assembly and the chief of staff of the governor's office may be a member of the board only so long as the appointing governor remains in office. In case of a vacancy occurring on the board, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, or the governor, as the case may be, shall in the same manner prescribed for the regular appointment to the commission, fill the vacancy by appointing a member. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term. Any appointed member may be reappointed, provided the member continues to meet all other eligibility requirements. (C) The board shall hold meetings in a manner and at times prescribed by the rules adopted by the board. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum, and no action shall be taken by the board unless approved by at least six members or by at least seven members if a person is appointed under division (A)(4) or (5) of this section. At its first meeting, the board shall adopt rules for the conduct of its business and the election of its officers, and shall organize by selecting officers other than a chairperson as it considers necessary. In odd-numbered years, the majority member from the senate shall serve as chairperson; in even-numbered years, the majority member from the house of representatives shall serve as chairperson. Board members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. (D) The board may do any of the following: (1) Employ or hire on a consulting basis professional, technical, and clerical employees as are necessary for the performance of its duties. All employees of the board are in the unclassified service and serve at the pleasure of the board. For purposes of section 4117.01 of the Revised Code, employees of the board shall be considered employees of the general assembly, except that employees who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement on September 29, 2011, shall remain subject to the agreement until the agreement expires on its terms, and the agreement shall not be extended or renewed. Upon expiration of the agreement, the employees are considered employees of the general assembly for purposes of section 4117.01 of the Revised Code and are in the unclassified service and serve at the pleasure of the board. (2) Hold public hearings at times and places as determined by the board; (3) Enter into an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract, under section 153.013 of the Revised Code, for an architect or engineer; (4) Adopt, amend, or rescind rules necessary to accomplish the duties of the board as set forth in this section; (5) Sponsor, conduct, and support such social events as the board may authorize and consider appropriate for the employees of the board, employees and members of the general assembly, employees of persons under contract with the board or otherwise engaged to perform services on the premises of capitol square, or other persons as the board may consider appropriate. Subject to the requirements of Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code, the board may provide beer, wine, and intoxicating liquor, with or without charge, for those events and may use funds only from the sale of goods and services fund to purchase the beer, wine, and intoxicating liquor the board provides; (6) Purchase a warehouse in which to store items of the capitol collection trust and, whenever necessary, equipment or other property of the board. (E) The board shall do all of the following: (1) Have sole authority to coordinate and approve any improvements, additions, and renovations that are made to the capitol square. The improvements shall include, but not be limited to, the placement of monuments and sculpture on the capitol grounds. (2) Operate the capitol square, and have sole authority to regulate all uses of the capitol square. The uses shall include, but not be limited to, the casual and recreational use of the capitol square. (3) Employ, fix the compensation of, and prescribe the duties of the executive director of the board and other employees the board considers necessary for the performance of its powers and duties; (4) Establish and maintain the capitol collection trust. The capitol collection trust shall consist of furniture, antiques, and other items of personal property that the board shall store in suitable facilities until they are ready to be displayed in the capitol square. (5) Perform repair, construction, contracting, purchasing, maintenance, supervisory, and operating activities the board determines are necessary for the operation and maintenance of the capitol square; (6) Maintain and preserve the capitol square, in accordance with guidelines issued by the United States secretary of the interior for application of the secretary's standards for rehabilitation adopted in 36 C.F.R. part 67; (7) Plan and develop a center at the capitol building for the purpose of educating visitors about the history of Ohio, including its political, economic, and social development and the design and erection of the capitol building and its grounds. (F)(1) The board shall lease capital facilities improved by the department of administrative services or financed by the treasurer of state pursuant to Chapter 154. of the Revised Code for the use of the board, and may enter into any other agreements with the department, the Ohio public facilities commission, or any other authorized governmental agency ancillary to improvement, financing, or leasing of those capital facilities, including, but not limited to, any agreement required by the applicable bond proceedings authorized by Chapter 154. of the Revised Code. Any lease of capital facilities authorized by this section shall be governed by Chapter 154. of the Revised Code. (2) Fees, receipts, and revenues received by the board from the state underground parking garage constitute available receipts as defined in section 154.24 of the Revised Code, and may be pledged to the payment of bond service charges on obligations issued by the treasurer of state pursuant to Chapter 154. of the Revised Code to improve, finance, or purchase capital facilities useful to the board. The treasurer of state may, with the consent of the board, provide in the bond proceedings for a pledge of all or a portion of those fees, receipts, and revenues as the treasurer of state determines. The treasurer of state may provide in the bond proceedings or by separate agreement with the board for the transfer of those fees, receipts, and revenues to the appropriate bond service fund or bond service reserve fund as required to pay the bond service charges when due, and any such provision for the transfer of those fees, receipts, and revenues shall be controlling notwithstanding any other provision of law pertaining to those fees, receipts, and revenues. (3) All moneys received by the treasurer of state on account of the board and required by the applicable bond proceedings or by separate agreement with the board to be deposited, transferred, or credited to the bond service fund or bond service reserve fund established by the bond proceedings shall be transferred by the treasurer of state to such fund, whether or not it is in the custody of the treasurer of state, without necessity for further appropriation. (G)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (G)(2) of this section, all fees, receipts, and revenues received by the board from the state underground parking garage shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the underground parking garage operating fund, which is hereby created, to be used for the purposes specified in division (F) of this section and for the operation and maintenance of the garage. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. (2) There is hereby created the parking garage automated equipment fund, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state but shall not be part of the state treasury. Money in the fund shall be used to purchase the automated teller machine quality dollar bills needed for operation of the parking garage automated equipment. The fund shall consist of fees, receipts, or revenues received by the board from the state underground parking garage; provided, however, that the total amount deposited into the fund at any one time shall not exceed ten thousand dollars. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. (H) All donations received by the board shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the capitol square renovation gift fund, which is hereby created. The fund shall be used by the board as follows: (1) To provide part or all of the funding related to construction, goods, or services for the renovation of the capitol square; (2) To purchase art, antiques, and artifacts for display at the capitol square; (3) To award contracts or make grants to organizations for educating the public regarding the historical background and governmental functions of the capitol square. Chapters 125., 127., and 153. and section 3517.13 of the Revised Code do not apply to purchases made exclusively from the fund, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in those chapters or that section. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. (I) Except as provided in divisions (G), (H), and (J) of this section, all fees, receipts, and revenues received by the board shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the sale of goods and services fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund shall be used solely to pay costs of the board other than those specified in divisions (F) and (G) of this section. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. (J) There is hereby created in the state treasury the capitol square improvement fund, to be used by the board to pay construction, renovation, and other costs related to the capitol square for which money is not otherwise available to the board. Whenever the board determines that there is a need to incur those costs and that the unencumbered, unobligated balance to the credit of the underground parking garage operating fund exceeds the amount needed for the purposes specified in division (F) of this section and for the operation and maintenance of the garage, the board may request the director of budget and management to transfer from the underground parking garage operating fund to the capitol square improvement fund the amount needed to pay such construction, renovation, or other costs. The director then shall transfer the amount needed from the excess balance of the underground parking garage operating fund. (K) As the operation and maintenance of the capitol square constitute essential government functions of a public purpose, the board shall not be required to pay taxes or assessments upon the square, upon any property acquired or used by the board under this section, or upon any income generated by the operation of the square. (L) As used in this section, "capitol square" means the capitol building, senate building, capitol atrium, capitol grounds, the state underground parking garage, and the warehouse owned by the board. (M) The capitol annex shall be known as the senate building. (N) Any person may possess a firearm in a motor vehicle in the state underground parking garage at the state capitol building, if the person's possession of the firearm in the motor vehicle is not in violation of section 2923.16 of the Revised Code or any other provision of the Revised Code. Any person may store or leave a firearm in a locked motor vehicle that is parked in the state underground parking garage at the state capitol building, if the person's transportation and possession of the firearm in the motor vehicle while traveling to the garage was not in violation of section 2923.16 of the Revised Code or any other provision of the Revised Code. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation. Last updated August 4, 2021 at 2:38 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.035 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.035
§ 125.035. Requisite procurement programs
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in the Revised Code, a state agency wanting to purchase supplies or services shall make the purchase subject to the requirements of an applicable first or second requisite procurement program described in this section, or obtain a determination from the department of administrative services that the purchase is not subject to a first or second requisite procurement program. State agencies shall submit a purchase request to the department of administrative services unless the department has determined the request does not require a review. The director of administrative services shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to provide for the manner of carrying out the function and the power and duties imposed upon and vested in the director by this section. (B) The following programs are first requisite procurement programs that shall be given preference in the following order in fulfilling a purchase request: (1) Ohio penal industries within the department of rehabilitation and correction; (2) Community rehabilitation programs administered by the department of administrative services under sections 125.601 to 125.6012 of the Revised Code; (3) Ohio-based personal protective equipment manufacturers program established by the director of administrative services under section 125.036 of the Revised Code. (C) The following programs are second requisite procurement programs that may be able to fulfill the purchase request if the first requisite procurement programs are unable to do so: (1) Business enterprise program at the opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency as prescribed in sections 3304.28 to 3304.33 of the Revised Code; (2) Office of information technology at the department of administrative services as established in section 125.18 of the Revised Code; (3) Office of state printing and mail services at the department of administrative services as prescribed in Chapter 125. of the Revised Code; (4) Ohio pharmacy services at the department of mental health and addiction services as prescribed in section 5119.44 of the Revised Code; (5) Ohio facilities construction commission established in section 123.20 of the Revised Code; and (6) Any other program within, or administered by, a state agency that, by law, requires purchases to be made by, or with the approval of, the state agency. (D) Upon receipt of a purchase request, the department of administrative services shall provide the requesting agency a notification of receipt of the purchase request. The department then shall determine whether the request can be fulfilled through a first requisite procurement program. In making the determination, the department may consult with each of the first requisite procurement programs. When the department has made its determination, it shall: (1) Direct the requesting agency to obtain the desired supplies or services through the proper first requisite procurement program; (2) Provide the agency with a waiver from the use of the applicable first requisite procurement programs under sections 125.609 or 5147.07 of the Revised Code; or (3) Determine whether the purchase can be fulfilled through a second requisite procurement program under division (E) of this section. (E) In making the determination that a purchase is subject to a second requisite procurement program, the department shall identify potentially applicable programs and notify each program of the requested purchase. The notified second requisite procurement program shall respond to the department within two business days with regard to its ability to provide the requested purchase. If the second requisite procurement program can provide the requested purchase, the department shall direct the requesting agency to make the requested purchase from the appropriate second requisite procurement program. If the department has not received notification from a second requisite procurement program within two business days and the department has made the determination that the purchase is not subject to a second requisite procurement program, the department shall provide a waiver to the requesting agency. (F) Within five business days after receipt of a request, the department shall notify the requesting agency of its determination and provide any waiver under divisions (D) or (E) of this section. If the department fails to respond within five business days or fails to provide an explanation for any further delay within that time, the requesting agency may use direct purchasing authority to make the requested purchase, subject to the requirements of division (G) of this section, division (F) of section 125.05 , and section 127.16 of the Revised Code. (G) As provided in sections 125.02 and 125.05 of the Revised Code and subject to such rules as the director of administrative services may adopt, the department may issue a release and permit to the agency to secure supplies or services. A release and permit shall specify the supplies or services to which it applies, the time during which it is operative, and the reason for its issuance. A release and permit for telephone, other telecommunications, and computer services shall be provided in accordance with section 125.18 of the Revised Code and shall specify the type of services to be rendered, the number and type of hardware to be used, and may specify the amount of such services to be performed. The director may issue a release and permit for the purchase of personal protective equipment from a foreign personal protective equipment manufacturer, if purchasing from an Ohio-based personal protective equipment manufacturer would result in the state agency paying a price that is one hundred twenty per cent or higher than the price that is available from the foreign supplier. No requesting agency shall proceed with such purchase until it has received an approved release and permit from the director of administrative services or the director's designee. Last updated October 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 154.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 154 / § 154.16
§ 154.16. Leases, grants and conveyances to commission by governmental agencies
Status: in_force

September 14, 2000 House Bill 640 - 123rd General Assembly Any governmental agency may lease, grant, or convey to the commission, at its request, any real property or interests therein including improvements thereto or personal property of or under the control of such governmental agency which is necessary or convenient to the effectuation of the authorized purposes of the commission, including public roads and other real property or interests therein, including improvements thereto or personal property already devoted to public use, upon such terms as the governing body of the governmental agency, and the governor in the case of real estate title of which is in the name of the state, and the commission agree and without the necessity for advertisement, auction, competitive bidding, order of court, or other action or formality, other than the regular and formal action of that governing body, and the governor as above provided. Title to all real estate acquired by the commission shall be taken in the name of the state. Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.86 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.86
§ 125.86. Approving or disapproving, and processing applications
Status: in_force

July 1, 1983 House Bill 291 - 115th General Assembly In conformance with the provisions of section 125.84 of the Revised Code, the department of administrative services shall: receive, approve or disapprove, and process applications from eligible entities which need and can utilize federal real and related personal property; make recommendations in conformance with state law and the policies, rules, and standards of affected departments, commissions, and boards of state government regarding such need and suitability for use of such property; and otherwise assist in conveying such property to such entities. The department, following conveyance, shall conduct such surveys, make such investigations and such inspections as may be necessary to determine whether transferees are utilizing such property in conformance with the reservations and restrictions contained in any federal or state document or federal instrument of conveyance and shall make reports and recommendations to the federal government for the purpose of reconveying such property for use to eligible applicants or for the purpose of recapturing such property for the United States.
Ohio Rev. Code § 105.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 105 / § 105.26
§ 105.26. Assistant secretary - expenses - audits - accounts
Status: in_force

December 2, 1996 House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly The state council of uniform state laws may incur expenses for an assistant secretary, postage, stationery, printing, and incidentals. The expenses authorized by this section and section 105.25 of the Revised Code shall be paid from moneys appropriated for that purpose. The council shall audit all bills and keep full and accurate accounts of its expenditures.
Ohio Rev. Code § 120.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 120 / § 120.16
§ 120.16. Legal representation to be provided
Status: in_force

January 1, 2004 House Bill 490 - 124th General Assembly (A)(1) The county public defender shall provide legal representation to indigent adults and juveniles who are charged with the commission of an offense or act that is a violation of a state statute and for which the penalty or any possible adjudication includes the potential loss of liberty and in postconviction proceedings as defined in this section. (2) The county public defender may provide legal representation to indigent adults and juveniles charged with the violation of an ordinance of a municipal corporation for which the penalty or any possible adjudication includes the potential loss of liberty, if the county public defender commission has contracted with the municipal corporation to provide legal representation for indigent persons charged with a violation of an ordinance of the municipal corporation. (B) The county public defender shall provide the legal representation authorized by division (A) of this section at every stage of the proceedings following arrest, detention, service of summons, or indictment. (C) The county public defender may request the state public defender to prosecute any appeal or other remedy before or after conviction that the county public defender decides is in the interests of justice, and may provide legal representation in parole and probation revocation matters and matters relating to the revocation of community control or post-release control under a community control sanction or post-release control sanction. (D) The county public defender shall not be required to prosecute any appeal, postconviction remedy, or other proceeding, unless the county public defender is first satisfied there is arguable merit to the proceeding. (E) Nothing in this section shall prevent a court from appointing counsel other than the county public defender or from allowing an indigent person to select the indigent person's own personal counsel to represent the indigent person. A court may also appoint counsel or allow an indigent person to select the indigent person's own personal counsel to assist the county public defender as co-counsel when the interests of justice so require. (F) Information as to the right to legal representation by the county public defender or assigned counsel shall be afforded to an accused person immediately upon arrest, when brought before a magistrate, or when formally charged, whichever occurs first. (G) If a court appoints the office of the county public defender to represent a petitioner in a postconviction relief proceeding under section 2953.21 of the Revised Code, the petitioner has received a sentence of death, and the proceeding relates to that sentence, all of the attorneys who represent the petitioner in the proceeding pursuant to the appointment, whether an assistant county public defender or the county public defender, shall be certified under Rule 20 of the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio to represent indigent defendants charged with or convicted of an offense for which the death penalty can be or has been imposed. (H) As used in this section: (1) "Community control sanction" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Post-release control sanction" has the same meaning as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.63
§ 163.63. Condemnation - eminent domain
Status: in_force

October 10, 2007 Senate Bill 7 - 127th General Assembly Any reference in the Revised Code to any authority to acquire real property by "condemnation" or to take real property pursuant to a power of eminent domain is deemed to be an appropriation of real property pursuant to this chapter and any such taking or acquisition shall be made pursuant to this chapter. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 119.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 119 / § 119.09
§ 119.09. Adjudication hearing
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in this section "stenographic record" means a record provided by stenographic means or by the use of audio electronic recording devices, as the agency determines. For the purpose of conducting any adjudication hearing required by sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code, the agency may require the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, and papers as it desires, and it may take the depositions of witnesses residing within or without the state in the same manner as is prescribed by law for the taking of depositions in civil actions in the court of common pleas, and for that purpose the agency may, and upon the request of any party receiving notice of the hearing as required by section 119.07 of the Revised Code shall, issue a subpoena for any witness or a subpoena duces tecum to compel the production of any books, records, or papers, directed to the sheriff of the county where such witness resides or is found, which shall be served and returned in the same manner as a subpoena in a criminal case is served and returned. The sheriff shall be paid the same fees for services as are allowed in the court of common pleas in criminal cases. Witnesses shall be paid the fees and mileage provided for under section 119.094 of the Revised Code. Fees and mileage shall be paid from the fund in the state treasury for the use of the agency in the same manner as other expenses of the agency are paid. An agency may postpone or continue any adjudication hearing upon the application of any party or upon its own motion. In any case of disobedience or neglect of any subpoena served on any person or the refusal of any witness to testify to any matter regarding which the witness may lawfully be interrogated, the court of common pleas of any county where such disobedience, neglect, or refusal occurs or any judge thereof, on application by the agency shall compel obedience by attachment proceedings for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from such court, or a refusal to testify therein. At any adjudication hearing required by sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code, the record of which may be the basis of an appeal to court, a stenographic record of the testimony and other evidence submitted shall be taken at the expense of the agency. Such record shall include all of the testimony and other evidence, and rulings on the admissibility thereof presented at the hearing. This paragraph does not require a stenographic record at every adjudication hearing. In any situation where an adjudication hearing is required by sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code, if an adjudication order is made without a stenographic record of the hearing, the agency shall, on request of the party, afford a hearing or rehearing for the purpose of making such a record which may be the basis of an appeal to court. The rules of an agency may specify the situations in which a stenographic record will be made only on request of the party; otherwise such a record shall be made at every adjudication hearing from which an appeal to court might be taken. The agency shall pass upon the admissibility of evidence, but a party may at the time make objection to the rulings of the agency thereon, and if the agency refuses to admit evidence, the party offering the same shall make a proffer thereof, and such proffer shall be made a part of the record of such hearing. In any adjudication hearing required by sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code, the agency may call any party to testify under oath as upon cross-examination. The agency, or any one delegated by it to conduct an adjudication hearing, may administer oaths or affirmations. In any adjudication hearing required by sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code, the agency may appoint a referee or examiner to conduct the hearing. The referee or examiner shall have the same powers and authority in conducting the hearing as is granted to the agency. Such referee or examiner shall have been admitted to the practice of law in the state and be possessed of such additional qualifications as the agency requires. The referee or examiner shall submit to the agency a written report setting forth the referee's or examiner's findings of fact and conclusions of law and a recommendation of the action to be taken by the agency. A copy of such written report and recommendation of the referee or examiner shall within five days of the date it is submitted to the agency, be served upon the party or the party's attorney or other representative of record in accordance with section 119.05 of the Revised Code. The party may, within ten days of service of such written report and recommendation, file with the agency written objections to the report and recommendation, which objections shall be considered by the agency before approving, modifying, or disapproving the recommendation. The agency may grant extensions of time to the party within which to file such objections. No recommendation of the referee or examiner shall be approved, modified, or disapproved by the agency until after ten days after service of such report and recommendation. The agency may order additional testimony to be taken or permit the introduction of further documentary evidence. The recommendation of the referee or examiner may be approved, modified, or disapproved by the agency, and the order of the agency based on such report, recommendation, transcript of testimony and evidence, or objections of the parties, and additional testimony and evidence shall have the same effect as if such hearing had been conducted by the agency. No such recommendation shall be final until confirmed and approved by the agency as indicated by the order entered on its record of proceedings, and if the agency modifies or disapproves the recommendations of the referee or examiner it shall include in the record of its proceedings the reasons for such modification or disapproval. After such order is entered on its journal, the agency shall, in accordance with section 119.05 of the Revised Code, serve the party affected thereby a certified copy of the order and a statement of the time and method by which an appeal may be perfected. A copy of such order shall be provided to the attorneys or other representatives of record representing the party. Last updated September 7, 2023 at 11:40 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.60
§ 153.60. Forfeiture
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The contract referred to in section 153.59 of the Revised Code shall provide as a forfeiture for any breach of the provisions against discrimination: (A) That there shall be deducted from the amount payable to the contractor by the state or by any township, county, or municipal corporation thereof, under this contract, a forfeiture of twenty-five dollars for each person who is discriminated against or intimidated in violation of this contract; (B) That the contract shall be canceled or terminated by the state or by any township, county, or municipal corporation thereof, and all money to become due hereunder may be forfeited, for a second or subsequent violation of the terms of this section of the contract.
Ohio Rev. Code § 191.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 191 / § 191.45
§ 191.45. Money in broadband pole replacement fund after final reimbursement
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly If there is an outstanding balance in the broadband pole replacement fund after the Ohio broadband pole replacement program reimbursements are paid pursuant to section 191.44 of the Revised Code, the remaining balance shall be returned to the original funding sources as determined by the department of development. Last updated August 29, 2023 at 4:33 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.112 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.112
§ 109.112. Notice of receipt of funds; disposition of funds
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly (A) If the state of Ohio or any agency or officer of the state is named in an order or judgment of a court or a settlement or compromise of claims as the recipient of any money to be collected or received by the office of the attorney general under section 109.111 of the Revised Code, the office shall notify the director of budget and management and the director of the legislative service commission of the amount of money at issue and the terms of the order, judgment, settlement, or compromise and any applicable federal or state law. (B)(1) For amounts awarded, adjudged, settled upon, or compromised to under division (A) of this section that are or will be less than five million dollars in total when fully collected or received, the director of budget and management, in consultation with the office of the attorney general, shall determine, consistent with the terms of the order, judgment, settlement, or compromise and as otherwise expressly provided by law, the appropriate custodial fund or funds within the state treasury to transfer the money. As money is collected or received under division (B)(1) of this section, the director of budget and management shall transfer the money from the attorney general court order and settlement fund to the appropriate custodial fund or funds as determined by the director. Upon any determination or transfer made under division (B)(1) of this section, the director of budget and management or office of the attorney general shall provide notice thereof, including the amount at issue and rationale supporting the determination or transfer, to the director of the legislative service commission. (2) For amounts awarded, adjudged, settled upon, or compromised to under division (A) of this section that are or will be five million dollars or more in total when fully collected or received, the director of budget and management shall, as money is collected or received hereunder, transfer the money from the attorney general court order and settlement fund to the large settlements and awards fund established under section 109.113 of the Revised Code. Division (B)(2) of this section neither applies to nor includes any of the following: (a) Amounts awarded under division (B)(1) or (2) of section 109.11 of the Revised Code; (b) Amounts payable to the state or a political subdivision for collection purposes under sections 109.08 , 109.081 , 131.02 , and 5703.06 of the Revised Code; (c) Amounts payable to a specified person or class of persons who experienced a concrete and particularized injury directly traceable to the amount awarded, adjudged, settled upon, or compromised to. When making any transfer under division (B)(2) of this section, the director of budget and management or office of the attorney general shall provide notice thereof, including the amount at issue and the terms of the award, judgment, settlement, or compromise and any applicable federal or state law, to the director of the legislative service commission. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.182 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.182
§ 125.182. State public notice web site
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 331, House Bill 315, House Bill 497 - 135th General Assembly (A) An Ohio trade association that represents the majority of newspapers of general circulation as defined in section 7.12 of the Revised Code shall operate and maintain the official public notice web site. Not later than one hundred eighty days after September 15, 2014, in all cases in which a notice or advertisement is required by a section of the Revised Code or an administrative rule to be published in a newspaper of general circulation, or in a daily law journal as required by section 2701.09 of the Revised Code, the notice or advertisement also shall be posted on the official public notice web site by the publisher of the newspaper or journal. The operator of the official public notice web site shall: (1) Use a domain name for the web site that will be easily recognizable and remembered by and understandable to users of the web site; (2) Maintain the web site on the internet so that it is fully accessible to and searchable by members of the public at all times, other than during maintenance or acts of God outside the operator's control; (3) Not charge a fee to a person that accesses the web site to view notices or advertisements or to perform searches of the web site, provided that the operator may charge a fee for enhanced search and customized content delivery features; (4) Ensure that notices and advertisements displayed on the web site conform to the requirements that would apply to the notices and advertisements if they were being published in a newspaper, as directed in section 7.16 of the Revised Code or in the relevant provision of the statute or rule that requires the notice, as applicable; (5) Ensure that notices and advertisements continue to be displayed on the web site for not less than the length of time required by the relevant provision of the statute or rule that requires the notice or advertisement; (6) Maintain an archive of notices and advertisements that no longer are displayed on the web site; (7) Enable notices and advertisements, both those currently displayed and those archived, to be accessed by key word, by party name, by case number, by county, and by other useful identifiers; (8) Maintain adequate systemic security and backup features, and develop and maintain a contingency plan for coping with and recovering from power outages, systemic failures, and other unforeseeable difficulties; (9) Provide access to the web site to the publisher of any Ohio newspaper or daily law journal that qualifies under the Revised Code to publish notices and advertisements, for the posting of notices and advertisements at no cost, or for a reasonable, uniform fee for the service; and (10) Provide, if requested, a regularly scheduled feed or similar data transfer to the department of administrative services of notices and advertisements posted on the web site, provided that the operator of the web site shall not be required to provide the feed or transfer more often than once every business day. (B) An error in a notice or advertisement posted on the official public notice web site, or a temporary web site outage or service interruption preventing the posting or display of a notice or advertisement on that web site, does not constitute a defect in making legal publication of the notice or advertisement, and publication requirements shall be considered met if the notice or advertisement published in the newspaper or daily law journal is correct. (C) The official public notice web site shall not contain any political publications or political advertising described in division (A)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of section 3517.20 of the Revised Code. (D) The publisher of a newspaper of general circulation or of a daily law journal that maintains a web site shall include on its web site a link to the official public notice web site. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 103.131 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 103 / § 103.131
§ 103.131. Codification and numbering of laws
Status: in_force

June 30, 1955 Senate Bill 411 - 101st General Assembly The director of the legislative service commission shall be the codifier of the laws of the state. When an act of a general and permanent nature passed by the general assembly becomes a law and is filed with the secretary of state, such director shall examine the same and if there is no sectional numbering on the act or if such numbering is not in conformity with the Revised Code, the director shall give such section of the act its proper sectional number by designating the proper number or numbers on the left hand margin of the enrolled bill. Such number shall be the official code number of the section. Numbers so assigned shall be published in the session laws and in any publication of the Revised Code. Sections of the Revised Code shall be cited and referred to by such official numbers.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.41
§ 124.41. Police department qualifications - police cadet program
Status: in_force

March 31, 2003 Senate Bill 245 - 124th General Assembly No person shall be eligible to receive an original appointment to a police department, as a police officer, subject to the civil service laws of this state, unless the person has reached the age of twenty-one and has, not more than one hundred twenty days prior to the date of such appointment, passed a physical examination, given by a licensed physician, a physician assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife, certifying that the applicant is free of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, and showing that the applicant meets the physical requirements necessary to perform the duties of a police officer as established by the civil service commission having jurisdiction over the appointment. The appointing authority shall, prior to making any such appointment, file with the Ohio police and fire pension fund a copy of the report or findings of the licensed physician, physician assistant, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse practitioner, or certified nurse-midwife. The professional fee for such physical examination shall be paid by the civil service commission. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person is eligible to receive an original appointment when the person is thirty-five years of age or older, and no person can be declared disqualified as over age prior to that time. The maximum age limitation established by this section does not apply to a city in which an ordinance establishes a different maximum age limitation for an original appointment to the police department or to a civil service township in which a resolution adopted by the board of trustees of the township establishes a different maximum age limitation for an original appointment to the police department. Nothing in this section shall prevent a municipal corporation or a civil service township from establishing a police cadet program and employing persons as police cadets at age eighteen for the purposes of training persons to become police officers. The board of trustees of a civil service township may establish by resolution such a cadet program. A person participating in a municipal or township police cadet program shall not be permitted to carry or use any firearm in the performance of the person's duties, except that the person may be taught the proper use of firearms as part of the person's training.
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.58
§ 131.58. Exclusions from aggregate general revenue fund appropriations
Status: in_force

September 5, 2006 Senate Bill 321 - 126th General Assembly Neither of the following shall be included as aggregate general revenue fund appropriations with respect to the determination of the state appropriation limitation under section 107.033 of the Revised Code: (A) Appropriations made under division (A) of section 131.57 of the Revised Code; (B) Appropriations that are not to be included as aggregate general revenue fund appropriations pursuant to a bill passed under division (B) of section 131.57 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.09
§ 109.09. Action on official bonds
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When so directed, the attorney general shall bring an action on the official bond of a delinquent officer, and shall also prosecute any officer for an offense against the revenue laws of the state that come to his knowledge. Such action may be brought by him in the court of common pleas of Franklin county, or of any county in which one or more defendants reside, or can be summoned.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.381 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.381
§ 121.381. Family and children first dispute resolution process
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly A parent or custodian who disagrees with a decision rendered by a county family and children first council regarding services for a child may initiate the dispute resolution process established in the county service coordination mechanism pursuant to division (C)(9) of section 121.37 of the Revised Code. Not later than sixty days after the parent or custodian initiates the dispute resolution process, the council shall make findings regarding the dispute and issue a written determination of its findings. Last updated September 6, 2023 at 3:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.26
§ 117.26. Certified copies of completed audit reports
Status: in_force

November 29, 1990 House Bill 820 - 118th General Assembly Certified copies of completed audit reports shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the legislative authority, clerk of the governing body, executive officer of the governing body, and chief fiscal officer of the audited public office. Except as otherwise provided in sections 117.14 and 117.15 of the Revised Code, an audit report is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code until copies of the report are filed with the officers enumerated in this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.15
§ 107.15. Appointing authenticating officer to sign for governor
Status: in_force

March 16, 1965 House Bill 25 - 105th General Assembly The governor may appoint an authenticating officer and delegate to such officer power to sign for the governor any document except enrolled bills enacted by the general assembly, nominations to be submitted to the senate for confirmation, clemency actions, interstate compacts, and agreements with the federal government, which document, to have legal effect, requires the governor's signature and which is of a class which the governor has authorized for signature by his authenticating officer in a writing filed in the office of the secretary of state. The authenticating officer shall sign in the following manner: "_______________, Authenticating Officer for Governor _______________" The governor may also delegate to his authenticating officer power to use the governor's facsimile signature for signing any document except enrolled bills enacted by the general assembly, nominations to be submitted to the senate for confirmation, clemency actions, interstate compacts, and agreements with the federal government, which document, to have legal effect, requires the governor's signature and is of a class with respect to which the governor has authorized use of his facsimile signature by a writing filed in the office of the secretary of state. As used in this section, "facsimile signature" includes, but is not limited to, the reproduction of any authorized signature by a copper plate, a rubber stamp, or by a photographic, photostatic, or mechanical device. The governor shall effect such appointment and delegation by filing in the office of the secretary of state in a single document the name of the person appointed as authenticating officer and said officer's signature, a list of the classes of documents the authenticating officer is authorized to sign for the governor, a copy of the governor's facsimile signature, and a list of the classes of documents which the authenticating officer may sign for the governor by affixing the governor's facsimile signature. The governor may revoke such appointment or delegation of powers by filing in the office of the secretary of state a new single document which expressly revokes the previous filing. He may in the same document state anew the appointment of an authenticating officer and the powers delegated to him. The secretary of state shall record and index documents filed by the governor pursuant to this section, and such documents shall be open for public inspection. The authorized signature of the authenticating officer or an authorized facsimile signature of the governor shall have the same legal effect and validity as the genuine manual signature of the governor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.60
§ 131.60. Appropriations limitations do not apply to unexpended balances
Status: in_force

September 5, 2006 Senate Bill 321 - 126th General Assembly Sections 107.032 to 107.035 and 131.55 to 131.58 of the Revised Code do not apply to reappropriations of the unexpended balances of appropriations that a state agency has encumbered prior to the close of a fiscal year. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.51
§ 122.51. Bonds are lawful investments
Status: in_force

September 28, 2012 Senate Bill 314 - 129th General Assembly All revenue bonds issued under sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, are lawful investments of banks, building and loan and savings and loan associations, deposit guarantee associations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, trustees or other officers having charge of sinking or bond retirement funds of municipal corporations and other subdivisions of this state, and of domestic insurance companies notwithstanding sections 3907.14 and 3925.08 of the Revised Code, and are acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys.
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.61
§ 163.61. Reimbursement of incidental expenses
Status: in_force

June 11, 1971 House Bill 295 - 109th General Assembly The head of a state agency, as soon as practicable after the date of payment of the purchase price or the date of deposit in court of funds to satisfy the award of compensation in a condemnation proceeding to acquire real property, whichever is the earlier, shall reimburse the owner, to the extent the head of such agency considers fair and reasonable, for expenses he necessarily incurred for: (A) Transfer taxes, and similar expenses incidental to conveying such real property to the state agency; (B) Penalty costs for prepayment of any pre-existing recorded mortgage entered into in good faith encumbering such real property; (C) The pro rata portion of any real property taxes paid which are allocable to a period subsequent to the date of vesting title in the state or state agency, or the effective date of possession of such real property by the agency, whichever is the earlier.
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.57
§ 163.57. Replacement housing
Status: in_force

March 21, 1989 House Bill 295 - 118th General Assembly (A) If a project cannot proceed to actual construction because comparable replacement sale or rental housing is not available, and the head of the displacing agency determines that such housing cannot otherwise be made available, he may take such action as is necessary or appropriate to provide such housing by use of funds authorized for such project. The head of the displacing agency may use this section to exceed the maximum amounts which may be paid under sections 163.54 and 163.55 of the Revised Code on a case-by-case basis for good cause as determined in accordance with rules adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code by the head of the lead agency. (B) No person shall be required to move from his dwelling on account of any project, unless the displacing agency head is satisfied that replacement housing, in accordance with section 163.56 of the Revised Code, is available to such person. (C) The acquisition of replacement housing sites and the acquisition, rehabilitation, relocation, and construction of replacement housing shall be considered to be for a public purpose, and displacing agencies may properly expend their respective funds to carry out the purposes of sections 163.51 to 163.62 of the Revised Code. (D) In order to prevent unnecessary expenses and duplications of functions, and to promote uniform and effective administration of relocation assistance programs for displaced persons under sections 163.51 to 163.62 of the Revised Code, a displacing agency may enter into contracts with any individual, firm, association, or corporation for services in connection with such programs, or may carry out its functions under sections 163.51 to 163.62 of the Revised Code through any federal or state governmental agency or instrumentality having an established organization for conducting relocation assistance programs. The displacing agency shall, in carrying out the relocation assistance activities described in this section, whenever practicable, utilize the services of state or local housing agencies, or other agencies having experience in the administration or conduct of similar housing assistance activities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.66 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.66
§ 109.66. Publication of statistical data on trafficking in persons
Status: in_force

June 27, 2012 House Bill 262 - 129th General Assembly (A) The attorney general, with assistance from the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, annually shall publish statistical data on violations of section 2905.32 of the Revised Code. The first annual publication of this data shall occur one year after the effective date of this section. (B) Each state agency and each agency of each political subdivision that investigates violations of section 2905.32 of the Revised Code or acts of human trafficking shall collect and submit to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation on or before a date to be determined by the attorney general the following information relevant to those violations or acts: (1) The number of investigations, arrests, prosecutions, and successful convictions of persons for a violation of section 2905.32 of the Revised Code; (2) The estimated number and demographic characteristics of persons violating that section, as well as those persons who purchase or receive a commercial sex act, sexually explicit performance, labor, or services from victims of violations of that section; (3) Statistics on the number of victims of violations of that section and statistics on the nationality, age, method of recruitment, and country, state, or city of origin of the victims of violations of that section; (4) Trafficking routes and trafficking patterns used in violations of that section; (5) Methods of transportation used in violations of that section; (6) Social and economic factors that contribute to and foster the demand for all forms of exploitation of persons that leads to trafficking in persons. (C) As used in this section: (1) "Commercial sex act" means any sex act on account of which anything of value is directly or indirectly given, promised to, or received by any person. (2) "Labor" means work of economic or financial value. (3) "Services" means an ongoing relationship between persons in which a person performs activities at the behest of, under the supervision of, or for the benefit of another person. (4) "Sexually explicit performance" means a live, public, private, photographed, recorded, or videotaped act intended to sexually arouse, satisfy the sexual desires of, or appeal to the prurient interests of any person. (5) "Human trafficking" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.59
§ 124.59. Payment for appointment or promotion
Status: in_force

December 4, 1973 Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly No applicant for appointment or promotion in the classified service shall, directly or indirectly, pay or promise to pay any money or other valuable thing, nor shall he ask or receive any recommendation or assistance from any person, upon the consideration of any political service to be rendered, for or on account of his appointment or promotion, or proposed appointment or promotion.
Ohio Rev. Code § 175.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 175 / § 175.31
§ 175.31. Grants for grads program
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the grants for grads program for the purpose of providing grants or other financial assistance or down payment assistance to Ohio residents who have received an associate, baccalaureate, master's, doctoral, or other postgraduate degree, which grants or assistance shall be used by a recipient to pay for the down payment or closing costs on the purchase of a first home. The program shall be administered by the Ohio housing finance agency using moneys available to it. The program shall not be subject to the income limits established by the agency under section 175.05 of the Revised Code. Participation in the program shall require a graduate to be eligible under division (B) of this section. (B)(1) A graduate is eligible to participate in the program if the graduate: (a) Is an Ohio resident who has received an associate, baccalaureate, master's, doctoral, or other postgraduate degree from an institution of higher education within the eighteen months immediately preceding the date of application for the program; (b) Is able to provide to the agency evidence documenting the graduate's Ohio residency and documenting graduation from a high school and an institution of higher education; (c) Intends to live and work in this state for at least five years after the graduate's graduation or completion of a degree described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section; and (d) Intends to purchase a first home in this state. (2) A graduate who is married to an individual who has previously received a grant or financial assistance or downpayment assistance under the program is ineligible to apply for a grant or assistance under this section. (C) A graduate who has been found by the state to be delinquent in the payment of individual income taxes is ineligible to receive a grant or other assistance under the program. (D) A graduate who is eligible for the program shall receive down payment assistance and a reduction in the interest rate of the mortgage offered by the Ohio housing finance agency. (E) The down payment assistance shall be provided to the recipient when the recipient obtains a qualifying mortgage loan through a participating lender in the agency's first time home buyer program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.021
§ 128.021. Adoption of rules establishing technical and operational standards for public safety answering points
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Not later than January 1, 2014, and in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the steering committee shall adopt rules that establish technical and operational standards for public safety answering points eligible to receive disbursements under section 128.55 of the Revised Code. The rules shall incorporate industry standards and best practices for 9-1-1 services. Public safety answering points shall comply with the standards not later than two years after the effective date of the rules adopting the standards. A public safety answering point may be deemed compliant with rules for minimum staffing standards, if it can demonstrate compliance with all other rules for operational standards. (B) Not later than one year after September 29, 2015, and in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the steering committee shall conduct an assessment of the operational standards for public safety answering points developed under division (A) of this section and revise the standards as necessary to ensure that the operational standards contain the following: (1) Policies to ensure that public safety answering point personnel prioritize life-saving questions in responding to each call to a 9-1-1 system established under this chapter; (2) A requirement that all public safety answering point personnel complete proper training or provide proof of prior training to give instructions regarding emergency situations. (C) Upon the effective date of the amendments to this section by H.B. 33 of the 135th general assembly, October 3, 2023, all public safety answering points that answer 9-1-1 calls for service shall be subject to the public safety answering point operations rules. Public safety answering points not originally required to be compliant shall comply with the standards not later than two years after the effective date of the amendments to this section by H.B. 33 of the 135th general assembly, October 3, 2023. Last updated July 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.01
§ 124.01. Department of administrative services - personnel definitions
Status: in_force

February 18, 2011 House Bill 1 - 129th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, as used in this chapter: (A) "Civil service" includes all offices and positions of trust or employment in the service of the state and in the service of the counties, cities, city health districts, general health districts, and city school districts of the state. (B) "State service" includes all offices and positions in the service of the state and the counties and general health districts of the state. "State service" does not include offices and positions in the service of the cities, city health districts, and city school districts of the state. (C) "Classified service" means the competitive classified civil service of the state, the several counties, cities, city health districts, general health districts, and city school districts of the state, and civil service townships. (D) "Appointing authority" means the officer, commission, board, or body having the power of appointment to, or removal from, positions in any office, department, commission, board, or institution. (E) "Commission" means the municipal civil service commission of any city, except that, when in reference to the commission that serves a city school district, "commission" means the civil service commission determined under section 124.011 of the Revised Code. (F) "Employee" means any person holding a position subject to appointment, removal, promotion, or reduction by an appointing officer. "Employee" does not include an officer, employee, or governor-appointed director of the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code. (G) "Civil service township" means any township with a population of ten thousand or more persons residing within the township and outside any municipal corporation, which has a police or fire department of ten or more full-time paid employees and which has a civil service commission established under division (B) of section 124.40 of the Revised Code. (H) "Flexible hours employee" means an employee who may work more or less than eight hours on any given day so long as the employee works forty hours in the same week. (I) "Classification series" means any group of classification titles that have the identical name but different numerical designations, or identical titles except for designated levels of supervision, except for those classification series established by the director of administrative services in accordance with division (A) of section 124.14 of the Revised Code. (J) "Classification change" means a change in an employee's classification in the job classification plan. (K) "Service of the state" or "civil service of the state" includes all offices and positions of trust or employment with the government of the state. "Service of the state" and "civil service of the state" do not include offices and positions of trust or employment with state-supported colleges and universities, counties, cities, city health districts, city school districts, general health districts, or civil service townships of the state, or with the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.11
§ 101.11. House called to order - appointment of clerk pro tempore - presentation of certificates - oath of office
Status: in_force

September 17, 1973 House Bill 994 - 110th General Assembly At two p.m. of the day appointed for the beginning of the first regular session of the general assembly, the speaker of the house of representatives during the preceding biennium or in his absence, the speaker pro tempore of the house of representatives during the preceding biennium shall take the chair, call the representatives-elect to order, and appoint one of them clerk pro tempore. He also shall call the districts in numerical order and, as they are called, the representatives-elect therefrom shall present their certificates and take the oath of office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 175.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 175 / § 175.16
§ 175.16. State low-income housing tax credit
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Federal credit" means the tax credit authorized under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code. (2) "Credit period," "qualified low-income building," and "qualified basis" have the same meanings as in section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code. (3) "Qualified project" means a qualified low-income building that is located in Ohio, is placed in service on or after July 1, 2023, and for which the director reserves a tax credit under division (B) of this section before July 1, 2027. (4) "Pass-through entity" has the same meaning as in section 5733.04 of the Revised Code. (5) "Project owner" means a person holding a fee simple interest or a leasehold interest pursuant to a ground lease in the land on which a qualified project sits. (6) "Reserved credit amount" means the amount determined by the director and stipulated in the notice sent to each owner of a qualified project under division (B) of this section. (7) "Annual credit amount" means the amount computed by the director under division (D) of this section prior to issuing an eligibility certificate. (8) "Equity owner" means a direct or indirect owner of a project owner, provided the project owner is a pass-through entity, as determined under applicable state law governing such an entity. (9) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 5701.01 of the Revised Code. (10) "Eligibility certificate" means a certificate issued by the director to each owner of a qualified project under division (D) of this section stating the amount of credit that may be claimed for each year of the credit period. (11) "Qualified allocation plan" means the plan developed by the Ohio housing finance agency, as required under section 175.06 of the Revised Code, for evaluating and selecting projects for the federal credit pursuant to the mandates and requirements within section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code. (12) "Internal Revenue Code" has the same meaning as in section 5747.01 of the Revised Code. (13) "Designated reporter" means the project owner or one of the project owner's equity owners designated pursuant to division (I)(1) of this section. (14) "Director" means the executive director of the Ohio housing finance agency. (B) Except as otherwise provided by this division, the director, upon allocating a federal credit and issuing a binding reservation or letter of eligibility, pursuant to the Ohio housing finance agency's qualified allocation plan, for a qualified low-income building that is located in this state and placed in service on or after July 1, 2023, may reserve a tax credit under this section for the project owners so long as doing so will not result in exceeding the annual credit cap prescribed by division (C) of this section. The director shall not reserve a tax credit under this section after June 30, 2027. The director shall send written notice of the reservation to each project owner. The notice shall state the aggregate credit amount reserved for all years of the qualified project's credit period and stipulate that receipt of the credit is contingent upon issuance of an eligibility certificate and filing the information described in division (I) of this section. Upon receipt of that notice, the owner shall provide the identity of the owner's designated reporter to the director. The director shall determine the credit amount reserved for each qualified project. The reserved credit amount shall not exceed the amount necessary, when combined with the federal credit, to ensure the financial feasibility of the qualified project. The director shall reserve credits in a manner that ensures that a qualified project is creating additional housing units that would not have otherwise been created with other state, federal, or private financing. The director may assess application, processing, and reporting fees to cover the cost of administering the tax credit authorized under this section. (C) The aggregate amount of credits reserved by the director under division (B) of this section in a fiscal year shall not exceed the sum of (1) one hundred million dollars, (2) the amount, if any, by which the credit cap prescribed by this division for the preceding fiscal year exceeds the credits reserved by the director in that year, and (3) the amount of tax credits recaptured or otherwise disallowed under division (G) of this section in the preceding fiscal year. For the purpose of computing and determining compliance with the credit cap prescribed by this division, the credit amount reserved for the project owners of a qualified project is the full amount for all years of the qualified project's credit period. (D) Immediately after approving the final cost certification for a qualified project for which a tax credit under this section is reserved, or upon otherwise determining the qualified basis of the qualified project and the date it was placed into service as required by section 42(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, the director shall compute the annual credit amount and issue an eligibility certificate to each project owner. The director shall send copies of all eligibility certificates issued each calendar year to the tax commissioner and the superintendent of insurance. The annual credit amount shall equal the lesser of the following: (1) The amount of the federal credit that would be awarded to the project owners for the first year of the credit period if not for the adjustment required under section 42(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code; (2) One-tenth of the reserved credit amount stated in the notice issued under division (B) of this section. (E) Each eligibility certificate shall state the annual credit amount, the years that comprise the credit period, the name, address, and taxpayer identification number of each project owner, each owner's designated reporter, the date the certificate is issued, a unique identifying number, and any additional information prescribed by a rule adopted under division (H) of this section. A project owner, if the project owner is a pass-through entity, shall provide a copy of the eligibility certificate and any information described in division (I) of this section to each equity owner that has been allocated a credit under division (F)(2) of this section, if requested. (F)(1) For each year of a qualified project's credit period, the project owner or an equity owner may claim a nonrefundable credit against the tax imposed by section 5725.18 , 5726.02 , 5729.03 , 5729.06 , or 5747.02 of the Revised Code equal to all or a portion of the annual credit amount stated on the eligibility certificate. The credit shall be claimed in the manner prescribed by section 5725.36 , 5726.58 , 5729.19 , or 5747.83 of the Revised Code, as applicable. (2) If a project owner is a pass-through entity, the annual credit amount for any year of a qualified project's credit period may be allocated by the project owner among one or more equity owners and may be applied by those equity owners against more than one tax, but the total credits claimed in connection with that year of the qualified project's credit period by all project owners and equity owners against all taxes shall not exceed the annual credit amount stated on the eligibility certificate. (3) A project owner or equity owner may claim the credit authorized by this section after the date the qualified project is placed into service but not before the director issues the project owner an eligibility certificate under division (D) of this section and the applicable report required by division (I) of this section is filed by the designated reporter. (4) A project owner or equity owner that claims a tax credit under division (F)(1) of this section shall submit a copy of the eligibility certificate with the project owner's or equity owner's tax return or report. Upon request of the tax commissioner or the superintendent of insurance, any project owner or equity owner claiming a tax credit under this section shall provide the commissioner or superintendent other documentation that may be necessary to verify that the project owner or equity owner is entitled to claim the credit. (5) A project owner that is a pass-through entity may allocate the credit authorized by this section to its equity owners under division (F)(2) of this section in any manner agreed to by such persons regardless of whether such equity owners are eligible for an allocation of the federal credit, whether the allocation of the credit under the terms of the agreement has substantial economic effect within the meaning of section 704(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, and whether any such person is deemed a partner of the project owner or equity owner for federal income tax purposes as long as the equity owner acquired its ownership interest prior to claiming the credit. The allocation shall be allowed without regard to any provision of the Internal Revenue Code, or regulation promulgated pursuant to it, that may be interpreted as contrary to the allocation, including, without limitation, the treatment of the allocation as a disguised sale. An equity owner may assign all or any part of its interest in a qualified project, including its interest in the tax credits authorized by this section, to one or more other equity owners, and each assignee shall be able to claim the credit so long as its interest is acquired prior to the filing of its tax return or report or amended tax return or report claiming the credit and the assignee's ownership interest is identified in the report required by division (I) of this section. (6) Nothing in this section or section 5725.36 , 5726.58 , 5729.19 , or 5747.83 of the Revised Code allows the assignment or transfer of any carryforward of the credit authorized under this section once the annual credit amount is claimed. (G) If any portion of the federal credit allocated to a qualified project is recaptured under section 42(j) of the Internal Revenue Code or is otherwise disallowed, the director shall recapture a proportionate amount of the tax credit claimed pursuant to this section in connection with the same qualified project. If the director determines to recapture such a tax credit, the director shall certify the name of each project owner and the amount to be recaptured to the tax commissioner and to the superintendent of insurance. The commissioner or superintendent shall determine the taxpayer or taxpayers that claimed the credit, the tax against which the credit was claimed, and the amount to be recaptured and make an assessment against the taxpayer or taxpayers under Chapter 5725., 5726., 5729., or 5747. of the Revised Code, as applicable, for the amount of the tax credit to be recaptured. The time limitations on assessments under those chapters do not bar an assessment made under this division. (H) The director, in consultation with the tax commissioner and superintendent of insurance, shall adopt any rules necessary to implement this section in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (I)(1) For each calendar year, a designated reporter shall provide the tax commissioner, in the form prescribed by the tax commissioner in consultation with the superintendent of insurance, all of the following: (a) The name, address, and taxpayer identification number of each project owner and equity owner that has been allocated a portion of the annual credit awarded on the eligibility certificate for that year; (b) The amount of the annual credit allocated to each such project owner and equity owner for such year and the tax against which the credit will be claimed; (c) The total of the amounts listed for each project owner and equity owner under division (I)(1)(b) of this section, demonstrating that the total does not exceed the amount listed on the eligibility certificate for that year. (2) A designated reporter shall notify the tax commissioner of any changes to the information reported in division (I)(1) of this section in the time and manner prescribed by the commissioner. (3) No credit allocated under this section may be claimed by a project owner or equity owner for a year unless that owner and the amount of the credit allocated to that owner appear on the report required by division (I)(1) of this section for that year. The tax commissioner shall provide a copy of the report, and any subsequent changes to the report, submitted by the designated reporter under division (I) of this section to the superintendent of insurance in the time and manner agreed to by the commissioner and superintendent. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.436 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.436
§ 149.436. Written request for records for occupant of school vehicle involved in accident
Status: in_force

September 28, 2018 House Bill 8 - 132nd General Assembly Notwithstanding division (A)(1)(gg) of section 149.43 of the Revised Code, upon written request made and signed by the parent or guardian of an individual who is less than eighteen years of age and was an occupant of a school vehicle involved in a traffic accident, a public office or person responsible for public records, having custody of any record related to the traffic accident containing the personal information of the individual, shall transmit a copy of that record to the recipient identified in the request. The written request shall identify the individual on whose behalf the record is requested and the person to whom the record shall be transmitted. The record shall be transmitted only to the person identified in the written request as the recipient of the record. A public office or person responsible for records responding to a request under this section shall redact any personal information contained in the record of any individual less than eighteen years of age who is not the subject of the request, before providing the record to the recipient.
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.16
§ 107.16. Putting into operation the federal highway safety act
Status: in_force

March 18, 1969 House Bill 1 - 108th General Assembly The governor, pursuant to the Constitution and laws of this state, shall do all things necessary in behalf of the state to secure the full benefits available to the state under the "Highway Safety Act of 1966," 80 Stat. 731, 23 U.S.C. 401, and in so doing, to cooperate with federal and state agencies, political subdivisions of the state, agencies private and public, interested organizations, and with individuals, to effectuate the purposes of that enactment, and any and all subsequent amendments thereto. The governor is the official of the state having the ultimate responsibility for dealing with the federal government with respect to programs and activities pursuant to the "Highway Safety Act of 1966," and any amendments thereto. To that end he shall coordinate the activities of any and all departments and agencies of the state and its subdivisions, relating thereto.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.933 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.933
§ 121.933. Applicability of R.C. 101.352, 101.353, 121.93, and 121.931
Status: in_force

August 18, 2019 Senate Bill 221 - 132nd General Assembly Sections 101.352 , 101.353 , 121.93 , and 121.931 of the Revised Code do not apply to: (A) The following elected state officers or their offices: the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, the auditor of state, the treasurer of state, and the attorney general; (B) A state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code; or (C) The public employees retirement system, the Ohio police and fire pension fund, the state teachers retirement system, the school employees retirement system, and the state highway patrol retirement system. Last updated July 13, 2022 at 12:19 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.352 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.352
§ 149.352. Replevin of public records
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 238 - 116th General Assembly Upon request of the department of administrative services, the attorney general may replevin any public records which have been unlawfully transferred or removed in violation of sections 149.31 to 149.44 of the Revised Code or otherwise transferred or removed unlawfully. Such records shall be returned to the office of origin and safeguards shall be established to prevent further recurrence of unlawful transfer or removal.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.22
§ 135.22. Annual continuing education programs for treasurers
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) For purposes of this section: (1) "Treasurer" has the same meaning as in section 135.01 of the Revised Code, but does not include a county treasurer or the treasurer of state. "Treasurer" includes any person whose duties include making investment decisions with respect to the investment or deposit of interim moneys. (2) "Subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 135.01 of the Revised Code. (B) To enhance the background and working knowledge of treasurers in investments, cash management, the collection of taxes, ethics, and in any other subject area that the treasurer of state determines is reasonably related to the duties of a treasurer, the treasurer of state shall provide annual continuing education programs for treasurers. A treasurer annually shall complete the continuing education programs described in this section, unless the treasurer annually provides a notice of exemption described in division (E) of this section. (C) The treasurer of state shall determine the manner, content, and length of the continuing education programs after consultation with appropriate statewide organizations of local government officials. (D) Upon successful completion of a continuing education program required by this section, the treasurer of state shall issue a certificate indicating that the treasurer has successfully completed the continuing education program prescribed by the treasurer of state. The treasurer of state shall forward to the auditor of state any certificates issued pursuant to this division by the treasurer of state. The auditor of state shall maintain in the auditor's records any certificates forwarded by the treasurer of state pursuant to this division. As part of the auditor of state's audit of the subdivision conducted in accordance with section 117.11 of the Revised Code, the auditor of state shall report whether the treasurer is in compliance with this section of the Revised Code. (E) Division (B) of this section does not apply to any treasurer who annually provides a notice of exemption to the auditor of state. The notice shall be certified by the treasurer of state and shall provide that the treasurer is not subject to the continuing education requirements set forth in division (B) of this section, because the treasurer invests or deposits public moneys in the following investments only: (1) Interim deposits pursuant to division (B)(3) of section 135.14 or section 135.145 of the Revised Code; (2) No-load money market mutual funds pursuant to division (B)(5) of section 135.14 of the Revised Code; (3) The Ohio subdivision's fund pursuant to division (B)(6) of section 135.14 of the Revised Code. (F) In carrying out the duties required by this section, the treasurer of state may charge the subdivision served by the treasurer a registration fee that will meet actual and necessary expenses in connection with the training of the treasurer, including instruction fees, site acquisition costs, and the cost of course materials. Any necessary personal expenses of a treasurer incurred as a result of attending the continuing education courses shall be borne by the subdivision represented by the treasurer. (G) The treasurer of state may allow any other interested person to attend any of the continuing education programs that are held pursuant to this section, provided that before attending any such continuing education program, the interested person has paid to the treasurer of state the full registration fee set for the continuing education program. (H) All funds collected pursuant to this section shall be paid into the county treasurer education fund created pursuant to section 321.46 of the Revised Code, and the actual and necessary expenses of the treasurer of state in conducting the continuing education programs required by this section shall be paid from this fund. (I) The treasurer of state may adopt reasonable rules not inconsistent with this section for the implementation of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 118.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 118 / § 118.02
§ 118.02. Requiring fiscal integrity of municipal corporations, counties, and townships
Status: in_force

September 3, 1996 House Bill 462 - 121st General Assembly (A) Pursuant to the authority of the general assembly to provide for the public health, safety, and welfare and to limit and restrict the powers of municipal corporations, counties, and townships to borrow money, contract debts, and levy taxes to prevent the abuse of such powers and to require reports and examination of their financial condition, transactions, operations, and undertakings, it is hereby declared to be the public policy and a public purpose of the state to require fiscal integrity of municipal corporations, counties, and townships so that they may provide for the health, safety, and welfare of their citizens, pay when due principal and interest on their debt obligations, meet financial obligations to their employees, vendors, and suppliers, and provide for proper financial accounting procedures, budgeting, and taxing practices. The failure of a municipal corporation, county, or township to so act is hereby determined to affect adversely the health, safety, and welfare not only of the people of the municipal corporation, county, or township but also of other people of the state. It is further determined that the fiscal emergency conditions described in division (A) of section 118.03 of the Revised Code result from and constitute abuses of the powers of a municipal corporation, county, or township to borrow money, contract debts, and levy taxes, and that such conditions impair and threaten the health, safety, and welfare of the people of the state within and beyond the municipal corporation, county, or township. (B) The intention of the general assembly, under this chapter, is to enact procedures, provide powers, and impose restrictions to assure fiscal integrity of municipal corporations, counties, and townships, as set out in division (A) of this section, while leaving principal responsibility for the conduct of the affairs of a municipal corporation, county, or township in the charge of its duly elected officials and leaving to their discretion the choices for and manner of expenditures of available revenues, consistent with the requirements for satisfying the public policy and purpose herein set forth. (C) Unless otherwise indicated, the provisions of this chapter are supplemental to other provisions of law, including Chapters 133. and 5705., sections 717.15 and 717.16 , and other provisions of the Revised Code, and to the charter, ordinances, and resolutions of the municipal corporation, county, or township, consistent with this chapter. Any provisions of Chapters 133. and 5705., sections 717.15 and 717.16 , or other provisions of the Revised Code, and the charter, ordinances, or resolutions of the municipal corporation, county, or township may be utilized in the issuance of debt obligations under this chapter. The provisions of this chapter prevail over such other provisions of law and the charter, ordinances, or resolutions of the municipal corporation, county, or township to the extent of any conflict or inconsistency between this chapter and such other laws, charter, ordinances, or resolutions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.0810 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.0810
§ 122.0810. Grant application evaluation - prioritization - notice of deficiencies
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 Senate Bill 24 - 127th General Assembly (A) Each application for a grant pursuant to the annual competitive process received by a district public works integrating committee shall be evaluated by the executive committee of the district committee. In conducting the evaluation, the executive committee shall determine whether the application for the proposed eligible project is complete and whether the project meets the requirements of section 122.0815 of the Revised Code. If the application is complete and the eligible project meets the requirements of section 122.0815 of the Revised Code, the executive committee shall prioritize the eligible project pursuant to section 122.0816 of the Revised Code and pursuant to local priorities, as those priorities are determined by the executive committee, with all other eligible projects with complete applications that meet the requirements of section 122.0815 of the Revised Code. If the application is incomplete or the project does not meet the requirements of section 122.0815 of the Revised Code, the executive committee shall notify the applicant of the deficiencies and the period of time the applicant has to correct the deficiencies and submit the corrections to the executive committee. Failure to correct deficiencies within the time designated by the executive committee shall disqualify the project from consideration for a grant during the annual competitive process for that year. The executive committee, by the affirmative vote of a majority of all its members, shall select up to three eligible projects from the projects it has prioritized each year pursuant to the annual competitive process. The executive committee shall forward the applications and any accompanying information for each of the selected eligible projects to the department of development in the time and manner required by the rules governing the annual competitive process for the job ready site program. (B) For a district public works integrating committee that does not have an executive committee, the full committee shall perform the functions assigned to the executive committee under section 122.0816 of the Revised Code and division (A) of this section. (C) An executive committee, or a district committee that does not have an executive committee, may appoint a working group of committee members and staff to perform the functions of those committees as provided in this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 139.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 139 / § 139.04
§ 139.04. Each project submitted separately - per cent necessary for adoption
Status: in_force

October 30, 1989 House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly When the question of issuing the bonds provided for by section 139.02 of the Revised Code is submitted to the electors, more than one project may be included in the legislation determining to submit such question; provided that on the ballot submitting to the electors the question of the issuance of such bonds, the question of the issuance of bonds for each individual project shall be submitted as a separate question, and each such ballot shall be substantially in the form set forth in division (F) of section 133.18 of the Revised Code, and each project for which the bonds are to be issued shall be described. The legislation submitting such question to the electors shall require but one reading and shall go into immediate effect upon passage without publication. If sixty-five per cent of the electors voting on the question of such bonds vote in favor thereof, the taxing authority may issue such bonds in accordance with sections 139.01 to 139.04 and Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, and the debt service levies for such bonds shall be outside all tax limitations. If the question of issuing any such bonds is submitted to the electors of any school district where the proceeds of the bonds are to be used for the replacement or improvement of or the addition to school buildings which have been destroyed or condemned by constituted authority, or which are partially constructed or so constructed or planned as to require additions thereto before being completed, such bond issue shall require only the affirmative vote of sixty-five per cent of those voting upon the proposition.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.151 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.151
§ 122.151. Certification as a rural business growth fund
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) A person that has developed a business plan to invest in rural business concerns in this state and has successfully solicited private investors to make credit-eligible capital contributions in support of the plan may apply to the department of development for certification as a rural business growth fund. The application shall include all of the following: (1) The total eligible investment authority sought by the applicant under the business plan; (2) Documents and other evidence sufficient to prove, to the satisfaction of the agency, that the applicant meets all of the following criteria: (a) The applicant or an affiliate of the applicant is licensed as a rural business investment company under 7 U.S.C. 2009cc, or as a small business investment company under 15 U.S.C. 681. (b) As of the date the application is submitted, the applicant has invested more than one hundred million dollars in operating companies, including at least fifty million dollars in operating companies located in rural areas. In computing investments under this division, the applicant may include investments made by affiliates of the applicant and investments made in businesses that are not operating companies but would qualify as operating companies if the principal business operations were located in this state. (3) The industries in which the applicant proposes to make growth investments and the percentage of the growth investments that will be made in each industry. The applicant shall identify each industry by using the codes utilized by the north American industry classification system. (4) An estimate of the number of new full-time equivalent employees and retained full-time equivalent employees that will result from the applicant's growth investments; (5) A revenue impact assessment for the applicant's proposed growth investments prepared by a nationally recognized third-party independent economic forecasting firm using a dynamic economic forecasting model. The revenue impact assessment shall analyze the applicant's business plan over the ten years following the date the application is submitted to the agency. (6) A signed affidavit from each investor successfully solicited by the applicant to make a credit eligible capital contribution in support of the business plan. Each affidavit shall include information sufficient for the agency and the superintendent of insurance to identify the investor and shall state the amount of the investor's credit-eligible capital contribution. (7) A nonrefundable application fee of five thousand dollars. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, the agency shall review and make a determination with respect to each application submitted under division (A) of this section within sixty days of receipt. The agency shall review and make determinations on the applications in the order in which the applications are received by the agency. Applications received by the agency on the same day shall be deemed to have been received simultaneously. The agency shall approve not more than seventy-five million dollars in eligible investment authority and not more than forty-five million dollars in credit-eligible capital contributions under this section for program one rural business growth funds. The agency shall approve not more than seventy-five million dollars in eligible investment authority and not more than forty-five million dollars in credit-eligible contributions under this section for program two rural business growth funds. (2) If the agency denies an application for certification as a fund, and approving a subsequently submitted application would result in exceeding the dollar limitation on eligible investment authority or credit-eligible contributions prescribed by division (B)(1) of this section assuming the previously denied application were completed, clarified, or cured under division (D) of this section, the agency shall refrain from making a determination on the subsequently submitted application until the previously denied application is reconsidered or the fifteen-day period for submitting additional information respecting that application has passed, whichever comes first. (C) The agency shall deny an application submitted under this section if any of the following are true: (1) The application is incomplete. (2) The application fee is not paid in full. (3) The applicant does not satisfy all the criteria described in division (A)(2) of this section. (4) The revenue impact assessment submitted under division (A)(5) of this section does not demonstrate that the applicant's business plan will result in a positive economic impact on this state over a ten-year period that exceeds the cumulative amount of tax credits that would be issued under section 122.152 of the Revised Code if the application were approved. (5) The credit-eligible capital contributions described in affidavits submitted under division (A)(6) of this section do not equal sixty per cent of the total amount of eligible investment authority sought under the applicant's business plan. (6) The agency has already approved the maximum total eligible investment authority and credit-eligible capital contributions allowed under division (B) of this section. (D) If the agency denies an application under division (C) of this section, the agency shall send notice of its determination to the applicant. The notice shall include the reason or reasons that the application was denied. If the application was denied for any reason other than the reason specified in division (C)(6) of this section, the applicant may provide additional information to the agency to complete, clarify, or cure defects in the application. The additional information must be submitted within fifteen days after the date the notice of denial was dispatched by the agency. If the person submits additional information within fifteen days, the agency shall reconsider the application within thirty days after receiving the additional information. The application shall be reviewed and considered before any pending application submitted after the original submission date of the reconsidered application. If the person does not submit additional information within fifteen days after dispatch of the notice of denial, the person may submit a new application with a new submission date at any time. (E) If approving multiple simultaneously submitted applications would result in exceeding the overall eligible investment limit prescribed by division (B) of this section, the agency shall proportionally reduce the eligible investment authority and the credit-eligible capital contributions for each approved application as necessary to avoid exceeding the limit. (F) The agency shall not deny a rural business growth fund application or reduce the requested eligible investment authority for reasons other than those described in divisions (C) and (E) of this section. If the agency approves such an application, the agency shall issue a written notice to the applicant certifying that the applicant qualifies as a rural business growth fund and specifying the amount of the applicant's eligible investment authority. (G) A fund shall do all of the following within sixty days after receiving the certification issued under division (F) of this section: (1) Collect the credit-eligible capital contributions from each investor whose affidavit was included in the application. If the rural business growth fund's requested eligible investment authority is proportionally reduced under division (E) of this section, the investor's required credit-eligible capital contribution shall be reduced by the same proportion. (2) Collect one or more investments of cash that, when added to the contributions collected under division (G)(1) of this section, equal the fund's eligible investment authority. At least ten per cent of the fund's eligible investment authority shall be comprised of equity investments contributed directly or indirectly by affiliates of the fund, including employees, officers, and directors of such affiliates. (H) Within sixty-five days after receiving the certification issued under division (F)(1) of this section, the fund shall send to the agency documentation sufficient to prove that the amounts described in divisions (G)(1) and (2) of this section have been collected. The fund shall identify any affiliate of an investor described in division (G)(1) of this section that will seek to claim the credit allowed by section 122.152 of the Revised Code. If the fund fails to fully comply with division (G) of this section, the fund's certification shall lapse. Eligible investment authority and corresponding credit-eligible capital contributions that lapse under this division do not count toward limits on total eligible investment authority and credit-eligible capital contributions prescribed by division (B) of this section. Once eligible investment authority has lapsed, the agency shall first award lapsed authority pro rata to each fund that was awarded less than the requested eligible investment authority because of the operation of division (E) of this section. Any remaining eligible investment authority may be awarded by the agency to new applicants. (I) After receiving documentation sufficient to prove that the amounts described in divisions (G)(1) and (2) of this section have been collected, the agency shall issue the following notices: (1) To each investor or affiliate identified in division (H) of this section, a notice of the amount and utilization schedule of the tax credits allocated to that investor or affiliate as a result of its credit-eligible capital contribution; (2) To the superintendent of insurance, a notice of the amount and utilization schedule of the tax credits allocated to each investor described in division (G)(1) of this section and any affiliate of such investor who will seek to claim the credit allowed by section 122.152 of the Revised Code. (J) Application fees submitted to the agency pursuant to division (A)(7) of this section shall be credited to the tax incentives operating fund created under section 122.174 of the Revised Code, and shall be used by the agency to administer sections 122.15 to 122.156 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 118.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 118 / § 118.13
§ 118.13. Appropriations may not be contrary to financial plan
Status: in_force

October 17, 2017 House Bill 103 - 132nd General Assembly (A) No appropriation measure may be adopted contrary to the financial plan approved by the financial planning and supervision commission. Any existing appropriation measure inconsistent with the approved financial plan is ineffective for purposes of any expenditures to the extent it authorizes expenditures in excess of the revenues available after approval of the financial plan, and shall be amended promptly by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, county, or township to be consistent with the financial plan. Any appropriation measure prior to approval by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, county, or township shall be submitted to the commission or, when authorized by the commission, the financial supervisor for review to determine whether the measure is consistent with the financial plan. The municipal corporation, county, or township, through the appropriate representatives of the legislative authority and the fiscal officer, shall cooperate with the commission or the financial supervisor in such review. The commission or the financial supervisor shall advise of any modifications in such appropriation measure deemed necessary to conform to the financial plan. (B) Prior to giving a certificate of estimated resources or amendment thereof to the municipal corporation, county, or township, the county budget commission shall consult with the commission, and the commission shall revise such certificate or amended certificate in any respect in which the certificate or amended certificate is, in its judgment, inconsistent with the financial plan. (C) Any tax budget of the municipal corporation, county, or township shall be consistent with the financial plan approved by the commission. Before submitting the tax budget to the county auditor, the municipal corporation, county, or township shall submit such tax budget to the commission and shall cooperate with the commission in its review of such tax budget. The municipal corporation, county, or township shall make such modifications in the tax budget as the commission determines to be necessary to conform to the financial plan. If the municipal corporation, county, or township fails to make such modifications, the commission shall certify to the budget commission the modifications necessary to conform to the financial plan, and the budget commission shall make such modifications. This division does not apply to a county, township, or municipal corporation for which the county budget commission has waived the requirement to adopt a tax budget pursuant to section 5705.281 of the Revised Code. (D) Nothing in this section, and no delay or failure or refusal to act under or comply with the provisions of this section, delays, modifies, or affects the expenditure restrictions contained in division (E) of section 118.06 or division (B) of section 118.11 or in section 118.12 of the Revised Code. (E) For purposes of the financial plan, tax budgets, and certificates of estimated resources, the revenue estimates shall not include revenues conditioned upon future favorable action by the electorate of the municipal corporation, county, or township or by the general assembly or congress, other than appropriations of moneys for existing and continuing programs at current levels. The estimate of revenues for any month shall separately state and designate as conditional those revenues which are conditioned upon the future issuance of debt obligations, transfers of funds, advances from funds, payments or reimbursements from the sale of debt obligations, sale of capital assets of the municipal corporation, county, or township, increases in utility rates and other charges, or imposition or increase in taxes, and shall be accompanied by documentation showing that the council or official with authority to act to achieve realization of such conditional revenues has acted in time for realization of such revenues in the month or months indicated. In any event, there shall not be included any source or amount which in the judgment of the commission, or when authorized by the commission, the financial supervisor, is uncertain of realization to form a proper basis for financial planning or budgeting.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.71 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.71
§ 125.71. Contractors shall promptly execute orders
Status: in_force

December 4, 1973 Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly All contractors for printing shall promptly execute the orders issued to them by the general assembly and the executive officers of the state. For failure to comply with this section, the bond of a contractor may be forfeited, but for good cause shown by him, the department of administrative services may amend the orders.
Ohio Rev. Code § 120.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 120 / § 120.18
§ 120.18. Reimbursement of county
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The county public defender commission's report to the board of county commissioners shall be audited by the county auditor. The board of county commissioners, after review and approval of the audited report, may then certify it to the state public defender for reimbursement. If a request for the reimbursement of any operating expenditure incurred by a county public defender office is not received by the state public defender within sixty days after the end of the calendar month in which the expenditure is incurred, the state public defender shall not pay the requested reimbursement, unless the county has requested, and the state public defender has granted, an extension of the sixty-day time limit. Each request for reimbursement shall include a certification by the county public defender that the persons provided representation by the county public defender's office during the period covered by the report were indigent and, for each person provided representation during that period, a financial disclosure form completed by the person on a form prescribed by the state public defender. The state public defender shall also review the report and, in accordance with the standards, guidelines, and maximums established pursuant to divisions (B)(7) and (8) of section 120.04 of the Revised Code and the payment determination provisions of section 120.34 of the Revised Code, prepare a voucher for the cost of each county public defender's office for the period of time covered by the certified report and a voucher for the costs and expenses that are reimbursable under section 120.35 of the Revised Code, if any. The amount of payments to be included in and made under the voucher shall be determined as specified in section 120.34 of the Revised Code. For the purposes of this section, "cost" means total expenses minus costs and expenses reimbursable under section 120.35 of the Revised Code and any funds received by the county public defender commission pursuant to a contract, except a contract entered into with a municipal corporation pursuant to division (E) of section 120.14 of the Revised Code, gift, or grant. (B) If the county public defender fails to maintain the standards for the conduct of the office established by rules of the Ohio public defender commission pursuant to divisions (B) and (C) of section 120.03 or the standards established by the state public defender pursuant to division (B)(7) of section 120.04 of the Revised Code, the Ohio public defender commission shall notify the county public defender commission and the board of county commissioners of the county that the county public defender has failed to comply with its rules or the standards of the state public defender. Unless the county public defender commission or the county public defender corrects the conduct of the county public defender's office to comply with the rules and standards within ninety days after the date of the notice, the state public defender may deny payment of all or part of the county's reimbursement from the state provided for in division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.46
§ 121.46. Filing complaint - form
Status: in_force

October 31, 1990 House Bill 588 - 118th General Assembly Any person who knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a state officer or state employee has committed, or is in the process of committing, a wrongful act or omission may prepare and file with the inspector general, a complaint that identifies the person making the report and the state officer or state employee who allegedly committed or is committing the wrongful act or omission, describes the wrongful act or omission, and explains how the person reporting knew or came to his reasonable cause to believe that the state officer or state employee committed or is in the process of committing the wrongful act or omission. The preparation and filing of the complaint described in this section is in addition to any other report of the wrongful act or omission the person is required by law to make. The inspector general shall prescribe a form for complaints under this section. The inspector general shall provide a blank copy of the form to any person, free of charge. No complaint is defective, however, because it is not made on the form prescribed by the inspector general.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.024 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.024
§ 126.024. Medicaid general revenue fund appropriation items
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Beginning with the state budget that is introduced following the effective date of this section, and subsequent state budgets thereafter, the director of budget and management, in consultation with the medicaid director, shall request and propose multiple medicaid health care services general revenue fund appropriation items. At a minimum, the directors shall propose a separate general revenue fund appropriation item for the different health care services included in the medicaid program, including all of the following: (A) Services provided under the care management system; (B) Nursing facility services; (C) Hospital services; (D) Behavioral health services; (E) Services provided under medicaid waiver components administered by the department of aging; (F) Prescription drug services; (G) Physician services; (H) Services provided under the Ohio home care waiver program; (I) Services provided under medicaid waiver components administered by the department of developmental disabilities; (J) Services provided under the medicaid waiver component known as the Ohio resilience through integrated systems and excellence (OhioRISE) waiver; (K) Any other medicaid health care services that the directors determine should have a separate general revenue fund appropriation item. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.022 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.022
§ 131.022. Sale of final overdue claims - notice to obligor
Status: in_force

June 30, 2006 House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Final overdue claim" means a claim that has been certified to the attorney general under section 131.02 of the Revised Code, that has been final for at least one year, and for which no arrangements have been made for the payment of the claim or, if arrangements for the payment of the claim have been made, the person owing the claim has failed to comply with the terms of the arrangement for more than thirty days. "Final overdue claim" includes collection costs incurred with respect to the claim that is the basis of the final overdue claim and assessed by the attorney general under division (A) of section 131.02 of the Revised Code, interest accreting to the claim under division (D) of that section, and fees added under division (E)(3) of that section. (2) "Final" means a claim has been finalized under the law providing for the imposition or determination of the amount due, and any time provided for appeal of the amount, legality, or validity of the claim has expired without an appeal having been filed in the manner provided by law. "Final" includes, but is not limited to, a final determination of the tax commissioner for which the time for appeal has expired without a notice of appeal having been filed. (B) If a claim is certified to the attorney general under section 131.02 of the Revised Code, at any time after the claim is a final overdue claim, the attorney general may, subject to the approval of the chief officer of the agency reporting the claim and of the controlling board, sell the claim to any person through a competitive process. If federal funds comprise all or a part of the claim, it may not be sold unless the chief officer determines that the sale of the claim will not have an adverse financial impact on the state due to any requirement of the state to repay the federal funds to the federal government. (C) The attorney general may consolidate any number of final overdue claims for sale under this section. (D) Not less than sixty days before first offering a final overdue claim for sale, the attorney general shall provide written notice, by ordinary mail, to the person owing the claim at that person's last known mailing address. The notice shall state the following: (1) The nature and amount of the claim; (2) The manner in which the person may contact the office of the attorney general to arrange terms for payment of the claim; (3) That if the person does not contact the office of the attorney general within sixty days after the date the notice is issued and arrange terms of payment of the claim all of the following apply: (a) The attorney general will offer the claim for sale to a private party for collection by that party by any legal means; (b) The person is deemed to be denied any right to seek and obtain a refund of any amount from which the claim arises if the applicable law otherwise allows for a refund of that nature; (c) Except as provided in division (I) of this section, the person is deemed to waive any right the person may have to confidentiality of information regarding the claim to the extent confidentiality is provided under any other section of the Revised Code. (E) Upon the sale of a final overdue claim under this section, the claim becomes the property of the purchaser, and the purchaser may sell or otherwise transfer the claim to any other person or otherwise dispose of the claim. The owner of the claim is entitled to all proceeds from the collection of the claim, except the owner of the claim shall reimburse the state for costs it incurs after the sale of the claim in assisting or facilitating the collection of the claim including, without limitation, costs of time expended by state employees. Purchasers or transferees of a final overdue claim are subject to any applicable laws governing collection of debts of the kind represented by the claim. (F) Upon the sale or transfer of a final overdue claim under this section, no refund shall be issued or paid to the person owing the claim for any part of the amount from which the claim arises. The sale or transfer of a claim under this section or division (F) of section 131.02 of the Revised Code shall not compromise any criminal, civil, or administrative action initiated by the state against any person owing the claim. (G) Except as provided in division (I) of this section, and notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code, the attorney general, solely for the purpose of effecting the sale or transfer of a final overdue claim under this section, may disclose information about the person owing the claim that otherwise would be confidential under a section of the Revised Code, and the person shall have no right of action against that disclosure to the extent a right of that nature is available under that section. (H) The authority granted under this section is supplemental to the authority granted under section 131.02 of the Revised Code. (I) If information contained in a claim that is sold, conveyed, or transferred to a private entity pursuant to this section is confidential pursuant to federal law or a section of the Revised Code that implements a federal law governing confidentiality, such information remains subject to that law during and following the sale, conveyance, or transfer. A private entity to which a claim is sold, conveyed, or transferred is bound by all federal and state confidentiality requirements concerning such information.
Ohio Rev. Code § 140.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 140 / § 140.051
§ 140.051. Contracts regarding certain hospital facilities exempt from competitive bidding
Status: in_force

April 29, 2005 House Bill 239 - 125th General Assembly If the costs of the hospital facilities are to be paid with funds derived from revenue obligations issued pursuant to section 140.06 of the Revised Code and with other funds derived from the nonprofit hospital agency, a public hospital agency, pursuant to negotiation and in the manner determined in its sole discretion by the governing body of the public hospital agency, may enter into a contract for the acquisition, construction, improvement, equipment, or furnishing of a hospital facility that is to be leased pursuant to section 140.05 of the Revised Code by a public hospital agency to a nonprofit hospital agency. Any requirement of competitive bidding, other restriction, or other procedures that are imposed on a public hospital agency with respect to contracts is not applicable to any contract entered into pursuant to this section. A hospital facility is not exempt from applicable zoning, planning, and building regulations by reason of being financed from the proceeds of obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.09
§ 126.09. Monthly distribution schedule of subsidies
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly In order to comply with Sections 1 and 3 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, the director of budget and management may determine the monthly distribution schedule of any subsidies appropriated by the general assembly. In each period that he finds it necessary to adjust the normal distribution of any such subsidies, he shall first notify the controlling board of the need for such action, and explain the reasons therefor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.97 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.97
§ 122.97. Private activity bond state ceiling allocation
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The director of development may allocate the state ceiling on the aggregate amount of private activity bonds issued in this state as provided in 26 U.S.C. 146. The allocation shall be made pursuant to rules the director adopts in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that do all of the following: (1) Provide a formula for allocating the state ceiling, as authorized under 26 U.S.C. 146(e); (2) Authorize procedures to administer those allocations; (3) Impose fees on persons to which such allocations are issued; (4) Establish any other requirements, processes, or procedures to administer the state ceiling. (B) The development volume cap fund is created in the custody of the treasurer of state, but is not part of the state treasury. The fund shall consist of all fees paid by issuers receiving state ceiling allocations. Funds may be used to pay the department of development's costs in administering ceiling allocations. The treasurer of state shall disburse money from the fund on order of the director of development. All interest and investment income earned by the fund shall be deposited into the fund. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.083 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.083
§ 133.083. Tourism development district revenue supported bonds
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Anticipation notes" means notes issued in anticipation of the tourism development district revenue supported bonds authorized by this section. (2) "Authorizing proceedings" means the resolution, legislation, trust agreement, certification, and other agreements, instruments, and documents, as amended and supplemented, authorizing, or providing for the security or sale or award of, tourism development district revenue supported bonds, and includes the provisions set forth or incorporated in those bonds and proceedings. (3) "Tourism development district revenue" means revenue received by the taxing authority of a municipal corporation or township under section 5739.213 of the Revised Code or from a tax levied pursuant to section 503.57 or 5739.101 of the Revised Code, from fees imposed pursuant to division (C) of section 503.56 or division (C) of section 715.014 of the Revised Code, and, in the case of a municipal corporation, a tax levied on amounts received for admission to any place to the extent of the revenue therefrom is required to be used to foster and develop tourism in a tourism development district. (4) "Tourism development district revenue supported bonds" means the tourism development district revenue supported bonds authorized by this section, including anticipation notes. (5) "Refunding bonds" means tourism development district revenue supported bonds issued to provide for the refunding of the tourism development district revenue supported bonds referred to in this section as refunded obligations. (6) "Tourism development district" means an area designated by a township or municipal corporation under section 503.56 or 715.014 of the Revised Code. (B) The taxing authority of a municipal corporation or township that is receiving tourism development district revenue, for the purpose of fostering and developing tourism within the tourism development district, may anticipate such revenue and issue tourism development district revenue supported bonds of the municipal corporation or township in the principal amount necessary to pay the costs of financing any permanent improvement, or to refund any refunded obligations, provided that the taxing authority certifies that the annual debt charges on the tourism development district revenue supported bonds, or on the tourism development district revenue supported bonds being anticipated by anticipation notes, do not exceed the estimated annual tourism development district revenue. The maximum aggregate amount of tourism development district revenue supported bonds that may be outstanding at any time in accordance with their terms shall not exceed an amount which requires or is estimated to require payments from tourism development district revenue of debt charges on the tourism development district revenue supported bonds, or, in the case of anticipation notes, projected debt charges on the tourism development district revenue supported bonds anticipated, in any calendar year in an amount exceeding tourism development district revenue in anticipation of which the bonds or anticipation notes are issued as estimated by the fiscal officer based on tourism development district revenue averaged for the two calendar years prior to the year in which the tourism development district revenue supported bonds are issued, and annualized for any increase in any tax levied pursuant to section 505.57 or 5739.101 of the Revised Code during such period or levied after such period. A taxing authority may at any time issue renewal anticipation notes, issue tourism development district revenue supported bonds to pay renewal anticipation notes, and, if it considers refunding expedient, issue refunding tourism development district revenue supported bonds whether the refunded obligations have or have not matured. The refunding tourism development district revenue supported bonds shall be sold and the proceeds needed for such purpose applied in the manner provided in the authorizing proceedings of the taxing authority. The maximum maturity of tourism development district revenue supported bonds shall be calculated by the fiscal officer in accordance with section 133.20 of the Revised Code, and that calculation shall be filed with the taxing authority before adoption of the ordinance or resolution authorizing the issuance. If the tourism development district revenue pledged to the payment of the tourism development district revenue supported bonds has a stated expiration date, the final principal maturity date of the tourism development district revenue supported bonds shall not extend beyond the final year of collection of the tourism development district revenue pledged to the payment of the tourism development district revenue supported bonds. (C) Every issue of tourism development district revenue supported bonds outstanding in accordance with their terms shall be payable out of the tourism development district revenue received by the municipal corporation or township or proceeds of tourism development district revenue supported bonds, renewal anticipation notes, or refunding tourism development district revenue supported bonds that may be pledged for such payment in the authorizing proceedings. The pledge shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made, and the tourism development district revenue so pledged and thereafter received by the municipal corporation or township shall immediately be subject to the lien of that pledge without any physical delivery of the tourism development district revenue or proceeds or further act. The lien of any pledge is valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the municipal corporation or township, whether or not such parties have notice of the lien. Neither the resolution nor any trust agreement by which a pledge is created or further evidenced need be filed or recorded except in the records of the taxing authority. (D) Tourism development district revenue supported bonds issued under this section do not constitute a general obligation debt, or a pledge of the full faith and credit, of the state, or any political subdivision of the state, and the holders or owners of the bonds have no right to have taxes levied by the general assembly or property taxes levied by the taxing authority of any political subdivision of the state for the payment of debt charges. Unless paid from other sources, tourism development district revenue supported bonds are payable from the tourism development district revenue pledged for their payment as authorized by this section. All tourism development district revenue supported bonds shall contain on their face a statement to the effect that the tourism development district revenue supported bonds, as to debt charges, are not debts or obligations of the state and are not general obligation debts of any political subdivision of the state, but, unless paid from other sources, are payable from the tourism development district revenue pledged for their payment. The utilization and pledge of the tourism development district revenue and proceeds of tourism development district revenue supported bonds, renewal anticipation notes, or refunding tourism development district revenue supported bonds for the payment of debt charges is determined by the general assembly to create a special obligation. (E) The tourism development district revenue supported bonds shall bear such date or dates, shall be executed in the manner, and shall mature at such time or times, in the case of any anticipation notes not exceeding ten years from the date of issue of the original anticipation notes and in the case of any tourism development district revenue supported bonds or of any refunding tourism development district revenue supported bonds, not exceeding the maximum maturity certified to the taxing authority pursuant to division (B) of this section, all as the authorizing proceedings may provide. The tourism development district revenue supported bonds shall bear interest at such rates, or at variable rate or rates changing from time to time, in accordance with provisions in the authorizing proceedings, be in such denominations and form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption, as the taxing authority may authorize or provide. The tourism development district revenue supported bonds may be sold at public or private sale, and at, or at not less than, the price or prices as the taxing authority determines. If any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appears on any tourism development district revenue supported bonds or coupons ceases to be such officer before delivery of the tourism development district revenue supported bonds or anticipation notes, the signature or facsimile shall nevertheless be sufficient for all purposes as if that officer had remained in office until delivery of the tourism development district revenue supported bonds. Whether or not the tourism development district revenue supported bonds are of such form and character as to be negotiable instruments under Title XIII of the Revised Code, the tourism development district revenue supported bonds shall have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments, subject only to any provisions for registration. Neither the members of the taxing authority nor any person executing the tourism development district revenue supported bonds shall be liable personally on the tourism development district revenue supported bonds or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of their issuance. (F) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, sections 9.98 to 9.983 , 133.02 , 133.70 , and 5709.76 , and division (A) of section 133.03 of the Revised Code apply to the tourism development district revenue supported bonds. Tourism development district revenue supported bonds issued under this section need not comply with any other law applicable to notes or bonds but the authorizing proceedings may provide that divisions (B) to (E) of section 133.25 of the Revised Code apply to the tourism development district revenue supported bonds or anticipation notes. (G) Any authorized proceedings may contain provisions, subject to any agreements with holders as may then exist, which shall be a part of the contract with the holders, as to the pledging of any or all of the municipal corporation's or township's anticipated tourism development district revenue to secure the payment of the tourism development district revenue supported bonds; the use and disposition of the tourism development district revenue; the crediting of the proceeds of the sale of tourism development district revenue supported bonds to and among the funds referred to or provided for in the authorizing proceedings; limitations on the purpose to which the proceeds of the tourism development district revenue supported bonds may be applied and the pledging of portions of such proceeds to secure the payment of the tourism development district revenue supported bonds or of anticipation notes; the agreement of the municipal corporation or township to do all things necessary for the authorization, issuance, and sale of those notes anticipated in such amounts as may be necessary for the timely payment of debt charges on any anticipation notes; limitations on the issuance of additional tourism development district revenue supported bonds; the terms upon which additional tourism development district revenue supported bonds may be issued and secured; the refunding of refunded obligations; the procedure by which the terms of any contract with holders may be amended, and the manner in which any required consent to amend may be given; securing any tourism development district revenue supported bonds by a trust agreement or other agreement; and any other matters, of like or different character, that in any way affect the security or protection of the tourism development district revenue supported bonds or anticipation notes. (H) The taxing authority of a municipal corporation or township may not repeal, rescind, or reduce any portion of a tax pledged to the payment of debt charges on tourism development district revenue supported bonds while such bonds remain outstanding, and no portion of tourism development district revenue pledged to the payment of debt charges on such bonds shall be subject to repeal or reduction by the electorate of the taxing authority while the bonds are outstanding.
Ohio Rev. Code § 166.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 166 / § 166.18
§ 166.18. Applications for research and development financial assistance
Status: in_force

September 16, 2014 House Bill 486 - 130th General Assembly (A) Prior to entering into each agreement to provide research and development financial assistance, the director of development services shall determine whether the assistance will conform to the requirements of sections 166.17 to 166.21 , 5733.352 , and 5747.331 of the Revised Code. Such determination, and the facts upon which it is based, shall be set forth by the director in submissions made to the controlling board when the director seeks a release of moneys under section 166.17 of the Revised Code. An agreement to provide research and development financial assistance under section 166.17 or 166.21 of the Revised Code shall set forth the determination, which shall be conclusive for purposes of the validity and enforceability of the agreement, and any loans or other agreements entered into pursuant to the agreement, to provide research and development financial assistance. (B) Whenever a person applies for research and development financial assistance, and the eligible research and development project for which that assistance is requested is to relocate an eligible research and development project that is currently being operated by the person and that is located in another county, municipal corporation, or township within the state, the person shall provide written notification to the appropriate local governmental bodies and state officials. The director may not enter into an agreement to provide research and development financial assistance until the director determines that the appropriate local government bodies and state officials have been notified. (C) As used in division (B) of this section: (1) "Appropriate local governmental bodies" means all of the following: (a) The board of county commissioners of or legislative authorities of special districts in the county in which the eligible research and development project for which research and development financial assistance is requested is located and of the county in which the project will be located; (b) The legislative authority of the municipal corporation or the board of township trustees of the township in which the eligible research and development project for which research and development financial assistance is requested is located and of the municipal corporation or township in which the project will be located. (2) "State officials" means both of the following: (a) The state representative and state senator in whose district the eligible research and development project for which research and development financial assistance is requested is located; (b) The state representative and state senator in whose district the eligible research and development project will be located. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.29
§ 109.29. Courts to furnish information relating to charitable trusts
Status: in_force

November 17, 1975 House Bill 347 - 111th General Assembly The clerk of each court of common pleas or the judge of the probate division thereof, and of each court of appeals shall furnish copies of papers and such information as to the records and files of his office relating to charitable trusts as the attorney general may require.
Ohio Rev. Code § 169.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 169 / § 169.10
§ 169.10. Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

December 11, 1967 Senate Bill 411 - 107th General Assembly (A) No person or holder shall knowingly fail to render any report or perform other duties required under Chapter 169. of the Revised Code. (B) No person or holder shall knowingly refuse to pay or deliver unclaimed funds to or enter into an agreement with the director of commerce as required under section 169.05 of the Revised Code.