Ohio Rev. Code § 118.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 118 / § 118.28
§ 118.28. Severability - construction
Status: in_force

September 3, 1996 House Bill 462 - 121st General Assembly (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, in case any section or provision of this chapter, including any condition or prerequisite to any action or determination thereunder, or in case any act or action, or part thereof, made or taken under this chapter, or any application thereof, is for any reason held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remainder thereof or any other section or provision of this chapter, including any condition or prerequisite to any action or determination thereunder, or any agreement, act or action, or part thereof, made, entered into, or taken under such chapter, which shall be construed and enforced and applied as if such illegal or invalid portion were not contained therein, nor shall such illegality or invalidity or any application thereof affect any legal and valid application thereof, and each such section, provision, agreement, act, or action, or part thereof, shall be deemed to be effective, operative, made, and entered into or taken in the manner and to the full extent permitted by law. (B) Division (A) of this section and section 1.50 of the Revised Code are subject to the following exceptions: (1) It is the intention of the general assembly that any act of the municipal corporation, county, or township authorized to be taken under this chapter only with the consent or approval of the financial planning and supervision commission or, when authorized by the commission, the financial supervisor would not have been authorized in the absence of and is inseparable from such provision for consent or approval so that if a provision for consent or approval by the commission or financial supervisor under this chapter is for any reason held to be illegal or invalid, the authorization of the action which is subject to such consent or approval shall likewise be deemed illegal or invalid and not to exist under this chapter. (2) To the extent that any act of the municipal corporation, county, or township which is authorized by law, other than this chapter, is conditioned by this chapter upon, or is subjected to a prerequisite by this chapter as to, the preparation, submission, or approval of, or consistency with, a financial plan, or as to consent to or approval by the commission or financial supervisor of any such act of the municipal corporation, county, or township, if for any reason such condition or prerequisite is held to be illegal or invalid, such act by the municipal corporation, county, or township shall be deemed to be and is hereby restricted, to the extent that the general assembly has authority under the constitution to restrict such act, so that it may not be taken or done by the municipal corporation, county, or township until and unless the auditor of state, upon request of the mayor or presiding officer of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, county, or township, determines in writing that none of the fiscal emergency conditions determined to exist pursuant to section 118.04 of the Revised Code continues to exist. (3) Divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section apply only to acts of the municipal corporation, county, or township occurring after a court has determined such illegality or invalidity and any act of the municipal corporation, county, or township prior thereto, and its binding effect prior or subsequent to such determination, are not affected by such determination. (C) The provisions of this chapter granting authority to the commission or the financial supervisor and providing for better security for and remedies of holders of debt obligations of the municipal corporation, county, or township shall be liberally construed to achieve the state public policy and the purposes stated and provided for by this chapter. (D) Any act of the commission or the financial supervisor under this chapter shall be presumed to be valid and for all purposes shall be conclusively valid unless in an appropriate court action in which the commission is duly made a party it is shown by clear and convincing evidence that no basis existed upon which such act could have been sustained under the law and that the commission's or financial supervisor's act was grossly arbitrary; provided that no such action may affect the reliability and conclusiveness of certifications and approvals by the commission or the financial supervisor as provided in section 118.15 of the Revised Code. (E) Any action or proceeding bringing into question the interpretation, legality, or validity of any provision of this chapter, the existence or authority, or the legality or validity of any act, of the commission or the financial supervisor, or of any action taken under this chapter, is a matter of great public interest to the state and shall be advanced on the docket of the court and expedited to final determination.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.53
§ 122.53. Bonds secured by trust agreements
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly In the discretion of the treasurer of state, any bonds issued under sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62 of the Revised Code, may be secured by a trust agreement between the treasurer of state and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. Any such trust agreement may pledge or assign payments of principal of and interest on loans, charges, fees, and other revenue to be received by the director of development, all rentals received under leases made by the director, and all proceeds of the sale or other disposition of property held by the director, but shall not convey or mortgage any of the real or personal property held by the director or any part thereof. Any such trust agreement, or any proceedings providing for the issuance of such bonds, may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as are reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the director in relation to the acquisition of property, and the construction, improvement, maintenance, repair, operation, and insurance of facilities, the making of loans and leases and the terms and provisions thereof, and the custody, safeguarding, investment, and application of all moneys, and provisions for the employment of consulting engineers or other consultants in connection with the making of loans and leases and the construction or operation of any facility. Any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state which may act as trustee or as depository of the proceeds of bonds or of revenue may furnish such indemnifying bonds or may pledge such securities as are required by the treasurer of state. Any such trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders as is customary in trust agreements or trust indentures securing bonds or debentures of corporations. Such trust agreement may contain such other provisions as the treasurer of state deems reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. All expenses incurred by the treasurer of state in carrying out the provisions of any such trust agreement shall be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of the assistance programs authorized pursuant to Chapter 122. of the Revised Code. Any such trust agreement may provide the method whereby general administrative overhead expense of the director with respect to those assistance programs shall be allocated among the funds established pursuant to Chapter 122. of the Revised Code with respect to the operating expenses of the director payable out of the income of the assistance programs. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.80
§ 109.80. Basic training course for sheriffs - continuing education
Status: in_force

December 2, 1996 House Bill 670, House Bill 351 - 121st General Assembly (A) The Ohio peace officer training commission shall develop and conduct a basic training course lasting at least three weeks for appointed and newly elected sheriffs appointed or elected on or after January 1, 1988, and shall establish criteria for what constitutes successful completion of the course. The basic training course shall include instruction in contemporary law enforcement, criminal investigations, the judicial process, civil rules, corrections, and other topics relevant to the duties and operations of the office of sheriff. The commission shall offer the course every four years within six months after the general election of sheriffs in each county and at other times when it is needed to permit sheriffs to attend within six months after appointment or election. The course shall be conducted by the Ohio peace officer training academy. The council shall provide that not less than two weeks of the course conducted within six months after the general election of sheriffs in each county shall be conducted prior to the first Monday in January next after that general election. (B) The attorney general shall appoint a continuing education committee, consisting of not fewer than five nor more than seven members, including but not limited to, members of the Ohio peace officer training commission and sheriffs. The commission and the committee jointly shall determine the type of continuing education required for sheriffs to complete the requirements of division (E) of section 311.01 of the Revised Code and shall establish criteria for what constitutes successful completion of the requirement. The committee shall approve the courses that sheriffs may attend to complete the continuing education requirement and shall publish an approved list of those courses. The commission shall maintain a list of approved training schools that sheriffs may attend to complete the continuing education requirement. Upon request, the committee may approve courses other than those courses conducted as part of a certified law enforcement manager program. (C) Upon presentation of evidence by a sheriff that because of medical disability or for other good cause that the sheriff is unable to complete the basic or continuing education requirement, the commission may waive the requirement until the disability or cause terminates. (D) As used in this section, "newly elected sheriff" means a person who did not hold the office of sheriff of a county on the date the person was elected sheriff of that county. 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.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.6011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.6011
§ 125.6011. Non-government ordering offices exemption
Status: in_force

June 30, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly (A) Nothing in sections 125.60 to 125.6012 of the Revised Code shall be construed to prohibit the purchase of a supply or service from a qualified nonprofit agency by a political subdivision that is not a government ordering office. (B) Purchases made under this section by a political subdivision, as defined in section 125.04 of the Revised Code, are exempt from any competitive selection procedures otherwise required by law. Purchases under this section shall be made from qualified nonprofit agencies or their approved agents. (C) A political subdivision, as defined in section 125.04 of the Revised Code, may not purchase under division (C) of that section a supply or service on the procurement list established under section 125.603 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.11
§ 149.11. Distributing publications intended for general public use - record retention or destruction schedules
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) Any department, division, bureau, board, or commission of the state government issuing a report, pamphlet, document, or other publication intended for general public use and distribution, which publication is reproduced by duplicating processes in print whether through a contract awarded to any person, company, or the state printing division of the department of administrative services, shall cause to be delivered to the state library fifty copies of the publication, subject to the provisions of section 125.42 of the Revised Code. (B) The state library board shall distribute the print publications so received as follows: (1) Retain two copies in the state library; (2) Send two copies to the document division of the library of congress; (3) Send one copy to the Ohio history connection and to each public or college library in the state designated by the state library board to be a depository for state publications. In designating which libraries shall be depositories, the board shall select those libraries that can best preserve those publications and that are so located geographically as will make the publications conveniently accessible to residents in all areas of the state. (4) Send one copy to each state in exchange for like publications of that state. (C) A department, division, bureau, board, or commission of the state government shall notify the state library of the availability of documents or other publications, intended for general public use and distribution, which are made available electronically on its internet web site. The state library shall retain electronic publications in the state library digital archive and provide permanent access and records to each public or college library in the state designated by the state library board to be a depository for state publications. (D) The print publications described in division (A) of this section and the electronic publications described in division (C) of this section shall be considered already prepared and available for inspection, and, subject to applicable copyright protections, reproduction by any person at all reasonable times during regular business hours at the state library and each library designated as a depository for state publications. (E) The provisions of this section do not apply to any publication of the general assembly or to the publications described in sections 149.07 , 149.091 , and 149.17 of the Revised Code, except that the secretary of state shall forward to the document division of the library of congress two copies of all journals, two copies of the session laws as provided for in section 149.091 of the Revised Code, and two copies of all appropriation laws in separate form. Last updated July 14, 2021 at 12:48 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.62
§ 107.62. Establishment of comment system
Status: in_force

September 17, 2014 Senate Bill 3 - 130th General Assembly The common sense initiative office shall establish a system through which any person may comment concerning: (A) The adverse impact on businesses a draft rule might have; (B) The adverse impact on businesses that a rule currently in effect is having; or (C) The adverse impact on businesses the implementation or administration of a rule currently in effect is having. The office shall prepare a plan for the comment system, and shall revise or replace the plan to improve the comment system in light of learning, experience, or technological development. The office shall publish the current plan for the comment system in the register of Ohio. At a minimum, the plan for the comment system shall provide for communication of comments as follows: The office shall accept comments in writing that are delivered to the office personally, by mail, or by express. The office shall establish a toll-free telephone number that a person may call to offer comments. (The telephone number shall be connected to a recording device at its answering point.) The office shall create a web site that enables a person to offer comments electronically. The web site also shall provide notification to the public of any draft or existing rule that may have an adverse impact on businesses, which notification shall include copies of the draft or existing rule and the business impact analysis of the draft rule. The office shall forward written, telephoned, and electronically transmitted comments to the state agency having jurisdiction over the rule. The office has no other duty with regard to the comments.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.2913 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.2913
§ 145.2913. Transferred service credit from uniform retirement system
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "transferred service credit" means service credit purchased or obtained under section 742.21 , 742.214 , 742.375 , 5505.201 , 5505.40 , or 5505.41 of the Revised Code prior to the date a member commenced the employment covered by the public employees retirement system for which the member is currently contributing to the system. (B) A member of the public employees retirement system who has contributions on deposit with, but is no longer contributing to, a uniform retirement system shall, in computing years of service, be given full credit for transferred service credit if a transfer to the public employees retirement system is made under this division. At the request of a member a transfer shall be made if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The member is eligible, or with the credit will be eligible, for a retirement or disability benefit. (2) The member agrees to retire or accept a disability benefit not later than ninety days after receiving notice from the public employees retirement system that the credit has been obtained. (3) For each year of service, the uniform system transfers to the public employees retirement system the sum of the following: (a) An amount equal to the amounts transferred to the uniform system under section 742.21 , 742.214 , 742.375 , 5505.201 , 5505.40 , or 5505.41 of the Revised Code; (b) Interest, determined as provided in division (E) of this section, on the amount specified in division (B)(3)(a) of this section for the period from the last day of the year in which the transfer under section 742.21 , 742.214 , 742.375 , 5505.201 , 5505.40 , or 5505.41 of the Revised Code was made to the date a transfer is made under this section. (C) A member of the public employees retirement system with at least eighteen months of contributing service credit with the public employees retirement system who has received a refund of contributions to a uniform retirement system shall, in computing years of service, be given full credit for transferred service credit if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The member is eligible, or with the credit will be eligible, for a retirement or disability benefit. (2) The member agrees to retire or accept a disability benefit not later than ninety days after receiving notice from the public employees retirement system that the credit has been obtained. (3) For each year of service, the public employees retirement system receives the sum of the following: (a) An amount, which shall be paid by the member, equal to the amount refunded by the uniform system to the member for that year for transferred service credit, with interest on that amount from the date of the refund to the date a payment is made under this section; (b) Interest, which shall be transferred by the uniform system, on the amount refunded to the member for the period from the last day of the year in which the transfer under section 742.21 , 742.214 , 742.375 , 5505.201 , 5505.40 , or 5505.41 of the Revised Code was made to the date the refund was made; (c) If the uniform system retained any portion of the amount transferred under section 742.21 , 742.214 , 742.375 , 5505.201 , 5505.40 , or 5505.41 of the Revised Code, an amount, which shall be transferred by the uniform system, equal to the amount retained, with interest on that amount for the period from the last day of the year in which the transfer under section 742.21 , 742.214 , 742.375 , 5505.201 , 5505.40 , or 5505.41 of the Revised Code was made to the date a transfer is made under this section. On receipt of payment from the member, the public employees retirement system shall notify the uniform system, which, on receipt of the notice, shall make the transfer required by this division. Interest shall be determined as provided in division (E) of this section. (D) Service credit purchased or obtained under this section shall be considered the equivalent of Ohio service credit. A member may choose to purchase only part of the credit the member is eligible to purchase under division (C) of this section, subject to rules adopted by the public employees retirement board. A member is ineligible to purchase or obtain service credit under this section for service to be used in the calculation of any retirement benefit currently being paid or payable to the member in the future under any other retirement program or for service credit that may be purchased or obtained under section 145.295 of the Revised Code. (E) Interest charged under this section shall be calculated separately for each year of service credit at the lesser of the actuarial assumption rate for that year of the public employees retirement system or of the uniform retirement system to which the credit was transferred under section 742.21 , 742.214 , 742.375 , 5505.201 , 5505.40 , or 5505.41 of the Revised Code. The interest shall be compounded annually. (F) Any amounts transferred or paid under divisions (B) and (C) of this section that are attributable to contributions made by the member or to amounts paid to purchase service credit shall be credited to the employees' savings fund created under section 145.23 of the Revised Code. Any remaining amounts shall be credited to one or more of the funds created under that section as determined by the board. (G) At the request of the public employees retirement system, the uniform retirement system shall certify to the public employees retirement system a copy of the records of the service and contributions of a public employees retirement system member who seeks service credit under this section. The uniform retirement system shall specify the portions of the amounts transferred that are attributable to employee contributions, employer contributions, and interest. (H) If a member of the public employees retirement system who is not a current contributor elects to receive service credit under section 742.214 or 5505.41 of the Revised Code for transferred service credit, as defined in those sections, the system shall transfer to the uniform retirement system, as applicable, the amount specified in division (B) or (C) of section 742.214 or division (B) or (C) of section 5505.41 of the Revised Code. (I) The public employees retirement system shall withdraw the credit and refund all amounts paid or transferred under this section if either of the following occurs: (1) The member fails to retire or accept a disability benefit not later than ninety days after receiving notice from the public employees retirement system that credit has been obtained under this section. (2) The member's application for a disability benefit is denied. (J) The board may adopt rules to implement this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.504 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.504
§ 126.504. Use of interoffice mailing service; printing, copying, mail preparation and related services
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) Each state agency shall use the interoffice mailing service provided by the department of administrative services for all mail deliveries to other state agencies located within a reasonable distance. (B) By October 1, 2009, each state agency shall direct all major printing, copying, mail preparation, and related services through the department of administrative services and shall eliminate any internal operations providing those services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.772 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.772
§ 109.772. Authority of county correctional officer to carry firearms
Status: in_force

April 4, 2023 Senate Bill 16, Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly (A) A county correctional officer may carry firearms while on duty in the same manner, to the same extent, and in the same areas as a law enforcement officer of the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the place at which the county jail, county workhouse, minimum security jail, joint city and county workhouse, municipal-county correctional center, multicounty-municipal correctional center, municipal-county jail or workhouse, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse is located, if all of the following apply: (1) The person in charge of the county jail, county workhouse, minimum security jail, joint city and county workhouse, municipal-county correctional center, multicounty-municipal correctional center, municipal-county jail or workhouse, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse has specifically authorized the county correctional officer to carry firearms while on duty. (2) The county correctional officer has done or received one of the following: (a) The county correctional officer has been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission, which certificate attests to satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, or municipal basic training program or a program at the Ohio peace officer training academy that qualifies the county correctional officer to carry firearms while on duty and that conforms to the rules adopted under section 109.773 of the Revised Code. (b) Prior to or during employment as a county correctional officer and prior to the effective date of this section, the county correctional officer has successfully completed a firearms training program, other than one described in division (A)(2)(a) of this section, that was approved by the Ohio peace officer training commission. (B) A county correctional officer to whom division (A) of this section applies and who is carrying one or more firearms under authority of that division has protection from potential civil or criminal liability for any conduct occurring while carrying the firearm or firearms to the same extent as a law enforcement officer of the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the place at which the county jail, county workhouse, minimum security jail, joint city and county workhouse, municipal-county correctional center, multicounty-municipal correctional center, municipal-county jail or workhouse, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse is located has such protection. Last updated February 16, 2023 at 6:06 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 164.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 164 / § 164.23
§ 164.23. Application for grant
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) An entity seeking a grant for a project that is eligible for funding under section 164.22 of the Revised Code shall submit an application to the natural resources assistance council with geographical jurisdiction over the proposed project area. Entities that are eligible for funding are limited to local political subdivisions and nonprofit organizations. The director of the Ohio public works commission shall develop the form of the application and shall provide application forms to each council. The application shall require at least all of the following: (1) An identification of the local political subdivision or nonprofit organization that is responsible for the execution and completion of the proposed project; (2) A detailed description of the proposed project; (3) An identification of the areas that are proposed to be protected, restored, preserved, or constructed; (4) Detailed information concerning the practices and procedures that will be undertaken to complete the project; (5) A formal detailed estimate of the project's cost; (6) The amount and nature of the moneys or resources to be used as matching funds for the project. Matching funds shall constitute not less than twenty-five per cent of the total cost of the project and may consist of contributions of money by any person, any local political subdivision, or the federal government or of contributions in-kind by such parties through the purchase or donation of equipment, land, easements, labor, or materials necessary to complete the project. (7) An identification of any participation by state agencies that may have expertise regarding the particular project and that may provide assistance with respect to the project; (8) Information concerning the coordination of the project among local political subdivisions, state agencies, federal agencies, community organizations, conservation organizations, and local business groups; (9) Information about any coordination that the project will have with projects being undertaken under the jurisdiction of other natural resources assistance councils throughout the state under sections 164.20 to 164.27 of the Revised Code; (10) Information about public participation in the planning and execution of the project; (11) Information about whether the general public will be given access to the project area upon the completion of the project; (12) A timetable for completion of the proposed project. (B) In addition to the application required under division (A) of this section, an applicant for a grant for a project shall include with the application all of the following: (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, a copy of a resolution supporting the project from each county in which the proposed project is to be conducted and whichever of the following is applicable: (a) If the proposed project is to be conducted wholly within the geographical boundaries of one township, a copy of a resolution supporting the project from the township; (b) If the proposed project is to be conducted wholly within the geographical boundaries of one municipal corporation, a copy of a resolution supporting the project from the municipal corporation; (c) If the proposed project is to be conducted in more than one, but fewer than five townships or municipal corporations, a copy of a resolution supporting the project from at least one-half of the total number of townships and municipal corporations in which the proposed project is to be conducted; (d) If the proposed project is to be conducted in five or more townships or municipal corporations, a copy of a resolution supporting the project from at least three-fifths of the total number of townships and municipal corporations in which the proposed project is to be conducted. However, if the applicant is a county and the proposed project is to be located wholly within the geographical boundaries of the county, the applicant shall not be required to include a copy of a resolution from any township or municipal corporation. If the applicant is a municipal corporation and the proposed project is to be located wholly within the geographical boundaries of the municipal corporation, the applicant shall not be required to include a copy of a resolution from the county in which it is located. If the applicant is a township and the proposed project is to be located wholly within the geographical boundaries of the township, the applicant shall not be required to include a copy of a resolution from the county in which it is located. (2) Documentation that demonstrates that the applicant has the capacity, financial or otherwise, to complete the project for which the grant is sought and to provide any necessary ongoing maintenance of the project; (3) Documentation that indicates compliance with division (A) of section 164.26 of the Revised Code related to the long-term ownership or control of the property that is the subject of the grant application. (C) Prior to submitting an application for a grant for a project under this section, an applicant that is a park district or other similar park authority shall consult with the legislative authority of each county, township, and municipal corporation in which the proposed project will be located. (D) Upon receipt of an application under division (A) of this section and the information required under division (B) of this section, a council may request additional information concerning the proposed project to which the application and information apply. Upon receiving such a request, the entity proposing the project shall provide the additional information requested. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 2:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 177.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 177 / § 177.03
§ 177.03. Powers and duties of organized crime task force
Status: in_force

January 1, 1999 House Bill 2 - 122nd General Assembly (A) An organized crime task force established under section 177.02 of the Revised Code to investigate organized criminal activity in a single county or in two or more counties shall investigate organized criminal activity within the county or counties in accordance with the scope and limits established by the organized crime investigations commission and the task force director. For purposes of the investigation, the task force director and investigatory staff shall have the powers of a peace officer throughout the county or counties in which the investigation is to be undertaken. However, the authority and powers granted to the director and investigatory staff under this section do not supplant or diminish the authority and power provided by the Revised Code to other law enforcement agencies or their officers or investigators. An organized crime task force, in the conduct of its investigation, may issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum. The task force may compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of records and papers of all kinds and description that are relevant to the investigation, including, but not limited to, any books, accounts, documents, and memoranda pertaining to the subject of the investigation. Upon the failure of any person to comply with any lawful order of the task force, the task force may apply to the court of common pleas of the proper county for a contempt order, as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from the court of common pleas, or a refusal to testify thereon. (B) This section and section 177.02 of the Revised Code do not prevent an organized crime task force from cooperating with other law enforcement agencies of this state, a political subdivision of this state, another state, a political subdivision of another state, or the United States, or their officers or investigators in the investigation and prosecution of any offenses comprising organized criminal activity. (C)(1) If an organized crime task force, either prior to the commencement of or during the course of its investigation of organized criminal activity in a single county or in two or more counties, has reason to believe that the investigation will require it to engage in substantial investigative activities in a particular municipal corporation or township in the county or any of the counties, the task force director shall notify the commission chairperson of that belief and the reasons for that belief. The chairperson shall present that belief and those reasons to the commission, and, if the commission determines that there is a compelling reason to notify a local law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction within that municipal corporation or township that the task force will be engaging in investigative activities in the municipal corporation or township, the commission, subject to division (C)(2) of this section, shall provide written notice of that fact as follows: (a) If the investigative activities will be engaged in in a township or in a municipal corporation that does not have a police department or similar law enforcement agency, the commission shall provide the notice to the sheriff of the county in which the township or municipal corporation is located. (b) If the investigative activities will be engaged in in a municipal corporation that has a police department or similar law enforcement agency, the commission shall provide the notice to the chief law enforcement officer of the department or agency. (2) The notice described in division (C)(1) of this section shall not be provided to a sheriff or chief law enforcement officer if it appears to the commission, based upon the complaint filed and any information relative to it or based upon any information that the commission may have received, that there is reason to believe that the office of that sheriff or chief law enforcement officer is implicated in the organized criminal activity being investigated. (D)(1) If an organized crime task force determines, pursuant to its investigation of organized criminal activity in a single county or in two or more counties, that there is not reasonable cause to believe that organized criminal activity has occurred or is occurring in the county or in any of the counties, it shall report its determination to the commission, terminate its task force activities, and disband. (2)(a) If a task force determines, pursuant to its investigation of organized criminal activity in a single county or in two or more counties, that there is reasonable cause to believe that organized criminal activity has occurred or is occurring in the county or in any of the counties, it shall report its determination to the commission and, except as provided in division (D)(3) of this section, shall refer a copy of all of the information gathered during the course of the investigation to the prosecuting attorney who has jurisdiction over the matter and inform the prosecuting attorney that the prosecuting attorney has thirty days to decide whether the prosecuting attorney should present the information to a grand jury and that, if the prosecuting attorney intends to make a presentation of the information to the grand jury, the prosecuting attorney has to give the commission written notice of that intention. If the organized criminal activity occurred or is occurring in two or more counties, the referral of the information shall be to the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the most significant portion of the activity occurred or is occurring or, if it is not possible to determine that county, the county with the largest population. If a prosecuting attorney who has been referred information under this division fails to notify the commission in writing, within thirty days after the referral, that the prosecuting attorney will present the information to the grand jury of the prosecuting attorney's county, the task force, except as provided in division (D)(2)(b) of this section, shall refer a copy of all of the information to the attorney general, who shall proceed according to division (B) of section 109.83 of the Revised Code. If the prosecuting attorney fails to notify the commission in writing within that time that the prosecuting attorney will present the information to the grand jury, the prosecuting attorney promptly shall return all of the information that the task force referred to the prosecuting attorney under this division. If a prosecuting attorney who has been referred information under this division notifies the commission in writing, within thirty days after the referral, of the prosecuting attorney's intention to present the information referred to the prosecuting attorney to the grand jury of the prosecuting attorney's county, the prosecuting attorney shall proceed promptly to present the information as evidence to the grand jury and shall notify the commission of the grand jury's final actions, findings of indictments, or reports. The prosecuting attorney may disclose to the attorney general any matters occurring before the grand jury that are disclosed to the prosecuting attorney for use in the performance of the prosecuting attorney's duties. The prosecuting attorney shall present the information as evidence to the grand jury prior to the discharge of the next regular grand jury. If the prosecuting attorney fails to present the information as evidence within that time, the commission, except as provided in division (D)(2)(b) of this section, shall notify the attorney general, the task force shall refer a copy of all of the information to the attorney general, and the attorney general may proceed as if the prosecuting attorney had declined under this division to accept the matter. If the prosecuting attorney fails to present the information as evidence within that time, the prosecuting attorney promptly shall return to the task force all of the information that the task force had referred to the prosecuting attorney under this division. (b) If a prosecuting attorney who has been referred information under division (D)(2)(a) of this section fails to notify the commission in accordance with that division that the prosecuting attorney will present the information to the grand jury, and the task force that conducted the investigation determines, pursuant to its investigation, that the office of the attorney general is implicated in organized criminal activity, the task force shall not contact or refer any information to the attorney general but shall report its determinations and refer all of the information to the commission. If a prosecuting attorney who has been referred information under division (D)(2)(a) of this section notifies the commission in accordance with that division that the prosecuting attorney intends to present the information to the grand jury but fails to do so prior to the discharge of the next regular grand jury, and the task force that conducted the investigation determines, pursuant to the investigation, that the office of the attorney general is implicated in organized criminal activity, neither the commission nor the task force shall contact or refer any information to the attorney general. Instead, the task force shall report its determinations and refer all of the information gathered during the course of the investigation to the commission. In either such case, the commission shall review the information, and, if a majority of the members of the commission determine that the office of the attorney general is implicated, the chairperson of the commission shall appear before the presiding judge of the court of common pleas or of the court of appeals for the county in which the prosecuting attorney who was referred the information serves and request the appointment of a special prosecutor to handle the matter. If the presiding judge finds that there is reasonable cause to believe that organized criminal activity has occurred or is occurring in the county or in any of the counties served by the task force and that the office of the attorney general is implicated, the judge shall appoint a special prosecutor to perform the functions of prosecuting attorney of the county in relation to the matter. The commission shall refer a copy of all of the information gathered during the course of the investigation to the special prosecutor. The special prosecutor shall review the information so referred and, upon a determination that there is cause to prosecute for the commission of a crime, the special prosecutor shall proceed promptly to present the information so referred to the grand jury and shall notify the commission of the grand jury's final actions, findings of indictments, or reports. A special prosecutor appointed under this division shall not inform the attorney general of the investigation or referral of information and shall not cooperate with the attorney general on the matter. (3) If a task force determines, pursuant to its investigation of organized criminal activity in a single county or in two or more counties, that there is reasonable cause to believe that organized criminal activity has occurred or is occurring in the county or in any of the counties, and that the office of a prosecuting attorney who normally would be referred the information gathered during the course of the investigation pursuant to division (D)(2) of this section is implicated by the information in organized criminal activity, the task force shall not contact or refer any information to the prosecuting attorney. Instead it shall report its determinations and refer all of the information gathered during the course of the investigation to the commission. The commission shall review the information, and if a majority of the members of the commission determine that the office of the prosecuting attorney is implicated in organized criminal activity, the chairperson of the commission shall appear before the presiding judge of the court of common pleas or of the court of appeals for the county in which that prosecuting attorney serves and request the appointment of a special prosecutor to handle the matter. If the presiding judge finds that there is reasonable cause to believe that organized criminal activity has occurred or is occurring in the county or in any of the counties served by the task force and that the office of the prosecuting attorney in question is implicated in organized criminal activity, the judge shall appoint a special prosecutor to perform the functions of prosecuting attorney of the county in relation to the matter, and the commission shall refer a copy of all of the information gathered during the course of the investigation to the special prosecutor. It shall inform the special prosecutor that the special prosecutor has thirty days to decide whether the special prosecutor should present the information to a grand jury and that if the special prosecutor intends to make a presentation of the information to the grand jury, the special prosecutor has to give the commission written notice of that intention. A special prosecutor appointed under this division shall not inform the implicated prosecuting attorney of the investigation or referral of information and shall not cooperate with the prosecutor on the matter. If a special prosecutor who has been referred information under this division fails to notify the commission in writing, within thirty days after the referral, that the special prosecutor will present the information to the grand jury of the county, or if the presiding judge is requested pursuant to this division to appoint a special prosecutor but the judge does not do so, the commission shall refer a copy of all of the information to the attorney general, who shall proceed according to division (B) of section 109.83 of the Revised Code. Upon such a failure of a special prosecutor to notify the commission, the special prosecutor promptly shall return to the commission all of the information that the commission had referred to the special prosecutor under this division. If a special prosecutor who has been referred information under this division notifies the commission in writing, within thirty days after the referral, of the special prosecutor's intention to present the information referred to the special prosecutor to the grand jury of the county, the special prosecutor shall proceed promptly to present the information as evidence to the grand jury and shall notify the commission of the grand jury's final actions, findings of indictments, or reports. The special prosecutor may disclose to the attorney general any matters occurring before the grand jury that are disclosed to the special prosecutor for use in the performance of the special prosecutor's duties. The information shall be presented as evidence to the grand jury prior to the discharge of the next regular grand jury. If the special prosecutor fails to present the information as evidence within that time, the commission shall notify the attorney general and refer a copy of all of the information to the attorney general, the attorney general may proceed as if the special prosecutor had declined under this division to accept the matter, and the special prosecutor promptly shall return to the commission all of the information that the commission had referred to the special prosecutor under this division. (4) The referral of information by a task force to a prosecuting attorney, to the attorney general, to the commission, or to a special prosecutor under this division, the content, scope, and subject of any information so referred, and the identity of any person who was investigated by the task force shall be kept confidential by the task force and its director, investigatory staff, and employees, by the commission and its director, employees, and consultants, by the prosecuting attorney and the prosecuting attorney's assistants and employees, by the special prosecutor and the special prosecutor's assistants and employees, and by the attorney general and the attorney general's assistants and employees until an indictment is returned or a criminal action or proceeding is initiated in a court of proper jurisdiction. (5) Any information gathered by a task force during the course of its investigation that is in the possession of the task force, a prosecuting attorney, the attorney general, the commission, or a special prosecutor, and any record that pertains to any such information and that is maintained by the task force, a prosecuting attorney, the attorney general, the commission, or a special prosecutor is a confidential law enforcement investigatory record for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. However, no provision contained in this division or that section affects or limits or shall be construed as affecting or limiting any right of discovery granted to any person under the Revised Code, the Rules of Criminal Procedure, or the Rules of Juvenile Procedure. (6) In no case shall the commission, a task force, a prosecuting attorney, a special prosecutor, or the attorney general publicly issue a report or summary that identifies or enables the identification of any person who has been or is being investigated under sections 177.01 to 177.03 of the Revised Code unless an indictment is returned against the person or a criminal action or proceeding is initiated against the person in a court of proper jurisdiction. (7) For purposes of divisions (C) and (D) of this section, the office of a prosecuting attorney, the attorney general, a sheriff, or a chief law enforcement officer shall be considered as being implicated in organized criminal activity only if the prosecuting attorney, attorney general, sheriff, or chief law enforcement officer, one or more of the assistants, deputies, or officers thereof, or one or more of the employees thereof has committed or attempted or conspired to commit, is committing or attempting or conspiring to commit, or has engaged in or is engaging in complicity in the commission of, organized criminal activity. (8) For purposes of this section, notification by a prosecuting attorney or special prosecutor may be accomplished by certified mail or any other documentation that is agreed upon by the prosecuting attorney or special prosecutor and the commission or their representatives. Notice by certified mail is complete upon mailing. (E) If an organized crime task force has probable cause to believe, pursuant to its investigation of organized criminal activity in a single county or in two or more counties, that a law of another state or the United States has been or is being violated, the task force director shall notify the commission chairperson of that belief and the reasons for that belief. The chairperson shall present that belief and those reasons to the commission and, if the commission determines that there is probable cause to believe that such a law has been or is being violated, the commission may refer the matter to the attorney general of the other state or to the appropriate United States attorney, whichever is applicable, and provide that attorney general or United States attorney with a copy of relevant information.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.36
§ 101.36. General Assembly authority to rescind Department of Health orders or rules
Status: in_force

June 23, 2021 Senate Bill 22 - 134th General Assembly (A)(1) If the department of health issues a special or standing order or rule for preventing the spread of contagious or infectious disease under section 3701.13 of the Revised Code, the general assembly may rescind that special or standing order or rule, in whole or in part, by adopting a concurrent resolution. (2) If the director of health takes an action to control and suppress the cause of disease or illness, including contagious, infectious, epidemic, pandemic, or endemic conditions, under section 3701.14 of the Revised Code, the general assembly may rescind that action, in whole or in part, by adopting a concurrent resolution. (3) If the general assembly rescinds a special or standing order or rule or an action by the department of health, in whole or in part, pursuant to division (A)(1) or (2) of this section, the department shall not reissue that special or standing order or rule or rescinded portion thereof, issue a substantially similar special or standing order or rule or rescinded portion thereof, take that action or rescinded portion thereof or a substantially similar action or portion thereof again, or issue a restriction contained in the rescinded special or standing order or rule, rescinded action, or portion thereof, for a period of sixty calendar days following the adoption of a concurrent resolution by the general assembly. (B) Within sixty calendar days of the general assembly rescinding a special or standing order or rule or action under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section, the governor, on behalf of the department of health or director of health, may submit a request to the general assembly to permit the department or director to issue a special or standing order or rule, or take an action, rescinded by the general assembly. Upon review, the general assembly may adopt a concurrent resolution authorizing the department or director to issue that rescinded special or standing order or rule or take that rescinded action, in whole or in part. (C) A special or standing order or rule issued, or action taken, by the department or director in violation of this section is invalid and has no legal effect. Last updated May 4, 2021 at 1:28 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.36
§ 117.36. Jurisdiction of civil actions
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly The civil actions provided for in this chapter may be entertained, heard, and determined by any court having jurisdiction of the amount involved or having jurisdiction to afford the remedy prayed for, notwithstanding the absence of any other law authorizing such civil actions to be filed by the governor, the attorney general, or the officer receiving a report pursuant to section 117.27 of the Revised Code. In any action it is sufficient for the plaintiff to allege in the petition so much of the factual information contained in the report of the auditor of state as relates to the claim or action against the defendant therein and that the amount claimed against the defendant is unpaid. The plaintiff is not required to state separately and number in his petition any separate causes of action, or the factual findings of the report, upon whatever claims or circumstances based, since they are deemed to constitute a single cause of action; nor is he required to set forth any other or further factual matter relating to his claim or action. A certified copy of any portion of the report containing factual information is prima-facie evidence in determining the truth of the allegations of the petition.
Ohio Rev. Code § 129.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 129 / § 129.04
§ 129.04. Duties of board of commissioners
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When due, the board of commissioners of the sinking fund shall pay the interest on the bonded debt of the state, the certificates of bonded debt, and at all times preserve the good faith and credit of the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.152 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.152
§ 124.152. Exempt employee salary schedules
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, each exempt employee shall be paid a salary or wage in accordance with schedule E-1 or schedule E-2 of division (B) of this section. (2) Each exempt employee who holds a position in the unclassified civil service pursuant to division (A)(26) or (30) of section 124.11 of the Revised Code may be paid a salary or wage in accordance with schedule E-1 or schedule E-2 of division (B) of this section, as applicable. (B)(1) Each exempt employee who must be paid in accordance with schedule E-1 or schedule E-2 of this section shall be paid a salary or wage in accordance with the following schedule of rates as of the pay period that includes July 1, 2024: Schedule E-1 A Pay Ranges and Step Values Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Range 1 Hourly 13.52 14.13 14.72 15.37 Annually 28122 29390 30618 31970 2 Hourly 16.41 17.10 17.83 18.63 Annually 34133 35568 37086 38750 3 Hourly 17.20 17.97 18.76 19.56 Annually 35776 37378 39021 40685 4 Hourly 18.05 18.86 19.77 20.62 Annually 37544 39229 41122 42890 5 Hourly 18.94 19.80 20.62 21.54 Annually 39395 41184 42890 44803 6 Hourly 19.95 20.79 21.68 22.59 Annually 41496 43243 45094 46987 7 Hourly 21.18 21.97 22.88 23.68 24.58 Annually 44054 45698 47590 49254 51126 8 Hourly 22.40 23.39 24.40 25.50 26.70 Annually 46592 48651 50752 53040 55536 9 Hourly 23.89 25.14 26.37 27.69 29.09 Annually 49691 52291 54850 57595 60507 10 Hourly 25.76 27.18 28.64 30.30 31.91 Annually 53581 56534 59571 63024 66373 11 Hourly 28.08 29.69 31.42 33.19 35.07 Annually 58406 61755 65354 69035 72946 12 Hourly 30.96 32.71 34.46 36.36 38.38 40.48 42.13 44.11 Annually 64397 68037 71677 75629 79830 84198 87630 91749 13 Hourly 34.14 36.00 37.97 40.02 42.27 44.55 46.38 48.56 Annually 71011 74880 78978 83242 87922 92664 96470 101005 14 Hourly 37.53 39.67 41.80 44.07 46.56 49.15 51.19 53.58 Annually 78062 82514 86944 91666 96845 102232 106475 111446 15 Hourly 41.23 43.55 46.01 48.54 51.23 54.04 56.26 58.91 Annually 85758 90584 95701 100963 106558 112403 117021 122533 16 Hourly 45.45 47.99 50.62 53.47 56.40 59.63 62.08 64.98 Annually 94536 99819 105290 111218 117312 124030 129126 135158 17 Hourly 50.09 52.85 55.81 58.88 62.19 65.66 69.27 Annually 104187 109928 116085 122470 129355 136573 144082 18 Hourly 55.20 58.25 61.54 64.92 68.51 72.35 Annually 114816 121160 128003 135034 142501 150488 19 Hourly 60.72 64.37 67.69 71.41 75.37 79.58 Annually 126298 133890 140795 148533 156770 165526 Schedule E-2 Range Minimum Maximum 41 Hourly 16.23 54.57 Annually 33758 113506 42 Hourly 17.89 60.25 Annually 37211 125320 43 Hourly 19.70 66.35 Annually 40976 138008 44 Hourly 21.73 72.49 Annually 45198 150779 45 Hourly 24.01 79.15 Annually 49941 164632 46 Hourly 26.43 86.50 Annually 54974 179920 47 Hourly 29.14 94.41 Annually 60611 196373 48 Hourly 32.14 102.98 Annually 66851 214198 49 Hourly 35.44 111.20 Annually 73715 231296 (2) Each exempt employee who must be paid in accordance with schedule E-1 or schedule E-2 of this section shall be paid a salary or wage in accordance with the following schedule of rates as of the pay period that includes July 1, 2025: Schedule E-1 A Pay Ranges and Step Values Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Range 1 Hourly 14.13 14.77 15.38 16.06 Annually 29390 30722 31990 33405 2 Hourly 17.15 17.87 18.63 19.47 Annually 35672 37170 38750 40498 3 Hourly 17.97 18.78 19.60 20.44 Annually 37378 39062 40768 42515 4 Hourly 18.86 19.71 20.66 21.55 Annually 39229 40997 42973 44824 5 Hourly 19.79 20.69 21.55 22.51 Annually 41163 43035 44824 46821 6 Hourly 20.85 21.73 22.66 23.61 Annually 43368 45198 47133 49109 7 Hourly 22.13 22.96 23.91 24.75 25.69 Annually 46030 47757 49733 51480 53435 8 Hourly 23.41 24.44 25.50 26.65 27.90 Annually 48693 50835 53040 55432 58032 9 Hourly 24.97 26.27 27.56 28.94 30.40 Annually 51938 54642 57325 60195 63232 10 Hourly 26.92 28.40 29.93 31.66 33.35 Annually 55994 59072 62254 65853 69368 11 Hourly 29.34 31.03 32.83 34.68 36.65 Annually 61027 64542 68286 72134 76232 12 Hourly 32.35 34.18 36.01 38.00 40.11 42.30 44.03 46.09 Annually 67288 71094 74901 79040 83429 87984 91582 95867 13 Hourly 35.68 37.62 39.68 41.82 44.17 46.55 48.47 50.75 Annually 74214 78250 82534 86986 91874 96824 100818 105560 14 Hourly 39.22 41.46 43.68 46.05 48.66 51.36 53.49 55.99 Annually 81578 86237 90854 95784 101213 106829 111259 116459 15 Hourly 43.09 45.51 48.08 50.72 53.54 56.47 58.79 61.56 Annually 89627 94661 100006 105498 111363 117458 122283 128045 16 Hourly 47.50 50.15 52.90 55.88 58.94 62.31 64.87 67.90 Annually 98800 104312 110032 116230 122595 129605 134930 141232 17 Hourly 52.34 55.23 58.32 61.53 64.99 68.61 72.39 Annually 108867 114878 121306 127982 135179 142709 150571 18 Hourly 57.68 60.87 64.31 67.84 71.59 75.61 Annually 119974 126610 133765 141107 148907 157269 19 Hourly 63.45 67.27 70.74 74.62 78.76 83.16 Annually 131976 139922 147139 155210 163821 172973 Schedule E-2 Range Minimum Maximum 41 Hourly 16.23 57.03 Annually 33758 118622 42 Hourly 17.89 62.96 Annually 37211 130957 43 Hourly 19.70 69.34 Annually 40976 144227 44 Hourly 21.73 75.75 Annually 45198 157560 45 Hourly 24.01 82.71 Annually 49941 172037 46 Hourly 26.43 90.39 Annually 54974 188011 47 Hourly 29.14 98.66 Annually 60611 205213 48 Hourly 32.14 107.61 Annually 66851 223829 49 Hourly 35.44 116.20 Annually 73715 241696 (3) Each exempt employee who must be paid in accordance with schedule E-1 or schedule E-2 of this section shall be paid a salary or wage in accordance with the following schedule of rates as of the pay period that includes July 1, 2026: Schedule E-1 A Pay Ranges and Step Values Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Range 1 Hourly 14.55 15.21 15.84 16.54 Annually 30264 31637 32947 34403 2 Hourly 17.66 18.41 19.19 20.05 Annually 36733 38293 39915 41704 3 Hourly 18.51 19.34 20.19 21.05 Annually 38501 40227 41995 43784 4 Hourly 19.43 20.30 21.28 22.20 Annually 40414 42224 44262 46176 5 Hourly 20.38 21.31 22.20 23.19 Annually 42390 44325 46176 48235 6 Hourly 21.48 22.38 23.34 24.32 Annually 44678 46550 48547 50586 7 Hourly 22.79 23.65 24.63 25.49 26.46 Annually 47403 49192 51230 53019 55037 8 Hourly 24.11 25.17 26.27 27.45 28.74 Annually 50149 52354 54642 57096 59779 9 Hourly 25.72 27.06 28.39 29.81 31.31 Annually 53498 56285 59051 62005 65125 10 Hourly 27.73 29.25 30.83 32.61 34.35 Annually 57678 60840 64126 67829 71448 11 Hourly 30.22 31.96 33.81 35.72 37.75 Annually 62858 66477 70325 74298 78520 12 Hourly 33.32 35.21 37.09 39.14 41.31 43.57 45.35 47.47 Annually 69306 73237 77147 81411 85925 90626 94328 98738 13 Hourly 36.75 38.75 40.87 43.07 45.50 47.95 49.92 52.27 Annually 76440 80600 85010 89586 94640 99736 103834 108722 14 Hourly 40.40 42.70 44.99 47.43 50.12 52.90 55.09 57.67 Annually 84032 88816 93579 98654 104250 110032 114587 119954 15 Hourly 44.38 46.88 49.52 52.24 55.15 58.16 60.55 63.41 Annually 92310 97510 103002 108659 114712 120973 125944 131893 16 Hourly 48.93 51.65 54.49 57.56 60.71 64.18 66.82 69.94 Annually 101774 107432 113339 119725 126277 133494 138986 145475 17 Hourly 53.91 56.89 60.07 63.38 66.94 70.67 74.56 Annually 112133 118331 124946 131830 139235 146994 155085 18 Hourly 59.41 62.70 66.24 69.88 73.74 77.88 Annually 123573 130416 137779 145350 153379 161990 19 Hourly 65.35 69.29 72.86 76.86 81.12 85.65 Annually 135928 144123 151549 159869 168730 178152 Schedule E-2 Range Minimum Maximum 41 Hourly 16.23 58.74 Annually 33758 122179 42 Hourly 17.89 64.85 Annually 37211 134888 43 Hourly 19.70 71.42 Annually 40976 148554 44 Hourly 21.73 78.02 Annually 45198 162282 45 Hourly 24.01 85.19 Annually 49941 177195 46 Hourly 26.43 93.10 Annually 54974 193648 47 Hourly 29.14 101.62 Annually 60611 211370 48 Hourly 32.14 110.84 Annually 66851 230547 49 Hourly 35.44 119.69 Annually 73715 248955 (C) As used in this section: (1) "Exempt employee" means a permanent full-time or permanent part-time employee paid directly by warrant of the director of budget and management whose position is included in the job classification plan established under division (A) of section 124.14 of the Revised Code but who is not considered a public employee for the purposes of Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code. "Exempt employee" also includes a permanent full-time or permanent part-time employee of the secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, or attorney general who has not been placed in an appropriate bargaining unit by the state employment relations board. (2) "Base rate of pay" means the rate of pay established under schedule E-1 of this section, plus the supplement provided under division (E) of section 124.181 of the Revised Code, plus any supplements enacted into law that are added to schedule E-1 of this section. (D) Notwithstanding any division of this section to the contrary, or division (E) or (G) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code with respect to requirements for step placement and advancement, no exempt employee other than a captain or equivalent officer in the state highway patrol shall be placed in step value 7 in range 17 of schedule E-1 of division (B) of this section. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.48
§ 124.48. Fire department vacancies
Status: in_force

July 1, 2008 House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly Whenever a vacancy occurs in a promoted rank in a fire department and no eligible list for that rank exists, the appointing authority shall certify the fact to the civil service commission. The civil service commission, within sixty days of the vacancy, shall conduct a competitive promotional examination. After the examination has been held, an eligible list shall be established, and the civil service commission shall certify to the appointing authority the name of the person on the list receiving the highest grade. Upon the certification, the appointing authority shall appoint the person so certified within ten days. When an eligible list exists and a vacancy occurs in a position for which the list was established, the appointing authority shall certify the fact to the civil service commission. The person standing highest on the list shall be certified to the appointing authority, and that person shall be appointed within ten days.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.70
§ 145.70. Payment of amounts due retirement system from treasury
Status: in_force

December 1, 2006 House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly All amounts due the public employees retirement system from the state treasury pursuant to this chapter shall be promptly paid upon warrant of the director of budget and management pursuant to a voucher approved by the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 184.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 184 / § 184.14
§ 184.14. Public inspection of support awards and processes
Status: in_force

January 4, 2006 Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly The third frontier commission shall establish procedures that permit public inspection of all support awarded under section 184.11 of the Revised Code for research and development projects and the processes used to determine which projects shall receive support.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.28
§ 145.28. Purchase of service credit for period of self-exemption
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "paying system" and "transferring system" have the same meanings as in section 145.37 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, a member of the public employees retirement system with at least eighteen months of contributing service in the system, the state teachers retirement system, or the school employees retirement system who exempted self from membership in one or more of the systems pursuant to section 145.03 or 3309.23 of the Revised Code, or former section 3307.25 or 3309.25 of the Revised Code, or was exempt under section 3307.24 of the Revised Code, may purchase credit for each year or portion of a year of service for which the member was exempted. (2) A member may not purchase credit under this section for exempted service if the service was exempted from contribution under section 145.03 of the Revised Code and subject to the tax on wages imposed by the "Federal Insurance Contributions Act," 68A Stat. 415 (1954), 26 U.S.C.A. 3101, as amended. (C) Credit shall be purchased under this section in accordance with section 145.29 of the Revised Code. (D) Credit purchasable under this section shall not exceed one year of service for any twelve-month period. If the period of service for which credit is purchasable under this section is concurrent with a period of service that will be used to calculate a retirement benefit from this system, the state teachers retirement system, or school employees retirement system, the amount of the credit shall be adjusted in accordance with rules adopted by the public employees retirement board. A member who is also a member of the state teachers retirement system or the school employees retirement system shall purchase credit for any service for which the member exempted self under section 145.03 or 3309.23 of the Revised Code, or former section 3307.25 or 3309.25 of the Revised Code, or was exempt under section 3307.24 of the Revised Code, from the retirement system in which the member has the greatest number of years of service credit. If the member receives benefits under section 145.37 of the Revised Code, the system that is the paying system under that section shall receive from the system or systems that are transferring systems the amounts paid by the member for purchase of credit for exempt service plus interest at the actuarial assumption rate of the transferring system. The interest shall be for the period beginning on the date of the member's last payment for purchase of the credit and ending on the date of the member's retirement. (E) The retirement board shall adopt rules to implement this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.42
§ 124.42. Firefighter qualifications
Status: in_force

September 28, 2012 House Bill 509 - 129th General Assembly No person shall be eligible to receive an original appointment as a firefighter in a fire department, subject to the civil service laws of this state, unless the person has reached the age of eighteen and has, not more than one hundred twenty days prior to receiving 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 person meets the physical requirements necessary to perform the duties of a firefighter 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 said 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. No person shall be eligible to receive an original appointment on and after the person's forty-first birthday. Notwithstanding this section, a municipal council may enact an ordinance providing that a person between the age of eighteen and forty may receive an original appointment to the fire department, or the board of trustees of a civil service township may do so by resolution. Nothing in this section shall prevent a municipal corporation or civil service township from establishing a fire cadet program and employing persons as fire cadets at age eighteen for the purpose of training persons to become firefighters. 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 fire cadet program shall not be permitted to carry or use any firearm in the performance of the person's duties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 123.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 123 / § 123.28
§ 123.28. Ohio cultural facilities commission definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly As used in this section and in sections 123.281 to 123.283 , except as otherwise provided in those sections, of the Revised Code: (A) "Culture" means any of the following: (1) Visual, musical, dramatic, graphic, design, and other arts, including, but not limited to, architecture, dance, literature, motion pictures, music, painting, photography, sculpture, and theater, and the provision of training or education in these arts; (2) The presentation or making available, in museums or other indoor or outdoor facilities, of principles of science and their development, use, or application in business, industry, or commerce or of the history, heritage, development, presentation, and uses of the arts described in division (A)(1) of this section and of transportation; (3) The preservation, presentation, or making available of features of archaeological, architectural, environmental, or historical interest or significance in a state historical facility or a local historical facility. (B) "Cultural organization" means either of the following: (1) A governmental agency or Ohio nonprofit corporation, including the Ohio history connection, that provides programs or activities in areas directly concerned with culture; (2) A regional arts and cultural district as defined in section 3381.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Cultural project" means all or any portion of an Ohio cultural facility for which the general assembly has made an appropriation or has specifically authorized the spending of money or the making of rental payments relating to the financing of construction. (D) "Cooperative use agreement" means a contract between the Ohio facilities construction commission and a cultural organization providing the terms and conditions of the cooperative use of an Ohio cultural facility. (E) "Costs of operation" means amounts required to manage an Ohio cultural facility that are incurred following the completion of construction of its cultural project, provided that both of the following apply: (1) Those amounts either: (a) Have been committed to a fund dedicated to that purpose; (b) Equal the principal of any endowment fund, the income from which is dedicated to that purpose. (2) The commission and the cultural organization have executed an agreement with respect to either of those funds. (F) "Governmental agency" means a state agency, a state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.12 of the Revised Code, a municipal corporation, county, township, or school district, a port authority created under Chapter 4582. of the Revised Code, any other political subdivision or special district in this state established by or pursuant to law, or any combination of these entities; except where otherwise indicated, the United States or any department, division, or agency of the United States, or any agency, commission, or authority established pursuant to an interstate compact or agreement. (G) "Local contributions" means the value of an asset provided by or on behalf of a cultural organization from sources other than the state, the value and nature of which shall be approved by the Ohio facilities construction commission, in its sole discretion. "Local contributions" may include the value of the site where a cultural project is to be constructed. All "local contributions," except a contribution attributable to such a site, shall be for the costs of construction of a cultural project or the creation or expansion of an endowment for the costs of operation of a cultural facility. (H) "Local historical facility" means a site or facility, other than a state historical facility, of archaeological, architectural, environmental, or historical interest or significance, or a facility, including a storage facility, appurtenant to the operations of such a site or facility, that is owned by a cultural organization and is used for or in connection with cultural activities, including the presentation or making available of culture to the public. (I) "Manage," "operate," or "management" means the provision of, or the exercise of control over the provision of, activities: (1) Relating to culture for an Ohio cultural facility, including as applicable, but not limited to, providing for displays, exhibitions, specimens, and models; booking of artists, performances, or presentations; scheduling; and hiring or contracting for directors, curators, technical and scientific staff, ushers, stage managers, and others directly related to the cultural activities in the facility; but not including general building services; (2) Relating to sports and athletic events for an Ohio sports facility, including as applicable, but not limited to, providing for booking of athletes, teams, and events; scheduling; and hiring or contracting for staff, ushers, managers, and others directly related to the sports and athletic events in the facility; but not including general building services. (J) "Ohio cultural facility" means any of the following: (1) The theaters located in the state office tower at 77 South High street in Columbus; (2) Any cultural facility in this state that is managed directly by, or is subject to a cooperative use or management agreement with, the Ohio facilities construction commission. (3) A state historical facility or a local historical facility. (K) "Construction" includes acquisition, including acquisition by lease-purchase, demolition, reconstruction, alteration, renovation, remodeling, enlargement, improvement, site improvements, and related equipping and furnishing. (L) "State historical facility" means a site or facility that has all of the following characteristics: (1) It is created, supervised, operated, protected, maintained, and promoted by the Ohio history connection pursuant to the Ohio history connection's performance of public functions under sections 149.30 and 149.302 of the Revised Code. (2) Its title must reside wholly or in part with the state, the Ohio history connection, or both the state and the Ohio history connection. (3) It is managed directly by or is subject to a cooperative use or management agreement with the Ohio facilities construction commission and is used for or in connection with cultural activities, including the presentation or making available of culture to the public. (M) "Ohio sports facility" means all or a portion of a stadium, arena, tennis facility, motorsports complex, or other capital facility in this state. A primary purpose of the facility shall be to provide a site or venue for the presentation to the public of motorsports events, professional tennis tournaments, or events of one or more major or minor league professional athletic or sports teams that are associated with the state or with a city or region of the state. The facility shall be, in the case of a motorsports complex, owned by the state or governmental agency, or in all other instances, owned by or located on real property owned by the state or a governmental agency, and includes all parking facilities, walkways, and other auxiliary facilities, equipment, furnishings, and real and personal property and interests and rights therein, that may be appropriate for or used for or in connection with the facility or its operation, for capital costs of which state funds are spent pursuant to this section and section 123.281 of the Revised Code. A facility constructed as an Ohio sports facility may be both an Ohio cultural facility and an Ohio sports facility. (N) "Motorsports" means sporting events in which motor vehicles are driven on a clearly demarcated tracked surface. (O) "Professional sports franchise" means a member of the following professional sports leagues: the national football league, women's national football conference, women's football alliance, women's football league association, national hockey league, professional women's hockey league, major league baseball, women's professional baseball league, major league soccer, national women's soccer league, national basketball association, or the women's national basketball association, or a successor of such an entity. (P) "Major sports facility" means a stadium, arena, complex, or other facility that a governmental agency owns, will own, or has or will have a sufficient ownership interest in, the primary purpose of which is to provide a site or venue for the presentation of home games of a professional sports franchise for a period of at least thirty years after completion of the construction of the stadium, arena, complex, or other facility. (Q) "Transformational major sports facility mixed-use project" means the following, as applicable: (1) A mixed-use project that meets all of the following criteria: (a) Includes the construction of a major sports facility; (b) Integrates some combination of retail, office, hotel, residential, recreation, structured parking, or other similar uses into one or more mixed-use developments; (c) Is expected to generate incremental state tax revenues pursuant to state taxes levied under Chapters 5739., 5741., 5747., and 5751. of the Revised Code; (d) Has an initial total estimated construction cost, excluding any site acquisition cost, that is greater than one billion dollars. (2) In addition to the criteria under division (Q)(1) of this section, a transformational major sports facility mixed-use project may include any of the following: (a) Other projects supporting or relating to the major sports facility or the professional sports franchise constructing or using the major sports facility; (b) Any mixed-use project adjacent or otherwise relating to practice facilities for the professional sports franchise; (c) Conference centers, concert, or other entertainment venues and facilities; (d) Retail, food, restaurant, and beverage facilities, whether fixed or mobile; (e) Parks and other public open spaces or facilities; (f) Related on-site infrastructure necessary or desirable for all such elements for the transformational major sports facility mixed-use project. (R) "Transformational major sports facility mixed-use project district" means the geographic area encompassing, and including all of the area within the territorial boundaries of, the land upon which the transformational major sports facility mixed-use project is located, as determined by the office of budget and management, in consultation with the department of taxation, the Ohio facilities construction commission, and any applicable county or municipal offices in accordance with division (H)(5)(e) of section 123.281 of the Revised Code. (S) "Base professional sports franchise state tax revenues" means an amount or calculation either established by the general assembly or equal to all state tax revenues generated pursuant to state taxes levied under Chapters 5739., 5741., 5747., and 5751. of the Revised Code that are attributable to the professional sports franchise and its operations at the professional sports franchise's existing facility, and collected by the department of taxation in the calendar year occurring immediately before the calendar year in which the professional sports franchise plays its initial regular season home game in the major sports facility, which shall be increased by three and one-half per cent per year each calendar year for up to sixteen years thereafter. (T) "Total major sports facility mixed-use project district state tax revenues" means the total aggregate state tax revenue generated in the territory of a transformational major sports facility mixed-use project district pursuant to state taxes levied under Chapters 5739., 5741., 5747., and 5751. of the Revised Code beginning in the calendar year in which a performance grant is eligible for disbursement under an appropriation and for sixteen years thereafter. Total major sports facility mixed-use project district state tax revenues also includes the following: (1) State tax revenues attributable to the construction of, and the purchasing of or leasing of materials and items used in the construction of, a transformational major sports facility mixed-use project district beginning in the calendar year in which the performance grant is eligible for disbursement under an appropriation; (2) The professional sports franchise and its operations at the major sports facility. (U) "Incremental major sports facility mixed-use project district state tax revenues" means the amount of state tax revenues received by the state determined by subtracting base professional sports franchise state tax revenues, as calculated for a given calendar year including any required three and one-half per cent annual increase, from total major sports facility mixed-use project district state tax revenues for such year. (V) "Total incremental major sports facility mixed-use project district state tax revenues" means the aggregate amount of incremental major sports facility mixed-use district state tax revenues beginning in the calendar year in which a performance grant is eligible for disbursement under an appropriation and for sixteen years thereafter. (W) "Affiliate" means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, is under common control with, or acts in concert with, or is a participant in a joint venture, partnership, consortium, or similar business arrangement with, a professional sports franchise or owner. (X) "Owner" means a person that has a controlling ownership interest in a professional sports franchise. (Y) "Person" means one or more individuals, receivers, assignees, trustees in bankruptcy, estates, firms, limited liability companies, partnerships, associations, joint-stock companies, joint ventures, clubs, societies, corporations, and combinations of individuals in any form. Last updated July 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 120.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 120 / § 120.41
§ 120.41. Indemnifying public defender in malpractice action
Status: in_force

May 1, 1992 House Bill 210 - 119th General Assembly (A) In connection with any malpractice action filed against a state, county, or joint county public defender or assistant public defender, the state, or the county or district in which the defender office is located when the action is brought against a county or joint county public defender or assistant public defender, shall indemnify the attorney, if he acted in good faith and in the scope of his employment, for any judgment awarded in the malpractice action or amount negotiated in settlement of the malpractice claim asserted in the action, and for any court costs or legal fees incurred in the defense of the malpractice claim asserted in the action. (B)(1) In connection with any malpractice action filed against an attorney who was either personally selected by an indigent person or appointed by a court pursuant to section 120.33 of the Revised Code, the attorney shall be indemnified in accordance with division (B) of this section for any judgment awarded in the malpractice action or amount negotiated in settlement of the malpractice claim asserted in the action, and for any court costs or legal fees incurred in defense of the malpractice claim asserted in the action. (2) Subject to division (B)(3) of this section, an indemnification as described in division (B)(1) of this section shall be accomplished only through the following procedure: (a) The attorney who was either personally selected by an indigent person or appointed by a court pursuant to section 120.33 of the Revised Code, or his counsel in the malpractice action, shall file with the attorney general a request for indemnification pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section, which shall be accompanied by the following types of supportive documentation to the extent that they relate to the request for indemnification: (i) A certified copy of the judgment entry in the malpractice action; (ii) A signed copy of any settlement agreement entered into between the parties to the malpractice action; (iii) A written itemization of all court costs and legal fees incurred in the defense of the malpractice claim asserted in the action. (b) Upon receipt of a request for indemnification and the requisite supportive documentation required by division (B)(2)(a) of this section, the attorney general shall review the request and documentation; determine whether any of the limitations specified in division (B)(3) of this section apply to the requested indemnification; and, if an indemnification in any amount is permitted under division (B)(1) of this section after applying those limitations, prepare an indemnity agreement. The indemnity agreement shall specify whether the indemnification will be for a judgment awarded in a malpractice action, an amount negotiated in settlement of the malpractice claim asserted in a malpractice action, court costs or legal fees incurred in the defense of the malpractice claim asserted in a malpractice action, or a combination of those items. The indemnity agreement additionally shall specify the total amount of permissible indemnification as determined by the attorney general; itemize the portions of the permissible indemnification that represent the judgment, settlement, court costs, or legal fees covered by the indemnity agreement; specify any limitations applied pursuant to division (B)(3) of this section to reduce the amount of indemnification sought by the attorney involved; name the persons to whom the entire permissible indemnification or portions of it will be paid; state that the permissible indemnification is payable from the state treasury pursuant to division (B)(2)(c) of this section; and be approved by the inclusion of the signatures of the attorney general and the attorney involved. (c) The attorney general shall forward a copy of the indemnity agreement prepared pursuant to division (B)(2)(b) of this section to the director of budget and management. The director shall make application for the payment of the amount of the permissible indemnification out of the emergency purposes account or any other appropriation for emergencies or contingencies, and payment out of that account or any other appropriation for emergencies or contingencies shall be authorized if there are sufficient moneys greater than the sum total of then pending emergency purposes account requests, or requests for releases from the other appropriation. If sufficient moneys exist in the emergency purposes account or any other appropriation for emergencies or contingencies to pay the permissible indemnification, the director shall cause payment of the appropriate amounts specified in the indemnity agreement to be made to the persons named in it. If sufficient moneys do not exist in the emergency purposes account or any other appropriation for emergencies or contingencies to pay the permissible indemnification, the attorney involved or his counsel in the malpractice action shall request the general assembly to make an appropriation sufficient to pay the indemnification, and no payment shall be made until the appropriation has been made. The attorney involved or his counsel in the malpractice action shall make the request during the current biennium and during each succeeding biennium until a sufficient appropriation is made. (3) An indemnification pursuant to divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section is subject to the following limitations: (a) The maximum aggregate amount of the indemnification, whether paid to or on behalf of the attorney who was either personally selected by an indigent person or appointed by a court pursuant to section 120.33 of the Revised Code, shall be one million dollars per occurrence, regardless of the number of persons who suffer injury, death, or loss to person or property as a result of the malpractice involved. (b) The attorney described in division (B)(3)(a) of this section shall not be indemnified to the extent of any amounts covered by a policy of malpractice insurance, for any portion of a judgement that represents punitive or exemplary damages, for any portion of an amount negotiated in settlement of a malpractice claim that is unreasonable, or for any amount described in division (B)(1) of this section unless he acted in good faith and in the scope of his employment. (c) The attorney described in division (B)(3)(a) of this section shall be indemnified only for the portion of legal fees that is reasonable. (4) If, pursuant to division (B)(2) of this section, the attorney general denies any indemnification to an attorney who was either personally selected by an indigent person or appointed by a court pursuant to section 120.33 of the Revised Code because of the application of a limitation specified in division (B)(3) of this section, he shall notify that attorney or his counsel in the malpractice action in writing of the denial and of the limitation applied. (5) If, pursuant to division (B)(4) of this section, an attorney who was either personally selected by an indigent person or appointed by a court pursuant to section 120.33 of the Revised Code or his counsel in the malpractice action receives a denial of indemnification notification, or if that attorney refuses to approve an indemnity agreement under division (B)(2) of this section because of the proposed application of a limitation specified in division (B)(3) of this section, the attorney may commence a civil action against the attorney general in the court of claims to prove his entitlement to the indemnification sought, to prove that division (B)(3) of this section does not prohibit or otherwise limit the indemnification sought, and to recover a judgment for the amount of indemnification sought. A civil action under this division shall be commenced no later than two years after the receipt of a denial of indemnification notification or, if the attorney refused to approve an indemnity agreement under division (B)(2) of this section because of the proposed application of a limitation specified in division (B)(3) of this section, no later than two years after the refusal. Any judgment of the court of claims in favor of the attorney shall be paid from the state treasury in accordance with division (B)(2) of this section. (C) In connection with any malpractice action filed against an attorney who has contracted with the Ohio public defender commission or the state public defender, pursuant to authority granted by this chapter, to provide legal services to indigent or other persons, the state shall indemnify the attorney, if he acted in good faith and in the scope of his employment, for any judgment awarded in the malpractice action or amount negotiated in settlement of the malpractice claim asserted in the action, and for any court costs or legal fees incurred in the defense of the malpractice claim asserted in the action.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.70
§ 173.70. Programs for the provision of outpatient prescription drug discounts
Status: in_force

July 17, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) The director of aging may enter into a contract with any person under which the person operates a program for the provision of outpatient prescription drug discounts to any or all of the following: (1) Individuals who are sixty years of age or older; (2) Individuals whose family incomes do not exceed three hundred per cent of the federal poverty guidelines, as revised annually by the United States department of health and human services in accordance with section 673(2) of the "Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981," 95 Stat. 511, 42 U.S.C. 9902, as amended; (3) Individuals who are persons with disabilities, as defined in section 173.06 of the Revised Code. (B) The director may disclose to the person under contract information that identifies the individuals who participated in and individuals who applied for participation in the Ohio's best Rx program that was operated under former sections 173.71 to 173.91 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.4034 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.4034
§ 122.4034. Revision, resubmission of successfully challenged applications
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) If the broadband expansion program authority suspends all or part of an application, the broadband provider that submitted the application may revise and resubmit the application not later than fourteen days after receiving the suspension notification sent by the authority pursuant to section 122.4033 of the Revised Code. The broadband provider may request, and the authority may grant for good cause shown, an extension period of not more than fourteen days in which the broadband provider may resubmit the application. (B) When revising the application, the broadband provider shall not expand the scope or impact of the original application, nor shall the provider add any new residential addresses to the eligible project. (C) The broadband provider shall provide a copy of the revised application to the authority by electronic mail or by uploading it to the department of development's designated web site for applications. The department shall publish the revised application on the department's public web site and provide the application to the challenging provider by electronic mail or such other means as may be established by the department, provided that any information determined to be proprietary or a trade secret under section 122.4023 of the Revised Code is redacted. (D) Any failure to respond to the notification or properly revise the application to the authority's satisfaction shall be considered a withdrawal of the application. Last updated September 19, 2023 at 12:54 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.12
§ 131.12. Continuous undertaking - new undertaking on increase or decrease of deposits - release
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The undertaking provided for in section 131.11 of the Revised Code shall be continuous in form and shall remain in full force as to all deposits secured by it until they have been totally withdrawn, including all interest thereon. In case the deposits are increased or decreased or the federal deposit insurance is decreased or increased, the depository may furnish and substitute for said undertaking a good and sufficient new undertaking not less than the excess of the sum then on deposit over the amount of such insurance or in an amount which together with securities legally hypothecated is not less than the excess of the sum so on deposit over the amount of such insurance. Any depository which has furnished more than one undertaking for any deposit may, if such deposit is reduced or if the amount of insurance thereon is increased, obtain the release and surrender of any undertaking if there remain in force to secure said deposit an undertaking and securities, or either, not less than the excess of the sum then on deposit over and above the amount of such insurance. The depositor may release any undertaking and surrender it to the depository upon the total withdrawal of any deposit, or upon the reduction of any deposit and upon the furnishing and acceptance of any new undertaking or securities substituted therefor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.131 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.131
§ 117.131. Local government audit support fund
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the local government audit support fund. The fund shall consist of revenue credited pursuant to section 131.511 of the Revised Code and any other revenue as provided by law. The appropriation for the fund shall remain at the amount designated by the general assembly. The controlling board shall not authorize additional spending from the fund in excess of any appropriation made by the general assembly. The auditor of state shall use the fund to support the cost of financial audits, performance audits, and other audits of local public offices performed pursuant to Chapter 117. of the Revised Code or as otherwise provided by law. The fund shall be used in a manner to be determined by the auditor of state to offset the audit costs that would otherwise be charged to local public offices in the absence of the fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.071 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.071
§ 125.071. Purchasing by competitive sealed proposal
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) In accordance with rules the director of administrative services shall adopt, the director may make purchases by competitive sealed proposal whenever the director determines that the use of competitive sealed bidding is not possible or not advantageous to the state. (B) Proposals shall be solicited through a request for proposals. The request for proposals shall state the relative importance of price and other evaluation factors. Notice of the request for proposals shall be given in accordance with rules the director shall adopt. (C) Proposals shall be opened so as to avoid disclosure of contents to competing offerors. (D) As provided in the request for proposals, and under rules the director shall adopt, discussions may be conducted with responsible offerors who submit proposals determined to be reasonably susceptible of being selected for award for the purpose of ensuring full understanding of, and responsiveness to, solicitation requirements. Offerors shall be accorded fair and equal treatment with respect to any opportunity for discussion regarding any clarification, correction, or revision of proposals. No disclosure of any information derived from proposals submitted by competing offerors shall occur when discussions are conducted. (E) Award may be made to the offerors whose proposals are determined to be the most advantageous to this state, taking into consideration factors such as price and the evaluation criteria set forth in the request for proposals. The contract file shall contain the basis on which the award is made. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 175.053 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 175 / § 175.053
§ 175.053. Duties of executive director
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly The executive director employed by the agency pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 175.05 of the Revised Code shall do all of the following: (A) File financial disclosure statements as described in section 102.02 of the Revised Code; (B) Ensure policies and procedures are developed and maintained for the operation and administration of the agency's programs and activities that encourage competition and minimize concentration. Policies and procedures shall address all applicable requirements described in the Revised Code and federal regulations. (C) Provide an update, during the testimony described in division (H)(2) of section 175.04 of the Revised Code, on any audits performed during the fiscal year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.023 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.023
§ 126.023. [Former R.C. 126.021, amended and renumbered by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 10/3/2023] Accounting duties of director of budget and management
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Whenever, pursuant to section 126.06 of the Revised Code, the department of development files with the director of budget and management its estimate of proposed expenditures for the succeeding biennium, the department shall request, and the director of budget and management shall approve the request for, the following general revenue fund appropriations for operating the construction compliance section of the department of development: (A) For the first fiscal year of the biennium, an appropriation equal to fifty-three one-thousandths of one per cent of the total new capital appropriations provided for in the most recently enacted main capital appropriations act; (B) For the second fiscal year of the biennium, an appropriation equal to the amount computed under division (A) of this section, adjusted for anticipated changes in operating costs based upon the inflation/deflation factor used by the director of budget and management for that fiscal year. The amounts of the appropriations requested pursuant to divisions (A) and (B) of this section shall be in addition to the amounts provided for staff in the construction compliance section of the equal employment opportunity office of the department of administrative services as of January 1, 1988. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 184.171 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 184 / § 184.171
§ 184.171. Minorities to be included in outreach activities and projects
Status: in_force

January 4, 2006 Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly The third frontier commission shall conduct outreach activities described in section 184.172 of the Revised Code that seek to include minorities in the various projects and initiatives sponsored, funded, encouraged, or otherwise promoted by the commission. The commission shall direct the activities at faculty and students involved in science and engineering disciplines, professional scientists and engineers, technical assistance providers, the investment community, minority-owned businesses, and minority entrepreneurs.
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.51
§ 107.51. "Agency" and "draft rule" defined; construction of sections
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in sections 107.51 to 107.55 of the Revised Code, "agency" and "draft rule" have the meanings defined in section 121.81 of the Revised Code. Sections 107.51 to 107.55 and 107.61 to 107.63 of the Revised Code are complementary to sections 121.81 to 121.82 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 20, 2023 at 11:16 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.76 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.76
§ 101.76. Efforts excepted from coverage
Status: in_force

April 10, 1991 House Bill 174 - 118th General Assembly (A) Sections 101.72 and 101.73 of the Revised Code do not apply to efforts to actively advocate by any of the following: (1) Appearances before public hearings of the controlling board or committees of the general assembly; (2) News, editorial, and advertising statements published in bona fide newspapers, journals, or magazines, or broadcast over radio or television; (3) The gathering and furnishing of information and news by bona fide reporters, correspondents, or news bureaus to news media described in division (A)(2) of this section; (4) Publications primarily designed for and distributed to members of bona fide associations or charitable or fraternal nonprofit corporations. (B) Sections 101.70 to 101.79 of the Revised Code do not affect professional services in drafting bills or resolutions, preparing arguments thereon, or in advising clients and rendering opinions as to the construction and the effect of proposed or pending legislation, if the services are not otherwise connected with actions to actively advocate. (C) Nothing in sections 101.70 to 101.79 of the Revised Code shall require the reporting of, or prohibit a member of the general assembly or the governor from soliciting or accepting, a contribution from or expenditure by any person if the contribution or expenditure is reported in accordance with Chapter 3517. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.503 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.503
§ 153.503. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The Ohio facilities construction commission, pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules to do all of the following: (A) Prescribe the procedures and criteria for determining the best value selection of a construction manager at risk or design-build firm; (B) Set forth standards to be followed by construction managers at risk and design-build firms when establishing prequalification criteria pursuant to section 153.502 of the Revised Code; (C) Prescribe the form for the contract documents to be used by a construction manager at risk, design-build firm, or general contractor when entering into a subcontract; (D) Prescribe the form for the contract documents to be used by a public authority when entering into a contract with a construction manager at risk or design-build firm.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.25
§ 117.25. Incorporating report of public accountant and results of auditor's analysis
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly The auditor of state shall incorporate the report of the public accountant and the results of the analysis performed pursuant to section 117.24 of the Revised Code in a report which shall constitute an audit report for purposes of this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.022 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.022
§ 126.022. Estimates of revenues from tobacco master settlement agreement
Status: in_force

June 2, 2000 Senate Bill 192 - 123rd General Assembly Not later than four weeks after the general assembly convenes in each even-numbered year, the director of budget and management shall prepare and recommend to the general assembly, subject to the concurrence of the governor, estimates of revenues from, or derived from, payments to the state under the tobacco master settlement agreement and expenditures of such revenues for the biennium beginning on the following first day of July. Each state agency affected by such revenues or expenditures shall submit to the director of budget and management any related information the director requires, in such form and at such times as the director prescribes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.321 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.321
§ 124.321. Reduction in work force - layoffs - job abolishment
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) Whenever it becomes necessary for an appointing authority to reduce its work force, the appointing authority shall lay off employees or abolish their positions in accordance with sections 124.321 to 124.327 of the Revised Code. If the affected work force is in the service of the state, the reduction shall also be in compliance with the rules of the director of administrative services. (B)(1) Employees may be laid off as a result of a lack of funds within an appointing authority. For appointing authorities that employ persons whose salary or wage is paid by warrant of the director of budget and management, the director of budget and management shall be responsible for determining, consistent with the rules adopted under division (B)(3) of this section, whether a lack of funds exists. For appointing authorities that employ persons whose salary or wage is paid other than by warrant of the director of budget and management, the appointing authority itself shall determine whether a lack of funds exists. (2) As used in this division, a "lack of funds" means an appointing authority has a current or projected deficiency of funding to maintain current, or to sustain projected, levels of staffing and operations. This section does not require any transfer of money between funds in order to offset a deficiency or projected deficiency of funding for programs funded by the federal government, special revenue accounts, or proprietary accounts. Whenever a program receives funding through a grant or similar mechanism, a lack of funds shall be presumed for the positions assigned to and the employees who work under the grant or similar mechanism if, for any reason, the funding is reduced or withdrawn. (3) The director of budget and management shall adopt rules, under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, for agencies whose employees are paid by warrant of the director of budget and management, for determining whether a lack of funds exists. (C)(1) Employees may be laid off as a result of lack of work within an appointing authority. For appointing authorities whose employees are paid by warrant of the director of budget and management, the director of administrative services shall determine, consistent with the rules adopted under division (F) of this section, whether a lack of work exists. All other appointing authorities shall themselves determine whether a lack of work exists. (2) As used in this division, a "lack of work" means an appointing authority has a current or projected decrease in workload that requires a reduction of current or projected staffing levels in its organization or structure. The determination of a lack of work shall indicate the current or projected decrease in workload and whether the current or projected staffing levels of the appointing authority will be excessive. (D)(1) Employees may be laid off as a result of abolishment of positions. As used in this division, "abolishment" means the deletion of a position or positions from the organization or structure of an appointing authority. For purposes of this division, an appointing authority may abolish positions for any one or any combination of the following reasons: as a result of a reorganization for the efficient operation of the appointing authority, for reasons of economy, or for lack of work. (2)(a) Reasons of economy permitting an appointing authority to abolish a position and to lay off the holder of that position under this division shall be determined at the time the appointing authority proposes to abolish the position. The reasons of economy shall be based on the appointing authority's estimated amount of savings with respect to salary, benefits, and other matters associated with the abolishment of the position, except that the reasons of economy associated with the position's abolishment instead may be based on the appointing authority's estimated amount of savings with respect to salary and benefits only, if: (i) Either the appointing authority's operating appropriation has been reduced by an executive or legislative action, or the appointing authority has a current or projected deficiency in funding to maintain current or projected levels of staffing and operations; and (ii) In the case of a position in the service of the state, it files a notice of the position's abolishment with the director of administrative services within one year of the occurrence of the applicable circumstance described in division (D)(2)(a)(i) of this section. (b) The following principles apply when a circumstance described in division (D)(2)(a)(i) of this section would serve to authorize an appointing authority to abolish a position and to lay off the holder of the position under this division based on the appointing authority's estimated amount of savings with respect to salary and benefits only: (i) The position's abolishment shall be done in good faith and not as a subterfuge for discipline. (ii) If a circumstance affects a specific program only, the appointing authority only may abolish a position within that program. (iii) If a circumstance does not affect a specific program only, the appointing authority may identify a position that it considers appropriate for abolishment based on the reasons of economy. (3) Each appointing authority shall determine itself whether any position should be abolished. An appointing authority abolishing any position in the service of the state shall file a statement of rationale and supporting documentation with the director of administrative services prior to sending the notice of abolishment. If an abolishment results in a reduction of the work force, the appointing authority shall follow the procedures for laying off employees, subject to the following modifications: (a) The employee whose position has been abolished shall have the right to fill an available vacancy within the employee's classification. (b) If the employee whose position has been abolished has more retention points than any other employee serving in the same classification, the employee with the fewest retention points shall be displaced. (c) If the employee whose position has been abolished has the fewest retention points in the classification, the employee shall have the right to fill an available vacancy in a lower classification in the classification series. (d) If the employee whose position has been abolished has the fewest retention points in the classification, the employee shall displace the employee with the fewest retention points in the next or successively lower classification in the classification series. (E) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the displacement procedure described in section 124.324 of the Revised Code for employees to displace other employees during a layoff, the director of administrative services or a county appointing authority may establish a paper lay-off process under which employees who are to be laid off or displaced may be required, before the date of their paper layoff, to preselect their options for displacing other employees. (F) The director of administrative services shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the determination of lack of work within an appointing authority, for the abolishment of positions by an appointing authority, and for the implementation of this section as it relates to positions in the service of the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.75 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.75
§ 121.75. Sufficiency of citations
Status: in_force

August 18, 2019 Senate Bill 221 - 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) Sections 121.71 to 121.74 of the Revised Code do not apply to the incorporation by reference into a rule of any of the following: (a) A section of the Revised Code; (b) An uncodified statute of this state; (c) An act of this state in the Laws of Ohio; (d) A rule in the Administrative Code; (e) A rule in the Monthly Record; or (f) A rule in the Register of Ohio. (2) Sections 121.71 to 121.74 of the Revised Code do not apply to the incorporation by reference into a rule of any of the following: (a) A section of the United States Code; (b) An uncodified federal statute appended as a legislative note to a section in the United States Code; (c) A federal act in the Statutes at Large; (d) A federal regulation in the Code of Federal Regulations; or (e) A federal regulation in the Federal Register. An agency that incorporates a text by reference into a rule under division (A)(2) of this section shall specify the date of the text that is being incorporated by reference. (B) Sections 121.71 to 121.74 of the Revised Code do not apply to the incorporation by reference into a rule of a text or other material insofar as the text or other material has any of the following characteristics: (1) It addresses the internal management of an agency; (2) It obtains or maintains authorization of a federally delegated program in this state; (3) It addresses or provides for the receipt of federal funds by the state under a federally funded program; (4) It is a form to be filled out or a digital application into which data is entered to fill out a form or its equivalent, but only if the form or application merely collects information and does not establish principles of law or policy; (5) It states or restates federal legislative or administrative conclusions, such as interest rates or poverty levels, that are readily ascertainable from reliable sources, and that are not reasonably susceptible to state legislative or administrative variation; (6) It states or restates generally accepted commercial, industrial, building, fire, plumbing, electrical, safety, or other codes or standards that are readily available to or ascertainable by the persons the standards are likely to affect; or (7) It is copyrighted text or other material with regard to which permission to use has been obtained.
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.41
§ 133.41. Register of fully registered securities - payment of debt charges - transfers
Status: in_force

October 30, 1989 House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly (A) A subdivision shall keep or cause to be kept a register for the purpose of effecting the exchange, transfer, and payment of fully registered securities, which shall show the date, series, denomination, and owner of such fully registered securities and, if the case, the number and series of the coupon securities for which they were exchanged. (B) A subdivision shall pay or cause to be paid the debt charges on fully registered securities only to or on the order of the person appearing by the register to be the owner of the securities, unless otherwise provided in an applicable credit enhancement facility. (C) Subject to any applicable provisions of the proceedings, registered securities may be transferred or exchanged on the register by the registered owner in person or by a person authorized by the registered owner to do so by a power of attorney.
Ohio Rev. Code § 154.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 154 / § 154.23
§ 154.23. Issuing obligations to pay costs of cultural and sports facilities
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) Subject to authorization by the general assembly under section 154.02 of the Revised Code, the issuing authority may issue obligations pursuant to this chapter to pay costs of capital facilities for Ohio cultural facilities and Ohio sports facilities. (B) The Ohio public facilities commission may lease any capital facilities for Ohio cultural facilities or Ohio sports facilities to, and make or provide for other agreements with respect to the use or purchase of such capital facilities with, the Ohio facilities construction commission and, with the Ohio facilities construction commission's approval, any governmental agency having authority under law to operate such capital facilities. (C) For purposes of this section, "available receipts" means any revenues or receipts derived by the Ohio public facilities commission from the operation, leasing, or other disposition of capital facilities financed under this section, the proceeds of obligations issued under this section and section 154.11 or 154.12 of the Revised Code, and also means any gifts, grants, donations, and pledges, and receipts thereon, available for the payment of bond service charges on obligations issued under this section. The issuing authority may pledge all, or such portion as it determines, of the available receipts to the payment of bond service charges on obligations issued under this section and section 154.11 or 154.12 of the Revised Code and for the establishment and maintenance of any reserves, as provided in the bond proceedings, and make other provisions therein with respect to such available receipts as authorized by this chapter, which provisions shall be controlling notwithstanding any other provision of law pertaining thereto. (D) There is hereby created one or more funds, as determined by the issuing authority in the bond proceedings, designated as the "Ohio cultural facilities bond service fund" with, if more than one such fund, such further identifying name as the issuing authority determines, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state but shall be separate and apart from and not a part of the state treasury. All money received by or on account of the issuing authority or the Ohio facilities construction commission and required by the applicable bond proceedings to be deposited, transferred, or credited to the Ohio cultural facilities bond service fund, and all other money transferred or allocated to or received for the purposes of that fund shall be deposited with the treasurer of state and credited to the applicable fund, subject to applicable provisions of the bond proceedings, but without necessity of any act or appropriation. The Ohio cultural facilities bond service funds are trust funds and are hereby pledged to the payment of bond service charges on the applicable obligations issued pursuant to this section and section 154.11 or 154.12 of the Revised Code to the extent provided in the applicable bond proceedings, and payment thereof from such funds shall be made or provided for by the treasurer of state in accordance with the applicable bond proceedings without necessity for any act or appropriation. (E) This section is to be applied with other applicable provisions of this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.40
§ 145.40. Payment to member who ceases to be a public employee
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 520 - 131st General Assembly (A)(1) Subject to the provisions of section 145.57 of the Revised Code and except as provided in division (B) of this section, if a member elects to become exempt from contribution to the public employees retirement system pursuant to section 145.03 of the Revised Code or ceases to be a public employee for any cause other than death, retirement, receipt of a disability benefit, or current employment in a position in which the member has elected to participate in an alternative retirement plan under section 3305.05 or 3305.051 of the Revised Code, upon application the public employees retirement board shall pay the member the member's accumulated contributions, plus any applicable amount calculated under section 145.401 of the Revised Code, provided that both the following apply: (a) Two months have elapsed since the member's service subject to this chapter, other than service exempted from contribution pursuant to section 145.03 of the Revised Code, was terminated; (b) The member has not returned to service subject to this chapter, other than service exempted from contribution pursuant to section 145.03 of the Revised Code, during that two-month period. The payment of such accumulated contributions shall cancel the total service credit of such member in the public employees retirement system. (2) A member described in division (A)(1) of this section who is married at the time of application for payment and is eligible for age and service retirement under section 145.32 , 145.33 , 145.331 , or 145.332 of the Revised Code or would be eligible for age and service retirement under any of those sections but for a forfeiture ordered under division (A) or (B) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code shall submit with the application a written statement by the member's spouse attesting that the spouse consents to the payment of the member's accumulated contributions. Consent shall be valid only if it is signed and witnessed by a notary public. The board may waive the requirement of consent if the spouse is incapacitated or cannot be located, or for any other reason specified by the board. Consent or waiver is effective only with regard to the spouse who is the subject of the consent or waiver. (B) This division applies to any member who is employed in a position in which the member has made an election under section 3305.05 or 3305.051 of the Revised Code and due to the election ceases to be a public employee for purposes of that position. Subject to section 145.57 of the Revised Code, the public employees retirement system shall do the following: (1) On receipt of a certified copy of a form evidencing an election under section 3305.05 or 3305.051 of the Revised Code, pay to the appropriate provider, in accordance with section 3305.052 of the Revised Code, the amount described in section 3305.052 of the Revised Code; (2) If a member has accumulated contributions, in addition to those subject to division (B)(1) of this section, standing to the credit of the member's individual account and is not otherwise employed in a position in which the member is considered a public employee for the purposes of that position, pay, to the provider the member selected pursuant to section 3305.05 or 3305.051 of the Revised Code, the member's accumulated contributions. The payment shall be made on the member's application. (C) Payment of a member's accumulated contributions under division (B) of this section cancels the member's total service credit in the public employees retirement system. A member whose accumulated contributions are paid to a provider pursuant to division (B) of this section is forever barred from claiming or purchasing service credit under the public employees retirement system for the period of employment attributable to those contributions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.24
§ 124.24. Examinations for employees engaged in mineral resource safety
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding sections 124.01 to 124.64 and Chapter 145. of the Revised Code, the examinations of applicants for the positions of deputy mine inspector, superintendent of rescue stations, assistant superintendent of rescue stations, electrical inspectors, and mine chemists in the division of mineral resources management, department of natural resources, as provided in Chapters 1561., 1563., 1565., and 1567. of the Revised Code shall be provided for, conducted, and administered by the chief of the division of mineral resources management. From the returns of the examinations the chief shall prepare eligible lists of the persons whose general average standing upon examinations for such grade or class is not less than the minimum fixed by rules adopted under section 1561.05 of the Revised Code and who are otherwise eligible. All appointments to a position shall be made from that eligible list in the same manner as appointments are made from eligible lists prepared by the director of administrative services. Any person upon being appointed to fill one of the positions provided for in this division, from any such eligible list, shall have the same standing, rights, privileges, and status as other state employees in the classified service. (B) Notwithstanding sections 124.01 to 124.64 and Chapter 145. of the Revised Code, the examinations of applicants for the position of gas storage well inspector in the division of oil and gas resources management, department of natural resources, as provided in Chapter 1571. of the Revised Code shall be provided for, conducted, and administered by the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management. From the returns of the examinations, the chief shall prepare an eligible list of the persons whose general average standing upon examinations for that position is not less than the minimum fixed by rules adopted under section 1571.014 of the Revised Code and who are otherwise eligible. An appointment to the position shall be made from that eligible list in the same manner as appointments are made from eligible lists prepared by the director of administrative services. Any person, upon being appointed to fill the position provided for in this division from any such eligible list, shall have the same standing, rights, privileges, and status as other state employees in the classified service.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.19
§ 117.19. Rules for generally accepted or governmental auditing standards,
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly The auditor of state shall establish and define by rule generally accepted or governmental auditing standards, including procedures for post-audit conferences with officials of the public office audited.
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.40
§ 147.40. Manner of taking depositions
Status: in_force

May 31, 1988 House Bill 502 - 117th General Assembly Depositions taken in pursuance of sections 147.07 and 147.51 to 147.58 of the Revised Code by a person described in division (D) of section 147.51 of the Revised Code shall be taken on written interrogatories, on a written notice being given by the party desiring to take such depositions, which notice shall contain the names of the parties plaintiff and defendant, the court or tribunal in which the action is pending, the number of the regiment or battalion to which the witness belongs, and the names of the witnesses. The notice shall be served upon the adverse party, or his agent or attorney of record, or left at his usual place of abode, with a copy of the interrogatories, at least twenty days prior to the taking of such depositions. If the party on whom such notice is served desires to file cross-interrogatories, a copy of the them shall be served on the adverse party, or his agent or attorney of record, or left at his usual place of abode, within six days after the notice of taking depositions has been served, and the party giving the notice to take depositions, shall forward with his notice and interrogatories, the cross-interrogatories so served on him; and neither party, by himself, or his agent or attorney, shall be present at the time of taking such depositions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.01
§ 153.01. Architect must submit accurate plans, estimates, bills of materials, and details to scale
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Whenever any building or structure for the use of the state or any institution supported in whole or in part by the state or in or upon the public works of the state that is administered by the Ohio facilities construction commission or by any other state officer or state agency authorized by law to administer a project, including an educational institution listed in section 3345.50 of the Revised Code, is to be erected or constructed, whenever additions, alterations, or structural or other improvements are to be made, or whenever heating, cooling, or ventilating plants or other equipment is to be installed or material supplied therefor, the estimated cost of which amounts to two hundred thousand dollars or more, or the amount determined pursuant to section 153.53 of the Revised Code or more, each officer, board, or other authority upon which devolves the duty of constructing, erecting, altering, or installing the same, referred to in sections 153.01 to 153.60 of the Revised Code as the public authority, shall cause to be made, by an architect or engineer whose contract of employment shall be prepared and approved by the attorney general, the following: (1) Full and accurate plans, suitable for the use of mechanics and other builders in the construction, improvement, addition, alteration, or installation; (2) Details to scale and full-sized, so drawn and represented as to be easily understood; (3) Definite and complete specifications of the work to be performed, together with directions that will enable a competent mechanic or other builder to carry them out and afford bidders all needful information; (4) A full and accurate estimate of each item of expense and the aggregate cost of those items of expense; (5) A life-cycle cost analysis; (6) Further data as may be required by the Ohio facilities construction commission. In preparing these plans, details, specifications, estimates, analyses, or other data, the public authority may require the architect or engineer to use a building information model system, as long as the system is based on a nationally recognized standard for building information models. As used in this division, "building information model" means a digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility, and electronic files used to design and coordinate the project, whether it is a single model or multiple models used in the aggregate. (B)(1) Division (A) of this section shall not be required with respect to a construction management contract entered into with a construction manager at risk as described in section 9.334 of the Revised Code or a design-build contract entered into with a design-build firm as described in section 153.693 of the Revised Code. (2) Nothing in this chapter shall interfere with the power of the director of transportation to prepare plans for, acquire rights-of-way for, construct, or maintain roads, highways, or bridges, or to let contracts for those purposes. Last updated July 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.4060 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.4060
§ 122.4060. Grant required for eligible project to proceed
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly (A) An eligible project shall not proceed unless the broadband expansion program authority awards a program grant under section 122.4043 of the Revised Code. (B) After receiving a program grant award, the broadband provider shall construct and install last mile broadband infrastructure to the eligible project. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 12:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.39
§ 147.39. Prior notarial acts by armed forces officers valid
Status: in_force

May 31, 1988 House Bill 502 - 117th General Assembly Any acknowledgment or proof of execution of a deed, mortgage, lease, power of attorney, or other instrument that was taken, and any other notarial act that was performed, by a commissioned officer in active service with the armed forces of the United States for a person who was a member of the armed forces of the United States, for a person who was accompanying the armed forces of the United States, or for a person who was a dependent of either such category of persons, and that was taken or performed between January 1, 1941, and January 1, 1974, in conformity with the provisions of a prior statute that then was in effect is as valid as if the acknowledgment, proof of execution, or other notarial act was performed in conformity with the provisions of sections 147.51 to 147.58 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.02 — Ohio Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / Section 101.02
Section 101.02 | Convening time - joint session.
Status: in_force

When either house of the general assembly desires to meet in joint session with the other house, it shall adopt a resolution fixing a time and place for such meeting and transmit a certified copy thereof to the other house.January 8, 1979 Senate Bill 437 - 112th General Assembly After the senators-elect have taken the oath of office, if there is a quorum present, the senate shall elect a president, president pro tempore, assistant president pro tempore, and other officials. Last updated January 13, 2023 at 1:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.44
§ 121.44. Reports of investigations
Status: in_force

October 31, 1990 House Bill 588 - 118th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the report of any investigation conducted by the inspector general or any deputy inspector general is a public record, open to public inspection. The inspector general, or a deputy inspector general, with the written approval of the inspector general, may designate all or part of a report as confidential if doing so preserves the confidentiality of matters made confidential by law or appears reasonably necessary to protect the safety of a witness or to avoid disclosure of investigative techniques that, if disclosed, would enable persons who have been or are committing wrongful acts or omissions to avoid detection. Confidential material shall be marked clearly as being confidential. (B) The inspector general, free of charge, shall provide a copy of each report of an investigation, including wholly and partially confidential reports, to the governor. In addition, the inspector general, free of charge, shall provide a copy of the report of any investigation, including wholly and partially confidential reports, to a prosecuting authority who may undertake criminal prosecution of a wrongful act or omission described in the report, an ethics commission to which a wrongful act or omission described in the report was reported in accordance with section 102.06 of the Revised Code, and a licensing agency, appointing authority, or public or private employer that may take disciplinary action with regard to a wrongful act or omission described in the report. The inspector general shall not provide a copy of any confidential part of the report of an investigation to a person as required by this division if that person allegedly committed the wrongful act or omission described in the report. The governor, a prosecuting authority, ethics commission, licensing agency, appointing authority, or public or private employer that receives a report, all or part of which is designated as confidential, shall take all appropriate measures necessary to preserve the confidentiality of the report. (C) The inspector general shall provide a copy of any nonconfidential report, or the nonconfidential parts of any report, to any other person who requests the copy and pays a fee prescribed by the inspector general. The fee shall not exceed the cost of reproducing and delivering the report.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.35
§ 126.35. Warrants or electronic fund transfers for payments - electronic benefit transfers
Status: in_force

December 31, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The director of budget and management shall draw warrants or process electronic funds transfers against the treasurer of state pursuant to all requests for payment that the director has approved under section 126.07 of the Revised Code. (B) Unless a cash assistance payment is to be made by electronic benefit transfer, payment by the director of budget and management to a participant in the Ohio works first program pursuant to Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code or a recipient of cash assistance provided under the refugee assistance program established under section 5101.49 of the Revised Code shall be made by direct deposit to the account of the participant or recipient in the financial institution designated under section 329.03 of the Revised Code. Payment by the director of budget and management to a recipient of benefits distributed through the medium of electronic benefit transfer pursuant to section 5101.33 of the Revised Code shall be by electronic benefit transfer. Payment by the director of budget and management as compensation to an employee of the state who has, pursuant to section 124.151 of the Revised Code, designated a financial institution and account for the direct deposit of such payments shall be made by direct deposit to the account of the employee. Payment to any other payee who has designated a financial institution and account for the direct deposit of such payment may be made by direct deposit to the account of the payee in the financial institution as provided in section 9.37 of the Revised Code. Accounts maintained by the director of budget and management or the director's agent in a financial institution for the purpose of effectuating payment by direct deposit or electronic benefit transfer shall be maintained in accordance with section 135.18 of the Revised Code. (C) All other payments from the state treasury shall be made by paper warrants, electronic funds transfers, or by direct deposit payable to the respective payees. The director of budget and management may mail the paper warrants to the respective payees or distribute them through other state agencies, whichever the director determines to be the better procedure.
Ohio Rev. Code § 106.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 106 / § 106.021
§ 106.021. Resolution to invalidate rule; grounds
Status: in_force

June 8, 2022 Senate Bill 9 - 134th General Assembly If, upon reviewing a proposed rule or revised proposed rule, the joint committee on agency rule review makes any of the following findings with regard to the proposed rule or revised proposed rule, the joint committee may recommend to the senate and house of representatives the adoption of a concurrent resolution to invalidate the proposed rule or revised proposed rule or a part thereof: (A) The proposed rule or revised proposed rule exceeds the scope of its statutory authority. (B) The proposed rule or revised proposed rule conflicts with the legislative intent of the statute under which it was proposed. (C) The proposed rule or revised proposed rule conflicts with another proposed or existing rule. (D) The proposed rule or revised proposed rule incorporates a text or other material by reference and: (1) The accompanying citation is not such as reasonably would enable a reasonable person to whom the proposed rule or revised proposed rule applies readily and without charge to find and inspect the incorporated text or other material; (2) The accompanying citation is not such as reasonably would enable the joint committee readily and without charge to find and inspect the incorporated text or other material, and the agency did not file or otherwise make the incorporated text or other material available without charge to the joint committee; or (3) The agency has treated the proposed rule or revised proposed rule in whole or in part as exempt from sections 121.71 to 121.74 of the Revised Code on grounds the incorporated text or other material has one or more of the characteristics described in division (B) of section 121.75 of the Revised Code, but the incorporated text or other material actually does not have any of those characteristics. (E) The agency has failed to prepare a complete and accurate rule summary and fiscal analysis of the proposed rule or revised proposed rule as required by section 106.024 of the Revised Code. (F) The agency has failed to demonstrate through the business impact analysis, recommendations from the common sense initiative office, and the memorandum of response that the regulatory intent of the proposed rule or revised proposed rule justifies its adverse impact on businesses in this state. (G) If the state agency is subject to sections 121.95 , 121.951 , 121.952 , and 121.953 of the Revised Code, the agency has failed to justify the proposed adoption, amendment, or rescission of a rule containing a regulatory restriction. (H) The proposed rule or revised proposed rule implements a federal law or rule in a manner that is more stringent or burdensome than the federal law or rule requires. Last updated March 11, 2022 at 3:54 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.30
§ 117.30. Attorney general action
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly Where an audit report made of any office of an officer receiving a report pursuant to section 117.27 of the Revised Code sets forth that public money has been illegally expended, or that any public money collected has not been accounted for, or that any public money due has not been collected, or that any public property has been converted or misappropriated, a certified copy of the report shall be filed with the attorney general. Within one hundred twenty days after receiving the copy, the attorney general may institute appropriate legal action in the proper court on behalf of the public office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 184.115 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 184 / § 184.115
§ 184.115. Forfeiture of award for violation of agreement
Status: in_force

January 4, 2006 Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly An individual or private entity, agency, institution, company, partnership, business trust, or other business entity or venture, or organization that has received support under section 184.11 of the Revised Code for a research and development project and that violates the requirements of section 184.114 of the Revised Code forfeits the support and must repay the support amount or the equivalent in money plus interest at the rate required by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code to the third frontier commission. If all or a portion of the support forfeited is other than in the form of a grant, recovery of the support shall be governed by the agreement entered into under section 184.113 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.14
§ 121.14. Employment subject to civil service laws
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Each department may employ, subject to the civil service laws in force at the time the employment is made, the necessary employees, and, if the rate of compensation is not otherwise fixed by law, fix their compensation. All offices created by sections 121.04 and 121.05 of the Revised Code shall be in the unclassified civil service of the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.31
§ 149.31. Archives administration for the state
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 141 - 131st General Assembly (A) The Ohio history connection, in addition to its other functions, shall function as the state archives administration for the state and its political subdivisions. It shall be the function of the state archives administration to preserve government archives, documents, and records of historical value that may come into its possession from public or private sources. The archives administration shall evaluate, preserve, arrange, service repair, or make other disposition of, including transfer to public libraries, county historical societies, state universities, or other public or quasi-public institutions, agencies, or corporations, those public records of the state and its political subdivisions that may come into its possession under this section. Those public records shall be transferred by written agreement only, and only to public or quasi-public institutions, agencies, or corporations capable of meeting accepted archival standards for housing and use. The archives administration shall be headed by a trained archivist designated by the Ohio history connection and shall make its services available to county, municipal, township, school district, library, and special taxing district records commissions upon request. The archivist shall be designated as the "state archivist." (B) The archives administration may purchase or procure for itself, or authorize the board of trustees of an archival institution to purchase or procure, from an insurance company licensed to do business in this state policies of insurance insuring the administration or the members of the board and their officers, employees, and agents against liability on account of damage or injury to persons and property resulting from any act or omission of the board members, officers, employees, and agents in their official capacity. (C) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, the archives administration may establish a fee schedule, which may include the cost of labor, for researching, retrieving, copying, and mailing copies of public records in the state archives. Revisions to the fee schedule shall be subject to approval by the board of trustees of the Ohio history connection.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.433 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.433
§ 149.433. Exempting security and infrastructure records
Status: in_force

September 12, 2022 House Bill 99 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: "Act of terrorism" has the same meaning as in section 2909.21 of the Revised Code. "Express statement" means a written statement substantially similar to the following: "This information is voluntarily submitted to a public office in expectation of protection from disclosure as provided by section 149.433 of the Revised Code." "Infrastructure record" means any record that discloses the configuration of critical systems including, but not limited to, communication, computer, electrical, mechanical, ventilation, water, and plumbing systems, security codes, or the infrastructure or structural configuration of a building. "Infrastructure record" includes a risk assessment of infrastructure performed by a state or local law enforcement agency at the request of a property owner or manager. "Infrastructure record" does not mean a simple floor plan that discloses only the spatial relationship of components of the building. "Security record" means any of the following: (1) Any record that contains information directly used for protecting or maintaining the security of a public office against attack, interference, or sabotage; (2) Any record assembled, prepared, or maintained by a public office or public body to prevent, mitigate, or respond to acts of terrorism, including any of the following: (a) Those portions of records containing specific and unique vulnerability assessments or specific and unique response plans either of which is intended to prevent or mitigate acts of terrorism, and communication codes or deployment plans of law enforcement or emergency response personnel; (b) Specific intelligence information and specific investigative records shared by federal and international law enforcement agencies with state and local law enforcement and public safety agencies; (c) National security records classified under federal executive order and not subject to public disclosure under federal law that are shared by federal agencies, and other records related to national security briefings to assist state and local government with domestic preparedness for acts of terrorism. (3) An emergency management plan adopted pursuant to section 5502.262 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(4) of this section, a record kept by a public office that is a security record is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code and is not subject to mandatory release or disclosure under that section. (2) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(4) of this section, a record kept by a public office that is an infrastructure record of a public office, public school, or a chartered nonpublic school is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code and is not subject to mandatory release or disclosure under that section. (3) A record kept by a public office that is an infrastructure record of a private entity may be exempted from release or disclosure under division (C) of this section. (4) Divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section do not apply to a record that is a public notification required to be provided under division (D)(1)(d) of section 2923.122 of the Revised Code. A record that is such a public notification is a public record to the extent that it is required to be provided under division (D)(1)(d) of section 2923.122 of the Revised Code. (C) A record prepared by, submitted to, or kept by a public office that is an infrastructure record of a private entity, which is submitted to the public office for use by the public office, when accompanied by an express statement, is exempt from release or disclosure under section 149.43 of the Revised Code for a period of twenty-five years after its creation if it is retained by the public office for that length of time. (D) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code, disclosure by a public office, public employee, chartered nonpublic school, or chartered nonpublic school employee of a security record or infrastructure record that is necessary for construction, renovation, or remodeling work on any public building or project or chartered nonpublic school does not constitute public disclosure for purposes of waiving division (B) of this section and does not result in that record becoming a public record for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Last updated June 30, 2022 at 9:11 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.032 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.032
§ 107.032. Appropriations limitations definitions
Status: in_force

September 5, 2006 Senate Bill 321 - 126th General Assembly As used in sections 107.033 to 107.035 of the Revised Code: (A) "Aggregate general revenue fund appropriations" means all general revenue fund appropriations made by the general assembly except for the following: (1) Appropriations of money received from the federal government; (2) Appropriations made for tax relief or refunds of taxes and other overpayments; (3) Appropriations of money received as gifts. (B) "Rate of inflation" means the percentage increase or decrease in the consumer price index over a one-year period, based on the most recent consumer price index for all urban consumers, midwest region, all items, as determined by the bureau of labor statistics of the United States department of labor or, if that index is no longer published, a generally available comparable index. (C) "Rate of population change" means the percentage increase or decrease in the population of this state over a one-year period, based on the most recent population data available for the state published by the bureau of the census of the United States department of commerce, or its successor in responsibility, in the population estimates program, or its successive equivalent. (D) "Recast fiscal year" means fiscal years 2012, 2016, 2020, and each fourth fiscal year thereafter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.54
§ 107.54. Evaluation of draft rules; recommendations
Status: in_force

September 17, 2014 Senate Bill 3 - 130th General Assembly (A)(1) When the common sense initiative office receives a draft rule and business impact analysis from an agency, the office shall evaluate the draft rule and analysis against the business impact analysis instrument and any other relevant criteria, and may prepare and transmit recommendations to the agency on how the draft rule might be revised to eliminate or reduce any adverse impact the draft rule might have on businesses. (2) When the office receives an existing rule and business impact analysis from an agency under division (A)(2) of section 106.031 of the Revised Code, the office shall evaluate the existing rule and analysis against the business impact analysis instrument and any other relevant criteria, and may prepare and transmit recommendations to the agency on how the existing rule might be amended or rescinded to eliminate or reduce any adverse impact the existing rule has on businesses. (B) The office shall transmit any such recommendations electronically to the agency. If the office fails to make such a transmission after receiving the draft or existing rule and business impact analysis, it is as if the office had elected not to make any recommendations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 154.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 154 / § 154.06
§ 154.06. Public facilities commission powers
Status: in_force

July 1, 2014 House Bill 497 - 130th General Assembly In connection with capital facilities financed pursuant to this chapter and authorization by the general assembly, the commission may: (A) Acquire by appropriation, subject to Chapter 163. of the Revised Code, or by gift, grant, lease, or purchase, or combination thereof, and hold, lease, and dispose of real estate and interests therein and personal property for the purposes of this chapter; (B) Acquire, purchase, construct, reconstruct, equip, furnish, improve, alter, enlarge, remodel, renovate, rehabilitate, maintain, repair, and operate capital facilities for the purposes set forth in this chapter; (C) Enter into agreements with the director of administrative services providing for the director to acquire by appropriation, subject to Chapter 163. of the Revised Code, real estate and interests therein on behalf of the commission for the purposes of this chapter and the director may enter into such agreements and appropriate pursuant thereto; (D) Enter into leases or other agreements with governmental agencies upon such terms as are mutually satisfactory, which may include provisions, among others, for rental payments commencing at or at any time after execution of such lease and before completion of the capital facilities leased thereby, provisions relating to the disposition of such capital facilities, and provisions, if determined by the commission, for waiver of rights of repossession by the commission; and such governmental agencies may enter into such leases and agreements with the commission and into subleases and agreements between governmental agencies pertaining to capital facilities financed pursuant to this chapter, upon terms and conditions mutually satisfactory to the parties and without competitive bidding, and any agreement of such governmental agency to make rental, use, or other payments or payment of purchase price, in installments or otherwise, or repayments to or at the direction of the commission, and the obligations shall not be deemed to constitute indebtedness, bonded or otherwise, or bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness of such governmental agency for the purpose of Chapter 133. of the Revised Code or any other purpose; such lease and agreements requiring payments beyond the current year are continuing contracts for the purposes of sections 5705.41 and 5705.44 of the Revised Code; (E) Contract for the services of financial consultants, appraisers, consulting engineers, architects, construction and accounting experts, and other consultants and independent contractors, as are necessary in its judgment to carry out its functions and responsibilities under this chapter; (F) Enter into agreements with one or more governmental agencies or any combination thereof for the management or general custodial care and supervision of capital facilities, and such governmental agencies are authorized to enter into such agreements with the commission upon terms and conditions mutually satisfactory to the parties; (G) Borrow money or accept advances, loans, gifts, grants, devises, or bequests from, and enter into contracts or agreements therefor with, any governmental agency or person, and hold and apply advances, loans, gifts, grants, devises, or bequests, and the capital facilities to which the same relate, according to the terms thereof, which advances, loans, gifts, grants, or devises may, as to real estate be in fee simple or of any lesser estate and may be subject to reasonable reservations, and which advances or loans received from any governmental agency or person may be repaid in accordance with the terms of such advance or loan; (H) Enter into agreements or arrangements with the appropriate governmental agency for the planning and installation of streets, roads, alleys, public parks and recreation areas, public utility facilities, and other necessary appurtenances to its capital facilities; (I) Purchase or provide for fire and extended coverage insurance for its property and such other insurance the commission may agree to provide under applicable bond proceedings; (J) Enter into contracts and execute all instruments necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers and do all other acts necessary or proper to the fulfillment of its purposes and to carry out the powers expressly granted in this chapter. Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.332 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.332
§ 149.332. Records management programs in the legislative and judicial branches of state government
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly Upon request the director of administrative services and the state archivist shall assist and advise in the establishment of records management programs in the legislative and judicial branches of state government and shall, as required by them, provide program services similar to those available to the executive branch under section 149.33 of the Revised Code. Prior to the disposal of any records, the state archivist shall be allowed sixty days to select for preservation in the state archives those records the state archivist determines to have continuing historical value.
Ohio Rev. Code § 119.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 119 / § 119.14
§ 119.14. Waiver of penalties for first-time paperwork offenses
Status: in_force

July 3, 2019 House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly (A) For any small business that engages in a paperwork violation, the state agency or regulatory authority that regulates the field of operation in which the business operates shall waive any and all administrative fines or civil penalties on that small business for the violation, if the paperwork violation is a first-time offense. (B) When an agency or regulatory authority waives an administrative fine or civil penalty under this section, the state agency or regulatory authority shall require the small business to correct the violation within a reasonable period of time. (C) Notwithstanding this section, a state agency or regulatory authority may impose administrative fines or civil penalties on a small business for a paperwork violation that is a first-time offense for any of the following reasons: (1) The violation has the potential to cause serious harm to the public interest as determined by a state agency or regulatory authority director; (2) The violation involves a small business knowingly or willfully engaging in conduct that may result in a felony conviction; (3) Failure to impose an administrative fine or civil penalty for the violation would impede or interfere with the detection of criminal activity; (4) The violation is of a law concerning the assessment or collection of any tax, debt, revenue, or receipt; (5) The violation presents a direct danger to the public health or safety, results in a financial loss to an employee, or presents the risk of severe environmental harm, as determined by the head of the agency or regulatory authority; (6) The violation is a failure to comply with a federal requirement for a program that has been delegated from the federal government to a state agency or regulatory authority and where the federal requirement includes a requirement to impose a fine. (D)(1) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a state agency or regulatory authority from waiving administrative fines or civil penalties incurred by a small business for a paperwork violation that is not a first-time offense. (2) Any administrative fine or civil penalty that is waived under this section may be reinstated and imposed in addition to any additional fines or penalties associated with a subsequent violation for noncompliance with the same paperwork requirement. (E) This section shall not apply to any violation by a small business of a statutory or regulatory requirement mandating the collection of information by a state agency or regulatory body if that small business previously violated any such requirement mandating the collection of information. (F) Nothing in this section shall be construed to diminish the responsibility for any citizen or business to apply for and obtain a permit, license, or authorizing document that is required to engage in a regulated activity, or otherwise comply with state or federal law. (G) As used in this section: (1) "Small business" has the same meaning as defined by the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 13, Chapter 1, Part 121. (2) "Paperwork violation" means the violation of any statutory or regulatory requirement in the Revised Code mandating the collection of information by a state agency or regulatory body. (3) "First-time offense" means the first instance of a violation of the particular statutory or regulatory requirement mandating the collection of information by a state agency or regulatory body. (4) "Employee" means any individual employed by an employer but does not include: (a) Any individual employed by the United States; (b) Any individual employed as a baby-sitter in the employer's home, or a live-in companion to a sick, convalescing, or elderly person whose principal duties do not include housekeeping; (c) Any individual engaged in the delivery of newspapers to the consumer; (d) Any individual employed as an outside salesperson compensated by commissions or employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity as such terms are defined by the "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938," 52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C. 201, as amended; (e) Any individual who works or provides personal services of a charitable nature in a hospital or health institution for which compensation is not sought or contemplated; (f) A member of a police or fire protection agency or student employed on a part-time or seasonal basis by a political subdivision of this state; (g) Any individual in the employ of a camp or recreational area for children under eighteen years of age and owned and operated by a nonprofit organization or group of organizations described in section 501(c)(3) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1954," and exempt from income tax under section 501(a) of that code; (h) Any individual employed directly by the house of representatives or directly by the senate. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.952 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.952
§ 121.952. Failure to reduce regulatory restrictions
Status: in_force

June 8, 2022 Senate Bill 9 - 134th General Assembly (A) If a state agency fails to reduce regulatory restrictions by a required percentage within one hundred twenty days after a reduction deadline in section 121.951 of the Revised Code, the joint committee on agency rule review shall afford the state agency an opportunity to appear before the joint committee to show cause why the agency's required reduction in regulatory restrictions should be lessened. If the joint committee determines that the state agency has shown cause, the joint committee shall determine a lessened required reduction in regulatory restrictions for that agency and shall submit a written report to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate, indicating the lessened required reduction in regulatory restrictions for that agency and the reason the joint committee determined that lessened required reduction. (B)(1) If a state agency fails to reduce regulatory restrictions by a required percentage as described in division (A) of this section because the agency's base inventory contains regulatory restrictions that adopt or implement a federal law or rule, the agency may submit both of the following to the joint committee: (a) A modified inventory of the agency's regulatory restrictions consisting of the agency's base inventory prepared under section 121.95 of the Revised Code minus any rule that the agency identifies as implementing a federal law or rule in a manner that is not more stringent or burdensome than the federal law or rule requires; (b) A written analysis explaining how each rule identified by the agency implements a federal law or rule in a manner that is not more stringent or burdensome than the federal law or rule requires. (2) At the appearance before the joint committee described in division (A) of this section, the joint committee may lessen the agency's required reduction in regulatory restrictions based on the modified inventory submitted by the agency. Last updated March 15, 2022 at 4:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.36
§ 121.36. Contracts entered into by department for provision of home care services to home care dependent adults
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "home care dependent adult" means an individual who resides in a private home or other noninstitutional and unlicensed living arrangement, without the presence of a parent or guardian, but has health and safety needs that require the provision of regularly scheduled home care services to remain in the home or other living arrangement because one of the following is the case: (1) The individual is at least twenty-one years of age but less than sixty years of age and has a physical disability or mental impairment. (2) The individual is sixty years of age or older, regardless of whether the individual has a physical disability or mental impairment. (B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the departments of developmental disabilities, aging, job and family services, and health shall each implement this section with respect to all contracts entered into by the department for the provision of home care services to home care dependent adults that are paid for in whole or in part with federal, state, or local funds. Except as provided in division (D) of this section, each department shall also require all public and private entities that receive money from or through the department to comply with this section when entering into contracts for the provision of home care services to home care dependent adults that are paid for in whole or in part with federal, state, or local funds. Such entities may include county boards of developmental disabilities, area agencies on aging, county departments of job and family services, and boards of health of city and general health districts. (C) Each contract subject to this section shall include terms requiring that the provider of home care services to home care dependent adults have a system in place that effectively monitors the delivery of the services by its employees. To be considered an effective monitoring system for purposes of the contract, the system established by a provider must include at least the following components: (1) When providing home care services to home care dependent adults who have a mental impairment or life-threatening health condition, a mechanism to verify whether the provider's employees are present at the location where the services are to be provided and at the time the services are to be provided; (2) When providing home care services to all other home care dependent adults, a system to verify at the end of each working day whether the provider's employees have provided the services at the proper location and time; (3) A protocol to be followed in scheduling a substitute employee when the monitoring system identifies that an employee has failed to provide home care services at the proper location and time, including standards for determining the length of time that may elapse without jeopardizing the health and safety of the home care dependent adult; (4) Procedures for maintaining records of the information obtained through the monitoring system; (5) Procedures for compiling annual reports of the information obtained through the monitoring system, including statistics on the rate at which home care services were provided at the proper location and time; (6) Procedures for conducting random checks of the accuracy of the monitoring system. For purposes of conducting these checks, a random check is considered to be a check of not more than five per cent of the home care visits the provider's employees make to different home care dependent adults within a particular work shift. (D) In implementing this section, the departments shall exempt the following from the section's requirements: (1) Providers of home care services who are self-employed providers with no other employees or are otherwise considered by the departments not to be agency providers; (2) Providers who utilize an electronic visit verification system as described in section 12006 of the "21st Century Cures Act of 2016," 42 U.S.C. 1903(l). (E) The departments of developmental disabilities, aging, job and family services, and health shall each adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 164.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 164 / § 164.12
§ 164.12. Preventing adverse effects on federal income tax
Status: in_force

March 29, 1988 House Bill 704 - 117th General Assembly Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the issuer, state agencies, and local subdivisions may covenant and agree to do or cause or require to be done all things necessary for, and not to do or permit or authorize to be done anything that would adversely affect, the exclusion of interest on the obligations from gross income for federal income tax purposes under the Internal Revenue Code, or the classification or qualification of the obligations or the interest on the obligations for, or their exemption from, other treatment under the Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to compliance with the provisions for payment of certain investment earnings to the United States in accordance with section 148(f) of the Internal Revenue Code. Those sections and covenants and compliance therewith shall be valid, incontestable, final, and conclusive to the extent that they support that exclusion from gross income or support those classifications or qualifications. This authorization in this paragraph is solely for the purpose of satisfying those federal conditions or requirements, and is in addition to and not a limitation upon other authorization granted by or pursuant to law or the Ohio Constitution, and does not preclude or exclude any actions or covenants by the issuer, state agencies, local public entities, or officer to satisfy the federal conditions or requirements for the purpose. Subject to the terms of those covenants, compliance with covenants referred to in this section by the issuer, state agencies, local subdivisions, and those officers are acts specially enjoined by law as duties resulting from their office, trust, and station for purposes of section 2731.01 of the Revised Code. The issuer, state agencies, local subdivisions, and those officers, employees and agents responsible in the circumstances, shall do all things necessary or appropriate to comply with such covenants and shall take all actions to account for, calculate, report, make available, and pay moneys pursuant to section 148(f) of the Internal Revenue Code to the extent required to comply with such covenants. For those purposes: (A) Moneys from the funds to which any such investment earnings are credited, and if there be any insufficiency therein then any fund generally available for the general purposes of the responsible agency, are appropriated and shall be deemed to be appropriated for all purposes to the payment of such amounts pursuant to such covenant. Subject to the provisions of the bond proceedings and notwithstanding any statutory or administrative limitations on the use or transfer of those funds or receipts, the appropriate official may withdraw or transfer from the fund or funds, or direct the deposit from receipts, designated for the purpose, and deposit in or credit to the fund or account established for the purpose, which establishment is hereby authorized, any amounts computed at the time to represent the portion of investment income required to be rebated and paid to the United States in order to maintain the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of interest on those obligations pursuant to section 148(f) of the Internal Revenue Code. (B) The issuer may invest or provide for the investment of any proceeds or gross proceeds, as defined in the Internal Revenue Code, of the obligations in tax-exempt bonds of any person authorized to issue of tax-exempt bonds under the Internal Revenue Code, and in any regulated investment company the investment in which is treated as an investment in tax-exempt bonds for purposes of, and in any special series of obligations of the United States made available for purposes of compliance with, the provisions of section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code. The authority to invest proceeds under this section is in addition to and not restricted or conditioned by any other authority to invest moneys. Nothing in sections 164.08 to 164.12 of the Revised Code or other provisions of law requires compliance with provisions of federal tax law or regulations to exclude interest on the obligations from gross income for federal income tax purposes or otherwise have the obligations or interest on the obligations treated in any particular way under federal tax laws, except to the extent, if any, that the issuer covenants to do so, and the validity of the obligations shall not be adversely affected by the absence of that compliance or of compliance with any related covenants made pursuant to those sections. (C) As used in this section, "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 1, as amended.
Ohio Rev. Code § 175.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 175 / § 175.07
§ 175.07. Notice by applicant for funding for multifamily rental housing construction
Status: in_force

July 1, 2005 House Bill 431 - 125th General Assembly (A)(1) The Ohio housing finance agency shall not approve funding for any multifamily rental housing to be constructed with agency assistance or pursuant to any program the agency operates or administers unless the applicant provides notice of the proposed project as this section requires. (2) Any notice shall be in writing and delivered by certified mail. The notice shall include the proposed project's address, the number of units in the project, a description of the project, a statement of whether the project is new construction, rehabilitation, or other, a summary of the programs that the project will utilize, and the address of the agency and the person to whom to direct comments. The notice shall inform recipients of their right to submit, within thirty days of the mailing date of the notice, comments to the agency regarding the proposed project's impact on the community and that objection to the project must be submitted in writing and signed by a majority of the voting members of the legislative body. (3) An applicant requesting funds for a project of more than ten units shall provide the notice to all of the following: (a) The chief executive officer and the clerk of the legislative body of any municipal corporation in which the project is proposed to be constructed or that is within one-half mile of the project's boundaries; (b) The clerk of any township in which the project is proposed to be constructed or that is within one-half mile of the project's boundaries; (c) The clerk of the board of county commissioners of any county in which the project is proposed to be constructed or that is within one-half mile of the project's boundaries. (4) An applicant requesting funds for a project with ten or fewer units shall provide the notice to the chief elected official of the jurisdiction in which the project is proposed to be constructed, except that if more than one individual serves as the chief elected official, the applicant shall deliver the notice to the clerk of the legislative body of that jurisdiction. (5) To object to a proposed project, a recipient of a notice shall do both of the following: (a) Submit a written objection that is signed by a majority of the voting members of the legislative body in which the project is proposed to be constructed or that is within one-half mile of the project's boundaries; (b) Send a copy of the written objection to the executive director of the agency by certified mail, return receipt requested, so that the agency receives the objection within forty-five days after the applicant mailed the notice to the recipient. (6) The agency shall provide a written response to any objections that it receives pursuant to division (A)(5) of this section. (7) The agency shall hold a public hearing to receive comments of residents of any political subdivision in which the multifamily rental housing is proposed to be constructed with the assistance of the agency's multifamily bond program. The applicant shall provide notice of the hearing to all persons listed in divisions (A)(3) and (4) of this section and ten days in advance of the hearing shall publish a notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the project is proposed to be constructed. The agency shall hold the public hearing in the county in which the project is proposed to be constructed. (B) For purposes of this section, "constructed" means the creation of multifamily rental housing units through new construction or the conversion of an existing nonresidential building into multifamily rental housing units.
Ohio Rev. Code § 120.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 120 / § 120.25
§ 120.25. Joint county public defender - powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 26, 1984 Senate Bill 271 - 115th General Assembly (A) The joint county public defender shall be appointed by the joint county public defender commission for a term not to exceed four years. He shall be an attorney with a minimum of two years experience in the practice of law and be admitted to the practice of law in Ohio at least one year prior to his appointment. (B) In carrying out the responsibilities and performing the duties of his office, the joint county public defender shall: (1) Maintain an office, approved by the commission, provided with a library of adequate size, considering the needs of the office and the accessibility of other libraries, and other necessary facilities and equipment; (2) Keep and maintain financial records of all cases handled and develop records for use in the calculation of direct and indirect costs in the operation of the office, and report monthly pursuant to the rules of the Ohio public defender commission to the joint county defender commission and to the Ohio public defender commission on all relevant data on the operations of the office, costs, projected needs, and recommendations for legislation or amendments to court rules, as may be appropriate to improve the criminal justice system; (3) Collect all moneys due from contracts with municipal corporations or for reimbursement for legal services under this chapter and institute such actions in court for the collection of such sums as he considers advisable. The public defender shall pay into the treasury of each county in the district, to the credit of the general revenue fund, the county's proportionate share of all moneys collected or received by him. (4) Appoint assistant joint county public defenders and all other personnel necessary to the functioning of the joint county public defender office, subject to the authority of the joint county public defender commission to determine the size and qualifications of the staff pursuant to division (B) of section 120.24 of the Revised Code. All assistant joint county public defenders shall be admitted to the practice of law in Ohio, and may be appointed on a full or part-time basis. (C) The joint county public defender may exercise the rights authorized in division (C) of section 120.04 of the Revised Code. (D) The joint county public defender shall determine indigency of persons, subject to review by the court, in the same manner as provided in section 120.05 of the Revised Code. Each monthly report submitted to the board of county commissioners and the state public defender shall include a certification by the joint county public defender that all persons provided representation by the joint county public defender's office during the month covered by the report were indigent under the standards of the Ohio public defender commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.29
§ 153.29. Proceedings of building commission
Status: in_force

August 1, 1980 Senate Bill 157 - 113th General Assembly Resolutions for the adoption or alteration of plans or specifications, or for the award of contracts, hiring of architects, superintendent, or other employees and the fixing of their compensation, the approval of bonds or bid guaranties, and the allowance of estimates shall be in writing and shall require for their adoption the votes of five members of the building commission, taken by yeas and nays recorded on the journal of the board of county commissioners. When signed by five members of the commission, the county auditor shall draw his warrant on the county treasurer for the payment of all bills and estimates of such commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.366 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.366
§ 109.366. Administrative rules
Status: in_force

March 13, 1980 Senate Bill 76 - 113th General Assembly The attorney general may promulgate any rules that are necessary for the implementation of sections 109.36 to 109.366 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.18
§ 173.18. Regional long-term care ombudsman program - duties
Status: in_force

June 11, 1990 House Bill 359 - 118th General Assembly Each regional long-term care ombudsman program designated under section 173.16 of the Revised Code shall do all of the following: (A) Provide ombudsman services for the region in which it is located; (B) Employ representatives of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program or receive services from volunteers certified under section 173.21 of the Revised Code as representatives of the office, or both; (C) Submit reports to the state long-term care ombudsman as he may require; (D) Register as a residents' rights advocate with the department of health under division (B) of section 3701.07 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 113.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 113 / § 113.02
§ 113.02. Bond
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of office, the treasurer of state shall give a bond to the state in the sum of one million dollars, with a surety authorized to do business in the state, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office of treasurer of state. The bond and the oath of office shall be deposited with and kept by the secretary of state in the secretary of state's office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.09
§ 125.09. Bid conditions or terms - preferences
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Pursuant to sections 125.07 , 125.071 , and 125.072 of the Revised Code, the department of administrative services may prescribe such conditions under which competitive sealed bids, competitive sealed proposals, and bids in reverse auctions will be received and terms of the proposed purchase as it considers necessary; provided, that all such conditions and terms shall be reasonable and shall not unreasonably restrict competition, and bidders may bid and offerors may propose upon all or any item of the products or services listed in such notice. Those bidders and offerors claiming the preference outlined in this chapter shall designate in their bid or offer whether the product is mined, excavated, produced, manufactured, raised, or grown in the United States and is either a Buy Ohio product or that the product or service is provided by a bidder or offeror that qualifies as having a significant economic presence in the state or a state bordering Ohio, under the rules established by the director of administrative services, and whether the bidder or offeror is a certified veteran-friendly business enterprise under section 122.925 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of administrative services shall, by rule adopted pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, prescribe criteria and procedures for use by all state agencies in giving preference under this section as required by division (B) of section 125.11 of the Revised Code. The rules shall extend to: (1) Criteria for determining that a product is mined, excavated, produced, manufactured, raised, or grown in the United States rather than in another country or territory; (2) Criteria for determining that a product is a Buy Ohio product; (3) Information to be submitted by bidders or offerors as to the nature of a product and the location where it is mined, excavated, produced, manufactured, raised, or grown; (4) Criteria and procedures to be used by the director to qualify bidders or offerors located in states bordering Ohio who might otherwise be excluded from being awarded a contract by operation of this section and section 125.11 of the Revised Code. The criteria and procedures shall recognize the level and regularity of interstate commerce between Ohio and the border states and provide that the non-Ohio businesses may qualify for award of a contract as long as they are located in a state that imposes no greater restrictions than are contained in this section and section 125.11 of the Revised Code upon persons located in Ohio selling products or services to agencies of that state. The criteria and procedures shall also provide that a non-Ohio business shall not bid on a contract for state printing in this state if the business is located in a state that excludes Ohio businesses from bidding on state printing contracts in that state. (5) Criteria and procedures to be used to qualify bidders and offerors whose manufactured products, except for mined products, are produced in other states or in North America, but the bidders or offerors have a significant Ohio economic presence in terms of the number of employees or capital investment a bidder or offeror has in this state. Bidders and offerors with a significant Ohio economic presence shall qualify for award of a contract on the same basis as if their products were produced in this state or as if the bidder or offeror was domiciled in this state. (6) Criteria and procedures for the director to grant waivers of the requirements of division (B) of section 125.11 of the Revised Code on a contract-by-contract basis where compliance with those requirements would not be in the best interest of the state or is otherwise prohibited; (7) Criteria for applying a preference to bids and offers received from a certified veteran-friendly business enterprise; (8) Such other requirements or procedures reasonably necessary to implement the system of preferences established pursuant to division (B) of section 125.11 of the Revised Code. In adopting the rules required under this division, the director shall, to the maximum extent possible, conform to the requirements of the federal "Buy American Act," 41 U.S.C. 8301-8305, as amended, and to the regulations adopted thereunder. Last updated September 28, 2023 at 4:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.093 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.093
§ 145.093. Ethics policy - commission approval - ethics training
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly The public employees retirement board shall, in consultation with the Ohio ethics commission, develop an ethics policy to govern board members and employees in the performance of their official duties. The board shall submit this policy to the commission for approval. The commission shall review the policy and, if the commission determines that the policy is adequate, approve the policy. If the commission determines that the policy is inadequate, it shall specify the revisions to be made and the board shall submit a revised policy. If the commission approves the revised policy, the board shall adopt it. If not, the board shall make any further revisions required by the commission and adopt the policy. Not less than sixty days before adopting the policy, the board shall submit it to the Ohio retirement study council for review. The board periodically shall provide ethics training to members and employees of the board. The training shall include training regarding the requirements and prohibitions of Chapter 102. of the Revised Code and sections 2921.42 and 2921.43 of the Revised Code and any other training the board considers appropriate. The board shall establish a procedure to ensure that each employee of the board is informed of the procedure for filing a complaint alleging violation of Chapter 102. of the Revised Code or section 2921.42 or 2921.43 of the Revised Code with the Ohio ethics commission or the appropriate prosecuting attorney.
Ohio Rev. Code § 143.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 143 / § 143.10
§ 143.10. Determination of validity of claim
Status: in_force

March 23, 2016 Senate Bill 11 - 131st General Assembly (A)(1) Not later than five days after receipt of a claim for benefits, a volunteer peace officers' dependents fund board shall meet and determine the validity of the claim. If the board determines that the claim is valid, it shall make a determination of the amount due and certify its determination to the director of commerce for payment. The certificate shall show the name and address of the board, the name and address of each beneficiary, the amount to be received by or on behalf of each beneficiary, and the name and address of the person to whom payments are to be made. (2) If the board determines that a claimant is ineligible for benefits, the board shall deny the claim and issue to the claimant a copy of its order. (B) The board may make a continuing order for monthly payments to a claimant for a period not exceeding three months from the date of the determination. The determination may be modified after issuance to reflect any changes in the claimant's eligibility. If no changes occur at the end of the three-month period, the director may provide for payment if the board certifies that the original certificate is continued for an additional three-month period.