Ohio Rev. Code § 123.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 123 / § 123.21
§ 123.21. Authority of the commission
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The Ohio facilities construction commission may perform any act and ensure the performance of any function necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of, and exercise the powers granted under this chapter or any other provision of the Revised Code, including any of the following: (1) Except as otherwise provided in section 123.211 of the Revised Code, prepare, or contract to be prepared, by licensed engineers or architects, surveys, general and detailed plans, specifications, bills of materials, and estimates of cost for any projects, improvements, or public buildings to be constructed by state agencies that may be authorized by legislative appropriations or any other funds made available therefor, provided that the construction of the projects, improvements, or public buildings is a statutory duty of the commission. This section does not require the independent employment of an architect or engineer as provided by section 153.01 of the Revised Code in the cases to which section 153.01 of the Revised Code applies. This section does not affect or alter the existing powers of the director of transportation. (2) Except as otherwise provided in section 123.211 of the Revised Code, have general supervision over the construction of any projects, improvements, or public buildings constructed for a state agency and over the inspection of materials prior to their incorporation into those projects, improvements, or buildings. (3) Except as otherwise provided in section 123.211 of the Revised Code, make contracts for and supervise the design and construction of any projects and improvements or the construction and repair of buildings under the control of a state agency. All such contracts may be based in whole or in part on the unit price or maximum estimated cost, with payment computed and made upon actual quantities or units. (4) Adopt, amend, and rescind rules pertaining to the administration of the construction of the public works of the state as required by law, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (5) Contract with, retain the services of, or designate, and fix the compensation of, such agents, accountants, consultants, advisers, and other independent contractors as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the programs authorized under this chapter, or authorize the executive director to perform such powers and duties. (6) Receive and accept any gifts, grants, donations, and pledges, and receipts therefrom, to be used for the programs authorized under this chapter. (7) Make and enter into all contracts, commitments, and agreements, and execute all instruments, necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its rights and powers under this chapter, or authorize the executive director to perform such powers and duties. (8) Debar a contractor as provided in section 153.02 of the Revised Code. (9) Enter into and administer cooperative agreements for cultural projects, as provided in sections 123.28 and 123.281 of the Revised Code. (B) The commission shall appoint and fix the compensation of an executive director who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The executive director shall supervise the operations of the commission and perform such other duties as delegated by the commission. The executive director also shall employ and fix the compensation of such employees as will facilitate the activities and purposes of the commission, who shall serve at the pleasure of the executive director. The employees of the commission are exempt from Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code and are not considered public employees as defined in section 4117.01 of the Revised Code. Any agreement entered into prior to July 1, 2012, between the office of collective bargaining and the exclusive representative for employees of the commission is binding and shall continue to have effect. (C) The attorney general shall serve as the legal representative for the commission and may appoint other counsel as necessary for that purpose in accordance with section 109.07 of the Revised Code. (D) Purchases for, and the custody and repair of, buildings under the management and control of the capitol square review and advisory board are not subject to the control and jurisdiction of the Ohio facilities construction commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.024 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.024
§ 131.024. Recovery of unclaimed funds
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) The attorney general may, not later than the first day of February of each year, send to the director of commerce a request containing the name, address, and social security number of any person who owes a claim that has been certified to the attorney general under section 131.02 of the Revised Code and request that the director provide information to the attorney general as required in division (B) of this section. If the information the director provides identifies or results in identifying unclaimed funds held by the state for an obligor in default, the attorney general may file a claim under section 169.08 of the Revised Code to recover the unclaimed funds. If the director allows the claim, the director shall pay the claim directly to the attorney general. The director shall not disallow a claim made by the attorney general because the attorney general is not the owner of the unclaimed funds according to the report made under section 169.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of commerce shall provide the attorney general, not later than the first day of March of each year, the name, address, social security number, if the social security number is available, and any other identifying information for any individual included in a request sent by the attorney general pursuant to division (A) of this section who has unclaimed funds delivered or reported to the state under Chapter 169. of the Revised Code. (C) The attorney general, in consultation with the department of commerce, may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to aid in the implementation of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 157.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 157 / § 157.11
§ 157.11. Ohio co-ordinate system of 1983
Status: in_force

October 1, 1985 House Bill 134 - 116th General Assembly In accordance with sections 157.01 to 157.10 of the Revised Code, the Ohio co-ordinate system of 1927 shall not be used after 1999 and the Ohio co-ordinate system of 1983 shall be used after that date. Nothing in sections 157.01 to 157.10 of the Revised Code shall be construed to require that land descriptions using the Ohio co-ordinate system of 1927 and recorded before January 1, 2000, be conformed to the Ohio co-ordinate system of 1983. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 169.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 169 / § 169.09
§ 169.09. Administrative rules
Status: in_force

September 29, 1999 House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly The director of commerce shall make, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, necessary rules that prescribe uniform methods for conducting unclaimed funds audits under section 169.03 of the Revised Code and for determining when such an audit is appropriate, and may make necessary rules to carry out any other duty imposed upon the director by this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 120.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 120 / § 120.17
§ 120.17. State public defender not required to defend in counties having county public defender
Status: in_force

January 13, 1976 House Bill 164 - 111th General Assembly In any county in which the county commissioners choose to establish a county public defender's office, the Ohio public defender shall not be required to defend indigent persons in that county, except as set forth in division (A) of section 120.06 of the Revised Code, or if the court finds that it is required in the interests of justice.
Ohio Rev. Code § 119.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 119 / § 119.08
§ 119.08. Date, time, and place of adjudication hearing
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The date, time, and place of each adjudication hearing required by sections 119.01 to 119.13 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be determined by the agency. If requested by the party in writing, the agency may designate as the place of hearing the county seat of the county wherein such person resides or a place within fifty miles of such person's residence.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.28
§ 117.28. Report of audit and actions thereon
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly Where an audit report sets forth that any 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, the officer receiving the certified copy of the report pursuant to section 117.27 of the Revised Code may, within one hundred twenty days after receiving the report, institute civil action in the proper court in the name of the public office to which the public money is due or the public property belongs for the recovery of the money or property and prosecute the action to final determination. The auditor of state shall notify the attorney general in writing of every audit report which sets forth that any 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 and of the date that the report was filed. Within one hundred twenty days after receiving the certified copy of the report, the officer receiving the report shall notify the attorney general in writing of whether any legal action has been taken. If no legal action has been taken, the officer shall, within the same period, notify the attorney general in writing of the reason why legal action has not been taken. The attorney general or his assistant may appear in any such action on behalf of the public office and may, either in conjunction with or independent of the officer receiving the report, prosecute an action to final determination. The attorney general may bring the action in any case where the officer fails to do so within one hundred twenty days after the audit report has been filed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.27
§ 109.27. Administrative rules
Status: in_force

November 19, 1975 House Bill 347 - 111th General Assembly The attorney general shall make such rules subject to the provisions of sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code, as are necessary to administer sections 109.23 to 109.33 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.113 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.113
§ 109.113. Large settlements and awards fund
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly (A) The large settlements and awards fund is created in the state treasury. (B) The fund shall consist of: (1) The proceeds of an award, adjudication, settlement, or compromise of claims collected or received by the office of the attorney general under division (B)(2) of section 109.112 of the Revised Code; (2) Investment earnings on money in the fund. (C) Pursuant to Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 22, a specific appropriation shall be made by law before any money may be drawn from this fund. (D) Appropriations made from this fund shall be consistent with applicable federal or state law. Last updated January 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.45
§ 153.45. Commissioners may annul old and make new contracts
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If a contractor fails or refuses to proceed with the work specified in his contract in accordance with the plans, descriptions, and specifications attached to and made part thereof, the board of county commissioners may annul such contract, and shall proceed to make another contract for the completion thereof, in accordance with sections 153.01 to 153.60 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 175.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 175 / § 175.09
§ 175.09. Securing bonds
Status: in_force

July 1, 2005 House Bill 431 - 125th General Assembly (A)(1) At the discretion of the Ohio housing finance agency, bonds issued pursuant to this chapter may be secured by a trust agreement between the agency and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or financial institution that has the powers of a trust company and is qualified to exercise those trust powers within this state. A trust agreement may pledge or assign the agency's revenues and security interests the agency holds or is to receive. Any trust agreement or resolution that provides for the issuance of bonds may contain reasonable and proper provisions that protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the bondholders and do not violate any law or covenant that sets forth the agency's duties in relation to fees, interest, or other charges imposed for loans the agency makes or purchases, services the agency renders, and the custody, safekeeping, and application of moneys. (2) Any financial institution or trust company that acts as a depository of the proceeds of bonds, revenues, or reserve funds may furnish indemnifying bonds or pledge securities that the agency requires. The trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and the trustee and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders as is customary in trust agreements or trust indentures securing similar bonds. (3) A trust agreement may contain provisions the agency considers reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders, including any provision that may be contained in a resolution under this section, with that provision having the same effect as if it were in a resolution. (B) Any holder of bonds and the trustee under any trust agreement executed pursuant to division (A) of this section, except to the extent to which the resolution or trust agreement restricts rights, may by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings protect and enforce any rights under the laws of this state granted under the trust agreement or included in the resolution that authorizes the issuance of the bonds, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this chapter, the trust agreement, and the resolution to be performed by the agency or any agency officer, including establishing, charging, and collecting fees, interest, or other charges. (C) Moneys in the agency's trust estates may be invested as provided in any resolution that authorizes the issuance of its bonds or in any trust agreement that secures those bonds. Income from investments shall be credited to funds as the agency determines, subject to the provisions of any resolution or trust agreement, and investments may be sold at times that the agency determines.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.431 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.431
§ 149.431. Records of governmental or nonprofit organizations receiving governmental funds
Status: in_force

April 5, 2017 House Bill 384, Senate Bill 3 - 131st General Assembly (A) Except as provided in sections 9.833 , 2744.081 , and 3345.203 of the Revised Code, any governmental entity or agency and any nonprofit corporation or association, except a corporation organized pursuant to Chapter 1719. of the Revised Code prior to January 1, 1980 or organized pursuant to Chapter 3941. of the Revised Code, that enters into a contract or other agreement with the federal government, a unit of state government, or a political subdivision or taxing unit of this state for the provision of services shall keep accurate and complete financial records of any moneys expended in relation to the performance of the services pursuant to such contract or agreement according to generally accepted accounting principles. Such contract or agreement and such financial records shall be deemed to be public records as defined in division (A)(1) of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and are subject to the requirements of division (B) of that section, except that: (1) Any information directly or indirectly identifying a present or former individual patient or client or such an individual patient's or client's diagnosis, prognosis, or medical treatment, treatment for a mental or emotional disorder, treatment for a developmental disability, treatment for drug abuse or alcoholism, or counseling for personal or social problems is not a public record; (2) If disclosure of the contract or agreement or financial records is requested at a time when confidential professional services are being provided to a patient or client whose confidentiality might be violated if disclosure were made at that time, disclosure may be deferred if reasonable times are established when the contract or agreement or financial records will be disclosed. (3) Any nonprofit corporation or association that receives both public and private funds in fulfillment of any such contract or other agreement is not required to keep as public records the financial records of any private funds expended in relation to the performance of services pursuant to the contract or agreement. (B) Any nonprofit corporation or association that receives more than fifty per cent of its gross receipts excluding moneys received pursuant to Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended, in a calendar year in fulfillment of a contract or other agreement for services with a governmental entity shall maintain information setting forth the compensation of any individual serving the nonprofit corporation or association in an executive or administrative capacity. Such information shall be deemed to be public records as defined in division (A)(1) of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and is subject to the requirements of division (B) of that section. Nothing in this section shall be construed to otherwise limit the provisions of section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 120.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 120 / § 120.15
§ 120.15. County public defender - powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 26, 1984 Senate Bill 271 - 115th General Assembly (A) The county public defender shall be appointed by the 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 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 county public 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. All moneys collected or received by the public defender shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund. (4) Appoint assistant county public defenders and all other personnel necessary to the functioning of the county public defender's office, subject to the authority of the county public defender commission to determine the size and qualifications of the staff pursuant to division (B) of section 120.14 of the Revised Code. All assistant 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 county public defender may exercise the rights authorized in division (C) of section 120.04 of the Revised Code. (D) The 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 county public defender that all persons provided representation by the 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 § 109.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.38
§ 109.38. Solicitor general
Status: in_force

April 4, 2023 Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created, as a section within the office of the attorney general, an office of the solicitor general. The attorney general shall set the duties of the solicitor general. (B) There is hereby created, as a section within the office of the attorney general, a Tenth Amendment center. The center shall actively monitor federal executive orders, federal statutes, and federal regulations for potential abuse or overreach, including assertion of power inconsistent with the United States Constitution. The center shall have at least one attorney dedicated to the center whose primary job responsibility is to monitor federal executive orders, federal statutes, and federal regulations for possible overreach. If the center determines a federal executive order, federal statute, or federal regulation is not supported by law, the center shall prepare and make a recommendation to the office of the solicitor general. The solicitor general shall advise the attorney general about possible causes of action. Regarding such actions, the attorney general has discretion to act on the attorney general's own initiative or based on the recommendation of the solicitor general. (C) The attorney general shall provide adequate office space, staff, equipment, and materials to the office of the solicitor general and to the Tenth Amendment center. Last updated March 9, 2023 at 5:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.27
§ 117.27. Filing certified copy with legal counsel
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly A certified copy of the audit report referred to in section 117.26 of the Revised Code shall be filed with the officer required by state law, municipal or county charter, or municipal ordinance to act as legal counsel to the officers of the public office. If no officer is required by state law, municipal or county charter, or municipal ordinance to act as legal counsel, a copy shall be filed with the prosecuting attorney of the county within which the fiscal office of the public office is located.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.28
§ 126.28. Powers to take testimony and produce evidence
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly In the exercise of any power mentioned in this chapter, the director of budget and management may compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses, administer oaths, examine such persons as he considers necessary, and compel the production of records. The orders and subpoenas issued by the director under this section may be enforced by proceedings in contempt upon application to any court of common pleas.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.951 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.951
§ 121.951. Required reduction in regulatory restrictions
Status: in_force

June 8, 2022 Senate Bill 9 - 134th General Assembly (A)(1) Using the criteria listed in division (A) of section 106.03 of the Revised Code, a state agency shall amend or rescind rules identified in its base inventory of regulatory restrictions prepared under section 121.95 of the Revised Code as necessary to reduce the total number of regulatory restrictions by thirty per cent, according to the following schedule: (a) A ten per cent reduction not later than June 30, 2023; (b) A twenty per cent reduction not later than June 30, 2024; and (c) The thirty per cent reduction not later than June 30, 2025. When a state agency has achieved a reduction of any percentage in regulatory restrictions, whether or not as specified in this section, the state agency may not adopt or maintain regulatory restrictions that would negate the reduction. (2) Beginning July 1, 2025, a state agency that has not achieved the specified thirty per cent reduction may not adopt a new regulatory restriction unless it simultaneously removes two or more other existing regulatory restrictions, until the specified thirty per cent reduction has been achieved. The state agency may not fulfill this requirement by merging two or more existing regulatory restrictions into a single surviving regulatory restriction. (3) A state agency is encouraged to continue to reduce regulatory restrictions after it has achieved the specified thirty per cent reduction. (B)(1) Not later than September 15, 2022, a state agency shall prepare an historical report of its progress in reducing regulatory restrictions over the period of time beginning when the agency prepared its base inventory under section 121.95 of the Revised Code and ending on June 30, 2022. Annually thereafter, a state agency shall prepare an historical report of its progress in reducing regulatory restrictions over the preceding fiscal year. The state agency shall explain in the report how it applied the criteria described in division (A) of section 106.03 of the Revised Code to its determinations as to which regulatory restrictions to amend or rescind. The state agency shall include a revised inventory of regulatory restrictions with the report. (2) In the revised inventory, in addition to the information required by section 121.95 of the Revised Code, the state agency shall compute the percentage net reduction in regulatory restrictions by subtracting the current number of regulatory restrictions from the number of regulatory restrictions identified in the base inventory and then dividing the resulting number by the number of regulatory restrictions in the base inventory. (3) The state agency shall transmit the report electronically to the joint committee on agency rule review. The joint committee shall review the report and shall transmit it electronically to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate. The state agency shall continue preparing and transmitting annual reports until it has reported that it has achieved the required reduction in regulatory restrictions. Last updated March 15, 2022 at 4:35 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.361 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.361
§ 109.361. Defense of state officer or employee in civil action
Status: in_force

May 1, 1992 House Bill 210 - 119th General Assembly Upon the receipt of a written request by any officer or employee, the attorney general, except as provided in section 109.362 of the Revised Code, except under the circumstances described in division (E) of section 120.06 of the Revised Code, and except for civil actions in which the state is the plaintiff, shall represent and defend the officer or employee in any civil action instituted against the officer or employee. All expenses and court costs, including the reasonable compensation of special counsel, incurred by the attorney general in the defense of an officer or employee shall be paid by the employer that employed the officer or employee at the time the alleged act or omission occurred. The defense of the officer or employee may be rendered by the attorney general, an assistant attorney general, or any special counsel appointed by the attorney general, who, in addition to providing the defense of the officer or employee, may file counterclaims and cross-claims and engage in third-party practice on behalf of the officer or employee. If the officer or employee recovers any money pursuant to any counterclaim or cross-claim so filed, the officer or employee, to the extent of the recovery on the counterclaim or cross-claim, shall reimburse the attorney general for all expenses and court costs, including the reasonable compensation of assistant attorneys general and special counsel, incurred in bringing the counterclaim or cross-claim. The officer or employee shall cooperate fully with the attorney general's defense. Sections 109.36 to 109.366 of the Revised Code do not deprive any officer or employee of the right to select counsel of his own choice or settle his case at his own expense at any time, and, except under the circumstances described in division (E) of section 120.06 of the Revised Code, do not prohibit the attorney general from entering his appearance in a case to protect the interest of the state even though no request for the appearance has been made by the officer or employee. Last updated October 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.12
§ 147.12. Acts done by notary public after term valid
Status: in_force

June 30, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly An official act done by a notary public after the expiration of the notary public's term of office or after the notary public resigns the notary public's commission is as valid as if done during the notary public's term of office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.40
§ 135.40. County cash reserve
Status: in_force

March 15, 1982 House Bill 230 - 114th General Assembly A county treasurer may keep at all times in the vaults of his office such amount of public moneys, as a cash reserve, as he deems to be necessary to transact the business of his office, which amount shall not be required to be deposited in public depositories. All the remaining public moneys in his possession shall be deposited in public depositories in accordance with sections 135.31 to 135.40 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.21
§ 117.21. Retention of audit materials
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly The auditor of state shall have access to all work papers, documents, and materials prepared by a public accountant in the course of his audit of a public office. The work papers, documents, and materials shall be retained by the public accountant for a period of three years from the release date of the audit report of the auditor of state, except as otherwise specified by the auditor of state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.03
§ 147.03. Term of office
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly Each notary public, except an attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state by the Ohio supreme court, shall hold office for the term of five years unless the commission is revoked. An attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state by the Ohio supreme court shall hold office as a notary public as long as the attorney is a resident of this state or has the attorney's principal place of business or primary practice in this state, the attorney is in good standing before the Ohio supreme court, and the commission is not revoked. Last updated February 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 143.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 143 / § 143.01
§ 143.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Killed in the line of duty" means either of the following: (1) Death in the line of duty; (2) Death from injury sustained in the line of duty, including heart attack or other fatal injury or illness caused while in the line of duty. (B) "Totally and permanently disabled" means unable to engage in any substantial gainful employment for a period of not less than twelve months by reason of a medically determinable physical impairment that is permanent or presumed to be permanent. (C) "Volunteer peace officer" means any person who is employed as a police officer, sheriff's deputy, constable, or deputy marshal in a part-time, reserve, or volunteer capacity by a county sheriff's department or the police department of a municipal corporation, township, township police district, or joint police district and is not either of the following: (1) A member of the public employees retirement system, Ohio police and fire pension fund, state highway patrol retirement system, or the Cincinnati retirement system; (2) A retirant as defined in section 145.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.37
§ 128.37. [Former R.C. 128.25, amended and renumbered by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 10/3/2023] Election on adding monthly charge to telephone bills to fund 9-1-1 system
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) This section applies only to a county that meets both of the following conditions: (1) A final plan for a countywide 9-1-1 system either has not been approved in the county under section 128.08 of the Revised Code or has been approved but has not been put into operation because of a lack of funding; (2) The board of county commissioners, at least once, has submitted to the electors of the county the question of raising funds for a 9-1-1 system under section 128.35 , 5705.19 , or 5739.026 of the Revised Code, and a majority of the electors has disapproved the question each time it was submitted. (B) A board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution imposing a monthly charge on telephone access lines to pay for the equipment costs of establishing and maintaining no more than three public safety answering points of a countywide 9-1-1 system, which public safety answering points shall be only twenty-four-hour dispatching points already existing in the county. The resolution shall state the amount of the charge, which shall not exceed fifty cents per month, and the month the charge will first be imposed, which shall be no earlier than four months after the special election held pursuant to this section. Each residential and business telephone company customer within the area served by the 9-1-1 system shall pay the monthly charge for each of its residential or business customer access lines or their equivalent. Before adopting a resolution under this division, the board of county commissioners shall hold at least two public hearings on the proposed charge. Before the first hearing, the board shall publish notice of the hearings once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. The notice shall state the amount of the proposed charge, an explanation of the necessity for the charge, and the date, time, and location of each of the hearings. (C) A resolution adopted under division (B) of this section shall direct the board of elections to submit the question of imposing the charge to the electors of the county at a special election on the day of the next primary or general election in the county. The board of county commissioners shall certify a copy of the resolution to the board of elections not less than ninety days before the day of the special election. No resolution adopted under division (B) of this section shall take effect unless approved by a majority of the electors voting upon the resolution at an election held pursuant to this section. In any year, the board of county commissioners may impose a lesser charge than the amount originally approved by the electors. The board may change the amount of the charge no more than once a year. The board may not impose a charge greater than the amount approved by the electors without first holding an election on the question of the greater charge. (D) Money raised from a monthly charge on telephone access lines under this section shall be deposited into a special fund created in the county treasury by the board of county commissioners pursuant to section 5705.12 of the Revised Code, to be used only for the necessary equipment costs of establishing and maintaining no more than three public safety answering points of a countywide 9-1-1 system pursuant to a resolution adopted under division (B) of this section. In complying with this division, any county may seek the assistance of the steering committee with regard to operating and maintaining a 9-1-1 system. (E) Pursuant to the voter approval required by division (C) of this section, the final plan for a countywide 9-1-1 system that will be funded through a monthly charge imposed in accordance with this section shall be amended by the existing 9-1-1 program review committee, and the amendment of such a final plan is not an amendment of a final plan for the purpose of division (A) of section 128.12 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 181.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 181 / § 181.23
§ 181.23. Studies to recommend comprehensive criminal sentencing structure
Status: in_force

March 23, 2000 Senate Bill 107 - 123rd General Assembly (A) The state criminal sentencing commission shall study the existing criminal statutes and law of this state, sentencing patterns throughout the state, and available correctional resources. The commission shall use the results of its study to develop and recommend to the general assembly a comprehensive criminal sentencing structure. As part of its study, the commission shall do all of the following: (1) Evaluate the effectiveness of the sentencing structure of the state; (2) Systematically review each criminal statute to determine if the penalty provided is proportional to the seriousness of the offense committed and to penalties provided for other offenses; (3) Review any existing sentencing guidelines; (4) Determine the number, capacity, and quality of all available state, regional, and local correctional facilities and resources, including, but not limited to, detention facilities, probation services, pretrial diversion programs, and other nonfacility correctional programs; (5) Collect a profile of the populations of state, regional, and local correctional facilities, services, and programs; (6) Coordinate available correctional facilities, services, and programs with the criminal sentencing goals of the state, including, but not limited to, punishment, deterrence, fairness, rehabilitation, and treatment; (7) Identify any additional correctional resources that are necessary to balance the needs of criminal sentencing and the available correctional resources. (B) The commission shall develop a sentencing policy for the state that is based upon the findings and conclusions of its study under division (A) of this section. The policy shall be designed to enhance public safety by achieving certainty in sentencing, deterrence, and a reasonable use of correctional facilities, programs, and services and shall be designed to achieve fairness in sentencing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.12
§ 125.12. Excess and surplus supply definitions
Status: in_force

March 30, 1999 Senate Bill 144 - 122nd General Assembly As used in sections 125.12 to 125.14 of the Revised Code: (A) "Excess supplies" means any supplies that have a remaining useful life, but that are no longer needed by the agency that possesses them. (B) "Supplies" means all personal property owned by the state, including, but not limited to, equipment and materials. (C) "Surplus supplies" means any supplies no longer having any use to the state, including obsolete supplies, scrap materials, and supplies that have completed their useful life cycle. "Surplus supplies" does not include materials that have completed their useful life cycle and are recyclable goods and materials, providing that the goods and materials are actually recycled. (D) "Transfer" means to transfer either by sale or without a sale. (E) "Hazardous property" means any property subject to the jurisdiction of or regulated by the Ohio environmental protection agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.38
§ 117.38. Annual reports
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Each public office, other than a state agency, shall file a financial report for each fiscal year. The auditor of state may prescribe forms by rule or may issue guidelines, or both, for such reports. If the auditor of state has not prescribed a rule regarding the form for the report, the public office shall submit its report on the form utilized by the public office. (B) The report shall be certified by the proper officer or board and filed with the auditor of state within sixty days after the close of the fiscal year, except that public offices reporting pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles shall file their reports within one hundred fifty days after the close of the fiscal year. The auditor of state may extend the deadline for filing a financial report and establish terms and conditions for any such extension. At the time the report is filed with the auditor of state, the chief fiscal officer, except as otherwise provided in section 319.11 of the Revised Code, shall publish notice in a newspaper published in the political subdivision or taxing district, and if there is no such newspaper, then in a newspaper of general circulation in the political subdivision or taxing district. The notice shall state that the financial report has been completed by the public office and is available for public inspection at the office of the chief fiscal officer. (C) The report shall contain the following: (1) Amount of collections and receipts, and accounts due from each source; (2) Amount of expenditures for each purpose; (3) Income of each public service industry owned or operated by a municipal corporation, and the cost of such ownership or operation; (4) Amount of public debt of each taxing district, the purpose for which each item of such debt was created, and the provision made for the payment thereof; (5) Budgetary comparison information as required by the applicable reporting framework or as prescribed by the auditor of state. (D) Any public office, other than a state agency, that does not file its financial report at the time required by this section shall pay to the auditor of state twenty-five dollars for each day the report remains unfiled after the filing date; provided, that the penalty payments shall not exceed the sum of seven hundred fifty dollars. The auditor of state may waive all or any part of the penalty assessed under this section upon the filing of the past due financial report. All sums collected from such penalties shall be placed in the public audit expense fund--local government. If the auditor of state fails to receive payment for penalties not paid within one year from the required filing date, the auditor may recover the penalties through the process in division (D) of section 117.13 of the Revised Code. (E) Every county agency, board, or commission shall provide to the county auditor, not later than the first day of March each year unless a later date is authorized by the county auditor, all information determined by the county auditor to be necessary for the preparation of the report required by this section. (F) The auditor of state shall publish the substance of the report submitted under this section in an electronic format that is available to the public. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.19
§ 131.19. Finding necessary to release treasurer or clerk
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Before the release and discharge provided in section 131.18 of the Revised Code is effected, the board of county commissioners, board of township trustees, legislative authority of the municipal corporation or board of education shall find that the treasurer or clerk was entrusted by law with the care of public funds, and that the loss thereof was not occasioned by his fault or negligence, and an entry of such findings shall be made upon the record book of the proceedings of such legislative authority or board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 146.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 146 / § 146.03
§ 146.03. Members - vacancies
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly (A) A volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board provided for in division (A) of section 146.02 of the Revised Code shall consist of five members chosen as follows: (1) Two members elected by the legislative authority of the political subdivision or fire district; (2) Two members elected by the fire department or the volunteer fire fighters; (3) One member elected by the board members who were elected pursuant to divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section. This member shall be an elector of the political subdivision or fire district, but not a public employee, a member of the legislative authority, or a member of the fire department. (B) A volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board provided for in division (B) of section 146.02 of the Revised Code shall consist of five members chosen as follows: (1) Two members elected by the legislative authority of the political subdivision or fire district with which the private volunteer fire company has its major contract; (2) Two members elected by the private volunteer fire company; (3) One member elected by the board members who were elected pursuant to divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section. This member shall be an elector of a political subdivision or fire district with which the private volunteer fire company has contracted to afford fire protection, but not a public employee, a member of the legislative authority, or a member of the fire company. (C) Any vacancy occurring on a volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board shall be filled at a special election called by the secretary of the board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.27
§ 149.27. Construction with other laws
Status: in_force

September 28, 2018 Senate Bill 139 - 132nd General Assembly Sections 149.21 to 149.27 of the Revised Code modify, limit, and supersede the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. 7001 et seq., but do not modify, limit, or supersede 15 U.S.C. 7001(c) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices or documents described in 15 U.S.C. 7003(b).
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.834 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.834
§ 125.834. State vehicles to be capable of using alternative fuels
Status: in_force

July 1, 2015 House Bill 53 - 131st General Assembly (A) The department of administrative services shall ensure that all new motor vehicles acquired by the state for use by state agencies under section 125.832 of the Revised Code are capable of using alternative fuels. A state agency that is acquiring new motor vehicles under division (G)(1) of section 125.832 of the Revised Code shall report annually, in a manner prescribed by the director of administrative services, the number of new motor vehicles acquired by the state agency and the number of those motor vehicles that are capable of using alternative fuel. (B) The department shall not purchase or lease, or authorize the purchase or lease by a state agency of, any motor vehicles that are incapable of using alternative fuels, unless one or more of the following apply: (1) The department or state agency is unable to acquire or operate motor vehicles within the cost limitations described in rules adopted under division (D) of this section. (2) The use of alternative fuels would not meet the energy conservation and exhaust emissions criteria described in rules adopted under division (D) of this section. (3) An emergency exists or exigent circumstances exist, as determined by the department of administrative services. (C) All motor vehicles owned or leased by the state that are capable of using an alternative fuel shall use an alternative fuel if the fuel is reasonably available at a reasonable price. The director of administrative services, under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules to implement the fuel use requirement of this division, and the directors and heads of all state departments and agencies shall issue a directive to all state employees who use state motor vehicles informing them of the fuel use requirement. The directive shall instruct state employees to purchase alternative fuels at retail fuel facilities whenever possible. As used in this division, "motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in section 125.831 of the Revised Code and also includes all on-road and off-road vehicles powered by diesel fuel, regardless of gross vehicle weight. (D) The director of administrative services shall adopt and may amend, under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, rules that include both of the following: (1) Requirements for state agencies in the procurement of alternative fuels and motor vehicles capable of using alternative fuels, and cost limitations for the acquisition and operation of such vehicles; (2) Energy conservation and exhaust emissions criteria for motor vehicles capable of using alternative fuels.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.135 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.135
§ 124.135. Jury or trial participation leave - charitable advisory panel leave
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) State employees are entitled to paid leave when summoned for jury duty by a court of competent jurisdiction. (B) State employees are entitled to paid leave when subpoenaed to appear before any court, commission, board, or other legally constituted body authorized by law to compel the attendance of witnesses. This division does not apply if the state employee is a party to the action or proceeding involved or is subpoenaed as a result of secondary employment outside the service of the state. (C) A state employee shall not be required, as a condition of receiving paid leave under divisions (A) or (B) of this section, to remit to the employee's appointing authority or another officer, commission, board, or body any portion of the compensation or reimbursement paid to the employee for serving on a jury or for appearing in court pursuant to a subpoena. (D) Each full-time permanent state employee paid in accordance with section 124.152 of the Revised Code and those employees described in divisions (B)(2) and (4) of section 124.14 of the Revised Code also may be entitled, in their appointing authority's discretion, to paid leave when appointed to serve on advisory boards or commissions or when soliciting for charities for which payroll deductions are made. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.4010 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.4010
§ 122.4010. Authority annual report of findings and recommendations
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly The broadband expansion program authority, upon majority approval of the authority's members, shall submit a written public report of its findings and recommendations to the governor and the general assembly not later than the first of December of each calendar year. The authority shall not disclose any proprietary information or trade secrets in the report. Copies of the report shall be available on the development services agency's web site. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.34
§ 124.34. Reduction in pay or position - suspension - removal
Status: in_force

September 29, 2023 Senate Bill 21, House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The tenure of every officer or employee in the classified service of the state and the counties, civil service townships, cities, city health districts, general health districts, and city school districts of the state, holding a position under this chapter, shall be during good behavior and efficient service. No officer or employee shall be reduced in pay or position, fined, suspended, or removed, or have the officer's or employee's longevity reduced or eliminated, except as provided in section 124.32 of the Revised Code, and for incompetency, inefficiency, unsatisfactory performance, dishonesty, drunkenness, immoral conduct, insubordination, discourteous treatment of the public, neglect of duty, violation of any policy or work rule of the officer's or employee's appointing authority, violation of this chapter or the rules of the director of administrative services or the commission, any other failure of good behavior, any other acts of misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office, or conviction of a felony while employed in the civil service. The denial of a one-time pay supplement or a bonus to an officer or employee is not a reduction in pay for purposes of this section. This section does not apply to any modifications or reductions in pay or work week authorized by section 124.392 , 124.393 , or 124.394 of the Revised Code. An appointing authority may require an employee who is suspended to report to work to serve the suspension. An employee serving a suspension in this manner shall continue to be compensated at the employee's regular rate of pay for hours worked. The disciplinary action shall be recorded in the employee's personnel file in the same manner as other disciplinary actions and has the same effect as a suspension without pay for the purpose of recording disciplinary actions. A finding by the appropriate ethics commission, based upon a preponderance of the evidence, that the facts alleged in a complaint under section 102.06 of the Revised Code constitute a violation of Chapter 102., section 2921.42 , or section 2921.43 of the Revised Code may constitute grounds for dismissal. Failure to file a statement or falsely filing a statement required by section 102.02 of the Revised Code may also constitute grounds for dismissal. The tenure of an employee in the career professional service of the department of transportation is subject to section 5501.20 of the Revised Code. Conviction of a felony while employed in the civil service is a separate basis for reducing in pay or position, suspending, or removing an officer or employee, even if the officer or employee has already been reduced in pay or position, suspended, or removed for the same conduct that is the basis of the felony. An officer or employee may not appeal to the state personnel board of review or the commission any disciplinary action taken by an appointing authority as a result of the officer's or employee's conviction of a felony. If an officer or employee removed under this section is reinstated as a result of an appeal of the removal, any conviction of a felony that occurs during the pendency of the appeal is a basis for further disciplinary action under this section upon the officer's or employee's reinstatement. A person convicted of a felony while employed in the civil service immediately forfeits the person's status as a classified employee in any public employment on and after the date of the conviction for the felony. If an officer or employee is removed under this section as a result of being convicted of a felony or is subsequently convicted of a felony that involves the same conduct that was the basis for the removal, the officer or employee is barred from receiving any compensation after the removal notwithstanding any modification or disaffirmance of the removal, unless the conviction for the felony is subsequently reversed or annulled. Any person removed for conviction of a felony is entitled to a cash payment for any accrued but unused sick, personal, and vacation leave as authorized by law. If subsequently reemployed in the public sector, the person shall qualify for and accrue these forms of leave in the manner specified by law for a newly appointed employee and shall not be credited with prior public service for the purpose of receiving these forms of leave. As used in this division, "felony" means any of the following: (1) A felony that is an offense of violence as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code; (2) A felony that is a felony drug abuse offense as defined in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code; (3) A felony under the laws of this or any other state or the United States that is a crime of moral turpitude; (4) A felony involving dishonesty, fraud, or theft; (5) A felony that is a violation of section 2921.05 , 2921.32 , or 2921.42 of the Revised Code. (B) In case of a reduction, a suspension of more than forty work hours in the case of an employee exempt from the payment of overtime compensation, a suspension of more than twenty-four work hours in the case of an employee required to be paid overtime compensation, a fine of more than forty hours' pay in the case of an employee exempt from the payment of overtime compensation, a fine of more than twenty-four hours' pay in the case of an employee required to be paid overtime compensation, or removal, except for the reduction or removal of a probationary employee, the appointing authority shall serve the employee with a copy of the order of reduction, fine, suspension, or removal, which order shall state the reasons for the action. Within ten days following the date on which the order is served or, in the case of an employee in the career professional service of the department of transportation, within ten days following the filing of a removal order, the employee, except as otherwise provided in this section, may file an appeal of the order in writing with the state personnel board of review or the commission. For purposes of this section, the date on which an order is served is the date of hand delivery of the order or the date of delivery of the order by certified United States mail, whichever occurs first. If an appeal is filed, the board or commission shall forthwith notify the appointing authority and shall hear, or appoint a trial board to hear, the appeal within thirty days from and after its filing with the board or commission. The board, commission, or trial board may affirm, disaffirm, or modify the judgment of the appointing authority. However, in an appeal of a removal order based upon a violation of a last chance agreement, the board, commission, or trial board may only determine if the employee violated the agreement and thus affirm or disaffirm the judgment of the appointing authority. In cases of removal or reduction in pay for disciplinary reasons, either the appointing authority or the officer or employee may appeal from the decision of the state personnel board of review or the commission, and any such appeal shall be to the court of common pleas in accordance with section 119.12 of the Revised Code. (C) In the case of the suspension for any period of time, or a fine, demotion, or removal, of a chief of police, a chief of a fire department, or any member of the police or fire department of a city or civil service township, who is in the classified civil service, the appointing authority shall furnish the chief or member with a copy of the order of suspension, fine, demotion, or removal, which order shall state the reasons for the action. The order shall be filed with the municipal or civil service township civil service commission. Within ten days following the filing of the order, the chief or member may file an appeal, in writing, with the commission. If an appeal is filed, the commission shall forthwith notify the appointing authority and shall hear, or appoint a trial board to hear, the appeal within thirty days from and after its filing with the commission, and it may affirm, disaffirm, or modify the judgment of the appointing authority. An appeal on questions of law and fact may be had from the decision of the commission to the court of common pleas in the county in which the city or civil service township is situated. The appeal shall be taken within thirty days from the finding of the commission. (D) A violation of division (A)(7) of section 2907.03 of the Revised Code is grounds for termination of employment of a nonteaching employee under this section. (E) The director shall adopt a rule in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to define the term "unsatisfactory performance" as it is used in this section with regard to employees in the service of the state. (F) As used in this section, "last chance agreement" means an agreement signed by both an appointing authority and an officer or employee of the appointing authority that describes the type of behavior or circumstances that, if it occurs, will automatically lead to removal of the officer or employee without the right of appeal to the state personnel board of review or the appropriate commission. Last updated August 7, 2023 at 2:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 143.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 143 / § 143.04
§ 143.04. Rules
Status: in_force

March 23, 2016 Senate Bill 11 - 131st General Assembly Each volunteer peace officers' dependents fund board may adopt rules as necessary for handling and processing claims for benefits. The board shall perform such other duties as are necessary to implement this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.76 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.76
§ 122.76. Loan criteria
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) The director of development, with controlling board approval, may lend funds to minority business enterprises and to community improvement corporations, Ohio development corporations, minority contractors business assistance organizations, and minority business supplier development councils for the purpose of loaning funds to minority business enterprises, for the purpose of procuring or improving real or personal property, or both, for the establishment, location, or expansion of industrial, distribution, commercial, or research facilities in the state, and for the purpose of contract financing, and to community development corporations that predominantly benefit minority business enterprises or are located in a census tract that has a population that is sixty per cent or more minority, if the director determines, in the director's sole discretion, that all of the following apply: (1) The project is economically sound and will benefit the people of the state by increasing opportunities for employment, by strengthening the economy of the state, or expanding minority business enterprises. (2) The proposed minority business enterprise borrower is unable to finance the proposed project through ordinary financial channels at comparable terms. (3) The value of the project is or, upon completion, will be at least equal to the total amount of the money expended in the procurement or improvement of the project. (4) The amount to be loaned by the director will not exceed seventy-five per cent of the total amount expended in the procurement or improvement of the project. (5) The amount to be loaned by the director will be adequately secured by a first or second mortgage upon the project or by mortgages, leases, liens, assignments, or pledges on or of other property or contracts as the director requires, and such mortgage will not be subordinate to any other liens or mortgages except the liens securing loans or investments made by financial institutions referred to in division (A)(3) of this section, and the liens securing loans previously made by any financial institution in connection with the procurement or expansion of all or part of a project. (B) Any proposed minority business enterprise borrower submitting an application for assistance under this section shall not have defaulted on a previous loan from the director, and no full or limited partner, major shareholder, or holder of an equity interest of the proposed minority business enterprise borrower shall have defaulted on a loan from the director. (C) The proposed minority business enterprise borrower shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the director that it is able to successfully compete in the private sector if it obtains the necessary financial, technical, or managerial support and that support is available through the director, the minority business development division of the department of development, or other identified and acceptable sources. In determining whether a minority business enterprise borrower will be able to successfully compete, the director may give consideration to such factors as the successful completion of or participation in courses of study, recognized by the department of higher education as providing financial, technical, or managerial skills related to the operation of the business, by the economically disadvantaged individual, owner, or partner, and the prior success of the individual, owner, or partner in personal, career, or business activities, as well as to other factors identified by the director. (D) The director shall not lend funds for the purpose of procuring or improving motor vehicles or accounts receivable. Last updated November 1, 2021 at 3:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.112 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.112
§ 117.112. Audit of buckeye tobacco settlement financing authority
Status: in_force

June 30, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly The auditor of state shall audit the buckeye tobacco settlement financing authority each fiscal year in accordance with this chapter. The auditor may engage an independent certified public accountant to conduct the audit.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.06
§ 173.06. Golden buckeye card program
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The director of aging shall establish a golden buckeye card program and provide a golden buckeye card to any resident of this state who applies to the director for a card and is sixty years of age or older or is a person with a disability and is eighteen years of age or older. A golden buckeye card may be physical or electronic and may be an individual card or an endorsement on a card for one or more other programs. The director shall devise programs to provide benefits of any kind to card holders, and encourage support and participation in them by all persons, including governmental organizations. Card holders are entitled to any benefits granted to them by private persons or organizations, the laws of this state, or ordinances or resolutions of political subdivisions. This section does not require any person or organization to provide benefits to any card holder. The department of aging shall bear all costs of the program. (B) Before issuing a golden buckeye card to any person, the director shall establish the identity of any person who applies for a card and shall ascertain that such person is sixty years of age or older or is a person with a disability and is eighteen years of age or older. The director shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to prevent the issuance of cards to persons not qualified to have them. Cards shall contain any information the director considers necessary to carry out the purposes of the golden buckeye card program under this section. Any card that the director issues shall be held in perpetuity by the original card holder and shall not be transferable to any other person. A person who loses the person's card may obtain another card from the director on providing the same information to the director as was required for the issuance of the original card. (C) No person shall use a golden buckeye card except to obtain a benefit for the holder of the card to which the holder is entitled under the conditions of the offer. (D) As used in this section, "person with a disability" means a person who has some impairment of body or mind and has been certified as permanently and totally disabled by an agency of this state or the United States having the function of so classifying persons. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 2:28 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 181.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 181 / § 181.25
§ 181.25. Commission duties - comprehensive criminal sentencing structure
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 247 - 129th General Assembly (A) If the comprehensive criminal sentencing structure that it recommends to the general assembly pursuant to section 181.24 of the Revised Code or any aspects of that sentencing structure are enacted into law, the state criminal sentencing commission shall do all of the following: (1) Assist the general assembly in the implementation of those aspects of the sentencing structure that are enacted into law; (2) Monitor the operation of the aspects of the sentencing structure that are enacted into law and report to the general assembly no later than January 1, 1997, and biennially thereafter, on all of the following matters: (a) The impact of the sentencing structure in effect on and after July 1, 1996, on political subdivisions and other relevant aspects of local government in this state, including all of the following information: (i) The number and type of offenders who were being imprisoned in a state correctional institution under the law in effect prior to July 1, 1996, but who are being punished under a community control sanction, as defined in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code, under the law in effect on and after July 1, 1996; (ii) The fiscal and other impact of the law in effect on and after July 1, 1996, on political subdivisions and other relevant aspects of local government in this state, including law enforcement agencies, the court system, prosecutors, as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, the public defender and assigned counsel system, jails and workhouses, probation departments, the drug and alcohol abuse intervention and treatment system, and the mental health intervention and treatment system. (b) The impact of the sentencing structure in effect on and after July 1, 1996, on the population of state correctional institutions, including information regarding the number and types of offenders who are being imprisoned under the law in effect on and after July 1, 1996, and the amount of space in state correctional institutions that is necessary to house those offenders; (c) The impact of the sentencing structure and the sentence appeal provisions in effect on and after July 1, 1996, on the appellate courts of this state, including information regarding the number of sentence-based appeals, the cost of reviewing appeals of that nature, whether a special court should be created to review sentences, and whether changes should be made to ensure that sentence-based appeals are conducted expeditiously. (3) Review all bills that are introduced in the general assembly that provide for new criminal offenses or that change the penalty for any criminal offense, determine if those bills are consistent with the sentencing policy adopted under division (B) of section 181.23 of the Revised Code, determine the impact of those bills upon the correctional resources of the state, and recommend to the general assembly any necessary amendments to those bills. When the commission recommends any amendment for a bill before the general assembly, it shall do so in a manner that is consistent with the requirements of section 181.24 of the Revised Code. (4) Study criminal sentencing structures in this state, other states, and the federal government, recommend necessary changes to the sentencing structure of the state, and determine the costs and effects of any proposed changes in the sentencing structure of the state; (5) Collect and maintain data that pertains to the cost to counties of the felony sentence appeal provisions set forth in section 2953.08 of the Revised Code, of the postconviction relief proceeding provisions set forth in division (A)(2) of section 2953.21 of the Revised Code, and of appeals from judgments entered in such postconviction relief proceedings. The data so collected and maintained shall include, but shall not be limited to, the increase in expenses that counties experience as a result of those provisions and those appeals and the number of felony sentence appeals made, postconviction relief proceedings filed, and appeals of postconviction relief proceeding judgments made in each county under those provisions. (B) In addition to its duties set forth in section 181.24 of the Revised Code and division (A) of this section, the state criminal sentencing commission shall review all forfeiture statutes in Titles XXIX and XLV of the Revised Code and, not later than July 1, 2002, recommend to the general assembly any necessary changes to those statutes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.74
§ 124.74. Criminal records check for employees with access to federal tax information
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 Senate Bill 51 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Division (B) of this section applies to any of the following individuals: (1) An employee in the service of the state; (2) A prospective employee for a position in the service of the state; (3) A contractor of a state agency, board, or commission; (4) A contractor, employee, or prospective employee of a board of county commissioners or a county department of job and family services, child support enforcement agency, or public children services agency. (B) If an individual described in division (A) of this section has or, in the case of a prospective employee, will have access to or the use of federal tax information, the head of the state or county agency, department, board, or commission with which the individual is employed, will be employed, or is contracted shall request that the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation conduct a criminal records check based on the individual's fingerprints in accordance with section 109.572 of the Revised Code. The head of the agency, department, board, or commission shall request that criminal record information from the federal bureau of investigation be obtained as part of the criminal records check. Such an individual, and the agency, department, board, or commission with which the individual is employed, will be employed, or is contracted, shall also comply with any separate request by the federal bureau of investigation to conduct a national criminal records check. (C) A state or county agency, department, board, or commission may adopt any rules or policies necessary to implement this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 191.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 191 / § 191.24
§ 191.24. Reimbursement to pole owners for administrative expenses
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly A pole owner that provides information and documentation to a provider to enable the provider to submit an application to the Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program may require the provider to reimburse the owner for the owner's actual and reasonable administrative expenses, the total of which shall not exceed five per cent of the pole replacement or mid-span pole installation costs. Such costs are not eligible for reimbursement under the program. Last updated August 29, 2023 at 4:29 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.137 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.137
§ 124.137. Parental leave benefit fund
Status: in_force

December 1, 2006 House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the parental leave benefit fund. The director of administrative services shall use moneys credited to the fund solely for the payment of parental leave benefits available to employees paid by warrant of the director of budget and management and for payment of any direct and indirect costs that are attributable to consultants or a third-party administrator and that are necessary to administer this section. All investment earnings of the parental leave fund shall be credited to the fund. The director of administrative services, in consultation with the director of budget and management, shall determine a rate at which the payrolls of all state agencies with employees paid by warrant of the director of budget and management shall be charged each pay period that is sufficient to cover the costs of administering the parental leave benefit program. The rate shall be based on the total number of such employees and may be adjusted as the director of administrative services, in consultation with the director of budget and management, considers necessary. All money collected from the assessment shall be credited to the parental leave benefit fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.036 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.036
§ 125.036. Ohio-based personal protective equipment manufacturers program
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: "Ohio-based personal protective equipment manufacturer" means a manufacturer, at least two-thirds of the beneficial ownership of which is vested in residents of this state, that produces personal protective equipment in this state. "Personal protective equipment" has the meaning defined in division (E) of section 125.05 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of administrative services shall establish and maintain an Ohio-based personal protective equipment manufacturers program. Under the program, the director shall establish and maintain a list of Ohio-based personal protective equipment manufacturers qualified to fulfill a purchase request under division (B)(3) of section 125.035 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 3, 2023 at 5:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 167.101 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 167 / § 167.101
§ 167.101. Issuance of securities by qualifying council
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly (A) A qualifying council may issue securities only for the purpose described in section 167.10 of the Revised Code. The securities may be secured only by the following: (1) A pledge of and lien on the revenue of the qualifying council, or such lesser portion of the revenue as may be designated by the qualifying council, whether derived from agreements with its members and other persons or from its ownership or operation of any property, including available rates, charges, rents, interest subsidies, debt charges, grants, or payments by federal or state agencies, but excluding funds received pursuant to section 3301.075 of the Revised Code; (2) Covenants of the qualifying council to maintain rentals, rates, and charges to produce revenue sufficient to do all of the following: (a) Pay all the current expenses of the property financed with the proceeds of the securities; (b) Pay the debt charges on the securities; (c) Establish and maintain any contractually required special funds relating to the securities or the property acquired, constructed, or improved. (B) The qualifying council may issue securities to fund or refund the securities issued pursuant to division (A) of this section. The qualifying council also may issue securities in anticipation of the proceeds of the securities issued pursuant to this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.311 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.311
§ 101.311. Sergeant at arms of house and assistants
Status: in_force

September 5, 2001 House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "capitol square" has the same meaning as in section 105.41 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint a sergeant at arms for the house of representatives. (2) The speaker of the house of representatives shall adopt a policy specifying the minimum continuing training required for a person to maintain employment as house sergeant at arms or an assistant house sergeant at arms. The continuing training for the house sergeant at arms if the house sergeant at arms has arrest authority pursuant to division (E)(1) of this section and for all assistant sergeants at arms shall include firearms requalification under section 109.801 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) The house sergeant at arms may appoint assistant house sergeants at arms to assist the house sergeant at arms in performing the duties described in divisions (D) and (E) of this section. The house sergeant at arms shall not appoint a person to be an assistant house sergeant at arms unless one of the following applies: (a) The person previously has been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace officer basic training program, the person previously has been employed as a peace officer, the prior employment of the person as a peace officer contains no breaks in service of more than one year, and the person has successfully completed a firearms requalification program under section 109.801 of the Revised Code. (b) The person previously has been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace officer basic training program, the person previously has been employed as a peace officer, the prior employment of the person as a peace officer contains a break in service of one year or more and not more than four years, the person has received all updated training required by the house sergeant at arms, and the person has successfully completed a firearms requalification program under section 109.801 of the Revised Code. (c) The person previously has been employed as a trooper of the state highway patrol, within one year prior to employment as an assistant house sergeant at arms the person had arrest authority as a trooper of the state highway patrol, and the person has successfully completed a firearms requalification program under section 109.801 of the Revised Code. (d) The person previously has been employed as a trooper of the state highway patrol, the prior employment as a trooper of the state highway patrol contains a break in service of one year or more and not more than four years, the person has received all updated training required by the house sergeant at arms, and the person has successfully completed a firearms requalification program under section 109.801 of the Revised Code. (2) In order to maintain employment as the house sergeant at arms or an assistant house sergeant at arms, the sergeant at arms or assistant sergeant at arms shall successfully complete all continuing training programs required by the speaker of the house of representatives under division (B)(2) of this section. If the house sergeant at arms or an assistant house sergeant at arms has a peace officer basic training certificate, or comparable certification issued by another law enforcement agency, the house sergeant at arms or the assistant house sergeant at arms also may complete whatever additional training is needed to maintain that certification. The Ohio peace officer training academy, a state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources training program, or any other program offering continuing training of that nature shall admit the house sergeant at arms or assistant house sergeant at arms to the continuing training program necessary for that sergeant at arms or assistant sergeant at arms to retain that certification. (3) Any person who has been appointed as the sergeant at arms pursuant to division (B) of this section or as an assistant sergeant at arms pursuant to division (C) of this section on or after the first day of March 2000, and who has received a certificate of completion of basic training programs pursuant to division (D) of section 109.75 of the Revised Code shall be considered a peace officer during the term of the person's appointment as the sergeant at arms or as an assistant sergeant at arms for the purposes of maintaining a current and valid basic training certificate pursuant to rules adopted under section 109.74 of the Revised Code. (D)(1) The house sergeant at arms shall do all of the following: (a) Maintain good order in the corridors, committee rooms, and offices of the house of representatives in the Vern Riffe center, the hall and gallery of the house of representatives, and those areas of the Vern Riffe center under the exclusive use and control of the house of representatives. This section shall not affect or abridge the authority or responsibility of the state highway patrol. (b) Strictly enforce the rules of the house of representatives regulating admission of persons to the floor of the house of representatives; (c) Serve all subpoenas and warrants issued by the house of representatives or any duly authorized officer or committee of the house of representatives; (d) On order for a call of the house of representatives, arrest or cause to be arrested members of the house of representatives and bring the members into the house of representatives; (e) Execute or cause to be executed a warrant for the arrest of a person failing to appear or produce a paper or record pursuant to house of representatives subpoena or order pursuant to section 101.43 of the Revised Code and convey the person to the house of representatives. If the house sergeant at arms does not have arrest authority pursuant to division (E)(1) of this section, the house sergeant at arms shall cause the warrant to be executed and the person to be conveyed to the house of representatives. (f) At the direction of the speaker of the house of representatives, provide security for members of the house of representatives, house of representatives and other legislative employees, and other persons. (2) While providing security pursuant to division (D)(1)(f) of this section, assistant house sergeants at arms, and the house sergeant at arms if the house sergeant at arms has arrest authority pursuant to division (E)(1) of this section, shall have the same arrest powers as other peace officers to apprehend criminal offenders who endanger or threaten the security of any person being protected, no matter where the arrest occurs. The jurisdiction of an assistant house sergeant at arms and the house sergeant at arms if the house sergeant at arms has arrest authority pursuant to division (E)(1) of this section shall be concurrent with that of peace officers of the county, township, or municipal corporation in which the violation occurs and with the state highway patrol. (E)(1) The house sergeant at arms has the authority specified under section 2935.03 of the Revised Code for peace officers to enforce all state laws, municipal ordinances, and township resolutions and to make arrests for any violation of those laws, ordinances, and resolutions in all areas identified in division (D)(1)(a) of this section as areas in which the house sergeant at arms is to maintain good order, and while providing security pursuant to division (D)(1)(f) of this section if any of the following apply: (a) The house sergeant at arms previously has been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting to the house sergeant at arms's satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace officer basic training program, the house sergeant at arms previously has been employed as a peace officer, the prior employment of the house sergeant at arms as a peace officer contains no breaks in service that would require the house sergeant at arms to receive updated training by the Ohio peace officer training academy, and the house sergeant at arms has successfully completed a firearms requalification program under section 109.801 of the Revised Code. (b) The house sergeant at arms previously has been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting to the house sergeant at arms's satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace officer basic training program, the house sergeant at arms previously has been employed as a peace officer, the prior employment of the house sergeant at arms as a peace officer contains a break in service that would require the house sergeant at arms to receive updated training by the Ohio peace officer training academy, the house sergeant at arms has received that updated training, and the house sergeant at arms has successfully completed a firearms requalification program under section 109.801 of the Revised Code. (c) The house sergeant at arms previously has been employed as a trooper of the state highway patrol, within one year prior to employment as house sergeant at arms the house sergeant at arms had arrest authority as a trooper of the state highway patrol, and the house sergeant at arms has successfully completed a firearms requalification program under section 109.801 of the Revised Code. (2) Assistant house sergeants at arms have the authority specified under section 2935.03 of the Revised Code for peace officers to enforce all state laws, municipal ordinances, and township resolutions and to make arrests for any violation of those laws, ordinances, and resolutions in all areas identified in division (D)(1)(a) of this section as areas in which the house sergeant at arms is to maintain good order, and while providing security pursuant to division (D)(1)(f) of this section. (3) The jurisdiction of the house sergeant at arms, if the house sergeant at arms has arrest authority pursuant to division (E)(1) of this section, and of an assistant house sergeant at arms shall be concurrent with that of peace officers of the county, township, or municipal corporation in which the violation occurs and with the state highway patrol. (4) If the house sergeant at arms has arrest authority pursuant to division (E)(1) of this section, the speaker of the house of representatives shall issue to the house sergeant at arms a commission indicating the sergeant at arms's authority to make arrests as provided in this section. The speaker of the house of representatives, upon the recommendation of the house sergeant at arms, shall issue to each assistant house sergeant at arms a commission indicating the assistant sergeant at arms's authority to make arrests as provided in this section. The speaker of the house of representatives shall furnish a suitable badge to the house sergeant at arms, if the house sergeant at arms has arrest authority under division (E)(1) of this section, and to each commissioned assistant house sergeant at arms as evidence of the sergeant at arms's or assistant sergeant at arms's authority.
Ohio Rev. Code § 119.035 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 119 / § 119.035
§ 119.035. Appointing advisory committee
Status: in_force

September 15, 1999 Senate Bill 11 - 123rd General Assembly An agency may appoint an advisory committee to advise the agency concerning its development of a rule, amendment, or rescission, and may otherwise consult with persons representing interests that would be affected by the rule, amendment, or rescission were it actually to be proposed and adopted. Upon an agency's request, the executive director or another officer or employee of the Ohio commission on dispute resolution and conflict management may serve as a group facilitator for, but not as a member of, such an advisory committee.
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.57
§ 147.57. Uniformity of the law
Status: in_force

January 1, 1974 House Bill 47 - 110th General Assembly Sections 147.51 to 147.58 of the Revised Code shall be so interpreted as to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.25
§ 126.25. User charges - state accounting fund
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The services provided by the director of budget and management under sections 126.21 and 126.42 of the Revised Code shall be supported by charges. The director shall determine a rate that is sufficient to defray the expense of those services and the manner by which those charges shall be collected. All money collected from the charges shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the accounting and budgeting fund, which is hereby created. Rebates or revenue shares received from any payment card program established under division (B) of section 126.21 of the Revised Code and miscellaneous payments that reimburse expenses paid from the accounting and budgeting fund may be deposited into the accounting and budgeting fund and used to support the services provided by the director. Last updated September 21, 2023 at 3:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.29
§ 122.29. Ohio river commission
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 Senate Bill 54 - 135th General Assembly (A) The Ohio river commission is created within the department of development to develop and promote economic development, marine cargo terminal operations, and travel and tourism on the Ohio river and its tributaries. The commission consists of the following members: (1) The director of development, or the director's designee, who shall serve as chairperson of the commission; (2) The director of transportation, or the director's designee; (3) The director of natural resources, or the director's designee; (4) Six members representing the general public, three of whom shall be appointed by the president of the senate and three of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. The appointed members may represent private industry associated or affiliated with marine cargo terminal operations on the Ohio river and private industry possessing experience in marine cargo terminal operations or travel and tourism on the Ohio river. (B)(1) Each appointed member of the commission shall be a resident of this state or a designee of a business licensed or registered in this state. (2) All members shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. (C)(1) Within sixty days after the effective date of this section, the speaker of the house of representatives and the senate president shall make initial appointments to the commission. (2) Terms of office for appointed members shall be for four years. (3) Vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments. (4) Each term shall end on the same day of the same month as did the term that it succeeds. Each appointed member shall hold office from the date of the member's appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy before the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term. Any appointed member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office, or for a period of sixty days, whichever occurs first. All members are eligible for reappointment. (D) Five members of the commission constitute a quorum. The affirmative vote of a majority of the quorum is necessary for any action taken by the commission. No vacancy in the membership of the commission impairs the rights of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the commission. (E) All members of the commission are subject to Chapter 102. of the Revised Code. (F) The department of development may assist the commission in furtherance of the commission's purposes. The department of development and the department of transportation, upon the request of the commission, shall cooperate in the implementation of this section. The department of development shall provide meeting and office space for the commission. (G) Expenditures by the department of development, the commission, or any other state agency for capital improvements to promote economic development, marine cargo terminal operations, and travel and tourism on the Ohio river and its tributaries are subject to the approval of the controlling board. Last updated March 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.221 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.221
§ 145.221. Amortizing unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability
Status: in_force

March 7, 1997 Senate Bill 82 - 121st General Assembly The public employees retirement board shall establish a period of not more than thirty years to amortize the public employees retirement system's unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability. If in any year the period necessary to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability exceeds thirty years, as determined by the annual actuarial valuation required by section 145.22 of the Revised Code, the board, not later than ninety days after receipt of the valuation, shall prepare and submit to the Ohio retirement study commission and the standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate with primary responsibility for retirement legislation a report that includes the following information: (A) The number of years needed to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability as determined by the annual actuarial valuation; (B) A plan approved by the board that indicates how the board will reduce the amortization period of unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability to not more than thirty years.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.113 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.113
§ 145.113. Restrictions on fiduciaries
Status: in_force

June 22, 1984 House Bill 37 - 115th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a fiduciary shall not cause the public employees retirement system to engage in a transaction, if he knows or should know that such transaction constitutes a direct or indirect: (1) Sale or exchange, or leasing, of any property between the system and a party in interest; (2) Lending of money or other extension of credit between the system and a party in interest; (3) Furnishing of goods, services, or facilities between the system and a party in interest; (4) Transfer to, or use by or for the benefit of a party in interest, of any assets of the system; or (5) Acquisition, on behalf of the system, of any employer security or employer real property. (B) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any transaction between the public employees retirement system and any fiduciary or party in interest if: (1) All the terms and conditions of the transaction are comparable to the terms and conditions which might reasonably be expected in a similar transaction between similar parties who are not parties in interest; and (2) The transaction is consistent with the fiduciary duties described in Chapter 145. of the Revised Code. (C) A fiduciary shall not: (1) Deal with the assets of the system in his own interest or for his own account; (2) In his individual or in any other capacity, act in any transaction involving the system on behalf of a party (or represent a party) whose interests are adverse to the interests of the system or the interests of its participants or beneficiaries; or (3) Receive any consideration for his own personal account from any party dealing with such system in connection with a transaction involving the assets of the system. (D) In addition to any liability which he may have under any other provision, a fiduciary with respect to the system shall be liable for a breach of fiduciary responsibility of any fiduciary with respect to the system in the following circumstances: (1) If he participates knowingly in, or knowingly undertakes to conceal, an act or omission of such other fiduciary, knowing such act or omission is a breach; (2) If, by his failure to comply with Chapter 145. of the Revised Code, he has enabled such other fiduciary to commit a breach; or (3) If he has knowledge of a breach by such other fiduciary, unless he makes reasonable efforts under the circumstances to remedy the breach. (E) Every fiduciary of the system shall be bonded or insured to an amount of not less than one million dollars for loss by reason of acts of fraud or dishonesty.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.39
§ 117.39. Financial reports from any public office
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly The auditor of state may require financial reports from any public office showing the condition of all appropriation accounts, the money actually in the treasury to the credit of each fund or account, and any other information he considers proper.
Ohio Rev. Code § 191.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 191 / § 191.27
§ 191.27. Broadband pole replacement fund
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the broadband pole replacement fund consisting of money credited or transferred to the fund, money appropriated by the general assembly, including from available federal funds, or money authorized for expenditure by the state controlling board under section 131.35 of the Revised Code from available federal funds, and grants, gifts, and contributions made directly to the fund. Money in the fund shall be used by the department of development to provide reimbursements awarded under the Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program and by the director of development to administer the program. Last updated August 29, 2023 at 4:29 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.42
§ 125.42. Approval of printing
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) No agency, officer, board, or commission, except the clerk of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives, shall print or cause to be printed at the public expense, any report, bulletin, document, or pamphlet, unless such report, bulletin, document, or pamphlet is first submitted to, and the printing thereof approved by, the department of administrative services. If the department approves the printing, it shall determine the form of such printing and the number of copies. If such approval is given, the department shall cause the same to be printed and bound; and when printed, such publications or forms shall be delivered to the ordering officer, board, commission, or department, or sold at a price not to exceed the total cost. (B) The department of administrative services annually shall set a maximum cost per page and a maximum total cost for the printing by any board, commission, council, or other public body of the state of any annual report or any other report that it is required by law to produce. No board, commission, council, or other public body of the state shall expend or incur the expenditure of any amount in excess of these maximum amounts without the prior approval of the department. This division does not apply to the general assembly or any court. Last updated July 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.21
§ 173.21. Training and certification programs
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The office of the state long-term care ombudsman program, through the state long-term care ombudsman and the regional long-term care ombudsman programs, shall require each representative of the office to complete training and certification in accordance with this section and to meet any continuing education requirements that may be established in rules adopted under division (B) of this section. (B) The department of aging shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying the content of training for representatives of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program. Training for representatives other than those who are volunteers providing services through regional long-term care ombudsman programs shall include instruction regarding federal, state, and local laws, rules, and policies on long-term care facilities and community-based long-term care services; investigative techniques; and other topics considered relevant by the department. All of the following apply to training for representatives other than volunteers: (1) Representatives shall complete a minimum of thirty-six hours of basic instruction, which shall be completed before the trainee is permitted to handle complaints without the supervision of a representative of the office certified under this section; (2) Additional hours of instruction may include an internship, in-service training, and continuing education requirements as may be required in rules adopted under division (B) of this section; (3) Representatives may be required to complete any other training considered appropriate by the department. (C) The state ombudsman and each regional program shall train volunteers on their respective staffs in accordance with the rules adopted under division (B) of this section. Volunteers may be trained to complete some, but not all, of the duties of a representative of the office. Each regional office shall bear the cost of training its representatives who are volunteers. On completion of training, the representative shall take an examination administered by the department of aging. On attainment of a passing score, a volunteer shall be certified by the department as a representative authorized to perform services specified in the certification. The department shall issue an identification card, which the representative shall show at the request of any person with whom the representative deals while performing the representative's duties and which shall be surrendered at the time the representative separates from the office. Except as a supervised part of training, no volunteer shall perform any duty unless the volunteer is certified as a representative having received appropriate training for that duty. (D) The state ombudsman shall provide technical assistance to regional programs conducting training for volunteers and shall monitor the training. (E) Notwithstanding the requirements for a certification under this section, the department shall issue a certificate as a representative of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to a person if either of the following applies: (1) The person holds a license or certificate in another state. (2) The person has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a representative of a state long-term care ombudsman program in a state that does not issue that license or certificate. Last updated December 29, 2023 at 5:07 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.15
§ 131.15. Safekeeping of hypothecated securities
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) Any depositor enumerated in section 131.11 of the Revised Code shall make ample provisions for the safekeeping of hypothecated securities. The interest thereon, when paid, shall be turned over to the bank or trust company if it is not in default. The depositor may make provisions for the exchange and release of securities and the substitution of other securities or of an undertaking therefor except in those cases where the public depository has deposited eligible securities with a trustee for safekeeping. (B) When the public depository has deposited eligible securities described in division (D)(1) of section 135.18 of the Revised Code with a trustee for safekeeping, the public depository may at any time substitute or exchange eligible securities described in division (D)(1) of section 135.18 of the Revised Code having a current market value equal to or greater than the current market value of the securities then on deposit and for which they are to be substituted or exchanged, without specific authorization from the depositor of any substitution or exchange. (C) When the public depository has deposited eligible securities described in division (D)(2) to (9) of section 135.18 of the Revised Code with a trustee for safekeeping, the public depository may at any time substitute or exchange eligible securities having a current market value equal to or greater than the current market value of the securities then on deposit and for which they are to be substituted or exchanged without specific authorization of any depositor of any such substitution or exchange only if: (1) The depositor has authorized the public depository to make such substitutions or exchanges on a continuing basis during a specified period without prior approval of each substitution or exchange. Such authorization may be effected by the depositor sending to the trustee a written notice stating that substitution may be effected on a continuing basis during a specified period that shall not extend beyond the end of the period of designation during which the notice is given. "Period of designation" as used in this section means the period under section 135.12 of the Revised Code for the award of inactive funds of the subdivision of which the depositor is an officer or employee. The trustee may rely upon such notice and upon the period of authorization stated therein and upon the period of designation stated therein. (2) No continuing authorization for substitution has been given by the depositor, the public depository notifies the depositor and the trustee of an intended substitution or exchange, and the depositor fails to object to the trustee as to the eligibility or market value of the securities being substituted within ten calendar days after the date appearing on the notice of proposed substitution. The notice to the depositor and to the trustee shall be given in writing and delivered personally or by certified mail with a return receipt requested. The trustee may assume in any case that the notice has been delivered to the depositor. In order for objections of the depositor to be effective, receipt of the objections must be acknowledged in writing by the trustee. (3) The depositor gives written authorization for a substitution or exchange of specific securities. (D) The public depository shall notify the depositor of any substitution or exchange under division (C)(1) or (2) of this section. If the depository designates a trustee qualified under section 135.18 of the Revised Code to act as such for the safekeeping of securities, the depositor shall accept the written receipt of the designated trustee, describing the securities that have been deposited with the trustee by the public depository, as and for a hypothecation of such securities and issue to the depository the depositor's written acknowledgment to that effect, keeping a copy thereof in the depositor's office. Thereupon, all such securities pledged and deposited with the trustee are deemed hypothecated and deposited with the depositor, for all the purposes of sections 131.13 to 131.16 of the Revised Code. The trustee shall hold the securities for the account of the depositor and the depository as their respective rights to and interests in such securities under said sections appear and are asserted by written notice to or demand upon the trustee. Notwithstanding the fact that a public depository is required to pledge eligible securities in certain amounts to secure deposits of public moneys, a trustee shall have no duty or obligation to determine the eligibility, market value, or face value of any securities deposited with the trustee by a public depository. This applies in all situations including, without limitation, a substitution or exchange of securities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.20
§ 163.20. Appropriation to perfect title
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly An agency may appropriate in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, any property in which an interest has been appropriated, in order to perfect title in itself.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.75 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.75
§ 122.75. Director of development - duties regarding minority programs
Status: in_force

September 29, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly The director of development shall, for the minority business development loan program, the minority business bonding program, and the minority business bond guarantee program under sections 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code, do all of the following: (A) Hire employees, consultants, and agents and fix their compensation; (B) Adopt bylaws and rules for the regulation of the business of the minority development financing advisory board; (C) Receive and accept grants, gifts, and contributions of money, property, labor, and other things of value, to be held, used, and applied only for the purpose for which the grants, gifts, and contributions are made, from individuals, private and public corporations, the United States or any agency of the United States, the state or any agency of the state, and any political subdivision of the state. The director may agree to repay any contribution of money or to return any property contributed or its value at such times, in amounts, and on terms and conditions, excluding the payment of interest, as the director determines at the time the contribution is made. The director may evidence the obligations by written contracts, subject to section 122.76 of the Revised Code; provided, that the director shall not thereby incur indebtedness of or impose liability upon the state or any political subdivision. (D) Establish funds with the treasurer of state in addition to the minority business bonding fund created under section 122.88 of the Revised Code; (E) Invest money in the funds the director establishes pursuant to division (D) of this section that is in excess of current needs, in notes, bonds, or other obligations that are direct obligations of or are guaranteed by the United States, or in certificates of deposit or withdrawable accounts of banks, trust companies, or savings and loan associations organized under the laws of this state or the United States, and may credit the income or sell the investments at the director's discretion; (F) Acquire any property of any kind or character in accordance with sections 122.71 to 122.83 of the Revised Code, by purchase, purchase at foreclosure, or exchange on terms and in a manner the director considers proper; (G)(1) Maintain, protect, repair, improve, and insure any property the director has acquired and dispose of it by sale, exchange, or lease for the consideration and on terms and in a manner the director considers proper. The director may not operate any property as a business except as a lessor of the property. When the cost of any contract for the maintenance, protection, repair, or improvement of any property of the advisory board connected with the minority business development loan program, other than compensation for personal services, involves an expenditure of more than one thousand dollars, the director shall enter into a written contract with the lowest and best bidder after advertisement for not less than four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the contract, or some substantial part of it, is to be performed, and in other publications as the director determines. The notice shall state the general character of the work and the general character of the materials to be furnished, the place where plans and specifications for the work and materials may be examined, and the time and place of receiving bids. (2) Each bid for a contract for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of an improvement shall contain the full name of every person interested in it and meet the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code. (3) Each bid for a contract, except as provided in division (G)(2) of this section, shall contain the full name of every person interested in it and shall be accompanied by a bond or certified check on a solvent bank, in the amount of ten per cent of the bid, that if the bid is accepted a contract will be entered into and the performance of its proposal secured. The director may reject any or all bids. A bond with good and sufficient surety, approved by the director, shall be required of all contractors in an amount equal to at least one hundred per cent of the contract price, conditioned upon faithful performance of the contract. (H) Expend money appropriated to the department of development by the general assembly for the purposes of sections 122.71 to 122.83 and 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code; (I) Do all acts and things necessary or proper to carry out the powers expressly granted and the duties imposed in sections 122.71 to 122.83 and 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.522 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.522
§ 173.522. State-funded component of PASSPORT program
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of aging shall create and administer the state-funded component of the PASSPORT program. The state-funded component shall not be administered as part of the medicaid program. (B) For an individual to be eligible for the state-funded component of the PASSPORT program, the individual must meet one of the following requirements and meet the additional eligibility requirements applicable to the individual established in rules adopted under division (D) of this section: (1) The individual must have been enrolled in the state-funded component on September 1, 1991, (as the state-funded component was authorized by uncodified law in effect at that time) and have had one or more applications for enrollment in the medicaid-funded component of the PASSPORT program denied. (2) The individual must have an application for the medicaid-funded component of the PASSPORT program pending and the department or the department's designee must have determined that the individual meets the nonfinancial eligibility requirements of the medicaid-funded component and not have reason to doubt that the individual meets the financial eligibility requirements of the medicaid-funded component. (C) An individual who is eligible for the state-funded component of the PASSPORT program because the individual meets the requirement of division (B)(2) of this section may participate in the component on that basis for a period of time specified in rules adopted under division (D) of this section. (D)(1) The director of aging shall adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code to implement the state-funded component of the PASSPORT program. The rules shall include all of the following: (a) Additional eligibility requirements for an individual to be eligible for the state-funded component of the PASSPORT program; (b) The duration that an individual eligible for the state-funded component of the PASSPORT program under division (B)(2) of this section may participate in that component; (c) Any other rules the director considers appropriate to implement the state-funded component of the PASSPORT program. (2) The additional eligibility requirements established in the rules may vary for the different groups of individuals specified in divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section. Last updated September 22, 2023 at 9:36 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 118.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 118 / § 118.08
§ 118.08. Powers, duties, and functions of financial planning and supervision commission
Status: in_force

September 5, 2001 House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly (A) The members of the financial planning and supervision commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be paid by the commission their necessary and actual expenses incurred while engaged in the business of the commission. (B) All expenses incurred for services rendered by the financial supervisor for a period of twenty-four months shall be paid by the commission pursuant to an appropriation made by the general assembly for this purpose. Expenses incurred for services rendered by the financial supervisor beyond this period shall be borne by the municipal corporation, county, or township unless the director of budget and management waives the costs and allows payment in accordance with the following: (1) If the continued performance of the financial supervisor is required for a period of twenty-five to thirty months, the municipal corporation, county, or township is responsible for twenty per cent of the compensation due. (2) If the continued performance of the financial supervisor is required for a period of thirty-one to thirty-six months, the municipal corporation, county, or township is responsible for fifty per cent of the compensation due. (3) If the continued performance of the financial supervisor is required for a period of thirty-seven months or more, the municipal corporation, county, or township is responsible for one hundred per cent of the compensation due except as otherwise provided in division (B)(4) of this section. (4) If the continued performance of the financial supervisor has been required longer than eight fiscal years for any municipal corporation, county, or township declared to be in a fiscal emergency prior to fiscal year 1996, that municipal corporation, county, or township is responsible for fifty per cent of the compensation due in its ninth fiscal year while in fiscal emergency and one hundred per cent of the compensation due in its tenth fiscal year and every fiscal year thereafter while in fiscal emergency. (C) If the municipal corporation, county, or township fails to make any payment to the financial supervisor as required by this chapter, the financial supervisor may certify to the county auditor the amount due, and that amount shall be withheld from the municipal corporation, county, or township from any fund or funds in the custody of the county auditor for distribution to the municipal corporation, county, or township, except for those reserved for payment of local government fund notes. Upon receiving the certification from the financial supervisor, the county auditor shall draw a voucher for the amount against those fund or funds in favor of the financial supervisor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.631 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.631
§ 122.631. Grant for land bank acquisitions of residential property
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in sections 122.631 to 122.633 of the Revised Code: (1) "Qualified nonprofit developer" means a nonprofit corporation, as defined in section 1702.01 of the Revised Code, that is all of the following: (a) Incorporated in this state; (b) Engaged in community development activities primarily within an identified geographic area of operation in this state; (c) Has as its primary purpose the improvement of the physical, economic, or social environment by addressing critical problems in that geographic area of operation including housing. (2) "Electing subdivision," "county land reutilization corporation," and "land reutilization program" have the same meanings as in section 5722.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Manufactured home" has the same meaning as in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, and "mobile home" has the same meaning as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "Qualifying residential property" means a single unit of single-family residential property that has at least eight hundred square feet of habitable space and is either a stand-alone unit or in a multi-unit property containing not more than ten single-family residential units. "Qualifying residential property" excludes mobile homes but includes both of the following: (a) A manufactured home; (b) A single unit in a multi-unit property that has other nonresidential units or uses. Such nonresidential units or uses are not qualifying residential property. (5) "Qualifying median income" means one hundred twenty per cent of median income for the county where qualifying residential property is located, as determined by the director of development pursuant to section 174.04 of the Revised Code. (6) "Qualifying financial literacy counseling" means a homeownership course with a curriculum that includes basic home maintenance training and financial literacy. (7) "Qualifying counseling provider" means an individual, business, nonprofit organization, or political subdivision, including an agency or instrumentality thereof, that is licensed, certified, or authorized to provide homeownership counseling and financial literacy as one of its primary functions, including housing counselors certified by the United States department of housing and urban development or the Ohio housing financing agency. (B) There is created in the department of development the welcome home Ohio (WHO) program to administer the grants authorized by this section and section 122.632 of the Revised Code and the tax credits authorized by section 122.633 of the Revised Code. The department shall create and maintain a list of qualifying residential property to which the deed restriction described in division (D)(4) of this section, division (B)(4) of section 122.632 , or division (C)(4) of section 122.633 of the Revised Code applies. That list is not a public record for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (C) An electing subdivision, a county land reutilization corporation, or a qualified nonprofit developer may apply to the director of development for a grant from the welcome home Ohio fund, which is created in the state treasury, to pay or defer the cost of purchasing qualifying residential property for incorporation into the electing subdivision's or county land reutilization corporation's land reutilization program or the qualified nonprofit developer's housing program. Up to two thousand dollars of each grant may be used to fund the qualifying financial literacy counseling required under division (D)(6) of this section. To the extent that funding is available in that fund, the director may award grants to electing subdivisions, county land reutilization corporations, and qualified nonprofit developers that make such an application and agree to comply with division (D) of this section, with a maximum grant of one hundred thousand dollars per qualifying residential property. (D) The director of development shall require all applicants for a grant authorized by division (C) of this section to agree, as part of the application, to all of the following: (1) That grant funds shall only be used to pay the cost of purchasing qualifying residential property; (2) That qualifying residential property on which grant funds are spent shall be held until sold to an individual or individuals who, inclusively: (a) Have annual income that is not more than the qualifying median income; (b) Demonstrate the financial means to purchase the qualifying residential property; (c) Agree to maintain ownership of the qualifying residential property, occupy it as a primary residence, and not to rent any portion of the property to another individual for use as a dwelling, for at least three years following the date of purchase; (d) Agree not to sell the qualifying residential property, within fifteen years after the date of the sale, to any purchaser other than the electing subdivision, county land reutilization corporation, or qualified nonprofit developer or an individual or individuals who have annual income that is not more than the qualifying median income; (e) Agree to pay a penalty to the director of development for violation of the agreement required by division (D)(2)(c) of this section that equals the amount of the grant attributable to the property, less one-third of that amount multiplied by the number of full years the individual or individuals owned the property; (f) Agree that the director of development is a third-party beneficiary of the purchase agreement; (g) Agree to participate in the applicant's qualifying financial literacy program; (h) Agree to annually certify to the director of development, during the period described by division (D)(2)(c) of this section, that the individual or individuals own and occupy the qualifying residential property, and that no part of the property is being rented to another individual for use as a dwelling. (3) That qualifying residential property on which grant funds are spent shall be sold for not more than two hundred twenty thousand dollars per property. (4) That qualifying residential property on which grant funds are spent shall not be sold without a deed restriction prohibiting the sale of the property to a person that is not the electing subdivision, county land reutilization corporation, or qualified nonprofit developer or an individual or individuals who have annual income that is not more than the qualifying median income for fifteen years after the date of the property's first transfer from the applicant following the use of grant funds. The deed restriction is a covenant running with the land and is fully binding on subsequent purchasers of the property until it expires on the fifteenth anniversary of the property's first transfer from the applicant following the use of grant funds. The electing subdivision, county land reutilization corporation, or qualified nonprofit developer may include in the deed restriction a right of first refusal to repurchase the property for the purpose of ensuring that the property is ultimately sold to an individual or individuals who have annual income that is not more than the qualifying median income. (5) That the applicant shall repay all grant funds not expended to purchase qualifying residential property or to fund the qualifying financial literacy counseling required by division (D)(6) of this section and all grant funds expended to purchase qualifying residential property that is not sold to an individual or individuals who meet the requirements described in division (D)(2) of this section or that is sold without the deed restriction described in division (D)(4) of this section. (6) That the applicant shall provide qualifying financial literacy counseling, over a minimum of six months, delivered by a qualifying counseling provider, to each purchaser of qualifying residential property on which grant funds are spent. An applicant may provide information regarding its qualifying financial literacy program to the director of development for review as part of the application or prior to application. Qualifying financial literacy counseling provided by the applicant to the same purchaser, in accordance with division (B)(6) of section 122.632 of the Revised Code or division (C)(5) of section 122.633 of the Revised Code, satisfies the requirements of division (D)(6) of this section. (7) That the applicant shall report to the department of development the date when the qualifying residential property that is the subject of the application is sold by the applicant. (E) The director of development has authority and standing to sue for the enforcement of a deed restriction described in division (D)(4) of this section. (F) An electing subdivision, a county land reutilization corporation, or a qualified nonprofit developer may apply for, and the director of development may award both a grant under this section for the purchase of qualifying residential property, and either a grant under section 122.632 of the Revised Code, or a tax credit under section 122.633 of the Revised Code, to rehabilitate or construct the same qualifying residential property. (G)(1) The director may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. Of the Revised Code as necessary to administer the grant program. Such rules may include the following: (a) Application forms, deadlines, and procedures; (b) Criteria for evaluating and prioritizing applications; (c) Guidelines for promoting an even geographic distribution of grants throughout the state; (d) Guidelines to determine the value of qualifying residential property located in a building with other uses and the total value of that building. (2) Any grants repaid under this section shall be credited to the welcome home Ohio fund. (3) An electing subdivision, a county land reutilization corporation, or a qualified nonprofit developer shall use all profits derived from the sale of qualifying residential property on which grant funds are spent, including profits derived from the resale of such property to a subsequent purchaser, for the electing subdivision's or county land reutilization corporation's land reutilization program or the qualified nonprofit developer's housing program. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.59
§ 153.59. Discrimination and intimidation on account of race, religion, sex, disability, national origin or ancestry
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Every contract for or on behalf of the state, or any township, county, or municipal corporation of the state, for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work in the state shall contain provisions by which the contractor agrees to both of the following: (A) That, in the hiring of employees for the performance of work under the contract or any subcontract, no contractor, subcontractor, or any person acting on a contractor's or subcontractor's behalf, by reason of race, creed, sex, disability or military status as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, or color, shall discriminate against any citizen of the state in the employment of labor or workers who is qualified and available to perform the work to which the employment relates; (B) That no contractor, subcontractor, or any person on a contractor's or subcontractor's behalf, in any manner, shall discriminate against or intimidate any employee hired for the performance of work under the contract on account of race, creed, sex, disability or military status as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, or color. In awarding contracts for capital improvement projects, the department of development shall ensure that equal consideration be given to contractors, subcontractors, or joint venturers who qualify as a minority business enterprise. As used in this section, "minority business enterprise" means a business enterprise that is owned or controlled by one or more socially or economically disadvantaged persons who are residents of this state. "Socially or economically disadvantaged persons" means persons, regardless of marital status, who are members of groups whose disadvantage may arise from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, disability or military status as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, national origin, ancestry, or other similar cause. Last updated July 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 154.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 154 / § 154.15
§ 154.15. Contents of agreements with other governmental agencies
Status: in_force

September 14, 2000 House Bill 640 - 123rd General Assembly Any governmental agency may enter into an agreement with the commission permitting the commission to use for purposes of the commission any property in the use of such governmental agency or under its control upon such terms and conditions as they may mutually agree upon, provided only that the consent of the governing body of such governmental agency shall be obtained, and if title to such property is in the name of the state the consent of the governor also shall be obtained. The agreement shall specify the boundaries of any land to which it pertains. Such agreement shall be irrevocable so long as obligations issued under Chapter 154. of the Revised Code to pay costs of capital facilities on the land referred to in that agreement are outstanding. Such agreement may provide that the plans and specifications for the capital facilities to be constructed on any property to which the permission relates are subject to approval by the governmental agency granting that permission, or by such officer, board, or other body designated by it in or pursuant to such agreement, prior to advertisement for bids for such construction or by such other time therein provided.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.055 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.055
§ 145.055. Complaint alleging violation of RC 145.054 - procedure - fine
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly A complaint alleging a violation of section 145.054 of the Revised Code may be filed in accordance with section 3517.16 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.11
§ 147.11. Forfeiture
Status: in_force

June 30, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly A person appointed notary public who performs any act as such after the expiration of the person's term of office or after the person resigns the person's commission, knowing that the person's term has expired or that the person has resigned, shall forfeit not more than five hundred dollars, to be recovered by an action in the name of the state. Such act shall render the person ineligible for reappointment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.42
§ 149.42. Township records commission
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly There is hereby created in each township a township records commission, composed of the chairperson of the board of township trustees and the fiscal officer of the township. The commission shall meet at least once every twelve months and upon the call of the chairperson. The function of the commission shall be to review applications for one-time disposal of obsolete records and schedules of records retention and disposition submitted by township offices. The commission may dispose of records pursuant to the procedure outlined in section 149.381 of the Revised Code. The commission, at any time, may review any schedule it has previously approved and, for good cause shown, may revise that schedule under the procedure outlined in that section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.16
§ 109.16. Suits may be brought in Franklin county
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The attorney general may prosecute an action, information, or other proceeding in behalf of the state, or in which the state is interested, except prosecutions by indictment, in the proper court of Franklin county, or of any other county in which one or more of the defendants reside or may be found. No civil action, unless elsewhere specially provided, shall be commenced in Franklin county, if one or more of the defendants do not reside or cannot be found therein, unless the attorney general certifies on the writ that he believes the amount in controversy exceeds five hundred dollars.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.02
§ 117.02. Election - term
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly The auditor of state shall be elected quadrennially and shall hold his office for a term of four years. The term of office of the auditor of state shall commence on the second Monday of January next after his election.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.60
§ 101.60. General assembly identification cards
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly A state agency, its officers, employees, and contractors, shall recognize the state identification card of an individual who is a member, officer who is not a member, or employee of the general assembly as a form of identification at all entry points and check points within the state agency's building or office and may not require any additional credential or photograph.
Ohio Rev. Code § 157.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 157 / § 157.01
§ 157.01. Ohio co-ordinate systems
Status: in_force

October 1, 1985 House Bill 134 - 116th General Assembly The systems of plane rectangular co-ordinates which have been established by the United States department of commerce for defining and stating the positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the state shall be known as the Ohio co-ordinate system of 1927 and the Ohio co-ordinate system of 1983. This chapter applies only to the Ohio co-ordinate system of 1927 and the Ohio co-ordinate system of 1983 and to the use of these systems. Under these systems the state is divided into a north zone and a south zone. The area included in the following counties on the effective date of this amendment, shall constitute the north zone: Allen, Ashland, Ashtabula, Auglaize, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Defiance, Delaware, Erie, Fulton, Geauga, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison, Henry, Holmes, Huron, Jefferson, Knox, Lake, Logan, Lorain, Lucas, Mahoning, Marion, Medina, Mercer, Morrow, Ottawa, Paulding, Portage, Putnam, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Shelby, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Tuscarawas, Union, Van Wert, Wayne, Williams, Wood, and Wyandot. The area included in the following counties on the effective date of this amendment, shall constitute the south zone: Adams, Athens, Belmont, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Gallia, Greene, Guernsey, Hamilton, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Licking, Madison, Meigs, Miami, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Vinton, Warren, and Washington.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.604 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.604
§ 125.604. Application by community program for certification
Status: in_force

June 30, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly A community rehabilitation program may apply to the office of procurement from community rehabilitation programs to be certified as qualified to provide its supplies and services for procurement by government ordering offices. The office shall prescribe the form of the application. If the office is satisfied the program is qualified, it shall certify the program as a qualified nonprofit agency for the purposes of sections 125.60 to 125.6012 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 169.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 169 / § 169.99
§ 169.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

May 22, 2007 Senate Bill 223 - 126th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 169.10 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars. Each day of continuance of such violation is a separate offense. (B) Whoever violates division (C) of section 169.13 or division (A) of section 169.16 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree for a first offense and of a felony of the fifth degree for any subsequent offense. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.31
§ 163.31. Removal of advertising device definitions
Status: in_force

October 9, 1981 House Bill 146 - 114th General Assembly As used in sections 163.31 to 163.33 of the Revised Code: (A) "Advertising device" includes any legally erected and maintained outdoor sign, display, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, billboard, or other contrivance designed, intended, or used to advertise or to give information in the nature of advertising, or any part of any such contrivance, the advertisement on which is visible from the traveled way of any street, road, or highway in this state. (B) "Erect" means to construct or allow to be constructed, but does not include any activity performed incident to a change of an advertisement or normal maintenance of an advertising device. (C) "Just compensation" means the payment of compensation by a public agency that orders the removal of an advertising device, in the same manner as it would for other property acquired pursuant to this chapter. (D) "Maintain" means to preserve, keep in repair, continue, allow to exist, or restore if destroyed by an act of God or vandalism. (E) "Public agency" has the same meaning as in section 163.01 of the Revised Code. (F) "Visible" means capable of being seen, whether or not legible, without visual aid by a person of normal acuity.
Ohio Rev. Code § 103.146 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 103 / § 103.146
§ 103.146. Independent healthcare actuarial review of mandated benefit consulting professionals
Status: in_force

December 13, 2001 House Bill 405 - 124th General Assembly In performing an independent healthcare actuarial review of a mandated benefit, the actuary or actuaries retained by the director of the legislative service commission shall consult with professionals knowledgeable in matters related to the performance of an actuarial review of a mandated benefit and shall consider the results of any professionally acceptable controlled trial and any other relevant research specifically centered around the benefit. The actuary or actuaries shall determine the extent to which: (A) The mandated benefit will increase or decrease the administrative expenses of insurance companies and health insuring corporations; (B) The mandated benefit will increase or decrease premiums; (C) Small employers, medium-sized employers, large employers, and, if applicable, the state and political subdivisions of the state, will be financially impacted; (D) The mandated benefit will increase or decrease the number of insured individuals in this state; and (E) The mandated benefit will impact the total cost and quality of health care, including any potential cost savings that may be realized.
Ohio Rev. Code § 141.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 141 / § 141.13
§ 141.13. Fees or additional remuneration prohibited - exceptions
Status: in_force

October 19, 2015 House Bill 11 - 131st General Assembly (A) No fees in addition to the salaries and compensation provided in sections 141.01 to 141.12 of the Revised Code shall be allowed to any such officer. No additional remuneration shall be given any such officer under any other title than that by which the officer was elected or duly appointed. Subject to divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the salaries provided in such sections shall be in full compensation for any services rendered by such officers and employees, payment of which is made from the state treasury. (B) Division (A) of this section does not affect any right of a full-time municipal court judge, or a part-time judge of a municipal court of a territory having a population of more than fifty thousand, to compensation under divisions (B)(1)(a) and (2) of section 1901.11 of the Revised Code; to health, medical, hospital, dental, or surgical benefits coverage or other fringe benefits provided pursuant to Chapter 1901. of the Revised Code; or to compensation, fringe benefits, or expenses otherwise provided pursuant to that or any other chapter of the Revised Code. Division (A) of this section also does not affect any right of an acting judge, judge, or assigned judge as described in sections 1901.122 and 1901.123 of the Revised Code to compensation to which an acting judge, judge, or assigned judge is entitled under Chapter 1901. or section 141.16 of the Revised Code, or to any health, medical, hospital, dental, or surgical benefits coverage, other fringe benefits or compensation, or expenses to which an acting judge, judge, or assigned judge may be entitled under that or any other chapter of the Revised Code. (C) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section or any other provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, any retired assigned judge, as defined in section 141.16 of the Revised Code, is eligible for benefits granted under division (C) of section 141.16 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 123.201 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 123 / § 123.201
§ 123.201. Ohio facilities construction commission fund
Status: in_force

September 13, 2022 House Bill 687 - 134th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio facilities construction commission fund, consisting of transfers of moneys authorized by the general assembly and revenues received by the Ohio facilities construction commission under section 123.21 of the Revised Code. Investment earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund may be used by the commission, in performing its duties under this chapter, to pay personnel and other administrative expenses, to pay the cost of preparing building design specifications, to pay the cost of providing project management services, and for other purposes determined by the commission to be necessary to fulfill its duties under this chapter. (B)(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the cultural and sports facilities building fund, consisting of proceeds of obligations authorized to pay costs of Ohio cultural facilities and Ohio sports facilities for which appropriations are made by the general assembly. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. (2) Upon the request of the executive director of the Ohio facilities construction commission and subject to applicable tax law limitations, the director of budget and management may transfer to the Ohio cultural facilities administration fund moneys credited to the cultural and sports facilities building fund to pay the costs of administering projects funded through the cultural and sports facilities building fund. (C) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio cultural facilities administration fund, consisting of transfers of money authorized by the general assembly and revenues received by the commission under division (A)(9) of section 123.21 of the Revised Code. Moneys in the fund may be used by the Ohio facilities construction commission in administering projects funded through the cultural and sports facilities building fund pursuant to sections 123.28 and 123.281 of the Revised Code. All investment earnings of that fund shall be credited to it and shall be allocated among any accounts created in the fund in the manner determined by the commission. (D)(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the capital donations fund, which shall be administered by the Ohio facilities construction commission. The fund consists of gifts, grants, devises, bequests, and other financial contributions made to the commission for the construction or improvement of cultural and sports facilities and shall be used in accordance with the specific purposes for which the gifts, grants, devises, bequests, or other financial contributions are made. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Chapters 123., 125., 127., and 153. and section 3517.13 of the Revised Code do not apply to contract obligations paid from the fund, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in those chapters or that section. (2) Not later than one month following the end of each quarter of the fiscal year, the commission shall allocate the amounts credited to the fund from investment earnings during that preceding quarter of the fiscal year among the specific projects for which they are to be used. (3) If the amounts credited to the fund for a particular project exceed what is required to complete that project, the commission may refund any of those excess amounts, including unexpended investment earnings attributable to those amounts, to the entity from which they were received. Last updated July 6, 2022 at 9:15 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.54
§ 124.54. Boards of education to share cost of civil service administration
Status: in_force

June 20, 1983 Senate Bill 137 - 115th General Assembly Where a municipal civil service commission serves a city school district whose territory is located in more than one city, the board of education of such district shall, by resolution, appropriate each year, to be paid into the treasury of the municipal civil service commission's city, an amount sufficient to meet the portion of the board of education's cost of civil service administration. The amount shall be mutually agreed to by the school board and the commission or if agreement cannot be reached, it shall be determined by the ratio of the number of employees of such board in the classified service to the entire number of employees in the classified service in all political divisions served by the commission. Where a municipal civil service commission serves a city school district whose territory is not located in more than one city, the board of education of such district may appropriate such an amount to be paid to the city's treasury.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.701 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.701
§ 135.701. Submission of linked deposit savings package
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) An eligible savings institution that desires to receive a linked deposit shall accept and review applications for a linked deposit savings account from eligible participants for linked deposit programs in which the eligible savings institution participates. (B)(1) An eligible participant shall certify on its linked deposit savings account application all of the following: (a) The eligible participant is a resident of this state. (b) The funds in the linked deposit savings account shall be used exclusively for eligible program costs of the applicable linked deposit program. (c) The eligible participant shall hold not more than one linked deposit savings account per program period at any eligible savings institution. (2) Whoever knowingly makes a false statement concerning such application is guilty of the offense of falsification under section 2921.13 of the Revised Code. (C) The eligible savings institution shall forward to the treasurer of state a linked deposit savings package, in the form and manner as prescribed by the treasurer of state. The package shall include such information as required by the treasurer of state. The institution shall certify that each applicant included in the linked deposit savings package is an eligible participant. (D) No fee shall be charged to any party for the preparation, processing, or reporting of any application to an eligible savings institution for participation in a linked deposit program. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 4:29 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.23
§ 131.23. Issuing bonds to assist in paying unsecured indebtedness and disability assistance
Status: in_force

December 31, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly The various political subdivisions of this state may issue bonds, and any indebtedness created by that issuance shall not be subject to the limitations or included in the calculation of indebtedness prescribed by sections 133.05 , 133.06 , 133.07 , and 133.09 of the Revised Code, but the bonds may be issued only under the following conditions: (A) The subdivision desiring to issue the bonds shall obtain from the county auditor a certificate showing the total amount of delinquent taxes due and unpayable to the subdivision at the last semiannual tax settlement. (B) The fiscal officer of that subdivision shall prepare a statement, from the books of the subdivision, verified by the fiscal officer under oath, which shall contain the following facts of the subdivision: (1) The total bonded indebtedness; (2) The aggregate amount of notes payable or outstanding accounts of the subdivision, incurred prior to the commencement of the current fiscal year, which shall include all evidences of indebtedness issued by the subdivision except notes issued in anticipation of bond issues and the indebtedness of any nontax-supported public utility; (3) The indebtedness outstanding through the issuance of any bonds or notes pledged or obligated to be paid by any delinquent taxes; (4) The total of any other indebtedness; (5) The net amount of delinquent taxes unpledged to pay any bonds, notes, or certificates, including delinquent assessments on improvements on which the bonds have been paid; (6) The budget requirements for the fiscal year for bond and note retirement; (7) The estimated revenue for the fiscal year. (C) The certificate and statement provided for in divisions (A) and (B) of this section shall be forwarded to the tax commissioner together with a request for authority to issue bonds of the subdivision in an amount not to exceed seventy per cent of the net unobligated delinquent taxes and assessments due and owing to the subdivision, as set forth in division (B)(5) of this section. (D) No subdivision may issue bonds under this section in excess of a sufficient amount to pay the indebtedness of the subdivision as shown by division (B)(2) of this section. (E) The tax commissioner shall grant to the subdivision authority requested by the subdivision as restricted by divisions (C) and (D) of this section and shall make a record of the certificate, statement, and grant in a record book devoted solely to such recording and which shall be open to inspection by the public. (F) The commissioner shall immediately upon issuing the authority provided in division (E) of this section notify the proper authority having charge of the retirement of bonds of the subdivision by forwarding a copy of the grant of authority and of the statement provided for in division (B) of this section. (G) Upon receipt of authority, the subdivision shall proceed according to law to issue the amount of bonds authorized by the commissioner, and authorized by the taxing authority, provided the taxing authority of that subdivision may submit, by resolution, to the electors of that subdivision the question of issuing the bonds. The resolution shall make the declarations and statements required by section 133.18 of the Revised Code. The county auditor and taxing authority shall thereupon proceed as set forth in divisions (C) and (D) of that section. The election on the question of issuing the bonds shall be held under divisions (E), (F), and (G) of that section, except that publication of the notice of the election shall be made on two separate days prior to the election in a newspaper of general circulation in the subdivision or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. If the board of elections operates and maintains a web site, notice of the election also shall be posted on that web site for thirty days prior to the election. The bonds may be exchanged at their face value with creditors of the subdivision in liquidating the indebtedness described and enumerated in division (B)(2) of this section or may be sold as provided in Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, and in either event shall be uncontestable. (H) The per cent of delinquent taxes and assessments collected for and to the credit of the subdivision after the exchange or sale of bonds as certified by the commissioner shall be paid to the authority having charge of the sinking fund of the subdivision, which money shall be placed in a separate fund for the purpose of retiring the bonds so issued. The proper authority of the subdivisions shall provide for the levying of a tax sufficient in amount to pay the debt charges on all such bonds issued under this section. (I) This section is for the sole purpose of assisting the various subdivisions in paying their unsecured indebtedness. The bonds issued under authority of this section shall not be used for any other purpose, and any exchange for other purposes, or the use of the money derived from the sale of the bonds by the subdivision for any other purpose, is misapplication of funds. (J) The bonds authorized by this section shall be redeemable or payable in not to exceed ten years from date of issue and shall not be subject to or considered in calculating the net indebtedness of the subdivision. The budget commission of the county in which the subdivision is located shall annually allocate such portion of the then delinquent levy due the subdivision which is unpledged for other purposes to the payment of debt charges on the bonds issued under authority of this section. (K) The issue of bonds under this section shall be governed by Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, respecting the terms used, forms, manner of sale, and redemption except as otherwise provided in this section. The board of county commissioners of any county may issue bonds authorized by this section and distribute the proceeds of the bond issues to any or all of the cities and townships of the county. All sections of the Revised Code inconsistent with or prohibiting the exercise of the authority conferred by this section are inoperative respecting bonds issued under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.451 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.451
§ 128.451. [Former R.C. 128.45, amended and renumbered by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 10/3/2023] Preservation and inspection of records
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Records, invoices, and documents required to be kept under section 128.45 of the Revised Code shall be open during business hours to the inspection of the tax commissioner. They shall be preserved for a period of four years unless the tax commissioner, in writing, consents to their destruction within that period, or by order requires that they be kept longer. Last updated February 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.11
§ 131.11. Security required for county funds deposited by certain public officials; service charge
Status: in_force

January 1, 2018 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly No money held or controlled by any probate court, juvenile court, clerk of the court of common pleas, clerk of a county court, sheriff, county recorder, director of a county department of job and family services, clerk or bailiff of a municipal court, prosecuting attorney, resident or division deputy director of highways, or treasurer of a university receiving state aid, in excess of that covered by federal deposit insurance as hereinafter described, shall be deposited in any bank or trust company until there is a hypothecation of securities as provided for in section 135.18 of the Revised Code, or until there is executed by the bank or trust company selected, a good and sufficient undertaking, payable to the depositor, in such sum as the depositor directs, but not less than the excess of the sum that is deposited in the depository, at any one time over and above the portion or amount of the sum as is at any time insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation created pursuant to "The Banking Act of 1933," or by any other agency or instrumentality of the federal government, pursuant to such acts or any acts of congress amendatory thereof. Any funds or securities in the possession or custody of any county official in an official capacity or any funds or securities the possession or custody of which is charged to any county official, including funds or securities in transit to or from any bank or trust company, may be insured by the board of county commissioners in such amount as is found necessary in the public interest. All costs of such insurance shall be paid by the county as provided in section 307.55 of the Revised Code. With respect to any insured or secured deposit mentioned in this section which is active as defined by section 135.01 of the Revised Code, any depositor named in this section may pay a service charge which is the same as that customarily made by the institution or institutions receiving money on deposit subject to check in the city or village where the bank or trust company accepting such active deposit is located.
Ohio Rev. Code § 166.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 166 / § 166.02
§ 166.02. Public policy declaration
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The general assembly finds that many local areas throughout the state are experiencing economic stagnation or decline, and that the economic development programs provided for in this chapter will constitute deserved, necessary reinvestment by the state in those areas, materially contribute to their economic revitalization, and result in improving the economic welfare of all the people of the state. Accordingly, it is declared to be the public policy of the state, through the operations of this chapter and other applicable laws adopted pursuant to Section 2p or 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and other authority vested in the general assembly, to assist in and facilitate the establishment or development of eligible projects or assist and cooperate with any governmental agency in achieving such purpose. (B) In furtherance of such public policy and to implement such purpose, the director of development may: (1) After consultation with appropriate governmental agencies, enter into agreements with persons engaged in industry, commerce, distribution, development of tourism attractions or professional sports facilities, or research and with governmental agencies to induce such persons to acquire, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, renovate, enlarge, improve, equip, or furnish, or otherwise develop, eligible projects and make provision therein for project facilities and governmental actions, as authorized by this chapter and other applicable laws, subject to any required actions by the general assembly or the controlling board and subject to applicable local government laws and regulations; (2) Provide for the guarantees and loans as provided for in sections 166.06 and 166.07 of the Revised Code; (3) Subject to release of such moneys by the controlling board, contract for labor and materials needed for, or contract with others, including governmental agencies, to provide, project facilities the allowable costs of which are to be paid for or reimbursed from moneys in the facilities establishment fund, and contract for the operation of such project facilities; (4) Subject to release thereof by the controlling board, from moneys in the facilities establishment fund acquire or contract to acquire by gift, exchange, or purchase, including the obtaining and exercise of purchase options, property, and convey or otherwise dispose of, or provide for the conveyance or disposition of, property so acquired or contracted to be acquired by sale, exchange, lease, lease purchase, conditional or installment sale, transfer, or other disposition, including the grant of an option to purchase, to any governmental agency or to any other person without necessity for competitive bidding and upon such terms and conditions and manner of consideration pursuant to and as the director determines to be appropriate to satisfy the objectives of sections 166.01 to 166.11 of the Revised Code; (5) Retain the services of or employ financial consultants, appraisers, consulting engineers, superintendents, managers, construction and accounting experts, attorneys, and employees, agents, and independent contractors as are necessary in the director's judgment and fix the compensation for their services; (6) Receive and accept from any person grants, gifts, and contributions of money, property, labor, and other things of value, to be held, used and applied only for the purpose for which such grants, gifts, and contributions are made; (7) Enter into appropriate arrangements and agreements with any governmental agency for the taking or provision by that governmental agency of any governmental action; (8) Do all other acts and enter into contracts and execute all instruments necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this chapter; (9) Adopt rules to implement any of the provisions of this chapter applicable to the director. (C) The determinations by the director that facilities constitute eligible projects, that facilities are project facilities, that costs of such facilities are allowable costs, and all other determinations relevant thereto or to an action taken or agreement entered into shall be conclusive for purposes of the validity and enforceability of rights of parties arising from actions taken and agreements entered into under this chapter. (D) Except as otherwise prescribed in this chapter, all expenses and obligations incurred by the director in carrying out the director's powers and in exercising the director's duties under this chapter, shall be payable solely from, as appropriate, moneys in the facilities establishment fund, the loan guarantee fund, the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund, the innovation Ohio loan fund, the research and development loan fund, the logistics and distribution infrastructure fund, or moneys appropriated for such purpose by the general assembly. This chapter does not authorize the director or the issuing authority under section 166.08 of the Revised Code to incur bonded indebtedness of the state or any political subdivision thereof, or to obligate or pledge moneys raised by taxation for the payment of any bonds or notes issued or guarantees made pursuant to this chapter. (E) Any governmental agency may enter into an agreement with the director, any other governmental agency, or a person to be assisted under this chapter, to take or provide for the purposes of this chapter any governmental action it is authorized to take or provide, and to undertake on behalf and at the request of the director any action which the director is authorized to undertake pursuant to divisions (B)(3), (4), and (5) of this section or divisions (B)(3), (4), and (5) of section 166.12 of the Revised Code. Governmental agencies of the state shall cooperate with and provide assistance to the director of development and the controlling board in the exercise of their respective functions under this chapter. Last updated July 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.40
§ 149.40. Making only necessary records
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 238 - 116th General Assembly The head of each public office shall cause to be made only such records as are necessary for the adequate and proper documentation of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential transactions of the agency and for the protection of the legal and financial rights of the state and persons directly affected by the agency's activities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 159.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 159 / § 159.05
§ 159.05. Jurisdiction shall vest
Status: in_force

March 14, 1980 House Bill 335 - 113th General Assembly The jurisdiction ceded under section 159.04 of the Revised Code shall not vest until the United States has acquired title to the lands by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise. As long as the lands whose acquisition is consented to by section 159.03 of the Revised Code remain the property of the United States they are exempt and exonerated from all state, county, and municipal taxation, assessment, or other charges which may be levied or imposed under the authority of this state. Sections 159.03 to 159.06 of the Revised Code do not prevent any officers, employees, or inmates of any national asylum for disabled volunteer soldiers located on any such land over which jurisdiction is ceded, who are qualified voters of this state from exercising the right of suffrage at all township, county, and state elections in any township in which such national asylum is located.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.12
§ 124.12. Notice of appointment to unclassified position
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) Within ninety days after an appointing authority appoints an employee to an unclassified position in the service of the state, the appointing authority shall notify the department of administrative services of that appointment. (B) On the date an appointing authority appoints an employee to an unclassified position in the state service, the appointing authority shall provide the employee with written information describing the nature of employment in the unclassified civil service. Within thirty days after the date an appointing authority appoints an employee to an unclassified position in the state service, the appointing authority shall provide the employee with written information describing the duties of that position. Failure of the appointing authority to provide the written information described in this division to the employee does not confer any additional rights upon the employee in any appellate body with jurisdiction over an appeal of the employee. (C) The department shall develop and provide each appointing authority in the service of the state with a general written description of the nature of employment in the unclassified civil service that shall be provided to employees under division (B) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.01
§ 135.01. Uniform depository act definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in sections 135.14 , 135.143 , 135.181 , and 135.182 of the Revised Code, as used in sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code: (A) "Active deposit" means a public deposit necessary to meet current demands on the treasury, and that is deposited in any of the following: (1) A commercial account that is payable or withdrawable, in whole or in part, on demand; (2) A negotiable order of withdrawal account as authorized in the "Consumer Checking Account Equity Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 146, 12 U.S.C.A. 1832(a); (3) A money market deposit account as authorized in the "Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982," 96 Stat. 1501, 12 U.S.C. 3503. (B) "Auditor" includes the auditor of state and the auditor, or officer exercising the functions of an auditor, of any subdivision. (C) "Capital funds" means the sum of the following: the par value of the outstanding common capital stock, the par value of the outstanding preferred capital stock, the aggregate par value of all outstanding capital notes and debentures, and the surplus. In the case of an institution having offices in more than one county, the capital funds of such institution, for the purposes of sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code, relative to the deposit of the public moneys of the subdivisions in one such county, shall be considered to be that proportion of the capital funds of the institution that is represented by the ratio that the deposit liabilities of such institution originating at the office located in the county bears to the total deposit liabilities of the institution. (D) "Governing board" means, in the case of the state, the state board of deposit; in the case of all school districts and educational service centers except as otherwise provided in this section, the board of education or governing board of a service center, and when the case so requires, the board of commissioners of the sinking fund; in the case of a municipal corporation, the legislative authority, and when the case so requires, the board of trustees of the sinking fund; in the case of a township, the board of township trustees; in the case of a union or joint institution or enterprise of two or more subdivisions not having a treasurer, the board of directors or trustees thereof; and in the case of any other subdivision electing or appointing a treasurer, the directors, trustees, or other similar officers of such subdivision. The governing board of a subdivision electing or appointing a treasurer shall be the governing board of all other subdivisions for which such treasurer is authorized by law to act. In the case of a county school financing district that levies a tax pursuant to section 5705.215 of the Revised Code, the county board of education that serves as its taxing authority shall operate as a governing board. Any other county board of education shall operate as a governing board unless it adopts a resolution designating the board of county commissioners as the governing board for the county school district. (E) "Inactive deposit" means a public deposit other than an interim deposit or an active deposit. (F) "Interim deposit" means a deposit of interim moneys. "Interim moneys" means public moneys in the treasury of any subdivision after the award of inactive deposits has been made in accordance with section 135.07 of the Revised Code, which moneys are in excess of the aggregate amount of the inactive deposits as estimated by the governing board prior to the period of designation and which the governing board finds should not be deposited as active or inactive deposits for the reason that such moneys will not be needed for immediate use but will be needed before the end of the period of designation. In the case of the state treasury, "interim moneys" means public moneys that are not active deposits and may be invested in accordance with section 135.143 of the Revised Code. (G) "Permissible rate of interest" means a rate of interest that all eligible institutions mentioned in section 135.03 of the Revised Code are permitted to pay by law or valid regulations. (H) "Warrant clearance account" means an account established by the treasurer of state for either of the following purposes: (1) The deposit of active state moneys for the purposes of clearing state paper warrants or checks through the banking system, funding electronic benefit transfer cards, issuing stored value cards, or otherwise facilitating the settlement of state obligations; (2) The deposit of custodial moneys from an account held in the custody of the treasurer of state to facilitate settlement of obligations of the custodial fund. (I) "Public deposit" means public moneys deposited in a public depository pursuant to sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. (J) "Public depository" means an institution which receives or holds any public deposits. (K) "Public moneys" means all moneys in the treasury of the state or any subdivision of the state, or moneys coming lawfully into the possession or custody of the treasurer of state or of the treasurer of any subdivision. "Public moneys of the state" includes all such moneys coming lawfully into the possession of the treasurer of state; and "public moneys of a subdivision" includes all such moneys coming lawfully into the possession of the treasurer of the subdivision. (L) "Subdivision" means any municipal corporation, except one which has adopted a charter under Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, and the charter or ordinances of the chartered municipal corporation set forth special provisions respecting the deposit or investment of its public moneys, or any school district or educational service center, a county school financing district, township, municipal or school district sinking fund, special taxing or assessment district, or other district or local authority electing or appointing a treasurer, except a county. In the case of a school district or educational service center, special taxing or assessment district, or other local authority for which a treasurer, elected or appointed primarily as the treasurer of a subdivision, is authorized or required by law to act as ex officio treasurer, the subdivision for which such a treasurer has been primarily elected or appointed shall be considered to be the "subdivision." The term also includes a union or joint institution or enterprise of two or more subdivisions, that is not authorized to elect or appoint a treasurer, and for which no ex officio treasurer is provided by law. (M) "Treasurer" means, in the case of the state, the treasurer of state and in the case of any subdivision, the treasurer, or officer exercising the functions of a treasurer, of such subdivision. In the case of a board of trustees of the sinking fund of a municipal corporation, the board of commissioners of the sinking fund of a school district, or a board of directors or trustees of any union or joint institution or enterprise of two or more subdivisions not having a treasurer, such term means such board of trustees of the sinking fund, board of commissioners of the sinking fund, or board of directors or trustees. (N) "Treasury investment board" of a municipal corporation means the mayor or other chief executive officer, the village solicitor or city director of law, and the auditor or other chief fiscal officer. (O) "No-load money market mutual fund" means a no-load money market mutual fund to which all of the following apply: (1) The fund is registered as an investment company under the "Investment Company Act of 1940," 54 Stat. 789, 15 U.S.C.A. 80a-1 to 80a-64; (2) The fund has the highest letter or numerical rating provided by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization; (3) The fund does not include any investment in a derivative. As used in division (O)(3) of this section, "derivative" means a financial instrument or contract or obligation whose value or return is based upon or linked to another asset or index, or both, separate from the financial instrument, contract, or obligation itself. Any security, obligation, trust account, or other instrument that is created from an issue of the United States treasury or is created from an obligation of a federal agency or instrumentality or is created from both is considered a derivative instrument. An eligible investment described in section 135.14 or 135.35 of the Revised Code with a variable interest rate payment, based upon a single interest payment or single index comprised of other investments provided for in division (B)(1) or (2) of section 135.14 of the Revised Code, is not a derivative, provided that such variable rate investment has a maximum maturity of two years. (P) "Public depositor" means the state or a subdivision, as applicable, that deposits public moneys in a public depository pursuant to sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. (Q) "Uninsured public deposit" means the portion of a public deposit that is not insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation or by any other agency or instrumentality of the federal government. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 154.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 154 / § 154.19
§ 154.19. Establishment of separate accounts
Status: in_force

September 14, 2000 House Bill 640 - 123rd General Assembly Notwithstanding any other provisions of Chapter 154. of the Revised Code with respect to bond service funds and improvement funds, provision may be made in the applicable bond proceedings for the establishment of separate accounts in any bond service fund or the improvement fund and for the application of those accounts only to the specified bond service charges on obligations pertinent to that bond service fund and to costs of capital facilities of only specified facilities germane to the purpose of that improvement fund, and for other accounts in that fund within the general purposes of that fund. Unless otherwise provided in any applicable bond proceedings, moneys to the credit of or in the several bond service or other special funds established pursuant to Chapter 154. of the Revised Code shall be disbursed on the order of the issuing authority, provided that no such order is required for the payment from the applicable bond service fund when due of bond service charges on obligations, and provided that moneys to the credit of the improvement funds shall be disbursed as provided in the applicable appropriation measure.
Ohio Rev. Code § 167.102 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 167 / § 167.102
§ 167.102. Qualifying council securities as special obligations
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly Securities issued under section 167.101 of the Revised Code are special obligation securities and are not general obligations of the state, the issuing qualifying council, the members of the issuing qualifying council, or any political subdivision of the state. Such securities shall not constitute debt for which the full faith and credit of the state, the issuing qualifying council, the members of the issuing qualifying council, or any political subdivision of the state may be pledged. The holder or owner of the securities shall have no right to have money raised by taxation by the state or any political subdivision of the state obligated or pledged, and money so raised shall not be obligated or pledged, for the payment of principal or interest or premium on such securities, and each security shall bear on its face a statement to that effect. Money received by the qualifying council pursuant to section 167.06 of the Revised Code shall not be considered money raised by taxation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 143.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 143 / § 143.06
§ 143.06. Maintenance of fund; initial premiums
Status: in_force

March 23, 2016 Senate Bill 11 - 131st General Assembly (A) The volunteer peace officers' dependents fund shall be maintained in the state treasury. All investment earnings of the fund shall be collected by the treasurer of state and placed to the credit of the fund. (B) Each fund member shall pay to the treasurer of state, to the credit of the fund, an initial premium as follows: (1) Each member with an assessed property valuation of less than seven million dollars, three hundred dollars; (2) Each member with an assessed property valuation of seven million dollars but less than fourteen million dollars, three hundred fifty dollars; (3) Each member with an assessed property valuation of fourteen million dollars but less than twenty-one million dollars, four hundred dollars; (4) Each member with an assessed property valuation of twenty-one million dollars but less than twenty-eight million dollars, four hundred fifty dollars; (5) Each member with an assessed property valuation of twenty-eight million dollars or over, five hundred dollars.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.39
§ 173.39. Community-based long-term care - provider certification for payment
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in sections 173.39 to 173.393 of the Revised Code: (1) "Provider" means a person or government entity that provides any services, including community-based long-term care services, under a program the department of aging administers. "Provider" includes a person or government entity that provides home and community-based services to older adults through the PASSPORT program or assisted living program. (2) "Community-based long-term care services" has the same meaning as in section 173.14 of the Revised Code. (3) "PASSPORT program" and "assisted living program" have the same meanings as in section 173.51 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of aging shall not pay a provider for providing any service, including community-based long-term care services, under the PASSPORT program or assisted living program unless the provider is certified under section 173.391 of the Revised Code and the service is in fact provided. The department may require a provider under any other program the department administers to be certified under section 173.391 of the Revised Code. If the department requires this certification, the department shall not pay the provider for providing any service under that program unless the provider is certified under section 173.391 of the Revised Code and the service is in fact provided. If the department does not require this certification, the department shall not pay the provider for providing any service under that program unless the provider complies with section 173.392 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 5, 2021 at 1:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 105.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 105 / § 105.22
§ 105.22. Officers and meetings
Status: in_force

December 2, 1996 House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly The state council of uniform state laws shall meet in the office of the attorney general at least once each year. It shall organize by electing one of its members as president and another as secretary.
Ohio Rev. Code § 157.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 157 / § 157.02
§ 157.02. Designation of system in land descriptions
Status: in_force

October 1, 1985 House Bill 134 - 116th General Assembly As established for use in the north zone, the Ohio co-ordinate system of 1927 or the Ohio co-ordinate system of 1983 shall be named, and in any land description in which it is used it shall be designated, the Ohio co-ordinate system of 1927, north zone, or the Ohio co-ordinate system of 1983, north zone. As established for use in the south zone, the Ohio co-ordinate system of 1927 or the Ohio co-ordinate system of 1983 shall be named, and in any land description in which it is used it shall be designated, the Ohio co-ordinate system of 1927, south zone, or the Ohio co-ordinate system of 1983, south zone.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.21
§ 125.21. Payroll information
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The director of administrative services shall process payroll information for the purpose of payment for personal services of state officials and employees on the basis of rates of pay determined by pertinent law, the director, or other competent authority. Calculation of payrolls may be made after the conclusion of each pay period based upon the amount of time served as certified by the appropriate appointing authority. Payment for personal service rendered by an official or employee during any pay period shall be made no later than at the conclusion of the official's or employee's next succeeding pay period. The director of administrative services shall furnish to the director of budget and management all necessary data for drawing state official and employee pay warrants and preparing earning statements. These data shall include the rate at which paid; the time for which paid, including overtime and any other adjustments affecting the official's or employee's gross pay; all taxes withheld, including, whenever practicable, year-to-date figures on all taxes withheld; the amount of contribution to the appropriate retirement system; any voluntary deductions made in accordance with authorizations filed by the official or employee; and whether a direct deposit is to be made in accordance with an authorization filed by the official or employee. Amounts deducted from the salaries or wages of all officials and employees shall be transferred to the payroll deduction fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury for the purpose of consolidating all such deductions made in any month. Payments from this fund shall be made at intervals for the intended purpose of the deduction or for refund where it is determined that deductions were made in error.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.46
§ 124.46. Fire department eligibility lists
Status: in_force

July 1, 2007 House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly The names of the examinees who have passed the examination shall be placed on the eligible list in accordance with their grades. The examinee receiving the highest grade shall be placed first on the list. If two or more examinees receive the same grade, seniority in the fire department service shall determine the order of their names. The person having the highest position on the list shall be appointed in the case of a vacancy. Eligible lists established as provided in this section shall continue for two years. If a vacancy occurs prior to the expiration of the two-year period, the list shall continue for the purpose of filling the vacancy until the vacancy has been filled. If an eligible list exists and a vacancy occurs that may be filled from that list, the vacancy shall be filled within a period of not more than ten days from the date of the vacancy.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.116 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.116
§ 145.116. Designation of Ohio-qualified investment managers - utilization - annual report
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The public employees retirement board shall, for the purposes of this section, designate an investment manager as an Ohio-qualified investment manager if the investment manager meets all of the following requirements: (1) The investment manager is subject to taxation under Chapter 5725., 5726., 5733., 5747., or 5751. of the Revised Code; (2) The investment manager meets one of the following requirements: (a) Has its corporate headquarters or principal place of business in this state; (b) Employs at least five hundred individuals in this state; (c) Has a principal place of business in this state and employs at least twenty residents of this state. (B)(1) The board shall, at least annually, establish a policy with the goal to increase utilization by the board of Ohio-qualified investment managers, when an Ohio-qualified investment manager offers quality, services, and safety comparable to other investment managers otherwise available to the board. The policy shall also provide for the following: (a) A process whereby the board can develop a list of Ohio-qualified investment managers and their investment products; (b) A process whereby the board can give public notice to Ohio-qualified investment managers of the board's search for an investment manager that includes the board's search criteria. (2) The board shall determine whether an investment manager is an Ohio-qualified investment manager and whether the investment manager offers quality, services, and safety comparable to other investment managers otherwise available to the board. The board's determination shall be final.
Ohio Rev. Code § 157.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 157 / § 157.05
§ 157.05. Description of land extending from one zone into another
Status: in_force

October 1, 1985 House Bill 134 - 116th General Assembly When any tract of land extends from one zone into the other the co-ordinate zones established by section 157.01 of the Revised Code, the positions of all points on its boundaries may be referenced to either of the two zones.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.012 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.012
§ 173.012. Training programs
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The department of aging may develop and offer training programs to area agencies on aging, long-term care facilities, providers of long-term care services, and other interested parties. The department may charge fees for the training programs. Amounts collected from charging the fees shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the senior community outreach fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund may be used by the department to administer this section and to develop and offer additional training programs. Last updated September 9, 2021 at 12:11 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 188.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 188 / § 188.02
§ 188.02. Electric cooperative easement use for broadband service
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly An easement granted to an electric cooperative for purposes of transmitting, delivering, or otherwise providing electric power may be used, apportioned, or subleased to provide broadband service and such use, apportionment, or sublease shall not be considered an additional burden on the servient estate. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 12:57 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.46
§ 173.46. Long-term care consumer guide
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) The department of aging shall develop and publish a guide to long-term care facilities for use by individuals considering long-term care facility admission and their families, friends, and advisors. The guide, which shall be titled the Ohio long-term care consumer guide, may be published in printed form or in electronic form for distribution over the internet. The guide may be developed as a continuation or modification of the guide published by the department prior to September 29, 2005, under rules adopted under section 173.02 of the Revised Code. (B) The Ohio long-term care consumer guide shall include information on each long-term care facility in this state. For each facility, the guide shall include the following information, as applicable to the facility: (1) Information regarding the facility's compliance with state statutes and rules and federal statutes and regulations; (2) Information generated by the centers for medicare and medicaid services of the United States department of health and human services from the quality measures developed as part of its nursing home quality initiative; (3) Results of the customer satisfaction surveys conducted under section 173.47 of the Revised Code; (4) Any other information the department specifies in rules adopted under section 173.49 of the Revised Code. (C) The Ohio long-term care consumer guide may include information on residential facilities and providers of community-based long-term care services. The department may adopt rules under section 173.49 of the Revised Code to specify the information to be included in the guide pursuant to this division.