Ohio Rev. Code § 123.281 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 123 / § 123.281
§ 123.281. Construction and construction services for cultural facilities, major sports facilities; state financing
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The Ohio facilities construction commission shall provide for the construction of a cultural project in conformity with Chapter 153. of the Revised Code, except for construction services provided on behalf of the state by a governmental agency or a cultural organization in accordance with divisions (B) and (C) of this section. (B) In order for a governmental agency or a cultural organization to provide construction services on behalf of the state for a cultural project, other than a state historical facility, for which the general assembly has made an appropriation or specifically authorized the spending of money or the making of rental payments relating to the financing of the construction, the governmental agency or cultural organization shall submit to the Ohio facilities construction commission a cooperative use agreement that includes, but is not limited to, provisions that: (1) Specify how the proposed project will support culture; (2) Specify that the governmental agency or cultural organization has local contributions amounting to not less than fifty per cent of the total state funding for the cultural project; (3) Specify that the funds shall be used only for construction; (4) Identify the facility to be constructed, renovated, remodeled, or improved; (5) Specify that the project scope meets the intent and purpose of the project appropriation and that the project can be completed and ready to support culture without exceeding appropriated funds; (6) Specify that the governmental agency or cultural organization shall hold the Ohio facilities construction commission harmless from all liability for the operation and maintenance costs of the facility; (7) Specify that the agreement or any actions taken under it are not subject to Chapter 123. or 153. of the Revised Code, except for sections 123.20 , 123.201 , 123.21 , 123.28 , 123.281 , and 153.011 of the Revised Code, and are subject to Chapter 4115. of the Revised Code; and (8) Provide that amendments to the agreement shall require the approval of the Ohio facilities construction commission. (C) In order for a cultural organization to provide construction services on behalf of the state for a state historical facility for which the general assembly has made an appropriation or specifically authorized the spending of money or the making of rental payments relating to the financing of the construction, the cultural organization shall submit to the Ohio facilities construction commission a cooperative use agreement that includes, but is not limited to, provisions that: (1) Specify how the proposed project will support culture; (2) Specify that the funds shall be used only for construction; (3) Specify that not more than three per cent of the funds may be used by the cultural organization to administer the project; (4) Identify the facility to be constructed, renovated, remodeled, or improved; (5) Specify that the project scope meets the intent and purpose of the project appropriation and that the project can be completed and ready to support culture without exceeding appropriated funds; (6) Specify that the cultural organization shall hold the Ohio facilities construction commission harmless from all liability for the operation and maintenance costs of the facility; (7) Specify that the agreement or any actions taken under it are not subject to Chapter 123., 153., or 4115. of the Revised Code, except for sections 123.20 , 123.201 , 123.21 , 123.28 , and 123.281 of the Revised Code; and (8) Provide that amendments to the agreement shall require the approval of the Ohio facilities construction commission. (D) For an Ohio sports facility that is financed in part by obligations issued under Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, construction services shall be provided on behalf of the state by or at the direction of the governmental agency or nonprofit corporation that will own or be responsible for the management of the facility. Any construction services to be provided by a governmental agency or nonprofit corporation shall be specified in a cooperative use agreement between the Ohio facilities construction commission and the governmental agency or nonprofit corporation. The agreement and any actions taken under it are not subject to Chapter 123. or 153. of the Revised Code, except for sections 123.20 , 123.201 , 123.21 , 123.28 , 123.281 , and 153.011 of the Revised Code, and are subject to Chapter 4115. of the Revised Code. (E) Except as provided in division (H) of this section and section 123.283 of the Revised Code, state funds shall not be used to pay or reimburse more than fifteen per cent of the initial estimated construction cost of an Ohio sports facility, excluding any site acquisition cost, and no state funds, including any state bond proceeds, shall be spent on any Ohio sports facility under this chapter unless, with respect to that facility, all of the following apply: (1) The Ohio facilities construction commission has received a financial and development plan satisfactory to it, and provision has been made, by agreement or otherwise, satisfactory to the commission, for a contribution amounting to not less than eighty-five per cent of the total estimated construction cost of the facility, excluding any site acquisition cost, from sources other than the state. (2) The general assembly has specifically authorized the spending of money on, or made an appropriation for, the construction of the facility, or for rental payments relating to state financing of all or a portion of the costs of constructing the facility. Authorization to spend money, or an appropriation, for planning or determining the feasibility of or need for the facility does not constitute authorization to spend money on, or an appropriation for, costs of constructing the facility. (3) If state bond proceeds are being used for the Ohio sports facility, the state or a governmental agency owns or has sufficient property interests in the facility or in the site of the facility or in the portion or portions of the facility financed from proceeds of state bonds, which may include, but is not limited to, the right to use or to require the use of the facility for the presentation of sport and athletic events to the public at the facility. (F) In addition to the requirements of division (E) of this section, no state funds, including any state bond proceeds, shall be spent on any Ohio sports facility that is a motorsports complex, unless, with respect to that facility, both of the following apply: (1) Motorsports events shall be presented at the facility pursuant to a lease entered into with the owner of the facility. The term of the lease shall be for a period of not less than the greater of the useful life of the portion of the facility financed from proceeds of state bonds as determined using the guidelines for maximum maturities as provided under divisions (B) and (C) of section 133.20 of the Revised Code, or the period of time remaining to the date of payment or provision for payment of outstanding state bonds allocable to costs of the facility, all as determined by the director of budget and management and certified by the executive director of the Ohio facilities construction commission and to the treasurer of state. (2) Any motorsports organization that commits to using the facility for an established period of time shall give the political subdivision in which the facility is located not less than six months' advance notice if the organization intends to cease utilizing the facility prior to the expiration of that established period. Such a motorsports organization shall be liable to the state for any state funds used on the construction costs of the facility. (G) In addition to the requirements of division (E) of this section, no state bond proceeds shall be spent on any Ohio sports facility that is a tennis facility, unless the owner or manager of the facility provides contractual commitments from a national or international professional tennis organization in a form acceptable to the Ohio facilities construction commission that assures that one or more sanctioned professional tennis events will be presented at the facility during each year that the bonds remain outstanding. (H) State funds may be used as a performance grant to pay or reimburse up to twenty-five per cent of the initial estimated construction cost for a major sports facility if all of the following criteria are met: (1) The major sports facility upon completion will be a part of a transformational major sports facility mixed-use project. (2) The office of budget and management in consultation with the Ohio facilities construction commission has received a financial and development plan that satisfies the requirements of this section, and includes a contribution amounting to not less than seventy-five per cent of the total initial estimated construction cost of the major sports facility, excluding any site acquisition cost, from sources other than the state's performance grant, including a contribution from the professional sports franchise that plans to use the facility, or the owner or an authorized affiliate, of at least fifty per cent of the total estimated construction cost of the major sports facility. (3) The general assembly has specifically authorized, or made an appropriation for, the performance grant to aid in the construction of the major sports facility, provided that the grant's authorization or appropriation does not include planning or determining the feasibility of or need for the major sports facility as a cost of constructing the major sports facility. The performance grant is not subject to the review or authorization of the controlling board, and upon the office of budget and management's receipt of the escrow amount and of a certification of funds or other requisite proof the supplemental reserve amount has been established in accordance with division (H)(4) of this section, is eligible for disbursement in full or in part, for the payment or reimbursement of construction costs for the major sports facility, without regard to the other sources of contribution for the costs of construction of the major sports facility as described in division (H)(2) of this section and not on a pro rata basis. The state shall not incur debt to fund or assist a major sports facility receiving a performance grant under this section. (4)(a) The professional sports franchise planning to use the facility, or the owner or an authorized affiliate, has executed and filed with the office of budget and management an escrow amount equal to eight and one-third per cent of the total amount of the performance grant appropriated for the project, which shall be deposited in an interest-bearing account maintained within the state treasury, nonrefundable disbursements from which shall be as described in division (H)(5) of this section. Whatever remains of the amount in escrow after the sixteen-year period, including any interest earnings thereon, shall be returned to the professional sports franchise, owner, or affiliate upon certification by the office of budget and management, in consultation with the department of taxation, that the total incremental major sports facility mixed-use project district state tax revenues have achieved all required target amounts as described in division (H)(5) of this section. (b) The professional sports franchise planning to use the facility, or the owner or an authorized affiliate, shall establish a supplemental reserve, which may take the form of a line of credit or other commercially reasonable type of certifiable and available liquidity, in an amount equal to the initial escrow account deposit required by division (H)(4)(a) of this section. The supplemental reserve shall be available to be drawn upon in accordance with division (H)(5)(c) of this section. The supplemental reserve shall not be required to be replenished if drawn upon in accordance with division (H)(5) of this section. (5) The professional sports franchise planning to use the facility, or the owner or an authorized affiliate, has entered into an agreement with the office of budget and management that complies with this section and specifies all of the following: (a) The incremental major sports facility mixed-use project district state tax revenues meet target amounts, as determined by the office of budget and management, in consultation with the Ohio facilities construction commission and the department of taxation, the total amount of which collected over a sixteen-year period equals or exceeds the amount of the performance grant appropriated to the project. The target amounts shall be as follows: (i) For the first four full calendar years beginning in the year in which the performance grant is eligible for disbursement under an appropriation, ten per cent of the total appropriated amount; (ii) For the second four-year period, twenty-six per cent of the total appropriated amount; (iii) For the third four-year period, thirty-two per cent of the total appropriated amount; (iv) For the fourth four-year period, thirty-two per cent of the total appropriated amount. (b) Incremental major sports facility mixed-use project district state tax revenues in excess of the target amount shall be credited towards target amounts in future periods. (c) If the incremental major sports facility mixed-use project district state tax revenues do not achieve target amounts at the end of each four-year period as determined by the office of budget and management, in consultation with the department of taxation, the deficit shall be offset by any excess tax revenue credit from previous years under division (H)(5)(b) of this section. If a deficit remains, the office of budget and management shall take a nonrefundable amount of money equal to the remaining deficit amount from the escrow account described under division (H)(4) of this section and deposit it into the general revenue fund. If a deficit still remains, the office of budget and management shall take a nonrefundable amount of money equal to the remaining deficit amount for that period from the supplemental reserve established pursuant to division (H)(4)(b) of this section, to the extent available, and deposit the money into the general revenue fund. Beginning in the ninth calendar year after the performance grant is eligible for disbursement, and once annually thereafter until completion of the sixteenth year, the professional sports franchise, or the owner or an authorized affiliate, may request a determination by the office of budget and management, in consultation with the department of taxation, that the total incremental major sports facility mixed-use project district state tax revenues equals or exceeds the amount of the performance grant appropriated to the project. Once the total incremental major sports facility mixed-use project district state tax revenues equals or exceeds the amount of the performance grant appropriated to the project, whether at the conclusion of a designated four-year period under division (H)(5)(a) of this section or upon an annual request under this division, the professional sports franchise, or the owner or authorized affiliate, shall receive the remainder of the amount in escrow, principal and interest, as provided for under division (H)(4)(a) of this section. (d) If, prior to the expiration of the fourth four-year period described in division (H)(5)(a) of this section, the owner's share of the ownership interest in the professional sports franchise becomes less than a controlling ownership interest, all rights, privileges, responsibilities, and obligations of the owner provided under this section and the agreement with the office of budget and management shall be assigned to, and assumed by, any new owner with a controlling ownership interest. (e) Establishes the metes and bounds of, including all areas within, the proposed transformational major sports facility mixed-use project district, which shall meet all of the following requirements: (i) All territory in the district is contiguous. (ii) The office of budget and management receives a petition, accompanied by a description of the proposed transformational major sports facility mixed-use project district, signed by every record owner of a parcel of real property located in the district and the owner of every business that operates in the district. (iii) A transformational major sports facility mixed-use project will be located on territory of the proposed transformational major sports facility mixed-use project district. (iv) Not more than one major sports facility mixed-use project may be located within a transformational major sports facility mixed-use project district. (v) For purposes of determining total incremental major sports facility mixed-use project district state tax revenues, the district's territorial boundary may not be enlarged after it is established with the office of budget and management, which may consult with the department of taxation, the Ohio facilities construction commission, and any applicable county or municipal offices to ensure each requirement in this division is met. (f) Every record owner of a parcel of real property located in the proposed transformational major sports facility mixed-use project district shall be required to comply with, and will cause every person that enters into a lease, license, use, or operating agreement for all or a portion of the building or facilities located in, a transformational major sports facility mixed-use project district to be subject to, reporting requirements as may be required by the department of taxation, in consultation with the office of budget and management and the Ohio facilities construction commission as described in division (J) of this section. Such requirement may be evidenced by an instrument that has been duly recorded in the land records of the county. (6)(a) The professional sports franchise planning to use the major sports facility shall not cease playing most of its home games at the major sports facility and begin playing most of its home games at a different facility located anywhere outside of the transformational major sports facility mixed-use project district until the earlier of one of the following dates: (i) The total incremental major sports facility mixed-use project district state tax revenues equals or exceeds the amount of the performance grant appropriated to the transformational major sports facility mixed-use project, inclusive of any amounts drawn from the escrow account or supplemental reserve under division (H)(4) of this section ;. (ii) Thirty years after the professional sports franchise plays its initial regular season home game at the major sports facility. (b) This division is in addition to, independent of, and operates concurrently with section 9.67 of the Revised Code. (I) Every person who owns real property located in, enters into a lease, license, use, or operating agreement for all or a portion of the building and facilities located in, or purchases or leases materials and items used in construction in the territory of a transformational major sports facility mixed-use project district is subject to reporting requirements as may be required by the department of taxation, in consultation with the office of budget and management and the Ohio facilities construction commission. Compliance with these requirements may be evidenced by an instrument that is duly recorded with the county recorder. (J) Every person doing business in a transformational major sports facility mixed-use project district shall file tax returns and make tax payments pursuant to Chapters 5739., 5741., 5747., and 5751. of the Revised Code using an electronic medium in a format prescribed by the department of taxation. Persons that pay salaries and wages to employees in the territory of a transformational major sports facility mixed-use project district shall register for a separate withholding account and shall remit the wages and salaries withheld from employees for activities performed in the territory of a transformational major sports facility mixed-use project district separately from all income taxes withheld by such employer. In addition, every person doing business in the territory of a transformational major sports facility mixed-use project district shall provide all of the following information to the department of taxation: (1) For persons that collect transformational major sports facility mixed-use project district tax revenues pursuant to Chapter 5739. of the Revised Code, tax collections generated from construction or transactions in the territory of a transformational major sports facility mixed-use project district on the returns filed pursuant to Chapter 5739. of the Revised Code as prescribed by the department of taxation; (2) For persons that generate transformational major sports facility mixed-use project district tax revenues under Chapters 5741., 5747., and 5751. of the Revised Code, estimated payments for corporate income taxes generated from the transformational major sports facility mixed-use project district and information regarding gross revenues generated from activities in the transformational major sports facility mixed-use project district and gross revenues from all activities in this state; (3) For persons that make payments to an independent contractor attributable to construction or transactions in the territory of a transformational major sports facility mixed-use project district, information regarding such payments by the thirty-first day of January of each year in a format prescribed by the department of taxation. ; (4) The department of taxation may disclose taxpayer information regarding transactions, real or personal property, income, or business of any person to the governmental agency that owns, or holds a sufficient ownership interest in, a major sports facility as may be necessary for the administration of the provisions authorized by this section. (K) The department of taxation shall develop forms necessary to implement and administer this section. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 146.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 146 / § 146.16
§ 146.16. Certifying claims for payment
Status: in_force

March 13, 1986 Senate Bill 269 - 116th General Assembly A volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board shall meet within five days after the receipt of a claim to consider the claim and, if satisfied with the validity of the claim, shall make a determination of the amount due and to become due and shall certify its determination to the state fire marshal for payment. The certificate shall show the name and address of the board, the name and address of each beneficiary, the amount to be received by or on behalf of each beneficiary, and the name and address of the person to whom the payments shall be made. The board may make a continuing order for monthly payments to become due to a claimant for a period not exceeding three months from the date of the determination. The determination may be modified after issuance to reflect any changes in eligibility of the claimant. If no changes occur at the end of the three-month period, it is sufficient authority for the state fire marshal to provide for payment if the board certifies to him that the original certificate is continued for an additional three-month period.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.95 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.95
§ 173.95. Best practices to prevent elder fraud and financial exploitation
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 Senate Bill 158 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The director of aging, the director of commerce, the director of job and family services, and the attorney general or the attorney general's designee, in consultation with county departments of job and family services, adult protective services agencies, the Ohio bankers league, the community bankers association of Ohio, the securities industry and financial markets association, and the Ohio credit union league, shall work together to do all of the following: (1) Develop best practices and standards for preventing elder fraud and financial exploitation ; (2) Provide education on elder fraud and financial exploitation; (3) Ensure that victims of elder fraud and exploitation have access to available services and resources. (B) The director of aging, the director of commerce, and the director of job and family services shall create a report of the best practices and standards developed under division (A)(1) of this section and shall provide a copy of that report to the governor, the president and minority leader of the senate, and the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives not later than December 1, 2019.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.105 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.105
§ 117.105. Notice from auditor
Status: in_force

February 1, 2016 House Bill 2 - 131st General Assembly The auditor of state shall provide written notice to the sponsor of a community school regarding any action taken against or upcoming audits of a community school to assist the sponsor in complying with the requirements of section 3314.019 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.09
§ 145.09. Election of chairperson and appointment of executive director - powers and duties of board
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The public employees retirement board shall elect from its membership a chairperson. The board shall appoint an executive director who shall serve as secretary to the board, an actuary, and other employees as necessary for the transaction of the business of the public employees retirement system. The compensation of all persons so appointed shall be fixed by the board. Such persons appointed by the board are not employees of the state and are not subject to Chapter 124. of the Revised Code. Effective ninety days after September 15, 2004, the board may not employ a state retirement system investment officer, as defined in section 1707.01 of the Revised Code, who does not hold a valid state retirement system investment officer license issued by the division of securities in the department of commerce. Every expense voucher of an employee, officer, or board member of the public employees retirement system shall itemize all purchases and expenditures. The board shall perform other functions as required for the proper execution of this chapter, and may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code for the proper administration and management of this chapter. The board may take all appropriate action to avoid payment by the system or its members of federal or state income taxes on contributions to the system or amounts earned on such contributions. Notice of proposed rules shall be given to interested parties and rules adopted by the board shall be published and otherwise made available. When it files a rule with the joint committee on agency rule review pursuant to section 111.15 of the Revised Code, the board shall submit to the Ohio retirement study council a copy of the full text of the rule, and if applicable, a copy of the rule summary and fiscal analysis required by division (B) of section 106.024 of the Revised Code. The board may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with. All of its business shall be transacted, all of its funds invested, all warrants for money drawn and payments made, and all of its cash and securities and other property shall be held in the name of the board, or in the name of its nominee, provided that nominees are authorized by retirement board resolution for the purpose of facilitating the ownership and transfer of investments. If the Ohio retirement study council establishes a uniform format for any report the board is required to submit to the council, the board shall submit the report in that format. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.78 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.78
§ 101.78. Initial registration, statement of expenditures and financial transactions to be public
Status: in_force

May 12, 1994 House Bill 492 - 120th General Assembly (A) The joint legislative ethics committee shall keep on file the statements required by sections 101.72 , 101.73 , and 101.74 of the Revised Code. Those statements are public records and open to public inspection, and the joint committee shall computerize them so that the information contained in them is readily accessible to the general public. The joint committee shall provide copies of the statements to the general public upon request and may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed the cost of copying and delivering each statement. (B) The joint committee shall prescribe and make available an appropriate form for filing the information required by sections 101.72 , 101.73 , and 101.74 of the Revised Code. The form shall contain the following notice in boldface type: "ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY FILES A FALSE STATEMENT IS GUILTY OF FALSIFICATION UNDER SECTION 2921.13 OF THE REVISED CODE, WHICH IS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FIRST DEGREE." (C) The joint committee shall publish a handbook that explains in clear and concise language sections 101.70 to 101.79 and 101.99 of the Revised Code and make it available free of charge to members of the general assembly, legislative agents, employers, and any other interested persons. (D) Not later than the last day of February and October of each year, the joint committee shall compile from registration statements filed with it a complete and updated list of registered legislative agents and their employers and distribute the list to each member of the general assembly, each member of the controlling board who is not a member of the general assembly, and the governor. The joint committee shall provide copies of the list to the general public upon request and may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed the cost of copying and delivering the list. (E) The joint committee may adopt rules as necessary to implement sections 101.70 to 101.79 of the Revised Code, and any such rules it adopts shall be adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.54
§ 133.54. Refunding serial bonds - reassessment - taxpaying period - rate of interest
Status: in_force

September 17, 1991 House Bill 207 - 119th General Assembly Whenever bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of special assessments are refunded, as authorized by section 133.37 of the Revised Code, the taxing authority may reassess against each lot or parcel of land upon which the original assessments were levied and are due and unpaid, the due and unpaid part of the installments of such assessments with interest. Whenever, irrespective of the issuance of any refunding bonds, any annual assessment installment certified to the county auditor for collection has become due and remains unpaid, and the political subdivision has paid all of the annual or semiannual serial bond maturities which are due and which were issued in anticipation of the collection of said special assessment, the taxing authority may reassess against each lot or parcel, upon which the original assessments were levied and are due and unpaid, the due and unpaid part of the installments of such assessments. The amount so reassessed against each lot or parcel shall be equal to the amount due and unpaid on the principal sum of the original assessment or installment of assessments so reassessed, and shall include in addition any interest included in or accrued upon such installments, but shall not include any penalties or any interest chargeable under section 323.121 of the Revised Code, which shall thereupon be remitted. When reassessed to pay refunding bonds, such total amount shall be payable in substantially equal annual or semiannual installments which may commence at the taxpaying period immediately following the taxpaying period at which the last installment of the original assessment will be due and payable over the period of years for which said refunding bonds are issued, and shall bear interest at the same rate as is borne by such refunding bonds. When otherwise reassessed, such total amount shall be payable in substantially equal annual or semiannual installments which may commence at the taxpaying period immediately following the taxpaying period at which the last installment of the original assessment will be due, and ending not more than fifteen years from the date of the reassessment, and shall bear interest at such a rate as the taxing authority fixes in its assessing measure. Such reassessments shall not be subject to the limitations of section 727.03 of the Revised Code or to any other statutory limit on the amount of assessments.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.18
§ 125.18. Office of information technology - duties of director - contracts
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) There is hereby established the office of information technology within the department of administrative services. The office shall be under the supervision of a state chief information officer to be appointed by the director of administrative services and subject to removal at the pleasure of the director. The chief information officer is an assistant director of administrative services. (B) Under the direction of the director of administrative services, the state chief information officer shall lead, oversee, and direct state agency activities related to information technology development and use. In that regard, the state chief information officer shall do all of the following: (1) Coordinate and superintend statewide efforts to promote common use and development of technology by state agencies. The office of information technology shall establish policies and standards that govern and direct state agency participation in statewide programs and initiatives. (2) Coordinate with the office of procurement services to establish policies and standards for state agency acquisition of information technology supplies and services; (3) Establish policies and standards for the use of common information technology by state agencies, including, but not limited to, hardware, software, technology services, and security, and the extension of the service life of information technology systems, with which state agencies shall comply; (4) Establish criteria and review processes to identify state agency information technology projects or purchases that require alignment or oversight. As appropriate, the department of administrative services shall provide the governor and the director of budget and management with notice and advice regarding the appropriate allocation of resources for those projects. The state chief information officer may require state agencies to provide, and may prescribe the form and manner by which they must provide, information to fulfill the state chief information officer's alignment and oversight role; (5) Establish policies and procedures for the security of personal information that is maintained and destroyed by state agencies; (6) Employ a chief information security officer who is responsible for the implementation of the policies and procedures described in division (B)(5) of this section and for coordinating the implementation of those policies and procedures in all of the state agencies; (7) Employ a chief privacy officer who is responsible for advising state agencies when establishing policies and procedures for the security of personal information and developing education and training programs regarding the state's security procedures; (8) Establish policies on the purchasing, use, and reimbursement for use of handheld computing and telecommunications devices by state agency employees; (9) Establish policies for the reduction of printing and for the increased use of electronic records by state agencies; (10) Establish policies for the reduction of energy consumption by state agencies; (11) Compute the amount of revenue attributable to the amortization of all equipment purchases and capitalized systems from information technology service delivery and major information technology purchases, MARCS administration, and enterprise applications operating appropriation items and major computer purchases capital appropriation items that is recovered as part of the information technology services rates the department of administrative services charges and deposits into the information technology fund created in section 125.15 of the Revised Code, and the user fees the department of administrative services charges and deposits in the MARCS administration fund created in section 4501.29 of the Revised Code, the rates the department of administrative services charges to benefiting agencies for the operation and management of information technology applications and deposits in the enterprise applications fund. The enterprise applications fund is hereby created in the state treasury. (12) Regularly review and make recommendations regarding improving the infrastructure of the state's cybersecurity operations with existing resources and through partnerships between government, business, and institutions of higher education; (13) Assist, as needed, with general state efforts to grow the cybersecurity industry in this state. (C)(1) The chief information security officer shall assist each state agency with the development of an information technology security strategic plan and review that plan, and each state agency shall submit that plan to the state chief information officer. The chief information security officer may require that each state agency update its information technology security strategic plan annually as determined by the state chief information officer. (2) Prior to the implementation of any information technology data system, a state agency shall prepare or have prepared a privacy impact statement for that system. (D) When a state agency requests a purchase of information technology supplies or services under Chapter 125. of the Revised Code, the state chief information officer may review and reject the requested purchase for noncompliance with information technology direction, plans, policies, standards, or project-alignment criteria. (E) The office of information technology may operate technology services for state agencies in accordance with this chapter. Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, the office of information technology may assess a transaction fee on each license or registration issued as part of an electronic licensing system operated by the office in an amount determined by the office not to exceed three dollars and fifty cents. The transaction fee shall apply to all transactions, regardless of form, that immediately precede the issuance, renewal, reinstatement, reactivation of, or other activity that results in, a license or registration to operate as a regulated professional or entity. Each license or registration is a separate transaction to which a fee under this division applies. Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, if a fee is assessed under this section, no agency, board, or commission shall issue a license or registration unless a fee required by this division has been received. The director of administrative services may collect the fee or require a state agency, board, or commission for which the system is being operated to collect the fee. Amounts received under this division shall be deposited in or transferred to the occupational licensing and regulatory fund created in section 4743.05 or the Revised Code. (F) With the approval of the director of administrative services, the office of information technology may establish cooperative agreements with federal and local government agencies and state agencies that are not under the authority of the governor for the provision of technology services and the development of technology projects. (G) The office of information technology may operate a program to make information technology purchases. The director of administrative services may recover the cost of operating the program from all participating government entities by issuing intrastate transfer voucher billings for the procured technology or through any pass-through billing method agreed to by the director of administrative services, the director of budget and management, and the participating government entities that will receive the procured technology. If the director of administrative services chooses to recover the program costs through intrastate transfer voucher billings, the participating government entities shall process the intrastate transfer vouchers to pay for the cost. Amounts received under this section for the information technology purchase program shall be deposited to the credit of the information technology governance fund created in section 125.15 of the Revised Code. (H) Upon request from the director of administrative services, the director of budget and management may transfer cash from the information technology fund created in section 125.15 of the Revised Code, the MARCS administration fund created in section 4501.29 of the Revised Code, or the enterprise applications fund created in division (B)(11) of this section to the major information technology purchases fund in an amount not to exceed the amount computed under division (B)(11) of this section. The major information technology purchases fund is hereby created in the state treasury. (I) As used in this section: (1) "Personal information" has the same meaning as in section 149.45 of the Revised Code. (2) "State agency" means every organized body, office, or agency established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of state government, other than any state-supported institution of higher education, the office of the auditor of state, treasurer of state, secretary of state, or attorney general, the adjutant general's department, the bureau of workers' compensation, the industrial commission, the public employees retirement system, the Ohio police and fire pension fund, the state teachers retirement system, the school employees retirement system, the state highway patrol retirement system, the general assembly or any legislative agency, the capitol square review advisory board, or the courts or any judicial agency. Last updated September 28, 2023 at 4:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.351 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.351
§ 135.351. Crediting interest
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 Senate Bill 353 - 127th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in sections 135.352 and 1545.22 of the Revised Code, all interest earned on money included within the county treasury shall be credited to the general fund of the county. (B) Unless otherwise provided by law, with respect to moneys belonging to another political subdivision, taxing district, or special district that are deposited or invested by the county, the county shall pay and distribute such moneys in accordance with division (B)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, as appropriate: (1) On or before the tenth day of the month following the month in which the county received such moneys or on or before such later date authorized by the legislative authority or other governing body of the other political subdivision or district, pay and distribute all such moneys to the treasurer or other appropriate officer of the other political subdivision or district. (2) With respect to moneys due to boards and subdivisions under section 321.31 of the Revised Code, pay and distribute such moneys within five business days after the final date prescribed by law for such settlement, or if the settlement date is lawfully extended, within five business days after the date of such lawful extension. (3) With respect to moneys for which any advance authorized by section 321.34 or 321.342 of the Revised Code has been requested, pay and distribute such moneys within five business days after the request for the advance is delivered to the county auditor. (C) If the county fails to make any payment and distribution required by division (B) of this section within the time periods prescribed by that division, the county shall pay to the appropriate other political subdivision, taxing district, or special district any interest that the county has received or will receive on any moneys or advance described in that division which accrues after the date such moneys or advance should have been distributed, together with the principal amount of such moneys or advance. The county shall make this payment of principal and interest within five business days after the treasurer or other appropriate officer of such other political subdivision or district files a written demand for payment with the county auditor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.10
§ 109.10. Proceedings in quo warranto
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The attorney general may prosecute a proceeding in quo warranto in the supreme court of the state, the court of appeals of Franklin county, or the court of appeals of any county wherein a defendant company has a place of business, or the officers or persons made defendants reside or may be found.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.624 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.624
§ 135.624. Loan rates
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Upon the treasurer of state placing, purchasing, or designating a linked deposit, the eligible lending institution shall lend the corresponding funds to each approved eligible borrower listed in the accepted linked deposit loan package, and in accordance with the deposit agreement required by section 135.623 of the Revised Code. Unless otherwise specified in the deposit agreement, the interest rates on the loans to such eligible borrowers shall be at a rate equal to or greater than the present borrowing rate applicable to each specific eligible borrower in the accepted linked deposit loan package minus the difference between the prevailing interest rate and the discount interest rate at which the linked deposits were placed, made, or designated. (B) The eligible lending institution shall provide to the treasurer of state a certificate of compliance with division (A) of this section, in the form and manner prescribed by the treasurer of state. (C) Upon the conclusion of the maturity period, the treasurer of state may allow for the renewal of an application for a linked deposit program with the same terms for one or more additional maturity periods if certain requirements are met, as determined by the treasurer of state. In the event the treasurer of state does not allow for renewal, the requirements are not met, or the eligible borrower is not eligible for a renewal, an eligible borrower may submit a new application to participate in a linked deposit program. (D) At the time of maturity or upon the repayment of a loan in its entirety, whichever is earlier, the eligible lending institution shall return the amount of the corresponding linked deposit to the treasurer of state in a timely manner, as prescribed by the treasurer of state. (E) The treasurer of state shall take any and all steps necessary to implement and administer the linked deposit programs, including the development of guidelines as necessary. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 3:57 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 157.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 157 / § 157.03
§ 157.03. Plane co-ordinates - description
Status: in_force

October 1, 1985 House Bill 134 - 116th General Assembly The plane co-ordinates of a point on the earth's surface, to be used in expressing the position or location of such point in the appropriate zone of the systems specified in section 157.01 of the Revised Code, shall consist of two distances, expressed in United States survey feet and decimals of a United States survey foot when using the Ohio co-ordinate system of 1927, and expressed in metres and decimals of a metre when using the Ohio co-ordinate system of 1983. One of these distances, known as the "x co-ordinate," shall give the position in an east and west direction; the other, known as the "y co-ordinate," shall give the position in a north and south direction. These co-ordinates shall be made to depend upon and conform to plane rectangular co-ordinate values for the monumented points of the North American horizontal geodetic control network as published by the United States department of commerce and whose plane co-ordinates have been computed on the systems defined in this chapter. Any such station may be used for establishing a survey connection to either Ohio co-ordinate system.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.18
§ 153.18. Certification of additional force or materials
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly The owner referred to in section 153.01 of the Revised Code shall make separate estimates of all additional force or materials employed or supplied as provided by section 153.17 of the Revised Code, and payment shall be provided for by the director of budget and management. The amount so paid shall be charged against the contractor and be deducted from his next or any subsequent estimate. The amount or any part thereof not so paid may be recovered by action from such contractor and his sureties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.6012 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.6012
§ 125.6012. Ordering offices and agencies to provide necessary information
Status: in_force

June 30, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly A government ordering office and qualified nonprofit agency shall provide the necessary information and documentation requested by the office of procurement from community rehabilitation programs to enable the office to effectively administer sections 125.60 to 125.6012 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.08
§ 111.08. Custody of laws and documents
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 141 - 131st General Assembly The secretary of state shall have charge of and safely keep the laws and resolutions passed by the general assembly and such other papers and documents as are required to be deposited in the secretary of state's office. The Ohio history connection shall have charge of and safely keep the following original documents: Ohio Constitution of 1802; Ohio Constitution of 1851; proposed Ohio Constitution of 1875; design and the letters of patent and assignment of patent for the state flag; S.J.R. 13 (1873); S.J.R. 53 (1875); S.J.R. 72 (1875); S.J.R. 50 (1883); H.J.R. 73 (1883); S.J.R. 28 (1885); H.J.R. 67 (1885); S.J.R. 17 (1902); S.J.R. 28 (1902); H.J.R. 39 (1902); S.J.R. 23 (1903); H.J.R. 19 (1904); S.J.R. 16 (1905); H.J.R. 41 (1913); H.J.R. 34 (1917); petition form (2) (1918); S.J.R. 6 (1921); H.J.R. 5 (1923); H.J.R. 40 (1923); H.J.R. 8 (1929); H.J.R. 20 (1929); S.J.R. 4 (1933); petition form (2) (1933); S.J.R. 57 (1936); petition form (1936); H.J.R. 14 (1942); H.J.R. 15 (1944); H.J.R. 8 (1944); S.J.R. 6 (1947); petition form (1947); H.J.R. 24 (1947); H.J.R. 48 (1947).
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.191 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.191
§ 145.191. Employee with less than 5 years of service electing to participate in defined contribution plan
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (F) of this section, a public employees retirement system member or contributor who, as of December 31, 2002, has less than five years of total service credit is eligible to make an election under this section. A member or contributor who is employed in more than one position subject to this chapter is eligible to make only one election. The election applies to all positions subject to this chapter. Not later than June 30, 2003, an eligible member or contributor may elect to participate in a PERS defined contribution plan. Unless a form evidencing an election is received by the system on or before that date, a member or contributor to whom this section applies is deemed to have elected to continue participating in the PERS defined benefit plan. (B) An election under this section shall be made in writing on a form provided by the system and filed with the system. (C) On the request of a member or contributor who made an election under this section, the system shall credit to the plan elected the accumulated contributions standing to the credit of the member or contributor in the employees' savings fund and cancel all service credit and eligibility for any payment, benefit, or right under the PERS defined benefit plan. (D) For each member or contributor who elected under this section to participate in a PERS defined contribution plan and made a request under division (C) of this section, any additional deposits that were made by the member or contributor prior to April 6, 2007, under the version of division (C) of section 145.23 of the Revised Code as it existed immediately prior to that date shall be credited to the defined contribution plan. (E) An election under this section is effective as of January 1, 2003, and, except as provided in section 145.814 of the Revised Code or rules governing the PERS defined benefit plan, is irrevocable on receipt by the system. (F) An election may not be made under this section by a member or contributor who is either of the following: (1) A PERS retirant who is a member under division (C) of section 145.38 of the Revised Code; (2) A PERS law enforcement officer or a PERS public safety officer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.39
§ 133.39. Issuance of duplicate security, check or warrant - alternative
Status: in_force

September 17, 1991 House Bill 207 - 119th General Assembly (A) The taxing authority of a subdivision may authorize, by specific legislation or by general legislation authorizing the fiscal officer or registrar to act for it, the issuance of a duplicate security to the holder or owner of any lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed security, including any appertaining coupons, as provided in section 1308.41 of the Revised Code, or any check or warrant issued in payment of debt charges, which duplicate shall be in the same general form and contain the same terms, and be signed, as required for the original instrument. The instrument so issued shall plainly show upon its face that it is a duplicate. (B) In lieu of the issuance of a duplicate of a security that has matured, the taxing authority may authorize the fiscal officer to pay the debt charges that are due on the security, with appropriate recording of and receipt for payment. (C) The taxing authority may require, before the issuance of such a duplicate or the making of such payment, all of the following: (1) Proof of the loss, theft, mutilation, or destruction; (2) Payment by the holder or owner of the reasonable expense of issuing the duplicate or making the payment, including administrative and legal expenses and any printing costs; (3) A bond of indemnity or other type of surety, satisfactory to the fiscal officer, securing the subdivision, its officers, the paying agent, and the registrar against all loss or liability for or on account of the instrument replaced or payment made.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.133 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.133
§ 124.133. Experimental leave and benefits program
Status: in_force

July 1, 2007 House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly The director of administrative services may establish, by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, an experimental program to be implemented on a limited basis only which grants to employees in the service of the state vacation leave, sick leave, disability leave, personal leave, life insurance, or medical insurance benefits that differ from these benefits as granted by sections 124.13 , 124.134 , 124.382 , 124.385 , 124.386 , 124.81 , and 124.82 of the Revised Code. However, this program shall not reduce the number of hours of vacation leave, sick leave, or personal leave which an employee has accrued as of the effective date of the rule.
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.33
§ 163.33. Paying compensation prior to removal
Status: in_force

October 9, 1981 House Bill 146 - 114th General Assembly (A) Before any advertising device is removed by a public agency pursuant to any law or ordinance, or to the exercise of any power or authority possessed by the public agency, the owner of the advertising device and the owner of the real property upon which the advertising device is located shall be paid just compensation. (B) Sections 163.31 to 163.33 of the Revised Code do not apply to any action taken pursuant to Chapter 5516. of the Revised Code. Last updated February 2, 2022 at 9:40 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.18
§ 121.18. Report by each department
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Each department shall make and file a report of its transactions and proceedings at the time and in the manner prescribed by section 149.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.41
§ 131.41. Family services stabilization fund
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the family services stabilization fund. The fund shall consist of moneys deposited into it pursuant to acts of the general assembly. The director of budget and management, with advice from the director of job and family services or the director of children and youth, may transfer moneys in the family services stabilization fund to the general revenue fund for the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth. Moneys may be transferred due to identified shortfalls for family services activities, such as higher caseloads, federal funding changes, and unforeseen costs due to significant state policy changes. Before transfers are authorized, the director of budget and management shall exhaust the possibilities for transfers of moneys within the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth to meet the identified shortfall. Transfers shall not be used to fund policy changes not contemplated by acts of the general assembly. Any investment earnings of the family services stabilization fund shall be credited to that fund. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 102.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 102 / § 102.09
§ 102.09. Furnishing financial disclosure form to candidates
Status: in_force

March 9, 1999 House Bill 649 - 122nd General Assembly (A) The secretary of state and the county board of elections shall furnish, to each candidate for elective office who is required to file a financial disclosure statement by section 102.02 of the Revised Code, a financial disclosure form, and shall notify the appropriate ethics commission, within fifteen days of the name of the candidate, and of the subsequent withdrawal, disqualification, or death of the candidate. The candidate shall acknowledge receipt of the financial disclosure form in writing. (B) The secretary of state and the county board of elections shall furnish to each person who is appointed to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term in an elective office, and who is required to file a financial disclosure statement by section 102.02 of the Revised Code, a financial disclosure form, and shall notify the appropriate ethics commission within fifteen days of being notified by the appointing authority, of the name and position of the public official and the date of appointment. The person shall acknowledge receipt of the financial disclosure form in writing. (C) The public agency or appointing authority that employs, appoints, or promotes any public official or employee who, as a result of such employment, appointment, or promotion, is required to file a financial disclosure statement by section 102.02 of the Revised Code, shall, within fifteen days of the employment, appointment, or promotion, furnish the public official or employee with a financial disclosure form, and shall notify the appropriate ethics commission of the name and position of the public official or employee and the date of employment, appointment, or promotion. The public official or employee shall acknowledge receipt of the financial disclosure form in writing. (D) Within fifteen days after any public official or employee begins the performance of official duties, the public agency with which the official or employee serves or the appointing authority shall furnish the official or employee a copy of Chapter 102. and section 2921.42 of the Revised Code, and may furnish such other materials as the appropriate ethics commission prepares for distribution. The official or employee shall acknowledge their receipt in writing. The requirements of this division do not apply at the time of reappointment or reelection.
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.48
§ 111.48. Address confidentiality program fund
Status: in_force

April 29, 2022 House Bill 110, House Bill 93 - 134th General Assembly There is in the state treasury the address confidentiality program fund. The fund shall consist of money paid into the fund pursuant to division (B)(11) of section 2929.18 and division (D) of section 2929.28 of the Revised Code and any money appropriated to the fund by the general assembly or donated to the fund. The secretary of state shall use the money in the fund for the purpose of administering the address confidentiality program described in sections 111.41 to 111.47 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 10, 2022 at 2:53 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 171.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 171 / § 171.06
§ 171.06. Attorney general is legal advisor to council
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly The attorney general is the legal adviser to the Ohio retirement study council.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.322 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.322
§ 124.322. Layoff procedures
Status: in_force

July 1, 2007 House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly Whenever a reduction in the work force is necessary, the appointing authority of an agency shall decide in which classification or classifications the layoff or layoffs will occur and the number of employees to be laid off within each affected classification. The director of administrative services shall adopt rules, under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, establishing a method for determining layoff procedures and an order of layoff of, and the displacement and recall of, laid-off state and county employees. The order of layoff in those rules shall be based in part on length of service and may include efficiency in service, appointment type, or similar other factors the director considers appropriate. If the director establishes relative efficiency as a criterion to be used in determining order of layoff for state and county employees, credit for efficiency may be other than ten per cent of total retention points.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.471 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.471
§ 145.471. Crediting of interest to individual accounts of contributors
Status: in_force

April 6, 2007 House Bill 272 - 126th General Assembly (A)(1) On and after December 13, 2000, the public employees retirement board shall credit interest to the individual accounts of contributors, except that interest shall not be credited to the individual account of a PERS or other system retirant, as defined in section 145.38 of the Revised Code, for contributions received during the period described in division (B)(4)(a) or (b) of section 145.38 of the Revised Code. For amounts deposited by a contributor under section 145.62 or the version of division (C) of section 145.23 of the Revised Code as it existed immediately prior to the effective date of this amendment, interest or earnings shall be credited in accordance with that section and former division. (2) Except as provided in section 145.472 of the Revised Code, the board shall not credit interest to individual accounts for the period beginning December 31, 1958, and ending on December 13, 2000. (B) For contributions received in a calendar year, interest shall be earned beginning on the first day of the calendar year next following and ending on the last day of that year, except that interest shall be earned, in the case of an application for retirement or payment under section 145.40 or 145.43 of the Revised Code, ending on the last day of the month prior to retirement or payment under those sections. The board shall credit interest at the end of the calendar year in which it is earned.
Ohio Rev. Code § 175.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 175 / § 175.13
§ 175.13. Enforcement of agreement with bondholders - tax-exempt status of bonds
Status: in_force

July 1, 2005 House Bill 431 - 125th General Assembly (A) Any agreement the Ohio housing finance agency enters into with bondholders is a contract that the agency shall enforce and no action of the general assembly or any state agency may limit or alter the terms of that agreement or the authority of the agency or its successors to fulfill the terms of that agreement. No state agency may impair any right or remedy of the holders of bonds until the agency has fully met and discharged its bond obligations, together with interest, interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and costs and expenses related to any bondholder action or proceeding. The agency may include in any bond agreement a statement that sets forth the agency's authority to enforce agreements pursuant to this section. (B) Bonds the agency issues are at all times bonds of the state, subject to this chapter. The agency and officers of the state may do all things necessary so that the interest on bonds the agency intends to be exempt from federal taxation remains exempt from federal income taxation. Any error or failure in efforts to assure tax exemption does not affect the validity of the bonds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.01
§ 145.01. Public employees retirement system definitions
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Public employee" means: (1) Any person holding an office, not elective, under the state or any county, township, municipal corporation, park district, conservancy district, sanitary district, health district, metropolitan housing authority, state retirement board, Ohio history connection, public library, county law library, union cemetery, joint hospital, institutional commissary, state university, or board, bureau, commission, council, committee, authority, or administrative body as the same are, or have been, created by action of the general assembly or by the legislative authority of any of the units of local government named in division (A)(1) of this section, or employed and paid in whole or in part by the state or any of the authorities named in division (A)(1) of this section in any capacity not covered by section 742.01 , 3307.01 , 3309.01 , or 5505.01 of the Revised Code. (2) A person who is a member of the public employees retirement system and who continues to perform the same or similar duties under the direction of a contractor who has contracted to take over what before the date of the contract was a publicly operated function. The governmental unit with which the contract has been made shall be deemed the employer for the purposes of administering this chapter. (3) Any person who is an employee of a public employer, notwithstanding that the person's compensation for that employment is derived from funds of a person or entity other than the employer. Credit for such service shall be included as total service credit, provided that the employee makes the payments required by this chapter, and the employer makes the payments required by sections 145.48 and 145.51 of the Revised Code. (4) A person who elects in accordance with section 145.015 of the Revised Code to remain a contributing member of the public employees retirement system. (5) A person who is an employee of the legal rights service on September 30, 2012, and continues to be employed by the nonprofit entity established under Section 319.20 of Am. Sub. H.B. 153 of the 129th general assembly. The nonprofit entity is the employer for the purpose of this chapter. In all cases of doubt, the public employees retirement board shall determine under section 145.036 , 145.037 , or 145.038 of the Revised Code whether any person is a public employee, and its decision is final. (B) "Member" means any public employee, other than a public employee excluded or exempted from membership in the retirement system by section 145.03 , 145.031 , 145.032 , 145.033 , 145.034 , 145.035 , or 145.38 of the Revised Code. "Member" includes a PERS retirant who becomes a member under division (C) of section 145.38 of the Revised Code. "Member" also includes a disability benefit recipient. (C) "Head of the department" means the elective or appointive head of the several executive, judicial, and administrative departments, institutions, boards, and commissions of the state and local government as the same are created and defined by the laws of this state or, in case of a charter government, by that charter. (D) "Employer" or "public employer" means the state or any county, township, municipal corporation, park district, conservancy district, sanitary district, health district, metropolitan housing authority, state retirement board, Ohio history connection, public library, county law library, union cemetery, joint hospital, institutional commissary, state medical university, state university, or board, bureau, commission, council, committee, authority, or administrative body as the same are, or have been, created by action of the general assembly or by the legislative authority of any of the units of local government named in this division not covered by section 742.01 , 3307.01 , 3309.01 , or 5505.01 of the Revised Code. In addition, "employer" means the employer of any public employee. (E) "Prior military service" also means all service credited for active duty with the armed forces of the United States as provided in section 145.30 of the Revised Code. (F) "Contributor" means any person who has an account in the employees' savings fund created by section 145.23 of the Revised Code. When used in the sections listed in division (B) of section 145.82 of the Revised Code, "contributor" includes any person participating in a PERS defined contribution plan. (G) "Beneficiary" or "beneficiaries" means the estate or a person or persons who, as the result of the death of a member, contributor, or retirant, qualify for or are receiving some right or benefit under this chapter. (H)(1) "Total service credit," except as provided in sections 145.016 and 145.37 of the Revised Code, means all service credited to a member of the retirement system since last becoming a member, including restored service credit as provided by section 145.31 of the Revised Code; credit purchased under sections 145.293 and 145.299 of the Revised Code; all the member's military service credit computed as provided in this chapter; all service credit established pursuant to section 145.297 of the Revised Code; and any other service credited under this chapter. (2) "One and one-half years of contributing service credit," as used in division (B) of section 145.45 of the Revised Code, also means eighteen or more calendar months of employment by a municipal corporation that formerly operated its own retirement plan for its employees or a part of its employees, provided that all employees of that municipal retirement plan who have eighteen or more months of such employment, upon establishing membership in the public employees retirement system, shall make a payment of the contributions they would have paid had they been members of this system for the eighteen months of employment preceding the date membership was established. When that payment has been made by all such employee members, a corresponding payment shall be paid into the employers' accumulation fund by that municipal corporation as the employer of the employees. (3) Not more than one year of credit may be given for any period of twelve months. (4) "Ohio service credit" means credit for service that was rendered to the state or any of its political subdivisions or any employer. (I) "Regular interest" means interest at any rates for the respective funds and accounts as the public employees retirement board may determine from time to time. (J) "Accumulated contributions" means the sum of all amounts credited to a contributor's individual account in the employees' savings fund together with any interest credited to the contributor's account under section 145.471 or 145.472 of the Revised Code. (K)(1) "Final average salary" means the greater of the following: (a) The sum of the member's earnable salaries for the appropriate number of calendar years of contributing service, determined under section 145.017 of the Revised Code, in which the member's earnable salary was highest, divided by the same number of calendar years or, if the member has fewer than the appropriate number of calendar years of contributing service, the total of the member's earnable salary for all years of contributing service divided by the number of calendar years of the member's contributing service; (b) The sum of a member's earnable salaries for the appropriate number of consecutive months, determined under section 145.017 of the Revised Code, that were the member's last months of service, up to and including the last month, divided by the appropriate number of years or, if the time between the first and final months of service is less than the appropriate number of consecutive months, the total of the member's earnable salary for all months of contributing service divided by the number of years between the first and final months of contributing service, including any fraction of a year, except that the member's final average salary shall not exceed the member's highest earnable salary for any twelve consecutive months. (2) If contributions were made in only one calendar year, "final average salary" means the member's total earnable salary. (L) "Annuity" means payments for life derived from contributions made by a contributor and paid from the annuity and pension reserve fund as provided in this chapter. All annuities shall be paid in twelve equal monthly installments. (M) "Annuity reserve" means the present value, computed upon the basis of the mortality and other tables adopted by the board, of all payments to be made on account of any annuity, or benefit in lieu of any annuity, granted to a retirant as provided in this chapter. (N)(1) "Disability retirement" means retirement as provided in section 145.36 of the Revised Code. (2) "Disability allowance" means an allowance paid on account of disability under section 145.361 of the Revised Code. (3) "Disability benefit" means a benefit paid as disability retirement under section 145.36 of the Revised Code, as a disability allowance under section 145.361 of the Revised Code, or as a disability benefit under section 145.37 of the Revised Code. (4) "Disability benefit recipient" means a member who is receiving a disability benefit. (O) "Age and service retirement" means retirement as provided in sections 145.32 , 145.33 , 145.331 , 145.332 , 145.37 , and 145.46 and former section 145.34 of the Revised Code. (P) "Pensions" means annual payments for life derived from contributions made by the employer that at the time of retirement are credited into the annuity and pension reserve fund from the employers' accumulation fund and paid from the annuity and pension reserve fund as provided in this chapter. All pensions shall be paid in twelve equal monthly installments. (Q) "Retirement allowance" means the pension plus that portion of the benefit derived from contributions made by the member. (R)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (R) of this section, "earnable salary" means all salary, wages, and other earnings paid to a contributor by reason of employment in a position covered by the retirement system. The salary, wages, and other earnings shall be determined prior to determination of the amount required to be contributed to the employees' savings fund under section 145.47 of the Revised Code and without regard to whether any of the salary, wages, or other earnings are treated as deferred income for federal income tax purposes. "Earnable salary" includes the following: (a) Payments made by the employer in lieu of salary, wages, or other earnings for sick leave, personal leave, or vacation used by the contributor; (b) Payments made by the employer for the conversion of sick leave, personal leave, and vacation leave accrued, but not used if the payment is made during the year in which the leave is accrued, except that payments made pursuant to section 124.383 or 124.386 of the Revised Code are not earnable salary; (c) Allowances paid by the employer for maintenance, consisting of housing, laundry, and meals, as certified to the retirement board by the employer or the head of the department that employs the contributor; (d) Fees and commissions paid under section 507.09 of the Revised Code; (e) Payments that are made under a disability leave program sponsored by the employer and for which the employer is required by section 145.296 of the Revised Code to make periodic employer and employee contributions; (f) Amounts included pursuant to former division (K)(3) and former division (Y) of this section and section 145.2916 of the Revised Code. (2) "Earnable salary" does not include any of the following: (a) Fees and commissions, other than those paid under section 507.09 of the Revised Code, paid as sole compensation for personal services and fees and commissions for special services over and above services for which the contributor receives a salary; (b) Amounts paid by the employer to provide life insurance, sickness, accident, endowment, health, medical, hospital, dental, or surgical coverage, or other insurance for the contributor or the contributor's family, or amounts paid by the employer to the contributor in lieu of providing the insurance; (c) Incidental benefits, including lodging, food, laundry, parking, or services furnished by the employer, or use of the employer's property or equipment, or amounts paid by the employer to the contributor in lieu of providing the incidental benefits; (d) Reimbursement for job-related expenses authorized by the employer, including moving and travel expenses and expenses related to professional development; (e) Payments for accrued but unused sick leave, personal leave, or vacation that are made at any time other than in the year in which the sick leave, personal leave, or vacation was accrued; (f) Payments made to or on behalf of a contributor that are in excess of the annual compensation that may be taken into account by the retirement system under division (a)(17) of section 401 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 401(a)(17), as amended; (g) Payments made under division (B), (C), or (E) of section 5923.05 of the Revised Code, Section 4 of Substitute Senate Bill No. 3 of the 119th general assembly, Section 3 of Amended Substitute Senate Bill No. 164 of the 124th general assembly, or Amended Substitute House Bill No. 405 of the 124th general assembly; (h) Anything of value received by the contributor that is based on or attributable to retirement or an agreement to retire, except that payments made on or before January 1, 1989, that are based on or attributable to an agreement to retire shall be included in earnable salary if both of the following apply: (i) The payments are made in accordance with contract provisions that were in effect prior to January 1, 1986; (ii) The employer pays the retirement system an amount specified by the retirement board equal to the additional liability resulting from the payments. (i) The portion of any amount included in section 145.2916 of the Revised Code that represents employer contributions. (3) The retirement board shall determine by rule whether any compensation not enumerated in division (R) of this section is earnable salary, and its decision shall be final. (S) "Pension reserve" means the present value, computed upon the basis of the mortality and other tables adopted by the board, of all payments to be made on account of any retirement allowance or benefit in lieu of any retirement allowance, granted to a member or beneficiary under this chapter. (T) "Contributing service" means both of the following: (1) All service credited to a member of the system since January 1, 1935, for which contributions are made as required by sections 145.47 , 145.48 , and 145.483 of the Revised Code. In any year subsequent to 1934, credit for any service shall be allowed in accordance with section 145.016 of the Revised Code. (2) Service credit received by election of the member under section 145.814 of the Revised Code. (U) "State retirement board" means the public employees retirement board, the school employees retirement board, or the state teachers retirement board. (V) "Retirant" means any former member who retires and is receiving a monthly allowance as provided in sections 145.32 , 145.33 , 145.331 , 145.332 , 145.335 , and 145.46 and former section 145.34 of the Revised Code. (W) "Employer contribution" means the amount paid by an employer as determined under section 145.48 of the Revised Code. (X) "Public service terminates" means the last day for which a public employee is compensated for services performed for an employer or the date of the employee's death, whichever occurs first. (Y) "Five years of service credit," for the exclusive purpose of satisfying the service credit requirements and of determining eligibility under section 145.33 or 145.332 of the Revised Code, means employment covered under this chapter or under a former retirement plan operated, recognized, or endorsed by the employer prior to coverage under this chapter or under a combination of the coverage. (Z) "Deputy sheriff" means any person who is commissioned and employed as a full-time peace officer by the sheriff of any county, and has been so employed since on or before December 31, 1965; any person who is or has been commissioned and employed as a peace officer by the sheriff of any county since January 1, 1966, and who has received a certificate attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of the peace officer training school as required by section 109.77 of the Revised Code; or any person deputized by the sheriff of any county and employed pursuant to section 2301.12 of the Revised Code as a criminal bailiff or court constable who has received a certificate attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of the peace officer training school as required by section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (AA) "Township constable or police officer in a township police department or district" means any person who is commissioned and employed as a full-time peace officer pursuant to Chapter 505. or 509. of the Revised Code, who has received a certificate attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of the peace officer training school as required by section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (BB) "Drug agent" means any person who is either of the following: (1) Employed full time as a narcotics agent by a county narcotics agency created pursuant to section 307.15 of the Revised Code and has received a certificate attesting to the satisfactory completion of the peace officer training school as required by section 109.77 of the Revised Code; (2) Employed full time as an undercover drug agent as defined in section 109.79 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (CC) "Department of public safety enforcement agent" means a full-time employee of the department of public safety who is designated under section 5502.14 of the Revised Code as an enforcement agent and who is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (DD) "Natural resources law enforcement staff officer" means a full-time employee of the department of natural resources who is designated a natural resources law enforcement staff officer under section 1501.013 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (EE) "Forest-fire investigator" means a full-time employee of the department of natural resources who is appointed a forest-fire investigator under section 1503.09 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (FF) "Natural resources officer" means a full-time employee of the department of natural resources who is appointed as a natural resources officer under section 1501.24 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (GG) "Wildlife officer" means a full-time employee of the department of natural resources who is designated a wildlife officer under section 1531.13 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (HH) "Park district police officer" means a full-time employee of a park district who is designated pursuant to section 511.232 or 1545.13 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (II) "Conservancy district officer" means a full-time employee of a conservancy district who is designated pursuant to section 6101.75 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (JJ) "Municipal police officer" means a member of the organized police department of a municipal corporation who is employed full time, is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code, and is not a member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund. (KK) "Veterans' home police officer" means any person who is employed at a veterans' home as a police officer pursuant to section 5907.02 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (LL) "Special police officer for a mental health institution" means any person who is designated as such pursuant to section 5119.08 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (MM) "Special police officer for an institution for persons with intellectual disabilities" means any person who is designated as such pursuant to section 5123.13 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (NN) "State university law enforcement officer" means any person who is employed full time as a state university law enforcement officer pursuant to section 3345.04 of the Revised Code and who is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (OO) "House sergeant at arms" means any person appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives under division (B)(1) of section 101.311 of the Revised Code who has arrest authority under division (E)(1) of that section. (PP) "Assistant house sergeant at arms" means any person appointed by the house sergeant at arms under division (C)(1) of section 101.311 of the Revised Code. (QQ) "Regional transit authority police officer" means a person who is employed full time as a regional transit authority police officer under division (Y) of section 306.35 of the Revised Code and is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (RR) "State highway patrol police officer" means a special police officer employed full time and designated by the superintendent of the state highway patrol pursuant to section 5503.09 of the Revised Code or a person serving full time as a special police officer pursuant to that section on a permanent basis on October 21, 1997, who is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (SS) "Municipal public safety director" means a person who serves full time as the public safety director of a municipal corporation with the duty of directing the activities of the municipal corporation's police department and fire department. (TT) "Bureau of criminal identification and investigation investigator" means a person who is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code and is employed full time as an investigator, as defined in section 109.541 of the Revised Code, of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation commissioned by the superintendent of the bureau as a special agent for the purpose of assisting law enforcement officers or providing emergency assistance to peace officers pursuant to authority granted under that section. (UU) "Gaming agent" means a person who is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code and is employed full time as a gaming agent with the Ohio casino control commission pursuant to section 3772.03 of the Revised Code. (VV) "Department of taxation investigator" means a person employed full time with the department of taxation to whom both of the following apply: (1) The person has been delegated investigation powers pursuant to section 5743.45 of the Revised Code for the enforcement of Chapters 5728., 5735., 5739., 5741., 5743., and 5747. of the Revised Code. (2) The person is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (WW) "Special police officer for a port authority" means a person who is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code and is employed full time as a special police officer with a port authority under section 4582.04 or 4582.28 of the Revised Code. (XX) "Special police officer for a municipal airport" means a person to whom both of the following apply: (1) The person is employed full time as a special police officer with a municipal corporation at a municipal airport or other municipal air navigation facility that meets both of the following requirements: (a) The airport or navigation facility has scheduled operations, as defined in 14 C.F.R. 110.2, as amended. (b) The airport or navigation facility is required to be under a security program and is governed by aviation security rules of the transportation security administration of the United States department of transportation as provided in 49 C.F.R. parts 1542 and 1544, as amended. (2) The person is in compliance with section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (YY) Notwithstanding section 2901.01 of the Revised Code, "PERS law enforcement officer" means a sheriff or any of the following whose primary duties are to preserve the peace, protect life and property, and enforce the laws of this state: a deputy sheriff, township constable or police officer in a township police department or district, drug agent, department of public safety enforcement agent, natural resources law enforcement staff officer, wildlife officer, forest-fire investigator, natural resources officer, park district police officer, conservancy district officer, veterans' home police officer, special police officer for a mental health institution, special police officer for an institution for persons with developmental disabilities, state university law enforcement officer, municipal police officer, house sergeant at arms, assistant house sergeant at arms, regional transit authority police officer, or state highway patrol police officer. "PERS law enforcement officer" also includes a person employed as a bureau of criminal identification and investigation investigator, gaming agent, department of taxation investigator, special police officer for a port authority, or special police officer for a municipal airport who commences employment in any of those positions on or after April 6, 2017, or makes the election described in section 145.334 of the Revised Code. "PERS law enforcement officer" also includes a person serving as a municipal public safety director at any time during the period from September 29, 2005, to March 24, 2009, if the duties of that service were to preserve the peace, protect life and property, and enforce the laws of this state. (ZZ) "Hamilton county municipal court bailiff" means a person appointed by the clerk of courts of the Hamilton county municipal court under division (A)(3) of section 1901.32 of the Revised Code who is employed full time as a bailiff or deputy bailiff, who has received a certificate attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of the peace officer basic training described in division (D)(1) of section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (AAA) "PERS public safety officer" means a Hamilton county municipal court bailiff, or any of the following whose primary duties are other than to preserve the peace, protect life and property, and enforce the laws of this state: a deputy sheriff, township constable or police officer in a township police department or district, drug agent, department of public safety enforcement agent, natural resources law enforcement staff officer, wildlife officer, forest-fire investigator, natural resources officer, park district police officer, conservancy district officer, veterans' home police officer, special police officer for a mental health institution, special police officer for an institution for persons with developmental disabilities, state university law enforcement officer, municipal police officer, house sergeant at arms, assistant house sergeant at arms, regional transit authority police officer, or state highway patrol police officer. "PERS public safety officer" also includes a person employed as a bureau of criminal identification and investigation investigator, gaming agent, department of taxation investigator, special police officer for a port authority, or special police officer for a municipal airport who commences employment in any of those positions on or after April 6, 2017, or makes the election described in section 145.334 of the Revised Code. "PERS public safety officer" also includes a person serving as a municipal public safety director at any time during the period from September 29, 2005, to March 24, 2009, if the duties of that service were other than to preserve the peace, protect life and property, and enforce the laws of this state. (BBB) "Fiduciary" means a person who does any of the following: (1) Exercises any discretionary authority or control with respect to the management of the system or with respect to the management or disposition of its assets; (2) Renders investment advice for a fee, direct or indirect, with respect to money or property of the system; (3) Has any discretionary authority or responsibility in the administration of the system. (CCC) "Actuary" means an individual who satisfies all of the following requirements: (1) Is a member of the American academy of actuaries; (2) Is an associate or fellow of the society of actuaries; (3) Has a minimum of five years' experience in providing actuarial services to public retirement plans. (DDD) "PERS defined benefit plan" means the plan described in sections 145.201 to 145.79 of the Revised Code. (EEE) "PERS defined contribution plans" means the plan or plans established under section 145.81 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 8, 2023 at 10:38 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.4035 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.4035
§ 122.4035. Review of resubmitted applications
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly Upon receipt of a revised application under section 122.4034 of the Revised Code, the broadband expansion program authority shall review the revised application and decide whether to accept it or uphold the challenge under sections 122.4030 to 122.4035 of the Revised Code within fourteen days. The authority shall provide a copy of its decision to both the broadband provider that submitted the revised application and the challenging provider by certified mail or electronic mail and shall update the status of the application on the development services agency's web site. The decision shall be considered final, and further challenges to the revised application are prohibited. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 182.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 182 / § 182.02
§ 182.02. OneOhio recovery foundation
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) "OneOhio recovery foundation" means the nonprofit corporation receiving payments under the settlement agreement in State of Ohio v. McKesson Corp., Case No. CVH20180055 (C.P. Madison Co., settlement agreement of October 7, 2021) and its constituent regional boards. (B) The OneOhio recovery foundation is not any of the following: (1) A state agency as defined in section 1.60 , 9.28 , 121.41 , or 149.011 of the Revised Code; (2) An executive agency as defined in section 121.60 of the Revised Code; (3) A public office as defined in section 9.28 , 9.74 , 102.01 , 117.01 , 149.011 , or 1331.01 of the Revised Code; (4) A state entity as defined in section 113.70 of the Revised Code; (5) A public employer as defined in section 4117.01 of the Revised Code; (6) Departments, offices, and institutions as defined in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code. (C) An employee, officer, or appointed member of OneOhio recovery foundation is not any of the following because of employment with, office held, or appointment to the foundation: (1) A public employee as defined in section 145.012 of the Revised Code; (2) An employee as defined in section 124.01 of the Revised Code; (3) A public official as defined in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code. (D) The offices, positions of trust, or persons employed with OneOhio recovery foundation are not engaged in or included in the definitions of "service of the state" or "civil service of the state" as defined in section 124.01 of the Revised Code because of holding the office, position, or employment with the foundation. (E) The OneOhio recovery foundation is not subject to section 121.22 of the Revised Code. (F) Meetings of the full OneOhio recovery foundation board of directors shall be open to the public unless the board, by a majority of a quorum of directors present, vote to hold an executive session. (G) The attorney general, when requested by OneOhio recovery foundation, shall provide legal advice in all matters to OneOhio recovery foundation or its employees, officers, or appointed members who are a party to a legal action when those individuals are acting within the scope of their official capacity as a member of OneOhio recovery foundation. The attorney general shall do all things necessary under the laws of any state or federal government to properly conduct any case in which OneOhio recovery foundation or its employees, officers, or appointed members are a party to a legal action when acting within the scope of their official capacity as a member of OneOhio recovery foundation, including bringing an action for equitable relief or recovery of damages. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 4:40 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.45
§ 122.45. Loans to political subdivisions
Status: in_force

July 14, 1983 Senate Bill 227 - 115th General Assembly The director of development, with controlling board approval, may lend funds to any county, municipal corporation, or township or any other political subdivision of the state for the purpose of expediting the creation, location, or expansion of industrial, distribution, commercial, or research facilities in the state by the construction or installation of streets, sidewalks, storm sewers, sanitary sewers and sewage disposal works, water lines, and water supply facilities which such subdivisions are authorized by law to construct or install, and the acquisition of lands or easements for such purposes, if the director finds that: (A) A plan for the use of the money so loaned in connection with the creation, location, or expansion of such a facility is economically sound and will benefit the people of the state by increasing opportunities for employment and strengthening the economy; (B) The proposed borrower is unable to procure the money for the aforesaid use within the time required in order to secure the desired creation, location, or expansion of such facilities; (C) An agreement for repayment of the money loaned with interest thereon has been made by such subdivision evidenced by its notes, bonds, or by written contract, payable, however, only from moneys payable to such subdivision by a community improvement corporation, an Ohio development corporation, or other corporation, partnership, or person, or any combination thereof; (D) There is adequate assurance that the moneys payable by such corporation or person to such subdivision will be paid as they fall due and will be payable at such times as are necessary to provide such subdivision with moneys sufficient to pay its loan to the director as it falls due. The rates of interest and times of payment of interest and principal and other terms, conditions, and provisions of the loans shall be such as the director determines to be appropriate and in furtherance of the purpose for which the loans are made. The funds used in making such loans shall be disbursed upon order of the director. Any subdivision intending to borrow funds from the director pursuant to this section may agree with a community improvement corporation, an Ohio development corporation, partnership, or other corporation or person, or any combination thereof, to construct any one or more of the improvements for which such funds are to be borrowed in return for a commitment, satisfactory to both such subdivision and the director, to make available to such subdivision sufficient moneys to discharge its loan from the director as it falls due. Any subdivision to which such a loan is made may issue to the director its notes or bonds for the repayment of such loan, or may by written contract agree to repay such loan provided that the obligation to pay is limited to the moneys received by the subdivision from such corporation, partnership, or person and is not an obligation for which the faith or credit or taxing power of the subdivision is pledged. Any subdivision receivng such a loan may construct or cause to be constructed the improvements for which such loan is made in the manner provided by law or charter for the making of contracts for such improvements, and may, if no special assessments are to be levied against benefited properties, dispense with all notices to the public or to property owners and all hearings otherwise required with respect to the making of such improvements, and in such case no resolution or order determining to make the improvement shall be subject to any appeal.
Ohio Rev. Code § 102.03 — Ohio Code / Title 1 / Chapter 102 / Section 102.03
Section 102.03 | Prohibitions.
Status: in_force

No public official or employee shall use or authorize the use of the authority or influence of the office or employment to secure anything of value that is of such a character as to manifest a substantial and improper influence upon the public official or employee.April 4, 2023 Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly (A)(1) No present or former public official or employee shall, during public employment or service or for twelve months thereafter, represent a client or act in a representative capacity for any person on any matter in which the public official or employee personally participated as a public official or employee through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation, or other substantial exercise of administrative discretion. (2) For twenty-four months after the conclusion of service, no former commissioner or attorney examiner of the public utilities commission shall represent a public utility, as defined in section 4905.02 of the Revised Code, or act in a representative capacity on behalf of such a utility before any state board, commission, or agency. (3) For twenty-four months after the conclusion of employment or service, no former public official or employee who personally participated as a public official or employee through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, the rendering of advice, the development or adoption of solid waste management plans, investigation, inspection, or other substantial exercise of administrative discretion under Chapter 343. or 3734. of the Revised Code shall represent a person who is the owner or operator of a facility, as defined in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code, or who is an applicant for a permit or license for a facility under that chapter, on any matter in which the public official or employee personally participated as a public official or employee. (4) For a period of one year after the conclusion of employment or service as a member or employee of the general assembly, no former member or employee of the general assembly shall represent, or act in a representative capacity for, any person on any matter before the general assembly, any committee of the general assembly, or the controlling board. Division (A)(4) of this section does not apply to or affect a person who separates from service with the general assembly on or before December 31, 1995. As used in division (A)(4) of this section "person" does not include any state agency or political subdivision of the state. (5) As used in divisions (A)(1), (2), and (3) of this section, "matter" includes any case, proceeding, application, determination, issue, or question, but does not include the proposal, consideration, or enactment of statutes, rules, ordinances, resolutions, or charter or constitutional amendments. As used in division (A)(4) of this section, "matter" includes the proposal, consideration, or enactment of statutes, resolutions, or constitutional amendments. As used in division (A) of this section, "represent" includes any formal or informal appearance before, or any written or oral communication with, any public agency on behalf of any person. (6) Nothing contained in division (A) of this section shall prohibit, during such period, a former public official or employee from being retained or employed to represent, assist, or act in a representative capacity for the public agency by which the public official or employee was employed or on which the public official or employee served. (7) Division (A) of this section shall not be construed to prohibit the performance of ministerial functions, including, but not limited to, the filing or amendment of tax returns, applications for permits and licenses, incorporation papers, and other similar documents. (8) Division (A) of this section does not prohibit a nonelected public official or employee of a state agency, as defined in section 1.60 of the Revised Code, from becoming a public official or employee of another state agency. Division (A) of this section does not prohibit such an official or employee from representing or acting in a representative capacity for the official's or employee's new state agency on any matter in which the public official or employee personally participated as a public official or employee at the official's or employee's former state agency. However, no public official or employee of a state agency shall, during public employment or for twelve months thereafter, represent or act in a representative capacity for the official's or employee's new state agency on any audit or investigation pertaining to the official's or employee's new state agency in which the public official or employee personally participated at the official's or employee's former state agency through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation, or other substantial exercise of administrative discretion. (9) Division (A) of this section does not prohibit a nonelected public official or employee of a political subdivision from becoming a public official or employee of a different department, division, agency, office, or unit of the same political subdivision. Division (A) of this section does not prohibit such an official or employee from representing or acting in a representative capacity for the official's or employee's new department, division, agency, office, or unit on any matter in which the public official or employee personally participated as a public official or employee at the official's or employee's former department, division, agency, office, or unit of the same political subdivision. As used in this division, "political subdivision" means a county, township, municipal corporation, or any other body corporate and politic that is responsible for government activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state. (10) No present or former Ohio casino control commission official shall, during public service or for two years thereafter, represent a client, be employed or compensated by a person regulated by the commission, or act in a representative capacity for any person on any matter before or concerning the commission. No present or former commission employee shall, during public employment or for two years thereafter, represent a client or act in a representative capacity on any matter in which the employee personally participated as a commission employee through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation, or other substantial exercise of administrative discretion. (B) No present or former public official or employee shall disclose or use, without appropriate authorization, any information acquired by the public official or employee in the course of the public official's or employee's official duties that is confidential because of statutory provisions, or that has been clearly designated to the public official or employee as confidential when that confidential designation is warranted because of the status of the proceedings or the circumstances under which the information was received and preserving its confidentiality is necessary to the proper conduct of government business. (C) No public official or employee shall participate within the scope of duties as a public official or employee, except through ministerial functions as defined in division (A) of this section, in any license or rate-making proceeding that directly affects the license or rates of any person, partnership, trust, business trust, corporation, or association in which the public official or employee or immediate family owns or controls more than five per cent. No public official or employee shall participate within the scope of duties as a public official or employee, except through ministerial functions as defined in division (A) of this section, in any license or rate-making proceeding that directly affects the license or rates of any person to whom the public official or employee or immediate family, or a partnership, trust, business trust, corporation, or association of which the public official or employee or the public official's or employee's immediate family owns or controls more than five per cent, has sold goods or services totaling more than one thousand dollars during the preceding year, unless the public official or employee has filed a written statement acknowledging that sale with the clerk or secretary of the public agency and the statement is entered in any public record of the agency's proceedings. This division shall not be construed to require the disclosure of clients of attorneys or persons licensed under section 4732.12 of the Revised Code, or patients of persons licensed under section 4731.14 of the Revised Code. (D) No public official or employee shall use or authorize the use of the authority or influence of office or employment to secure anything of value or the promise or offer of anything of value that is of such a character as to manifest a substantial and improper influence upon the public official or employee with respect to that person's duties. (E) No public official or employee shall solicit or accept anything of value that is of such a character as to manifest a substantial and improper influence upon the public official or employee with respect to that person's duties. (F) No person shall promise or give to a public official or employee anything of value that is of such a character as to manifest a substantial and improper influence upon the public official or employee with respect to that person's duties. (G) In the absence of bribery or another offense under the Revised Code or a purpose to defraud, contributions made to a campaign committee, political party, legislative campaign fund, political action committee, or political contributing entity on behalf of an elected public officer or other public official or employee who seeks elective office shall be considered to accrue ordinarily to the public official or employee for the purposes of divisions (D), (E), and (F) of this section. As used in this division, "contributions," "campaign committee," "political party," "legislative campaign fund," "political action committee," and "political contributing entity" have the same meanings as in section 3517.01 of the Revised Code. (H)(1) No public official or employee, except for the president or other chief administrative officer of or a member of a board of trustees of a state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, who is required to file a financial disclosure statement under section 102.02 of the Revised Code shall solicit or accept, and no person shall give to that public official or employee, an honorarium. Except as provided in division (H)(2) of this section, this division and divisions (D), (E), and (F) of this section do not prohibit a public official or employee who is required to file a financial disclosure statement under section 102.02 of the Revised Code from accepting and do not prohibit a person from giving to that public official or employee the payment of actual travel expenses, including any expenses incurred in connection with the travel for lodging, and meals, food, and beverages provided to the public official or employee at a meeting at which the public official or employee participates in a panel, seminar, or speaking engagement or provided to the public official or employee at a meeting or convention of a national organization to which any state agency, including, but not limited to, any state legislative agency or state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, pays membership dues. Except as provided in division (H)(2) of this section, this division and divisions (D), (E), and (F) of this section do not prohibit a public official or employee who is not required to file a financial disclosure statement under section 102.02 of the Revised Code from accepting and do not prohibit a person from promising or giving to that public official or employee an honorarium or the payment of travel, meal, and lodging expenses if the honorarium, expenses, or both were paid in recognition of demonstrable business, professional, or esthetic interests of the public official or employee that exist apart from public office or employment, including, but not limited to, such a demonstrable interest in public speaking and were not paid by any person or other entity, or by any representative or association of those persons or entities, that is regulated by, doing business with, or seeking to do business with the department, division, institution, board, commission, authority, bureau, or other instrumentality of the governmental entity with which the public official or employee serves. (2) No person who is a member of the board of a state retirement system, a state retirement system investment officer, or an employee of a state retirement system whose position involves substantial and material exercise of discretion in the investment of retirement system funds shall solicit or accept, and no person shall give to that board member, officer, or employee, payment of actual travel expenses, including expenses incurred with the travel for lodging, meals, food, and beverages. (I) A public official or employee may accept travel, meals, and lodging or expenses or reimbursement of expenses for travel, meals, and lodging in connection with conferences, seminars, and similar events related to official duties if the travel, meals, and lodging, expenses, or reimbursement is not of such a character as to manifest a substantial and improper influence upon the public official or employee with respect to that person's duties. The house of representatives and senate, in their code of ethics, and the Ohio ethics commission, under section 111.15 of the Revised Code, may adopt rules setting standards and conditions for the furnishing and acceptance of such travel, meals, and lodging, expenses, or reimbursement. A person who acts in compliance with this division and any applicable rules adopted under it, or any applicable, similar rules adopted by the supreme court governing judicial officers and employees, does not violate division (D), (E), or (F) of this section. This division does not preclude any person from seeking an advisory opinion from the appropriate ethics commission under section 102.08 of the Revised Code. (J) For purposes of divisions (D), (E), and (F) of this section, the membership of a public official or employee in an organization shall not be considered, in and of itself, to be of such a character as to manifest a substantial and improper influence on the public official or employee with respect to that person's duties. As used in this division, "organization" means a church or a religious, benevolent, fraternal, or professional organization that is tax exempt under subsection 501(a) and described in subsection 501(c)(3), (4), (8), (10), or (19) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986." This division does not apply to a public official or employee who is an employee of an organization, serves as a trustee, director, or officer of an organization, or otherwise holds a fiduciary relationship with an organization. This division does not allow a public official or employee who is a member of an organization to participate, formally or informally, in deliberations, discussions, or voting on a matter or to use the public official's or employee's official position with regard to the interests of the organization on the matter if the public official or employee has assumed a particular responsibility in the organization with respect to the matter or if the matter would affect that person's personal, pecuniary interests. (K) It is not a violation of this section for a prosecuting attorney to appoint assistants and employees in accordance with division (B) of section 309.06 and section 2921.421 of the Revised Code, for a chief legal officer of a municipal corporation or an official designated as prosecutor in a municipal corporation to appoint assistants and employees in accordance with sections 733.621 and 2921.421 of the Revised Code, for a township law director appointed under section 504.15 of the Revised Code to appoint assistants and employees in accordance with sections 504.151 and 2921.421 of the Revised Code, or for a coroner to appoint assistants and employees in accordance with division (B) of section 313.05 of the Revised Code. As used in this division, "chief legal officer" has the same meaning as in section 733.621 of the Revised Code. (L) No present public official or employee with a casino gaming regulatory function shall indirectly invest, by way of an entity the public official or employee has an ownership interest or control in, or directly invest in a casino operator, management company, holding company, casino facility, or gaming-related vendor. No present public official or employee with a casino gaming regulatory function shall directly or indirectly have a financial interest in, have an ownership interest in, be the creditor or hold a debt instrument issued by, or have an interest in a contractual or service relationship with a casino operator, management company, holding company, casino facility, or gaming-related vendor. This section does not prohibit or limit permitted passive investing by the public official or employee. As used in this division, "passive investing" means investment by the public official or employee by means of a mutual fund in which the public official or employee has no control of the investments or investment decisions. "Casino operator," "holding company," "management company," "casino facility," and "gaming-related vendor" have the same meanings as in section 3772.01 of the Revised Code. (M) A member of the Ohio casino control commission, the executive director of the commission, or an employee of the commission shall not: (1) Accept anything of value, including but not limited to a gift, gratuity, emolument, or employment from a casino operator, management company, or other person subject to the jurisdiction of the commission, or from an officer, attorney, agent, or employee of a casino operator, management company, or other person subject to the jurisdiction of the commission; (2) Solicit, suggest, request, or recommend, directly or indirectly, to a casino operator, management company, or other person subject to the jurisdiction of the commission, or to an officer, attorney, agent, or employee of a casino operator, management company, or other person subject to the jurisdiction of the commission, the appointment of a person to an office, place, position, or employment; (3) Participate in casino gaming or any other amusement or activity at a casino facility in this state or at an affiliate gaming facility of a licensed casino operator, wherever located. Last updated March 8, 2023 at 10:52 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 120.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 120 / § 120.51
§ 120.51. Legal aid society funding definitions
Status: in_force

December 4, 1995 House Bill 151 - 121st General Assembly As used in sections 120.51 to 120.55 of the Revised Code: (A) "Legal aid society" means a nonprofit corporation that satisfies all of the following: (1) It is chartered to provide general legal services to the poor, it is incorporated and operated exclusively in this state, its primary purpose or function is to provide civil legal services, without charge, to indigents, and, in addition to providing civil legal services to indigents, it may provide legal training or legal technical assistance to other legal aid societies in this state. (2) It has a board of trustees, a majority of its board of trustees are attorneys, and at least one-third of its board of trustees, when selected, are eligible to receive legal services from the legal aid society. (3) It receives funding from the legal services corporation or otherwise provides civil legal services to indigents. (B) "Indigent" means a person or persons whose income is not greater than one hundred twenty-five per cent of the current poverty threshold established by the United States office of management and budget. (C) "Fee generating case" means any case or matter which, if undertaken on behalf of an indigent by an attorney in private practice, reasonably would be expected to result in payment of a fee for legal services from an award to a client, from public funds, or from the opposing party. A case shall not be considered a fee generating case if adequate representation is unavailable or if any of the following circumstances exist concerning the case: (1) The legal aid society that represents the indigent in the case has determined that free referral is not possible for any of the following reasons: (a) The case has been rejected by the local lawyer referral service, or if there is no such service, by two attorneys in private practice who have experience in the subject matter of the case. (b) Neither the local lawyer referral service, if one exists, nor any attorney will consider the case without payment of a consultation fee. (c) The case is of a type that attorneys in private practice in the area ordinarily do not accept, or do not accept without prepayment of a fee. (d) Emergency circumstances compel immediate action before referral can be made, but the client is advised that, if appropriate and consistent with professional responsibility, referral will be attempted at a later time. (2) Recovery of damages is not the principal object of the case and a request for damages is merely ancillary to an action for equitable or other nonpecuniary relief, or inclusion of a counterclaim requesting damages is necessary for effective defense or because of applicable rules governing joinder of counterclaims. (3) A court has appointed a legal aid society or its employee to represent the indigent in the case pursuant to a statute, or a court rule or practice of equal applicability to all attorneys in the jurisdiction. (4) The case involves the rights of a claimant under a publicly supported benefit program for which entitlement is based on need.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.511 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.511
§ 109.511. Felony conviction precludes or terminates employment
Status: in_force

January 1, 2004 House Bill 490 - 124th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "felony" means any of the following: (1) An offense committed in this state that is a felony under the law of this state; (2) An offense committed in a state other than this state, or under the law of the United States, that, if committed in this state, would be a felony under the law of this state. (B) The superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall not appoint or employ any person as an investigator or a special agent on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the person previously has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony. (C)(1) The superintendent shall terminate the employment of an investigator or a special agent who does either of the following: (a) Pleads guilty to a felony; (b) Pleads guilty to a misdemeanor pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement as provided in division (D) of section 2929.43 of the Revised Code in which the investigator or special agent agrees to surrender the certificate awarded to the investigator or special agent under section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (2) The superintendent shall suspend from employment an investigator or a special agent who is convicted, after trial, of a felony. If the investigator or special agent files an appeal from that conviction and the conviction is upheld by the highest court to which the appeal is taken or if the investigator or special agent does not file a timely appeal, the superintendent shall terminate the employment of that investigator or special agent. If the investigator or special agent files an appeal that results in that investigator's or special agent's acquittal of the felony or conviction of a misdemeanor, or in the dismissal of the felony charge against the investigator or special agent, the superintendent shall reinstate that investigator or special agent. An investigator or a special agent who is reinstated under this division shall not receive any back pay unless that investigator's or special agent's conviction of the felony was reversed on appeal, or the felony charge was dismissed, because the court found insufficient evidence to convict the investigator or special agent of the felony. (D) This section does not apply regarding an offense that was committed prior to January 1, 1997. (E) The suspension from employment or the termination of the employment of an investigator or a special agent under division (C) of this section shall be in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.01
§ 131.01. Revenues and funds definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly As used in Chapters 113., 117., 123., 124., 125., 126., 127., and 131. of the Revised Code, and any statute that uses the terms in connection with state accounting or budgeting: (A) "Account" means any record, element, or summary in which financial transactions are identified and recorded as debit or credit transactions in order to summarize items of a similar nature or classification. (B) "Accounting procedure" means the arrangement of all processes which discover, record, and summarize financial information to produce financial statements and reports and to provide internal control. (C) "Accounting system" means the total structure of records and procedures which discover, record, classify, and report information on the financial position and operations of a governmental unit or any of its funds and organizational components. (D) "Allocation" means a portion of an appropriation which is designated for expenditure by specific organizational units or for special purposes, activities, or objects that do not relate to a period of time. (E) "Allotment" means all or part of an appropriation which may be encumbered or expended within a specific period of time. (F) "Appropriation" means an authorization granted by the general assembly to make expenditures and to incur obligations for specific purposes. (G) "Assets" means resources owned, controlled, or otherwise used or held by the state which have monetary value. (H) "Budget" means the plan of financial operation embodying an estimate of proposed expenditures and obligations for a given period and the proposed means of financing them. (I) "Check" means a negotiable financial instrument, payable upon demand, directing a financial institution to transfer money from the payer's account to the payee. (J) "Direct deposit" is a form of electronic funds transfer in which money is electronically deposited into the account of a person or entity at a financial institution. (K) "Disbursement" means a payment made for any purpose. (L) "Electronic benefit transfer" means the electronic delivery of benefits through automated teller machines, point of sale terminals, or other electronic media pursuant to section 5101.33 of the Revised Code. (M) "Electronic funds transfer" means the electronic movement of funds via automated clearing house or wire transfer. (N) "Encumbrancing document" means a document reserving all or part of an appropriation. (O) "Expenditure" means a reduction of the balance of an appropriation after legal requirements have been met. (P) "Fund" means an independent fiscal and accounting entity with a self-balancing set of accounts recording cash or other resources, together with all related liabilities, obligations, reserves, and fund balances which are segregated for the purpose of carrying on specific activities or attaining certain objectives in accordance with special rules, restrictions, or limitations. (Q) "Lapse" means the automatic termination of an appropriation at the end of the fiscal period for which it was appropriated. (R) "Reappropriation" means an appropriation of a previous appropriation that is continued in force in a succeeding appropriation period. "Reappropriation" shall be equated with and incorporated in the term "appropriation." (S) "Stored value card" means a payment card that may have money loaded and stored on the card and accessed through automated teller machines, point of sale terminals, or other electronic media. "Stored value card" does not include any payment card linked to, and that can access money in, an external account maintained by a financial institution. (T) "Voucher" means the document used to transmit a claim for payment and evidentiary matter related to the claim. (U) "Warrant" means an order drawn upon the treasurer of state by the director of budget and management, or an authorized person at a state entity that has a custodial account in the custody of the treasurer of state, directing the treasurer of state to pay a specified amount to one or more specified payees. A variety of payment instruments may be used, including but not limited to paper warrants or checks, stored value cards, direct deposit to the payee's bank account, or the drawdown of funds by electronic benefit transfer, and the resulting electronic transfer to or by the ultimate payees. The terms defined in this section shall be used, on all accounting forms, reports, formal rules, and budget requests produced by a state agency, only as defined in this section. Last updated July 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 187.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 187 / § 187.09
§ 187.09. Venue and jurisdiction for actions brought by or on behalf of corporation; constitutional challenges
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) Any action brought by or on behalf of JobsOhio against a director or former director in that individual's capacity as a director shall be brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county. (B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, any claim asserting that any one or more sections of the Revised Code amended or enacted by H.B. 1 of the 129th general assembly, any section of Chapter 4313. of the Revised Code enacted by H.B. 153 of the 129th general assembly, or any portion of one or more of those sections, violates any provision of the Ohio Constitution shall be brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county within ninety days after the effective date of the amendment of this section by H.B. 153 of the 129th general assembly. (C) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, any claim asserting that any action taken by JobsOhio violates any provision of the Ohio Constitution shall be brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county within sixty days after the action is taken. (D) Divisions (B) and (C) of this section shall not apply to any claim within the original jurisdiction of the supreme court or a court of appeals pursuant to Article IV of the Ohio Constitution. (E) The court of common pleas of Franklin county shall give any claim filed pursuant to division (B) or (C) of this section priority over all other civil cases before the court, irrespective of position on the court's calendar, and shall make a determination on the claim expeditiously. A court of appeals shall give any appeal from a final order issued in a case brought pursuant to division (B) or (C) of this section priority over all other civil cases before the court, irrespective of position on the court's calendar, and shall make a determination on the appeal expeditiously.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.87 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.87
§ 109.87. Acts or practices in violation of federal telemarketing laws
Status: in_force

March 2, 2022 Senate Bill 54 - 134th General Assembly (A)(1) Unless otherwise defined in this section, the terms that are used in this section have the same meanings as in the applicable federal act or rule. (2) As used in this section: (a) "Federal act or rule" means the "Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act," 108 Stat. 1545 to 1551, 15 U.S.C. 6101 to 6108, the "Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991," 105 Stat. 2395, 47 U.S.C. 227, any amendment or reenactment of either of those acts, any rule adopted or issued pursuant to either of those acts, or any amendment of that rule. (b) "Voice service provider" means any entity originating, carrying, or terminating voice calls through time-division multiplexing, voice over internet protocol, including interconnected or one-way voice over internet protocol, or commercial mobile radio service. (c) "Voice service" means any service that is interconnected with the public switched telephone network, directly or as an intermediary, and that furnishes voice communications to an end user using resources from the North American numbering plan or any successor to the North American numbering plan adopted by the federal communications commission under the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. 251(e)(1), and includes both of the following: (i) A transmission from a telephone facsimile machine, computer, or other device to a telephone facsimile machine. (ii) Without limitation, any service that enables real-time, two-way voice communications, including any service that requires internet protocol-compatible customer premises equipment out-bound calling, whether or not the service is one-way or two-way voice over internet protocol. (d)(i) "Text message" means a message consisting of text, images, sounds, or other information that is transmitted to or from a device that is identified as the receiving or transmitting device by means of a ten-digit telephone number or N-1-1 service code and includes a short message service and a multimedia message service. (ii) "Text message" does not include a real-time, two-way voice or video communication or a message sent over an internet protocol-enabled messaging service to another user of the same messaging service, except a message described in division (A)(2)(d)(i) of this section. (e) "Text messaging service" means a service that enables the transmission or receipt of a text message, including a service provided as part of or in connection with a voice service. (B)(1) No person, entity, merchant, seller, or telemarketer shall engage in any act or practice in violation of any provision of a federal act or rule. (2)(a) No person shall provide substantial assistance or support to any person, entity, merchant, seller, or telemarketer when that person knows or consciously avoids knowing that the other person, entity, merchant, seller, or telemarketer is engaged in any act or practice that violates any provision of a federal act or rule. (b) For purposes of division (B)(2)(a) of this section, "substantial assistance or support" does not include the provision of a voice service to a third party by a voice service provider if one or more of the following is true : (i) The voice service provider is not designated as a non-cooperative carrier by the consortium registered with the federal communications commission pursuant to 47 C.F.R. 64.1203. (ii) The network of the voice service provider does not originate the voice service or text messaging service. (iii) The network of the voice service provider is not the first domestic provider handling the voice service or text messaging service that originates outside of the United States. (3) The attorney general, in any proceedings under this section, shall recognize any exemptions recognized by the federal communications commission under the "Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991," 105 Stat. 2395, 47 U.S.C. 227, any amendment or reenactment of that act, any rule adopted or issued pursuant to that act, or any amendment of that rule. (C)(1) If the attorney general, as a result of complaints or the attorney general's own inquiries, has reason to believe that a person has engaged, is engaging, or is preparing to engage in a violation of this section or any provision of a federal act or rule, the attorney general may investigate the alleged violation. For purposes of an investigation under division (C)(1) of this section, the attorney general may administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, adduce evidence, and require the production of any relevant matter. (2) If the matter to be produced under division (C)(1) of this section is located outside this state, the attorney general may designate any representative, including any official of the state in which the matter is located, to inspect the matter on the behalf of the attorney general. The person subpoenaed may make the matter available to the attorney general at a convenient location within the state or pay the reasonable and necessary expenses for the attorney general or the attorney general's representative to examine the matter at the place where it is located, provided that those expenses shall not be charged to a party that subsequently is not found to have engaged in a violation of this section or any provision of a federal act or rule. (3) A person subpoenaed under division (C)(1) of this section may file a motion to extend the day on which the subpoena is to be returned or to modify or quash the subpoena, for good cause shown, in the court of common pleas of Franklin county or of the county in this state in which the person resides or in which the person's principal place of business is located. The person may file the motion not later than twenty days after the service of the subpoena. (4) A person subpoenaed under division (C)(1) of this section shall comply with the terms of the subpoena unless the parties agree to modify the terms of the subpoena or unless the court has modified or quashed the subpoena, extended the day on which the subpoena is to be returned, or issued any other order with respect to the subpoena prior to the day on which the subpoena is to be returned. If a person fails without lawful excuse to testify or to produce relevant matter pursuant to a subpoena, the attorney general may apply to the court of common pleas of the county in which the person subpoenaed resides or in which the person's principal place of business is located for an order that compels compliance with the subpoena. (5) If an individual subpoenaed under division (C)(1) of this section refuses to testify or to produce relevant matter pursuant to the subpoena on the ground that the testimony or matter may incriminate the individual, the attorney general may request the court to order the individual to provide the testimony or matter. With the exception of a prosecution for perjury or a civil action for damages under division (D)(1) of this section, an individual who complies with a court order to provide testimony or matter, after asserting a privilege against self-incrimination to which the individual is entitled by law, shall not be subjected to a criminal proceeding or a civil penalty or forfeiture on the basis of the testimony or matter required to be disclosed or testimony or matter discovered through that testimony or matter required to be disclosed. (6) In conducting an investigation under this section, the attorney general shall not publicly disclose the identity of persons, entities, merchants, sellers, or telemarketers investigated or the facts developed in the investigation unless this information has become a matter of public record in enforcement proceedings or if those being investigated have consented in writing to public disclosure. (7) In conducting an investigation under this section, the attorney general shall cooperate with state and local officials of other states and officials of the federal government in the administration of comparable laws and regulations. (8) The attorney general may do either of the following: (a) During an investigation under division (C) of this section, afford the person who is the subject of the investigation, in a manner considered appropriate to that person, an opportunity to cease and desist from any suspected violation of this section or any provision of a federal act or rule. The attorney general may suspend the investigation during the period that the attorney general permits the person to cease and desist from that suspected violation. The suspension of the investigation or the affording of an opportunity to cease and desist shall not prejudice or prohibit any further investigation by the attorney general under division (C) of this section. (b) Terminate an investigation under division (C) of this section upon acceptance of a written assurance of voluntary compliance from a person who is suspected of a violation of this section or any provision of a federal act or rule. The acceptance of an assurance under division (C)(8)(b) of this section may be conditioned upon an undertaking to reimburse or to take other appropriate corrective action with respect to identifiable telephone service subscribers who are damaged by an alleged violation of this section or any provision of a federal act or rule. An assurance of compliance given by a person under division (C)(8)(b) of this section is not evidence of a violation of this section or any provision of a federal act or rule. The attorney general, at any time, may reopen an investigation terminated by the acceptance of an assurance of voluntary compliance, if the attorney general believes that further proceedings are in the public interest. Evidence of a violation of an assurance of voluntary compliance is prima-facie evidence of an act or practice in violation of this section or the applicable provision of a federal act or rule if the evidence is presented after the violation in a civil action brought under division (D)(1) of this section. An assurance of voluntary compliance may be filed with the court and if approved by the court, entered as a consent judgment in the action. (9) The procedures that are available to the attorney general under division (C) of this section are cumulative and concurrent, and the exercise of one procedure by the attorney general does not preclude or require the exercise of any other procedure. (D)(1) If, by the attorney general's own inquiries or as a result of complaints or an investigation conducted under division (C) of this section, the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe that a person has engaged or is engaging in a violation of any provision of this section or of a federal act or rule, the attorney general, subject to division (D)(3) or (4) of this section, may bring in the appropriate court of common pleas of this state or in the appropriate district court of the United States, but not in both courts, a civil action against the alleged violator for injunctive relief , damages, and civil penalties pursuant to the federal act or rule, on behalf of the residents of this state who have been subjected to acts or practices in violation of this section. The attorney general may bring the action under this section or under the applicable federal act or rule, but the attorney general shall not plead a violation of both this section and the applicable federal act or rule in the action. (2) On the motion of the attorney general or on its own motion, a court may impose a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for each violation of the provision of this section or of the federal act or rule that is the subject of the action. If the court finds the defendant willfully or knowingly committed the violation, the court may impose a civil penalty of one thousand five hundred dollars for each violation of the provision of this section or of the federal act or rules that is the subject of the action. An award of damages or civil penalties may be recovered under this section or under the applicable federal act or rule, but an award of damages or civil penalties shall not be recovered under both this section and the applicable federal act or rule. (3) If a civil action has been instituted by or on behalf of the federal trade commission or the federal communications commission for a violation of any provision of an applicable federal act or rule, the attorney general, during the pendency of that action, shall not institute any civil action under division (D)(1) of this section against any defendant that is named in the complaint in the civil action that has been instituted by or on behalf of the federal trade commission or the federal communications commission, whichever is applicable, for any violation that is alleged in that complaint. (4) If a civil action that has been instituted by or on behalf of the federal trade commission or the federal communications commission for a violation of any provision of an applicable federal act or rule affecting the residents of this state is litigated to its conclusion and the federal trade commission or the federal communications commission recovers an award of damages or civil penalties or obtains any relief under the applicable federal act or rule, the attorney general shall not institute any civil action under division (D)(1) of this section for any violation within the same time period that is alleged in the civil action that was instituted as described in division (D)(4) of this section and in which the federal trade commission or federal communications commission has recovered the damages or civil penalties or obtained the relief. (5) No action may be brought by the attorney general under this section for damages or a civil penalty more than five years after the occurrence of the violation. (E) Any civil action that the attorney general brings in a federal court under division (D)(1) of this section shall comply with the applicable provisions of the federal act or rule the violation of which is the subject of the action. (F) The attorney general shall deposit any civil penalties that are imposed under division (D)(2) of this section to the credit of the telemarketing fraud enforcement fund created under section 4719.17 of the Revised Code, to be used to pay the costs of the office of the attorney general in investigating any violation of, and in enforcing, any federal act or rule or this section or for any other purpose as set forth under section 4719.17 of the Revised Code. (G) A violation of division (B)(1) or (2) of this section that involves a consumer transaction as defined in section 1345.01 of the Revised Code shall be considered an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of section 1345.02 of the Revised Code. All powers and remedies available to the attorney general to enforce sections 1345.01 to 1345.13 of the Revised Code are available to the attorney general to enforce this section. Last updated December 10, 2021 at 12:11 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.703 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.703
§ 135.703. Deposit agreement
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) An eligible savings institution shall enter into a deposit agreement with the treasurer of state, which shall include the requirements necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 135.70 to 135.71 of the Revised Code. (B) The deposit agreement shall specify the maturity period of the linked deposit considered appropriate by the treasurer of state, which shall not exceed the length of the program period, as well as any other information, terms, or conditions the treasurer of state may require. Interest shall be paid by the eligible savings institution at the times determined by the treasurer of state. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 4:30 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.68 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.68
§ 153.68. Instituting prequalification requirements
Status: in_force

November 24, 1995 House Bill 231 - 121st General Assembly Any public authority planning to contract for professional design services may institute prequalification requirements for professional design firms seeking to provide services to the public authority and may require that each prequalified firm maintain a current statement of qualifications on file with the public authority. The prequalification requirements shall be based on factors such as those set out in division (D) of section 153.65 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.26
§ 111.26. Assistance for acquisition of voting devices
Status: in_force

July 1, 2014 House Bill 497 - 130th General Assembly (A) It is hereby declared to be a public purpose and function of the state to facilitate the conduct of elections by assisting boards of elections in acquiring state capital facilities consisting of voting machines, marking devices, and automatic tabulating equipment certified for use in this state under section 3506.05 of the Revised Code. Those voting machines, marking devices, and automatic tabulating equipment are designated as capital facilities under Chapter 154. of the Revised Code. The treasurer of state is authorized to issue revenue obligations under section 154.24 of the Revised Code to pay all or part of the cost of those state capital facilities as are designated by law. Boards of elections, due to their responsibilities related to the proper conduct of elections under state law, are designated as state agencies having jurisdiction over those state capital facilities financed in part pursuant to this section and Chapter 154. of the Revised Code. It is hereby determined and declared that voting machines, marking devices, and automatic tabulating equipment financed in part under this section are for the purpose of housing agencies of state government, their functions and equipment. (B) A county shall contribute to the cost of capital facilities authorized under this section as provided below. (C) Any lease of capital facilities authorized by this section, the rentals of which are payable in whole or in part from appropriations made by the general assembly, is governed by Chapter 154. of the Revised Code. Such rentals constitute available receipts as defined in section 154.24 of the Revised Code and may be pledged for the payment of bond service charges as provided in Chapter 154. of the Revised Code. (D) The county voting machine revolving lease/loan fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of the net proceeds of obligations issued under Chapter 154. of the Revised Code to finance a portion of those state capital facilities described in division (A) of this section, as needed to ensure sufficient moneys to support appropriations from the fund. Lease payments from counties made for those capital facilities financed in part from the fund and interest earnings on the balance in the fund shall be credited to the fund. The fund shall also receive any other authorized transfers of cash. Moneys in the fund shall be used for the purpose of acquiring a portion of additional capital facilities described in division (A) of this section at the request of the applicable board of elections. Participation in the fund by a board of county commissioners shall be voluntary. The secretary of state shall administer the county voting machine revolving lease/loan fund in accordance with this section and shall enter into any lease or other agreement with the department of administrative services, the Ohio public facilities commission, or any board of elections necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this section. (E) Acquisitions made under this section shall provide not more than fifty per cent of the estimated total cost of a board of county commissioners' purchase of voting machines, marking devices, and automatic tabulating equipment. The secretary of state shall adopt rules for the implementation of the acquisition and revolving lease/loan program established under this section, which rules shall require that the secretary of state approve any acquisition of voting machines, marking devices, and automatic tabulating equipment using money made available under this section. An acquisition for any one board of county commissioners shall not exceed five million dollars and shall be made only for equipment purchased on or after March 31, 2008. Any costs incurred on or after January 1, 2008, may be considered as the county cost percentage for the purpose of an acquisition made under this section. Counties shall lease from the secretary of state the capital facilities financed in part from the county voting machine revolving lease/loan fund and may enter into any agreements required under the applicable bond proceedings. All voting machines, marking devices, and automatic tabulating equipment purchased through this fund shall remain the property of the state until all payments under the applicable county lease have been made at which time ownership shall transfer to the county. Costs associated with the maintenance, repair, and operation of the voting machines, marking devices, and automatic tabulating equipment purchased under this section shall be the responsibility of the participating boards of elections and boards of county commissioners. Such lease may obligate the counties, as using state agencies under Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, to operate the capital facilities for such period of time as may be specified by law and to pay such rent as the secretary of state determines to be appropriate. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, any county may enter into such a lease, and any such lease is legally sufficient to obligate the county for the term stated in the lease. Any such lease constitutes an agreement described in division (D) of section 154.06 of the Revised Code. (F) As used in this section: (1) "Automatic tabulating equipment," "marking device," and "voting machine" have the same meanings as in section 3506.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Equipment" has the same meaning as in section 3506.05 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.61
§ 122.61. Tax exemptions
Status: in_force

September 28, 2012 Senate Bill 314 - 129th General Assembly The exercise of the powers granted by sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62 of the Revised Code, will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for the improvement of conditions of employment, and will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions; therefore the director of development services shall not be required to pay any taxes upon any property or assets held by the director, or upon any property acquired or used by the director under sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62 of the Revised Code, or upon the income therefrom, provided, such exemption shall not apply to any property held by the director while it is in the possession of a private person, partnership, or corporation and used for private purposes for profit. The bonds, notes, or other obligations issued under such sections, their transfer, and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 164.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 164 / § 164.05
§ 164.05. Director of the Ohio public works commission duties
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The director of the Ohio public works commission shall do all of the following: (1) Approve requests for financial assistance from district public works integrating committees and enter into agreements with one or more local subdivisions to provide loans, grants, and local debt support for a capital improvement project if the director determines that: (a) The project is an eligible project pursuant to this chapter; (b) The financial assistance for the project has been properly approved and requested by the district committee of the district which includes the recipient of the loan or grant; (c) The amount of the financial assistance, when added to all other financial assistance provided during the fiscal year for projects within the district, does not exceed that district's allocation of money from the state capital improvements fund for that fiscal year; (d) The district committee has provided such documentation and other evidence as the director may require that the district committee has satisfied the requirements of section 164.06 or 164.14 of the Revised Code; (e) The portion of a district's annual allocation which the director approves in the form of loans and local debt support for eligible projects is consistent with divisions (E) and (F) of this section. (2) Authorize payments to local subdivisions or their contractors for costs incurred for capital improvement projects which have been approved pursuant to this chapter. All requests for payments shall be submitted to the director on forms and in accordance with procedures specified in rules adopted by the director pursuant to division (A)(4) of this section. (3) Retain the services of or employ financial consultants, engineers, accountants, attorneys, and such other employees as the director determines are necessary to carry out the director's duties under this chapter and fix the compensation for their services. From among these employees, the director shall appoint a deputy with the necessary qualifications to act as the director when the director is absent or temporarily unable to carry out the duties of office. (4) Adopt rules establishing the procedures for making applications, reviewing, approving, and rejecting projects for which assistance is authorized under this chapter, and any other rules needed to implement the provisions of this chapter. Such rules shall be adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (5) Provide information and other assistance to local subdivisions and district public works integrating committees in developing their requests for financial assistance for capital improvements under this chapter and encourage cooperation and coordination of requests and the development of multisubdivision projects in order to maximize the benefits that may be derived by districts from each year's allocation; (6) Require local subdivisions, to the extent practicable, to use Ohio products, materials, services, and labor in connection with any capital improvement project financed in whole or in part under this chapter; (7) Notify the director of budget and management of all approved projects, and supply all information necessary to track approved projects through the state accounting system; (8) Appoint the administrator of the Ohio small government capital improvements commission; (9) Do all other acts, enter into contracts, and execute all instruments necessary or appropriate to carry out this chapter; (10) Develop a standardized methodology for evaluating local subdivision capital improvement needs that a district public works integrating committee shall consider when addressing a subdivision's project application; (11) Establish a program to provide local subdivisions with technical assistance in preparing project applications. The program shall be designed to assist local subdivisions that lack the financial or technical resources to prepare project applications on their own. (B) When the director of the Ohio public works commission decides to conditionally approve or disapprove projects, the director's decisions and the reasons for which they are made shall be made in writing. These written decisions shall be conclusive for the purposes of the validity and enforceability of such determinations. (C) Fees, charges, rates of interest, times of payment of interest and principal, and other terms, conditions, and provisions of and security for financial assistance provided pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be such as the director determines to be appropriate. If any payments required by a loan agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter are not paid, the funds which would otherwise be apportioned to the local subdivision from the county undivided local government fund, pursuant to sections 5747.51 to 5747.53 of the Revised Code, may, at the direction of the director of the Ohio public works commission, be reduced by the amount payable. The county treasurer shall, at the direction of the director, pay the amount of such reductions to the state capital improvements revolving loan fund. The director may renegotiate a loan repayment schedule with a local subdivision whose payments from the county undivided local government fund could be reduced pursuant to this division, but such a renegotiation may occur only one time with respect to any particular loan agreement. (D) Grants approved for the repair and replacement of existing infrastructure pursuant to this chapter shall not exceed ninety per cent of the estimated total cost of the capital improvement project. Grants approved for new or expanded infrastructure shall not exceed fifty per cent of the estimated cost of the new or expansion elements of the capital improvement project. A local subdivision share of the estimated cost of a capital improvement may consist of any of the following: (1) The reasonable value, as determined by the director or the administrator, of labor, materials, and equipment that will be contributed by the local subdivision in performing the capital improvement project; (2) Moneys received by the local subdivision in any form from an authority, commission, or agency of the United States for use in performing the capital improvement project; (3) Loans made to the local subdivision under this chapter; (4) Engineering costs incurred by the local subdivision in performing engineering activities related to the project. A local subdivision share of the cost of a capital improvement shall not include any amounts awarded to it from the local transportation improvement program fund created in section 164.14 of the Revised Code. (E) A district public works integrating committee may determine how much of its annual allocation share pursuant to section 164.08 of the Revised Code is awarded to subdivisions in the form of interest-free, low-interest, market rate of interest, or blended-rate loans and in the form of local debt support. (F) For the period commencing July 1, 1993, and ending June 30, 1999, and for each five-year period thereafter, the total amount of financial assistance awarded under sections 164.01 to 164.08 of the Revised Code for capital improvement projects located wholly or partially within a county shall be equal to at least thirty per cent of the amount of what the county would have been allocated from the obligations authorized to be sold under this chapter during each period, if such amounts had been allocable to each county on a per capita basis. (G) The amount of the annual allocations made pursuant to divisions (B)(1) and (4) of section 164.08 of the Revised Code which can be used for new or expanded infrastructure is limited to twenty per cent. (H) No project shall be approved under this section unless the project is designed to have a useful life of at least seven years. In addition, the average useful life of all projects for which grants or loans are awarded in each district during a program year shall not be less than twenty years. Last updated July 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.381 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.381
§ 173.381. Criminal records checks for self-employed providers
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Community-based long-term care services" means community-based long-term care services, as defined in section 173.14 of the Revised Code, that are provided under a program the department of aging administers. (2) "Community-based long-term care services certificate" means a certificate issued under section 173.391 of the Revised Code. (3) "Community-based long-term care services contract or grant" means a contract or grant awarded under section 173.392 of the Revised Code. (4) "Criminal records check" has the same meaning as in section 109.572 of the Revised Code. (5) "Disqualifying offense" means any of the offenses listed or described in divisions (A)(3)(a) to (e) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code. (6) "Provider" has the same meaning as in section 173.39 of the Revised Code. (7) "Self-employed provider" means a provider who works for the provider's self and has no employees. (B) This section does not apply to any of the following: (1) An applicant as defined in section 3740.11 of the Revised Code or an employee as defined in section 3740.01 of the Revised Code; (2) An ambulette driver employed by an organization licensed under Chapter 4766. of the Revised Code; (3) An attorney licensed to practice law in this state; (4) A person who is not licensed to practice law in this state, but who, at the direction of an attorney licensed to practice law in this state, assists the attorney in the attorney's provision of legal services. (C)(1) The department of aging or its designee shall take the following actions when the circumstances specified in division (C)(2) of this section apply: (a) Refuse to issue a community-based long-term care services certificate to a self-employed provider; (b) Revoke a self-employed provider's community-based long-term care services certificate; (c) Refuse to award a community-based long-term care services contract or grant to a self-employed provider; (d) Terminate a self-employed provider's community-based long-term care services contract or grant awarded on or after September 15, 2014. (2) The following are the circumstances that require the department of aging or its designee to take action under division (C)(1) of this section: (a) A review of the databases listed in division (E) of this section reveals any of the following: (i) That the self-employed provider is included in one or more of the databases listed in divisions (E)(1) to (5) of this section; (ii) That there is in the state nurse aide registry established under section 3721.32 of the Revised Code a statement detailing findings by the director of health that the self-employed provider abused, neglected, or exploited a long-term care facility or residential care facility resident or misappropriated property of such a resident; (iii) That the self-employed provider is included in one or more of the databases, if any, specified in rules adopted under this section and the rules require the department or its designee to take action under division (C)(1) of this section if a self-employed provider is included in such a database. (b) After the self-employed provider is provided, pursuant to division (F)(2)(a) of this section, a copy of the form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code and the standard impression sheet prescribed pursuant to division (C)(2) of that section, the self-employed provider fails to complete the form or provide the self-employed provider's fingerprint impressions on the standard impression sheet. (c) Unless the self-employed provider meets standards specified in rules adopted under this section, the self-employed provider is found by a criminal records check required by this section to have been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or been found eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction for a disqualifying offense. (D) The department of aging or its designee shall inform each self-employed provider of both of the following at the time of the self-employed provider's initial application for a community-based long-term care services certificate or initial bid for a community-based long-term care services contract or grant: (1) That a review of the databases listed in division (E) of this section will be conducted to determine whether the department or its designee is required by division (C) of this section to refuse to issue or award a community-based long-term care services certificate or community-based long-term care services contract or grant to the self-employed provider; (2) That, unless the database review reveals that the department or its designee is required to refuse to issue or award a community-based long-term care services certificate or community-based long-term care services contract or grant to the self-employed provider, a criminal records check of the self-employed provider will be conducted and the self-employed provider is required to provide a set of the self-employed provider's fingerprint impressions as part of the criminal records check. (E) As a condition of issuing or awarding a community-based long-term care services certificate or community-based long-term care services contract or grant to a self-employed provider, the department of aging or its designee shall conduct a database review of the self-employed provider in accordance with rules adopted under this section. If rules adopted under this section so require, the department or its designee shall conduct a database review of a self-employed provider in accordance with the rules as a condition of not revoking or terminating the self-employed provider's community-based long-term care services certificate or community-based long-term care services contract or grant. A database review shall determine whether the self-employed provider is included in any of the following: (1) The excluded parties list system that is maintained by the United States general services administration pursuant to subpart 9.4 of the federal acquisition regulation and available at the federal web site known as the system for award management; (2) The list of excluded individuals and entities maintained by the office of inspector general in the United States department of health and human services pursuant to the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7 and 1320c-5; (3) The registry of developmental disabilities employees established under section 5123.52 of the Revised Code; (4) The internet-based sex offender and child-victim offender database established under division (A)(11) of section 2950.13 of the Revised Code; (5) The internet-based database of inmates established under section 5120.66 of the Revised Code; (6) The state nurse aide registry established under section 3721.32 of the Revised Code; (7) Any other database, if any, specified in rules adopted under this section. (F)(1) As a condition of issuing or awarding a community-based long-term care services certificate or community-based long-term care services contract or grant to a self-employed provider, the department of aging or its designee shall request that the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation conduct a criminal records check of the self-employed provider. If rules adopted under this section so require, the department or its designee shall request that the superintendent conduct a criminal records check of a self-employed provider at times specified in the rules as a condition of not revoking or terminating the self-employed provider's community-based long-term care services certificate or community-based long-term care services contract or grant. However, the department or its designee is not required to request the criminal records check of the self-employed provider if the department or its designee, because of circumstances specified in division (C)(2)(a) of this section, is required to refuse to issue or award a community-based long-term care services certificate or community-based long-term care services contract or grant to the self-employed provider or to revoke or terminate the self-employed provider's certificate or contract or grant. If a self-employed provider for whom a criminal records check request is required by this section does not present proof of having been a resident of this state for the five-year period immediately prior to the date the criminal records check is requested or provide evidence that within that five-year period the superintendent has requested information about the self-employed provider from the federal bureau of investigation in a criminal records check, the department or its designee shall request that the superintendent obtain information from the federal bureau of investigation as part of the criminal records check. Even if a self-employed provider for whom a criminal records check request is required by this section presents proof of having been a resident of this state for the five-year period, the department or its designee may request that the superintendent include information from the federal bureau of investigation in the criminal records check. (2) The department or its designee shall do all of the following: (a) Provide to each self-employed provider for whom a criminal records check request is required by this section a copy of the form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code and a standard impression sheet prescribed pursuant to division (C)(2) of that section; (b) Obtain the completed form and standard impression sheet from the self-employed provider; (c) Forward the completed form and standard impression sheet to the superintendent. (3) The department or its designee shall pay to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation the fee prescribed pursuant to division (C)(3) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code for each criminal records check of a self-employed provider the department or its designee requests under this section. The department or its designee may charge the self-employed provider a fee that does not exceed the amount the department or its designee pays to the bureau. (G) The report of any criminal records check of a self-employed provider conducted pursuant to a request made under this section is not a public record for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall not be made available to any person other than the following: (1) The self-employed provider or the self-employed provider's representative; (2) The department of aging, the department's designee, or a representative of the department or its designee; (3) The medicaid director and the staff of the department of medicaid who are involved in the administration of the medicaid program if the self-employed provider is to provide, or provides, community-based long-term care services under a component of the medicaid program that the department of aging administers; (4) A court or hearing officer involved in a case dealing with any of the following: (a) A refusal to issue or award a community-based long-term services certificate or community-based long-term care services contract or grant to the self-employed provider; (b) A revocation or termination of the self-employed provider's community-based long-term care services certificate or community-based long-term care services contract or grant; (c) A civil or criminal action regarding a program the department of aging administers. (5) Pursuant to a lawful subpoena or valid court order, any necessary individual not identified in division (G)(4) of this section who is involved in a case dealing with any issue, matter, or action described in division (G)(4)(a), (b), or (c) of this section. (H) In a tort or other civil action for damages that is brought as the result of an injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by a self-employed provider, both of the following shall apply: (1) If the department of aging or its designee, in good faith and reasonable reliance on the report of a criminal records check requested under this section, issued or awarded a community-based long-term care services certificate or community-based long-term care services contract or grant to the self-employed provider or did not revoke or terminate the self-employed provider's certificate or contract or grant, the department and its designee shall not be found negligent solely because of its reliance on the report, even if the information in the report is determined later to have been incomplete or inaccurate. (2) If the department or its designee in good faith issued or awarded a community-based long-term care services certificate or community-based long-term care services contract or grant to the self-employed provider or did not revoke or terminate the self-employed provider's certificate or contract or grant because the self-employed provider meets standards specified in rules adopted under this section, the department and its designee shall not be found negligent solely because the self-employed provider has been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or been found eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction for a disqualifying offense. (I) The director of aging shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement this section. (1) The rules may do the following: (a) Require self-employed providers who have been issued or awarded community-based long-term care services certificates or community-based long-term care services contracts or grants to undergo database reviews and criminal records checks under this section; (b) If the rules require self-employed providers who have been issued or awarded community-based long-term care services certificates or community-based long-term care services contracts or grants to undergo database reviews and criminal records checks under this section, exempt one or more classes of such self-employed providers from the requirements; (c) For the purpose of division (E)(7) of this section, specify other databases that are to be checked as part of a database review conducted under this section. (2) The rules shall specify all of the following: (a) The procedures for conducting database reviews under this section; (b) If the rules require self-employed providers who have been issued or awarded community-based long-term care services certificates or community-based long-term care services contracts or grants to undergo database reviews and criminal records checks under this section, the times at which the database reviews and criminal records checks are to be conducted; (c) If the rules specify other databases to be checked as part of the database reviews, the circumstances under which the department of aging or its designee is required to refuse to issue or award a community-based long-term care services certificate or community-based long-term care services contract or grant to a self-employed provider or to revoke or terminate a self-employed provider's certificate or contract or grant when the self-employed provider is found by a database review to be included in one or more of those databases; (d) Standards that a self-employed provider must meet for the department or its designee to be permitted to issue or award a community-based long-term care services certificate or community-based long-term care services contract or grant to the self-employed provider or not to revoke or terminate the self-employed provider's certificate or contract or grant if the self-employed provider is found by a criminal records check required by this section to have been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or been found eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction for a disqualifying offense. Last updated December 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 113.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 113 / § 113.54
§ 113.54. Disclaimers
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 483 - 131st General Assembly (A) Nothing in sections 113.50 to 113.56 of the Revised Code creates any obligation of the treasurer of state, the state, or any state agency to guarantee for the benefit of any account owner or designated beneficiary any of the following: (1) Return of principal; (2) Rate of interest or other return on any program account; (3) Payment of interest or other return on any program account. (B) Every contract, application, or other similar document that may be used in connection with opening a program account shall clearly indicate that the account is not insured by the state and that the principal deposited and the investment return are not guaranteed by the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.40
§ 126.40. Forgery recovery fund
Status: in_force

June 30, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the forgery recovery fund. The fund shall consist of all moneys collected by the attorney general from the resolution of cases of fraud or forgery involving warrants issued by the director of the office of budget and management. The director shall use the fund to pay costs associated with the reissue of state warrants to payees whose warrants were fraudulently redeemed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 102.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 102 / § 102.99
§ 102.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

April 4, 2023 Senate Bill 288 - 134th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates division (C) of section 102.02 or division (C) of section 102.031 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates division (D) of section 102.02 or section 102.021 , 102.03 , 102.04 , or 102.07 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (C) In addition to the penalty provided in division (B) of this section, whoever violates division (M)(1), (2), or (3) of section 102.03 of the Revised Code forfeits the individual's office or employment. (D) In addition to the penalty provided in division (B) of this section, any person who violates division (F) of section 102.03 of the Revised Code is subject to the following: (1) The court may prohibit the person from participating in a public contract with any public agency in this state for a period of two years if recommended by the agency by whom the offending public official or employee was employed. (2) The court may order the person to pay an additional fine equal to the amount of any thing of value given in violation of division (F) of section 102.03 of the Revised Code. (E) Upon application of the Ohio ethics commission, the court shall order a person who is convicted of a violation of section 102.021 , 102.03 , or 102.04 of the Revised Code to pay the costs incurred to investigate and prosecute the case. The amount ordered under this division shall not exceed the amount a person unlawfully secured, solicited, or accepted; the amount a person received as improper compensation, as an unlawful honorarium, or from the unlawful sale of goods or services; or the amount otherwise applicable under section 102.021 , 102.03 , or 102.04 of the Revised Code. These costs are in addition to any other cost or penalty provided in the Revised Code or any other provision of law. Last updated March 8, 2023 at 10:53 AM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.30
§ 126.30. Interest on late payments for goods and services
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Any state agency that purchases, leases, or otherwise acquires any equipment, materials, goods, supplies, or services from any person and fails to make payment for the equipment, materials, goods, supplies, or services by the required payment date shall pay an interest charge to the person in accordance with division (E) of this section, unless the amount of the interest charge is less than ten dollars. Except as otherwise provided in division (B), (C), or (D) of this section, the required payment date shall be the date on which payment is due under the terms of a written agreement between the state agency and the person or, if a specific payment date is not established by such a written agreement, the required payment date shall be thirty days after the state agency receives a proper invoice for the amount of the payment due. (B) If the invoice submitted to the state agency contains a defect or impropriety, the agency shall send written notification to the person within fifteen days after receipt of the invoice. The notice shall contain a description of the defect or impropriety and any additional information necessary to correct the defect or impropriety. If the agency sends such written notification to the person, the required payment date shall be thirty days after the state agency receives a proper invoice. (C) In applying this section to claims submitted to the department of job and family services by providers of equipment, materials, goods, supplies, or services, the required payment date shall be the date on which payment is due under the terms of a written agreement between the department and the provider. If a specific payment date is not established by a written agreement, the required payment date shall be thirty days after the department receives a proper claim. If the department determines that the claim is improperly executed or that additional evidence of the validity of the claim is required, the department shall notify the claimant in writing or by telephone within fifteen days after receipt of the claim. The notice shall state that the claim is improperly executed and needs correction or that additional information is necessary to establish the validity of the claim. If the department makes such notification to the provider, the required payment date shall be thirty days after the department receives the corrected claim or such additional information as may be necessary to establish the validity of the claim. (D) In applying this section to invoices submitted to the bureau of workers' compensation for equipment, materials, goods, supplies, or services provided to employees in connection with an employee's claim against the state insurance fund, the public work-relief employees' compensation fund, the coal-workers pneumoconiosis fund, or the marine industry fund as compensation for injuries or occupational disease pursuant to Chapter 4123., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code, the required payment date shall be the date on which payment is due under the terms of a written agreement between the bureau and the provider. If a specific payment date is not established by a written agreement, the required payment date shall be thirty days after the bureau receives a proper invoice for the amount of the payment due or thirty days after the final adjudication allowing payment of an award to the employee, whichever is later. Nothing in this section shall supersede any faster timetable for payments to health care providers contained in sections 4121.44 and 4123.512 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this division, a "proper invoice" includes the claimant's name, claim number and date of injury, employer's name, the provider's name and address, the provider's assigned payee number, a description of the equipment, materials, goods, supplies, or services provided by the provider to the claimant, the date provided, and the amount of the charge. If more than one item of equipment, materials, goods, supplies, or services is listed by a provider on a single application for payment, each item shall be considered separately in determining if it is a proper invoice. If prior to a final adjudication the bureau determines that the invoice contains a defect, the bureau shall notify the provider in writing at least fifteen days prior to what would be the required payment date if the invoice did not contain a defect. The notice shall contain a description of the defect and any additional information necessary to correct the defect. If the bureau sends a notification to the provider, the required payment date shall be redetermined in accordance with this division after the bureau receives a proper invoice. For purposes of this division, "final adjudication" means the later of the date of the decision or other action by the bureau, the industrial commission, or a court allowing payment of the award to the employee from which there is no further right to reconsideration or appeal that would require the bureau to withhold compensation and benefits, or the date on which the rights to reconsideration or appeal have expired without an application therefor having been filed or, if later, the date on which an application for reconsideration or appeal is withdrawn. If after final adjudication, the administrator of the bureau of workers' compensation or the industrial commission makes a modification with respect to former findings or orders, pursuant to Chapter 4123., 4127., or 4131. of the Revised Code or pursuant to court order, the adjudication process shall no longer be considered final for purposes of determining the required payment date for invoices for equipment, materials, goods, supplies, or services provided after the date of the modification when the propriety of the invoices is affected by the modification. (E) The interest charge on amounts due shall be paid to the person for the period beginning on the day after the required payment date and ending on the day that payment of the amount due is made. The amount of the interest charge that remains unpaid at the end of any thirty-day period after the required payment date, including amounts under ten dollars, shall be added to the principal amount of the debt and thereafter the interest charge shall accrue on the principal amount of the debt plus the added interest charge. The interest charge shall be at the rate per calendar month that equals one-twelfth of the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code for the calendar year that includes the month for which the interest charge accrues. (F) No appropriations shall be made for the payment of any interest charges required by this section. Any state agency required to pay interest charges under this section shall make the payments from moneys available for the administration of agency programs. If a state agency pays interest charges under this section, but determines that all or part of the interest charges should have been paid by another state agency, the state agency that paid the interest charges may request the attorney general to determine the amount of the interest charges that each state agency should have paid under this section. If the attorney general determines that the state agency that paid the interest charges should have paid none or only a part of the interest charges, the attorney general shall notify the state agency that paid the interest charges, any other state agency that should have paid all or part of the interest charges, and the director of budget and management of the attorney general's decision, stating the amount of interest charges that each state agency should have paid. The director shall transfer from the appropriate funds of any other state agency that should have paid all or part of the interest charges to the appropriate funds of the state agency that paid the interest charges an amount necessary to implement the attorney general's decision. (G) The director of budget and management shall compile a summary of all the interest charges paid under this section during the previous fiscal year and shall submit a copy of the summary to the president and minority leader of the senate and to the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives no later than the thirtieth day of September of each year. Last updated September 21, 2023 at 3:09 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.30
§ 125.30. Business reply form
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of administrative services shall create and administer an online computer network system that allows persons to electronically file business reply forms and, as authorized in the Revised Code, tax information with state agencies or political subdivisions. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 12:33 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.351 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.351
§ 101.351. Goal of rule watch system
Status: in_force

September 17, 2014 Senate Bill 3 - 130th General Assembly The goal of the rule watch system is to provide one world wide web portal through which a person can obtain information about the rules of, and about rule-making by, state agencies. The joint committee on agency rule review shall establish, maintain, and improve a rule watch system. The rule watch system shall be designed so that a person may register electronically to receive an electronic mail alert when an agency files a rule for review by the joint committee. The joint committee shall integrate the common sense initiative office into the rule watch system. The joint committee is the principal member of the rule watch system, but shall work in collaboration with the common sense initiative office to achieve the integration. Failure of the rule watch system to transmit an electronic mail alert to a person is not grounds for questioning the validity of a rule or the validity of the process by which the rule was adopted.
Ohio Rev. Code § 127.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 127 / § 127.13
§ 127.13. Organization
Status: in_force

January 1, 2026 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The director of budget and management or the director's designee shall be president of the controlling board. The president shall prepare the proposed agenda for the meetings of the board and shall provide, at least ten days prior to the meeting, copies of the proposed agenda and supporting documentation to the members of the board and to the legislative service commission. The director shall designate an employee of the office of budget and management to serve as secretary of the controlling board. The secretary shall assist the president of the board and shall make and keep a record of each request received by the board and of its action thereon. The secretary shall certify a copy of the record of each action to each member of the board and to the director. The controlling board may adopt procedural rules for the conduct of the business of the board, may approve, disapprove, modify as to specific dollar amounts, or defer requests, and may require that a request from the senate, the house of representatives, the supreme court, or an elected member of the executive department as defined in Section 1 of Article III, Ohio Constitution, not currently before the controlling board be added to the agenda for a specified future meeting of the board, provided that such request has been previously submitted to the president for inclusion in the agenda for a board meeting. The controlling board also may adopt rules authorizing the president to act on its behalf in exigent circumstances affecting the public health, safety, or welfare. The affirmative vote of no fewer than four members of the controlling board shall be required for any action of the board. The board shall meet at least once a month. Last updated July 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM