Ohio Rev. Code § 153.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.35
§ 153.35. Plans shall be kept on file in county auditor's office
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 497 - 135th General Assembly The plans and specifications upon which the contracts are awarded, shall be kept on file in the office of the board of county commissioners and made a part of the contract with the successful bidder. When it is necessary to alter, repair, or make an addition to a bridge, the board of county commissioners in making contracts therefor, shall conform to sections 153.01 to 153.60 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, in relation to the erection of bridges as nearly as the nature of the case will permit. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.391 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.391
§ 145.391. Establishing and maintaining qualified governmental excess benefit arrangement
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly The public employees retirement board may establish and maintain a qualified governmental excess benefit arrangement that meets the requirements of division (m) of section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended, and any regulations adopted thereunder. If established, the arrangement shall be a separate portion of the public employees retirement system and be maintained solely for the purpose of providing to retired members that part of a benefit otherwise payable under this chapter that exceeds the limits established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," as amended. If established, the amounts required to fund the arrangement shall be included in the employer's contribution required by sections 145.48 and 145.51 of the Revised Code. Members participating in an arrangement established under this section shall not be permitted to elect to defer compensation to the arrangement. Contributions to and benefits paid under an arrangement shall not be payable from a trust that is part of the system unless the trust is maintained solely for the purpose of providing such benefits. The board shall adopt rules to administer an arrangement established under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.17
§ 109.17. Writs in other counties
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In all cases instituted by the attorney general under sections 109.01 to 109.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, the writ may be sent by mail to the sheriff of any county, and returned by him in like manner. For such service, the sheriff shall be allowed the same mileage and fees as if the writ had been issued from the court of common pleas or the court of appeals of his county, and made returnable thereto.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.25
§ 173.25. Cooperation and coordination with agencies
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly The office of the state long-term care ombudsman program shall, in carrying out the provisions and purposes of sections 173.14 to 173.26 of the Revised Code, advise, consult, and cooperate with any agency, program, or other entity related to the purposes of the office. Any agency, program, or other entity related to the purposes of the office shall advise, consult, and cooperate with the office. The office shall attempt to establish effective coordination with government-sponsored programs that provide legal services to the elderly and with protective and advocacy programs for individuals with developmental disabilities or mental illness.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.312 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.312
§ 145.312. Proceedings on request for restoration of service credit
Status: in_force

July 13, 2000 Senate Bill 190 - 123rd General Assembly After receiving a request from the state teachers retirement system under division (A) of section 3307.711 or the school employees retirement system under division (A) of section 3309.261 of the Revised Code, the public employees retirement system shall do both of the following: (A) Calculate and certify to the requesting retirement system the cost to a former member to restore service credit under section 145.31 of the Revised Code for each year or portion of a year for which the former member seeks to restore service credit under that section. (B) Inform the requesting retirement system of the rate of interest charged to a member under a payroll deduction plan authorized under section 145.294 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 103.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 103 / § 103.13
§ 103.13. Powers and duties of legislative service commission
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The Ohio legislative service commission shall: (A) Conduct research, make investigations, and secure information or data on any subject and make reports thereon to the general assembly; (B) Ascertain facts and make reports concerning the state budget, the revenues and expenditures of the state, and of the organization and functions of the state, its departments, subdivisions, and agencies; (C) Make surveys, investigations, and studies, and compile data, information, and records on any question which may be referred to it by either house of the general assembly or any standing committee of the general assembly; (D) Assist and cooperate with any interim legislative committee or other agency created by the general assembly; (E) Prepare or advise in the preparation of any bill or resolution, when requested by any member of the general assembly; (F) Collect, classify, and index the documents of the state which shall include executive and legislative documents and departmental reports and keep on file all bills, resolutions, and official journals printed by order of either house of the general assembly; (G) Provide members of the general assembly with impartial and accurate information and reports concerning legislative problems in accordance with rules prescribed by the commission; (H) Annually collect the reports required by section 4743.01 of the Revised Code and prepare a report evaluating the extent to which state boards and commissions which regulate occupations are financially self-supporting. The report shall be presented to the speaker and the minority leader of the house of representatives, the president and the minority leader of the senate, and the chairperson and ranking minority member of the finance committees of both houses, on or before the thirty-first day of December each year. (I) Codify the rules of administrative agencies of the state in accordance with the provisions of section 103.05 of the Revised Code; (J) Publish the register of Ohio under section 103.051 of the Revised Code; (K) Operate the electronic rule-filing system under section 103.0511 of the Revised Code; (L) Assist the standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate that primarily consider legislation governing the medicaid program, to carry out continuing oversight and other duties regarding the state's medicaid program enumerated under sections 103.41 to 103.412 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.39
§ 121.39. Identifying documentation that is basis for legislation dealing with environmental protection
Status: in_force

August 18, 2019 Senate Bill 221 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "environmental protection" means any of the following: (1) Protection of human health or safety, biological resources, or natural resources by preventing, reducing, or remediating the pollution or degradation of air, land, or water resources or by preventing or limiting the exposure of humans, animals, or plants to pollution; (2) Appropriation or regulation of privately owned property to preserve air, land, or water resources in a natural state or to wholly or partially restore them to a natural state; (3) Regulation of the collection, management, treatment, reduction, storage, or disposal of solid, hazardous, radioactive, or other wastes; (4) Plans or programs to promote or regulate the conservation, recycling, or reuse of energy, materials, or wastes. (B) Except as otherwise provided in division (E) of this section, when proposed legislation dealing with environmental protection or containing a component dealing with environmental protection is referred to a committee of the general assembly, other than a committee on rules or reference, the sponsor of the legislation, at the time of the first hearing of the legislation before the committee, shall submit to the members of the committee a written statement identifying either the documentation that is the basis of the legislation or the federal requirement or requirements with which the legislation is intended to comply. If the legislation is not based on documentation or has not been introduced to comply with a federal requirement or requirements, the written statement from the sponsor shall so indicate. Also at the time of the first hearing of the legislation before the committee, a statewide organization that represents businesses in this state and that elects its board of directors may submit to the members of the committee a written estimate of the costs to the regulated community in this state of complying with the legislation if it is enacted. At any hearing of the legislation before the committee, a representative of any state agency, environmental advocacy organization, or consumer advocacy organization or any private citizen may present documentation containing an estimate of the monetary and other costs to public health and safety and the environment and to consumers and residential utility customers, and the effects on property values, if the legislation is not enacted. (C) Until such time as the statement required under division (B) of this section is submitted to the committee to which proposed legislation dealing with environmental protection or containing a component dealing with environmental protection was referred, the legislation shall not be reported by that committee. This requirement does not apply if the component dealing with environmental protection is removed from the legislation or if two-thirds of the members of the committee vote in favor of a motion to report the proposed legislation. (D) Except as otherwise provided in division (E) of this section, prior to adopting a rule or an amendment proposed to a rule dealing with environmental protection or containing a component dealing with environmental protection, a state agency shall do all of the following: (1) Consult with organizations that represent political subdivisions, environmental interests, business interests, and other persons affected by the proposed rule or amendment; (2) Consider documentation relevant to the need for, the environmental benefits or consequences of, other benefits of, and the technological feasibility of the proposed rule or amendment; (3) Specifically identify whether the proposed rule or amendment is being adopted or amended to enable the state to obtain or maintain approval to administer and enforce a federal environmental law or to participate in a federal environmental program, whether the proposed rule or amendment is more stringent than its federal counterpart, and, if the proposed rule or amendment is more stringent, the rationale for not incorporating its federal counterpart; (4) Include with the proposed rule or amendment and the rule summary and fiscal analysis required under section 106.024 of the Revised Code, when they are filed with the joint committee on agency rule review in accordance with division (D) of section 111.15 or division (C) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code, one of the following in electronic form, as applicable: (a) The information identified under division (D)(3) of this section and, if the proposed rule or amendment is more stringent than its federal counterpart, as identified in that division, the documentation considered under division (D)(2) of this section; (b) If an amendment proposed to a rule is being adopted or amended under a state statute that establishes standards with which the amendment shall comply, and the proposed amendment is more stringent than the rule that it is proposing to amend, the documentation considered under division (D)(2) of this section; (c) If division (D)(4)(a) or (b) of this section is not applicable, the documentation considered under division (D)(2) of this section. If the agency subsequently files a revision of such a proposed rule or amendment in accordance with division (D) of section 111.15 or division (C) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code, the revision shall be accompanied in electronic form by the applicable information or documentation. Division (D) of this section does not apply to any emergency rule adopted under division (B)(2) of section 111.15 or division (G) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code, but does apply to any such rule that subsequently is adopted as a nonemergency rule under either of those divisions. The information or documentation submitted under division (D)(4) of this section may be in the form of a summary or index of available knowledge or information and shall consist of or be based upon the best available generally accepted knowledge or information in the appropriate fields, as determined by the agency that prepared the documentation. (E) The statement required under division (B) and the information or documentation required under division (D) of this section need not be prepared or submitted with regard to a proposed statute or rule, or an amendment to a rule, if the statute, rule, or amendment is procedural or budgetary in nature, or governs the organization or operation of a state agency, and will not affect the substantive rights or obligations of any person other than a state agency or an employee or contractor of a state agency. (F) The insufficiency, incompleteness, or inadequacy of a statement, information, documentation, or a summary of information or documentation provided in accordance with division (B) or (D) of this section shall not be grounds for invalidation of any statute, rule, or amendment to a rule. (G) This section applies only to the following: (1) Legislation and components of legislation dealing with environmental protection that are introduced in the general assembly after March 5, 1996; (2) Rules and rule amendments dealing with environmental protection that are filed with the joint committee on agency rule review in accordance with division (D) of section 111.15 or division (C) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code after March 5, 1996.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.45
§ 121.45. Cooperating in investigations
Status: in_force

October 31, 1990 House Bill 588 - 118th General Assembly Each state agency, and every state officer and state employee, shall cooperate with, and provide assistance to, the inspector general and any deputy inspector general in the performance of any investigation. In particular, each state agency shall make its premises, equipment, personnel, books, records, and papers readily available to the inspector general or a deputy inspector general. The inspector general and any deputy inspector general may enter upon the premises of any state agency at any time, without prior announcement, if necessary to the successful completion of an investigation. In the course of an investigation, the inspector general and any deputy inspector general may question any state officer or state employee serving in, and any other person transacting business with, the state agency, and may inspect and copy any books, records, or papers in the possession of the state agency, taking care to preserve the confidentiality of information contained in responses to questions or the books, records, or papers that is made confidential by law. In performing any investigation, the inspector general and any deputy inspector general shall avoid interfering with the ongoing operations of the state agency being investigated, except insofar as is reasonably necessary to the successful completion of the investigation. Each state agency shall develop, implement, and enforce policies and procedures that prevent or reduce the risk of wrongful acts and omissions by its state officers or state employees. Other state agencies that also are responsible for investigating, auditing, reviewing, or evaluating the management and operation of state agencies shall negotiate and enter into agreements with the office of the inspector general for the purpose of sharing information and avoiding duplication of effort.
Ohio Rev. Code § 176.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 176 / § 176.02
§ 176.02. Service from board of contiguous or overlapping county
Status: in_force

October 10, 1991 House Bill 339 - 119th General Assembly In lieu of establishing or designating its own housing advisory board, any municipal corporation or township may enter into an agreement with an overlapping county or with a contiguous municipal corporation or township to receive the services of the county housing advisory board or the housing advisory board of that other municipal corporation or township. Any two or more counties may enter into an agreement to establish a joint-county housing advisory board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 105.911 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 105 / § 105.911
§ 105.911. Judicial impact statement
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 Senate Bill 331 - 133rd General Assembly (A) If a bill or resolution introduced in the general assembly appears to affect the revenues or expenditures of the courts of Ohio, to increase or decrease the workload or caseload of judges or members of their staffs, or to affect case disposition, the Ohio judicial conference may prepare a judicial impact statement of the bill or resolution on its own initiative or at the request of any member of the general assembly. The Ohio judicial conference may prepare a judicial impact statement before the bill or resolution is recommended for passage by the house of representatives or senate committee of the general assembly to which the bill was referred and again before the bill or resolution is taken up for final consideration by either house of the general assembly. The judicial impact statement shall include an estimate, in dollars, of the amount by which the bill or resolution would increase or decrease revenues or expenditures and any other information the Ohio judicial conference considers necessary to explain the fiscal effect of the bill or resolution. The statement also shall include an analysis of the bill or resolution's administrative and procedural effects on the courts of this state. (B) The Ohio judicial conference shall distribute copies of a judicial impact statement as follows: (1) For consideration by the senate or house of representatives rules committee, or the standing committee to which a bill is referred, two copies to the chairperson together with a copy to each member of the committee; (2) For final consideration, a copy to each member of the house that is considering the bill. If the member who introduced the bill or resolution or who requested the statement is not a member of the house or rules committee considering the bill, the Ohio judicial conference shall send the member a copy. The Ohio judicial conference may distribute the judicial impact statement, in an electronic format, to the official electronic mail address of the general assembly members designated to receive the statement. (C) In preparing a judicial impact statement the Ohio judicial conference may request any court, department, division, institution, board, commission, authority, bureau, or other instrumentality or officer of the state or of a county, municipal corporation, township, school district, or other governmental entity of the state to provide any of the following information: (1) An estimate, in dollars, of the amount by which the bill or resolution would increase or decrease the revenues or expenditures received or made by the court, instrumentality, officer, or entity; (2) Any other information the Ohio judicial conference considers necessary for it to understand or explain the fiscal, administrative, and procedural effects of the bill or resolution. The Ohio judicial conference first shall contact the Ohio legislative service commission for information regarding the fiscal effects of the bill or resolution. If the Ohio legislative service commission does not have the fiscal information sought by the Ohio judicial conference, then the Ohio judicial conference and the Ohio legislative service commission jointly may request any of the entities described in division (C) of this section to provide the fiscal information. A court, instrumentality, officer, or entity shall comply with a request for information as soon as reasonably possible after receiving it. The Ohio judicial conference shall specify the manner of compliance in its request and, if necessary, may specify a period of no longer than five days for compliance. The Ohio judicial conference may consider any information provided under division (C) of this section in preparing a judicial impact statement. (D) The failure of the Ohio judicial conference to prepare a judicial impact statement before a bill or resolution is taken up for consideration by the house of representatives or senate committee, or by either or both houses for final consideration, shall not impair the validity of any bill or resolution passed by either or both houses of the general assembly. (E) This section does not affect the duty of the Ohio legislative service commission to prepare fiscal analyses pursuant to section 103.14 of the Revised Code. (F) As used in this section: (1) With regard to a bill or resolution, "procedural effects" includes all court-related procedures, including pretrial, trial, and post-trial proceedings. (2) With regard to a bill or resolution, "administrative effects" includes matters pertaining to the business of the courts, including clerical processes, records management, planning and research, changes in court personnel, calendar management, facilities and equipment, workload distribution, court reorganization, and the creation or addition of judgeships.
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.62
§ 147.62. Standards for online notarizations and online notaries public
Status: in_force

September 20, 2019 Senate Bill 263 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The secretary of state shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary to implement, set, and maintain standards for online notarizations and online notaries public. Such rules shall address, at a minimum, all of the following: (1) The standards, procedures, application forms, and fees for the authorization of a notary public to act as an online notary public; (2) The means of performing online notarizations; (3) Standards for the technology to be used in online notarizations; (4) Standards for remote presentation, credential analysis, and identity proofing; (5) Standards for the retention of records relating to online notarizations; (6) The modification of forms of notarial certificates for any notarial act that is an online notarization; (7) Standards and requirements for the termination of a notary public's authorization to perform online notarizations. (B) The office of information technology in the department of administrative services shall provide assistance to the secretary of state relating to the equipment, security, and technological aspects of the standards established under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 175.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 175 / § 175.03
§ 175.03. Members - appointment - terms - compensation
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 238 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) The Ohio housing finance agency consists of eleven voting members and four nonvoting members. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint nine of the voting members. The other two voting members are the director of commerce and the director of development or their respective designees. The four nonvoting members shall be two members of the house of representatives, one from each major political party, to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, and two members of the senate, one from each major political party, to be appointed by the president of the senate. (2) The governor shall appoint one member with experience in residential housing construction; one with experience in residential housing mortgage lending, loan servicing, or brokering at an institution insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation; one with experience in the licensed residential housing brokerage business; one with experience with the housing needs of senior citizens; one with a background in labor representation in the construction industry; one to represent the interests of nonprofit multifamily housing development organizations; one to represent the interests of for-profit multifamily housing development organizations; and two who are public members. (3) The governor shall receive recommendations from the Ohio housing council for appointees to represent the interests of nonprofit multifamily housing development organizations and for-profit multifamily housing development organizations. (4) Not more than six of the appointed voting members of the agency may be of the same political party. (B)(1) Of the initial appointments the governor makes, one member representing the public has an initial term ending January 31, 2010, the other member representing the public has an initial term ending January 31, 2008, the member with a background in labor representation in the construction industry has an initial term ending January 31, 2011, the member with experience in residential housing mortgage lending, loan servicing, or brokering has an initial term ending January 31, 2008, the member with experience with the housing needs of senior citizens has an initial term ending January 31, 2006, the member representing the interests of nonprofit multifamily housing development organizations has an initial term ending January 31, 2007, the member representing the interests of for-profit multifamily housing development organizations has an initial term ending January 31, 2006, and the member with experience in residential housing construction and the member with experience in licensed residential housing brokerage each has an initial term ending January 31, 2009. Thereafter, each appointed voting member shall serve for a term of six years with each term ending on the thirty-first day of January, six years following the termination date of the term it succeeds. There is no limit on the number of terms a member may serve. (2) Each appointed voting member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member is appointed. Each nonvoting member shall hold office until the end of that member's term as a member of the general assembly. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of a term continues in office for the remainder of that term. Any appointed member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office or until sixty days have elapsed, whichever occurs first. (3) The governor may remove an appointed voting member from office for misfeasance, nonfeasance, or malfeasance in office. The speaker of the house of representatives may remove a member that is a member of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate may remove a member that is a senator. (C)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, members and agency employees shall comply with Chapter 102. and sections 2921.42 and 2921.43 of the Revised Code. (2) An agency member who is a director, officer, employee, or owner of a lending institution is not in violation of Chapter 102. and is not subject to section 2921.42 of the Revised Code with respect to a loan to an applicant from the lending institution or a contract between the agency and the lending institution for the purchase, administration, or servicing of loans if the member abstains from participation in any matter that affects the interests of the member's lending institution. (3) An agency member who represents multifamily housing interests is not in violation of division (D) or (E) of section 102.03 or division (A) of section 2921.42 of the Revised Code in regard to a contract the agency enters into if both of the following apply: (a) The contract is entered into for a loan, grant, or participation in a program the agency administers or funds and the contract is awarded pursuant to rules or guidelines the agency adopts. (b) The member does not participate in the discussion or vote on the contract if the contract secures a grant or loan that directly benefits the member, a family member, or a business associate of the member. (4)(a) Each appointed voting agency member shall receive compensation at the rate of two hundred fifty dollars per agency meeting attended in person, not to exceed a maximum of four thousand dollars per year. (b) The compensation rate for appointed voting members applies until six years after July 1, 2005, at which time the members may increase the compensation for members who are appointed or reappointed after that time. All voting members are entitled to reimbursement in accordance with section 126.31 of the Revised Code for expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties. Last updated February 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 166.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 166 / § 166.08
§ 166.08. Issuing obligations
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Bond proceedings" means the resolution, order, trust agreement, indenture, lease, and other agreements, amendments and supplements to the foregoing, or any one or more or combination thereof, authorizing or providing for the terms and conditions applicable to, or providing for the security or liquidity of, obligations issued pursuant to this section, and the provisions contained in such obligations. (2) "Bond service charges" means principal, including mandatory sinking fund requirements for retirement of obligations, and interest, and redemption premium, if any, required to be paid by the state on obligations. (3) "Bond service fund" means the applicable fund and accounts therein created for and pledged to the payment of bond service charges, which may be, or may be part of, the economic development bond service fund created by division (S) of this section including all moneys and investments, and earnings from investments, credited and to be credited thereto. (4) "Issuing authority" means the treasurer of state, or the officer who by law performs the functions of such officer. (5) "Obligations" means bonds, notes, or other evidence of obligation including interest coupons pertaining thereto, issued pursuant to this section. (6) "Pledged receipts" means all receipts of the state representing the gross profit on the sale of spirituous liquor, as referred to in division (B)(4) of section 4301.10 of the Revised Code, after paying all costs and expenses of the division of liquor control and providing an adequate working capital reserve for the division of liquor control as provided in that division, but excluding the sum required by the second paragraph of section 4301.12 of the Revised Code, as in effect on May 2, 1980, to be paid into the state treasury; moneys accruing to the state from the lease, sale, or other disposition, or use, of project facilities, and from the repayment, including interest, of loans made from proceeds received from the sale of obligations; accrued interest received from the sale of obligations; income from the investment of the special funds; and any gifts, grants, donations, and pledges, and receipts therefrom, available for the payment of bond service charges. (7) "Special funds" or "funds" means, except where the context does not permit, the bond service fund, and any other funds, including reserve funds, created under the bond proceedings, and the economic development bond service fund created by division (S) of this section to the extent provided in the bond proceedings, including all moneys and investments, and earnings from investment, credited and to be credited thereto. (B) Subject to the limitations provided in section 166.11 of the Revised Code, the issuing authority, upon the certification by the director of development or, prior to September 29, 2017, upon certification by the Ohio air quality development authority regarding eligible advanced energy projects, to the issuing authority of the amount of moneys or additional moneys needed in the facilities establishment fund, the loan guarantee fund, the innovation Ohio loan fund, the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund, the research and development loan fund, the logistics and distribution infrastructure fund, the advanced energy research and development fund, or the advanced energy research and development taxable fund, as applicable, for the purpose of paying, or making loans for, allowable costs from the facilities establishment fund, allowable innovation costs from the innovation Ohio loan fund, allowable costs from the research and development loan fund, allowable costs from the logistics and distribution infrastructure fund, allowable costs from the advanced energy research and development fund, or allowable costs from the advanced energy research and development taxable fund, as applicable, or needed for capitalized interest, for funding reserves, and for paying costs and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance, carrying, securing, paying, redeeming, or retirement of the obligations or any obligations refunded thereby, including payment of costs and expenses relating to letters of credit, lines of credit, insurance, put agreements, standby purchase agreements, indexing, marketing, remarketing and administrative arrangements, interest swap or hedging agreements, and any other credit enhancement, liquidity, remarketing, renewal, or refunding arrangements, all of which are authorized by this section, or providing moneys for the loan guarantee fund or the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund, as provided in this chapter or needed for the purposes of funds established in accordance with or pursuant to sections 122.35 , 122.42 , 122.54 , and 122.80 of the Revised Code which are within the authorization of Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, or, prior to September 29, 2017, with respect to certain eligible advanced energy projects, Section 2p of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, shall issue obligations of the state under this section in the required amount; provided that such obligations may be issued to satisfy the covenants in contracts of guarantee made under section 166.06 or 166.15 of the Revised Code, notwithstanding limitations otherwise applicable to the issuance of obligations under this section. The proceeds of such obligations, except for the portion to be deposited in special funds, including reserve funds, as may be provided in the bond proceedings, shall as provided in the bond proceedings be deposited by the director of development to the facilities establishment fund, the loan guarantee fund, the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund, the innovation Ohio loan fund, the research and development loan fund, or the logistics and distribution infrastructure fund, or be deposited by the Ohio air quality development authority prior to September 29, 2017, to the advanced energy research and development fund or the advanced energy research and development taxable fund. Bond proceedings for project financing obligations may provide that the proceeds derived from the issuance of such obligations shall be deposited into such fund or funds provided for in the bond proceedings and, to the extent provided for in the bond proceedings, such proceeds shall be deemed to have been deposited into the facilities establishment fund and transferred to such fund or funds. The issuing authority may appoint trustees, paying agents, and transfer agents and may retain the services of financial advisors, accounting experts, and attorneys, and retain or contract for the services of marketing, remarketing, indexing, and administrative agents, other consultants, and independent contractors, including printing services, as are necessary in the issuing authority's judgment to carry out this section. The costs of such services are allowable costs payable from the facilities establishment fund or the research and development loan fund, allowable innovation costs payable from the innovation Ohio loan fund, allowable costs payable from the logistics and distribution infrastructure fund, or allowable costs payable prior to September 29, 2017, from the advanced energy research and development fund or the advanced energy research and development taxable fund, as applicable. (C) The holders or owners of such obligations shall have no right to have moneys raised by taxation obligated or pledged, and moneys raised by taxation shall not be obligated or pledged, for the payment of bond service charges. Such holders or owners shall have no rights to payment of bond service charges from any moneys accruing to the state from the lease, sale, or other disposition, or use, of project facilities, or from payment of the principal of or interest on loans made, or fees charged for guarantees made, or from any money or property received by the director, treasurer of state, or the state under Chapter 122. of the Revised Code, or from any other use of the proceeds of the sale of the obligations, and no such moneys may be used for the payment of bond service charges, except for accrued interest, capitalized interest, and reserves funded from proceeds received upon the sale of the obligations and except as otherwise expressly provided in the applicable bond proceedings pursuant to written directions by the director. The right of such holders and owners to payment of bond service charges is limited to all or that portion of the pledged receipts and those special funds pledged thereto pursuant to the bond proceedings in accordance with this section, and each such obligation shall bear on its face a statement to that effect. (D) Obligations shall be authorized by resolution or order of the issuing authority and the bond proceedings shall provide for the purpose thereof and the principal amount or amounts, and shall provide for or authorize the manner or agency for determining the principal maturity or maturities, not exceeding twenty-five years from the date of issuance, the interest rate or rates or the maximum interest rate, the date of the obligations and the dates of payment of interest thereon, their denomination, and the establishment within or without the state of a place or places of payment of bond service charges. Sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code are applicable to obligations issued under this section, subject to any applicable limitation under section 166.11 of the Revised Code. The purpose of such obligations may be stated in the bond proceedings in terms describing the general purpose or purposes to be served. The bond proceedings also shall provide, subject to the provisions of any other applicable bond proceedings, for the pledge of all, or such part as the issuing authority may determine, of the pledged receipts and the applicable special fund or funds to the payment of bond service charges, which pledges may be made either prior or subordinate to other expenses, claims, or payments, and may be made to secure the obligations on a parity with obligations theretofore or thereafter issued, if and to the extent provided in the bond proceedings. The pledged receipts and special funds so pledged and thereafter received by the state are immediately subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledges is valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind against the state or any governmental agency of the state, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof, and shall create a perfected security interest for all purposes of Chapter 1309. of the Revised Code, without the necessity for separation or delivery of funds or for the filing or recording of the bond proceedings by which such pledge is created or any certificate, statement or other document with respect thereto; and the pledge of such pledged receipts and special funds is effective and the money therefrom and thereof may be applied to the purposes for which pledged without necessity for any act of appropriation. Every pledge, and every covenant and agreement made with respect thereto, made in the bond proceedings may therein be extended to the benefit of the owners and holders of obligations authorized by this section, and to any trustee therefor, for the further security of the payment of the bond service charges. (E) The bond proceedings may contain additional provisions as to: (1) The redemption of obligations prior to maturity at the option of the issuing authority at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as are provided in the bond proceedings; (2) Other terms of the obligations; (3) Limitations on the issuance of additional obligations; (4) The terms of any trust agreement or indenture securing the obligations or under which the same may be issued; (5) The deposit, investment and application of special funds, and the safeguarding of moneys on hand or on deposit, without regard to Chapter 131. or 135. of the Revised Code, but subject to any special provisions of this chapter, with respect to particular funds or moneys, provided that any bank or trust company which acts as depository of any moneys in the special funds may furnish such indemnifying bonds or may pledge such securities as required by the issuing authority; (6) Any or every provision of the bond proceedings being binding upon such officer, board, commission, authority, agency, department, or other person or body as may from time to time have the authority under law to take such actions as may be necessary to perform all or any part of the duty required by such provision; (7) Any provision that may be made in a trust agreement or indenture; (8) Any other or additional agreements with the holders of the obligations, or the trustee therefor, relating to the obligations or the security therefor, including the assignment of mortgages or other security obtained or to be obtained for loans under section 122.43 , 166.07 , or 166.16 of the Revised Code. (F) The obligations may have the great seal of the state or a facsimile thereof affixed thereto or printed thereon. The obligations and any coupons pertaining to obligations shall be signed or bear the facsimile signature of the issuing authority. Any obligations or coupons may be executed by the person who, on the date of execution, is the proper issuing authority although on the date of such bonds or coupons such person was not the issuing authority. If the issuing authority whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appears on any such obligation or coupon ceases to be the issuing authority before delivery thereof, such signature or facsimile is nevertheless valid and sufficient for all purposes as if the former issuing authority had remained the issuing authority until such delivery; and if the seal to be affixed to obligations has been changed after a facsimile of the seal has been imprinted on such obligations, such facsimile seal shall continue to be sufficient as to such obligations and obligations issued in substitution or exchange therefor. (G) All obligations are negotiable instruments and securities under Chapter 1308. of the Revised Code, subject to the provisions of the bond proceedings as to registration. The obligations may be issued in coupon or in registered form, or both, as the issuing authority determines. Provision may be made for the registration of any obligations with coupons attached thereto as to principal alone or as to both principal and interest, their exchange for obligations so registered, and for the conversion or reconversion into obligations with coupons attached thereto of any obligations registered as to both principal and interest, and for reasonable charges for such registration, exchange, conversion, and reconversion. (H) Obligations may be sold at public sale or at private sale, as determined in the bond proceedings. Obligations issued to provide moneys for the loan guarantee fund or the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund may, as determined by the issuing authority, be sold at private sale, and without publication of a notice of sale. (I) Pending preparation of definitive obligations, the issuing authority may issue interim receipts or certificates which shall be exchanged for such definitive obligations. (J) In the discretion of the issuing authority, obligations may be secured additionally by a trust agreement or indenture between the issuing authority and a corporate trustee which may be any trust company or bank having a place of business within the state. Any such agreement or indenture may contain the resolution or order authorizing the issuance of the obligations, any provisions that may be contained in any bond proceedings, and other provisions which are customary or appropriate in an agreement or indenture of such type, including, but not limited to: (1) Maintenance of each pledge, trust agreement, indenture, or other instrument comprising part of the bond proceedings until the state has fully paid the bond service charges on the obligations secured thereby, or provision therefor has been made; (2) In the event of default in any payments required to be made by the bond proceedings, or any other agreement of the issuing authority made as a part of the contract under which the obligations were issued, enforcement of such payments or agreement by mandamus, the appointment of a receiver, suit in equity, action at law, or any combination of the foregoing; (3) The rights and remedies of the holders of obligations and of the trustee, and provisions for protecting and enforcing them, including limitations on rights of individual holders of obligations; (4) The replacement of any obligations that become mutilated or are destroyed, lost, or stolen; (5) Such other provisions as the trustee and the issuing authority agree upon, including limitations, conditions, or qualifications relating to any of the foregoing. (K) Any holders of obligations or trustees under the bond proceedings, except to the extent that their rights are restricted by the bond proceedings, may by any suitable form of legal proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of this state or granted by such bond proceedings. Such rights include the right to compel the performance of all duties of the issuing authority, the director of development, the Ohio air quality development authority, or the division of liquor control required by this chapter or the bond proceedings; to enjoin unlawful activities; and in the event of default with respect to the payment of any bond service charges on any obligations or in the performance of any covenant or agreement on the part of the issuing authority, the director of development, the Ohio air quality development authority, or the division of liquor control in the bond proceedings, to apply to a court having jurisdiction of the cause to appoint a receiver to receive and administer the pledged receipts and special funds, other than those in the custody of the treasurer of state, which are pledged to the payment of the bond service charges on such obligations or which are the subject of the covenant or agreement, with full power to pay, and to provide for payment of bond service charges on, such obligations, and with such powers, subject to the direction of the court, as are accorded receivers in general equity cases, excluding any power to pledge additional revenues or receipts or other income or moneys of the issuing authority or the state or governmental agencies of the state to the payment of such principal and interest and excluding the power to take possession of, mortgage, or cause the sale or otherwise dispose of any project facilities. Each duty of the issuing authority and the issuing authority's officers and employees, and of each governmental agency and its officers, members, or employees, undertaken pursuant to the bond proceedings or any agreement or lease, lease-purchase agreement, or loan made under authority of this chapter, and in every agreement by or with the issuing authority, is hereby established as a duty of the issuing authority, and of each such officer, member, or employee having authority to perform such duty, specifically enjoined by the law resulting from an office, trust, or station within the meaning of section 2731.01 of the Revised Code. The person who is at the time the issuing authority, or the issuing authority's officers or employees, are not liable in their personal capacities on any obligations issued by the issuing authority or any agreements of or with the issuing authority. (L) The issuing authority may authorize and issue obligations for the refunding, including funding and retirement, and advance refunding with or without payment or redemption prior to maturity, of any obligations previously issued by the issuing authority. Such obligations may be issued in amounts sufficient for payment of the principal amount of the prior obligations, any redemption premiums thereon, principal maturities of any such obligations maturing prior to the redemption of the remaining obligations on a parity therewith, interest accrued or to accrue to the maturity dates or dates of redemption of such obligations, and any allowable costs including expenses incurred or to be incurred in connection with such issuance and such refunding, funding, and retirement. Subject to the bond proceedings therefor, the portion of proceeds of the sale of obligations issued under this division to be applied to bond service charges on the prior obligations shall be credited to an appropriate account held by the trustee for such prior or new obligations or to the appropriate account in the bond service fund for such obligations. Obligations authorized under this division shall be deemed to be issued for those purposes for which such prior obligations were issued and are subject to the provisions of this section pertaining to other obligations, except as otherwise provided in this section; provided that, unless otherwise authorized by the general assembly, any limitations imposed by the general assembly pursuant to this section with respect to bond service charges applicable to the prior obligations shall be applicable to the obligations issued under this division to refund, fund, advance refund or retire such prior obligations. (M) The authority to issue obligations under this section includes authority to issue obligations in the form of bond anticipation notes and to renew the same from time to time by the issuance of new notes. The holders of such notes or interest coupons pertaining thereto shall have a right to be paid solely from the pledged receipts and special funds that may be pledged to the payment of the bonds anticipated, or from the proceeds of such bonds or renewal notes, or both, as the issuing authority provides in the resolution or order authorizing such notes. Such notes may be additionally secured by covenants of the issuing authority to the effect that the issuing authority and the state will do such or all things necessary for the issuance of such bonds or renewal notes in appropriate amount, and apply the proceeds thereof to the extent necessary, to make full payment of the principal of and interest on such notes at the time or times contemplated, as provided in such resolution or order. For such purpose, the issuing authority may issue bonds or renewal notes in such principal amount and upon such terms as may be necessary to provide funds to pay when required the principal of and interest on such notes, notwithstanding any limitations prescribed by or for purposes of this section. Subject to this division, all provisions for and references to obligations in this section are applicable to notes authorized under this division. The issuing authority in the bond proceedings authorizing the issuance of bond anticipation notes shall set forth for such bonds an estimated interest rate and a schedule of principal payments for such bonds and the annual maturity dates thereof, and for purposes of any limitation on bond service charges prescribed under division (A) of section 166.11 of the Revised Code, the amount of bond service charges on such bond anticipation notes is deemed to be the bond service charges for the bonds anticipated thereby as set forth in the bond proceedings applicable to such notes, but this provision does not modify any authority in this section to pledge receipts and special funds to, and covenant to issue bonds to fund, the payment of principal of and interest and any premium on such notes. (N) Obligations issued under this section are lawful investments for banks, societies for savings, savings and loan associations, deposit guarantee associations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, insurance companies, including domestic for life and domestic not for life, trustees or other officers having charge of sinking and bond retirement or other special funds of political subdivisions and taxing districts of this state, the commissioners of the sinking fund of the state, the administrator of workers' compensation, the state teachers retirement system, the public employees retirement system, the school employees retirement system, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund, notwithstanding any other provisions of the Revised Code or rules adopted pursuant thereto by any governmental agency of the state with respect to investments by them, and are also acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys. (O) Unless otherwise provided in any applicable bond proceedings, moneys to the credit of or in the special funds established by or pursuant to this section may be invested by or on behalf of the issuing authority only in notes, bonds, or other obligations of the United States, or of any agency or instrumentality of the United States, obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States, obligations of this state or any political subdivision of this state, and certificates of deposit of any national bank located in this state and any bank, as defined in section 1101.01 of the Revised Code, subject to inspection by the superintendent of banks. If the law or the instrument creating a trust pursuant to division (J) of this section expressly permits investment in direct obligations of the United States or an agency of the United States, unless expressly prohibited by the instrument, such moneys also may be invested in no-front-end-load money market mutual funds consisting exclusively of obligations of the United States or an agency of the United States and in repurchase agreements, including those issued by the fiduciary itself, secured by obligations of the United States or an agency of the United States; and in common trust funds established in accordance with section 1111.20 of the Revised Code and consisting exclusively of any such securities, notwithstanding division (A)(4) of that section. The income from such investments shall be credited to such funds as the issuing authority determines, and such investments may be sold at such times as the issuing authority determines or authorizes. (P) Provision may be made in the applicable bond proceedings for the establishment of separate accounts in the bond service fund and for the application of such accounts only to the specified bond service charges on obligations pertinent to such accounts and bond service fund and for other accounts therein within the general purposes of such fund. Unless otherwise provided in any applicable bond proceedings, moneys to the credit of or in the several special funds established pursuant to this section shall be disbursed on the order of the treasurer of state, provided that no such order is required for the payment from the bond service fund when due of bond service charges on obligations. (Q) The issuing authority may pledge all, or such portion as the issuing authority determines, of the pledged receipts to the payment of bond service charges on obligations issued under this section, and for the establishment and maintenance of any reserves, as provided in the bond proceedings, and make other provisions therein with respect to pledged receipts as authorized by this chapter, which provisions are controlling notwithstanding any other provisions of law pertaining thereto. (R) The issuing authority may covenant in the bond proceedings, and any such covenants are controlling notwithstanding any other provision of law, that the state and applicable officers and governmental agencies of the state, including the general assembly, so long as any obligations are outstanding, shall: (1) Maintain statutory authority for and cause to be charged and collected wholesale and retail prices for spirituous liquor sold by the state or its agents so that the pledged receipts are sufficient in amount to meet bond service charges, and the establishment and maintenance of any reserves and other requirements provided for in the bond proceedings, and, as necessary, to meet covenants contained in contracts of guarantee made under section 166.06 of the Revised Code; (2) Take or permit no action, by statute or otherwise, that would impair the exemption from federal income taxation of the interest on the obligations. (S) There is hereby created the economic development bond service fund, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state but shall be separate and apart from and not a part of the state treasury. All moneys received by or on account of the issuing authority or state agencies and required by the applicable bond proceedings, consistent with this section, to be deposited, transferred, or credited to a bond service fund or the economic development bond service fund, and all other moneys transferred or allocated to or received for the purposes of the fund, shall be deposited and credited to such fund and to any separate accounts therein, subject to applicable provisions of the bond proceedings, but without necessity for any act of appropriation. During the period beginning with the date of the first issuance of obligations and continuing during such time as any such obligations are outstanding, and so long as moneys in the pertinent bond service funds are insufficient to pay all bond services charges on such obligations becoming due in each year, a sufficient amount of the gross profit on the sale of spirituous liquor included in pledged receipts are committed and shall be paid to the bond service fund or economic development bond service fund in each year for the purpose of paying the bond service charges becoming due in that year without necessity for further act of appropriation for such purpose and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Chapter 4301. of the Revised Code. The economic development bond service fund is a trust fund and is hereby pledged to the payment of bond service charges to the extent provided in the applicable bond proceedings, and payment thereof from such fund shall be made or provided for by the treasurer of state in accordance with such bond proceedings without necessity for any act of appropriation. (T) The obligations, the transfer thereof, 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 July 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.051
§ 147.051. Database of notaries
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly The secretary of state shall maintain a database of notaries public on a publicly accessible web site. The web site shall provide all of the following information in relation to each notary public: (A) The status of an individual's authority to perform notarial acts; (B) Whether the notary is authorized to perform online notarizations, as defined in section 147.60 of the Revised Code; (C) A description of any administrative or disciplinary action taken against the notary. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.749 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.749
§ 109.749. Training materials on restraining or confining pregnant children or women
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 1 - 133rd General Assembly The attorney general shall provide training materials to law enforcement, court, and corrections officials on the provisions of sections 2152.75 and 2901.10 of the Revised Code to train employees on proper implementation of the requirements of those sections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.094 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.094
§ 145.094. Chief investment officer - supervision duties - monitoring of securities transactions
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly (A) The public employees retirement board shall designate a person who is a licensed state retirement system investment officer to be the chief investment officer for the public employees retirement system. The board shall notify the division of securities of the department of commerce in writing of its designation and of any change in its designation within ten calendar days of the designation or change. (B) The chief investment officer shall reasonably supervise the licensed state retirement system investment officers and other persons employed by the public employees retirement system with a view toward preventing violations of Chapter 1707. of the Revised Code, the "Commodity Exchange Act," 42 Stat. 998, 7 U.S.C. and following, the "Securities Act of 1933," 48 Stat. 74, 15 U.S.C. and following, and the "Securities Exchange Act of 1934," 48 Stat. 881, 15 U.S.C. 78a, and following, and the rules and regulations promulgated under those statutes. This duty of reasonable supervision shall include the adoption, implementation, and enforcement of written policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent persons employed by the public employees retirement system from misusing material, nonpublic information in violation of those laws, rules, and regulations. For purposes of this division, no chief investment officer shall be considered to have failed to satisfy the officer's duty of reasonable supervision if the officer has done all of the following: (1) Adopted and implemented written procedures, and a system for applying the procedures, that would reasonably be expected to prevent and detect, insofar as practicable, any violation by its licensed investment officers and other persons employed by the public employees retirement system; (2) Reasonably discharged the duties and obligations incumbent on the chief investment officer by reason of the established procedures and the system for applying the procedures when the officer had no reasonable cause to believe that there was a failure to comply with the procedures and systems; (3) Reviewed, at least annually, the adequacy of the policies and procedures established pursuant to this section and the effectiveness of their implementation. (C) The chief investment officer shall establish and maintain a policy to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of securities transactions executed on behalf of the board. No chief investment officer shall be considered to have failed to satisfy the officer's duty under this division if the officer has done both of the following: (1) Implemented the policy adopted by the board under section 145.114 of the Revised Code that outlines the criteria used to select agents that execute securities transactions on behalf of the public employees retirement system. (2) Reviewed, at least annually, the performance of agents that execute securities transactions on behalf of the public employees retirement system.
Ohio Rev. Code § 169.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 169 / § 169.04
§ 169.04. Jurisdiction of other states
Status: in_force

December 11, 1967 Senate Bill 411 - 107th General Assembly (A) If funds otherwise subject to Chapter 169. of the Revised Code are held for or owed or distributable to an owner whose last known address is in another state by a holder who is subject to the jurisdiction of that state, the funds will not be unclaimed funds in this state and subject to Chapter 169. of the Revised Code if they may be claimed as unclaimed, abandoned, or escheated funds under the laws of such other state. (B) If funds otherwise subject to Chapter 169. of the Revised Code are held for or distributable to an owner as to whom the records of the holder show no address, the director of commerce shall take custody of such funds, but such funds shall be subject to the claim of the proper escheat or custodial officer of another state upon proof to the director of commerce that the last known address of the owner of such funds is in such other state, provided, the director of commerce shall not turn over any funds to an escheat or custodial officer of another state unless such other state agrees to hold this state and the former holder of such funds harmless from any and all liabilities for any claim which then exists or which thereafter may arise or be made in respect to such funds. The director of commerce may enter into such agreements as he determines necessary to obtain funds held by escheat or custodial officers of other states which should properly be held by him under this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 118.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 118 / § 118.29
§ 118.29. Receivership
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The financial supervisor, or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, board of county commissioners, or board of township trustees of a municipal corporation, county, or township in fiscal emergency, may make a referral to the attorney general for the creation of a receivership over the municipal corporation, county, or township in fiscal emergency if both the following conditions are met: (1) The municipal corporation, county, or township satisfies either of the following: (a) It has been in a state of fiscal emergency for a continuous period of ten years. (b) It has been in a state of fiscal emergency at least twice in a period of ten years, and the combined period of fiscal emergency is at least five years. (2) The municipal corporation, county, or township has demonstrated one or more of the following, as determined by the financial supervisor: (a) Failure to comply with the applicable budgetary and spending processes in Chapter 5705. of the Revised Code; (b) Failure to ensure that appropriations comply with the financial plan in accordance with section 118.13 of the Revised Code; (c) Assuming debt without the approval of the financial planning and supervision commission in violation of section 118.15 of the Revised Code; (d) Undertaking administrative or legislative action that is not in accordance with the terms of the financial plan or, when applicable, without permission of the commission. (B) Upon receipt of a referral, the attorney general shall promptly file a petition for a receivership with the court of claims. The judge that has served the longest on the court as of the date the petition is filed promptly shall appoint a receiver. The appointed receiver shall satisfy the requirements of section 2735.02 of the Revised Code and shall comply with section 2735.03 of the Revised Code. With the approval of the court, the receiver may request reasonable fees for work performed including, but not limited to, costs associated with retaining legal counsel, accountants, or other similar advisors that the receiver considers necessary in the performance of the receiver's duties. The fees shall be paid from funds appropriated to the office of budget and management during the period of fiscal emergency. (C) A receiver appointed under this section has all of the following powers and duties in addition to the powers stated in section 2735.04 of the Revised Code: (1) Consult with the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, board of county commissioners, or board of township trustees to make recommendations or, if necessary, to assume responsibility for implementing cost reductions and revenue increases to achieve a balanced budget and carry out the financial plan, and to make reductions in force or spending to resolve the fiscal emergency conditions; (2) Ensure the municipal corporation, county, or township in fiscal emergency complies with all aspects of the financial plan approved by the commission in accordance with section 118.06 of the Revised Code, or as amended in accordance with this chapter. If no financial plan has been approved by the commission in accordance with section 118.06 of the Revised Code, the receiver, after consulting with the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, board of county commissioners, or board of township trustees, shall make recommendations, or assume, if necessary, the responsibility for crafting and submitting the financial plan to the financial planning and supervision commission. (3) Ensure the municipal corporation, county, or township in fiscal emergency complies with any other relevant aspects of this chapter; (4) Provide monthly, written reports about the progress toward resolving the conditions of fiscal emergency to the financial planning and supervision commission, to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, board of county commissioners, or board of township trustees, and to the mayor or city manager in the case of a municipal corporation; (5) Appear at least quarterly to present information about progress toward resolving the conditions of fiscal emergency at an open meeting and, if allowable under section 121.22 of the Revised Code, in executive session, of the legislative authority of municipal corporation, board of county commissioners, or board of township trustees; (6) Appear at least quarterly to present information about progress toward resolving the conditions of fiscal emergency at an open meeting and, if allowable under section 121.22 of the Revised Code, in executive session, of the financial planning and supervision commission of the municipal corporation, county, or township in fiscal emergency; (7) At the receiver's initiative or upon invitation, attend executive sessions of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, board of county commissioners, or board of township trustees; (8) Exercise any other powers granted to the receiver by the court necessary to perform the duties stated in this section. (D) The court shall terminate the receivership when the municipal corporation, county, or township has corrected and eliminated all of the fiscal emergency conditions determined pursuant to section 118.04 of the Revised Code, and no new fiscal emergency conditions have occurred. (F) Conditions in division (A) of this section may be applied retroactively in a remedial nature. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 119.039 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 119 / § 119.039
§ 119.039. Reimbursement for publishing documents in Register
Status: in_force

October 1, 1999 Senate Bill 11 - 123rd General Assembly An agency by means of an intrastate transfer voucher shall pay to the director of the legislative service commission the amount the director seeks as reimbursement from the agency for the actual costs of publishing the agency's documents in the register of Ohio.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.605 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.605
§ 125.605. Certification of approved agent - powers of agent
Status: in_force

June 30, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly The office of procurement from community rehabilitation programs may certify any entity to serve as an approved agent of a qualified nonprofit agency for the purposes of sections 125.60 to 125.6012 of the Revised Code. The office shall prescribe procedures under which an entity can apply and be considered for such certification. An approved agent may do any of the following: (A) Contract with the office of procurement from community rehabilitation programs to provide centralized business facilitation or other assistance to qualified nonprofit agencies. The office shall consult with qualified nonprofit agencies before agreeing to such a contract. (B) Act as a distributor of supplies and services registered on the procurement list maintained by the office under section 125.603 of the Revised Code; (C) Provide marketing, administrative, and other services related to sales.
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.55
§ 107.55. Annual report
Status: in_force

September 17, 2014 Senate Bill 3 - 130th General Assembly The common sense initiative office, annually not later than the first day of February, shall prepare a report of the activities of the office during the preceding calendar year. The report shall include: (A) A statement of the number of draft and existing rules reviewed during the calendar year; (B) A description of the recommendations made to agencies with regard to draft and existing rules; (C) An assessment of the status of the recommendations made; (D) An explanation of the performance measures developed to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the office; (E) An evaluation of the work of the office judged against the performance measures; and (F) Any other information the office believes will explain the work of the office. The office shall transmit a copy of the report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the president and minority leader of the senate, and the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives.
Ohio Rev. Code § 141.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 141 / § 141.05
§ 141.05. Compensation of judges by county
Status: in_force

July 1, 1997 House Bill 438 - 121st General Assembly Each judge of the court of common pleas and each judge of the probate court shall receive an annual compensation equal to eighteen cents per capita for the population of the county in which the judge resided when elected or appointed, as ascertained by the latest federal census of the United States. The annual compensation shall not be less than three thousand five hundred dollars nor more than fourteen thousand dollars and, except for any judge who, prior to the first day of January of any year, delivers a written request to be paid biweekly to both the auditor of the county in which the judge's court is located and the administrative director of the supreme court, shall be paid monthly from the treasury of the county upon the warrant of the county auditor. If a judge, prior to the first day of January of any year, delivers a written request to be paid biweekly to both the auditor of the county in which the judge's court is located and the administrative director of the supreme court, the compensation, during the year immediately following the year in which the request is delivered to both the auditor of the county and the administrative director of the supreme court, shall be paid to that judge biweekly from the treasury of the county upon the warrant of the county auditor. As used in this section, "compensation" does not include any portion of the cost, premium, or charge for health, medical, hospital, dental, or surgical benefits, or any combination thereof, covering a judge of the court of common pleas or a judge of the probate court and paid on the judge's behalf by a governmental entity.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.84 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.84
§ 125.84. Acquiring federal surplus property
Status: in_force

October 26, 1999 House Bill 19 - 123rd General Assembly In conformance with the "Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949," 63 Stat. 377, as amended, similar or related federal property disposal acts of congress, and sections 125.84 to 125.90 of the Revised Code, the department of administrative services may acquire, warehouse, distribute, transfer, retransfer, recapture, revert, and dispose of federal personal property and shall assist in the acquisition, conveyance, reconveyance, recapture, reversion, and disposal of federal real and related personal property, not required for the needs and the discharge of the responsibilities of all federal departments, agencies, boards, and commissions, for the purpose of making such property available for use to eligible state civil defense, health, and educational institutions and organizations; state departments, agencies, boards, and commissions; bodies politic and corporate, political subdivisions, or other district, regional, or similar authorities established by or pursuant to law; duly authorized local tax-supported civil defense organizations; local tax-supported health and educational institutions; local tax-supported institutions and organizations; private nonprofit federally tax-exempt health and educational institutions and organizations in the state; private nonprofit federally tax-exempt institutions, organizations, and activities in the state; and to such other institutions, organizations, or activities in the state as may hereafter become eligible to receive such property. Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.951 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.951
§ 122.951. Grants from industrial site improvement fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) If the director of development services determines that a grant may create new jobs or preserve existing jobs and employment opportunities in an eligible county, the director may grant up to seven hundred fifty thousand dollars to the eligible county for the purpose of acquiring commercial or industrial land or buildings and making improvements to commercial or industrial areas within the eligible county, including, but not limited to: (1) Expanding, remodeling, renovating, and modernizing buildings, structures, and other improvements; (2) Remediating environmentally contaminated property on which hazardous substances exist under conditions that have caused or would cause the property to be identified as contaminated by the Ohio or United States environmental protection agency; and (3) Infrastructure improvements, including, but not limited to, site preparation, including building demolition and removal; streets, roads, bridges, and traffic control devices; parking lots and facilities; water and sewer lines and treatment plants; gas, electric, and telecommunications, including broadband, hook-ups; and water and railway access improvements. A grant awarded under this section shall provide not more than seventy-five per cent of the estimated total cost of the project for which an application is submitted under this section. In addition, not more than ten per cent of the amount of the grant shall be used to pay the costs of professional services related to the project. (B) An eligible county may apply to the director for a grant under this section in the form and manner prescribed by the director. The eligible county shall include on the application all information required by the director. The application shall require the eligible county to provide a detailed description of how the eligible county would use a grant to improve commercial or industrial areas within the eligible county, and to specify how a grant will lead to the creation of new jobs or the preservation of existing jobs and employment opportunities in the eligible county. The eligible county shall specify in the application the amount of the grant for which the eligible county is applying. (C) An eligible county may designate a port authority, community improvement corporation as defined in section 122.71 of the Revised Code, or other economic development entity that is located in the county to apply for a grant under this section. If a port authority, community improvement corporation, or other economic development entity is so designated, references to an eligible county in this section include references to the authority, corporation, or other entity. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.243 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.243
§ 111.243. Fraudulent business filings
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 98 - 135th General Assembly (A) No person shall do any of the following: (1) Include the name of another person on a document filed with the secretary of state under Title XIII or Title XVII of the Revised Code without that person's consent, if the named person is included in the filing as: (a) A statutory agent; (b) The individual causing the document to be delivered for filing; (c) The person incorporating, forming, registering, or organizing an entity or name registration; (d) Any other person required to be identified in the document. (2) Include an address in a document filed with the secretary of state under Title XIII or Title XVII of the Revised Code without the consent of either the owner or occupant of that address; (3) Deliver a document regarding an entity to the secretary of state under Title XIII or Title XVII of the Revised Code without the necessary consent or authority to do so. (B) A person named in, or otherwise affected by, the filing of a document in violation of division (A) of this section may submit a complaint to the secretary of state, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, alleging that the filing was made in violation of division (A) of this section. The complaint shall include at least the following information: (1) A description of the alleged violation; (2) The name, street address, telephone number, electronic mail address, if available, and any additional contact information of the person making the complaint; (3) The name, street address, telephone number, electronic mail address, if available, and any additional contact information of any third party authorized to submit the complaint on behalf of the person that is named in, or affected by, the filing; (4) The document identification number assigned by the secretary of state to each filed document that is alleged to have been filed in violation of division (A) of this section; (5) An identification number assigned by the secretary of state for each entity associated with the complaint and the filing, if known to the person making the complaint; (6) Information, if known to the person making the complaint, identifying each person involved in the filing, including names, street addresses, telephone numbers, web sites, and electronic mail addresses; (7) Information, if known to the person making the complaint, identifying the nature of any business or personal relationship between the person making the complaint and each person involved in the filing; (8) A statement by the person making the complaint, under penalty of perjury, that the person believes in good faith that the facts stated in the complaint are true and that the complaint complies with the requirements of this section; (9) Any additional information that the person making the complaint believes may assist in an investigation of the complaint. (C)(1) Upon receipt of a complaint submitted pursuant to division (B) of this section, the secretary of state shall review the complaint and evaluate whether the complaint indicates a violation of division (A) of this section and satisfies the requirements of division (B) of this section. (2) The secretary of state may refer the complaint to the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the person alleged to have committed the violation resides or is believed to reside, based on the best available information, for any potential criminal investigation. (D) If the secretary of state determines that the information provided in a complaint does not indicate a violation of division (A) of this section or does not satisfy the requirements of division (B) of this section, the secretary of state shall notify the person that submitted the complaint and provide an explanation of any deficiencies in the complaint. (E) The secretary of state may ask a person who submits a complaint to submit additional information concerning either of the following: (1) The alleged violation of division (A) of this section; (2) The person's failure to submit the information required by division (B) of this section. (F) If the secretary of state rejects a complaint for failure to comply with division (B) of this section, the complaint may be resubmitted. (G)(1) If the secretary of state determines that a complaint satisfies the requirements of division (B) of this section and alleges a violation of division (A) of this section, the secretary of state shall send notice and demand to the person who submitted the document described in the complaint made under division (B) of this section as follows: (a) By mail to the person's address if that address is known by, or readily available to, the secretary of state; (b) Electronically to the person's electronic mail address, if that address is known by, or readily available to, the secretary of state; (c) By telephone if the person's telephone number is known by, or readily available to, the secretary of state. (2) The secretary of state may provide written or verbal notice and demand to any other person that the secretary of state determines, through investigation, is a means by which to reach the person who is the subject of the complaint. (3) The secretary of state's notice and demand shall describe the allegations in the complaint and demand that the person respond to the complaint as required by division (H) of this section. (H) A person to which the secretary of state sends a notice and demand shall respond within twenty-one days after the written notice and demand is mailed under division (G)(1)(a) of this section. The response shall include all of the following information: (1) The name, street address, telephone number, and mailing address of the person responding to the notice and demand, and any additional contact information, such as an electronic mail address, that person may wish to provide; (2) If the responding person is the agent of the person to whom the notice and demand was sent, any supporting documents that establish the agent's authority to act on the person's behalf; (3) The name of the entity at issue; (4) Information identifying each person involved in the alleged violation of division (A) of this section, to the extent such information is known by the person responding to the notice and demand, including names, addresses, telephone numbers, web sites, and electronic mail addresses; (5) Information identifying the nature of any business or personal relationship between the person that submitted the complaint and each person involved in the alleged violation of division (A) of this section, excepting any privileged communications or information; (6) A statement that affirms or denies having knowledge of or information about the alleged violation of division (A) of this section; (7) Any material evidence that is reasonably attainable to the person responding to the notice and demand of written consent to use the name or address in the filing at issue in the complaint. (I) If the person that is the subject of the complaint does not respond to the allegations in the complaint within twenty-one days after the secretary of state mails the notice and demand, the person is deemed to have conceded to those allegations. (J) Following a prima facie showing that division (A) of this section was violated, the secretary of state shall proceed as follows: (1) If an entity was created without authorization or for fraudulent purposes, the secretary of state shall do all of the following: (a) Cancel the business record in question with a notice that the entity is unauthorized or fraudulent; (b) Redact each address and name that was used without authorization from the entity's filing and from any other relevant filings; (c) Disable additional filing functionality on the entity's records. (2) If an unauthorized filing was made for a legitimate entity, the secretary of state shall do both of the following: (a) Cancel each unauthorized filing for the entity with a notice that the filing is unauthorized; (b) Redact each address and name that was used without authorization from the entity's filing and from the relevant filings. (K) Any of the following constitute a prima facie showing that division (A) of this section was violated: (1) Concession to the allegations in the complaint by the person that is the subject of the complaint or the person's agent either directly or constructively under division (I) of this section, by failing to timely respond to those allegations; (2) A determination by the secretary of state that the violation occurred, based on the merits of the complaint and any responses to the notice and demand. (L) The secretary of state shall communicate the outcome of any complaint submitted under this section to all of the following: (1) The person who submitted the complaint, using the electronic mail address provided on the complaint form or, if an electronic mail address was not provided, using the mailing address provided on the complaint form; (2) Each person at issue, using the person's or person's agent's electronic mail address or, if an electronic mail address was not provided or is not known, the person's or agent's mailing address. (M) Any person adversely affected by the outcome of a complaint under this section may appeal the secretary of state's determination in accordance with section 119.12 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 19, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.41
§ 128.41. Next generation 9-1-1 access fee - 60 cents on subscribers as of September 30, 2025
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "communications service" means any wireless service, multiline telephone system, and voice over internet protocol system to which both of the following apply: (1) The service or system is registered to the subscriber's address within this state or the subscriber's primary place of using the service or system is in this state. (2) The service or system is capable of initiating a direct connection to 9-1-1. (B) After the expiration of the charge described in division (A)(1) of section 128.40 of the Revised Code and except as provided in sections 128.413 and 128.42 of the Revised Code, there is imposed a next generation 9-1-1 access fee of sixty cents per month on each communications service, which shall be imposed as follows: (1) In the case of wireless telephone service, a subscriber shall pay a separate next generation 9-1-1 access fee for each wireless telephone number assigned to the subscriber. (2) In the case of a voice over internet protocol system, a subscriber shall pay a separate fee for each voice channel provided to the subscriber through the system. The number of voice channels shall be equal to the number of outbound calls the subscriber can maintain at the same time using the system, but excludes a direct inward dialing number that merely routes an inbound call. The maximum number of separate fees imposed on a subscriber's system shall not exceed one hundred voice channels per network. (3) In the case of a multiline telephone system, the subscriber shall pay a separate fee for each line. The maximum number of separate fees imposed on a single subscriber with a multiline telephone system shall not exceed one hundred per building with a unique street address or physically identifiable location. (C) If more than one communications service shares the same telephone number, then the next generation 9-1-1 access fee imposed shall not exceed sixty cents per month. Last updated August 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 118.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 118 / § 118.10
§ 118.10. Developing effective financial accounting and reporting system
Status: in_force

September 3, 1996 House Bill 462 - 121st General Assembly The municipal corporation, county, or township shall develop an effective financial accounting and reporting system by: (A) Promptly bringing its existing system of financial accounting and reporting into compliance with Chapter 117. of the Revised Code. Within ninety days of the determination of the existence of a fiscal emergency condition pursuant to section 118.04 of the Revised Code, the auditor of state shall issue a preliminary report with respect to the methods, accuracy, and legality of the accounts, records, files, and reports of the municipal corporation, county, or township. Such report shall state whether Chapter 117. of the Revised Code and the requirements of the auditor of state have been complied with, and shall be certified to the financial planning and supervision commission and the mayor and presiding officer of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or to the board of county commissioners or the board of township trustees. (B) Modifying and supplementing the system of financial accounting and reporting to record and report its fiscal activities on an accurate, current, and continuous basis in order to facilitate the effective management of the affairs of the municipal corporation, county, or township, and to assist in refining and improving the financial plan and amendments thereof, facilitate the monitoring of compliance with and the implementation of the financial plan, and otherwise assist the financial planning and supervision commission, the auditor of state, and the county budget commission in the performance of their functions; provided, that any changes that would result in data not being available that would otherwise be available pursuant to Chapter 117. of the Revised Code shall first be approved by the auditor of state. The auditor of state may order the municipal corporation, county, or township and the mayor, fiscal officer, and other appropriate officers of the municipal corporation, county, or township to take specific actions to achieve the objectives stated in this section, and the municipal corporation, county, or township and such officers shall take such actions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.351 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.351
§ 149.351. Prohibiting destruction or damage of records
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) All records are the property of the public office concerned and shall not be removed, destroyed, mutilated, transferred, or otherwise damaged or disposed of, in whole or in part, except as provided by law or under the rules adopted by the records commissions provided for under sections 149.38 to 149.42 of the Revised Code or under the records programs established by the boards of trustees of state-supported institutions of higher education under section 149.33 of the Revised Code. Those records shall be delivered by outgoing officials and employees to their successors and shall not be otherwise removed, destroyed, mutilated, or transferred unlawfully. (B) Any person who is aggrieved by the removal, destruction, mutilation, or transfer of, or by other damage to or disposition of a record in violation of division (A) of this section, or by threat of such removal, destruction, mutilation, transfer, or other damage to or disposition of such a record, may commence either or both of the following in the court of common pleas of the county in which division (A) of this section allegedly was violated or is threatened to be violated: (1) A civil action for injunctive relief to compel compliance with division (A) of this section, and to obtain an award of the reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the person in the civil action; (2) A civil action to recover a forfeiture in the amount of one thousand dollars for each violation, but not to exceed a cumulative total of ten thousand dollars, regardless of the number of violations, and to obtain an award of the reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the person in the civil action not to exceed the forfeiture amount recovered. (C)(1) A person is not aggrieved by a violation of division (A) of this section if clear and convincing evidence shows that the request for a record was contrived as a pretext to create potential liability under this section. The commencement of a civil action under division (B) of this section waives any right under this chapter to decline to divulge the purpose for requesting the record, but only to the extent needed to evaluate whether the request was contrived as a pretext to create potential liability under this section. (2) In a civil action under division (B) of this section, if clear and convincing evidence shows that the request for a record was a pretext to create potential liability under this section, the court may award reasonable attorney's fees to any defendant or defendants in the action. (D) Once a person recovers a forfeiture in a civil action commenced under division (B)(2) of this section, no other person may recover a forfeiture under that division for a violation of division (A) of this section involving the same record, regardless of the number of persons aggrieved by a violation of division (A) of this section or the number of civil actions commenced under this section. (E) A civil action for injunctive relief under division (B)(1) of this section or a civil action to recover a forfeiture under division (B)(2) of this section shall be commenced within five years after the day in which division (A) of this section was allegedly violated or was threatened to be violated.