Ohio Rev. Code § 113.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 113 / § 113.31
§ 113.31. Designating private entity as state information depository to assist compliance with federal securities law
Status: in_force

August 1, 1996 House Bill 409 - 121st General Assembly (A) The treasurer of state may designate a private entity to serve as the single state information depository in this state for the purpose of assisting brokers, dealers, including municipal securities dealers, and individuals in complying with rule 15c2-12 promulgated by the securities and exchange commission under the "Securities Exchange Act of 1934," 48 Stat. 881, 15 U.S.C. 78o(c). In designating the entity to serve as the state information depository, the treasurer of state shall consider whether the entity would be able to perform the duties set forth in division (B) of this section and whether the entity would be able to meet all conditions and requirements that the treasurer of state considers appropriate for carrying out the duties of the state information depository. Neither the treasurer of state nor the state shall incur any liability as a result of the treasurer's designation of an entity to serve as the state information depository. (B) The entity designated to serve as the state information depository pursuant to division (A) of this section shall do all of the following: (1) Maintain, at no charge to issuers and obligated persons, a statewide system of information about municipal securities offerings of issuers located in this state and obligated persons; (2) Provide for the maintenance of current, accurate information about municipal securities offerings, including official statements, annual financial information, notices of material events, and notices of failure to provide annual financial information by issuers or obligated persons in accordance with rule 15c2-12. The state information depository has no duty to verify the accuracy of any of the information provided pursuant to this division. (3) Maintain effective retrieval and dissemination systems enabling the information described in division (B)(2) of this section to be made available promptly to the public on a contemporaneous basis; (4) Place no limits on persons from which the depository will accept the information described in division (B)(2) of this section; (5) Provide access to the information deposited with it and described in division (B)(2) of this section in a timely manner to any person upon payment of an applicable fee established by the state information depository and approved by the treasurer of state, which fee shall be reasonable. (C)(1) The treasurer of state may require the state information depository to supply any information or reports that the treasurer of state considers appropriate. The information or reports shall be provided to the treasurer of state at no charge. (2) The state information depository shall reimburse the treasurer of state for any reasonable costs incurred by the treasurer of state in taking actions pursuant to this section. (D) The treasurer of state may revoke an entity's designation as the state information depository. Neither the treasurer of state nor the state shall incur any liability as a result of the treasurer of state's revocation of the entity's designation as the state information depository. (E) If the entity designated pursuant to division (A) of this section as the state information depository voluntarily terminates its service as the state information depository or if the treasurer of state pursuant to division (D) of this section revokes the entity's designation as the state information depository, the treasurer of state may, in accordance with division (A) of this section, designate another private entity as the state information depository. An entity that has voluntarily terminated its service or has had its designation revoked shall provide to the treasurer of state any information the treasurer of state may require regarding the duties the entity performed as the state information depository. (F) The entity designated as the state information depository pursuant to division (A) of this section is not, and shall not be deemed, an agency or instrumentality of the state for any purpose whatsoever. No liability or obligation incurred by the entity designated as the state information depository shall be a liability or obligation of the state. Nothing in this section, and no action taken by the treasurer of state under this section, shall impose any liability on the state or any of its officials, including the treasurer of state, or impose any liability or responsibility on the state or any of its officials, including the treasurer of state, for any action or inaction of the state information depository. The entity so designated shall not use the term "state".
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.22
§ 121.22. Public meetings - exceptions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) This section shall be liberally construed to require public officials to take official action and to conduct all deliberations upon official business only in open meetings unless the subject matter is specifically excepted by law. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Public body" means any of the following: (a) Any board, commission, committee, council, or similar decision-making body of a state agency, institution, or authority, and any legislative authority or board, commission, committee, council, agency, authority, or similar decision-making body of any county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision or local public institution; (b) Any committee or subcommittee of a body described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section; (c) A court of jurisdiction of a sanitary district organized wholly for the purpose of providing a water supply for domestic, municipal, and public use when meeting for the purpose of the appointment, removal, or reappointment of a member of the board of directors of such a district pursuant to section 6115.10 of the Revised Code, if applicable, or for any other matter related to such a district other than litigation involving the district. As used in division (B)(1)(c) of this section, "court of jurisdiction" has the same meaning as "court" in section 6115.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Meeting" means any prearranged discussion of the public business of the public body by a majority of its members. (3) "Regulated individual" means either of the following: (a) A student in a state or local public educational institution; (b) A person who is, voluntarily or involuntarily, an inmate, patient, or resident of a state or local institution because of criminal behavior, mental illness, an intellectual disability, disease, disability, age, or other condition requiring custodial care. (4) "Public office" has the same meaning as in section 149.011 of the Revised Code. (C) All meetings of any public body are declared to be public meetings open to the public at all times. A member of a public body shall be present in person at a meeting open to the public to be considered present or to vote at the meeting and for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present at the meeting. The minutes of a regular or special meeting of any public body shall be promptly prepared, filed, and maintained and shall be open to public inspection. The minutes need only reflect the general subject matter of discussions in executive sessions authorized under division (G) or (J) of this section. (D) This section does not apply to any of the following: (1) A grand jury; (2) An audit conference conducted by the auditor of state or independent certified public accountants with officials of the public office that is the subject of the audit; (3) The adult parole authority when its hearings are conducted at a correctional institution for the sole purpose of interviewing inmates to determine parole or pardon and the department of rehabilitation and correction when its hearings are conducted at a correctional institution for the sole purpose of making determinations under section 2967.271 of the Revised Code regarding the release or maintained incarceration of an offender to whom that section applies; (4) The organized crime investigations commission established under section 177.01 of the Revised Code; (5) Meetings of a child fatality review board established under section 307.621 of the Revised Code, meetings related to a review conducted pursuant to guidelines established by the director of health under section 3701.70 of the Revised Code, and meetings conducted pursuant to sections 5153.171 to 5153.173 of the Revised Code; (6) The state medical board when determining whether to suspend a license or certificate without a prior hearing pursuant to division (G) of either section 4730.25 or 4731.22 of the Revised Code; (7) The board of nursing when determining whether to suspend a license or certificate without a prior hearing pursuant to division (B) of section 4723.281 of the Revised Code; (8) The state board of pharmacy when determining whether to do either of the following: (a) Suspend a license, certification, or registration without a prior hearing, including during meetings conducted by telephone conference, pursuant to Chapters 3719., 3796., 4729., and 4752. of the Revised Code and rules adopted thereunder; or (b) Restrict a person from obtaining further information from the drug database established in section 4729.75 of the Revised Code without a prior hearing pursuant to division (C) of section 4729.86 of the Revised Code. (9) The state chiropractic board when determining whether to suspend a license without a hearing pursuant to section 4734.37 of the Revised Code; (10) The executive committee of the emergency response commission when determining whether to issue an enforcement order or request that a civil action, civil penalty action, or criminal action be brought to enforce Chapter 3750. of the Revised Code; (11) The board of directors of the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code or any committee thereof, and the board of directors of any subsidiary of that corporation or a committee thereof; (12) An audit conference conducted by the audit staff of the department of job and family services with officials of the public office that is the subject of that audit under section 5101.37 of the Revised Code; (13) The occupational therapy section of the occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic trainers board when determining whether to suspend a license without a hearing pursuant to division (E) of section 4755.11 of the Revised Code; (14) The physical therapy section of the occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic trainers board when determining whether to suspend a license without a hearing pursuant to division (F) of section 4755.47 of the Revised Code; (15) The athletic trainers section of the occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic trainers board when determining whether to suspend a license without a hearing pursuant to division (E) of section 4755.64 of the Revised Code; (16) Meetings of the pregnancy-associated mortality review board established under section 5180.27 of the Revised Code; (17) Meetings of a fetal-infant mortality review board established under section 3707.71 of the Revised Code; (18) Meetings of a drug overdose fatality review committee described in section 307.631 of the Revised Code; (19) Meetings of a suicide fatality review committee described in section 307.641 of the Revised Code; (20) Meetings of the officers, members, or directors of an existing qualified nonprofit corporation that creates a special improvement district under Chapter 1710. of the Revised Code, at which the public business of the corporation pertaining to a purpose for which the district is created is not discussed; (21) Meetings of a domestic violence fatality review board established under section 307.651 of the Revised Code; (22) Any nonprofit agency that has received an endorsement under section 5101.315 of the Revised Code. (E) The controlling board, the tax credit authority, or the minority development financing advisory board, when meeting to consider granting assistance pursuant to Chapter 122. or 166. of the Revised Code, in order to protect the interest of the applicant or the possible investment of public funds, by unanimous vote of all board or authority members present, may close the meeting during consideration of the following information confidentially received by the authority or board from the applicant: (1) Marketing plans; (2) Specific business strategy; (3) Production techniques and trade secrets; (4) Financial projections; (5) Personal financial statements of the applicant or members of the applicant's immediate family, including, but not limited to, tax records or other similar information not open to public inspection. The vote by the authority or board to accept or reject the application, as well as all proceedings of the authority or board not subject to this division, shall be open to the public and governed by this section. (F) Every public body, by rule, shall establish a reasonable method whereby any person may determine the time and place of all regularly scheduled meetings and the time, place, and purpose of all special meetings. A public body shall not hold a special meeting unless it gives at least twenty-four hours' advance notice to the news media that have requested notification, except in the event of an emergency requiring immediate official action. In the event of an emergency, the member or members calling the meeting shall notify the news media that have requested notification immediately of the time, place, and purpose of the meeting. The rule shall provide that any person, upon request and payment of a reasonable fee, may obtain reasonable advance notification of all meetings at which any specific type of public business is to be discussed. Provisions for advance notification may include, but are not limited to, mailing the agenda of meetings to all subscribers on a mailing list or mailing notices in self-addressed, stamped envelopes provided by the person. (G) Except as provided in divisions (G)(8) and (J) of this section, the members of a public body may hold an executive session only after a majority of a quorum of the public body determines, by a roll call vote, to hold an executive session and only at a regular or special meeting for the sole purpose of the consideration of any of the following matters: (1) To consider the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of a public employee or official, or the investigation of charges or complaints against a public employee, official, licensee, or regulated individual, unless the public employee, official, licensee, or regulated individual requests a public hearing. Except as otherwise provided by law, no public body shall hold an executive session for the discipline of an elected official for conduct related to the performance of the elected official's official duties or for the elected official's removal from office. If a public body holds an executive session pursuant to division (G)(1) of this section, the motion and vote to hold that executive session shall state which one or more of the approved purposes listed in division (G)(1) of this section are the purposes for which the executive session is to be held, but need not include the name of any person to be considered at the meeting. (2) To consider the purchase of property for public purposes, the sale of property at competitive bidding, or the sale or other disposition of unneeded, obsolete, or unfit-for-use property in accordance with section 505.10 of the Revised Code, if premature disclosure of information would give an unfair competitive or bargaining advantage to a person whose personal, private interest is adverse to the general public interest. No member of a public body shall use division (G)(2) of this section as a subterfuge for providing covert information to prospective buyers or sellers. A purchase or sale of public property is void if the seller or buyer of the public property has received covert information from a member of a public body that has not been disclosed to the general public in sufficient time for other prospective buyers and sellers to prepare and submit offers. If the minutes of the public body show that all meetings and deliberations of the public body have been conducted in compliance with this section, any instrument executed by the public body purporting to convey, lease, or otherwise dispose of any right, title, or interest in any public property shall be conclusively presumed to have been executed in compliance with this section insofar as title or other interest of any bona fide purchasers, lessees, or transferees of the property is concerned. (3) Conferences with an attorney for the public body concerning disputes involving the public body that are the subject of pending or imminent court action; (4) Preparing for, conducting, or reviewing negotiations or bargaining sessions with public employees concerning their compensation or other terms and conditions of their employment; (5) Matters required to be kept confidential by federal law or regulations or state statutes; (6) Details relative to the security arrangements and emergency response protocols for a public body or a public office, if disclosure of the matters discussed could reasonably be expected to jeopardize the security of the public body or public office; (7) In the case of a county hospital operated pursuant to Chapter 339. of the Revised Code, a joint township hospital operated pursuant to Chapter 513. of the Revised Code, or a municipal hospital operated pursuant to Chapter 749. of the Revised Code, to consider trade secrets, as defined in section 1333.61 of the Revised Code; (8) To consider confidential information related to the marketing plans, specific business strategy, production techniques, trade secrets, or personal financial statements of an applicant for economic development assistance, or to negotiations with other political subdivisions respecting requests for economic development assistance, provided that both of the following conditions apply: (a) The information is directly related to a request for economic development assistance that is to be provided or administered under any provision of Chapter 715., 725., 1724., or 1728. or sections 701.07 , 3735.67 to 3735.70 , 5709.40 to 5709.43 , 5709.61 to 5709.69 , 5709.73 to 5709.75 , or 5709.77 to 5709.81 of the Revised Code, or that involves public infrastructure improvements or the extension of utility services that are directly related to an economic development project. (b) A unanimous quorum of the public body determines, by a roll call vote, that the executive session is necessary to protect the interests of the applicant or the possible investment or expenditure of public funds to be made in connection with the economic development project. If a public body holds an executive session to consider any of the matters listed in divisions (G)(2) to (8) of this section, the motion and vote to hold that executive session shall state which one or more of the approved matters listed in those divisions are to be considered at the executive session. A public body specified in division (B)(1)(c) of this section shall not hold an executive session when meeting for the purposes specified in that division. (H) A resolution, rule, or formal action of any kind is invalid unless adopted in an open meeting of the public body. A resolution, rule, or formal action adopted in an open meeting that results from deliberations in a meeting not open to the public is invalid unless the deliberations were for a purpose specifically authorized in division (G) or (J) of this section and conducted at an executive session held in compliance with this section. A resolution, rule, or formal action adopted in an open meeting is invalid if the public body that adopted the resolution, rule, or formal action violated division (F) of this section. (I)(1) Any person may bring an action to enforce this section. An action under division (I)(1) of this section shall be brought within two years after the date of the alleged violation or threatened violation. Upon proof of a violation or threatened violation of this section in an action brought by any person, the court of common pleas shall issue an injunction to compel the members of the public body to comply with its provisions. (2)(a) If the court of common pleas issues an injunction pursuant to division (I)(1) of this section, the court shall order the public body that it enjoins to pay a civil forfeiture of five hundred dollars to the party that sought the injunction and shall award to that party all court costs and, subject to reduction as described in division (I)(2) of this section, reasonable attorney's fees. The court, in its discretion, may reduce an award of attorney's fees to the party that sought the injunction or not award attorney's fees to that party if the court determines both of the following: (i) That, based on the ordinary application of statutory law and case law as it existed at the time of violation or threatened violation that was the basis of the injunction, a well-informed public body reasonably would believe that the public body was not violating or threatening to violate this section; (ii) That a well-informed public body reasonably would believe that the conduct or threatened conduct that was the basis of the injunction would serve the public policy that underlies the authority that is asserted as permitting that conduct or threatened conduct. (b) If the court of common pleas does not issue an injunction pursuant to division (I)(1) of this section and the court determines at that time that the bringing of the action was frivolous conduct, as defined in division (A) of section 2323.51 of the Revised Code, the court shall award to the public body all court costs and reasonable attorney's fees, as determined by the court. (3) Irreparable harm and prejudice to the party that sought the injunction shall be conclusively and irrebuttably presumed upon proof of a violation or threatened violation of this section. (4) A member of a public body who knowingly violates an injunction issued pursuant to division (I)(1) of this section may be removed from office by an action brought in the court of common pleas for that purpose by the prosecuting attorney or the attorney general. (J)(1) Pursuant to division (C) of section 5901.09 of the Revised Code, a veterans service commission shall hold an executive session for one or more of the following purposes unless an applicant requests a public hearing: (a) Interviewing an applicant for financial assistance under sections 5901.01 to 5901.15 of the Revised Code; (b) Discussing applications, statements, and other documents described in division (B) of section 5901.09 of the Revised Code; (c) Reviewing matters relating to an applicant's request for financial assistance under sections 5901.01 to 5901.15 of the Revised Code. (2) A veterans service commission shall not exclude an applicant for, recipient of, or former recipient of financial assistance under sections 5901.01 to 5901.15 of the Revised Code, and shall not exclude representatives selected by the applicant, recipient, or former recipient, from a meeting that the commission conducts as an executive session that pertains to the applicant's, recipient's, or former recipient's application for financial assistance. (3) A veterans service commission shall vote on the grant or denial of financial assistance under sections 5901.01 to 5901.15 of the Revised Code only in an open meeting of the commission. The minutes of the meeting shall indicate the name, address, and occupation of the applicant, whether the assistance was granted or denied, the amount of the assistance if assistance is granted, and the votes for and against the granting of assistance. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.22
§ 122.22. Grant eligibility
Status: in_force

September 29, 1999 House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly (A) In order to be eligible for a grant under section 122.20 of the Revised Code, the applicant shall demonstrate both of the following to the director of development: (1) That the applicant is proposing to carry out the purposes described in section 122.20 of the Revised Code in an entity that has been designated as an eligible area by the director of development under division (A) of section 122.21 of the Revised Code; (2) The applicant's capacity to undertake and oversee the project, as evidenced by documentation of the applicant's past performance in economic development projects. (B) In order for an applicant to be eligible for a grant under section 122.20 of the Revised Code, the governing body of the entity that has been designated as an eligible area by the director of development in accordance with division (A) of section 122.21 of the Revised Code shall, by resolution or ordinance, do all of the following: (1) Designate the applicant that will carry out the purposes described in section 122.20 of the Revised Code and that qualifies as one of the five categories of eligible applicant listed in division (B) of section 122.19 of the Revised Code; (2) Specify the eligible area's financial participation in the project; (3) Include a marketing strategy to be utilized in administering the project that includes details used in past successful projects; (4) Identify a management plan for the project. (C) A governing body may designate the political subdivision it governs to be an eligible applicant. (D) In order to be eligible for a grant under section 122.20 of the Revised Code for land acquisition, infrastructure improvements, or renovation of existing structures in order to develop an industrial park site for a distressed area, labor surplus area, or situational distress area as defined in section 122.19 of the Revised Code that also is a distressed area, labor surplus area, or situational distress area as defined in section 122.23 of the Revised Code, an applicant must be approved as a grant applicant by resolution of the legislative authority of each county containing any area that has been designated as an eligible area by the director of development under division (A) of section 122.21 of the Revised Code and whose governing body has designated the applicant to seek a grant for any of these purposes on behalf of the eligible area. The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing criteria for the legislative authority to use in determining whether to approve a qualified applicant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.15
§ 121.15. Central office for each department - branch offices - restrictions on relocation
Status: in_force

March 4, 1998 House Bill 60 - 121st General Assembly The director of each department shall, with the approval of the governor, maintain a central office at a location in the state that the director finds necessary for the efficient performance of the department. The central office of a department shall not be relocated from Columbus to another location in this state until the director of the department has conducted a cost-benefit analysis of the relocation and provided a copy of the analysis to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate and the relocation has been approved by an act of the general assembly. The director of each department may, with the approval of the governor, establish and maintain, at places other than the location of the central office, branch offices for the conduct of any one or more functions of the department. No relocation of departments or employees of departments from one location in this state to another shall be carried out that will result in an increase in the total number of employees of all departments or an increase in the total number of employees in any department that is relocated. This section does not prevent a department from increasing the number of its employees to meet the demands of its workload or for any other reason arising from circumstances unrelated to the department's relocation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 191.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 191 / § 191.17
§ 191.17. Award of reimbursement
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 308 - 135th General Assembly (A) Not later than sixty days after receiving an application forwarded by the department of development, the broadband expansion program authority shall award program reimbursements to the applicant for costs described in divisions (A) and (B) of section 191.21 of the Revised Code after reviewing the application, and establishing the applicant's eligibility for reimbursement under the Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program. (B) For pole replacement or mid-span pole installation costs described under division (A) of section 191.21 of the Revised Code, reimbursements shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of either of the following: (1) Seven thousand five hundred dollars multiplied by the number of pole replacements and mid-span pole installations in an application; (2) Seventy-five per cent of the total eligible costs therein. (C) For undergrounding costs described under division (B) of section 191.21 of the Revised Code, reimbursements shall be in an amount not to exceed seventy-five per cent of the total eligible costs therein, except that the reimbursements may not exceed the reimbursement amount that would be available under division (B) of this section, if the applicant did a pole replacement or mid-span pole installation instead of undergrounding that infrastructure. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 146.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 146 / § 146.17
§ 146.17. Denying claims
Status: in_force

October 25, 1978 House Bill 349 - 112th General Assembly If a volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board, after consideration of a claim, finds that the claimant has no right to benefits or that the claim is without merit, it shall deny the claim and issue notice of such action by delivering to the claimant a copy of the order, or by leaving a copy at the claimant's place of residence, or by mailing to the claimant a copy thereof by registered mail.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.54
§ 145.54. Annual estimate of amount necessary to defray expenses; transfer of funds
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly The public employees retirement board shall estimate annually the amount required to defray the expenses of the administration of the public employees retirement system in the ensuing year. If in the judgment of the board, as evidenced by a resolution of that board in its minutes, the amount in the income fund exceeds the amount necessary to cover the ordinary requirements of that fund, the board may transfer to the expense fund such excess amount not exceeding the entire amount required to cover the expenses as estimated for the year. If the amount in the expense fund, including any amount transferred from the income fund, is not sufficient to defray the expenses of administration of the system in the ensuing year, the board may transfer any remaining amount required for the expense fund to that fund from the employer's accumulation fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 166.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 166 / § 166.01
§ 166.01. Economic development program definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Allowable costs" means all or part of the costs of project facilities, eligible projects, eligible innovation projects, eligible research and development projects, eligible advanced energy projects, or eligible logistics and distribution projects, including costs of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, rehabilitating, renovating, enlarging, improving, equipping, or furnishing project facilities, eligible projects, eligible innovation projects, eligible research and development projects, eligible advanced energy projects, or eligible logistics and distribution projects, site clearance and preparation, supplementing and relocating public capital improvements or utility facilities, designs, plans, specifications, surveys, studies, and estimates of costs, expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of assisting an eligible project, an eligible innovation project, an eligible research and development project, an eligible advanced energy project, or an eligible logistics and distribution project, or providing project facilities or facilities related to an eligible project, an eligible innovation project, an eligible research and development project, an eligible advanced energy project, or an eligible logistics and distribution project, architectural, engineering, and legal services fees and expenses, the costs of conducting any other activities as part of a voluntary action, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incidental to the establishment or development of an eligible project, an eligible innovation project, an eligible research and development project, an eligible advanced energy project, or an eligible logistics and distribution project, and reimbursement of moneys advanced or applied by any governmental agency or other person for allowable costs. (B) "Allowable innovation costs" includes allowable costs of eligible innovation projects and, in addition, includes the costs of research and development of eligible innovation projects; obtaining or creating any requisite software or computer hardware related to an eligible innovation project or the products or services associated therewith; testing (including, without limitation, quality control activities necessary for initial production), perfecting, and marketing of such products and services; creating and protecting intellectual property related to an eligible innovation project or any products or services related thereto, including costs of securing appropriate patent, trademark, trade secret, trade dress, copyright, or other form of intellectual property protection for an eligible innovation project or related products and services; all to the extent that such expenditures could be capitalized under then-applicable generally accepted accounting principles; and the reimbursement of moneys advanced or applied by any governmental agency or other person for allowable innovation costs. (C) "Eligible innovation project" includes an eligible project, including any project facilities associated with an eligible innovation project and, in addition, includes all tangible and intangible property related to a new product or process based on new technology or the creative application of existing technology, including research and development, product or process testing, quality control, market research, and related activities, that is to be acquired, established, expanded, remodeled, rehabilitated, or modernized for industry, commerce, distribution, development of tourism attractions or professional sports facilities, or research, or any combination thereof, the operation of which, alone or in conjunction with other eligible projects, eligible innovation projects, or innovation property, will create new jobs or preserve existing jobs and employment opportunities and improve the economic welfare of the people of the state. (D) "Eligible project" means project facilities to be acquired, established, expanded, remodeled, rehabilitated, or modernized for industry, commerce, distribution, development of tourism attractions or professional sports facilities, or research, or any combination thereof, the operation of which, alone or in conjunction with other facilities, will create new jobs or preserve existing jobs and employment opportunities and improve the economic welfare of the people of the state. "Eligible project" includes, without limitation, a voluntary action. For purposes of this division, "new jobs" does not include existing jobs transferred from another facility within the state, and "existing jobs" includes only those existing jobs with work places within the municipal corporation or unincorporated area of the county in which the eligible project is located. "Eligible project" does not include project facilities to be acquired, established, expanded, remodeled, rehabilitated, or modernized for industry, commerce, distribution, development of tourism attractions or professional sports facilities, or research, or any combination of industry, commerce, distribution, development of tourism attractions or professional sports facilities, or research, if the project facilities consist solely of point-of-final-purchase retail facilities. If the project facilities consist of both point-of-final-purchase retail facilities and nonretail facilities, only the portion of the project facilities consisting of nonretail facilities is an eligible project. If a warehouse facility is part of a point-of-final-purchase retail facility and supplies only that facility, the warehouse facility is not an eligible project. Catalog distribution facilities are not considered point-of-final-purchase retail facilities for purposes of this paragraph, and are eligible projects. (E) "Eligible research and development project" means an eligible project, including project facilities, comprising, within, or related to, a facility or portion of a facility at which research is undertaken for the purpose of discovering information that is technological in nature and the application of which is intended to be useful in the development of a new or improved product, process, technique, formula, or invention, a new product or process based on new technology, or the creative application of existing technology. (F) "Financial assistance" means inducements under division (B) of section 166.02 of the Revised Code, loan guarantees under section 166.06 of the Revised Code, and direct loans under section 166.07 of the Revised Code. (G) "Governmental action" means any action by a governmental agency relating to the establishment, development, or operation of an eligible project, eligible innovation project, eligible research and development project, eligible advanced energy project, or eligible logistics and distribution project, and project facilities that the governmental agency acting has authority to take or provide for the purpose under law, including, but not limited to, actions relating to contracts and agreements, zoning, building, permits, acquisition and disposition of property, public capital improvements, utility and transportation service, taxation, employee recruitment and training, and liaison and coordination with and among governmental agencies. (H) "Governmental agency" means the state and any state department, division, commission, institution or authority; a municipal corporation, county, or township, and any agency thereof, and any other political subdivision or public corporation or the United States or any agency thereof; any agency, commission, or authority established pursuant to an interstate compact or agreement; and any combination of the above. (I) "Innovation financial assistance" means inducements under division (B) of section 166.12 of the Revised Code, innovation Ohio loan guarantees under section 166.15 of the Revised Code, and innovation Ohio loans under section 166.16 of the Revised Code. (J) "Innovation Ohio loan guarantee reserve requirement" means, at any time, with respect to innovation loan guarantees made under section 166.15 of the Revised Code, a balance in the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund equal to the greater of twenty per cent of the then-outstanding principal amount of all outstanding innovation loan guarantees made pursuant to section 166.15 of the Revised Code or fifty per cent of the principal amount of the largest outstanding guarantee made pursuant to section 166.15 of the Revised Code. (K) "Innovation property" includes property and also includes software, inventory, licenses, contract rights, goodwill, intellectual property, including without limitation, patents, patent applications, trademarks and service marks, and trade secrets, and other tangible and intangible property, and any rights and interests in or connected to the foregoing. (L) "Loan guarantee reserve requirement" means, at any time, with respect to loan guarantees made under section 166.06 of the Revised Code, a balance in the loan guarantee fund equal to the greater of twenty per cent of the then-outstanding principal amount of all outstanding guarantees made pursuant to section 166.06 of the Revised Code or fifty per cent of the principal amount of the largest outstanding guarantee made pursuant to section 166.06 of the Revised Code. (M) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or governmental agency, and any combination thereof. (N) "Project facilities" means buildings, structures, and other improvements, and equipment and other property, excluding small tools, supplies, and inventory, and any one, part of, or combination of the above, comprising all or part of, or serving or being incidental to, an eligible project, an eligible innovation project, an eligible research and development project, an eligible advanced energy project, or an eligible logistics and distribution project, including, but not limited to, public capital improvements. (O) "Property" means real and personal property and interests therein. (P) "Public capital improvements" means capital improvements or facilities that any governmental agency has authority to acquire, pay the costs of, own, maintain, or operate, or to contract with other persons to have the same done, including, but not limited to, highways, roads, streets, water and sewer facilities, railroad and other transportation facilities, and air and water pollution control and solid waste disposal facilities. For purposes of this division, "air pollution control facilities" includes, without limitation, solar, geothermal, biofuel, biomass, wind, hydro, wave, and other advanced energy projects as defined in section 3706.25 of the Revised Code. (Q) "Research and development financial assistance" means inducements under section 166.17 of the Revised Code, research and development loans under section 166.21 of the Revised Code, and research and development tax credits under sections 5733.352 and 5747.331 of the Revised Code. (R) "Targeted innovation industry sectors" means industry sectors involving the production or use of advanced materials, instruments, controls and electronics, power and propulsion, biosciences, and information technology, or such other sectors as may be designated by the director of development. (S) "Voluntary action" means a voluntary action, as defined in section 3746.01 of the Revised Code, that is conducted under the voluntary action program established in Chapter 3746. of the Revised Code. (T) "Project financing obligations" means obligations issued pursuant to section 166.08 of the Revised Code other than obligations for which the bond proceedings provide that bond service charges shall be paid from receipts of the state representing gross profit on the sale of spirituous liquor as referred to in division (B)(4) of section 4301.10 of the Revised Code. (U) "Regional economic development entity" means an entity that is under contract with the director to administer a loan program under this chapter in a particular area of this state. (V) "Eligible advanced energy project" means an eligible project that is an "advanced energy project" as defined in section 3706.25 of the Revised Code. (W) "Eligible logistics and distribution project" means an eligible project, including project facilities, to be acquired, established, expanded, remodeled, rehabilitated, or modernized for transportation logistics and distribution infrastructure purposes. As used in this division, "transportation logistics and distribution infrastructure purposes" means promoting, providing for, and enabling improvements to the ground, air, and water transportation infrastructure comprising the transportation system in this state, including, without limitation, highways, streets, roads, bridges, railroads carrying freight, and air and water ports and port facilities, and all related supporting facilities. (X) "Professional sports facility" has the same meaning as in section 5516.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.058 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.058
§ 145.058. Adoption of election rules - certification of nominating petitions and election results
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly (A) The public employees retirement board, following consultation with the secretary of state, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, governing all of the following: (1) The administration of elections of members of the board under section 145.05 of the Revised Code, special elections provided for by section 145.051 of the Revised Code, and elections held under section 145.06 of the Revised Code to fill vacancies on the board; (2) Nominating petitions for the elections; (3) Certification of the validity of nominating petitions for the elections; (4) Certification of the results of the elections. (B) The board may contract with the secretary of state or an independent firm to administer the elections, certify the validity of nominating petitions, and certify the results of the elections. The secretary of state and the independent firm shall perform these services in accordance with the rules adopted under division (A) of this section. Notwithstanding section 145.27 of the Revised Code, the board shall provide information necessary for the secretary of state or the independent firm to certify the election. If the board contracts with an independent firm to administer an election, the secretary of state may audit the election.
Ohio Rev. Code § 171.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 171 / § 171.05
§ 171.05. Compensation and expenses of council
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The compensation of all employees of the Ohio retirement study council and other expenses of the council shall be paid upon vouchers approved by the director and the chairperson of the council. The public employees retirement system, state teachers retirement system, school employees retirement system, state highway patrol retirement system, and Ohio police and fire pension fund shall pay the annual expenses of the council. The council shall prepare and submit to the retirement boards on or before the thirtieth day of June of each year an itemized estimate of the amounts necessary to pay the expenses of the council during the following year. Such expenses shall be charged to and paid by each of the retirement systems in the same ratio as the assets of each system, as of the preceding January first, bear to the total assets of all five systems on that date. The systems shall pay the expenses required under this section by electronic funds transfer or any other method or device of electronic payment. The council shall establish policies and procedures for purchasing goods and services on a competitive basis and maintaining tangible personal property. The policies and procedures shall be designed to safeguard the use of funds received by the council. An audit performed under Chapter 117. of the Revised Code shall include a determination of the council's compliance with the policies and procedures. The council is not subject to Chapters 123., 124., 125., 126., and 127. of the Revised Code. The treasurer of state shall be the custodian of all funds of the council.
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.01
§ 107.01. Election - term
Status: in_force

March 10, 1978 Senate Bill 115 - 112th General Assembly The governor shall be elected quadrennially, jointly with the lieutenant governor, and shall hold his office for a term of four years. The term of office of the governor shall commence on the second Monday of January next after his election.
Ohio Rev. Code § 191.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 191 / § 191.02
§ 191.02. Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly There is hereby established the Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program within the department of development to advance the provision of qualifying broadband service access to residences and businesses in an unserved area by reimbursing certain costs of pole replacements, mid-span pole installations, and undergrounding. The department shall administer and provide staff assistance for the program. The department shall be responsible for receiving and reviewing program applications and for sending completed applications to the broadband expansion program authority for final review and award of program reimbursements. Last updated August 29, 2023 at 4:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.05
§ 117.05. Bond of chief deputy
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of office, the chief deputy auditor of state shall give a bond to the auditor of state in the sum of ten thousand dollars, with a surety approved by the auditor of state, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of the chief deputy's office. Last updated October 6, 2021 at 5:54 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 159.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 159 / § 159.13
§ 159.13. Tender of damages
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Persons entering upon land as provided in section 159.11 of the Revised Code, may tender damages to the injured parties for such entry, and if, in the case of an application to the probate court, the damages finally assessed do not exceed the amount tendered, the person so entering shall recover costs, otherwise the prevailing party shall recover costs.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.402 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.402
§ 145.402. Payments to members who are members of another state retirement system
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "other retirement system" means the state teachers retirement system or the school employees retirement system. (B) Except as provided in this section, on application, a member of the public employees retirement system who is also a member of one or both of the other retirement systems and has ceased to be a public employee for the purposes of this chapter may be paid, in accordance with section 145.40 of the Revised Code, the member's accumulated contributions to the public employees retirement system, plus any applicable amount calculated under section 145.401 of the Revised Code. This payment does not affect the member's membership in the other retirement systems or any right the member may have to a benefit or return of contributions under those systems. (C) This section does not apply to a member of one of the other retirement systems whose employment under that system is with the public employer that was the employer under the public employees retirement system at the time the member's service subject to this chapter terminated.
Ohio Rev. Code § 191.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 191 / § 191.43
§ 191.43. Cessation date of reimbursements from broadband pole replacement fund
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly On the date that is six years after the effective date of this section , payments under the Ohio broadband pole replacement fund shall cease and section 191.27 of the Revised Code shall not be in force or have further application, except as described in sections 191.44 and 191.45 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 29, 2023 at 4:32 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.74
§ 122.74. Director of development - powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A)(1) The director of development shall do all of the following: (a) Receive applications for assistance under sections 122.71 to 122.83 and 122.87 to 122.89 of the Revised Code and applications from surety companies for bond guarantees under section 122.90 of the Revised Code, and, after processing but subject to division (A)(2) of this section, forward them to the minority development financing advisory board together with necessary supporting information; (b) Receive the recommendations of the board and make a final determination whether to approve the application for assistance; (c) Receive recommendations from a regional economic development entity for loans made under section 122.76 of the Revised Code and make a final determination, notwithstanding divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section, whether to approve the proposed loan; (d) Transmit the director's determinations to approve assistance to the controlling board unless such assistance falls under section 122.90 of the Revised Code and has been previously approved by the controlling board, together with any information the controlling board requires for its review and decision as to whether to approve the assistance. (2) The director is not required to submit any determination, data, terms, or any other application materials or information to the minority development financing advisory board when provision of the assistance has been recommended to the director by a regional economic development entity or when an application for a surety company for bond guarantees under section 122.90 of the Revised Code has been previously approved by the controlling board. (B) The director may do all of the following: (1) Fix the rate of interest and charges to be made upon or with respect to moneys loaned or guaranteed by the director and the terms upon which mortgages and lease rentals may be guaranteed and the rates of charges to be made for them and make provisions for the operation of the funds established by the director in accordance with this section and sections 122.80 , 122.88 , and 122.90 of the Revised Code; (2) Loan and guarantee moneys from the fund established in accordance with section 122.80 of the Revised Code pursuant to and in compliance with sections 122.71 to 122.83 and 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code. (3) Acquire in the name of the director any property of any kind or character in accordance with sections 122.71 to 122.83 and 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code, by purchase, purchase at foreclosure, or exchange on such terms and in such manner as the director considers proper; (4) Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of the director's duties and the exercise of the director's powers under sections 122.71 to 122.83 and 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code; (5) Maintain, protect, repair, improve, and insure any property that the director has acquired and dispose of it by sale, exchange, or lease for the consideration and on the terms and in the manner as the director considers proper, but the director shall not operate any such property as a business except as the lessor of it; (6)(a) When the cost of any contract for the maintenance, protection, repair, or improvement of any property held by the director, other than compensation for personal services, involves an expenditure of more than fifty thousand dollars, the director shall make a written contract with the lowest responsive and responsible bidder in accordance with section 9.312 of the Revised Code after advertisement for not less than two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where such contract, or some substantial part of it, is to be performed, and in such other publications as the director determines, which notice shall state the general character of the work and the general character of the materials to be furnished, the place where plans and specifications therefor may be examined, and the time and place of receiving bids. (b) Each bid for a contract for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of an improvement shall contain the full name of every person interested in it and meet the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code. (c) Each bid for a contract, except as provided in division (B)(6)(b) of this section, shall contain the full name of every person interested in it and shall be accompanied by bond or certified check on a solvent bank, in such amount as the director considers sufficient, that if the bid is accepted a contract will be entered into and the performance of the proposal secured. (d) The director may reject any and all bids. (e) A bond with good and sufficient surety, approved by the director, shall be required of every contractor awarded a contract except as provided in division (B)(6)(b) of this section, in an amount equal to at least fifty per cent of the contract price, conditioned upon faithful performance of the contract. (7) Employ or contract with financial consultants, appraisers, consulting engineers, superintendents, managers, construction and accounting experts, attorneys, and other employees and agents as are necessary in the director's judgment and fix their compensation; (8) Receive and accept grants, gifts, and contributions of money, property, labor, and other things of value to be held, used, and applied only for the purpose for which the grants, gifts, and contributions are made, from individuals, private and public corporations, from the United States or any agency thereof, from the state or any agency thereof, and from any political subdivision of the state, and may agree to repay any contribution of money or to return any property contributed or the value thereof at such times, in amounts, and on terms and conditions, excluding the payment of interest, as the director determines at the time the contribution is made, and may evidence the obligations by notes, bonds, or other written instruments; (9) Establish with the treasurer of state the funds provided in sections 122.80 and 122.88 of the Revised Code in addition to such funds as the director determines are necessary or proper; (10) Adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary to implement sections 122.71 to 122.83 and 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code. (11) Do all acts and things necessary or proper to carry out the powers expressly granted and the duties imposed in sections 122.71 to 122.83 and 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) All expenses and obligations incurred by the director in carrying out the director's powers and in exercising the director's duties under sections 122.71 to 122.83 and 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code shall be payable solely from revenues or other receipts or income of the director, from grants, gifts, and contributions, or funds established in accordance with such sections. Such sections do not authorize the director to incur indebtedness or to impose liability on the state or any political subdivision of the state. (2) Financial statements and other data submitted to the director by any corporation, partnership, or person in connection with financial assistance provided under sections 122.71 to 122.83 and 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code, or any information taken from such statements or data for any purpose, shall not be open to public inspection. Last updated July 20, 2021 at 10:11 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.21
§ 131.21. Judgment fund
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly All moneys collected from taxes or other sources for the payment of final judgments against a political subdivision, other than condemnation of property cases, shall go into a separate fund of the subdivision, to be known as the "judgment fund." The treasurer of the subdivision shall receive all taxes, assessments, and moneys collected for the payment of final judgments against the subdivision or proceeds of bonds issued for such purpose and invest and disburse them in the manner provided by law. Such treasurer shall have charge of and provide for the payment of all such judgments.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.4019 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.4019
§ 122.4019. Application submission
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) Each fiscal year, the department of development shall accept applications for program grants. (2) To apply for a program grant, a broadband provider shall submit an application to the department on a form prescribed by the department and shall provide the information required under section 122.4020 of the Revised Code. The form shall include a statement informing the applicant that failure to comply with the program or to meet the required tier two broadband service proposed in the application may require the refund of all or a portion of the program grant awarded for the project. (3) Applications may be submitted in person or by certified mail or electronic mail, or uploaded to a designated department web site for applications. (B) Applications shall be accepted during a submission period specified by the broadband expansion program authority. Each submission period shall be at least sixty but not more than ninety days. Each fiscal year there shall be not more than two submission periods. (C) The department shall publish information from submitted applications on the department's web site as follows: (1) Not later than five days after the close of the submission period in which the application is made, the department shall publish, for each completed application, the list of eligible addresses included with the completed applications under division (A)(1)(a) of section 122.4020 of the Revised Code. (2) Not later than thirty-five days after the close of the submission period in which the application is made, the department shall publish all information from each completed application that it determines is not confidential under section 122.4023 of the Revised Code. (D) If an application is incomplete, the department shall notify the broadband provider that submitted the application. The notification shall list what information is incomplete and shall describe the procedure for refiling a completed application. (E) The department shall review an application determined incomplete under division (D) of this section as provided in sections 122.4019 to 122.4036 of the Revised Code if the application is completed and refiled: (1) Before the end of the submission period described under division (B) of this section; or (2) Not later than fourteen days after the end of the submission period described under division (B) of this section, if the department, for good cause shown, has granted the broadband provider an extension period of not more than fourteen days in which to file the completed application. (F) The department shall deny an incomplete application if the broadband provider fails to complete and refile it within the applicable submission period or extension period. Applications that are denied shall not be published on the department's web site. (G) To facilitate the challenge process, after publication of all applications, the department shall publish a provisional scoring for applications based on the scoring criteria in section 122.4041 of the Revised Code. The department shall publish the provisional scoring on its web site not later than fifteen business days after all applications have been accepted as complete under this section. The authority shall neither vote on, nor make awards based on, the provisional scoring. Last updated September 19, 2023 at 1:24 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 155.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 155 / § 155.35
§ 155.35. [Former 1509.75, amended and renumbered by H.B. 110, 134th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2021] Oil and gas land management commission administration fund
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the oil and gas land management commission administration fund consisting of the proceeds of nomination fees and bid fees credited to it under section 155.33 of the Revised Code. Money in the fund shall be used by the oil and gas land management commission to pay the administrative expenses of the commission regarding the implementation of sections 155.30 to 155.36 of the Revised Code. Money in the fund also shall be used to pay the actual and necessary expenses incurred by members of the commission in the course of the performance of their duties. Last updated October 7, 2021 at 4:55 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.532 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.532
§ 101.532. Separate appropriations bills for industrial commission and bureau of workers' compensation
Status: in_force

June 30, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly The main operating appropriations bill shall not contain appropriations for the industrial commission or the bureau of workers' compensation. Appropriations for the bureau shall be enacted in one bill, and appropriations for the industrial commission shall be enacted in a separate bill.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.1713 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.1713
§ 122.1713. Institutional platinum provider program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year of this state as specified in section 9.34 of the Revised Code. (2) "Individual microcredential assistance program" means the individual microcredential assistance program created under section 122.1710 of the Revised Code. (3) "Microcredential" has the same meaning as in section 122.178 of the Revised Code. (4) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of development, in consultation with the governor's office of workforce transformation, shall establish an institutional platinum provider program for state institutions of higher education approved to participate in the individual microcredential assistance program. (C) Each state institution of higher education shall do both of the following: (1) Provide at least two in-person training programs and at least one online training program for individuals to earn a microcredential; (2) Not later than the thirty-first day of December immediately after the effective date of this section, and not later than the thirty-first day of December of each year thereafter, apply to participate in the individual microcredential assistance program. (D) If the director approves a state institution of higher education's application to participate in the individual microcredential assistance program, all of the following apply: (1) The director shall designate the institution as an institutional platinum provider. (2) The institution may participate in the institutional platinum provider program established under this section. (3) The institution is eligible to apply for one or more advance payments under this section to cover training costs for individuals to earn a microcredential. (E) An institutional platinum provider may apply for an initial advance payment of not more than twenty per cent of the total reimbursement amount the institution seeks under division (C) of section 122.1710 of the Revised Code. If an institution submits an application under this division, the director shall provide an advance payment to the institution in the amount specified in the application. (F) After each training program that an institutional platinum provider administers during a fiscal year that results in at least one individual earning a microcredential, the institution may apply for a subsequent advance payment of not more than twenty per cent of the total reimbursement amount the institution seeks under division (C) of section 122.1710 of the Revised Code. If an institution applies for a subsequent advance payment under this division, one of the following applies depending on the training program's completion rate: (1) If at least fifty per cent of the individuals who participated in the training program earned a microcredential, the director shall provide a subsequent advance payment to the institution in the amount specified in the application. (2) If less than fifty per cent of the individuals who participated in the training program earned a microcredential, to be eligible for a subsequent advance payment, the institution shall refund to the director a certain per cent of the advance payment amount that was last provided to the institution during the fiscal year as determined under division (F)(2)(a) of this section. (a) The per cent an institution must refund to be eligible for a subsequent advance payment under division (F)(2) of this section is the difference between fifty per cent and the per cent of individuals who earned a microcredential. (b) For an institution to whom division (F)(2) of this section applies, if the institution complies with that division, the director shall provide a subsequent advance payment to the institution in the amount specified in the institution's application. If the institution does not comply with that division, the director shall not provide a subsequent advance payment. (G) In no case shall the total amount of the advance payments an institutional platinum provider receives under this section during any fiscal year exceed the total reimbursement amount the institution seeks under division (C) of section 122.1710 of the Revised Code. (H) If the director approves a reimbursement application that an institutional platinum provider submits under division (F) of section 122.1710 of the Revised Code, the director shall reimburse the institution in accordance with that division for the total actual cost for the institution to provide training to individuals who earned a microcredential less the total advance payment amount provided to the institution under this section. The director shall not reimburse the institution for any amounts the institution refunded to the director under division (F)(2) of this section. If the institution specifies in the reimbursement application that the total actual cost for the institution to provide the training is less than the total advance payment amount provided to the institution under this section, the institution shall refund to the director the difference between the advance payment amount and the actual training cost. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.09
§ 107.09. Publication of decennial apportionment
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly Immediately after the determination of each decennial apportionment for members of the general assembly the governor shall cause such apportionment to be published for four consecutive weeks, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, in three newspapers, one in Cincinnati, one in Cleveland, and one in Columbus.
Ohio Rev. Code § 141.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 141 / § 141.11
§ 141.11. Expenses and compensation of appellate judges directed or assigned to sit with supreme court justices
Status: in_force

June 13, 1990 Senate Bill 149 - 118th General Assembly (A) A judge of a court of appeals who is directed or assigned to sit with the justices of the supreme court shall be paid all his actual and necessary expenses incurred while sitting or performing any duty incident to the sitting, including expenses incurred in going from his place of residence to the supreme court and in returning from the supreme court. Those expenses shall be paid from funds appropriated for the supreme court. The certificate of the judge of the court of appeals that services were so rendered and that the expenses were so incurred shall be approved by the chief justice of the supreme court or, in his absence, by the acting chief justice of the supreme court, and that approval is sufficient authority for the drawing of a warrant. (B) In addition to the actual and necessary expenses provided for in division (A) of this section, each judge of a court of appeals who is directed or assigned to sit with the justices of the supreme court shall receive fifty dollars per day for each day of the sitting or of performing any duty incident to the sitting. The per diem compensation shall be paid from funds appropriated for the supreme court. Prior to receiving per diem compensation under this division, a judge of the court of appeals shall certify, in writing, that he did sit with the justices of the supreme court, or did perform any duty incident to the sitting, on the days for which the per diem compensation is sought. The certificate then shall be approved by the chief justice of the supreme court or, in his absence, by the acting chief justice of the supreme court and that approval is sufficient authority for the drawing of a warrant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.603 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.603
§ 122.603. Program reserve account
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A)(1) Upon approval by the director of development and after entering into a participation agreement with the department of development a participating financial institution making a capital access loan shall establish a program reserve account. The account shall be an interest-bearing account and shall contain only moneys deposited into it under the program and the interest payable on the moneys in the account. (2) All interest payable on the moneys in the program reserve account shall be added to the moneys and held as an additional loss reserve. The director may require that a portion or all of the accrued interest so held in the account be released to the department. If the director causes a release of accrued interest, the director shall deposit the released amount into the capital access loan program fund created in section 122.601 of the Revised Code. The director shall not require the release of that accrued interest more than twice in a fiscal year. (B) When a participating financial institution makes a capital access loan, it shall require the eligible business to pay to the participating financial institution a fee in an amount that is not less than one and one-half per cent, and not more than three per cent, of the principal amount of the loan. The participating financial institution shall deposit the fee into its program reserve account, and it also shall deposit into the account an amount of its own funds equal to the amount of the fee. The participating financial institution may recover from the eligible business all or part of the amount that the participating financial institution is required to deposit into the account under this division in any manner agreed to by the participating financial institution and the eligible business. (C) For each capital access loan made by a participating financial institution, the participating financial institution shall certify to the director, within a period specified by the director, that the participating financial institution has made the loan. The certification shall include the amount of the loan, the amount of the fee received from the eligible business, the amount of its own funds that the participating financial institution deposited into its program reserve account to reflect that fee, and any other information specified by the director. The certification also shall indicate if the eligible business receiving the capital access loan is a minority business enterprise as defined in section 122.71 of the Revised Code or certified by the minority business supplier development council. (D)(1)(a) Upon receipt of each of the first three certifications from a participating financial institution made under division (C) of this section and subject to section 122.602 of the Revised Code, the director shall disburse to the participating financial institution from the capital access loan program fund an amount not to exceed fifty per cent of the principal amount of the particular capital access loan for deposit into the participating financial institution's program reserve account. Thereafter, upon receipt of a certification from that participating financial institution made under division (C) of this section and subject to section 122.602 of the Revised Code, the director shall disburse to the participating financial institution from the capital access loan program fund an amount equal to ten per cent of the principal amount of the particular capital access loan for deposit into the participating financial institution's program reserve account. (b) Notwithstanding division (D)(1)(a) of this section, and subject to section 122.602 of the Revised Code, upon receipt of any certification from a participating financial institution made under division (C) of this section with respect to a capital access loan made to an eligible business that is a minority business enterprise, the director shall disburse to the participating financial institution from the capital access loan program fund an amount not to exceed eighty per cent of the principal amount of the particular capital access loan for deposit into the participating financial institution's program reserve account. (2) The disbursement of moneys from the fund to a participating financial institution does not require approval from the controlling board. (E) If the amount in a program reserve account exceeds an amount equal to thirty-three per cent of a participating financial institution's outstanding capital access loans, the department may cause the withdrawal of the excess amount and the deposit of the withdrawn amount into the capital access loan program fund. (F)(1) The department may cause the withdrawal of the total amount in a participating financial institution's program reserve account if any of the following applies: (a) The financial institution is no longer eligible to participate in the program. (b) The participation agreement expires without renewal by the department or the financial institution. (c) The financial institution has no outstanding capital access loans. (d) The financial institution has not made a capital access loan within the preceding twenty-four months. (2) If the department causes a withdrawal under division (F)(1) of this section, the department shall deposit the withdrawn amount into the capital access loan program fund. Last updated July 20, 2021 at 10:10 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.521 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.521
§ 101.521. Internal printing
Status: in_force

March 9, 1999 House Bill 649 - 122nd General Assembly If the clerk of the senate or the clerk of the house of representatives prints a document or class of documents internally in the clerk's office, the clerk shall compose the document and select the method of printing to be used. Except for matters of composition and quantity prescribed by law, by rule of the senate or house of representatives, by joint rule of both houses, or by order of the senate or house of representatives, the clerk, taking into consideration means of effectively communicating the content of the document, shall determine the composition of the document, and, taking into consideration the uses to which the document foreseeably is to be put, shall determine the approximate quantity of the document to be printed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.06
§ 153.06. Form of bids
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly After the proceedings required by sections 153.01 and 153.04 of the Revised Code have been complied with, the owner referred to in section 153.01 of the Revised Code shall give public notice of the time and place when and where bids will be received for performing the labor and furnishing the materials of such construction, improvement, alteration, addition, or installation, and a contract awarded, except for materials manufactured by the state or labor supplied by a county department of job and family services that may enter into the same. The form of bid approved by the Ohio facilities construction commission shall be used, and a bid shall be invalid and not considered unless such form is used without change, alteration, or addition. Bidders may be permitted to bid upon all the branches of work and materials to be furnished and supplied, or upon any thereof, or alternately upon all or any thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.31
§ 121.31. Commission on Hispanic-Latino affairs
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly There is hereby created the commission on Hispanic-Latino affairs consisting of eleven voting members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The speaker of the house of representatives shall recommend to the governor two persons for appointment to the commission, the president of the senate shall recommend to the governor two such persons, and the minority leaders of the house and senate shall each recommend to the governor one such person. The governor shall make initial appointments to the commission. Of the initial appointments made to the commission, three shall be for a term ending October 7, 1978, four shall be for a term ending October 7, 1979, and four shall be for a term ending October 7, 1980. After the initial appointments by the governor, terms of office shall be for three years. Each term shall end on the same day of the same month of the year as did the term which it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of such term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. At the first organizational meeting of the commission, the original eleven members shall draw lots to determine the length of the term each member shall serve. All members of the commission shall speak Spanish, shall be of Spanish-speaking origin, and shall be American citizens or lawful, permanent, resident aliens. Members shall be from urban, suburban, and rural geographical areas representative of Spanish-speaking people with a numerical and geographical balance of the Spanish-speaking population throughout the state. The commission shall meet not less than six times per calendar year. The commission shall elect a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and other officers from its members as it considers advisable. Six members constitute a quorum. The commission shall adopt rules governing its procedures. No action of the commission is valid without the concurrence of six members. Each member shall be compensated for work as a member for each day that the member is actually engaged in the performance of work as a member. No member shall be compensated for more than one day each month. In addition, each member shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official business. Last updated October 18, 2023 at 2:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.21
§ 126.21. Accounting duties of director of budget and management
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The director of budget and management shall do all of the following: (1) Keep all necessary accounting records; (2) Prescribe and maintain the accounting system of the state and establish appropriate accounting procedures and charts of accounts; (3) Establish procedures for the use of written, electronic, optical, or other communications media for approving and reviewing payment vouchers; (4) Reconcile, in the case of any variation between the amount of any appropriation and the aggregate amount of items of the appropriation, with the advice and assistance of the state agency affected by it and the legislative service commission, totals so as to correspond in the aggregate with the total appropriation. In the case of a conflict between the item and the total of which it is a part, the item shall be considered the intended appropriation. (5) Evaluate on an ongoing basis and, if necessary, recommend improvements to the internal controls used in state agencies; (6) Authorize the establishment of petty cash accounts. The director may withdraw approval for any petty cash account and require the officer in charge to return to the state treasury any unexpended balance shown by the officer's accounts to be on hand. Any officer who is issued a warrant for petty cash shall render a detailed account of the expenditures of the petty cash and shall report when requested the balance of petty cash on hand at any time. (7) Process orders, invoices, vouchers, claims, and payrolls and prepare financial reports and statements; (8) Perform extensions, reviews, and compliance checks prior to or after approving a payment as the director considers necessary; (9) Issue the official annual comprehensive financial report of the state. The report shall cover all funds of the state reporting entity and shall include basic financial statements and required supplementary information prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and other information as the director provides. All state agencies, authorities, institutions, offices, retirement systems, and other component units of the state reporting entity as determined by the director shall furnish the director whatever financial statements and other information the director requests for the report, in the form, at the times, covering the periods, and with the attestation the director prescribes. The information for state institutions of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, shall be submitted to the chancellor of higher education by the department of higher education. The chancellor shall establish a due date by which each such institution shall submit the information to the department, but no such date shall be later than one hundred twenty days after the end of the state fiscal year unless a later date is approved by the director. (B) In addition to the director's duties under division (A) of this section, the director may establish and administer one or more payment card programs that permit state agencies and political subdivisions to use a payment card to purchase equipment, materials, supplies, or services in accordance with guidelines issued by the director. The chief administrative officer of a state agency or political subdivision that uses a payment card for such purposes shall ensure that purchases made with the card are made in accordance with the guidelines issued by the director. State agencies may participate in only those payment card programs that the director establishes pursuant to this section. (C) In addition to the director's duties under divisions (A) and (B) of this section, the director may enter into any contract or agreement necessary for and incidental to the performance of the director's duties or the duties of the office of budget and management. (D) In addition to the director's duties under divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section, the director may operate a shared services center within the office of budget and management for the purpose of consolidating common business functions and transactional processes. The services offered by the shared services center may be provided to any state agency or political subdivision. In consultation with the director of administrative services, the director may appoint and fix the compensation of employees of the office whose primary duties include the consolidation of common business functions and transactional processes. (E) The director may transfer cash between funds other than the general revenue fund in order to correct an erroneous payment or deposit regardless of the fiscal year during which the erroneous payment or deposit occurred. (F) As used in divisions (B) and (D) of this section: (1) "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "State agency" has the same meaning as in section 9.482 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 21, 2023 at 3:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.771 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.771
§ 109.771. Authority of tactical medical professionals to carry firearms
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly (A) A tactical medical professional may carry firearms while on duty in the same manner, to the same extent, and in the same areas as a law enforcement officer of the law enforcement agency the professional is serving, if all of the following apply: (1) The law enforcement agency that the tactical medical professional is serving has specifically authorized the professional to carry firearms while on duty. (2) The tactical medical professional has done or received one of the following: (a) The professional has been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission, which certificate attests to satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, or municipal basic training program or a program at the Ohio peace officer training academy that qualifies the professional to carry firearms while on duty and that conforms to the rules adopted under section 109.748 of the Revised Code. (b) Prior to or during employment as a tactical medical professional and prior to June 1, 2018, the professional has successfully completed a firearms training program, other than one described in division (A)(2)(a) of this section, that was approved by the Ohio peace officer training commission. (B) A tactical medical professional to whom division (A) of this section applies and who is carrying one or more firearms under authority of that division has protection from potential civil or criminal liability for any conduct occurring while carrying the firearm or firearms to the same extent as a law enforcement officer of the law enforcement agency the professional is serving has such protection. (C) The executive director of the commission shall issue a certificate of completion of a training program required under this section in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an individual if either of the following applies: (1) The individual holds a certificate of completion of such a program in another state. (2) The individual has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a tactical medical professional who carries a firearm while on duty in a state that does not require completion of such a training program. Last updated December 29, 2023 at 7:37 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.56
§ 117.56. Department of transportation audit
Status: in_force

October 1, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) During the course of an audit, including a performance audit, of any state agency or institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, the auditor of state, an employee of the auditor of state, and any independent accountants or consultants contracted by the auditor of state as necessary to carry out the statutory responsibilities of the auditor of state, may request access to any system the agency or institution uses or maintains. If the auditor of state requests access, the agency or institution shall provide access subject to the following: (1) The access is read only and is downloadable for analysis; (2) The access is requested after the notice of engagement letter is sent to the agency or institution; (3) Any employee of the auditor of state, or independent accountant or consultant contracted by the auditor of state, who will have access as set forth above, is a national of the United States or lawful permanent resident of the United States; (4) The data accessed is kept on servers located in the United States. (5) Employees of the agency or institution shall assist the auditor of state, employees of the auditor of state, and independent accountants or consultants contracted by the auditor of state with accessing the systems including but not limited to providing a comprehensive list of all the data available and data definitions necessary to understand the systems and data provided to the auditor of state. (B) The auditor of state, employees of the auditor of state, and independent accountants and consultants contracted by the auditor of state, shall comply with all state and federal laws, rules, and regulations that apply to the content of the systems the auditor of state accesses. (C) Any system breach, unauthorized access, or unauthorized release of information that results from access under this section shall be reported immediately to the state highway patrol and any other relevant law enforcement agency for criminal investigation. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.145 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.145
§ 135.145. Redeposit of interim moneys moneys
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) In addition to the authority provided in section 135.14 or 135.143 of the Revised Code for the investment or deposit of interim moneys, the treasurer of state or the treasurer or governing board of a political subdivision, upon the deposit of interim moneys with, or the award of active or inactive deposits to, an eligible public depository described in section 135.03 of the Revised Code and designated pursuant to section 135.12 of the Revised Code, may authorize the public depository to arrange for the redeposit of such public moneys in accordance with the following conditions: (1) The public depository, on or after the date the public moneys are received, arranges for the redeposit of the moneys into deposit accounts in one or more federally insured banks, savings banks, or savings and loan associations that are located in the United States, and acts as custodian of the moneys deposited or redeposited under this section. (2) If the amount of the public moneys deposited with and held at the close of business by the public depository exceeds the amount insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation, the excess amount is subject to the pledging requirements described in section 135.18 , 135.181 , or 135.182 of the Revised Code. (3) The full amount of the public moneys redeposited by the public depository into deposit accounts in banks, savings banks, or savings and loan associations, plus any accrued interest, is insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation. (4) On the same date the public moneys are redeposited by the public depository, the public depository may, in its sole discretion, choose whether to receive deposits, in any amount, from other banks, savings banks, or savings and loan associations. (5) The public depository provides to the treasurer of state or the treasurer or governing board of a political subdivision an account statement at least monthly and access to daily reporting that include the amount of its funds deposited and held at each bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association for which the public depository acts as a custodian pursuant to this section. (B) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the public moneys deposited in accordance with this section are not subject to the pledging requirements described in section 135.18 , 135.181 , or 135.182 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.086 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.086
§ 122.086. Job ready site program
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 Senate Bill 24 - 127th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the job ready site program to provide grants to pay for allowable costs of eligible applicants for eligible projects. The program shall be administered by the department of development. All grants shall be awarded through one of the following two processes: (1) The annual competitive process under sections 122.087 to 122.0811 , 122.0814 , and 122.0815 of the Revised Code; (2) The discretionary process under sections 122.0812 to 122.0815 of the Revised Code. (B) The annual competitive process shall be administered by the department of development pursuant to rules adopted by the director of development under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The rules shall not establish criteria that have the effect of excluding applications for grants from any county of the state. (C) The discretionary process shall be administered by the department of development pursuant to guidelines established by the director of development.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.39
§ 125.39. Forfeiture of bond
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly If the contractor fails to furnish printing goods and services according to the terms of the contract, the department of administrative services shall purchase the required printing goods and services on the open market after notifying the contractor in writing of such action, and the cost in excess of the contract shall be collected from the contractor or the posted bond, if a bond was provided.
Ohio Rev. Code § 171.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 171 / § 171.02
§ 171.02. Meetings - organization
Status: in_force

December 2, 1996 House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly Meetings of the Ohio retirement study council shall be called in such manner and at such times as prescribed by rules adopted by the council. A majority of the council constitutes a quorum and no action shall be taken by the council unless approved by at least five voting members. The council shall organize by selecting a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and such other officers as it deems necessary. The council shall adopt rules for the conduct of its business and the election of its officers, and shall establish an office in Columbus. Each member of the council, before entering upon the member's official duties shall take and subscribe to an oath of office, to uphold the constitution and laws of the United States and this state and to perform the duties of the office honestly, faithfully, and impartially. Members of the council shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.26
§ 124.26. Eligibility lists; veteran's preference; expiration of list
Status: in_force

September 28, 2012 House Bill 490, House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly From the returns of examinations for positions in the service of the state, the director of administrative services or the director's designee shall prepare an eligible list of the persons whose general average standing upon examinations for the class or position is not less than the minimum fixed by the rules of the director, and who are otherwise eligible. Those persons shall take rank upon the eligible list as candidates in the order of their relative excellence as determined by the examination without reference to priority of the time of examination. If two or more applicants receive the same mark in an open competitive examination, priority in the time of filing the application with the director or the director's designee shall determine the order in which their names shall be placed on the eligible list, except that applicants eligible for the veteran's or the reserve component member's preference under section 124.23 of the Revised Code shall receive priority in rank on the eligible list over nonveterans and nonmembers of the reserve component on the list with a rating equal to that of the veteran or reserve component member. Ties among veterans or among reserve component members shall be decided by priority of filing the application. A tie between a veteran and a reserve component member shall be decided in favor of the veteran. An eligible list expires upon the filling or closing of the position. An expired eligible list may be used to fill a position of the same classification within the same appointing authority for which the list was created. But, in no event shall an expired list be used more than one year past its expiration date. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 164.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 164 / § 164.051
§ 164.051. Administrator of small government capital improvements commission - powers and duties
Status: in_force

June 28, 2024 House Bill 2 - 135th General Assembly (A) The administrator of the Ohio small government capital improvements commission shall review projects submitted to the administrator by subcommittees of district public works integrating committees in accordance with section 164.06 of the Revised Code. If the administrator determines that a project satisfies the criteria of division (B) of that section, while taking into consideration the special needs of villages and townships, the administrator shall recommend to the Ohio small government capital improvements commission that the project be approved. If the administrator determines that a project should not be approved or that a decision on the project should be delayed, such determinations and an explanation should also be sent to the Ohio small government capital improvements commission for final resolution. (B) With respect to projects which the Ohio small government capital improvements commission approves, the administrator is authorized to: (1) Enter into agreements to provide financial assistance in the form of loans, grants, or local debt support to villages or townships with populations in the unincorporated areas of the township of less than five thousand; (2) Authorize payments to such villages or townships or their contractors for the costs incurred for capital improvement projects which have been approved in accordance with this chapter. All requests for payments shall be submitted to the administrator on forms and in accordance with procedures specified in rules adopted pursuant to division (A)(4) of section 164.05 of the Revised Code. (3) Notify the director of budget and management of all approved projects, and supply all information necessary to track the approved projects through the state accounting system. (4) Do all other acts and enter into contracts and execute all instruments necessary or appropriate to carry out this section. (C) Fees, charges, rates of interest, times of payment of interest and principal, and other terms, conditions, and provisions of and security for financial assistance provided pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be such as the administrator determines to be appropriate. If any payments required by a loan agreement entered into pursuant to this section are not paid, the funds which would otherwise be apportioned to the local subdivision from the county undivided local government fund, pursuant to sections 5747.51 to 5747.53 of the Revised Code, may, at the direction of the Ohio small government capital improvements commission, be reduced by the amount payable. The county treasurer shall, at the direction of the commission, pay the amount of such reductions to the state capital improvements revolving loan fund. Subject to the approval of the Ohio small government capital improvements commission, the administrator may renegotiate a loan repayment schedule with a local subdivision whose payments from the county undivided local government fund could be reduced pursuant to this division, but such a renegotiation may occur only one time with respect to any particular loan agreement. Last updated July 9, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.636 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.636
§ 122.636. Workforce housing project grants
Status: in_force

November 25, 2025 House Bill 434 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Major economic development project" means a project in this state that is reasonably expected to create, retain, and attract jobs or otherwise improve the economic well-being of the area surrounding the project site and that meets either of the following: (a) The project is reasonably expected to create at least seven hundred new permanent jobs. (b) At least seven hundred million dollars in private investments are committed to establish, expand, renovate, or occupy a facility as part of a single project at a designated project site, including investment in new buildings, additions or improvements to existing buildings, machinery, equipment, furniture, fixtures, and inventory. (2) "Major workforce housing project" means a project that reserves at least one hundred units, designed for residential occupancy by at least one hundred individuals or families living independently from each other. (3) "Pro-housing development policy" may include any of the following: (a) Having a process in place to increase the rate at which permits for housing developments are reviewed; (b) Having a pre-approval process in place for an expedited review of permits for a diverse range of housing developers; (c) Subsidizing or decreasing costs related to water or sewer connections and extensions for major workforce housing projects; (d) Acquiring and readying sites that are ready to be financed and built upon by developers; (e) Reducing or eliminating impact, inspection, and plan review fees for housing developers; (f) Adopting a zoning plan that includes promoting higher density, small lot size, and minimum setback requirements; (g) Developing a comprehensive plan that promotes diverse residential development options; (h) Having no or minimal parking requirements for developments that include residential units; (i) Conducting a traffic study, improving water or sewer infrastructure, improving roads, or permitting both rigid and flexible pavement types; (j) Developing partnerships to expand the provision of sewer and water services to new areas; (k) Promoting the use of non-traditional building structures such as modular or manufactured homes. (4) "Residential economic development district" means all parcels of land within a twenty-mile radius of a major economic development project. (B) A county, township, or municipal corporation that is fully or partially located within a residential economic development district may apply for a grant under this section in the form and manner prescribed by the department of development. The county, township, or municipal corporation may submit the application independently or in collaboration with a housing developer, port authority, council of government, regional planning commission, or one or more other counties, townships, or municipal corporations. The application shall, at minimum, include documentation or other evidence that proves, to the satisfaction of the department, that the applicant has done or has imminent plans to do both of the following within the district: (1) Adopt and implement pro-housing development policies; (2) Approve a major workforce housing project. (C)(1) The department shall review applications and award grants under this section on a rolling basis, to the extent that funds are available. (2) The department shall evaluate applications and determine the amount of each grant awarded in accordance with scoring metrics that include all of the following: (a) Density, with more points awarded to projects that have more units per acre, starting at two units per acre; (b) Lot size, with more points awarded to projects that have smaller lot sizes, starting with an average of seven thousand five hundred square feet; (c) Side yard setbacks, with more points awarded to projects that have smaller setback requirements, starting with six feet; (d) Open space requirements, with more points awarded to projects that have lesser open space requirements, starting with twenty-five per cent of gross acreage; (e) Inspection, plan, impact, or water and sewer tap fee reductions, with more points awarded for lower or no fees; (f) Use of rigid and flexible pavement types, with more points awarded for allowing both; (g) Traffic studies and thoroughfare plans, with more points awarded for applicants that seek to use funds for those purposes and have demonstrated success in completing such studies or plans for a major workforce housing project; (h) Sanitary sewer or water extensions, with more points awarded for applicants that seek to use funds for those purposes as related to the major workforce housing project. (3) The department shall give preference to applicants that adopt more pro-housing development policies in terms of both quantity and impact. (D) If a county, township, or municipal corporation is approved for a grant under this section based on imminent plans to adopt and implement pro-housing development policies and approve a major workforce housing project, the department shall confirm that the county, township, or municipal corporation follows through with those plans, as described in the grant application, before disbursing grant funds. A grant recipient shall use the funds only for the following purposes: (1) Providing capital for housing development through grants or loans; (2) Readying sites for development; (3) Providing financial assistance for housing-related infrastructure projects including road improvements and water or sewer connections; (4) Addressing additional service or public safety needs due to increases in population. (E) The director of development shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement and administer this section. The rules shall address application procedures, scoring metrics, grant distribution, and state model zoning plans that include density, lot size, and setback preferences. The director shall finalize and publish the initial application procedures and scoring metrics to the department's web site no later than December 31, 2025. (F) All applications for grants under this section and the scoring metrics used by the department of development in awarding such grants are public records for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (G) The general assembly, in enacting this section, hereby declares its intent to encourage major workforce housing projects in areas of the state that otherwise would not attract such developments and to increase home ownership among Ohioans. Last updated January 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 151.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 151 / § 151.11
§ 151.11. Issuing obligations to pay costs of sites and facilities
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Costs of sites and facilities" includes related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of the direct costs of those projects. "Costs of sites and facilities" includes "allowable costs" as defined in section 122.085 of the Revised Code. (2) "Obligations" means obligations as defined in section 151.01 of the Revised Code issued to pay costs of sites and facilities in Ohio for and in support of industry, commerce, distribution, and research and development purposes as referred to in division (A)(3) of Section 2p of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution. (B) The issuing authority shall issue general obligations of the state to pay costs of sites and facilities pursuant to division (B)(3) of Section 2p of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, section 151.01 of the Revised Code, and this section. The issuing authority shall issue obligations in the amount determined by the issuing authority to be required for those purposes. The total principal amount of obligations issued under this section shall not exceed one hundred fifty million dollars. (C) Net proceeds of obligations shall be deposited into the job ready site development fund created by section 122.0820 of the Revised Code. (D) There is hereby created in the state treasury the job ready site development bond service fund. All moneys received by the state and required by the bond proceedings, consistent with section 151.01 of the Revised Code and this section, to be deposited, transferred, or credited to the bond service fund, and all other moneys transferred or allocated to or received for the purposes of that fund, shall be deposited and credited to the bond service fund, subject to any 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 the time that any obligations are outstanding in accordance with their terms, so long as moneys in the bond service fund are insufficient to pay debt service when due on those obligations payable from that fund, except the principal amounts of bond anticipation notes payable from the proceeds of renewal notes or bonds anticipated, and due in the particular fiscal year, a sufficient amount of revenues of the state is committed and, without necessity for further act of appropriation, shall be paid to the bond service fund for the purpose of paying that debt service when due. All investment earnings on the cash balance in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.37
§ 117.37. Advancement of causes
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly On application of the plaintiff, the court in which an action authorized by this chapter is pending shall advance the cause on the docket.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.014 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.014
§ 145.014. Regional council of governments employees
Status: in_force

September 16, 1998 House Bill 648 - 122nd General Assembly (A) "Employer" or "public employer," as defined in division (D) of section 145.01 of the Revised Code, does not include a regional council created under Chapter 167. of the Revised Code that meets all of the following criteria: (1) Membership in the council consists of political subdivisions of Ohio and at least two other states; (2) The primary purpose of the council is regional transportation planning; (3) The council was not contributing to the public employees retirement system on July 31, 1997. (B) If, prior to the effective date of this section, the public employees retirement system determined that a regional council described in division (A) of this section was not a public employer, the system shall not require the council to submit employer and employee contributions for the time period following the date of the determination. (C) An employee of a regional council described in division (A) of this section shall forever be barred from claiming or purchasing membership rights or service credit under the public employees retirement system for the period of that employee's employment with the regional council.
Ohio Rev. Code § 113.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 113 / § 113.12
§ 113.12. Warrants paid on presentation
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "valid warrant" means a warrant that is not stopped, stale dated for age, voided, canceled, altered, or fictitious. (B) The treasurer of state, on presentation, shall pay all valid warrants drawn on the state treasury by the director of budget and management. On a daily basis, the treasurer of state shall provide to the director electronic records of all warrants the treasurer of state has paid, adjusted, or returned. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 12:31 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.382 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.382
§ 145.382. Employment of certain retirants notwithstanding restrictions
Status: in_force

July 29, 1992 Senate Bill 346 - 119th General Assembly (A) A former member receiving an age and service retirement allowance from the public employees retirement system, and hereafter referred to as a retirant, may be employed, notwithstanding sections 145.38 and 145.46 of the Revised Code, if his later employment has been in a position described in any of the following categories: (1) A position authorized by section 101.31 , 121.03 , or 121.04 of the Revised Code; (2) A position to which appointment is made by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate; (3) The head of a division of a state department. A retirant employed in such a category is entitled to a retirement allowance based on his total contributions and service credit accrued during all service as a public employee. (B) Upon his later retirement, the retirant may elect to receive retirement benefits based upon his original service and his service after re-entering public service by selecting any of the optional benefit plans specified in section 145.46 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 146.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 146 / § 146.08
§ 146.08. Failure to pay premium
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly If the premium is not paid as provided in division (A) of section 146.07 of the Revised Code, the state fire marshal shall certify such failure as an assessment against the member of the fund to the auditor of the county within which the member is located. The county auditor shall then withhold the amount of such assessment, together with interest at the rate of six per cent from the due date of the premium, from the next ensuing tax settlement due the members and pay the amount to the treasurer of state to the credit of the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund. In the event the secretary of the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board fails to forward a certificate of statement of the current assessed property valuation as provided in section 146.05 of the Revised Code, the state fire marshal shall use division (A)(5) of section 146.07 of the Revised Code as a basis for such assessment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.43
§ 117.43. Rules for requirements for accounting and financial reporting for public offices other than state agencies
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly (A) The auditor of state may prescribe by rule, requirements for accounting and financial reporting for public offices other than state agencies. Rules adopted pursuant to this section may refer to publications of government agencies or private organizations recommending systems or standards to be followed in governmental accounting and financial reporting. (B) Except as otherwise provided in section 126.22 of the Revised Code or as otherwise provided by law, no state agency shall enter into a contract for auditing or accounting services without the approval of the auditor of state except with funds derived from nonpublic sources. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the legislative branch of government.
Ohio Rev. Code § 169.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 169 / § 169.03
§ 169.03. Report of unclaimed funds
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 Senate Bill 276 - 133rd General Assembly (A)(1) Every holder of unclaimed funds and, when requested, every person that could be the holder of unclaimed funds, under this chapter shall report to the director of commerce with respect to the unclaimed funds as provided in this section. The report shall be verified. (2) With respect to items of unclaimed funds each having a value of fifty dollars or more, the report required under division (A)(1) of this section shall include the following: (a) The full name, if known, and last known address, if any, of each person appearing from the records of the holder to be the owner of unclaimed funds under this chapter; (b) In the case of unclaimed funds reported by holders providing life insurance coverage, the full name of the insured or annuitant and beneficiary, if any, and their last known addresses according to the holder's records; (c) The nature and identifying number, if any, or description of the funds and the amount appearing from the records to be due; (d) The date when the funds became payable, demandable, or returnable and the date of the last transaction with the owner with respect to the funds; (e) Subject to division (J) of this section, the social security number of the owner of the unclaimed funds, if it is available; (f) If the item of unclaimed funds has a value of one thousand dollars or more and the holder has verified that the last known address as shown by the records of the holder is not accurate as provided in division (E) of this section, a statement that efforts were undertaken by the holder to verify that the address is not accurate. Any verifying documentation shall be maintained by the holder for five years from the date of the report and shall be available upon request to the director or the director's designee. (g) Other information that the director prescribes as necessary for the administration of this chapter. (3) With respect to items of unclaimed funds each having a value of less than fifty dollars, the report required under division (A)(1) of this section shall include the following: (a) Each category of items of unclaimed funds as described in section 169.02 of the Revised Code; (b) The number of items of unclaimed funds within each category; (c) The aggregated value of the items of unclaimed funds within each category. (B) If the holder of unclaimed funds is holding attorney unclaimed funds or residual settlement funds, the holder shall transmit, upon the division's request, a duplicate copy of the report required by division (A) of this section to the Ohio access to justice foundation, established pursuant to section 120.521 of the Revised Code. (C) If the holder of unclaimed funds is a successor to other organizations that previously held the funds for the owner, or if the holder has changed its name while holding the funds, it shall file with the report all prior known names and addresses and date and state of incorporation or formation of each holder of the funds. (D) The report shall be filed before the first day of November of each year as of the preceding thirtieth day of June, but the report of holders providing life insurance coverage shall be filed before the first day of May of each year as of the preceding thirty-first day of December. The director may postpone, for good cause shown, the reporting date upon written request by any holder required to file a report. (E) The holder of unclaimed funds under this chapter shall send notice to each owner of each item of unclaimed funds having a value of fifty dollars or more at the last known address of the owner as shown by the records of the holder before filing the annual report. In case of holders providing life insurance coverage, this notice shall also be mailed to each beneficiary at the last known address of the beneficiary as shown by the records of the holder, except that the notice to beneficiaries shall not be mailed if that address is the same as that of the insured and the surname of the beneficiary is the same as that of the insured. The holder shall not report an item of unclaimed funds earlier than the thirtieth day after the mailing of notice required by this division. The notice required by this division shall set forth the nature and identifying number, if any, or description of the funds and the amount appearing on the records of the holder to be due the owner or beneficiary, and shall inform the owner or beneficiary that the funds will, thirty days after the mailing of the notice, be reported as unclaimed funds under this chapter. A self-addressed, stamped envelope shall be included with the notice, with instructions that the owner or beneficiary may use the envelope to inform the holder of the owner's or beneficiary's continued interest in the funds, and, if so informed before the date for making the report to the director, the holder shall not report the funds to the director. The notice shall be mailed by first class mail if the item of unclaimed funds has a value of fifty dollars or more but less than one thousand dollars and by certified mail, return receipt requested, if the item of unclaimed funds has a value of one thousand dollars or more, unless the holder has verified that the last known address of the owner or beneficiary as shown by the records of the holder is not accurate. For purposes of this section, a holder has verified that the last known address of the owner or beneficiary is not accurate by documenting at least two of the following: (1) The owner or beneficiary failed to respond to a first class mail notice sent to the last known address of the owner or beneficiary. (2) A first class mail notice sent by the holder to the last known address of the owner or beneficiary was returned as undeliverable. (3) An electronic or manual search of available public records failed to confirm that the last known address of the owner or beneficiary is accurate. The holder shall maintain documentation of its search efforts. If a search of public records or databases identifies a more recent address for the owner or beneficiary than the address in the holder's records, the holder shall send notice to the owner or beneficiary at that more recent address in accordance with this section. A holder that sends a notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, may charge the item of unclaimed funds up to twenty dollars for providing that notice. If there is no address of record for the owner or beneficiary, the holder is relieved of any responsibility of sending notice, attempting to notify, or notifying the owner or beneficiary. The mailing of notice pursuant to this section shall discharge the holder from any further responsibility to give notice. (F) Verification of the report and of the mailing of notice, where required, shall be executed by an officer of the reporting holder. (G)(1) The director may, at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice, examine or cause to be examined, by auditors of supervisory departments or divisions of the state, the records of any holder to determine compliance with this chapter. (2) Holders shall retain records, designated by the director as applicable to unclaimed funds, for five years beyond the relevant time period provided in section 169.02 of the Revised Code, or until completion of an audit conducted pursuant to division (G) of this section, whichever occurs first. An audit conducted pursuant to division (G) of this section shall not require a holder to make records available for a period of time exceeding the records retention period set forth in division (G) of this section, except for records pertaining to instruments evidencing ownership, or rights to them or funds paid toward the purchase of them, or any dividend, capital credit, profit, distribution, interest, or payment on principal or other sum, held or owed by a holder, including funds deposited with a fiscal agent or fiduciary for payment of them, or pertaining to debt of a publicly traded corporation. Any holder that is audited pursuant to division (G) of this section shall only be required to make available those records that are relevant to an unclaimed funds audit of that holder as prescribed by the director. (3) The director may enter into contracts, pursuant to procedures prescribed by the director, with persons for the sole purpose of examining the records of holders, determining compliance with this chapter, and collecting, taking possession of, and remitting to the department's division of unclaimed funds, in a timely manner, the amounts found and defined as unclaimed. The director shall not enter into such a contract with a person unless the person does all of the following: (a) Agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the records examined, as required under division (G)(4) of this section; (b) Agrees to conduct the audit in accordance with rules adopted under section 169.09 of the Revised Code; (c) Obtains a corporate surety bond issued by a bonding company or insurance company authorized to do business in this state. The bond shall be in favor of the director and in the penal sum determined by the director. The bond shall be for the benefit of any holder of unclaimed funds that is audited by the principal and is injured by the principal's failure to comply with division (G)(3)(a) or (b) of this section. (4) Records audited pursuant to division (G) of this section are confidential, and shall not be disclosed except as required by section 169.06 of the Revised Code or as the director considers necessary in the proper administration of this chapter. (5) If a person with whom the director has entered into a contract pursuant to division (G)(3) of this section intends to conduct, in conjunction with an unclaimed funds audit under this section, an unclaimed funds audit for the purpose of administering another state's unclaimed or abandoned property laws, the person, prior to commencing the audit, shall provide written notice to the director of the person's intent to conduct such an audit, along with documentation evidencing the person's express authorization from the other state to conduct the audit on behalf of that state. (6) Prior to the commencement of an audit conducted pursuant to division (G) of this section, the director shall notify the holder of unclaimed funds of the director's intent to audit the holder's records. If the audit will be conducted in conjunction with an audit for one or more other states, the director shall provide the holder with the name or names of those states. (7) Any holder of unclaimed funds may appeal the findings of an audit conducted pursuant to division (G) of this section to the director. Pursuant to the authority granted by section 169.09 of the Revised Code, the director shall adopt rules establishing procedures for considering such an appeal. (H) All holders shall make sufficient investigation of their records to ensure that the funds reported to the director are unclaimed as set forth in division (B) of section 169.01 and section 169.02 of the Revised Code. (I) The expiration of any period of limitations on or after March 1, 1968, within which a person entitled to any moneys, rights to moneys, or intangible property could have commenced an action or proceeding to obtain these items shall not prevent these items from becoming unclaimed funds or relieve the holder of them of any duty to report and give notice as provided in this section and deliver them in the manner provided in section 169.05 of the Revised Code, provided that the holder may comply with this section and section 169.05 of the Revised Code with respect to any moneys, rights to moneys, or intangible property as to which the applicable statute of limitations has run prior to March 1, 1968, and in that event the holder shall be entitled to the protective provisions of section 169.07 of the Revised Code. (J) No social security number contained in a report made pursuant to this section shall be used by the department of commerce for any purpose other than to enable the division of unclaimed funds to carry out the purposes of this chapter and for child support purposes in response to a request made by the office of child support in the department of job and family services made pursuant to section 3123.88 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.21
§ 122.21. Urban and rural initiative grant program definitions
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly In administering the urban and rural initiative grant program created under section 122.20 of the Revised Code, the director of development shall do all of the following: (A) Designate, within three months after the publication of each decennial census by the United States census bureau, the entities that constitute the eligible areas in this state; (B) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing procedures and forms by which eligible applicants in eligible areas may apply for a grant, which procedures shall include a requirement that the applicant file a redevelopment plan; standards and procedures for reviewing applications and awarding grants; procedures for distributing grants to recipients; procedures for monitoring the use of grants by recipients; requirements, procedures, and forms by which recipients who have received grants shall report their use of that assistance; and standards and procedures for terminating and requiring repayment of grants in the event of their improper use. The rules adopted under this division shall comply with sections 122.19 to 122.22 of the Revised Code and shall include a rule requiring that an eligible applicant who receives a grant from the program provide a matching contribution of at least twenty-five per cent of the amount of the grant awarded to the eligible applicant. The rules shall require that any eligible applicant for a grant for land acquisition demonstrate to the director that the property to be acquired meets all state environmental requirements and that utilities for that property are available and adequate. The rules shall require that any eligible applicant for a grant for property eligible for the voluntary action program created under Chapter 3746. of the Revised Code receive disbursement of grant moneys only after receiving a covenant not to sue from the director of environmental protection under section 3746.12 of the Revised Code and shall require that those moneys be disbursed only as reimbursement of actual expenses incurred in the undertaking of the voluntary action. The rules shall require that whenever any money is granted for land acquisition, infrastructure improvements, or renovation of existing structures in order to develop an industrial park site for a distressed area, labor surplus area, or situational distress area as defined in section 122.19 of the Revised Code that also is a distressed area, labor surplus area, or situational distress area as defined in section 122.23 of the Revised Code, a substantial portion of the site be used for manufacturing, distribution, high technology, research and development, or other businesses in which a majority of the product or service produced is exported out of the state. Any retail use at the site shall not constitute a primary use but only a use incidental to other eligible uses. The rules shall require that whenever any money is granted for land acquisition, infrastructure improvements, and renovation of existing structures in order to develop an industrial park site for a distressed area, labor surplus area, or situational distress area as defined in section 122.19 of the Revised Code that also is a distressed area, labor surplus area, or situational distress area as defined in section 122.23 of the Revised Code, the applicant for the grant shall verify to the department of development the existence of a local economic development planning committee in a municipal corporation, county, or township whose territory includes the eligible area. The committee shall consist of members of the public and private sectors who live in that municipal corporation, county, or township. The local economic development planning committee shall prepare and submit to the department a five-year economic development plan for that municipal corporation, county, or township that identifies, for the five-year period covered by the plan, the economic development strategies of a municipal corporation, county, or township whose territory includes the proposed industrial park site. The economic development plan shall describe in detail how the proposed industrial park would complement other current or planned economic development programs for that municipal corporation, county, or township, including, but not limited to, workforce development initiatives, business retention and expansion efforts, small business development programs, and technology modernization programs. (C) Report to the governor, president of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, and minority leaders of the senate and the house of representatives by the first day of August of each year on the activities carried out under the program during the preceding calendar year. The report shall include the total number of grants made that year, and, for each individual grant awarded, the following: the amount and recipient, the eligible applicant, the purpose for awarding the grant, the number of firms or businesses operating at the awarded site, the number of employees employed by each firm or business, any excess capacity at an industrial park site, and any additional information the director declares to be relevant. (D) Inform local governments and others in the state of the availability of grants under section 122.20 of the Revised Code; (E) Annually compile, pursuant to rules adopted by the director of development in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, using pertinent information submitted by any municipal corporation, county, or township, a list of industrial parks located in the state. The list shall include the following information, expressed if possible in terms specified in the director's rules adopted under this division: location of each industrial park site, total acreage of each park site, total occupancy of each park site, total capacity for new business at each park site, total capacity of each park site for sewer, water, and electricity, a contact person for each park site, and any additional information the director declares to be relevant. Once the list is compiled, the director shall make it available to the governor, president of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, and minority leaders of the senate and the house of representatives. Last updated September 19, 2023 at 1:19 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 181.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 181 / § 181.24
§ 181.24. Comprehensive criminal sentencing structure
Status: in_force

March 23, 2000 Senate Bill 107 - 123rd General Assembly (A) No later than July 1, 1993, the state criminal sentencing commission shall recommend to the general assembly a comprehensive criminal sentencing structure for the state that is consistent with the sentencing policy developed pursuant to division (B) of section 181.23 of the Revised Code and the conclusions of the study conducted pursuant to division (A) of that section. The sentencing structure shall be designed to enhance public safety, to assist in the management of prison overcrowding and correctional resources, to simplify the sentencing structure of the state that is in existence on August 22, 1990, and to result in a new sentencing structure that is readily understandable by the citizens of the state, to simplify the criminal code of the state, to assure proportionality, uniformity, and other fairness in criminal sentencing, and to provide increased certainty in criminal sentencing. (B) The comprehensive criminal sentencing structure recommended by the commission shall provide for all of the following: (1) Proportionate sentences, with increased penalties for offenses based upon the seriousness of the offense and the criminal history of the offender; (2) Procedures for ensuring that the penalty imposed for a criminal offense upon similar offenders is uniform in all jurisdictions in the state; (3) Retention of reasonable judicial discretion within established limits that are consistent with the goals of the overall criminal sentencing structure; (4) Procedures for matching criminal penalties with the available correctional facilities, programs, and services; (5) A structure and procedures that control the use and duration of a full range of sentencing options that is consistent with public safety, including, but not limited to, long terms of imprisonment, probation, fines, and other sanctions that do not involve incarceration; (6) Appropriate reasons for judicial discretion in departing from the general sentencing structure. (C) The commission shall project the impact of all aspects of the comprehensive criminal sentencing structure upon the capacities of existing correctional facilities. It also shall project the effect of parole release patterns and patterns of release from regional and local jails, workhouses, and other correctional facilities upon the sentencing structure. Additionally, the commission shall determine whether any additional correctional facilities are necessary to implement the sentencing structure. (D) The commission shall determine whether any special appellate procedures are necessary for reviewing departures from, or the misapplication of, the general sentencing structure recommended pursuant to this section. (E) The commission shall submit a draft version of the comprehensive criminal sentencing structure to selected judges, prosecuting attorneys, defense attorneys, law enforcement officials, correctional officials, bar associations, and other persons with experience or expertise in criminal sentencing and solicit their comments on the draft.
Ohio Rev. Code § 105.96 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 105 / § 105.96
§ 105.96. Employees
Status: in_force

September 20, 1965 House Bill 269 - 106th General Assembly The Ohio judicial conference may employ personnel and such research assistants as may be required to carry out the purposes of the conference. Their compensation and necessary expenses shall be paid from the state treasury out of funds appropriated therefor. All disbursements shall be by voucher approved by the chairman of the conference.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.12
§ 145.12. Certifying rate necessary to pay employer contributions
Status: in_force

September 21, 2000 House Bill 628 - 123rd General Assembly The public employees retirement board shall prepare and submit to the board of county commissioners and county auditor of each county, to the executive head of each municipal corporation, park district, conservancy district, health district, and metropolitan housing authority, to the board of township trustees of each township, and to the board of trustees of each public library, and to each employer, except the state of Ohio, mentioned in division (D) of section 145.01 of the Revised Code, prior to the fifteenth day of July of each year, a certification of the rate necessary to pay the obligation of each county, municipal corporation, park district, conservancy district, health district, township, metropolitan housing authority, or public library accruing during the year beginning the first day of January of the following year, and shall submit to the budget commission of each county a copy of such statement for said county and for each municipal corporation, township, and public library within such county. The rate so certified to each county, township, public library, and municipal corporation shall be a percentage of the earnable salary of all contributors in the employ of such employer, and an amount determined by multiplying the total annual earnable salary of all such contributors employed by the employer by such rate and the amount so determined shall be included in its budget and allowed by the budget commission. The board of county commissioners of each county, the legislative authority of each municipal corporation, the board of commissioners of any park district, the board of directors of any conservancy district, the members of any metropolitan housing authority, the fiscal officers of any health district, the board of township trustees of each township, and the board of trustees of each public library shall appropriate sufficient funds to provide for such obligations. The board of county commissioners of each county, the legislative authority of each municipal corporation, the board of commissioners of any park district, the board of directors of any conservancy district, the members of any metropolitan housing authority, the fiscal officers of any health district, the board of township trustees of each township, and the board of trustees of each public library may reimburse the fund from which such appropriation is made by transferring to such fund from any other fund of such subdivision the proportionate amount of such appropriation that should be chargeable to such fund whether such fund is derived from taxation or otherwise. Such payment may be made directly out of any funds, whether derived from taxation or otherwise, from which the salaries or compensation of public employees, on account of whom such payments are to be made, are payable. Upon certification by the public employees retirement board of the amount due by an employer within any county who is subject to this chapter, such payment shall be made from any fund or funds in the hands of the county auditor for distribution to such employer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.37
§ 153.37. Approval of plans for county home
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 497 - 135th General Assembly If the plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, and specifications of work and estimates of the cost thereof relate to the building, addition to, or alteration of a county home, they shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners. If approved by a majority of the board, a copy thereof shall be deposited in the office of the board of county commissioners and kept for the inspection and use of parties interested. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 191.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 191 / § 191.01
§ 191.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in sections 191.01 to 191.45 of the Revised Code: (A) "Affiliate" means a person or entity under common ownership or control with, or a participant in a joint venture, partnership, consortium, or similar business arrangement with, another person or entity pertaining to the provision of broadband service. (B) "Broadband expansion program authority" means the entity created under section 122.403 of the Revised Code. (C) "Broadband infrastructure" means facilities that are used, in whole or in part, to provide qualifying broadband service access to residences and businesses. (D) "Mid-span pole installation" means the installation of, and attachment of broadband infrastructure to, a new utility pole that is installed between or adjacent to one or more existing utility poles or replaced utility poles to which poles broadband infrastructure is attached. (E) "Pole owner" means any person or entity that owns or controls a utility pole. (F) "Pole replacement" means the removal of an existing utility pole and replacement of that pole with a new utility pole to which a provider attaches broadband infrastructure. (G) "Provider" means an entity, including a pole owner or affiliate, that provides qualifying broadband service. (H) "Qualifying broadband service" means a retail wireline broadband service that is capable of delivering symmetrical internet access at download and upload speeds of at least one hundred megabits per second with a latency level sufficient to permit real-time, interactive applications. (I) "Undergrounding" means the placement of broadband infrastructure underground, including by directly burying the infrastructure or through the underground placement of new ducts or conduits and installation of the infrastructure in them. (J) "Unserved area" means an area in the state that is without access to fixed, terrestrial broadband service capable of delivering internet access at download speeds of at least twenty-five megabits per second and upload speeds of at least three megabits per second. (K) "Utility pole" means any pole used, in whole or in part, for any wired communications or electric distribution, irrespective of who owns or operates such pole. Last updated August 29, 2023 at 4:21 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.58
§ 147.58. Uniform recognition of acknowledgments act
Status: in_force

January 1, 1974 House Bill 47 - 110th General Assembly Sections 147.51 to 147.58 of the Revised Code may be cited as the "Uniform Recognition of Acknowledgments Act."
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.523 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.523
§ 101.523. Participating in public printing services provided by department of administrative services
Status: in_force

March 9, 1999 House Bill 649 - 122nd General Assembly If the clerk of the senate or the clerk of the house of representatives prints a document or class of documents by participating in the public printing services provided by the department of administrative services, the clerk shall negotiate and agree with the director of administrative services with respect to the printing services the department is to provide to the clerk. Terms of participation, except as may be limited by the law governing the department's public printing services, are the same as those to be included in a contract with a private printer. The clerk and the director shall memorialize their agreement in a memorandum.
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.591 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.591
§ 147.591. Electronic documents
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "electronic document," "electronic seal," "electronic signature," and "online notarization" have the same meanings as in section 147.60 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) An electronic document that is signed in the physical presence of the notary public with an electronic signature and notarized with an electronic seal shall be considered an original document. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, a digital copy of a document executed electronically by the parties and acknowledged or sworn before a notary acting pursuant to this section shall be accepted by county auditors, clerks of courts of record, deputy registrars, engineers, and recorders for purposes of approval, transfer, and recording to the same extent as any other document that is submitted by an electronic recording method and shall not be rejected solely by reason of containing electronic signatures or an electronic notarization, including an online notarization. (3) A county auditor, clerk of a court of record, deputy registrar, engineer, and recorder shall accept a printed document that was executed electronically for purposes of approval, transfer, and recording if that document contains an attached authenticator certificate in the following, or a substantially similar, format: "AUTHENTICATOR CERTIFICATE I certify and warrant that the foregoing and annexed paper document being presented for record, to which this certification is attached, represents a true, exact, complete, and unaltered copy of the original electronic document. The county offices of the auditor, treasurer, recorder, and others necessary to effectuate the transfer and recording of the instrument shall be entitled to rely on such certification and warranty for all purposes. ________________________[signature of authenticator] ________________________[printed name of authenticator] ________________________[street address of authenticator] ________________________[city, state, zip code of - authenticator] ________________________[telephone number of - authenticator] State of ____________________ ) ):ss County of ___________________ ) The foregoing authenticator certificate was subscribed and sworn to in my presence by _________________________ [printed name of authenticator] on this ____ day of ________, 20___ _______________________ Notary Public" (C) An authenticator certificate may not be signed or notarized with an electronic signature or electronic seal, either in person or through the use of an online notarization system. (D) Any notary public may obtain an electronic seal and an electronic signature for the purposes of notarizing documents under this section. (E) A notary public shall comply with the provisions of section 147.66 of the Revised Code pertaining to the electronic seal and electronic signature. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.018 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.018
§ 145.018. Conditions for full year of credit
Status: in_force

March 22, 2019 House Bill 572 - 132nd General Assembly Notwithstanding section 145.016 of the Revised Code, the public employees retirement board shall grant a full year of service credit to a member of the retirement system if all of the following conditions are met: (A) The member is employed by a county board of developmental disabilities. (B) The member's employment is in a position that would be covered by Chapter 3309. of the Revised Code if the member was employed by a public employer as defined in section 3309.01 of the Revised Code. (C) The member performs full-time services in the position for at least nine months of the year and is paid earnable salary in each month of that year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 154.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 154 / § 154.08
§ 154.08. Bond proceedings
Status: in_force

June 15, 2004 House Bill 168 - 125th General Assembly (A) Obligations issued under this chapter shall be authorized by order or resolution of the issuing authority, and the bond proceedings shall provide for the purpose thereof, the principal amount, the permitted discount, if any, the principal maturity or maturities, not exceeding forty years from the date of issuance, the interest rate or rates, which may be a variable rate or rates, or the maximum interest rate, the date of the obligations and the dates of payment of interest thereon, their denomination, the manner of sale for purposes of division (D) of this section, and the establishment within or without the state of a place or places of payment of principal of and interest on obligations. The purpose of obligations may be stated in the bond proceedings in terms describing the general purpose to be served by the capital facilities to be financed by such obligations. The bond proceedings shall also 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 applicable revenues or receipts which may be pledged to the payment of bond service charges on obligations issued for such purpose as authorized by Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, and a pledge of the applicable bond service fund and other special funds to the payment of the bond service charges on such obligations, 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 by the authority, if and to the extent provided in the bond proceedings. The revenues, receipts, bond service fund, and other special funds so pledged and thereafter received by the issuing authority are immediately subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge is valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind against the authority, 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 revenues, receipts, bond service funds, and the 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 Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, and to any trustee therefor, for the further securing of the payment of the bond service charges and all or any rights under any agreement or lease made under this section may be assigned for such purpose. (B) 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) The acquisition, construction, reconstruction, equipment, furnishing, improvement, operation, alteration, enlargement, maintenance, insurance, and repair of capital facilities, sites therefor, and the duties of the commission with reference thereto; (3) Other terms of the obligations; (4) Limitations on the purposes to which the proceeds of the obligations may be applied; (5) The rentals for the use of the capital facilities, including limitations upon the power of the commission to modify such rentals; (6) The use and expenditure of the revenues of the issuing authority in such manner and to such extent as the authority determines, which may include provision for the payment of the expenses of the operation and administration of the authority relating to obligations so that those expenses, or part of them, shall be paid or provided as a charge prior or subsequent to the payment of bond service charges and any other payments required to be made by the bond proceedings; (7) Limitations on the issuance of additional obligations; (8) The terms of any trust agreement or indenture securing the obligations or under which the obligations may be issued; (9) The deposit, investment and application of special funds, and the safeguarding of funds on hand or on deposit without regard to Chapter 131. or 135. of the Revised Code, but subject to special provisions of Chapter 154. of the Revised Code with respect to particular funds; and any bank or trust company which acts as depository of any moneys of the commission or authority may furnish such indemnifying bonds or may pledge such securities as required by the commission or authority; (10) That any or every provision of the bond proceedings is 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; (11) Any provision which may be made in a trust agreement or indenture; (12) Credit enhancement facilities, the cost of which may be included in the costs of issuance of the obligations, and the pledge, holding, and disposition of the proceeds thereof; (13) Any other or additional agreements with the holders of the obligations, or the trustee therefor, with respect to the operation of the issuing authority with respect to obligations and related funds, and revenues, and insurance thereof, and of the commission and its members or officers. (C) The obligations may have the great seal of the state or a facsimile thereof affixed thereto or printed thereon and shall be executed by the treasurer of state or such other executive officers of the state as are designated in the bond proceedings, provided that, consistent with section 9.96 of the Revised Code, all but one of such signatures on obligations, whenever issued, may be facsimile signatures. Any coupons pertaining to obligations shall bear the facsimile signature of the individual officer or officers as is designated in the bond proceedings. Any obligations or coupons may be executed by an individual who, on the date of execution, is the proper officer although on the date of such bonds or coupons such person was not the proper officer. In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appears on any such obligation or coupon ceases to be such officer before delivery thereof, such signature or facsimile is nevertheless valid and sufficient for all purposes as if the officer had remained such officer until such delivery; and in case the great seal of the state 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. 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. (D) Obligations may be sold at public sale or at private sale, in such manner, and at such price, as determined by and provided by the issuing authority in the bond proceedings. Notice of sale of obligations to be sold at public sale shall be published once, before the date of sale, in one or more financial journals or via appropriate electronic media. Each published notice shall state or provide for, or provide for the manner of determining: the day, hour, and place of the sale and manner and method of bidding; the total principal amount, the permitted discount, if any, and date of the obligations to be sold; and the dates of payment of principal and interest; whether or not they are or may be callable; and information relative to the denominations, and amounts of principal maturities, together with such other information as the issuing authority may determine or authorize, including without limitation thereto, the method, including that of discounting present value, of determining the lowest interest cost or lowest combination of interest rates, limitations on interest rates, and any other conditions and terms of the sale or bidding. The issuing authority may reject all bids and readvertise and reoffer obligations for sale. (E) Pending preparation of definitive obligations, the issuing authority may issue interim receipts or certificates which shall be exchanged for such definitive obligations. (F) In connection with the issuance of obligations pursuant to this chapter, the issuing authority may: (1) Contract for the services of financial consultants, accounting experts, and other consultants and independent contractors, as are necessary in that authority's judgment to carry out the authority's functions and responsibilities under this chapter; (2) Enter into contracts and execute all instruments necessary or incidental to the performance of the authority's duties and the execution of the authority's powers and do all other acts necessary or proper to the fulfillment of the authority's purposes and to carry out the powers expressly granted in this chapter. (G) The issuing authority shall have responsibility for keeping records, making reports, and making payments related to arbitrage compliance and rebate requirements under the bond proceedings for obligations issued pursuant to this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 171.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 171 / § 171.01
§ 171.01. Ohio retirement study council
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly As used in this chapter, "state retirement systems" means the public employees retirement system, Ohio police and fire pension fund, state teachers retirement system, school employees retirement system, and state highway patrol retirement system. There is hereby created the Ohio retirement study council. Members of the council shall be appointed as follows: (A) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate, not more than two of whom may be members of the same political party; (B) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, not more than two of whom may be members of the same political party; (C) Three members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party, one of whom shall represent the state and its employees; one of whom shall represent nonstate governments and their employees; and one of whom shall represent educational employers and their employees. Of these three members, at least one shall be a person with investment expertise. Terms of the existing members appointed by the governor shall not be affected. Terms of office of members appointed by the governor shall be for three years, commencing on the first day of July and ending on the thirtieth day of June. Each member appointed by the governor shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the appointment was made. Any member appointed by the governor to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of such term. Each member appointed by the governor shall continue in office until the member's successor is appointed and qualified, notwithstanding the expiration of the member's term of office. (D) Five ex officio members as follows: the executive director of the public employees retirement system, the executive director of the state teachers retirement system, the executive director of the school employees retirement system, the executive secretary of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, and the secretary of the state highway patrol retirement board, who shall be nonvoting members. A vacancy on the council shall be filled by the person qualified to make the original appointment for the unexpired term, in the same manner as the original appointment. The members of the council who are appointed from the membership of the senate and the house of representatives shall serve during their terms as members of the general assembly and until their successors are appointed and qualified, notwithstanding the adjournment of the general assembly of which they are members or the expiration of their terms as members of such general assembly.
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.66 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.66
§ 147.66. Steps to ensure security
Status: in_force

September 20, 2019 Senate Bill 263 - 132nd General Assembly (A) An online notary public shall take reasonable steps to ensure that any device or software used to create an official electronic signature is current and has not been recalled or declared vulnerable by the device or software's manufacturer, seller, or developer. (B)(1) An online notary public shall do both of the following: (a) Except as provided in division (D)(5)(b) of section 147.65 of the Revised Code, keep the online notary public's electronic journal, official electronic signature, and electronic seal secure and under the online notary public's exclusive control; (b) Use the online notary public's official electronic signature and electronic seal only for performing online notarizations or notarizations pursuant to section 147.591 of the Revised Code. (2) An online notary public shall not allow another person to use the online notary public's electronic journal, official electronic signature, or electronic seal. (C)(1) A third party keeping and storing electronic journals for online notaries public pursuant to division (D)(5)(b) of section 147.65 of the Revised Code shall immediately, upon discovery, notify the secretary of state, an appropriate law enforcement agency, and any affected online notaries public of the unauthorized access, modification, transfer, duplication, or use of any electronic journals in the third party's possession or control. (2) If notice has not already been given pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section, a third party keeping and storing electronic journals for online notaries public pursuant to division (D)(5)(b) of section 147.65 of the Revised Code shall immediately, upon discovery, notify the secretary of state and any affected online notaries public of the loss of any electronic journals in the third party's possession or control. (3) If notice has not already been given pursuant to division (C)(1) or (2) of this section, an online notary public shall immediately, upon discovery, notify an appropriate law enforcement agency and the secretary of state of the unauthorized access, modification, transfer, duplication, or use of the online notary public's electronic journal, official electronic signature, or electronic seal. (4) If notice has not already been given pursuant to division (C)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, an online notary public shall immediately notify the secretary of state of the loss of the online notary public's electronic journal, official electronic signature, or electronic seal. (D) An online notary public shall attach the online notary public's electronic signature and electronic seal to the notarial certificate of an electronic document in a manner that is capable of independent verification and renders any subsequent change or modification to the electronic document evident. (E)(1)(a) Upon resignation, revocation, or expiration without renewal of an online notary public commission, the online notary public shall transmit the electronic journal to the secretary of state or to a repository approved by the secretary of state. This requirement does not apply to electronic journals that, as of the date of the resignation or expiration, were no longer kept in accordance with division (F) of section 147.65 of the Revised Code. If the electronic journal is transmitted to a repository, the online notary public shall inform the secretary of state where the journal is located during this period. (b) Upon death or adjudicated incompetence of a current or former notary public, the executor or administrator of the online notary public's estate, the notary's guardian, or any other person knowingly in possession of the online notary public's electronic journal, shall transmit the journal to the secretary of state or to a repository approved by the secretary of state. (2) The online notary public, the notary's personal representative or guardian, or the administrator or the executor of the notary's estate shall provide access instructions to the secretary of state for any electronic journal maintained or stored by the online notary public, upon commission resignation, revocation, or expiration without renewal, or upon the death or adjudicated incompetence of the online notary public, if that person is in possession of such instructions. (3) The secretary of state or repository receiving a journal transmitted under division (E)(1) of this section shall maintain the journal for a period of ten years.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.073 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.073
§ 125.073. Electronic procurement
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The department of administrative services shall actively promote and accelerate the use of electronic procurement, including reverse auctions as defined by section 125.072 of the Revised Code, when exercising its statutory powers. Beginning July 1, 2004, the department shall annually on or before the first day of July report to the committees in each house of the general assembly dealing with finance indicating the effectiveness of electronic procurement. Last updated September 28, 2023 at 4:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 102.022 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 102 / § 102.022
§ 102.022. Certain financial information substituted in statements of local officials and college and university trustees
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly Each person who is an officer or employee of a political subdivision, who receives compensation of less than sixteen thousand dollars a year for holding an office or position of employment with that political subdivision, and who is required to file a statement under section 102.02 of the Revised Code; each member of the board of trustees of a state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code who is required to file a statement under section 102.02 of the Revised Code; and each individual set forth in division (B)(2) of section 187.03 of the Revised Code who is required to file a statement under section 102.02 of the Revised Code, shall include in that statement, in place of the information required by divisions (A)(2)(b), (g), (h), and (i) of that section, the following information: (A) Exclusive of reasonable expenses, identification of every source of income over five hundred dollars received during the preceding calendar year, in the officer's or employee's own name or by any other person for the officer's or employee's use or benefit, by the person filing the statement, and a brief description of the nature of the services for which the income was received. This division shall not be construed to require the disclosure of clients of attorneys or persons licensed under section 4732.12 of the Revised Code or patients of persons licensed under section 4731.14 of the Revised Code. This division shall not be construed to require a person filing the statement who derives income from a business or profession to disclose the individual items of income that constitute the gross income of the business or profession. (B) The source of each gift of over five hundred dollars received by the person in the officer's or employee's own name or by any other person for the officer's or employee's use or benefit during the preceding calendar year, except gifts received by will or by virtue of section 2105.06 of the Revised Code, received from parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, siblings, nephews, nieces, uncles, aunts, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, fathers-in-law, mothers-in-law, or any person to whom the person filing the statement stands in loco parentis, or received by way of distribution from any inter vivos or testamentary trust established by a spouse or by an ancestor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.11
§ 125.11. Contract award
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, contracts awarded pursuant to a reverse auction under section 125.072 of the Revised Code or pursuant to competitive sealed bidding, including contracts awarded under section 125.081 of the Revised Code, shall be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder in accordance with section 9.312 of the Revised Code, and contracts awarded pursuant to a competitive sealed proposal shall be awarded to the offeror determined to be the most advantageous to this state. (B) Prior to awarding a contract under division (A) of this section, the department of administrative services or the state agency responsible for evaluating a contract for the purchase of products or services shall evaluate the bids and offers received according to the criteria and procedures established pursuant to division (B) of section 125.09 of the Revised Code for determining if a product is mined, excavated, produced, manufactured, raised, or grown in the United States, in this state, or in a state bordering Ohio, whether the bid or offer was received from a Buy Ohio supplier, and whether the bid or offer was received from a certified veteran-friendly business enterprise. These requirements shall be applied where sufficient competition can be generated to ensure that compliance with these requirements will be in the best interest of the state unless otherwise prohibited. (C) In order to ensure fair and impartial evaluation, materials relating to a solicitation through competitive selection shall not be considered public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code until after the award of the contract based on the competitive selection. If all bids or proposals received in response to a solicitation through competitive selection are rejected, and notice is provided of an intent to reissue the solicitation through competitive selection, the materials relating to the original solicitation and the materials relating to the reissued solicitation shall not be considered public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code until after the award of the contract based on the reissued solicitation through competitive selection. (D) Division (B) of this section applies to contracts for which competitive selection is waived by the controlling board. (E) Division (B) of this section does not apply to the purchase by the division of liquor control of spirituous liquor. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.80
§ 145.80. Rules for defined contribution plans
Status: in_force

October 1, 2002 Senate Bill 247 - 124th General Assembly The public employees retirement board shall adopt rules to implement each PERS defined contribution plan.
Ohio Rev. Code § 103.0521 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 103 / § 103.0521
§ 103.0521. Removal of obsolete rules
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly If a rule currently in effect is obsolete because the rule was adopted by an agency that is no longer in existence and jurisdiction over the rule has not been transferred to another agency, and if that status is verified by the executive director of the joint committee on agency rule review, the executive director shall prepare, for consideration of the joint committee, a motion that the director of the legislative service commission remove the obsolete rule from the Administrative Code. The executive director shall transmit a copy of the motion to the common sense initiative office before the next meeting of the joint committee. The chairperson of the joint committee responsible for calling and conducting meetings under section 101.35 of the Revised Code, or another member of the joint committee delegated by that chairperson, shall offer the motion at the next meeting of the joint committee. If the motion is agreed to by the joint committee, the executive director shall transmit a copy of the motion to the director of the legislative service commission. The executive director shall certify on the copy transmitted that the motion was agreed to by the joint committee. Upon receiving the certified motion, the director of the legislative service commission shall remove the obsolete rule from the Administrative Code as directed in the motion. The director thereafter shall maintain the removed obsolete rule in a file of obsolete rules. The file of obsolete rules may be maintained in electronic form. Last updated September 7, 2023 at 2:43 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 106.023 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 106 / § 106.023
§ 106.023. Adoption of rules before legislative review prohibited
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 10 - 130th General Assembly An agency may not adopt a proposed rule or revised proposed rule or file it in final form unless the proposed rule has been filed with the joint committee on agency rule review under division (D) of section 111.15 or division (C) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code and the time for the joint committee to review the proposed rule and for the adoption of an invalidating concurrent resolution has expired without adoption of a concurrent resolution to invalidate the proposed rule. If, before the time for its review of a proposed rule or revised proposed rule expires, the joint committee recommends adoption of a concurrent resolution invalidating the proposed rule or revised proposed rule, and the senate and house of representatives does not, within the time remaining for adoption of the concurrent resolution, hold five sessions at which its journal records a roll call vote disclosing a sufficient number of members in attendance to pass a bill, the time within which that house may adopt the concurrent resolution is extended until it has held five such sessions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.71 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.71
§ 109.71. Ohio peace officer training commission created - definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly There is hereby created in the office of the attorney general the Ohio peace officer training commission. The commission shall consist of ten members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate and selected as follows: one member representing the public; one member who represents a fraternal organization representing law enforcement officers; two members who are incumbent sheriffs; two members who are incumbent chiefs of police; one member from the bureau of criminal identification and investigation; one member from the state highway patrol; one member who is the special agent in charge of a field office of the federal bureau of investigation in this state; and one member from the department of education and workforce, trade and industrial education services, law enforcement training. This section does not confer any arrest authority or any ability or authority to detain a person, write or issue any citation, or provide any disposition alternative, as granted under Chapter 2935. of the Revised Code. The commission is exempt from the requirements of sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code. As used in sections 109.71 to 109.801 of the Revised Code: (A) "Peace officer" means: (1) A deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, member of the organized police department of a township or municipal corporation, member of a township police district or joint police district police force, member of a police force employed by a metropolitan housing authority under division (D) of section 3735.31 of the Revised Code, or township constable, who is commissioned and employed as a peace officer by a political subdivision of this state or by a metropolitan housing authority, and whose primary duties are to preserve the peace, to protect life and property, and to enforce the laws of this state, ordinances of a municipal corporation, resolutions of a township, or regulations of a board of county commissioners or board of township trustees, or any of those laws, ordinances, resolutions, or regulations; (2) A police officer who is employed by a railroad company and appointed and commissioned by the secretary of state pursuant to sections 4973.17 to 4973.22 of the Revised Code; (3) Employees of the department of taxation engaged in the enforcement of Chapter 5743. of the Revised Code and designated by the tax commissioner for peace officer training for purposes of the delegation of investigation powers under section 5743.45 of the Revised Code; (4) An undercover drug agent; (5) Enforcement agents of the department of public safety whom the director of public safety designates under section 5502.14 of the Revised Code; (6) An employee of the department of natural resources who is a natural resources law enforcement staff officer designated pursuant to section 1501.013 , a natural resources officer appointed pursuant to section 1501.24 , a forest-fire investigator appointed pursuant to section 1503.09 , or a wildlife officer designated pursuant to section 1531.13 of the Revised Code; (7) An employee of a park district who is designated pursuant to section 511.232 or 1545.13 of the Revised Code; (8) An employee of a conservancy district who is designated pursuant to section 6101.75 of the Revised Code; (9) A police officer who is employed by a hospital that employs and maintains its own proprietary police department or security department, and who is appointed and commissioned by the secretary of state pursuant to sections 4973.17 to 4973.22 of the Revised Code; (10) Veterans' homes police officers designated under section 5907.02 of the Revised Code; (11) A police officer who is employed by a qualified nonprofit corporation police department pursuant to section 1702.80 of the Revised Code; (12) A state university law enforcement officer appointed under section 3345.04 of the Revised Code or a person serving as a state university law enforcement officer on a permanent basis on June 19, 1978, who has been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace officer basic training program; (13) A special police officer employed by the department of mental health and addiction services pursuant to section 5119.08 of the Revised Code or the department of developmental disabilities pursuant to section 5123.13 of the Revised Code; (14) A member of a campus police department appointed under section 1713.50 of the Revised Code; (15) A member of a police force employed by a regional transit authority under division (Y) of section 306.35 of the Revised Code; (16) Investigators appointed by the auditor of state pursuant to section 117.091 of the Revised Code and engaged in the enforcement of Chapter 117. of the Revised Code; (17) A special police officer designated by the superintendent of the state highway patrol pursuant to section 5503.09 of the Revised Code or a person who was serving as a special police officer pursuant to that section on a permanent basis on October 21, 1997, and who has been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace officer basic training program; (18) A special police officer employed by a port authority under section 4582.04 or 4582.28 of the Revised Code or a person serving as a special police officer employed by a port authority on a permanent basis on May 17, 2000, who has been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace officer basic training program; (19) A special police officer employed by a municipal corporation who has been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission for satisfactory completion of an approved peace officer basic training program and who is employed on a permanent basis on or after March 19, 2003, at a municipal airport, or other municipal air navigation facility, that has scheduled operations, as defined in section 119.3 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 14 C.F.R. 119.3 , as amended, and that is required to be under a security program and is governed by aviation security rules of the transportation security administration of the United States department of transportation as provided in Parts 1542. and 1544. of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended; (20) A police officer who is employed by an owner or operator of an amusement park that has an average yearly attendance in excess of six hundred thousand guests and that employs and maintains its own proprietary police department or security department, and who is appointed and commissioned by a judge of the appropriate municipal court or county court pursuant to section 4973.17 of the Revised Code; (21) A police officer who is employed by a bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, credit union, or association of banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks, or credit unions, who has been appointed and commissioned by the secretary of state pursuant to sections 4973.17 to 4973.22 of the Revised Code, and who has been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of a state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace officer basic training program; (22) An investigator, as defined in section 109.541 of the Revised Code, of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation who is commissioned by the superintendent of the bureau as a special agent for the purpose of assisting law enforcement officers or providing emergency assistance to peace officers pursuant to authority granted under that section; (23) A state fire marshal law enforcement officer appointed under section 3737.22 of the Revised Code or a person serving as a state fire marshal law enforcement officer on a permanent basis on or after July 1, 1982, who has been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, municipal, or department of natural resources peace officer basic training program; (24) A gaming agent employed under section 3772.03 of the Revised Code; (25) An employee of the state board of pharmacy designated by the executive director of the board pursuant to section 4729.04 of the Revised Code to investigate violations of Chapters 2925., 3715., 3719., 3796., 4729., and 4752. of the Revised Code and rules adopted thereunder. (B) "Undercover drug agent" has the same meaning as in division (B)(2) of section 109.79 of the Revised Code. (C) "Crisis intervention training" means training in the use of interpersonal and communication skills to most effectively and sensitively interview victims of rape. (D) "Missing children" has the same meaning as in section 2901.30 of the Revised Code. (E) "Tactical medical professional" means an EMT, EMT-basic, AEMT, EMT-I, paramedic, nurse, or physician who is trained and certified in a nationally recognized tactical medical training program that is equivalent to "tactical combat casualty care" (TCCC) and "tactical emergency medical support" (TEMS) and who functions in the tactical or austere environment while attached to a law enforcement agency of either this state or a political subdivision of this state. (F) "EMT-basic," "EMT-I," and "paramedic" have the same meanings as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code and "EMT" and "AEMT" have the same meanings as in section 4765.011 of the Revised Code. (G) "Nurse" means any of the following: (1) Any person who is licensed to practice nursing as a registered nurse by the board of nursing; (2) Any certified nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified registered nurse anesthetist, or certified nurse-midwife who holds a certificate of authority issued by the board of nursing under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code; (3) Any person who is licensed to practice nursing as a licensed practical nurse by the board of nursing pursuant to Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code. (H) "Physician" means a person who is licensed pursuant to Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. (I) "County correctional officer" has the same meaning as in section 341.41 of the Revised Code. (J)(1) "Fire investigator" means an employee of a fire department charged with investigating fires and explosions who has been authorized, in accordance with sections 737.27 and 3737.24 of the Revised Code, to perform the duties of investigating the origin and cause of fires and explosions using the scientific method to investigate elements of the event including the circumstances, actions, persons, means, and motives that resulted in the fire or explosion or the report of a fire or explosion within this state. (2) "Fire investigator" does not include a person who is acting as a fire investigator on behalf of an insurance company or any other privately owned or operated enterprise. (K) "Fire department" means a fire department of the state or an instrumentality of the state or of a municipal corporation, township, joint fire district, or other political subdivision. (L) "At-risk youth" means an individual who is all of the following: (1) Under twenty-one years of age; (2) One of the following: (a) At risk of becoming an abused, neglected, or dependent child, delinquent or unruly child, or juvenile traffic offender; (b) An abused, neglected, or dependent child, delinquent or unruly child, or juvenile traffic offender. (3) Residing in a state correctional institution, a department of youth services institution, or a residential facility. (M) "Residential facility" has the same meaning as in section 2151.46 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.041
§ 145.041. Orientation program required for members - continuing education
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly Each member of the public employees retirement board shall, not later than ninety days after commencing service as a board member, complete the orientation program component of the retirement board member education program established under section 171.50 of the Revised Code. Each member of the board who has served a year or longer as a board member shall, not less than twice each year, attend one or more programs that are part of the continuing education component of the retirement board member education program established under section 171.50 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.95 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.95
§ 122.95. Definitions - industrial site improvement fund grants
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly As used in this section and section 122.951 of the Revised Code: (A) "Commercial or industrial areas" means areas zoned either commercial or industrial by the local zoning authority or an area not zoned, but in which there is located one or more commercial or industrial activities. (B) "Eligible county" means any of the following: (1) A county designated as being in the "Appalachian region" under the "Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965," 79 Stat. 5, 40 U.S.C. App. 403; (2) A county that is a "distressed area" as defined in section 122.16 of the Revised Code; (3) A county that within the previous calendar year has had a job loss numbering two hundred or more of which one hundred or more are manufacturing-related as reported in the notices prepared by the department of job and family services pursuant to the "Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act," 102 Stat. 890 (1988), 29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq., as amended.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.0812 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.0812
§ 122.0812. Discretionary grants outside annual competitive process
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 Senate Bill 24 - 127th General Assembly The director of development shall establish a discretionary process that permits the director to make grants described in section 122.086 of the Revised Code in situations that include those in which the timing of a proposed eligible project is such that the annual competitive process is not suitable. The director, as part of the guidelines established for the discretionary process for the job ready site program, shall establish all the procedures and requirements governing application for the discretionary grants.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.30
§ 153.30. Record of proceedings
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Full and accurate records of all proceedings of the building commission shall be kept by the county auditor upon the journal of the board of county commissioners. He shall carefully preserve in his office all plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, specifications of work, and estimates of costs in detail and in the aggregate pertaining to the building.