Ohio Rev. Code § 176.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 176 / § 176.011
§ 176.011. Creating nonprofit corporation to receive and spend public and private funds for housing purposes
Status: in_force

May 15, 1992 Senate Bill 131 - 119th General Assembly This section does not apply to any county having a population exceeding one million persons, according to the United States bureau of the census, on the effective date of this section, or to any township or municipal corporation located within such a county. (A) A board of county commissioners, a board of township trustees, the chief executive officer of a municipal corporation with the consent of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, or any combination of these, may do one or both of the following: (1) Create and participate in a nonprofit corporation incorporated under Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code for the purpose of receiving funds from any person to be expended, granted, loaned, or invested for housing purposes, to ensure the efficient use of these funds, and for the coordination of the use of the funds with other local governments. A nonprofit corporation created under division (A)(1) of this section shall not have among its purposes the acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of housing. All funds received by the nonprofit corporation shall be expended for housing purposes under Section 16 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and section 176.04 of the Revised Code. (2) Create and participate in a nonprofit corporation incorporated under Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, or rehabilitating housing under Section 16 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and section 176.04 of the Revised Code, or participate in an existing nonprofit corporation whose purpose includes the acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of housing. A nonprofit corporation created under division (A)(2) of this section shall not have among its purposes any of the purposes for which a nonprofit corporation created under division (A)(1) of this section may be created. The governing board of a nonprofit corporation created under division (A)(2) of this section or in which a county, township, or municipal corporation participates under division (A)(2) of this section shall consist of not more than one-third elected officials or appointees thereof of the county, township, or municipal corporation, or combination thereof, that through the governing boards or chief executive officers create or participate in such corporation. Housing acquired, constructed, or rehabilitated by a nonprofit corporation created under division (A)(2) of this section is a project for purposes of section 176.05 of the Revised Code and shall be considered a project undertaken by a county, township, or municipal corporation for purposes of section 176.05 of the Revised Code. Not more than fifteen per cent of the funds received by a nonprofit corporation created under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section from any county, township, or municipal corporation shall be used for administration and salaries of the nonprofit organization. Funds distributed to the nonprofit corporation from any board of county commissioners, board of township trustees, or municipal corporation shall be considered an expenditure for housing purposes under Section 16 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution. A nonprofit corporation created under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section is a public body for purposes of section 121.22 of the Revised Code, and is subject to that section. (B) A county, township, or municipal corporation may distribute funds to a nonprofit corporation created under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section that its board or chief executive officer created or in which the board or chief executive officer participates, and no such distribution constitutes a conflict of interest. (C) Service as a member, trustee, officer, employee, or agent of a nonprofit corporation created under division (A) of this section does not constitute a conflict of interest with the following: (1) Employment by or membership on a board of county commissioners or a board of township trustees from which the nonprofit corporation receives funds; (2) Service as the chief executive officer or as a member of the legislative authority of, or employment by, a municipal corporation from which the nonprofit corporation receives funds; (3) Service on a housing advisory board serving any of the political subdivisions named in division (C) of this section. (D) A housing advisory board established or designated by any municipal corporation, county, or township, alone or jointly, shall advise the nonprofit corporation created under division (A)(1) or (2) or both of this section in accordance with sections 176.01 and 176.04 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 191.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 191 / § 191.33
§ 191.33. Program information
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Not later than sixty days after the first amount of money is deposited to the credit of the broadband pole replacement fund created in section 191.27 of the Revised Code, the department of development shall publish and regularly update on its web site the following program information: (A) The number of program applications received, processed, and rejected by the broadband expansion program authority; (B) The number, reimbursement amount, and status of program reimbursements awarded by the authority; (C) The number of providers receiving reimbursements; (D) The balance remaining in the fund at the time of the latest program update on the web site. Last updated August 29, 2023 at 4:30 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.294 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.294
§ 145.294. Payroll deduction plans
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly (A)(1) The public employees retirement board may establish by rule a payroll deduction plan for payment of the cost of restoring service credit under section 145.31 or 145.311 of the Revised Code or purchasing any service credit members of the public employees retirement system are eligible to purchase under this chapter, or for making additional deposits under section 145.583 or 145.62 of the Revised Code. In addition to any other matter considered relevant by the board, the rules shall specify all of the following: (a) The types of service credit that may be paid for through payroll deduction, including the section of the Revised Code that authorizes the purchase of each type of service credit for which payment may be made by payroll deduction; (b) The procedure for informing the member's employer and the system that the member wishes to purchase service credit under this chapter or make additional deposits under section 145.583 or 145.62 of the Revised Code through payroll deduction; (c) The procedure to be followed by the system and employers to determine for each request the amount to be deducted, the number of deductions to be made, and the interval at which deductions will be made. The rules may provide for a minimum amount for each deduction or a maximum number of deductions for the purchase of any type of credit. (d) The procedure to be followed by employers in transmitting amounts deducted from the salaries of their employees to the system; (e) The procedure to be followed by the system in crediting service credit to members who choose to purchase it through payroll deduction. (2) If the board establishes a payroll deduction plan under this division, it shall certify to the member's employer for each member for whom deductions are to be made, the amount of each deduction and the payrolls from which deductions are to be made. The employer shall make the deductions as certified and transmit the amounts deducted in accordance with the rules established by the board under this section. (3) Rules adopted under this division shall not affect any right to purchase service credit conferred by any other section of the Revised Code, including the right of a member under any such section to purchase only part of the service credit the member is eligible to purchase. (4) No payroll deduction made pursuant to this division may exceed the amount of a member's net compensation after all other deductions and withholdings required by law. (B) The public employees retirement board may establish by rule a payment plan for the cost of restoring service credit under section 145.31 or 145.311 of the Revised Code or purchasing any service credit members of the public employees retirement system may purchase under this chapter. The plan may provide for partial payments and for payments by payroll deduction under division (A) of this section. On receipt of a request from a member eligible to restore or purchase service credit, the system shall determine and give notice to the member of the total cost of the credit and the time period in which the payments must be made for the credit to be available at that cost. The system may specify the amount and frequency of payments for credit not purchased in a single payment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.03
§ 135.03. Institutions eligible as public depositories
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "banking office" has the same meaning as in section 1101.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Any national bank, any bank doing business under authority granted by the superintendent of financial institutions, or any bank doing business under authority granted by the regulatory authority of another state of the United States, and which has a banking office located in this state, is eligible to become a public depository, subject to sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. No bank shall receive or have on deposit at any one time public moneys, including public moneys as defined in section 135.31 of the Revised Code, in an aggregate amount in excess of thirty per cent of its total assets, as shown in its latest report to the comptroller of the currency, the superintendent of financial institutions, the federal deposit insurance corporation, or the board of governors of the federal reserve system. (C) Any federal savings association or any savings and loan association or savings bank doing business under authority granted by the regulatory authority of another state of the United States, and which has a banking office located in this state, and authorized to accept deposits is eligible to become a public depository, subject to sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. No savings association, savings and loan association, or savings bank shall receive or have on deposit at any one time public moneys, including public moneys as defined in section 135.31 of the Revised Code, in an aggregate amount in excess of thirty per cent of its total assets, as shown in its latest report to the former office of thrift supervision, the comptroller of the currency, the superintendent of financial institutions, the federal deposit insurance corporation, or the board of governors of the federal reserve system. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.608 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.608
§ 125.608. Reimbursement by ordering offices for administrative expenses
Status: in_force

June 30, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly All government ordering offices purchasing supplies and services from qualified non-profit agencies or their approved agents shall reimburse the department of administrative services a reasonable sum to cover the department's costs of administering sections 125.60 to 125.6012 of the Revised Code. The department may bill administrative costs to government ordering offices directly, or allow qualified non-profit agencies or approved agents to collect and remit department administrative fees, at the department's discretion. Any department administrative fees collected and remitted by qualified nonprofit agencies or their approved agents shall be considered allowable expenses in addition to the fair market price approved under section 125.606 or 125.607 of the Revised Code. The money so paid shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general services fund created under section 125.15 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.20
§ 121.20. Seal for each department - specifications - use
Status: in_force

December 15, 1967 House Bill 164 - 107th General Assembly Each department shall adopt and keep an official seal, which shall consist of the coat of arms of the state, as described in section 5.04 of the Revised Code, within a circle one and one-fourth inches in diameter, and shall be surrounded by the proper name of the department, to which may be added the title of any division, board, or commission within the department, if the director of the department so prescribes. Such seal may be affixed to any writs and authentications of copies of records and official papers, and to such other instruments as are authorized by law or prescribed by the proper authority in any department to be executed. When so authenticated, any copy of a record, official paper, or other instrument shall be received in evidence in any court in lieu of the original.
Ohio Rev. Code § 187.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 187 / § 187.11
§ 187.11. Indemnification; insurance
Status: in_force

February 18, 2011 House Bill 1 - 129th General Assembly JobsOhio may indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, its board of directors, board members, and officers and employees from liability incurred in the performance of duties or functions of JobsOhio. For purposes of this section, JobsOhio may procure policies of insurance for civil liability.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.451 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.451
§ 135.451. Investments of history connection and capitol square review and advisory board
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 141 - 131st General Assembly The Ohio history connection and the capitol square review and advisory board shall be eligible to pay any of their moneys into the Ohio subdivision's fund, to be invested by the treasurer of state in the same manner and subject to the same terms and conditions as public moneys of subdivisions paid into the fund under section 135.45 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 195.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 195 / § 195.02
§ 195.02. Administration
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly The attorney general shall use money appropriated to the internet crimes against children task force to support the operation of the task force including equipment, personnel, and training only and for no other purpose. The attorney general shall disburse money appropriated for the purposes of this section in the following manner: Sixty per cent to the Ohio internet crimes against children task force; Twenty per cent, in coordination with the task force, to local internet crimes against children affiliated agencies in good standing with the task force; and Twenty per cent to the crimes against children initiative within the office of the attorney general for investigations, forensic examinations, and prosecutions related to technologically facilitated sexual exploitation of children, internet crimes against children, and victim identification. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.502 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.502
§ 153.502. Construction management or design-build contracts; prequalification of bidders
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Each construction manager at risk and design-build firm shall establish criteria by which it will prequalify prospective bidders on subcontracts awarded for work to be performed under the construction management or design-build contract. The criteria established by a construction manager at risk or design-build firm shall be subject to the approval of the public authority involved in the project and shall be consistent with the rules adopted by the Ohio facilities construction commission pursuant to section 153.503 of the Revised Code. (B) For each subcontract to be awarded, the construction manager at risk or design-build firm shall identify at least three prospective bidders that are prequalified to bid on that subcontract, except that the construction manager at risk or design-build firm shall identify fewer than three if the construction manager at risk or design-build firm establishes to the satisfaction of the public authority that fewer than three prequalified bidders are available. The public authority shall verify that each prospective bidder meets the prequalification criteria and, subject to division (E) of this section, may eliminate any bidder it determines is not qualified. (C) Once the prospective bidders are prequalified and found acceptable by the public authority, the construction manager at risk or design-build firm shall solicit proposals from each of those bidders. The solicitation and selection of a subcontractor shall be conducted under an open book pricing method. As used in this division, "open book pricing method" has the same meaning as in section 9.33 of the Revised Code, in the case of a construction manager at risk, and the same meaning as in section 153.65 of the Revised Code, in the case of a design-build firm. (D) A construction manager at risk or design-build firm shall not be required to award a subcontract to a low bidder. (E) Except as provided in section 307.921 of the Revised Code, no public authority shall eliminate a bidder as unqualified on the basis that the bidder has not complied with an affirmative action program or a diversity, equity, and inclusion program. This division shall not be construed to affect any set-aside programs for minority business enterprises or EDGE business enterprises, as defined in sections 122.921 and 122.922 of the Revised Code, respectively. Last updated July 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.96 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.96
§ 122.96. Delegation of authority
Status: in_force

April 19, 1994 Senate Bill 238 - 120th General Assembly The director of development may delegate to officers and employees of the department of development any of the powers, duties, and functions of the director, other than the promulgation of rules or the making of reports to the governor or the general assembly, in connection with the issuance of bonds, notes, or other obligations, the making or entering into of loans, guarantees, inducement agreements, and other contracts, agreements, assignments, certifications, and undertakings pursuant to Chapters 122., 140., 165., and 166. of the Revised Code, except that the authority to adopt resolutions thereunder and to sign bonds and notes may be delegated only to the assistant director or to a deputy director of the department. Each such delegation shall be in writing, shall state the functions delegated, the individuals to whom or the offices or employment positions to which delegated, and the duration, not exceeding one year, of the delegation, and shall be entered in the journal of the director. Any such delegation may be extended or revoked prospectively by writing signed by the director and entered in his journal.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.31
§ 122.31. Payment sources for expenses and obligations
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly All expenses and obligations incurred by the director of development services in carrying out the director's powers and duties under sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code, are payable from revenues or other receipts or income from grants, gifts, contributions, compensation, reimbursement, and funds established in accordance with those sections or general revenue funds appropriated by the general assembly for operating expenses of the director. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.0817 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.0817
§ 122.0817. Annual program report by director
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 Senate Bill 24 - 127th General Assembly In accordance with the guidelines established to govern the discretionary process and the rules adopted to govern the annual competitive process for the job ready site program, the director of development shall publish an annual report that includes the following: (A) Details on each grant awarded pursuant to the program; (B) The status of projects funded in previous years; (C) The amount of grants awarded for projects in economically distressed areas and, to the extent possible, the impact of those grants in those areas.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.19
§ 153.19. Contract shall contain provision as to time of completion
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly All contracts under sections 153.01 to 153.60 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall contain provision in regard to the time when the whole or any specified portion of work contemplated therein shall be completed and that for each day it shall be delayed beyond the time so named the contractor shall forfeit to the state a sum to be fixed in the contract, which shall be deducted from any payment due or to become due to the contractor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.43
§ 131.43. Budget stabilization fund
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the budget stabilization fund. It is the intent of the general assembly to maintain an amount of money in the budget stabilization fund that amounts to approximately ten per cent of the general revenue fund revenues for the preceding fiscal year. The governor shall include in the state budget the governor submits to the general assembly under section 107.03 of the Revised Code proposals for transfers between the general revenue fund and the budget stabilization fund for the ensuing fiscal biennium. The balance in the fund may be combined with the balance in the general revenue fund for purposes of cash management. Last updated July 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 118.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 118 / § 118.18
§ 118.18. Debt obligation definitions
Status: in_force

September 3, 1996 House Bill 462 - 121st General Assembly As used in sections 118.19 to 118.25 of the Revised Code: (A) "Debt service" means the principal of and interest and any call premium on debt obligations payable or required to be deposited for such payment at various times. (B) "Fiscal agent" means any one or more of the treasurer of state, county auditor, banks, trust companies, or other financial institutions authorized to exercise trust powers in the state, designated as such by the ordinance or resolution authorizing the debt obligations or by other ordinance or resolution of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, county, or township, and any similarly qualified successor so designated. Fiscal agents may be designated only with their consent and upon agreed compensation, except that the county auditor shall serve as fiscal agent for debt obligations described in division (B) of section 118.23 of the Revised Code and without added compensation. The fiscal agent may be a purchaser or holder of the debt obligations to which the fiscal agency pertains or other debt obligations of the municipal corporation, county, or township. (C) "Ordinance authorizing the debt obligations" or "ordinance" means an ordinance, resolution, indenture, trust agreement, contract, agreement, or other document prescribing the terms of, source of payment of, security for, or covenants pertaining to, or other customary or special provisions forming part of the contract between the municipal corporation, county, or township and original purchasers or holders of the debt obligations. (D) "Outstanding", as used in connection with debt obligations, means issued and not retired or redeemed, excluding any debt obligations that have become payable, by call for redemption or otherwise, and for which full provision for payment of the debt service thereon has been made consistent with the provisions pertaining thereto or, in the absence of such provisions, by deposit with a fiscal agent as described in division (A) of section 118.22 of the Revised Code. (E) "Pledged receipts" means receipts pledged to an issue of debt obligations in accordance with division (A) of section 118.20 of the Revised Code, and, with reference to debt obligations issued pursuant to section 118.23 of the Revised Code, means the receipts described in those sections for the payment of such debt obligations and any additional anticipated taxes and revenues pledged in accordance with division (A) of section 118.20 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 120.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 120 / § 120.26
§ 120.26. Legal representation to be provided
Status: in_force

January 1, 2004 House Bill 490 - 124th General Assembly (A)(1) The joint county public defender shall provide legal representation to indigent adults and juveniles who are charged with the commission of an offense or act that is a violation of a state statute and for which the penalty or any possible adjudication includes the potential loss of liberty and in postconviction proceedings as defined in this section. (2) The joint county public defender may provide legal representation to indigent adults and juveniles charged with the violation of an ordinance of a municipal corporation for which the penalty or any possible adjudication includes the potential loss of liberty, if the joint county public defender commission has contracted with the municipal corporation to provide legal representation for indigent persons charged with a violation of an ordinance of the municipal corporation. (B) The joint county public defender shall provide the legal representation authorized by division (A) of this section at every stage of the proceedings following arrest, detention, service of summons, or indictment. (C) The joint county public defender may request the Ohio public defender to prosecute any appeal or other remedy before or after conviction that the joint county public defender decides is in the interests of justice and may provide legal representation in parole and probation revocation matters and matters relating to the revocation of community control or post-release control under a community control sanction or post-release control sanction. (D) The joint county public defender shall not be required to prosecute any appeal, postconviction remedy, or other proceeding, unless the joint county public defender is first satisfied that there is arguable merit to the proceeding. (E) Nothing in this section shall prevent a court from appointing counsel other than the joint county public defender or from allowing an indigent person to select the indigent person's own personal counsel to represent the indigent person. A court may also appoint counsel or allow an indigent person to select the indigent person's own personal counsel to assist the joint county public defender as co-counsel when the interests of justice so require. (F) Information as to the right to legal representation by the joint county public defender or assigned counsel shall be afforded to an accused person immediately upon arrest, when brought before a magistrate, or when formally charged, whichever occurs first. (G) If a court appoints the office of the joint county public defender to represent a petitioner in a postconviction relief proceeding under section 2953.21 of the Revised Code, the petitioner has received a sentence of death, and the proceeding relates to that sentence, all of the attorneys who represent the petitioner in the proceeding pursuant to the appointment, whether an assistant joint county defender or the joint county public defender, shall be certified under Rule 20 of the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio to represent indigent defendants charged with or convicted of an offense for which the death penalty can be or has been imposed. (H) As used in this section: (1) "Community control sanction" has the same meaning as in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Post-release control sanction" has the same meaning as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.04
§ 121.04. Offices created in the several departments
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 56 - 136th General Assembly Offices are created within the several departments as follows: In the department of commerce: Commissioner of securities; Superintendent of real estate and professional licensing; Superintendent of financial institutions; State fire marshal; Superintendent of industrial compliance; Superintendent of liquor control; Superintendent of unclaimed funds; Superintendent of cannabis control. In the department of administrative services: Equal employment opportunity coordinator. In the department of agriculture: Chiefs of divisions as follows: Administration; Animal health; Livestock environmental permitting; Soil and water conservation; Dairy; Food safety; Plant health; Markets; Meat inspection; Consumer protection laboratory; Amusement ride safety; Enforcement; Weights and measures. In the department of natural resources: Chiefs of divisions as follows: Mineral resources management; Oil and gas resources management; Forestry; Natural areas and preserves; Wildlife; Geological survey; Parks and watercraft; Water resources; Engineering. In the department of insurance: Deputy superintendent of insurance; Assistant superintendent of insurance, technical; Assistant superintendent of insurance, administrative; Assistant superintendent of insurance, research. Last updated January 16, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.44
§ 153.44. Contracts submitted to prosecuting attorney
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 497 - 135th General Assembly Before work is done or material furnished, all contracts that exceed twenty thousand dollars in amount shall be submitted by the board of county commissioners to the prosecuting attorney of the county. If found to be in accordance with sections 153.01 to 153.60 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, and a certificate to that effect is indorsed thereon by the prosecuting attorney, such contracts shall have full effect, otherwise the contract shall be void. Last updated January 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.311 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.311
§ 149.311. Application for rehabilitation tax credit certificate
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 184 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Historic building" means a building, including its structural components, that is located in this state and that is either individually listed on the national register of historic places under 16 U.S.C. 470a, located in a registered historic district, and certified by the state historic preservation officer as being of historic significance to the district, or is individually listed as an historic landmark designated by a local government certified under 16 U.S.C. 470a(c). (2) "Qualified rehabilitation expenditures" means expenditures paid or incurred during the rehabilitation period, and before and after that period as determined under 26 U.S.C. 47, by an owner or qualified lessee of an historic building to rehabilitate the building. "Qualified rehabilitation expenditures" includes architectural or engineering fees paid or incurred in connection with the rehabilitation, and expenses incurred in the preparation of nomination forms for listing on the national register of historic places. "Qualified rehabilitation expenditures" does not include any of the following: (a) The cost of acquiring, expanding, or enlarging an historic building; (b) Expenditures attributable to work done to facilities related to the building, such as parking lots, sidewalks, and landscaping; (c) New building construction costs. (3) "Owner" of an historic building means a person holding the fee simple interest in the building. "Owner" does not include the state or a state agency, or any political subdivision as defined in section 9.23 of the Revised Code. (4) "Qualified lessee" means a person subject to a lease agreement for an historic building and eligible for the federal rehabilitation tax credit under 26 U.S.C. 47. "Qualified lessee" does not include the state or a state agency or political subdivision as defined in section 9.23 of the Revised Code. (5) "Certificate owner" means the owner or qualified lessee of an historic building to which a rehabilitation tax credit certificate was issued under this section. (6) "Registered historic district" means an historic district listed in the national register of historic places under 16 U.S.C. 470a, an historic district designated by a local government certified under 16 U.S.C. 470a(c), or a local historic district certified under 36 C.F.R. 67.8 and 67.9. (7) "Rehabilitation" means the process of repairing or altering an historic building or buildings, making possible an efficient use while preserving those portions and features of the building and its site and environment that are significant to its historic, architectural, and cultural values. (8) "Rehabilitation period" means one of the following: (a) If the rehabilitation initially was not planned to be completed in stages, a period chosen by the owner or qualified lessee not to exceed twenty-four months during which rehabilitation occurs; (b) If the rehabilitation initially was planned to be completed in stages, a period chosen by the owner or qualified lessee not to exceed sixty months during which rehabilitation occurs. Each stage shall be reviewed as a phase of a rehabilitation as determined under 26 C.F.R. 1.48-12 or a successor to that section. (9) "State historic preservation officer" or "officer" means the state historic preservation officer appointed by the governor under 16 U.S.C. 470a. (10) "Catalytic project" means the rehabilitation of an historic building, the rehabilitation of which will foster economic development within two thousand five hundred feet of the historic building. (B) The owner or qualified lessee of an historic building may apply to the director of development for a rehabilitation tax credit certificate for qualified rehabilitation expenditures paid or incurred by such owner or qualified lessee after April 4, 2007, for rehabilitation of an historic building. If the owner of an historic building enters a pass-through agreement with a qualified lessee for the purposes of the federal rehabilitation tax credit under 26 U.S.C. 47, the qualified rehabilitation expenditures paid or incurred by the owner after April 4, 2007, may be attributed to the qualified lessee. The form and manner of filing such applications shall be prescribed by rule of the director. Each application shall state the amount of qualified rehabilitation expenditures the applicant estimates will be paid or incurred and shall indicate whether the historic building was used as a theater before, and is intended to be used as a theater after, the rehabilitation. The director may require applicants to furnish documentation of such estimates. The director, after consultation with the tax commissioner and in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules that establish all of the following: (1) Forms and procedures by which applicants may apply for rehabilitation tax credit certificates; (2) Criteria for reviewing, evaluating, and approving applications for certificates within the limitations under division (D) of this section, criteria for assuring that the certificates issued encompass a mixture of high and low qualified rehabilitation expenditures, and criteria for issuing certificates under division (C)(3)(b) of this section; (3) Eligibility requirements for obtaining a certificate under this section; (4) The form of rehabilitation tax credit certificates; (5) Reporting requirements and monitoring procedures; (6) Procedures and criteria for conducting cost-benefit analyses of historic buildings that are the subjects of applications filed under this section. The purpose of a cost-benefit analysis shall be to determine whether rehabilitation of the historic building will result in a net revenue gain in state and local taxes once the building is used. (7) Any other rules necessary to implement and administer this section. (C) The director shall review the applications with the assistance of the state historic preservation officer and determine whether all of the following criteria are met: (1) That the building that is the subject of the application is an historic building and the applicant is the owner or qualified lessee of the building; (2) That the rehabilitation will satisfy standards prescribed by the United States secretary of the interior under 16 U.S.C. 470, et seq., as amended, and 36 C.F.R. 67.7 or a successor to that section; (3) That receiving a rehabilitation tax credit certificate under this section is a major factor in: (a) The applicant's decision to rehabilitate the historic building; or (b) To increase the level of investment in such rehabilitation. (4) The historic building that is the subject of the application is not, and will not upon completion of the rehabilitation project be, part of a qualified low-income housing project allocated a tax credit pursuant to section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code. An applicant shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the state historic preservation officer and director that the rehabilitation will satisfy the standards described in division (C)(2) of this section before the applicant begins the physical rehabilitation of the historic building. (D)(1) If the director determines that an application meets the criteria in division (C) of this section, the director shall conduct a cost-benefit analysis for the historic building that is the subject of the application to determine whether rehabilitation of the historic building will result in a net revenue gain in state and local taxes once the building is used. The director shall consider the results of the cost-benefit analysis in determining whether to approve the application. The director shall also consider the potential economic impact and the regional distributive balance of the credits throughout the state. The director shall not consider whether the historic building is located in or will benefit an economically distressed area, including by weighting preference based on the poverty rate in the jurisdiction or census tract in which the building is located, nor shall the director consider or give weighted preference based on vacancy or underutilization of the building. The director may approve an application only after completion of the cost-benefit analysis. (2) A rehabilitation tax credit certificate shall not be issued for an amount greater than the estimated amount furnished by the applicant on the application for such certificate and approved by the director. The director shall not approve more than a total of seventy-five million dollars of rehabilitation tax credits for each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024, and for each fiscal year thereafter, but the director may reallocate unused tax credits from a prior fiscal year for new applicants and such reallocated credits shall not apply toward the dollar limit of this division. (3) For rehabilitations with a rehabilitation period not exceeding twenty-four months as provided in division (A)(8)(a) of this section, a rehabilitation tax credit certificate shall not be issued before the rehabilitation of the historic building is completed. (4) For rehabilitations with a rehabilitation period not exceeding sixty months as provided in division (A)(8)(b) of this section, a rehabilitation tax credit certificate shall not be issued before a stage of rehabilitation is completed. After all stages of rehabilitation are completed, if the director cannot determine that the criteria in division (C) of this section are satisfied for all stages of rehabilitations, the director shall certify this finding to the tax commissioner, and any rehabilitation tax credits received by the applicant shall be repaid by the applicant and may be collected by assessment as unpaid tax by the commissioner. (5) The director shall require the applicant to provide a third-party cost certification by a certified public accountant of the actual costs attributed to the rehabilitation of the historic building when qualified rehabilitation expenditures exceed two hundred thousand dollars. If an applicant whose application is approved for receipt of a rehabilitation tax credit certificate fails to provide to the director sufficient evidence of reviewable progress, including a viable financial plan, copies of final construction drawings, and evidence that the applicant has obtained all historic approvals within twelve months after the date the applicant received notification of approval, and if the applicant fails to provide evidence to the director that the applicant has secured and closed on financing for the rehabilitation within eighteen months after receiving notification of approval, the director may rescind the approval of the application. The director shall notify the applicant if the approval has been rescinded. Credits that would have been available to an applicant whose approval was rescinded shall be available for other qualified applicants. Nothing in this division prohibits an applicant whose approval has been rescinded from submitting a new application for a rehabilitation tax credit certificate. (6) The director may approve the application of, and issue a rehabilitation tax credit certificate to, the owner of a catalytic project, provided the application otherwise meets the criteria described in divisions (C) and (D) of this section. The director may not approve more than one application for a rehabilitation tax credit certificate under division (D)(6) of this section during each state fiscal biennium. The director shall not approve an application for a rehabilitation tax credit certificate under division (D)(6) of this section during the state fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2017, or during any state fiscal biennium thereafter. The director shall consider the following criteria in determining whether to approve an application for a certificate under division (D)(6) of this section: (a) Whether the historic building is a catalytic project; (b) The effect issuance of the certificate would have on the availability of credits for other applicants that qualify for a credit certificate within the credit dollar limit described in division (D)(2) of this section; (c) The number of jobs, if any, the catalytic project will create. (7)(a) The owner or qualified lessee of a historic building may apply for a rehabilitation tax credit certificate under both divisions (B) and (D)(6) of this section. In such a case, the director shall consider each application at the time the application is submitted. (b) The director shall not issue more than one certificate under this section with respect to the same qualified rehabilitation expenditures. (8) The director shall give consideration for tax credits awarded under this section to rehabilitations of historic buildings used as a theater before, and intended to be used as a theater after, the rehabilitation. In determining whether to approve an application for such a rehabilitation, the director shall consider the extent to which the rehabilitation will increase attendance at the theater and increase the theater's gross revenue. (9) The director shall rescind the approval of any application if the building that is the subject of the application is part of a qualified low-income housing project allocated a tax credit pursuant to section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code at any time before the building's rehabilitation is complete. (E) Issuance of a certificate represents a finding by the director of the matters described in divisions (C)(1), (2), and (3) of this section only; issuance of a certificate does not represent a verification or certification by the director of the amount of qualified rehabilitation expenditures for which a tax credit may be claimed under section 5725.151 , 5725.34 , 5726.52 , 5729.17 , 5733.47 , or 5747.76 of the Revised Code. The amount of qualified rehabilitation expenditures for which a tax credit may be claimed is subject to inspection and examination by the tax commissioner or employees of the commissioner under section 5703.19 of the Revised Code and any other applicable law. Upon the issuance of a certificate, the director shall certify to the tax commissioner, in the form and manner requested by the tax commissioner, the name of the applicant, the amount of qualified rehabilitation expenditures shown on the certificate, and any other information required by the rules adopted under this section. (F)(1) On or before the first day of August each year, the director and tax commissioner jointly shall submit to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives a report on the tax credit program established under this section and sections 5725.151 , 5725.34 , 5726.52 , 5729.17 , 5733.47 , and 5747.76 of the Revised Code. The report shall present an overview of the program and shall include information on the number of rehabilitation tax credit certificates issued under this section during the preceding fiscal year, an update on the status of each historic building for which an application was approved under this section, the dollar amount of the tax credits granted under sections 5725.151 , 5725.34 , 5726.52 , 5729.17 , 5733.47 , and 5747.76 of the Revised Code, and any other information the director and commissioner consider relevant to the topics addressed in the report. (2) On or before December 1, 2015, the director and tax commissioner jointly shall submit to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives a comprehensive report that includes the information required by division (F)(1) of this section and a detailed analysis of the effectiveness of issuing tax credits for rehabilitating historic buildings. The report shall be prepared with the assistance of an economic research organization jointly chosen by the director and commissioner. (G) There is hereby created in the state treasury the historic rehabilitation tax credit operating fund. The director is authorized to charge reasonable application and other fees in connection with the administration of tax credits authorized by this section and sections 5725.151 , 5725.34 , 5726.52 , 5729.17 , 5733.47 , and 5747.76 of the Revised Code. Any such fees collected shall be credited to the fund and used to pay reasonable costs incurred by the department of development in administering this section and sections 5725.151 , 5725.34 , 5726.52 , 5729.17 , 5733.47 , and 5747.76 of the Revised Code. The Ohio historic preservation office is authorized to charge reasonable fees in connection with its review and approval of applications under this section. Any such fees collected shall be credited to the fund and used to pay administrative costs incurred by the Ohio historic preservation office pursuant to this section. (H) Notwithstanding sections 5725.151 , 5725.34 , 5726.52 , 5729.17 , 5733.47 , and 5747.76 of the Revised Code, the certificate owner of a tax credit certificate issued under division (D)(6) of this section may claim a tax credit equal to twenty-five per cent of the dollar amount indicated on the certificate for a total credit of not more than twenty-five million dollars. The credit claimed by such a certificate owner for any calendar year, tax year, or taxable year under section 5725.151 , 5725.34 , 5726.52 , 5729.17 , 5733.47 , or 5747.76 of the Revised Code shall not exceed five million dollars. If the certificate owner is eligible for more than five million dollars in total credits, the certificate owner may carry forward the balance of the credit in excess of the amount claimed for that year for not more than five ensuing calendar years, tax years, or taxable years. If the credit claimed in any calendar year, tax year, or taxable year exceeds the tax otherwise due, the excess shall be refunded to the taxpayer. (I) Notwithstanding sections 5725.151 , 5725.34 , 5726.52 , 5729.17 , 5733.47 , and 5747.76 of the Revised Code, the following apply to a tax credit approved under this section after September 13, 2022, and before July 1, 2024: (1) The certificate holder may claim a tax credit equal to thirty-five per cent of the dollar amount indicated on the tax credit certificate if any county, township, or municipal corporation within which the project is located has a population of less than three hundred thousand according to the 2020 decennial census. The tax credit equals twenty-five per cent of the dollar amount indicated on the certificate if the project is not located within such a county, township, or municipal corporation. (2) The total tax credit claimed under section 5725.151 , 5725.34 , 5726.52 , 5729.17 , 5733.47 , or 5747.76 of the Revised Code for any one project shall not exceed ten million dollars for any calendar year, tax year, or taxable year. (3) If the credit claimed in any calendar year, tax year, or taxable year exceeds the tax otherwise due, the excess shall be refunded to the taxpayer, subject to division (I)(2) of this section. (J) If a tax credit approved under this section between September 13, 2022, and July 1, 2024, is rescinded pursuant to division (D)(5) of this section, the provisions of divisions (I)(1) to (I)(3) of this section apply to any tax credit approved for the same project following a new application. (K) Notwithstanding sections 5725.151 , 5725.34 , 5726.52 , 5729.17 , 5733.47 , and 5747.76 of the Revised Code, the certificate owner of a tax credit certificate may claim a tax credit equal to thirty-five per cent of the dollar amount of qualified rehabilitation expenditures indicated on the certificate if the project for which the certificate was issued is located in a municipal corporation with a population of less than three hundred thousand or in the unincorporated area of a township. (L) The director of development, in consultation with the director of budget and management, shall develop and adopt a system of tracking any information necessary to anticipate the impact of credits issued under this section on tax revenues for current and future fiscal years. Such information may include the number of applications approved, the estimated rehabilitation expenditures and rehabilitation period associated with such applications, the number and amount of tax credit certificates issued, and any other information the director of budget and management requires for the purposes of this division. (M) For purposes of this section and Chapter 122:19-1 of the Ohio Administrative Code, a tax credit certificate issued under this section is effective on the date that all historic buildings rehabilitated by the project are "placed in service," as that term is used in section 47 of the Internal Revenue Code. Last updated January 16, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.196 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.196
§ 145.196. Consolidation of combined plan with defined benefit plan
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Individual account" means the account maintained for a member of the PERS combined plan in the defined contribution fund created in section 145.23 of the Revised Code, in which the member's contributions under section 145.85 of the Revised Code are deposited and credited. (2) "PERS combined plan" means the hybrid plan established under section 145.81 of the Revised Code that includes a PERS defined benefit plan component and a PERS defined contribution plan component that includes definitely determinable benefits as described in section 145.82 of the Revised Code. (B) The public employees retirement system may, in accordance with rules it adopts under this section, consolidate the PERS combined plan with the PERS defined benefit plan for the purpose of administering the definitely determinable benefits under the PERS combined plan and the allowance payable under section 145.335 of the Revised Code. (C) If the system consolidates the PERS combined plan with the PERS defined benefit plan as permitted under division (B) of this section, all of the following apply: (1) The PERS combined plan ceases to be a separate legal entity, and all members participating in the PERS combined plan at the time of consolidation shall be members of the PERS defined benefit plan. (2) The system shall do all of the following regarding a member's individual account: (a) Maintain the individual account of each member who was participating in the PERS combined plan at the time of consolidation; (b) Deposit and credit the member's contributions under section 145.47 of the Revised Code into the member's individual account; (c) If the system maintains the member's individual account in the defined contribution fund for purposes of investing the account's funds, treat the individual account as deposited and credited to the PERS defined benefit plan for accounting purposes; (d) Administer the member's individual account in accordance with rules adopted by the public employees retirement board and in a manner consistent with the PERS defined contribution plan. (3) The system shall deposit and credit the employer contributions under section 145.48 of the Revised Code for a member participating in the PERS combined plan at the time of consolidation into the employers' accumulation fund created in section 145.23 of the Revised Code to pay the definitely determinable benefits under the plan. (4) All members participating in the PERS combined plan at the time of consolidation shall be entitled to the rights and benefits to which the member was entitled under the PERS combined plan as of the date of consolidation, subject to future amendments to the PERS defined benefit plan. (D) The eligibility of members participating in the PERS combined plan at the time of consolidation under this section for age and service retirement, disability, survivor, or death benefits shall be determined under sections 145.32 , 145.35 , 145.36 , 145.361 , 145.45 , and 145.451 of the Revised Code. A member's retirement allowance shall be an amount determined in accordance with section 145.335 of the Revised Code. (E) The following sections of Chapter 145. of the Revised Code do not apply to the individual account of a member participating in the PERS combined plan at the time of consolidation under this section: sections 145.222 , 145.297 , 145.298 , 145.2914 , 145.31 , 145.311 , 145.312 , 145.33 , 145.332 , 145.334 , 145.37 , 145.382 , 145.383 , 145.385 , 145.40 , 145.401 , 145.472 , 145.49 , 145.581 , 145.582 , 145.62 , 145.63 , 145.64 , and 145.65 of Revised Code. Last updated August 28, 2023 at 4:27 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.812 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.812
§ 145.812. Qualification of plan as retirement system maintained by a state or local government entity for federal tax purposes
Status: in_force

October 1, 2002 Senate Bill 247 - 124th General Assembly Each PERS defined contribution plan shall meet the requirements necessary to qualify as a retirement system maintained by a state or local government entity under section 3121(b)(7)(F) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 3121(b)(7)(F), as amended. Each participant in a plan shall qualify as a member of that system.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.17
§ 135.17. Cash reserve
Status: in_force

June 11, 1968 Senate Bill 321 - 107th General Assembly Each treasurer may at all times keep in the vaults of his office such amount, as a cash reserve, as is prescribed by the proper governing board, which amount shall not be required to be deposited pursuant to sections 135.01 to 135.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. Each treasurer shall deposit or invest all the remaining public moneys in his possession in accordance with sections 135.01 to 135.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.90 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.90
§ 124.90. Waiver of federal law concerning discrimination in employment
Status: in_force

February 2, 1982 House Bill 286 - 114th General Assembly (A) Any municipal corporation may, by a two-thirds vote of its legislative authority, waive, suspend, or alter any of the provisions of this chapter as they apply to that municipal corporation if such waiver, suspension, or alteration is necessary for the municipal corporation to comply with any federal law or any rules adopted pursuant to federal law concerning discrimination in employment. (B) Any municipal corporation that has adopted the provisions of this chapter as part of its charter may, by a two-thirds vote of its legislative authority, waive, suspend, or alter any of the provisions of this chapter so adopted if such waiver, suspension, or alteration is necessary for the municipal corporation to comply with any federal law or any rules adopted pursuant to federal law concerning discrimination in employment. (C) A municipal corporation may not under this section make any waiver, suspension, or alteration of provisions of this chapter that relate to matters of promotions within the municipal civil service.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.46
§ 122.46. Purchase, sale, improvement of property for industrial, commercial, distribution or research facilities
Status: in_force

July 14, 1983 Senate Bill 227 - 115th General Assembly The director of development may purchase real property, and personal property in connection therewith, in the state from funds available to him for that purpose if he finds that: (A) Such property is owned by the United States, or an agency or instrumentality thereof, or by the state or an agency, instrumentality, or subdivision thereof; (B) Such property is, or after improvement will be, useful for industrial, commercial, distribution, or research facilities in the state; (C) Utilization of such property in the creation, location, or expansion of such facilities is economically sound and will benefit the people of the state by increasing opportunities for employment and strengthening the economy. The conveyance of such property by an agency, instrumentality, or subdivision of the state may be made without advertising for bids and on the terms and in the manner established by such agency, instrumentality, or subdivision and provided further that if the property is to be conveyed by the state of Ohio, the director of the department of the state having jurisdiction or supervision of such property shall determine if the property is required by such department and if determined not to be required, shall, with the approval of the governor and the controlling board, convey such property to the director of development at its fair market value as fixed by an appraisal by three disinterested persons appointed by the director of administrative services and the deed therefor shall be prepared and recorded pursuant to section 5301.13 of the Revised Code and the proceeds from such sale shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the appropriate fund. Such a conveyance shall transfer all interest of the state in the property. The director may improve any property acquired under this section and may construct and equip buildings, structures, and other facilities thereon for industrial, commercial, distribution, or research facilities. It is not intended hereby to authorize the director himself to operate any such industrial, commercial, distribution, or research facilities. Such property, or parts thereof, may be sold by the director or may be leased by it at such times and in such manner as the director determines and at such price or on such rentals as the director determines to be fair and reasonable. Such lease may provide for improvements to be made by the lessee at its expense, all of which shall immediately become the property of the director. Movable personal property of the lessee shall remain its property. The director shall determine the amount to be paid in the acquisition and improvement of such property, the price and terms of sale, and the rents and other terms of any lease including an option to purchase the leased property. Disbursement of funds shall be made upon order of the director. All leases, contracts, agreements, and deeds shall be executed by the director in the manner and by his agents as he provides.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.11
§ 121.11. Bond and oath of office - blanket bonds - bond may be required of employee
Status: in_force

September 29, 1999 House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Each officer whose office is created by sections 121.02 , 121.04 , and 121.05 of the Revised Code, before entering upon the duties of office, shall take and subscribe an oath of office as provided by law and give bond, conditioned according to law, with security to be approved by the governor in the penal sum, not less than ten thousand dollars, fixed by the governor. The department of administrative services may procure from any duly authorized corporate surety a blanket bond covering the officers described in those sections and any other officers the governor designates. The bond and oath of the officers described in those sections shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. (B) The director of each department, with the approval of the governor, may require any chief of a division, or any officer or employee in the director's department, to give bond in the amount the governor prescribes. The bond or bonds may, in the discretion of the director, be individual, schedule, or blanket bonds. (C) The premium on any bond required or authorized by this section may be paid from the state treasury.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.806 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.806
§ 135.806. Duties of lending institution on receipt of RC 135.805 certificate
Status: in_force

March 30, 2007 House Bill 293 - 126th General Assembly Upon placement of a certificate of deposit with an eligible lending institution pursuant to an agreement described in section 135.805 of the Revised Code, the eligible lending institution shall do both of the following: (A) Lend funds pursuant to the agreement to an eligible borrower; (B) Comply fully with the requirements of sections 135.804 to 135.807 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.64 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.64
§ 124.64. Prosecutions for violations of civil service rules or statutes
Status: in_force

December 4, 1973 Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly Prosecutions for the violation of sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the Revised Code, or the rules and regulations of the director of administrative services established in conformity thereto, shall be instituted by the attorney general or by the director acting through special counsel, or by the county prosecutor for the county in which the offense is alleged to have been committed. Prosecutions for violations of such sections and the rules and regulations of any municipal civil service commission by any officer or employee of such city, city school district, or city health district, shall be instituted by such municipal civil service commission through the legal department of the city or by such municipal civil service commission acting through special counsel.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.07
§ 135.07. Award of inactive deposits
Status: in_force

March 5, 1987 House Bill 144 - 116th General Assembly Each governing board, in proceeding to award the inactive deposits of public moneys subject to its control to public depositories, shall estimate the probable amount of public moneys to be so deposited in and among the eligible public depositories applying therefor at the beginning of the period. Such board shall award the inactive deposits of public moneys subject to its control to the eligible institution or institutions offering to pay the highest rate of interest permissible at the commencement of the period of designation on like time certificates of deposit or savings or deposit accounts, in the amount, as to each, specified in the application of the institution therefor. If two or more eligible institutions offer to pay the same permissible highest rate of interest on like time certificates of deposit or savings or deposit accounts on amounts so specified, which in the aggregate exceed the estimated amount to be deposited at the beginning of the period, or the maximum amount thereof subject to deposit at any time during such period, the inactive deposits shall be divided and awarded among such eligible public depositories in proportion to their respective capital funds. If the aggregate amount of inactive public deposits as specified in the applications made therefor by the institution offering to pay the highest such permissible rate of interest thereon is less than the amount of public moneys to be initially so deposited, or the maximum amount required to be deposited during the period, as so estimated, the board shall award the remainder of such inactive deposits to the eligible institution offering to pay the next such highest permissible rate of interest thereon in the amount specified in its application. If the amounts so specified in the applications of two or more institutions offering to pay the same next highest permissible rate of interest on like time certificates of deposit or savings or deposit accounts are in the aggregate in excess of such remaining estimated or probable amount to be so deposited, then such remainder shall be divided among and awarded to each of such institutions in proportion to their respective capital funds. In case the aggregate amount of inactive public deposits as specified in the applications made therefor is less than the public moneys thereof to be initially deposited or the maximum amount required to be deposited during the period, as estimated by the board, such governing board may invite applications for the excess amount from eligible institutions and may designate and award such excess amount to such eligible institutions offering the highest permissible rate of interest on like time certificates of deposit or savings or deposit accounts. This section does not require or permit any public depository to receive and have at any one time a greater amount of public moneys than that specified in the application of such depository. When, by reason of such limitation or otherwise, the amount of inactive public moneys deposited or to be deposited in a public depository, pursuant to an award made under this section, is reduced or withdrawn, as the case requires, the amount of such reduction, or the sum so withdrawn, shall be deposited in another eligible institution offering to pay a rate of interest on like time certificates of deposit or savings or deposit accounts as high as that offered by the institution from which such amount has been withheld or withdrawn, to the extent such other institution has applied therefor and is eligible to receive the same; and thereafter, or if there is no such eligible institution, the amount so withheld or withdrawn shall be deposited or invested as determined by the governing board in accordance with sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.59
§ 109.59. Fingerprint impressions and other descriptive measurements
Status: in_force

October 6, 1994 House Bill 571 - 120th General Assembly The sheriff, chief of police, or other person in charge of each prison, workhouse, or state correctional institution shall send to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, on forms furnished by the superintendent of the bureau, any fingerprint impressions and other descriptive measurements that the superintendent may require. The information shall be filed, classified, and preserved by the bureau.
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.03
§ 133.03. Public securities are lawful investments
Status: in_force

November 2, 1999 House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Chapter 133. securities are: (1) Lawful investments for banks, savings and loan associations, credit union share guaranty corporations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, insurance companies, including domestic for life and domestic not for life, trustees or other officers having charge of sinking and bond retirement or other funds of the state, subdivisions, and taxing districts, the commissioners of the sinking fund of the state, the administrator of workers' compensation, the state teachers, public employees, and school employees retirement systems, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund, notwithstanding any other provisions of the Revised Code or rules adopted pursuant to those provisions by any agency of the state with respect to investments by them; (2) Eligible as security for the repayment of the deposit of public moneys. (B) Section 9.96 of the Revised Code applies to Chapter 133. securities notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter. (C) A subdivision may enter into an agreement with an agency, including a commission, officer, board, authority, or other instrumentality, of the state or of the federal government for the issuance and sale of Chapter 133. securities to that agency for purposes for which the subdivision is otherwise authorized to issue those securities, and may issue and sell those securities under procedures and having terms, other than those provided in other sections of this chapter, that comply with that agreement and the rules of that agency. (D) A subdivision may not issue securities for the purpose of paying current expenses except for securities authorized to be issued for that purpose by this chapter or other laws. (E) The purpose of Chapter 133. securities may be stated in general terms, such as "street improvements," or "park improvements," or "extension and improvement of the waterworks system," or "school improvements." Any legislation submitting to the electors the question of issuing securities and the published notice of that election, and the legislation specifically authorizing securities, shall generally identify the permanent improvements included in the purpose. (F) Securities issued pursuant to section 133.13 of the Revised Code may include amounts to pay financing costs relating to those securities. (G) As used in this chapter, with respect to public obligations: (1) "Principal amount" means the aggregate of the amount as stated or provided for in the legislation authorizing the public obligations as the amount on which interest or interest equivalent is initially calculated. (2) "Principal payments" means the payments of or on account of the principal amount as defined in division (G)(1) of this section. (H) Interest or interest equivalent on public obligations may be paid or compounded at such time as shall be provided in the legislation authorizing the public obligations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.022 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.022
§ 128.022. Guidelines for disbursements
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The steering committee shall establish guidelines for the tax commissioner to use when disbursing money from the 9-1-1 government assistance fund to countywide 9-1-1 systems in the state, as well as guidelines for the use of funds from the next generation 9-1-1 fund. The guidelines shall be consistent with the standards adopted in section 128.021 of the Revised Code and shall specify that disbursements may be used for costs associated with the operation of and equipment for phase II wireless systems and for costs associated with a county's migration to next generation 9-1-1 systems and technology. The committee shall periodically review the guidelines described in this division and adjust them as needed. (B) The committee shall report any adjustments to the guidelines described in division (A) of this section to the department of taxation. The adjustments shall take effect six months from the date the department is notified of the adjustments. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 12:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.411 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.411
§ 124.411. Police department appointment from annexed territory
Status: in_force

March 2, 1992 House Bill 228 - 119th General Assembly Notwithstanding section 124.41 of the Revised Code, the appointing authority of a municipal corporation that has been incorporated pursuant to Chapter 707, of the Revised Code may grant an original appointment to a police department, as a policewoman or policeman, to a person who was employed on the date of incorporation as a full-time police officer of a township all or part of which was included in the corporation limits of the municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 165.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 165 / § 165.03
§ 165.03. Permitted purposes for issuing bonds
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 444 - 133rd General Assembly (A) An issuer may issue bonds for the purpose of providing moneys to acquire by purchase, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, improve, furnish, or equip one or more projects or parts thereof, or for any combination of such purposes, including providing moneys to make loans to others for such purposes. The issuing authority shall provide by resolution or ordinance for the issuance of such bonds. The bond proceedings may contain determinations by the issuing authority that the project to be financed thereunder is a project as defined in this chapter and is consistent with the purposes of Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and such determinations shall be conclusive as to the validity and enforceability of the bonds issued under such bond proceedings and of such bond proceedings and security interests given and leases, subleases, sale agreements, loan agreements, and other agreements made in connection therewith, all in accordance with their terms. The principal of and interest on the bonds and all other payments required to be made by the bond proceedings shall be payable solely from the revenues and secured by security interests as provided in such bond proceedings. Bond anticipation notes may be secured, solely or additionally, by a covenant of the issuer that it will do all things necessary for the issuance of the bonds anticipated or renewal notes in appropriate amount and either exchange such bonds or renewal notes for such notes or apply the proceeds therefrom to the extent necessary to make full payment of the principal of and interest on such notes. The bond proceedings shall not obligate or pledge moneys raised by taxation. Bonds may be issued at one time or from time to time, shall be dated, shall mature at such time or times not exceeding thirty years from date of issue, and may be redeemable before maturity at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions, all as provided in the bond proceedings. The bonds shall bear interest at such rate or rates, or at a variable rate or rates changing from time to time in accordance with a base or formula, as provided in or authorized by the bond proceedings. The issuing authority shall determine the form of the bonds, fix their denominations and method of execution, and establish within or without the state a place or places for the payment of principal or interest. (B) The issuing authority may provide for sales of bonds at public or private sale as it deems most advantageous and for such prices, whether above or below the par value thereof, as it determines or within such limit or limits as it determines. (C) If the state is the issuer, then before the authorization of the bonds, the issuing authority of the state shall have received a written request for the issuance of the bonds from either the board of directors of a port authority created pursuant to the authority of section 4582.02 or 4582.22 of the Revised Code if the project is within the jurisdiction of the port authority, from the issuing authority of the municipal corporation if the project is within the boundaries of a municipal corporation, or from the issuing authority of the township or county if the project is within the unincorporated portion of the township or county. (D) If the issuer is a county, township, or municipal corporation, then, before the delivery of bonds issued under authority of this section, the issuing authority shall have caused a written notice to have been mailed by certified mail to the director of development services of the state advising such director of the proposed delivery of the bonds, the amount thereof, the proposed lessee, and a general description of the project or projects to be financed. (E) In case any officer who has signed any bonds or coupons pertaining thereto, or caused the officer's facsimile signature to be affixed thereto, ceases to be such officer before such bonds or coupons have been delivered, such bonds or coupons may, nevertheless, be issued and delivered as though the person who had signed the bonds or coupons or caused the person's facsimile signature to be affixed thereto had not ceased to be such officer. Any bonds or coupons may be executed on behalf of the issuer by an officer 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. (F) All bonds issued under authority of this chapter, regardless of form or terms and regardless of any other law to the contrary, shall have all qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments, subject to provisions for registration, and may be issued in coupon, fully registered, or other form, or any combination thereof, as the issuing authority determines. Provision may be made for the registration of any coupon bonds as to principal alone or as to both principal and interest, and for the conversion into coupon bonds of any fully registered bonds or bonds registered as to both principal and interest. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 123.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 123 / § 123.20
§ 123.20. Ohio facilities construction commission
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the Ohio facilities construction commission. The commission shall administer the design and construction of improvements to public facilities of the state in accordance with this chapter, the provision of financial assistance to school districts for the acquisition or construction of classroom facilities in accordance with Chapter 3318. of the Revised Code, and any other applicable provisions of the Revised Code. The commission is a body corporate and politic, an agency of state government and an instrumentality of the state, performing essential governmental functions of this state. The carrying out of the purposes and the exercise by the commission of its powers are essential public functions and public purposes of the state. The commission may, in its own name, sue and be sued, enter into contracts, and perform all the powers and duties given to it by the Revised Code, but it does not have and shall not exercise the power of eminent domain. In its discretion and as it determines appropriate, the commission may delegate to any of its members, executive director, or other employees any of the commission's powers and duties to carry out its functions. (B) The commission shall consist of seven members, three of whom shall be voting members. The voting members shall be the director of the office of budget and management, the director of administrative services, and an additional administrative department head listed in section 121.03 of the Revised Code whom the governor shall appoint. Each voting member of the commission may designate an employee of the member's agency to serve on the member's behalf. The nonvoting members shall be two members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate and two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. The nonvoting members who are senators shall not be members of the same political party, and the nonvoting members who are representatives shall not be members of the same political party. The president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint the nonvoting members of the commission within forty-five days after the commencement of the first regular session of each general assembly, to serve for the duration of that general assembly. A seat on the commission becomes vacant if the nonvoting member who held the seat ceases to serve in the chamber of the general assembly from which the nonvoting member was appointed. A vacancy in a nonvoting seat on the commission shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments not later than the thirty-first day after the day the seat becomes vacant. Members of the commission or their designees shall serve without compensation. Organizational meetings of the commission shall be held at the first meeting of each calendar year. At each organizational meeting, the commission shall elect from among its voting members a chairperson and vice-chairperson, who shall serve until the next annual organizational meeting. The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the conduct of its internal business and shall keep a journal of its proceedings. Including the organizational meeting, the commission shall meet at least once each calendar year. Two voting members of the commission constitute a quorum, and the affirmative vote of two members is necessary for approval of any action taken by the commission. A vacancy in the membership of the commission does not impair a quorum from exercising all the rights and performing all the duties of the commission. Meetings of the commission may be held anywhere in the state and shall be held in compliance with section 121.22 of the Revised Code. (C) The commission shall file an annual report of its activities and finances, including a report of the expenditures and progress of the classroom facilities assistance program under Chapter 3318. of the Revised Code, with the governor, speaker of the house of representatives, president of the senate, and chairpersons of the house and senate finance committees. (D) The commission shall be exempt from the requirements of sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 22, 2023 at 9:30 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.07
§ 122.07. Office of TourismOhio
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created within the department of development an office to be known as the office of TourismOhio. The office shall be under the supervision of a director who shall be of equivalent rank of deputy director of the agency and shall serve at the pleasure of the director of development. (B) The office shall do both of the following: (1) Promote the state as a destination for living, learning, working, and traveling, and provide related services or otherwise carry out the promotional functions or duties of the department, as necessary; (2) Perform an annual return-on-investment study analyzing the office's success in promoting Ohio. A report containing the findings of the study shall be submitted to the governor, the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, and the president and minority leader of the senate. The report shall also be made available to the public. Last updated September 6, 2023 at 3:49 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.91 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.91
§ 124.91. Annual survey on diversity within agency workforce
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly The director of administrative services annually shall conduct a survey on diversity within each state agency's workforce at the time of the survey. Not later than December 31, 2020, and not later than the thirty-first day of December of each year thereafter, the director shall issue a report on the results of the surveys with the governor and the general assembly in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.26
§ 133.26. Securities to contain statement of purposes and authorization
Status: in_force

October 30, 1989 House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly (A) Securities issued by a subdivision shall state on their face the purposes, stated in summary terms, for which, and identify the legislation under which, they are issued. They shall bear interest at a rate or rates as provided for in that legislation. In the case of voted general obligation bonds to be payable from sources other than property taxes or special assessments pursuant to provision for payment from such other sources made by covenant or otherwise in the legislation authorizing the bonds, the interest may be determined as a variable rate or rates, which may change from time to time in accordance with a base, formula, or standard, including determination at whatever rate is required to sell the securities on the open market at par, or other floating rate interest structure, identified or approved by the taxing authority. (B) The taxing authority of a subdivision may issue Chapter 133. securities subject to call or redemption prior to maturity at par, or at a premium or premiums as determined by the taxing authority.
Ohio Rev. Code § 184.172 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 184 / § 184.172
§ 184.172. Outreach activities conducted by commission
Status: in_force

January 4, 2006 Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly The outreach activities the third frontier commission shall conduct under section 184.171 of the Revised Code shall include the following: (A) Identifying and partnering with historically black colleges and universities to solicit and implement a minority technology demonstration project funded by the national science foundation; (B) Working with all institutions of higher education in the state to support minority faculty and students involved in science and engineering; (C) Developing a plan to contact by telephone minority-owned businesses and entrepreneurs to notify them of and encourage them to participate in the various third frontier projects and initiatives; (D) Identifying minority professional and technical trade associations and economic development assistance organizations and notifying them of the various third frontier projects and initiatives; (E) Partnering with regional technology councils to foster local efforts to support minority-owned technology businesses or otherwise identify networks of minority-owned technology businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals operating locally; (F) Identifying minority technology firms and marketing them to the investment community including the Ohio venture capital authority created under section 150.02 of the Revised Code and the managers of all investment funds receiving third frontier project support.
Ohio Rev. Code § 102.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 102 / § 102.07
§ 102.07. No divulging of information in disclosure statements
Status: in_force

May 12, 1994 House Bill 285, House Bill 492 - 120th General Assembly No member, employee, or agent of the Ohio ethics commission, board of commissioners on grievances and discipline of the supreme court, or joint legislative ethics committee shall divulge any information or any books, papers, or documents presented to the commission, joint legislative ethics committee, or board of commissioners on grievances and discipline without the consent, in writing, of the appropriate ethics commission, unless such books, papers, or documents were presented at a public hearing, except as provided in section 102.06 of the Revised Code. No person shall divulge information that appears on a disclosure statement and is required to be kept confidential under division (B) of section 102.02 of the Revised Code. 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 § 122.013 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.013
§ 122.013. Required postings on official internet site
Status: in_force

January 4, 2006 Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly The department of development shall post the following on the official internet site of the department: (A) Annual reports of the progress and status of eligible projects made as required under division (E) of section 122.0814 of the Revised Code; (B) The annual report made by the director of development under section 122.0817 of the Revised Code; (C) Reports made by the third frontier commission under section 184.15 of the Revised Code; (D) Information on all support awarded under section 184.11 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.841 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.841
§ 124.841. Long-term care insurance - political subdivision employees
Status: in_force

August 31, 2004 House Bill 185 - 125th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Long-term care insurance" has the same meaning as in section 3923.41 of the Revised Code. (2) "Political subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 9.833 of the Revised Code. (B) Any political subdivision may negotiate with and may contract with one or more insurance companies or health insuring corporations authorized to operate or do business in this state for the purchase of a policy of long-term care insurance covering all elected officials and employees of the political subdivision. The contract may be entered into without competitive bidding. Any elected official or employee of a political subdivision may elect to participate in any long-term care insurance policy that the political subdivision purchases under this division. (C) Any long-term care insurance policy entered into under this section is subject to division (C) of section 124.84 of the Revised Code. (D) All or any portion of the premium charged may be paid by the political subdivision. The political subdivision shall establish a manner or manners of payment for participants and the political subdivision.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.89 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.89
§ 122.89. Executing bonds as surety
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) The director of development may execute bonds as surety for minority businesses as principals, on contracts with the state, any political subdivision or instrumentality thereof, or any person as the obligee. The director as surety may exercise all the rights and powers of a company authorized by the department of insurance to execute bonds as surety but shall not be subject to any requirements of a surety company under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code nor to any rules of the department of insurance. (B) The director, with the advice of the minority development financing advisory board, shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing procedures for application for surety bonds by minority businesses and for review and approval of applications. The board shall review each application in accordance with the rules and, based on the bond worthiness of each applicant, shall refer all qualified applicants to the director. Based on the recommendation of the board, the director shall determine whether or not the applicant shall receive bonding. (C) The rules of the board shall require the minority business to pay a premium in advance for the bond to be established by the director, with the advice of the board after the director receives advice from the superintendent of insurance regarding the standard market rates for premiums for similar bonds. All premiums paid by minority businesses shall be paid into the minority business bonding program administrative and loss reserve fund. (D) The rules of the board shall provide for a retainage of money paid to the minority business or EDGE business enterprise of fifteen per cent for a contract valued at more than fifty thousand dollars and for a retainage of twelve per cent for a contract valued at fifty thousand dollars or less. (E) The penal sum amounts of all outstanding bonds issued by the director shall not exceed the amount of moneys in the minority business bonding fund and available to the fund under division (B) of section 169.05 of the Revised Code. (F) The superintendent of insurance shall provide such technical and professional assistance as is considered necessary by the director, including providing advice regarding the standard market rates for bond premiums as described under division (C) of this section. (G) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, a minority business or EDGE business enterprise may bid or enter into a contract with the state or with any instrumentality of the state without being required to provide a bond as follows: (1) For the first contract that a minority business or EDGE business enterprise enters into with the state or with any particular instrumentality of the state, the minority business or EDGE business enterprise may bid or enter into a contract valued at twenty-five thousand dollars or less without being required to provide a bond, but only if the minority business or EDGE business enterprise is participating in a qualified contractor assistance program or has successfully completed a qualified contractor assistance program after October 16, 2009; (2) After the state or any particular instrumentality of the state has accepted the first contract as completed and all subcontractors and suppliers on the contract have been paid, the minority business or EDGE business enterprise may bid or enter into a second contract with the state or with that particular instrumentality of the state valued at fifty thousand dollars or less without being required to provide a bond, but only if the minority business or EDGE business enterprise is participating in a qualified contractor assistance program or has successfully completed a qualified contractor assistance program after October 16, 2009; (3) After the state or any particular instrumentality of the state has accepted the second contract as completed and all subcontractors and suppliers on the contract have been paid, the minority business or EDGE business enterprise may bid or enter into a third contract with the state or with that particular instrumentality of the state valued at one hundred thousand dollars or less without being required to provide a bond, but only if the minority business or EDGE business enterprise has successfully completed a qualified contractor assistance program after October 16, 2009; (4) After the state or any particular instrumentality of the state has accepted the third contract as completed and all subcontractors and suppliers on the contract have been paid, the minority business or EDGE business enterprise may bid or enter into a fourth contract with the state or with that particular instrumentality of the state valued at three hundred thousand dollars or less without being required to provide a bond, but only if the minority business or EDGE business enterprise has successfully completed a qualified contractor assistance program after October 16, 2009; (5) After the state or any instrumentality of the state has accepted the fourth contract as completed and all subcontractors and suppliers on the contract have been paid, upon a showing that with respect to a contract valued at four hundred thousand dollars or less with the state or with any particular instrumentality of the state, that the minority business or EDGE business enterprise either has been denied a bond by two surety companies or that the minority business or EDGE business enterprise has applied to two surety companies for a bond and, at the expiration of sixty days after making the application, has neither received nor been denied a bond, the minority business or EDGE business enterprise may repeat its participation in the unbonded state contractor program. Under no circumstances shall a minority business or EDGE business enterprise be permitted to participate in the unbonded state contractor program more than twice. (H) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, a minority business or EDGE business enterprise may bid or enter into a contract with any political subdivision of the state or with any instrumentality of a political subdivision without being required to provide a bond as follows: (1) For the first contract that the minority business or EDGE business enterprise enters into with any particular political subdivision of the state or with any particular instrumentality of a political subdivision, the minority business or EDGE business enterprise may bid or enter into a contract valued at twenty-five thousand dollars or less without being required to provide a bond, but only if the minority business or EDGE business enterprise is participating in a qualified contractor assistance program or has successfully completed a qualified contractor assistance program after October 16, 2009; (2) After any political subdivision of the state or any instrumentality of a political subdivision has accepted the first contract as completed and all subcontractors and suppliers on the contract have been paid, the minority business or EDGE business enterprise may bid or enter into a second contract with that particular political subdivision of the state or with that particular instrumentality of a political subdivision valued at fifty thousand dollars or less without being required to provide a bond, but only if the minority business or EDGE business enterprise is participating in a qualified contractor assistance program or has successfully completed a qualified contractor assistance program after October 16, 2009; (3) After any political subdivision of the state or any instrumentality of a political subdivision has accepted the second contract as completed and all subcontractors and suppliers on the contract have been paid, the minority business or EDGE business enterprise may bid or enter into a third contract with that particular political subdivision of the state or with that particular instrumentality of a political subdivision valued at one hundred thousand dollars or less without being required to provide a bond, but only if the minority business or EDGE business enterprise has successfully completed a qualified contractor assistance program after October 16, 2009; (4) After any political subdivision of the state or any instrumentality of a political subdivision has accepted the third contract as completed and all subcontractors and suppliers on the contract have been paid, the minority business or EDGE business enterprise may bid or enter into a fourth contract with that particular political subdivision of the state or with that particular instrumentality of a political subdivision valued at two hundred thousand dollars or less without being required to provide a bond, but only if the minority business or EDGE business enterprise has successfully completed a qualified contractor assistance program after October 16, 2009; (5) After any political subdivision of the state or any instrumentality of a political subdivision has accepted the fourth contract as completed and all subcontractors and suppliers on the contract have been paid, upon a showing that with respect to a contract valued at three hundred thousand dollars or less with any political subdivision of the state or any instrumentality of a political subdivision, that the minority business or EDGE business enterprise either has been denied a bond by two surety companies or that the minority business or EDGE business enterprise has applied to two surety companies for a bond and, at the expiration of sixty days after making the application, has neither received nor been denied a bond, the minority business or EDGE business enterprise may repeat its participation in the unbonded political subdivision contractor program. Under no circumstances shall a minority business or EDGE business enterprise be permitted to participate in the unbonded political subdivision contractor program more than twice. (I) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, if a minority business or EDGE business enterprise has entered into two or more contracts with the state or with any instrumentality of the state, the minority business or EDGE business enterprise may bid or enter into a contract with a political subdivision of the state or with any instrumentality of a political subdivision valued at the level at which the minority business or EDGE business enterprise would qualify if entering into an additional contract with the state. (J) The director of development shall coordinate and oversee the unbonded state contractor program described in division (G) of this section, the unbonded political subdivision contractor program described in division (H) of this section, and the approval of a qualified contractor assistance program. The director shall prepare an annual report and submit it to the governor and the general assembly on or before the first day of August that includes the following: information on the director's activities for the preceding calendar year regarding the unbonded state contractor program, the unbonded political subdivision contractor program, and the qualified contractor assistance program; a summary and description of the operations and activities of these programs; an assessment of the achievements of these programs; and a recommendation as to whether these programs need to continue. (K) As used in this section: (1) "EDGE business enterprise" means an EDGE business enterprise certified under section 122.922 of the Revised Code. (2) "Qualified contractor assistance program" means an educational program or technical assistance program for business development that is designed to assist a minority business or EDGE business enterprise in becoming eligible for bonding and has been approved by the director of development for use as required under this section. (3) "Successfully completed a qualified contractor assistance program" means the minority business or EDGE business enterprise completed such a program on or after October 16, 2009. (4) "Unbonded state contractor program" means the program described in division (G) of this section. (5) "Unbonded political subdivision contractor program" means the program described in division (H) of this section. Last updated August 4, 2021 at 10:40 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.22
§ 173.22. Confidential information
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The collection, compilation, analysis, and dissemination of information by the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program shall be performed in a manner that protects complainants, individuals providing information about a complaint, public entities, and confidential records of residents or recipients. The identity of a resident or recipient, a complainant who is not a resident or recipient, or an individual providing information about a complaint shall not be disclosed without the written consent of the resident or recipient, complainant, or individual, or a legal representative of any of the foregoing, or except as required by court order. The investigative files of the office and any records contained in those files, including any proprietary records of a long-term care provider or records relating to advocacy visits, are not public records subject to inspection or copying under section 149.43 of the Revised Code and are exempt from the provisions of Chapter 1347. of the Revised Code. Information contained in investigative and other files maintained by the state long-term care ombudsman and regional long-term care ombudsman programs shall be disclosed only at the discretion of the state ombudsman or if disclosure is required by court order. (B) No report prepared by the state ombudsman or a regional program shall include any information that violates the confidentiality requirements of this section. Proprietary records of a specific long-term care provider are subject to the confidentiality requirements of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.081 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.081
§ 125.081. Setting aside purchases selected for competition only by minority business enterprises
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) From the purchases that the department of administrative services is required by law to make through competitive selection, the director of administrative services shall select a number of such purchases, the aggregate value of which equals approximately fifteen per cent of the estimated total value of all such purchases to be made in the current fiscal year. The director shall set aside the purchases selected for competition only by minority business enterprises, as defined in division (E)(1) of section 122.71 of the Revised Code. The competitive selection procedures for such purchases set aside shall be the same as for all other purchases the department is required to make through competitive selection, except that only minority business enterprises certified by the director of development in accordance with the rules adopted under division (B)(1) of section 122.921 of the Revised Code and listed under section 125.08 of the Revised Code shall be qualified to compete. (B) To the extent that any agency of the state, other than the department of administrative services, the legislative and judicial branches, boards of elections, and the adjutant general, is authorized to make purchases, the agency shall set aside a number of purchases, the aggregate value of which equals approximately fifteen per cent of the aggregate value of such purchases for the current fiscal year for competition by minority business enterprises only. The procedures for such purchases shall be the same as for all other such purchases made by the agency, except that only minority business enterprises certified by the director of development in accordance with rules adopted under division (B)(1) of section 123.151 of the Revised Code shall be qualified to compete. (C) In the case of purchases set aside under division (A) or (B) of this section, if no bid is submitted by a minority business enterprise, the purchase shall be made according to usual procedures. The contracting agency shall from time to time set aside such additional purchases for which only minority business enterprises may compete, as are necessary to replace those purchases previously set aside for which no minority business enterprises bid and to ensure that, in any fiscal year, the aggregate amount of contracts awarded to minority business enterprises will equal approximately fifteen per cent of the total amount of contracts awarded by the agency. (D) The provisions of this section shall not preclude any minority business enterprise from competing for any other state purchases that are not specifically set aside for minority business enterprises. (E) No funds of any state agency shall be expended in any fiscal year for any purchase for which competitive selection is required, until the director of the department of administrative services certifies to the clerk of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives of the general assembly that approximately fifteen per cent of the aggregate amount of the projected expenditure for such purchases in the fiscal year has been set aside as provided for in this section. (F) Any person who intentionally misrepresents self as owning, controlling, operating, or participating in a minority business enterprise for the purpose of obtaining contracts, subcontracts, or any other benefits under this section shall be guilty of theft by deception as provided for in section 2913.02 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 30, 2021 at 3:49 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.2911 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.2911
§ 145.2911. Eligibility for credit for service in Cincinnati retirement system
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 520 - 131st General Assembly (A) If the conditions described in division (B) of section 145.2910 of the Revised Code are met, a member of the public employees retirement system who is not receiving a pension or benefit from the public employees retirement system is eligible to obtain credit for service as a member of the Cincinnati retirement system under this section. (B) A member of the public employees retirement system who has contributions on deposit with, but is no longer contributing to, the Cincinnati retirement system shall, in computing years of service credit, be given credit for service credit earned under the Cincinnati retirement system or purchased or obtained as military service credit if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The member's service credit in the public employees retirement system is greater than the amount of credit that would be obtained under this division. (2) The member is eligible, or with the credit will be eligible, for a retirement or disability benefit. (3) The member agrees to retire or accept a disability benefit not later than ninety days after receiving notice from the public employees retirement system that the credit has been obtained. (4) For each year of service, the Cincinnati retirement system transfers to the public employees retirement system the sum of the following: (a) The amount contributed by the member, or, in the case of military service credit, paid by the member, that is attributable to the year of service; (b) An amount equal to the lesser of the employer's contributions to the Cincinnati retirement system or the appropriate employer contributions under section 145.48 or 145.49 of the Revised Code; (c) Interest on the amounts specified in divisions (B) (4)(a) and (b) of this section from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit to the date the transfer is made. (C) A member of the public employees retirement system with at least eighteen months of contributing service credit with the public employees retirement system who has received a refund of the member's contributions to the Cincinnati retirement system may obtain credit for service credit earned under the Cincinnati retirement system or purchased or obtained as military service credit if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The member's service credit in the public employees retirement system is greater than the amount of credit that would be obtained under this division. (2) The member is eligible, or with the credit will be eligible, for a retirement or disability benefit. (3) The member agrees to retire or accept a disability benefit not later than ninety days after receiving notice from the public employees retirement system that the credit has been obtained. (4) For each year of service, the public employees retirement system receives the sum of the following: (a) An amount, paid by the member, equal to the sum of the following: (i) The amount refunded by the Cincinnati retirement system to the member for that year for contributions and payments for military service, with interest at a rate established by the public employees retirement board on that amount from the date of the refund to the date of payment; (ii) The amount of interest, if any, the member received when the refund was made that is attributable to the year of service. (b) An amount, transferred by the Cincinnati retirement system to the public employees retirement system, equal to the sum of the following: (i) Interest on the amount refunded to the member that is attributable to the year of service from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit to the date the refund was made; (ii) An amount equal to the lesser of the employer's contributions to the Cincinnati retirement system or the appropriate employer contribution under section 145.48 or 145.49 of the Revised Code, with interest on that amount from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned to the date of the transfer. (D) The amount transferred under division (C) (4)(b)(i) of this section shall not include any amount of interest the Cincinnati retirement system paid to the person when it made the refund. (E) On receipt of payment from the member under division (C) (4)(a) of this section, the public employees retirement system shall notify the Cincinnati retirement system. On receipt of the notice, the Cincinnati retirement system shall transfer the amount described in division (C) (4)(b) of this section. (F) Interest charged under this section shall be calculated separately for each year of service credit. Unless otherwise specified in this section, it shall be calculated at the lesser of the actuarial assumption rate for that year of the public employees retirement system or the Cincinnati retirement system. The interest shall be compounded annually. (G) At the request of the public employees retirement system, the Cincinnati retirement system shall certify to the public employees retirement system a copy of the records of the service and contributions of a member of the public employees retirement system who seeks service credit under this section. (H) Service credit purchased or otherwise obtained under this section shall be considered the equivalent of Ohio service credit. The public employees retirement system shall withdraw the credit and refund all amounts paid or transferred under this section if either of the following occurs: (1) The member fails to retire or accept a disability benefit not later than ninety days after receiving notice from the public employees retirement system that credit has been obtained under this section. (2) The member's application for a disability benefit is denied. (I) A member may choose to purchase only part of the credit the member is eligible to purchase under division (C) of this section, subject to rules of the public employees retirement board. (J) A member is ineligible to purchase or otherwise obtain credit under this section for the service to be used in calculation of any retirement benefit currently being paid or payable to the member in the future.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.924 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.924
§ 122.924. [Former R.C 123.154, amended and renumbered by H.B. 110, 134th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2021] Women-owned business enterprise program
Status: in_force

June 1, 2022 Senate Bill 105 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: "Women-owned business enterprise" means any individual, partnership, corporation, or joint venture of any kind that is owned and controlled by women who are United States citizens and residents of this state or of a reciprocal state. "Owned and controlled" means that at least fifty-one per cent of the business, including corporate stock if it is a corporation, is owned by women and that such owners have control over the day-to-day operations of the business and an interest in the capital, assets, and profits and losses of the business proportionate to their percentage of ownership. In order to qualify as a women-owned business, a business shall have been owned by such owners at least one year. (B) The director of development shall establish a business assistance program known as the women-owned business enterprise program and shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to administer the program that do all of the following: (1) Establish procedures by which a business enterprise may apply for certification as a women-owned business enterprise; (2) Establish standards to determine when a women-owned business enterprise no longer qualifies for women-owned business enterprise certification; (3) Establish a system to make publicly available a list of women-owned business enterprises certified under this section; (4) Establish a process to mediate complaints and to review women-owned business enterprise certification appeals; (5) Implement an outreach program to educate potential participants about the women-owned business enterprise program; (6) Establish a system to assist state agencies in identifying and utilizing women-owned business enterprises in their contracting processes; (7) Implement a system of self-reporting by women-owned business enterprises as well as an on-site inspection process to validate the qualifications of women-owned business enterprises. (C) Business and personal financial information and trade secrets submitted by women-owned business enterprise applicants to the director pursuant to this section are not public records for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code, unless the director presents the financial information or trade secrets at a public hearing or public proceeding regarding the applicant's eligibility to participate in the program. (D) The director of development, upon approval of the attorney general, may enter into a reciprocal agreement with the appropriate officials of one or more states, when the other state has a business assistance program or programs substantially similar to the women-owned business enterprise program of this state. The agreement shall provide that a business certified by the other state as a women-owned business enterprise, which is owned and controlled by a resident or residents of that other state, shall be considered a women-owned business enterprise in this state under this section. The agreement shall provide that a women-owned business enterprise certified under this section, which is owned and controlled by a resident or residents of this state, shall be considered certified in the other state and eligible for programs of that state that provide an advantage or benefit to such businesses. (E)(1) Any person who has been certified as a women-owned business enterprise under this section may present the person's certification to a political subdivision as evidence that that person is eligible to participate in any public initiatives or strategies that the political subdivision has established to increase the participation, representation, or inclusion of women in business opportunities, and in any programs the political subdivision may have that set aside a certain amount of public contracts to award to women-owned business enterprises. (2) When considering this evidence, a political subdivision shall defer to the department's determination that the person is a woman, that the person owns and controls the person's business, and that the person has owned the person's business for at least one year. Last updated March 9, 2022 at 12:15 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 164.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 164 / § 164.01
§ 164.01. Aid to local government improvement definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Capital improvement" or "capital improvement project" or "project" means the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, planning, and equipping of roads and bridges, appurtenances to roads and bridges to enhance the safety of animal-drawn vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles, waste water treatment systems, water supply systems, solid waste disposal facilities, and storm water and sanitary collection, storage, and treatment facilities, including real property, interests in real property, facilities, and equipment related or incidental to those facilities. (B) "Local subdivision" means any county, municipal corporation, township, sanitary district, or regional water and sewer district. (C) "Bond proceedings" means the resolutions, orders, trust agreements, indentures, and other agreements, credit facilities and credit enhancement facilities, and amendments and supplements to the foregoing, or any one or more or combination thereof, authorizing, awarding, or providing for the terms and conditions applicable to or providing for the security or liquidity of obligations, and the provisions contained in those obligations. (D) "Bond service charges" means principal, including any mandatory sinking fund or redemption requirements for retirement of obligations, interest and other accreted amounts, and any redemption premium payable on obligations. If not prohibited by the applicable bond proceedings, bond service charges include costs of credit enhancement facilities that are related to, and represent or are intended to provide a source of payment of or limitation on, other bond service charges. (E) "Bond service fund" means the fund, and any accounts in that fund, created by section 164.10 of the Revised Code, including all moneys and investments, and earnings from investments, credited and to be credited to that fund and accounts as provided in the bond proceedings. (F) "Cost of capital improvement projects" means the costs of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, expanding, improving, and engineering capital improvement projects, and related financing costs. (G) "Credit enhancement facilities" means letters of credit, lines of credit, stand-by, contingent, or firm securities purchase agreements, interest rate hedges including, without limitation, interest rate swaps, insurance or surety arrangements, reserve or guarantee funds, and guarantees, and other arrangements that provide for contingent or direct payment of bond service charges, for security or additional security in the event of nonpayment or default in respect of obligations, or for making or providing funds for making payment of bond service charges to, and at the option and on demand of, holders of obligations or at the option of the issuer under put or similar arrangements, or for otherwise supporting the credit or liquidity of obligations, and includes credit, reimbursement, marketing, remarketing, indexing, carrying, purchase, and subrogation agreements, and other agreements and arrangements for reimbursement of the person providing the credit enhancement facility and the security for that reimbursement. As used in this division, obligations include debt obligations of local subdivisions. (H) "Financing costs" means all costs and expenses relating to the authorization, issuance, sale, delivery, authentication, deposit, custody, clearing, registration, transfer, exchange, fractionalization, replacement, and servicing of obligations, including, without limitation, costs and expenses for or relating to, or payment obligations under, publication and printing, postage and express delivery, official statements, offering circulars, and informational statements, travel and transportation, paying agents, bond registrars, authenticating agents, remarketing agents, custodians, clearing agencies or corporations, securities depositories, financial advisory services, certifications, audits, federal or state regulatory agencies, accounting services, legal services and obtaining approving legal opinions and other legal opinions, credit ratings, original issue discount, credit facilities, and credit enhancement facilities. Financing costs may be paid from any moneys lawfully available for the purpose, including, unless otherwise provided in the bond proceedings, from the proceeds of the obligations to which they relate and from the same sources from which bond service charges on the obligations are paid and as though bond service charges. (I) "Issuer" means the treasurer of state, or the officer who by law performs the functions of that officer. (J) "Obligations" means bonds, notes, or other evidences of obligation of the state, including any interest coupons pertaining thereto, issued pursuant to sections 164.09 to 164.12 of the Revised Code. (K) "Special funds" or "funds" means, except where the context does not permit, the bond service fund, and any other funds, including reserve funds, created under the bond proceedings and stated to be special funds in those proceedings, including all moneys and investments, and earnings from investments, credited and to be credited to the fund. Special funds do not include the state capital improvements fund created by section 164.08 of the Revised Code or, if so provided in the bond proceedings, a rebate fund or account established for purposes of federal tax laws. (L) "Net proceeds" means amounts received from the sale of obligations pursuant to this chapter, excluding amounts used to refund or retire outstanding obligations, and does not include amounts required to be deposited in special funds pursuant to the applicable bond proceedings, or financing costs paid from such amounts received. (M) "Local debt support" means the subsidization of the interest rate on a loan obtained by a subdivision. (N) "Principal amount" refers to the aggregate of the amount as stated or provided for in the bond proceedings authorizing the obligations as the amount on which interest or interest equivalent is initially calculated. Last updated July 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.62
§ 124.62. Violations of civil service rules or statutes
Status: in_force

August 9, 1974 House Bill 513 - 110th General Assembly After a rule has been duly established and published by the director of administrative services or by any municipal or civil service township civil service commission according to this chapter, no person shall make an appointment to office or select a person for employment contrary to such rule, or willfully refuse or neglect to comply with or to conform to the sections of this chapter, or willfully violate any of the sections. If any person who is convicted of violating this section holds any public office or place of public employment, such office or position shall by virtue of such conviction be rendered vacant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.28
§ 109.28. Inspection of register of charitable trusts
Status: in_force

October 14, 1953 Senate Bill 196 - 100th General Assembly The register established by section 109.26 shall be open to the inspection of any person at such reasonable times and for such legitimate purposes as the attorney general may determine; provided, however, that any investigation of a chairtable trust shall not be open to public inspection.
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.07
§ 147.07. Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly A notary public has statewide jurisdiction. Last updated February 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.56
§ 107.56. Actions reviewed by common sense initiative office
Status: in_force

January 21, 2018 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "board or commission" means any of the following: (1) The accountancy board; (2) The architects board; (3) The state cosmetology and barber board; (4) The board of embalmers and funeral directors; (5) The board of executives of long-term services and supports; (6) The crematory review board; (7) The motor vehicle dealers board; (8) The motor vehicle repair board; (9) The motor vehicle salvage dealer's licensing board; (10) The Ohio athletic commission; (11) The Ohio construction industry licensing board; (12) The Ohio landscape architects board; (13) The Ohio real estate commission; (14) The real estate appraiser board; (15) The state auctioneers commission; (16) The state speech and hearing professionals board; (17) The state board of education; (18) The state board of emergency medical, fire, and transportation services; (19) The board of nursing; (20) The state board of pharmacy; (21) The state board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors; (22) The state board of psychology; (23) The state chiropractic board; (24) The state dental board; (25) The state medical board; (26) The state veterinary medical licensing board; (27) The state vision professionals board; (28) The counselor, social worker, and marriage and family therapist board; (29) The chemical dependency professionals board; (30) The Ohio occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic trainers board; (31) Any other multi-member body created under state law that licenses or otherwise regulates an occupation or industry to which one or more members of the body belongs. (B) The common sense initiative office shall review an action taken or proposed by a board or commission that is subject to review under this section and that is referred to the office pursuant to division (C) of this section. (1) The following actions are subject to review under this section: (a) Any action that directly or indirectly has an effect of any of the following: (i) Fixing prices, limiting price competition, or increasing prices in this state for the goods or services that are provided by the occupation or industry regulated by the board or commission; (ii) Dividing, allocating, or assigning customers, potential customers, or geographic markets in this state among members of the occupation or industry regulated by the board or commission; (iii) Excluding present or potential competitors from the occupation or industry regulated by the board or commission; (iv) Limiting the output or supply in this state of any good or service provided by the members of the occupation or industry regulated by the board or commission. (b) Any other activity that could be subject to state or federal antitrust law if the action were undertaken by a private person or combination of private persons. (2) Except as provided in division (H) of this section, the following actions are not subject to review under this section: (a) Denying an application to obtain a license because the applicant has violated or has not complied with the Ohio Revised Code or the Ohio Administrative Code; (b) Taking disciplinary action against an individual or corporation that is licensed by a board or commission for violations of the Ohio Revised Code or the Ohio Administrative Code. (C)(1) The following persons or entities may refer an action to the office for review under this section: (a) A board or commission that has taken or is proposing to take an action; (b) A person who is affected by an action taken by a board or commission or is likely to be affected by an action proposed by a board or commission; (c) A person who has been granted a stay pursuant to division (G) of this section. (2) A board or commission or person who refers an action to the office shall prepare a brief statement explaining the action and its consistency or inconsistency with state or federal antitrust law and file the statement with the office. If the action is in writing, the board or commission or person shall attach a copy of it to the statement. The person shall transmit a copy of the statement to the board or commission. (3) The referral of an action by a board or commission for review by the office does not constitute an admission that the action violates any state or federal law. (4) A person who is affected by an action taken by a board or commission or is likely to be affected by an action proposed by a board or commission shall refer the action to the office for review within thirty days after receiving notice of the action or proposed action. (5) If an ongoing action or an action proposed by a board or commission is referred to the office for review under this section, the board or commission shall cease the ongoing action or not take the proposed action until the office has approved of the action pursuant to division (E) of this section and prepared and transmitted the memorandum required under division (F) of this section. (D) The office shall determine whether an action referred to the office under this section is supported by, and consistent with, a clearly articulated state policy as expressed in the statutes creating the board or commission or the statutes and rules setting forth the board's or commission's powers, authority, and duties. If the office finds this to be the case, the office shall determine whether the clearly articulated state policy is merely a pretext by which the board or commission enables the members of an occupation or industry the board or commission regulates to engage in anticompetitive conduct that could be subject to state or federal antitrust law if the action were taken by a private person or combination of private persons. (E) After making the determinations required under division (D) of this section, the office shall take one of the following actions: (1) Approve the board or commission action if the office determines that the action is pursuant to a clearly articulated state policy and that the policy is not a pretext as described in division (D) of this section. If the office approves the board's or commission's action, the board or commission may proceed to take or may continue the action. (2) Disapprove the board or commission action if the office determines that the action is not pursuant to a clearly articulated state policy or that if it is pursuant to a clearly articulated state policy, that policy is a pretext as described in division (D) of this section. If the office disapproves the board's or commission's action, the action is void. (F) The office shall prepare a memorandum that explains the office's approval or disapproval. The office shall transmit a copy of the memorandum to the person and the board or commission or to the board or commission if only the board or commission is involved. The office shall post the memorandum on the web site maintained by the office. (G)(1) A person having standing to commence and prosecute a state or federal antitrust action against a board or commission shall exhaust the remedies provided by this section before commencing such an action. This division shall not apply to the attorney general, a county prosecuting attorney, or any assistant prosecutor designated to assist a county prosecuting attorney. (2) The state, a board or commission, or a member of a board or commission in the member's official capacity, may request a stay of any lawsuit alleging that a board or commission engaged in anticompetitive conduct by taking an action described in division (B)(1) or (2) of this section that has not been previously reviewed by the office under this section. If the lawsuit was initiated by a person other than the attorney general, a county prosecuting attorney, or any assistant prosecutor designated to assist a county prosecuting attorney, the court shall grant the request. If the lawsuit was initiated by the attorney general, a county prosecuting attorney, or any assistant prosecutor designated to assist a county prosecuting attorney, the court shall deny the request. Any stay granted under this division will continue in effect until the office has prepared and transmitted the memorandum required under division (F) of this section. (H) The office shall review any action referred to the office by a party who has been granted a stay pursuant to division (G) of this section. (I) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, an action taken by a board or commission is not subject to review under this section if the members of the board or commission who are members of the occupation or industry affected by the action are prohibited by statute from hearing, considering, deciding, or otherwise participating in the action. (J) The office shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that are necessary for the implementation and administration of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.09
§ 122.09. Transformational  mixed use development tax credit
Status: in_force

November 25, 2025 House Bill 434 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Development costs" means all expenditures paid or incurred by the property owner in completing a certified transformational mixed use development project including acquisition costs and all costs incurred before the project is certified by the director of development. (2) "Eligible expenditures" means certain expenditures paid or incurred by the property owner in completing a certified transformational mixed use development project after the project is certified by the director of development, including architectural or engineering fees, due diligence costs, hard and soft construction costs, paid or incurred in connection with the project and architectural and engineering fees and due diligence costs incurred before the date the project is certified by the director of development under division (C) of this section. (3) "Property owner" means a person or persons holding a fee simple or leasehold interest in real property, including interests in real property acquired through a capital lease arrangement, and a person or persons in contract to acquire real property with the only remaining contractual contingency being receipt of an award under this section. "Owner" does not include the state or a state agency, or any political subdivision as defined in section 9.23 of the Revised Code. For the purpose of this division, "fee simple interest," "leasehold interest," and "capital lease" shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. (4) "Transformational mixed use development" means a project that consists of eligible expenditures for new construction or the redevelopment, rehabilitation, expansion, or other improvement of vacant buildings or structures, or a combination of the foregoing, and that, inclusively: (a) Will have a transformational economic impact on the project site; (b) Integrates at least two of the following uses into one mixed use development: (i) Office; (ii) Residential; (iii) Retail, which may include restaurant space; (iv) Hotel and hospitality; (v) Recreation. (c) Satisfies one of the following criteria: (i) If the project site is located within ten miles of a major city, the project includes at least one new or previously vacant building that is fifteen or more stories in height or has a floor area of at least three hundred fifty thousand square feet, or after completion will be the site of employment accounting for at least five million dollars in annual payroll, or includes two or more buildings that are connected to each other, are located on the same parcel or on contiguous parcels, and that collectively have a floor area of at least three hundred fifty thousand square feet; (ii) If the project site is not located within ten miles of a major city, the project includes at least one new or previously vacant building that is two or more stories in height or has a floor area of at least seventy-five thousand square feet or two or more new buildings that are located on the same parcel or on contiguous parcels and that collectively have a floor area of at least seventy-five thousand square feet. A "transformational mixed use development" does not include a project located wholly or partially in a transformational major sports facility mixed-use project district as defined in section 123.28 of the Revised Code. (5) "Increase in tax collections" means the difference, if positive, of the amount of state and local taxes estimated to be derived from economic activity occurring within the project site, but excluding any other phases of the development project for developments completed in phases, during the completion period minus the amount of such taxes that are estimated to be derived from such economic activity in that site during the same period if the transformational mixed use development project were not certified by the director of development and completed. (6) "Completion period" means the time period beginning on the day after a transformational mixed use development project is certified by the director of development and ending on the fifth anniversary of the day the project is completed. (7) "Contribute capital" means to invest, loan, or donate cash in exchange for an equity interest in an asset, or a debt instrument. (8) "Major city" means a municipal corporation that has a population greater than one hundred thousand. (9) "Project site" means the land, and improvements thereon, upon which a transformational mixed use development will be constructed, which consists of a single parcel or multiple parcels that are contiguous with one another, including parcels separated only by a publicly dedicated road. (B) The property owner of one or more parcels of land in this state within which a transformational mixed use development project is planned may apply to the director of development for certification of the development project and preliminary approval of a tax credit in an amount up to ten per cent of the estimated eligible expenditures. Each application shall be filed in the form and manner prescribed by the director and shall, at minimum, include a development plan comprised of all of the following information: (1) The location of the project site and an indication of whether it is located within ten miles of a major city; (2) A detailed description of the proposed transformational mixed use development project including site plans, elevations, construction drawings, architectural renderings, or other means sufficient to convey the appearance, size, purposes, capacity, and scope of the project; (3) A viable project budget supported by construction hard cost estimates, organized by line item, that estimates the development costs and eligible expenditures that have been or will be incurred in the completion of the project; (4) A viable financial plan showing both (a) at least fifty-one per cent of the needed funding secured, as evidenced by commitment letters, letters of intent, or terms sheets and third party equity verification, and (b) a strategy for obtaining any needed but not yet secured funding; (5) An estimated schedule for the progression and completion of the project; (6) An assessment of the projected newly created economic impact of and from the project based upon the projected increase in tax collections during the completion period at the project site, excluding economic activity existing at the time of or before certification of the development project and preliminary approval of a tax credit, prepared by an economic impact consultant with experience performing economic impact studies in Ohio and reviewed by an independent third party reviewer retained by the director of development to ensure accuracy, uniformity, consistency, and fairness; (7) Evidence that the increase in tax collections during the completion period will exceed ten per cent of the estimated eligible expenditures reported under division (B)(3) of this section; (8) The portion of any tax credit issued that the applicant would like issued to the property owner or to an insurance company, financial institution, or other person based upon capital contributions that have been made or will be made to the project; (9) Evidence that, but for the applicant's receipt of the credit, the project will not be completed. If any portion of the project the applicant seeks certification and preliminary approval for has commenced construction, excluding brownfield remediation and demolition, or the project has closed on construction financing, this division's standard is not met and the project is not eligible for certification and preliminary approval. (C)(1) In determining whether to certify a project that is the subject of an application submitted under division (B) of this section, the director of development shall consider the potential impact of the transformational mixed use development on the project site in terms of architecture, accessibility to pedestrians, retail entertainment and dining sales, job creation, and revenue from sales, income, lodging, and property taxes. The director shall not certify a project unless it satisfies the following conditions: (a) The project qualifies as a transformational mixed use development project and satisfies all other criteria prescribed by this section or by rule of the director; (b) The estimated increase in tax collections from the project site during the completion period exceeds ten per cent of the estimated eligible expenditures for the project reported under division (B)(3) of this section; (c) The applicant will not be able to (i) close on construction financing, (ii) commence construction, excluding any brownfield remediation or demolition that may have already been performed, and (iii) complete the project unless the applicant receives the credit; (d) If the project site is located within ten miles of a major city, the estimated eligible expenditures to complete the project exceed fifty million dollars. In making a determination of whether or not to approve an application, the director may conduct an interview of the applicant. (2) If the director of development approves an application, the director shall issue a statement certifying the associated transformational mixed use development project and preliminarily approving a tax credit. The statement shall stipulate that issuance of a tax credit certificate is contingent upon completion of the transformational mixed use development project as described in the development plan for the project. The statement shall specify the estimated amount of the tax credit preliminarily approved and the amount of credit preliminarily approved for each person identified in the application pursuant to division (B)(8) of this section, but state that the amount of the credit is dependent upon determination of the actual eligible expenditures attributed to the project. The amount of the credit shall not exceed the amount applied for in the application approved by the director. (3) The total estimated amount of the tax credit shall equal up to ten per cent of the estimated eligible expenditures for the project as reported in the project development plan pursuant to division (B) of this section. The estimated credit amounts may be reduced by the director of development as a condition of certifying the project if such a reduction is necessary to comply with the limitations on the amount of credits that may be preliminarily approved as prescribed by division (C)(5) of this section. The estimated credit amounts shall not be adjusted after the statement described in division (C)(2) of this section has been issued, except as provided by division (G) of this section. (4) If the director of development denies an application, the director shall notify the applicant of the reason or reasons for such determination. The director's determination is final, but an applicant may revise and resubmit a previously denied application in a future year. (5)(a) The director of development may not preliminarily approve more than one hundred twenty-five million dollars of new estimated tax credits in each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027. The director shall not preliminarily approve any dollar amount of new estimated tax credits under this section in any fiscal year after fiscal year 2027 unless specifically authorized by an act of the general assembly. Tax credits preliminarily approved under this section in preceding fiscal years and for which preliminary approval was rescinded in the fiscal year immediately preceding the current fiscal year shall be available for preliminary approval under this section in the current fiscal year. Credit amounts available due to such rescission do not apply towards the one hundred twenty-five million dollar limit prescribed in this division. (b) Except as provided in division (C)(6) of this section, not more than eighty-five million dollars of estimated new tax credits, plus an amount equal to two-thirds of any credits for which preliminary approval was rescinded in the preceding fiscal year, may be preliminarily approved in connection with projects that are located within ten miles of a major city in the current fiscal year. (c) Not more than twenty million dollars of estimated tax credits may be preliminarily approved in connection with the same transformational mixed use development project. (6) If, for the current fiscal year, the dollar amount of tax credits applied for under division (B) of this section in connection with projects that are not located within ten miles of a major city exceeds forty million dollars, plus an amount equal to one-third of any credits for which preliminary approval was rescinded in the preceding fiscal year, the director of development shall rank those applications and certify and preliminarily approve tax credits for the associated projects in order, pursuant to division (C)(7) of this section. If the dollar amount of tax credits applied for under division (B) of this section in connection with such projects is less than that amount, the difference shall be available for projects within ten miles of a major city. If, for the current fiscal year, the dollar amount of tax credits applied for in connection with projects located within ten miles of a major city exceeds eighty-five million dollars, plus an amount equal to two-thirds of any credits for which preliminary approval was rescinded in the previous fiscal year and the amount of funds initially reserved for projects more than ten miles from a major city but unawarded to such projects, the director shall rank those applications and certify the associated projects in order, pursuant to division (C)(7) of this section. (7) When ranking is required under division (C)(6) of this section, the director of development shall compare applicant projects that are within ten miles of a major city to other applicant projects that are within ten miles of a major city, and the director shall compare applicant projects that are more than ten miles outside of a major city with other applicant projects that are more than ten miles outside of a major city. The director shall apply a point value to applications according to the following criteria: (a) Up to ten points based on comparative measurement of physical scope of the projects as measured by gross square footage of vertical improvements including new construction and renovated space. The largest project in terms of physical scope shall receive ten points and the remaining projects shall receive points based on a percentage basis in proportion to each project's relative size as compared to the largest project in that location category, by gross square footage. (b) Up to five points based on a comparative measurement of the density of the new project as measured by a building to land ratio using the gross square footage of new construction and renovated space and the gross land square footage of the project parcels excluding submerged land. The highest ratio in terms of building to land ratio shall receive five points and the remaining projects shall receive points based on a percentage basis in proportion to each project's relative ratio as compared to the highest project ratio. (c) Up to ten points based on an evaluation of the distribution of project end uses, with preference given to projects with greater variety and distribution of uses; (d) Up to fourteen points based on the project's receipt of necessary government approvals and local support, available as follows: (i) Two points for zoning approval or evidence, in the form of a letter from the governmental body with jurisdiction over the zoning of the project site, that the project site already has the necessary zoning for the project; (ii) Two points for planning commission approval or evidence that planning commission approval is not required; (iii) Two points available for existing utility connections or commitments to establish utility connections including water, sewer, sanitary storm, and electric documented by utility service letters; (iv) Two points for an approved and executed development agreement with each municipal corporation or township in which the development project is proposed; (v) Two points for approved construction drawings and issuance of construction permits for the entirety of the scope of work set forth in the application; (vi) Up to two points available for letters in support of the project and the application. One point is available for a letter in support of the project and the application from the mayor, city manager, or other chief executive of each municipal corporation or township, and one point is available for a letter in support of the project and the application from the chief executive of each county, where the development project is to be located. (vii) Two points available for documented financial support for the project from each municipal corporation or township in which the project is located, which may include tax increment financing or creation of a community reinvestment area under section 3735.66 of the Revised Code. (e) Up to ten points based on the committed funding sources as a percentage of total development costs. A project that has funding commitments for all projected development costs shall receive ten points, and projects with funding commitments for less than all projected development costs shall receive a number of points based on the relative amount of committed funding compared to total development costs of the given project. The funding commitments may take into account the monetized value of the certificate applied for under this section so long as the applicant provides a letter of intent or commitment to purchase that certificate if issued. Letters of intent or loan commitments are required to earn points for any financing that is a funding source in this category and any such letter of intent or loan commitment may be subject to the receipt of an award under this section. (f) Up to five points based on purchase or lease commitments from end users for the space created by the project. Projects that have received commitments for all space shall receive five points, and projects with less than all end users committed shall be allocated points based on the relative square footage of committed space compared to total project square footage. (g) Up to ten points for projects in areas of higher relative walkability as measured by the United States environmental protection agency's walkability index for the project's census tract with projects in areas designated as the highest level of walkability receiving ten points and projects in areas with lower levels of walkability receiving proportional points; (h) Up to five points based on a comparative measurement of total retail, entertainment, and dining sales to be generated by the project. Projects generating the largest return on investment shall receive five points, and the remaining projects shall be allocated points based on relative return on investment in comparison to the highest scoring project in this category. (i) Up to five points based on a comparative measurement of the total new payroll to be generated by the project. Projects generating the largest return on investment shall receive five points, and remaining projects shall be allocated points based on relative return on investment in comparison to the highest scoring project in this category. (j) Up to twenty points based on a comparative measurement of the total sales, income, lodging, and property taxes to be generated by the project. Projects generating the largest return on investment shall receive twenty points, and remaining projects shall be allocated points based on relative return on investment in comparison to the highest scoring project in this category. (k) Up to six points for community impacts, available as follows: (i) Two points for evidence that the project supports the vision and goals stated in the local master plan or other economic development strategy adopted by the local jurisdiction; (ii) Two points for the projects that provide community gathering, event, park, or other similar space open to the public. Projects that incorporate public space that accounts for ten per cent or more public space relative to the total square footage of all project end uses will receive two points. Projects that incorporate public space that accounts for less than ten per cent but greater than zero per cent public space relative to the total square footage of all project end uses will receive one point. (iii) Two points for projects that include remediation of a brownfield or the rehabilitation of a building or structure that is one hundred per cent vacant for the twelve months immediately preceding the date of application. As used in this division "brownfield" has the same meaning as in section 122.6511 of the Revised Code. (8) When calculating the economic impact of a project previously completed and future phases of a phased development are not permitted to be included in the economic impact analysis or scoring. (D) Within twelve months of the date a project is certified, the property owner shall provide the director of development with an updated schedule for the progression and completion of the project and documentation sufficient to demonstrate that construction of the project has begun. If the property owner does not provide the schedule and documentation or if construction of the project has not begun within the time prescribed by this division, the director shall rescind certification of the project and send notice of the rescission to the property owner. A property owner that receives notice of rescission may submit a new application concerning the same project under division (B) of this section. (E) An applicant that is preliminarily approved for a tax credit under this section may sell or transfer the rights to all or a portion of that credit to one or more persons. The applicant shall notify the director of development upon selling or transferring the rights to the credit. The notice shall identify the person or persons to which the credit was sold or transferred and the credit amount sold or transferred to each such person. A credit may be divided among multiple purchasers through more than one transaction and any person to whom the right to claim all or a portion of a credit was transferred may transfer that right, in whole or in part, to another person. (F)(1) The property owner shall notify the director of development upon completion of a certified transformational mixed use development project. The notification shall include a report prepared by a third-party certified public accountant that contains a detailed accounting of the actual development costs and eligible expenditures attributed to the project. (2) Upon receiving such a notice, the director of development shall issue a tax credit certificate to each applicant, or other person identified in the application pursuant to division (B)(8) of this section, that is preliminarily approved for a credit associated with the project. (G) The value of the tax credit certificates issued in connection with the transformational mixed use development project shall be computed as the lesser of the amount preliminarily approved for the tax credit or ten per cent of the actual eligible expenditures attributed to the project. (H) The aggregate value of all tax credit certificates issued under this section for the same transformational mixed use development project shall not exceed (1) ten per cent of the actual eligible expenditures of that project or (2) the estimated credit amount preliminarily approved by the director of development in connection with the project. (I) Issuance of a tax credit certificate under this section does not represent a verification or certification by the director of development of the actual eligible expenditures of the project. Such amounts are subject to inspection and examination by other state agencies. (J) Upon the issuance of a tax credit certificate under this section, the director of development shall certify to the superintendent of insurance and the tax commissioner (1) the name of each person that was issued a tax credit certificate, (2) whether a person acquired the rights to the tax credit certificate from the property owner, (3) the credit amount shown on each tax credit certificate, and (4) any other information required by the rules adopted under this section. A person that holds the rights to a tax credit certificate issued under this section may claim a tax credit under section 5725.35 , 5726.62 , 5729.18 , or 5747.87 of the Revised Code, subject to any limitations in those sections. (K) The director of development shall publish information about each transformational mixed use development on the web site of the department of development not later than the first day of August following certification of the project. The director shall update the published information annually until the project is complete and the credit or credits are fully claimed. The published information shall include all of the following: (1) The location of the transformational mixed use development and the name by which it is known; (2) The estimated schedule for progression and completion of the project included in the development plan pursuant to division (B)(4) of this section; (3) The assessment of the projected economic impact of the project included in the development plan pursuant to division (B)(5) of this section; (4) The evidence supporting the estimated increase in tax collections included in the development plan pursuant to division (B)(6) of this section, except that the director may omit any proprietary or sensitive information included in such evidence; (5) The estimated eligible expenditures that have been or will be incurred in completion of the project; (6) A copy of each report submitted to the director of development by the applicant under division (D) of this section. (L) The director of development, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules that establish all of the following: (1) Forms and procedures by which applicants may apply for a transformational mixed use development tax credit, and any deadlines for applying; (2) Criteria and procedures for reviewing, evaluating, ranking, and approving applications within the limitations prescribed by this section, including rules prescribing the timing and frequency by which the director of development must rank applications and preliminarily approve tax credits under division (C) of this section; (3) Eligibility requirements for obtaining a tax credit certificate under this section; (4) The form of the tax credit certificate; (5) Reporting requirements and monitoring procedures; (6) Procedures for computing the increase in tax collections within the project site; (7) Any other rules necessary to implement and administer this section. Last updated January 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.061 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.061
§ 173.061. Records of card holders
Status: in_force

July 1, 2007 House Bill 468 - 126th General Assembly Records identifying the recipients of golden buckeye cards issued under section 173.06 of the Revised Code are not public records subject to inspection or copying under section 149.43 of the Revised Code and may be disclosed only at the discretion of the director of aging. The director may disclose only information in records identifying the recipients of golden buckeye cards that does not contain the recipient's medical history.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.16
§ 153.16. Policy and procedure guidelines for contract documents in conjunction with administration of public works contracts
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) The executive director of the Ohio facilities construction commission shall establish policy and procedure guidelines for contract documents in conjunction with the administration of public works contracts that the state or any institution supported in whole or in part by the state enters into for any project subject to sections 153.01 to 153.11 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding any contract provision to the contrary, any claim submitted under a public works contract that the state or any institution supported in whole or in part by the state enters into for any project subject to sections 153.01 to 153.11 of the Revised Code shall be resolved within one hundred twenty days. After the end of this one hundred twenty-day period, the contractor shall be deemed to have exhausted all administrative remedies for purposes of division (B) of section 153.12 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.73 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.73
§ 122.73. Powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) The minority development financing advisory board and the director of development are invested with the powers and duties provided in sections 122.71 to 122.83 and 122.87 to 122.89 of the Revised Code, in order to promote the welfare of the people of the state by encouraging the establishment and expansion of minority business enterprises; to stabilize the economy; to provide employment; to assist in the development within the state of industrial, commercial, distribution, and research activities required for the people of the state, and for their gainful employment; or otherwise to create or preserve jobs and employment opportunities, or improve the economic welfare of the people of the state. It is hereby determined that the accomplishment of those purposes is essential so that the people of the state may maintain their present high standards of living in comparison with the people of other states and so that opportunities for employment and for favorable markets for the products of the state's natural resources, agriculture, and manufacturing shall be improved. It further is determined that it is necessary for the state to establish the programs authorized under sections 122.71 to 122.83 and 122.87 to 122.89 of the Revised Code to establish the minority development financing advisory board, and to invest it and the director of development with the powers and duties provided in those sections. (B) The minority development financing advisory board shall do all of the following: (1) Make recommendations to the director as to applications for assistance pursuant to sections 122.71 to 122.83 and 122.87 to 122.89 of the Revised Code. The board may revise its recommendations to reflect any changes in the proposed assistance made by the director. (2) Advise the director in the administration of sections 122.71 to 122.83 and 122.87 to 122.89 of the Revised Code. (3) Adopt bylaws to govern the conduct of the business of the board. Last updated July 20, 2021 at 10:11 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.25
§ 153.25. Vacancies
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In case of the death, resignation, or removal of any member of the building commission, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the judge of the court of common pleas as provided in section 153.21 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 143.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 143 / § 143.03
§ 143.03. Volunteer peace officers' dependents fund board
Status: in_force

March 23, 2016 Senate Bill 11 - 131st General Assembly A volunteer peace officers' dependents fund board shall meet promptly after election of the board's members and organize. The board shall select from among its members a chairperson and a secretary. The secretary of the board shall keep a complete record of the board's proceedings, which shall be maintained as a permanent file. Board members shall serve without compensation. The legislative authority of the fund member shall provide sufficient meeting space and supplies for the board to carry out its duties. The secretary shall submit all of the following to the director of commerce: (A) The name and address of each board member and an indication of the group or authority that elected the member; (B) The names of the chairperson and secretary; (C) A certificate indicating the current assessed property valuation of the fund member that is prepared by the clerk of the fund member.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.34
§ 122.34. Purposes
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The exercise of the powers granted by sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the improvement of commerce and prosperity, improvement of employment conditions, and will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.94 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.94
§ 101.94. Retirement system lobbyists and employers - statement of financial transactions with certain board members
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly (A) Each retirement system lobbyist who has had any financial transaction with or for the benefit of a member of a board of a state retirement system, a state retirement system investment official, or an employee of a state retirement system whose position involves substantial and material exercise of discretion in the investment of retirement system funds shall describe the details of the transaction, including the name of the member, official, or employee, the purpose and nature of the transaction, and the date it was made or entered into, in a statement filed with the joint legislative ethics committee with the updated registration statement required by division (B) of section 101.92 of the Revised Code. The statements shall be filed at the times specified in section 101.92 of the Revised Code. Each statement shall describe each financial transaction that occurred during the four-calendar-month period that ended on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the statement is required to be filed. (B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, each employer who has had any financial transaction with or for the benefit of a member of a board of a state retirement system, a state retirement system investment official, or an employee of a state retirement system whose position involves substantial and material exercise of discretion in the investment of retirement system funds shall describe the details of the transaction, including the name of the member, official, or employee, the purpose and nature of the transaction, and the date it was made or entered into, in a statement filed with the joint committee with the updated registration statement required by division (B) of section 101.92 of the Revised Code. The statement shall be filed at the times specified in section 101.92 of the Revised Code. Each statement shall describe each financial transaction that occurred during the four-calendar-month period that ended on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the statement is required to be filed. (C) At least ten days before the date on which the statement is filed, each employer or retirement system lobbyist who is required to file a statement describing a financial transaction under this section shall deliver a copy of the statement to the member, official, or employee with whom or for whose benefit the transaction was made. (D) No employer shall be required to file any statement under this section or to deliver a copy of the statement to a member, official, or employee with whom or for whose benefit the transaction was made if the financial transaction to which the statement pertains is reported by a retirement system lobbyist engaged by the employer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 184.174 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 184 / § 184.174
§ 184.174. Annual report of third frontier commission
Status: in_force

June 12, 2008 House Bill 554 - 127th General Assembly The third frontier commission shall publish an annual report that includes all of the following: (A) Details of grants, loans, and loan guarantees awarded or provided under the bioproduct development program established in section 184.25 of the Revised Code and the biomedical development program established in section 184.26 of the Revised Code. (B) The status of the recipients' projects funded in previous years. (C) The amount of grants or loans awarded and loan guarantees provided for projects in economically distressed areas, and if possible to ascertain, the impact of the grants, loans, and loan guarantees to those areas.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.43
§ 101.43. Punishment for disobeying subpoena or refusing to answer
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Whoever willfully fails to appear in obedience to the subpoena provided for in sections 101.41 and 101.42 of the Revised Code, or appears and refuses to answer a question pertinent to the matter of inquiry, or declines to produce a paper or record in his possession or control, is liable to the penalties for contempt of the authority of the general assembly if the committee is a joint committee, or of the proper house of the general assembly if the committee is appointed by one house, and shall be dealt with by the general assembly, or such house, according to parliamentary rules and usages in cases of contempt. The chairman of the committee before which such person fails to appear or refuses to answer or produce a paper or record on its order shall report the facts to the proper house, and on like order issue a warrant for the arrest and conveyance of the witness before that house to answer for the contempt. The sergeant at arms or sheriff to whom such warrant is directed shall forthwith execute it. Proceedings against a witness, or his punishment by the general assembly or either house thereof, for contempt, shall not prevent or affect his indictment and punishment for the same offense in a court of competent jurisdiction.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.1711 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.1711
§ 122.1711. Report to legislature
Status: in_force

April 14, 2020 House Bill 2 - 133rd General Assembly (A) Beginning on the first day of August immediately following the effective date of this section, and every August first thereafter, the director of development services shall submit to the general assembly a written report that compiles and includes information required in this section regarding the programs created under sections 122.178 , 122.179 , and 122.1710 of the Revised Code. (1) For the TechCred program created under section 122.178 of the Revised Code, the director shall include in the report required under division (A) of this section all of the following information: (a) The average per cent rate change of wages during the previous year, if any, for prospective or incumbent employees who earned a microcredential categorized by microcredentials earned in each region and statewide; (b) The average per cent rate change of wages during the previous years, if any, for prospective or incumbent employees who earned a microcredential categorized by the region in which employees reside and statewide; (c) The average annual wages paid to positions for which holding a microcredential or having the occupational skills acquired through obtaining a microcredential is required, categorized by each region and statewide; (d) The rate of change during the previous year of unemployment categorized by each region and statewide; (e) A list of the microcredentials established by the chancellor of higher education under section 122.178 of the Revised Code categorized by each region and statewide; (f) A demographic analysis of employees who earned a microcredential under the TechCred program based on the race and gender of each employee; (g) A demographic analysis of employers who received a reimbursement through the TechCred program based on the race and gender of each employer; (h) Any other information the director wishes to include. (2) For the individual microcredential assistance program created under section 122.1710 of the Revised Code, the director shall include in the report required under division (A) of this section all of the following information: (a) The information required under divisions (A)(1)(a) to (c) of this section, except that the information shall represent the individuals who successfully earned a microcredential because of a reimbursement to a training provider under the individual microcredential assistance program; (b) A demographic analysis of individuals who earned a microcredential under the individual microcredential assistance program based on the race and gender of each individual; (c) An analysis of the results of the surveys the director distributed under division (G) of section 122.1710 of the Revised Code categorized by each region and statewide; (d) The rate of completion for each approved microcredential categorized by region and statewide; (e) Any other information the director wishes to include. (3) For the grant program to support industry sector partnerships and sector partnership networks created under section 122.179 of the Revised Code, the director shall include in the report required under division (A) of this section all of the following information: (a) A list, categorized by region and statewide, of each industry sector partnership and sector partnership network to which a grant was awarded under section 122.179 of the Revised Code; (b) A list detailing the member composition of each industry sector partnership and sector partnership network to which a grant was awarded under section 122.179 of the Revised Code, including each employer and representative of an industry cluster; (c) Information regarding the activities described in division (C) of section 122.179 of the Revised Code for which industry sector partnerships and sector partnership networks used grants awarded under that section. (B) In reporting on regional information under this section, the director shall use the regions established under section 122.178 of the Revised Code. (C) The director shall include in the report under division (A) of this section any information the director receives under division (C)(2)(b), (c), or (d) of section 122.178 of the Revised Code or division (F)(1)(c) of section 122.1710 of the Revised Code. (D) The director shall market the programs created under sections 122.178 , 122.179 , and 122.1710 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.953 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.953
§ 121.953. Total permitted regulatory restrictions
Status: in_force

June 8, 2022 Senate Bill 9 - 134th General Assembly (A) Effective July 1, 2025, the number of regulatory restrictions in this state shall not exceed a number of regulatory restrictions determined by the joint committee on agency rule review in accordance with this section. The joint committee shall determine that number by calculating, for each agency, the number of regulatory restrictions identified by the agency in the base inventory prepared under section 121.95 of the Revised Code, minus the number of regulatory restrictions that represents the percentage reduction the state agency is required to achieve, and then totaling the resulting numbers for all state agencies. The joint committee shall consider any lessened required reductions under section 121.952 of the Revised Code. (B) A state agency shall contact the joint committee before submitting a proposed rule containing a regulatory restriction, and the joint committee shall determine whether adopting the regulatory restriction would cause the state to exceed the number of regulatory restrictions permitted under this section. A state agency may not adopt a rule if by adopting the rule the state agency would cause the number of regulatory restrictions to exceed the state limit as determined by the joint committee. Last updated March 15, 2022 at 4:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.19
§ 111.19. Recovery of fees paid under protest
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Fees paid under protest to the secretary of state and deposited by him in the state treasury are recoverable only by a suit against the state and not against the secretary of state. For such purpose permission is hereby given by this section to maintain actions against the state in the cases and to the extent that such actions might be maintained against the secretary of state, if the fees were held by him. Service of process shall be made on the attorney general, who shall represent the state. Last updated September 3, 2021 at 10:45 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 105.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 105 / § 105.27
§ 105.27. Record of proceedings - report
Status: in_force

December 2, 1996 House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly The state council of uniform state laws shall keep a record of its proceedings. Not less than thirty days before each first regular session of the general assembly, the council shall make a report to the governor, which shall contain a statement of its transactions, together with such recommendations as it deems proper.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.135 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.135
§ 122.135. Assistance in studying feasibility of employee-owned corporation
Status: in_force

January 4, 2001 Senate Bill 186 - 123rd General Assembly Any individual, group of individuals, employees, organization of employees, or local community affected by any closing or relocation of a business establishment's operations or the proposed closing or relocation of a business establishment's operations may request, in a manner prescribed by the director of development, assistance in efforts to study the feasibility of the establishment of an employee-owned corporation and any other assistance the director may provide pursuant to sections 122.13 to 122.136 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 123.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 123 / § 123.02
§ 123.02. Director of administrative services - control of public works
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The director of administrative services shall be appointed superintendent of public works and shall have the care and control of the public works of the state and shall protect, maintain, and keep them in repair. Subject to the approval of the governor, the director may purchase on behalf of the state such real or personal property, rights, or privileges as are necessary, in the director's judgment, to acquire in the maintenance of the public works or their improvement. The document that evidences the vesting of any right, title, or interest in real property, other than public lands, belonging to or used by the state shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is situated. When recorded, such document and related papers shall be deposited with the director of administrative services and kept in the director of administrative services' office, except that evidence of title to highway rights-of-way shall be deposited with the director of transportation and kept in the director of transportation's office. The director of administrative services shall register the document, except title to highway rights-of-way, in a record system prepared for that purpose and open for inspection by all persons interested. Any instrument by which the state or an agency of the state acquires real property pursuant to this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 4, 2021 at 10:48 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.33
§ 153.33. Bids on other plans may be considered
Status: in_force

March 18, 1999 House Bill 850 - 122nd General Assembly The board of county commissioners may also invite, receive, and consider bids on any other plan at the option of bidders, and shall require that any such plan together with specifications shall be filed in the office of the county auditor for a period of fifteen days prior to the date for receiving bids. Such plans and specifications shall show the number of spans, the length of each, the nature, quality, and size of the materials to be used, the length of the structure when completed, and whether there is any patent on the bid plan, or any part thereof, and if so, on what part thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.4073 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.4073
§ 122.4073. Due date and extensions for reports
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly The development services agency may set a due date for the reports required under section 122.4070 of the Revised Code and, for good cause shown, may grant extensions of the report due dates. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.13
§ 145.13. Denomination of bonds
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Bonds purchased from any taxing district of the state shall be in the denomination required by the public employees retirement board in its resolution of purchase.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.086 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.086
§ 121.086. High school financial literacy fund
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 House Bill 147 - 135th General Assembly There is hereby created the high school financial literacy fund in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of any moneys appropriated to it, any interest and earnings from the fund, and any other donations, grants, gifts, or other moneys received. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The director of education and workforce shall use moneys in the fund only for the purposes specified in divisions (B) and (E) of section 3319.239 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 29, 2024 at 8:48 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.70
§ 101.70. Legislative lobbying definitions
Status: in_force

September 10, 2010 House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly As used in sections 101.70 to 101.79 and 101.99 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" means any individual, partnership, trust, estate, business trust, association, or corporation; any labor organization or manufacturer association; any department, commission, board, publicly supported college or university, division, institution, bureau, or other instrumentality of the state; or any county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other political subdivision of the state. "Person" includes the Ohio casino control commission, a member of the commission, the executive director of the commission, an employee of the commission, and an agent of the commission. (B) "Legislation" means bills, resolutions, amendments, nominations, and any other matter pending before the general assembly, any matter pending before the controlling board, or the executive approval or veto of any bill acted upon by the general assembly. (C) "Compensation" means a salary, gift, payment, benefit, subscription, loan, advance, reimbursement, or deposit of money or anything of value; or a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable, to make compensation. (D) "Expenditure" means any of the following that is made to, at the request of, for the benefit of, or on behalf of any member of the general assembly, any member of the controlling board, the governor, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, or any member of the staff of any public officer or employee listed in this division: (1) A payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, reimbursement, or gift of money, real estate, or anything of value, including, but not limited to, food and beverages, entertainment, lodging, or transportation; (2) A contract, promise, or agreement to make an expenditure, whether or not legally enforceable; (3) The purchase, sale, or gift of services or any other thing of value. "Expenditure" does not include a contribution, gift, or grant to a foundation or other charitable organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. "Expenditure" does not include the purchase, sale, or gift of services or any other thing of value that is available to the general public on the same terms as it is available to the persons listed in this division, or an offer or sale of securities to any person listed in this division that is governed by regulation D, 17 C.F.R. 230.501 to 230.508, adopted under the authority of the "Securities Act of 1933," 48 Stat. 74, 15 U.S.C.A. and following, or that is governed by a comparable provision under state law. (E) "Actively advocate" means to promote, advocate, or oppose the passage, modification, defeat, or executive approval or veto of any legislation by direct communication with any member of the general assembly, any member of the controlling board, the governor, the director of any department listed in section 121.02 of the Revised Code, or any member of the staff of any public officer or employee listed in this division. "Actively advocate" does not include the action of any person not engaged by an employer who has a direct interest in legislation if the person, acting under Section 3 of Article I, Ohio Constitution, assembles together with other persons to consult for their common good, instructs a public officer or employee who is listed in this division, or petitions that public officer or employee for the redress of grievances. (F) "Legislative agent" means any individual, except a member of the general assembly, a member of the staff of the general assembly, the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer of state, or auditor of state, who is engaged during at least a portion of the individual's time to actively advocate as one of the individual's main purposes. An individual engaged by the Ohio casino control commission, a member of the commission, the executive director of the commission, or an employee or agent of the commission to actively advocate is a "legislative agent" even if the individual does not during at least a portion of the individual's time actively advocate as one of the individual's main purposes. (G) "Employer" means any person who, directly or indirectly, engages a legislative agent. (H) "Engage" means to make any arrangement, and "engagement" means any arrangement, whereby an individual is employed or retained for compensation to act for or on behalf of an employer to actively advocate. (I) "Financial transaction" means a transaction or activity that is conducted or undertaken for profit and arises from the joint ownership or the ownership or part ownership in common of any real or personal property or any commercial or business enterprise of whatever form or nature between the following: (1) A legislative agent, an employer of a legislative agent, or a member of the immediate family of the legislative agent or a legislative agent's employer; and (2) Any member of the general assembly, any member of the controlling board, the governor, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, or any member of the staff of a public officer or employee listed in division (I)(2) of this section. "Financial transaction" does not include any transaction or activity described in division (I) of this section if it is available to the general public on the same terms, or if it is an offer or sale of securities to any person listed in division (I)(2) of this section that is governed by regulation D, 17 C.F.R. 230.501 to 230.508, adopted under the authority of the "Securities Act of 1933," 48 Stat. 74, 15 U.S.C.A. and following, or that is governed by a comparable provision under state law. (J) "Staff" means any state employee whose official duties are to formulate policy and who exercises administrative or supervisory authority or who authorizes the expenditure of state funds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.69 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.69
§ 153.69. Evaluating and selecting firms
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly For every professional design services contract, each public authority planning to contract for professional design services shall evaluate the statements of qualifications submitted by professional design firms specifically regarding the project, and may hold discussions with individual firms to explore further the firms' statements of qualifications, the scope and nature of the services the firms would provide, and the various technical approaches the firms may take toward the project. Following this evaluation, the public authority shall: (A) Select and rank no fewer than three firms which it considers to be the most qualified to provide the required professional design services, except when the public authority determines in writing that fewer than three qualified firms are available in which case the public authority shall select and rank those firms; (B) Negotiate a contract with the firm ranked most qualified to perform the required services at a compensation determined in writing to be fair and reasonable to the public authority. Contract negotiations shall be directed toward: (1) Ensuring that the professional design firm and the agency have a mutual understanding of the essential requirements involved in providing the required services; (2) Determining that the firm will make available the necessary personnel, equipment, and facilities to perform the services within the required time; (3) Agreeing upon compensation which is fair and reasonable, taking into account the estimated value, scope, complexity, and nature of the services. (C) If a contract is negotiated with the firm ranked to perform the required services most qualified, the public authority shall, if applicable under section 127.16 of the Revised Code, request approval of the board to make expenditures under the contract. (D) Upon failure to negotiate a contract with the firm ranked most qualified, the public authority shall inform the firm in writing of the termination of negotiations and may enter into negotiations with the firm ranked next most qualified. If negotiations again fail, the same procedure may be followed with each next most qualified firm selected and ranked pursuant to division (A) of this section, in order of ranking, until a contract is negotiated. (E) Should the public authority fail to negotiate a contract with any of the firms selected pursuant to division (A) of this section, the public authority may select and rank additional firms, based on their qualifications, and negotiations may continue as with the firms selected and ranked initially until a contract is negotiated. (F) Nothing in this section affects a public authority's right to accept or reject any or all proposals in whole or in part.
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.13
§ 133.13. Issuing securities in anticipation of levy or collection of special assessments to pay costs of lighting, sprinkling, sweeping, cleaning, providing related or similar services
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly If the special assessments are to be paid in one annual installment, the taxing authority of a subdivision may issue securities in anticipation of its levy or collection of special assessments to pay the costs of the subdivision's broadband funding gap portion for an eligible project under sections 122.40 to 122.4077 of the Revised Code, lighting, sprinkling, sweeping, cleaning, providing related or similar services or the services described in section 727.011 of the Revised Code, or of removing snow, ice, and debris from, or treating the surface of, streets, alleys, and public ways and places. Such securities shall not be general obligations of the issuing subdivision, and shall not pledge to the payment of debt charges any receipts other than the special assessments anticipated, except that a municipal corporation, without incurring debt subject to direct or indirect debt limitations, may also pledge and apply proceeds of its municipal income tax to pay those debt charges. No property tax shall be levied or pledged for the payment of debt charges on the securities. The securities shall mature no later than the last day of December of the year in which the special assessments anticipated are scheduled to be collected. The legislation authorizing the securities shall appropriate the special assessments anticipated, and such special assessments shall be deemed to be pledged and appropriated, first to the payment of the debt charges on the securities. After provision has been made for the payment in full of those debt charges, the balance of the special assessments may be appropriated and applied for the purposes for which they were levied. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 10:45 AM