Ohio Rev. Code § 118.022 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 118 / § 118.022
§ 118.022. Conditions constituting grounds for fiscal watch
Status: in_force

May 16, 2002 House Bill 365 - 124th General Assembly (A) Any one of the following conditions constitutes grounds for a fiscal watch: (1) The existence of either of the following situations: (a) All accounts that were due and payable from the general fund of a municipal corporation, county, or township at the end of the preceding fiscal year that had been due and payable for at least thirty days at the end of the fiscal year or to which a penalty was added for failure to pay by the end of the fiscal year, less the year-end balance in the general fund, exceeded one-twelfth of the general fund budget for that year. (b) All accounts that were due and payable at the end of the preceding fiscal year from all funds of the municipal corporation, county, or township and that had been due and payable for at least thirty days at the end of the fiscal year or to which a penalty was added for failure to pay by the end of the fiscal year, less the year-end balance in the general fund and in the respective special funds available to pay those accounts, exceeded one-twelfth of the available revenues during the preceding fiscal year, excluding nonrecurring receipts, of the general fund and of all special funds from which those accounts are payable. (2) The aggregate of deficit amounts of all deficit funds at the end of the preceding fiscal year, less the total of any year-end balance in the general fund and in any special fund that may be transferred as provided in section 5705.14 of the Revised Code to meet that deficit, exceeded one-twelfth of the total of the general fund budget for that year and the receipts to those deficit funds during that year other than from transfers from the general fund. (3) At the end of the preceding fiscal year, moneys and marketable investments in or held for the unsegregated treasury of the municipal corporation, county, or township, minus outstanding checks and warrants, were less in amount than the aggregate of the positive balances of the general fund and those special funds, the purposes of which the unsegregated treasury is held to meet, and that deficiency exceeded one-twelfth of the total amount received into the unsegregated treasury during the preceding fiscal year. (4) Based on an examination of the financial forecast approved by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, county, or township, the auditor of state certifies that the general fund deficit at the end of the current fiscal year will exceed one-twelfth of the general fund revenue from the preceding fiscal year. (B) As used in this section, "accounts" includes, but is not limited to, final judgments, fringe benefits payments due and payable, amounts due and payable to persons and other governmental entities, and any interest and penalties on those judgments, payments, or amounts. Accounts that are due and payable do not include any account, or portion of any account, that is being contested in good faith.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.408 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.408
§ 122.408. Authority hearings
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly The broadband expansion program authority shall conduct hearings to gather information necessary to accomplish the duties specified under section 122.407 of the Revised Code. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 12:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.91 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.91
§ 145.91. Member rights governed by plan selected
Status: in_force

October 1, 2002 Senate Bill 247 - 124th General Assembly The right of each member participating in a PERS defined contribution plan to a retirement, disability, survivor, or death benefit, to health or long-term care insurance or any other type of health care benefit, or to a withdrawal of any amounts that have accumulated on the member's behalf shall be governed exclusively by the plan selected by the member.
Ohio Rev. Code § 197.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 197 / § 197.12
§ 197.12. Director
Status: in_force

December 29, 2020 Senate Bill 310 - 133rd General Assembly The director of the Holocaust and genocide memorial and education office shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Holocaust and genocide memorial and education commission. The director shall, with the commission's approval, appoint employees as necessary to carry out the duties of the office. The employees shall serve at the director's pleasure.
Ohio Rev. Code § 146.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 146 / § 146.18
§ 146.18. Assuming obligations of fire fighters' indemnity boards
Status: in_force

October 25, 1978 House Bill 349 - 112th General Assembly The volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund boards established under sections 146.01 to 146.19 of the Revised Code, shall assume all obligations, claims, and outstanding liabilities of all fire fighters' indemnity boards existing on November 1, 1957 and all benefits due claimants after that date shall be paid in accordance with sections 146.01 to 146.19 of the Revised Code. All fire fighters' indemnity boards are hereby disbanded, and their funds transferred to the general fund of the political subdivision or fire district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.44
§ 131.44. Transferring surplus revenue
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Surplus revenue" means the excess, if any, of the total fund balance over the required year-end balance. (2) "Total fund balance" means the sum of the unencumbered balance in the general revenue fund on the last day of the preceding fiscal year plus the balance in the budget stabilization fund. (3) "Required year-end balance" means the sum of the following: (a) Ten per cent of the general revenue fund revenues for the preceding fiscal year; (b) "Ending fund balance," which means one-half of one per cent of general revenue fund revenues for the preceding fiscal year; (c) "Carryover balance," which means, with respect to a fiscal biennium, the excess, if any, of the estimated general revenue fund appropriation and transfer requirement for the second fiscal year of the biennium over the estimated general revenue fund revenue for that fiscal year; (d) "Capital appropriation reserve," which means the amount, if any, of general revenue fund capital appropriations made for the current biennium that the director of budget and management has determined will be encumbered or disbursed. (4) "Estimated general revenue fund appropriation and transfer requirement" means the most recent adjusted appropriations made by the general assembly from the general revenue fund and includes both of the following: (a) Appropriations made and transfers of appropriations from the first fiscal year to the second fiscal year of the biennium in provisions of acts of the general assembly signed by the governor but not yet effective; (b) Transfers of appropriations from the first fiscal year to the second fiscal year of the biennium approved by the controlling board. (5) "Estimated general revenue fund revenue" means the most recent such estimate available to the director of budget and management. (6) "Sales tax holiday" has the same meaning as in section 5739.01 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Not later than the thirty-first day of July each year, the director of budget and management shall determine the surplus revenue that existed on the preceding thirtieth day of June and transfer from the general revenue fund, to the extent of the unobligated, unencumbered balance on the preceding thirtieth day of June in excess of one-half of one per cent of the general revenue fund revenues in the preceding fiscal year, the following: (a) First, to the budget stabilization fund, any amount necessary for the balance of the budget stabilization fund to equal ten per cent of the general revenue fund revenues of the preceding fiscal year; (b) Then, to the expanded sales tax holiday fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury, an amount equal to the surplus revenue. (2) Not later than the thirty-first day of July of 2024 and each year thereafter, if the balance in the expanded sales tax holiday fund is sixty million dollars or more, the director shall certify to the tax commissioner that a sales tax holiday shall be held in August of the following fiscal year. The commissioner, in consultation with the director and county commissioners association of Ohio, shall determine the number of days for which the sales tax holiday will be held, which shall be at least three days, and which may include additional days if the commissioner and director determine that the balance in the expanded sales tax holiday fund is sufficient to reimburse the general revenue fund, local government fund, public library fund, and permissive tax distribution fund for the revenue that would be forgone on four or more of the dates during the period specified in section 5739.41 of the Revised Code. In making the determination, the commissioner and director shall take into account estimated changes in consumer behavior during the time of and immediately preceding and following the sales tax holiday. (C) The director of budget and management shall transfer money in the expanded sales tax holiday fund to the general revenue fund, local government fund, public library fund, and permissive tax distribution fund as necessary to offset revenue reductions resulting from a sales tax holiday held under section 5739.41 of the Revised Code. The amount transferred to each such fund, and the amounts distributed to counties and transit authorities from the permissive tax distribution fund, shall be in the same proportions as the transfer and distribution of taxes actually collected under sections 5739.02 , 5739.021 , 5739.023 , 5739.026 , 5741.02 , 5741.021 , 5741.022 , and 5741.023 of the Revised Code in August of the fiscal year in which the sales tax holiday is held. If no sales tax holiday is held under section 5739.41 of the Revised Code in the current fiscal year, the director shall not transfer money from the sales tax holiday fund to the general revenue fund, local government fund, public library fund, or permissive tax distribution fund. Last updated September 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.63
§ 124.63. Taxpayer's suit
Status: in_force

December 4, 1973 Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly The right of any taxpayer to bring an action to restrain the payment of compensation to any person appointed to or holding any office or place of employment in violation of sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the Revised Code, shall not be limited or denied by reason of the fact that said office or place of employment has been classified as, or determined to be classified as, not subject to competitive examination; provided any judgment or injunction granted or made in any such action shall be prospective only, and shall not affect payments already made or due to such persons by the proper disbursing officers, in accordance with the civil service rules in force at the times of such payments.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.04
§ 124.04. Director of administrative services powers, duties, functions
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly In addition to those powers enumerated in Chapters 123. and 125. of the Revised Code and as provided elsewhere by law, the powers, duties, and functions of the department of administrative services not specifically vested in and assigned to, or to be performed by, the state personnel board of review are hereby vested in and assigned to, and shall be performed by, the director of administrative services. These powers, duties, and functions shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following powers, duties, and functions: (A) To prepare, conduct, and grade all competitive examinations for positions in the classified service of the state; (B) To prepare, conduct, and grade all noncompetitive examinations for positions in the classified service of the state; (C) To prepare eligible lists containing the names of persons qualified for appointment to positions in the classified service of the state; (D) To prepare or amend, in accordance with section 124.14 of the Revised Code, specifications descriptive of duties, responsibilities, requirements, and desirable qualifications of the various classifications of positions in the service of the state; (E) To allocate and reallocate, upon the motion of the director or upon request of an appointing authority and in accordance with section 124.14 of the Revised Code, any position, office, or employment in the service of the state to the appropriate classification on the basis of the duties, responsibilities, requirements, and qualifications of that position, office, or employment; (F) To develop and conduct personnel recruitment services and assist appointing authorities in recruiting qualified applicants for positions in the service of the state; (G) To conduct research on specifications, classifications, and salaries of positions in the service of the state; (H) To develop and conduct personnel training programs, including supervisory training programs and best practices plans, and to develop merit hiring processes, in cooperation with appointing authorities for positions in the service of the state; (I) To include periodically in communications sent to state employees both of the following: (1) Information developed under section 2108.34 of the Revised Code promoting the donation of anatomical gifts under Chapter 2108. of the Revised Code; (2) Information about the liver or kidney donor and bone marrow donor leave granted under section 124.139 of the Revised Code. (J) To enter into agreements with universities and colleges for in-service training of officers and employees in the civil service; (K) To appoint examiners, inspectors, clerks, and other assistants necessary in the exercise of the powers and performance of the duties and functions which the director is by law authorized and required to exercise and perform, and to prescribe the duties of all of those employees; (L) To maintain a journal, which shall be open to public inspection, in which the director shall keep a record of the director's final decision pertaining to the classification or reclassification of positions in the classified civil service of the state and assignment or reassignment of employees in the classified civil service of the state to specific position classifications; (M) To delegate any of the powers, functions, or duties granted or assigned to the director under this chapter to any other state agency of this state as the director considers necessary; (N) To delegate any of the powers, functions, or duties granted or assigned to the director under this chapter to any political subdivision with the concurrence of the legislative authority of the political subdivision. (O) To administer a state equal employment opportunity program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.031
§ 121.031. Administrative department head's regulation authority
Status: in_force

June 8, 2022 Senate Bill 9 - 134th General Assembly The administrative department head of an administrative department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code or an administrative department head appointed under section 121.03 of the Revised Code may direct an otherwise independent official or state agency that is organized under the administrative department or administrative department head as necessary to achieve reductions in regulatory restrictions in rules in compliance with sections 121.95 , 121.951 , 121.952 , 121.953 , and 121.954 of the Revised Code. Last updated March 15, 2022 at 4:34 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 167.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 167 / § 167.10
§ 167.10. Qualifying council defined - general powers
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and sections 167.101 to 167.105 of the Revised Code: (1) "Qualifying council" means a regional council established under section 167.01 of the Revised Code to which both of the following requirements apply: (a) The council's membership is composed primarily of city, local, and exempted village school districts, or any combination of such districts; (b) The council is an information technology center approved under section 3301.075 of the Revised Code. (2) "Securities" means bonds, notes, or other evidence of obligation issued in temporary or permanent form, including book-entry securities. (B) A qualifying council may acquire, construct, and otherwise improve real and personal property to be used by or for the benefit of the qualifying council or one or more of its members. The acquisition, construction, and improvement may be financed by cash, installment payments with or without a mortgage, lease-purchase agreements, leases with an option to purchase, or securities issued pursuant to section 167.101 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.0813 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.0813
§ 122.0813. Evaluation of discretionary grant application
Status: in_force

January 4, 2006 Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly On receipt of an application for a discretionary grant for an eligible project, the director of development shall evaluate it to determine whether the application for the proposed eligible project is complete and whether the eligible project meets the requirements of section 122.0815 of the Revised Code. If the application is complete and the project meets the requirements of section 122.0815 of the Revised Code, the director shall make a recommendation to the controlling board asking for approval to make the discretionary grant for the eligible project. If the application is incomplete or the project does not meet the requirements of section 122.0815 of the Revised Code, the department shall notify the applicant of the deficiencies and work with the applicant to correct the deficiencies. If the deficiencies are corrected, the director shall make a recommendation to the controlling board asking for approval to make the discretionary grant for the eligible project.
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.032 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.032
§ 147.032. Investigations; penalties
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) If the secretary of state believes that a violation of this chapter has occurred, the secretary of state may investigate such violations. (2) The secretary of state may investigate possible violations of this chapter upon a signed complaint from any person. (B) After an investigation, the secretary of state may take any of the following actions: (1) Revoke the notary public's commission; (2) Suspend the notary public's commission for a specified period of time or until fulfillment of a condition, such as retraining, or both. (3) Issue a letter of admonition that shall be placed in the notary public's record. (C) A notary public shall cooperate fully with the secretary of state during the course of an investigation under this section, including by responding in a timely manner to all questions posed by the secretary of state as part of that investigation. The secretary of state shall revoke the commission of a notary public who does not cooperate or respond to questions as required by this division. (D) The secretary of state may revoke the commission of a notary public for any act or omission by the notary public that demonstrates the notary public lacks the requisite honesty, integrity, competence, or reliability to act as a notary public, including any of the following: (1) Failure to administer an oath or affirmation when executing a jurat; (2) Performing a notarial act without requiring personal appearance, except in the case of an online notary public performing an online notarization in accordance with sections 147.60 to 147.66 of the Revised Code; (3) Fraudulent, dishonest, or deceitful misstatement or omission on a notarial certificate. (E) A person whose notary commission has been revoked may not apply for a subsequent notary commission. (F) The secretary of state may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to set forth procedures for investigations and hearings regarding violations of this chapter and disciplinary actions taken. (G) The secretary of state may establish an advisory board to meet as the secretary of state considers necessary to discuss matters related to notary law and procedures. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.181 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.181
§ 135.181. Optional pledging requirements
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Public depository" means that term as defined in section 135.01 of the Revised Code, but also means an institution which receives or holds any public deposits as defined in section 135.31 of the Revised Code. (2) "Public deposits," "public moneys," and "treasurer" mean those terms as defined in section 135.01 of the Revised Code, but also have the same meanings as are set forth in section 135.31 of the Revised Code. (3) "Subdivision" means that term as defined in section 135.01 of the Revised Code, but also includes a county. (B) Prior to the creation of the Ohio pooled collateral program under section 135.182 of the Revised Code, in lieu of the pledging requirements prescribed in sections 135.18 and 135.37 of the Revised Code, an institution designated as a public depository at its option may pledge a single pool of eligible securities to secure the repayment of all public moneys deposited in the institution and not otherwise secured pursuant to law, provided that at all times the total market value of the securities so pledged is at least equal to one hundred five per cent of the total amount of all public deposits to be secured by the pooled securities that are not covered by any federal deposit insurance. Each institution shall carry in its accounting records at all times a general ledger or other appropriate account of the total amount of all public deposits to be secured by the pool, as determined at the opening of business each day, and the total market value of securities pledged to secure such deposits. (C) The securities described in division (B) of section 135.18 of the Revised Code shall be eligible as collateral for the purposes of division (B) of this section, provided no such securities pledged as collateral are at any time in default as to either principal or interest. (D) The state and each subdivision shall have an undivided security interest in the pool of securities pledged by a public depository pursuant to division (B) of this section in the proportion that the total amount of the state's or subdivision's public moneys secured by the pool bears to the total amount of public deposits so secured. (E) An institution designated as a public depository shall designate a qualified trustee and deposit with the trustee for safekeeping the eligible securities pledged pursuant to division (B) of this section. The institution shall give written notice of the qualified trustee to any treasurer or treasurers depositing public moneys for which such securities are pledged. The treasurer shall accept the written receipt of the trustee describing the pool of securities so deposited by the depository, a copy of which also shall be delivered to the depository. (F) Any federal reserve bank or branch thereof located in this state or federal home loan bank, without compliance with Chapter 1111. of the Revised Code and without becoming subject to any other law of this state relative to the exercise by corporations of trust powers generally, is qualified to act as trustee for the safekeeping of securities, under this section. Any institution mentioned in section 135.03 or 135.32 of the Revised Code which holds a certificate of qualification issued by the superintendent of financial institutions or any institution complying with sections 1111.04 , 1111.05 , and 1111.06 of the Revised Code is qualified to act as trustee for the safekeeping of securities under this section, other than those belonging to itself or to an affiliate as defined in division (A) of section 1101.01 of the Revised Code. Upon application to the superintendent in writing by an institution, the superintendent shall investigate the applicant and ascertain whether or not it has been authorized to execute and accept trusts in this state and has safe and adequate vaults and efficient supervision thereof for the storage and safekeeping of securities. If the superintendent finds that the applicant has been so authorized and has such vaults and supervision thereof, the superintendent shall approve the application and issue a certificate to that effect, the original or any certified copy of which shall be conclusive evidence that the institution named therein is qualified to act as trustee for the purposes of this section with respect to securities other than those belonging to itself or to an affiliate. (G) The public depository at any time may substitute, exchange, or release eligible securities deposited with a qualified trustee pursuant to this section, provided that such substitution, exchange, or release does not reduce the total market value of the securities to an amount that is less than one hundred five per cent of the total amount of public deposits as determined pursuant to division (B) of this section. (H) Notwithstanding the fact that a public depository is required to pledge eligible securities in certain amounts to secure deposits of public moneys, a trustee has no duty or obligation to determine the eligibility, market value, or face value of any securities deposited with the trustee by a public depository. This applies in all situations including, but not limited to, a substitution or exchange of securities, but excluding those situations effectuated by division (I) of this section in which the trustee is required to determine face and market value. (I) If the public depository fails to pay over any part of the public deposits made therein as provided by law and secured pursuant to division (B) of this section, the treasurer shall give written notice of this failure to the qualified trustee holding the pool of securities pledged against public moneys deposited in the depository, and at the same time shall send a copy of this notice to the depository. Upon receipt of this notice, the trustee shall transfer to the treasurer for public sale, the pooled securities that are necessary to produce an amount equal to the deposits made by the treasurer and not paid over, less the portion of the deposits covered by any federal deposit insurance, plus any accrued interest due on the deposits; however, the amount shall not exceed the state's or subdivision's proportional security interest in the market value of the pool as of the date of the depository's failure to pay over the deposits, as that interest and value are determined by the trustee. The treasurer shall sell at public sale any of the bonds or other securities so transferred. Thirty days' notice of the sale shall be given in a newspaper of general circulation at Columbus, in the case of the treasurer of state, and at the county seat of the county in which the office of the treasurer is located, in the case of any other treasurer. When a sale of bonds or other securities has been so made and upon payment to the treasurer of the purchase money, the treasurer shall transfer such bonds or securities whereupon the absolute ownership of such bonds or securities shall pass to the purchasers. Any surplus after deducting the amount due the state or subdivision and expenses of sale shall be paid to the public depository. (J) Any charges or compensation of a designated trustee for acting as such under this section shall be paid by the public depository and in no event shall be chargeable to the state or subdivision or to the treasurer or to any officer of the state or subdivision. The charges or compensation shall not be a lien or charge upon the securities deposited for safekeeping prior or superior to the rights to and interests in the securities of the state or subdivision or of the treasurer. The treasurer and the treasurer's bonders or surety shall be relieved from any liability to the state or subdivision or to the public depository for the loss or destruction of any securities deposited with a qualified trustee pursuant to this section. (K) In lieu of placing its unqualified endorsement on each security, a public depository pledging securities pursuant to division (B) of this section that are not negotiable without its endorsement or assignment may furnish to the qualified trustee holding the securities an appropriate resolution and irrevocable power of attorney authorizing the trustee to assign the securities. The resolution and power of attorney shall conform to terms and conditions the trustee prescribes. (L) Upon request of a treasurer no more often than four times per year, a public depository shall report the amount of public moneys deposited by the treasurer and secured pursuant to division (B) of this section, and the total market value of the pool of securities pledged to secure public moneys held by the depository, including those deposited by the treasurer. Upon request of a treasurer no more often than four times per year, a qualified trustee shall report the total market value of the pool of securities deposited with it by the depository and shall provide an itemized list of the securities in the pool. These reports shall be made as of the date the treasurer specifies.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.97 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.97
§ 125.97. Required notice on forms
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly All forms used to obtain information from private business, agriculture, or local governments, except those forms used by the tax commissioner for administration of taxes and programs, shall contain a conspicuous notice on the first page setting forth the authorization for the form and stating whether providing the information sought is required or voluntary, and any penalties that apply to failure to provide the information. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.954 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.954
§ 121.954. Exemptions from regulatory restriction reduction
Status: in_force

June 8, 2022 Senate Bill 9 - 134th General Assembly Notwithstanding any provision of section 121.95 of the Revised Code to the contrary, sections 121.95 , 121.951 , 121.952 , and 121.953 of the Revised Code do not apply to rules adopted by the Ohio casino control commission under Chapter 3775. of the Revised Code. Last updated March 15, 2022 at 4:46 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.136 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.136
§ 122.136. Annual report
Status: in_force

September 16, 2014 House Bill 486 - 130th General Assembly The director of development services shall prepare and submit a report to the governor and the general assembly annually on or before the first day of August of the services and activities of the employee ownership assistance program for the preceding calendar year. The director shall include in the report information regarding the number, names, and locations of business establishments that have been or likely will be assisted as employee-owned corporations; recommendations on how to better operate the program; information regarding the effectiveness of the program in maintaining and improving employment in the state; and the number of individuals affected by the activities of the program. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 118.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 118 / § 118.15
§ 118.15. Prior approval of debt obligations
Status: in_force

September 3, 1996 House Bill 462 - 121st General Assembly (A) No debt obligation may be issued or incurred by the municipal corporation, county, or township, whether purchased by the municipal corporation, county, or township or others, except with the prior approval of the financial planning and supervision commission. (B) The commission shall disapprove the issuance of debt obligations upon a determination that, in its judgment, such action would impede the purposes of a financial plan under this chapter or be inconsistent with this chapter or the financial plan. (C) The commission shall not approve the issuance of debt obligations unless: (1) The ordinance authorizing their issuance, the ordinance or resolution providing for their award, and every document forming part of the contract with the purchasers of such debt obligations from the municipal corporation, county, or township is first submitted to the commission. The commission may adopt procedures for giving preliminary or conditional approval upon review of the ordinance authorizing such debt obligations and such other documents or information as it requires, and giving final approval upon review of the remaining documents, and for methods of evidencing such approvals. (2) The ordinance authorizing the debt obligations contains a covenant to the effect that the municipal corporation, county, or township will comply with all provisions of this chapter, with the orders, directions, and requests of the commission and the auditor of state under this chapter, and with the financial plan. The commission may prescribe the form of such covenant. (3) The municipal corporation, county, or township, at the time of such approval, is in compliance with this chapter. (D) The commission shall not approve the issuance of a debt obligation if such issuance: (1) Would cause the municipal corporation, county, or township to exceed debt limits; (2) Would impair the ability of overlapping subdivisions to issue unvoted faith and credit debt obligations for necessary permanent improvements, as defined in section 133.01 of the Revised Code; (3) Would, in the judgment of the commission, be likely to lead to the reallocation of minimum levies as described in division (A)(3) of section 118.03 of the Revised Code. (E) For purposes of the validity of debt obligations approved by the commission and delivered to and paid for by a purchaser other than the municipal corporation, county, or township, but for no other purposes of this chapter, such approval shall be conclusive as to compliance with this section, unless such approval is withdrawn by the commission prior to such delivery and payment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.45
§ 131.45. Minimum appropriation per pupil for primary and secondary educational purposes
Status: in_force

March 27, 2020 House Bill 197 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The amount the general assembly appropriates from the general revenue fund each year per pupil for primary and secondary educational purposes shall be not less than the amount it appropriated per pupil for those purposes for the base year, adjusted for changes in prices as measured by the consumer price index (all urban consumers, all items) prepared by the bureau of labor statistics of the United States department of labor. The base year is fiscal year 1999. (B) Appropriations of the net proceeds of any state lottery under Section 6 of Article XV of the Ohio Constitution shall be in addition to appropriations made pursuant to this section. (C) For the purposes of this section, appropriations for primary and secondary educational purposes includes amounts appropriated to reimburse school districts for property tax reductions required by law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.45
§ 117.45. Format for sworn affidavit
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 10 - 130th General Assembly The auditor of state shall establish by rule the format for submitting a sworn affidavit and supporting evidence under sections 319.26 , 321.37 , 507.13 , and 733.78 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.361 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.361
§ 145.361. Annual amount of disability allowance
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) A member with disability coverage under this section who is determined by the public employees retirement board under section 145.35 of the Revised Code to qualify for a disability benefit shall receive a disability allowance under this section. The allowance shall be an annual amount equal to the greater of the following: (1) Forty-five per cent of the member's final average salary; (2) The member's total service credit multiplied by two and two-tenths per cent of the member's final average salary, not exceeding sixty per cent of the member's final average salary. (B) Sufficient reserves for payment of the disability allowance shall be transferred to the annuity and pension reserve fund from the employers' contribution fund. The accumulated contributions of the member shall remain in the employees' savings fund. No part of the allowance paid under this section shall be charged against the member's accumulated contributions. (C) A disability allowance paid under this section shall terminate at the earliest of the following: (1) The effective date of age and service retirement under sections 145.32 , 145.33 , 145.332 , and 145.335 , or section 145.37 or former section 145.34 of the Revised Code; (2) The date the allowance is terminated under section 145.362 of the Revised Code; (3) The later of the last day of the month in which the recipient attains the applicable age, or the last day of the month in which the benefit period ends as follows: Attained Age at Effective Date of Disability Allowance Benefit Period 60 or 61 60 months 62 or 63 48 months 64 or 65 36 months 66, 67, or 68 24 months 69 or older 12 months The applicable age is sixty-five if the member is described in division (A) of section 145.32 or division (A) of section 145.332 of the Revised Code. It is sixty-six if the member is described in division (B) of section 145.32 or division (B) of section 145.332 of the Revised Code. It is sixty-seven if the member is described in division (C) of section 145.32 or division (C) of section 145.332 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 18, 2023 at 10:14 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 159.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 159 / § 159.12
§ 159.12. Damages caused by survey
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If the parties interested cannot agree upon the amount to be paid for damages caused by the survey mentioned in section 159.11 of the Revised Code, either party may petition the probate court of the county in which the land is situated. Such court shall appoint a time, as early as possible, for a hearing, and order that at least fourteen days' notice be given to all parties interested. With or without a view of the premises, as the court determines, it shall hear the parties and their witnesses, and assess damages.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.04 — Ohio Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / Section 101.04
Section 101.04 | Rules and records.
Status: in_force

Each house of the general assembly shall determine its rules of proceeding, punish its members for disorderly conduct, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds of its members, expel a member.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.47
§ 121.47. Confidential information
Status: in_force

October 31, 1990 House Bill 588 - 118th General Assembly No person shall disclose to any person who is not legally entitled to disclosure of the information, any information that is designated as confidential under section 121.44 of the Revised Code, or any confidential information that is acquired in the course of an investigation under section 121.45 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 103.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 103 / § 103.19
§ 103.19. Appointment of officers and employees
Status: in_force

January 9, 1961 House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly The Ohio legislative service commission shall appoint and fix the compensation of a director and such other technical, professional and clerical employes and services as are necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the commission. All officers and employes of the commission shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The director shall act as secretary of the commission and shall be the chief administrative officer of the commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 106.042 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 106 / § 106.042
§ 106.042. Effect of adoption of concurrent resolution invalidating proposed rule; effect of failure to adopt resolution
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The adoption by the general assembly of a concurrent resolution invalidating any version of a proposed rule prohibits the agency that proposed the rule from instituting or continuing rule-making proceedings with regard to any version of the proposed rule for the remaining term of the general assembly. However, the general assembly may adopt a concurrent resolution that authorizes the agency to institute or continue rule-making proceedings with regard to the proposed rule, but the agency may not adopt any version of the proposed rule unless it has been submitted to the joint committee on agency rule review and the time for legislative review has expired without adoption of a concurrent resolution invalidating the proposed rule. (B) The failure of the general assembly to adopt a concurrent resolution invalidating a proposed or existing rule is not a ratification of the lawfulness or reasonableness of the proposed or existing rule or of the validity of the procedure by which the rule was proposed or adopted.
Ohio Rev. Code § 119.0311 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 119 / § 119.0311
§ 119.0311. Guide to public participation in rule-making
Status: in_force

April 1, 2002 Senate Bill 11 - 123rd General Assembly Each agency shall prepare and publish, and as it becomes necessary or advisable, revise and republish, a guide to its rule-making process that functions generally to assist members of the public who participate, or who may wish to participate, in the agency's rule-making. The agency's guide is to include: (A) A statement of the agency's regulatory mission; (B) A description of how the agency is organized to achieve its regulatory mission; (C) An explanation of rule-making the agency is authorized or required to engage in to achieve its regulatory mission; (D) An explanation of the agency's rule-making process; (E) An indication of the points in the agency's rule-making process at which members of the public can participate; (F) An explanation of how members of the public can participate in the agency's rule-making process at each indicated point of participation; and (G) Other information the agency reasonably concludes will assist members of the public meaningfully to participate in the agency's rule-making. An agency's guide is not to be adopted as a rule, but rather as a narrative explanation of the matters outlined in this section. An agency's failure to conform its rule-making process to its guide is not cause for invalidating a rule, amendment, or rescission adopted by the agency. The agency shall publish or republish its guide both in the register of Ohio and as a printed pamphlet. The agency shall submit a copy of its guide, in electronic form, to the director of the legislative service commission. The director thereupon shall publish the agency's guide in the register of Ohio. The agency shall provide a copy of its pamphlet guide to any person upon request. The agency may charge the person a fee for this service, but the fee is not to exceed the per copy cost of producing the pamphlet guide and the actual cost of delivering it to the person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.53
§ 149.53. Archaeological and historic survey and salvage work
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 141 - 131st General Assembly All departments, agencies, units, instrumentalities, and political subdivisions of the state shall cooperate with the Ohio history connection and the Ohio historic site preservation advisory board in the preservation of archaeological and historic sites and in recovery of scientific information from such sites, and for such purposes shall, whenever practical, by contract or otherwise provide for archaeological and historic survey and salvage work during the planning phases, before work on a public improvement begins or at other appropriate times; and require that contractors performing work on public improvements cooperate with archaeological and historic survey and salvage efforts and notify the Ohio history connection or the board about archaeological discoveries. The director of the Ohio history connection shall determine the disposition of artifacts and skeletal remains discovered on state lands.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.91 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.91
§ 121.91. Customer service standards
Status: in_force

September 17, 2014 Senate Bill 3 - 130th General Assembly (A) Each state agency shall develop, and as it becomes necessary or advisable may improve, customer service standards for each employee of the agency whose duties include a significant level of contact with the public. The agency shall base the standards on the job descriptions of the positions that the employees hold in the agency. An agency is not required to adopt the standards by rule. A state agency that is created after the effective date of this amendment shall develop its initial customer service standards within six months after the effective date of the statute that creates the state agency. Each state agency shall reduce the standards to writing, and the standards shall be incorporated into employee policy manuals, job descriptions, and employee performance evaluations. The agency shall post its customer service standards, and any revisions therein, on its web site or, if the agency does not maintain a web site, on the state public notice web site. The common sense initiative office, upon the request of an agency, may review the agency's customer service standards and transmit any comments it has with regard to the standards to the agency. (B) The state agency, and its officers and employees, shall comply with the customer service performance standards that have been developed under division (A) of this section. A state agency's compliance with the standards shall be evaluated, by the director of budget and management and the committees of the senate and house of representatives having jurisdiction over the state operating budget, as part of the consideration of the state agency's biennial budget. (If the evaluation is of the office of budget and management, evaluation by the committees is sufficient.) An employee's compliance with the standards shall be evaluated as part of the employee's periodic performance reviews. A state agency's and employee's compliance with the standards may be evaluated as part of any performance audit of the state agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.6010 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.6010
§ 125.6010. Application of rules - limitation
Status: in_force

June 30, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly Section 125.607 of the Revised Code does not apply to the purchase of a product or service available from a state agency, state instrumentality, or political subdivision under any law in effect on July 1, 2005.
Ohio Rev. Code § 106.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 106 / § 106.04
§ 106.04. Recommendation of invalidation
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly When the joint committee on agency rule review recommends invalidation of a proposed or existing rule under section 106.021 or 106.031 of the Revised Code, the chairperson of the joint committee responsible for calling and conducting meetings under section 101.35 of the Revised Code, or another member of the joint committee designated by that chairperson, shall prepare the recommendation of invalidation in writing. The recommendation shall identify the proposed or existing rule, the agency that proposed or submitted the proposed or existing rule, and the finding that caused the joint committee to make the recommendation. The recommendation briefly shall explain the finding. The chairperson of the joint committee responsible for calling and conducting meetings under section 101.35 of the Revised Code shall request the legislative service commission to prepare a concurrent resolution to invalidate the proposed or existing rule according to the recommendation. The concurrent resolution shall state the finding that caused the joint committee to recommend invalidation of the rule. Last updated September 20, 2023 at 11:12 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.15
§ 173.15. Office of state long-term care ombudsman program
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly The state long-term care ombudsman program established by the department of aging pursuant to division (J) of section 173.01 of the Revised Code shall be known as "the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program." It shall consist of the state long-term care ombudsman, the ombudsman's staff, and regional long-term care ombudsman programs. In establishing and operating the office, the department shall consider the views of area agencies on aging, individuals age sixty or older, and agencies and other entities that provide services to individuals age sixty and older. The department of aging shall appoint the state ombudsman, who shall serve at the pleasure of the department. The department shall appoint as state ombudsman an individual who has no conflict of interest with the position and is capable of administering the office impartially, has an understanding of long-term care issues, and has experience related to the concerns of residents and recipients, such as experience in the fields of aging, health care, and long-term care; work with community programs and health care providers; and work with and involvement in volunteer programs. No individual or entity whose interests are in conflict with the responsibilities of the state ombudsman shall be involved in the ombudsman's appointment. The department shall ensure that no employee or representative of the office and no individual involved in the designation of the head of any regional long-term care ombudsman program has any interest that is, or may be, in conflict with the interests and concerns of the office and shall ensure that mechanisms are in place to remedy any conflicts. For purposes of this section, conflicts of interest may include, but are not limited to, employment by a long-term care provider within two years prior to being employed by or associated with the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program, affiliation with or financial interest in a long-term care provider, and affiliation with or financial interest in a membership organization of long-term care providers.
Ohio Rev. Code § 164.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 164 / § 164.27
§ 164.27. Clean Ohio conservation fund
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly (A) The clean Ohio conservation fund is hereby created in the state treasury. Seventy-five per cent of the net proceeds of obligations issued and sold by the issuing authority pursuant to sections 151.01 and 151.09 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into the fund. Investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund and may be used to pay costs incurred by the Ohio public works commission in administering sections 164.20 to 164.27 of the Revised Code. Moneys in the clean Ohio conservation fund shall be used to make grants to local political subdivisions and nonprofit organizations for projects that have been approved for grants under sections 164.20 to 164.27 of the Revised Code. The clean Ohio conservation fund shall be administered by the Ohio public works commission. (B) For the purpose of grants issued under sections 164.20 to 164.27 of the Revised Code, moneys shall be allocated on an annual basis from the clean Ohio conservation fund to districts represented by natural resources assistance councils as follows: (1) Each district shall receive an amount that is equal to one-fourth of one per cent of the total annual amount allocated to all districts each year for each county that is represented by the district. (2) The remaining moneys shall be allocated to each district annually on a per capita basis. (C) A grant that is awarded under sections 164.20 to 164.27 of the Revised Code may provide up to seventy-five per cent of the estimated cost of a project. Matching funds from a grant recipient may consist of contributions of money by any person, any local political subdivision, or the federal government or of contributions in-kind by such entities through the purchase or donation of equipment, land, easements, interest in land, labor, or materials necessary to complete the project. (D) The director of the Ohio public works commission shall notify the director of budget and management of the amounts allocated pursuant to this section, and that information shall be entered in the state accounting system. The director of budget and management may establish appropriate line items or other mechanisms that are needed to track the allocations. (E) Grants awarded under sections 164.20 to 164.27 of the Revised Code from the clean Ohio conservation fund shall be used by a local political subdivision or nonprofit organization only to pay the costs related to the purposes for which grants may be issued under section 164.22 of the Revised Code and shall not be used by a local political subdivision or nonprofit organization to pay any administrative costs incurred by the local political subdivision or nonprofit organization. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.20
§ 111.20. Certificate of compliance with laws prima-facie evidence of incorporation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The certificate of compliance with the laws of this state issued to a corporation not organized under the laws of this state, or a copy of such certificate certified by the state officer issuing same, or his successor in office, shall be prima-facie evidence of the due incorporation and existence of the corporation. All officers authorized to issue certificates of compliance to corporations not organized under the laws of this state shall keep a record of such certificates issued by them.
Ohio Rev. Code § 197.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 197 / § 197.08
§ 197.08. Commission duties
Status: in_force

December 29, 2020 Senate Bill 310 - 133rd General Assembly The Holocaust and genocide memorial and education commission shall do the following: (A) Gather and disseminate Holocaust and genocide information throughout this state; (B) Take inventory of current statewide Holocaust and genocide memorial and education programs and initiatives, and propose programming to fill program and initiative gaps; (C) Secure appropriate recognition of the accomplishments and contributions of Holocaust and genocide survivors, liberators, and Ohioans active in rescue and resettlement efforts, and make their stories accessible for educational purposes; (D) Promote public awareness of issues relating to Holocaust and genocide memorial and education through public education programs; (E) Partner with public and private organizations that serve Holocaust and genocide survivors, veterans, and liberators, including the Nancy and David Wolf Holocaust and humanity center, the national veterans memorial and museum, the Maltz museum of Jewish heritage, the national museum of the United States air force, and local, state, national, or international historical societies, museums, and memorials for educational purposes; (F) Advise and educate the governor, general assembly, and state departments and agencies regarding the nature, magnitude, and priorities of Holocaust and genocide memorial and education, and develop policies and programs to address those needs; (G) Seek opportunities to provide resources for schools to teach effectively about the Holocaust and genocide; (H) Review and approve grants that are administered or subcontracted by the commission or the Holocaust and genocide memorial and education office established under section 197.11 of the Revised Code; (I) Coordinate with and provide information regarding available state services to meet the needs of Holocaust and genocide survivors, liberators, educators, students, and public safety and law enforcement; (J) Review and approve the annual report prepared by the office under section 197.13 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.34
§ 153.34. Contents of advertisement
Status: in_force

March 18, 1999 House Bill 850 - 122nd General Assembly In its advertisement, the board of county commissioners shall invite bidders to make bids for furnishing all the materials and performing all the work, or for such parts thereof as bidders deem proper, and include such other matter as is required in section 307.87 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.14
§ 173.14. Long-term care ombudsman program definitions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly As used in sections 173.14 to 173.28 of the Revised Code: (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, "long-term care facility" includes any residential facility that provides personal care services for more than twenty-four hours for one or more unrelated adults, including all of the following: (a) A "nursing home," "residential care facility," or "home for the aging," as those terms are defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code; (b) A facility authorized to provide extended care services under Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended, including a long-term acute care hospital that provides medical and rehabilitative care to patients who require an average length of stay greater than twenty-five days and is classified by the centers for medicare and medicaid services as a long-term care hospital pursuant to 42 C.F.R. 412.23(e); (c) A county home or district home operated pursuant to Chapter 5155. of the Revised Code; (d) A residential facility licensed under section 5119.34 of the Revised Code that provides accommodations, supervision, and personal care services for three to sixteen unrelated adults or accommodations and personal care services for only one or two adults who are receiving payments under the residential state supplement program established under section 5119.41 of the Revised Code; (e) A facility approved by the veterans administration under section 104(a) of the "Veterans Health Care Amendments of 1983," 97 Stat. 993, 38 U.S.C. 630, as amended, and used exclusively for the placement and care of veterans. (2) "Long-term care facility" does not include a residential facility licensed under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code. (B) "Resident" means a resident of a long-term care facility and, where appropriate, includes a prospective, previous, or deceased resident of a long-term care facility. (C) "Community-based long-term care services" means health and social services provided to persons in their own homes or in community care settings, and includes any of the following: (1) Case management; (2) Home health care; (3) Homemaker services; (4) Chore services; (5) Respite care; (6) Adult day care; (7) Home-delivered meals; (8) Personal care; (9) Physical, occupational, and speech therapy; (10) Transportation; (11) Any other health and social services provided to persons that allow them to retain their independence in their own homes or in community care settings. (D) "Recipient" means a recipient of community-based long-term care services and, where appropriate, includes a prospective, previous, or deceased recipient of community-based long-term care services. (E) "Sponsor" means an adult relative, friend, or guardian who has an interest in or responsibility for the welfare of a resident or a recipient. (F) "Personal care services" has the same meaning as in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code. (G) "Regional long-term care ombudsman program" means an entity, either public or private and nonprofit, designated as a regional long-term care ombudsman program by the state long-term care ombudsman. (H) "Representative of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program" means the state long-term care ombudsman or a member of the ombudsman's staff, or a person certified as a representative of the office under section 173.21 of the Revised Code. (I) "Area agency on aging" means an area agency on aging established under the "Older Americans Act of 1965," 79 Stat. 219, 42 U.S.C. 3001, as amended. (J) "Long-term care provider" means a long-term care facility or a provider of community-based long-term care services. (K) "Advocacy visit" means a visit by a representative of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program to a long-term care provider, a resident, or a recipient when the purpose of the visit is one or more of the following: (1) To establish a regular presence that creates awareness of the availability of the office of the long-term care ombudsman program; (2) To increase awareness of the services the office provides; (3) To address any other matter not related to the representative's investigation of a specific complaint. An advocacy visit may unexpectedly involve addressing uncomplicated complaints or lead to an investigation of a complaint when needed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.742 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.742
§ 109.742. Rules governing training of peace officers in crisis intervention
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly The attorney general shall adopt, in accordance with Chapter 119. or pursuant to section 109.74 of the Revised Code, rules governing the training of peace officers in crisis intervention. The rules shall specify the amount of training necessary for the satisfactory completion of basic training programs at approved peace officer training schools, other than the Ohio peace officer training academy.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.13
§ 173.13. Continuing care facility residents' rights
Status: in_force

October 20, 1987 House Bill 253 - 117th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Continuing care" means the provision under a written agreement of board, lodging, medical services, nursing, and other health-related services to a person sixty years of age or older, unrelated by consanguinity or affinity to the provider, for the life of the person or for a period in excess of one year in return for the payment of an entrance fee or of periodic charges. (2) "Entrance fee" means an initial or deferred payment of a sum of money or other property made or promised to be made by or on behalf of a person entering into a written agreement with a facility for the provision of continuing care services in consideration for acceptance of the person as a resident in the facility. (B) The residents of a facility that provides continuing care may determine annually whether they wish to elect a resident of the facility to serve on the board of directors, board of trustees, or other board that operates the facility. Election of a resident to serve on the board shall be by a simple majority vote of all residents attending a meeting called to determine if residents of the facility wish to have representation on the board. The individual organizing the meeting shall give residents at least seven days' notice of the meeting. A board to which a resident is elected under this section shall accept the resident as a nonvoting member and give him notice of and permit him to attend all meetings of the board. (C) Every facility that provides continuing care shall, upon request, provide its residents and prospective residents with copies of any of its audited annual financial reports. (D) Residents of facilities that provide continuing care shall have the right of self-organization. (E) Each board of directors, board of trustees, or other board that operates a facility that provides continuing care, or a committee of the board, shall hold meetings at least quarterly with the residents of the facility, or with a committee of the residents, for the purpose of discussing facility income, expenditures, and financial matters and proposed changes in facility policies, programs, and services. The board shall give residents or the committee of residents at least seven days' notice of each such meeting. (F) A resident of a facility that provides continuing care may bring a civil action to enforce any of the rights granted under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.99
§ 101.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates division (A), (B), or (C) of section 101.71 or of section 101.91 , or section 101.77 or 101.97 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates division (D) of section 101.71 or of section 101.91 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.33
§ 117.33. Abating or compromising claims
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly No claim for money or other property found to be due to any public treasury or custodian of public money in any report of the auditor of state, other than a report as described in section 117.31 of the Revised Code, shall be abated or compromised, either before or after the filing of civil action, by any legislative or executive action or by order of any court unless the attorney general gives his written approval .
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.272 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.272
§ 101.272. House reimbursement fund - senate reimbursement fund
Status: in_force

March 9, 1999 House Bill 649 - 122nd General Assembly (A) The house reimbursement fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of refunds from the department of administrative services of overpayments of medical insurance premiums accumulated under division (C) of section 101.271 of the Revised Code; amounts received by the office of the chief administrative officer of the house of representatives for salvage and recycling of equipment, materials, and supplies; and payments from members and employees for incidental use of house equipment or facilities. The fund shall be used to pay operating expenses of the house of representatives. (B) The senate reimbursement fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of refunds from the department of administrative services of overpayments of medical insurance premiums accumulated under division (B) of section 101.271 of the Revised Code; amounts received by the senate clerk's office for salvage and recycling of equipment, materials, and supplies; and payments from members and employees for incidental use of senate equipment or facilities. The fund shall be used to pay operating expenses of the senate.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.111 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.111
§ 125.111. Contracts to contain discrimination provisions - affirmative action program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Every contract for or on behalf of the state or any of its political subdivisions for any purchase shall contain provisions similar to those required by section 153.59 of the Revised Code in the case of construction contracts by which the contractor agrees to both of the following: (A) That, in the hiring of employees for the performance of work under the contract or any subcontract, no contractor or subcontractor, by reason of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability or military status as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, national origin, or ancestry, shall discriminate against any citizen of this state in the employment of a person qualified and available to perform the work to which the contract relates; (B) That no contractor, subcontractor, or person acting on behalf of any contractor or subcontractor, in any manner, shall discriminate against, intimidate, or retaliate against any employee hired for the performance of work under the contract on account of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability or military status as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, national origin, or ancestry. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.302 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.302
§ 149.302. National museum of Afro-American history and culture
Status: in_force

December 19, 2016 House Bill 471 - 131st General Assembly (A) The Ohio history connection, in addition to its other functions, shall establish a museum in the vicinity of Wilberforce to be known as the national museum of Afro-American history and culture. For this purpose the Ohio history connection may accept donations of money, property, and personal services, apply for and receive federal assistance, acquire real property or any estate, right, or interest therein, construct buildings, access roads, parking areas, and other appropriate facilities for museum visitors, and exercise any powers incidental to such purpose. The Ohio history connection shall establish an acquisition policy for the museum. Donations of money received under this section shall be placed in a separate fund within the accounts of the Ohio history connection to be used solely for the necessary expenses of the Ohio history connection incurred in the performance of its duties under this section. (B) After the Ohio history connection establishes the national museum of Afro-American history and culture, the Ohio history connection shall convey title to the museum and its contents to a private, nonprofit organization which shall operate and maintain the museum. The Ohio history connection shall determine the conditions of the conveyance. The Ohio history connection shall operate and maintain the museum until the museum and its contents are conveyed as provided in this section. Any historical items or artifacts donated to the Ohio history connection, or to the private, nonprofit organization to which the Ohio history connection has conveyed the museum and its contents, for placement in the museum, shall remain at the museum as part of its permanent collection. (C) Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.91 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.91
§ 122.91. Commercial driver training certificate; tax credit
Status: in_force

April 3, 2023 House Bill 66 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Qualifying individual" means an individual who holds a valid commercial driver's license or who is eligible to obtain such a license. (2) "Commercial driver's license" and "commercial motor vehicle" have the same meanings as in section 4506.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Training expense" means any cost customarily incurred by an employer to train an employee who is a qualifying individual to obtain a commercial driver's license or to operate a commercial motor vehicle. "Training expense" shall not include such an employee's wages. (4) "Tax credit-eligible training expense" means any training expense certified under division (B) of this section. (5) "Director" means the director of development. (B)(1) For calendar years 2023 through 2026, an employer may apply to the director, on or before the first day of December of each year and on a form prescribed by the director, to certify training expenses that an employer estimates the employer will incur during the following calendar year as tax credit-eligible training expenses. Within thirty days after receiving such an application, the director shall certify to each applicant the amount of the applicant's submitted expenses the director finds to be tax credit-eligible training expenses. The director shall not certify more than fifty thousand dollars of training expenses per year as tax credit-eligible training expenses for any employer. (2) The director shall not certify more than three million dollars in tax credit-eligible training expenses for each calendar year, increased by the sum of tax credit-eligible expenses the director was authorized to certify within the limit described in division (B)(2) of this section for preceding years that were not the basis of a tax credit certificate issued under division (C)(2) of this section in the current year or any preceding year. (C)(1) An employer that incurs tax credit-eligible training expenses in a calendar year that were certified for that year under division (B) of this section may apply to the director for a nonrefundable credit against the tax imposed by section 5747.02 of the Revised Code. The credit shall equal one-half of the tax credit-eligible training expenses actually incurred by the employer in, and certified for, the preceding calendar year. The application may be submitted after the first day and before the twenty-first day of January of the year following the year for which the director certified the expenses. The application shall be submitted on a form prescribed by the director and shall, at a minimum, include an itemized list of tax credit-eligible training expenses incurred by the employer for each employee and the identities of those employees. (2) If the director approves an application described in division (C)(1) of this section, the director, within sixty days after receipt of the application, shall issue a tax credit certificate to the applicant. The director in consultation with the tax commissioner shall prescribe the form and manner of issuing certificates. The director shall assign a unique identifying number to each tax credit certificate and shall record the certificate in a register devised and maintained by the director for that purpose. The certificate shall state the amount of the tax credit-eligible training expenses on which the credit is based, the amount of the credit, and the date the certificate is issued. Upon issuance of a certificate, the director shall certify to the tax commissioner the name of the applicant, the amount of tax credit-eligible training expenses stated on the certificate, and any other information required by the rules adopted under this section. (D)(1) An employer that has been issued a tax credit certificate under division (C)(2) of this section during the preceding calendar year shall file a form with the director identifying all employees, the training of which is the basis of that tax credit, whose employment with the employer was terminated during the preceding calendar year, the amount of the tax credit that is attributable to those employees, and any other information requested by the director. The form shall be prescribed by the director, and shall be filed on or before the twenty-first day of January of the year following the issuance year stated on the certificate. (2) The director shall annually submit to the general assembly a report in accordance with division (B) of section 101.68 of the Revised Code that includes the total number of employees described in division (D)(1) of this section and reported to the director for the preceding calendar year, the total amount of tax credits attributable to those employees, and any other information the director finds pertinent. (E) The director in consultation with the tax commissioner shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the administration of this section. Such rules shall set forth any applicable fees, any penalties for noncompliance with the reporting requirements prescribed in division (D) of this section, and the types of expenses that qualify as training expenses for purposes of this section. Last updated March 16, 2023 at 6:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 120.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 120 / § 120.34
§ 120.34. Reimbursements exceeding appropriation - proportionate distribution of funds
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the total amount of money paid to all counties in any fiscal year pursuant to sections 120.18 , 120.28 , 120.33 , 120.35 , and 2941.51 of the Revised Code for the reimbursement of the counties' cost of operating county public defender offices, joint county public defender offices, and county appointed counsel systems, the counties' costs and expenses of conducting the defense in capital cases, and the counties' costs and expenses of appointed counsel covered by section 2941.51 of the Revised Code shall not exceed the total amount appropriated for that fiscal year by the general assembly for the reimbursement of the counties for the operation of the offices and systems and for those appointed counsel costs and expenses, and shall be determined as specified in this section. If the amount appropriated by the general assembly in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the cost in the fiscal year of all county public defender offices, all joint county public defender offices, all county appointed counsel systems, and all costs and expenses of appointed counsel covered by section 2941.51 of the Revised Code, the amount of money paid in that fiscal year pursuant to sections 120.18 , 120.28 , 120.33 , 120.35 , and 2941.51 of the Revised Code to each county for the fiscal year shall be reduced proportionately so that each county is paid an equal percentage of its cost in the fiscal year for operating its county public defender system, its joint county public defender system, and its county appointed counsel system, an equal percentage of its costs and expenses of conducting the defense in capital cases in the fiscal year, and an equal percentage of its costs and expenses of appointed counsel covered by section 2941.51 of the Revised Code. (B) If any county receives an amount of money pursuant to section 120.18 , 120.28 , 120.33 , 120.35 , or 2941.51 of the Revised Code that is in excess of the amount of reimbursement it is entitled to receive pursuant to this section, the state public defender shall request the board of county commissioners to return the excess payment and the board of county commissioners, upon receipt of the request, shall direct the appropriate county officer to return the excess payment to the state. (C) Within thirty days of the end of each fiscal quarter, the state public defender shall provide to the office of budget and management and the legislative service commission an estimate of the amount of money that will be required for the balance of the fiscal year to make the payments required by sections 120.18 , 120.28 , 120.33 , 120.35 , and 2941.51 of the Revised Code. (D) No reimbursement shall be made under this section for costs of indigent defense to the extent that those costs exceed the hourly rate, if any, established by the general assembly. Last updated September 7, 2023 at 11:48 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 176.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 176 / § 176.08
§ 176.08. Unlawful discriminatory practices
Status: in_force

October 10, 1991 House Bill 339 - 119th General Assembly Each municipal corporation, county, and township shall monitor its exercise of housing authority under Section 16 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, to ensure that it does not encourage, contribute to, or participate in an unlawful discriminatory practice under division (H) of section 4112.02 of the Revised Code or discriminate against families with children. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 123.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 123 / § 123.15
§ 123.15. Rules pertaining to lands under department's supervision
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The department of administrative services may adopt, amend, and rescind rules pertaining to lands under the supervision of the department in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 187.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 187 / § 187.07
§ 187.07. Funds kept separate
Status: in_force

February 18, 2011 House Bill 1 - 129th General Assembly At no time shall any public money coming into the possession of JobsOhio be commingled with other money of the corporation, and any funds or accounts of the corporation that hold public money shall be maintained and accounted for separately and independently from any other funds or accounts of the corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.67 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.67
§ 153.67. Announcing contracts available for professional design or design-build services
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly Each public authority planning to contract for professional design services or design-build services shall publicly announce all contracts available from it for such services. The announcements shall: (A) Be made in a uniform and consistent manner and shall be made sufficiently in advance of the time that responses must be received from qualified professional design firms or design-build firms for the firms to have an adequate opportunity to submit a statement of interest in the project; (B) Include a general description of the project, a statement of the specific professional design services or design-build services required, and a description of the qualifications required for the project; (C) Indicate how qualified professional design firms or design-build firms may submit statements of qualifications in order to be considered for a contract to design or design-build the project; (D) Be sent to any of the following that the public authority considers appropriate: (1) Design-build firms, including contractors or other entities that seek to perform the work as a design-build firm; (2) Architect, landscape architect, engineer, and surveyor associations; (3) The news media; (4) Any publications or other public media, including electronic media.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.32
§ 145.32. Age and service retirement
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Eligibility of members of the public employees retirement system, including for members described in section 145.196 of the Revised Code and other than those subject to section 145.332 of the Revised Code, for age and service retirement shall be determined under this section. (A) A member is eligible for age and service retirement under this division if, not later than five years after January 7, 2013, the member meets one of the following requirements: (1) Has five or more years of total service credit and has attained age sixty; (2) Has twenty-five or more years of total service credit and has attained age fifty-five; (3) Has thirty or more years of total service credit at any age. (B)(1) A member who would be eligible to retire not later than ten years after January 7, 2013, if the requirements of this section as they existed immediately prior to January 7, 2013, were still in effect is eligible to retire under this division if the member meets one of the following requirements: (a) Has five or more years of total service credit and has attained age sixty; (b) Has twenty-five or more years of total service credit and has attained age fifty-five; (c) Has thirty-one or more years of total service credit and has attained age fifty-two; (d) Has thirty-two or more years of total service credit at any age. (2) A member who on January 7, 2013, has twenty or more years of total service credit is eligible for age and service retirement under this division on meeting one of the requirements of division (B)(1) of this section, regardless of when the member meets the requirement unless, between January 7, 2013, and the date the member meets the requirement, the member receives a refund of accumulated contributions under section 145.40 of the Revised Code. (C) A member who is not eligible for age and service retirement under division (A) or (B) of this section, or who became a member on or after January 7, 2013, is eligible for age and service retirement under this division if the member meets one of the following requirements: (1) Has five years or more of total service credit and has attained age sixty-two; (2) Has twenty-five years or more of total service credit and has attained age fifty-seven; (3) Has thirty-two years or more of total service credit and has attained age fifty-five. (D) Service credit purchased or obtained under this chapter shall be used in determining whether a member has the number of years of total service credit required under division (A) or (B) of this section only if the member was a member on January 7, 2013, or obtains credit under section 145.483 of the Revised Code that would have made the member a member on that date and one of the following applies: (1) Except in the case of service credit that has been or will be purchased or obtained under section 145.295 or 145.37 of the Revised Code or is for service covered by the Cincinnati retirement system: (a) For division (A) of this section, the service credit purchase is completed or the service credit is obtained not later than five years after January 7, 2013. (b) For division (B) of this section, the service credit purchase is completed or the service credit is obtained not later than ten years after January 7, 2013. (2) In the case of service credit that has been or will be purchased or obtained under section 145.295 or 145.37 of the Revised Code or is for service covered by the Cincinnati retirement system: (a) For division (A) of this section, the service for which the credit has been or will be purchased or obtained occurs not later than five years after January 7, 2013. (b) For division (B) of this section, the service for which the credit has been or will be purchased or obtained occurs not later than ten years after January 7, 2013. (E) A member seeking to retire shall file with the board an application for retirement. Service retirement shall be effective on the first day of the month immediately following the later of: (1) The last day for which compensation was paid; (2) The attainment of minimum age or service credit eligibility provided under this section; (3) Ninety days prior to receipt by the board of the member's completed application for retirement. An employer may, except as otherwise provided in the "Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967," as amended, 81 Stat. 602, 29 U.S.C. 621 to 634, as of the thirtieth day of June of any year, terminate the employment of any member who has attained the age of seventy years. A member may at the time of retirement by written designation duly executed and filed with the public employees retirement board designate a beneficiary to receive any installment which may remain unpaid at the time of death. Except as provided in section 145.46 of the Revised Code, after the date of retirement such nomination shall not be changed if the member elects to receive the member's retirement allowance computed as provided in section 145.46 of the Revised Code as a joint-life plan or multiple-life plan. Last updated August 15, 2023 at 1:34 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.15
§ 145.15. Employee information provided by each department
Status: in_force

April 24, 1986 House Bill 502 - 116th General Assembly The head of each department shall submit to the public employees retirement board a statement showing the name, sex, title, earnable salary, duties, date of birth, and length of service as a public employee of every public employee in his department.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.28
§ 153.28. Plans, drawings, and cost estimates filed with county auditor
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When approved by the building commission, the plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, specifications of work, and estimates of cost thereof shall be filed by the county auditor in his office and shall not be altered, unless such alteration is first drawn, specified, and estimated as required by law for the original plans and approved by the commission. No such change shall be made until the price to be paid therefor has been agreed upon in writing between the commission and the contractor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 151.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 151 / § 151.05
§ 151.05. Natural resources projects bond service fund
Status: in_force

September 14, 2000 House Bill 640 - 123rd General Assembly This section applies to obligations as defined in this section. (A) As used in this section: (1) "Capital facilities" means any project or capital improvements for any of the following: state and local parks and land and water recreation facilities; soil and water restoration and protection; land management, including preservation of natural areas and reforestation; water management, including dam safety, stream and lake management, and flood control and flood damage reduction; fish and wildlife resource management; and any other improvements that enhance the use and enjoyment of natural resources by individuals. (2) "Costs of capital facilities" include related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of direct costs of the Ohio department of natural resources. (3) "Obligations" means obligations as defined in section 151.01 of the Revised Code issued to pay costs of capital facilities. (B) The issuing authority shall issue obligations to pay costs of capital facilities pursuant to Section 2l of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, section 151.01 of the Revised Code, and this section. The total principal amount of obligations outstanding at any one time shall not exceed two hundred million dollars, and not more than fifty million dollars in principal amount of obligations to pay costs of capital facilities may be issued in any fiscal year, all determined as provided in section 151.01 of the Revised Code and this section. (C) Net proceeds of obligations shall be deposited into the Ohio parks and natural resources fund created by section 1557.02 of the Revised Code. (D) There is hereby created in the state treasury the "natural resources projects bond service fund." All moneys received by the state and required by the bond proceedings, consistent with sections 151.01 and 151.05 of the Revised Code, to be deposited, transferred, or credited to the bond service fund, and all other moneys transferred or allocated to or received for the purposes of that fund, shall be deposited and credited to the bond service fund, subject to any applicable provisions of the bond proceedings but without necessity for any act of appropriation. During the period beginning with the date of the first issuance of obligations and continuing during the time that any obligations are outstanding in accordance with their terms, so long as moneys in the bond service fund are insufficient to pay debt service when due on those obligations payable from that fund (except the principal amounts of bond anticipation notes payable from the proceeds of renewal notes or bonds anticipated) and due in the particular fiscal year, a sufficient amount of revenues of the state is committed and, without necessity for further act of appropriation, shall be paid to the bond service fund for the purpose of paying that debt service when due.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.60
§ 126.60. H2Ohio fund
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Agricultural water project" means a project that will improve water quality by reducing or aiding in the reduction of levels of phosphorus, nitrogen, or sediment, that result from agricultural practices, in the waters of the state. "Agricultural water project" includes a project involving research, technology, design, construction, best management practices, conservation, testing, or education. (2) "Community water project" means a project involving a public water system operated by a political subdivision that will improve water quality by reducing or aiding in the reduction of levels of phosphorus, nitrogen, or sediment in the waters of the state. "Community water project" includes a project involving research, technology, design, construction, best management practices, conservation, testing, or maintenance. (3) "Nature water project" means a project involving a natural water system that will improve water quality by reducing or aiding in the reduction of levels of phosphorus, nitrogen, or sediment in the waters of the state. "Nature water project" includes a project involving research, technology, design, construction, best management practices, conservation, or maintenance. "Nature water project" also includes the creation, maintenance, or restoration of wetlands, flood plains, flood control systems, and buffers throughout the state, including the western basin of Lake Erie. (B)(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the H2Ohio fund consisting of money credited to it and any donations, gifts, bequests, and other money received for deposit in the fund. All money credited or deposited in the fund shall be used for any of the following purposes: (a) Agriculture water projects; (b) Community water projects; (c) Nature water projects; (d) Awarding or allocating grants or money, issuing loans, or making purchases for the development and implementation of projects and programs, including remediation projects, that are designed to address water quality priorities; (e) Funding cooperative research, data gathering and monitoring, and demonstration projects related to water quality priorities; (f) Encouraging cooperation with and among leaders from state legislatures, state agencies, political subdivisions, business and industry, labor, agriculture, environmental organizations, institutions of higher education, and water conservation districts; (g) Other purposes, policies, programs, and priorities identified by the Ohio Lake Erie commission in coordination with state agencies or boards responsible for water protection and water management, provided that the purposes, policies, programs, and priorities align with a statewide strategic vision and comprehensive periodic water protection and restoration strategy. (C) Not later than August 31, 2020, and annually thereafter, the Ohio Lake Erie commission, in coordination with state agencies or boards responsible for water protection and water management, shall do both of the following: (1) Prepare a report of the activities that were undertaken with respect to the fund during the immediately preceding fiscal year, including the revenues and expenses of the fund for the preceding fiscal year; (2) Submit the report to the general assembly and to the governor. (D) Within forty-five days after the report is submitted under division (C) of this section, the directors of the state agencies that contributed to the report and the executive director of the Lake Erie commission shall appear before both the house of representatives and senate committees that oversee state finance to testify on the report. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.44
§ 117.44. Training programs for township fiscal officers, city auditors and village clerks
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly To enhance local officials' background and working knowledge of government accounting, budgeting and financing, financial report preparation, and the rules adopted by the auditor of state, the auditor of state shall hold training programs for persons elected for the first time as township fiscal officers, city auditors, and village clerks, between the first day of December and the first day of April immediately following a general election for any of these offices. Similar training may also be provided to any township fiscal officer, city auditor, or village clerk who is appointed to fill a vacancy or who is elected in a special election. The auditor of state also shall develop and provide an annual training program of continuing education for village clerks. The auditor of state shall determine the manner, content, and length of the training programs after consultation with appropriate statewide organizations of local governmental officials. The auditor of state shall charge the political subdivisions that the trainees represent a registration fee that will meet actual and necessary expenses of the training, including instructor fees, site acquisition costs, and the cost of course materials. The necessary personal expenses incurred by the officials as a result of attending the training program shall be borne by the political subdivisions they represent. The auditor of state shall allow any other interested person to attend any of the training programs that the auditor of state holds pursuant to this section; provided, that before attending any such training program, the interested person shall pay to the auditor of state the full registration fee that the auditor of state has set for the training program. The auditor of state may provide any other appropriate training or educational programs that may be developed and offered by the auditor of state or in collaboration with one or more other state agencies, political subdivisions, or other public or private entities. There is hereby established in the state treasury the auditor of state training program fund, to be used by the auditor of state for the actual and necessary expenses of any training programs held pursuant to this section or section 321.46 of the Revised Code. All registration fees collected under this section shall be paid into the fund. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.231 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.231
§ 109.231. Prohibited administrative acts
Status: in_force

September 17, 1971 Senate Bill 198 - 109th General Assembly (A) In the administration of any trust which is a "private foundation" as defined in section 509 of the internal revenue code of 1954, a trust for charitable purposes described in section 4947(a)(1) of the internal revenue code of 1954 to the extent that it is treated for federal tax purposes as such a private foundation, or a "split-interest trust" as described in section 4947(a)(2) of the internal revenue code of 1954, the following acts are prohibited: (1) Engaging in any act of "self-dealing," as defined in section 4941(d) of the internal revenue code of 1954, which would give rise to any liability for any tax imposed by section 4941 of the internal revenue code of 1954; (2) Retaining any "excess business holdings," as defined in section 4943(c) of the internal revenue code of 1954, which would give rise to any liability for any tax imposed by section 4943 of the internal revenue code of 1954; (3) Making any investments which would jeopardize the carrying out of any of the exempt purposes of the trust, within the meaning of section 4944 of the internal revenue code of 1954, so as to give rise to any liability for any tax imposed by section 4944 of the internal revenue code of 1954; or (4) Making any "taxable expenditures," as defined in section 4945(d) of the internal revenue code of 1954, which would give rise to any liability for any tax imposed by section 4945 of the internal revenue code of 1954. The prohibitions of this division do not apply to split-interest trusts, or to amounts thereof, to the extent that such prohibitions are inapplicable thereto by reason of section 4947 of the internal revenue code of 1954. (B) In the administration of any trust which is a "private foundation" as defined in section 509 of the internal revenue code of 1954, or a trust for charitable purposes described in section 4947(a)(1) of the internal revenue code of 1954 to the extent that it is treated for federal tax purposes as such a private foundation, there shall, for the purposes specified in the governing instrument, be distributed at such time and in such manner, for each taxable year, amounts of income and principal at least sufficient to avoid liability for any tax imposed by section 4942 of the internal revenue code of 1954. (C) Divisions (A) and (B) of this section express the continuing policy of this state with respect to charitable trust interests and are enacted to assist such trusts in maintaining various tax benefits extended to them, and apply to all trusts described therein, whether or not contrary to the provisions of the governing instrument of such a trust, provided that divisions (A) and (B) of this section do not apply to a trust in existence on the effective date of this section to the extent that the attorney general, the trustor, or any beneficiary of such trust, on or before November 30, 1971, files with the trustee of such trust a written objection to application to such trust of one or more provisions of said divisions, and if the trustee receiving such written objection commences an action on or before December 31, 1971, in the court having jurisdiction over such trust to reform, or to excuse such trust from compliance with, its governing instrument or any other instrument in order to meet the requirements of said divisions. A trustee receiving such written objection shall commence such an action, and the one or more provisions of said divisions specified in such written objection will not apply to such trust unless and until said court determines that their application to such trust is in the best interests of all parties in interest. (D) No trustee of a trust to which division (A) or (B) of this section is applicable shall be surcharged for a violation of a prohibition or requirement of said divisions, unless he participated in such violation knowing that it was a violation, nor shall such trustee be surcharged if such violation was not willful and was due to reasonable cause, provided that this division does not exonerate a trustee from any responsibility or liability to which he is subject under any other rule of law whether or not duplicated in division (A) or (B) of this section. (E) As used in this section, "trust" includes a trust or any other organization, other than a corporation, which is a "private foundation" as defined in section 509 of the internal revenue code of 1954, and "trustee" includes any member of the governing body of such organization. (F) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, nothing in this section impairs the rights and powers of the courts or the attorney general of this state with respect to any trust.
Ohio Rev. Code § 150.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 150 / § 150.04
§ 150.04. Terms and conditions for tax credits; Security against losses
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) The investment policy established or modified under section 150.03 of the Revised Code shall specify the terms and conditions under which the authority may grant tax credits under section 150.07 of the Revised Code, subject to that section and division (B) of this section, to provide security against lenders' losses. (B) Nothing in this chapter authorizes the providing of security against losses on any bases other than the following: (1) The application first of moneys of the Ohio venture capital fund, created under section 150.08 of the Revised Code, that the authority, under the criteria in its investment policy, determines may be expended without adversely affecting the ability of the authority to continue fulfilling the purpose of this chapter as stated in section 150.01 of the Revised Code; and then (2) The granting of tax credits pursuant to section 150.07 of the Revised Code, but only to the extent moneys under division (B)(1) of this section are insufficient to satisfy lenders' losses and restore money used to pay losses from reserves established and maintained by a trustee on behalf of an issuer to the extent consistent with an agreement between the authority and the issuer entered into under division (E) of section 150.02 of the Revised Code. Tax credits shall not be used initially to establish such a reserve or to fund a reserve with respect to any lender's loan as to which no loss has occurred. This division does not prohibit establishment of a reserve from the proceeds of any loan or any obligations issued under section 4582.71 of the Revised Code or from other sources available to the program fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.1310 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.1310
§ 124.1310. EMT-basic, EMT-I, first responder, paramedic, or volunteer firefighter leave
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Emergency medical service," "EMT-basic," "EMT-I," "first responder," and "paramedic" have the same meanings as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Volunteer firefighter" has the same meaning as in section 146.01 of the Revised Code. (B) A state employee who is an EMT-basic, EMT-I, first responder, paramedic, or volunteer firefighter shall receive one hundred twenty hours of leave with pay each calendar year to use during those hours when the employee is absent from work in order to do either of the following: (1) Provide emergency medical service or fire-fighting service; (2) Attend a training or continuing education program that relates to providing emergency medical service or fire-fighting service. (C) An appointing authority shall compensate an employee who uses leave granted under this section at the employee's regular rate of pay for those regular work hours during which the employee is absent from work. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 164.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 164 / § 164.02
§ 164.02. Ohio public works commission; small government capital improvements commission
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the Ohio public works commission consisting of seven members who shall be appointed as follows: two persons shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; one person shall be appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives; two persons shall be appointed by the president of the senate; one person shall be appointed by the minority leader of the senate; and one person from the private sector, who shall have experience in matters of public finance, shall be appointed alternately by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate, with the speaker of the house making the first appointment. The director of transportation, the director of environmental protection, the director of development, the director of natural resources, and the chairperson of the Ohio water development authority shall be nonvoting, ex officio members of the commission. Terms of office shall be for four years, each term ending on the date that is four years from the date of appointment. Members may be reappointed, to a subsequent four year term, one time. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner provided for original appointments. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration date of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term, and may be reappointed for up to two subsequent four year terms. A member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. The commission shall elect a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and other officers as it considers advisable. Four voting members constitute a quorum. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. (B) The Ohio public works commission shall: (1) Review and evaluate persons who will be recommended to the governor for appointment to the position of director of the Ohio public works commission, and, when the commission considers it appropriate, recommend the removal of a director; (2) Provide the governor with a list of names of three persons who are, in the judgment of the commission, qualified to be appointed to the position of director. The commission shall provide the list, which may include the name of the incumbent director to the governor, not later than sixty days prior to the expiration of the term of such incumbent director. A director shall serve a two-year term upon initial appointment, and four-year terms if subsequently reappointed by the governor; however, the governor may remove a director at any time following the commission's recommendation of such action. Upon the expiration of a director's term, or in the case of the resignation, death, or removal of a director, the commission shall provide such list of the names of three persons to the governor within thirty days of such expiration, resignation, death, or removal. Nothing in this section shall prevent the governor, in the governor's discretion, from rejecting all of the nominees of the commission and requiring the commission to select three additional nominees. However, when the governor has requested and received a second list of three additional names, the governor shall make the appointment from one of the names on the first list or the second list. Appointment by the governor is subject to the advice and consent of the senate. In the case of the resignation, removal, or death of the director during the director's term of office, a successor shall be chosen for the remainder of the term in the same manner as is provided for an original appointment. (3) Provide oversight to the director and advise in the development of policy guidelines for the implementation of this chapter, and report and make recommendations to the general assembly with respect to such implementation; (4) Adopt bylaws to govern the conduct of the commission's business; (5) Appoint the members of the Ohio small government capital improvements commission in accordance with division (C) of this section. (C)(1) There is hereby created the Ohio small government capital improvements commission. The commission shall consist of ten members, including the director of transportation, the director of environmental protection, and the chairperson of the Ohio water development authority as nonvoting, ex officio members and seven voting members appointed by the Ohio public works commission. Each such appointee shall be a member of a district public works integrating committee who was appointed to the integrating committee pursuant to the majority vote of the chief executive officers of the villages of the appointee's district or by a majority of the boards of township trustees of the appointee's district. (2) Two of the initial appointments shall be for terms ending two years after March 29, 1988. The remaining initial appointments shall be for terms ending three years after March 29, 1988. Thereafter, terms of office shall be for two years, with each term ending on the same date of the same month as did the term that it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member is appointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration date of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office as a member for the remainder of that term. A member shall continue in office after the expiration of the member's term until the member's successor takes office or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. Members of the commission may be reappointed. No more than two members of the commission may be members of the same district public works integrating committee. (3) The Ohio small government capital improvements commission shall elect one of its appointed members as chairperson and another as vice-chairperson. Four voting members of the commission constitute a quorum, and the affirmative vote of four appointed members is required for any action taken by vote of the commission. No vacancy in the membership of the commission shall impair the right of a quorum by an affirmative vote of four appointed members to exercise all rights and perform all duties of the commission. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. (D) The Ohio small government capital improvements commission shall: (1) Advise the general assembly on the development of policy guidelines for the implementation of this chapter, especially as it relates to the interests of small governments and the use of the portion of bond proceeds set aside for the exclusive use of townships and villages; (2) Advise the township and village subcommittees of the various district public works integrating committees concerning the selection of projects for which the use of such proceeds will be authorized; (3) Affirm or overrule the recommendations of its administrator made in accordance with section 164.051 of the Revised Code concerning requests from townships and villages for financial assistance for capital improvement projects. (E) Membership on the Ohio public works commission or the Ohio small government capital improvements commission does not constitute the holding of a public office. No appointed member shall be required, by reason of section 101.26 of the Revised Code, to resign from or forfeit membership in the general assembly. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a county, municipal, or township public official may serve as a member of the Ohio public works commission or the Ohio small government capital improvements commission. Members of the commissions established by this section do not have an unlawful interest in a public contract under section 2921.42 of the Revised Code solely by virtue of the receipt of financial assistance under this chapter by the local subdivision of which they are also a public official or appointee. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 3:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.46
§ 126.46. State audit committee
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) There is hereby created the state audit committee, consisting of the following five members: one public member appointed by the governor; two public members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one of which may be a person who is recommended by the minority leader of the house of representatives; and two public members appointed by the president of the senate, one of which may be a person who is recommended by the minority leader of the senate. Not more than two of the four members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate shall belong to or be affiliated with the same political party. The member appointed by the governor shall have the program and management expertise required to perform the duties of the committee's chairperson. Each member of the committee shall be external to the management structure of state government and shall serve a three-year term. Each term shall commence on the first day of July and end on the thirtieth day of June. Any member may continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office or until a period of ninety days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. Members may be reappointed to serve one additional term. On September 29, 2011, the terms of the members shall be altered as follows: (a) The terms of the members appointed by the president shall expire on June 30, 2012. (b) The term of the member appointed by the speaker scheduled to expire on November 17, 2012, shall expire on June 30, 2013. (c) The term of the other member appointed by the speaker shall expire on June 30, 2014. (d) The term of the member appointed by the governor shall expire on June 30, 2014. The committee shall include at least one member who is a financial expert; at least one member who is an active, inactive, or retired certified public accountant; at least one member who is familiar with governmental financial accounting; at least one member who is familiar with information technology systems and services; and at least one member who is a representative of the public. Any vacancy on the committee shall be filled in the same manner as provided in this division, and, when applicable, the person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve the remainder of the predecessor's term. (2) Members of the committee shall receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties. (3) The member of the committee appointed by the governor shall serve as the committee's chairperson. (4) Members of the committee shall be subject to the disclosure statement requirements of section 102.02 of the Revised Code. (B) The state audit committee shall do all of the following: (1) Evaluate whether the internal audits directed by the office of internal audit in the office of budget and management conform to the institute of internal auditors' international professional practices framework for internal auditing and to the institute of internal auditors' code of ethics; (2) Review and comment on the process used by the office of budget and management to prepare the state's annual comprehensive financial report required under division (A)(9) of section 126.21 of the Revised Code; (3) Review and comment on unaudited financial statements submitted to the auditor of state and communicate with external auditors as required by government auditing standards; (4) Perform the additional functions imposed upon it by section 126.47 of the Revised Code. (C) As used in this section, "financial expert" means a person who has all of the following: (1) An understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and financial statements; (2) The ability to assess the general application of those principles in connection with accounting for estimates, accruals, and reserves; (3) Experience preparing, auditing, analyzing, or evaluating financial statements presenting accounting issues that generally are of comparable breadth and level of complexity to those likely to be presented by a state agency's financial statements, or experience actively supervising one or more persons engaged in those activities; (4) An understanding of internal controls and procedures for financial reporting; and (5) An understanding of audit committee functions. Last updated September 21, 2023 at 3:09 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.19
§ 122.19. Urban and rural initiative grant program definitions
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in sections 122.19 to 122.22 of the Revised Code: (A) "Distressed area" has the same meaning as in section 122.16 of the Revised Code. (B) "Eligible applicant" means any of the following that are designated by the legislative authority of a county, township, or municipal corporation as provided in division (B)(1) of section 122.22 of the Revised Code: (1) A port authority as defined in division (A) of section 4582.01 or division (A) of section 4582.21 of the Revised Code; (2) A community improvement corporation as described in section 1724.01 of the Revised Code; (3) A community-based organization or action group that provides social services and has experience in economic development; (4) Any other nonprofit economic development entity; (5) A county, township, or municipal corporation if it designates itself. (C) "Eligible area" means a distressed area, a labor surplus area, an inner city area, or a situational distress area, as designated annually by the director of development under division (A) of section 122.21 of the Revised Code. (D) "Governing body" means, in the case of a county, the board of county commissioners; in the case of a municipal corporation, the legislative authority; and in the case of a township, the board of township trustees. (E) "Infrastructure improvements" includes site preparation, including building demolition and removal; retention ponds and flood and drainage improvements; streets, roads, bridges, and traffic control devices; parking lots and facilities; water and sewer lines and treatment plants; gas, electric, and telecommunications hook-ups; and waterway and railway access improvements. (F) "Inner city area" means, in a municipal corporation that has a population of at least one hundred thousand and does not meet the criteria of a labor surplus area or a distressed area, targeted investment areas established by the municipal corporation within its boundaries that are comprised of the most recent census block tracts that individually have at least twenty per cent of their population at or below the state poverty level, or other census block tracts contiguous to such census block tracts. (G) "Labor surplus area" means an area designated as a labor surplus area by the United States department of labor. (H) "Official poverty line" has the same meaning as in division (A) of section 3923.51 of the Revised Code. (I) "Redevelopment plan" means a plan that includes all of the following: a plat; a land use description; identification of all utilities and infrastructure needed to develop the property, including street connections; highway, rail, air, or water access; utility connections; water and sewer treatment facilities; storm drainage; and parking, and any other elements required by a rule adopted by the director of development under division (B) of section 122.21 of the Revised Code. (J) "Situational distress area" means a county or a municipal corporation that has experienced or is experiencing a closing or downsizing of a major employer that will adversely affect the county's or municipal corporation's economy. In order to be designated as a situational distress area for a period not to exceed thirty-six months, the county or municipal corporation may petition the director of development. The petition shall include documentation that demonstrates all of the following: (1) The number of jobs lost by the closing or downsizing; (2) The impact that the job loss has on the county's or municipal corporation's unemployment rate as measured by the Ohio department of job and family services; (3) The annual payroll associated with the job loss; (4) The amount of state and local taxes associated with the job loss; (5) The impact that the closing or downsizing has on the suppliers located in the county or municipal corporation. Last updated September 19, 2023 at 1:19 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.06
§ 163.06. Depositing value with court
Status: in_force

October 10, 2007 Senate Bill 7 - 127th General Assembly (A) A public agency, other than an agency appropriating property for the purposes described in division (B) of this section, that qualifies pursuant to Section 19 of Article I, Ohio Constitution, may deposit with the court at the time of filing the petition the value of such property appropriated together with the damages, if any, to the residue, as determined by the public agency, and thereupon take possession of and enter upon the property appropriated. The right of possession upon deposit as provided in this division shall not extend to structures. (B) A public agency appropriating property for the purpose of making or repairing roads which shall be open to the public, without charge, or for the purpose of implementing rail service under Chapter 4981. of the Revised Code, may deposit with the court at the time of filing the petition the value of such property appropriated together with the damages, if any, to the residue, as determined by the public agency, and stated in an attached declaration of intention to obtain possession and thereupon take possession of and enter upon the property appropriated, including structures situated upon the land appropriated for such purpose or situated partly upon the land appropriated therefor and partly upon adjoining land, so that such structures cannot be divided upon the line between such lands without manifest injury thereto. The jury, in assessing compensation to any owner of land appropriated under this division shall assess the value thereof in accordance with section 163.14 of the Revised Code. The owner or occupant of such structures shall vacate the same within sixty days after service of summons as required under section 163.07 of the Revised Code, after which time the agency may remove said structures. In the event such structures are to be removed before the jury has fixed the value of the same, the court, upon motion of the agency, shall: (1) Order appraisals to be made by three persons, one to be named by the owner, one by the county auditor, and one by the agency. Such appraisals may be used as evidence by the owner or the agency in the trial of said case but shall not be binding on said owner, agency, or the jury, and the expense of said appraisals shall be approved by the court and charged as costs in said case. (2) Cause pictures to be taken of all sides of said structures; (3) Compile a complete description of said structures, which shall be preserved as evidence in said case to which the owner or occupants shall have access. (C) Any time after the deposit is made by the public agency under division (A) or (B) of this section, the owner may apply to the court to withdraw the deposit, and such withdrawal shall in no way interfere with the action except that the sum so withdrawn shall be deducted from the sum of the final verdict or award. Upon such application being made the court shall direct that the sum be paid to such owner subject to the rights of other parties in interest provided such parties make timely application as provided in section 163.18 of the Revised Code. Interest shall not accrue on any sums withdrawable as provided in this division.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.02
§ 153.02. Debarment of contractor from contract awards
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The executive director of the Ohio facilities construction commission, may debar a contractor from contract awards for public improvements as referred to in section 153.01 of the Revised Code or for projects as defined in section 3318.01 of the Revised Code, upon proof that the contractor has done any of the following: (1) Defaulted on a contract requiring the execution of a takeover agreement as set forth in division (B) of section 153.17 of the Revised Code; (2) Knowingly failed during the course of a contract to maintain the coverage required by the bureau of workers' compensation; (3) Knowingly failed during the course of a contract to maintain the contractor's drug-free workplace program as required by the contract; (4) Knowingly failed during the course of a contract to maintain insurance required by the contract or otherwise by law, resulting in a substantial loss to the owner, as owner is referred to in section 153.01 of the Revised Code, or to the commission and school district board, as provided in division (F) of section 3318.08 of the Revised Code; (5) Misrepresented the firm's qualifications in the selection process set forth in sections 153.65 to 153.71 or section 3318.10 of the Revised Code; (6) Been convicted of a criminal offense related to the application for or performance of any public or private contract, including, but not limited to, embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, receiving stolen property, and any other offense that directly reflects on the contractor's business integrity; (7) Been convicted of a criminal offense under state or federal antitrust laws; (8) Deliberately or willfully submitted false or misleading information in connection with the application for or performance of a public contract; (9) Been debarred from bidding on or participating in a contract with any state or federal agency. (B) When the executive director debars a contractor that is a partnership, association, or corporation, the executive director also may debar any partner of the partnership or any officer or director of the association or corporation, as applicable. (C) When the executive director reasonably believes that grounds for debarment exist, the executive director shall send the contractor a notice of proposed debarment indicating the grounds for the proposed debarment and the procedure for requesting a hearing on the proposed debarment. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. If the contractor does not respond with a request for a hearing in the manner specified in Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the executive director shall issue the debarment decision without a hearing and shall notify the contractor of the decision by certified mail, return receipt requested. (D) The executive director shall determine the length of the debarment period and may rescind the debarment at any time upon notification to the contractor. During the period of debarment, the contractor is not eligible to bid for or participate in any contract for a public improvement as referred to in section 153.01 of the Revised Code or for a project as defined in section 3318.01 of the Revised Code. After the debarment period expires, the contractor may be eligible to bid for and participate in such contracts if the vendor is not otherwise debarred. (E) The executive director shall maintain a list of all contractors currently debarred under this section. Any governmental entity awarding a contract for construction of a public improvement or project may use a contractor's presence on the debarment list to determine whether a contractor is responsible or best under section 9.312 or any other section of the Revised Code in the award of a contract. (F) As used in this section, "contractor" means a construction contracting business, a subcontractor of a construction contracting business, a supplier of materials, or a manufacturer of materials.
Ohio Rev. Code § 146.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 146 / § 146.14
§ 146.14. Claims for benefits
Status: in_force

July 29, 1992 Senate Bill 346 - 119th General Assembly Claims for benefits payable under section 146.12 of the Revised Code shall be made as follows: (A) A surviving spouse shall file a claim under oath with the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board on a form provided by the board, setting forth the full name of the deceased volunteer fire fighter, the name of the fire department or company of which the decedent was a member, the name and address of the surviving spouse, and the names, ages, and addresses of dependent children. The surviving spouse shall supply such documentary evidence as the board may reasonably require. (B) A parent, guardian, or other person in charge of a dependent child shall file a claim under oath with the board on a form provided by the board, setting forth the full name of the deceased volunteer fire fighter, the name of the fire department or company of which the fire fighter was a member, and the name, age, and address of such dependent child. The surviving spouse shall supply such documentary evidence as the board may reasonably require. (C) A totally and permanently disabled volunteer fire fighter shall file a claim under oath setting forth the name of the fire department or company of which the fire fighter was a member, the date of the injury, and satisfactory medical proof that the fire fighter is totally and permanently disabled. (D) All claims filed under divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section shall certify that neither the claimant nor the person on whose behalf the claim is filed qualifies for benefits under sections 145.35 and 145.36 or section 145.361 , or division (B) of section 145.45 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.81 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.81
§ 101.81. Contempt of the general assembly
Status: in_force

January 1, 1974 House Bill 511 - 109th General Assembly (A) In order to secure information with respect to any pending or contemplated legislative action, or any alleged breach of its privileges or misconduct by its members, the general assembly may order any person in Ohio to appear and testify before it, before either of its houses, or before any of its standing or select committees, and may order such person to produce books, papers, and other tangible evidence. (B) An order under division (A) of this section, to appear or to produce books, papers, and other tangible evidence, may be issued by the general assembly, by either of its houses, or, within the limits of its charge by the general assembly or either of its houses, by a standing or a select committee. Such order shall be in writing, and may be directed to an appropriate officer anywhere in Ohio, for service and return in the same manner as a subpoena. (C) No person shall fail to obey an order issued under this section, or, having appeared pursuant to such order, refuse to answer a question pertinent to the matter under inquiry. (D) Whoever violates division (C) of this section is guilty of contempt of the general assembly, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.32
§ 122.32. Accepting using contributions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The director of development services, on behalf of the programs authorized pursuant to sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code, may receive and accept grants, gifts, and contributions of money, property, labor, and other things of value to be held, used, and applied only for the purpose for which the grants, gifts, and contributions are made, from individuals, private and public corporations, from the United States or any agency of the United States, and from any political subdivision of the state. The director may agree to repay any contribution of money or to return any property contributed or its value at times, in amounts, and on terms and conditions excluding the payment of interest as the director determines at the time the contribution is made. The director may evidence the obligation by written contracts, subject to section 122.31 of the Revised Code, provided that the director shall not thereby incur indebtedness of or impose liability upon the state or any political subdivision. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.36
§ 145.36. Benefits upon disability retirement
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly A member who has elected disability coverage under this section, has not attained the applicable age, and is determined by the public employees retirement board under section 145.35 of the Revised Code to qualify for a disability benefit shall be retired on disability under this section. The applicable age is sixty if the member is described in division (A) or (B) of section 145.32 or division (A), (B), or (E)(1), (3), or (4) of section 145.332 of the Revised Code. It is sixty-two if the member is described in division (C) of section 145.32 or division (E)(2) or (5) of section 145.332 of the Revised Code. Upon disability retirement, a member shall receive an annual amount that shall consist of: (A) An annuity having a reserve equal to the amount of the retirant's accumulated contributions; (B) A pension that shall be the difference between the member's annuity and an annual amount determined by multiplying the total service credit of the retirant, and in addition thereto the projected number of years and fractions thereof between the effective date of the member's disability retirement and attainment of the applicable age, assuming continuous service, by two and two-tenths per cent of the member's final average salary. Where the recipient is not receiving a disability benefit under section 145.37 of the Revised Code and is receiving a disability benefit from either the state teachers retirement system or the school employees retirement system, the recipient shall not be eligible for service credit based upon the number of years and fractions thereof between the date of disability and attained age sixty as provided for in this division. In no case shall disability retirement be less than thirty per cent or more than seventy-five per cent of the member's final average salary, except that it shall not exceed any limit to which the retirement system is subject under section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended. A year of service for the purpose of disability retirement is a complete year of full-time employment, or the equivalent thereof. The public employees retirement board is the final authority in determining the eligibility of a member for disability retirement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.181 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.181
§ 124.181. Pay supplements - shift differentials
Status: in_force

July 1, 2017 House Bill 390 - 131st General Assembly (A) Except as provided in divisions (M) and (P) of this section, any employee paid in accordance with schedule B of section 124.15 or schedule E-1 of section 124.152 of the Revised Code is eligible for the pay supplements provided in this section upon application by the appointing authority substantiating the employee's qualifications for the supplement and with the approval of the director of administrative services except as provided in division (E) of this section. (B)(1) In computing any of the pay supplements provided in this section for an employee paid in accordance with schedule B of section 124.15 of the Revised Code, the classification salary base shall be the minimum hourly rate of the pay range, provided in that section, in which the employee is assigned at the time of computation. (2) In computing any of the pay supplements provided in this section for an employee paid in accordance with schedule E-1 of section 124.152 of the Revised Code, the classification salary base shall be the minimum hourly rate of the pay range, provided in that section, in which the employee is assigned at the time of computation. (C) The effective date of any pay supplement, except as provided in section 124.183 of the Revised Code or unless otherwise provided in this section, shall be determined by the director. (D) The director shall, by rule, establish standards regarding the administration of this section. (E)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this division, beginning on the first day of the pay period within which the employee completes five years of total service with the state government or any of its political subdivisions, each employee in positions paid in accordance with schedule B of section 124.15 of the Revised Code or in accordance with schedule E-1 of section 124.152 of the Revised Code shall receive an automatic salary adjustment equivalent to two and one-half per cent of the classification salary base, to the nearest whole cent. Each employee shall receive thereafter an annual adjustment equivalent to one-half of one per cent of the employee's classification salary base, to the nearest whole cent, for each additional year of qualified employment until a maximum of ten per cent of the employee's classification salary base is reached. The granting of longevity adjustments shall not be affected by promotion, demotion, or other changes in classification held by the employee, nor by any change in pay range for the employee's class or grade. Longevity pay adjustments shall become effective at the beginning of the pay period within which the employee completes the necessary length of service, except that when an employee requests credit for prior service, the effective date of the prior service credit and of any longevity adjustment shall be the first day of the pay period following approval of the credit by the director of administrative services. No employee, other than an employee who submits proof of prior service within ninety days after the date of the employee's hiring, shall receive any longevity adjustment for the period prior to the director's approval of a prior service credit. Time spent on authorized leave of absence shall be counted for this purpose. (2) An employee who has retired in accordance with the provisions of any retirement system offered by the state and who is employed by the state or any political subdivision of the state on or after June 24, 1987, shall not have prior service with the state or any political subdivision of the state counted for the purpose of determining the amount of the salary adjustment provided under this division. (3) There shall be a moratorium on employees' receipt under this division of credit for service with the state government or any of its political subdivisions during the period from July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2005. In calculating the number of years of total service under this division, no credit shall be included for service during the moratorium. The moratorium shall apply to the employees of the secretary of state, the auditor of state, the treasurer of state, and the attorney general, who are subject to this section unless the secretary of state, the auditor of state, the treasurer of state, or the attorney general decides to exempt the office's employees from the moratorium and so notifies the director of administrative services in writing on or before July 1, 2003. If an employee is exempt from the moratorium, receives credit for a period of service during the moratorium, and takes a position with another entity in the state government or any of its political subdivisions, either during or after the moratorium, and if that entity's employees are or were subject to the moratorium, the employee shall continue to retain the credit. However, if the moratorium is in effect upon the taking of the new position, the employee shall cease receiving additional credit as long as the employee is in the position, until the moratorium expires. (F) When an exceptional condition exists that creates a temporary or a permanent hazard for one or more positions in a class paid in accordance with schedule B of section 124.15 of the Revised Code or in accordance with schedule E-1 of section 124.152 of the Revised Code, a special hazard salary adjustment may be granted for the time the employee is subjected to the hazardous condition. All special hazard conditions shall be identified for each position and incidence from information submitted to the director on an appropriate form provided by the director and categorized into standard conditions of: some unusual hazard not common to the class; considerable unusual hazard not common to the class; and exceptional hazard not common to the class. (1) A hazardous salary adjustment of five per cent of the employee's classification salary base may be applied in the case of some unusual hazardous condition not common to the class for those hours worked, or a fraction of those hours worked, while the employee was subject to the unusual hazard condition. (2) A hazardous salary adjustment of seven and one-half per cent of the employee's classification salary base may be applied in the case of some considerable hazardous condition not common to the class for those hours worked, or a fraction of those hours worked, while the employee was subject to the considerable hazard condition. (3) A hazardous salary adjustment of ten per cent of the employee's classification salary base may be applied in the case of some exceptional hazardous condition not common to the class for those hours worked, or a fraction of those hours worked, when the employee was subject to the exceptional hazard condition. (4) Each claim for temporary hazard pay shall be submitted as a separate payment and shall be subject to an administrative audit by the director as to the extent and duration of the employee's exposure to the hazardous condition. (G) When a full-time employee whose salary or wage is paid directly by warrant of the director of budget and management and who also is eligible for overtime under the "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938," 52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C.A. 207, 213, as amended, is ordered by the appointing authority to report back to work after termination of the employee's regular work schedule and the employee reports, the employee shall be paid for such time. The employee shall be entitled to four hours at the employee's total rate of pay or overtime compensation for the actual hours worked, whichever is greater. This division does not apply to work that is a continuation of or immediately preceding an employee's regular work schedule. (H) When a certain position or positions paid in accordance with schedule B of section 124.15 of the Revised Code or in accordance with schedule E-1 of section 124.152 of the Revised Code require the ability to speak or write a language other than English, a special pay supplement may be granted to attract bilingual individuals, to encourage present employees to become proficient in other languages, or to retain qualified bilingual employees. The bilingual pay supplement provided in this division may be granted in the amount of five per cent of the employee's classification salary base for each required foreign language and shall remain in effect as long as the bilingual requirement exists. (I) The director of administrative services may establish a shift differential for employees. The differential shall be paid to employees in positions working in other than the regular or first shift. In those divisions or agencies where only one shift prevails, no shift differential shall be paid regardless of the hours of the day that are worked. The director and the appointing authority shall designate which positions shall be covered by this division. (J) An appointing authority may assign an employee to work in a higher level position for a continuous period of more than two weeks but no more than two years. The employee's pay shall be established at a rate that is approximately four per cent above the employee's current base rate for the period the employee occupies the position, provided that this temporary assignment is approved by the director. Employees paid under this division shall continue to receive any of the pay supplements due them under other divisions of this section based on the step one base rate for their normal classification. (K) If a certain position, or positions, within a class paid in accordance with schedule B of section 124.15 of the Revised Code or in accordance with schedule E-1 of section 124.152 of the Revised Code are mandated by state or federal law or regulation or other regulatory agency or other certification authority to have special technical certification, registration, or licensing to perform the functions which are under the mandate, a special professional achievement pay supplement may be granted. This special professional achievement pay supplement shall not be granted when all incumbents in all positions in a class require a license as provided in the classification description published by the department of administrative services; to licensees where no special or extensive training is required; when certification is granted upon completion of a stipulated term of in-service training; when an appointing authority has required certification; or any other condition prescribed by the director. (1) Before this supplement may be applied, evidence as to the requirement must be provided by the agency for each position involved, and certification must be received from the director as to the director's concurrence for each of the positions so affected. (2) The professional achievement pay supplement provided in this division shall be granted in an amount up to ten per cent of the employee's classification salary base and shall remain in effect as long as the mandate exists. (L) Those employees assigned to teaching supervisory, principal, assistant principal, or superintendent positions who have attained a higher educational level than a basic bachelor's degree may receive an educational pay supplement to remain in effect as long as the employee's assignment and classification remain the same. (1) An educational pay supplement of two and one-half per cent of the employee's classification salary base may be applied upon the achievement of a bachelor's degree plus twenty quarter hours of postgraduate work. (2) An educational pay supplement of an additional five per cent of the employee's classification salary base may be applied upon achievement of a master's degree. (3) An educational pay supplement of an additional two and one-half per cent of the employee's classification salary base may be applied upon achievement of a master's degree plus thirty quarter hours of postgraduate work. (4) An educational pay supplement of five per cent of the employee's classification salary base may be applied when the employee is performing as a master teacher. (5) An educational pay supplement of five per cent of the employee's classification salary base may be applied when the employee is performing as a special education teacher. (6) Those employees in teaching supervisory, principal, assistant principal, or superintendent positions who are responsible for specific extracurricular activity programs shall receive overtime pay for those hours worked in excess of their normal schedule, at their straight time hourly rate up to a maximum of five per cent of their regular base salary in any calendar year. (M)(1) A state agency, board, or commission may establish a supplementary compensation schedule for those licensed physicians employed by the agency, board, or commission in positions requiring a licensed physician. The supplementary compensation schedule, together with the compensation otherwise authorized by this chapter, shall provide for the total compensation for these employees to range appropriately, but not necessarily uniformly, for each classification title requiring a licensed physician, in accordance with a schedule approved by the state controlling board. The individual salary levels recommended for each such physician employed shall be approved by the director. Notwithstanding section 124.11 of the Revised Code, such personnel are in the unclassified civil service. (2) The director of administrative services may approve supplementary compensation for the director of health, if the director is a licensed physician, in accordance with a supplementary compensation schedule approved under division (M)(1) of this section or in accordance with another supplementary compensation schedule the director of administrative services considers appropriate. The supplementary compensation shall not exceed twenty per cent of the director of health's base rate of pay. (N) Notwithstanding sections 117.28 , 117.30 , 117.33 , 117.36 , 117.42 , and 131.02 of the Revised Code, the state shall not institute any civil action to recover and shall not seek reimbursement for overpayments made in violation of division (E) of this section or division (C) of section 9.44 of the Revised Code for the period starting after June 24, 1987, and ending on October 31, 1993. (O) Employees of the office of the treasurer of state who are exempt from collective bargaining coverage may be granted a merit pay supplement of up to one and one-half per cent of their step rate. The rate at which this supplement is granted shall be based on performance standards established by the treasurer of state. Any supplements granted under this division shall be administered on an annual basis. (P) Intermittent employees appointed under section 124.30 of the Revised Code are not eligible for the pay supplements provided by this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.60
§ 173.60. Nursing home quality initiative
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Nursing home" has the same meaning as in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Person-centered care" means a relationship-based approach to care that honors and respects the opinions of individuals receiving care and those working closely with them. (B) The department of aging shall implement a nursing home quality initiative to improve the provision of person-centered care in nursing homes. The office of the state long-term care ombudsman program shall assist the department with the initiative. The initiative shall include quality improvement projects that provide nursing homes with resources and on-site education promoting person-centered care strategies and positive resident outcomes, as well as other assistance designed to improve the quality of nursing home services. The department may offer any of the projects. (C)(1) The department shall make available a list of quality improvement projects that may be used by nursing homes in meeting the requirements of section 3721.072 of the Revised Code. In addition to any of the projects offered by the department pursuant to division (B) of this section, the list may include projects offered by any of the following: (a) Other state agencies; (b) A quality improvement organization under contract with the United States secretary of health and human services to carry out in this state the functions described in the "Social Security Act," section 1154, 42 U.S.C. 1320c-3; (c) The Ohio person-centered care coalition; (d) Any other academic, research, or health care entity identified by the department. (2) The department shall offer to nursing homes and other long-term care facility settings infection prevention and control and facility technical assistance, including services, programs, and content expertise, as a project authorized under division (C)(1) of this section to improve quality of care and quality of life, subject to the availability of funds. (D) The director of aging may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to implement this section. Last updated September 22, 2023 at 9:39 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.05
§ 109.05. Employees
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The attorney general may appoint such employees as are necessary.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.382 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.382
§ 121.382. Services continued pending dispute resolution process
Status: in_force

June 30, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly Each agency represented on a county family and children first council that is providing services or funding for services that are the subject of the dispute resolution process initiated by a parent or custodian under section 121.381 of the Revised Code shall continue to provide those services and the funding for those services during the dispute resolution process.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.41
§ 122.41. Director's powers and duties under Chapter 122
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The director of development is invested with the powers and duties provided in Chapter 122. of the Revised Code, in order to promote the welfare of the people of the state, 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 such purposes is essential so that the people of the state may maintain their present high standards 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 and that it is necessary for the state to establish the programs authorized pursuant to Chapter 122. of the Revised Code and invest the director of development with the powers and duties provided in Chapter 122. of the Revised Code. The powers granted to the director by Chapter 165. of the Revised Code are independent of and in addition and alternate to, and are not limited or restricted by, Chapter 122. of the Revised Code. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.54
§ 128.54. Funds established for receipt, distribution, and accounting for amounts received from charges and fees
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) For the purpose of receiving, distributing, and accounting for amounts received from the wireless 9-1-1 charges imposed under section 128.40 of the Revised Code and the next generation 9-1-1 access fees imposed under sections 128.41 and 128.42 of the Revised Code, the following funds are created in the state treasury: (a) The 9-1-1 government assistance fund; (b) The 9-1-1 administrative fund; (c) The 9-1-1 program fund; (d) The next generation 9-1-1 fund. (2) Amounts remitted under section 128.46 of the Revised Code shall be paid to the treasurer of state for deposit as follows: (a) Eighty-one and one-third per cent to the 9-1-1 government assistance fund. All interest earned on the 9-1-1 government assistance fund shall be credited to the fund. (b) Two-thirds of one per cent to the 9-1-1 administrative fund; (c) One and one-third per cent to the 9-1-1 program fund; (d) Sixteen and two-thirds per cent to the next generation 9-1-1 fund. (3) The tax commissioner shall use the 9-1-1 administrative fund to defray the costs incurred in carrying out this chapter. (4) The steering committee shall use the 9-1-1 program fund to defray the costs incurred by the steering committee in carrying out this chapter. (5) Annually, the tax commissioner, after paying administrative costs under division (A)(3) of this section, shall transfer any excess remaining in the 9-1-1 administrative fund to the next generation 9-1-1 fund, created under this section. (B) At the direction of the steering committee, the tax commissioner shall transfer the funds remaining in the 9-1-1 government assistance fund to the credit of the next generation 9-1-1 fund. All interest earned on the next generation 9-1-1 fund shall be credited to the fund. (C) From the funds created in division (A)(1) of this section, the director of budget and management shall, as funds are available, transfer to the tax refund fund, created under section 5703.052 of the Revised Code, amounts equal to the refunds certified by the tax commissioner under division (D) of section 128.47 of the Revised Code, in the same percentage as the certified refund amounts were deposited in those funds as specified in division (A)(2) of this section. (D) The department of administrative services may move funds between the next generation 9-1-1 fund and the 9-1-1 government assistance fund to ensure funding remains sustainable for both funds. Last updated July 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.06
§ 133.06. Net indebtedness of school district
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 Senate Bill 208 - 135th General Assembly (A) A school district shall not incur, without a vote of the electors, net indebtedness that exceeds an amount equal to one-tenth of one per cent of its tax valuation, except as provided in divisions (G) and (H) of this section and in division (D) of section 3313.372 of the Revised Code, or as prescribed in section 3318.052 or 3318.44 of the Revised Code, or as provided in division (J) of this section. (B) Except as provided in divisions (E), (F), and (I) of this section, a school district shall not incur net indebtedness that exceeds an amount equal to nine per cent of its tax valuation. (C) A school district shall not submit to a vote of the electors the question of the issuance of securities in an amount that will make the district's net indebtedness after the issuance of the securities exceed an amount equal to four per cent of its tax valuation, unless the director of education and workforce, acting under policies adopted by the department of education and workforce, and the tax commissioner, acting under written policies of the commissioner, consent to the submission. A request for the consents shall be made at least one hundred twenty days prior to the election at which the question is to be submitted. The director of education and workforce shall certify to the district the director's and the tax commissioner's decisions within thirty days after receipt of the request for consents. If the electors do not approve the issuance of securities at the election for which the director of education and workforce and tax commissioner consented to the submission of the question, the school district may submit the same question to the electors on the date that the next special election may be held under section 3501.01 of the Revised Code without submitting a new request for consent. If the school district seeks to submit the same question at any other subsequent election, the district shall first submit a new request for consent in accordance with this division. (D) In calculating the net indebtedness of a school district, none of the following shall be considered: (1) Securities issued to acquire school buses and other equipment used in transporting pupils or issued pursuant to division (D) of section 133.10 of the Revised Code; (2) Securities issued under division (F) of this section and, to the extent in excess of the limitation stated in division (B) of this section, under division (E) of this section; (3) Indebtedness resulting from the dissolution of a joint vocational school district under section 3311.217 of the Revised Code, evidenced by outstanding securities of that joint vocational school district; (4) Loans, evidenced by any securities, received under sections 3313.483 , 3317.0210 , and 3317.0211 of the Revised Code; (5) Debt incurred under section 3313.374 of the Revised Code; (6) Debt incurred pursuant to division (B)(4) of section 3313.37 of the Revised Code to acquire computers and related hardware; (7) Debt incurred under section 3318.042 of the Revised Code; (8) Debt incurred under section 5705.2112 or 5705.2113 of the Revised Code by the fiscal board of a qualifying partnership of which the school district is a participating school district. (E) A school district may become a special needs district as to certain securities as provided in division (E) of this section. (1) A board of education, by resolution, may declare its school district to be a special needs district by determining both of the following: (a) The student population is not being adequately serviced by the existing permanent improvements of the district. (b) The district cannot obtain sufficient funds by the issuance of securities within the limitation of division (B) of this section to provide additional or improved needed permanent improvements in time to meet the needs. (2) The board of education shall certify a copy of that resolution to the director of education and workforce with a statistical report showing all of the following: (a) The history of and a projection of the growth of the tax valuation; (b) The projected needs; (c) The estimated cost of permanent improvements proposed to meet such projected needs. (3) The director of education and workforce shall certify the district as an approved special needs district if the director finds both of the following: (a) The district does not have available sufficient additional funds from state or federal sources to meet the projected needs. (b) The projection of the potential average growth of tax valuation during the next five years, according to the information certified to the director and any other information the director obtains, indicates a likelihood of potential average growth of tax valuation of the district during the next five years of an average of not less than one and one-half per cent per year. The findings and certification of the director shall be conclusive. (4) An approved special needs district may incur net indebtedness by the issuance of securities in accordance with the provisions of this chapter in an amount that does not exceed an amount equal to the greater of the following: (a) Twelve per cent of the sum of its tax valuation plus an amount that is the product of multiplying that tax valuation by the percentage by which the tax valuation has increased over the tax valuation on the first day of the sixtieth month preceding the month in which its board determines to submit to the electors the question of issuing the proposed securities; (b) Twelve per cent of the sum of its tax valuation plus an amount that is the product of multiplying that tax valuation by the percentage, determined by the director of education and workforce, by which that tax valuation is projected to increase during the next ten years. (F) A school district may issue securities for emergency purposes, in a principal amount that does not exceed an amount equal to three per cent of its tax valuation, as provided in this division. (1) A board of education, by resolution, may declare an emergency if it determines both of the following: (a) School buildings or other necessary school facilities in the district have been wholly or partially destroyed, or condemned by a constituted public authority, or that such buildings or facilities are partially constructed, or so constructed or planned as to require additions and improvements to them before the buildings or facilities are usable for their intended purpose, or that corrections to permanent improvements are necessary to remove or prevent health or safety hazards. (b) Existing fiscal and net indebtedness limitations make adequate replacement, additions, or improvements impossible. (2) Upon the declaration of an emergency, the board of education may, by resolution, submit to the electors of the district pursuant to section 133.18 of the Revised Code the question of issuing securities for the purpose of paying the cost, in excess of any insurance or condemnation proceeds received by the district, of permanent improvements to respond to the emergency need. (3) The procedures for the election shall be as provided in section 133.18 of the Revised Code, except that: (a) The form of the ballot shall describe the emergency existing, refer to this division as the authority under which the emergency is declared, and state that the amount of the proposed securities exceeds the limitations prescribed by division (B) of this section; (b) The resolution required by division (B) of section 133.18 of the Revised Code shall be certified to the county auditor and the board of elections at least one hundred days prior to the election; (c) The county auditor shall advise and, not later than ninety-five days before the election, confirm that advice by certification to, the board of education of the information required by division (C) of section 133.18 of the Revised Code; (d) The board of education shall then certify its resolution and the information required by division (D) of section 133.18 of the Revised Code to the board of elections not less than ninety days prior to the election. (4) Notwithstanding division (B) of section 133.21 of the Revised Code, the first principal payment of securities issued under this division may be set at any date not later than sixty months after the earliest possible principal payment otherwise provided for in that division. (G)(1) The board of education may contract with an architect, professional engineer, or other person experienced in the design and implementation of energy conservation measures for an analysis and recommendations pertaining to installations, modifications of installations, or remodeling that would significantly reduce energy consumption in buildings owned by the district. The report shall include estimates of all costs of such installations, modifications, or remodeling, including costs of design, engineering, installation, maintenance, repairs, measurement and verification of energy savings, and debt service, forgone residual value of materials or equipment replaced by the energy conservation measure, as defined by the Ohio facilities construction commission, a baseline analysis of actual energy consumption data for the preceding three years with the utility baseline based on only the actual energy consumption data for the preceding twelve months, and estimates of the amounts by which energy consumption and resultant operational and maintenance costs, as defined by the commission, would be reduced. If the board finds after receiving the report that the amount of money the district would spend on such installations, modifications, or remodeling is not likely to exceed the amount of money it would save in energy and resultant operational and maintenance costs over the ensuing fifteen years, the board may submit to the commission a copy of its findings and a request for approval to incur indebtedness to finance the making or modification of installations or the remodeling of buildings for the purpose of significantly reducing energy consumption. The facilities construction commission, in consultation with the auditor of state, may deny a request under division (G)(1) of this section by the board of education of any school district that is in a state of fiscal watch pursuant to division (A) of section 3316.03 of the Revised Code, if it determines that the expenditure of funds is not in the best interest of the school district. No district board of education of a school district that is in a state of fiscal emergency pursuant to division (B) of section 3316.03 of the Revised Code shall submit a request without submitting evidence that the installations, modifications, or remodeling have been approved by the district's financial planning and supervision commission established under section 3316.05 of the Revised Code. No board of education of a school district for which an academic distress commission has been established under section 3302.10 of the Revised Code shall submit a request without first receiving approval to incur indebtedness from the district's academic distress commission established under that section, for so long as such commission continues to be required for the district. (2) The board of education may contract with a person experienced in the implementation of student transportation to produce a report that includes an analysis of and recommendations for the use of alternative fuel vehicles by school districts. The report shall include cost estimates detailing the return on investment over the life of the alternative fuel vehicles and environmental impact of alternative fuel vehicles. The report also shall include estimates of all costs associated with alternative fuel transportation, including facility modifications and vehicle purchase costs or conversion costs. If the board finds after receiving the report that the amount of money the district would spend on purchasing alternative fuel vehicles or vehicle conversion is not likely to exceed the amount of money it would save in fuel and resultant operational and maintenance costs over the ensuing five years, the board may submit to the commission a copy of its findings and a request for approval to incur indebtedness to finance the purchase of new alternative fuel vehicles or vehicle conversions for the purpose of reducing fuel costs. The facilities construction commission, in consultation with the auditor of state, may deny a request under division (G)(2) of this section by the board of education of any school district that is in a state of fiscal watch pursuant to division (A) of section 3316.03 of the Revised Code, if it determines that the expenditure of funds is not in the best interest of the school district. No district board of education of a school district that is in a state of fiscal emergency pursuant to division (B) of section 3316.03 of the Revised Code shall submit a request without submitting evidence that the purchase or conversion of alternative fuel vehicles has been approved by the district's financial planning and supervision commission established under section 3316.05 of the Revised Code. No board of education of a school district for which an academic distress commission has been established under section 3302.10 of the Revised Code shall submit a request without first receiving approval to incur indebtedness from the district's academic distress commission established under that section, for so long as such commission continues to be required for the district. (3) The facilities construction commission shall approve the board's request provided that the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The commission determines that the board's findings are reasonable. (b) The request for approval is complete. (c) If the request was submitted under division (G)(1) of this section, the installations, modifications, or remodeling are consistent with any project to construct or acquire classroom facilities, or to reconstruct or make additions to existing classroom facilities under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 or sections 3318.40 to 3318.45 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the commission's approval, the district may issue securities without a vote of the electors in a principal amount not to exceed nine-tenths of one per cent of its tax valuation for the purpose specified in division (G)(1) or (2) of this section, but the total net indebtedness of the district without a vote of the electors incurred under this and all other sections of the Revised Code, except section 3318.052 of the Revised Code, shall not exceed one per cent of the district's tax valuation. (4)(a) So long as any securities issued under division (G)(1) of this section remain outstanding, the board of education shall monitor the energy consumption and resultant operational and maintenance costs of buildings in which installations or modifications have been made or remodeling has been done pursuant to that division. Except as provided in division (G)(4)(b) of this section, the board shall maintain and annually update a report in a form and manner prescribed by the facilities construction commission documenting the reductions in energy consumption and resultant operational and maintenance cost savings attributable to such installations, modifications, or remodeling. The resultant operational and maintenance cost savings shall be certified by the school district treasurer. The report shall be submitted annually to the commission. (b) If the facilities construction commission verifies that the certified annual reports submitted to the commission by a board of education under division (G)(4)(a) of this section fulfill the guarantee required under division (B) of section 3313.372 of the Revised Code for three consecutive years, the board of education shall no longer be subject to the annual reporting requirements of division (G)(4)(a) of this section. (5) So long as any securities issued under division (G)(2) of this section remain outstanding, the board of education shall monitor the purchase of new alternative fuel vehicles or vehicle conversions pursuant to that division. The board shall maintain and annually update a report in a form and manner prescribed by the facilities construction commission documenting the purchase of new alternative fuel vehicles or vehicle conversions, the associated environmental impact, and return on investment. The resultant fuel and operational and maintenance cost savings shall be certified by the school district treasurer. The report shall be submitted annually to the commission. (H) With the consent of the director of education and workforce, a school district may incur without a vote of the electors net indebtedness that exceeds the amounts stated in divisions (A) and (G) of this section for the purpose of paying costs of permanent improvements, if and to the extent that both of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The fiscal officer of the school district estimates that receipts of the school district from payments made under or pursuant to agreements entered into pursuant to section 725.02 , 1728.10 , 3735.671 , 5709.081 , 5709.082 , 5709.40 , 5709.41 , 5709.45 , 5709.57 , 5709.62 , 5709.63 , 5709.632 , 5709.73 , 5709.78 , or 5709.82 of the Revised Code, or distributions under division (C) of section 5709.43 or division (B) of section 5709.47 of the Revised Code, or any combination thereof, are, after accounting for any appropriate coverage requirements, sufficient in time and amount, and are committed by the proceedings, to pay the debt charges on the securities issued to evidence that indebtedness and payable from those receipts, and the taxing authority of the district confirms the fiscal officer's estimate, which confirmation is approved by the director of education and workforce; (2) The fiscal officer of the school district certifies, and the taxing authority of the district confirms, that the district, at the time of the certification and confirmation, reasonably expects to have sufficient revenue available for the purpose of operating such permanent improvements for their intended purpose upon acquisition or completion thereof, and the director of education and workforce approves the taxing authority's confirmation. The maximum maturity of securities issued under division (H) of this section shall be the lesser of twenty years or the maximum maturity calculated under section 133.20 of the Revised Code. (I) A school district may incur net indebtedness by the issuance of securities in accordance with the provisions of this chapter in excess of the limit specified in division (B) or (C) of this section when necessary to raise the school district portion of the basic project cost and any additional funds necessary to participate in a project under Chapter 3318. of the Revised Code, including the cost of items designated by the facilities construction commission as required locally funded initiatives, the cost of other locally funded initiatives in an amount that does not exceed fifty per cent of the district's portion of the basic project cost, and the cost for site acquisition. A school district shall notify the director of education and workforce whenever that district will exceed either limit pursuant to this division. (J) A school district whose portion of the basic project cost of its classroom facilities project under sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code is greater than or equal to one hundred million dollars may incur without a vote of the electors net indebtedness in an amount up to two per cent of its tax valuation through the issuance of general obligation securities in order to generate all or part of the amount of its portion of the basic project cost if the controlling board has approved the facilities construction commission's conditional approval of the project under section 3318.04 of the Revised Code. The school district board and the Ohio facilities construction commission shall include the dedication of the proceeds of such securities in the agreement entered into under section 3318.08 of the Revised Code. No state moneys shall be released for a project to which this section applies until the proceeds of any bonds issued under this section that are dedicated for the payment of the school district portion of the project are first deposited into the school district's project construction fund. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.88 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.88
§ 124.88. State employee assistance program
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The employee assistance program is hereby established in the department of administrative services for the purpose of referring state employees paid by warrant of the director of budget and management who are in need of medical, social, or other services to providers of those services. (B) Records of the identity, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment of any person that are maintained in connection with the employee assistance program created in division (A) of this section are not public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall be disclosed only as provided in division (C) of this section. (C)(1) Records described in division (B) of this section may be disclosed with the prior written consent of the person who is the subject of the record. (2) Records described in division (B) of this section may be disclosed with or without the prior written consent of the person who is the subject of the record under the following conditions: (a) To medical personnel to the extent necessary to meet a bona fide medical emergency; (b) To qualified personnel for the purpose of conducting scientific research, management audits, financial audits, or program evaluation, but the personnel shall not directly or indirectly identify any person who is the subject of the record in any report of the research, audit, or evaluation or in any other manner; (c) If authorized by an appropriate order of a court of competent jurisdiction granted after a showing of good cause. In determining good cause, the court shall weigh the public interest and the need for disclosure against injury to the person who is the subject of the record and to the employee assistance program. Upon granting such an order, the court shall, in determining the extent to which the disclosure of all or any part of any record is necessary, impose appropriate safeguards against unauthorized disclosure. (D) Except as authorized by a court order described in division (C)(2)(c) of this section, no record described in division (B) of this section may be used to initiate or substantiate criminal charges against the person who is the subject of the record or to conduct any investigation of such a person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.413 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.413
§ 128.413. Exemption from access fee on subscribers
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The following are exempt from the next generation 9-1-1 access fee imposed under section 128.41 of the Revised Code: (A) A subscriber of wireless lifeline service. (B) Wholesale transactions between telecommunications service providers where the service is a component of a service provided to an end user. This exemption includes network access charges and interconnection charges paid to a local exchange carrier. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 5:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.041
§ 125.041. Purchases by state elected officials
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Nothing in sections 125.02 , 125.04 to 125.08 , 125.12 to 125.16 , 125.18 , 125.31 to 125.71 , or 125.831 of the Revised Code shall be construed as limiting the attorney general, auditor of state, secretary of state, or treasurer of state in any of the following: (1) Purchases for less than the dollar amounts for the purchase of supplies or services determined under section 125.05 of the Revised Code; (2) Purchases that equal or exceed the dollar amounts for the purchase of supplies or services determined under section 125.05 of the Revised Code with the approval of the controlling board, if that approval is required by section 127.16 of the Revised Code; (3) The final determination of the nature or quantity of any purchase of supplies or services under division (B) of section 125.02 or under division (G) of section 125.035 of the Revised Code; (4) The final determination and disposal of excess and surplus supplies; (5) The inventory of state property; (6) The purchase of printing; (7) Activities related to information technology development and use; (8) The fleet management program. (B) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the attorney general, auditor of state, secretary of state, or treasurer of state from complying with or participating in any aspect of Chapter 125. of the Revised Code through the department of administrative services. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.48
§ 173.48. Fees for consumer care guide; long-term care consumer guide fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) The department of aging may charge annual fees to long-term care facilities for the publication of the Ohio long-term care consumer guide, as well as late penalties if applicable. The department may contract with any person or government entity to collect the fees on its behalf. All fees collected under this section shall be deposited in accordance with division (B) of this section. (2) Except as provided in division (A)(3) of this section, the annual fees charged under this section shall not exceed the following amounts: (a) For each long-term care facility that is a nursing home, six hundred fifty dollars; (b) For each long-term care facility that is a residential care facility: (i) Until June 30, 2016, three hundred dollars; (ii) Beginning July 1, 2016, three hundred fifty dollars. (3) The department, by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may establish deadlines for the payment of the annual fees charged under this section. If the annual fee is not received by the department within ninety days of any deadline established by the department, the rules may require a long-term care facility to pay a late penalty equal to and in addition to the amount of the annual fee charged under this section. (4) Unless prohibited by federal law, fees paid by a long-term care facility that is a nursing facility, including late penalties, shall be reimbursed through the medicaid program. (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the long-term care consumer guide fund. Money collected from the fees charged for the publication of the Ohio long-term care consumer guide under division (A) of this section and any late penalties shall be credited to the fund. The department shall use money in the fund for costs associated with publishing the Ohio long-term care consumer guide, including, but not limited to, costs incurred in conducting or providing for the conduct of customer satisfaction surveys.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.805 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.805
§ 135.805. Property tax payment linked deposit programs
Status: in_force

March 30, 2007 House Bill 293 - 126th General Assembly (A) The general assembly finds that many low to moderateincome senior citizens and permanently and totally disabled citizens face financial hardship and find it difficult to timely pay property taxes on their homesteads, which can lead to delinquencies, penalties, declines in tax receipts, foreclosures, a loss of stable and affordable housing, a loss of neighborhoods and communities, and a decline in property values. Accordingly, it is declared to be the public policy of the state through property tax payment linked deposit programs established by counties to provide a source of low-cost funds for lending purposes to assist these citizens in timely paying property taxes on their homesteads. (B) A board of county commissioners, by resolution, may establish for the benefit of persons sixty-five years of age or older, or persons who are permanently and totally disabled, or both groups of persons, a property tax payment linked deposit program. The program shall authorize the investing authority of the county, in accordance with division (A)(2) of section 135.353 of the Revised Code, to place certificates of deposit at up to three per cent below market rates with an eligible lending institution, provided that the eligible lending institution agrees to lend the value of such deposit to eligible borrowers at up to three per cent below the present borrowing rate applicable to each eligible borrower. The resolution shall include requirements, parameters, limitations, and other provisions that are consistent with sections 135.804 to 135.807 of the Revised Code and are necessary to establish and carry out the property tax payment linked deposit program, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (1) Eligibility requirements for borrowers who may receive reduced rate loans under the property tax payment linked deposit program, including both of the following: (a) A total income limit for a borrower to be eligible for such a loan; (b) An indebtedness limit that a borrower may not exceed to be eligible for such a loan, under which the sum of all recorded liens on the homestead plus the amount of the reduced rate loan cannot exceed eighty per cent of the homestead's true value as most recently determined by the county auditor. (2) Application procedures for eligible borrowers and eligible lending institutions wishing to participate in the property tax payment linked deposit program; (3) Review procedures for applications and criteria for acceptance or rejection of applications for reduced rate loans under the property tax payment linked deposit program; (4) Necessary agreements between the eligible lending institution and the investing authority of the county to carry out the purposes of the property tax payment linked deposit program, including procedures for the payment directly to the county treasurer by the eligible lending institution of the property taxes due on the homestead and delivery by the county treasurer to the eligible lending institution of the lien certificate as provided in section 135.807 of the Revised Code; (5) Annual reports regarding the operation of the property tax payment linked deposit program to be made by the investing authority to the board of county commissioners. (C) A board of county commissioners may appropriate funds from the general fund of the county or any other lawfully available funds of the county for the purpose of defraying some or all of the closing costs and expenses of reduced rate loans made by eligible lending institutions to eligible borrowers pursuant to the property tax payment linked deposit program. (D) The county and its investing authority and the board of county commissioners are not liable to any eligible lending institution in any manner for the payment of the principal or interest on any reduced rate loan made under the property tax payment linked deposit program, and any delay in payment or default on the part of any borrower does not in any manner affect the deposit agreement between the eligible lending institution and the investing authority or board of county commissioners.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.111 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.111
§ 117.111. County office using electronic records and signatures to include security procedure in audit
Status: in_force

November 5, 2004 House Bill 204 - 125th General Assembly (A) If a county office uses electronic records and electronic signatures under Chapter 1306. of the Revised Code, the auditor of state, in conducting an audit of that office under division (A) or (B) of section 117.11 of the Revised Code, shall inquire into the method, accuracy, and effectiveness of any security procedure adopted by that office under section 304.02 of the Revised Code. (B) As used in this section, "county office," "electronic," "electronic record," and "electronic signature" have the same meanings as in section 304.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.4075 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.4075
§ 122.4075. Reports, documents confidential
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly Reports required under section 122.4070 of the Revised Code, and all information and documents in them, shall be maintained on a confidential basis by the development services agency and shall not be published on the agency's web site until the agency determines what information or documents are not confidential pursuant to section 122.4023 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.78 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.78
§ 122.78. Terms, conditions, and provisions of loans and guarantees
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly Fees, charges, rates of interest, times of payment of interest and principal, and other terms, conditions, and provisions of the loans and guarantees made by the director of development pursuant to sections 122.71 to 122.83 and 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code shall be such as the director determines to be appropriate and in furtherance of the purpose for which the loans and guarantees are made, but the mortgage lien securing any money loaned or guaranteed by the director may be subordinate to the mortgage lien securing any money loaned or invested by a financial institution, but shall be superior to that securing any money loaned or expended by any other corporation or person. The funds used in making these loans or guarantees shall be disbursed upon order of the director. Last updated August 4, 2021 at 10:34 AM