Ohio Rev. Code § 102.01 — Ohio Code / Title 1 / Chapter 102 / Section 102.01
Section 102.01 | Ethics law definitions.
Status: in_force

(A) As used in sections 102.01 to 102.09 of the Revised Code: "Public official or employee" means any person who is elected or appointed to an office or is an employee of any public agency.

(B) "Public agency" means the state, any political subdivision, any other governmental entity, or any instrumentality or agency of the foregoing.April 7, 2023 House Bill 45 - 134th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Compensation" means money, thing of value, or financial benefit. "Compensation" does not include reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. (B) "Public official or employee" means any person who is elected or appointed to an office or is an employee of any public agency. "Public official or employee" does not include any of the following: (1) A person elected or appointed to the office of precinct, ward, or district committee member under section 3517.03 of the Revised Code, any presidential elector, or any delegate to a national convention; (2) A person who is a teacher, instructor, professor, or other kind of educator whose position does not involve the performance of, or authority to perform, administrative or supervisory functions; (3) An officer, member, or director of an existing qualified nonprofit corporation that creates a special improvement district under Chapter 1710. of the Revised Code, or such a person's designee or proxy, when the person is not acting in that role with respect to a purpose for which the district is created. (C)(1) "Public agency" means the general assembly, all courts, any department, division, institution, board, commission, authority, bureau or other instrumentality of the state, a county, city, village, or township, the five state retirement systems, or any other governmental entity. (2) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of division (C)(3)(a) of this section, "public agency" includes a regional council of governments established under Chapter 167. of the Revised Code. (3) "Public agency" does not include any of the following: (a) A department, division, institution, board, commission, authority, or other instrumentality of the state or a county, municipal corporation, township, or other governmental entity that functions exclusively for cultural, educational, historical, humanitarian, advisory, or research purposes; that does not expend more than ten thousand dollars per calendar year, excluding salaries and wages of employees; and whose members are uncompensated; (b) The nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code; (c) An existing qualified nonprofit corporation that creates a special improvement district under Chapter 1710. of the Revised Code, when the corporation is not acting with respect to a purpose for which the district is created. (D) "Immediate family" means a spouse residing in the person's household and any dependent child. (E) "Income" includes gross income as defined and used in the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1, as amended, interest and dividends on obligations or securities of any state or of any political subdivision or authority of any state or political subdivision, and interest or dividends on obligations of any authority, commission, or instrumentality of the United States. (F) Except as otherwise provided in division (A) of section 102.08 of the Revised Code, "appropriate ethics commission" means: (1) For matters relating to members of the general assembly, employees of the general assembly, employees of the legislative service commission, and candidates for the office of member of the general assembly, the joint legislative ethics committee; (2) For matters relating to judicial officers and employees, and candidates for judicial office, the board of commissioners on grievances and discipline of the supreme court; (3) For matters relating to all other persons, the Ohio ethics commission. (G) "Anything of value" has the same meaning as provided in section 1.03 of the Revised Code and includes, but is not limited to, a contribution as defined in section 3517.01 of the Revised Code. (H) "Honorarium" means any payment made in consideration for any speech given, article published, or attendance at any public or private conference, convention, meeting, social event, meal, or similar gathering. "Honorarium" does not include ceremonial gifts or awards that have insignificant monetary value; unsolicited gifts of nominal value or trivial items of informational value; or earned income from any person, other than a legislative agent, for personal services that are customarily provided in connection with the practice of a bona fide business, if that business initially began before the public official or employee conducting that business was elected or appointed to the public official's or employee's office or position of employment. (I) "Employer" means any person who, directly or indirectly, engages an executive agency lobbyist or legislative agent. (J) "Executive agency decision," "executive agency lobbyist," and "executive agency lobbying activity" have the same meanings as in section 121.60 of the Revised Code. (K) "Legislation," "legislative agent," "financial transaction," and "actively advocate" have the same meanings as in section 101.70 of the Revised Code. (L) "Expenditure" has the same meaning as in section 101.70 of the Revised Code when used in relation to activities of a legislative agent, and the same meaning as in section 121.60 of the Revised Code when used in relation to activities of an executive agency lobbyist. Last updated February 28, 2023 at 10:45 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.391 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.391
§ 124.391. Donation of paid leave program
Status: in_force

December 1, 2006 House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "paid leave" means sick leave, personal leave, or vacation leave. (B) The director of administrative services may establish a program under which an employee paid directly by warrant of the director of budget and management may donate that employee's accrued but unused paid leave to another employee paid directly by warrant of the director of budget and management who has no accrued but unused paid leave and who has a critical need for it because of circumstances such as a serious illness or the serious illness of a member of the employee's immediate family. If the director of administrative services establishes a leave donation program under this division, the director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to provide for the administration of the program. These rules shall include, but not be limited to, provisions that identify the circumstances under which leave may be donated and that specify the amount, types, and value of leave that may be donated. (C) At the discretion of the appropriate legislative authority, a county may implement a leave donation program, as provided in this section, for all county agencies or for one or more designated agencies within the county.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.24
§ 153.24. Oath and bond
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, the persons appointed to the building commission shall each take an oath of office and give bond for the faithful and honest discharge of official duties in the same amount as required of members of the board of county commissioners, with sureties approved by the judge of the court of common pleas. Such bond shall be delivered to the county treasurer and kept in the treasurer's office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.03
§ 126.03. Capital plan - agency recommendations for acquisition of real estate and construction of public improvements
Status: in_force

July 1, 2014 House Bill 497 - 130th General Assembly (A) The director of budget and management shall: (1) Prepare biennially a capital plan and, with the concurrence of the governor, submit it to the general assembly. The capital plan shall contain recommendations as to the acquisition of real estate and the construction of public improvements. The capital plan shall extend through a period of at least six years in the future and shall identify the projects which should be undertaken in each biennium of the period through which the plan extends, together with estimated costs of all such recommended projects. (2) Require biennially, from the chief administrative authorities of affected state agencies, their recommendations as to the acquisition of real estate and construction of public improvements which will be needed through a period of at least six years in the future, together with a description of each proposed public improvement and the estimated capacity of the improvement in terms of its proposed use, a demonstration of the need for the real estate or public improvement, the benefits in governmental operations expected to result from the acquisition or construction, the state agencies which will occupy or control the real estate or improvement, and the location of the real estate or public improvement. The director shall evaluate such recommended projects as to their validity and as to the comparative degree of need among them; notify the chief administrative authorities of the recommending agencies of the action taken on each such recommendation; and consult with and seek the recommendations of the chief administrative authorities of the affected agencies on all projects being considered for inclusion in the capital plan, whether originally proposed by the director of budget and management or by a state agency. (3) At the request and with the concurrence of the governor, prepare and recommend to the general assembly a biennial capital budget that includes the recommendations of the director as to projects to be undertaken or revised during the fiscal biennium following the latest biennium for which a capital appropriations act was enacted. The capital budget shall include all projects which the director considers to be necessary and feasible, whether originally proposed by the director or by a state agency. (B) In the capital plan and capital budget prepared under this section, the director of budget and management shall not provide for the acquisition of rights-of-way for, construction of, or reconstruction of transportation facilities by the director of transportation, other than transportation facilities financed by the treasurer of state. Division (A)(2) of this section does not require the director of transportation to provide to the director of budget and management recommendations for the acquisition of rights-of-way for, construction of, or reconstruction of transportation facilities, other than transportation facilities financed by the treasurer of state. Last updated October 8, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.95 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.95
§ 121.95. Agency review of rules to identify restrictions
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 175 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in sections 121.95 , 121.951 , 121.952 , 121.953 , and 121.954 of the Revised Code, "state agency" means an administrative department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, an administrative department head appointed under section 121.03 of the Revised Code, and a state agency organized under an administrative department or administrative department head. "State agency" also includes the department of education and workforce, the state lottery commission, the Ohio casino control commission, the state racing commission, and the public utilities commission of Ohio. Rules adopted by an otherwise independent official or entity organized under a state agency shall be attributed to the agency under which the official or entity is organized for the purposes of sections 121.95 , 121.951 , 121.952 , 121.953 , and 121.954 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than December 31, 2019, a state agency shall review its existing rules to identify rules having one or more regulatory restrictions that require or prohibit an action and prepare a base inventory of the regulatory restrictions in its existing rules. Rules that include the words "shall," "must," "require," "shall not," "may not," and "prohibit" shall be considered to contain regulatory restrictions. (C) In the base inventory, the state agency shall indicate all of the following concerning each regulatory restriction: (1) A description of the regulatory restriction; (2) The rule number of the rule in which the regulatory restriction appears; (3) The statute under which the regulatory restriction was adopted; (4) Whether state or federal law expressly and specifically requires the agency to adopt the regulatory restriction or the agency adopted the regulatory restriction under the agency's general authority; (5) Whether removing the regulatory restriction would require a change to state or federal law, provided that removing a regulatory restriction adopted under a law granting the agency general authority shall be presumed not to require a change to state or federal law; (6) Any other information the joint committee on agency rule review considers necessary. (D) The state agency shall compute and state the total number of regulatory restrictions indicated in the base inventory, shall post the base inventory on its web site, and shall electronically transmit a copy of the inventory to the joint committee. The joint committee shall review the base inventory, then transmit it electronically to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate. (E) The following types of rules or regulatory restrictions are not required to be included in a state agency's inventory of regulatory restrictions: (1) An internal management rule; (2) An emergency rule; (3) A rule that state or federal law requires the state agency to adopt verbatim; (4) A regulatory restriction contained in materials or documents incorporated by reference into a rule pursuant to sections 121.71 to 121.75 of the Revised Code; (5) A rule adopted pursuant to section 1347.15 of the Revised Code; (6) A rule concerning instant lottery games; (7) A rule adopted by the Ohio casino control commission or the state lottery commission concerning sports gaming; (8) Any other rule that is not subject to review under Chapter 106. of the Revised Code; (9) Any rule that is adopted as a requirement for the state agency to obtain or maintain accreditation or certification from a multistate organization consisting of at least forty-five participating states. (F) Beginning on October 17, 2019, and ending on June 30, 2025, a state agency may not adopt a new regulatory restriction unless it simultaneously removes two or more other existing regulatory restrictions. The state agency may not satisfy this section by merging two or more existing regulatory restrictions into a single surviving regulatory restriction. Last updated August 16, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.801 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.801
§ 109.801. Annual firearms requalification program
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 98 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) Each year, any of the following persons who are authorized to carry firearms in the course of their official duties shall complete successfully a firearms requalification program approved by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission in accordance with rules adopted by the attorney general pursuant to section 109.743 of the Revised Code: any peace officer, sheriff, chief of police of an organized police department of a municipal corporation or township, chief of police of a township police district or joint police district police force, superintendent of the state highway patrol, state highway patrol trooper, or chief of police of a university or college police department; any parole or probation officer who carries a firearm in the course of official duties; any county correctional officer; the house of representatives sergeant at arms if the house of representatives sergeant at arms has arrest authority pursuant to division (E)(1) of section 101.311 of the Revised Code; any assistant house of representatives sergeant at arms; the senate sergeant at arms; any assistant senate sergeant at arms; any tactical medical professional; any fire investigator; or any employee of the department of youth services who is designated pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 5139.53 of the Revised Code as being authorized to carry a firearm while on duty as described in that division. (2) No person listed in division (A)(1) of this section shall carry a firearm during the course of official duties if the person does not comply with division (A)(1) of this section. (B) The hours that a sheriff spends attending a firearms requalification program required by division (A) of this section are in addition to the sixteen hours of continuing education that are required by division (E) of section 311.01 of the Revised Code. (C) As used in this section, "firearm" has the same meaning as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 28, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 161.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 161 / § 161.29
§ 161.29. Compensating interim successors
Status: in_force

September 30, 1963 Senate Bill 199 - 105th General Assembly When an emergency interim successor lawfully exercises the powers and performs the duties of any public office, he shall receive the compensation and allowances provided by law for the incumbent. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.22
§ 111.22. Copies of resolutions and ordinances to be certified to secretary of state
Status: in_force

December 20, 2005 Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly The fiscal officer of every township and the clerk of every municipal corporation, board of elections, and board of county commissioners shall: (A) Furnish and certify to the secretary of state all copies of resolutions, ordinances, other instruments, portions of public records, and other information as the secretary of state requires; and (B) Furnish and certify duplicate copies of so much of each item as the secretary of state prescribes to the clerk of the court of common pleas and the law library of the county affected.
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.22
§ 133.22. Authorizing anticipatory securities
Status: in_force

October 30, 1989 House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly (A) The taxing authority of a subdivision having legal authority and desiring to issue anticipatory securities that are Chapter 133. securities may pass legislation, and if anticipatory securities are outstanding and are to be paid in whole or in part at their maturity from the proceeds of renewal anticipatory securities, the taxing authority shall pass legislation that does all of the following: (1) With respect to the bonds anticipated: (a) Declares the necessity of the bond issue and states its purpose, which shall be for one purpose, and the principal amount or maximum principal amount of the bonds and an estimated principal payment schedule for and an estimated or maximum average annual interest rate on the bonds; (b) If the issuance of the bonds has been approved by a vote of the electors, identifies the election at which approved; (c) Identifies the source or sources of payment of debt charges on the bonds as provided in division (C) of section 133.23 of the Revised Code. (2) With respect to anticipatory securities: (a) States the principal amount or maximum principal amount of the anticipatory securities to be issued and outstanding, not to exceed the amount of the bond issue; (b) Provides for, or provides for the method for from time to time establishing or determining, the rate or rates of interest or the maximum rate or rates of interest to be paid on the anticipatory securities, the date or dates of the anticipatory securities, and the maturity or maturities or the maximum maturity of the anticipatory securities subject to division (C) of this section; (c) Establishes provisions, if any, for redemption or prepayment of the anticipatory securities in whole or in part before maturity; (d) If the bonds anticipated are payable from a property tax, provides for the levy of a property tax during the years the anticipatory securities are outstanding, not less than the tax that would have been levied if the bonds anticipated had been issued without the prior issuance of the anticipatory securities. (B) The fiscal officer of the subdivision shall file a copy of the legislation passed under division (A) of this section with the county auditor of each county in which any part of the subdivision is located. (C) Subject to division (B) of section 133.17 of the Revised Code as to anticipatory securities anticipating the levy of special assessments or the issuance of securities under division (A) of that section, any anticipatory securities issued with a latest maturity of less than two hundred forty months may be renewed from time to time until the expiration of two hundred forty months from the date of issuance of the original anticipatory securities, or, if later, until the final disposition of any litigation that prevents the sale or issuance of the bonds anticipated. If any of the anticipatory securities are outstanding later than the last day of December of the fifth year following the year of issuance of the original anticipatory securities, the following apply: (1) There shall be deducted from the latest permitted maturity of the bonds anticipated, as determined under sections 133.19 and 133.20 of the Revised Code, the period in excess of those five years during which the anticipatory securities are outstanding. (2) After the five-year period, a portion of the principal of the anticipatory securities shall be paid in each year in annual amounts at least equal to, and payable not later than the payment dates of, the amounts of principal that would have been paid if bonds payable, as determined by the taxing authority in the legislation passed pursuant to division (A) of this section, as provided in division (A)(1) or (2) of section 133.21 of the Revised Code, had been issued at the expiration of the initial five-year period. (3) The latest maturity of anticipatory securities may not in any case exceed the maximum maturity of the bonds anticipated plus five years. Anticipatory securities issued with a maturity or latest maturity meeting the maximum maturity limitation of the preceding sentence shall not be issued as anticipatory securities in anticipation of bonds but shall be payable and paid from other sources. (D)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, but subject to the provisions of this division (D), sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code apply to anticipatory securities issued under this section to the extent made applicable by the taxing authority in its legislation. (2) Terms used in this division that are defined in section 9.98 of the Revised Code have the meanings stated in that section. (3) The taxing authority shall in the proceedings set one or more maximum rates of interest for the anticipatory securities. (4) The taxing authority may reserve the right to replace any remarketing agent and indexing agent at any time after notice of replacement is given and, as to anticipatory securities with a floating rate interest structure or put arrangement, effective at the end of an interest rate period or after a designated put date, upon determination by the taxing authority or by an officer of the subdivision as provided for in the proceedings. (5) Changes in interest rate, interest rate period, or put dates shall be authorized by the taxing authority or by an officer of the subdivision as provided for in the proceedings. (6) Proceedings for anticipatory securities having a put arrangement may provide for redemption, with or without premium, at the option of the subdivision at any time, and shall provide for optional redemption as of any put date that is at least six months subsequent to the last previous put date as of which optional redemption could have been exercised by the subdivision. (7) Proceedings for commercial paper, subject to the limitations set forth in those proceedings, may authorize successive issues of commercial paper in such amounts and with such interest rates and maturity dates as are approved from time to time by an officer of the subdivision and in the manner as provided for in the proceedings, which approvals may be by oral communication prior to delivery of an issue of commercial paper and subsequently confirmed in writing. (8) Proceedings for anticipatory securities with a floating rate interest structure and for commercial paper shall set forth the estimated interest rate, based upon then current financial market conditions, that would be borne by the bonds anticipated by the anticipatory securities if these bonds were sold at the time of original authorization of those anticipatory securities. That estimated interest rate shall be confirmed or reestimated in each measure making the annual appropriations of the subdivision unless it has been confirmed or redetermined for that fiscal year prior to the adoption of the annual appropriation measure. (9) The maximum interest rates set under division (D)(3) of this section shall not exceed the estimated average annual interest rate on the bonds anticipated by the anticipatory securities, unless: (a) Pursuant to the proceedings for those anticipatory securities and in the annual appropriation measures of the subdivision, if necessary, provision is made whereby payment of the additional interest under any such higher maximum interest rate in excess of the estimated average annual interest rate on the bonds or in excess of the maximum interest rate payable by a person under an interest rate swap arrangement referred to in division (D)(9)(b) of this section, if higher, will be provided for adequately without necessity for the levy of any property tax for the purpose, by: (i) Capitalized interest, if any, together with; (ii) Amounts temporarily set aside in the bond retirement fund from moneys in the bond retirement fund not required by law or contract to be used to pay debt charges on any other securities and in excess of other requirements of the bond retirement fund for the current fiscal year, or temporarily advanced for the purpose from any special fund of the subdivision to which the purpose of the anticipatory securities relates, or from the general fund of the subdivision; or (iii) Any combination of the foregoing; or (b) There is currently in effect an interest rate swap arrangement between the subdivision and another person, the obligations of which person are rated in one of the two highest rating categories of a national rating agency, pursuant to which interest rate swap arrangement such other person has undertaken to pay interest on the anticipatory securities in excess of such effective interest rate on the bonds. (10) Provision shall be made in the tax budgets and annual appropriation measures of the subdivision for the amounts and from sources referred to in division (D)(9)(a)(ii) of this section and no tax levy shall be provided for such amounts. Amounts so provided pursuant to division (D)(9)(a)(ii) of this section shall lapse as of the last day of each fiscal year following the fiscal year of the original issuance of the anticipatory securities, and be returned to the fund or account from which they were provided. In the event of failure of the taxing authority to make the appropriation necessary to meet the provision of division (D)(9)(a)(ii) of this section, the anticipatory securities shall be redeemed on or before the last day of the second calendar month of the fiscal year for which the annual appropriations measure adopted fails to make such provisions and in such circumstances the anticipatory securities shall be subject to redemption, at not to exceed their par value. (E) Renewal anticipatory securities or bonds to pay debt charges on anticipatory securities issued pursuant to this section or section 133.17 or 133.23 of the Revised Code may be issued at an interest rate or rates determined or authorized by the taxing authority, notwithstanding any statutory or charter limitation on interest rates payable on any securities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.41
§ 149.41. School district records commission - educational service center records commission
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly There is hereby created in each city, local, joint vocational, and exempted village school district a school district records commission, and in each educational service center an educational service center records commission. Each records commission shall be composed of the president, the treasurer of the board of education or governing board of the educational service center, and the superintendent of schools in each such district or educational service center. The commission shall meet at least once every twelve months. The function of the commission shall be to review applications for one-time disposal of obsolete records and schedules of records retention and disposition submitted by any employee of the school district or educational service center. The commission may dispose of records pursuant to the procedure outlined in section 149.381 of the Revised Code. The commission, at any time, may review any schedule it has previously approved and, for good cause shown, may revise that schedule under the procedure outlined in that section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.10
§ 149.10. Submission of audit reports
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly All boards, commissions, agencies, institutions, and departments in the executive branch of state government shall submit to the auditor of state a copy of each formal internally or independently produced audit report, as well as any management study or report that recommends changes that would affect the auditing system. Pursuant to section 117.43 of the Revised Code, no such report shall be produced without the approval of the auditor of state. Last updated July 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.04
§ 153.04. Forms for providing bidding information - life-cycle costs
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The plans, details, bills of material, specifications of work, estimates of cost in detail and in the aggregate, life-cycle cost analysis, form of bid, bid guaranty, and other data that may be required shall be prepared on such material and in such manner and form as are prescribed by the Ohio facilities construction commission. The life-cycle costs shall be a primary consideration in the selection of a design. The same shall be deposited and safely kept in the office of the owner as defined in section 153.01 of the Revised Code as the property of the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.421 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.421
§ 128.421. Collection of access fee on prepaid wireless service
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Except as provided in division (B)(3) of section 128.422 of the Revised Code, the seller of the prepaid calling service shall collect the next generation 9-1-1 access fee imposed under section 128.42 of the Revised Code in the same manner as described in section 128.414 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 15, 2023 at 5:43 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.711 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.711
§ 101.711. Contracts with legislative agents
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Legislative agent" has the meaning defined in section 101.70 of the Revised Code. (2) "State agency" has the meaning defined in section 117.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "State institution of higher education" means any state university or college as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3345.12 of the Revised Code, community college established under Chapter 3354. of the Revised Code, state community college established under Chapter 3358. of the Revised Code, university branch established under Chapter 3355. of the Revised Code, or technical college established under Chapter 3357. of the Revised Code. (B) No state agency or state institution of higher education shall enter into a contract with a legislative agent, with a cost exceeding fifty thousand dollars in a calendar year, without the approval of the controlling board. This section does not apply to an employment contract pursuant to which an individual is employed directly by a state agency or state institution of higher education as a legislative agent.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.941 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.941
§ 109.941. Technical assistance regarding identity fraud crimes
Status: in_force

September 1, 2008 House Bill 46 - 127th General Assembly The attorney general shall cooperate with and provide technical assistance to any local law enforcement agency in the state, upon that agency's request, with respect to enforcement of identity fraud crimes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.21
§ 149.21. Uniform electronic legal material act - definitions; applicability
Status: in_force

September 28, 2018 Senate Bill 139 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in sections 149.21 to 149.27 of the Revised Code: (1) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. (2) "Legal material" means all of the following, whether or not in effect: (a) The Constitution of this state; (b) The session laws of this state; (c) The Revised Code; (d) State agency rules that have or had the effect of law; (e) The final decisions of state administrative agencies. (3) "Official publisher" includes all of the following: (a) For the Constitution of this state, the secretary of state; (b) For the session laws of this state, the secretary of state; (c) For the Revised Code, the legislative service commission; (d) For the Ohio administrative code, the legislative service commission; (e) For a rule not published in the Ohio administrative code, the state agency adopting the rule; (f) For the final decision of a state administrative agency, the agency making the decision. (4) "Publish" means to display, present, or release to the public, or cause to be displayed, presented, or released to the public, by the official publisher. (5) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. (6) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. (B) Sections 149.21 to 149.27 of the Revised Code may be cited as the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act. (C) Sections 149.21 to 149.27 of the Revised Code apply to all legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under section 149.22 of the Revised Code and is first published electronically on or after the effective date of this act. Last updated August 7, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 167.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 167 / § 167.05
§ 167.05. Employing personnel
Status: in_force

April 3, 2023 Senate Bill 202 - 134th General Assembly The council may employ such staff and contract for the services of such consultants and experts, and may purchase or lease or otherwise provide for such supplies, materials, equipment, and facilities as it deems necessary and appropriate in the manner and under procedures established in the by-laws of the council. The council may contract with the prosecuting attorney of a county, as provided in section 309.09 of the Revised Code, to obtain legal services from the prosecuting attorney. Last updated March 3, 2023 at 2:09 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.26
§ 126.26. Director as chairperson of gubernatorial transition committee - powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 29, 1997 House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly The director of budget and management, when serving as chairperson of the gubernatorial transition committee appointed under section 107.29 of the Revised Code, shall: (A) Make available to the governor-elect all the information the office of budget and management has concerning the income and revenues of the state and the state budget, and assign one or more employees of the office to assist the governor-elect in the governor-elect's study of the information; (B) In consultation with the director of administrative services, assign and make available office space sufficient to accommodate the governor-elect and the governor-elect's immediate staff pending the governor-elect's inauguration as governor; (C) As necessary, direct any state agency to furnish such information as may be necessary to the governor, the governor-elect, or the gubernatorial transition committee; (D) Preside as chairperson at all meetings of the gubernatorial transition committee; (E) Pay the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by or on behalf of the governor-elect from moneys appropriated for that purpose under section 107.30 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.392 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.392
§ 124.392. Exempt employees cost savings program
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Exempt employee" has the same meaning as in section 124.152 of the Revised Code. (2) "Fiscal emergency" means a fiscal emergency declared by the governor under section 126.05 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of administrative services may establish a voluntary cost savings program for exempt employees. (C) The director of administrative services shall establish a mandatory cost savings program applicable to exempt employees. Subject to division (C)(1) of this section, the program may include, but is not limited to, a loss of pay or loss of holiday pay as determined by the director. The program may be administered differently among exempt employees based on their classifications, appointment categories, appointing authorities, or other relevant distinctions. (1) Each full-time exempt employee shall participate in the program for a total of eighty hours of mandatory cost savings in both fiscal year 2010 and fiscal year 2011. Each part-time exempt employee shall participate in the program by not receiving holiday pay during both fiscal year 2010 and fiscal year 2011. Each employee of the secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, and attorney general shall participate in the program unless the secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, or attorney general decides to exempt the officer's employees from the program and so notifies the director of administrative services in writing on or before July 1, 2009. After July 1, 2009, the secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, or attorney general may decide to begin participation in the program for eighty hours or less and shall notify the director of administrative services in writing. The secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, or attorney general and the director shall mutually agree upon an implementation date. (2) After June 30, 2011, the director of administrative services, in consultation with the director of budget and management, may implement mandatory cost savings days applicable to exempt employees in the event of a fiscal emergency. Each employee of the secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, and attorney general shall participate in the mandatory cost savings days unless the secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, or attorney general decides to exempt the officer's employees from the mandatory cost savings days and so notifies the director of administrative services in the manner the director of administrative services prescribes by rule adopted under this section. (D) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to provide for the administration of the voluntary cost savings program and the mandatory cost savings program. (E) Cost savings days provided pursuant to this section or by a labor-management contract or agreement shall be considered remuneration for purposes of section 4141.31 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.08
§ 147.08. Fees
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) A notary public is entitled to the following fees: (1) Up to five dollars for any notarial act that is not an online notarization; (2) For an online notarization, up to thirty dollars. (B) A notary charging the fee authorized under division (A)(2) of this section shall not also charge the fee authorized under division (A)(1) of this section. (C) The fees charged under division (A) of this section shall not be calculated on a per signature basis. (D) In addition to the fees authorized under division (A) of this section, a notary may charge either or both of the following: (1) A reasonable travel fee, as agreed to by the notary and the principal prior to the notarial act; (2) A technology fee up to ten dollars for the use of an online notarization system when performing an online notarization, as defined in section 147.60 of the Revised Code. A notary may charge a technology fee regardless of whether the notarial act is completed, such as when a signer fails to pass the identification process in the online notarization system, but the total technology fee charged shall not exceed ten dollars per online notarization session. (E) The secretary of state may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to increase the fees authorized under this section. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 123.282 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 123 / § 123.282
§ 123.282. Ohio cultural and sports facility performance grant fund
Status: in_force

November 25, 2025 House Bill 434 - 136th General Assembly The Ohio cultural and sports facility performance grant fund is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of all money remitted by the director of commerce under division (I) of section 169.08 of the Revised Code and amounts appropriated by the general assembly. The money in the fund shall be used as performance grants for Ohio sports facility and major sports facility projects in accordance with sections 123.281 and 123.283 of the Revised Code. The money in the fund shall be used for Ohio cultural facilities subject to appropriations made by the general assembly. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Last updated January 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.4013 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.4013
§ 122.4013. Grant applications by broadband providers
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly A broadband provider may apply for a program grant under the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 12:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.49
§ 147.49. Determination regarding acknowledgement or verification
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) A notary public who takes an acknowledgment of a record shall determine, from personal knowledge or satisfactory evidence of the identity of the person acknowledging, that the person appearing before the notary public and making the acknowledgment has the identity claimed and that the signature on the record is the signature of the person. (B) A notary public who takes a verification of a statement on oath or affirmation, a jurat, shall determine from personal knowledge or satisfactory evidence of the identity of the person making the verification, that the person appearing before the notary public and making the verification has the identity claimed and that the signature on the statement verified is the signature of the person. Last updated February 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.27
§ 173.27. Criminal records check of ombudsman positions
Status: in_force

December 22, 2021 Senate Bill 217 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Applicant" means a person who is under final consideration for employment by a responsible party in a full-time, part-time, or temporary position that involves providing ombudsman services to residents and recipients. "Applicant" includes a person who is under final consideration for employment as the state long-term care ombudsman or the head of a regional long-term care ombudsman program. "Applicant" does not include a person seeking to provide ombudsman services to residents and recipients as a volunteer without receiving or expecting to receive any form of remuneration other than reimbursement for actual expenses. (2) "Criminal records check" has the same meaning as in section 109.572 of the Revised Code. (3) "Disqualifying offense" means any of the offenses listed or described in divisions (A)(3)(a) to (e) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code. (4) "Employee" means a person employed by a responsible party in a full-time, part-time, or temporary position that involves providing ombudsman services to residents and recipients. "Employee" includes the person employed as the state long-term care ombudsman and a person employed as the head of a regional long-term care ombudsman program. "Employee" does not include a person who provides ombudsman services to residents and recipients as a volunteer without receiving or expecting to receive any form of remuneration other than reimbursement for actual expenses. (5) "Responsible party" means the following: (a) In the case of an applicant who is under final consideration for employment as the state long-term care ombudsman or the person employed as the state long-term care ombudsman, the director of aging; (b) In the case of any other applicant who is under final consideration for employment with the state long-term care ombudsman program or any other employee of the state long-term care ombudsman program, the state long-term care ombudsman; (c) In the case of an applicant who is under final consideration for employment with a regional long-term care ombudsman program (including as the head of the regional program) or an employee of a regional long-term care ombudsman program (including the head of a regional program), the regional long-term care ombudsman program. (B) A responsible party may not employ an applicant or continue to employ an employee in a position that involves providing ombudsman services to residents and recipients if any of the following apply: (1) A review of the databases listed in division (D) of this section reveals any of the following: (a) That the applicant or employee is included in one or more of the databases listed in divisions (D)(1) to (5) of this section; (b) That there is in the state nurse aide registry established under section 3721.32 of the Revised Code a statement detailing findings by the director of health that the applicant or employee abused, neglected, or exploited a long-term care facility or residential care facility resident or misappropriated property of such a resident; (c) That the applicant or employee is included in one or more of the databases, if any, specified in rules adopted under this section and the rules prohibit the responsible party from employing an applicant or continuing to employ an employee included in such a database in a position that involves providing ombudsman services to residents and recipients. (2) After the applicant or employee is provided, pursuant to division (E)(2)(a) of this section, a copy of the form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code and the standard impression sheet prescribed pursuant to division (C)(2) of that section, the applicant or employee fails to complete the form or provide the applicant's or employee's fingerprint impressions on the standard impression sheet. (3) Unless the applicant or employee meets standards specified in rules adopted under this section, the applicant or employee is found by a criminal records check required by this section to have been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or been found eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction for a disqualifying offense. (C) A responsible party or a responsible party's designee shall inform each applicant of both of the following at the time of the applicant's initial application for employment in a position that involves providing ombudsman services to residents and recipients: (1) That a review of the databases listed in division (D) of this section will be conducted to determine whether the responsible party is prohibited by division (B)(1) of this section from employing the applicant in the position; (2) That, unless the database review reveals that the applicant may not be employed in the position, a criminal records check of the applicant will be conducted and the applicant is required to provide a set of the applicant's fingerprint impressions as part of the criminal records check. (D) As a condition of any applicant's being employed by a responsible party in a position that involves providing ombudsman services to residents and recipients, the responsible party or designee shall conduct a database review of the applicant in accordance with rules adopted under this section. If rules adopted under this section so require, the responsible party or designee shall conduct a database review of an employee in accordance with the rules as a condition of the responsible party continuing to employ the employee in a position that involves providing ombudsman services to residents and recipients. A database review shall determine whether the applicant or employee is included in any of the following: (1) The excluded parties list system that is maintained by the United States general services administration pursuant to subpart 9.4 of the federal acquisition regulation and available at the federal web site known as the system for award management; (2) The list of excluded individuals and entities maintained by the office of inspector general in the United States department of health and human services pursuant to section 1128 of the "Social Security Act," 94 Stat. 2619 (1980), 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7, as amended, and section 1156 of the "Social Security Act," 96 Stat. 388 (1982), 42 U.S.C. 1320c-5, as amended; (3) The registry of developmental disabilities employees established under section 5123.52 of the Revised Code; (4) The internet-based sex offender and child-victim offender database established under division (A)(11) of section 2950.13 of the Revised Code; (5) The internet-based database of inmates established under section 5120.66 of the Revised Code; (6) The state nurse aide registry established under section 3721.32 of the Revised Code; (7) Any other database, if any, specified in rules adopted under this section. (E)(1) As a condition of any applicant's being employed by a responsible party in a position that involves providing ombudsman services to residents and recipients, the responsible party or designee shall request that the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation conduct a criminal records check of the applicant. If rules adopted under this section so require, the responsible party or designee shall request that the superintendent conduct a criminal records check of an employee at times specified in the rules as a condition of the responsible party continuing to employ the employee in a position that involves providing ombudsman services to residents and recipients. However, the responsible party or designee is not required to request the criminal records check of the applicant or employee if the responsible party is prohibited by division (B)(1) of this section from employing the applicant or continuing to employ the employee in a position that involves providing ombudsman services to residents and recipients. If an applicant or employee for whom a criminal records check request is required by this section does not present proof of having been a resident of this state for the five-year period immediately prior to the date the criminal records check is requested or provide evidence that within that five-year period the superintendent has requested information about the applicant or employee from the federal bureau of investigation in a criminal records check, the responsible party or designee shall request that the superintendent obtain information from the federal bureau of investigation as part of the criminal records check. Even if an applicant or employee for whom a criminal records check request is required by this section presents proof of having been a resident of this state for the five-year period, the responsible party or designee may request that the superintendent include information from the federal bureau of investigation in the criminal records check. (2) A responsible party or designee shall do all of the following: (a) Provide to each applicant and employee for whom a criminal records check request is required by this section a copy of the form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code and a standard impression sheet prescribed pursuant to division (C)(2) of that section; (b) Obtain the completed form and standard impression sheet from the applicant or employee; (c) Forward the completed form and standard impression sheet to the superintendent. (3) A responsible party shall pay to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation the fee prescribed pursuant to division (C)(3) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code for each criminal records check the responsible party or the responsible party's designee requests under this section. The responsible party may charge an applicant a fee not exceeding the amount the responsible party pays to the bureau under this section if the responsible party or designee notifies the applicant at the time of initial application for employment of the amount of the fee. (F)(1) A responsible party may employ conditionally an applicant for whom a criminal records check is required by this section prior to obtaining the results of the criminal records check if both of the following apply: (a) The responsible party is not prohibited by division (B)(1) of this section from employing the applicant in a position that involves providing ombudsman services to residents and recipients; (b) The responsible party or designee requests the criminal records check in accordance with division (E) of this section before conditionally employing the applicant. (2) A responsible party shall terminate the employment of an applicant employed conditionally under division (F)(1) of this section if the results of the criminal records check, other than the results of any request for information from the federal bureau of investigation, are not obtained within the period ending sixty days after the date the request for the criminal records check is made. Regardless of when the results of the criminal records check are obtained, if the results indicate that the applicant has been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or been found eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction for a disqualifying offense, the responsible party shall terminate the applicant's employment unless the applicant meets standards specified in rules adopted under this section that permit the responsible party to employ the applicant and the responsible party chooses to employ the applicant. Termination of employment under this division shall be considered just cause for discharge for purposes of division (D)(2) of section 4141.29 of the Revised Code if the applicant makes any attempt to deceive the responsible party or designee about the applicant's criminal record. (G) The report of any criminal records check conducted pursuant to a request made under this section is not a public record for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall not be made available to any person other than the following: (1) The applicant or employee who is the subject of the criminal records check or the applicant's or employee's representative; (2) The responsible party or designee; (3) In the case of a criminal records check conducted for an applicant who is under final consideration for employment with a regional long-term care ombudsman program (including as the head of the regional program) or an employee of a regional long-term care ombudsman program (including the head of a regional program), the state long-term care ombudsman or a representative of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program who is responsible for monitoring the regional program's compliance with this section; (4) A court or hearing officer involved in a case dealing with any of the following: (a) A denial of employment of the applicant or employee; (b) Employment or unemployment benefits of the applicant or employee; (c) A civil or criminal action regarding the medicaid program or a program the department of aging administers. (5) Pursuant to a lawful subpoena or valid court order, any necessary individual not identified in division (G)(4) of this section who is involved in a case dealing with any issue, matter, or action described in division (G)(4)(a), (b), or (c) of this section. (H) In a tort or other civil action for damages that is brought as the result of an injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by an applicant or employee who a responsible party employs in a position that involves providing ombudsman services to residents and recipients, all of the following shall apply: (1) If the responsible party employed the applicant or employee in good faith and reasonable reliance on the report of a criminal records check requested under this section, the responsible party shall not be found negligent solely because of its reliance on the report, even if the information in the report is determined later to have been incomplete or inaccurate. (2) If the responsible party employed the applicant in good faith on a conditional basis pursuant to division (F) of this section, the responsible party shall not be found negligent solely because it employed the applicant prior to receiving the report of a criminal records check requested under this section. (3) If the responsible party in good faith employed the applicant or employee because the applicant or employee meets standards specified in rules adopted under this section, the responsible party shall not be found negligent solely because the applicant or employee has been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or been found eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction for a disqualifying offense. (I) The state long-term care ombudsman may not act as the director of aging's designee for the purpose of this section. The head of a regional long-term care ombudsman program may not act as the regional program's designee for the purpose of this section if the head is the employee for whom a database review or criminal records check is being conducted. (J) The director of aging shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement this section. (1) The rules may do the following: (a) Require employees to undergo database reviews and criminal records checks under this section; (b) If the rules require employees to undergo database reviews and criminal records checks under this section, exempt one or more classes of employees from the requirements; (c) For the purpose of division (D)(7) of this section, specify other databases that are to be checked as part of a database review conducted under this section. (2) The rules shall specify all of the following: (a) The procedures for conducting database reviews under this section; (b) If the rules require employees to undergo database reviews and criminal records checks under this section, the times at which the database reviews and criminal records checks are to be conducted; (c) If the rules specify other databases to be checked as part of the database reviews, the circumstances under which a responsible party is prohibited from employing an applicant or continuing to employ an employee who is found by a database review to be included in one or more of those databases; (d) Standards that an applicant or employee must meet for a responsible party to be permitted to employ the applicant or continue to employ the employee in a position that involves providing ombudsman services to residents and recipients if the applicant or employee is found by a criminal records check required by this section to have been convicted of, pleaded guilty to, or been found eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction for a disqualifying offense. Last updated December 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 113.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 113 / § 113.74
§ 113.74. Public comment
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly Not later than one year after the Ohio state and local government expenditure database is implemented, the treasurer of state shall coordinate with the director of budget and management to provide an opportunity for public comment as to the utility of the database. Last updated September 16, 2021 at 11:14 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.04
§ 135.04. Eligibility for state deposits - warrant clearance accounts
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Any institution mentioned in section 135.03 of the Revised Code is eligible to become a public depository of the active deposits and interim deposits of public moneys of the state subject to the requirements of sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. (B) To facilitate the settlement of obligations of the state treasury and custodial funds in the custody of the treasurer of state, the state board of deposit may delegate the authority to the treasurer of state to establish warrant clearance accounts in any institution mentioned in section 135.03 of the Revised Code. The balances maintained in such warrant clearance accounts shall be at sufficient levels to cover the activity generated by such accounts on an individual basis. Any financial institution in the state that has a warrant clearance account established by the treasurer of state shall, not more than fifteen days after the close of each month, prepare and transmit to the treasurer of state an analysis statement of such account for the month then ended. Such statement shall contain such information as determined by the state board of deposit. (C) Each governing board shall award the active deposits of public moneys subject to its control to the eligible institutions in accordance with this section, except that no such public depository shall thereby be required to take or permitted to receive and have at any one time a greater amount of active deposits of such public moneys than that specified in the application of such depository. When, by reason of such limitation or otherwise, the amount of active public moneys deposited or to be deposited in a public depository, pursuant to an award made under this section, is reduced or withdrawn, as the case requires, the amount of such reduction or the sum so withdrawn shall be deposited in another eligible institution applying therefor, or if there is no such eligible institution, then the amount so withheld or withdrawn shall be awarded or deposited for the remainder of the period of designation in accordance with sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. (D) Any institution mentioned in section 135.03 of the Revised Code is eligible to become a public depository of the inactive and interim deposits of public moneys of a subdivision. In case the aggregate amount of inactive or interim deposits applied for by such eligible institutions is less than the aggregate maximum amount of such inactive or interim deposits as estimated to be deposited pursuant to sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code, the governing board of the subdivision may designate as a public depository of the inactive or interim deposits of the public moneys thereof, one or more institutions of a kind mentioned in section 135.03 of the Revised Code, subject to the requirements of sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. (E) Any institution mentioned in section 135.03 of the Revised Code is eligible to become a public depository of the active deposits of public moneys of a subdivision. In case the aggregate amount of active deposits of the public moneys of the subdivision applied for by such eligible institutions is less than the aggregate maximum amount to be deposited as such, as estimated by the governing board, said board may designate as a public depository of the active deposits of the public moneys of the subdivision, one or more institutions of the kind mentioned in section 135.03 of the Revised Code, subject to the requirements of sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. (F)(1) The governing board of the state or of a subdivision may designate one or more minority banks as public depositories of its inactive, interim, or active deposits of public moneys designated as federal funds. Except for section 135.18 , 135.181 , or 135.182 of the Revised Code, Chapter 135. of the Revised Code does not apply to the application for, or the award of, such deposits. As used in this division, "minority bank" means a bank that is owned or controlled by one or more socially or economically disadvantaged persons. Such disadvantage may arise from cultural, ethnic, or racial background, chronic economic circumstances, or other similar cause. Such persons include, but are not limited to, Afro-Americans, Puerto Ricans, Spanish-speaking Americans, and American Indians. (2) In enacting this division, the general assembly finds that: (a) Certain commercial banks are owned or controlled by minority Americans; (b) Minority banks are an important source of banking services in their communities; (c) Minority banks have been unsuccessful in competing under Chapter 135. of the Revised Code for the award of federal funds; (d) This division contains safeguards for the protection of the general public and the banking industry, since it provides the governing board of the state or political subdivision with permissive authority in the award of deposits; limits the authority of the governing board to the award of federal funds; and subjects minority banks to certain limitations of Chapter 135. of the Revised Code, including the requirement that, as in the case of every financial institution subject to Chapter 135. of the Revised Code, a minority bank pledge certain securities for repayment of the deposits. (3) The purpose of this division is to recognize that the state has a substantial and compelling interest in encouraging the establishment, development, and stability of minority banks by facilitating their access to the award of federal funds, while ensuring the protection of the general public and the banking industry. (G) The governing board of a subdivision shall award the first twenty-five thousand dollars of the active deposits of public moneys subject to its control to the eligible institution or institutions applying or qualifying therefor on the basis of the operating needs of the subdivision and shall award the active deposits of public moneys subject to its control in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars to the eligible institution or institutions applying or qualifying therefor. Last updated August 30, 2023 at 9:42 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.99
§ 111.99. Violations; penalty
Status: in_force

April 29, 2022 House Bill 93 - 134th General Assembly (A) No person who submits an application under section 111.42 of the Revised Code shall knowingly make a false attestation in the application that the applicant fears for the applicant's safety, the safety of a member of the applicant's household, or the safety of the minor, incompetent, or ward on whose behalf the application is made because the applicant, household member, minor, incompetent, or ward is a victim of domestic violence, menacing by stalking, human trafficking, trafficking in persons, rape, or sexual battery. (B)(1) As used in division (B) of this section: (a) "Public official" means any officer, employee, or duly authorized representative or agent of a public office. (b) "Public office" means any state agency, public institution, political subdivision, other organized body, office, agency, institution, or entity established by the laws of this state for the exercise of any function of government. (2) No public official who has access to a confidential address or telephone number or to information that is subject to a real property confidentiality notice under section 111.431 of the Revised Code because of the person's status as a public official shall knowingly disclose that confidential information to any person, except as required or permitted by law. (C) No person who obtains a confidential address or telephone number from the Ohio law enforcement gateway shall knowingly disclose that confidential address or telephone number to any person, except as is necessary for a law enforcement purpose when related to the performance of official duties, or for another legitimate governmental purpose. (D) No person who obtains a confidential address or telephone number from the secretary of state under division (E) of section 111.43 of the Revised Code shall knowingly disclose that information to any person, except for the purpose for which the disclosure was authorized under that division. (E) No person who obtains information that is subject to a real property confidentiality notice under section 111.431 of the Revised Code for the purpose of conducting a title examination under division (E) of that section shall knowingly disclose that confidential information to any person, except for the purpose identified in the application submitted under that division. (F) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Last updated February 2, 2022 at 3:58 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 156.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 156 / § 156.03
§ 156.03. Implementing energy saving measures
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly (A) If the executive director of the Ohio facilities construction commission wishes to enter into an installment payment contract pursuant to section 156.04 of the Revised Code or any other contract to implement one or more energy or water saving measures, the executive director may proceed under Chapter 153. of the Revised Code, or, alternatively, the executive director may request the controlling board to exempt the contract from Chapter 153. of the Revised Code. A surety bond furnished pursuant to section 153.54 of the Revised Code shall not secure obligations related to energy or water savings as referenced in division (D) of this section. If the controlling board by a majority vote approves an exemption, that chapter shall not apply to the contract and instead the executive director shall request proposals from at least three parties for the implementation of the energy or water saving measures. Prior to providing any interested party a copy of any such request, the executive director shall advertise, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the contract is to be performed, and may advertise by electronic means pursuant to rules adopted by the executive director, the executive director's intent to request proposals for the implementation of the energy or water saving measures. The notice shall invite interested parties to submit proposals for consideration and shall be published at least thirty days prior to the date for accepting proposals. (B) Upon receiving the proposals, the executive director shall analyze them and, after considering the cost estimates of each proposal and the availability of funds to pay for each with current appropriations or by financing the cost of each through an installment payment contract under section 156.04 of the Revised Code, may select one or more proposals or reject all proposals. In selecting proposals, the executive director shall select the one or more proposals most likely to result in the greatest energy, water, or wastewater savings, operating costs savings, and avoided capital costs created. (C) No contract shall be awarded to implement energy or water saving measures under this section, unless the executive director finds that both of the following circumstances exists: (1) Not less than one-fifteenth of the costs of the contract shall be paid within two years from the date of purchase; (2) In the case of a contract for a cogeneration system described in division (B)(8) of section 156.01 of the Revised Code, the remaining balance of the cost of the contract shall be paid within twenty years from the date of purchase, and, in the case of all other contracts, fifteen years. (D) If the executive director determines that a surety bond is necessary to secure energy or water savings guaranteed in the contract, the energy services company shall provide a surety bond that satisfies all of the following requirements: (1) The penal sum of the surety bond for the first guarantee year shall equal the amount of savings included in the annual guaranteed savings amount that is measured and calculated in accordance with the measurement and verification plan included in the contract, but may not include savings that are not measured or that are stipulated in the contract. The annual guaranteed savings amount shall include only the savings guaranteed in the contract for the one-year term that begins on the first day of the first savings guarantee year and may not include amounts from subsequent years. (2) The surety bond shall have a term of not more than one year unless renewed. At the option of the executive director, the surety bond may be renewed for one or two additional terms, each term not to exceed one year. The surety bond may not be renewed or extended so that it is in effect for more than three consecutive years. In the event of a renewal, the penal sum of the surety bond for each renewed year shall be revised so that the penal sum equals the annual guaranteed savings amount for such renewal year that is measured and calculated in accordance with the measurement and verification plan included in the contract, but may not include savings that are not measured or that are stipulated in the contract. Regardless of the number of renewals of the bond, the aggregate liability under each renewed bond may not exceed the penal sum stated in the renewal certificate for the applicable renewal year. (3) The surety bond for the first year shall be issued within thirty days of the commencement of the first savings guarantee year under the contract. In the event of renewal, the surety shall deliver to the executive director a renewal certificate reflecting the revised penal sum within thirty days of the executive director's request. The executive director shall deliver the request for renewal not less than thirty days prior to the expiration date of the surety bond then in existence.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.24
§ 145.24. Inequality of contributions by employer
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Should any employer fail to contribute to the employers' accumulation fund on a basis equal to that on which other employers are contributing, the public employees retirement board shall hold all contributions from such employer in a separate fund as long as the inequality of contributions continues. During that period no funds contributed by any other employers shall be used to pay benefits to persons who were employees of such employer at the time of retirement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 120.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 120 / § 120.39
§ 120.39. Conflict of interest
Status: in_force

March 15, 1982 Senate Bill 38 - 114th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, counsel appointed by the court, co-counsel appointed to assist the state public defender or a county or joint county public defender, and any public defender, county public defender, or joint county defender, or member of their offices, shall not be a partner or employee of any prosecuting attorney, city director of law, village solicitor, or similar chief legal officer. (B) A partner or employee of a village solicitor or of a law firm, legal professional association, or legal clinic with which the village solicitor is affiliated may be appointed by the court, assist a public defender, or serve as public defender in any criminal proceedings in which the village solicitor is not acting as prosecuting attorney. (C) No prosecuting attorney, city director of law or similar officer or their assistants and employees, and no judge or court employee shall serve on the state public defender commission, or any county or joint county public defender commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.23
§ 133.23. Legislation authorizing issuance of anticipatory securities
Status: in_force

September 17, 1991 House Bill 207 - 119th General Assembly (A) If the taxing authority has not determined to issue anticipatory securities in anticipation of bonds under section 133.22 of the Revised Code the taxing authority may, and if the taxing authority has issued such anticipatory securities and they are to be paid in whole or in part at their maturity from the proceeds of bonds the taxing authority shall, pass legislation that: (1) Declares the necessity of the bond issue, and determines whether the bonds are to be issued in one lot or in installments; (2) States the principal amount or maximum principal amount of the bonds to be issued; (3) States the purpose of the bond issue, which shall be for one purpose, except as otherwise authorized in division (B) of section 133.30 of the Revised Code; (4) States or provides for the date of, and the dates and amounts or maximum amounts of maturities or principal payments on, the bonds, which need not be the same as those stated in any prior legislation; (5) States any provisions for a mandatory sinking fund or mandatory sinking fund redemption or for redemption prior to maturity; (6) Provides for the rate or rates of interest or maximum rate or rates of interest or, if otherwise authorized, the method for from time to time establishing or determining the rate or rates of interest, to be paid on the bonds; (7) If the issuance of the bonds has been approved by a vote of the electors, identifies the election at which approved; and (8) States any provision for a designated officer of the subdivision to determine any of the specific terms required to be stated or provided for in divisions (A)(4) to (6) of this section, subject to any limitations stated in the legislation. (B) If the taxing authority determines to issue bonds in installments, it shall pass similar legislation whenever a new installment of those bonds is to be issued. (C) Legislation passed under this section shall identify the source or sources of payment of debt charges on the bonds, which may be any moneys of the subdivision required by law to be used, or lawfully available, for the purpose. If the bonds are general obligations of the subdivision or a property tax is otherwise required to be levied for the purpose, the legislation shall provide for the levying of a property tax sufficient in amount to pay the debt charges on the bonds issued under the legislation, but the amount of that tax to be levied or collected in any year may be reduced by the amount to be available for the purpose from lawfully available special assessments, revenues and surplus funds of public utilities, any surplus in the funds from which such bonds are to be retired, or other moneys specifically assigned by law or by legislation of the taxing authority for payment of such debt charges. (D) The fiscal officer of the subdivision shall file a copy of the legislation with the county auditor of each county in which any part of the subdivision is located.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.981 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.981
§ 109.981. Civil action against workers' compensation oversight commission member
Status: in_force

September 10, 2007 House Bill 100 - 127th General Assembly If a member of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors breaches the member's fiduciary duty to the bureau of workers' compensation, the attorney general may maintain a civil action against the board member for harm resulting from that breach. Notwithstanding section 4121.128 of the Revised Code, after being informed of an allegation that the entire board has breached its fiduciary duty, the board may retain independent legal counsel, including legal counsel provided by the board's fiduciary insurance carrier, to advise the board and to represent the board. The attorney general may recover damages or be granted injunctive relief, which shall include the enjoinment of specified activities and the removal of the member from the board. Any damages awarded shall be paid to the bureau. The authority to maintain a civil action created by this section is in addition to any authority the attorney general possesses under any other provision of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 161.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 161 / § 161.07
§ 161.07. Powers of emergency interim successors
Status: in_force

September 30, 1963 Senate Bill 199 - 105th General Assembly At the time of their designation, emergency interim successors shall take such oath as may be required for them to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office to which they may succeed. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person, as a prerequisite to the exercise of the powers or discharge of the duties of an office to which he succeeds, shall be required to comply with any other provision of law relative to taking office. Until such time as the persons designated as emergency interim successors are authorized to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office in accordance with this section, such persons shall serve in their designated capacities at the pleasure of the designating authority and may be removed or replaced by said designating authority at any time, with or without cause.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.08
§ 122.08. Office of small business - powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) There is hereby created within the development services agency an office to be known as the office of small business and entrepreneurship. The office shall be under the supervision of a manager appointed by the director of development services. (B) The office shall do all of the following: (1) Act as liaison between the small business community and state governmental agencies; (2) Furnish information and technical assistance to persons and small businesses concerning the establishment and maintenance of a small business, and concerning state laws and rules relevant to the operation of a small business. In conjunction with these duties, the office shall keep a record of all proposed and currently effective state agency rules affecting small businesses, and may testify before the joint committee on agency rule review concerning any proposed rule affecting small businesses. (3) Prepare and publish the small business register under section 122.081 of the Revised Code; (4) Receive complaints from small businesses concerning governmental activity, compile and analyze those complaints, and periodically make recommendations to the governor and the general assembly on changes in state laws or agency rules needed to eliminate burdensome and unproductive governmental regulation to improve the economic climate within which small businesses operate; (5) Receive complaints or questions from small businesses and direct those businesses to the appropriate governmental agency. If, within a reasonable period of time, a complaint is not satisfactorily resolved or a question is not satisfactorily answered, the office shall, on behalf of the small business, make every effort to secure a satisfactory result. For this purpose, the office may consult with any state governmental agency and may make any suggestion or request that seems appropriate. (6) Utilize, to the maximum extent possible, the printed and electronic media to disseminate information of current concern and interest to the small business community and to make known to small businesses the services available through the office. The office shall publish such books, pamphlets, and other printed materials, and shall participate in such trade association meetings, conventions, fairs, and other meetings involving the small business community, as the manager considers appropriate. (7) Prepare a description of the activities of the office for inclusion in the development services agency's annual report to the governor and general assembly; (8) Operate the Ohio first-stop business connection to assist individuals in identifying and preparing applications for business licenses, permits, and certificates and to serve as a public distributor for all forms, applications, and other information related to business licensing. Each state agency, board, and commission shall cooperate in providing assistance, information, and materials to enable the connection to perform its duties under this division. (9) Provide information to individuals about the resources available on the OhioMeansJobs web site and through the local OhioMeansJobs one-stop systems established under section 6301.08 of the Revised Code that connect businesses with job seekers. As used in this division, "OhioMeansJobs" has the same meaning as in section 6301.01 of the Revised Code. (C) The office may, upon the request of a state agency, assist the agency with the preparation of any rule that will affect small businesses. (D) The director of development services shall assign employees and furnish equipment and supplies to the office as the director considers necessary for the proper performance of the duties assigned to the office. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.21
§ 128.21. Next generation 9-1-1  core services system requirements and coordination
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The 9-1-1 program office shall coordinate and manage a statewide next generation 9-1-1 core services system. The office shall interoperate the system with Canada and the states that border this state. The office shall also manage the vendors supplying the equipment and services for the system to the department of administrative services. (B)(1) The statewide next generation 9-1-1 core services system shall be capable of providing 9-1-1 core services for all of the territory of all the counties within this state, over both land and water. The system shall route all 9-1-1 traffic using location and policy-based routing to legacy enhanced 9-1-1 public safety answering points, next generation 9-1-1 public safety answering points, and local next generation 9-1-1 systems. The system shall be designed to provide access to emergency services from all connected communications sources and provide multimedia data capabilities for public safety answering points and other emergency service organizations. (2) The emergency services internet protocol network that supports the statewide next generation 9-1-1 core services system shall be capable of being shared by all public safety agencies. It may be constructed from a mix of dedicated and shared facilities. It may be interconnected at local, regional, state, federal, national, and international levels to form an internet-protocol-based inter-network, or network of networks. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 4:59 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 113.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 113 / § 113.10
§ 113.10. Contingent fund
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly There is hereby created the treasurer of state's contingent fund, which shall not be a part of the state treasury. Money received by the treasurer of state that is provisional in nature or the disposition of which cannot be determined immediately shall, in accordance with rules adopted by the treasurer of state, be credited to this fund until a determination is made as to the final disposition of the money. The treasurer of state shall establish by rule the form and manner of deposits into and disbursements from the fund and the circumstances under which deposits may be made into and disbursements may be made from the fund. All income earned on money credited to this fund shall be credited to the general revenue fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.97 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.97
§ 109.97. Capital case status report
Status: in_force

January 30, 1998 House Bill 18 - 122nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Commutation," "pardon," "prisoner," and "state correctional institution" have the same meanings as in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Individual's present legal status" means whichever of the following circumstances apply on the thirty-first day of December of the calendar year covered by a capital case status report described in divisions (B) and (C) of this section to an individual who was sentenced to death pursuant to sections 2929.02 to 2929.04 or section 2929.06 of the Revised Code for an aggravated murder committed on or after October 19, 1981: (a) The individual was executed in accordance with section 2949.22 of the Revised Code for the aggravated murder, or the individual otherwise is deceased. (b) The individual continues to be confined in a state correctional institution waiting for the execution of the sentence of death. (c) The individual has been released from confinement in a state correctional institution pursuant to a pardon granted in connection with the aggravated murder, or the individual has been granted a commutation in connection with the aggravated murder and has been released from confinement or is serving a prison term or sentence of imprisonment pursuant to the commutation. (d) The individual has had the sentence of death vacated or reversed on appeal or pursuant to division (C) of section 2929.05 of the Revised Code or otherwise has been relieved of the sentence of death by a court of this state or the United States. (e) The individual has had the sentence of death vacated as described in section 2929.06 of the Revised Code or otherwise, the individual has been resentenced pursuant to that section or otherwise to a sentence other than a sentence of death, and the individual is a prisoner serving a prison term or sentence of imprisonment in a state correctional institution. (f) The individual is confined in a correctional institution of another state or the United States for the commission of another offense or has been executed in accordance with a sentence of death imposed by a court of another state or the United States for the commission of another offense. (g) The individual has escaped from confinement in a state correctional institution or a correctional institution of another state or the United States and currently is at-large. (B) The attorney general annually shall prepare or cause to be prepared a capital case status report that pertains to all individuals who were sentenced to death pursuant to sections 2929.02 to 2929.04 or section 2929.06 of the Revised Code for an aggravated murder committed on or after October 19, 1981, and that contains for each of those individuals the information described in division (C)(1) of this section. The attorney general shall file a copy of each annual capital case status report with the governor, the chief justice of the supreme court, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives no later than the first day of April of the calendar year following the calendar year covered by the report. Each annual capital case status report shall be a public record subject to inspection and copying in accordance with section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) An annual capital case status report prepared pursuant to division (B) of this section shall contain all of the following information that pertains as of the thirty-first day of December of the calendar year covered by the report to each individual who was sentenced to death pursuant to sections 2929.02 to 2929.04 or 2929.06 of the Revised Code for an aggravated murder committed on or after October 19, 1981: (a) A citation to and brief summary of the facts of each case in which the individual was sentenced to death pursuant to sections 2929.02 to 2929.04 or section 2929.06 of the Revised Code for an aggravated murder committed on or after October 19, 1981; (b) A statement as to the individual's present legal status; (c) A summary history of the individual's legal actions to vacate, reverse, or otherwise be relieved from the sentence of death described in division (C)(1)(a) of this section, including, but not limited to, motions to vacate the sentence of death, appeals, petitions for postconviction relief, and petitions for habeas corpus relief filed with a court of this state or a court of the United States under section 2929.05 , 2953.21 , or another section of the Revised Code, the Ohio Constitution, federal statutes, or the United States Constitution; (d) Any other information that the attorney general determines is relevant, including, but not limited to, a tentatively scheduled date for the execution of the individual's sentence of death in accordance with section 2949.22 of the Revised Code. (2) In each annual capital case status report prepared pursuant to division (B) of this section, the attorney general shall set forth or cause to be set forth the information described in division (C)(1) of this section in the form that the attorney general considers most appropriate to present that information, including, but not limited to, charts, tables, graphs, and narrative summaries. (D) All officers and employees of the government of this state and its political subdivisions shall cooperate, upon request of the attorney general, in providing information that facilitates the attorney general in the performance of the attorney general's responsibilities under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 118.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 118 / § 118.11
§ 118.11. Cooperation in furnishing information; review and approval of information and reports
Status: in_force

October 17, 2017 House Bill 103 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The municipal corporation, county, or township and all its officers and employees having possession of the required information or the responsibility for developing such information, shall at all times cooperate in assisting the functions of the financial planning and supervision commission by providing to the commission or, when authorized by the commission, the financial supervisor, on a continuing basis, all information requested, ordered, or needed by the commission or the financial supervisor to formulate judgments regarding revenue and expenditure estimates, the financial plan or any modification thereof submitted by the municipal corporation, county, or township, the monitoring of the implementation of the financial plan, and consideration of any amendments of the financial plan initiated by the commission or the municipal corporation, county, or township. The municipal corporation, county, or township and its officers and employees shall provide accurate information and reports to the commission and the financial supervisor in such form and detail as requested from time to time by the commission or the financial supervisor. The municipal corporation, county, or township and its officers and employees shall provide the requested information and reports within thirty days after the commission or financial supervisor requests the information or reports. (B) The commission shall review and approve the information and reports submitted to it or to the financial supervisor by the municipal corporation, county, or township under division (A) of this section. If the commission determines that a municipal corporation, county, or township has not promptly provided accurate information and reports under that division, the commission may prohibit expenditures from the general fund and all funds of the municipal corporation, county, or township in any month from exceeding eighty-five per cent of expenditures from the general fund and all funds for that month in the preceding fiscal year. The commission may authorize a higher per cent for any month upon justification of need by the municipal corporation, county, or township. If the commission considers it prudent, the commission also may limit expenditures from any other fund of the municipal corporation, county, or township. Any limitations imposed under this division remain in effect until the commission determines that the municipal corporation, county, or township has provided the accurate information and reports requested by the commission or the financial supervisor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.115 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.115
§ 145.115. Annual disclosures to Ohio Ethics Commission
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly (A) The public employees retirement system shall disclose the following to the Ohio ethics commission: (1) Anything of value received by the system from an agent and anything of value given on behalf of the system by an agent; (2) The name of any employee of the system with authority over the investment of retirement system funds or any board member of the system who deals with an agent regarding amounts described in division (A)(1) of this section. (B) The disclosures required by this section shall be made annually in a report submitted by a date prescribed by the Ohio ethics commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 151.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 151 / § 151.07
§ 151.07. Coal research and development 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) "Costs of capital facilities" or "costs of projects" includes related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of direct costs of the Ohio coal development office, the cost of demolishing or removing any buildings or structures on land acquired, including the cost of acquiring any lands to which such buildings or structures may be moved, the cost of all machinery, furnishings, and equipment, surveys, estimates of cost and revenues, working capital, other expenses necessary to determining the feasibility or practicability of acquiring or constructing such project, and such other expense as may be necessary to the acquisition or construction of the project, the financing of such acquisition or construction, and the financing of the placing of such project in operation. Any obligation, cost, or expense incurred by any person or educational or scientific institution for surveys, borings, preparation of plans and specifications, and other engineering services, or any other cost described above, in connection with the acquisition or construction of a project may be regarded as a part of the cost of that project. (2) "Obligations" means obligations as defined in section 151.01 of the Revised Code issued to pay costs of projects. (3) "Project" means any coal research and development, or any coal research and development facility, both as defined in section 1555.01 of the Revised Code, including undivided or other interests, acquired or to be acquired, constructed or to be constructed, or operating or to be operated by a person doing business in this state or by an educational or scientific institution located in this state with all or a part of the cost of the project being paid from a loan or grant from the Ohio coal development office or a loan guaranteed by the office under Chapter 1555. of the Revised Code, including all buildings and facilities that the office determines necessary for the operation of the project, together with all property, rights, easements, and interests that may be required for the operation of the project. (B) The issuing authority shall issue obligations to pay costs of projects pursuant to Section 15 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, section 151.01 of the Revised Code, and this section upon certification by the director of the Ohio coal development office of the amount of moneys or additional moneys needed in the coal research and development fund for the purpose of making grants or loans for allowable costs of projects, or needed for capitalized interest, for funding reserves, or providing moneys for loan guarantees. Such obligations may be issued to the extent necessary to satisfy the covenants in contracts of guarantee made under section 1555.05 of the Revised Code to issue obligations to meet such guarantees, notwithstanding limitations otherwise applicable to the issuance of obligations under this section except the one-hundred-million-dollar limitation provided in Section 15 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution. (C) Net proceeds of obligations shall be deposited into the coal research and development fund created by section 1555.15 of the Revised Code. (D) There is hereby created in the state treasury the "coal research and development bond service fund." All moneys received by the state and required by the bond proceedings, consistent with sections 151.01 and 151.07 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 § 145.2916 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.2916
§ 145.2916. Credit for salary increases for elected officials
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly (A) When a member has been elected or appointed to an office, the term of which is two or more years, for which an annual salary is established, and in the event that the salary of the office is increased and the member is denied the additional salary by reason of any constitutional provision prohibiting an increase in salary during a term of office, the member may elect to have the amount of the member's and employer's contributions calculated upon the basis of the increased salary for the office. At the member's request and on notification to the public employees retirement system, the public employees retirement board shall compute the total additional amount the member and employer would have contributed, or the amount by which each of the member's and employer's contributions would have increased, had the member received the increased salary for the office the member holds. If the member elects to have the combined amount by which the member's and employer's contribution would have increased withheld from the member's salary, the member shall notify the employer, and the employer shall make the withholding commensurate with the period of denied salary and transmit it to the retirement system. The payment of the amount by which the employer's contribution would have increased shall be credited to the employers' accumulation fund. If the payment of the increased contributions is made in accordance with this section, the increased annual salary as provided by law for the office for the period for which the member paid increased contributions thereon shall be used in determining the member's earnable salary for the purpose of computing the member's final average salary. (B) If a member dies or withdraws from service, the payment under division (A) of this section shall be considered as accumulated contributions of the member.
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.061 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.061
§ 133.061. Net securities indebtedness of school district
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) This section applies only to a school district that satisfies all of the following conditions: (1) The district, prior to June 30, 2007, undertook a classroom facilities project under section 3318.37 of the Revised Code. (2) The district will undertake a subsequent classroom facilities project under section 3318.37 of the Revised Code that will consist of a single building housing grades six through twelve. (3) The district's project described in division (A)(2) of this section will include locally funded initiatives that are not required by the Ohio facilities construction commission. (4) The district's project described in division (A)(2) of this section will commence within two years after June 30, 2007. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a school district to which this section applies 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 section 133.06 of the Revised Code when necessary to raise the school district portion of the basic project cost and any additional funds necessary to participate in the classroom facilities project described in division (A)(2) of this section, including the cost of items designated by the Ohio facilities construction commission as required locally funded initiatives, the cost for site acquisition, and the cost of the locally funded initiatives that are not required by the commission described in division (A)(3) of this section, as long as the district's total net indebtedness after the issuance of those securities does not exceed one hundred twenty-five per cent of the limit prescribed in division (B) of section 133.06 of the Revised Code and the electors of the district approve the issuance of those securities. The facilities construction commission shall notify the director of education and workforce whenever a school district will exceed either limit pursuant to this section. Last updated September 5, 2023 at 5:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.033 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.033
§ 145.033. Exemption requests by Cincinnati correctional institute employees
Status: in_force

July 9, 1981 House Bill 324 - 114th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding section 145.03 of the Revised Code, any employee of the Hamilton county sheriff on July 1, 1981, who was in the employ of the city of Cincinnati in the Cincinnati correctional institute and who was a contributing member of the city of Cincinnati retirement system prior to that date may choose to be exempt from compulsory membership in the public employees retirement system and to continue contributing membership in the city of Cincinnati retirement system on and after that date by filing a written request for exemption from the public employees retirement system, which request shall bear the signature of the employee, with the public employees retirement board, provided that the: (1) Board of commissioners of Hamilton county and authorized representatives of the city of Cincinnati retirement system adopt an agreement providing such employees with the option to continue contributing membership in that retirement system on and after July 1, 1981, upon compliance with this section; (2) Employee files a request for his exemption within thirty days of the effective date of the agreement. (B) No employee contributions shall be deducted from the earnable salary or compensation of, or paid to the public employees retirement system on account of, any employee of the Hamilton county sheriff who, through compliance with division (A) of this section, is exempt from compulsory membership in the public employees retirement system.
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.50
§ 133.50. Delivery of bonds
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When any officers, boards, or commissions have consented to any exchange or plan of exchange as provided in section 133.49 of the Revised Code, any officer having possession of any notes or bonds to be exchanged for refunding bonds shall deliver them pursuant to such exchange or plan and he shall receive the bonds to be issued in exchange therefor, together with any cash to be paid pursuant to such plan.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.115 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.115
§ 117.115. Independent certified public accountant to perform required audit in lieu of auditor of state
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The auditor of state shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code under which any public office, other than a state agency, may request, and participate in the selection of, an independent certified public accountant to perform any required audit of the public office, in lieu of the auditor of state. (B) Except as provided in division (A) of this section, when the auditor of state determines that the auditor's office will not audit a public office other than a state agency, the auditor shall contract with a certified public accountant, or an official governmental audit organization to perform this audit on behalf of the auditor of state's office. (C) The auditor of state shall prescribe rules to ensure compliance by independent auditors with generally accepted government auditing standards. The auditor of state shall be granted access to the working papers of an independent auditor during the audit and after its termination. A sum totaling twenty per cent of the total audit cost shall be withheld until certification of the audit report by the auditor of state. The independent audit cost shall be borne by the office that is to be audited. Such contracts for auditing services are void, and no payment shall be issued for services received under such contracts, unless they are executed by the auditor of state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.45
§ 101.45. Fees of sheriffs and witnesses
Status: in_force

July 1, 2009 House Bill 525 - 127th General Assembly Sheriffs shall be paid the same fees for services as are allowed in the court of common pleas for similar services. Witnesses shall be paid the same fees and mileage as witnesses are provided under section 119.094 of the Revised Code. Such fees and mileage shall be paid from the state treasury on the certificate of the chairperson of the committee or subcommittee which issued the subpoena.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.01
§ 121.01. Definition of terms
Status: in_force

February 18, 2011 House Bill 1 - 129th General Assembly As used in sections 121.01 to 121.20 of the Revised Code: (A) "Department" means the several departments of state administration enumerated in section 121.02 of the Revised Code. (B) "Division" means a part of a department established as provided in section 121.07 of the Revised Code for the convenient performance of one or more of the functions committed to a department. (C) "Departments, offices, and institutions" include every organized body, office, and agency established by the constitution and laws of the state for the exercise of any function of the state government, and every institution or organization which receives any support from the state. "Departments, offices, and institutions" does not include the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.031
§ 107.031. School facilities commission minimum budget recommendations
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly The governor shall ensure that among the various budget recommendations made by the governor and the director of budget and management to the general assembly each biennium there are recommendations for appropriations to the Ohio facilities construction commission, aggregating not less than three hundred million dollars per fiscal year for constructing, acquiring, replacing, reconstructing, or adding to classroom facilities, as such term is defined in section 3318.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 166.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 166 / § 166.09
§ 166.09. Crediting loan repayments
Status: in_force

January 11, 1985 House Bill 826 - 115th General Assembly There shall be credited to the facilities establishment fund the moneys received by the state from the repayment of loans and recovery on loan guarantees, including interest thereon, made from the facilities establishment fund or from the loan guarantee fund and from the sale, lease, or other disposition of property acquired or constructed from moneys in the facilities establishment fund with moneys derived from the proceeds of the sale of obligations under section 166.08 of the Revised Code. Such moneys shall be applied as provided in this chapter pursuant to appropriations made by the general assembly. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amounts recovered on loan guarantees shall be deposited to the credit of the loan guarantee fund to the extent necessary to restore that fund to the level required by any guarantee contract, and the other moneys referred to in the first sentence of this section may be deposited to the credit of separate accounts within the facilities establishment fund or in the bond service fund and pledged to the security of obligations, applied to the payment of bond service charges without need for appropriation, released from any such pledge and transferred to the facilities establishment fund or other account therein, all as and to the extent provided in the bond proceedings pursuant to written directions by the director of development. Accounts may be established by the director in the facilities establishment fund for particular projects or otherwise. Income from the investment of moneys in the facilities establishment fund shall be credited to that fund and, as may be provided in bond proceedings, to particular accounts therein. The treasurer of state may withdraw from the facilities establishment fund or, subject to provisions of the applicable bond proceedings, from any special funds established pursuant to the bond proceedings, or from any accounts in such funds, any amounts of investment income required to be rebated and paid to the federal government in order to maintain the exemption from federal income taxation of interest on obligations issued under this chapter, which withdrawal and payment may be made without necessity for appropriation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.386 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.386
§ 124.386. Personal leave
Status: in_force

December 22, 2015 House Bill 340 - 131st General Assembly (A) Each full-time permanent employee paid in accordance with section 124.152 of the Revised Code and those full-time permanent employees listed in divisions (B)(2) and (4) of section 124.14 of the Revised Code shall be credited with thirty-two hours of personal leave each year. Each part-time permanent employee paid in accordance with section 124.152 of the Revised Code and those part-time permanent employees listed in divisions (B)(2) and (4) of section 124.14 of the Revised Code shall receive a pro-rated personal leave credit as determined by rule of the director of administrative services. The credit shall be made to each eligible employee in the first pay the employee receives in December. Employees, upon giving reasonable notice to the responsible administrative officer of the appointing authority, may use personal leave for absence due to mandatory court appearances, legal or business matters, family emergencies, unusual family obligations, medical appointments, weddings, religious holidays not listed in section 124.19 of the Revised Code, or any other matter of a personal nature. Personal leave may not be used on a holiday when an employee is scheduled to work. Personal leave is not available for use until it appears on the employee's earning statement and the compensation described in the earning statement is available to the employee. There shall be a moratorium on personal leave accrual beginning with the credit employees would have received in December 2009, except as otherwise provided in divisions (H)(1) and (2) of this section. Personal leave accrual shall resume with employees receiving credit in December 2011 and there shall be no retroactive grant of credit for the period the moratorium was in effect. (B) When personal leave is used by an employee of either house of the general assembly or an employee of a legislative agency, it shall be deducted from the unused balance of the employee's personal leave in the manner prescribed by the employee's administrative authority. When personal leave is used by an employee described in division (A) of this section who is not an employee of either house of the general assembly or of a legislative agency, it shall be deducted from the unused balance of the employee's personal leave on the basis of absence in such increments of an hour as the director of administrative services determines. Compensation for personal leave shall be equal to the employee's base rate of pay. (C) A newly appointed full-time permanent employee or a non-full-time employee who receives a full-time permanent appointment shall be credited with personal leave of thirty-two hours, less one and two-tenths hours for each pay period that has elapsed following the first paycheck the employee receives in December, until the first day of the pay period during which the appointment was effective. (D) The director of administrative services shall allow employees to elect one of the following options with respect to the unused balance of personal leave: (1) Carry forward the balance. The maximum credit that shall be available to an employee at any one time is forty hours. (2) Convert the balance to accumulated sick leave, to be used in the manner provided by section 124.382 of the Revised Code; (3) Receive a cash benefit. The cash benefit shall equal one hour of the employee's base rate of pay for every hour of unused credit that is converted. An employee serving in a temporary work level who elects to convert unused personal leave to cash shall do so at the base rate of pay of the employee's normal classification. Such cash benefit shall not be subject to contributions to any of the retirement systems, either by the employee or the employer. There shall be a moratorium on the payment for conversion of unused personal leave until December 2011, except as otherwise provided in divisions (H)(1) and (2) of this section. (E) A full-time permanent employee who separates from state service or becomes ineligible to be credited with leave under this section shall receive a reduction of personal leave credit of one and two-tenths hours for each pay period that remains beginning with the first pay period following the date of separation or the effective date of the employee's ineligibility until the pay period preceding the next base pay period. After calculation of the reduction of an employee's personal leave credit, the employee is entitled to compensation for any remaining personal leave credit at the employee's current base rate of pay. If the reduction results in a number of hours less than zero, the cash equivalent value of such number of hours shall be deducted from any compensation that remains payable to the employee, or from the cash conversion value of any vacation or sick leave that remains credited to the employee. An employee serving in a temporary work level who is eligible to receive compensation under this section shall be compensated at the base rate of pay of the employee's normal classification. (F) An employee who transfers from one public agency to another public agency in which the employee is eligible for the credit provided under this section shall be credited with the unused balance of personal leave. (G) The director of administrative services shall establish procedures to uniformly administer this section. No personal leave may be granted to a state employee upon or after retirement or termination of employment. (H)(1) The moratoria imposed under divisions (A) and (D)(3) of this section shall apply to employees of the secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, and attorney general who are subject to this section unless the secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, or attorney general decides to exempt the office's employees from the moratoria and so notifies the director of administrative services in writing on or before November 1, 2009. (2) The moratoria imposed under divisions (A) and (D)(3) of this section do not apply to employees of the supreme court, the general assembly, and the legislative service commission who are subject to this section, unless the supreme court, general assembly, or legislative service commission decides to include those employees in the moratoria and so notifies the director of administrative services in writing on or before November 1, 2009. Written notice shall be signed by the appointing authority for employees of the supreme court, general assembly, or legislative service commission as the case may be.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.901 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.901
§ 125.901. Geographically referenced information program council
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) There is hereby established the Ohio geographically referenced information program council within the department of administrative services to coordinate the property owned by the state. The department of administrative services shall provide administrative support for the council. (B) The council shall consist of the following fourteen members: (1) The state chief information officer, or the officer's designee, who shall serve as the council chair; (2) The director of natural resources, or the director's designee; (3) The director of transportation, or the director's designee; (4) The director of environmental protection, or the director's designee; (5) The director of development, or the director's designee; (6) The attorney general, or the attorney general's designee; (7) The chancellor of higher education or the chancellor's designee; (8) The chief of the division of oil and gas resources management in the department of natural resources or the chief's designee; (9) The director of public safety or the director's designee; (10) The executive director of the county auditors' association or the executive director's designee; (11) The executive director of the county commissioners' association or the executive director's designee; (12) The executive director of the county engineers' association or the executive director's designee; (13) The executive director of the Ohio municipal league or the executive director's designee; (14) The executive director of the Ohio townships association or the executive director's designee. (C) Members of the council shall serve without compensation. Last updated September 21, 2023 at 3:02 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.50
§ 147.50. Identity of the person appearing
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) A notary public has personal knowledge of the identity of the person appearing before the notary public if the person is personally known to the notary public through dealings sufficient to provide reasonable certainty that the person has the identity claimed. (B) A notary public has satisfactory evidence of the identity of the person appearing before the notary public if the notary public can identify the person by either of the following means: (1) An inspection of a passport, driver's license, government-issued nondriver identification card, or other form of government-issued identification with the signature or photograph of the individual, which is current or expired not more than three years before performance of the notarial act, and is satisfactory to the notary public; (2) By verification on oath or affirmation of a credible witness personally appearing before the notary public and personally known to the notary public or whom the notary public can identify on the basis of a passport, driver's license, or other government-issued nondriver identification card, which is current or expired not more than three years before performance of the notarial act. A witness is not credible if the witness has a conflict of interest regarding the transaction. (C) A notary public may require a person to provide additional information or identification credentials necessary to assure the notary public of the identity of the person. (D) As used in this section, "conflict of interest" means either of the following: (1) The person has a direct financial or other interest in the transaction in question. (2) The person is named, individually or as a grantor, grantee, mortgagor, mortgagee, trustor, trustee, beneficiary, vendor, lessor, or lessee, or as a party in some other capacity to the transaction. Last updated February 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 120.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 120 / § 120.01
§ 120.01. Ohio public defender commission
Status: in_force

January 13, 1976 House Bill 164 - 111th General Assembly There is hereby created the Ohio public defender commission to provide, supervise, and coordinate legal representation at state expense for indigent and other persons. The commission shall consist of nine members, one of whom shall be chairman. The chairman shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Four members shall be appointed by the governor, two of whom shall be from each of the two major political parties. Four members shall be appointed by the supreme court, two of whom shall be from each of the two major political parties. The chairman, and not less than two of the members appointed by the governor, and not less than two of the members appointed by the supreme court shall be attorneys admitted to the practice of law in this state. Within thirty days after the effective date of this section, the governor and the supreme court shall make initial appointments to the commission. Of the initial appointments made to the commission by the governor, the appointment of the chairman shall be for a term of two years. Of the other four appointments, one shall be for a term ending one year after the effective date of this section, one shall be for a term ending two years after that date, one shall be for a term ending three years after that date, and one shall be for a term ending four years after that date. Of the initial appointments made to the commission by the supreme court, one shall be for a term ending one year after the effective date of this section, one shall be for a term ending two years after that date, one shall be for a term ending three years after that date, and one shall be for a term ending four years after that date. Thereafter, terms of office shall be for four years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as did the term which it succeeds. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of such term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of his term until his successor takes office or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first.
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.462 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.462
§ 128.462. Limitations on assessments
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no assessment shall be made or issued against an entity for any wireless 9-1-1 charge required to be collected under section 128.40 of the Revised Code or any next generation 9-1-1 access fee required to be collected under section 128.414 or 128.421 of the Revised Code more than four years after the return date for the period in which the sale or purchase was made, or more than four years after the return for such period is filed, whichever is later. This division does not bar an assessment: (1) When the tax commissioner has substantial evidence of amounts of charges or fees collected by an entity from subscribers or consumers, which were not returned to the state; (2) When the entity assessed failed to file a return as required by section 128.46 of the Revised Code; (3) When the entity and the commissioner waive in writing the time limitation. (B) No assessment shall be made or issued against an entity for any wireless 9-1-1 charge imposed by section 128.40 of the Revised Code or next generation 9-1-1 access fee imposed by section 128.41 or 128.42 of the Revised Code for any period during which there was in full force and effect a rule of the tax commissioner under or by virtue of which the collection or payment of any such charge or fee was not required. This division does not bar an assessment when the tax commissioner has substantial evidence of amounts of charges or fees collected by an entity from subscribers or consumers, which were not returned to the state. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 4:06 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.83 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.83
§ 109.83. Investigating organized criminal activity
Status: in_force

January 1, 1999 House Bill 2 - 122nd General Assembly (A) When directed by the governor or general assembly, the attorney general may investigate any organized criminal activity in this state. When it appears to the attorney general, as a result of an investigation conducted pursuant to this division, that there is cause to prosecute for the commission of a crime, the attorney general shall refer the evidence to the prosecuting attorney having jurisdiction of the matter, to a regular grand jury drawn and impaneled pursuant to sections 2939.01 to 2939.24 of the Revised Code, or to a special grand jury drawn and impaneled pursuant to section 2939.17 of the Revised Code. When the crime or the elements of the crime were committed in two or more counties, the referral shall be to the prosecuting attorney, the regular grand jury, or a special grand jury of the county in which the most significant portion of the crime or the elements of the crime occurred or, if it is not possible to determine that county, the county with the largest population. When evidence is referred directly to a grand jury pursuant to this section, the attorney general and any assistant or special counsel designated by the attorney general has the exclusive right to appear at any time before the grand jury to give information relative to a legal matter cognizable by it, or to advise upon a legal matter when required, and may exercise all rights, privileges, and powers of prosecuting attorneys in such cases. (B)(1) When information is referred to the attorney general by an organized crime task force or the organized crime investigations commission pursuant to section 177.03 of the Revised Code, the attorney general shall review the information so referred and upon a determination that there is cause to prosecute for the commission of a crime, the attorney general either shall refer the information as evidence to a regular or special grand jury in the manner described in, and in the county determined in accordance with the provisions of, division (A) of this section or shall initiate a criminal action or proceeding in a court of proper jurisdiction. If an indictment is returned by a grand jury pursuant to a referral made under this division, the attorney general has sole responsibility to prosecute the accused offender. (2) The attorney general, and any assistant or special counsel designated by the attorney general who appears under this division in any county for the prosecution of any crime has the same powers and authority as a prosecuting attorney, including, but not limited to, powers relating to attendance before the courts and grand juries of the county, preparation and trial of indictments for crimes, and representation of the state in any criminal proceeding, in any civil proceeding related to the crime, or in any appeal from a criminal case or from a civil case related to the crime in any court of this state. (C) When proceeding under the authority of this section, the attorney general may appear for the state in any court or tribunal of proper jurisdiction for the purpose of conducting investigations under division (A) of this section, or for the purpose of conducting criminal proceedings, civil proceedings, or any other proceeding that is necessary to promote and safeguard the public interests of the citizens of this state. (D) This section shall not be construed to prevent the attorney general and prosecuting attorneys or special prosecutors from cooperating in the investigation and prosecution of offenses under this section. However, in cases in which information was referred to the attorney general by an organized crime task force because the office of a prosecuting attorney was implicated by an investigation conducted by the task force, the attorney general shall not inform the implicated prosecutor of the investigation or referral and shall not cooperate with the prosecutor on the matter. (E) As used in this section, "organized criminal activity" has the same meaning as in section 177.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.32
§ 147.32. Representatives of veterans' organizations may be appointed as commissioners of the state
Status: in_force

October 14, 1963 House Bill 887 - 105th General Assembly Representatives of the United Spanish War Veterans, The Disabled American Veterans, The American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, and other congressionally chartered veterans' organizations, who are recognized as such representatives by the administrator of the veterans' administration, and who are engaged in the preparation and prosecution of claims of veterans and their dependents before the rating agencies of the veterans' administration within the state, may be appointed as commissioners of the state. Such commissioners shall continue in office for a term of three years. Each of such commissioners shall, before performing any of his duties, take and subscribe to an oath of office before a judge of a court of record within this state. Such oath, with his signature thereto and an impression of his seal of office and his residence address, shall forthwith be transmitted by him to the governor, and filed by the governor in the office of the secretary of state. Each of such commissioners shall procure and employ a seal of the dimensions and inscription set forth and prescribed for notaries public, in section 147.04 of the Revised Code, except that the words shall be: "Commissioner of the State of Ohio for Veterans' Affairs." Such commissioners may, without fee and within the state, administer oaths, take acknowledgments, and attest the execution of any instruments of writing only in connection with or used before the veterans' administration.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.071 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.071
§ 122.071. TourismOhio advisory board
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The TourismOhio advisory board is hereby established to advise the director of development services and the director of the office of TourismOhio on strategies for promoting tourism in this state. The board shall consist of the chief investment officer of the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code or the chief investment officer's designee, the director of the office of TourismOhio, and nine members to be appointed by the governor as provided in division (B) of this section. All members of the board, except the director of the office of TourismOhio, shall be voting members. (B)(1) The governor shall, within sixty days after September 28, 2012, appoint to the TourismOhio advisory board one individual who is a representative of convention and visitors' bureaus, one individual who is a representative of the lodging industry, one individual who is a representative of the restaurant industry, one individual who is a representative of attractions, one individual who is a representative of special events and festivals, one individual who is a representative of agritourism, and three individuals who are representatives of the tourism industry. Of the initial appointments, two individuals shall serve a term of one year, three individuals shall serve a term of two years, and the remainder shall serve a term of three years. Thereafter, terms of office shall be for three years. Each individual appointed to the board shall be a United States citizen. (2) For purposes of division (B)(1) of this section, an individual is a "representative of the tourism industry" if the individual possesses five years or more executive-level experience in the attractions, lodging, restaurant, transportation, or retail industry or five years or more executive-level experience with a destination marketing organization. (C)(1) Each member of the TourismOhio advisory board shall hold office from the date of the member's appointment until the end of the term for which the member is appointed. Vacancies that occur on the board shall be filled in the manner prescribed for regular appointments to the board. A member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that predecessor's term. 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 sixty days have elapsed, whichever occurs first. Any member appointed to the board is eligible for reappointment. (2) The governor shall designate one member of the board as chairperson. (3) Members appointed to the board may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection with their official duties. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.836 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.836
§ 125.836. Biodiesel revolving fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Biodiesel," "blended biodiesel," and "diesel fuel" have the same meanings as in section 125.831 of the Revised Code. (2) "Incremental cost" means the difference in cost between blended biodiesel and conventional petroleum-based diesel fuel at the time the blended biodiesel is purchased. (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the "biodiesel revolving fund," to which shall be credited moneys appropriated to the fund by the general assembly and any other moneys obtained or accepted by the development services agency for crediting to the fund. Moneys credited to the fund shall be used to pay for the incremental cost of biodiesel for use in vehicles owned or leased by the state that use diesel fuel. The director of development services may direct the director of budget and management to transfer available moneys in the biodiesel revolving fund to the alternative fuel transportation fund created in section 122.075 of the Revised Code to be used by the development services agency for the purposes specified in that section. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.30
§ 111.30. Forms for campaign finance disclosure and independent expenditure statements
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly The secretary of state shall prescribe forms for campaign finance disclosure statements and independent expenditure statements for the purpose of sections 145.053 , 742.042 , 3307.072 , 3309.072 , and 5505.044 of the Revised Code and accept the forms from candidates and persons making independent expenditures filing them with the secretary pursuant to those sections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.33
§ 122.33. Director of Development program administration
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The director of development services shall administer the following programs: (A) The industrial technology and enterprise development grant program, to provide capital to acquire, construct, enlarge, improve, or equip and to sell, lease, exchange, and otherwise dispose of property, structures, equipment, and facilities within the state. Such funding may be made to enterprises that propose to develop new products or technologies when the director finds all of the following factors to be present: (1) The undertaking will benefit the people of the state by creating or preserving jobs and employment opportunities or improving the economic welfare of the people of the state, and promoting the development of new technology. (2) There is reasonable assurance that the potential royalties to be derived from the sale of the product or process described in the proposal will be sufficient to repay the funding pursuant to sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code and that, in making the agreement, as it relates to patents, copyrights, and other ownership rights, there is reasonable assurance that the resulting new technology will be utilized to the maximum extent possible in facilities located in Ohio. (3) The technology and research to be undertaken will allow enterprises to compete more effectively in the marketplace. Grants of capital may be in such form and conditioned upon such terms as the director deems appropriate. (B) The industrial technology and enterprise resources program to provide for the collection, dissemination, and exchange of information regarding equipment, facilities, and business planning consultation resources available in business, industry, and educational institutions and to establish methods by which small businesses may use available facilities and resources. The methods may include, but need not be limited to, leases reimbursing the educational institutions for their actual costs incurred in maintaining the facilities and agreements assigning royalties from development of successful products or processes through the use of the facilities and resources. The director shall operate this program in conjunction with the board of regents. (C) The Thomas Alva Edison grant program to provide grants to foster research, development, or technology transfer efforts involving enterprises and educational institutions that will lead to the creation of jobs. (1) Grants may be made to a nonprofit organization or a public or private educational institution, department, college, institute, faculty member, or other administrative subdivision or related entity of an educational institution when the director finds that the undertaking will benefit the people of the state by supporting research in advanced technology areas likely to improve the economic welfare of the people of the state through promoting the development of new commercial technology. (2) Grants may be made in a form and conditioned upon terms as the director considers appropriate. (3) Grants made under this program shall in all instances be in conjunction with a contribution to the project by a cooperating enterprise which maintains or proposes to maintain a relevant research, development, or manufacturing facility in the state, by a nonprofit organization, or by an educational institution or related entity; however, funding provided by an educational institution or related entity shall not be from general revenue funds appropriated by the Ohio general assembly. No grant made under this program shall exceed the contribution made by the cooperating enterprise, nonprofit organization, or educational institution or related entity. The director may consider cooperating contributions in the form of state of the art new equipment or in other forms provided the director determines that the contribution is essential to the successful implementation of the project. The director may adopt rules or guidelines for the valuation of contributions of equipment or other property. (4) The director may determine fields of research from which grant applications will be accepted under this program. Last updated March 20, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.60
§ 147.60. Definitions
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly As used in this section and sections 147.61 to 147.66 of the Revised Code: (A) "Appear in person" means being in the same physical location as another person and being close enough to hear, communicate with, and exchange tangible identification credentials with that individual. "Appear in person" also means being in a different location as another person and interacting with that individual by means of live two-way, audio-video communication. (B) "Credential analysis" means a process or service operating according to standards adopted by the secretary of state under section 147.62 of the Revised Code through which a third person affirms the validity of a government-issued identification credential through review of public and proprietary data sources. (C) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. (D) "Electronic document" means information that is created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored in an electronic medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. (E) "Electronic seal" means information within a notarized electronic document to which all of the following apply: (1) The information confirms the notary public's name, jurisdiction, and commission expiration date. (2) The information generally corresponds to the contents, layout, and format of the notary public's seal for use on paper documents, as required under section 147.04 of the Revised Code. (F) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with an electronic document and executed or adopted by a natural person with the intent to sign the electronic document. (G) "Identity proofing" means a process or service operating according to standards adopted by the secretary of state under section 147.62 of the Revised Code through which a third person affirms the identity of a natural person through the review of personal information from public and proprietary data sources. (H) "Notarial act" means the performance of a function authorized under section 147.51 of the Revised Code. "Notarial act" does not include the taking or certifying of depositions. (I) "Online notarization" means a notarial act performed by means of live two-way video and audio conference technology that conforms to the standards adopted by the secretary of state under section 147.62 of the Revised Code. (J) "Online notary public" means a notary public who has been duly appointed and commissioned under section 147.01 of the Revised Code and has received authorization by the secretary of state under section 147.63 of the Revised Code to perform online notarizations. (K) "Principal" means a natural person whose electronic signature is notarized in an online notarization, or the natural person taking an oath or affirmation from the online notary public. "Principal" does not include a natural person taking an oath or giving an affirmation in the capacity of a witness for the online notarization. (L) "Remote presentation" means transmission to an online notary public through live two-way video and audio conference technology of an image of a government-issued identification credential that is of sufficient quality to enable the online notary public to identify the principal seeking the online notary public's services and to perform credential analysis. (M) "Territory of the United States" means the United States, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and any territory, insular possession, or other location subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 123.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 123 / § 123.22
§ 123.22. Duties of Ohio facilities construction commission
Status: in_force

August 16, 2016 Senate Bill 310 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Construct" includes reconstruct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or otherwise alter. (2) "Energy consumption analysis" means the evaluation of all energy consuming systems, components, and equipment by demand and type of energy, including the internal energy load imposed on a facility by its occupants and the external energy load imposed by climatic conditions. (3) "Facility" means a building or other structure, or part of a building or other structure, that includes provision for a heating, refrigeration, ventilation, cooling, lighting, hot water, or other major energy consuming system, component, or equipment. (4) "Life-cycle cost analysis" means a general approach to economic evaluation that takes into account all dollar costs related to owning, operating, maintaining, and ultimately disposing of a project over the appropriate study period. (5) "Political subdivision" means a county, township, municipal corporation, board of education of any school district, or any other body corporate and politic that is responsible for government activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state. (6) "State funded" means funded in whole or in part through appropriation by the general assembly or through the use of any guarantee provided by this state. (7) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (8) "Cogeneration" means the simultaneous production of thermal energy and electricity for use primarily within a building or complex of buildings. (B) The Ohio facilities construction commission shall develop energy efficiency and conservation programs for new construction design and review and for existing building audit and retrofit. The commission may accept and administer grants from public and private sources for carrying out any of its duties under this section. (C) No state agency, department, division, bureau, office, unit, board, commission, authority, quasi-governmental entity, or institution shall construct or cause to be constructed, within the limits prescribed in this section, a state-funded facility without a proper life-cycle cost analysis as computed or prepared by a qualified architect or engineer in accordance with the rules required by division (D) of this section. Construction shall proceed only upon the disclosure to the commission, for the facility chosen, of the life-cycle costs as determined in this section and the capitalization of the initial construction costs of the building. The results of life-cycle cost analysis shall be a primary consideration in the selection of a building design. That analysis shall be required only for construction of buildings with an area of twenty thousand square feet or greater, except the commission may waive this requirement or may require an analysis for buildings with an area of less than twenty thousand square feet. For projects with an estimated construction cost exceeding fifty million dollars, the analysis shall include a review of cogeneration as an energy source. Nothing in this section shall deprive or limit any state agency that has review authority over design or construction plans from requiring a life-cycle cost analysis or energy consumption analysis. (D) For the purposes of assisting the commission in its responsibility for state-funded facilities pursuant to section 123.21 of the Revised Code and of cost-effectively reducing the energy consumption of those and any other state-funded facilities, thereby promoting fiscal, economic, and environmental benefits to this state, the commission shall promulgate rules specifying cost-effective, energy efficiency and conservation standards that may govern the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of all state-funded facilities, except facilities of state institutions of higher education or facilities operated by a political subdivision. The development services agency shall cooperate in providing information and technical expertise to the commission to ensure promulgation of rules of maximum effectiveness. The standards prescribed by rules promulgated under this division may draw from or incorporate, by reference or otherwise and in whole or in part, standards already developed or implemented by any competent, public or private standards organization or program. The rules also may include any of the following: (1) Specifications for a life-cycle cost analysis that shall determine, for the economic life of such state-funded facility, the reasonably expected costs of facility ownership, operation, and maintenance including labor and materials. Life-cycle cost may be expressed as an annual cost for each year of the facility's use. A life-cycle cost analysis additionally may include an energy consumption analysis that conforms to division (D)(2) of this section. (2) Specifications for an energy consumption analysis of the facility's heating, refrigeration, ventilation, cooling, lighting, hot water, and other major energy consuming systems, components, and equipment. A life-cycle cost analysis and energy consumption analysis shall be based on the best currently available methods of analysis, such as those of the national institute of standards and technology, the United States department of energy or other federal agencies, professional societies, and directions developed by the department. (3) Specifications for energy performance indices, to be used to audit and evaluate competing design proposals submitted to the state. (4) A process by which a manager of a specified state-funded facility, except a facility of a state institution of higher education or a facility operated by a political subdivision, may receive a waiver of compliance with any provision of the rules required by divisions (D)(1) to (3) of this section. (E) Each state agency, department, division, bureau, office, unit, board, commission, authority, quasi-governmental entity, institution, and state institution of higher education shall comply with any applicable provision of this section or of a rule promulgated pursuant to division (D) of this section. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.96 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.96
§ 101.96. Retirement system lobbyists and employers - scope of regulations
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly (A) Sections 101.92 and 101.93 of the Revised Code do not apply to efforts to influence retirement system decisions or conduct retirement system lobbying activity by any of the following: (1) Appearances at public hearings of a retirement system or at other public meetings; (2) News, editorial, and advertising statements published in bona fide newspapers, journals, or magazines, or broadcast over radio or television; (3) The gathering and furnishing of information and news by bona fide reporters, correspondents, or news bureaus to news media described in division (A)(2) of this section; (4) Publications primarily designed for and distributed to members of bona fide associations or charitable or fraternal nonprofit corporations. (B) Nothing in sections 101.90 to 101.98 of the Revised Code requires the reporting of, or prohibits a retirement system board member from soliciting or accepting, a contribution from or an expenditure by any person if the contribution or expenditure is reported in accordance with Chapter 3517. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 164.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 164 / § 164.16
§ 164.16. Appurtenances to roads and bridges to enhance safety of animal-drawn vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles
Status: in_force

April 7, 2003 House Bill 70 - 124th General Assembly In the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, planning, or equipping of appurtenances to roads and bridges to enhance the safety of animal-drawn vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles, eligible activities include, but are not limited, to the following: (A) Constructing or widening shoulders, including widening of bridges and culverts and purchase of rights-of-way, if necessary; (B) Constructing pull-off lanes for roadways with visibility issues; (C) Improving vertical and horizontal curvature of roadways; (D) Placement of warning signs for animal-drawn vehicle traffic, including automated flashing signs.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.434 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.434
§ 173.434. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly To the extent authorized by rules authorized by section 5162.021 of the Revised Code, the director of aging shall adopt rules that are needed to implement sections 173.43 to 173.432 of the Revised Code. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.296 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.296
§ 145.296. Contributions during disability leave
Status: in_force

June 30, 1991 House Bill 382 - 119th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 124.385 of the Revised Code, any contributor who is granted disability leave pursuant to a program sponsored by his employer, whereby the contributor receives a percentage of his salary while on disability leave, shall not be required to make contributions for time off while on disability leave. Except as otherwise provided in section 124.385 of the Revised Code, each employer who sponsors a disability leave program shall make the periodic employer and employee contributions, in the amounts set pursuant to sections 145.47 and 145.48 of the Revised Code, for contributors granted disability leave, based on the contributor's earnable salary in effect at the time disability leave was granted.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.171 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.171
§ 145.171. Information to new employees
Status: in_force

September 21, 2000 House Bill 628 - 123rd General Assembly On receipt of notice under section 145.17 of the Revised Code of the employment of a new public employee, the public employees retirement system shall inform the employee of the requirements of section 145.19 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 175.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 175 / § 175.051
§ 175.051. Housing finance agency personal services fund
Status: in_force

July 1, 2005 House Bill 431 - 125th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the housing finance agency personal services fund. The fund shall consist of moneys within the control of the Ohio housing finance agency that the agency, or the treasurer of state on behalf of the agency, periodically deposits into the state treasury to the credit of the fund in order to pay the compensation of the employees of the agency. Amounts credited to the fund shall be used by the agency to pay the compensation of the employees of the agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.16
§ 131.16. Liability of depositor - use of safety deposit boxes
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When any depositor enumerated in section 131.11 of the Revised Code has fully complied with sections 131.11 to 131.16 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, and is not guilty of malfeasance or nonfeasance in the matters enumerated, and a depository selected by him defaults, such depositor shall not be liable for loss resulting therefrom. In the event that all banks in the county of such depositor refuse to take any of such deposits, the depositor may rent safety deposit boxes for the safekeeping of any part of his funds, particularly the excess funds not covered by federal deposit insurance. Charges for such safety deposit boxes shall be paid by the depositor out of his fee funds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.82 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.82
§ 124.82. Health insurance benefits
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 196 - 135th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the department of administrative services, in consultation with the superintendent of insurance, shall, in accordance with competitive selection procedures of Chapter 125. of the Revised Code, contract with an insurance company or a health plan in combination with an insurance company, authorized to do business in this state, for the issuance of a policy or contract of health, medical, hospital, dental, vision, or surgical benefits, or any combination of those benefits, covering state employees who are paid directly by warrant of the director of budget and management, including elected state officials. The department may fulfill its obligation under this division by exercising its authority under division (A)(2) of section 124.81 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the department may, in addition, in consultation with the superintendent of insurance, negotiate and contract with health insuring corporations holding a certificate of authority under Chapter 1751. of the Revised Code, in their approved service areas only, for issuance of a contract or contracts of health care services, covering state employees who are paid directly by warrant of the director of budget and management, including elected state officials. The department may enter into contracts with one or more insurance carriers or health plans to provide the same plan of benefits, provided that: (1) The employee be permitted to exercise the option as to which plan the employee will select under division (A) or (B) of this section, at a time that shall be determined by the department; (2) The health insuring corporations do not refuse to accept the employee, or the employee and the employee's family, if the employee exercises the option to select care provided by the corporations; (3) The employee may choose participation in only one of the plans sponsored by the department; (4) The director of health examines and certifies to the department that the quality and adequacy of care rendered by the health insuring corporations meet at least the standards of care provided by hospitals, physicians, and advanced practice registered nurses in that employee's community, who would be providing such care as would be covered by a contract awarded under division (A) of this section. (C) All or any portion of the cost, premium, or charge for the coverage in divisions (A) and (B) of this section may be paid in such manner or combination of manners as the department determines and may include the proration of health care costs, premiums, or charges for part-time employees. (D) Notwithstanding divisions (A) and (B) of this section, the department may provide benefits equivalent to those that may be paid under a policy or contract issued by an insurance company or a health plan pursuant to division (A) or (B) of this section. (E) This section does not prohibit the state office of collective bargaining from entering into an agreement with an employee representative for the purposes of providing fringe benefits, including, but not limited to, hospitalization, surgical care, major medical care, disability, dental care, vision care, medical care, hearing aids, prescription drugs, group life insurance, sickness and accident insurance, group legal services or other benefits, or any combination of those benefits, to employees paid directly by warrant of the director of budget and management through a jointly administered trust fund. The employer's contribution for the cost of the benefit care shall be mutually agreed to in the collectively bargained agreement. The amount, type, and structure of fringe benefits provided under this division is subject to the determination of the board of trustees of the jointly administered trust fund. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, competitive bidding does not apply to the purchase of fringe benefits for employees under this division when those benefits are provided through a jointly administered trust fund. (F) Members of state boards or commissions may be covered by any policy, contract, or plan of benefits or services described in division (A) or (B) of this section. Board or commission members who are appointed for a fixed term and who are compensated on a per meeting basis, or paid only for expenses, or receive a combination of per diem payments and expenses shall pay the entire amount of the premiums, costs, or charges for that coverage. Last updated February 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.6510 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.6510
§ 122.6510. Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "federal act" means the "Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act," 115 Stat. 2356 (2002), 42 U.S.C. 9601 and 9604. (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund. The Fund shall consist of all moneys received by the state from repayments of loans made under the terms of the federal act, and any other money transferred to the Fund. The Fund may be used to make grants and loans by the Director of Development. All investment earnings of the Fund shall be credited to the Fund. (C) The Director shall administer moneys received into the Fund and comply with all requirements imposed by the federal act in administering the funds. (D) The Director may establish a schedule of fees and charges payable by loan recipients to the Director for the administration of this section. Last updated July 30, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.73 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.73
§ 153.73. Construction of statutes
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly The requirements set forth in sections 153.65 to 153.72 of the Revised Code for the bidding, selection, and award of a contract for professional design services or design-build services by a public authority prevail in the event of any conflict with any other provision of this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 113.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 113 / § 113.13
§ 113.13. Statement of balances upon request
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The treasurer of state shall have available and, as requested, transmit to the director of budget and management and to the governor information concerning the amount in the active account and the amount of cash on hand. Last updated July 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.571 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.571
§ 153.571. Form of bond
Status: in_force

May 9, 2000 House Bill 495 - 123rd General Assembly The bond provided for in division (B) of section 153.54 of the Revised Code shall be in substantially the following form, and recovery of any claimant thereunder shall be subject to sections 153.01 to 153.60 of the Revised Code, to the same extent as if the provisions of such sections were fully incorporated in the bond form: "KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, the undersigned _________________ as principal and _____________ as sureties, are hereby held and firmly bound unto ______________ as obligee in the penal sum of the dollar amount of the bid submitted by the principal to the obligee on ______________ to undertake the project known as ________________ The penal sum referred to herein shall be the dollar amount of the principal's bid to the obligee, incorporating any additive or deductive alternate bids made by the principal on the date referred to above to the obligee, which are accepted by the obligee. In no case shall the penal sum exceed the amount of ____________ dollars. (If the foregoing blank is not filled in, the penal sum will be the full amount of the principal's bid, including alternates. Alternatively, if the blank is filled in, the amount stated must not be less than the full amount of the bid including alternates, in dollars and cents. A percentage is not acceptable.) For the payment of the penal sum well and truly to be made, we hereby jointly and severally bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns. Signed this _______________ day of _____________, ____ THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE OBLIGATION IS SUCH, that whereas the above named principal has submitted a bid for __________________ Now, therefore, if the obligee accepts the bid of the principal and the principal fails to enter into a proper contract in accordance with the bid, plans, details, specifications, and bills of material; and in the event the principal pays to the obligee the difference not to exceed ten per cent of the penalty hereof between the amount specified in the bid and such larger amount for which the obligee may in good faith contract with the next lowest bidder to perform the work covered by the bid; or in the event the obligee does not award the contract to the next lowest bidder and resubmits the project for bidding, the principal pays to the obligee the difference not to exceed ten per cent of the penalty hereof between the amount specified in the bid, or the costs, in connection with the resubmission, of printing new contract documents, required advertising, and printing and mailing notices to prospective bidders, whichever is less, then this obligation shall be null and void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect; if the obligee accepts the bid of the principal and the principal within ten days after the awarding of the contract enters into a proper contract in accordance with the bid, plans, details, specifications, and bills of material, which said contract is made a part of this bond the same as though set forth herein; Now also, if the said ________________ shall well and faithfully do and perform the things agreed by ______________ to be done and performed according to the terms of said contract; and shall pay all lawful claims of subcontractors, materials suppliers, and laborers, for labor performed and materials furnished in the carrying forward, performing, or completing of said contract; we agreeing and assenting that this undertaking shall be for the benefit of any materials supplier or laborer having a just claim, as well as for the obligee herein; then this obligation shall be void; otherwise the same shall remain in full force and effect; it being expressly understood and agreed that the liability of the surety for any and all claims hereunder shall in no event exceed the penal amount of this obligation as herein stated. The said surety hereby stipulates and agrees that no modifications, omissions, or additions, in or to the terms of the said contract or in or to the plans or specifications therefor shall in any wise affect the obligations of said surety on its bond."