Ohio Rev. Code § 175.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 175 / § 175.30
§ 175.30. Definitions
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in sections 175.30 to 175.32 of the Revised Code: (A) "First home" or "home" means the first residential real property located in this state to be purchased by a recipient who has not owned or had an ownership interest in a principal residence in the three years prior to the purchase. (B) "Graduate" means an individual who has graduated from an institution of higher education and who is eligible under division (B) of section 175.31 of the Revised Code to apply for a grant, financial assistance, or down payment assistance awarded under the grants for grads program. (C) "Institution of higher education" means a state university or college located in this state, a private college or university located in this state that possesses a certificate of authorization issued by the chancellor of higher education under Chapter 1713. of the Revised Code, or an accredited college or university located outside this state that is accredited by an accrediting organization or professional accrediting association recognized by the chancellor. (D) "Ohio resident" means any of the following: (1) An individual who was a resident of this state at the time of the individual's graduation from an Ohio public or nonpublic high school that is approved by the department of education and workforce, and who is a resident of this state at the time of applying for the program; (2) An individual who was a resident of this state at the time of completing, through the twelfth-grade level, a home study program approved by the department of education and workforce, and who is a resident of this state at the time of applying for the program; (3) An individual whose parent was a resident of this state at the time of the individual's graduation from high school, and who graduated from either of the following: (a) An out-of-state high school that was accredited by a regional accrediting organization recognized by the United States department of education and met standards at least equivalent to those adopted by the director of education and workforce for approval of nonpublic schools in this state; (b) A high school approved by the United States department of defense. (E) "Program" means the grants for grads program created under section 175.31 of the Revised Code. (F) "Recipient" means an individual who has been awarded a grant or has received financial assistance or down payment assistance under the program. Last updated September 5, 2023 at 5:21 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.4018 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.4018
§ 122.4018. Grants limited by available funds
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly (A) Each fiscal year, the development services agency shall fund program grants until funds for that fiscal year are no longer available. (B) Any application pending at the end of the fiscal year shall be deemed denied, but may be refiled in a subsequent fiscal year provided that all information in the application is still current or has been updated. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 118.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 118 / § 118.021
§ 118.021. Initiating fiscal watch review
Status: in_force

September 3, 1996 House Bill 462 - 121st General Assembly A municipal corporation, county, or township may undergo a fiscal watch review to determine whether it is approaching a state of fiscal emergency. A fiscal watch review shall be initiated by a written request to the auditor of state from the mayor of the municipal corporation, or the presiding officer of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation when authorized by a majority of the members of the legislative authority; from a board of county commissioners, or the county executive of a county formed under Chapter 302. of the Revised Code; or from a board of township trustees; or may be initiated by the auditor of state. The auditor of state shall acknowledge receipt of a written request for a fiscal watch review by sending a copy of it, stamped with the date received by the auditor of state's office, to the public official or board requesting a review.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.84 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.84
§ 122.84. Tax credit for investors in multiple qualified opportunity funds
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Ohio qualified opportunity fund" means a qualified opportunity fund that holds one hundred per cent of its invested assets in qualified opportunity zone property situated in an Ohio opportunity zone. In the case of qualified opportunity zone property that is qualified opportunity zone stock or qualified opportunity zone partnership interest, the stock or interest is situated in an Ohio opportunity zone only if, during all of the qualified opportunity fund's holding period for such stock or interest, all of the use of the corporation's or partnership's tangible property was in an Ohio opportunity zone. In the case of qualified opportunity zone property that is qualified opportunity zone business property, the property is situated in an Ohio opportunity zone only if, during all of the fund's holding period for such property, all of the use of the property was in an Ohio opportunity zone. All terms used in division (A) of this section have the same meaning as in 26 U.S.C. 1400Z-2, except that "all" shall be substituted for "substantially all" wherever "substantially all" appears in the definition of those terms or in the definition of terms used in those terms. (2) "Ohio opportunity zone" means a qualified opportunity zone designated in this state under 26 U.S.C. 1400Z-1 before, on, or after, October 17, 2019, the effective date of the enactment of this section by H.B. 166 of the 133rd general assembly. (3) "Business day" means a day of the week excluding Saturday, Sunday, and a legal holiday as defined under section 1.14 of the Revised Code. (4) "Investment period" means the six-month period from the first day of January to the thirtieth day of June, or from the first day of July to the thirty-first day of December. (5) "Investment" means money from any source other than grant funds that is invested to improve property located in an Ohio opportunity zone with the expectation of receiving a profit. (B) A person that invests in one or more Ohio qualified opportunity funds may apply to the director of development for a nonrefundable credit against the tax levied under section 5725.18 , 5726.02 , 5729.03 , or 5747.02 of the Revised Code. The application shall be made on forms prescribed by the director. The director shall accept and review applications submitted under this section during two annual periods, the first of which begins on the tenth day of January and ends on the seventeenth day of January, and the second of which begins on the tenth day of July and ends on the seventeenth day of July. If any of those dates fall on a day that is not a business day, then the application period begins on or ends after the next business day, as applicable. The credit shall equal ten per cent of the amount of the person's investment in the fund that the fund invested during the immediately preceding investment period in projects located in Ohio opportunity zones. The person shall include the following information with the person's application: (1) The amount of the person's investment in Ohio qualified opportunity funds, arranged according to the amount invested in each such fund if the person invested in more than one such fund; (2) A statement from an employee or officer of each Ohio qualified opportunity fund identified by the person under division (B)(1) of this section certifying the amount of the person's investment in the fund and the amount of that investment the fund invested in projects located in Ohio opportunity zones during the immediately preceding investment period. The statement shall describe each project funded by the investment and state each project's location and the portion of the person's investment invested in each such project. Unless the fund demonstrates otherwise to the director's satisfaction, the amount of a person's investment that the fund invested in a project located in an Ohio opportunity zone equals the same proportion of the amount of the fund's investment in the project as the person's investment in the fund bears to the total investment by all investors in that fund on the date the fund makes the investment in the project. The director shall review and process applications in the order in which applications are received. (C)(1) Subject to division (C)(2) of this section, if the director determines that the applicant qualifies for a credit under this section, the director shall issue, within sixty days after the last day on which an application may be submitted for that application period, a tax credit certificate to the person identified with a unique number and listing the amount of credit the director determines is eligible to be claimed or transferred. (2) The total amount of tax credits issued by the director shall not exceed fifty million dollars for each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027. The director shall not issue any dollar amount of new tax credits under this section in any fiscal year after fiscal year 2027 unless specifically authorized by an act of the general assembly. If the tax credits issued in the first year of the fiscal biennium are less than the maximum allowed, the excess shall be carried forward to the second year of the fiscal biennium. The director shall not issue certificates to a single applicant in any fiscal biennium in an amount that exceeds two million dollars. The director shall not issue certificates that exceed five million dollars on the basis of the same project located in an Ohio opportunity zone. The director may not issue a certificate under this section on the basis of any investment for which a small business investment certificate has been issued under section 122.86 of the Revised Code. (3) The credit may be claimed by a person under section 5725.38 , 5726.61 , 5729.21 , or 5747.86 of the Revised Code, as applicable. A person that is not subject to taxation under section 5725.18 , 5726.02 , 5729.03 , or 5747.02 of the Revised Code shall not claim the credit but if the person is the applicant to which the certificate was initially issued, the person may transfer the right to claim the credit under division (D) of this section. (D) A taxpayer claiming a credit under this section shall submit a copy of the certificate with the taxpayer's return or report. (E) A person that holds a wholly or partially unclaimed certificate issued under this section may transfer the right to claim all or part of the remaining credit to any other person. To effectuate the transfer, the transferor must notify the tax commissioner, in writing, that the transferor is transferring the right to claim all or part of the remaining credit stated on the certificate. The transferor shall identify in that notification the certificate's number, the name and the tax identification number of the transferee, the amount of remaining credit transferred to the transferee, and, if applicable, the amount of remaining credit retained by the transferor. The transferee may claim the amount of credit received under this division pursuant to and in the manner required under divisions (C)(3) and (D) of this section. Transferring a credit under this division does not extend the taxable year or calendar year for which the credit may be claimed or number of years for which the unclaimed credit amount may be carried forward under section 5725.38 , 5726.61 , 5729.21 , or 5747.86 of the Revised Code, as applicable. Any person to which a credit has been transferred under this division may transfer the right to claim all or part of the transferred credit amount to any other person, in the same manner prescribed by this division for the initial transfer, including that any such transfer be reported by the transferor to the tax commissioner as described in this division. (F) On or before the first day of August each year, the director of development shall submit a report to the governor, the president and minority leader of the senate, and the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives on the tax credit program authorized under this section. The report shall include the following information: (1) The number of projects funded by investments for which a tax credit application was submitted under this section during the preceding year, the Ohio opportunity zone in which each such project is located, the number of projects funded by investments for which certificates were allocated during the preceding year, a description of each such project, and the composition of an Ohio qualified opportunity fund's investments in each project funded by investments for which a tax credit application was submitted under this section; (2) The number of persons that invested in an Ohio qualified opportunity fund and applied for a tax credit based on the fund's investment in a project during the preceding year, the name of the fund in which each such investment was made, the number of persons allocated a credit for such investments under this section, and the dollar amount of those credits; (3) A map that shows the location of each Ohio opportunity zone and that indicates which zones include existing or pending projects that are, or will be, funded by tax credit-eligible investments. Last updated July 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.10
§ 117.10. Auditor of state - duties - federal audits
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 (GA 130), Senate Bill 67 (GA 130) (A) The auditor of state shall audit all public offices as provided in this chapter. The auditor of state also may audit the specific funds or accounts of private institutions, associations, boards, and corporations into which has been placed or deposited public money from a public office and may require of them annual reports in such form as the auditor of state prescribes. The auditor of state may audit some or all of the other funds or accounts of a private institution, association, board, or corporation that has received public money from a public office only if one or more of the following applies: (1) The audit is specifically required or authorized by the Revised Code; (2) The private institution, association, board, or corporation requests that the auditor of state audit some or all of its other funds or accounts; (3) All of the revenue of the private institution, association, board, or corporation is composed of public money; (4) The private institution, association, board, or corporation failed to separately and independently account for the public money in its possession, in violation of section 117.431 of the Revised Code; (5) The auditor of state has a reasonable belief that the private institution, association, board, or corporation illegally expended, converted, misappropriated, or otherwise cannot account for the public money it received from a public office and that it is necessary to audit its other funds or accounts to make that determination. (B) If the auditor of state performs or contracts for the performance of an audit, including a special audit, of the public employees retirement system, school employees retirement system, state teachers retirement system, state highway patrol retirement system, or Ohio police and fire pension fund, the auditor of state shall make a timely report of the results of the audit to the Ohio retirement study council. (C) The auditor of state may audit the accounts of any medicaid provider, as defined in section 5164.01 of the Revised Code. (D) If a public office has been audited by an agency of the United States government, the auditor of state may, if satisfied that the federal audit has been conducted according to principles and procedures not contrary to those of the auditor of state, use and adopt the federal audit and report in lieu of an audit by the auditor of state's own office. (E) Within thirty days after the creation or dissolution or the winding up of the affairs of any public office, that public office shall notify the auditor of state in writing that this action has occurred. (F) Nothing in this section precludes the auditor of state from issuing to a private institution, association, board, or corporation a subpoena and compulsory process for the attendance of witnesses or the production of records under section 117.18 of the Revised Code if the subpoena and compulsory process is in furtherance of an audit the auditor of state is authorized by law to perform. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation. Last updated January 13, 2023 at 1:31 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.09
§ 149.09. Distributing pamphlet laws
Status: in_force

March 19, 2003 House Bill 406 - 124th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the secretary of state shall distribute the pamphlet laws in the following manner: one copy of each pamphlet law shall be forwarded to each county law library, one copy of each pamphlet law shall be forwarded to each county auditor, and one hundred copies of each pamphlet law shall be forwarded to the state library board, which shall forward to each library that receives publications under section 149.12 of the Revised Code one copy of each pamphlet law received. The secretary of state shall distribute any remaining copies of each pamphlet law on the request of interested persons. (B)(1) If the secretary of state chooses to distribute the pamphlet laws in an electronic format instead of distributing copies as provided in division (A) of this section in a paper format, the secretary of state shall notify the clerk of the house of representatives and the clerk of the senate that the printing of paper copies for purposes of this section is no longer necessary and that the secretary of state intends to produce and distribute the pamphlet laws in an electronic format. The secretary of state shall be responsible for paying for the cost of producing and distributing the pamphlet laws in an electronic format. (2) The secretary of state shall establish, by rule, a schedule for the distribution of pamphlet laws in an electronic format to county law libraries, county auditors, and the state library board. (3) The secretary of state may compile one or more pamphlet laws in the same electronic distribution. (4) The secretary of state shall maintain the ability to provide copies of the pamphlet laws in accordance with section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.011
§ 173.011. Planning and service areas; area agencies on aging
Status: in_force

September 29, 1999 House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly (A) When administering funds granted under the Older Americans Act of 1965, 79 Stat. 219, 42 U.S.C. 3001, as amended, the department of aging may divide the state into separate multi-county regions that shall be known as planning and service areas. If the department divides the state into those areas, then, consistent with the rules adopted under division (C)(1) of this section, it shall designate one public entity or one private nonprofit entity as each area's agency on aging. That agency shall administer programs on behalf of the department under the Older Americans Act of 1965 within its planning and service area. (B) Consistent with the rules adopted under division (C)(2) of this section and following an adjudication hearing conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the department may issue an adjudication order that withdraws or provisionally maintains the designation of an entity as an agency on aging. (C) The department shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that do both of the following: (1) Establish criteria to be used for designating an agency on aging; (2) Provide procedures and grounds for withdrawing or provisionally maintaining the designation of an entity as an agency on aging of a planning and service area. Last updated December 16, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 113.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 113 / § 113.60
§ 113.60. Pay for success contracting program
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and sections 113.61 and 113.62 of the Revised Code: (1) "Service intermediary" means a person or entity that enters into a pay for success contract under this section and sections 113.61 and 113.62 of the Revised Code. The service intermediary may act as the service provider that delivers the services specified in the contract or may contract with a separate service provider to deliver those services. (2) "State agency" and "political subdivision" have the same meanings as in section 9.23 of the Revised Code. (B) The treasurer of state shall administer the pay for success contracting program, shall develop procedures for awarding pay for success contracts, and may take any action necessary to implement and administer the program. Under the program, the treasurer of state may enter into a pay for success contract with a service intermediary for the delivery of specified services that benefit the state, a political subdivision, or a group of political subdivisions, such as programs addressing education, public health, criminal justice, or natural resource management. In the case of a contract for the delivery of services that benefit the state, the treasurer of state shall enter into the contract jointly with the director of administrative services. The treasurer of state and, as applicable, the director of administrative services, may enter into a pay for success contract under either of the following circumstances: (1) Upon receiving an appropriation from the general assembly for the purpose of entering into a pay for success contract; (2)(a) At the request of a state agency, a political subdivision, or a group of state agencies or political subdivisions that the treasurer of state and, as applicable, the director of administrative services, enter into a pay for success contract on behalf of the requesting state agency, political subdivision, or group. The requesting state agency, political subdivision, or group shall deposit the cost of the contract with the treasurer of state in the appropriate fund established in section 113.62 of the Revised Code. (b) A political subdivision or group of political subdivisions that requests the treasurer of state to enter into a pay for success contract on behalf of the political subdivision or group shall not use state funds to pay the cost of the contract. (c) The treasurer of state may apply for federal grant moneys on behalf of a requesting state agency, political subdivision, or group to pay the cost of all or part of the contract. The treasurer of state shall not apply for federal grant moneys for the purpose of entering into a pay for success contract without first entering into an agreement with a requesting state agency, political subdivision, or group for the treasurer of state to apply for those moneys. (C) The treasurer of state may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to administer the pay for success contracting program, including rules concerning the following: (1) The procedure for a state agency, political subdivision, or group of state agencies or political subdivisions to request the treasurer of state and, as applicable, the director of administrative services to enter into a pay for success contract and to deposit the cost of the contract with the treasurer of state; (2) The types of services that are appropriate for a service provider to provide under a pay for success contract; (3) Any other rule necessary for the implementation and administration of section 113.60 to 113.62 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 22, 2023 at 9:28 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.632 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.632
§ 122.632. Grant for land bank rehabilitation of residential property
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) An electing subdivision, a county land reutilization corporation, or a qualified nonprofit developer may apply to the director of development for a grant from the welcome home Ohio fund created in section 122.631 of the Revised Code to pay or defer the cost to rehabilitate or construct qualifying residential property held by the electing subdivision's or county land reutilization corporation's land reutilization program or the qualified nonprofit developer's housing program. To the extent that funding is available, in that fund the director may award grants to electing subdivisions, county land reutilization corporations, and qualified nonprofit developers that make such an application and agree to comply with division (B) of this section, with a maximum grant of one hundred thousand dollars per qualifying residential property. (B) The director of development shall require all applicants for a grant authorized by division (A) of this section to agree, as part of the application, to all of the following: (1) That grant funds shall be used to pay the cost of rehabilitation or construction of qualifying residential property and all work will be completed according to all applicable construction and design standards. Up to two thousand dollars of each grant may be used to fund the qualifying financial literacy counseling required under division (B)(6) of this section. If grant funds are spent to construct or rehabilitate a qualifying residential property described in division (A)(4)(b) of section 122.631 of the Revised Code, then no portion of the funds shall be spent to construct or rehabilitate portions of the building that are for nonresidential uses, except for common areas used by the occupants of the residential units and improvements that serve both the residential units and the other portions of the building. (2) That qualifying residential property on which grant funds are spent shall be held until sold to an individual or individuals who, inclusively: (a) Have annual income that is not more than the qualifying median income; (b) Demonstrate the financial means to purchase the qualifying residential property; (c) Agree to maintain ownership of the qualifying residential property, occupy it as a primary residence, and not to rent any portion of the property to another individual for use as a dwelling, for at least three years following the date of purchase; (d) Agree not to sell the qualifying residential property, within fifteen years after the date of the sale, to any purchaser other than the electing subdivision, county land reutilization corporation, or qualified nonprofit developer or an individual or individuals who have annual income that is not more than the qualifying median income; (e) Agree to pay a penalty to the director of development for violation of the agreement required by division (B)(2)(c) of this section that equals the amount of the grant attributable to the property, less one-third of that amount multiplied by the number of full years the individual or individuals owned the property. (f) Agree that the director of development is a third-party beneficiary of the purchase agreement; (g) Agree to participate in the applicant's qualifying financial literacy program; (h) Agree to annually certify to the director of development, during the period described by division (B)(2)(c) of this section, that the individual or individuals own and occupy the qualifying residential property, and that no part of the property is being rented to another individual for use as a dwelling. (3) That qualifying residential property on which grant funds are spent shall be sold for not more than two hundred twenty thousand dollars per property. (4) That qualifying residential property on which grant funds are spent shall not be sold without a deed restriction prohibiting the sale of the property to a person that is not the electing subdivision, county land reutilization corporation, or qualified nonprofit developer or an individual or individuals who have annual income that is not more than the median income for fifteen years after the date of the property's first transfer from the applicant following the use of grant funds. The deed restriction is a covenant running with the land and is fully binding on subsequent purchasers of the property until it expires on the fifteenth anniversary of the property's first transfer from the applicant following the use of grant funds. The electing subdivision, county land reutilization corporation, or qualified nonprofit developer may include in the deed restriction a right of first refusal to repurchase the property for the purpose of ensuring that the property is ultimately sold to an individual or individuals who have annual income that is not more than the qualifying median income. (5) That the applicant shall repay all grant funds expended on any expenses other than the construction or rehabilitation of qualifying residential property or financial literacy counseling required under division (B)(6) of this section, or on qualifying residential property that is not sold to an individual or individuals who meet the requirements described in division (B)(2) of this section or that is sold without the deed restriction described in division (B)(4) of this section; (6) That the applicant shall provide financial qualifying literacy counseling, over a minimum of six months, delivered by the qualifying counseling provider, to each purchaser of qualifying residential property on which grant funds are spent. An applicant may provide information regarding its qualifying financial literacy program to the director of development for review as part of the application or prior to application; (7) That the applicant shall report to the department of development the date when the qualifying residential property that is the subject of the application is sold by the applicant. (8) That, if grant funds are received, the qualifying residential property that is the subject of the application shall not be the subject of an application for a tax credit under section 122.633 of the Revised Code. (C) The director of development is granted authority and standing to sue for the enforcement of a deed restriction described in division (B)(4) of this section. (D)(1) The director may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to administer the grant program. Such rules may include the following: (a) Application forms, deadlines, and procedures; (b) Criteria for evaluating and prioritizing applications; (c) Guidelines for promoting an even geographic distribution of grants throughout the state; (d) Guidelines to determine the value of qualifying residential property located in a building with other uses and the total value of that building. (2) Any grants repaid under this section shall be credited to the welcome home Ohio fund. (3) An electing subdivision, a county land reutilization corporation, or a qualified nonprofit developer shall use all profits derived from the sale of qualifying residential property on which grant funds are spent, including profits derived from the resale of such property to a subsequent purchaser, for the electing subdivision's or county land reutilization corporation's land reutilization program or the qualified nonprofit developer's housing program. Last updated July 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.35
§ 101.35. Joint committee on agency rule review
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly There is hereby created in the general assembly the joint committee on agency rule review. The committee shall consist of five members of the house of representatives and five members of the senate. Within fifteen days after the commencement of the first regular session of each general assembly, the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint the members of the committee from the house of representatives, and the president of the senate shall appoint the members of the committee from the senate. Not more than three of the members from each house shall be of the same political party. The speaker of the house shall appoint a house chairperson from among the house members of the committee, and the president of the senate shall appoint a senate chairperson from among the senate members of the committee. During the first regular session of a general assembly, the committee shall meet at the call of the house chairperson, and the house chairperson shall conduct each meeting. During the second regular session of a general assembly, the committee shall meet at the call of the senate chairperson, and the senate chairperson shall conduct each meeting. If the chairperson responsible for calling and conducting committee meetings is absent or otherwise temporarily unable to perform the chairperson's duties, the other chairperson shall act as a substitute. The chairpersons and members of the committee shall serve until their respective successors are appointed or until they are no longer members of the general assembly. When a vacancy occurs among the officers or members of the committee, it shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. Notwithstanding section 101.26 of the Revised Code, the members, when engaged in their duties as members of the committee on days when there is not a voting session of the member's house of the general assembly, shall be paid at the per diem rate of one hundred fifty dollars, and their necessary traveling expenses, which shall be paid from the funds appropriated for the payment of expenses of legislative committees. The committee has the same powers as other standing or select committees of the general assembly. Six members constitute a quorum. The concurrence of six members is required for the recommendation of a concurrent resolution invalidating a proposed rule under section 106.021 of the Revised Code. The concurrence of seven members is required for the recommendation of a concurrent resolution invalidating an existing rule under section 106.031 of the Revised Code. When a member of the committee is absent, the president or speaker, as the case may be, may designate a substitute from the same house and political party as the absent member. The substitute shall serve on the committee in the member's absence, and is entitled to perform the duties of a member of the committee. For serving on the committee, the substitute shall be paid the same per diem and necessary traveling expenses as the substitute would be entitled to receive if the substitute were a member of the committee. The president or speaker shall inform the executive director of the committee of a substitution. If the executive director learns of a substitution sufficiently in advance of the meeting of the committee the substitute is to attend, the executive director shall publish notice of the substitution on the internet, make reasonable effort to inform of the substitution persons who are known to the executive director to be interested in rules that are scheduled for review at the meeting, and inform of the substitution persons who inquire of the executive director concerning the meeting. The committee may meet during periods in which the general assembly has adjourned. At meetings of the committee, the committee may request an agency, as defined in section 106.01 of the Revised Code, to provide information relative to the agency's implementation of its statutory authority. A member of the committee, and the executive director and staff of the committee, are entitled in their official capacities to attend, but not in their official capacities to participate in, a public hearing conducted by an agency on a proposed rule. The executive director serves at the pleasure of the president and speaker by mutual consensus. The executive director may employ such technical, professional, and clerical employees as are necessary to carry out the powers and administrative duties of the committee. Last updated September 7, 2023 at 2:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 140.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 140 / § 140.05
§ 140.05. Leasing hospital facilities
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A)(1) A public hospital agency may lease any hospital facility to one or more hospital agencies for use as a hospital facility, or to one or more city or general health districts; boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services; county boards of developmental disabilities; the department of mental health and addiction services ; or the department of developmental disabilities, for uses which they are authorized to make thereof under the laws applicable to them, or any combination of them, and they may lease such facilities to or from a hospital agency for such uses, upon such terms and conditions as are agreed upon by the parties. Such lease may be for a term of fifty years or less and may provide for an option of the lessee to renew for a term of fifty years or less, as therein set forth. Prior to entering into such lease, the governing body of any public hospital agency granting such lease must determine, and set forth in a resolution or ordinance, that such lease will promote the public purpose stated in section 140.02 of the Revised Code and that the lessor public hospital agency will be duly benefited thereby. (2) If the lease is with a board of county commissioners, board of county hospital trustees, or county hospital commission and is an agreement for the initial lease of a county hospital operated by a board of county hospital trustees under section 339.06 of the Revised Code, the governing body of the public hospital agency shall submit the agreement, accompanied by the resolution or ordinance, to the board of county commissioners for review pursuant to section 339.091 of the Revised Code. The agreement may be entered into only if the board of county commissioners adopts a resolution under that section. The requirements of division (A)(2) of this section do not apply to the lease if one or more hospitals classified as general hospitals by the director of health under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code are operating in the same county as the county hospital. (B) Any lease entered into pursuant to this section shall provide that in the event that the lessee fails faithfully and efficiently to administer, maintain, and operate such leased facilities as hospital facilities, or fails to provide the services thereof without regard to race, creed, color, or national origin, or fails to require that any hospital agency using such facilities or the services thereof shall not discriminate by reason of race, creed, color, or national origin, after an opportunity to be heard upon written charges, said lease may be terminated at the time, in the manner and with consequences therein provided. If any such lease does not contain terms to the effect provided in this division, it shall nevertheless be deemed to contain such terms which shall be implemented as determined by the governing body of the lessor. (C) Such lease may provide for rentals commencing at any time agreed upon, or advance rental, and continuing for such period therein provided, notwithstanding and without diminution, rebate, or setoff by reason of time of availability of the hospital facility for use, delays in construction, failure of completion, damage or destruction of the hospital facilities, or for any other reason. (D) Such lease may provide for the sale or transfer of title of the leased facilities pursuant to an option to purchase, lease-purchase, or installment purchase upon terms therein provided or to be determined as therein provided, which may include provision for the continued use thereof as a hospital facility for some reasonable period, taking into account efficient useful life and other factors, as is provided therein. (E) Such lease may be entered as part of or in connection with an agreement pursuant to section 140.03 of the Revised Code. Any hospital facilities which are the subject of an agreement entered into under section 140.03 of the Revised Code may be leased pursuant to this section. (F) If land acquired by a public hospital agency for a hospital facility is adjacent to an existing hospital facility owned by another hospital agency, the public hospital agency may, in connection with such acquisition or the leasing of such land and hospital facilities thereon to one or more hospital agencies, enter into an agreement with the hospital agency which owns such adjacent hospital facility for the use of common walls in the construction, operation, or maintenance of hospital facilities of the public hospital agency. For the purpose of construction, operation, or maintenance of hospital facilities, a public hospital agency may acquire by purchase, gift, lease, lease with option to purchase, lease-purchase, or installment purchase, easement deed, or other agreement, real estate and interests in real estate, including rights to use space over, under or upon real property owned by others, and support, access, common wall, and other rights in connection therewith. Any public hospital agency or other political subdivision or any public agency, board, commission, institution, body, or instrumentality may grant such real estate, interests, or rights to any hospital agency upon such terms as are agreed upon without necessity for competitive bidding or public auction. Last updated October 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.29
§ 126.29. Agency scheduled to terminate operations
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly (A) Whenever any state agency, whether in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of government, is scheduled to terminate its operations on a specified date, the agency shall notify the director of budget and management not earlier than one hundred twenty days prior to the specified termination date and, if feasible, not later than ninety days prior to such date. If notice cannot feasibly be given at least ninety days prior to such date, notice shall be given as soon after the ninetieth day prior to the termination date as possible. The director shall: (1) Encumber, from the appropriation of the agency for the fiscal year that includes the date on which the agency is scheduled to terminate its operations, an amount sufficient to pay all expenses incurred prior to the date on which operations are terminated; (2) Notify the department of administrative services of the need to: (a) Provide for the final payment by mail of the wages or salaries and the value of accumulated vacation leave to former employees of the agency; (b) Certify the employment status of former employees of the agency who are eligible for unemployment compensation under Chapter 4141. of the Revised Code or under other state or federal law. (3) Pay any expenses incurred by the agency prior to its termination date but for which a bill is not received until after its termination date; (4) Attend to any other matters associated with winding up the affairs of the agency. (B) Upon completion of the winding up of the affairs of the agency, but not later than one hundred eighty days after its termination date, the director shall request the auditor of state to conduct a final audit of the agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.13
§ 101.13. Election of officers of the house
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly After the representatives-elect have taken the oath of office, if there is a quorum present, the house of representatives shall elect a speaker, a speaker pro tempore, and other officials.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.37
§ 126.37. Stale warrants for payment
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) The director of budget and management shall void any warrant the director draws on the state treasury that is not presented for payment to the treasurer of state within ninety days after the date of issuance. (B) If a warrant voided pursuant to division (A) of this section was drawn against an appropriation of the current fiscal year and the holder of the voided warrant presents the warrant for reissuance, in the same fiscal year, to the state agency that made the payment originally, the agency shall prepare a voucher for the holder of the voided warrant, in the amount shown on the warrant that has been voided, against the same appropriation of the same fiscal year if the agency is satisfied that payment is proper. (C) If a warrant was drawn against an appropriation of the first fiscal year of the fiscal biennium and voided pursuant to division (A) of this section in either fiscal year of the biennium and if the holder of the voided warrant presents the warrant for reissuance, in the second fiscal year of the biennium, to the state agency that made the payment originally, the agency shall prepare a voucher for the holder of the voided warrant, in the amount shown on the warrant that has been voided, against funds transferred to the agency by the director pursuant to section 131.33 of the Revised Code, if the agency is satisfied that payment is proper. If no such funds are available for transfer, the agency shall prepare the voucher against any unexpended appropriations of the current fiscal year available to it. (D) If a warrant was drawn against an appropriation and, during the same biennium, was voided pursuant to division (A) of this section, and if, after that biennium, the holder of the voided warrant presents the warrant for reissuance to the state agency that made the payment originally, the agency shall prepare a voucher for the holder of the voided warrant, in the amount shown on the warrant that has been voided, against any appropriation of the current fiscal year made to the agency if the agency is satisfied that payment is proper. (E) If a warrant voided pursuant to division (A) of this section was drawn against an appropriation of a previous fiscal year and voided after that fiscal biennium and if the holder of the voided warrant presents the warrant for reissuance to the state agency that made the payment originally, the agency shall forward the warrant to the director with a request for reissuance. The director shall make payment to the holder of the voided warrant, in the amount shown on the warrant that has been voided, against an appropriation of the current fiscal year made to the director for the reissuance of voided warrants, if the director is satisfied that reissuance of the warrant is proper. Last updated July 20, 2021 at 10:11 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.17
§ 163.17. Interest
Status: in_force

July 6, 2001 Senate Bill 108 - 124th General Assembly Where the agency has the right to take possession of the property before the verdict upon payment into court of a deposit, and a portion of said deposit may be withdrawn immediately by the owner, the amount of the verdict which exceeds the portion of the deposit withdrawable shall be subject to interest from the date of taking to the date of actual payment of the award. Where the agency has no right to take possession of the property before the verdict, if the award is not paid to the owner or deposited in court within twenty-one days after journalization of the verdict, interest thereafter shall accrue, except that where the owner appeals, interest shall not accrue until the agency takes possession. If the owner appeals and is granted a larger award, interest shall be paid on the additional amount awarded from the date of taking possession to the date of actual payment or date of deposit with immediate right of withdrawal. If the agency wishes to appeal, it may require the deposit to remain with the court pending final disposition of the case provided it pays interest on the final award from date of taking possession to the date the money is actually paid or made available to the owner; provided, the owner may withdraw the entire award upon posting an appropriate refund bond set by the court; and provided, that where a building or other structure is taken, the court may, on application of the owner, permit the owner to withdraw a reasonable portion of the award allocable to the building without giving bond. If the amount of any deposit actually withdrawn by the owner exceeds the final award from which no appeal is or can be taken, then the owner at the time of entry of judgment on such award shall refund at once to the court for the account of the agency the amount of such excess plus interest on such excess from the date of withdrawal of such excess until the date of such refund, and upon the failure of the owner to make such refund, the agency shall be entitled to a money judgment against the owner. Except for cases involving the department of transportation, interest as provided for in this section shall be at the rate of interest for judgments as set forth in section 1343.03 of the Revised Code. In a case involving the appropriation of property by the department of transportation, and the department is the sole public agency seeking to appropriate property in the case, interest as provided for in this section shall be at the per annum rate of either the interest rate as defined and established in division (B) of section 5703.47 of the Revised Code, or ten per cent, whichever is less.
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.54
§ 147.54. Executing a jurat
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) The person executing a jurat shall certify all of the following: (1) The signer appeared before the notary public; (2) The notary public administered an oath or affirmation to the signer that the statement in the jurat is true and correct; (3) The signer signed the document in the presence of the notary public. (B) The oath or affirmation administered by the notary public to the signer of a jurat shall include one of the following questions, or substantially similar questions: (1) "Do you solemnly swear that the statements in this document are true, so help you God?" (2) "Do you affirm, under penalty of perjury, that the statements in this document are true?" Last updated April 3, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 113.72 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 113 / § 113.72
§ 113.72. Expenditure information required for database
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly For each expenditure, the Ohio state and local government expenditure database shall include the following information: (A) The amount of the expenditure; (B) The date the expenditure was paid; (C) The supplier to which the expenditure was paid; (D) The state entity that made the expenditure or requested the expenditure be made. Last updated September 16, 2021 at 11:13 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.0811 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.0811
§ 122.0811. Completeness of application and eligibility of project
Status: in_force

January 4, 2006 Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly The department of development shall evaluate each eligible project selected pursuant to section 122.0810 of the Revised Code to determine whether the application for the proposed eligible project is complete and whether it meets the requirements of section 122.0815 of the Revised Code. If the application is complete and the project meets the requirements of section 122.0815 of the Revised Code, the department shall notify the eligible applicant that the application is complete and shall prioritize the eligible project pursuant to section 122.0816 of the Revised Code with all other eligible projects with complete applications that meet the requirements. If the application is incomplete or the project does not meet the requirements of section 122.0815 of the Revised Code, the department shall notify the applicant of the deficiencies and the period of time the applicant has to correct the deficiencies and submit the corrections to the department. Failure to correct deficiencies within the time designated by the department shall disqualify the project from consideration for a grant during the annual competitive process for that year. The director, on completion of the evaluations and prioritization, shall make a recommendation to the controlling board asking for approval to make grants for the eligible projects selected by the director. The director shall take into consideration the geographic diversity of awards when making the selection of eligible projects to receive grants.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.089 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.089
§ 122.089. Grant application contents
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 Senate Bill 24 - 127th General Assembly An eligible applicant shall provide all of the following on the annual competitive process application: (A) Contact information for the eligible applicant; (B) A legal description of the property for which the grant is requested; (C) A summary of the proposed eligible project that includes all of the following: (1) A general description of the eligible project, including individuals, organizations, or other entities that will play a critical role in the implementation of the project; (2) An explanation of the need for the eligible project, and the predicted economic impact; (3) An explanation of the need for a grant from the job ready site program; (4) The commitments required pursuant to division (A)(3) of section 122.0815 of the Revised Code. (D) A detailed summary of costs for the eligible project, including supporting documents for cost estimates; (E) Sources of funding for the eligible project, including documentation verifying the status of those funds; (F) Summary results of preliminary engineering studies and environmental reviews, if any have been conducted; (G) A comprehensive marketing plan detailing how the eligible project will be marketed upon completion, if appropriate; (H) Copies of resolutions or ordinances related to the eligible project, including resolutions or ordinances adopted by the political subdivision with jurisdiction over the geographic area in which the eligible project is located; (I) Any other information the director of development requests on the application form.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.141 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.141
§ 124.141. Appointment incentive program
Status: in_force

July 1, 2007 House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly The director of administrative services may establish, by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, an appointment incentive program that allows an appointing authority to pay to an officer or employee described in division (A)(30) of section 124.11 , division (B)(2) of section 124.14 , or division (B) of section 126.32 of the Revised Code a salary and benefits package that differs from the salary and benefits otherwise provided by law for that officer or employee, provided that the appointment incentive program established by the director cannot include authority for an appointing authority to provide health care benefits to a covered officer or employee that are different from health care benefits otherwise provided by law for that officer or employee.
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.242 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.242
§ 128.242. Exemption for certain business service users
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Except as provided in section 128.243 of the Revised Code, a business service user to which all of the following apply is exempt from the requirements of section 128.241 of the Revised Code until two years after the effective date of this section : (A) The requirements would be unduly and unreasonably burdensome. (B) The multiline telephone system or voice over internet protocol system needs to be reprogrammed or replaced. (C) The business service user made a good-faith attempt to reprogram or replace the system. (D) The business service user agrees to place an instructional sticker next to the telephones that explains how to access 9-1-1 in case of emergency, provides the specific location where the device is installed, and reminds the caller to give the location information to the 9-1-1 call taker. (E) The instructions described in division (D) of this section are printed in at least sixteen-point boldface type in a contrasting color using a font that is easily readable. (F) The business service user affirms in an affidavit the conditions specified in divisions (B), (C), (D), and (E) of this section. (G) The affidavit described in division (F) of this section includes the manufacturer and model number of the system. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 5:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.68 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.68
§ 101.68. Availability of agency reports
Status: in_force

September 29, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly (A) Subject to division (D) of this section, within thirty days of the convening of the first regular session of the general assembly, each agency required to submit reports or similar documents to the general assembly pursuant to section 103.43 , 3301.07 , 5139.33 , 5501.07 , 5537.17 , or 5593.21 of the Revised Code shall send written notice to each member of the general assembly in order to determine whether the member desires to personally receive the reports or similar documents as they are made available by the agency. If the member desires to personally receive the reports or similar documents as they become available, the member shall send a written request to the agency within thirty days of receiving the notice. (B) Whenever any statute or rule requires that a report, recommendation, or other similar document be submitted to the general assembly under a law not cited in division (A) of this section, to the members of the general assembly, to one house of the general assembly, or to the members of one house of the general assembly, the requirement shall be fulfilled by the submission of a copy of the report, recommendation, or document to the director of the legislative service commission, the president of the senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the minority leader of the house of representatives if both houses of the general assembly or their members are specified, or to the director of the legislative service commission, the president of the senate, and the minority leader of the senate if only the senate or its members are specified, or to the director of the legislative service commission, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the minority leader of the house of representatives if only the house of representatives or its members are specified. This division does not apply to items required to be distributed to members of the general assembly pursuant to section 103.14 , 149.04 , 149.07 , or 149.17 of the Revised Code. (C) Each month the legislative service commission shall provide to each member of the senate and to each member of the house of representatives a list of all reports, recommendations, and documents submitted to the officers of the general assembly under division (B) of this section. The list shall include a short and accurate description of the content, length, and form of each report, recommendation, or document submitted, as well as a statement setting forth the number printed, if applicable, and the cost of preparation. Each member may request from the legislative service commission a copy of any report, recommendation, or document on the list, and the legislative service commission shall comply with any such request. (D) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, whenever any statute or rule requires that an agency submit a report, recommendation, or other similar document to the general assembly or otherwise as described in division (B) of this section in a paper, book, or other hard copy format, the report, recommendation, or other document, to the extent technologically feasible, shall be submitted to the general assembly or otherwise as described in division (B) of this section through electronic means, rather than in the hard copy format, and shall be displayed by the agency on a web site it maintains.
Ohio Rev. Code § 105.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 105 / § 105.24
§ 105.24. Council may attend annual and other state conferences
Status: in_force

December 2, 1996 House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly The commissioners of the council of uniform state laws may, on behalf of the state, attend the annual and other conferences of state commissioners for the promotion of uniformity of legislation in the United States.
Ohio Rev. Code § 129.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 129 / § 129.09
§ 129.09. Payment of interest
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Interest on the bonded debt of the state shall be paid to the owner of bonds or certificates evidencing such debt, or to such owner's agent, attorney, or legal representative. Last updated August 30, 2023 at 8:58 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.09
§ 135.09. Award of interim deposits
Status: in_force

March 5, 1987 House Bill 144 - 116th General Assembly Interim deposits may be awarded by the treasurer or governing board as interim moneys become available. The treasurer or the governing board shall award the interim deposits of public moneys subject to its control to the eligible institution or institutions which offer to pay the highest permissible rate of interest on interim deposits in like time certificates of deposit or savings or deposit accounts. Whenever, during the period of designation, the treasurer or governing board considers the terms of the applications for interim deposits in force no longer reflect prevailing interest rates in the market, the board, by resolution, may determine this fact and request new bids for interim deposits from eligible institutions. Each application shall be in writing and made prior to the date set by the governing board, specifying the maximum amount of public moneys the applicant desires to receive and have on deposit as interim deposits at any one time during the remaining period of designation and the rate of interest the applicant will pay thereon, subject to the limitations of sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 159.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 159 / § 159.03
§ 159.03. Consent of state given to acquisition by United States of land required for government purposes
Status: in_force

August 3, 1999 Senate Bill 89 - 123rd General Assembly The consent of the state is given, in accordance with clause 17, Section 8, Article I, United States Constitution, to the acquisition, after May 6, 1902, by the United States, by purchase, condemnation, lease, or otherwises, of any land in this state required for sites for custom houses, courthouses, correctional institutions, post-offices, arsenals, or other public buildings whatever, or for any other purposes of the government.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.67 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.67
§ 109.67. Public awareness publications on elder fraud and financial exploitation of the elderly
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 Senate Bill 158 - 132nd General Assembly The attorney general shall distribute at least six public awareness publications each year that provide general information on elder fraud and financial exploitation of the elderly. The awareness publications must include information on all of the following: (A) Warning signs that may signal that fraud or financial exploitation are occurring; (B) Methods for reporting elder fraud or financial exploitation including a list of agencies that handle those reports; (C) Services and resources that may be available to prevent or remedy elder fraud or financial exploitation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 150.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 150 / § 150.02
§ 150.02. Ohio venture capital authority
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the Ohio venture capital authority, which shall exercise the powers and perform the duties prescribed by this chapter. The exercise by the authority of its powers and duties is hereby declared to be an essential state governmental function. The authority is subject to all laws generally applicable to state agencies and public officials, including, but not limited to, Chapter 119. and sections 121.22 and 149.43 of the Revised Code, to the extent those laws do not conflict with this chapter. (B) The authority shall consist of three members appointed by the governor, one of whom the governor shall select from a list of three nominees provided by the president of the senate, and one of whom the governor shall select from a list of three nominees provided by the speaker of the house of representatives. If the governor rejects all the nominees provided in either list, the governor shall request that the president of the senate or speaker of the house, as the case may be, provide another list of three nominees, and the president or speaker, as the case may be, shall provide another list of three nominees. All nominated and appointed members shall have experience in the field of banking, investments, commercial law, or industry relevant to the purpose of the Ohio venture capital program as stated in section 150.01 of the Revised Code. The director of development and tax commissioner or their designees shall serve as advisors to the authority but shall not be members and shall not vote on any matter before the authority. Initial appointees to the authority shall serve staggered terms, with one term expiring on January 31, 2004, two terms expiring on January 31, 2005, two terms expiring on January 31, 2006, and two terms expiring on January 31, 2007. The terms of all members serving on the authority on January 31, 2010, expire on that date, and the three appointees appointed pursuant to the amendment of this section by H.B. 1 of the 128th general assembly shall begin their terms February 1, 2010, with one term expiring January 31, 2012, one term expiring January 31, 2013, and one term expiring January 31, 2014. Thereafter, terms of office for all appointees shall be for four years, with each term ending on the same day of the same month as did the term that it succeeds. A vacancy on the authority shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment, except that a person appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed to the remainder of the unexpired term. Any appointed member of the authority is eligible for reappointment. A member of the authority may be removed by the member's appointing authority for misfeasance, malfeasance, willful neglect of duty, or other cause, after notice and a public hearing, unless the notice and hearing are waived in writing by the member. (C) Members of the authority shall serve without compensation, but shall receive their reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the conduct of authority business. The governor shall designate a member of the authority to serve as chairperson. A majority of the members of the authority constitutes a quorum, and the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present is necessary for any action taken by the authority. A vacancy in the membership of the authority does not impair the right of a quorum to exercise all rights and perform all duties of the authority. (D) The department of development shall provide the authority with office space and such technical assistance as the authority requires. (E) The authority and an issuer may cooperate in promoting the public purposes of the Ohio venture capital program as stated in section 150.01 of the Revised Code and may enter into such agreements as the authority and the issuer deem appropriate, with a view to cooperative action and safeguarding of the respective interests of the parties thereto. Such agreements may provide for the rights, duties, and responsibilities of the parties and any limitations thereon, the terms on which any tax credits that may be issued to a trustee for the benefit of the issuer pursuant to division (E) of section 150.07 of the Revised Code are to be issued and claimed, and such other terms as may be mutually satisfactory to the parties including, but not limited to, requirements for reporting, and a plan, prepared by a program administrator and acceptable to the authority and the issuer, designed to evidence and ensure compliance with division (D) of section 150.03 of the Revised Code and Section 2p of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.22
§ 153.22. Compensation of commissioners
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The persons appointed under section 153.21 of the Revised Code after August 22, 1951, shall receive a reasonable compensation for the time actually employed, to be fixed by the court of common pleas and on its approval paid from the county treasury. Their compensation in the aggregate shall not exceed eight thousand dollars.
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.63
§ 128.63. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The tax commissioner may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to carry out this chapter, including rules prescribing the necessary accounting for the collection fee under division (B) of section 128.46 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 19, 2023 at 11:06 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.743 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.743
§ 109.743. Administrative rules
Status: in_force

December 2, 1996 House Bill 670 - 121st General Assembly The attorney general shall adopt, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code or pursuant to section 109.74 of the Revised Code, rules governing firearms requalification programs that are required by section 109.801 of the Revised Code. At a minimum, the rules shall prohibit a firearms requalification program from being used to fulfill the requirements of section 109.801 of the Revised Code until after the program is approved by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission pursuant to section 109.75 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 161.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 161 / § 161.10
§ 161.10. Governor to adjudicate disputes
Status: in_force

September 30, 1963 Senate Bill 199 - 105th General Assembly Any dispute concerning a question of fact arising under sections 161.01 to 161.29 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, with respect to an office in the executive branch of the state government, except a dispute of fact relative to the office of governor, shall be adjudicated by the governor, or other official authorized under the constitution, or otherwise by law, to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of governor, and his decision shall be final.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.02
§ 149.02. Annual reports in triplicate
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Wherever in the Revised Code annual reports are required to be made to the governor, or annual reports to the governor are referred to, such reports shall be made in triplicate and filed as provided in section 149.01 of the Revised Code, and the special information required by any section of the Revised Code to be included in such annual report shall be included in such triplicate reports.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.72 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.72
§ 121.72. Incorporating rule by reference
Status: in_force

August 18, 2019 Senate Bill 221 - 132nd General Assembly An agency incorporates a text or other material into a rule by reference when it refers in the rule to the text or other material as if it were spelled out or otherwise reproduced in the rule. The agency shall accompany the incorporation by reference with a citation that provides information sufficient to enable a reasonable person to whom the rule applies readily and without charge to find and inspect the text or other material that has been incorporated by reference. The citation shall specify the date of the text or other material or identify a particular edition or version of the text or other material and, if available, the date of the particular edition or version. The citation may include a web site address to the text or other material and may include other information that will enable the text or other material to be found readily and without charge. An agency that incorporates a text or other material by reference into a rule is presumed to have incorporated by reference a version of the text or other material that is in existence at the time of its incorporation by reference. An agency may not incorporate by reference a future version of the text or other material that is not in existence at the time of its incorporation by reference.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.12
§ 122.12. Definitions
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 Senate Bill 54 - 135th General Assembly As used in this section and in sections 122.121 and 122.122 of the Revised Code: (A) "Endorsing county" means a county that contains a site selected by a site selection organization for one or more games. (B) "Endorsing municipality" means a municipal corporation that contains a site selected by a site selection organization for one or more games. (C) "Game support contract" means a joinder undertaking, joinder agreement, or similar contract executed by an endorsing municipality or endorsing county and a site selection organization. (D) "Game" means a national or international competition or other event, such as a player draft or commemoration, associated with a sport, including the special olympics. (E) "Joinder agreement" means an agreement entered into by a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county, or more than one endorsing municipality or county acting collectively and a site selection organization setting out representations and assurances by each endorsing municipality or endorsing county in connection with the selection of a site in this state for the location of a game. (F) "Joinder undertaking" means an agreement entered into by a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county, or more than one endorsing municipality or county acting collectively and a site selection organization that each endorsing municipality or endorsing county will execute a joinder agreement in the event that the site selection organization selects a site in this state for a game. (G) "Local organizing committee" means a nonprofit corporation or its successor in interest that: (1) Has been authorized by an endorsing municipality, endorsing county, or more than one endorsing municipality or county acting collectively to pursue an application and bid on the applicant's behalf to a site selection organization for selection as the site of one or more games; or (2) With the authorization of an endorsing municipality, endorsing county, or more than one endorsing municipality or county acting collectively, has executed an agreement with a site selection organization regarding a bid to host one or more games. (H) "Site selection organization" means the national or international governing body of a sport that is recognized as such by the endorsing municipality, endorsing county, or local organizing committee. (I) "Sport" means football, auto racing, rugby, cricket, horse racing, mixed martial arts, boxing, baseball, or any competition that is either or both of the following: (1) Governed by an international federation; (2) Included in at least one of the following: (a) Olympic games; (b) Pan American games; (c) Commonwealth games. (J) "Qualifying costs" means the costs to fulfill the obligations of a local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county to a site selection organization under a game support contract, which obligations may include the payment of the following costs: (1) Costs relating to the preparations necessary for the conduct of the game, including acquiring, renovating, or constructing facilities; (2) Costs of conducting the game; (3) Costs to assist the local organizing committee, endorsing municipality, or endorsing county in providing assurances required by a site selection organization sponsoring one or more games. Last updated February 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 140.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 140 / § 140.01
§ 140.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2024 House Bill 110 (GA 134), House Bill 281 (GA 134) As used in this chapter: (A) "Hospital agency" means any public hospital agency or any nonprofit hospital agency. (B) "Public hospital agency" means any county, board of county hospital trustees established pursuant to section 339.02 of the Revised Code, county hospital commission established pursuant to section 339.14 of the Revised Code, municipal corporation, new community authority organized under Chapter 349. of the Revised Code, joint township hospital district, state or municipal university or college operating or authorized to operate a hospital facility, or the state. (C) "Nonprofit hospital agency" means a corporation or association not for profit, no part of the net earnings of which inures or may lawfully inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, that has authority to own or operate a hospital facility or provides or is to provide services to one or more other hospital agencies. (D) "Governing body" means, in the case of a county, the board of county commissioners or other legislative body; in the case of a board of county hospital trustees, the board; in the case of a county hospital commission, the commission; in the case of a municipal corporation, the council or other legislative authority; in the case of a new community authority, its board of trustees; in the case of a joint township hospital district, the joint township district hospital board; in the case of a state or municipal university or college, its board of trustees or board of directors; in the case of a nonprofit hospital agency, the board of trustees or other body having general management of the agency; and, in the case of the state, the director of development or the Ohio higher educational facility commission. (E) "Hospital facilities" means buildings, structures and other improvements, additions thereto and extensions thereof, furnishings, equipment, and real estate and interests in real estate, used or to be used for or in connection with one or more hospitals, emergency, intensive, intermediate, extended, long-term, or self-care facilities, diagnostic and treatment and out-patient facilities, facilities related to programs for home health services, clinics, laboratories, public health centers, research facilities, and rehabilitation facilities, for or pertaining to diagnosis, treatment, care, or rehabilitation of persons who are sick, ill, injured, infirm, or impaired or who have disabilities, or the prevention, detection, and control of disease, and also includes education, training, and food service facilities for health professions personnel, housing facilities for such personnel and their families, and parking and service facilities in connection with any of the foregoing; and includes any one, part of, or any combination of the foregoing; and further includes site improvements, utilities, machinery, facilities, furnishings, and any separate or connected buildings, structures, improvements, sites, utilities, facilities, or equipment to be used in, or in connection with the operation or maintenance of, or supplementing or otherwise related to the services or facilities to be provided by, any one or more of such hospital facilities. (F) "Costs of hospital facilities" means the costs of acquiring hospital facilities or interests in hospital facilities, including membership interests in nonprofit hospital agencies, costs of constructing hospital facilities, costs of improving one or more hospital facilities, including reconstructing, rehabilitating, remodeling, renovating, and enlarging, costs of equipping and furnishing such facilities, and all financing costs pertaining thereto, including, without limitation thereto, costs of engineering, architectural, and other professional services, designs, plans, specifications and surveys, and estimates of cost, costs of tests and inspections, the costs of any indemnity or surety bonds and premiums on insurance, all related direct or allocable administrative expenses pertaining thereto, fees and expenses of trustees, depositories, and paying agents for the obligations, cost of issuance of the obligations and financing charges and fees and expenses of financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, consultants and rating services in connection therewith, capitalized interest on the obligations, amounts necessary to establish reserves as required by the bond proceedings, the reimbursement of all moneys advanced or applied by the hospital agency or others or borrowed from others for the payment of any item or items of costs of such facilities, and all other expenses necessary or incident to planning or determining feasibility or practicability with respect to such facilities, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, enlargement, improvement, equipment, and furnishing of such facilities, the financing thereof, and the placing of the same in use and operation, including any one, part of, or combination of such classes of costs and expenses, and means the costs of refinancing obligations issued by, or reimbursement of money advanced by, nonprofit hospital agencies or others the proceeds of which were used for the payment of costs of hospital facilities, if the governing body of the public hospital agency determines that the refinancing or reimbursement advances the purposes of this chapter, whether or not the refinancing or reimbursement is in conjunction with the acquisition or construction of additional hospital facilities. (G) "Hospital receipts" means all moneys received by or on behalf of a hospital agency from or in connection with the ownership, operation, acquisition, construction, improvement, equipping, or financing of any hospital facilities, including, without limitation thereto, any rentals and other moneys received from the lease, sale, or other disposition of hospital facilities, and any gifts, grants, interest subsidies, or other moneys received under any federal program for assistance in financing the costs of hospital facilities, and any other gifts, grants, and donations, and receipts therefrom, available for financing the costs of hospital facilities. (H) "Obligations" means bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness or obligation, including interest coupons pertaining thereto, issued or issuable by a public hospital agency to pay costs of hospital facilities. (I) "Bond service charges" means principal, interest, and call premium, if any, required to be paid on obligations. (J) "Bond proceedings" means one or more ordinances, resolutions, trust agreements, indentures, and other agreements or documents, and amendments and supplements to the foregoing, or any combination thereof, authorizing or providing for the terms, including any variable interest rates, and conditions applicable to, or providing for the security of, obligations and the provisions contained in such obligations. (K) "Nursing home" has the same meaning as in division (A)(1) of section 5701.13 of the Revised Code. (L) "Residential care facility" has the same meaning as in division (A)(2) of section 5701.13 of the Revised Code. (M) "Independent living facility" means any self-care facility or other housing facility designed or used as a residence for elderly persons. An "independent living facility" does not include a residential facility, or that part of a residential facility, that is any of the following: (1) A hospital; (2) A nursing home or residential care facility; (3) A facility operated by a hospice care program licensed under section 3712.04 of the Revised Code and used for the program's hospice patients; (4) A residential facility licensed by the department of mental health and addiction services under section 5119.34 of the Revised Code that provides accommodations, supervision, and personal care services for three to sixteen unrelated adults; (5) A residential facility licensed by the department of mental health and addiction services under section 5119.34 of the Revised Code that is not a residential facility described in division (M)(4) of this section; (6) A facility licensed to operate an opioid treatment program under section 5119.37 of the Revised Code; (7) A community addiction services provider, as defined in section 5119.01 of the Revised Code; (8) A residential facility licensed under section 5123.19 of the Revised Code or a facility providing services under a contract with the department of developmental disabilities under section 5123.18 of the Revised Code; (9) A residential facility used as part of a hospital to provide housing for staff of the hospital or students pursuing a course of study at the hospital. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation. Last updated October 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 184.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 184 / § 184.18
§ 184.18. Outreach activities to rural areas
Status: in_force

January 4, 2006 Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Metropolitan statistical area" means an area of this state that is designated a metropolitan statistical area or primary metropolitan statistical area in United States office of management and budget bulletin No. 04-03, February 18, 2004, and its attachments, and the designated area is located entirely within this state. An area of this state that is designated a metropolitan statistical area or primary metropolitan statistical area, but the designated area includes areas of one or more other states, shall be considered a metropolitan statistical area only if that area of this state could be designated a metropolitan statistical area or primary metropolitan statistical area without including the areas located in the other state or states. (2) "Rural area" means any area of this state not located within a metropolitan statistical area. (B) The third frontier commission shall conduct outreach activities that seek to include rural areas in the various projects and initiatives sponsored, funded, encouraged, or otherwise promoted by the commission. Those activities shall include the following: (1) Working with all institutions of higher education in the state to support faculty and students involved in science and engineering who focus on third frontier projects and initiatives in rural areas; (2) Developing a plan to contact by telephone businesses and entrepreneurs in rural areas to notify them of and encourage them to participate in the various third frontier projects and initiatives; (3) Identifying professional and technical trade associations and economic development assistance organizations in rural areas and notifying them of the various third frontier projects and initiatives; (4) Partnering with regional technology councils to foster local efforts to support technology businesses in rural areas or otherwise identify networks of technology businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals operating in rural areas; (5) Identifying technology firms in rural areas and marketing them to the investment community including the Ohio venture capital authority created under section 150.02 of the Revised Code and the managers of all investment funds receiving third frontier project support.
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.44
§ 128.44. Notice of changes to wireless 9-1-1 charges
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The tax commissioner shall provide notice to all known wireless service providers, resellers, and sellers of prepaid wireless calling services of any increase or decrease in the next generation 9-1-1 access fees imposed under sections 128.41 and 128.42 of the Revised Code. Each notice shall be provided not less than thirty days before the effective date of the increase or decrease. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 3:45 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.076 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.076
§ 122.076. Alternative fuel vehicle conversion program
Status: in_force

April 5, 2017 House Bill 384 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Alternative fuel" means compressed natural gas, liquid natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas. (2) "Alternative fuel vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is registered in this state for operation on public highways, is propelled by a motor that runs on alternative fuel, and has a gross vehicle rating of at least twenty-six thousand pounds. "Alternative fuel vehicle" includes a bi-fueled or dual-fueled vehicle with a motor that can run on both alternative fuel and on gasoline or diesel fuel. (3) "New alternative fuel vehicle" means an alternative fuel vehicle that meets all of the following criteria: (a) The purchaser purchased the vehicle from an original equipment manufacturer, automobile retailer, or after-market conversion facility. (b) The purchaser was the first person to purchase the vehicle not for resale. (c) The purchaser purchased the vehicle for use in business. (d) The alternative fuel technology used in the vehicle has received a compliance designation or been certified by the United States environmental protection agency for new or intermediate use. (4) "Traditional fuel vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is registered in this state for operation on public highways and that is propelled by gasoline or diesel fuel. (5) "Adjusted purchase price" means the portion of the purchase price of a new alternative fuel vehicle that is attributable to the parts and equipment used for the storage of alternative fuel, the delivery of alternative fuel to the motor, and the exhaust of gases from the combustion of alternative fuel. (6) "Conversion parts and equipment" shall not include parts and equipment that have previously been used to modify or retrofit another traditional fuel vehicle. (7) "Person" includes a political subdivision of this state. (B) The director of environmental protection shall administer an alternative fuel vehicle conversion program under which the director may make grants to a person that purchases one or more new alternative fuel vehicles or converts one or more traditional fuel vehicles into alternative fuel vehicles. (C) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that are necessary for the administration of the alternative fuel vehicle conversion program. The rules shall establish all of the following: (1) An application form and procedures governing the process for applying to receive a grant under the program; (2) The maximum grant amount allowed per alternative fuel vehicle, which shall equal the lesser of fifty per cent of the adjusted purchase price of the new alternative fuel vehicle or of the cost of the conversion parts and equipment, as applicable, or twenty-five thousand dollars; (3) The limit on the total amount of grants allowed to a person that purchases or converts multiple alternative fuel vehicles, which shall equal four hundred thousand dollars; (4) A requirement that each grant recipient attest that, of the total number of miles that the recipient or any employee or agent of the recipient will drive the alternative fuel vehicle, over half will be within this state; (5) Any other procedures, criteria, or grant terms that the director determines necessary to administer the program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.831 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.831
§ 125.831. Fleet management definitions
Status: in_force

March 27, 2020 House Bill 197 - 133rd General Assembly As used in sections 125.831 to 125.834 of the Revised Code: (A) "Alternative fuel" means any of the following fuels used in a motor vehicle: (1) E85 blend fuel; (2) Blended biodiesel; (3) Natural gas; (4) Liquefied petroleum gas; (5) Hydrogen; (6) Compressed air; (7) Any power source, including electricity; (8) Any fuel not described in divisions (A)(1) to (7) of this section that the United States department of energy determines, by final rule, to be substantially not petroleum, and that would yield substantial energy security and environmental benefits. (B) "Biodiesel" means a mono-alkyl ester combustible liquid fuel that is derived from vegetable oils or animal fats, or any combination of those reagents that meets the American society for testing and materials specification for biodiesel fuel (B100) blend stock distillate fuels and any other standards that the director of administrative services adopts by rule. (C) "Blended biodiesel" means a blend of biodiesel with petroleum based diesel fuel in which the resultant product contains not less than twenty per cent biodiesel that meets the American society for testing and materials specification for blended diesel fuel and any other standards that the director of administrative services adopts by rule. (D) "Diesel fuel" means any liquid fuel that is capable of use in discrete form or as a blend component in the operation of engines of the diesel type. (E) "E85 blend fuel" means fuel containing eighty-five per cent or more ethanol as defined in section 122.075 of the Revised Code or containing any other percentage of not less than seventy per cent ethanol if the United States department of energy determines, by rule, that the lower percentage is necessary to provide for the requirements of cold start, safety, or vehicle functions, and that meets the American society for testing and materials specification for E85 blend fuel and any other standards that the director of administrative services adopts by rule. (F) "Law enforcement officer" means an officer, agent, or employee of a state agency upon whom, by statute, a duty to conserve the peace or to enforce all or certain laws is imposed and the authority to arrest violators is conferred, within the limits of that statutory duty and authority, but does not include such an officer, agent, or employee if that duty and authority is location specific. (G)(1) "Motor vehicle" means any automobile, car minivan, cargo van, passenger van, sport utility vehicle, or pickup truck with a gross vehicle weight of under twelve thousand pounds. (2) "Motor vehicle" does not include, except for the purposes of division (C) of section 125.832 of the Revised Code, any vehicle described in division (G)(1) of this section that is used by a law enforcement officer and law enforcement agency or any vehicle that is so described and that is equipped with specialized equipment that is not normally found in such a vehicle and that is used to carry out a state agency's specific and specialized duties and responsibilities. (H) "Specialized equipment" does not include standard mobile radios with no capabilities other than voice communication, exterior and interior lights, or roof-mounted caution lights. (I) "State agency" means every organized body, office, board, authority, commission, or agency established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any governmental or quasi-governmental function of state government regardless of the funding source for that entity, other than any state institution of higher education, the office of the governor, lieutenant governor, auditor of state, treasurer of state, secretary of state, or attorney general, the general assembly or any legislative agency, the courts or any judicial agency, or any state retirement system or retirement program established by or referenced in the Revised Code. (J) "State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 118.025 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 118 / § 118.025
§ 118.025. Guidelines for identifying potential for declarations of fiscal watch or fiscal emergency; declaration of fiscal caution
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) The auditor of state shall develop guidelines for identifying fiscal practices and budgetary conditions of municipal corporations, counties, and townships that, if uncorrected, could result in a future declaration of a fiscal watch or fiscal emergency. (B) If the auditor of state determines that a municipal corporation, county, or township is engaging in any of those practices or that any of those conditions exist, the auditor of state may declare the municipal corporation, county, or township to be under a fiscal caution. (C) When the auditor of state declares a fiscal caution, the auditor of state shall promptly notify the municipal corporation, county, or township of that declaration and shall request the municipal corporation, county, or township to provide written proposals for discontinuing or correcting the fiscal practices or budgetary conditions that prompted the declaration and for preventing the municipal corporation, county, or township from experiencing further fiscal difficulties that could result in a declaration of fiscal watch or fiscal emergency. (D) The auditor of state, or a designee, may visit and inspect any municipal corporation, county, or township that is declared to be under a fiscal caution. The auditor of state may provide technical assistance to the municipal corporation, county, or township in implementing proposals to eliminate the practices or budgetary conditions that prompted the declaration of fiscal caution and may make recommendations concerning those proposals. (E) If the auditor of state finds that a municipal corporation, county, or township declared to be under a fiscal caution has not made reasonable proposals or otherwise taken action to discontinue or correct the fiscal practices or budgetary conditions that prompted the declaration of fiscal caution, and if the auditor of state considers it necessary to prevent further fiscal decline, the auditor of state may determine that the municipal corporation, county, or township should be in a state of fiscal watch.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.36
§ 126.36. Replacement of lost or destroyed warrant
Status: in_force

December 1, 2006 House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly If the director of budget and management is satisfied, by affidavit or otherwise, that any warrant on the state treasury drawn by the director has been lost or destroyed prior to its presentation for payment, the director may issue to the proper person a replacement of the lost or destroyed warrant; provided, that before issuing the replacement, the director shall require that the person making application therefor execute a formal agreement to indemnify the state for any loss or damage sustained on account of the issuance of the replacement and the subsequent presentation and payment of the original. The form of the agreement shall be prepared by the attorney general. The agreement when executed shall be filed with the director. The treasurer of state shall not be liable because of the payment of any replacement warrant drawn under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.7411 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.7411
§ 109.7411. Rules governing hospital security personnel access to online training
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 452 - 135th General Assembly Not later than six months after the effective date of this section, the attorney general shall adopt, in accordance with Chapter 119. or pursuant to section 109.74 of the Revised Code, rules permitting security personnel employed directly by a hospital system, or a hospital that is not part of a hospital system, access to any online training that meets the requirements of division (B)(4) of section 3727.18 of the Revised Code and is available under sections 109.741 to 109.7410 of the Revised Code, or otherwise provided by the Ohio peace officer training academy or at approved peace officer training schools other than the Ohio peace officer training academy. Last updated February 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 155.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 155 / § 155.99
§ 155.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 Senate Bill 59 - 134th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates division (B) of section 155.04 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (B) Whoever violates section 155.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (C) Whoever knowingly violates division (B)(1) of section 155.28 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor. Notwithstanding sections 2929.21 to 2929.28 of the Revised Code, the court shall order the offender to pay any money received from selling or otherwise disposing of a war relic to the corporation described in section 149.30 of the Revised Code as the Ohio history connection. (D) Whoever knowingly violates division (B)(2) of section 155.28 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor. Notwithstanding sections 2929.21 to 2929.28 of the Revised Code, the court may order the offender to pay a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars to the corporation described in section 149.30 of the Revised Code as the Ohio history connection, and the court shall order the offender to return the war relic to the seller. (E) Whoever knowingly violates division (B)(3) of section 155.28 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor. Notwithstanding sections 2929.21 to 2929.28 of the Revised Code, the court shall institute a right to cure period of ninety days to restore the war relic to its prior condition and location. Upon the expiration of the right to cure period, the court may order an offender who has not cured the violation to pay a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars to the corporation described in section 149.30 of the Revised Code as the Ohio history connection. Last updated January 13, 2022 at 11:42 AM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 169.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 169 / § 169.14
§ 169.14. RC 169.13 claim to include registration certificate number
Status: in_force

May 22, 2007 Senate Bill 223 - 126th General Assembly (A) Each person that files a claim with the director of commerce, pursuant to an agreement entered into under section 169.13 of the Revised Code, shall include with that claim the number designated on the certificate of registration that is issued to the person under section 169.16 of the Revised Code. (B) The division of unclaimed funds shall not process any claim described in division (A) of this section that does not include the required certificate of registration number.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.292 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.292
§ 145.292. Credit for prior service
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly Credit for service between January 1, 1935, and the date of becoming a member of the public employees retirement system except a part-time employee who claimed exemption under the provisions of section 145.03 of the Revised Code, may be purchased by any public employee for service rendered an employer. Credit shall be purchased under this section in accordance with section 145.29 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.10
§ 131.10. Subordination of liens upon securities held to insure contractual obligations
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A political subdivision, taxing unit, board of library trustees, or board of directors of a municipal university of this state holding securities under authority of any section of the Revised Code to insure the faithful performance of depository contracts of banks which subsequent to the execution of such contracts are operated by a conservator, state or national, the possession of which is assumed by the superintendent of banks, a receiver appointed by the comptroller of the currency, or other person lawfully in charge of the business and affairs of a closed bank, may subordinate its lien upon such securities to that of a subsequent pledgee of such securities who agrees to advance funds upon such securities. The entire proceeds realized from such subsequent pledge shall be applied by the conservator, the superintendent of banks, the receiver appointed by the comptroller of the currency, or other person lawfully in charge of the business and affairs of a closed bank to reduce the deposit liability of such bank to the political subdivision, taxing unit, board of library trustees, or board of directors of a municipal university. As a part of such transaction such political subdivision, taxing unit, board of library trustees, or board of directors of a municipal university may deliver to such pledgee such securities to be held by it until the lien of such pledgee is satisfied and may consent to the liquidation of such securities in such manner as is agreed upon with such pledgee.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.031
§ 145.031. Exemption requests by Hamilton county municipal court employees
Status: in_force

December 1, 1977 House Bill 955 - 112th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding section 145.03 of the Revised code, any employee of the Hamilton county municipal court on January 16, 1978, who was in the employ of the city of Cincinnati in the Hamilton county municipal court and was appointed or employed by the court, the clerk of courts or the Cincinnati city manager, and whose salary was paid by the city of Cincinnati 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 exemptions permitted by this division are contingent upon the following: (1) The adoption of an agreement between the board of county commissioners of Hamilton county and authorized representatives of the city of Cincinnati retirement system that provides such employees with the option to continue contributing membership in that retirement system on and after January 16, 1978, upon a compliance with the requirements of this section; (2) The filing of the request for 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 municipal court who, upon compliance with division (A) of this section, is exempt from compulsory membership in the public employees retirement system.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.33
§ 124.33. Transfers - appeal - reimbursement of expenses
Status: in_force

July 1, 2007 House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly An employee holding a position in the classified service may be temporarily transferred from the employee's original position to a similar position for a period not to exceed thirty days, or for a longer period not to exceed ninety days if agreed to by the employee and employer. No employee shall be temporarily transferred more than once during any six-month period without the approval of the director of administrative services, if the employee is in the service of the state, or otherwise without the approval of a commission. The director, by rule, shall set guidelines concerning procedures to be followed by all appointing authorities when making a temporary transfer and list those classifications where the nature of the employment is such that systematic changes in the location of an employee's work assignments are necessary for the efficient operation of an office, department, or institution. If the director or a commission approves a second temporary transfer within any six-month period and the employee objects to the transfer because the employee does not hold a position listed in the director's rules as one requiring systematic changes in the employee's work assignment or because it is not necessary for the efficient operation of the office, department, or institution, the employee may appeal that transfer to the state personnel board of review. If the board finds that the position held by the employee is not by its nature subject to systematic changes or that a temporary transfer is not necessary for the efficient operation of the office, department, or institution, it shall not approve the transfer. If the board finds that the temporary transfer is necessary for the efficient operation of the office, department, or institution or that the position is by its nature subject to systematic changes, it shall approve the transfer. Any employee who is temporarily transferred from the employee's original position to a similar position in excess of twenty miles from the employee's place of residence shall be reimbursed, by the appointing authority requesting the transfer, for all actual and necessary expenses incurred during the temporary transfer. An appointing authority, with the approval of the director of administrative services, if the employee is in the service of the state, or otherwise with the approval of a commission, may permanently transfer an employee in the classified civil service from the employee's original position to a similar position in another office, department, or institution. For purposes of this section, a "permanent transfer" means any transfer in excess of thirty days unless the employee and the employer agree to a longer period not to exceed ninety days. The appointing authority requesting the permanent transfer shall notify the employee and the director or commission in writing of the request to transfer. If the director or commission determines that the transfer is not necessary for the efficient operation of the office, department, or institution, the director or commission shall not approve the transfer and shall notify the appointing authority and the employee in writing that transfer is not approved. If the director or commission finds that the transfer is necessary for the efficient operation of the office, department, or institution, the director or commission shall notify the appointing authority and the employee, in writing, that the transfer is approved, including in that notification a statement whether the transfer will require a permanent change of residence for the employee. If the employee consents to the transfer and is in agreement with the statement concerning a permanent change of residence, the appointing authority of the office, department, or institution receiving the employee shall reimburse the employee for actual and necessary travel and living expenses or, if the move requires a permanent change of residence, actual and necessary expenses of moving to the new location and provide a per diem allowance not to exceed thirty days for living expenses until the employee's residence can be moved to the new location. If the employee does not wish to be transferred or feels that the decision regarding the need for a permanent change of residence has been unfair, the employee, within ten days after receipt of the notice, may appeal the transfer to the state personnel board of review, but, pending determination of the appeal, the employee shall not refuse the transfer. In such an appeal, the appointing authority of the office, department, or institution receiving the employee shall be required to show that the permanent transfer is necessary for the efficient operation of the office, department, or institution. If the state personnel board of review finds that the transfer is necessary for the efficient operation of the office, department, or institution and if the employee is transferred, the appointing authority of the office, department, or institution receiving the employee shall reimburse the employee for the actual and necessary expenses of moving to the new location and shall pay the employee a per diem allowance not to exceed thirty days for living expenses until the employee's residence can be moved to the new location. If the state personnel board of review finds that the transfer is not necessary for the efficient operation of the office, department, or institution and if the employee has moved to the new location pending the appeal, the appointing authority of the receiving office, department, or institution shall pay the actual and necessary expenses of the employee of moving to the new location and actual and necessary expenses for returning the employee to the employee's previous location.
Ohio Rev. Code § 113.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 113 / § 113.11
§ 113.11. Payments from state treasury or custodial fund
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly No money shall be paid out of the state treasury or transferred elsewhere except as ordered by the director of budget and management. No money shall be paid out of a custodial fund of the treasurer of state except as ordered by the officer authorized by law to pay money out of the fund. The treasurer of state shall adopt rules prescribing the form and manner in which money may be paid out of the state treasury or a custodial fund of the treasurer of state. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 12:31 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 169.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 169 / § 169.05
§ 169.05. Unclaimed funds trust fund
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Every holder required to file a report under section 169.03 of the Revised Code shall, at the time of filing, pay to the director of commerce ten per cent of the aggregate amount of unclaimed funds as shown on the report, except for aggregate amounts of fifty dollars or less in which case one hundred per cent shall be paid. The funds may be deposited by the director in the state treasury to the credit of the unclaimed funds trust fund, which is hereby created, or placed with a financial organization. Any interest earned on money in the trust fund shall be credited to the trust fund. The remainder of the aggregate amount of unclaimed funds as shown on the report, plus earnings accrued to date of payment to the director, shall, at the option of the director, be retained by the holder or paid to the director for deposit as agent for the mortgage funds with a financial organization as defined in section 169.01 of the Revised Code, with the funds to be in income-bearing accounts to the credit of the mortgage funds, or the holder may enter into an agreement with the director specifying the obligations of the United States in which funds are to be invested, and agree to pay the interest on the obligations to the state. Holders retaining any funds not in obligations of the United States shall enter into an agreement with the director specifying the classification of income-bearing account in which the funds will be held and pay the state interest on the funds at a rate equal to the prevailing market rate for similar funds. Moneys that the holder is required to pay to the director rather than to retain may be deposited with the treasurer of state, or placed with a financial organization. Securities and other intangible property transferred to the director shall, within a reasonable time, be converted to cash and the proceeds deposited as provided for other funds. The funds evidenced by agreements, in income-bearing accounts, or on deposit with the treasurer of state shall be allocated on the records of the director, after allocation of sufficient moneys to the minority business bonding fund to meet the provisions of division (B) of this section, to the housing development fund created by division (A) of section 175.11 of the Revised Code. (B) The director shall serve as agent for the director of development and as agent for the Ohio housing finance agency in making deposits and withdrawals and maintaining records pertaining to the minority business bonding fund created by section 122.88 of the Revised Code and the housing development fund created by section 175.11 of the Revised Code. Funds from the housing development fund are available upon request to the Ohio housing finance agency, in an amount not to exceed the funds allocated on the records of the director, for the purposes of section 175.05 of the Revised Code. Funds from the minority business bonding fund are available to the director of development upon request to pay obligations on bonds the director writes pursuant to section 122.88 of the Revised Code; except that, unless the general assembly authorizes additional amounts, the total maximum amount of moneys that may be allocated to the minority business bonding fund under this division is ten million dollars. When funds are to be disbursed, the appropriate agency shall call upon the director to transfer the necessary funds to it. The director shall first withdraw the funds paid by the holders and deposited with the treasurer of state or in a financial institution as agent for the funds. Whenever these funds are inadequate to meet the request, the director shall provide for a withdrawal of funds, within a reasonable time and in the amount necessary to meet the request, from financial institutions in which the funds were retained or placed by a holder and from other holders who have retained funds, in an equitable manner as the director prescribes. In the event that the amount to be withdrawn from any one holder is less than five hundred dollars, the amount to be withdrawn is at the director's discretion. The director shall then transfer to the agency the amount of funds requested. Funds deposited in the unclaimed funds trust fund are subject to call by the director when necessary to pay claims the director allows under section 169.08 of the Revised Code, in accordance with the director's rules, to defray the necessary costs of making publications this chapter requires and to pay other operating and administrative expenses the department of commerce incurs in the administration and enforcement of this chapter. The unclaimed funds trust fund shall be assessed a proportionate share of the administrative costs of the department of commerce in accordance with procedures the director of commerce prescribes. The assessment shall be paid from the unclaimed funds trust fund to the division of administration fund. (C) Earnings on the accounts in financial organizations to the credit of the mortgage funds shall, at the option of the financial organization, be credited to the accounts at times and at rates as earnings are paid on other accounts of the same classification held in the financial organization or paid to the director. The director shall be notified annually, and at other times as the director may request, of the amount of the earnings credited to the accounts. Interest on unclaimed funds a holder retains shall be paid to the director or credited as specified in the agreement under which the organization retains the funds. Interest payable to the director under an agreement to invest unclaimed funds in income-bearing accounts or obligations of the United States shall be paid annually by the holder to the director. Any earnings or interest the director receives under this division shall be deposited in and credited to the mortgage funds. Last updated July 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.332 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.332
§ 145.332. Determination of eligibility for age and service retirement
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Eligibility of members of the public employees retirement system, other than those subject to section 145.196 or 145.32 of the Revised Code, for age and service retirement shall be determined under this section. (A) A member of the public employees retirement system is eligible for age and service retirement under this division if, not later than five years after January 7, 2013, the member meets one of the following requirements: (1) Has attained age forty-eight and has at least twenty-five years of total service credit as a PERS law enforcement officer; (2) Has attained age fifty-two and has at least twenty-five years of total service credit as a PERS public safety officer or has service as a PERS public safety officer and service as a PERS law enforcement officer that when combined equal at least twenty-five years of total service credit; (3) Has attained age sixty-two and has at least fifteen years of total service credit as a PERS law enforcement officer or PERS public safety officer. (B)(1) A member who would be eligible to retire not later than ten years after January 7, 2013, if the requirements of section 145.33 of the Revised Code as they existed immediately prior to January 7, 2013, were still in effect is eligible to retire under this division if the member meets one of the following requirements: (a) Has attained age fifty and has at least twenty-five years of total service credit as a PERS law enforcement officer; (b) Has attained age fifty-four and has at least twenty-five years of total service credit as a PERS public safety officer or has service as a PERS public safety officer and service as a PERS law enforcement officer that when combined equal at least twenty-five years of total service credit; (c) Has attained age sixty-four and has at least fifteen years of total service credit as a PERS law enforcement officer or PERS public safety officer. (2) A member who on January 7, 2013, has twenty or more years of total service credit is eligible for age and service retirement under this division on meeting one of the requirements of division (B)(1) of this section, regardless of when the member meets the requirement unless, between January 7, 2013, and the date the member meets the requirement, the member receives a refund of accumulated contributions under section 145.40 of the Revised Code. (C) A member who is not eligible for age and service retirement under division (A) or (B) of this section is eligible under this division if the member meets one of the following requirements: (1) Has attained age fifty-two and has at least twenty-five years of total service credit as a PERS law enforcement officer; (2) Has attained age fifty-six and has at least twenty-five years of total service credit as a PERS public safety officer or has service as a PERS public safety officer and service as a PERS law enforcement officer that when combined equal at least twenty-five years of total service credit; (3) Has attained age sixty-four and has at least fifteen years of total service credit as a PERS law enforcement officer or PERS public safety officer. (D) Service credit purchased or obtained under this chapter shall be used in determining whether a member has the number of years of total service credit required under division (A) or (B) of this section only if the member was a member on January 7, 2013, or obtains credit under section 145.483 of the Revised Code that would have made the member a member on that date and one of the following applies: (1) Except in the case of service credit that has been or will be purchased or obtained under section 145.295 or 145.37 of the Revised Code or is for service covered by the Cincinnati retirement system: (a) For division (A) of this section, the service credit purchase is completed or the service credit is obtained not later than five years after January 7, 2013; (b) For division (B) of this section, the service credit purchase is completed or the service credit is obtained not later than ten years after January 7, 2013. (2) In the case of service credit that has been or will be purchased or obtained under section 145.295 or 145.37 of the Revised Code or is for service covered by the Cincinnati retirement system: (a) For division (A) of this section, the service for which the credit has been or will be purchased or obtained occurs not later than five years after January 7, 2013; (b) For division (B) of this section, the service for which the credit has been or will be purchased or obtained occurs not later than ten years after January 7, 2013. (E)(1) A member with at least twenty-five years of total service credit who would be eligible to retire under division (B)(1)(a) of this section had the member attained age fifty and who voluntarily resigns or is discharged for any reason except death, dishonesty, cowardice, intemperate habits, or conviction of a felony, on or after attaining age forty-eight, but before attaining age fifty, may elect to receive a reduced benefit. The benefit shall be the actuarial equivalent of the allowance calculated under division (F) of this section adjusted for age. (2) A member with at least twenty-five years of total service credit who would be eligible to retire under division (C)(1) of this section had the member attained age fifty-two and who voluntarily resigns or is discharged for any reason except death, dishonesty, cowardice, intemperate habits, or conviction of a felony, on or after attaining age forty-eight, but before attaining age fifty-two, may elect to receive a reduced benefit. The benefit shall be the actuarial equivalent of the allowance calculated under division (F) of this section adjusted for age. (3) A member with at least twenty-five years of total service credit who would be eligible to retire under division (A)(2) of this section had the member attained age fifty-two and who voluntarily resigns or is discharged for any reason except death, dishonesty, cowardice, intemperate habits, or conviction of a felony, on or after attaining age forty-eight, but before attaining age fifty-two, may elect to receive a reduced benefit. (a) If eligibility to make the election under division (E)(3) of this section occurs not later than five years after January 7, 2013, the benefit shall be calculated in accordance with the following schedule: Attained Age Reduced Benefit 48 75% of the benefit payable under division (F) of this section 49 80% of the benefit payable under division (F) of this section 50 86% of the benefit payable under division (F) of this section 51 93% of the benefit payable under division (F) of this section (b) If eligibility to make the election occurs after the date determined under division (E)(3)(a) of this section, the benefit shall be the actuarial equivalent of the allowance calculated under division (F) of this section adjusted for age. (4) A member with at least twenty-five years of total service credit who would be eligible to retire under division (B)(1)(b) of this section had the member attained age fifty-four and who voluntarily resigns or is discharged for any reason except death, dishonesty, cowardice, intemperate habits, or conviction of a felony, on or after attaining age forty-eight, but before attaining age fifty-four, may elect to receive a reduced benefit. The benefit shall be the actuarial equivalent of the allowance calculated under division (F) of this section adjusted for age. (5) A member with at least twenty-five years of total service credit who would be eligible to retire under division (C)(2) of this section had the member attained age fifty-six and who voluntarily resigns or is discharged for any reason except death, dishonesty, cowardice, intemperate habits, or conviction of a felony, on or after attaining age fifty-two, but before attaining age fifty-six, may elect to receive a reduced benefit. The benefit shall be the actuarial equivalent of the allowance calculated under division (F) of this section adjusted for age. (6) If a member elects to receive a reduced benefit under division (E)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of this section, the reduced benefit shall be based on the member's age on the member's most recent birthday. Once a member elects to receive a reduced benefit and has received a payment, the member may not change that election. (F) A benefit paid under division (A), (B), or (C) of this section shall consist of an annual single lifetime allowance equal to the sum of two and one-half per cent of the member's final average salary multiplied by the first twenty-five years of the member's total service credit plus two and one-tenth per cent of the member's final average salary multiplied by the number of years of the member's total service credit in excess of twenty-five years. (G) A member with at least fifteen years of total service credit as a PERS law enforcement officer or PERS public safety officer who voluntarily resigns or is discharged for any reason except death, dishonesty, cowardice, intemperate habits, or conviction of a felony may apply for an age and service retirement benefit, which shall consist of an annual single lifetime allowance equal to one and one-half per cent of the member's final average salary multiplied by the number of years of the member's total service credit. (1) If the member will attain age fifty-two not later than ten years after January 7, 2013, the retirement allowance shall commence on the first day of the calendar month following the month in which application is filed with the board on or after the member's attainment of age fifty-two. (2) If the member will not attain age fifty-two on or before the date determined under division (G)(1) of this section, the retirement allowance shall commence on the first day of the calendar month following the month in which application is filed with the board on or after the member's attainment of age fifty-six. (H) A benefit paid under this section shall not exceed the lesser of ninety per cent of the member's final average salary or the limit established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 415, as amended. (I) A member with service credit as a PERS law enforcement officer or PERS public safety officer and other service credit under this chapter may elect one of the following: (1) To have all the member's service credit under this chapter, including credit for service as a PERS law enforcement officer or PERS public safety officer, used in calculating a retirement allowance under section 145.33 of the Revised Code if the member qualifies for an allowance under that section; (2) If the member qualifies for an allowance under division (A)(1), (B)(1), (C)(1), or (E)(1) or (2) of this section, to receive all of the following: (a) A benefit under division (A)(1), (B)(1), (C)(1), or (E)(1) or (2) of this section for the member's service credit as a PERS law enforcement officer; (b) A single life annuity having a reserve equal to the amount of the member's accumulated contributions for all service other than PERS law enforcement service; (c) A pension equal to the annuity provided under division (I)(2)(b) of this section, excluding amounts of the member's accumulated contributions deposited under former division (Y) of section 145.01 or former sections 145.02 , 145.29 , 145.292 , and 145.42 , or sections 145.20 , 145.201 , 145.28 , 145.291 , 145.292 , 145.293 , 145.299 , 145.2916 , 145.301 , 145.47 , and 145.814 of the Revised Code for the purchase of service credit. (3) If the member qualifies for an allowance under division (A)(2), (B)(2), (C)(2), or (E)(3), (4), or (5) of this section, to receive all of the following: (a) A benefit under division (A)(2), (B)(2), (C)(2), or (E)(3), (4), or (5) of this section for the member's service credit as a PERS law enforcement officer or PERS public safety officer; (b) A single life annuity having a reserve equal to the amount of the member's accumulated contributions for all service other than PERS law enforcement service or PERS public safety officer service; (c) A pension equal to the annuity provided under division (I)(3)(b) of this section, excluding amounts of the member's accumulated contributions deposited under former division (Y) of section 145.01 or former sections 145.02 , 145.29 , 145.292 , and 145.42 , or sections 145.20 , 145.201 , 145.28 , 145.291 , 145.292 , 145.293 , 145.299 , 145.2916 , 145.301 , 145.47 , and 145.814 of the Revised Code for the purchase of service credit. (J) For the purposes of this section, "total service credit" includes credit for military service to the extent permitted by division (K) of this section and credit for service as a police officer or state highway patrol trooper to the extent permitted by division (L) of this section. (K) Notwithstanding sections 145.01 and 145.30 of the Revised Code, not more than four years of military service credit granted or purchased under section 145.30 of the Revised Code and five years of military service credit purchased under section 145.301 or 145.302 of the Revised Code shall be used in calculating service as a PERS law enforcement officer or PERS public safety officer or the total service credit of that person. (L)(1) Only credit for the member's service as a PERS law enforcement officer, PERS public safety officer, or service credit obtained as a police officer or state highway patrol trooper shall be used in computing the benefit of a member who qualifies for a benefit under this section for the following: (a) Any person who originally is commissioned and employed as a deputy sheriff by the sheriff of any county, or who originally is elected sheriff, on or after January 1, 1975; (b) Any deputy sheriff who originally is employed as a criminal bailiff or court constable on or after April 16, 1993; (c) Any person who originally is appointed as a township constable or police officer in a township police department or district on or after January 1, 1981; (d) Any person who originally is employed as a county narcotics agent on or after September 26, 1984; (e) Any person who originally is employed as an undercover drug agent as defined in section 109.79 of the Revised Code, department of public safety enforcement agent who prior to June 30, 1999, was a liquor control investigator, forest-fire investigator, natural resources officer, wildlife officer, park district police officer, conservancy district officer, veterans' home police officer, special police officer for a mental health institution, special police officer for an institution for persons with developmental disabilities, or municipal police officer on or after December 15, 1988; (f) Any person who originally is employed as a state university law enforcement officer on or after November 6, 1996; (g) Any person who is originally employed as a state university law enforcement officer by the university of Akron on or after September 16, 1998; (h) Any person who originally is employed as a preserve officer on or after March 18, 1999; (i) Any person who originally is employed as a natural resources law enforcement staff officer on or after March 18, 1999; (j) Any person who is originally employed as a department of public safety enforcement agent on or after June 30, 1999; (k) Any person who is originally employed as a house sergeant at arms or assistant house sergeant at arms on or after September 5, 2001; (l) Any person who is originally appointed as a regional transit authority police officer or state highway patrol police officer on or after February 1, 2002; (m) Any person who is originally employed as a municipal public safety director on or after September 29, 2005, but not later than March 24, 2009. (2) Only credit for a member's service as a PERS public safety officer or service credit obtained as a PERS law enforcement officer, police officer, or state highway patrol trooper shall be used in computing the benefit of a member who qualifies for a benefit under division (B)(1)(b) or (c), (B)(2), (C)(1)(b) or (c), or (C)(2) of this section for any person who originally is employed as a Hamilton county municipal court bailiff on or after November 6, 1996. (M) For purposes of this section, service prior to June 30, 1999, as a food stamp trafficking agent under former section 5502.14 of the Revised Code shall be considered service as a law enforcement officer. (N)(1) Retirement allowances determined under this section shall be paid as provided in section 145.46 of the Revised Code. (2) If the monthly amount of a member's annual single lifetime allowance that is first payable on or after March 22, 2019, under division (F) or (G) of this section would be less than fifty dollars, instead of a monthly payment, the retirement system shall pay the greater of the following in a single payment: (a) An amount determined under section 145.40 of the Revised Code as a refund of accumulated contributions; (b) An amount equal to the actuarial present value of the allowance as determined by the retirement system. (3) If the monthly amount of a member's single life annuity that is first payable on or after March 22, 2019, under division (I)(2) or (3) of this section for service other than PERS law enforcement service or PERS public safety service would be less than fifty dollars, instead of a monthly payment, the retirement system shall pay an amount determined under section 145.40 of the Revised Code as a refund of accumulated contributions. (O) A member seeking to retire under this section shall file an application with the public employees retirement board. Service retirement shall be effective as provided in division (E) of section 145.32 of the Revised Code. (P) If fewer than one per cent of the retirement system's members are contributing as public safety officers, the board, pursuant to a rule it adopts, may treat service as a public safety officer as service as a law enforcement officer. Last updated August 15, 2023 at 1:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 184.113 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 184 / § 184.113
§ 184.113. Support award recipients to enter agreement
Status: in_force

January 4, 2006 Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly The third frontier commission shall require each individual, public and private entity, agency, and institution, private company or organization, partnership, business trust, or other business entity or venture, research organization, or combination or consortium of any of the foregoing that the controlling board approves to receive the support described in section 184.11 of the Revised Code to enter into an agreement governing the use of the support for the research and development project. The agreement shall contain terms the commission determines to be necessary, including provisions stating that any support given by the commission may be used to pay costs of or in support of or related to research and development purposes, including, without limitation, capital formation, direct operating costs, costs of research and facilities, including interests in real property, and support for public and private institutions of higher education, research organizations or institutions, and private sector entities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.813 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.813
§ 145.813. Maintaining individual account for each participant
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly Each PERS defined contribution plan shall require the public employees retirement board, or the entity administering the plan pursuant to a contract with the board, to cause an individual account to be maintained for each member participating in the plan. Amounts to be credited under a PERS defined contribution plan may be deposited into any of the funds created under section 145.23 of the Revised Code or may be transferred to the entity administering the plan for the purpose of making distributions from the member's individual account.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.71 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.71
§ 122.71. Minority development financing advisory board definitions
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly As used in sections 122.71 to 122.83 of the Revised Code: (A) "Financial institution" means any banking corporation, trust company, insurance company, savings and loan association, building and loan association, or corporation, partnership, federal lending agency, foundation, or other institution engaged in lending or investing funds for industrial or business purposes. (B) "Project" means any real or personal property connected with or being a part of an industrial, distribution, commercial, or research facility to be acquired, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, improved, furnished, or equipped, or any combination thereof, with the aid provided under sections 122.71 to 122.83 of the Revised Code, for industrial, commercial, distribution, and research development of the state. (C) "Mortgage" means the lien imposed on a project by a mortgage on real property, or by financing statements on personal property, or a combination of a mortgage and financing statements when a project consists of both real and personal property. (D) "Mortgagor" means the principal user of a project or the person, corporation, partnership, or association unconditionally guaranteeing performance by the principal user of its obligations under the mortgage. (E)(1) "Minority business enterprise" means an individual who is a United States citizen and owns and controls a business, or a partnership, corporation, or joint venture of any kind that is owned and controlled by United States citizens, which citizen or citizens are residents of this state and are members of one of the following economically disadvantaged groups: Blacks or African Americans, American Indians, Hispanics or Latinos, and Asians. (2) "Owned and controlled" means that at least fifty-one per cent of the business, including corporate stock if a corporation, is owned by persons who belong to one or more of the groups set forth in division (E)(1) of this section, and that those owners have control over the management and day-to-day operations of the business and an interest in the capital, assets, and profits and losses of the business proportionate to their percentage of ownership. In order to qualify as a minority business enterprise, a business shall have been owned and controlled by those persons at least one year prior to being awarded a contract pursuant to this section. (F) "Community improvement corporation" means a corporation organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code. (G) "Ohio development corporation" means a corporation organized under Chapter 1726. of the Revised Code. (H) "Minority contractors business assistance organization" means an entity engaged in the provision of management and technical business assistance to minority business enterprise entrepreneurs. (I) "Minority business supplier development council" means a nonprofit organization established as an affiliate of the national minority supplier development council. (J) "Regional economic development entity" means an entity that is under contract with the director of development to administer a loan program under this chapter in a particular area of the state. (K) "Community development corporation" means a corporation organized under Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code that consists of residents of the community and business and civic leaders and that has as a principal purpose one or more of the following: the revitalization and development of a low- to moderate-income neighborhood or community; the creation of jobs for low- to moderate-income residents; the development of commercial facilities and services; providing training, technical assistance, and financial assistance to small businesses; and planning, developing, or managing low-income housing or other community development activities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 103.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 103 / § 103.51
§ 103.51. Legislative task force on redistricting, reapportionment, and demographic research
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the legislative task force on redistricting, reapportionment, and demographic research, consisting of six members. The president of the senate shall appoint three members, not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party. One member appointed by the president shall not be a member of the general assembly. The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint three members, not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party. One member appointed by the speaker shall not be a member of the general assembly. Appointments to the task force shall be made within forty-five days after the commencement of the first regular session of each general assembly in the manner prescribed in this division. A vacancy on the task force shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. Members of the task force shall serve on the task force until the appointments are made in the first regular session of the following general assembly or, in the case of task force members who also are general assembly members when appointed, until they are no longer general assembly members. The president of the senate shall appoint a member of the task force, and the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint a member of the task force, to serve as co-chairpersons of the task force. The co-chairpersons shall be members of different political parties. The co-chairpersons may enter into any agreements on behalf of the task force and perform any acts that may be necessary or proper for the task force to carry out its powers and duties under this section. (B) The members of the task force shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. (C) The task force shall do all of the following: (1) Provide such assistance to the general assembly and its committees as requested in order to help the general assembly fulfill its duty to establish districts for the election of representatives to congress; (2) Provide such assistance to the apportionment board as requested in order to help it fulfill its duty to provide for the apportionment of this state for members of the general assembly. As used in this section, "apportionment board" means the persons designated in Section 1 of Article XI, Ohio Constitution, as being responsible for that apportionment. (3) Engage in such research studies and other activities as the task force considers necessary or appropriate in the preparation and formulation of a plan for the next apportionment of the state for members of the general assembly and a plan for the next establishment of districts for the election of representatives to congress and in the utilization of census and other demographic and statistical data for policy analysis, program development, and program evaluation purposes for the benefit of the general assembly. (D) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the task force may do all of the following: (1) Hire such employees and engage such experts and technical advisors and fix their compensation, and obtain such services, as are necessary for the task force to exercise its duties under this section; (2) Authorize the providing of such services and the furnishing of such data by the task force to any state agency or political subdivision of this state as the task force may specify, on such terms and conditions as the task force may specify, including the amount of the payment for providing the services and furnishing the data; (3) Conduct meetings and hearings both within and outside this state and otherwise exercise all of the powers of a standing or select committee of the general assembly; (4) Request and receive from any state agency or political subdivision of this state such assistance and data as will enable the task force to exercise its powers and duties under this section. Last updated September 7, 2023 at 2:49 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.48
§ 145.48. Rate of employer contribution
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly (A) Each employer shall pay to the public employees retirement system an amount that shall be a certain per cent of the earnable salary of all contributors to be known as the "employer contribution," except that the public employees retirement board may raise the employer contribution to a rate not to exceed fourteen per cent of the earnable salaries of all contributors. (B)(1) On the basis of regular interest and of such mortality and other tables as are adopted by the public employees retirement board, the actuary for the board shall determine the liabilities and employer rates of contribution as follows: (a) The percentage of earnable salary that, when added to the per cent of earnable salary contributed by each member, will cover the costs of benefits to be paid to members for each year of service rendered; (b) The percentage of earnable salary that, if paid over a period of future years, will discharge fully the system's unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability; (c) The percentage of earnable salary designated by the board to pay benefits authorized under section 145.58 of the Revised Code. (2) If recognized assets exceed the liabilities for service previously rendered, on approval of the board, a percentage of earnable salary may be deducted from the employer rates of contribution that, if deducted annually over a period of future years, will eliminate the excess.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.35
§ 149.35. Laws prohibiting the destruction of records
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly If any law prohibits the destruction of records, the director of administrative services, the director's designee, or the boards of trustees of state-supported institutions of higher education shall not order their destruction or other disposition. If any law provides that records shall be kept for a specified period of time, the director of administrative services, the director's designee, or the boards shall not order their destruction or other disposition prior to the expiration of that period.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.12
§ 101.12. Presiding officer designated by party caucus
Status: in_force

September 17, 1973 House Bill 994 - 110th General Assembly In the event neither the speaker nor the speaker pro tempore, designated in section 101.11 of the Revised Code, is available to preside at the beginning of the first regular session, the members-elect shall designate by party caucus the person who shall preside over the organization of the house of representatives.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.64 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.64
§ 135.64. Agricultural linked deposit program
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The general assembly finds that Ohio's agricultural industry has long served as a critical component of the state's overall economy. However, an inadequate supply of affordable financing options that meet the needs of Ohio's agricultural community and other various economic pressures pose an ongoing challenge for farmers, agribusiness, and agricultural cooperatives as they work to grow or maintain sufficient operations throughout the year. Accordingly, it is declared to be the public policy of the state through the agricultural linked deposit program to create the availability of reduced rate loans to inject needed capital into the agricultural community, sustain or improve agricultural economic growth and profitability, and protect a core driver of the state's economy. (B) An eligible borrower for the agricultural linked deposit program is any person engaged in agriculture that has all the following characteristics: (1) Is headquartered or domiciled in this state; (2) Maintains land or facilities for agricultural purposes in this state, provided that the land or facilities within this state comprise not less than fifty-one per cent of the total of all lands or facilities maintained by the person; (3) Is either organized for profit or as an agricultural cooperative as defined in section 1729.01 of the Revised Code. (C) An eligible lending institution for the agricultural linked deposit program must be able to make commercial loans. (D) An eligible borrower shall certify on the loan application that the reduced rate loan will be used exclusively for agricultural purposes on land or in facilities owned or operated by the eligible borrower in this state and that the loan will materially contribute to the preservation or growth of the business. Last updated October 5, 2023 at 4:55 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.83 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.83
§ 124.83. Disability and income protection - state employee disability leave benefit fund
Status: in_force

October 25, 1995 Senate Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly (A) The department of administrative services shall do one of the following: (1) In consultation with the superintendent of insurance, in accordance with the competitive selection procedures of Chapter 125. of the Revised Code, periodically contract with an insurance company for the issuance of a policy of disability and income protection pursuant to, and covering all state employees who are eligible under, section 124.385 of the Revised Code; (2) Provide disability and income protection pursuant to, and covering all state employees who are eligible under, section 124.385 of the Revised Code. (B) All or any portion of the cost, premium, or charges for the coverage provided for under division (A) of this section or other programs for disabled state workers may be paid by the state and credited to the state employee disability leave benefit fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. All income derived from the investment of the fund shall accrue to the fund. Amounts from the fund may be used to pay direct and indirect costs that are attributable to consultants or a third-party administrator and that are necessary to administer the disability leave programs created under sections 124.381 and 124.385 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 154.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 154 / § 154.13
§ 154.13. Lawful investments
Status: in_force

November 2, 1999 House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly Obligations issued under this chapter are lawful investments for banks, societies for savings, savings and loan associations, deposit guarantee associations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, insurance companies, including domestic for life and domestic not for life, trustees or other officers having charge of sinking and bond retirement or other special funds of political subdivisions and taxing districts of this state, the commissioners of the sinking fund of the state, the administrator of workers' compensation, the state teachers retirement system, the public employees retirement system, the school employees retirement system, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund, notwithstanding any other provisions of the Revised Code with respect to investments by them, and also are acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.82 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.82
§ 121.82. Evaluation of draft rules; business impact analysis
Status: in_force

June 30, 2017 House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly In the course of developing a draft rule that is intended to be proposed under division (D) of section 111.15 or division (C) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code, an agency shall: (A) Evaluate the draft rule against the business impact analysis instrument. If, based on that evaluation, the draft rule will not have an adverse impact on businesses, the agency may proceed with the rule-filing process. If the evaluation determines that the draft rule will have an adverse impact on businesses, the agency shall incorporate features into the draft rule that will eliminate or adequately reduce any adverse impact the draft rule might have on businesses; (B) Prepare a business impact analysis that describes its evaluation of the draft rule against the business impact analysis instrument, that identifies any features that were incorporated into the draft rule as a result of the evaluation, and that explains how those features, if there were any, eliminate or adequately reduce any adverse impact the draft rule might have on businesses; (C) Transmit a copy of the full text of the draft rule and the business impact analysis electronically to the common sense initiative office, which information shall be made available to the public on the office's web site in accordance with section 107.62 of the Revised Code; (D) Consider any recommendations made by the common sense initiative office with regard to the draft rule, and either incorporate into the draft rule features the recommendations suggest will eliminate or reduce any adverse impact the draft rule might have on businesses or document, in writing, the reasons those recommendations are not being incorporated into the draft rule; and (E) Prepare a memorandum of response identifying features suggested by any recommendations that were incorporated into the draft rule and features suggested by any recommendations that were not incorporated into the draft rule, explaining how the features that were incorporated into the draft rule eliminate or reduce any adverse impact the draft rule might have on businesses, and explaining why the features that were not incorporated into the draft rule were not incorporated. If the draft rule requires liability insurance, a bond, or any other financial responsibility instrument as a condition of licensure, the agency shall conduct a diligent search to determine if the liability insurance, bond, or other financial responsibility instrument is readily available in the amounts required as a condition of licensure, and, when the agency transmits the draft rule to the common sense initiative office, shall certify to the office that the search was conducted. An agency may not file a proposed rule for legislative review under division (D) of section 111.15 or division (C) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code earlier than the sixteenth business day after electronically transmitting the draft rule to the common sense initiative office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.99
§ 145.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 145.054 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each day of the violation. (B) Whoever violates division (B) of section 145.054 of the Revised Code shall be imprisoned for not more than six months or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.211 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.211
§ 121.211. Retention and disposition of records
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 238 - 116th General Assembly Records in the custody of each agency shall be retained for time periods in accordance with law establishing specific retention periods, and in accordance with retention periods or disposition instructions established by the state records administration.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.576 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.576
§ 109.576. Notice of volunteer's conviction
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 187 - 123rd General Assembly (A) If a person has applied to an organization or entity to be a volunteer in a position in which the person on a regular basis has unsupervised access to a child, if the organization or entity subjects the person to a criminal records check, if the report of the results of the criminal records check indicates that the person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the offenses described in division (A)(1) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, and if the organization or entity accepts the person as a volunteer in a position in which the person on a regular basis has unsupervised access to a child, the organization or entity shall notify the parent or guardian of each child for whom it provides services that the volunteer has been convicted of one or more of those offenses but that, nonetheless, the person will be serving the organization or entity in that position. The notification required by this division shall be in writing, and the organization or entity shall send the notice to the parent or guardian on the date the organization or entity commences providing services to the child or on the date the organization or entity decides to accept the person as a volunteer after receiving the report of the results of the criminal records check, whichever is later. (B) If a person is serving an organization or entity as a volunteer in a position in which the person on a regular basis has unsupervised access to a child, if the organization or entity subjects the person to a criminal records check, if the report of the results of the criminal records check indicates that the person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the offenses described in division (A)(1) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, and if the organization or entity retains the person as a volunteer in the same position or in any other position in which the person on a regular basis has unsupervised access to a child, the organization or entity shall notify the parent or guardian of each child for whom it provides services that the volunteer has been convicted of one or more of those offenses but that, nonetheless, the person will be retained by the organization or entity in that position. The notification required by this division shall be in writing, and the organization or entity shall send the notice to the parent or guardian on the date the organization or entity commences providing services to the child or on the date the organization or entity decides to retain the person after receiving the report of the results of the criminal records check, whichever is later. (C) A notification to a parent or guardian of a child that is required by division (A) or (B) of this section shall identify by name the person who is accepted or retained as a volunteer in a position in which the person on a regular basis has unsupervised access to a child, shall state the fact that the person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one or more of the offenses described in division (A)(1) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, but shall not identify the offense or offenses in question. (D) Divisions (A) to (C) of this section apply regarding any criminal records check performed by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation pursuant to section 109.57 , section 109.572 , or rules adopted under division (E) of section 109.57 of the Revised Code, any criminal records check performed in any manner by the organization or entity or any of its officers or employees, or any criminal records check performed in any manner by any person upon the request of the organization or entity or any of its officers or employees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.362 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.362
§ 109.362. Investigation as to whether action was manifestly outside scope of duties or with malicious purpose or in bad faith
Status: in_force

March 13, 1980 Senate Bill 76 - 113th General Assembly (A) Prior to undertaking any defense under section 109.361 of the Revised Code, the attorney general shall conduct an investigation of the facts to determine whether the requirements of this section have been met. If the attorney general determines that any officer who holds an elective state office was acting manifestly outside the scope of his official responsibilities or that any other officer or employee was acting manifestly outside the scope of his employment or official responsibilities, with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner, the attorney general shall not represent and defend the officer or employee. An initial determination to represent and defend the officer or employee does not prohibit a later determination that the requirements of this section have not been met. (B) The attorney general shall also deny a request for representation upon a determination that the requesting officer or employee is covered by a policy of insurance purchased by the state requiring the insurer to provide counsel in the action and that the amount of the claim against the officer or employee is not in excess of the amount of coverage under the policy of insurance. If the amount of the claim against the officer or employee is in excess of the amount of coverage under the policy of insurance, the state is not the plaintiff, and the officer or employee is not otherwise prohibited by this section from being represented and defended by the attorney general, the attorney general shall represent and defend the officer or employee for the amount of the claim in excess of the amount of coverage. (C) If the attorney general denies representation to an employee or officer who makes a request in accordance with the provisions of section 109.361 of the Revised Code, the attorney general shall notify the requesting officer or employee in writing of the denial setting forth the reasons for the denial within a reasonable time after the attorney general's receipt of the written request from the officer or employee.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.87 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.87
§ 101.87. Report of committee's findings and recommendations; cooperation by other agencies
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 Senate Bill 331 - 133rd General Assembly (A) After the completion of the evaluation of all agencies under section 101.86 of the Revised Code, the sunset review committee shall prepare and publish a report of its findings and recommendations. The committee shall furnish a copy of the report to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the governor, and each affected agency. The report shall be made available to the public in the offices of the house of representatives and senate clerks during reasonable hours. As part of the report, the committee shall recommend to the general assembly, in bill form, one or more of the following: (1) Amendment or repeal of the statutes that created and empowered an agency, to abolish or terminate the agency; (2) Amendment or repeal of the statutes that created and empowered an agency, or enactment of new statutes, to terminate the agency, to transfer the agency, or to improve the agency's usefulness, performance, or effectiveness; (3) Amendment or repeal of the statutes that created and empowered two or more agencies, or enactment of new statutes, to reorganize or transfer them and thereby improve agency usefulness, performance, or effectiveness; (4) Amendment or continuation of the statutes that created and empowered an agency, or enactment of new statutes, to renew the agency. (B) Recommendations made by the committee shall indicate how or whether their implementation will do each of the following: (1) Promote economy in the operation of state government; (2) Improve efficiency in the management of state government; (3) Improve services rendered to citizens of the state; (4) Simplify and improve preparation of the state budget; (5) Conserve the natural resources of the state; (6) Promote the orderly growth of the state and its government; (7) Improve the effectiveness of the services performed by the service departments of the state, including the office of budget and management and the department of administrative services; (8) Avoid duplication of effort by state agencies; (9) Improve the organization and coordination of the state government in one or more of the ways listed in divisions (B)(1) to (8) of this section. (C) The office of budget and management, department of administrative services, auditor of state, legislative service commission, and any other state agency shall supply, upon the committee's request, the committee with material, information, and reports needed for the preparation of the report and its recommendations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.64 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.64
§ 121.64. Statement of financial transactions
Status: in_force

May 12, 1994 House Bill 492 - 120th General Assembly (A) Each executive agency lobbyist who has had any financial transaction with or for the benefit of an elected executive official, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, an executive agency official, or any member of the staff of any of the public officers or employees listed in this division shall describe the details of the transaction, including the name of the public officer or employee, the purpose and nature of the transaction, and the date it was made or entered into, in a statement filed with the joint legislative ethics committee with the updated registration statement required by division (B) of section 121.62 of the Revised Code. The statements shall be filed at the times specified in section 121.62 of the Revised Code. Each statement shall describe each financial transaction that occurred during the four-calendar-month period that ended on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the statement is required to be filed. (B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, each employer who has had any financial transaction with or for the benefit of an elected executive official, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, an executive agency official, or any member of the staff of any of the public officers or employees listed in this division shall describe the details of the transaction, including the name of the public officer or employee, the purpose and nature of the transaction, and the date it was made or entered into, in a statement filed with the joint committee with the updated registration statement required by division (B) of section 121.62 of the Revised Code. The statement shall be filed at the times specified in section 121.62 of the Revised Code. Each statement shall describe each financial transaction that occurred during the four-calendar-month period that ended on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the statement is required to be filed. (C) At least ten days before the date on which the statement is filed, each employer or executive agency lobbyist who is required to file a statement describing a financial transaction under this section shall deliver a copy of the statement to the public officer or employee with whom or for whose benefit the transaction was made. (D) No employer shall be required to file any statement under this section or to deliver a copy of the statement to a public officer or employee with whom or for whose benefit the transaction was made if the financial transaction to which the statement pertains is reported by an executive agency lobbyist engaged by the employer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.601 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.601
§ 125.601. Procurement from community rehabilitation programs
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly The director of administrative services shall establish the office of procurement from community rehabilitation programs within the department of administrative services. The director shall designate an employee of the department to serve as administrator of the office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.4021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.4021
§ 122.4021. Conditions for grants
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly As a condition for receiving a program grant under the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program, the broadband expansion program authority may require a broadband provider that is awarded a program grant to provide a performance bond, letter of credit, or other financial assurance acceptable to the authority prior to the commencement of construction. The bond, letter of credit, or assurance shall be in the sum, and with the sureties, that the state prescribes and shall be payable to the state, as applicable. The bond, letter of credit, or assurance may include the condition that the broadband provider will faithfully execute and complete the project. The purpose of the performance bond, letter of credit, or other financial assurance is to assure completion of the project. The bond, letter of credit, or assurance shall not be required after the project is complete. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 12:25 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.15
§ 133.15. Issuance of securities to pay for permanent improvements
Status: in_force

March 12, 2001 House Bill 549 - 123rd General Assembly (A) The taxing authority of any subdivision may issue securities of the subdivision for the purpose of paying all or any portion of the costs of any permanent improvement that the subdivision is authorized, alone or in cooperation with other persons, to acquire, improve, or construct. Securities may be issued prior to the completion of any proceedings required to authorize the permanent improvement or the expenditure of the proceeds of the securities. In addition, proceedings for the issuance of securities for any permanent improvement for which special assessments are not to be levied and collected may authorize the improvement and the expenditure of the proceeds of the securities and any other funds available and appropriated for the improvement, without the prior or subsequent necessity of instituting or completing any other proceedings that other provisions of the Revised Code that contemplate that special assessments may be levied and collected for that type of improvement otherwise might require before an authorization of that type. (B) Costs of permanent improvements that may be financed with, and paid from the proceeds of, securities include, without limitation as to other costs properly allocable to the permanent improvement, the costs of: acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, rehabilitating, installing, remodeling, renovating, enlarging, equipping, furnishing, or otherwise improving permanent improvements; site clearance, improvement, and preparation; acquisition of real or personal property; indemnity and surety bonds and premiums on insurance; all related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of direct costs of the subdivision; engineering, architectural, legal, and other consulting and professional services; designs, plans, specifications, feasibility or rate studies, appraisals, surveys, and estimates of cost; interest or interest equivalent on the securities, whether capitalized or not; financing costs; title work and title commitment, insurance, and guaranties; amounts necessary to establish any debt service reserve or other reserves as required by the proceedings for the securities; audits; the reimbursement of moneys advanced or applied by or borrowed from any person, whether to or by the subdivision or others, from whatever source provided, for the payment of any item or items of cost of the permanent improvements; and all other expenses necessary or incidental to planning or determining feasibility or practicability with respect to permanent improvements or necessary or incidental to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, installation, remodeling, renovating, enlargement, equipping, furnishing, or other improvement of the permanent improvements, the financing of the permanent improvements, and the placing of the permanent improvements in condition for use and operation, and all like or related costs, including any one, part, or combination of, or the subdivision's share of, those costs and expenses.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.92 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.92
§ 122.92. Minority business development division
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly There is hereby created in the department of development a minority business development division. The division shall do all of the following: (A) Provide technical, managerial, and counseling services and assistance to minority business enterprises; (B) Provide procurement and bid packaging assistance to minority business enterprises; (C) Provide bonding technical assistance to minority business enterprises; (D) Participate with other state departments and agencies as appropriate in developing specific plans and specific program goals for programs to assist in the establishment and development of minority business enterprises and establish regular performance monitoring and reporting systems to ensure that those goals are being achieved; (E) Implement state law and policy supporting minority business enterprise development, and assist in the coordination of plans, programs, and operations of state government which affect or may contribute to the establishment, preservation, and strengthening of minority business enterprises; (F) Assist in the coordination of activities and resources of state agencies and local governments, business and trade associations, universities, foundations, professional organizations, and volunteer and other groups, to promote the growth of minority business enterprises; (G) Establish a center for the development, collection, and dissemination of information that will be helpful to persons in establishing or expanding minority business enterprises in this state; (H) Design, implement, and assist in experimental and demonstration projects designed to overcome the special problems of minority business enterprises; (I) Coordinate reviews of all proposed state training and technical assistance activities in direct support of minority business enterprise programs to ensure consistency with program goals and to preclude duplication of efforts by other state agencies; (J) Recommend appropriate legislative or executive actions to enhance minority business enterprise opportunities in the state; (K) Assist minority business enterprises in obtaining governmental or commercial financing for business expansion, establishment of new businesses, or industrial development projects; (L) Assist minority business enterprises in contract procurement from government and commercial sources; (M) Establish procedures to identify groups who have been disadvantaged because of racial, cultural, or ethnic circumstances without regard to the individual qualities of the members of the group; (N) Establish procedures to identify persons who have been economically disadvantaged; (O) Provide grant assistance to nonprofit entities that promote economic development, development corporations, community improvement corporations, and incubator business entities, if the entities or corporations focus on business, technical, and financial assistance to minority business enterprises to assist the enterprises with fixed asset financing; (P) Implement the minority business enterprise program described in section 122.921 of the Revised Code, the encouraging diversity, growth, and equity program described in section 122.922 of the Revised Code, the women-owned business enterprise program described in section 122.924 of the Revised Code, and the veteran-friendly business enterprise program described in section 122.925 of the Revised Code. (Q) Do all acts and things necessary or proper to carry out the powers expressly granted and duties imposed by sections 122.92 to 122.94 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 4, 2021 at 10:46 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.21
§ 133.21. Paying principal amount of securities in installments
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the principal amount of securities issued by any subdivision shall be payable in semiannual or annual installments, as serial securities or by mandatory sinking fund or mandatory sinking fund redemption requirements, in: (1) Substantially equal principal installments; or (2) In such principal installments that the total principal and interest payments on those securities in any fiscal year in which principal is payable is: (a) Not more than three times the amount of those payments in any other fiscal year; or (b) Substantially equal; or (c) In the case of self-supporting securities, those payments on the securities and on other securities, except anticipatory securities, issued for the self-supporting purpose, substantially equal. (B) Except for refunding securities issued pursuant to section 133.34 of the Revised Code, and except for securities issued to fund or refund anticipatory securities to the extent required to comply with division (C)(2) or (3) of section 133.22 of the Revised Code, the first principal payment of securities issued with semiannual payments shall not be later than the first day of the second February following the fifteenth day of July next following the passage of the legislation that authorized the issue of the securities and of securities issued with annual payments shall not be later than the first day of the third August next following the fifteenth day of July next following such passage. (C) Divisions (A) and (B) of this section do not apply to any of the following: (1) Anticipatory securities; (2) Securities that are not general obligation securities; (3) General obligation securities issued for the purpose of the acquisition of real property and the clearance and preparation thereof for redevelopment as an urban development project, which may mature or be payable in annual or semiannual installments and in such amounts as may be determined by the taxing authority of the municipal corporation issuing the securities, and which may have a first principal payment date set at any date not later than sixty months from the date the securities are issued. (D) For purposes of this section, payments of principal, in the case of principal payable in accordance with mandatory sinking fund or mandatory sinking fund redemption requirements, means the sinking fund deposits on account of principal; and, in the case of securities issued in multiple installments or series for the same purpose, the principal payment requirement of division (A) of this section may be met either with respect to each installment or series of the securities or with respect to all installments or series on a consolidated basis.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.192 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.192
§ 145.192. Effect of electing defined contribution plan
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly Except as provided in section 145.195 , 145.814 , or in division (C) of section 145.82 of the Revised Code, a member of the public employees retirement system who elects to participate in a PERS defined contribution plan shall be ineligible for any benefit or payment under the PERS defined benefit plan and shall be forever barred from claiming or purchasing service credit with the system or any other Ohio state retirement system, as defined in section 145.30 of the Revised Code, for service covered by the election.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.0816 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.0816
§ 122.0816. Project priority under annual competitive process
Status: in_force

January 4, 2006 Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly The department of development and the executive committees of district public works integrating committees shall apply the following factors to eligible projects under the annual competitive process to determine a priority order for the eligible projects subject to that process: (A) The potential economic impact of the eligible project; (B) The potential impact of the eligible project on economic distress; (C) The amount of local, federal, and private funding available for the eligible project; (D) The demonstrated need for the eligible project; (E) The strength of the eligible project's marketing plan, if appropriate; (F) The level of financial need; (G) Any other factor the director of development determines should be considered.
Ohio Rev. Code § 106.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 106 / § 106.01
§ 106.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

September 17, 2014 Senate Bill 3 - 130th General Assembly As used in sections 106.01 to 106.042 of the Revised Code, as the case may be: (A) "Agency" means an agency as defined in sections 111.15 and 119.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Review date" means the review date assigned to a rule by an agency under section 111.15 or 119.04 of the Revised Code. (C) "Rule" means (1) a proposed new rule, or a proposed amendment or rescission of an existing rule, that has been filed with the joint committee on agency rule review under division (D) of section 111.15 of the Revised Code or division (C) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code or (2) an existing rule that is subject to review under sections 106.03 and 106.031 of the Revised Code. "Rule" includes an appendix to a rule. "Proposed rule" refers to the original and a revised version of a proposed rule. "Proposed rule" does not include a proposed rule that has been adopted and is being filed in final form. In sections 106.03 and 106.031 of the Revised Code, "rule" does not include a rule of a state college or university, community college district, technical college district, or state community college or a rule that is consistent with and equivalent to the form required by a federal law and that does not exceed the minimum scope and intent of that federal law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.14
§ 122.14. Roadwork development fund
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "professional sports facility" has the same meaning as in section 5516.01 of the Revised Code. (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the roadwork development fund. The fund shall consist of the investment earnings of the security deposit fund created by section 4509.27 of the Revised Code and revenue transferred to it by the director of budget and management from the highway operating fund created in section 5735.051 of the Revised Code. The fund shall be used by the department of development in accordance with Section 5a of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, to make road improvements associated with retaining or attracting business for this state, including both of the following: (1) Construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or repair of public roads that provide access to a public airport or are located within a public airport; (2) Construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or repair of public roads and the associated improvements that provide or improve access to tourism attractions or professional sports facilities. (C) Tourism attractions or professional sports facilities may use funds received from the department of development, in accordance with this section, to make improvements associated with the retail and residential components of the total development of which they are a part. (D) All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.64 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.64
§ 147.64. Authority of online notary public
Status: in_force

September 20, 2019 Senate Bill 263 - 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(3) of this section, an online notary public has the authority to perform any notarial act as an online notarization. (2) An electronic document notarized through an online notarization shall be considered an original document. (3) An online notary public shall not take or certify a deposition as an online notarization. (B) A notary public of this state who has been authorized by the secretary of state to perform online notarizations may perform online notarizations only if both of the following conditions are met: (1) The online notary public is a resident of this state. (2) The online notary public is located within the geographical boundaries of this state at the time of the online notarization. (C)(1) A notary public may perform an online notarization by means of audio-video communication in compliance with this act and any other rules adopted by the secretary of state for any principal who is located within the territory of the United States. (2) A notary public may perform an online notarization for a principal located outside the territory of the United States only if both of the following conditions are met: (a) The act is not known by the notary public to be prohibited in the jurisdiction in which the principal is physically located at the time of the act. (b) The record meets any of the following: (i) Is part of, or pertains to, a matter that is to be filed with or is before a court, governmental entity, or other entity located in the territorial jurisdiction of the United States; (ii) Involves real or personal property located in the territorial jurisdiction of the United States; (iii) Is part of, or pertains to, a transaction substantially connected with the United States. (D) If an online notarization requires a principal to appear before an online notary public, the principal shall appear in person before the notary public and the principal and the notary public shall each sign the record with an electronic signature. (E)(1) In performing an online notarization, a notary public shall determine from personal knowledge or satisfactory evidence of identity as described in division (E)(2) of this section that the principal appearing before the notary by means of live audio-video communication is the individual that he or she purports to be. (2) A notary public has satisfactory evidence of identity if the notary can identify the individual who appears in person before the notary by means of audio-video communication based on either of the following: (a) All of the following: (i) Remote presentation by the principal of a government-issued identification credential, including a passport or driver's license, that contains the signature and photograph of the principal; (ii) Credential analysis of the identification credentials provided; (iii) Identity proofing of the principal. (b) Verification by one or more credible witnesses who appear in person before the notary and who can be identified by either personal knowledge or all of the following: (i) Presentation of a government-issued identification credential, including a passport or driver's license, that contains the signature and photograph of the witness; (ii) Credential analysis of the identification credentials provided; (iii) Identity proofing of the witness. (F) The secretary of state shall include in rules adopted under section 147.62 of the Revised Code modified forms of notarial certificates for any notarial act that is an online notarization.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.423 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.423
§ 173.423. Monitoring of home and community-based services elections
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly If an individual who is the subject of a long-term care consultation is eligible for and elects to receive home and community-based services covered by medicaid components the department of aging administers, the department of aging or program administrator shall monitor the individual by doing either or both of the following at least once each year: (A) Determining whether the services being provided to the individual are appropriate; (B) Determining whether changes in the types of services being provided to the individual should be made.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.353 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.353
§ 101.353. Request for appearance before joint committee regarding agency's failure to adopt rule
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly If the joint committee on agency rule review becomes aware, such as through its own inquiries or by receiving complaints from interested parties or stakeholders, that an agency subject to its jurisdiction is required expressly or impliedly by a statute to adopt a rule but appears neither to have done so nor to have commenced the rule-making process, the chairperson of the joint committee responsible for calling and conducting meetings under section 101.35 of the Revised Code, in that chairperson's sole discretion, may request the agency to appear before the joint committee to address its apparent dereliction. The request shall specify the time and place at which a designee of the agency is to appear before the joint committee to address, and answer the joint committee's questions concerning, the agency's apparent dereliction. The request shall identify the statute that expressly or impliedly requires rule-making and that apparently has not been complied with. The joint committee shall transmit the request to the agency electronically. The joint committee also shall publish the request on its web site, and shall indicate in conjunction with the published request that any person is invited to appear before the joint committee when the agency appears to offer and make comments to the joint committee concerning the agency's apparent dereliction. Upon receiving the request, the agency shall designate a suitable agency officer or employee to appear on behalf of the agency before the joint committee as directed in the request. The agency electronically shall notify the joint committee of the name, title, telephone number, and electronic mail address of the officer or employee who has been designated to appear before the joint committee in response to the request. Upon appearing before the joint committee, the agency's designee shall address why the agency apparently has neither adopted a rule nor commenced the rule-making process as expressly or impliedly required by the statute. The members of the joint committee may question the agency's designee concerning the agency's apparent dereliction. Any person may offer and make comments to the joint committee concerning the agency's apparent dereliction. After the appearance has concluded, the joint committee, by vote of a majority of its members, in writing may advise the agency to commence rule-making proceedings under the statute, as soon as it is reasonably feasible for the agency to do so. The joint committee shall transmit the advisory electronically to the agency. The joint committee also shall publish the advisory on its web site. Last updated September 7, 2023 at 2:06 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.326 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.326
§ 124.326. Layoff jurisdictions
Status: in_force

July 1, 2007 House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly (A) The order of layoff and displacement shall apply within layoff jurisdictions. Each of the layoff jurisdictions, as defined in this section, is autonomous, and layoff, displacement, reinstatement, and reemployment procedures shall apply only within the jurisdiction affected by the layoff. (B) The layoff jurisdictions are as follows: (1) District layoff jurisdiction: the order of layoff shall be followed on a district-wide basis within each state agency, board, commission, or independent institution. The director of administrative services shall establish layoff districts for state agencies, boards, and commissions. (2) County jurisdiction: within county agencies, the order of layoff shall be followed within each county appointing authority. (3) University and college jurisdiction: each state-supported college and university is a separate, indivisible layoff jurisdiction throughout which the order of layoff shall be followed, except that a branch campus outside the layoff district of its main campus shall be considered a separate layoff jurisdiction. For purposes of division (B)(3) of this section, the Ohio agriculture research and development center shall be considered a branch campus of the Ohio state university. The layoff jurisdiction described in division (B)(3) of this section shall not apply to employees who: (a) Are laid off for a temporary period of up to one hundred ten consecutive days; or (b) Have specialized skills, knowledge, or training necessary for the performance of their job. A state-supported college or university may adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to provide for the layoff of employees who are not subject to the lay-off jurisdiction described in division (B)(3) of this section but instead are subject to the lay-off jurisdiction described in division (B)(1) of this section. (C) As used in this section, "independent institution" means an institution under the control of a managing officer or board of trustees with the power to appoint or remove employees as provided by statute.