Ohio Rev. Code § 141.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 141 / § 141.01
§ 141.01. Salaries of elective state executive officers - limit on other salaries - exceptions
Status: in_force

December 27, 2018 Senate Bill 296 - 132nd General Assembly Except as provided in section 141.011 of the Revised Code, the annual salaries of the elective executive officers of the state are as follows: (A) Governor, one hundred fifty-four thousand two hundred forty-eight dollars; (B) Lieutenant governor, one hundred thirteen thousand nine hundred forty-seven dollars; (C) Secretary of state, one hundred thirteen thousand nine hundred forty-seven dollars; (D) Auditor of state, one hundred thirteen thousand nine hundred forty-seven dollars; (E) Treasurer of state, one hundred thirteen thousand nine hundred forty-seven dollars; (F) Attorney general, one hundred thirteen thousand nine hundred forty-seven dollars. These salaries shall be paid according to the schedule established in division (B) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code. Upon the death of an elected executive officer of the state listed in divisions (A) to (F) of this section during the officer's term of office, an amount shall be paid in accordance with section 2113.04 of the Revised Code, or to the officer's estate. The amount shall equal the amount of the salary that the officer would have received during the remainder of the officer's unexpired term or an amount equal to the salary of the office held for two years, whichever is less. Unless a higher salary is explicitly established by statute, no officer or employee elected or appointed, and no officer or employee of any state agency or state-assisted institution except a state institution of higher education or the Ohio board of regents for the positions of chancellor and vice chancellor for health affairs, shall be paid as an officer or employee, whether from appropriated or nonappropriated funds, a total salary that exceeds fifty-five thousand dollars per calendar year. This paragraph does not apply to the salaries of individuals holding or appointed to endowed academic chairs or endowed academic professorships at a state-supported institution of higher education or to the salaries of individuals paid under schedule C of section 124.15 or under schedule E-2 of section 124.152 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.11
§ 111.11. Office of data analytics and archives
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The office of data analytics and archives is created in the office of the secretary of state. Under the direction of the secretary of state, the office shall do both of the following: (A) Retain voter registration and other election related data, analyze those data for purposes of maintaining accurate election data, and publish those data; (B) Retain, analyze, and publish business services data. Last updated September 25, 2023 at 12:45 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.03
§ 121.03. Appointment of administrative department heads
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The following administrative department heads shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, and shall hold their offices during the term of the appointing governor, and are subject to removal at the pleasure of the governor. (A) The director of budget and management; (B) The director of commerce; (C) The director of transportation; (D) The director of agriculture; (E) The director of job and family services; (F) The director of children and youth; (G) The director of public safety; (H) The superintendent of insurance; (I) The director of development; (J) The tax commissioner; (K) The director of administrative services; (L) The director of natural resources; (M) The director of behavioral health; (N) The director of developmental disabilities; (O) The director of health; (P) The director of youth services; (Q) The director of rehabilitation and correction; (R) The director of environmental protection; (S) The director of aging; (T) The administrator of workers' compensation who meets the qualifications required under division (A) of section 4121.121 of the Revised Code; (U) The director of veterans services who meets the qualifications required under section 5902.01 of the Revised Code; (V) The chancellor of higher education; (W) The medicaid director; (X) The director of education and workforce. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.4033 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.4033
§ 122.4033. Authority actions regarding a challenge
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly (A) Not later than thirty days after receipt of a challenge under sections 122.4030 to 122.4035 of the Revised Code, the broadband expansion program authority may do either of the following: (1) Suspend, subject to division (B) of this section, all or part of the application; (2) Reject the challenge, approve the application, and proceed with the application process. (B) The authority shall allow the broadband provider that submitted the application being challenged to revise the application consistent with sections 122.40 to 122.4077 of the Revised Code, if the authority upholds a challenge to all or part of the application. (C) The authority shall notify both the broadband provider that submitted the application and the challenging provider of any decision made under this section by providing a copy of the decision by certified mail or electronic mail. The authority shall update the status of the application on the development services agency web site. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.53
§ 135.53. Surplus assigned and delivered to defaulting bank or building and loan association
Status: in_force

January 1, 2018 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly All principal and interest collected by the proper officer or agent of the county, municipal corporation, township, or school district, on account of the securities mentioned in section 135.51 of the Revised Code, the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of any of such securities, and any dividends received from the liquidation of the defaulting bank, shall be paid into the bond retirement fund from which the bonds provided for in section 135.52 of the Revised Code are to be redeemed, until the aggregate of such payments equals the requirements of such fund, whereupon such securities, and any remaining depository balance, not anticipated by such bonds, to the extent then retained by such county, municipal corporation, township, or school district, shall be assigned and delivered to the defaulting bank, to its liquidating officer, or to its successor or assignee, together with a release or other instrument showing full satisfaction of the claim of such county, municipal corporation, township, or school district against such bank or officer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.4045 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.4045
§ 122.4045. Speed verification tests
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of development may, through an independent third party, conduct speed verification tests of an eligible project that receives a program grant. Such tests shall occur as follows: (1) After the construction is complete, but prior to the final disbursement made under division (C) of section 122.4044 of the Revised Code to verify that tier two broadband service is being offered; (2) At any time during the reporting period required under division (B) of section 122.4070 of the Revised Code, after receiving a complaint concerning a residential address that is part of the eligible project. (B) To evaluate compliance with tier two broadband service standards, speed verification tests conducted under this section shall be conducted on at least two different days and at two different times on each of those days. (C) The agency may withhold payments under this section for failure to meet at least the minimum speeds required under division (A)(8) of section 122.4020 of the Revised Code. Payments may be held until such speeds are achieved. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 167.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 167 / § 167.06
§ 167.06. Financing programs and operations
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The governing bodies of the member governments may appropriate funds to meet the expenses of the council. Services of personnel, use of equipment, and office space, and other necessary services may be accepted from members as part of their financial support. The members of the council, or the state of Ohio, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or political subdivisions or any governmental unit may give to the council moneys, real property, personal property, or services. The council may establish schedules of dues to be paid by its voting members to aid the financing of the operations and programs of the council in the manner provided in the agreement establishing the council or in the by-laws of the council. The council may permit non-member political subdivisions to participate in any of its activities regardless of whether such political subdivisions have paid dues to the council. (B) The council may accept funds, grants, gifts, and services from the government of the United States or its agencies, from this state or its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or from political subdivisions or from any other governmental unit whether participating in the council or not, and from private and civic sources. (C) A regional council of governments established to provide health care benefits to the member governments' employees and the employees' dependents may pool funds received from all the members of the council, including members from other states to the extent that the laws of such other states permit, for the payment of health care related claims and expenses. (D) The council shall make an annual report of its activities to the member governments.
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.36
§ 131.36. Transfers of funds between federal government and state
Status: in_force

July 1, 1992 Senate Bill 351 - 119th General Assembly The director of budget and management shall: (A) Enter into an agreement with the United States secretary of the treasury establishing procedures and requirements regarding the transfer of funds between the federal government and this state pursuant to the "Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990," 104 Stat. 1058, 31 U.S.C. 6501; (B) Present to the controlling board for its approval, and implement, a plan for complying with the agreement. The plan shall identify state funds entitled to investment earnings under the agreement, funds to be created by the board, and transfers of cash to be made to implement the agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.06
§ 117.06. Powers and duties of chief deputy
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly During the absence or disability of the auditor of state, or when so directed by the auditor of state, the chief deputy auditor of state may perform all the duties of auditor of state. Last updated October 6, 2021 at 5:55 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.54
§ 109.54. Cooperation of other governmental agencies
Status: in_force

June 20, 2014 House Bill 130 - 130th General Assembly (A) The bureau of criminal identification and investigation may investigate any criminal activity in this state that is of statewide or intercounty concern when requested by local authorities and may aid federal authorities, when requested, in their investigation of any criminal activity in this state. The bureau may investigate any criminal activity in this state related to the conduct of elections when requested by the secretary of state. The bureau may investigate any criminal activity in this state involving drug abuse or illegal drug distribution prohibited under Chapter 3719. or 4729. of the Revised Code or any violation of section 2915.02 of the Revised Code. The superintendent and any agent of the bureau may participate, as the director of an organized crime task force established under section 177.02 of the Revised Code or as a member of the investigatory staff of a task force established under that section, in an investigation of organized criminal activity anywhere within this state under sections 177.01 to 177.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The bureau may provide any trained investigative personnel and specialized equipment that are requested by any sheriff or chief of police, by the authorized designee of any sheriff or chief of police, or by any other authorized law enforcement officer to aid and assist the officer in the investigation and solution of any crime or the control of any criminal activity occurring within the officer's jurisdiction. This assistance shall be furnished by the bureau without disturbing or impairing any of the existing law enforcement authority or the prerogatives of local law enforcement authorities or officers. Investigators provided pursuant to this section, or engaged in an investigation pursuant to section 109.83 of the Revised Code, may go armed in the same manner as sheriffs and regularly appointed police officers under section 2923.12 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) The bureau shall obtain recording equipment that can be used to record depositions of the type described in division (A) of section 2152.81 and division (A) of section 2945.481 of the Revised Code, or testimony of the type described in division (D) of section 2152.81 and division (D) of section 2945.481 or in division (C) of section 2937.11 of the Revised Code, shall obtain closed circuit equipment that can be used to televise testimony of the type described in division (C) or (D) of section 2152.81 and division (C) of section 2945.481 or in division (B) of section 2937.11 of the Revised Code, and shall provide the equipment, upon request, to any court for use in recording any deposition or testimony of one of those types or in televising the testimony in accordance with the applicable division. (2) The bureau shall obtain the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of persons who are experienced in questioning children in relation to an investigation of a violation of section 2905.03 , 2905.05 , 2907.02 , 2907.03 , 2907.04 , 2907.05 , 2907.06 , 2907.07 , 2907.09 , 2907.21 , 2907.23 , 2907.24 , 2907.31 , 2907.32 , 2907.321 , 2907.322 , 2907.323 , or 2919.22 of the Revised Code or an offense of violence and shall maintain a list of those names, addresses, and telephone numbers. The list shall include a classification of the names, addresses, and telephone numbers by appellate district. Upon request, the bureau shall provide any county sheriff, chief of police, prosecuting attorney, village solicitor, city director of law, or similar chief legal officer with the name, address, and telephone number of any person contained in the list.
Ohio Rev. Code § 120.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 120 / § 120.05
§ 120.05. Determination of indigency
Status: in_force

January 8, 1985 Senate Bill 219 - 115th General Assembly (A) The determination of indigency shall be made by the state public defender, subject to review by the court. This section does not apply in relation to sections 120.51 to 120.55 of the Revised Code. (B) The state public defender shall investigate the financial status of each person to be represented, at the earliest time the circumstances permit, and may require the person represented to disclose the records of public or private income sources and property, otherwise confidential, which may be of aid in determining indigency. The state public defender may obtain information from any public record contained in any office of the state, or any political subdivision or agency thereof, on request without payment of any fees ordinarily required by law. He shall make the results of the investigation available to the court upon request. The court, before whom a person seeking representation is taken, may determine the person's eligibility for legal representation by the state public defender. (C) If a determination of eligibility cannot be made before the time when the first services are to be rendered by the state public defender, he shall render such services on a provisional basis. If the state public defender, or the court on review, subsequently determines that the person receiving the services is ineligible, the public defender shall notify the person of the termination of his services. (D) Where the person represented has, or may reasonably be expected to have, the means to meet some part of the cost of the services rendered to him, he shall reimburse the state public defender in an amount which he can reasonably be expected to pay. (E) If it is determined by the state public defender, or by the court, that the legal representation was provided to a person not entitled thereto, the person may be required to reimburse the public defender for the costs of the representation provided. Any action filed by the state public defender to collect legal fees hereunder, must be brought within two years from the last date legal representation was provided.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.48
§ 126.48. Internal audit report as public record
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, any internal audit report produced by the office of internal audit in the office of budget and management and all work papers of the internal audit are confidential and are not public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code until the final report of an internal audit's findings and recommendations is submitted to the state audit committee, the governor, and the director of the state agency involved. (B) The following are not public records under section 149.43 of the Revised Code: (1) An internal audit report or work paper that meets the definition of a security record or infrastructure record under section 149.433 of the Revised Code; (2) Any information derived from a state tax return or state tax return information as permitted to be used by the office of internal audit under section 5703.21 of the Revised Code. (3) Any record or document necessary for the performance of an internal audit received by the office of internal audit under division (C) of section 126.45 of the Revised Code, that is otherwise exempt from disclosure under state or federal law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.27
§ 122.27. Eligibility for financial assistance
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) In order to be eligible for financial assistance under section 122.24 of the Revised Code, an applicant shall demonstrate to the director of development the applicant's capacity to undertake and oversee the project, as evidenced by documentation of the applicant's past performance in economic development projects. (B) In order for an applicant to be eligible for financial assistance under section 122.24 of the Revised Code, both of the following apply: (1) The governing body of the entity that has been designated as an eligible area by the director of development under division (A) of section 122.25 of the Revised Code, by resolution or ordinance, shall designate the applicant that will carry out the project for the purposes described in section 122.24 of the Revised Code and specify the eligible area's financial participation in the project. (2) The board of county commissioners of a county that has been designated as an eligible area by the director of development under division (A)(1) of section 122.25 of the Revised Code shall certify, by resolution, that no existing industrial park is located in the county that would compete against an industrial park that would be developed and improved in the county through the use of financial assistance provided to the applicant under the rural industrial park loan program. Guidelines regarding situations in which industrial parks would be considered to compete against one another shall be established by rule in accordance with division (A)(8)(d) of section 122.25 of the Revised Code. However, an existing industrial park owner's consent to the new industrial park is sufficient to demonstrate noncompetition. (C) Solely for the purpose of applying for assistance for infrastructure improvements, a governing body may designate itself as an eligible applicant. Last updated September 19, 2023 at 1:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 120.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 120 / § 120.55
§ 120.55. Society to ensure conditions
Status: in_force

June 30, 1995 House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly In providing legal assistance, each legal aid society that receives financial assistance from the legal aid fund under section 120.53 of the Revised Code shall ensure all of the following: (A) The maintenance of quality service and professional standards; (B) That no person shall interfere with any attorney funded in whole or in part by sections 120.51 to 120.55 of the Revised Code in carrying out his professional responsibility to his client as established by the rules of professional responsibility; (C) The expenditure of the financial assistance only in accordance with sections 120.51 to 120.55 of the Revised Code; (D) The preservation of client confidentiality. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.704 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.704
§ 135.704. Premium savings rate
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) Upon the treasurer of state placing, purchasing, or designating a linked deposit, the eligible savings institution shall offer the premium savings rate on a linked deposit savings account to each approved eligible participant listed in the accepted linked deposit savings package, and in accordance with the deposit agreement required by section 135.703 of the Revised Code. The premium savings rate shall apply to a linked deposit savings account as determined by the treasurer of state. Unless otherwise specified in the deposit agreement, the premium savings rate shall be at a rate equal to or greater than the present savings rate applicable to each specific eligible participant in the accepted linked deposit savings package plus the difference between the prevailing interest rate and the discount interest rate at which the linked deposits were placed, made, or designated. (2) The premium savings rate shall only apply to a linked deposit savings account for the duration of the program period. After such time, the eligible participant's savings account is no longer a linked deposit savings account, and the eligible savings institution may determine and apply a market interest rate to the account. (B) The eligible savings institution shall provide to the treasurer of state a certificate of compliance with division (A) of this section in the form and manner prescribed by the treasurer of state. (C) At the time of maturity, the eligible savings institution shall return the amount of the corresponding linked deposit to the treasurer of state in a timely manner, as prescribed by the treasurer of state. (D) The treasurer of state shall take any and all steps necessary to implement and administer the linked deposit programs, including the development of any guidelines as necessary. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 4:30 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 118.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 118 / § 118.27
§ 118.27. Continued existence of commission
Status: in_force

April 30, 2024 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly (A) A financial planning and supervision commission with respect to a municipal corporation, county, or township, and its functions under this chapter, shall continue in existence until such time as a determination is made pursuant to division (B) of this section of one of the following: (1) In the case of a village, the date a dissolution is effective as defined under section 703.31 of the Revised Code. (2) In the case of a township, the township has dissolved under section 118.31 of the Revised Code. (3) In the case of a municipal corporation, county, or township, the municipal corporation, county, or township has done all of the following: (a) Planned, and is in the process of good faith implementation of, an effective financial accounting and reporting system in accordance with section 118.10 of the Revised Code, and it is reasonably expected that such implementation will be completed within two years; (b) Corrected and eliminated or has planned and is in the process of good faith implementation of correcting and eliminating all of the fiscal emergency conditions determined pursuant to section 118.04 of the Revised Code, and no new fiscal emergency conditions have occurred. The auditor of state shall monitor the progress of the municipal corporation, county, or township in its plan of good faith implementation of correcting and eliminating all the fiscal emergency conditions. This monitoring is to secure full implementation at the earliest time feasible but within two years from such termination. If after a two-year period, the municipal corporation, county, or township has failed to secure full implementation, the auditor of state may redeclare the municipal corporation, county, or township to be in a fiscal emergency. (c) Met the objectives of the financial plan described in section 118.06 of the Revised Code; (d) The municipal corporation, county, or township prepares a financial forecast for a five-year period in accordance with the standards issued by the auditor of state. An opinion must be rendered by the auditor of state that the financial forecast is considered to be nonadverse. (B) The determination that the conditions for the termination of the existence of the commission and its functions exist may be made either by the auditor of state or by the commission and shall be certified to the commission, the auditor of state, the governor, and the budget commission, whereupon such commission and its functions under this chapter shall terminate. Such determination shall be made by the auditor of state upon the filing with the auditor of state of a written request for such determination by the municipal corporation, county, or township, the governor, or the commission, or may be made by the auditor of state upon the auditor of state's own initiative. (C) The commission shall prepare and submit with such certification a final report of its activities, in such form as is appropriate for the purpose of providing a record of its activities and assisting other commissions created under this chapter in the conduct of their functions. All of the books and records of the commission shall be delivered to the auditor of state for retention and safekeeping. (D) Upon receipt of the certification provided for in division (B) of this section, the director shall follow the procedures set forth in section 126.29 of the Revised Code. (E) If, at the time of termination of the commission, an effective financial accounting and reporting system has not been fully implemented, the auditor of state shall monitor the progress of implementation and shall exercise authority under Chapter 117. and section 118.10 of the Revised Code to secure full implementation at the earliest time feasible but within two years from such termination. Last updated February 7, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.95 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.95
§ 101.95. Retirement system lobbyists and employers - complaint involving dispute with certain board members
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly If a dispute arises between a member of a board of a state retirement system, a state retirement system investment official, or an employee of a state retirement system whose position involves substantial and material exercise of discretion in the investment of retirement system funds and an employer or retirement system lobbyist with respect to an expenditure or financial transaction alleged in a statement to be filed under section 101.93 or 101.94 of the Revised Code, the member, official, or employee, employer, or retirement system lobbyist may file a complaint with the Ohio ethics commission. The commission shall proceed to investigate the complaint as though it were filed under section 102.06 of the Revised Code. The complaint shall be filed at least three days prior to the time the statement is required to be filed with the joint legislative ethics committee. The time for filing a disputed expenditure or financial transaction in any statement of expenditures or the details of a financial transaction shall be extended pending the final decision of the commission. This extension does not extend the time for filing the nondisputed portions of either type of statement. The commission shall notify the parties of its final decision by certified mail. If the commission decides that the disputed expenditure or financial transaction should be reported, the employer or retirement system lobbyist shall include the matter in an amended statement and file the amended statement not later than ten days after receiving notice of the decision of the commission by certified mail. An employer or retirement system lobbyist who files a false statement of expenditures or details of a financial transaction is liable in a civil action to any member, official, or employee who sustains damage as a result of the filing or publication of the statement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.18
§ 145.18. Records kept by department heads
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Under the direction of the public employees retirement board, the head of each department shall keep such records as will enable him to furnish information in such form as the board requires in the discharge of its duties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.32
§ 135.32. Institutions eligible as county public depositories
Status: in_force

January 1, 2018 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Any national bank, any bank doing business under authority granted by the superintendent of financial institutions, or any bank doing business under authority granted by the regulatory authority of another state of the United States, located in this state, is eligible to become a public depository, subject to sections 135.31 to 135.40 of the Revised Code. No bank shall receive or have on deposit at any one time public moneys, including public moneys as defined in section 135.01 of the Revised Code, in an aggregate amount in excess of thirty per cent of its total assets, as shown in its latest report to the comptroller of the currency, the superintendent of financial institutions, the federal deposit insurance corporation, or the board of governors of the federal reserve system. (B) Any federal savings association or any savings and loan association or savings bank doing business under authority granted by the regulatory authority of another state of the United States, located in this state, and authorized to accept deposits is eligible to become a public depository, subject to sections 135.31 to 135.40 of the Revised Code. No savings association, savings and loan association, or savings bank shall receive or have on deposit at any one time public moneys, including public moneys as defined in section 135.01 of the Revised Code, in an aggregate amount in excess of thirty per cent of its total assets, as shown in its latest report to the former office of thrift supervision, the comptroller of the currency, the superintendent of financial institutions, the federal deposit insurance corporation, or the board of governors of the federal reserve system.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.70
§ 153.70. Requiring professional liability insurance
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) Except for any person providing professional design services of a research or training nature, any person rendering professional design services to a public authority or to a design-build firm, including a criteria architect or engineer and person performing architect or engineer of record services, shall have and maintain, or be covered by, during the period the services are rendered, a professional liability insurance policy or policies with a company or companies that are authorized to do business in this state and that afford professional liability coverage for the professional design services rendered. The insurance shall be in an amount considered sufficient by the public authority. At the public authority's discretion, the design-build firm shall carry contractor's professional liability insurance and any other insurance the public authority considers appropriate. (B) The requirement for professional liability insurance set forth in division (A) of this section may be waived by the public authority for good cause, or the public authority may allow the person providing the professional design services to provide other assurances of financial responsibility. (C) Before construction begins pursuant to a contract for design-build services with a design-build firm, the design-build firm shall provide a surety bond to the public authority in accordance with rules adopted by the executive director of the Ohio facilities construction commission under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 161.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 161 / § 161.02
§ 161.02. Provisions effective during attack
Status: in_force

September 30, 1963 Senate Bill 199 - 105th General Assembly Sections 161.01 to 161.29 , inclusive, of the Revised Code shall be in effect only in the event that an attack upon the United States, as defined in section 161.01 of the Revised Code, has occurred, and shall remain in effect until terminated by joint resolution of the general assembly.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.63
§ 101.63. Review hearings regarding occupational licensing boards
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) Not later than the first day of March in the odd-numbered year during which an occupational licensing board is scheduled to be triggered to expire the following even-numbered year under section 101.62 of the Revised Code, the speaker of the house of representatives shall direct a standing committee of the house of representatives to hold hearings to receive the testimony of the public and of the chief executive officer of the board, and otherwise to review, consider, and evaluate the usefulness, performance, and effectiveness of the board. Not later than the fifteenth day of November of that same odd-numbered year, the standing committee shall prepare and publish a report of its findings and recommendations in accordance with section 101.65 of the Revised Code. If the standing committee's report includes a bill, the house of representatives shall consider that bill for passage by the thirty-first day of December of that same odd-numbered year. (2) Not later than the first day of March in the even-numbered year during which an occupational licensing board is scheduled to be triggered to expire under section 101.62 of the Revised Code, the president of the senate shall direct a standing committee of the senate to hold hearings to receive testimony of the public and of the chief executive officer of the board, and otherwise to review, consider, and evaluate the usefulness, performance, and effectiveness of the board and any bill considered by the house of representatives related to the expiration of that board. Not later than the fifteenth day of November of that same even-numbered year, the standing committee shall prepare and publish a report of its findings and recommendations in accordance with section 101.65 of the Revised Code. If the standing committee's report includes a bill, the senate shall consider that bill for passage by the thirty-first day of December of that same even-numbered year. (3) The president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives may, in the same manner as described in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section, direct a standing committee to review an occupational licensing board for which the director of the legislative service commission, under section 103.27 of the Revised Code, has performed a review. (4) The president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall direct standing committees to review approximately thirty-three per cent of the occupational licensing boards each biennium. All occupational licensing boards shall be reviewed over a six-year period including calendar years 2019 through 2024, and also during each subsequent six-year period. (B) Each occupational licensing board that is scheduled to be reviewed by a standing committee shall submit to the standing committee a report that contains all of the following information: (1) The board's primary purpose and its various goals and objectives; (2) The board's past and anticipated workload, the number of staff required to complete that workload, and the board's total number of staff; (3) The board's past and anticipated budgets and its sources of funding; (4) The number of members of its governing board or other governing entity and their compensation, if any. (C) Each board shall have the burden of demonstrating to the standing committee a public need for its continued existence. In determining whether a board has demonstrated that need, the standing committee shall consider, as relevant, all of the following: (1) Whether or not continuation of the board is necessary to protect the health, safety, or welfare of the public, and if so, whether or not the board's authority is narrowly tailored to protect against present, recognizable, and significant harms to the health, safety, or welfare of the public; (2) Whether or not the public could be protected or served in an alternate or less restrictive manner; (3) Whether or not the board serves a specific private interest; (4) Whether or not rules adopted by the board are consistent with the legislative mandate of the board as expressed in the statutes that created and empowered the board; (5) The extent to which the board's jurisdiction and programs overlap or duplicate those of other boards, the extent to which the board coordinates with those other boards, and the extent to which the board's programs could be consolidated with the programs of other state departments or boards; (6) How many other states regulate the occupation, whether a license is required to engage in the occupation in other states, whether the initial licensing and license renewal requirements for the occupation are substantially equivalent in every state, and the amount of regulation exercised by the board compared to the regulation, if any, in other states; (7) The extent to which significant changes in the board's rules could prevent an individual licensed in this state from practicing, or allow an individual licensed in this state to practice, the same occupation in another jurisdiction without obtaining an occupational license for that occupation in that other jurisdiction; (8) Whether the board recognizes national uniform licensure requirements for the occupation; (9) Whether or not private contractors could be used, in an effective and efficient manner, either to assist the board in the performance of its duties or to perform these duties instead of the board; (10) Whether or not the operation of the board has inhibited economic growth, reduced efficiency, or increased the cost of government; (11) An assessment of the authority of the board regarding fees, inspections, enforcement, and penalties; (12) The extent to which the board has permitted qualified applicants to serve the public; (13) The extent to which the board has permitted individuals to practice elements of the occupation without a license; (14) The cost-effectiveness of the board in terms of number of employees, services rendered, and administrative costs incurred, both past and present; (15) Whether or not the board's operation has been impeded or enhanced by existing statutes and procedures and by budgetary, resource, and personnel practices; (16) Whether the board has recommended statutory changes to the general assembly that would benefit the public as opposed to the persons regulated by the board, if any, and whether its recommendations and other policies have been adopted and implemented; (17) Whether the board has required any persons it regulates to report to it the impact of board rules and decisions on the public as they affect service costs and service delivery; (18) Whether persons regulated by the board, if any, have been required to assess problems in their business operations that affect the public; (19) Whether the board has encouraged public participation in its rule-making and decision-making; (20) The efficiency with which formal public complaints filed with the board have been processed to completion; (21) Whether the purpose for which the board was created has been fulfilled, has changed, or no longer exists; (22) Whether federal law requires that the board be renewed in some form; (23) An assessment of the administrative hearing process of a board if the board has an administrative hearing process, and whether or not the hearing process is consistent with due process rights; (24) Whether the requirement for the occupational license is consistent with the policies expressed in section 4798.02 of the Revised Code, serves a meaningful, defined public interest, and provides the least restrictive form of regulation that adequately protects the public interest; (25) The extent to which licensing ensures that practitioners have occupational skill sets or competencies that are substantially related to protecting consumers from present, significant, and substantiated harms that threaten public health, safety, or welfare, and the impact that those criteria have on applicants for a license, particularly those with moderate or low incomes, seeking to enter the occupation or profession; (26) The extent to which the requirement for the occupational license stimulates or restricts competition, affects consumer choice, and affects the cost of services; (27) An assessment of whether or not changes are needed in the enabling laws of the board in order for it to comply with the criteria suggested by the considerations listed in division (C) of this section; (28) Beginning with reviews commencing on or after January 1, 2027, whether the number of board members is appropriate based on the board's workload and the number of occupational licenses issued by the board. For division (C) of this section, a government regulatory requirement protects or serves the public interest if it provides protection from present, significant, and substantiated harms to the health, safety, or welfare of the public. (D) The legislative service commission shall provide staff services to a standing committee performing its duties under this section and section 101.65 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 164.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 164 / § 164.10
§ 164.10. State capital improvements bond service fund
Status: in_force

September 14, 2000 House Bill 640 - 123rd General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the "state capital improvements bond service fund." All moneys received by the state and required by the bond proceedings, consistent with sections 164.08 to 164.12 of the Revised Code, to be deposited, transferred, or credited to the bond service fund, and all other moneys transferred or allocated to or received for the purposes of that fund, shall be deposited and credited to the bond service fund and to any separate accounts in that fund, subject to any applicable provisions of the bond proceedings but without necessity for any act of appropriation. During the period beginning with the date of the first issuance of obligations and continuing during such time as any obligations are outstanding in accordance with their terms, so long as moneys in the bond service fund are insufficient to pay all bond service charges on such obligations, including costs of or payments under credit enhancement facilities, becoming due in each year, except the principal amounts of bond anticipation notes and costs of or payments under credit enhancement facilities payable from the proceeds of renewal notes or of the bonds anticipated by such notes, a sufficient amount of moneys of the state is committed and, without necessity for further act of appropriation, shall be paid to the bond service fund in each year for the purpose of paying those bond service charges, including costs of or payments under credit enhancement facilities, becoming due in that year. The bond service fund is a trust fund and is hereby pledged to the payment of bond service charges, including costs of or payments under credit enhancement facilities to the extent provided in the applicable bond proceedings, and payment of bond service charges, including costs of or payments under credit enhancement facilities, from the bond service fund shall be made or provided for by the issuer in accordance with the bond proceedings without necessity for any act of appropriation. (B) The bond proceedings may provide for the establishment of separate accounts in the bond service fund and for the application of such accounts only to the specific bond service charges on obligations, including costs of or payments under credit enhancement facilities, pertinent to such accounts and for other accounts therein within the general purposes of the bond service fund. (C) Subject to the bond proceedings for any obligations then outstanding in accordance with their terms, the issuer may pledge all, or such portion as the issuer determines, of the receipts of the bond service fund to the payment of bond service charges on obligations, including costs of or payments under credit enhancement facilities, and for the establishment and maintenance of any reserves for payment of bond service charges, including costs of or payments under credit enhancement facilities, as provided in the bond proceedings, and make other provisions therein with respect to receipts as authorized by this section which provisions shall be controlling notwithstanding any other provisions of law pertaining thereto.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.32
§ 101.32. Control of assistants - dismissal
Status: in_force

March 9, 1999 House Bill 649 - 122nd General Assembly The clerk of the senate, the chief administrative officer of the house of representatives, and the sergeant at arms of each house shall have control of their respective assistants, and each house by resolution may dismiss any of them whose services are not needed or who do not perform their duties satisfactorily.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.88 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.88
§ 109.88. Investigation, prosecution of telecommunications and telemarketing fraud
Status: in_force

March 2, 2022 Senate Bill 54 - 134th General Assembly (A) If the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe that a person or enterprise has engaged in, is engaging in, or is preparing to engage in a violation of any provision of section 2913.04 or 2913.05 of the Revised Code, the attorney general may investigate the alleged violation. (B) For purposes of an investigation under division (A) of this section, the attorney general may issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum. The attorney general may compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of records and papers of all kinds and descriptions that are relevant to the investigation, including, but not limited to, any books, accounts, documents, and memoranda pertaining to the subject of the investigation. Upon the failure of any person to comply with any subpoena or subpoena duces tecum issued by the attorney general under this section, the attorney general may apply to the court of common pleas in Franklin county or in any county in which an element of the crime occurred for a contempt order as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from the court of common pleas or a refusal to testify on a subpoena. A subpoena or subpoena duces tecum issued by the attorney general under this section to a provider of electronic communication services or remote computing services shall be subject to the limitations set forth in the "Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986," 18 U.S.C. 2703. (C) Any information gathered by the attorney general during the course of the investigation that is in the possession of the attorney general, a prosecuting attorney, a law enforcement agency, or a special prosecutor is a confidential law enforcement investigatory record for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. No provision contained in this section affects or limits any right of discovery granted to any person under the Revised Code, the Rules of Criminal Procedure, or the Rules of Juvenile Procedure. (D) In order to initiate a criminal proceeding under this section, the attorney general shall first present in writing any evidence of a violation of section 2913.04 or 2913.05 of the Revised Code to the prosecuting attorney of a county in which the action may be brought. If within forty-five days the prosecuting attorney has not presented the case to a grand jury, the attorney general may prosecute the case with all of the rights, privileges, and powers conferred by law on a prosecuting attorney, including the power to appear before a grand jury, to interrogate witnesses before a grand jury, and to handle a case that comes out of a grand jury to its procedural conclusion, including an indictment, plea, trial, sentencing, diversion, and appeal. These powers of the attorney general shall be in addition to any other applicable powers of the attorney general. Last updated December 10, 2021 at 12:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.309 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.309
§ 149.309. Ohio commission for the United States semiquincentennial
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The Ohio commission for the United States semiquincentennial is established to plan, encourage, develop, and coordinate the commemoration of the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the United States and the impact of Ohioans on the nation's past, present, and future. (B) The commission shall consist of the following twenty-nine members: (1) Two members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate, one of whom shall be recommended by the minority leader of the senate; (2) Two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be recommended by the minority leader of the house of representatives; (3) The governor or the governor's designee; (4) The chief justice of the supreme court of Ohio; (5) The president of the board of trustees of the Ohio history connection; (6) The president of the Ohio local history alliance's designee; (7) The president of the Ohio county commissioners association's designee; (8) The chairperson of the board of the Ohio arts council; (9) The director of TourismOhio; (10) The executive director of the Ohio travel association; (11) Seventeen members who are private citizens, of whom: (a) Eight shall be appointed by the governor; (b) Four shall be appointed by the president of the senate, two of whom shall be recommended by the minority leader of the senate; (c) Four shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, two of whom shall be recommended by the minority leader of the house of representatives; (d) One shall be appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court of Ohio. (C) The governor shall designate one of the private citizen members as the chairperson of the commission and a different private citizen member as the vice chairperson of the commission. The executive director or the deputy executive director of the Ohio history connection shall serve as the secretary of the commission and shall be an ex officio, nonvoting member of the commission. (D) A member shall be appointed for the duration of the commission, so long as the member continues to hold the office that entitled the member to the position on the commission. A vacancy on the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for service on the commission, except for reimbursement for reasonable travel expenses. (E) Meetings of the commission shall be held throughout this state at times and locations determined by the chairperson. A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum. (F) The commission shall do all of the following: (1) Plan, coordinate, and implement an overall program to build public awareness and foster public participation to celebrate and commemorate the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of the independence and founding of the United States; (2) Coordinate with all federal, state, and local agencies and private organizations on infrastructural improvements and projects or programs to welcome and encourage regional, national, and international tourists; (3) Establish and maintain an official web site that is available and accessible to the public. (G) In preparing plans and an overall program, the commission shall do all of the following: (1) Give due consideration to related plans and programs developed by federal, other state, local, and private groups; (2) Conduct extensive public engagement throughout this state to develop programs of its own or with or by other agencies, communities, or organizations that may take place to mark the semiquincentennial by December 31, 2026; (3) Aim to involve and showcase all counties in this state; (4) Draw attention to the achievements, struggles, honors, innovations, and significance of all people in this state since before its founding to the present day. (H) The commission may designate special committees with representatives from stakeholding groups to plan, develop, and coordinate specific activities. (I)(1) Not later than September 30, 2022, the commission shall submit to the governor and the general assembly a comprehensive report that includes the specific recommendations of the commission for the commemoration of the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of the independence and founding of the United States and related events, as well as a timeline of the plans and overall program and estimates of all costs associated with the plans and overall program. (2) The report may include recommendations for the following: (a) Improvements to the infrastructure of the state or for capital projects necessary for the successful delivery of the commission's plan and overall program; (b) Legislation needed to effectuate the plan and overall program. (3) The report shall be available on the commission's official web site. (4) The commission may, from time to time, expand upon or revise its initial report as events warrant. (J) The commission may secure directly from a state agency information as the commission considers necessary to carry out its duties. On the request of the chairperson of the commission or the commission's executive director, the head of a state agency shall provide the information to the commission. (K) The commission may accept, use, and dispose of gifts and donations of money, property, or personal services and may request personnel or other supportive resources from state agencies, local governments, and public universities. (L) As determined necessary by the commission, the commission may do any of the following: (1) Procure supplies, services, and property; (2) Take actions as are necessary to enable the commission to carry out efficiently and in the public interest the purpose of this section. (M)(1) The chairperson of the commission shall appoint an executive director who may, in turn, hire personnel as are necessary to enable the commission to perform its powers and duties. With approval from the commission, the executive director may authorize the Ohio history connection to enter into contracts with vendors and consultants to undertake work commensurate with the commission's public functions. All commission employees shall be employees of the Ohio history connection and shall be subject to its customary personnel policies and procedures. (2) The employment of an executive director shall be subject to confirmation by majority vote of the commission. (3) The commission, from time to time, may request operating and capital appropriations from the general assembly. Such appropriated money shall be received by the Ohio history connection and held for the use of the commission. Such money shall be audited annually in the ordinary manner and commensurate with the Ohio history connection's audit by the auditor of state. (N) Once each year on or before the thirty-first day of December, during the period beginning on September 30, 2021, through December 31, 2026, the commission shall submit to the governor and the general assembly a report of the activities of the commission, including a summary of funds received and expended during the year covered by the report, the outputs and outcomes achieved, and whether those achievements meet the commission's plan and overall program. The report shall be available on the commission's official web site. The commission shall publish a final report of its activities on or before June 30, 2027. (O) The commission terminates on June 30, 2027. Last updated September 18, 2023 at 10:18 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.241 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.241
§ 111.241. Documents with social security numbers
Status: in_force

September 1, 2008 House Bill 46 - 127th General Assembly (A) The secretary of state shall not accept a document for filing or recording if the document includes any individual's social security number or federal tax identification number. If a document presented for filing or recording includes any individual's social security number or federal tax identification number and the secretary of state refuses to accept that document for filing or recording, the secretary of state or the person who attempted to file or record the document with the secretary of state may immediately redact the individual's social security number or federal tax identification number from the document. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to either of the following: (1) Any document that originates with any court or taxing authority; (2) Any publicly recorded document that is required by federal or state law to include an individual's social security number or federal tax identification number. (C) This section does not apply to documents that were executed by an individual prior to the effective date of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.581 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.581
§ 145.581. Establishing programs for long term health care insurance
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Long-term care insurance" has the same meaning as in section 3923.41 of the Revised Code. (2) "Retirement systems" means the public employees retirement system, the Ohio police and fire pension fund, the state teachers retirement system, the school employees retirement system, and the state highway patrol retirement system. (B) The public employees retirement board may establish a long-term care insurance program consisting of the programs authorized by divisions (C) and (D) of this section. Such program may be established independently or jointly with one or more of the other retirement systems. If the program is established jointly, the board shall adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code to establish the terms and conditions of such joint participation. (C) The board may establish a program under which it makes long-term care insurance available to any person who participated in a policy of long-term care insurance for which the state or a political subdivision contracted under section 124.84 or 124.841 of the Revised Code and is the recipient of a pension, benefit, or allowance from the system. To implement the program under this division, the board, subject to division (E) of this section, may enter into an agreement with the insurance company, health insuring corporation, or government agency that provided the insurance. The board shall, under any such agreement, deduct the full premium charged from the person's benefit, pension, or allowance notwithstanding any employer agreement to the contrary. Any long-term care insurance policy entered into under this division is subject to division (C) of section 124.84 of the Revised Code. (D)(1) The board, subject to division (E) of this section, may establish a program under which a recipient of a pension, benefit, or allowance from the system who is not eligible for such insurance under division (C) of this section may participate in a contract for long-term care insurance. Participation may include the recipient's dependents and family members. (2) The board may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code governing the program. Any rules adopted by the board shall establish methods of payment for participation under this section, which may include deduction of the full premium charged from a recipient's pension, benefit, or allowance, or any other method of payment considered appropriate by the board. (E) Prior to entering into any agreement or contract with an insurance company or health insuring corporation for the purchase of, or participation in, a long-term care insurance policy under this section, the board shall request the superintendent of insurance to certify the financial condition of the company or corporation. The board shall not enter into the agreement or contract if, according to that certification, the company or corporation is insolvent, is determined by the superintendent to be potentially unable to fulfill its contractual obligations, or is placed under an order of rehabilitation or conservation by a court of competent jurisdiction or under an order of supervision by the superintendent.
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.44
§ 111.44. Voter registration record
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) A program participant who is eligible to vote may apply to the board of elections of the county in which the program participant resides to request that the program participant's voter registration record be kept confidential. The program participant shall submit an application to the director of the board of elections, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, that includes all of the following: (1) The information required under section 3503.14 of the Revised Code to register to vote; (2) The program participant's program participant identification number; (3) If the program participant is currently registered to vote at another address, the address at which the program participant is registered to vote and a statement that, if the program participant is registered in another county or state, the program participant authorizes the director to instruct the appropriate authority to cancel the program participant's existing voter registration; (4) A statement that the program participant understands all of the following: (a) That during the time the program participant chooses to have a confidential voter registration record, the program participant may vote only by absent voter's ballots; (b) That the program participant may provide the program participant's program participant identification number instead of the program participant's residence address on an application for absent voter's ballots or on an absent voter's ballot identification envelope statement of voter; (c) That casting any ballot in person will reveal the program participant's precinct and residence address to precinct election officials and employees of the board of elections and may reveal the program participant's precinct or residence address to members of the public; (d) That if the program participant signs an election petition, the program participant's residence address will be made available to the public. (B)(1) A program participant who is not currently registered to vote in this state must submit an application under this section not later than the thirtieth day before the day of an election in order to be eligible to vote in that election, as provided in sections 3503.01 and 3503.19 of the Revised Code. (2) A program participant who is currently registered to vote in this state may submit an application under this section at any time to request that the program participant's voter registration record be kept confidential. (C) Upon the receipt by the director of the board of elections of a valid application under division (A) of this section, all of the following shall apply: (1) The director or the deputy director shall contact the secretary of state to confirm that the program participant identification number provided on the application matches the number the secretary of state issued to the program participant. (2) The application shall be treated as the program participant's voter registration form. The form shall be stored in a secure manner, such that only the members of the board of elections, the director, and the deputy director have access to the form and to the residence address contained in the form. (3) The director or the deputy director shall record the program participant's program participant identification number in the statewide voter registration database and the official registration list instead of the program participant's residence address and precinct. (4) If the program participant is currently registered to vote in the county, the director or the deputy director shall do all of the following: (a) Remove the residence address and precinct information from the program participant's voter registration record, the statewide voter registration database, and the official registration list; (b) Remove the program participant's name and registration information from any pollbook, poll list, or signature pollbook in which it appears and from any publicly available registration list in which it appears. (5) If the program participant is currently registered to vote in another county, the director or the deputy director shall notify the board of elections of the county in which the program participant is registered to cancel the program participant's registration. (6) If the program participant is currently registered to vote in another state, the director or the deputy director shall notify the appropriate authority in that state to cancel the program participant's registration. (7) The director or the deputy director shall promptly send an acknowledgment notice to the program participant on a form prescribed by the secretary of state. (D)(1)(a) The residence address or precinct of a program participant who has a confidential voter registration record, as described in this section, shall not appear in the statewide voter registration database or in the official registration list. The program participant's program participant identification number shall appear in place of that information. (b) No information concerning the program participant, including the program participant's name, shall be included in any pollbook, poll list, or signature pollbook. (c) No information concerning the program participant, including the program participant's name, shall be included in the version of the statewide voter registration database that is available to the public or in any version of an official registration list that is available to the public. (2) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the Revised Code, a program participant who has a confidential voter registration record may vote only by casting absent voter's ballots. (3) Not later than the forty-fifth day before the day of an election, the secretary of state shall mail a notice to each program participant who has a confidential voter registration record. The notice shall inform the program participant of all of the following: (a) That if the program participant wishes to vote in the election, the program participant should cast absent voter's ballots by mail; (b) The procedure for the program participant to cast absent voter's ballots; (c) That casting any ballot in person will reveal the program participant's precinct and residence address to precinct election officials and employees of the board of elections and may reveal the program participant's precinct or residence address to members of the public. (E)(1) A program participant who has a confidential voter registration record and who has had a change of name or change of address may submit an application under division (A) of this section that includes the program participant's updated information. The director or the deputy director shall treat that application as a notice of change of name or change of address. (2) If the program participant currently resides in that county, the director or the deputy director shall replace the program participant's existing registration form with the new registration form. (3) If the program participant currently resides in another county in this state, the director or the deputy director shall cancel the program participant's existing registration form and shall transmit the program participant's new registration form to the director of the board of elections of the county in which the elector currently resides, and the new registration form shall be processed in accordance with division (C) of this section. (F) A person who has a confidential voter registration record and who ceases being a program participant or who wishes to cease having a confidential voter registration record shall submit an application, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, that includes all of the following: (1) The information required under section 3503.14 of the Revised Code to register to vote; (2) The person's program participant identification number; (3) A statement that the person has ceased being a program participant or that the person wishes to cease having a confidential voter registration record; (4) A statement that the director should do one of the following: (a) Treat the person's existing voter registration form in the same manner as other voter registration forms; (b) Cancel the person's voter registration. (G)(1) Upon receiving a valid application under division (F) of this section from a person who wishes the board of elections to treat the person's existing voter registration form in the same manner as other voter registration forms, or upon receiving a notice from the secretary of state under division (B) of section 111.45 of the Revised Code concerning a person who has a confidential voter registration record, the director or the deputy director shall do all of the following: (a) Store the person's voter registration form in the same manner as other voter registration forms; (b) Remove the person's program participant identification number from the person's registration form and from the statewide voter registration database; (c) Ensure that the statewide voter registration database and any poll list, pollbook, or registration list accurately reflect the person's current name and registration information. (2) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section 3503.01 of the Revised Code, if the director receives an application or notice described in division (G)(1) of this section concerning an elector less than thirty days before the day of an election, the elector shall be eligible to vote in that election. (H) Upon receiving a valid application under division (F) of this section from a person who wishes to have the person's voter registration canceled, the director or the deputy director shall cancel the person's voter registration.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.35
§ 145.35. Providing disability coverage for on-duty illness or injury
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and sections 145.362 and 145.363 of the Revised Code: (1) "Examining physician" means a physician appointed by the public employees retirement board to conduct a medical examination of a disability benefit applicant or recipient. (2) "Medical consultant" means a physician appointed by the board to review a member's application for a disability benefit or an appeal of a denial or termination of a benefit. (3) "On-duty illness or injury" means an illness or injury that occurred during or resulted from performance of duties under the direct supervision of a public employer. (B) The public employees retirement system shall provide disability coverage to each member who has at least five years of total service credit and disability coverage for on-duty illness or injury to each member who is a PERS law enforcement officer or PERS public safety officer, regardless of length of service. The coverage shall extend only to illness or injury that occurs before the member's contributing service terminates or, in the case of illness or injury that results from contributing service, becomes evident not later than two years after the date the contributing service ends. The coverage shall not extend to disability resulting from elective cosmetic surgery other than reconstructive surgery. Not later than October 16, 1992, the public employees retirement board shall give each person who is a member on July 29, 1992, the opportunity to elect disability coverage either under section 145.36 of the Revised Code or under section 145.361 of the Revised Code. The board shall mail notice of the election, accompanied by an explanation of the coverage under each of the Revised Code sections and a form on which the election is to be made, to each member at the member's last known address. The board shall also provide the explanation and form to any member on request. Regardless of whether the member actually receives notice of the right to make an election, a member who fails to file a valid election under this section shall be considered to have elected disability coverage under section 145.36 of the Revised Code. To be valid, an election must be made on the form provided by the retirement board, signed by the member, and filed with the board not later than one hundred eighty days after the date the notice was mailed, or, in the case of a form provided at the request of a member, a date specified by rule of the retirement board. Once made, an election is irrevocable, but if the member ceases to be a member of the retirement system, the election is void. If a person who makes an election under this section also makes an election under section 3307.62 or 3309.39 of the Revised Code, the election made for the system that pays a disability benefit to that person shall govern the benefit. Disability coverage shall be provided under section 145.361 of the Revised Code for persons who become members after July 29, 1992, and for members who elect under this division to be covered under section 145.361 of the Revised Code. The retirement board may adopt rules governing elections made under this division. (C) Application for a disability benefit may be made by a member, by a person acting in the member's behalf, or by the member's employer, provided the member has disability coverage under section 145.36 or 145.361 of the Revised Code and is not receiving a disability benefit under any other Ohio state or municipal retirement program. Application must be made within two years from the date the member's contributing service under the PERS defined benefit plan terminated or the date the member ceased to make contributions to the PERS defined benefit plan under section 145.814 of the Revised Code, unless the board's medical consultant determines that the member's medical records demonstrate conclusively that at the time the two-year period expired, the member was physically or mentally incapacitated for duty and unable to make an application. Application may not be made by or for any person receiving age and service retirement benefits under section 145.33 , 145.331 , 145.332 , 145.335 , or 145.37 or former section 145.34 of the Revised Code or any person who, pursuant to section 145.40 of the Revised Code, has been paid the accumulated contributions standing to the credit of the person's individual account in the employees' savings fund. The application shall be made on a form provided by the retirement board. (D) The benefit payable to any member who is approved for a disability benefit shall become effective on the first day of the month immediately following the later of the following: (1) The last day for which compensation was paid; (2) The attainment of eligibility for a disability benefit. (E) Medical examination of a member who has applied for a disability benefit shall be conducted by a competent disinterested examining physician to determine whether the member is mentally or physically incapacitated for the performance of duty by a disabling condition either permanent or presumed to be permanent. The disability must have occurred since last becoming a member or have increased since last becoming a member to such extent as to make the disability permanent or presumed to be permanent. A disability is presumed to be permanent if it is expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months following the filing of the application. The standard used to determine whether a member is incapacitated for duty is that the member is mentally or physically incapable of performing the duties of the most recent public position held by the member. A member shall receive a disability benefit under section 145.36 or 145.361 of the Revised Code if all of the following apply: (1) The board's examining physician determines that the member qualifies for a disability benefit and the board's medical consultant concurs with the determination; (2) The board concurs with the medical consultant's determination; (3) The member agrees to medical treatment as specified in division (F) of this section. A disability benefit described in this division may be commenced prior to the board's concurrence with the determination if the conditions specified in divisions (E)(1) and (3) of this section are met. The action of the board shall be final. (F) The public employees retirement board shall adopt rules requiring a disability benefit recipient, as a condition of continuing to receive a disability benefit, to agree in writing to obtain any medical treatment recommended by the board's medical consultant and submit medical reports regarding the treatment. If the board determines that a disability benefit recipient is not obtaining the medical treatment or the board does not receive a required medical report, the disability benefit shall be suspended until the treatment is obtained, the report is received by the board, or the board's medical consultant certifies that the treatment is no longer helpful or advisable. Should the recipient's failure to obtain treatment or submit a medical report continue for one year, the recipient's right to the disability benefit shall be terminated as of the effective date of the original suspension. The board shall require the recipient of a disability benefit who is described in section 145.363 of the Revised Code to comply with that section. (G) A disability benefit that has been granted a member but has not commenced shall not be paid if the member continues in or returns to employment with the same employer in the same position or in a position with duties similar to those of the position the member held at the time the benefit was granted. (H) In the event an employer files an application for a disability benefit as a result of a member having been separated from service because the member is considered to be mentally or physically incapacitated for the performance of the member's present duty, and the board's medical consultant reports to the board that the member is physically and mentally capable of performing service similar to that from which the member was separated and the board concurs in the report, the board shall so certify to the employer and the employer shall restore the member to the member's previous position and salary or to a similar position and salary. Last updated September 18, 2023 at 10:13 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.27
§ 101.27. Compensation of members
Status: in_force

March 31, 2025 House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) Every member of the senate, except the members elected president, president pro tempore, assistant president pro tempore, majority whip, minority leader, assistant minority leader, minority whip, and assistant minority whip, shall receive as compensation a salary of sixty-three thousand seven dollars a year during the senator's term of office. Every member of the house of representatives, except the members elected speaker, speaker pro tempore, assistant speaker pro tempore, majority floor leader, assistant majority floor leader, majority whip, minority leader, assistant minority leader, minority whip, and assistant minority whip, shall receive as compensation a salary of sixty-three thousand seven dollars a year during the representative's term of office. Such salaries shall be paid in equal monthly installments during such term. All monthly payments shall be made on or before the fifth day of each month. Upon the death of any member of the general assembly during the member's term of office, any unpaid salary due such member for the remainder of the member's term shall be paid to the member's surviving spouse, children, mother, or father, in the order in which the relationship is set forth in this section in monthly installments. (2) Each member shall receive a travel reimbursement per mile each way, at the same mileage rate allowed for the reimbursement of travel expenses of state agents as provided by rule of the director of budget and management pursuant to division (B) of section 126.31 of the Revised Code, for mileage not more than once a week during the session for travel incurred by a member from and to the member's place of residence, by the most direct highway route of public travel to and from the seat of government, to be paid quarterly on the last day of March, June, September, and December of each year. (3) The member of the senate elected president and the member of the house of representatives elected speaker shall each receive as compensation a salary of ninety-eight thousand two hundred fourteen dollars a year during the president's or speaker's term of office. The member of the senate elected president pro tempore, the member of the senate elected minority leader, the member of the house of representatives elected speaker pro tempore, and the member of the house of representatives elected minority leader shall each receive as compensation a salary of eighty-nine thousand six hundred twelve dollars a year during the member's term of office. The member of the house of representatives elected majority floor leader and the member of the senate elected assistant president pro tempore shall each receive as compensation a salary of eighty-four thousand four hundred ten dollars a year during the member's term of office. The member of the senate elected assistant minority leader and the member of the house of representatives elected assistant minority leader shall each receive as compensation a salary of eighty-one thousand eight hundred fifteen dollars a year during the member's term of office. The member of the senate elected majority whip and the member of the house of representatives elected assistant majority floor leader shall each receive a salary of seventy-nine thousand two hundred sixteen dollars a year during the member's term of office. The member of the senate elected minority whip, the member or members of the house of representatives elected majority whip, and the member of the house of representatives elected minority whip shall each receive as compensation a salary of seventy-four thousand twenty dollars a year during the member's term of office. The member of the house of representatives elected assistant minority whip and the member of the senate elected assistant minority whip shall each receive a salary of sixty-five thousand nine hundred sixteen dollars a year during the member's term of office. (4) The member of the house of representatives elected assistant speaker pro tempore shall receive a salary of ninety-nine thousand nine hundred three dollars and ninety cents a year during the member's term of office. (5) The chairperson of the finance committee of each house shall receive an additional sum of thirteen thousand five hundred dollars annually. The chairperson of each standing committee of each house other than the finance committee shall receive an additional sum of nine thousand dollars annually. The chairperson of each standing subcommittee of a finance committee shall receive an additional sum of nine thousand dollars annually. The vice-chairperson of the finance committee of each house shall receive an additional sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars annually. The ranking minority member of the finance committee of each house shall receive an additional sum of nine thousand dollars annually. The ranking minority member of each standing subcommittee of a finance committee shall receive an additional sum of six thousand seven hundred fifty dollars annually. The chairperson of each standing subcommittee of each house other than a standing subcommittee of the finance committee shall receive an additional sum of six thousand seven hundred fifty dollars annually. The vice-chairperson and ranking minority member of each standing committee of each house other than the finance committee shall each receive an additional sum of six thousand seven hundred fifty dollars annually. Except for the ranking minority member of each standing subcommittee of a finance committee, the ranking minority member of each standing subcommittee of each house shall receive an additional sum of three thousand two hundred fifty dollars annually. No member may receive more than one additional sum for serving as chairperson, vice-chairperson, or ranking minority member of a standing committee or standing subcommittee, regardless of the number of standing committees or standing subcommittees on which the member serves as chairperson, vice-chairperson, or ranking minority member. (6) If a member is absent without leave, or is not excused on the member's return, there shall be deducted from the member's compensation twenty dollars for each day's absence. (B)(1) The salary amounts under divisions (A)(1) and (3) of this section are for calendar year 2019. The salary amount under division (A)(4) of this section is for calendar year 2025. (2) Each calendar year from 2020 through 2028 the salary amounts under divisions (A)(1) and (3) of this section, and each calendar year from 2026 through 2028 the salary amount under division (A)(4) of this section, shall be increased as follows: (a) In calendar year 2020, by four per cent; (b) In calendar year 2021, by three per cent; (c) In calendar year 2022, by one and three-quarters per cent; (d) In calendar year 2023, by one and three-quarters per cent; (e) In calendar year 2024, by one and three-quarters per cent; (f) In calendar year 2025, by one and three-quarters per cent; (g) In calendar year 2026, by one and three-quarters per cent; (h) In calendar year 2027, by one and three-quarters per cent; (i) In calendar year 2028, by one and three-quarters per cent. (C) As used in this section, "finance committee" means the finance committee of the senate and the finance committee of the house of representatives. Last updated April 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.52
§ 122.52. Issuing revenue refunding bonds
Status: in_force

September 28, 2012 Senate Bill 314 - 129th General Assembly The director of development services may provide for the issuance of revenue refunding bonds of the state by the treasurer of state, payable solely from the sinking funds established in accordance with section 122.51 of the Revised Code at the times and in the order and manner provided by the director and in any trust agreement securing such bonds and shall also be secured by moneys in the other funds established pursuant to sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62 of the Revised Code to the extent and on the terms specified by the director, for the purpose of refunding any revenue bonds then outstanding which have been issued under sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62 of the Revised Code, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of such bonds. The issuance of such bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and the rights, duties, and obligations of the director and treasurer of state in respect to such bonds shall be governed by such sections insofar as they are applicable. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.53
§ 107.53. Business impact analysis instrument
Status: in_force

September 17, 2014 Senate Bill 3 - 130th General Assembly The common sense initiative office shall develop, and as it becomes necessary or advisable shall improve, a business impact analysis instrument that shall be used as required by law to evaluate draft and existing rules that might have an adverse impact on businesses. The instrument shall be in writing, and shall include the following: (A) Standards that encourage agencies to propose draft rules, and to evaluate existing rules, and proposed revisions thereto, in such a manner that the rules will be as easy to understand as their subject matter permits; (B) Performance measures that can be applied to evaluate the likely efficiency and effectiveness of a draft or existing rule in achieving its regulatory objectives; (C) Standards for evaluating alternative means of regulation that might reduce or eliminate the adverse impact a draft or existing rule might have on businesses; (D) Standards that will promote transparency, predictability, consistency, and flexibility in the implementation and operation of a draft or existing rule, as well as an overall balance in a draft or existing rule between its regulatory objectives and the costs of compliance it imposes on regulated persons; (E) Standards that require an agency to encourage businesses that might be adversely impacted by a draft rule to participate in the rule-making process, beginning at the earliest practicable stage, and that will encourage businesses that are or may be adversely impacted by an existing rule to offer advice and assistance to the agency when the existing rule is being implemented and administered; and (F) Any other standards or measures, or any other criteria, the office concludes will reduce or eliminate adverse impacts on businesses and foster improved regulation and economic development in the state. Alternative means of regulation include, and are not limited to, less stringent compliance or reporting requirements, less stringent schedules or deadlines, consolidation or simplification of requirements, establishment of performance standards to replace operational standards, and exemption of businesses. The instrument does not need to be adopted as a rule. The office shall publish the current instrument in the register of Ohio.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.02
§ 121.02. Administrative departments and directors created
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The following administrative departments and their respective directors are hereby created: (A) The office of budget and management, which shall be administered by the director of budget and management; (B) The department of commerce, which shall be administered by the director of commerce; (C) The department of administrative services, which shall be administered by the director of administrative services; (D) The department of transportation, which shall be administered by the director of transportation; (E) The department of agriculture, which shall be administered by the director of agriculture; (F) The department of natural resources, which shall be administered by the director of natural resources; (G) The department of health, which shall be administered by the director of health; (H) The department of job and family services, which shall be administered by the director of job and family services; (I) The department of children and youth, which shall be administered by the director of children and youth; (J) The department of public safety, which shall be administered by the director of public safety; (K) The department of behavioral health, which shall be administered by the director of behavioral health; (L) The department of developmental disabilities, which shall be administered by the director of developmental disabilities; (M) The department of insurance, which shall be administered by the superintendent of insurance as director thereof; (N) The department of development, which shall be administered by the director of development; (O) The department of youth services, which shall be administered by the director of youth services; (P) The department of rehabilitation and correction, which shall be administered by the director of rehabilitation and correction; (Q) The environmental protection agency, which shall be administered by the director of environmental protection; (R) The department of aging, which shall be administered by the director of aging; (S) The department of veterans services, which shall be administered by the director of veterans services; (T) The department of medicaid, which shall be administered by the medicaid director; (U) The department of education and workforce, which shall be administered by the director of education and workforce. The director of each department shall exercise the powers and perform the duties vested by law in such department. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 150.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 150 / § 150.03
§ 150.03. Program fund; Investment policy
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly Within ninety days after April 9, 2003, the authority shall establish, and subsequently may modify as it considers necessary, a written investment policy governing the investment of money from the program fund, which is hereby created. The program fund shall consist of the proceeds of loans acquired by a program administrator. The authority is subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code with respect to the establishment or modification of the policy. The policy shall meet all the following requirements: (A) It is consistent with the purpose of the program stated in section 150.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Subject to divisions (C), (D), and (E) of this section, it permits the investment of money from the program fund in private, for-profit venture capital funds, including funds of funds, that invest in enterprises in the seed or early stage of business development or established business enterprises developing new methods or technologies, and that demonstrate potential to generate high levels of successful investment performance. (C) It specifies that a program administrator or fund manager employed by the program administrator shall invest not less than seventy-five per cent of program fund money under its investment authority in Ohio-based venture capital funds. (D) It specifies both of the following: (1) That not less than an amount equal to fifty per cent of program fund money invested in any venture capital fund be invested by the venture capital fund in Ohio-based business enterprises; (2) That, commencing with the first program fund commitment to each venture capital fund, the aggregate amount funded into Ohio-based business enterprises by all venture capital funds to which the program fund has committed be not less than the aggregate amount of all program fund money funded into those venture capital funds. (E) It specifies that a program administrator or fund manager employed by the program administrator shall not invest money from the program fund in a venture capital fund to the extent that the total amount of program fund money invested in the venture capital fund, when combined with any program fund money invested in a venture capital fund under the same management as that venture capital fund, exceeds the lesser of the following: (1) Ten million dollars; (2)(a) In the case of an Ohio-based venture capital fund, fifty per cent of the total amount of capital committed to the fund from all sources, after accounting for capital committed from the program fund; (b) In the case of any other venture capital fund, twenty per cent of the total amount of capital committed to the fund from all sources, after accounting for capital committed from the program fund. (F) It specifies that a program administrator or fund manager employed by the program administrator shall not commit capital from the program fund to a venture capital fund until the venture capital fund receives commitment of at least the same amount from other investors in the fund. (G) It specifies the general conditions a private, for-profit investment fund must meet to be selected as a program administrator under section 150.05 of the Revised Code, including, as a significant selection standard, direct experience managing external or nonproprietary capital in private equity fund of funds formats. (H) It specifies the criteria the authority must consider when making a determination under division (B)(1) of section 150.04 of the Revised Code. (I) It includes investment standards and general limitations on allowable investments that the authority considers reasonable and necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter as stated in division (B) of section 150.01 of the Revised Code, minimize the need for the authority to grant tax credits under section 150.07 of the Revised Code, ensure compliance of the program administrators with all applicable laws of this state and the United States, and ensure the safety and soundness of investments of money from the program fund. (J) It prohibits the investment of money from the program fund directly in persons other than venture capital funds, except for temporary investment in investment grade debt securities or temporary deposit in interest-bearing accounts or funds pending permanent investment in venture capital funds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.03
§ 149.03. Governor's authority as to reports
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The governor may at any time require to be filed with him a detailed report from any state officer, board, or commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.55
§ 147.55. Statutory short forms of acknowledgment
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 567 - 134th General Assembly The forms of acknowledgment set forth in this section may be used and are sufficient for their respective purposes under any section of the Revised Code. The forms shall be known as "statutory short forms of acknowledgment" and may be referred to by that name. The authorization of the forms in this section does not preclude the use of other forms. (A) For an individual acting in the individual's own right: "State of ____________________________ County of ___________________________ The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this (date) by (name of person acknowledging). (Signature of person taking acknowledgment) (Title or rank)" (B) For a corporation: "State of ____________________________ County of ___________________________ The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this (date) by (name of officer or agent, title of officer or agent) of (name of corporation acknowledging), a (state or place of incorporation) corporation, on behalf of the corporation. (Signature of person taking acknowledgment) (Title or rank)" (C) For a limited liability company: "State of ____________________________ County of ___________________________ The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this (date) by (name of member or managing member, title of member or managing member) of (name of limited liability company acknowledging), a (jurisdiction of formation) limited liability company, on behalf of the limited liability company. (Signature of person taking acknowledgment) (Title or rank)" (D) For a partnership: "State of ____________________________ County of ___________________________ The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this (date) by (name of acknowledging partner or agent), partner (or agent) on behalf of (name of partnership), a partnership. (Signature of person taking acknowledgment) (Title or rank)" (E) For an individual acting as principal by an attorney in fact: "State of ____________________________ County of ___________________________ The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this (date) by (name of attorney in fact) as attorney in fact on behalf of (name of principal). (Signature of person taking acknowledgment) (Title or rank)" (F) By any public officer, trustee, or personal representative: "State of ____________________________ County of ___________________________ The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this (date) by (name and title of position). (Signature of person taking acknowledgment) (Title or rank)" Last updated January 23, 2023 at 10:02 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 113.75 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 113 / § 113.75
§ 113.75. Confidential and non-public records
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The Ohio state and local government expenditure database shall not include any information that is determined to be confidential or is not a public record under the laws of this state. All of the following are not liable for the disclosure of a record contained in the Ohio state and local government expenditure database that is determined to be confidential or is not a public record under the laws of this state: (A) The treasurer of state; (B) Employees of the treasurer of state; (C) A state entity; (D) Any employee of a state entity that provides information to the database. Last updated September 16, 2021 at 11:14 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.011
§ 124.011. City school districts - civil service commissions
Status: in_force

June 20, 1983 Senate Bill 137 - 115th General Assembly (A) When the territory of a city school district is not located in more than one city, the civil service commission of the city in which the district has territory shall serve as the commission for the school district. When the territory of a city school district is located in more than one city, the commission of the city that shall serve as the commission for the school district shall be the commission of the city that is the residence of the greatest number of the pupils of the district. (B) If the commission determined under division (A) of this section is not the commission of the city that served the district on the effective date of this section, the legislative authority of the city whose commission acted on such date may, on request of the board of education, authorize its commission to continue to serve the district and, if so authorized, the commission shall continue to serve the district. (C) If due to a change in population or school district territory or any other reason the commission of the city determined under division (A) of this section changes, the legislative authority of the city whose commission served the district prior to the change may, on request of the board of education, authorize its commission to continue to serve the district, and if so authorized, the commission shall continue to serve the district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.384 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.384
§ 145.384. Retirant may apply for monthly annuity or lump sum payment
Status: in_force

March 22, 2019 House Bill 572 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "PERS retirant" means a PERS retirant who is not subject to division (C) of section 145.38 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this section, "PERS retirant" also includes both of the following: (1) A member who retired under section 145.383 of the Revised Code; (2) A retirant whose retirement allowance resumed under section 145.385 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) An other system retirant or PERS retirant who has made contributions under section 145.38 or 145.383 of the Revised Code or, in the case of a retirant described in division (A)(2) of this section, section 145.47 of the Revised Code may file an application with the public employees retirement system to receive either a benefit, as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, or payment of the retirant's contributions made under those sections, as provided in division (H) of this section. (2) A benefit under this section shall consist of an annuity having a reserve equal to the amount of the retirant's accumulated contributions for the period of employment, other than the contributions excluded pursuant to division (B)(4)(a) or (b) of section 145.38 of the Revised Code, and an amount of the employer's contributions determined by the board. (a) Unless, as described in division (I) of this section, the application is accompanied by a statement of the spouse's consent to another form of payment or the board waives the requirement of spousal consent, a PERS retirant or other system retirant who is married at the time of application for a benefit under this section shall receive a monthly annuity under which the actuarial equivalent of the retirant's single life annuity is paid in a lesser amount for life and one-half of the lesser amount continues after the retirant's death to the surviving spouse. (b) A PERS retirant or other system retirant who is not subject to division (B)(2)(a) of this section shall elect either to receive the benefit as a monthly annuity or a lump sum payment discounted to the present value using a rate of interest determined by the board. A retirant who elects to receive a monthly annuity shall select one of the following as the plan of payment: (i) The retirant's single life annuity; (ii) The actuarial equivalent of the retirant's single life annuity in an equal or lesser amount for life and continuing after death to a surviving beneficiary designated at the time the plan of payment is selected. If a retirant who is eligible to select a plan of payment under division (B)(2)(b) of this section fails to do so, the benefit shall be paid as a monthly annuity under the plan of payment specified in rules adopted by the public employees retirement board. (c) Notwithstanding divisions (B)(2)(a) and (b) of this section, if a monthly annuity would be less than fifty dollars per month, the retirant shall receive a lump sum payment. (C)(1) The death of a spouse or other designated beneficiary under a plan of payment described in division (B)(2) of this section cancels that plan of payment. The PERS retirant or other system retirant shall receive the equivalent of the retirant's single life annuity, as determined by the board, effective the first day of the month following the date of death. (2) On divorce, annulment, or marriage dissolution, a PERS retirant or other system retirant receiving a benefit described in division (B)(2) of this section under which the beneficiary is the spouse may, with the written consent of the spouse or pursuant to an order of the court with jurisdiction over the termination of the marriage, elect to cancel the plan and receive the equivalent of the retirant's single life annuity as determined by the board. The election shall be made on a form provided by the board and shall be effective the month following its receipt by the board. (D) Following a marriage or remarriage, a PERS retirant or other system retirant who is receiving a benefit described in division (B)(2)(b)(i) of this section may elect a new plan of payment under division (B)(2)(b) of this section based on the actuarial equivalent of the retirant's single life annuity as determined by the board. If the marriage or remarriage occurs on or after June 6, 2005, the election must be made not later than one year after the date of the marriage or remarriage. The plan elected under this division shall be effective on the date of receipt by the board of an application on a form approved by the board, but any change in the amount of the benefit shall commence on the first day of the month following the effective date of the plan. (E) A benefit payable under division (B)(2) of this section shall commence on the latest of the following: (1) The last day for which compensation for all employment subject to section 145.38 , 145.383 , or 145.385 of the Revised Code was paid; (2) Attainment by the PERS retirant or other system retirant of age sixty-five; (3) If the PERS retirant or other system retirant was previously employed under section 145.38 , 145.383 , or 145.385 of the Revised Code and is receiving or previously received a benefit under this section, completion of a period of twelve months since the effective date of the last benefit under this section; (4) Ninety days prior to receipt by the board of the member's completed application for retirement; (5) A date specified by the retirant. (F)(1) If a PERS retirant or other system retirant dies while employed in employment subject to section 145.38 , 145.383 , or 145.385 of the Revised Code, a lump sum payment shall be paid to the retirant's beneficiary under division (G) of this section. The lump sum shall be calculated in accordance with division (H) of this section if the retirant was under age sixty-five at the time of death. It shall be calculated in accordance with division (B)(2) of this section if the retirant was age sixty-five or older at the time of death. (2) If at the time of death a PERS retirant or other system retirant receiving a monthly annuity under division (B)(2)(b)(i) of this section has received less than the retirant would have received as a lump sum payment, the difference between the amount received and the amount that would have been received as a lump sum payment shall be paid to the retirant's beneficiary under division (G) of this section. (3) If a beneficiary receiving a monthly annuity under division (B)(2) of this section dies and, at the time of the beneficiary's death, the total of the amounts paid to the retirant and beneficiary are less than the amount the retirant would have received as a lump sum payment, the difference between the total of the amounts received by the retirant and beneficiary and the amount that the retirant would have received as a lump sum payment shall be paid to the beneficiary's estate. (G) A PERS retirant or other system retirant employed under section 145.38 , 145.383 , or 145.385 of the Revised Code may designate one or more persons as beneficiary to receive any benefits payable under division (B)(2)(b) of this section due to death. The designation shall be in writing duly executed on a form provided by the public employees retirement board, signed by the PERS retirant or other system retirant, and filed with the board prior to death. The last designation of a beneficiary revokes all previous designations. The PERS retirant's or other system retirant's marriage, divorce, marriage dissolution, legal separation, withdrawal of account, birth of a child, or adoption of a child revokes all previous designations. If there is no designated beneficiary or the beneficiary is not located within ninety days, the beneficiary shall be determined in the following order of precedence: (1) Surviving spouse; (2) Children, share and share alike; (3) Parents, share and share alike; (4) Estate. If any benefit payable under this section due to the death of a PERS retirant or other system retirant is not claimed by a beneficiary within five years after the death, the amount payable shall be transferred to the income fund and thereafter paid to the beneficiary or the estate of the PERS retirant or other system retirant on application to the board. (H)(1) A PERS retirant or other system retirant who applies under division (B)(1) of this section for payment of the retirant's contributions and is unmarried or is married and, unless the board has waived the requirement of spousal consent, includes with the application a statement of the spouse's consent to the payment, shall be paid the contributions made under section 145.38 or 145.383 of the Revised Code or, in the case of a retirant described in division (A)(2) of this section, section 145.47 of the Revised Code, plus interest as provided in section 145.471 of the Revised Code, if the following conditions are met: (a) The retirant has not attained sixty-five years of age and has terminated employment subject to section 145.38 , 145.383 , or 145.385 of the Revised Code for any cause other than death or the receipt of a benefit under this section. (b) Two months have elapsed since the termination of the retirant's employment subject to section 145.38 , 145.383 , or 145.385 of the Revised Code, other than employment exempted from contribution pursuant to section 145.03 of the Revised Code. (c) The retirant has not returned to public service, other than service exempted from contribution pursuant to section 145.03 of the Revised Code, during the two-month period. (2) Payment of a retirant's contributions cancels the retirant's right to a benefit under division (B)(2) of this section. (I) A statement of a spouse's consent under division (B)(2) of this section to the form of a benefit or under division (H) of this section to a payment of contributions is valid only if signed by the spouse and witnessed by a notary public. The board may waive the requirement of spousal consent if the spouse is incapacitated or cannot be located, or for any other reason specified by the board. Consent or waiver is effective only with regard to the spouse who is the subject of the consent or waiver. (J) No amount received under this section shall be included in determining an additional benefit under section 145.323 of the Revised Code or any other post-retirement benefit increase.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.035 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.035
§ 145.035. Exemption requests by department of development employees located in foreign countries
Status: in_force

June 30, 1991 House Bill 382 - 119th General Assembly Notwithstanding section 145.03 of the Revised Code, an individual employed by, or otherwise compensated with state funds appropriated to, the department of development who is principally located outside of the United States and is or intends to become a member of a foreign government's retirement or social security system in lieu of becoming a member of the public employees retirement system may choose to be exempted from membership in the public employees retirement system by signing a written application for exemption within the first month after being employed and filing such application with the public employees retirement board. The application, when approved as to form by the board and filed with the employer, shall be irrevocable while the individual is continuously employed as described in this section and such individual shall forever be barred from claiming or purchasing membership rights or credit for the particular period covered by the exemption. Any individual who is or becomes a member of the public employees retirement system shall continue the membership as long as he is a public employee, even though he may be in or transferred to employment described in this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.601 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.601
§ 122.601. Capital access loan program fund
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the capital access loan program fund. The fund shall consist of money deposited into it from the minority business enterprise loan fund pursuant to section 122.80 of the Revised Code and the facilities establishment fund pursuant to section 166.03 of the Revised Code and all money deposited into it pursuant to section 122.602 of the Revised Code. The total amount of money deposited into the fund from the minority business enterprise loan fund or the facilities establishment fund shall not exceed three million dollars during any particular fiscal year of the department of development. The department shall disburse money from the fund only to pay the operating costs of the program, including the administrative costs incurred by the department in connection with the program, and only in keeping with the purposes specified in sections 122.60 to 122.605 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 20, 2021 at 10:10 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.67 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.67
§ 121.67. Prohibiting contingent fees
Status: in_force

February 18, 2011 House Bill 1 - 129th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall engage any person to influence executive agency decisions or conduct executive agency lobbying activity for compensation that is contingent in any way on the outcome of an executive agency decision and no person shall accept any engagement to influence executive agency decisions or conduct executive agency lobbying activity for compensation that is contingent in any way on the outcome of an executive agency decision. (B) Division (A) of this section does not prohibit and shall not be construed to prohibit any person from compensating the person's sales employees pursuant to an incentive compensation plan, such as commission sales, if the incentive compensation plan is the same plan used to compensate similarly situated sales employees who are not executive agency lobbyists. (C) No state elected officer or staff member shall receive or agree to receive directly or indirectly compensation other than from the agency with which the person serves for any service rendered or to be rendered by the person personally in any case, proceeding, application, or other matter that is before the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this division, "state elected officer" means any elected officer of this state and "staff member" means any staff as defined in section 101.70 or in section 121.60 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 164.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 164 / § 164.07
§ 164.07. Locating and using minority business enterprises
Status: in_force

December 30, 2004 House Bill 516 - 125th General Assembly (A) In awarding contracts for capital improvement projects to be financed in whole or in part under this chapter, a local subdivision shall comply with the percentage requirements of section 125.081 of the Revised Code. (B) A capital improvement that is financed in whole or in part under this chapter is a public improvement, and a subdivision undertaking a capital improvement is a public authority, for purposes of section 4115.03 of the Revised Code. All contractors and subcontractors working on a capital improvement financed in whole or in part under this chapter shall comply with sections 4115.03 to 4115.16 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.56
§ 145.56. Tax exemptions
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly The right of an individual to a pension, an annuity, or a retirement allowance itself, the right of an individual to any optional benefit, any other right accrued or accruing to any individual, under this chapter, or under any municipal retirement system established subject to this chapter under the laws of this state or any charter, the various funds created by this chapter, or under such municipal retirement system, and all moneys, investments, and income from moneys or investments are exempt from any state tax, except the tax imposed by section 5747.02 of the Revised Code, and are exempt from any county, municipal, or other local tax, except income taxes imposed pursuant to section 5748.02 , 5748.08 , or 5748.09 of the Revised Code, and, except as provided in sections 145.57 , 145.572 , 145.573 , 145.574 , 3105.171 , 3105.65 , and 3115.501 and Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code, shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, the operation of bankruptcy or insolvency laws, or other process of law whatsoever, and shall be unassignable except as specifically provided in this chapter and sections 3105.171 , 3105.65 , and 3115.501 and Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 154.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 154 / § 154.24
§ 154.24. Additional definitions; issuance of obligations; leasing facilities
Status: in_force

July 1, 2014 House Bill 497 - 130th General Assembly (A) In addition to the definitions provided in section 154.01 of the Revised Code: (1) "Capital facilities" includes, for purposes of this section, storage and parking facilities related to such capital facilities. (2) "Costs of capital facilities" includes, for purposes of this section, the costs of assessing, planning, and altering capital facilities, and the financing thereof, all related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of direct costs of lessee state agencies, and all other expenses necessary or incident to the assessment, planning, alteration, maintenance, equipment, or furnishing of capital facilities and the placing of the same in use and operation, including any one, part of, or combination of such classes of costs and expenses. (3) "Governmental agency" includes, for purposes of this section, any state of the United States or any department, division, or agency of any state. (4) "State agency" includes, for purposes of this section, branches, authorities, courts, the general assembly, counties, municipal corporations, and any other governmental entities of this state that enter into leases with the commission pursuant to this section or that are designated by law as state agencies for the purpose of performing a state function that is to be housed by a capital facility for which the issuing authority is authorized to issue revenue obligations pursuant to this section. (B) Subject to authorization by the general assembly under section 154.02 of the Revised Code, the issuing authority may issue obligations pursuant to this chapter to pay costs of capital facilities for housing branches and agencies of state government, including capital facilities for the purpose of housing personnel, equipment, or functions, or any combination thereof that a state agency is responsible for housing, including obligations to pay the costs of capital facilities described in section 307.021 of the Revised Code, and the costs of capital facilities in which one or more state agencies are participating with the federal government, municipal corporations, counties, or other governmental entities, or any one or more of them, and in which that portion of the facility allocated to the participating state agencies is to be used for the purpose of housing branches and agencies of state government including housing personnel, equipment, or functions, or any combination thereof. Such participation may be by grants, loans, or contributions to other participating governmental agencies for any of those capital facilities. (C) The commission may lease any capital facilities for housing branches and agencies of state government to, and make or provide for other agreements with respect to the use or purchase of such capital facilities with, any state agency or governmental agency having authority under law to operate such capital facilities. (D)(1) For purposes of this division, "available receipts" means fees, charges, revenues, grants, subsidies, income from the investment of moneys, proceeds from the sale of goods or services, and all other revenues or receipts derived from the operation, leasing, or other disposition of capital facilities financed with obligations issued under this section or received by or on behalf of any state agency for which capital facilities are financed with obligations issued under this section or any state agency participating in or by which the capital facilities are constructed or financed; the proceeds of obligations issued under this section and section 154.11 or 154.12 of the Revised Code; and any moneys appropriated by a governmental agency, and gifts, grants, donations, and pledges, and receipts therefrom, available for the payment of bond service charges on such obligations. (2) The issuing authority may pledge all, or such portion as it determines, of the available receipts to the payment of bond service charges on obligations issued under this section and section 154.11 or 154.12 of the Revised Code and for the establishment and maintenance of any reserves, as provided in the bond proceedings, and make other provisions therein with respect to such available receipts as authorized by this chapter, which provisions shall be controlling notwithstanding any other provision of law pertaining thereto. (E) There are hereby created in the custody of the treasurer of state, but separate and apart from and not a part of the state treasury, the administrative facilities bond service trust fund, the adult correctional facilities bond service trust fund, the juvenile correctional facilities bond service trust fund, the transportation facilities bond service trust fund, and the public safety bond service trust fund. All money received by or on account of the issuing authority or the commission and required by the applicable bond proceedings to be deposited, transferred, or credited to any of these funds, and all other money transferred or allocated to or received for the purposes of any of these funds, shall be deposited with the treasurer of state and credited to such fund, subject to applicable provisions of the bond proceedings, but without necessity for any act or appropriation. These bond service funds are trust funds and are hereby pledged to the payment of bond service charges on the applicable obligations issued pursuant to this section and section 154.11 or 154.12 of the Revised Code to the extent provided in the applicable bond proceedings, and payment thereof from such funds shall be made or provided for by the treasurer of state in accordance with such bond proceedings without necessity for any act or appropriation. (F) There are hereby created in the state treasury the administrative building fund, the adult correctional building fund, the juvenile correctional building fund, the transportation building fund, and the public safety building fund. Subject to the bond proceedings therefor, the proceeds of the sale of obligations pursuant to this section shall be credited to the appropriate fund, except that any accrued interest shall be credited to the appropriate bond service trust fund created pursuant to this section. These funds may also consist of gifts, grants, appropriated money, and other sums and securities received to the credit of such fund. All investment earnings of each fund shall be credited to the fund. The funds shall be applied to pay the costs of capital facilities as defined in this section and set forth in the bond proceedings. (G) This section is to be applied with other applicable provisions of this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.807 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.807
§ 135.807. Delivery of lien certificate to eligible lending institution
Status: in_force

January 30, 2014 House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly (A) A property tax payment linked deposit program shall provide for the delivery of a lien certificate to an eligible lending institution making payment to the county treasurer, pursuant to a loan agreement between the eligible lending institution and eligible borrower, of some or all of the taxes then due on the homestead of that eligible borrower. (B)(1) To ensure uniformity among all counties, the tax commissioner shall prescribe the form for a lien certificate delivered pursuant to division (A) of this section, which form shall include the identity of the homestead, the eligible borrower, the eligible lending institution, the amount of taxes paid by that eligible lending institution, and the tax year for which the taxes were paid. The tax commissioner shall distribute the forms to the county treasurers of all counties in which a property tax payment linked deposit program is established. (2) A county treasurer shall use the lien certificate form prescribed by the tax commissioner, except that, prior to the time that a lien certificate form is prescribed and the forms are distributed by the tax commissioner, the form shall be prepared by the county treasurer of the county, contain the information required by division (B)(1) of this section, and include the following sentence: "This lien certificate is delivered pursuant to section 135.807 of the Revised Code and vests in the eligible lending institution the first lien held previously by the state and its taxing districts for the amount of taxes paid by the eligible lending institution, together with any and all unpaid interest thereon." (C)(1) The delivery of the lien certificate pursuant to division (A) of this section vests in the eligible lending institution the first lien held previously by the state and its taxing districts for the amount of the taxes paid by the eligible lending institution, together with any unpaid interest thereon from the date of delivery at the interest rate specified in the loan agreement between the eligible lending institution and the eligible borrower. The lien is superior to any subsequent tax liens. (2) Subject to division (C)(3) of this section, the lien certificate delivered pursuant to division (A) of this section is superior to all other liens and encumbrances upon the homestead described in that lien certificate, and the lien continues in full force and effect until the amount of all taxes paid by the eligible lending institution, together with any unpaid interest thereon, has been repaid to the eligible lending institution. (3) With respect to the priority as among first liens of the state and its taxing districts, the priority is determined by the date that the first liens of the state and its taxing districts attached pursuant to section 323.11 of the Revised Code, with first priority to the earliest attached lien and each immediately subsequent priority based upon the next earliest attached lien. (D) The eligible lending institution may record the lien certificate or memorandum thereof as a mortgage on the land in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the homestead is situated. The county recorder shall record the certificate in the official records provided for in section 317.08 of the Revised Code and shall index the certificate in the indexes provided for under section 317.18 of the Revised Code. If the lien subsequently is canceled, the cancellation also shall be recorded by the county recorder. When a loan is repaid in full, the eligible financial institution shall promptly record the full payment and cancel or otherwise release the lien. On repayment of the loan in full, the lien certificate shall be null and void. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 139.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 139 / § 139.03
§ 139.03. Proceeds may be used for permanent improvements
Status: in_force

October 30, 1989 House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly The taxing authority of any subdivision may provide in the legislation authorizing the issuance of securities for any permanent improvement that the proceeds derived from the sale of such securities shall be used as such subdivision's share or contribution to the cost and expense of a permanent improvement to be constructed in cooperation with a federal agency. Notwithstanding Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, the taxing authority may provide that more than one classification of permanent improvements as defined by such chapter may be included in the same legislation and the same bond issue. The legislation authorizing the bonds shall state that it is for the purpose of contributing the subdivision's share of the cost and expense of such federal project and shall separately describe and designate each project for which bonds are authorized.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.21
§ 109.21. Moneys paid into general revenue fund
Status: in_force

January 15, 1998 Senate Bill 164 - 122nd General Assembly The attorney general shall pay all moneys collected or received by the attorney general on behalf of the state into the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.324 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.324
§ 124.324. Layoff displacement rights
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) A laid-off employee has the right to displace the employee with the fewest retention points in the following order: (1) Within the classification from which the employee was laid off; (2) Within the classification series from which the employee was laid off; (3) Within the classification the employee held immediately prior to holding the classification from which the employee was laid off, except that the employee may not displace employees in a classification if the employee does not meet the minimum qualifications of the classification or if the employee last held the classification more than three years prior to the date on which the employee was laid off. If, after exercising displacement rights, an employee is subject to further layoff action, the employee's displacement rights shall be in accordance with the classification from which the employee was first laid off. The director of administrative services shall verify the calculation of the retention points of all employees in the service of the state in an affected classification in accordance with section 124.325 of the Revised Code. (B) Following the order of layoff, an employee laid off in the classified civil service shall displace another employee within the same appointing authority or independent institution and layoff jurisdiction in the following manner: (1) Each laid-off employee possessing more retention points shall displace the employee with the fewest retention points in the next lower classification or successively lower classification in the same classification series. (2) Any employee displaced by an employee possessing more retention points shall displace the employee with the fewest retention points in the next lower classification or successively lower classification in the same classification series. This process shall continue, if necessary, until the employee with the fewest retention points in the lowest classification of the classification series of the same appointing authority or independent institution has been reached and, if necessary, laid off. (C) Employees shall notify the appointing authority of their intention to exercise their displacement rights, within five days after receiving notice of layoff. This division does not apply if the director of administrative services has established a paper lay-off process pursuant to division (E) of section 124.321 of the Revised Code that includes a different notification requirement for employees exercising their displacement rights under that process. (D) No employee shall displace an employee for whose position or classification there are certain position-specific minimum qualifications, as established by the appointing authority and reviewed for validity by the department of administrative services, or as established by bona fide occupational qualification, unless the employee desiring to displace another employee possesses the requisite position-specific minimum qualifications for the position or classification. (E) If an employee exercising displacement rights must displace an employee in another county within the same layoff district, the displacement shall not be construed to be a transfer. (F) The director of administrative services shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the implementation of this section as it relates to positions in the service of the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.47
§ 122.47. Issuing bonds
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly At the request of the director of development, the treasurer of state shall issue revenue bonds of the state for the purpose of acquiring moneys for the purposes of this chapter, which moneys shall be credited by the treasurer of state as the director of development shall determine to and among the funds established in accordance with or pursuant to sections 122.35 , 122.42 , and 122.54 of the Revised Code. Such revenue bonds shall be secured by the revenue bond guaranty fund established in accordance with section 122.571 of the Revised Code and shall also be secured by moneys in the other funds established by the director to the extent and on the terms the director specifies and by covenants of the director to so manage the loans and leases and fix interest rates, charges, and rentals so as to assure receipt of net income and revenue sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of and the interest on the revenue bonds. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.20
§ 124.20. Classification rules - record keeping
Status: in_force

July 1, 2007 House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly The director of administrative services, with the approval of the state personnel board of review, shall adopt rules: (A) For appointment, promotions, transfers, layoffs, suspensions, reductions, reinstatements, and removals in and examinations and registrations for offices and positions in the civil service of the state. Appointing authorities with officers or employees in the civil service of the state shall submit personnel action information to the department of administrative services as the director requires. (B) For maintaining and keeping records of the efficiency of officers and employees in the civil service of the state in accordance with sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the Revised Code. Due notice of the contents of those rules and of all changes shall be given to appointing authorities affected by those rules, and those rules also shall be available for public distribution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.72 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.72
§ 101.72. Contents of initial registration statement
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) Each legislative agent and employer, within ten days following an engagement of a legislative agent, shall file with the joint legislative ethics committee an initial registration statement showing all of the following: (1) The name, business address, and occupation of the legislative agent; (2) The name and business address of the employer and the real party in interest on whose behalf the legislative agent is actively advocating, if it is different from the employer. For the purposes of division (A) of this section, where a trade association or other charitable or fraternal organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under subsection 501(c) of the federal Internal Revenue Code is the employer, the statement need not list the names and addresses of each member of the association or organization, so long as the association or organization itself is listed. (3) A brief description of the type of legislation to which the engagement relates. (B) In addition to the initial registration statement required by division (A) of this section, each legislative agent and employer shall file with the joint committee, not later than the last day of January, May, and September of each year, an updated registration statement that confirms the continuing existence of each engagement described in an initial registration statement and that lists the specific bills or resolutions on which the agent actively advocated under that engagement during the period covered by the updated statement, and with it any statement of expenditures required to be filed by section 101.73 of the Revised Code and any details of financial transactions required to be filed by section 101.74 of the Revised Code. (C) If a legislative agent is engaged by more than one employer, the agent shall file a separate initial and updated registration statement for each engagement. If an employer engages more than one legislative agent, the employer need file only one updated registration statement under division (B) of this section, which shall contain the information required by division (B) of this section regarding all of the legislative agents engaged by the employer. (D)(1) A change in any information required by division (A)(1), (2), or (B) of this section shall be reflected in the next updated registration statement filed under division (B) of this section. (2) Within thirty days after the termination of an engagement, the legislative agent who was employed under the engagement shall send written notification of the termination to the joint committee. (E) A registration fee of twenty-five dollars shall be charged for filing an initial registration statement. The state agency of an officer or employee who actively advocates in a fiduciary capacity as a representative of that state agency shall pay the registration fee required under this division. All money collected from registration fees under this division and late filing fees under division (G) of this section shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the joint legislative ethics committee fund created under section 101.34 of the Revised Code. An officer or employee of a state agency who actively advocates in a fiduciary capacity as a representative of that state agency need not file expenditure statements under section 101.73 of the Revised Code. As used in this division, "state agency" does not include a state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (F) Upon registration pursuant to division (A) of this section, the legislative agent shall be issued a card by the joint committee showing that the legislative agent is registered. The registration card and the legislative agent's registration shall be valid from the date of their issuance until the next thirty-first day of December of an even-numbered year. (G) The executive director of the joint committee shall be responsible for reviewing each registration statement filed with the joint committee under this section and for determining whether the statement contains all of the information required by this section. If the joint committee determines that the registration statement does not contain all of the required information or that a legislative agent or employer has failed to file a registration statement, the joint committee shall send written notification by certified mail to the person who filed the registration statement regarding the deficiency in the statement or to the person who failed to file the registration statement regarding the failure. Any person so notified by the joint committee shall, not later than fifteen days after receiving the notice, file a registration statement or an amended registration statement that does contain all of the information required by this section. If any person who receives a notice under this division fails to file a registration statement or such an amended registration statement within this fifteen-day period, the joint committee shall assess a late filing fee equal to twelve dollars and fifty cents per day, up to a maximum of one hundred dollars, upon that person. The joint committee may waive the late filing fee for good cause shown. (H) On or before the fifteenth day of March of each year, the joint committee shall, in the manner and form that it determines, publish a report containing statistical information on the registration statements filed with it under this section during the preceding year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.391 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.391
§ 173.391. Requirements for provider certification - disciplinary action
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Subject to section 173.381 of the Revised Code and except as provided in division (I) of this section, the department of aging or its designee shall do all of the following in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code: (1) Certify a provider to provide services, including community-based long-term care services, under a program the department administers if the provider satisfies the requirements for certification established by rules adopted under division (B) of this section and pays the fee, if any, established by rules adopted under division (G) of this section; (2) When required to do so by rules adopted under division (B) of this section, take one or more of the following disciplinary actions against a provider certified under division (A)(1) of this section: (a) Issue a written warning; (b) Require the submission of both of the following: a plan of correction and evidence of compliance with requirements identified by the department; (c) Suspend referrals; (d) Remove clients; (e) Impose a fiscal sanction such as a civil monetary penalty or an order that unearned funds be repaid; (f) Suspend the certification; (g) Revoke the certification; (h) Impose another sanction. (3) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, hold hearings when there is a dispute between the department or its designee and a provider concerning actions the department or its designee takes regarding a decision not to certify the provider under division (A)(1) of this section or a disciplinary action under divisions (A)(2)(e) to (h) of this section. (B) The director of aging shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing certification requirements and standards for determining which type of disciplinary action to take under division (A)(2) of this section in individual situations. The rules shall establish procedures for all of the following: (1) Ensuring that providers comply with sections 173.38 and 173.381 of the Revised Code; (2) Evaluating the services provided by the providers to ensure that the services are provided in a quality manner advantageous to the individual receiving the services; (3) In a manner consistent with section 173.381 of the Revised Code, determining when to take disciplinary action under division (A)(2) of this section and which disciplinary action to take; (4) Determining what constitutes another sanction for purposes of division (A)(2)(h) of this section. (C) The procedures established in rules adopted under division (B)(2) of this section shall require that all of the following be considered as part of an evaluation described in division (B)(2) of this section: (1) The provider's experience and financial responsibility; (2) The provider's ability to comply with standards for the services, including community-based long-term care services, that the provider provides under a program the department administers; (3) The provider's ability to meet the needs of the individuals served; (4) Any other factor the director considers relevant. (D) The rules adopted under division (B)(3) of this section shall specify that the reasons disciplinary action may be taken under division (A)(2) of this section include good cause, including misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance, confirmed abuse or neglect, financial irresponsibility, or other conduct the director determines is injurious, or poses a threat, to the health or safety of individuals being served. (E) Subject to division (F) of this section, the department is not required to hold hearings under division (A)(3) of this section if any of the following conditions apply: (1) Rules adopted by the director of aging pursuant to this chapter require the provider to be a party to a provider agreement; hold a license, certificate, or permit; or maintain a certification, any of which is required or issued by a state or federal government entity other than the department of aging, and either of the following is the case: (a) The provider agreement has not been entered into or the license, certificate, permit, or certification has not been obtained or maintained. (b) The provider agreement, license, certificate, permit, or certification has been denied, revoked, not renewed, or suspended or has been otherwise restricted. (2) The provider's certification under this section has been denied, suspended, or revoked for any of the following reasons: (a) A government entity of this state, other than the department of aging, has terminated or refused to renew any of the following held by, or has denied any of the following sought by, a provider: a provider agreement, license, certificate, permit, or certification. Division (E)(2)(a) of this section applies regardless of whether the provider has entered into a provider agreement in, or holds a license, certificate, permit, or certification issued by, another state. (b) The provider or a principal owner or manager of the provider who provides direct care has entered a guilty plea for, or has been convicted of, an offense materially related to the medicaid program. (c) The provider or a principal owner or manager of the provider who provides direct care has entered a guilty plea for, been convicted of, or been found eligible for intervention in lieu of conviction for an offense listed or described in divisions (A)(3)(a) to (e) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code, but only if the provider, principal owner, or manager does not meet standards specified by the director in rules adopted under section 173.38 of the Revised Code. (d) The department or its designee is required by section 173.381 of the Revised Code to deny or revoke the provider's certification. (e) The United States department of health and human services has taken adverse action against the provider and that action impacts the provider's participation in the medicaid program. (f) The provider has failed to enter into or renew a provider agreement with either of the following: the department or the PASSPORT administrative agency, as that term is defined in section 173.42 of the Revised Code, that administers programs on behalf of the department of aging in the region of the state in which the provider is certified to provide services. (g) The provider has not billed or otherwise submitted a claim to the department for payment under the medicaid program in at least two years. (h) The provider denied or failed to provide the department or its designee access to the provider's facilities during the provider's normal business hours for purposes of conducting an audit or structural compliance review. (i) The provider has ceased doing business. (j) The provider has voluntarily relinquished its certification for any reason. (3) The provider's provider agreement with the department of medicaid has been suspended under section 5164.36 of the Revised Code. (4) The provider's provider agreement with the department of medicaid is denied or revoked because the provider or its owner, officer, authorized agent, associate, manager, or employee has been convicted of an offense that caused the provider agreement to be suspended under section 5164.36 of the Revised Code. (F) If the department does not hold hearings when any condition described in division (E) of this section applies, the department shall send a notice to the provider describing a decision not to certify the provider under division (A)(1) of this section or the disciplinary action the department is taking under divisions (A)(2)(e) to (h) of this section. The notice shall be sent to the provider's address that is on record with the department and may be sent by regular or electronic mail. (G) The director of aging may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing a fee to be charged by the department of aging or its designee for certification issued under division (A) of this section. (H) Any amounts collected by the department or its designee under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the provider certification fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund shall be used to pay for services, including community-based long-term care services, to pay for administrative costs associated with provider certification under this section, and to pay for administrative costs related to the publication of the Ohio long-term care consumer guide. (I) The director shall certify a provider in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code if either of the following applies: (1) The provider is licensed or certified in another state. (2) The provider has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a provider of community-based long-term care services under a state program in a state that does not issue that license or certificate. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.62
§ 163.62. Reimbursement of reasonable costs, disbursements, and expenses
Status: in_force

October 10, 2007 Senate Bill 7 - 127th General Assembly (A) The court having jurisdiction of a proceeding instituted by a state agency to acquire real property by condemnation shall award the owner of any right, or title to, or interest in, such real property such sum as will in the opinion of the court reimburse such owner for the owner's reasonable costs, disbursements, and expenses, including reasonable attorney, appraisal, and engineering fees actually incurred because of the condemnation proceeding, as provided in division (G) of section 163.09 or division (A) or (C) of section 163.21 of the Revised Code, as applicable. (B) Any award made pursuant to division (A) of this section shall be paid by the head of the agency for whose benefit the condemnation proceeding was instituted.
Ohio Rev. Code § 103.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 103 / § 103.25
§ 103.25. Protection and maintenance of electronic documents
Status: in_force

September 15, 1999 Senate Bill 11 - 123rd General Assembly The director of the legislative service commission shall take all necessary measures to protect and maintain the integrity and security of: (A) All legislative and quasi-legislative documents stored in an electronic format, including any database that contains the Revised Code or Ohio administrative code; and (B) The electronic rule-filing system.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.47
§ 135.47. Securities lending program - fund
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the securities lending program. (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the securities lending program fund. Income from the interest earnings of the securities lending program in an amount calculated pursuant to division (D) of this section shall be credited to the fund. All other such income shall be credited to the general revenue fund. (C) The treasurer of state may use the securities lending program fund for operations of the office of the treasurer of state or may transfer unexpended amounts in the fund to the treasurer's information technology reserve fund created under section 113.22 of the Revised Code. (D) The amount of income from the interest earnings of the securities lending program that shall be paid into the securities lending program fund shall not exceed an amount based on an annual rate of one-quarter of one per cent of the total average daily par value of assets in the securities lending program, as determined and calculated by the treasurer of state. Such income shall be paid on a monthly basis. Last updated September 8, 2023 at 10:57 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.02
§ 111.02. Bond
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of office, the secretary of state shall give a bond to the state in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, with a surety authorized to do business in the state, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office of secretary of state. The bond and the oath of office shall be deposited with and kept by the director of administrative services in the director's office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.43
§ 107.43. General Assembly authority to rescind or invalidate orders or rules during emergency; civil actions
Status: in_force

April 3, 2023 Senate Bill 202 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: "Administrative department" means a department listed under section 121.02 of the Revised Code. "Administrative department head" means a department head listed under section 121.03 of the Revised Code. "Internal management rule" means any rule, regulation, or standard governing the day-to-day staff procedures and staff operations within an administrative department or state agency, or within the office of an administrative department head or statewide elected officer. "Rule" means, unless the context dictates otherwise, any rule, regulation, or standard adopted, promulgated, and enforced by a statewide elected officer, administrative department, administrative department head, or state agency under the authority of the laws governing such officer, department, department head, or state agency. "Rule" does not include an internal management rule. "State agency" means any organized body, office, agency, commission, board, institution, or other entity established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of state government. "State agency" does not include a court. "State of emergency" has the meaning defined in section 107.42 of the Revised Code. "Statewide elected officer" means the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of state, attorney general, and treasurer of state. (B) Beginning the day the governor declares a state of emergency, the governor and the department of health promptly shall report to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives every action the governor or department takes in response to the state of emergency, including actions by the department or director of health under sections 3701.13 and 3701.14 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) If the governor declares a state of emergency, the general assembly may do any of the following by adopting a concurrent resolution: (a) Rescind, in whole or in part, any order or rule issued or adopted by an administrative department, administrative department head, state agency, or statewide elected officer in response to a state of emergency, including an order to authorize an agency to adopt, amend, or rescind rules under division (G) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code. This division does not apply to an order issued to declare a state of emergency. (b) Invalidate, in whole or in part, an emergency rule adopted or amended by an agency in response to the state of emergency and pursuant to an emergency order the governor issues under division (G)(1) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code; (c) Authorize a rule rescinded by an agency under division (G)(1) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code in response to the state of emergency to be readopted, in whole or in part; (d) Invalidate, in whole or in part, an emergency rule adopted by an agency in response to the state of emergency pursuant to division (B)(2) of section 111.15 of the Revised Code. (2) If the general assembly rescinds an order or rule, or a portion thereof, the administrative department, administrative department head, state agency, or statewide elected officer shall not reissue that order or rule, the rescinded portion, a substantially similar order, rule, or portion, or any restriction contained in the rescinded order or rule or rescinded portion, for a period of sixty calendar days following the adoption of the concurrent resolution by the general assembly, except as provided in division (C)(3) of this section. (3)(a) Within sixty calendar days of the general assembly rescinding an order or rule under division (C)(1) of this section, the governor, on behalf of an administrative department, an administrative department head, or a state agency, may submit a request to the general assembly to authorize an administrative department, an administrative department head, or a state agency to reissue a rescinded order or rule, rescinded portion thereof, a substantially similar order, rule, or portion, or any restriction contained in the rescinded order or rule or rescinded portion issued or adopted by an administrative department, administrative department head, or state agency. Upon review, the general assembly may adopt a concurrent resolution authorizing the request, in whole or in part. (b) Within sixty calendar days of the general assembly rescinding an order or rule under division (C)(1) of this section, a statewide elected officer may submit a request to the general assembly to reissue a rescinded order or rule, rescinded portion thereof, a substantially similar order, rule, or portion, or any restriction contained in the rescinded order or rule or rescinded portion issued or adopted by the statewide elected officer. Upon review, the general assembly may adopt a concurrent resolution authorizing the request, in whole or in part. (D)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, a person who challenges an order or rule adopted by an administrative department, administrative department head, state agency, or statewide elected officer that is issued or adopted in response to a state of emergency, in a civil action for damages, declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, or other appropriate relief may do so in whichever of the following courts is applicable regarding the action: (a) If the civil action is for damages, the action may be brought only in the court of claims. (b) If the civil action is for declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, or other appropriate relief other than damages, the action may be brought in an appropriate court located in the county where the person's residence or business is located or in the court of claims. (c) If the civil action is for damages and also is for declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, or other appropriate relief, the action may be brought only in the court of claims. (2) If a person successfully challenges an order or rule adopted by an administrative department, administrative department head, state agency, or statewide elected officer that is issued or adopted in response to a state of emergency, the administrative department, administrative department head, state agency, or statewide elected officer shall pay the person's reasonable attorney's fees and court costs. (E) An order or rule issued or adopted in violation of this section is invalid and has no legal effect. Last updated March 3, 2023 at 2:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.69 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.69
§ 121.69. Investigations
Status: in_force

January 1, 1991 House Bill 538 - 118th General Assembly The attorney general and any assistant or special counsel designated by him may investigate compliance with sections 121.60 to 121.68 of the Revised Code in connection with statements required to be filed under these sections and, in the event of an apparent violation, shall report his findings to the prosecuting attorney of Franklin county, who shall institute such proceedings as are appropriate.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.92 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.92
§ 145.92. Spousal consent or waiver
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly If a member participating in a PERS defined contribution plan is married at the time benefits under the plan are to commence, unless the spouse consents to another plan of payment or the spouse's consent is waived, the member's benefit under the plan shall be paid in a lesser amount payable for life and one-half of that amount continuing after death to the surviving spouse for the life of the spouse. Consent is valid only if it is evidenced by a written document signed by the spouse and the signature is witnessed by a notary public. A plan may waive the requirement of consent if the spouse is incapacitated or cannot be located or for any other reason specified by the plan or in rules adopted by the public employees retirement board. A plan shall waive the requirement of consent if a plan of payment that provides for payment in a specified portion of the benefit continuing after the member's death to a former spouse is required by a court order issued under section 3105.171 or 3105.65 of the Revised Code or laws of another state regarding division of marital property prior to the effective date of the member's retirement. If a court order requires this plan of payment, the member shall be required to annuitize the member's accumulated amounts in accordance with the order. If the member is married, the plan of payment selected by the member also shall provide for payment to the member's current spouse, unless the current spouse consents in writing to not being designated a beneficiary under the plan of payment or the current spouse's consent is waived by reason other than the court order. Consent or waiver is effective only with regard to the spouse who is the subject of the consent or waiver.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.06
§ 124.06. Civil service appointments and removals to be made in accordance with chapter
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly No person shall be appointed, removed, transferred, laid off, suspended, reinstated, promoted, or reduced as an officer or employee in the civil service, in any manner or by any means other than those prescribed in this chapter, and the rules of the director of administrative services for positions in the service of the state or the municipal or civil service township civil service commission within their respective jurisdictions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 175.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 175 / § 175.11
§ 175.11. Housing development fund
Status: in_force

July 1, 2005 House Bill 431 - 125th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the housing development fund, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state but shall not be part of the state treasury. The fund shall consist of all grants, gifts, loan repayments, and contributions of money made from any source to the Ohio housing finance agency for deposit into the fund in addition to amounts loaned to the agency pursuant to section 169.05 of the Revised Code. The agency shall administer the fund. The agency may request funds as needed pursuant to section 169.05 of the Revised Code to fund loans, loan guarantees, and loan subsidies. The agency may request funds for a loan guarantee only to satisfy a mortgage guarantee that is in default. (B) The agency shall use moneys in the housing development fund solely for the purposes this chapter authorizes and at no time shall the fund be considered a part of the public moneys or subject to Chapters 131. and 135. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.375 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.375
§ 121.375. Information provided to Ohio family and children first cabinet council
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: "At-risk individual" means an individual at great risk of not being able to access available health and social services due to barriers such as poverty, inadequate transportation, culture, and priorities of basic survival. "Care coordination agency" means a person or government entity that assists at-risk individuals access available health and social services the at-risk individuals need. (B) A care coordination agency may provide the following information to the Ohio family and children first cabinet council: (1) The types of individuals the agency identifies as being at-risk individuals; (2) The total per-individual cost to the agency for care coordination services provided to at-risk individuals; (3) The administrative cost per individual for care coordination services provided to at-risk individuals; (4) The specific work products the agency purchased to provide care coordination services to at-risk individuals; (5) The strategies the agency uses to help at-risk individuals access available health and social services; (6) The agency's success in helping at-risk individuals access available health and social services; (7) The mechanisms the agency uses to identify and eliminate duplicate care coordination services. (C) The Ohio family and children first cabinet council may do either or both of the following: (1) Give incentives to encourage care coordination agencies to provide information to the council under this section; (2) Use the information provided to it under this section to help improve care coordination for at-risk individuals throughout the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 103.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 103 / § 103.27
§ 103.27. Report regarding occupations subject to regulation
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 238 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "personal qualification" has the same meaning as in section 101.62 of the Revised Code. (B) Each biennium starting with an odd-numbered year, beginning in 2019, the director of the legislative service commission shall issue a report regarding approximately thirty-three per cent of occupations subject to regulation by the state and, beginning with the biennium that starts in 2025, business licenses that require the applicant to satisfy a personal qualification. The report shall compare the current regulatory scheme being utilized in this state with the policies expressed in section 4798.02 of the Revised Code. (C) The director shall issue all reports performed during a biennium, not later than the first day of December of the even-numbered year of that biennium, to the general assembly and to the attorney general. (D) The director may require that information be submitted by any department or board that regulates the occupation. (E) The director shall, over a six-year period including calendar years 2019 through 2024, issue reports regarding all occupations subject to regulation by the state. Beginning with the biennium that starts in 2025, the director shall continue to issue reports regarding all occupations subject to regulation by the state, including business licenses that require the applicant to satisfy a personal qualification. (F) A report required under division (B) of this section may be scheduled to coincide with, and be done in conjunction with, the review of an occupational licensing board being done by a standing committee of the general assembly under section 101.63 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.99
§ 124.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

December 4, 1973 Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 124.62 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.28
§ 173.28. Additional Fines for certain violations
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "incident" means the occurrence of a violation with respect to a resident or recipient. A violation is a separate incident for each day it occurs and for each resident who is subject to it. (B)(1) In lieu of the fine that may be imposed under division (A) of section 173.99 of the Revised Code for a criminal offense, the director of aging may, under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, fine a long-term care provider or other entity, a person employed by a long-term care provider or other entity, or an individual for a violation of division (C) of section 173.24 of the Revised Code. The fine shall not exceed one thousand dollars per incident. (2) In lieu of the fine that may be imposed under division (C) of section 173.99 of the Revised Code for a criminal offense, the director may, under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, fine a long-term care provider or other entity, a person employed by a long-term care provider or other entity, or an individual for a violation of division (G)(1) or (2) of section 173.19 of the Revised Code. The fine shall not exceed five hundred dollars for each day the violation continued. (C) On request of the director, the attorney general shall bring and prosecute to judgment a civil action to collect any fine imposed under division (B)(1) or (2) of this section that remains unpaid thirty days after the violator's final appeal is exhausted. (D) All fines collected under this section shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the state long-term care ombudsman program fund created under section 173.26 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 169.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 169 / § 169.07
§ 169.07. Holder of unclaimed funds held harmless
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Upon the payment of unclaimed funds to the director of commerce under section 169.05 of the Revised Code in good faith and in compliance with this chapter, the holder will be relieved of further responsibility for the safe-keeping thereof and will be held harmless by the state from any and all liabilities for any claim arising out of the transfer of such funds to the state, to the extent of the value of the unclaimed funds paid, as of the time of the payment. (B) If legal proceedings are instituted against a holder which has paid unclaimed funds to the director or entered into an agreement as provided in section 169.05 of the Revised Code in respect to such funds, such holder shall notify the director in writing of the pendency of such proceedings not later than fourteen days after the date process is served on the holder. Failure by a holder to give such notice absolves the state from any liability the state may otherwise have with regard to the unclaimed funds, beyond the value of the unclaimed funds paid by the holder to the director. (C)(1) Upon receiving notice of a legal proceeding, in accordance with division (B) of this section, the director may take such action as the director considers necessary or expedient to protect the interests of the state. If the director elects to intervene and assume the defense of such proceedings and judgment is entered against such holder, the director shall, upon proof of satisfaction of such judgment, forthwith reimburse such organization for the amount of the judgment or enter into an agreement modified to reflect the satisfaction of such judgment, if the holder retained such funds, and shall reimburse such holder for any legal fees, costs and other expenses incurred in such proceedings in the manner provided for the payment of claims under divisions (D) and (E) of section 169.08 of the Revised Code. (2) If the director elects not to intervene and assume the defense of such proceedings, and judgment is entered against such holder for any amount paid to the director pursuant to this chapter, the director shall, upon proof of satisfaction of such judgment, forthwith reimburse such organization for the amount so paid or enter into an agreement modified to reflect the satisfaction of such judgment, if the holder retained such funds, to the extent of the value of the unclaimed funds paid by the holder to the director. (D) No person has a claim against the state, a holder of unclaimed funds, or a transfer agent, registrar, or other person acting for, or on behalf of, a holder for any change in the market value of unclaimed funds occurring after payment by the holder to the director of commerce, or after sale of the unclaimed funds by the director. (E) The director of commerce is not required to hold harmless, or to intervene and assume the defense of, a holder of unclaimed funds that does not act in good faith, or that does not act in compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted in accordance with this chapter, when reporting unclaimed funds. This section does not insure or indemnify a holder of unclaimed funds against the holder's own acts or omissions, negligence, bad faith, or breach of any duties owed to the owner of the unclaimed funds or the director of commerce. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 2:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 148.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 148 / § 148.10
§ 148.10. Withholding of restitution for certain sex offenses or theft in office from deferred compensation
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any payment, other than a survivorship benefit, that is to be made to a person by a deferred compensation program pursuant to those sections or a deferred compensation program offered by a government unit, as defined in section 148.06 of the Revised Code, or by a municipal corporation is subject to any withholding order issued pursuant to section 2907.15 or division (C)(2)(b) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code. The public employees retirement board, the governing board, as defined in section 148.06 of the Revised Code, that is associated with a government unit, and the governing board, administrator, depository, or trustee of a deferred compensation program of a municipal corporation shall comply with that withholding order in making payment. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if a deferred compensation program receives a notice pursuant to section 2907.15 or division (D) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code that a person who has a participant account has been charged with a violation of section 2907.02 , 2907.03 , 2907.04 , 2907.05 , or 2921.41 of the Revised Code, no payment from that account shall be made prior to whichever of the following is applicable: (1) If the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to the violation and a motion for a withholding order for purposes of restitution has not been filed under section 2907.15 or division (C)(2)(b)(i) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, thirty days after the day on which the person is sentenced for the violation; (2) If the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to the violation and a motion for a withholding order for purposes of restitution has been filed under section 2907.15 or division (C)(2)(b)(i) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, the day on which the court decides the motion; (3) If the charge is dismissed or the person is found not guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity of the violation, the day on which the dismissal of the charge or the verdict is entered in the journal of the court. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 140.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 140 / § 140.02
§ 140.02. Public purpose
Status: in_force

April 20, 1995 Senate Bill 50 - 121st General Assembly The authorizations granted in this chapter, as well as those granted under sections 3702.51 to 3702.62 of the Revised Code, are granted for the public purpose of better providing for the health and welfare of the people of the state by enhancing the availability, efficiency, and economy of hospital facilities and the services rendered thereby, by providing for cooperation of hospital agencies in the utilization of shared facilities and services to obtain economies in operation and more effective health service, facilitating participation of hospital agencies in federal financial assistance provided by Title IV of the "Public Health Service Act," 60 Stat. 1041 (1946), 42 U.S.C. 291, as amended, and by other federal programs for assistance in meeting the costs of hospital facilities or the financing thereof, providing efficient operation of hospital facilities through leasing to hospital agencies and facilitating the financing of hospital facilities to be available to or for the service of the general public without discrimination by reason of race, creed, color, or national origin, provided that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize anything prohibited by section 4723.44 , 4731.41 , 4731.43 , 4731.60 , or 4755.48 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.52
§ 133.52. Public obligations for conservation/revitalization purposes
Status: in_force

July 1, 2009 House Bill 2 - 128th General Assembly A county, municipal corporation, or township may issue or incur public obligations, including general obligations, to provide, or assist in providing, grants, loans, loan guarantees, or contributions for conservation and revitalization purposes pursuant to Sections 2o and 2q of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.15
§ 163.15. Contents of jury verdict - relocation payments
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly (A) As soon as the agency pays to the party entitled thereto or deposits with the court the amount of the award and the costs assessed against the agency, it may take possession; provided, that this shall not be construed to limit the right of a public agency to enter and take possession, as provided in section 163.06 of the Revised Code. When the agency is entitled to possession the court shall enter an order to such effect upon the record and, if necessary, process shall be issued to place the agency in possession. Whenever a final journal entry in an appropriation proceeding, granting to this state a fee title or any lesser estate or interest in real property is filed and journalized by the clerk of courts, the clerk of courts shall forthwith transmit to the county auditor a certified copy of said final journal entry who shall transfer the property on the auditor's books and transmit said entry with proper endorsement to the county recorder for recording. The costs of filing such final journal entry with the county auditor and the county recorder shall be taxed as costs in the appropriation proceedings the same as other costs are taxed under section 163.16 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Whenever the appropriation of real property requires the owner, a commercial tenant, or a residential tenant identified by the owner in a notice filed with the court to move or relocate, the agency shall make a payment to that person, upon proper application as approved by the agency, for all of the following: (a) Actual reasonable expenses in moving the person and the person's family, business, farm operation, or other personal property; (b) Actual direct losses of tangible personal property as a result of moving or discontinuing a business or farm operation, but not to exceed an amount equal to the reasonable expenses that would have been required to relocate such property, as determined by the agency; (c) Actual reasonable expenses in searching for a replacement business or farm, but not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars; (d) Actual and reasonable expenses necessary to reestablish a farm, nonprofit organization, or small business at its new site, but not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars. (2) If the agency does not approve a payment for which the owner applied under division (B)(1) of this section, the trier of fact, upon presentation of proof, shall determine whether to award a payment for the expenses described in division (B)(1) of this section and the amount of any award. The owner shall have the burden of proof with respect to those expenses. (3)(a) In addition to any payments an owner of a business may receive under division (B)(1) of this section, an owner of a business who is required by an appropriation of real property to relocate the business may recover damages for the owner's actual economic loss resulting from the appropriation, as proven by the owner by a preponderance of the evidence. Compensation for actual economic loss under this division shall not include any attorney's fees and shall not duplicate any amount awarded as compensation under this chapter. (b) The amount of compensation awarded under division (B)(3)(a) of this section shall not exceed twelve months net profit of the business on an annualized basis. Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(3)(c) of this section, if the agency is appropriating property in time of war or other public exigency imperatively requiring its immediate seizure, for the purpose of making or repairing roads that shall be open to the public without charge, for the purpose of implementing rail service under Chapter 4981. of the Revised Code, or under section 307.08 , 504.19 , 6101.181 , 6115.221 , 6117.39 , or 6119.11 of the Revised Code as the result of a public exigency, or the agency is a municipal corporation that is appropriating property as a result of a public exigency, the period for which the net profit of the business is calculated shall be twelve months minus the time period from the date the agency gives the notice required by section 163.04 of the Revised Code to the date the agency deposits the value of the property with the court pursuant to section 163.06 of the Revised Code or pays that amount to the owner, but in no event shall the compensation time period be less than fifteen days. If the period on which the loss is calculated is reduced to fifteen days and the relocation is unusually complex, the owner may request the agency to increase that period by up to fifteen additional days. If the agency fails to pay the compensation as provided under division (B)(3)(a) of this section or denies the request, the owner may seek an award of such compensation pursuant to this section. (c) In case of an act of God or other public exigency that requires an immediate taking of property to protect public health or safety or in case of a voluntary conveyance, the amount of compensation awarded under division (B)(3)(a) of this section shall not exceed fifteen days net profit of the business on an annualized basis. The owner may request the agency to increase that period by up to fifteen additional days. If the agency fails to pay the compensation as provided under division (B)(3)(a) of this section or denies the request, the owner may seek an award of such compensation pursuant to this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 169.081 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 169 / § 169.081
§ 169.081. Treatment of abandoned and escheated attorney unclaimed funds
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 184 - 136th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding division (I)(4) of section 169.08 of the Revised Code, attorney unclaimed funds and interest earned thereon that are first reported to the director under section 169.03 of the Revised Code on or before January 1, 2016, and that are deemed abandoned and escheat to the state on January 1, 2026, shall remain in the custody of, or remain eligible for claim by, the director of the Ohio access to justice foundation under division (A) of section 169.052 of the Revised Code. Such funds shall continue to be subject to section 169.052 of the Revised Code until January 1, 2036, after which all property rights, legal title to, and ownership of those funds and interest earned thereon vest solely in the Ohio access to justice foundation. (B) This section does not apply to attorney unclaimed funds and interest earned thereon that are first reported to the director under section 169.03 of the Revised Code after January 1, 2016. Such funds are subject to division (I), other than division (I)(1), of section 169.08 of the Revised Code, which may be offset by an appropriation to the Ohio access to justice foundation under division (C) of this section. (C) The general assembly may appropriate funds to the Ohio access to justice foundation each biennium to offset attorney unclaimed funds and interest earned thereon that are deemed abandoned and escheat to the state pursuant to division (I), other than division (I)(1), of section 169.08 of the Revised Code. Such funds shall not be subject to section 169.052 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 21, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.62
§ 153.62. Issuing change order for additional work
Status: in_force

March 18, 1999 House Bill 850 - 122nd General Assembly All contracts for the erection, construction, repair, or alteration of any building, highway, or other work or improvement of any nature by an officer, board, or other authority of the state, a county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or any political subdivision, or any public institution belonging thereto, are subject to all applicable federal, state, and local statutes, ordinances, and regulations, including, but not limited to, those dealing with the prevention of environmental pollution that affect or are affected by such contracts. If the bidder to whom the work is awarded must undertake additional work due to the enactment or amendment of statutes or rules occurring after the submission of the successful bid, the awarding body shall issue a change order setting forth the additional work that must be undertaken and authorizing additional cost to the contractor, which shall not invalidate the contract. The cost of such a change order to the awarding agency shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the contract for change orders or force accounts or, if no such provision is set forth in the contract, then the cost to the awarding agency shall be the contractor's actual costs including wages, labor costs other than wages, wage taxes, materials, equipment costs and rentals, insurance, and subcontracts attributable to the additional activity, plus a reasonable sum for overhead. Such additional costs to undertake work not specified in the invitation for bids shall not be approved unless written authorization is given the successful bidder prior to the successful bidder's undertaking such additional activity. If a dispute arises between the awarding agency and the successful bidder, procedures shall be commenced under the applicable terms of the construction contract, or, if the contract contains no provision for resolving the dispute, it shall be resolved pursuant to the procedures for arbitration in Chapter 2711. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.90 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.90
§ 109.90. Collaboration in establishment and administration of drug take-back program
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The attorney general shall collaborate with the state board of pharmacy and director of mental health and addiction services in the establishment and administration of a drug take-back program, as provided under section 4729.69 of the Revised Code. The office of the attorney general is solely responsible for the costs incurred in the establishment and administration of the program. (B) The attorney general may accept grants, gifts, or donations for purposes of the program. Money received under this division or section 5119.49 or 4729.69 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the drug take-back program fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund shall be used solely for purposes of the program. Last updated October 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM