Ohio Rev. Code § 169.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 169 / § 169.13
§ 169.13. Agreements to pay fee, compensation, commission, or other remuneration to locate, deliver, recover, or assist in recovery of unclaimed funds
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) All agreements to pay a fee, compensation, commission, or other remuneration to locate, deliver, recover, or assist in the recovery of unclaimed funds reported under section 169.03 of the Revised Code, entered into within two years immediately after the date a report is filed under division (D) of section 169.03 of the Revised Code, are invalid. (2) A person interested in entering into an agreement to locate, deliver, recover, or assist in the recovery of unclaimed funds for remuneration shall not initiate any contact with an owner during the two-year period immediately after the date a report is filed under division (D) of section 169.03 of the Revised Code. Failure to comply with this requirement is grounds for the invalidation of any such agreement between the person and the owner. (B) An agreement entered into any time after such two-year period is valid only if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The aggregate fee, compensation, commission, or other remuneration agreed upon is not in excess of ten per cent of the amount recovered and paid to the owner by the director of budget and management; (2) The agreement is in writing, signed by the owner, and notarized and discloses all of the following items: (a) The name, address, and telephone number of the owner, as shown by the records of the person or entity in possession of the unclaimed funds or contents of a safe deposit box; (b) The name, address, and telephone number of the owner if the owner's name, address, or telephone number are different from the name, address, or telephone number of the owner as shown by the records of the person or entity in possession of the unclaimed funds or contents of a safe deposit box; (c) The nature and value of the unclaimed funds or contents of a safe deposit box; (d) The amount the owner will receive after the fee or compensation has been subtracted; (e) The name and address of the person or entity in possession of the unclaimed funds or contents of a safe deposit box; (f) That the director of budget and management will pay the unclaimed funds directly to the owner or the director of commerce shall deliver the contents of a safe deposit box directly to the owner; (g) That the person agreeing to locate, deliver, recover, or assist in the recovery of the unclaimed funds or contents of a safe deposit box is not an employee or agent of the director of commerce; (h) That the director of commerce is not a party to the agreement; (i) That the person agreeing to locate, deliver, recover, or assist in the recovery of the unclaimed funds or contents of a safe deposit box holds a valid certificate of registration issued by the director under section 169.16 of the Revised Code; (j) The number designated on that certificate of registration and the date the certificate of registration expires. (3) No agreement described in division (B)(2) of this section shall include a power of attorney for the payment of the unclaimed funds or delivery of the contents of a safe deposit box to any person other than the owner of the unclaimed funds or contents of a safe deposit box. (4) If the agreement involves recovery of the contents of a safe deposit box, the agreement stipulates that the person receiving any fee, compensation, commission, or other remuneration for engaging in any activity for the purpose of locating, delivering, recovering, or assisting in the recovery of unclaimed funds or other items stored in a safe deposit box on behalf of any other person shall do all of the following: (a) Make arrangements to have an appraiser and the director of commerce view the contents of the safe deposit box together, at a time mutually agreeable to the appraiser and director; (b) State that the value of the property in the safe deposit box is the amount established by the appraiser who viewed the safe deposit box contents; (c) Base the fee, compensation, commission, or other remuneration for locating, delivering, recovering, or assisting in the recovery of unclaimed funds or other items stored in a safe deposit box on the appraised value established by the appraiser who viewed the safe deposit box contents. (C) No person shall receive a fee, compensation, commission, or other remuneration, or engage in any activity for the purpose of locating, delivering, recovering, or assisting in the recovery of unclaimed funds or contents of a safe deposit box, under an agreement that is invalid under this section. (D) A person who receives any fee, compensation, commission, or other remuneration for engaging in any activity for the purpose of locating, delivering, recovering, or assisting in the recovery of unclaimed funds or other items stored in a safe deposit box on behalf of any other person cannot function as an appraiser of the contents of the safe deposit box for purposes of division (B)(4) of this section. (E) The director shall not recognize or make any delivery and the office of budget and management shall not make any payment pursuant to any power of attorney between an owner of the unclaimed funds or contents of a safe deposit box and the person with whom the owner entered into an agreement pursuant to division (B)(2) of this section to locate, deliver, recover, or assist in the recovery of the unclaimed funds or contents of a safe deposit box if that power of attorney is entered into on or after March 23, 2007, and that power of attorney specifically provides for the payment of unclaimed funds or delivery of the contents of a safe deposit box to any person other than the owner of the unclaimed funds or contents of a safe deposit box. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the payment of unclaimed funds or delivery of the contents of a safe deposit box to the legal representative of the owner of the unclaimed funds or contents of the safe deposit box. Notwithstanding the definition of "owner" specified in division (C) of section 169.01 of the Revised Code, for purposes of the payment of unclaimed funds or delivery of the contents of the safe deposit box, a person with whom an owner entered into an agreement under division (B)(2) of this section is not a legal representative. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 197.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 197 / § 197.13
§ 197.13. Office duties
Status: in_force

December 29, 2020 Senate Bill 310 - 133rd General Assembly The Holocaust and genocide memorial and education office shall do the following: (A) Advise and provide information to the Holocaust and genocide memorial and education commission on statewide programs and new opportunities to further Holocaust and genocide memorial and education; (B) Serve as a clearinghouse to review, comment on, and propose initiatives submitted to the office that meet Holocaust and genocide memorial and education needs; (C) Apply for and accept grants and gifts from public and private sources to be administered by the office or subcontracted to local public or nonprofit agencies that shall use the grants and gifts for the purpose intended; (D) Monitor and evaluate all programs subcontracted to local public or nonprofit agencies and ensure that any grants or gifts are being used for the purpose intended; (E) Endeavor to ensure that Holocaust and genocide survivors, liberators, educators, and others involved in Holocaust and genocide education and memorial have access to decision-making bodies in local, state, national, and international departments, agencies, and genocide education and memorial organizations; (F)(1) Establish advisory committees for special subjects, as needed, to facilitate and maximize community participation and subject matter expertise in the operation of the commission; (2) Advisory committees shall be comprised of members representing community organizations, charitable institutions, elementary and secondary schools, higher education institutions, faith-based organizations, public officials, and other persons as determined by the office. (G) Establish relationships with local and state governments, federal officials, nonprofit organizations, and the private sector to promote and ensure the highest standards of Holocaust and genocide memorial and education; (H) Submit a written annual report of the office's activities, accomplishments, and recommendations to the commission. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.525 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.525
§ 173.525. Personal care aide training
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) In addition to any other eligibility requirement of this chapter, to be eligible to serve as a personal care aide under the PASSPORT program, an individual must successfully complete thirty hours of pre-service training acceptable to the department of aging. To maintain eligibility, each personal care aide must successfully complete six hours of in-service training acceptable to the department. Such training must be completed every twelve months. (2) In administering the PASSPORT program, the department shall not require a personal care aide to do any of the following: (a) Complete more than thirty hours of pre-service training; (b) Complete more than six hours of in-service training in a twelve-month period; (c) Complete more hours of pre-service training or annual in-service training than required by federal law. (B) Only the following may supervise a personal care aide under the PASSPORT program: (1) A registered nurse; (2) A licensed practical nurse under the direction of a chiropractor, dentist, optometrist, physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, or registered nurse. Last updated December 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.075 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.075
§ 122.075. Alternative fuel transportation grant program
Status: in_force

March 27, 2020 House Bill 197 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Alternative fuel" has the same meaning as in section 125.831 of the Revised Code. (2) "Biodiesel" means a mono-alkyl ester combustible liquid fuel that is derived from vegetable oils or animal fats, or any combination of those reagents, and that meets American society for testing and materials specification D6751-03a for biodiesel fuel (B100) blend stock distillate fuels. (3) "Diesel fuel" and "gasoline" have the same meanings as in section 5735.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "Ethanol" means fermentation ethyl alcohol derived from agricultural products, including potatoes, cereal, grains, cheese whey, and sugar beets; forest products; or other renewable resources, including residue and waste generated from the production, processing, and marketing of agricultural products, forest products, and other renewable resources that meet all of the specifications in the American society for testing and materials (ASTM) specification D 4806-88 and is denatured as specified in Parts 20 and 21 of Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (5) "Blended biodiesel" means diesel fuel containing at least twenty per cent biodiesel by volume. (6) "Blended gasoline" means gasoline containing at least eighty-five per cent ethanol by volume. (7) "Incremental cost" means either of the following: (a) The difference in cost between blended gasoline and gasoline containing ten per cent or less ethanol at the time that the blended gasoline is purchased; (b) The difference in cost between blended biodiesel and diesel fuel containing two per cent or less biodiesel at the time that the blended biodiesel is purchased. (B) For the purpose of improving the air quality in this state, the director of development services shall establish an alternative fuel transportation program under which the director may make grants and loans to businesses, nonprofit organizations, public school systems, or local governments for the purchase and installation of alternative fuel refueling or distribution facilities and terminals, for the purchase and use of alternative fuel, to pay the cost of fleet conversion, and to pay the costs of educational and promotional materials and activities intended for prospective alternative fuel consumers, fuel marketers, and others in order to increase the availability and use of alternative fuel. (C) The director, in consultation with the director of agriculture, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that are necessary for the administration of the alternative fuel transportation program. The rules shall establish at least all of the following: (1) An application form and procedures governing the application process for receiving funds under the program; (2) A procedure for prioritizing the award of grants and loans under the program. The procedures shall give preference to all of the following: (a) Publicly accessible refueling facilities; (b) Entities applying to the program that have secured funding from other sources, including, but not limited to, private or federal incentives; (c) Entities that have presented compelling evidence of demand in the market in which the facilities or terminals will be located; (d) Entities that have committed to utilizing purchased or installed facilities or terminals for the greatest number of years; (e) Entities that will be purchasing or installing facilities or terminals for any type of alternative fuel. (3) A requirement that the maximum incentive for the purchase and installation of an alternative fuel refueling or distribution facility or terminal be eighty per cent of the cost of the facility or terminal, except that at least twenty per cent of the total cost of the facility or terminal shall be incurred by the recipient and not compensated for by any other source; (4) A requirement that the maximum incentive for the purchase of alternative fuel be eighty per cent of the cost of the fuel or, in the case of blended biodiesel or blended gasoline, eighty per cent of the incremental cost of the blended biodiesel or blended gasoline; (5) Any other criteria, procedures, or guidelines that the director determines are necessary to administer the program, including fees, charges, interest rates, and payment schedules. (D) An applicant for a grant or loan under this section that sells motor vehicle fuel at retail shall agree that if the applicant receives funding, the applicant will report to the director the gallon or gallon equivalent amounts of alternative fuel the applicant sells at retail in this state for a period of three years after the project is completed. The director shall enter into a written confidentiality agreement with the applicant regarding the gallon or gallon equivalent amounts sold as described in this division, and upon execution of the agreement this information is not a public record. (E) There is hereby created in the state treasury the alternative fuel transportation fund. The fund shall consist of money transferred to the fund under division (B) of section 125.836 of the Revised Code, money that is appropriated to it by the general assembly, money as may be specified by the general assembly from the advanced energy fund created by section 4928.61 of the Revised Code, and all money received from the repayment of loans made from the fund or in the event of a default on any such loan. Money in the fund shall be used to make grants and loans under the alternative fuel transportation program and by the director in the administration of that program. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.213 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.213
§ 125.213. State employee child support fund
Status: in_force

June 30, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly There is hereby created the state employee child support fund. The fund 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 money withheld or deducted from salaries and wages of state officials and employees pursuant to a withholding or deduction notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code for forwarding to the office of child support in the department of job and family services pursuant to section 3121.19 of the Revised Code. All money in the fund, including investment earnings thereon, shall be used only for the following purposes: (A) Forwarding to the office of child support money withheld or deducted from salaries and wages of state officials and employees pursuant to a withholding or deduction notice described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code; (B) Paying any direct or indirect costs associated with maintaining the fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 103.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 103 / § 103.31
§ 103.31. Requests for data analytics
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 489 - 132nd General Assembly (A) For the purpose of providing impartial, accurate information to assist the general assembly in proposing and evaluating legislation, the speaker of the house of representatives or the president of the senate may, at any time, request the director of the legislative service commission to arrange for data analytics to be conducted on any publicly available information regarding state banks, credit unions organized under Chapter 1733. of the Revised Code, or entities licensed or registered under Chapter 1321. or 1322. of the Revised Code. (B) The director may, in making the arrangement described in division (A) of this section, retain economists, financial analysts, and any other necessary professionals on a consulting basis. (C) As used in this section, "data analytics" means the use of qualitative and quantitative techniques to examine data to gain a better understanding of the data itself and the organizations that produced it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.032 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.032
§ 145.032. Exemption requests by Hamilton county air pollution control employees
Status: in_force

December 27, 1979 House Bill 509 - 113th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding section 145.03 of the Revised Code, any employee of the Hamilton county department of air pollution control on January 1, 1980, who was in the employ of the city of Cincinnati in the division of air pollution control and was employed by the Cincinnati city manager, and whose salary was paid by the city of Cincinnati and who was a contributing member of the city of Cincinnati retirement system prior to that date, may choose to be exempt from compulsory membership in the public employees retirement system and to continue contributing membership in the city of Cincinnati retirement system on and after that date, by filing a written request for exemption from the public employees retirement system, which request shall bear the signature of the employee, with the public employees retirement board, provided that exemptions permitted by this division are contingent upon the following: (1) The adoption of an agreement between the board of county commissioners of Hamilton county and authorized representatives of the city of Cincinnati retirement system that provides such employees with the option to continue contributing membership in that retirement system on and after January 1, 1980, upon a compliance with the requirements of this section; (2) The filing of the request for exemption within thirty days of the effective date of the agreement. (B) No employee contributions shall be deducted from the earnable salary or compensation of, or paid to the public employees retirement system on account of, any employee of the Hamilton county department of air pollution control who, upon compliance with division (A) of this section, is exempt from compulsory membership in the public employees retirement system.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.50
§ 126.50. Definitions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly As used in sections 126.503 , 126.504 , 126.505 , and 126.506 of the Revised Code, "state agency" has the same meaning as in section 1.60 of the Revised Code, but does not include the elected state officers, the general assembly or any legislative agency, a court or any judicial agency, or a state institution of higher education.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.09
§ 124.09. Civil service powers of director of administrative services
Status: in_force

June 30, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly The director of administrative services shall do all of the following: (A) Prescribe, amend, and enforce administrative rules for the purpose of carrying out the functions, powers, and duties vested in and imposed upon the director by this chapter. Except in the case of rules adopted pursuant to section 124.14 of the Revised Code, the prescription, amendment, and enforcement of rules under this division are subject to approval, disapproval, or modification by the state personnel board of review. (B) Keep records of the director's proceedings and records of all applications for examinations and all examinations conducted by the director or the director's designee. All of those records, except examinations, proficiency assessments, and recommendations of former employers, shall be open to public inspection under reasonable regulations; provided the governor, or any person designated by the governor, may, for the purpose of investigation, have free access to all of those records, whenever the governor has reason to believe that this chapter, or the administrative rules of the director prescribed under this chapter, are being violated. (C) Prepare, continue, and keep in the office of the department of administrative services a complete roster of all persons in the classified civil service of the state who are paid directly by warrant of the director of budget and management. This roster shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable hours. It shall show in reference to each of those persons, the person's name, address, date of appointment to or employment in the classified civil service of the state, and salary or compensation, the title of the place or office that the person holds, the nature of the duties of that place or office, and, in case of the person's removal or resignation, the date of the termination of that service. (D) Approve the establishment of all new positions in the civil service of the state and the reestablishment of abolished positions; (E) Require the abolishment of any position in the civil service of the state that is not filled after a period of twelve months unless it is determined that the position is seasonal in nature or that the vacancy is otherwise justified; (F) Make investigations concerning all matters touching the enforcement and effect of this chapter and the administrative rules of the director of administrative services prescribed under this chapter. In the course of those investigations, the director or the director's deputy may administer oaths and affirmations and take testimony relative to any matter which the director has authority to investigate. (G) Have the power to subpoena and require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers, public records, and other documentary evidence pertinent to the investigations, inquiries, or hearings on any matter which the director has authority to investigate, inquire into, or hear, and to examine them in relation to any matter which the director has authority to investigate, inquire into, or hear. Fees and mileage shall be allowed to witnesses and, on their certificate, duly audited, shall be paid by the treasurer of state or, in the case of municipal or civil service township civil service commissions, by the county treasurer, for attendance and traveling, as provided in section 119.094 of the Revised Code. All officers in the civil service of the state or any of the political subdivisions of the state and their deputies, clerks, and employees shall attend and testify when summoned to do so by the director or the state personnel board of review. Depositions of witnesses may be taken by the director or the board, or any member of the board, in the manner prescribed by law for like depositions in civil actions in the courts of common pleas. In case any person, in disobedience to any subpoena issued by the director or the board, or any member of the board, or the chief examiner, fails or refuses to attend and testify to any matter regarding which the person may be lawfully interrogated, or produce any documentary evidence pertinent to any investigation, inquiry, or hearing, the court of common pleas of any county, or any judge of the court of common pleas of any county, where the disobedience, failure, or refusal occurs, upon application of the director or the board, or any member of the board, or a municipal or civil service township civil service commission, or any commissioner of such a commission, or their chief examiner, shall compel obedience by attachment proceedings for contempt as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from the court or a refusal to testify in the court. (H) Make a report to the governor, on or before the first day of January of each year, showing the director's actions, the rules and all exceptions to the rules in force, and any recommendations for the more effectual accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter. The director shall also furnish any special reports to the governor whenever the governor requests them. The reports shall be printed for public distribution under the same regulations as are the reports of other state officers, boards, or commissions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.352 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.352
§ 135.352. County library and local government support fund
Status: in_force

June 20, 2008 Senate Bill 185 - 127th General Assembly The investment authority shall invest all moneys in the county public library fund that are not distributed due to an appeal of the budget commission's allocation of such fund. Interest earned on such investments shall be credited to the fund and distributed in accordance with section 5747.48 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.081 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.081
§ 109.081. Attorney general claims fund
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 Senate Bill 227 - 131st General Assembly Up to eleven per cent of all amounts collected by the attorney general, whether by employees or agents of the attorney general or by special counsel pursuant to section 109.08 of the Revised Code, on claims certified in accordance with section 131.02 of the Revised Code, shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the attorney general claims fund, which is hereby created. The attorney general, after consultation with the director of budget and management, shall determine the exact percentage of those collected amounts that shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the fund. In addition to the amount certified, the amount shall be assessed as a collection cost consistent with section 131.02 of the Revised Code, and is fully recoverable from the party indebted. The amounts assessed as collection costs under this section are in addition to any amounts authorized under section 109.08 of the Revised Code. The attorney general claims fund shall be used for the payment of expenses incurred by the office of the attorney general.
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.17
§ 133.17. Anticipation securities for special assessments
Status: in_force

October 30, 1989 House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly (A) The taxing authority of a subdivision may issue securities in anticipation of the collection of unpaid special assessments in an amount sufficient to pay that portion of the cost of the permanent improvement or service for which the special assessments have been levied. Proceeds of the annual collections of the special assessments shall be applied first to pay the debt charges on the securities payable from those special assessments and then, after the payment in full of those debt charges, to pay any other permitted costs. (B) The taxing authority of a subdivision may issue anticipatory securities in anticipation of the levy of special assessments and of the issuance of securities under division (A) of this section. The anticipatory securities shall mature not later than the last day of December of the fifth year following the year in which the first such anticipatory securities are issued, except that the anticipatory securities may be renewed thereafter from time to time until the final disposition of any litigation that prevents or delays the delivery of the securities to be issued under division (A) of this section. The principal amount of those anticipatory securities issued shall not exceed that portion of the estimated cost of the permanent improvement for which the special assessments are to be levied. When anticipatory securities are issued, the proceeds of any securities thereafter issued in anticipation of the levy or of the collection of the same special assessments and all of the special assessments collected for the purpose shall be applied first to the extent necessary to the payment of the debt charges on the anticipatory securities. After the debt charges on the anticipatory securities have been paid or provided for in full, all of the special assessments shall be applied first to the payment of the debt charges on subsequent outstanding securities. (C) In addition to authority for combination in other provisions of this chapter, securities authorized to be issued under either division (A) or (B) of this section may be combined for all purposes of this chapter in a single issue composed of securities issued under the applicable division (A) or (B) of this section and of securities to pay the subdivision's share of the cost of the permanent improvements for which the special assessment securities are issued, which combined issue shall be considered to be for one purpose. (D) Securities issued under this section in anticipation of the levy or of the collection of special assessments are general obligations of the issuing subdivision.
Ohio Rev. Code § 146.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 146 / § 146.01
§ 146.01. Volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund definitions
Status: in_force

March 19, 2003 Senate Bill 115 - 124th General Assembly As used in sections 146.01 to 146.19 of the Revised Code: (A) "Fire department" means a volunteer fire department, a fire department of a political subdivision or fire district of this state, or a private volunteer company that has elected to participate in the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund pursuant to section 146.02 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) "Volunteer firefighter" means both of the following, subject to division (B)(2) of this section: (a) A duly appointed member of a fire department on either a nonpay or part-pay basis who is ineligible to be a member of the Ohio police and fire pension fund, or whose employment as a firefighter does not in itself qualify any such person for membership in the public employees retirement system, or who has waived membership in the public employees retirement system; (b) Firefighters drafted, requisitioned, or appointed to serve in an emergency. (2)(a) A volunteer firefighter who is a member of the public employees retirement system shall be considered a volunteer firefighter for purposes of this chapter, and in particular, for purposes of divisions (A) and (B) of section 146.12 of the Revised Code until the firefighter has at least one and one-half years of Ohio service credit for purposes of division (B) of section 145.45 of the Revised Code; (b) A volunteer firefighter who is a member of the public employees retirement system shall be considered a volunteer firefighter for purposes of this chapter and, in particular, for purposes of division (C) of section 146.12 of the Revised Code until the firefighter has at least five years of total service credit for purposes of sections 145.35 and 145.36 or section 145.361 of the Revised Code. (C) "Private volunteer fire company" means a company of trained volunteer firefighters having a contract to furnish fire protection or emergency service or both to a political subdivision or fire district of this state. (D) "Member of the fund" includes a political subdivision or fire district of this state that maintains in whole or in part a volunteer fire department or employs volunteer firefighters, and a private volunteer fire company that has elected to participate in the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund. (E) "Volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund" means the fund established by section 146.07 of the Revised Code. (F) "Totally and permanently disabled" means that a volunteer firefighter is unable to engage in any substantial gainful employment for a period of not less than twelve months by reason of a medically determinable physical impairment that is permanent or presumed to be permanent.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.432 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.432
§ 149.432. Releasing library record or patron information
Status: in_force

November 5, 2004 House Bill 204 - 125th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Library" means a library that is open to the public, including any of the following: (a) A library that is maintained and regulated under section 715.13 of the Revised Code; (b) A library that is created, maintained, and regulated under Chapter 3375. of the Revised Code; (c) A library that is created and maintained by a public or private school, college, university, or other educational institution; (d) A library that is created and maintained by a historical or charitable organization, institution, association, or society. "Library" includes the members of the governing body and the employees of a library. (2) "Library record" means a record in any form that is maintained by a library and that contains any of the following types of information: (a) Information that the library requires an individual to provide in order to be eligible to use library services or borrow materials; (b) Information that identifies an individual as having requested or obtained specific materials or materials on a particular subject; (c) Information that is provided by an individual to assist a library staff member to answer a specific question or provide information on a particular subject. "Library record" does not include information that does not identify any individual and that is retained for the purpose of studying or evaluating the use of a library and its materials and services. (3) Subject to division (B)(5) of this section, "patron information" means personally identifiable information about an individual who has used any library service or borrowed any library materials. (B) A library shall not release any library record or disclose any patron information except in the following situations: (1) If a library record or patron information pertaining to a minor child is requested from a library by the minor child's parent, guardian, or custodian, the library shall make that record or information available to the parent, guardian, or custodian in accordance with division (B) of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (2) Library records or patron information shall be released in the following situations: (a) In accordance with a subpoena, search warrant, or other court order; (b) To a law enforcement officer who is acting in the scope of the officer's law enforcement duties and who is investigating a matter involving public safety in exigent circumstances. (3) A library record or patron information shall be released upon the request or with the consent of the individual who is the subject of the record or information. (4) Library records may be released for administrative library purposes, including establishment or maintenance of a system to manage the library records or to assist in the transfer of library records from one records management system to another, compilation of statistical data on library use, and collection of fines and penalties. (5) A library may release under division (B) of section 149.43 of the Revised Code records that document improper use of the internet at the library so long as any patron information is removed from those records. As used in division (B)(5) of this section, "patron information" does not include information about the age or gender of an individual.
Ohio Rev. Code § 175.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 175 / § 175.10
§ 175.10. Bonds are lawful investments
Status: in_force

July 1, 2005 House Bill 431 - 125th General Assembly (A) All bonds issued under this chapter are lawful investments of banks, societies for savings, savings and loan associations, deposit guarantee associations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, insurance companies, including domestic for life and domestic not for life, trustees or other officers having charge of sinking and bond retirement or other special funds of political subdivisions and taxing districts of this state, the treasurer of state, the administrator of workers' compensation, the state teachers retirement system, the public employees retirement system, the school employees retirement system, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund, notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code or rules adopted by any governmental agency of this state with respect to investments, and are acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys. (B) The exercise of the powers this chapter grants is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the improvement of their health, safety, convenience, and economic welfare, and for the enhancement of the opportunities for safe and sanitary housing and is a public purpose. (C) The programs undertaken by the Ohio housing finance agency constitute the performance of essential public functions, and the bonds issued under this chapter, their transfer, and income from those bonds, including any profit made on their sale, is at all times free from taxation within this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.013 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.013
§ 145.013. Fireman electing to remain in system
Status: in_force

May 4, 1992 House Bill 383 - 119th General Assembly A member of the public employees retirement system who on the effective date of this section is employed as a fireman in a position requiring satisfactory completion of a fire fighter training course approved under section 3303.07 of the Revised Code or conducted under section 3737.33 of the Revised Code may elect to remain a contributing member of the retirement system by giving notice to the system not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section. The election once made is irrevocable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.341 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.341
§ 124.341. Violation or misuse - whistleblower protection
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) If an employee in the classified or unclassified civil service becomes aware in the course of employment of a violation of state or federal statutes, rules, or regulations or the misuse of public resources, and the employee's supervisor or appointing authority has authority to correct the violation or misuse, the employee may file a written report identifying the violation or misuse with the supervisor or appointing authority. In addition to or instead of filing a written report with the supervisor or appointing authority, the employee may file a written report with the office of internal audit created under section 126.45 of the Revised Code or file a complaint with the auditor of state's fraud-reporting system under section 117.103 of the Revised Code. If the employee reasonably believes that a violation or misuse of public resources is a criminal offense, the employee, in addition to or instead of filing a written report or complaint with the supervisor, appointing authority, the office of internal audit, or the auditor of state's fraud-reporting system, may report it to a prosecuting attorney, director of law, village solicitor, or similar chief legal officer of a municipal corporation, to a peace officer, as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, or, if the violation or misuse of public resources is within the jurisdiction of the inspector general, to the inspector general in accordance with section 121.46 of the Revised Code. In addition to that report, if the employee reasonably believes the violation or misuse is also a violation of Chapter 102., section 2921.42 , or section 2921.43 of the Revised Code, the employee may report it to the appropriate ethics commission. (B) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, no officer or employee in the classified or unclassified civil service shall take any disciplinary action against an employee in the classified or unclassified civil service for making any report or filing a complaint as authorized by division (A) of this section, including, without limitation, doing any of the following: (1) Removing or suspending the employee from employment; (2) Withholding from the employee salary increases or employee benefits to which the employee is otherwise entitled; (3) Transferring or reassigning the employee; (4) Denying the employee promotion that otherwise would have been received; (5) Reducing the employee in pay or position. (C) An employee in the classified or unclassified civil service shall make a reasonable effort to determine the accuracy of any information reported under division (A) of this section. The employee is subject to disciplinary action, including suspension or removal, as determined by the employee's appointing authority, for purposely, knowingly, or recklessly reporting false information under division (A) of this section. (D) If an appointing authority takes any disciplinary or retaliatory action against a classified or unclassified employee as a result of the employee's having filed a report or complaint under division (A) of this section, the employee's sole and exclusive remedy, notwithstanding any other provision of law, is to file an appeal with the state personnel board of review within thirty days after receiving actual notice of the appointing authority's action. If the employee files such an appeal, the board shall immediately notify the employee's appointing authority and shall hear the appeal. The board may affirm or disaffirm the action of the appointing authority or may issue any other order as is appropriate. The order of the board is appealable in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (E) As used in this section: (1) "Purposely," "knowingly," and "recklessly" have the same meanings as in section 2901.22 of the Revised Code. (2) "Appropriate ethics commission" has the same meaning as in section 102.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Inspector general" means the inspector general appointed under section 121.48 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 175.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 175 / § 175.08
§ 175.08. Housing finance agency bonds - proceeds - sale - liability - negotiability
Status: in_force

July 1, 2005 House Bill 431 - 125th General Assembly (A) The Ohio housing finance agency may use the proceeds of bonds to carry out the agency's lawful purposes. (B) The agency is the sole entity in the state that may issue bonds pursuant to Section 143(a) of the Internal Revenue Code or any similar provision of law. When the agency issues bonds to fund its homeownership program, it shall take all diligent measures to maximize the distribution of mortgage loans statewide, especially in underserved areas of the state, including but not limited to attempting to involve qualified lending institutions throughout the state. (C) Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter need not comply with any provision of the Revised Code not in this chapter that applies to the issuance of bonds or notes. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, the deposit, application, safeguarding, and investment of agency funds received or held under the agency's bond proceedings are not subject to Chapters 131. and 135. of the Revised Code and at no time are those funds public moneys or public funds. (D)(1) Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter do not constitute a debt or the pledge of the faith and credit of this state or any political subdivision of this state. The holders or owners of the agency's bonds have no right to require the general assembly or the taxing authority of any political subdivision to levy taxes for the payment of the principal or interest on the agency's bonds. Money raised by taxation shall not be obligated or pledged for the payment of the principal or interest on bonds the agency issues pursuant to this chapter. (2) Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter are payable solely from the revenues and security interests pledged for their payment as authorized by this chapter, except for bonds the agency issues in anticipation of the issuance of bonds and bonds that are refunded by refunding bonds. Refunding bonds are payable solely from revenues and security interests pledged for their payment as authorized by this chapter. (E)(1) Any pledge on bonds is valid and binding from the time the pledge is made, and the revenues and security interests pledged and received are immediately subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery or further act. The lien of the pledge is valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the agency, irrespective of whether the parties have notice of the lien of the pledge. (2) Any resolution or trust agreement by which a pledge is created need not be filed or recorded except in the records of the agency. Any bond shall contain on its face a statement to the effect that the bond, as to both principal and interest, is not a debt of this state or any political subdivision of this state, but is payable solely from the revenues and security interests pledged for its payment. (F) The agency may issue bonds for any term, at any interest rate, use any method of calculating interest including a variable interest rate, and include any provision or condition authorized pursuant to resolutions the agency adopts. The agency may authorize bonds of any denomination, form, registration privilege, medium of payment, place of payment, and term of redemption. (G) The agency may sell bonds at public or private sale, for an amount not less than the price that the agency establishes. The agency chairperson or vice chairperson and any other officer that the agency designates shall execute the bonds manually or by facsimile signature. The agency may affix or print the agency's official seal or a facsimile on the bonds. Any coupons attached to the bonds shall bear the signature or facsimile signature of the chairperson or vice chairperson and any other officer the agency designates. If an officer whose signature appears on bonds or coupons ceases to be an officer before the delivery of the bonds, that signature or facsimile is sufficient for all purposes as if the officer had remained in office. If the agency changes its seal after a facsimile is imprinted on the bonds, the imprinted facsimile seal is sufficient for all purposes. The agency may execute bonds in book entry form in any manner appropriate to that form. (H)(1) Any resolution that authorizes bonds or an issue of bonds may do any of the following: (a) Pledge any of the agency's revenues and security interests to secure the payment of bonds or any issue of bonds; (b) Specify the use, investment, and disposition of the agency's revenues; (c) Agree to establish, alter, and collect fees and other charges in an amount that pledged revenues are sufficient to pay the costs of operation and pay the principal and interest on bonds secured by the pledge of the revenues; (d) Provide reserves that the resolution or trust agreement requires; (e) Set aside reserve funds or sinking funds and regulate and dispose of those funds; (f) Credit the proceeds of the sale of bonds to and among the funds referred to or provided for in the trust agreement or the resolution that authorized the issuance of bonds; (g) Establish limits on the purposes to which the proceeds of the sale of bonds may be applied and pledge those proceeds to secure the payment of the bonds or any issue of bonds; (h) Agree to do all things necessary for the authorization, issuance, and sale of bonds in amounts necessary for the timely retirement of notes issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds; (i) Establish limits on the issuance of additional bonds; (j) Establish the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured; (k) Provide for the refunding of outstanding bonds; (l) Establish procedures for amending or abrogating the terms of any contract with bondholders; (m) Establish limits on the amount of moneys the agency may expend for operating, administrative, or other expenses; (n) Secure bonds by a trust agreement in accordance with section 175.06 of the Revised Code; (o) Establish rules and procedures to address matters that affect the security or protection of the bonds. (2) Any resolution authorizing bonds or an issue of bonds is subject to any agreement with bondholders that exists at the time of the resolution. The provisions of any resolution authorizing bonds becomes part of the contract with the bondholders. (I) No agency member nor any person executing agency bonds is liable personally on the bonds or is subject to any personal liability by reason of the issuance of the bonds. (J) Bonds issued pursuant to this chapter are deemed to be negotiable instruments, subject only to the provisions of the bonds for registration, and possessing the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments, notwithstanding whether those bonds are of the form or character otherwise to be negotiable instruments.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.08
§ 126.08. Director of budget and management - powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly The director of budget and management may exercise control over the financial transactions of state agencies, including approving, disapproving, voiding, or invalidating encumbrances or transactions, except those in the judicial and legislative branches, by: (A) Requiring encumbrancing documents or any other financial information to be submitted to the director to evaluate the legality of an expenditure, except that the director shall not disapprove any encumbrancing document submitted by the attorney general, auditor of state, secretary of state, or treasurer of state unless there is an insufficient unobligated balance in the appropriation or the encumbrance does not meet all other legal requirements. Those portions of an appropriation that are encumbered are not available for expenditure for any purpose other than that indicated on the encumbrancing document. If any requirements of the director regarding the submission of encumbrancing documents or other financial information are not complied with, or if any encumbrancing document is disapproved in whole or in part, the director shall notify the submitting agency thereof and shall not authorize payment unless the reasons for disapproval are corrected. (B) Requiring the allocation and allotment of any appropriation by quarter or by any other period of time. (C) Reporting to the attorney general for such action, civil or criminal, as the attorney general considers necessary, all facts showing improper payment of public money or misappropriation of public property; (D) By adopting rules for carrying into effect any powers granted by this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.323 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.323
§ 124.323. Layoff order
Status: in_force

July 1, 2007 House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly Employees shall be laid off in the order set forth in this section within the primary appointment categories of part-time probationary, part-time permanent, full-time probationary, and full-time permanent. Whenever a reduction in force is necessary within each of the primary appointment categories, first part-time probationary, then part-time permanent, then full-time probationary, and then full-time permanent employees shall be laid off.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.112 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.112
§ 145.112. Prohibited business transactions
Status: in_force

August 20, 1976 House Bill 268 - 111th General Assembly The public employees retirement system shall make no investments through or purchases from, or otherwise do any business with any individual who is, or any partnership, association, or corporation that is owned or controlled by, a person who within the preceding three years was employed by, a board member of, or an officer of the public employees retirement system, or in which a person who within the preceding three years was employed by, a board member of, or an officer holds a fiduciary, administrative, supervisory, or trust position, or any other position in which such person would be involved, on behalf of his employer, in decisions or recommendations affecting the investment policy of the public employees retirement system, and in which such person would benefit by any monetary gain.
Ohio Rev. Code § 113.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 113 / § 113.16
§ 113.16. Report and record of audit
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly If upon an audit there is found in the state treasury and the custodial funds of the treasurer of state the moneys, claims, bonds, notes, other obligations, stocks, and other securities, receipts or other evidences of ownership, and other intangible assets which should be in the state treasury or in the custodial funds of the treasurer of state, the auditors shall make triplicate written certificates of the fact over their official signatures. One of the certificates shall be delivered to the treasurer of state and recorded in his office, one to the auditor of state and recorded in his office, and one to the governor and recorded in his office. If upon an audit a deficiency is found in the moneys, claims, bonds, notes, other obligations, stocks, and other securities, receipts or other evidences of ownership, or other intangible assets which should be in the state treasury or in the custodial funds of the treasurer of state, or any irregularity or omission in the business of the office or in keeping accounts, the auditors shall state particularly the deficiency, irregularity, or omission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.66 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.66
§ 121.66. Exceptions
Status: in_force

April 10, 1991 House Bill 174 - 118th General Assembly (A) Sections 121.62 and 121.63 of the Revised Code do not apply to efforts to influence executive agency decisions or conduct executive agency lobbying activity by any of the following: (1) Appearances at public hearings of the committees of the general assembly, at court proceedings, at rule-making or adjudication proceedings, or at other public meetings; (2) News, editorial, and advertising statements published in bona fide newspapers, journals, or magazines, or broadcast over radio or television; (3) The gathering and furnishing of information and news by bona fide reporters, correspondents, or news bureaus to news media described in division (A)(2) of this section; (4) Publications primarily designed for and distributed to members of bona fide associations or charitable or fraternal nonprofit corporations. (B) Nothing in sections 121.60 to 121.69 of the Revised Code requires the reporting of, or prohibits an elected executive official from soliciting or accepting, a contribution from or an expenditure by any person if the contribution or expenditure is reported in accordance with Chapter 3517. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.242 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.242
§ 111.242. Commercial solicitations of public records
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 98 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "solicit" or "solicitations" means to directly advertise to a person. "Solicit" and "solicitations" do not include either of the following: (1) Communication initiated by a consumer; (2) Advertising or marketing to a person with whom the solicitor has a current or former commercial relationship. (B) Any person other than the federal government, the state, a state agency, or a local government that solicits a fee for filing a document with, or retrieving a copy or certified copy of a certificate or public record from, the solicitor shall do all of the following: (1)(a) Include a statement in the solicitation, in the same language as the solicitation, that is identical or substantially similar to the following: "This is an advertisement. This offer is not being made by, or on behalf of, any government agency. You are not required to make any payment or take any other action in response to this offer." (b) If the solicitation is in writing, the statement shall be in at least twenty-four-point type and located at the top of the physical document or the beginning of the electronic communication. (2) Include, in the case of mailed solicitation, the words "THIS IS NOT A GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT" in twenty-four-point type and all capital letters on the envelope, outside cover, or wrapper in which the solicitation is mailed; (3) Include both of the following in the solicitation: (a) Information on where the person can file a document directly with the secretary of state or retrieve a copy or certified copy of a certificate or public record; (b) The name of the person making the solicitation and the person's physical address, which shall not be a post office box. (C) A solicitation described in division (B) of this section shall not be in a form, or use deadline dates or other language, that makes the document appear to be issued by the federal government, the state, a state agency, or a local government, or that appears to impose a legal duty on the person being solicited. (D) A violation of this section constitutes a deceptive act or practice in connection with a consumer transaction in violation of section 1345.02 of the Revised Code and is subject to any applicable penalties prescribed under Chapter 1345. of the Revised Code. Last updated September 19, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 154.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 154 / § 154.25
§ 154.25. Issuance of revenue obligations
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Available community or technical college receipts" means all money received by a community or technical college or community or technical college district, including income, revenues, and receipts from the operation, ownership, or control of facilities, grants, gifts, donations, and pledges and receipts therefrom, receipts from fees and charges, the allocated state share of instruction as defined in section 3333.59 of the Revised Code, and the proceeds of the sale of obligations, including proceeds of obligations issued to refund obligations previously issued, but excluding any special fee, and receipts therefrom, charged pursuant to division (D) of section 154.21 of the Revised Code. (2) "Community or technical college," "college," "community or technical college district," and "district" have the same meanings as in section 3333.59 of the Revised Code. (3) "Community or technical college capital facilities" means auxiliary facilities, education facilities, and housing and dining facilities, as those terms are defined in section 3345.12 of the Revised Code, to the extent permitted to be financed by the issuance of obligations under division (A)(2) of section 3357.112 of the Revised Code, that are authorized by sections 3354.121 , 3357.112 , and 3358.10 of the Revised Code to be financed by obligations issued by a community or technical college district, and for which the issuing authority is authorized to issue obligations pursuant to this section, and includes any one, part of, or any combination of the foregoing, and further includes site improvements, utilities, machinery, furnishings, and any separate or connected buildings, structures, improvements, sites, open space and green space areas, utilities, or equipment to be used in, or in connection with the operation or maintenance of, or supplementing or otherwise related to the services or facilities to be provided by, such facilities. (4) "Cost of community or technical college capital facilities" means the costs of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, rehabilitating, remodeling, renovating, enlarging, improving, equipping, or furnishing community or technical college capital facilities, and the financing thereof, including the cost of clearance and preparation of the site and of any land to be used in connection with community or technical college capital facilities, the cost of any indemnity and surety bonds and premiums on insurance, all related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of direct costs of the commission and the issuing authority, community or technical college or community or technical college district, cost of engineering, architectural services, design, plans, specifications and surveys, estimates of cost, legal fees, fees and expenses of trustees, depositories, bond registrars, and paying agents for obligations, cost of issuance of obligations and financing costs and fees and expenses of financial advisers and consultants in connection therewith, interest on obligations from the date thereof to the time when interest is to be covered by available receipts or other sources other than proceeds of those obligations, amounts necessary to establish reserves as required by the bond proceedings, costs of audits, the reimbursements of all moneys advanced or applied by or borrowed from the community or technical college, community or technical college district, or others, from whatever source provided, including any temporary advances from state appropriations, for the payment of any item or items of cost of community or technical college facilities, and all other expenses necessary or incident to planning or determining feasibility or practicability with respect to such facilities, and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, enlargement, improvement, equipment, and furnishing of community or technical college capital facilities, the financing thereof and the placing of them in use and operation, including any one, part of, or combination of such classes of costs and expenses. (5) "Capital facilities" includes community or technical college capital facilities. (6) "Obligations" has the same meaning as in section 154.01 or 3345.12 of the Revised Code, as the context requires. (B) The issuing authority is authorized to issue revenue obligations under Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, on behalf of a community or technical college district and shall cause the net proceeds thereof, after any deposits of accrued interest for the payment of bond service charges and after any deposit of all or such lesser portion as the issuing authority may direct of the premium received upon the sale of those obligations for the payment of the bond service charges, to be applied to the cost of community or technical college capital facilities, provided that the issuance of such obligations is subject to the execution of a written agreement in accordance with division (C) of section 3333.59 of the Revised Code for the withholding and depositing of funds otherwise due the district, or the college it operates, in respect of its allocated state share of instruction. (C) The bond service charges and all other payments required to be made by the trust agreement or indenture securing the obligations shall be payable solely from available community or technical college receipts pledged thereto as provided in the resolution. The available community or technical college receipts pledged and thereafter received by the commission are immediately subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge is valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind against the authority, irrespective of whether those parties have notice thereof, and creates a perfected security interest for all purposes of Chapter 1309. of the Revised Code and a perfected lien for purposes of any real property interest, all without the necessity for separation or delivery of funds or for the filing or recording of the resolution, trust agreement, indenture, or other agreement by which such pledge is created or any certificate, statement, or other document with respect thereto; and the pledge of such available community or technical college receipts is effective and the money therefrom and thereof may be applied to the purposes for which pledged. Every pledge, and every covenant and agreement made with respect to the pledge, made in the resolution may therein be extended to the benefit of the owners and holders of obligations authorized by this section, and to any trustee therefor, for the further securing of the payment of the bond service charges, and all or any rights under any agreement or lease made under this section may be assigned for such purpose. (D) This section is to be applied with other applicable provisions of this chapter. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.23
§ 125.23. Regular deductions for individual retirement arrangement
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly The department of administrative services may provide for regular deductions from the salary or wages of each state officer or employee for an individual retirement arrangement intended to obtain deferral of income for income tax purposes, provided that an officer or employee requesting such deductions is one of a group that constitutes at least ten per cent of all the officers and employees of the same state agency or a total of five hundred such officers and employees, whichever is fewer, who have pending written requests for such deductions to be made and remitted to the same provider, or the same agent, broker, or financial institution for one or more providers, of such individual retirement arrangements. The director of budget and management shall promptly provide for payment of the salary or wage deductions that have been authorized by such officers and employees to each such provider, agent, broker, or financial institution in the amounts authorized by the officers and employees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.604 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.604
§ 122.604. Recovering delinquent loan amount from program reserve account
Status: in_force

December 13, 2001 House Bill 405 - 124th General Assembly (A) If a participating financial institution determines that a portion or all of a capital access loan is uncollectible, it may submit a claim to the department of development for approval of the release of moneys from its program reserve account. (B) The claim may include the amount of principal plus accrued interest owed. The amount of principal included in the claim may not exceed the principal amount covered by the program. The amount of accrued interest included in the claim may not exceed the accrued interest attributable to the covered principal amount. (C) The participating financial institution shall determine the timing and amount of delinquency on a capital access loan in a manner consistent with the participating financial institution's normal method for making these determinations on similar nonprogram loans. (D) If the participating financial institution files two or more claims at the same time or approximately the same time and there are insufficient funds in its program reserve account at that time to cover the entire amount of the claims, the participating financial institution may specify an order of priority in which the department shall approve the release of funds from the account in relation to the claims. (E) If subsequent to the payment of a claim, a participating financial institution recovers from an eligible business any amount covered by the paid claim, the participating financial institution shall promptly deposit the amount recovered into its program reserve account, less any reasonable expenses incurred.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.401 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.401
§ 121.401. Adoption of recommended best practices when volunteers have unsupervised access to children
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and section 121.402 of the Revised Code, "organization or entity" and "unsupervised access to a child" have the same meanings as in section 109.574 of the Revised Code. (B) The Ohio commission on service and volunteerism shall adopt a set of "recommended best practices" for organizations or entities to follow when one or more volunteers of the organization or entity have unsupervised access to one or more children or otherwise interact with one or more children. The "recommended best practices" shall focus on, but shall not be limited to, the issue of the safety of the children and, in addition, the screening and supervision of volunteers. The "recommended best practices" shall include as a recommended best practice that the organization or entity subject to a criminal records check performed by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation pursuant to section 109.57 , section 109.572 , or rules adopted under division (E) of section 109.57 of the Revised Code, all of the following: (1) All persons who apply to serve as a volunteer in a position in which the person will have unsupervised access to a child on a regular basis. (2) All volunteers who are in a position in which the person will have unsupervised access to a child on a regular basis and who the organization or entity has not previously subjected to a criminal records check performed by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation. (C) The set of "recommended best practices" required to be adopted by this section are in addition to the educational program required to be adopted under section 121.402 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.14
§ 135.14. Investing interim moneys of public subdivisions
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Treasurer" does not include the treasurer of state, and "governing board" does not include the state board of deposit. (2) "Other obligations" includes notes whether or not issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds. (B) The treasurer or governing board may invest or deposit any part or all of the interim moneys. The following classifications of obligations shall be eligible for such investment or deposit: (1) United States treasury bills, notes, bonds, or any other obligation or security issued by the United States treasury or any other obligation guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States. Nothing in the classification of eligible obligations set forth in division (B)(1) of this section or in the classifications of eligible obligations set forth in divisions (B)(2) to (7) of this section shall be construed to authorize any investment in stripped principal or interest obligations of such eligible obligations. (2) Bonds, notes, debentures, or any other obligations or securities issued by any federal government agency or instrumentality, including but not limited to, the federal national mortgage association, federal home loan bank, federal farm credit bank, federal home loan mortgage corporation, and government national mortgage association. All federal agency securities shall be direct issuances of federal government agencies or instrumentalities. (3) Interim deposits in the eligible institutions applying for interim moneys as provided in section 135.08 of the Revised Code. The award of interim deposits shall be made in accordance with section 135.09 of the Revised Code and the treasurer or the governing board shall determine the periods for which such interim deposits are to be made and shall award such interim deposits for such periods, provided that any eligible institution receiving an interim deposit award may, upon notification that the award has been made, decline to accept the interim deposit in which event the award shall be made as though the institution had not applied for such interim deposit. (4) Bonds and other obligations of this state, or the political subdivisions of this state, provided that, with respect to bonds or other obligations of political subdivisions, all of the following apply: (a) The bonds or other obligations are payable from general revenues of the political subdivision and backed by the full faith and credit of the political subdivision. (b) The bonds or other obligations are rated at the time of purchase in the three highest classifications established by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization and purchased through a registered securities broker or dealer. (c) The aggregate value of the bonds or other obligations does not exceed twenty per cent of interim moneys available for investment at the time of purchase. (d) The treasurer or governing board is not the sole purchaser of the bonds or other obligations at original issuance. (e) The bonds or other obligations mature within ten years from the date of settlement. No investment shall be made under division (B)(4) of this section unless the treasurer or governing board has completed additional training for making the investments authorized by division (B)(4) of this section. The type and amount of additional training shall be approved by the treasurer of state and may be conducted by or provided under the supervision of the treasurer of state. (5) No-load money market mutual funds consisting exclusively of obligations described in division (B)(1) or (2) of this section and repurchase agreements secured by such obligations, provided that investments in securities described in this division are made only through eligible institutions mentioned in section 135.03 of the Revised Code; (6) The Ohio subdivision's fund as provided in section 135.45 of the Revised Code; (7) Up to forty per cent of interim moneys available for investment in either of the following: (a) Commercial paper notes issued by an entity that is defined in division (K) of section 1706.01 of the Revised Code and that has assets exceeding five hundred million dollars, to which notes all of the following apply: (i) The notes are rated at the time of purchase in the highest classification established by at least two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations. (ii) The aggregate value of the notes does not exceed ten per cent of the aggregate value of the outstanding commercial paper of the issuing corporation. (iii) The notes mature not later than two hundred seventy days after purchase. (iv) The investment in commercial paper notes of a single issuer shall not exceed in the aggregate five per cent of interim moneys available for investment at the time of purchase. (b) Bankers acceptances of banks that are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation and that mature not later than one hundred eighty days after purchase. No investment shall be made pursuant to division (B)(7) of this section unless the treasurer or governing board has completed additional training for making the investments authorized by division (B)(7) of this section. The type and amount of additional training shall be approved by the treasurer of state and may be conducted by or provided under the supervision of the treasurer of state. (C) Nothing in the classifications of eligible obligations set forth in divisions (B)(1) to (7) of this section shall be construed to authorize any investment in a derivative, and no treasurer or governing board shall invest in a derivative. For purposes of this division, "derivative" means a financial instrument or contract or obligation whose value or return is based upon or linked to another asset or index, or both, separate from the financial instrument, contract, or obligation itself. Any security, obligation, trust account, or other instrument that is created from an issue of the United States treasury or is created from an obligation of a federal agency or instrumentality or is created from both is considered a derivative instrument. An eligible investment described in this section with a variable interest rate payment, based upon a single interest payment or single index comprised of other eligible investments provided for in division (B)(1) or (2) of this section, is not a derivative, provided that such variable rate investment has a maximum maturity of two years. (D) Except as provided in division (B)(4) or (E) of this section, any investment made pursuant to this section must mature within five years from the date of settlement, unless the investment is matched to a specific obligation or debt of the subdivision. (E) The treasurer or governing board may also enter into a written repurchase agreement with any eligible institution mentioned in section 135.03 of the Revised Code or any eligible dealer pursuant to division (M) of this section, under the terms of which agreement the treasurer or governing board purchases, and such institution or dealer agrees unconditionally to repurchase any of the securities listed in divisions (D)(1) to (5), except letters of credit described in division (D)(2), of section 135.18 of the Revised Code. The market value of securities subject to an overnight written repurchase agreement must exceed the principal value of the overnight written repurchase agreement by at least two per cent. A written repurchase agreement shall not exceed thirty days and the market value of securities subject to a written repurchase agreement must exceed the principal value of the written repurchase agreement by at least two per cent and be marked to market daily. All securities purchased pursuant to this division shall be delivered into the custody of the treasurer or governing board or an agent designated by the treasurer or governing board. A written repurchase agreement with an eligible securities dealer shall be transacted on a delivery versus payment basis. The agreement shall contain the requirement that for each transaction pursuant to the agreement the participating institution or dealer shall provide all of the following information: (1) The par value of the securities; (2) The type, rate, and maturity date of the securities; (3) A numerical identifier generally accepted in the securities industry that designates the securities. No treasurer or governing board shall enter into a written repurchase agreement under the terms of which the treasurer or governing board agrees to sell securities owned by the subdivision to a purchaser and agrees with that purchaser to unconditionally repurchase those securities. (F) No treasurer or governing board shall make an investment under this section, unless the treasurer or governing board, at the time of making the investment, reasonably expects that the investment can be held until its maturity. (G) No treasurer or governing board shall pay interim moneys into a fund established by another subdivision, treasurer, governing board, or investing authority, if that fund was established for the purpose of investing the public moneys of other subdivisions. This division does not apply to the payment of public moneys into either of the following: (1) The Ohio subdivision's fund pursuant to division (B)(6) of this section; (2) A fund created solely for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, owning, leasing, or operating municipal utilities pursuant to the authority provided under section 715.02 of the Revised Code or Section 4 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution. For purposes of division (G) of this section, "subdivision" includes a county. (H) The use of leverage, in which the treasurer or governing board uses its current investment assets as collateral for the purpose of purchasing other assets, is prohibited. The issuance of taxable notes for the purpose of arbitrage is prohibited. Contracting to sell securities that have not yet been acquired by the treasurer or governing board, for the purpose of purchasing such securities on the speculation that bond prices will decline, is prohibited. (I) Whenever, during a period of designation, the treasurer classifies public moneys as interim moneys, the treasurer shall notify the governing board of such action. The notification shall be given within thirty days after such classification and in the event the governing board does not concur in such classification or in the investments or deposits made under this section, the governing board may order the treasurer to sell or liquidate any of such investments or deposits, and any such order shall specifically describe the investments or deposits and fix the date upon which they are to be sold or liquidated. Investments or deposits so ordered to be sold or liquidated shall be sold or liquidated for cash by the treasurer on the date fixed in such order at the then current market price. Neither the treasurer nor the members of the board shall be held accountable for any loss occasioned by sales or liquidations of investments or deposits at prices lower than their cost. Any loss or expense incurred in making such sales or liquidations is payable as other expenses of the treasurer's office. (J) If any investments or deposits purchased under the authority of this section are issuable to a designated payee or to the order of a designated payee, the name of the treasurer and the title of the treasurer's office shall be so designated. If any such securities are registrable either as to principal or interest, or both, then such securities shall be registered in the name of the treasurer as such. (K) The treasurer is responsible for the safekeeping of all documents evidencing a deposit or investment acquired by the treasurer under this section. Any securities may be deposited for safekeeping with a qualified trustee as provided in section 135.18 of the Revised Code, except the delivery of securities acquired under any repurchase agreement under this section shall be made to a qualified trustee, provided, however, that the qualified trustee shall be required to report to the treasurer, governing board, auditor of state, or an authorized outside auditor at any time upon request as to the identity, market value, and location of the document evidencing each security, and that if the participating institution is a designated depository of the subdivision for the current period of designation, the securities that are the subject of the repurchase agreement may be delivered to the treasurer or held in trust by the participating institution on behalf of the subdivision. Interest earned on any investments or deposits authorized by this section shall be collected by the treasurer and credited by the treasurer to the proper fund of the subdivision. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a treasurer or in the event of a vacancy in the office of treasurer by reason of death, resignation, removal from office, or otherwise, the treasurer or the treasurer's legal representative shall transfer and deliver to the treasurer's successor all documents evidencing a deposit or investment held by the treasurer. For the investments and deposits so transferred and delivered, such treasurer shall be credited with and the treasurer's successor shall be charged with the amount of money held in such investments and deposits. (L) Whenever investments or deposits acquired under this section mature and become due and payable, the treasurer shall present them for payment according to their tenor, and shall collect the moneys payable thereon. The moneys so collected shall be treated as public moneys subject to sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. (M)(1) All investments, except for investments in securities described in divisions (B)(5) and (6) of this section and for investments by a municipal corporation in the issues of such municipal corporation, shall be made only through a member of the financial industry regulatory authority (FINRA), through a bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association regulated by the superintendent of financial institutions, or through an institution regulated by the comptroller of the currency, federal deposit insurance corporation, or board of governors of the federal reserve system. (2) Payment for investments shall be made only upon the delivery of securities representing such investments to the treasurer, governing board, or qualified trustee. If the securities transferred are not represented by a certificate, payment shall be made only upon receipt of confirmation of transfer from the custodian by the treasurer, governing board, or qualified trustee. (N) In making investments authorized by this section, a treasurer or governing board may retain the services of an investment advisor, provided the advisor is licensed by the division of securities under section 1707.141 of the Revised Code or is registered with the securities and exchange commission, and possesses experience in public funds investment management, specifically in the area of state and local government investment portfolios, or the advisor is an eligible institution mentioned in section 135.03 of the Revised Code. (O)(1) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (O)(2) and (3) of this section, no treasurer or governing board shall make an investment or deposit under this section, unless there is on file with the auditor of state a written investment policy approved by the treasurer or governing board. The policy shall require that all entities conducting investment business with the treasurer or governing board shall sign the investment policy of that subdivision. All brokers, dealers, and financial institutions, described in division (M)(1) of this section, initiating transactions with the treasurer or governing board by giving advice or making investment recommendations shall sign the treasurer's or governing board's investment policy thereby acknowledging their agreement to abide by the policy's contents. All brokers, dealers, and financial institutions, described in division (M)(1) of this section, executing transactions initiated by the treasurer or governing board, having read the policy's contents, shall sign the investment policy thereby acknowledging their comprehension and receipt. (2) If a written investment policy described in division (O)(1) of this section is not filed on behalf of the subdivision with the auditor of state, the treasurer or governing board of that subdivision shall invest the subdivision's interim moneys only in interim deposits pursuant to division (B)(3) of this section or interim deposits pursuant to section 135.145 of the Revised Code and approved by the treasurer of state, no-load money market mutual funds pursuant to division (B)(5) of this section, or the Ohio subdivision's fund pursuant to division (B)(6) of this section. (3) Divisions (O)(1) and (2) of this section do not apply to a treasurer or governing board of a subdivision whose average annual portfolio of investments held pursuant to this section is one hundred thousand dollars or less, provided that the treasurer or governing board certifies, on a form prescribed by the auditor of state, that the treasurer or governing board will comply and is in compliance with the provisions of sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. (P) A treasurer or governing board may enter into a written investment or deposit agreement that includes a provision under which the parties agree to submit to nonbinding arbitration to settle any controversy that may arise out of the agreement, including any controversy pertaining to losses of public moneys resulting from investment or deposit. The arbitration provision shall be set forth entirely in the agreement, and the agreement shall include a conspicuous notice to the parties that any party to the arbitration may apply to the court of common pleas of the county in which the arbitration was held for an order to vacate, modify, or correct the award. Any such party may also apply to the court for an order to change venue to a court of common pleas located more than one hundred miles from the county in which the treasurer or governing board is located. For purposes of this division, "investment or deposit agreement" means any agreement between a treasurer or governing board and a person, under which agreement the person agrees to invest, deposit, or otherwise manage a subdivision's interim moneys on behalf of the treasurer or governing board, or agrees to provide investment advice to the treasurer or governing board. (Q) An investment made by the treasurer or governing board pursuant to this section prior to September 27, 1996, that was a legal investment under the law as it existed before September 27, 1996, may be held until maturity. Last updated September 8, 2023 at 10:46 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 113.71 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 113 / § 113.71
§ 113.71. State and local government expenditure database
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) The treasurer of state, in collaboration with the directors of budget and management and administrative services, shall establish and maintain the Ohio state and local government expenditure database. The database shall be accessible on the web site of the treasurer of state and the web site of the office of budget and management. (B) The database shall include information about expenditures made in each fiscal year that commences after the effective date of this section . (C) The database shall be accessible by members of the public without charge. (D) State entities shall assist in the development, establishment, operation, storage, hosting, and support of the database. State entities shall comply with sections 113.70 to 113.77 of the Revised Code using existing resources. (E) The treasurer of state shall enter into an annual agreement with the directors of budget and management and administrative services to define data storage, data handling, user interface requirements, and other provisions considered necessary to ensure the proper maintenance and operation of the database. (F) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the treasurer of state from including any information in the base that is not required to be included under sections 113.70 to 113.77 of the Revised Code and that is available to the public. Last updated September 16, 2021 at 11:13 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 120.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 120 / § 120.28
§ 120.28. Reimbursement of joint county board
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The joint county public defender commission's report to the joint board of county commissioners shall be audited by the fiscal officer of the district. The joint board of county commissioners, after review and approval of the audited report, may then certify it to the state public defender for reimbursement. If a request for the reimbursement of any operating expenditure incurred by a joint county public defender office is not received by the state public defender within sixty days after the end of the calendar month in which the expenditure is incurred, the state public defender shall not pay the requested reimbursement, unless the joint board of county commissioners has requested, and the state public defender has granted, an extension of the sixty-day time limit. Each request for reimbursement shall include a certification by the joint county public defender that all persons provided representation by the joint county public defender's office during the period covered by the request were indigent and, for each person provided representation during that period, a financial disclosure form completed by the person on a form prescribed by the state public defender. The state public defender shall also review the report and, in accordance with the standards, guidelines, and maximums established pursuant to divisions (B)(7) and (8) of section 120.04 of the Revised Code and the payment determination provisions of section 120.34 of the Revised Code, prepare a voucher for the cost of each joint county public defender's office for the period of time covered by the certified report and a voucher for the costs and expenses that are reimbursable under section 120.35 of the Revised Code, if any. The amount of payments to be included in and made under the voucher shall be determined as specified in section 120.34 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this section, "cost" means total expenses minus costs and expenses reimbursable under section 120.35 of the Revised Code and any funds received by the joint county public defender commission pursuant to a contract, except a contract entered into with a municipal corporation pursuant to division (E) of section 120.24 of the Revised Code, gift, or grant. Each county in the district shall be entitled to a share of such state reimbursement in proportion to the percentage of the cost it has agreed to pay. (B) If the joint county public defender fails to maintain the standards for the conduct of the office established by the rules of the Ohio public defender commission pursuant to divisions (B) and (C) of section 120.03 or the standards established by the state public defender pursuant to division (B)(7) of section 120.04 of the Revised Code, the Ohio public defender commission shall notify the joint county public defender commission and the board of county commissioners of each county in the district that the joint county public defender has failed to comply with its rules or the standards of the state public defender. Unless the joint public defender commission or the joint county public defender corrects the conduct of the joint county public defender's office to comply with the rules and standards within ninety days after the date of the notice, the state public defender may deny all or part of the counties' reimbursement from the state provided for in division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.03
§ 128.03. Countywide 9-1-1 system
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) A countywide 9-1-1 system shall include all of the territory of the townships and municipal corporations in the county and any portion of such a municipal corporation that extends into an adjacent county. (B) A countywide 9-1-1 system may be an enhanced or next generation 9-1-1 system, or a combination of the two, and shall be designed to provide access to emergency services from all connected communications sources. (C)(1) Every emergency service provider that provides emergency service within the territory of a countywide 9-1-1 system shall participate in the countywide system. (2) A countywide 9-1-1 system may be provided directly by the county, by a regional council of governments, or by connecting directly to the statewide next generation 9-1-1 system for call routing and core services. (D)(1) Each public safety answering point shall be operated by a subdivision or a regional council of governments and shall be operated constantly. (2) A subdivision or a regional council of governments that operates a public safety answering point shall pay all of the costs associated with establishing, equipping, furnishing, operating, and maintaining that facility and shall allocate those costs among itself and the subdivisions served by the answering point based on the allocation formula in a final plan. The wireline service provider or other entity that provides or maintains the customer premises equipment shall bill the operating subdivision or the operating regional council of governments for the cost of providing such equipment, or its maintenance. A wireless service provider and a subdivision or regional council of governments operating a public safety answering point may enter into a service agreement for providing wireless enhanced 9-1-1 pursuant to a final plan adopted under this chapter. (E) Except to the extent provided in a final plan that provides for funding of a 9-1-1 system in part through charges imposed under section 128.35 of the Revised Code, each subdivision served by a public safety answering point shall pay the subdivision or regional council of governments that operates the answering point the amount computed in accordance with the allocation formula set forth in the final plan. (F) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the purchase or other acquisition, installation, and maintenance of the telephone network for a 9-1-1 system and the purchase or other acquisition, installation, and maintenance of customer premises equipment at a public safety answering point made in compliance with a final plan, including customer premises equipment used to provide wireless enhanced 9-1-1, are not subject to any requirement of competitive bidding. (G) Each emergency service provider participating in a countywide 9-1-1 system shall maintain a telephone number in addition to 9-1-1. (H) If the public safety answering point personnel reasonably determine that a 9-1-1 call is not an emergency, the personnel shall provide the caller with the telephone number of an appropriate subdivision agency as applicable. (I) A final plan adopted under this chapter may provide that, by further agreement included in the plan, the state highway patrol or one or more public safety answering points of another 9-1-1 system is the public safety answering point or points for the provision of wireline or wireless 9-1-1 for all or part of the territory of the 9-1-1 system established under the plan. In that event, the subdivision for which the wireline or wireless 9-1-1 is provided as named in the agreement shall be deemed the subdivision operating the public safety answering point or points for purposes of this chapter, except that, for the purpose of division (D)(2) of this section, that subdivision shall pay only so much of the costs of establishing, equipping, furnishing, operating, or maintaining any such public safety answering point as are specified in the agreement with the patrol or other system. (J) A final plan for the provision of wireless enhanced 9-1-1 shall provide that any wireless 9-1-1 calls routed to a state highway patrol-operated public safety answering point by default, due to a wireless service provider so routing all such calls of its subscribers without prior permission, are instead to be routed as provided under the plan. Upon the implementation of countywide wireless enhanced 9-1-1 pursuant to a final plan, the state highway patrol shall cease any functioning as a public safety answering point providing wireless 9-1-1 within the territory covered by the countywide 9-1-1 system so established, unless the patrol functions as a public safety answering point providing wireless enhanced 9-1-1 pursuant to an agreement included in the plan as authorized under division (I) of this section. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 12:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.301 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.301
§ 145.301. Purchasing military service credit
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Prisoner of war" means any regularly appointed, enrolled, enlisted, or inducted member of the armed forces of the United States, reserves, or Ohio national guard who was captured, separated, and incarcerated by an enemy of the United States. (2) "Reserves" means personnel of the reserve components of any of the armed forces of the United States enumerated in division (A)(1)(a) of section 145.30 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) A member may purchase service credit that shall be considered as the equivalent of Ohio service for each year or portion of a year of service incurred by reason of having been on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States, as defined in section 145.30 of the Revised Code. (2) On presentation of documentation of the service and subject to public employees retirement board rules, a member may purchase service credit for each year or portion of a year of service incurred by reason of having been on active duty as a member of the reserves or the Ohio national guard for which the member is not eligible to purchase credit under division (B)(1) of this section. Any credit purchased under this section shall be considered as the equivalent of Ohio service credit. For purposes of division (B)(2) of this section, active duty in the reserves or the Ohio national guard includes assembly for drill and instruction; training at encampments, maneuvers, outdoor target practice, or other exercises; and any training or duty in this state ordered by the governor. (3) Credit shall not be granted for any period of duty during which the member was contributing to the retirement system. The credit may be purchased at any time prior to receipt of a retirement allowance. The number of years purchased shall not exceed five. The member may choose to purchase only part of such credit in any one payment, subject to public employees retirement board rules. (C) A member may purchase service credit that shall be considered as the equivalent of Ohio service for each year of service such member was a prisoner of war. The number of years purchased under this division shall not exceed five. Service credit may be purchased under this division for the same years of service used to purchase service credit under division (B) of this section. The member may choose to purchase only part of such credit in any one payment, subject to board rules. (D) The total number of years purchased under this section shall not exceed the member's total accumulated number of years of Ohio service. (E)(1) For each year or portion of a year of service purchased under division (B)(1) or (C) of this section, the member shall pay to the public employees retirement system for credit to the member's accumulated account an amount specified by the retirement board that shall be not less than fifty per cent of the additional liability resulting from the purchase of that year or portion of a year of service as determined by an actuary employed by the board. (2) For each year or portion of a year of service credit purchased under division (B)(2) of this section, the member shall pay to the public employees retirement system for credit to the member's accumulated account an amount equal to one hundred per cent of the additional liability resulting from the purchase of that year or portion of a year of service as determined by an actuary employed by the board. The retirement system shall calculate the number of years or portion of a year of credit the member is eligible to purchase under division (B)(2) of this section by dividing the number of days actually served by three hundred sixty-five. (F) A member is ineligible to purchase service credit under this section for any year of military service that was used to obtain service credit pursuant to section 145.30 or 145.302 of the Revised Code. At the time the credit is purchased, the member shall certify on a form furnished by the retirement board that the member does and will conform to this requirement. (G) A member who, on March 17, 2000, is purchasing service credit under this section by making installment payments to the system or by a payroll deduction plan authorized under section 145.294 of the Revised Code may elect, on a form provided by the board, to have a portion of the cost of the service credit recalculated under division (E) of this section as amended by House Bill 186 of the 123rd general assembly. The recalculation shall apply only to the amount still owed by the member as of the date the election is filed with the board. For each member who makes an election, the board shall do all of the following: (1) Determine the amount of the total cost of the service credit still owed by the member as of the date the election is filed with the board and the number of years or portion of a year of service credit attributable to that amount; (2) Recalculate under division (E) of this section the cost of the service credit described in division (G)(1) of this section; (3) Notify the member of the recalculated amount. If the recalculated amount is less than the amount still owed by the member as of the date the election is filed, the recalculated amount shall be the amount owed by the member. (H) Credit purchased under this section may be combined pursuant to section 145.37 with credit for military service purchased under sections 3307.751 and 3309.021 , except that not more than an aggregate total of five years of credit purchased under division (B) of this section, division (A) of section 3307.751 , and division (A) of section 3309.021 , and not more than an aggregate total of five years of credit purchased under division (C) of this section, division (B) of section 3307.751 , and division (B) of section 3309.021 shall be used in determining retirement eligibility or calculating benefits under section 145.37 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 183.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 183 / § 183.19
§ 183.19. Biomedical research and technology transfer trust fund
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The biomedical research and technology transfer trust fund is hereby created in the state treasury. Money credited to the fund shall be used as provided in sections 184.01 and 184.02 of the Revised Code. The third frontier commission shall administer the fund in accordance with those sections. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 10:08 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.54
§ 149.54. Archaeological and historic survey and salvage work permit
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 141 - 131st General Assembly In order to ensure that archaeological survey and salvage work on public lands, dedicated archaeological preserves, and registered state archaeological landmarks is conducted in a scientific manner, the director of the Ohio history connection shall, in consultation with the Ohio archaeological council and the archaeological society of Ohio, adopt and may amend or rescind rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, prescribing minimum education, training, and experience requirements for personnel in charge of or otherwise engaging in archaeological survey and salvage work, and prescribing scientific methods for undertaking such activities. No person shall engage in archaeological survey or salvage work on any land that is owned, controlled, or administered by the state or any political subdivision of the state, or at any archaeological preserve, dedicated under section 149.52 of the Revised Code, without first obtaining the written permission of the director. To obtain permission, the applicant shall submit written application to the director, which application shall indicate the proposed location, the qualifications of personnel who will be engaged in the archaeological survey or salvage work, the proposed methods of survey or salvage, and such other information as the director requires by rule. The director shall deny the applicant permission to engage in archaeological survey or salvage work at the proposed location if the applicant's proposed undertaking will not comply with the rules adopted under this section. The director shall by written order approve or deny permission to disturb the site. If the director decides to deny permission, the order shall state the reasons for denial, and the director shall afford the applicant an adjudication hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The requirements of this section and of any rule adopted pursuant to this section shall not apply to any department, agency, unit, instrumentality, or political subdivision of the state. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. Whoever violates or threatens to violate this section may be enjoined from violation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 183.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 183 / § 183.01
§ 183.01. Tobacco master settlement agreement definitions
Status: in_force

June 30, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Tobacco master settlement agreement" means the settlement agreement (and related documents) entered into on November 23, 1998 by the state and leading United States tobacco product manufacturers. (B) "Southern Ohio" includes any county in this state where tobacco has traditionally been grown.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.63
§ 145.63. Refund of additional deposits
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly (A) Deposits under section 145.62 of the Revised Code, together with earnings, shall be refunded under whichever of the following circumstances applies: (1) On withdrawal of accumulated contributions as provided in sections 145.40 and 145.43 of the Revised Code or payment of a lump sum under section 145.384 of the Revised Code; (2) On the death of a contributor prior to retirement; (3) In the case of a contributor participating in the PERS defined benefit plan, on application of the contributor prior to attaining eligibility for age and service retirement; (4) In the case of a contributor under section 145.38 or 145.383 of the Revised Code, on application of the contributor prior to attaining eligibility for a benefit under section 145.384 of the Revised Code; (5) In the case of a contributor who has attained eligibility for an age and service retirement benefit or a benefit under section 145.384 of the Revised Code and is not married, on application; (6) In the case of a contributor who has attained eligibility for an age and service retirement benefit or a benefit under section 145.384 of the Revised Code and is married, on application if the application is accompanied by a statement of the spouse's consent to the refund or the public employees retirement board waives the requirement that the spouse consent; (7) In the case of a contributor who has attained eligibility for an age and service retirement benefit as a consequence of section 145.37 of the Revised Code and will receive a retirement or disability benefit from the state teachers retirement system or school employees retirement system but has not requested a transfer of funds to the other retirement system under division (B)(8) of section 145.37 of the Revised Code, at the time the public employees retirement system pays to the other retirement system the amount required under division (B)(6) of that section; (8) In the case of a disability benefit recipient under section 145.36 of the Revised Code who is not eligible for an age and service retirement allowance, on the effective date of disability retirement. (B) The consent of a spouse to a refund is valid only if it is in writing, signed, and witnessed by a notary public. The board may waive the requirement of 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.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.24
§ 122.24. Rural industrial park loan program
Status: in_force

February 14, 2008 House Bill 233 - 127th General Assembly To promote economic development in rural areas and to improve the economic welfare of the people of the state, the director of development shall administer the rural industrial park loan program, which is hereby established in accordance with Ohio Constitution, Article VIII, Section 13, to assist eligible applicants in financing the development and improvement of industrial parks by providing financial assistance in the form of loans and loan guarantees for land acquisition; constructing, reconstructing, rehabilitating, remodeling, renovating, enlarging, or improving industrial park buildings; and infrastructure improvements. This program shall not be used to compete against existing Ohio industrial parks. An eligible applicant receiving assistance under the rural industrial park program is not precluded from further participation in this or any other department of development financial program, except that a private developer that previously has received financial assistance under this section is precluded from further participation in the rural industrial park loan program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.06
§ 126.06. Availability of money in total operating fund
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The total operating fund consists of all funds in the state treasury except the auto registration distribution fund, local motor vehicle license tax fund, development bond retirement fund, facilities establishment fund, gasoline excise tax fund, higher education improvement fund, highway improvement bond retirement fund, highway capital improvement fund, improvements bond retirement fund, mental health facilities improvement fund, parks and recreation improvement fund, school district income tax fund, state agency facilities improvement fund, public safety - highway purposes fund, Vietnam conflict compensation fund, any other fund determined by the director of budget and management to be a bond fund or bond retirement fund, and such portion of the highway operating fund as is determined by the director of budget and management and the director of transportation to be restricted by Section 5a of Article XII, Ohio Constitution. When determining the availability of money in the total operating fund to pay claims chargeable to a fund contained within the total operating fund, the director of budget and management shall use the same procedures and criteria the director employs in determining the availability of money in a fund contained within the total operating fund. The director may establish limits on the negative cash balance of the general revenue fund within the total operating fund, but in no case shall the negative cash balance of the general revenue fund exceed ten per cent of the total revenue of the general revenue fund in the preceding fiscal year. Last updated October 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 118.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 118 / § 118.12
§ 118.12. Failure to submit plan
Status: in_force

October 17, 2017 House Bill 103 - 132nd General Assembly (A) After the date by which the municipal corporation, county, or township is required to submit a financial plan or segment of a financial plan to the financial planning and supervision commission, if the municipal corporation, county, or township has failed to submit a financial plan or segment as required by this chapter, expenditures from the general fund and all funds of the municipal corporation, county, or township in any month may not exceed eighty-five per cent of expenditures from the general fund and all funds for such month in the preceding fiscal year, except the commission may authorize a higher per cent for any month upon justification of need by the municipal corporation, county, or township. If considered prudent by the commission, expenditures from any other fund of the municipal corporation, county, or township also may be limited. (B) After submission of a proposed financial plan by the municipal corporation, county, or township to the commission, until approval or disapproval no expenditure may be made contrary to such proposed financial plan. (C) After disapproval by the commission of a proposed financial plan, no expenditure may be made by the municipal corporation, county, or township inconsistent with the reasons for disapproval given pursuant to division (B) of section 118.06 of the Revised Code; and if the municipal corporation, county, or township fails to submit a revised financial plan within the time required, the expenditure limits of division (A) of this section are applicable. (D) After approval of a financial plan, or any amendment thereof, no expenditure may be made contrary to the approved financial plan, or amendment thereof, without the advance approval of the financial supervisor. The commission, by a majority vote, may overrule the decision of the financial supervisor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.45
§ 135.45. State treasurer's investment pool
Status: in_force

April 30, 2024 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, a treasurer, governing board, or investing authority of a subdivision may pay public moneys of the subdivision into the Ohio subdivision's fund, which may be established in the custody of the treasurer of state. The treasurer of state shall invest the moneys in the fund in separately managed accounts and pooled accounts, including the state treasurer's investment pool, in the same manner, in the same types of instruments, and subject to the same limitations provided for the deposit and investment of interim moneys of the state, except that the fund shall not be invested in the linked deposits authorized under section 135.61 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) On and after July 1, 1997, a treasurer, governing board, or investing authority of a subdivision that has not entered into an agreement with the treasurer of state under division (C) of this section shall not invest public moneys of the subdivision in a pooled account of the Ohio subdivision's fund under division (B)(6) of section 135.14 of the Revised Code or division (A)(6) of section 135.35 of the Revised Code if the pool does not maintain the highest letter or numerical rating provided by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization. (2) Upon receipt of notice that the pool does not maintain the highest letter or numerical rating required under division (B)(1) of this section, the treasurer of state shall have ninety days to obtain the required highest letter or numerical rating. If the treasurer of state fails to obtain the required highest letter or numerical rating, the treasurer of state shall have an additional one hundred eighty days to develop a plan to dissolve the pool. The plan shall include reasonable standards for the equitable return of public moneys in the pool to those subdivisions participating in the pool. (3) Treasurers, governing boards, or investing authorities of subdivisions participating in the pool shall not be required to divest in the pool during the initial one hundred eighty days following the treasurer of state's receipt of notice under division (B)(2) of this section. (C) A treasurer, governing board, or investing authority of a subdivision that wishes to invest public moneys of the subdivision in a separately managed account or pooled account of the Ohio subdivision's fund may enter into an agreement with the treasurer of state that sets forth the manner in which the money is to be invested. The treasurer of state shall invest the moneys in accordance with the agreement, subject to the limitations set forth in division (A) of this section. For purposes of this division, the limitation on investments in debt interests provided in division (A)(11)(a) of section 135.143 of the Revised Code shall not apply to a subdivision's excess reserves. (D) The treasurer of state shall adopt such rules as are necessary for the implementation of this section, including the efficient administration of and accounting for the separately managed accounts and pooled accounts, including the state treasurer's investment pool, and the specification of minimum amounts that may be paid into such pools and minimum periods of time for which such payments shall be retained in the pools. The rules shall provide for the administrative expenses of the separately managed accounts and pooled accounts, including the state treasurer's investment pool, to be paid from the earnings and for the interest earnings in excess of such expenses to be credited to the several treasurers, governing boards, and investing authorities participating in a pool in a manner which equitably reflects the differing amounts of their respective investments in the pool and the differing periods of time for which such amounts are in the pool. (E) The treasurer of state shall give bond with sufficient sureties, payable to the treasurers, governing boards, and investing authorities of subdivisions participating in the fund, for the benefit of the subdivisions whose moneys are paid into the fund for investment, in the total penal sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the treasurer of state's duties in relation to the fund. (F) The treasurer of state and the treasurer of state's bonders or surety are liable for the loss of any interim moneys of the state and subdivisions invested under this section to the same extent the treasurer of state and the treasurer of state's bonders or surety are liable for the loss of public moneys under section 135.19 of the Revised Code. (G) As used in this section: (1) "Interim moneys" and "governing board" have the same meanings as in section 135.01 of the Revised Code. (2)(a) "Subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 135.01 of the Revised Code, but also includes a county, a municipal corporation that has adopted a charter under Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, or any government entity for which the fund is a permissible investment. (b) "Public moneys of a subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 135.01 of the Revised Code, but also includes "public moneys" as defined in section 135.31 of the Revised Code, and funds held in the custody of the treasurer of state notwithstanding any limitations on the permissible investments of such funds. (3) "Treasurer" has the same meaning as in sections 135.01 and 135.31 of the Revised Code. (4) "Investing authority" has the same meaning as in section 135.31 of the Revised Code. (5) "Excess reserves" means the amount of a subdivision's public moneys that exceed the average of a subdivision's annual operating expenses in the immediately preceding three fiscal years. Last updated February 7, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.052 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.052
§ 145.052. Board member election unnecessary if only one candidate nominated
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly Notwithstanding sections 145.04 and 145.05 of the Revised Code, the public employees retirement board is not required to hold an election, including a special election under section 145.051 of the Revised Code, for a position on the board as an employee member or retirant member if only one candidate has been nominated for the position by petition in accordance with section 145.05 of the Revised Code. The candidate shall take office as if elected. The term of office shall be four years beginning on the first day of January following the date the candidate was nominated.
Ohio Rev. Code § 159.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 159 / § 159.02
§ 159.02. Vacation of streets and alleys - rights of parties interested
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In case there is any street or alley not exceeding twenty-five feet in width, running through any block or tract of land purchased or acquired by the United States under section 159.01 of the Revised Code, all that portion of such street or alley within such block or tract of land shall, upon the acquisition of the same by the United States, be vacated and closed, and the lots or tracts of land abutting upon any such street or alley shall extend to the center line thereof, and vest in the United States, and become the property thereof, with full right, power, and authority to use, occupy, and enjoy the same as its own property in fee, to the same extent as if the same had never been used or occupied as a street or alley. Any person owning or having an equitable interest in any land abutting upon any such alley, but not situate upon, nor separated by a public street from the portion thereof sought to be vacated and closed, shall have a right in any proceedings for such appropriations to set up any claim for damages that would be occasioned to such land by such vacation and closure, and have a finding and judgment thereon, as to the same, as in other cases.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.462 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.462
§ 117.462. Implementation of recommendations
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Not later than two months after the end of the comment period for the audit, a state agency or state institution of higher education shall develop an implementation plan for the recommendations of a performance audit conducted pursuant to section 117.46 of the Revised Code. (B) If an agency or institution does not commence implementation of such recommendations within four months after the end of the comment period for the audit, the agency or institution shall do both of the following: (1) File a report explaining why the agency or institution has not commenced implementation of the recommendations with the governor, auditor of state, speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, and president and minority leader of the senate; (2) Request an opportunity to provide testimony explaining why the agency or institution has not commenced implementation of the recommendations to the house of representatives and senate committees dealing primarily with the programs and activities of the agency or institution. (C) Comments submitted to the agency or institution under section 117.461 of the Revised Code shall be attached to the report required by division (B)(1) of this section. (D) If an agency or institution does not fully implement an audit recommendation within one year after the end of the comment period for the audit, the agency or institution shall file a report with the auditor and with the governor or the governing authority of the agency or institution, justifying why the recommendation has not or will not be implemented. After consideration of this report, the agency director or the governing authority shall submit a letter in writing to the auditor, the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, and the president and minority leader of the senate outlining the status and plan for the implementation of the recommendations. Last updated September 6, 2023 at 4:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.803 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.803
§ 109.803. Continuing professional training for peace officers and troopers
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) Subject to divisions (A)(2) and (B) of this section, every appointing authority shall require each of its appointed peace officers and troopers to complete twenty-four hours of continuing professional training each calendar year. Twenty-four hours is intended to be a minimum requirement, and appointing authorities are encouraged to exceed the twenty-four hour minimum. A minimum of twenty-four hours of continuing professional training shall be reimbursed each calendar year and a maximum of forty hours of continuing professional training may be reimbursed each calendar year. (2) An appointing authority may submit a written request to the peace officer training commission that requests for a calendar year because of emergency circumstances an extension of the time within which one or more of its appointed peace officers or troopers must complete the required minimum number of hours of continuing professional training set by the commission, as described in division (A)(1) of this section. A request made under this division shall set forth the name of each of the appointing authority's peace officers or troopers for whom an extension is requested, identify the emergency circumstances related to that peace officer or trooper, include documentation of those emergency circumstances, and set forth the date on which the request is submitted to the commission. A request shall be made under this division not later than the fifteenth day of December in the calendar year for which the extension is requested. Upon receipt of a written request made under this division, the executive director of the commission shall review the request and the submitted documentation. If the executive director of the commission is satisfied that emergency circumstances exist for any peace officer or trooper for whom a request was made under this division, the executive director may approve the request for that peace officer or trooper and grant an extension of the time within which that peace officer or trooper must complete the required minimum number of hours of continuing professional training set by the commission. An extension granted under this division may be for any period of time the executive director believes to be appropriate, and the executive director shall specify in the notice granting the extension the date on which the extension ends. Not later than thirty days after the date on which a request is submitted to the commission, for each peace officer and trooper for whom an extension is requested, the executive director either shall approve the request and grant an extension or deny the request and deny an extension and shall send to the appointing authority that submitted the request written notice of the executive director's decision. If the executive director grants an extension of the time within which a particular appointed peace officer or trooper of an appointing authority must complete the required minimum number of hours of continuing professional training set by the commission, the appointing authority shall require that peace officer or trooper to complete the required minimum number of hours of training not later than the date on which the extension ends. (B) With the advice of the Ohio peace officer training commission, the attorney general shall adopt in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code rules setting forth minimum standards for continuing professional training for peace officers and troopers and governing the administration of continuing professional training programs for peace officers and troopers. The rules adopted by the attorney general under division (B) of this section shall do all of the following: (1) Allow peace officers and troopers to earn credit for up to four hours of continuing professional training for time spent while on duty providing drug use prevention education training that utilizes evidence-based curricula to students in school districts, community schools established under Chapter 3314., STEM schools established under Chapter 3326., and college-preparatory boarding schools established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code. (2) Allow a peace officer or trooper appointed by a law enforcement agency to earn hours of continuing professional training for other peace officers or troopers appointed by the law enforcement agency by providing drug use prevention education training under division (B)(1) of this section so that hours earned by the peace officer or trooper providing the training in excess of four hours may be applied to offset the number of continuing professional training hours required of another peace officer or trooper appointed by that law enforcement agency. (3) Prohibit the use of continuing professional training hours earned under division (B)(1) or (2) of this section from being used to offset any mandatory hands-on training requirement. (4) Require a peace officer to complete training on proper interactions with civilians during traffic stops and other in-person encounters, which training shall have an online offering and shall include all of the following topics: (a) A person's rights during an interaction with a peace officer, including all of the following: (i) When a peace officer may require a person to exit a vehicle; (ii) Constitutional protections from illegal search and seizure; (iii) The rights of a passenger in a vehicle who has been pulled over for a traffic stop; (iv) The right for a citizen to record an encounter with a peace officer. (b) Proper actions for interacting with a civilian and methods for diffusing a stressful encounter with a civilian; (c) Laws regarding questioning and detention by peace officers, including any law requiring a person to present proof of identity to a peace officer, and the consequences for a person's or officer's failure to comply with those laws; (d) Any other requirements and procedures necessary for the proper implementation of this section. (C) The attorney general shall transmit a certified copy of any rule adopted under this section to the secretary of state. (D) As used in this section: (1) "Peace officer" has the same meaning as in section 109.71 of the Revised Code. (2) "Trooper" means an individual appointed as a state highway patrol trooper under section 5503.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Appointing authority" means any agency or entity that appoints a peace officer or trooper. Last updated September 22, 2023 at 9:26 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.60
§ 122.60. Capital access loan program definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly As used in sections 122.60 to 122.605 of the Revised Code: (A) "Capital access loan" means a loan made by a participating financial institution to an eligible business that may be secured by a deposit of money from the fund into the participating financial institution's program reserve account. (B) "Eligible business" means a for-profit business entity, or a nonprofit entity, that had total annual sales in its most recently completed fiscal year of less than ten million dollars and that has a principal place of for-profit business or nonprofit entity activity within the state, the operation of which, alone or in conjunction with other facilities, will create new jobs or preserve existing jobs and employment opportunities and will improve the economic welfare of the people of the state. As used in this division, "new jobs" does not include existing jobs transferred from another facility within the state, and "existing jobs" means only existing jobs at facilities within the same municipal corporation or township in which the project, activity, or enterprise that is the subject of a capital access loan is located. (C) "Financial institution" means any bank, trust company, savings bank, or savings and loan association that is chartered by and has a significant presence in the state, or any national bank, federal savings and loan association, or federal savings bank that has a significant presence in the state. (D) "Fund" means the capital access loan program fund. (E) "Minority business supplier development council" has the same meaning as in section 122.71 of the Revised Code. (F) "Participating financial institution" means a financial institution that has a valid, current participation agreement with the department of development. (G) "Participation agreement" means the agreement between a financial institution and the department under which a financial institution may participate in the program. (H) "Passive real estate ownership" means the ownership of real estate for the sole purpose of deriving income from it by speculation, trade, or rental. (I) "Program" means the capital access loan program created under section 122.602 of the Revised Code. (J) "Program reserve account" means a dedicated account at each participating financial institution that is the property of the state and may be used by the participating financial institution only for the purpose of recovering a claim under section 122.604 of the Revised Code arising from a default on a loan made by the participating financial institution under the program. Last updated July 30, 2021 at 10:18 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.86 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.86
§ 122.86. Small business investment certificate; tax credit
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and section 5747.81 of the Revised Code: (1) "Small business enterprise" means a corporation, pass-through entity, or other person satisfying all of the following: (a) At the time of a qualifying investment, the enterprise meets all of the following requirements: (i) Has no outstanding tax or other liabilities owed to the state; (ii) Is in good standing with the secretary of state, if the enterprise is required to be registered with the secretary; (iii) Is current with any court-ordered payments; (iv) Is not engaged in any illegal activity. (b) At the time of a qualifying investment, the enterprise's assets according to generally accepted accounting principles do not exceed fifty million dollars, or its annual sales do not exceed ten million dollars. When making this determination, the assets and annual sales of all of the enterprise's related or affiliated entities shall be included in the calculation. (c) At the time of a qualifying investment and for the two-year period immediately preceding the qualifying investment, the enterprise employs at least fifty full-time equivalent employees in this state for whom the enterprise is required to withhold income tax under section 5747.06 of the Revised Code, or more than one-half the enterprise's total number of full-time equivalent employees employed anywhere in the United States are employed in this state and are subject to that withholding requirement. (d) The enterprise, within six months after an eligible investor's qualifying investment is made, incurs cost for one or more of the following: (i) Tangible personal property, other than motor vehicles operated on public roads and highways, used in business and physically located in this state from the time of its acquisition by the enterprise until the end of the investor's holding period, including the installation of such tangible personal property; (ii) Motor vehicles operated on public roads and highways if, from the time of acquisition by the enterprise until the end of the investor's holding period, the motor vehicles are purchased in this state, registered in this state under Chapter 4503. of the Revised Code, are used primarily for business purposes, and are necessary for the operation of the enterprise's business; (iii) Real property located in this state that is used in the business from the time of its acquisition by the enterprise until the end of the holding period; (iv) Leasehold improvements and construction costs for property located in this state that is used in the business from the time its improvement or construction was completed until the end of the holding period; (v) Compensation for new employees of the enterprise hired after the date the qualifying investment is made for whom the enterprise is required to withhold income tax under section 5747.06 of the Revised Code. (2) "Qualifying investment" means an investment of money made to acquire capital stock or other equity interest in a small business enterprise. "Qualifying investment" does not include either of the following: (a) Any investment of money an eligible investor derives, directly or indirectly, from a grant or loan from the federal government or the state or a political subdivision, including the third frontier program under Chapter 184. of the Revised Code; (b) Any investment of money which is the basis of a tax credit granted under any other section of the Revised Code. (3) "Eligible investor" means an individual, estate, or trust subject to the tax imposed by section 5747.02 of the Revised Code, or a pass-through entity in which such an individual, estate, or trust holds a direct or indirect ownership or other equity interest. To qualify as an eligible investor, the individual, estate, trust, or pass-through entity shall not owe any outstanding tax or other liability to the state at the time of a qualifying investment. (4) "Holding period" means the two-year period beginning on the day a qualifying investment is made. (5) "Pass-through entity" has the same meaning as in section 5733.04 of the Revised Code. (B) An eligible investor that makes a qualifying investment in a small business enterprise on or after July 1, 2019, but on or before November 3, 2025, may apply to the director of development to obtain an allocation for a small business investment certificate from the director. Alternatively, a small business enterprise may apply on behalf of eligible investors to obtain the allocation for those investors. The application must be submitted to the director within sixty days after the date of the qualifying investment, but within the same biennium as the qualifying investment. The director, in consultation with the tax commissioner, shall prescribe the form or manner in which an applicant shall apply for the certificate, devise the form of the certificate, and prescribe any records or other information an applicant shall furnish with the application to evidence the qualifying investment. The applicant shall pay an application fee equal to the greater of one-tenth of one per cent of the amount of the intended investment or one hundred dollars. The director may reserve small business investment allocations to qualifying applicants in the order in which the director receives applications. An application is completed when the director has validated that an eligible investor has made a qualified investment and receives all required documentation needed to demonstrate the small business enterprise satisfies the requirements of division (A)(1) of this section. To qualify for an allocation, an eligible investor must satisfy both of the following, subject to the limitation on the amount of qualifying investments for which allocations may be issued under division (C) of this section: (1) The eligible investor makes a qualifying investment on or after July 1, 2019, but on or before November 3, 2025. (2) The eligible investor pledges not to sell or otherwise dispose of the qualifying investment before the conclusion of the applicable holding period. (C)(1) The amount of any eligible investor's qualifying investments for which small business investment allocations may be issued for a fiscal biennium shall not exceed ten million dollars. (2) The director shall not issue a small business investment allocation to an eligible investor representing an amount of qualifying investment in excess of the amount of the investment indicated on the investor's application. (3) For any fiscal biennium beginning before July 1, 2019, the director shall not issue small business investment allocations in a total amount that would cause the tax credits claimed in that biennium to exceed one hundred million dollars. For any fiscal biennium beginning on or after July 1, 2019, the director shall not issue small business investment allocations in a total amount that would cause the tax credits claimed in that biennium to exceed fifty million dollars. (4) The director may issue a small business investment allocation only if both of the following apply at the time of issuance: (a) The small business enterprise meets all the requirements listed in divisions (A)(1)(a)(i) to (iv) of this section; (b) The eligible investor does not owe any outstanding tax or other liability to the state. (5) The director shall not issue a small business investment allocation on the basis of any investment for which an Ohio opportunity zone investment certificate has been issued under section 122.84 of the Revised Code. (D) Before the end of the applicable holding period of a qualifying investment, each enterprise in which a qualifying investment was made for which a small business investment allocation has been issued, upon the request of the director, shall provide to the director records or other evidence satisfactory to the director that the enterprise is a small business enterprise for the purposes of this section. Each enterprise shall also provide annually to the director records or evidence regarding the number of jobs created or retained in the state. The director shall compile and maintain a register of small business enterprises qualifying under this section and shall certify the register to the tax commissioner. The director shall also compile and maintain a record of the number of jobs created or retained as a result of qualifying investments made pursuant to this section. (E) After the conclusion of the applicable holding period for a qualifying investment, a person to whom a small business investment allocation has been issued under this section shall receive a small business investment certification, which entitles the person to claim a credit as provided under section 5747.81 of the Revised Code. However, no certificate may be issued if the director finds that any requirement under this section is not met. (F) The director, in consultation with the tax commissioner, may adopt rules for the administration of this section, including rules governing the following: (1) Documents, records, or other information eligible investors shall provide to the director; (2) Any information a small business enterprise shall provide for the purposes of this section and section 5747.81 of the Revised Code; (3) Determination of the number of full-time equivalent employees of a small business enterprise; (4) Verification of a small business enterprise's investment; (5) Circumstances under which small business enterprises or eligible investors may be subverting the purposes of this section and section 5747.81 of the Revised Code. (G) Application fees paid under division (B) of this section shall be credited to the tax incentives operating fund created in section 122.174 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.981 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.981
§ 101.981. Retirement system lobbyists and employers - attorney general may investigate compliance
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly The attorney general and any assistant or special counsel designated by the attorney general may investigate compliance with sections 101.90 to 101.98 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 the findings of any such investigation to the prosecuting attorney of Franklin county, who shall institute such proceedings as are appropriate.
Ohio Rev. Code § 176.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 176 / § 176.04
§ 176.04. Issuing general obligations or expending tax moneys
Status: in_force

March 24, 2008 House Bill 372 - 127th General Assembly (A) No municipal corporation, county, or township shall issue general obligations pursuant to section 133.51 of the Revised Code or expend moneys raised by taxation to provide, or assist in providing, housing pursuant to Section 16 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, unless the municipal corporation, county, or township has done all of the following: (1) Established or designated a housing advisory board pursuant to section 176.01 of the Revised Code, or entered into an agreement pursuant to section 176.02 of the Revised Code for the service of a housing advisory board established by one or more other subdivisions; (2) At least thirty days prior to approval of it by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, county, or township, submitted to the housing advisory board for review, comments, and recommendations, a comprehensive housing affordability strategy for the municipal corporation, county, or township developed under the "Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act," 104 Stat. 4079 (1990), Pub. Law No. 101-625, or other state or local comprehensive plan for the development and maintenance of affordable housing within the boundaries of the municipal corporation, county, or township. Approval of the plan by the legislative authority may be effective for a period of one to five years. No submission of an amended plan is required unless the submitted description of the purposes for which any part of those moneys are proposed to be applied is intended to be, or raise a reasonable concern that it might be construed to be, inconsistent with the existing plan. (3) Submitted to the housing advisory board a written description of the purposes to which the proceeds of the proposed general obligations or the moneys raised by taxation are proposed to be applied, and allowed at least fifteen days to elapse during which the housing advisory board may review the submitted description and advise the municipal corporation, county, or township in accordance with division (D) of this section. For purposes of this section, the written description of the purposes to which the moneys raised by taxation are proposed to be applied may be submitted annually to the housing advisory board prior to the adoption of the annual appropriation measure pursuant to section 5705.38 of the Revised Code. (B) No municipal corporation, county, or township shall issue general obligations pursuant to section 133.51 of the Revised Code to provide, or assist in providing, housing pursuant to Section 16 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, unless the municipal legislative authority, the board of county commissioners, or the board of township trustees has substantially complied with each of the following requirements: (1) Analyzed the anticipated impact of the purposes to which the proceeds of the proposed general obligations are to be applied upon existing housing patterns in the municipal corporation, county, or township; (2) Submitted to the housing advisory board serving it a fair housing impact statement summarizing the analysis undertaken under division (B)(1) of this section and conclusions from that analysis; (3) Submitted to the housing advisory board serving it a plan for affirmative marketing to persons, regardless of marital status, who are members of groups that may be disadvantaged by discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, disability or military status as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, national origin, ancestry, children, or other similar cause or who traditionally would not be expected to apply for housing at the location proposed to be benefited by the proceeds of the proposed general obligations. (C) No approval of a housing advisory board shall be required for issuance of general obligations pursuant to section 133.51 of the Revised Code or any proposed expenditure of moneys raised by taxation to provide, or assist in providing, housing pursuant to Section 16 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution. (D) The matters on which a housing advisory board shall advise the subdivisions it serves shall include the following: (1) The consistency of a project or program with the plan submitted under division (A)(2) of this section; (2) The extent to which any project or program to which the proceeds of the proposed general obligations or the moneys raised by taxation are proposed to be applied may displace households that consequently may need relocation assistance; (3) The length of time for which projects to which the proceeds of the proposed general obligations or the moneys raised by taxation are proposed to be applied will remain affordable to any targeted income group; (4) The extent to which any lending program is available, in whole or in part, from private lenders upon reasonably equivalent terms and conditions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.401 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.401
§ 145.401. Making additional payment upon death of member or withdrawal of contributions
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "service credit" means service credit earned for periods for which contributions were made under section 145.47 of the Revised Code and, if applicable, periods for which service credit was purchased or restored under section 145.302 or 145.31 of the Revised Code. (B) If a member has, or at the time of death had, at least five years of service credit, the public employees retirement board shall include the amount specified in rules adopted by the board in the amount payable under section 145.40 of the Revised Code to the member, or under division (B) of section 145.43 of the Revised Code to a beneficiary or beneficiaries of the member, unless at the time of death the member was a disability benefit recipient. The amount specified in rules shall be paid from the employers' accumulation fund. (C) The public employees retirement board shall adopt rules under section 145.09 of the Revised Code specifying the additional amounts that may be provided a member under section 145.40 of the Revised Code or a beneficiary or beneficiaries under division (B) of section 145.43 of the Revised Code. The additional amounts may vary depending on the amount of service credit the member has accrued.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.47
§ 124.47. Fire department special positions
Status: in_force

August 9, 1974 House Bill 513 - 110th General Assembly Within any rank, the municipal council or board of trustees of a civil service township may establish such special positions having special duties with preferential pay as the council or board deems necessary, but the holding of any such special positions shall not establish eligibility to the next higher rank to the exclusion of other persons in the same rank who do not hold such special positions. No special position established by council or the board within a rank in a fire department shall be filled without promotional examination in the same manner as promotions from rank to rank.
Ohio Rev. Code § 166.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 166 / § 166.07
§ 166.07. Lending money from facilities establishment fund
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) The director of development, with the approval of the controlling board and subject to the other applicable provisions of this chapter, may lend moneys in the facilities establishment fund to persons for the purpose of paying allowable costs of an eligible project if the director determines that: (1) The project is an eligible project and is economically sound; (2) The borrower is unable to finance the necessary allowable costs through ordinary financial channels upon comparable terms; (3) The amount to be lent from the facilities establishment fund will not exceed seventy-five per cent of the total allowable costs of the eligible project, except that if any part of the amount to be lent from the facilities establishment fund is derived from the issuance and sale of project financing obligations the amount to be lent will not exceed ninety per cent of the total allowable costs of the eligible project; (4) The eligible project could not be achieved in the local area in which it is to be located if the portion of the project to be financed by the loan instead were to be financed by a loan guaranteed under section 166.06 of the Revised Code; (5) The repayment of the loan from the facilities establishment fund will be adequately secured by a mortgage, assignment, pledge, or lien provided for under section 9.661 of the Revised Code, at such level of priority as the director may require; (6) The borrower will hold at least a ten per cent equity interest in the eligible project at the time the loan is made. (B) The determinations of the director under division (A) of this section shall be conclusive for purposes of the validity of a loan commitment evidenced by a loan agreement signed by the director. (C) there is hereby established the micro-lending program for the purpose of paying the allowable costs of eligible projects of eligible small businesses. From any amount that the general assembly designates for the purpose of the micro-lending program, the director of development shall, either directly or indirectly, make loans under this section to eligible small businesses. The director shall establish eligibility criteria and loan terms for the program that supplement eligibility criteria and loan terms otherwise prescribed for loans under this section, and may prescribe reduced service charges and fees. For the purpose of lending under the micro-lending program, the director of development shall give precedence to projects of eligible small businesses that foster the development of small entrepreneurial enterprises, notwithstanding the considerations prescribed by divisions (A)(1)(a) and (b) of section 166.05 of the Revised Code to the extent those considerations otherwise may have the effect of disqualifying projects of eligible small businesses. The director may enter into agreements with for-profit or non-profit organizations in this state to originate and administer loans made. Fees, charges, rates of interest, times of payment of interest and principal, and other terms, conditions, and provisions of and security for loans made from the facilities establishment fund pursuant to this section shall be such as the director determines to be appropriate and in furtherance of the purpose for which the loans are made. The moneys used in making such loans shall be disbursed from the facilities establishment fund upon order of the director. The director shall give special consideration in setting the required job creation ratios and interest rates for loans that are for voluntary actions. (D) The director may take actions necessary or appropriate to collect or otherwise deal with any loan made under this section, including any action authorized by section 9.661 of the Revised Code. (E) The director may fix service charges for the making of a loan. Such charges shall be payable at such times and place and in such amounts and manner as may be prescribed by the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.4061 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.4061
§ 122.4061. Financial responsibility before project completion
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly Under alternate payment term arrangements made under section 122.4025 of the Revised Code, unless otherwise negotiated, the participating legislative authorities in which the eligible project is located shall assume all financial responsibility for all of the eligible project costs incurred by the broadband provider prior to completion of the project or the award of a program grant. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 12:37 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 175.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 175 / § 175.01
§ 175.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly As used in sections 175.01 to 175.13 of the Revised Code: (A) "Bonds" means bonds, notes, debentures, refunding bonds, refunding notes, and other obligations. (B) "Down payment assistance" means monetary assistance for down payment closing costs, and pre-paid expenses directly related to the purchase of a home. (C) "Financial assistance" means grants, loans, loan guarantees, an equity position in a project, and loan subsidies. (D) "Grant" means funding for which repayment is not required. (E) "Homeownership program" means any program for which the Ohio housing finance agency provides financing, directly or indirectly, for the purchase of housing for owner-occupancy. (F) "Housing" means housing for owner-occupancy and multifamily rental housing. (G) "Housing development fund" means the housing development fund created and administered pursuant to section 175.11 of the Revised Code. (H) "Housing finance agency personal services fund" means the housing finance agency personal services fund created and administered pursuant to section 175.051 of the Revised Code. (I) "Housing for owner-occupancy" means housing that is intended for occupancy by an owner as a principal residence. "Housing for owner-occupancy" may be any type of structure and may be owned in any form of ownership. (J) "Housing trust fund" means the low- and moderate-income housing trust fund created and administered pursuant to Chapter 174. of the Revised Code. (K) "Improvement" means any alteration, remodeling, addition, or repair that substantially protects or improves the basic habitability or energy efficiency of housing. (L) "Lending institution" means any financial institution qualified to conduct business in this state, a subsidiary corporation that is wholly owned by a financial institution qualified to conduct business in this state, and a mortgage lender whose regular business is originating, servicing, or brokering real estate loans and who is qualified to do business in this state. (M) "Loan" means any extension of credit or other form of financing or indebtedness extended directly or indirectly to a borrower with the expectation that it will be repaid in accordance with the terms of the underlying loan agreement or other pertinent document. "Loan" includes financing the Ohio housing finance agency extends to lending institutions and indebtedness the agency purchases from lending institutions. (N) "Loan guarantee" means any agreement in favor of a lending institution, bondholder, or other lender in which the credit and resources of the housing finance agency or the housing trust fund are pledged to secure the payment or collection of financing extended to a borrower for the acquisition, construction, improvement, rehabilitation, or preservation of housing or to refinance any financing previously extended for those purposes. (O) "Loan subsidy" means any deposit of funds the Ohio housing finance agency holds or administers into a lending institution with the authorization or direction that the income or revenues the deposit earns, or could have earned at competitive rates, be applied directly or indirectly to the benefit of housing assistance or financial assistance. (P) "Low- and moderate-income persons" means individuals and families who qualify as low- and moderate-income persons pursuant to guidelines the agency establishes. (Q) "Multifamily rental housing" means multiple unit housing intended for rental occupancy. (R) "Nonprofit organization" means a nonprofit organization in good standing and qualified to conduct business in this state including any corporation whose members are members of a metropolitan housing authority. (S) "Owner" means any person who, jointly or severally, has legal or equitable title to housing together with the right to control or possess that housing. "Owner" includes a purchaser of housing pursuant to a land installment contract if that contract vests possession and maintenance responsibilities in the purchaser, and a person who has care or control of housing as executor, administrator, assignee, trustee, or guardian of the estate of the owner of that housing. (T) "Security interest" means any lien, encumbrance, pledge, assignment, mortgage, or other form of collateral the Ohio housing finance agency holds as security for financial assistance the agency extends or a loan the agency acquires.
Ohio Rev. Code § 167.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 167 / § 167.02
§ 167.02. Membership
Status: in_force

October 29, 2018 Senate Bill 239 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Membership in the regional council shall be the counties, municipal corporations, townships, special districts, school districts, and other political subdivisions entering into the agreement establishing the council or admitted to membership subsequently pursuant to the agreement establishing the council or the bylaws of the council. Representation on the council may be in the manner as provided in the agreement establishing the council. (B) If the agreement establishing the council does not set forth the manner for determining representation on the council such representation shall consist of one representative from each county, municipal corporation, township, special district, school district, or other political subdivision entering into the agreement, or subsequently admitted to membership in the council. The representative from each member county, municipal corporation, township, special district, school district, or other political subdivision shall be elected chief executive thereof, or, if such county, municipal corporation, township, special district, school district, or other political subdivision does not have an elected chief executive, a member of its governing body chosen by such body to be its representative. (C) Records containing the names of the political subdivisions that are members of a regional council of governments or the names of the representatives from those political subdivisions who serve on the council are public records within the meaning of section 149.43 of the Revised Code, and those names are not considered to be trade secrets under section 1333.61 of the Revised Code. (D) The director of development services shall assist the council in securing the cooperation of all appropriate agencies of the state or of the United States to aid in promoting the orderly growth and development of the area, solving the problems of local government, and discharging the responsibilities and duties of local government in the most efficient possible manner. (E) Any county, municipal corporation, township, special district, school district, or other political subdivision which has become a member of the council may withdraw by formal action of its governing board and upon sixty days notice to council after such action, or in the manner provided in the agreement establishing the council, provided no such procedure relative to withdrawals in the agreement establishing the council shall require the political subdivision desiring to withdraw to retain its membership in the council for a period in excess of two years. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.52
§ 109.52. Operation and maintenance of bureau
Status: in_force

September 24, 1963 House Bill 263 - 105th General Assembly The bureau of criminal identification and investigation may operate and maintain a criminal analysis laboratory and mobile units thereof, create a staff of investigators and technicians skilled in the solution and control of crimes and criminal activity, keep statistics and other necessary data, assist in the prevention of crime, and engage in such other activities as will aid law enforcement officers in solving crimes and controlling criminal activity.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.80
§ 153.80. Reducing bond
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) A contract for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of a public improvement entered into on or after April 16, 1993, shall be deemed to include the provisions contained in division (B) of this section. (B)(1) In regard to any bond filed by the contractor for the work contracted, the contracting authority, in its sole discretion, may reduce the bond required by twenty-five per cent of the total amount of the bond after at least fifty per cent of the work contracted for has been completed and by fifty per cent after at least seventy-five per cent of the work contracted for has been completed provided that all of the following conditions are met: (a) The contracting authority determines that the percentage of the work that has been completed at the time of determination has been satisfactorily performed and meets the terms of the contract, including a provision in regard to the time when the whole or any specified portion of work contemplated in the contract must be completed; (b) The contracting authority determines that no disputed claim caused by the contractor exists or remains unresolved; (c) The successful bid upon which the contract is based was not more than ten per cent below the next lowest bid or not more than ten per cent below a cost estimate for the work as published by the contracting authority. (2) In regard to the amount of any funds retained, the contracting authority, in its sole discretion, may reduce the amount of funds retained pursuant to sections 153.12 and 153.14 of the Revised Code for the faithful performance of work by fifty per cent of the amount of funds required to be retained pursuant to those sections, provided that the surety on the bond remains liable for all of the following that are caused due to default by the contractor: (a) Completion of the job; (b) All delay claims; (c) All liquidated damages; (d) All additional expenses incurred by the contracting authority. (C) As used in this section: (1) "Contracting authority" means an officer, board, or other authority of the state, a county, township, municipal corporation, or school district, or of any other political subdivision of the state, authorized to contract for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of a public improvement, and any construction manager at risk as defined in section 9.33 of the Revised Code or design-build firm as defined in section 153.65 of the Revised Code awarding a subcontract, but does not include an officer, board, or other authority of the department of transportation. (2) "Delay claim" means a claim that arises due to default on provisions in a contract in regard to the time when the whole or any specified portion of work contemplated in the contract must be completed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.74
§ 101.74. Statement of financial transactions
Status: in_force

May 12, 1994 House Bill 492 - 120th General Assembly (A) Any legislative agent who has had any financial transaction with or for the benefit of any member of the general assembly, any member of the controlling board, the governor, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, or any member of the staff of any public officer or employee listed in this division shall describe the details of the transaction, including the name of the public officer or employee, the purpose and nature of the transaction, and the date it was made or entered into, in a statement filed with the joint legislative ethics committee with the updated registration statement required by division (B) of section 101.72 of the Revised Code. The statement shall be filed at the times specified in section 101.72 of the Revised Code. Each statement shall describe each financial transaction that occurred during the four-calendar-month period that ended on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the statement is required to be filed. (B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, any employer who has had any financial transaction with or for the benefit of any member of the general assembly, any member of the controlling board, the governor, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, or any member of the staff of any public officer or employee listed in this division shall describe the details of the transaction, including the name of the public officer or employee, the purpose and nature of the transaction, and the date it was made or entered into, in a statement filed with the joint committee with the updated registration statement required by division (B) of section 101.72 of the Revised Code. The statement shall be filed at the times specified in section 101.72 of the Revised Code. Each statement shall describe each financial transaction that occurred during the four-calendar-month period that ended on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the statement is required to be filed. (C) An employer or legislative agent who is required to file a statement describing a financial transaction under this section shall deliver a copy of the statement to the public officer or employee with whom or for whose benefit the transaction was made at least ten days before the date on which the statement is filed. (D) No employer shall be required to file any statement under this section or to deliver a copy of the statement to a public officer or employee with whom or for whose benefit the transaction was made if the financial transaction to which the statement pertains is reported by a legislative agent engaged by the employer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.621 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.621
§ 121.621. Disqualification as executive agency lobbyist for certain offenses
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) No person shall be permitted to register as an executive agency lobbyist under division (A) or (B) of section 121.62 of the Revised Code if the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to committing on or after the effective date of this section any felony offense listed or described in divisions (A)(1) to (6) of section 101.721 of the Revised Code in the circumstances specified in the particular division. (B) If an executive agency lobbyist has registered with the joint legislative ethics committee under division (A) or (B) of section 121.62 of the Revised Code and, on or after the effective date of this section and during the period during which the registration is valid, the executive agency lobbyist is convicted of or pleads guilty to any felony offense listed or described in divisions (A)(1) to (6) of section 101.721 of the Revised Code in the circumstances specified in the particular division, the joint legislative ethics committee immediately upon becoming aware of the conviction or guilty plea shall terminate the registration of the person as an executive agency lobbyist, and, after the termination, the ban imposed under division (A) of this section applies to the person. (C) The ban imposed under divisions (A) and (B) of this section is a lifetime ban, and the offender is forever disqualified from registering as an executive agency lobbyist under section 121.62 of the Revised Code. (D) For purposes of divisions (A) and (B) of this section, a violation of section 2923.32 of the Revised Code or any other violation or offense that includes as an element a course of conduct or the occurrence of multiple acts is "committed on or after the effective date of this section " if the course of conduct continues, one or more of the multiple acts occurs, or the subject person's accountability for the course of conduct or for one or more of the multiple acts continues, on or after the effective date of this section . Last updated May 12, 2022 at 11:48 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.69 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.69
§ 101.69. Senate miscellaneous sales fund - house miscellaneous sales fund
Status: in_force

March 9, 1999 House Bill 649 - 122nd General Assembly All money collected by the senate clerk's office from the sale of flags, insignia, seals, frames for resolutions, and similar items shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the senate miscellaneous sales fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund shall be used solely to pay costs of procuring such items. Any costs of procuring such items in excess of the money available in the fund shall be paid out of the regular appropriation to the senate. All money collected by the office of the chief administrative officer of the house of representatives for the sale of flags, insignia, seals, frames for resolutions, and similar items shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the house miscellaneous sales fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund shall be used solely to pay costs of procuring such items. Any costs of procuring such items in excess of the money available in the fund shall be paid out of the regular appropriation to the house of representatives.
Ohio Rev. Code § 113.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 113 / § 113.09
§ 113.09. Creation of general revenue fund
Status: in_force

December 1, 2006 House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly Except as provided in section 113.10 of the Revised Code, all moneys deposited with the treasurer of state, the disposition of which is not otherwise provided for by law, shall be credited to the general revenue fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. If a warrant for the payment of money from the state treasury has been illegally or improperly issued, or the amount of a warrant exceeds the sum that should have been named therein, and payment of such warrant or excess has been made by the treasurer of state, the director of budget and management shall, unless the account of the appropriation from which it was paid has been closed, credit the amount collected to such appropriation; but, if such account has been closed, the director shall credit the amount so collected to the fund on which the warrant was originally drawn. All investment earnings on moneys deposited in the state treasury shall be credited to the general revenue fund unless: (A) The disposition of the earnings is otherwise provided for by law; (B) The director has provided in the plan approved under section 131.36 of the Revised Code that a different fund is entitled to the earnings.
Ohio Rev. Code § 164.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 164 / § 164.24
§ 164.24. Reviewing application
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) A natural resources assistance council shall review each application for a grant submitted under section 164.23 of the Revised Code. In reviewing an application for the purpose of determining whether to approve or disapprove the application, a council shall consider all of the following criteria: (1) Whether the project emphasizes the factors specified in division (A) or (B) of section 164.22 of the Revised Code; (2) The amount of funding that is necessary for the completion of the project; (3) The amount and percentage of the matching funds provided under the proposal; (4) The level of coordination among local political subdivisions, state agencies, federal agencies, community organizations, conservation organizations, and local business groups; (5) The level of coordination with projects being undertaken under the jurisdiction of other natural resources assistance councils throughout the state under sections 164.20 to 164.27 of the Revised Code; (6) The relative economic, social, and environmental benefits that the proposed project will bring to the geographical area represented by the council as compared to other proposed projects; (7) Whether the project incorporates more than one purpose for which grant moneys may be used as specified in section 164.22 of the Revised Code; (8) Whether the general public will be given access to the project area upon the completion of the project; (9) Whether the project will comply with all of the requirements established in sections 164.20 to 164.27 of the Revised Code; (10) The readiness of the applicant to proceed with the project; (11) Any other factors that are relevant to the project. (B) A natural resources assistance council shall establish a prioritization and selection methodology system for applications submitted under section 164.23 of the Revised Code. The methodology shall be submitted to and approved by the director of the Ohio public works commission. (C) In accordance with the methodology system established and approved under division (B) of this section, a natural resources assistance council shall approve or disapprove an application for a grant submitted to it after consideration of all of the criteria specified in divisions (A)(1) to (11) of this section. If the council approves an application, the council shall submit a copy of the application, along with all accompanying materials, to the Ohio public works commission for final approval or disapproval. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 2:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.55
§ 128.55. Disbursement of government assistance fund monies
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) The tax commissioner shall disburse moneys from the 9-1-1 government assistance fund, plus any accrued interest on the fund, to each county treasurer in the same proportion distributed to that county by the tax commissioner in the corresponding calendar month of the previous year. Any shortfall in distributions resulting from the timing of funds received in a previous month shall be distributed in the following month. Disbursements shall occur not later than the tenth day of the month succeeding the month in which the wireless 9-1-1 charges imposed under section 128.40 of the Revised Code and the next generation 9-1-1 access fees imposed under sections 128.41 and 128.42 of the Revised Code are remitted. (2) The next generation 9-1-1 fund shall be administered by the department of administrative services and used exclusively to pay costs of installing, maintaining, and operating the call routing and core services statewide next generation 9-1-1 system. (B) Immediately upon receipt by a county treasurer of a disbursement under division (A) of this section, the county shall disburse, in accordance with the allocation formula set forth in the final plan, the amount the county so received to any other subdivisions in the county and any regional councils of governments in the county that pay the costs of a public safety answering point providing wireless enhanced 9-1-1 under the plan. (C) Nothing in this chapter affects the authority of a subdivision operating or served by a public safety answering point of a 9-1-1 system or a regional council of governments operating a public safety answering point of a 9-1-1 system to use, as provided in the final plan for the system, any other authorized revenue of the subdivision or the regional council of governments for the purposes of providing basic or enhanced 9-1-1. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 4:37 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.582 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.582
§ 145.582. Providing health care coverage for elected officials given erroneous information
Status: in_force

July 8, 1993 Senate Bill 43 - 120th General Assembly If the public employees retirement system, between June 1, 1992, and December 31, 1992, informed a member in writing that, as a recipient of age and service retirement, the member will receive health care coverage, the system shall grant full-time service credit to the member for each month of contributing service as an elected official prior to December 31, 1987, only for the purpose of health care coverage under section 145.58 of the Revised Code, provided the member canceled a policy of health insurance in reliance on the system's written notice. Health care coverage to be provided under this section is effective on the date specified in the writing informing the member that he will receive health care coverage.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.90 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.90
§ 122.90. Guarantee of bonds executed by sureties for minority businesses and EDGE business enterprises
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) The director of development may guarantee bonds executed by sureties for minority businesses and EDGE business enterprises certified under section 122.922 of the Revised Code as principals on contracts with the state, any political subdivision or instrumentality, or any person as the obligee. The director, as guarantor, may exercise all the rights and powers of a company authorized by the department of insurance to guarantee bonds under Chapter 3929. of the Revised Code but otherwise is not subject to any laws related to a guaranty company under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code nor to any rules of the department of insurance. (B) The director shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish procedures for the application for bond guarantees and the review and approval of applications for bond guarantees submitted by sureties that execute bonds eligible for guarantees under division (A) of this section. (C) In accordance with rules adopted pursuant to this section, the director may guarantee up to ninety per cent of the loss incurred and paid by sureties on bonds guaranteed under division (A) of this section. (D) The penal sum amounts of all outstanding guarantees made by the director under this section shall not exceed three times the difference between the amount of moneys in the minority business bonding fund and available to the fund under division (B) of section 169.05 of the Revised Code and the amount of all outstanding bonds issued by the director in accordance with division (A) of section 122.89 of the Revised Code. (E) The director of development, with controlling board approval, may approve one application per fiscal year from each surety bond company for bond guarantees in an amount requested to support one fiscal year of that company's activity under this section. A surety bond company that applies for a bond guarantee under this division, whether or not the guarantee is approved, is not restricted from also applying for individual bond guarantees under division (A) of this section. Last updated August 4, 2021 at 10:40 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.21
§ 124.21. Civil service districts
Status: in_force

December 4, 1973 Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly The director of administrative services may divide the state into civil service districts, and establish an officer in each of such districts. The director may place in charge of each such district an assistant whose duties and compensation shall be determined and fixed by the rules of the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.43
§ 111.43. Protection of confidential address
Status: in_force

April 29, 2022 House Bill 93 - 134th General Assembly (A) A program participant may request that a governmental entity, other than a board of elections, use the address designated by the secretary of state as the program participant's address. Except as otherwise provided in division (F) of this section and in section 111.44 of the Revised Code, if the program participant requests that a governmental entity use that address, the governmental entity shall accept that address. The program participant shall provide the program participant's address confidentiality program authorization card as proof of the program participant's status. (B) A program participant who acquires an ownership interest in real property in this state after being certified as a program participant and after the effective date of this amendment may submit a real property confidentiality notice to the county recorder of the county in which the real property is located, as described in section 111.431 of the Revised Code. (C) If a program participant's employer, school, or institution of higher education is not a governmental entity, the program participant may request that the employer, school, or institution of higher education use the address designated by the secretary of state as the program participant's address. The program participant may provide the program participant's address confidentiality program authorization card as proof of the program participant's status. (D)(1) The office of the secretary of state shall, on each day that the secretary of state's office is open for business, place all of the following that the secretary of state receives on behalf of a program participant into an envelope or package and mail that envelope or package to the program participant at the mailing address the program participant provided to the secretary of state for that purpose: (a) First class letters, flats, packages, or parcels delivered via the United States postal service, including priority, express, and certified mail; (b) Packages or parcels that are clearly identifiable as containing pharmaceutical agents or medical supplies; (c) Packages, parcels, periodicals, or catalogs that are clearly identifiable as being sent by a governmental entity; (d) Periodicals to which the program participant subscribes; (e) Packages, parcels, or catalogs that have received prior authorization from the office of the secretary of state for forwarding under this section. (2) Except as provided in divisions (D)(1)(a) to (e) of this section, the office of the secretary of state shall not forward any packages, parcels, periodicals, or catalogs received on behalf of a program participant. (3) The secretary of state may contract with the United States postal service to establish special postal rates for the envelopes or packages used in forwarding a program participant's mail under this section. (4)(a) Upon receiving service of process on behalf of a program participant, the office of the secretary of state shall immediately forward the process by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the program participant at the mailing address the program participant provided to the secretary of state for that purpose. Service of process upon the office of the secretary of state on behalf of a program participant constitutes service upon the program participant under rule 4.2 of the Rules of Civil Procedure. (b) The secretary of state may prescribe by rule the manner in which process may be served on the secretary of state as the agent of a program participant. (c) Upon request by a person who intends to serve process on an individual, the secretary of state shall confirm whether the individual is a program participant but shall not disclose any other information concerning a program participant. (E)(1) A program participant may submit to the secretary of state, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, an authorization for the secretary of state to disclose confidential information concerning the program participant under one or more of the following circumstances, as indicated on the authorization form: (a) To an official or employee of the United States postal service for the purpose of performing the secretary of state's duties under division (D) of this section; (b) To any of the following persons for the purpose of confirming the program participant's status as a program participant, for the purpose of verifying the program participant's residence address, or for other similar purposes in order to assist the program participant: (i) A judge or magistrate; (ii) An official or employee of the bureau of motor vehicles; (iii) A school administrator; (iv) An administrator of a public assistance program; (v) An administrator of a food pantry. (c) To another person identified on the authorization form for a purpose indicated on the authorization form. (2) A person authorized under division (E)(1) of this section to receive a program participant's confidential information may request only the information that the person or the person's office requires under normal circumstances. The person shall not require the disclosure of information as a condition of receiving any services to which the applicant or participant is otherwise entitled. (3) Upon receiving a request for information concerning a program participant who has submitted a valid authorization form under division (E)(1) of this section, the secretary of state shall determine whether the authorization form permits the secretary of state to disclose the information to the requestor and, if so, within ten business days, shall disclose that information to the requestor along with the following statement: "You are not permitted to redisclose the following information for any reason. Failure to protect the confidentiality of this information is a violation of state law." (F) Division (A) of this section does not apply to a municipal-owned public utility. The confidential addresses of participants of the address confidentiality program that are maintained by a municipal-owned public utility are not a public record and shall not be released by a municipal-owned public utility or by any employee of a municipal-owned public utility. Last updated February 10, 2022 at 5:37 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.30
§ 109.30. Notice of creation of charitable trust to attorney general and specified persons after probate of will
Status: in_force

May 31, 1990 House Bill 346 - 118th General Assembly After admission to probate of a will creating or purporting to create a charitable trust that must be registered under section 109.26 of the Revised Code, or containing a gift valued in excess of one thousand dollars to any charitable trust, notice shall be given to the attorney general, as well as to the persons specified in division (A)(1) of section 2107.19 of the Revised Code, in accordance with that section. If probate of a will creating or purporting to create any charitable trust is refused by interlocutory order under section 2107.181 of the Revised Code, notice of the further hearing under that section shall be given to the attorney general as well as to the other necessary parties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 120.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 120 / § 120.35
§ 120.35. Capital case reimbursement
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly The state public defender shall, pursuant to section 120.18 , 120.28 , 120.33 , or 2941.51 of the Revised Code, reimburse the costs and expenses of conducting the defense in capital cases, in an amount determined as specified in section 120.34 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 119.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 119 / § 119.06
§ 119.06. Adjudication order of agency valid and effective - hearings - periodic registration of licenses
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly No adjudication order of an agency shall be valid unless the agency is specifically authorized by law to make such order. No adjudication order shall be valid unless an opportunity for a hearing is afforded in accordance with sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code. Such opportunity for a hearing shall be given before making the adjudication order except in those situations where this section provides otherwise. The following adjudication orders shall be effective without a hearing: (A) Orders revoking a license in cases where an agency is required by statute to revoke a license pursuant to the judgment of a court; (B) Orders suspending a license where a statute specifically permits the suspension of a license without a hearing; (C) Orders or decisions of an authority within an agency if the rules of the agency or the statutes pertaining to such agency specifically give a right of appeal to a higher authority within such agency, to another agency, or to the board of tax appeals, and also give the appellant a right to a hearing on such appeal. When a statute permits the suspension of a license without a prior hearing, any agency issuing an order pursuant to such statute shall afford the person to whom the order is issued a hearing upon request. Whenever an agency claims that a person is required by statute to obtain a license, it shall afford a hearing upon the request of a person who claims that the law does not impose such a requirement. Every agency shall afford a hearing upon the request of any person who has been refused admission to an examination where such examination is a prerequisite to the issuance of a license unless a hearing was held prior to such refusal. Unless a hearing was held prior to the refusal to issue the license, every agency shall afford a hearing upon the request of a person whose application for a license has been rejected and to whom the agency has refused to issue a license, whether it is a renewal or a new license, except that the following are not required to afford a hearing to a person to whom a new license has been refused because the person failed a licensing examination: the state medical board, state chiropractic board, architects board, Ohio landscape architects board, and any section of the Ohio occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic trainers board. When periodic registration of licenses is required by law, the agency shall afford a hearing upon the request of any licensee whose registration has been denied, unless a hearing was held prior to such denial. When periodic registration of licenses or renewal of licenses is required by law, a licensee who has filed an application for registration or renewal within the time and in the manner provided by statute or rule of the agency shall not be required to discontinue a licensed business or profession merely because of the failure of the agency to act on the licensee's application. An agency's rejection of an application for registration or renewal shall not be effective until the fifteenth day after the notice of the rejection is mailed to the licensee. Last updated September 6, 2023 at 4:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.461 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.461
§ 128.461. Interest on remitted charges
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Every wireless 9-1-1 charge and next generation 9-1-1 access fee required to be remitted under section 128.46 of the Revised Code shall be subject to interest as prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code, calculated from the date the charge or fee was due under section 128.46 of the Revised Code to the date the charge or fee is remitted or the date of assessment, whichever occurs first. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 4:06 PM