Ohio Rev. Code § 145.114 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.114
§ 145.114. Designation of Ohio-qualified agents - selection policy - utilization - annual report
Status: in_force

March 31, 2021 House Bill 312 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section and in section 145.116 of the Revised Code: (1) "Agent" means a dealer, as defined in section 1707.01 of the Revised Code, who is licensed under sections 1707.01 to 1707.50 of the Revised Code or under comparable laws of another state or of the United States. (2) "Minority business enterprise" has the same meaning as in section 122.71 of the Revised Code. (3) "Ohio-qualified agent" means an agent designated as such by the public employees retirement board. (4) "Ohio-qualified investment manager" means an investment manager designated as such by the public employees retirement board. (5) "Principal place of business" means an office in which the agent regularly provides securities or investment advisory services and solicits, meets with, or otherwise communicates with clients. (B) The public employees retirement board shall, for the purposes of this section, designate an agent as an Ohio-qualified agent if the agent meets all of the following requirements: (1) The agent is subject to taxation under Chapter 5725., 5726., 5733., 5747., or 5751. of the Revised Code; (2) The agent is authorized to conduct business in this state; (3) The agent maintains a principal place of business in this state and employs at least five residents of this state. (C) The public employees retirement board shall adopt and implement a written policy to establish criteria and procedures used to select agents to execute securities transactions on behalf of the retirement system. The policy shall address each of the following: (1) Commissions charged by the agent, both in the aggregate and on a per share basis; (2) The execution speed and trade settlement capabilities of the agent; (3) The responsiveness, reliability, and integrity of the agent; (4) The nature and value of research provided by the agent; (5) Any special capabilities of the agent. (D)(1) The board shall, at least annually, establish a policy with the goal to increase utilization by the board of Ohio-qualified agents for the execution of domestic equity and fixed income trades on behalf of the retirement system, when an Ohio-qualified agent offers quality, services, and safety comparable to other agents otherwise available to the board and meets the criteria established under division (C) of this section. (2) The board shall review, at least annually, the performance of the agents that execute securities transactions on behalf of the board. (3) The board shall determine whether an agent is an Ohio-qualified agent, meets the criteria established by the board pursuant to division (C) of this section, and offers quality, services, and safety comparable to other agents otherwise available to the board. The board's determination shall be final.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.13
§ 124.13. Vacation leave
Status: in_force

June 14, 2000 House Bill 544 - 123rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "state employee" means a state employee who does not accrue vacation leave under section 124.134 of the Revised Code. (B) Each full-time state employee or county department of job and family services employee, including full-time hourly rate employees, after service of one year with the state, or any political subdivision of the state, shall have earned and will be due upon the attainment of the first year of employment, and annually thereafter, eighty hours of vacation leave with full pay. One year of service shall be computed on the basis of twenty-six biweekly pay periods. A full-time state employee, or county department of job and family services employee with eight or more years of service with the state or any political subdivision of the state shall have earned and is entitled to one hundred twenty hours of vacation leave with full pay. A full-time state employee or county department of job and family services employee with fifteen or more years of service with the state or any political subdivision of the state shall have earned and is entitled to one hundred sixty hours of vacation leave with full pay. A full-time state employee or county department of job and family services employee with twenty-five years of service with the state or any political subdivision of the state shall have earned and is entitled to two hundred hours of vacation leave with full pay. Such vacation leave shall accrue to the employee at the rate of three and one-tenth hours each biweekly period for those entitled to eighty hours per year; four and six-tenths hours each biweekly period for those entitled to one hundred twenty hours per year; six and two-tenths hours each biweekly period for those entitled to one hundred sixty hours per year; and seven and seven-tenths hours each biweekly period for those entitled to two hundred hours per year. The appointing authority of a county department of job and family services may permit all or any part of a person's prior service with any regional council of government established in accordance with Chapter 167. of the Revised Code to be considered service with the state or any political subdivision of the state for the purpose of determining years of service under this division. (C) Full-time state and county department of job and family services employees who are in active pay status for less than eighty hours in a pay period, and part-time state employees, shall earn vacation leave on a prorated basis. The ratio between the hours worked and the vacation hours earned by these classes of employees shall be the same as the ratio between the hours worked and the vacation hours earned by a full-time state or county department of job and family services employee who works forty hours in a pay period and who has the same amount of service as provided for in this section. (D) An employee shall take vacation leave during the year in which it accrues and is available for use that equals not less than the amount of vacation leave that the employee accrues and has available to use during that year, except that an appointing authority may permit an employee to carry over vacation leave to the following year. As used in this division, "year" means the twelve-month period that commences on an employee's anniversary date of employment. Employees shall forfeit their right to take or to be paid for any vacation leave to their credit which is in excess of the accrual for three years. Such excess leave shall be eliminated from the employees' leave balance. (E) Upon separation from state service, an employee shall be entitled to compensation at the employee's current rate of pay for all lawfully accrued and unused vacation leave to the employee's credit at the time of separation up to three years. In case of transfer of an employee from one state agency to another, or between a county and the state, the employee may elect to be compensated at the employee's current rate of pay for accrued and unused vacation leave at the time of transfer by the releasing agency or to retain the accrued and unused vacation leave. In case of death of an employee, such unused vacation leave shall be paid in accordance with section 2113.04 of the Revised Code, or to the employee's estate. Notwithstanding section 325.19 of the Revised Code, county department of job and family services employees shall receive vacation benefits as provided in this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 184.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 184 / § 184.20
§ 184.20. Conflict of interest - forfeiture - repayment
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly A member of the third frontier commission shall not receive support under section 184.11 of the Revised Code. A member who violates this section shall forfeit the support received and shall pay the amount forfeited to the third frontier commission. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 10:11 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.31
§ 124.31. Promotions
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly Vacancies in positions in the classified civil service of the state shall be filled insofar as practicable by promotions. The director of administrative services shall provide in the director's rules for keeping a record of efficiency for each employee in the classified civil service of the state, and for making promotions in the classified civil service of the state on the basis of merit and by conduct and capacity in office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.37
§ 145.37. Coordinating and integrating membership in state retirement systems
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "State retirement system" means the public employees retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state teachers retirement system. (2) "Total service credit" means all service credit earned in the state retirement systems, except credit for service subject to section 145.38 of the Revised Code. Total service credit shall not exceed one year of credit for any twelve-month period. (3) In addition to the meaning given in division (N) of section 145.01 of the Revised Code, "disability benefit" means "disability benefit" as defined in sections 3307.01 and 3309.01 of the Revised Code. (4) "Paying system" means the state retirement system in which the member has the greatest service credit, without adjustment or, if a member who has equal service credit in two or more retirement systems, the retirement system in which the member has the greatest total contributions. (5) "Transferring system" means the state retirement system transferring a member's contributions and service credit in that system to the paying system. (6) "Retention percentage" means five per cent, or a percentage determined under division (D) of this section, of a member's earnable salary in the case of a member of the public employees retirement system or five per cent, or a percentage determined under division (D) of this section, of a member's compensation in the case of a member of the state teachers retirement system or school employees retirement system. (B) To coordinate and integrate membership in the state retirement systems, at the election of a member, total contributions and service credit in all state retirement systems, including amounts paid to restore service credit under sections 145.311 , 3307.711 , and 3309.261 of the Revised Code, shall be used in determining the eligibility and total retirement or disability benefit payable. When total contributions and service credit are so combined, the following provisions apply: (1) Age and service retirement shall be effective on the first day of the month immediately following the later of: (a) The last day for which compensation was paid; (b) The attainment of minimum age or service credit eligibility for benefits provided under this section; (c) Ninety days prior to receipt by the board of the member's completed application for retirement. (2) Disability benefits shall be effective on the first day of the month immediately following the later of the following: (a) The last day for which compensation was paid; (b) The attainment of eligibility for a disability benefit. (3) The board of the paying system shall do both of the following: (a) Determine a member's eligibility for a retirement or disability benefit; (b) Calculate and pay the member's retirement or disability benefit. (4)(a) Each transferring system in which the member has service credit shall certify to the paying system all of the following: (i) The service credit earned by the member in the transferring system; (ii) The beginning and ending dates of the service credit period covered by the transferring system; (iii) Any breaks in service by the member, excluding school breaks; (iv) If available, a statement listing the member's monthly contributions and service credit earned, obtained, or purchased in the transferring system. (b) The certification under division (B)(4)(a) of this section may be reviewed by both the transferring system and the paying system. (5) In determining the total credit to be used in calculating a retirement or disability benefit, credit shall not be reduced below that certified by the transferring system, except as follows: (a) Not more than one year of credit may be certified by the transferring system for any one "year" as defined in the law of the transferring system. (b) The paying system may reduce any credit certified by the transferring system that is concurrent with any period of service credit the member earned from the paying system. (c) The paying system may reduce any credit certified by the transferring system if the amount certified, when added to the paying system's service credit for any one "year" as defined in the law of the paying system, exceeds one year. (6)(a) The paying system shall receive from the transferring system or systems all of the following for each year of service: (i) The amount contributed by the member, or, in the case of service credit purchased by the member, paid by the member, that is attributable to the year of service; (ii) An amount equal to the lesser of the employer's contributions made on behalf of the member to the transferring system for that year of service less the retention percentage or the amount that would have been contributed by the employer for the service had the member been a member of the public employees retirement system at the time the credit was earned less the retention percentage; (iii) Interest compounded annually on the amounts specified in divisions (B)(6)(a)(i) and (ii) of this section at the lesser of the actuarial assumption rate for that year of the paying system or the transferring system or systems. (b) If applicable, the public employees retirement system shall pay to the paying system a portion of the amount paid on behalf of the member by an employer under section 145.483 of the Revised Code. The portion shall be paid from the employers' accumulation fund and shall equal the product obtained by multiplying by two the amount the member would have contributed during the period the employer failed to deduct contributions, as described in section 145.483 of the Revised Code. (7) The annuity rates and mortality tables of the paying system shall be exclusively applicable. (8) Deposits made for the purpose of an additional annuity, together with earnings as provided in section 145.62 of the Revised Code, upon the request of the member, shall be transferred to the paying system. The return upon such deposits shall be that offered by the paying system. (9) A former member receiving a retirement or disability benefit under this section, who accepts employment amenable to coverage in any state retirement system that participated in the former member's combined benefit, shall be subject to the applicable provisions of law governing such re-employment. If a former member should be paid any amount in a retirement benefit, to which the former member is not entitled under the applicable provisions of law governing such re-employment, such amount shall be recovered by the paying system by utilizing any recovery procedure available under the paying system's re-employment provisions. (C) A PERS retirant or other system retirant, as defined in section 145.38 of the Revised Code, is not eligible to receive any benefit under this section for service subject to section 145.38 of the Revised Code. (D) The retention percentage used in the calculation under division (B)(6)(a)(ii) of this section shall be reviewed by the state retirement systems not less than once every five years after the effective date of this amendment or on request of any of the systems. If the retirement systems agree, the retention percentage may be changed if any system's employer contribution rate increases or decreases or the systems agree that a change is in the interest of one or more of the systems.
Ohio Rev. Code § 106.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 106 / § 106.031
§ 106.031. Procedures for no change rules
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly If an agency, on the basis of its review of a rule under section 106.03 of the Revised Code, determines that the rule does not need to be amended or rescinded, proceedings shall be had as follows: (A)(1) If, considering only the standard of review specified in division (A)(7) of section 106.03 of the Revised Code, the rule has an adverse impact on businesses, the agency shall prepare a business impact analysis that describes its review of the rule under that division and that explains why the regulatory intent of the rule justifies its adverse impact on businesses. If the rule does not have an adverse impact on businesses, the agency may proceed under division (B) of this section. (2) The agency shall transmit a copy of the full text of the rule and the business impact analysis electronically to the common sense initiative office. The office shall make the rule and analysis available to the public on its web site under section 107.62 of the Revised Code. (3) The agency shall consider any recommendations made by the office. (4) Not earlier than the sixteenth business day after transmitting the rule and analysis to the office, the agency shall either (a) proceed under divisions (A)(5) and (B) of this section or (b) commence, under division (B)(1) of section 106.03 of the Revised Code, the process of rescinding the rule or of amending the rule to incorporate into the rule features the recommendations suggest will eliminate or reduce the adverse impact the rule has on businesses. If the agency determines to amend or rescind the rule, the agency is not subject to the time limit specified in division (B)(1) of section 106.03 of the Revised Code. (5) If the agency receives recommendations from the office, and determines not to amend or rescind the rule, the agency shall prepare a memorandum of response that explains why the rule is not being rescinded or why the recommendations are not being incorporated into the rule. (B) The agency shall assign a new review date to the rule. The review date assigned shall be not later than five years after the immediately preceding review date pertaining to the rule. If the agency assigns a review date that exceeds the five-year maximum, the review date is five years after the immediately preceding review date. The immediately preceding review date includes the date of the review of a rule under section 106.032 of the Revised Code. (C) The agency shall file all the following, in electronic form, with the joint committee on agency rule review, the secretary of state, and the director of the legislative service commission: a copy of the rule specifying its new review date, a complete and accurate rule summary and fiscal analysis, and, if relevant, a business impact analysis of the rule, any recommendations received from the common sense initiative office, and any memorandum of response. (D) The joint committee shall publish notice of the agency's determination not to amend or rescind the rule in the register of Ohio for four consecutive weeks after the rule is filed under division (C) of this section. (E) During the ninety-day period after a rule is filed under division (C) of this section, but after the four-week notice period required by division (D) of this section has ended, the joint committee may recommend to the senate and house of representatives the adoption of a concurrent resolution invalidating the rule if the joint committee finds any of the following: (1) The agency improperly applied the standards in division (A) of section 106.03 of the Revised Code in reviewing the rule and in determining that the rule did not need amendment or rescission. (2) The rule has an adverse impact on businesses, and the agency has failed to demonstrate through a business impact analysis, recommendations from the common sense initiative office, and a memorandum of response that the regulatory intent of the rule justifies its adverse impact on businesses. (3) If the rule incorporates a text or other material by reference, any of the following applies: (a) The citation accompanying the incorporation by reference is not such as reasonably would enable a reasonable person to whom the rule applies readily and without charge to find and inspect the incorporated text or other material; (b) The citation accompanying the incorporation by reference is not such as reasonably would enable the joint committee readily and without charge to find and inspect the incorporated text or other material; or (c) The rule has been exempted in whole or in part from sections 121.71 to 121.74 of the Revised Code on grounds the incorporated text or other material has one or more of the characteristics described in division (B) of section 121.75 of the Revised Code, but the incorporated text or other material actually does not have any of those characteristics. (4) If the agency is subject to sections 121.95 , 121.951 , 121.952 , and 121.953 of the Revised Code, the agency has failed to justify the retention of a rule containing a regulatory restriction. (5) The rule implements a federal law or rule in a manner that is more stringent or burdensome than the federal law or rule requires. If the agency fails to comply with section 106.03 or 106.031 of the Revised Code, the joint committee shall afford the agency an opportunity to appear before the joint committee to show cause why the agency has not complied with either or both of those sections. If the agency appears before the joint committee at the time scheduled for the agency to show cause, and fails to do so, the joint committee, by vote of a majority of its members present, may recommend the adoption of a concurrent resolution invalidating the rule for the agency's failure to show cause. Or if the agency fails to appear before the joint committee at the time scheduled for the agency to show cause, the joint committee, by vote of a majority of its members present, may recommend adoption of a concurrent resolution invalidating the rule for the agency's default. When the joint committee recommends that a rule be invalidated, the recommendation does not suspend operation of the rule, and the rule remains operational pending action by the senate and house of representatives on the concurrent resolution embodying the recommendation. If the senate and house of representatives adopt the concurrent resolution, the rule is invalid. If, however, the senate and house of representatives do not adopt the resolution, the rule continues in effect, and shall next be reviewed according to the new review date assigned to the rule. Last updated September 20, 2023 at 11:10 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.13
§ 109.13. General assembly may require written opinions
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When so required by resolution, the attorney general shall give his written opinion on questions of law to either house of the general assembly.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.301 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.301
§ 124.301. Waive residency for job and family services employee
Status: in_force

July 1, 2000 House Bill 470 - 123rd General Assembly The director of administrative services shall waive any residency requirement for the civil service established by a rule adopted under division (A) of section 124.09 of the Revised Code if the director of job and family services provides the director certification under section 5101.051 of the Revised Code that a position with the department of job and family services can best be filled if the residency requirement is waived.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.14
§ 145.14. Percentage of funds available for annuities and other payments - deposit
Status: in_force

September 21, 2000 House Bill 628 - 123rd General Assembly For the purpose of meeting disbursements for annuities and other payments in excess of the receipts, there shall be kept available by the treasurer of state an amount not exceeding ten per cent of the total amount in the funds provided for by this chapter on deposit in any bank or banks in this state, organized under the laws thereof, or under the laws of the United States, or with any trust company or trust companies incorporated by the law of this state. Said banks or trust companies shall furnish adequate security for said deposit. The sum so deposited in any one bank or trust company shall not exceed twenty-five per cent of the paid-up capital and surplus of said bank or trust company.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.363 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.363
§ 145.363. Social security disability insurance benefits
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly This section does not apply to a disability recipient who, at the time contributing service terminated, was a PERS law enforcement officer. (A) A recipient of a disability benefit granted under this chapter whose application for such benefit is received by the public employees retirement system on or after January 7, 2013, shall, regardless of when the disability occurred, apply for social security disability insurance benefit payments under 42 U.S.C. 423 if the recipient meets the requirements of divisions (a)(1)(A),(B), and (C) of that section. The application for a social security disability insurance benefit shall be made before the later of the ninety-first day after the recipient is granted a disability benefit under this chapter or the ninety-first day after the recipient attains eligibility to apply for a social security disability insurance benefit, unless the public employees retirement board's medical consultant determines from the member's medical records that the member is physically or mentally unable to make the application. The recipient shall file with the system a copy of the completed application or other evidence of application satisfactory to the board and the system shall accept the copy or other evidence as evidence of the member's application. If a recipient fails without just cause to apply for social security disability insurance benefit payments or to file a copy or other evidence of the application with the system, the disability benefit under this chapter shall be suspended until application is made and a copy or other evidence of the application filed with the system. If the recipient's failure to file a copy or other evidence of the application continues for one year, the disability benefit shall be terminated as of the effective date of the original suspension. (B) Regardless of whether the recipient's disability is ongoing, a recipient of a disability benefit under this chapter who also receives social security disability insurance benefit payments shall file an annual statement of earnings under section 145.362 of the Revised Code and include a copy of the social security disability insurance benefit annual reward letter that specifies the amount of the social security disability insurance program benefit. (C) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, if any year the total of a disability benefit recipient's benefit under this chapter and social security disability insurance benefit payments exceeds the recipient's adjusted final average salary, the annual benefit under this chapter shall be reduced so that the annual total equals the recipient's adjusted final average salary. The recipient's adjusted final average salary shall be determined by annually increasing the recipient's final average salary by the percentage increase in the consumer price index, not exceeding three per cent, as determined by the United States bureau of labor statistics (U.S. city average for urban wage earners and clerical workers: "all items 1982-84=100") for the twelve-month period ending on the thirtieth day of June of the immediately preceding calendar year. If the consumer price index for that period did not increase, no increase shall be made to the recipient's adjusted final average salary for that period. No adjustment to a benefit shall exceed the limit established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 415, as amended. If a disability benefit recipient receives retroactive payments of social security disability insurance benefits, the system may reduce future disability benefit payments under this chapter to recoup any overpayments. (D) The reductions required by division (C) of this section do not apply to a recipient of a disability benefit under this chapter who has not less than five years of service credit for periods during which the recipient had earnings from other employment that was subject to the tax imposed by the "Federal Insurance Contributions Act," 26 U.S.C. 3101.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.625 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.625
§ 135.625. State not liable to borrowers or lenders
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The state and the treasurer of state are not liable to any eligible lending institution or any eligible borrower in any manner for payment of the principal or interest on a loan to an eligible borrower. Any delay in payments, default on the part of an eligible borrower, or misuse or misconduct on the part of an eligible lending institution or eligible borrower does not in any manner affect the deposit agreement required by section 135.623 of the Revised Code between the eligible lending institution and the treasurer of state. (B) If an eligible lending institution changes the terms of a loan to an eligible borrower because of a delay in payments or default, the amount of the linked deposit associated with the loan plus applicable interest and without early withdrawal penalties shall be returned to the treasurer of state by the eligible lending institution in a timely manner as prescribed by the treasurer of state. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 3:58 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 184.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 184 / § 184.19
§ 184.19. Third frontier research and development fund
Status: in_force

January 4, 2006 Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly The third frontier research and development fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of the net proceeds of the obligations issued and sold by the issuing authority pursuant to sections 151.01 and 151.10 of the Revised Code. Investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund shall be used in accordance with sections 184.10 to 184.18 and 184.20 of the Revised Code and for associated administrative expenses.
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.33
§ 131.33. Unexpended balances
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) No state agency shall incur an obligation which exceeds the agency's current appropriation authority. Except as provided in division (D) of this section, unexpended balances of appropriations shall, at the close of the period for which the appropriations are made, revert to the funds from which the appropriations were made, except that the director of budget and management shall transfer such unexpended balances from the first fiscal year to the second fiscal year of an agency's appropriations to the extent necessary for voided warrants to be reissued pursuant to division (C) of section 126.37 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in this section, appropriations made to a specific fiscal year shall be expended only to pay liabilities incurred within that fiscal year. (B) All payrolls shall be charged to the allotments of the fiscal quarters in which the applicable payroll vouchers are certified by the director of budget and management in accordance with section 126.07 of the Revised Code. As used in this division, "payrolls" means any payment made in accordance with section 125.21 of the Revised Code. (C) Legal liabilities from prior fiscal years for which there is no reappropriation authority shall be discharged from the unencumbered balances of current appropriations. (D)(1) Federal grant funds obligated by the department of job and family services or the department of children and youth for financial allocations to county family services agencies and local boards may, at the discretion of the director of job and family services or the director of children and youth, be available for expenditure for the duration of the federal grant period of obligation and liquidation, as follows: (a) At the end of the state fiscal year, all unexpended county family services agency and local board financial allocations obligated from federal grant funds may continue to be valid for expenditure during subsequent state fiscal years. (b) The financial allocations described in division (D)(1)(a) of this section shall be reconciled at the end of the federal grant period of availability or as required by federal law, regardless of the state fiscal year of the appropriation. (2) The director of job and family services and the director of children and youth may adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, as if they were internal management rules, as necessary to implement division (D) of this section. (3) As used in division (D) of this section: (a) "County family services agency" has the same meaning as in section 307.981 of the Revised Code. (b) "Local board" has the same meaning as in section 6301.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 166.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 166 / § 166.13
§ 166.13. Determining whether assistance will conform to chapter requirements
Status: in_force

September 16, 2014 House Bill 486 - 130th General Assembly (A) Prior to entering into each agreement to provide innovation financial assistance under sections 166.12 , 166.15 , and 166.16 of the Revised Code, the director of development services shall determine whether the assistance will conform to the requirements of sections 166.12 to 166.16 of the Revised Code. Such determination, and the facts upon which it is based, shall be set forth by the director in submissions made to the controlling board when the director seeks a release of moneys under section 166.12 of the Revised Code. An agreement to provide assistance under sections 166.12 , 166.15 , and 166.16 of the Revised Code shall set forth the determination, which shall be conclusive for purposes of the validity and enforceability of the agreement and any innovation loan guarantees, innovation loans, or other agreements entered into pursuant to the agreement to provide innovation financial assistance. (B) Whenever a person applies for innovation financial assistance under sections 166.12 , 166.15 , and 166.16 of the Revised Code and the eligible innovation project for which innovation financial assistance is requested is to relocate an eligible innovation project that is currently being operated by the person and that is located in another county, municipal corporation, or township, the person shall provide written notification to the appropriate local governmental bodies and state officials. The director may not enter into an agreement to provide innovation financial assistance until the director determines that the appropriate local government bodies and state officials have been notified. (C) As used in division (B) of this section: (1) "Appropriate local governmental bodies" means: (a) The boards of county commissioners or legislative authorities of the county in which the project for which innovation financial assistance is requested is located and of the county in which the eligible innovation project to be replaced is located; (b) The legislative authority of the municipal corporation or the board of township trustees of the township in which the eligible innovation project for which innovation financial assistance is requested is located; and (c) The legislative authority of the municipal corporation or the board of township trustees of the township in which the eligible innovation project to be replaced is located. (2) "State officials" means: (a) The state representative and state senator in whose districts the project for which innovation financial assistance is requested is located; (b) The state representative and state senator in whose districts the innovation project to be replaced is located. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 148.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 148 / § 148.06
§ 148.06. Additional programs for deferral of compensation
Status: in_force

March 21, 2017 Senate Bill 220 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Government unit" means a county, park district of any kind, conservancy district, sanitary district, regional water and sewer district, regional transit authority, health district, public library district, county law library, joint county department of job and family services, or a detention facility district of any kind. (2) "Governing board" means, in the case of the county, the board of county commissioners; in the case of a park district, the board of park commissioners; in the case of a conservancy district, the district's board of directors; in the case of a sanitary district, the district's board of directors; in the case of a regional water and sewer district, the district's board of trustees; in the case of a regional transit authority, the authority's board of trustees; in the case of a health district, the board of health; in the case of a public library district, the board of library trustees; in the case of a county law library, the board of trustees of the law library association; in the case of a joint county department of job and family services, the department's board of directors; and in the case of a detention facility district, the board or joint board of county commissioners. (B) In addition to the program of deferred compensation that may be offered under this chapter, a governing board may offer to all of the officers and employees of the government unit not to exceed two additional programs for deferral of compensation designed for favorable tax treatment of the compensation so deferred. Any such program shall include a reasonable number of options to the officer or employee for the investment of the deferred funds, including annuities, variable annuities, regulated investment trusts, or other forms of investment approved by the governing board, that will assure the desired tax treatment of the funds. A governing board may establish a designated Roth account feature or any other feature in which an officer or employee of the government unit may make tax-deferred or nontax-deferred contributions to an eligible government plan in accordance with 26 U.S.C. 457, as amended. Both of the following apply to a deferred compensation program established under this section: (1) Any income deferred under the program shall continue to be included as regular compensation for the purpose of computing the contributions to and benefits from the officer's or employee's retirement system; (2) Any sums deferred shall not be included in the computation of any federal and state income taxes withheld on behalf of an officer or employee. Sums contributed to a Roth account feature or other feature to which nontax-deferred contributions are made shall be included in the computation of any federal and state income taxes withheld on behalf of an officer or employee.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.541 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.541
§ 173.541. Eligibility for assisted living program
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly To be eligible for the medicaid-funded component of the assisted living program, an individual must meet all of the following requirements: (A) Need an intermediate level of care as determined by an assessment conducted under section 173.546 of the Revised Code; (B) While receiving assisted living services under the medicaid-funded component, reside in a residential care facility that is authorized by a valid medicaid provider agreement to participate in the component, including both of the following: (1) A residential care facility that is owned or operated by a metropolitan housing authority that has a contract with the United States department of housing and urban development to receive an operating subsidy or rental assistance for the residents of the facility; (2) A county or district home licensed as a residential care facility. (C) Meet all other eligibility requirements for the medicaid-funded component established in rules adopted under section 173.54 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.353 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.353
§ 135.353. County may invest inactive moneys in linked deposits
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) In addition to the investments specified in section 135.35 of the Revised Code, the investing authority of a county may do all of the following: (1) Invest inactive or public moneys in linked deposits as authorized by resolution adopted pursuant to section 135.80 or 135.801 of the Revised Code; (2) Invest inactive or public moneys in linked deposits as authorized by resolution adopted pursuant to section 135.805 of the Revised Code for a term considered appropriate by the investing authority, but not exceeding fifteen years, which investment may be renewed for up to two additional terms with each additional term not exceeding fifteen years. (3) Invest inactive moneys in certificates of deposit in accordance with all of the following: (a) The inactive moneys initially are deposited with an eligible public depository described in section 135.32 of the Revised Code and selected by the investing authority. (b) For the investing authority depositing the inactive moneys pursuant to division (A)(3)(a) of this section, the eligible public depository selected pursuant to that division invests the inactive moneys in certificates of deposit of one or more federally insured banks, savings banks, or savings and loan associations, wherever located. The full amount of principal and any accrued interest of each certificate of deposit invested in pursuant to division (A)(3)(b) of this section shall be insured by federal deposit insurance. (c) For the investing authority depositing the inactive moneys pursuant to division (A)(3)(a) of this section, the eligible public depository selected pursuant to that division acts as custodian of the certificates of deposit described in division (A)(3)(b) of this section. (d) On the same date the public moneys are redeposited by the public depository, the public depository may, in its sole discretion, choose whether to receive deposits, in any amount, from other banks, savings banks, or savings and loan associations. (e) The public depository provides to the investing authority a monthly account statement that includes the amount of its funds deposited and held at each bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association for which the public depository acts as a custodian pursuant to this section. (B) Inactive moneys deposited or invested in accordance with division (A)(3) of this section are not subject to any pledging requirements described in section 135.181 , 135.182 , or 135.37 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.903 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.903
§ 125.903. [Former R.C. 113.41, amended and renumbered by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 10/3/2023] Database of real property under state control
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of administrative services shall develop and maintain a comprehensive and descriptive database of all real property under the custody and control of the state, except when otherwise required for reasons of homeland security. The database shall adequately describe, when known, the location, boundary, and acreage of the property, the use and name of the property, and the contact information and name of the state agency managing the property. The information in the database shall be available to the public free of charge through a searchable internet web site. (B) Each landholding state agency shall collect and maintain a geographic information systems database of its respective landholdings, and shall provide the database to the Ohio geographically referenced information program council established in section 125.901 of the Revised Code. (C) As used in this section, "state-owned property" does not include state property owned or under the control of the general assembly or any legislative agency, any court or judicial agency, the secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, or attorney general and their respective offices. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.56
§ 173.56. Rules
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The department of aging shall adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code governing appeals brought under section 173.523 or 173.545 of the Revised Code. The rules shall require notice and the opportunity for a hearing. The rules may allow an appeal hearing to be conducted by telephone and permit the department to record hearings conducted by telephone. Chapter 119. of the Revised Code applies to a hearing under section 173.523 or 173.545 of the Revised Code only to the extent provided in rules the department adopts under this section. (B) An appeal shall be commenced by submission of a written request for a hearing to the director of aging within the time specified in the rules adopted under this section. The hearing may be recorded, but neither the recording nor a transcript of the recording is part of the official record of the proceeding. The director shall notify the individual bringing the appeal of the director's decision and of the procedure for appealing the decision. (C) The director's decision may be appealed to a court of common pleas pursuant to section 119.12 of the Revised Code. The appeal shall be governed by that section except as follows: (1) The appeal shall be in the court of common pleas of the county in which the individual who brings the appeal resides or, if the individual does not reside in this state, to the Franklin county court of common pleas. (2) The notice of appeal must be mailed to the department and filed with the court not later than thirty days after the department mails notice of the director's decision. For good cause shown, the court may extend the time for mailing and filing the notice of appeal, but the time cannot exceed six months from the date the department mails the notice of the director's decision. (3) If an individual applies to the court for designation as an indigent and the court grants the application, the individual shall not be required to furnish the costs of the appeal. (4) The department is required to file a transcript of the testimony of the state hearing with the court only if the court orders that the transcript be filed. The court shall make such an order only if it finds that the department and the individual bringing the appeal are unable to stipulate to the facts of the case and that the transcript is essential to a determination of the appeal. The department shall file the transcript not later than thirty days after such an order is issued.
Ohio Rev. Code § 188.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 188 / § 188.23
§ 188.23. Servient estate damage action prohibited
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly The owner of a servient estate of an easement described in section 188.02 of the Revised Code may not bring an action described in section 188.05 of the Revised Code if any of the following apply: (A) The owner, either directly or through the owner's membership in the electric cooperative or otherwise, authorized the electric cooperative's electric delivery system for the provision of broadband services. (B) The owner, or any of the previous owners of the property that makes up the servient estate, has agreed to, or granted permission for, the use of the easement to provide broadband service. (C) The facilities providing broadband service are used or are capable of being used to assist in the transmission, delivery, or use of electric service. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 1:00 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.11
§ 145.11. Investment powers and fiduciary duties of board
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 6 - 135th General Assembly (A) The members of the public employees retirement board shall be the trustees of the funds created by section 145.23 of the Revised Code. The board shall have full power to invest the funds. The board and other fiduciaries shall discharge their duties with respect to the funds solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries; for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to participants and their beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the public employees retirement system; with care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with these matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims; and by diversifying the investments of the system so as to minimize the risk of large losses, unless under the circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so. The board, in accordance with its fiduciary duties described under this section, shall make investment decisions with the sole purpose of maximizing the return on its investments. The board shall not make an investment decision with the primary purpose of influencing any social or environmental policy or attempting to influence the governance of any corporation. To facilitate investment of the funds, the board may establish a partnership, trust, limited liability company, corporation, including a corporation exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code, 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1, as amended, or any other legal entity authorized to transact business in this state. (B) In exercising its fiduciary responsibility with respect to the investment of the funds, it shall be the intent of the board to give consideration to investments that enhance the general welfare of the state and its citizens where the investments offer quality, return, and safety comparable to other investments currently available to the board. In fulfilling this intent, equal consideration shall also be given to investments otherwise qualifying under this section that involve minority owned and controlled firms and firms owned and controlled by women, either alone or in joint venture with other firms. The board shall adopt, in regular meeting, policies, objectives, or criteria for the operation of the investment program that include asset allocation targets and ranges, risk factors, asset class benchmarks, time horizons, total return objectives, and performance evaluation guidelines. In adopting policies and criteria for the selection of agents with whom the board may contract for the administration of the funds, the board shall comply with sections 145.114 and 145.116 of the Revised Code and shall also give equal consideration to minority owned and controlled firms, firms owned and controlled by women, and ventures involving minority owned and controlled firms and firms owned and controlled by women that otherwise meet the policies and criteria established by the board. Amendments and additions to the policies and criteria shall be adopted in regular meeting. The board shall publish its policies, objectives, and criteria under this provision no less often than annually and shall make copies available to interested parties. The board shall not adopt a policy, or take any action to promote a policy, under which the board makes investment decisions with the primary purpose of influencing any social or environmental policy or attempting to influence the governance of any corporation. When reporting on the performance of investments, the board shall comply with the performance presentation standards established by the association for investment management and research. (C) All investments shall be purchased at current market prices and the evidences of title of the investments shall be placed in the hands of the treasurer of state, who is hereby designated as custodian thereof, or in the hands of the treasurer of state's authorized agent. Evidences of title of the investments so purchased may be deposited by the treasurer of state for safekeeping with an authorized agent, selected by the treasurer of state, who is a qualified trustee under section 135.18 of the Revised Code. The treasurer of state or the agent shall collect the principal, dividends, distributions, and interest thereon as they become due and payable and place them when so collected into the custodial funds. The treasurer of state shall pay for investments purchased by the retirement board on receipt of written or electronic instructions from the board or the board's designated agent authorizing the purchase and pending receipt of the evidence of title of the investment by the treasurer of state or the treasurer of state's authorized agent. The board may sell investments held by the board, and the treasurer of state or the treasurer of state's authorized agent shall accept payment from the purchaser and deliver evidence of title of the investment to the purchaser on receipt of written or electronic instructions from the board or the board's designated agent authorizing the sale, and pending receipt of the moneys for the investments. The amount received shall be placed in the custodial funds. The board and the treasurer of state may enter into agreements to establish procedures for the purchase and sale of investments under this division and the custody of the investments. (D) No purchase or sale of any investment shall be made under this section except as authorized by the public employees retirement board. (E) Any statement of financial position distributed by the board shall include the fair value, as of the statement date, of all investments held by the board under this section. Last updated January 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.2915 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.2915
§ 145.2915. Credit for work missed while receiving workers' compensation
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "workers' compensation" means benefits paid under Chapter 4121. or 4123. of the Revised Code. (B) A member of the public employees retirement system may purchase service credit under this section for any period during which the member was out of service with a public employer and receiving workers' compensation if the member returns to employment covered by this chapter. (C) For credit purchased under this section: (1) If the member is employed by one public employer, for each year of credit, the member shall pay to the system for credit to the employees' savings fund an amount equal to the employee contribution required under section 145.47 of the Revised Code that would have been paid had the member not been out of service based on the salary of the member before the member was out of service. To this amount shall be added an amount equal to compound interest at a rate established by the public employees retirement board from the first date the member was out of service to the final date of payment. (2) If the member is employed by more than one public employer, the member is eligible to purchase credit under this section and make payments under division (C)(1) of this section only for the position for which the member received workers' compensation. For each year of credit, the member shall pay to the system for credit to the employees' savings fund an amount equal to the employee contribution required under section 145.47 of the Revised Code that would have been paid had the member not been out of service based on the salary of the member earned for the position for which the member received workers' compensation before the member was out of service. To this amount shall be added an amount equal to compound interest at a rate established by the public employees retirement board from the first date the member was out of service to the final date of payment. (D) The member may choose to purchase only part of such credit in any one payment, subject to board rules. (E) If a member makes a payment under division (C) of this section, the employer to which workers' compensation benefits are attributed shall pay to the system for credit to the employers' accumulation fund an amount equal to the employer contribution required under section 145.48 or 145.49 of the Revised Code corresponding to that payment that would have been paid had the member not been out of service based on the salary of the member before the member was out of service. Compound interest at a rate established by the board from the later of the member's date of re-employment or January 7, 2013, to the date of payment shall be added to this amount if the employer pays all or any portion of the amount after the end of the earlier of the following: (1) A period of five years; (2) A period that is three times the period during which the member was out of service and receiving workers' compensation. The period described in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section begins with the later of the member's date of re-employment or January 7, 2013. (F) The number of years purchased under this section shall not exceed three. Credit purchased under this section may be combined pursuant to section 145.37 of the Revised Code with credit purchased or obtained under Chapter 3307. or 3309. of the Revised Code for periods the member was out of service and receiving workers' compensation, but not more than a total of three years of credit may be used in determining retirement eligibility or calculating benefits under section 145.37 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.39
§ 124.39. Unused sick leave
Status: in_force

October 25, 1995 Senate Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly As used in this section, "retirement" means disability or service retirement under any state or municipal retirement system in this state. (A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(3) of this section, an employee of a state college or university may elect, at the time of retirement from active service and with ten or more years of service with the state or any of its political subdivisions, to be paid in cash for one-fourth of the value of the employee's accrued but unused sick leave credit. Such payment shall be based on the employee's rate of pay at the time of retirement. Payment for sick leave on this basis shall be considered to eliminate all sick leave credit accrued by the employee at that time. Such payment shall be made only once to any employee. The maximum payment which may be made under this division shall be for one-fourth of one hundred twenty days. (2) A state college or university may adopt a policy allowing an employee to receive payment for more than one-fourth the value of the employee's unused sick leave or for more than the aggregate value of thirty days of the employee's unused sick leave, or allowing the number of years of service to be less than ten. (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of division (A)(1) of this section, any employee who retired from the university of Cincinnati on or after September 25, 1978, and on or before November 15, 1981, may be paid in cash for up to one-half of the value of the employee's accrued but unused sick leave credit up to a maximum of sixty days if the employee otherwise meets the service and other requirements necessary to receive such payment and if any such payment has deducted from it any amount previously paid to the employee from the employee's accrued but unused sick leave credit at the time of the employee's retirement. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, an employee of a political subdivision covered by section 124.38 or 3319.141 of the Revised Code may elect, at the time of retirement from active service with the political subdivision, and with ten or more years of service with the state, any political subdivisions, or any combination thereof, to be paid in cash for one-fourth the value of the employee's accrued but unused sick leave credit. The payment shall be based on the employee's rate of pay at the time of retirement and eliminates all sick leave credit accrued but unused by the employee at the time payment is made. An employee may receive one or more payments under this division, but the aggregate value of accrued but unused sick leave credit that is paid shall not exceed, for all payments, the value of thirty days of accrued but unused sick leave. (C) A political subdivision may adopt a policy allowing an employee to receive payment for more than one-fourth the value of the employee's unused sick leave or for more than the aggregate value of thirty days of the employee's unused sick leave, or allowing the number of years of service to be less than ten. The political subdivision may also adopt a policy permitting an employee to receive payment upon a termination of employment other than retirement or permitting more than one payment to any employee. Notwithstanding section 325.17 or any other section of the Revised Code authorizing any appointing authority of a county office, department, commission, or board to set compensation, any modification of the right provided by division (B) of this section, and any policy adopted under division (C) of this section, shall only apply to a county office, department, commission, or board if it is adopted in one of the following ways: (1) By resolution of the board of county commissioners for any office, department, commission, or board that receives at least one-half of its funding from the county general revenue fund; (2) By order of any appointing authority of a county office, department, commission, or board that receives less than one-half of its funding from the county general revenue fund. Such office, department, commission, or board shall provide written notice to the board of county commissioners of such order. (3) As part of a collective bargaining agreement. A political subdivision may adopt policies similar to the provisions contained in sections 124.382 to 124.386 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.63
§ 109.63. Superintendent may testify
Status: in_force

September 24, 1963 House Bill 263 - 105th General Assembly The superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation and his assistants employed in accordance with section 109.51 of the Revised Code may testify in any court in this state to the same extent as any law enforcement officer in this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 123.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 123 / § 123.08
§ 123.08. Appointment of employees
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The director of administrative services shall appoint such forepersons, patrol officers, lock tenders, inspectors, engineers, and all other employees as are necessary for the maintenance and operation of the public works. They shall be assigned to duty under the supervision of the director, under rules and regulations prescribed by the director. Any such employee, when deemed necessary by the director, shall give proper bond to the state, conditioned for the faithful performance of the employee's duties. Such bonds may, in the discretion of the director, be individual, schedule, or blanket bonds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.295 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.295
§ 145.295. Credit for service in uniform retirement system
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and section 145.2913 of the Revised Code: (1) "Uniform retirement system" or "uniform system" means the Ohio police and fire pension fund or state highway patrol retirement system. (2) "Military service credit" means credit purchased or obtained under this chapter or Chapter 742. or 5505. of the Revised Code for service in the armed forces of the United States. (B) A member of the public employees retirement system who has contributions on deposit with, but is no longer contributing to, a uniform retirement system shall, in computing years of service, be given full credit for service credit earned under Chapter 742. or 5505. of the Revised Code or for military service credit if a transfer to the public employees retirement system is made under this division. At the request of the member a transfer shall be made if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The member's service credit in the public employees retirement system is greater than the amount of credit that would be transferred under this division. (2) The member is eligible, or with the credit will be eligible, for a retirement or disability benefit. (3) The member agrees to retire or accept a disability benefit not later than ninety days after receiving notice from the public employees retirement system that the credit has been obtained. (4) For each year of service the uniform system transfers to the public employees retirement system the sum of the following: (a) An amount equal to the member's accumulated contributions to the uniform system making the transfer and any payments by the member for military service credit; (b) An amount equal to the lesser of the employer's contributions to the uniform system or the appropriate employer contribution under section 145.48 or 145.49 of the Revised Code; (c) Interest, determined as provided in division (H) of this section, on the amounts specified in divisions (B)(4)(a) and (b) of this section for the period from the last day of the year for which the service credit in the uniform system was earned or in which the military service credit was purchased or obtained to the date the transfer is made. (C) A member of the public employees retirement system who has at least eighteen months of contributing service credit with the public employees retirement system, who is a former member of a uniform retirement system, and who has received a refund of the member's accumulated contributions to that uniform system may obtain credit for service credit earned under Chapter 742. or 5505. of the Revised Code or for military service credit if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The member's service credit in the public employees retirement system is greater than the amount of credit that would be transferred under this division. (2) The member is eligible, or with the credit will be eligible, for a retirement or disability benefit. (3) The member agrees to retire or accept a disability benefit not later than ninety days after receiving notice from the public employees retirement system that the credit has been obtained. (4) For each year of service, the public employees retirement system receives the sum of the following: (a) An amount, which shall be paid by the member, equal to the amount refunded by the uniform system to the member for that year for accumulated contributions and payments for military service credit, with interest at a rate established by the public employees retirement board on that amount from the date of the refund to the date of the payment; (b) Interest, which shall be transferred by the uniform system, on the amount refunded to the member that is attributable to the year of service from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit to the date the refund was made; (c) An amount, which shall be transferred by the uniform system, equal to the lesser of the employer's contributions to the uniform system or the appropriate employer contribution under section 145.48 or 145.49 of the Revised Code, with interest on that amount from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit to the date of the transfer. On receipt of payment from the member, the public employees retirement system shall notify the uniform system, which, on receipt of the notice, shall make the transfer required by this division. Interest shall be determined as provided in division (H) of this section. (D) A member of the public employees retirement system who purchased credit under former division (A)(1) of this section, as it existed before August 25, 1995, for service as a member of a uniform retirement system may elect to have the amount the member paid for this service credit refunded to the member under this division if the member agrees to repurchase this service credit pursuant to division (C) of this section. (E) Service credit purchased or otherwise obtained under this section shall be considered the equivalent of Ohio service credit. The public employees retirement system shall withdraw the credit and refund all amounts paid or transferred under this section if either of the following occurs: (1) The member fails to retire or accept a disability benefit not later than ninety days after receiving notice from the public employees retirement system that credit has been obtained. (2) The member's application for a disability benefit is denied. A member may choose to purchase only part of the credit the member is eligible to purchase under division (C) of this section, subject to rules of the public employees retirement board. A member is ineligible to purchase or otherwise obtain credit under this section for service to be used in calculation of any retirement benefit currently being paid or payable to the member in the future under any other retirement program or for service credit that may be transferred under section 145.2913 of the Revised Code. (F) If a member of the public employees retirement system who is not a current contributor elects to receive credit under section 742.21 or 5505.40 of the Revised Code for service for which the member contributed to the system or made payment for military service credit, the system shall transfer to the Ohio police and fire pension fund or the state highway patrol retirement system, as applicable, the amount specified in division (D) of section 742.21 or division (B)(2) of section 5505.40 of the Revised Code. (G) A member of the public employees retirement system who earned service credit in the public employees retirement system for full-time service as a township or municipal police officer and received service credit in the Ohio police and fire pension fund under section 742.511 or 742.512 of the Revised Code for such service may elect to have the credit restored as public employees retirement system service credit by paying the public employees retirement system an amount equal to the accumulated contributions paid by the member to the Ohio police and fire pension fund under section 742.511 or 742.512 of the Revised Code. When such an election is made, the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall transfer to the public employees retirement system the amount previously transferred under section 742.511 or 742.512 of the Revised Code from the public employees retirement system to the Ohio police and fire pension fund. (H) Interest charged under this section shall be calculated separately for each year of service credit. Unless otherwise specified in this section, it shall be calculated at the lesser of the actuarial assumption rate for that year of the public employees retirement system or of the uniform retirement system in which the credit was earned. The interest shall be compounded annually. (I) At the request of the public employees retirement system, the uniform retirement system shall certify to the public employees retirement system a copy of the records of the service and contributions of a public employees retirement system member who seeks service credit under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.82 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.82
§ 122.82. Moneys, funds, properties, and assets held in trust
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly All moneys, funds, properties, and assets acquired by the director of development shall be held by the director in trust to carry out the director's powers and duties, shall be used as provided in sections 122.71 to 122.83 and 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code, and shall at no time be part of other public funds. Last updated August 4, 2021 at 10:37 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 146.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 146 / § 146.05
§ 146.05. Organization of board
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly A volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board shall meet promptly after its election and organize. A chairperson and a secretary shall be elected. The secretary shall keep a complete record of the proceedings of the board, which record shall be maintained as a permanent file. The board may adopt rules necessary for the handling and processing of claims and shall perform such other duties as are necessary to carry out sections 146.01 to 146.19 of the Revised Code. The secretary of the board shall immediately certify to the state fire marshal the names and addresses of the members elected, by whom elected, and the names of the board chairperson and secretary. The secretary shall also forward a certificate prepared by the clerk of the political subdivision or fire district of the current assessed valuation of such political subdivision or fire district if the political subdivision or fire district is a member of the fund. A private volunteer fire company which is a member of the fund shall provide the secretary of the board with a roster of the fire company members, and shall report any changes to the secretary when they occur. Only persons whose names appear on the list, and in no event more than an average number of fifty names per station operated by the volunteer fire company, are eligible for benefits under sections 146.01 to 146.19 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.07
§ 121.07. Supervision and control of departments - establishing divisions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the officers mentioned in sections 121.04 and 121.05 of the Revised Code and the offices and divisions they administer shall be under the direction, supervision, and control of the directors of their respective departments, and shall perform such duties as the directors prescribe. In performing or exercising any of the examination or regulatory functions, powers, or duties vested by Title XI, Chapters 1733. and 1761., and sections 1315.01 to 1315.18 of the Revised Code in the superintendent of financial institutions, the superintendent of financial institutions and the division of financial institutions are independent of and are not subject to the control of the department or the director of commerce. In the absence of the superintendent of financial institutions, the director of commerce shall, for a limited period of time, perform or exercise any of those functions, powers, or duties or authorize the deputy superintendent for banks to perform or exercise any of the functions, powers, or duties vested by Title XI and sections 1315.01 to 1315.18 of the Revised Code in the superintendent and the deputy superintendent for credit unions to perform or exercise any of the functions, powers, or duties vested by Chapters 1733. and 1761. of the Revised Code in the superintendent. (B) With the approval of the governor, the director of each department shall establish divisions within the department, and distribute the work of the department among such divisions. Each officer created by section 121.04 of the Revised Code shall be the head of such a division, except for the equal opportunity employment coordinator, who shall report to a position determined by the director of administrative services. With the approval of the governor, the director of each department may consolidate any two or more of the offices created in the department by section 121.04 of the Revised Code, or reduce the number of or create new divisions therein. The director of each department may prescribe rules for the government of the department, the conduct of its employees, the performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, books, documents, and property pertaining thereto. Last updated July 29, 2021 at 4:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.22
§ 163.22. Rules of procedure
Status: in_force

June 29, 2001 House Bill 73 - 124th General Assembly All proceedings brought under sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code shall be governed by the law applicable in civil actions and the Rules of Civil Procedure, including, but not limited to, the rules governing discovery, except as otherwise provided in those sections. The proceedings shall be advanced as a matter of immediate public interest and concern and shall be heard by the court at the earliest practicable moment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.591 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.591
§ 153.591. Hiring hall contract or agreement
Status: in_force

March 24, 2008 House Bill 372 - 127th General Assembly Any provision of a hiring hall contract or agreement which obligates a contractor to hire, if available, only employees referred to the contractor by a labor organization shall be void as against public policy and unenforceable with respect to employment under any public works contract unless at the date of execution of the hiring hall contract or agreement, or within thirty days thereafter, the labor organization has in effect procedures for referring qualified employees for hire without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, military status as defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, or ancestry and unless the labor organization includes in its apprentice and journeyperson's membership, or otherwise has available for job referral without discrimination, qualified employees, both whites and non-whites (including African-Americans).
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.42
§ 121.42. Inspector general - powers and duties
Status: in_force

October 31, 1990 House Bill 588 - 118th General Assembly The inspector general shall do all of the following: (A) Investigate the management and operation of state agencies on his own initiative in order to determine whether wrongful acts and omissions have been committed or are being committed by state officers or state employees; (B) Receive complaints under section 121.46 of the Revised Code alleging wrongful acts and omissions, determine whether the information contained in those complaints allege facts that give reasonable cause to investigate, and, if so, investigate to determine if there is reasonable cause to believe that the alleged wrongful act or omission has been committed or is being committed by a state officer or state employee; (C) Except as otherwise provided in this division, contemporaneously report suspected crimes and wrongful acts or omissions that were or are being committed by state officers or state employees to the governor and to the appropriate state or federal prosecuting authority with jurisdiction over the matter if there is reasonable cause to believe that a crime has occurred or is occurring. In addition, the inspector general shall report the wrongful acts or omissions, as appropriate under the circumstances, to the appropriate ethics commission in accordance with section 102.06 of the Revised Code, the appropriate licensing agency for possible disciplinary action, or the state officer's or state employee's appointing authority for possible disciplinary action. The inspector general shall not report a wrongful act or omission to a person as required by this division if that person allegedly committed or is committing the wrongful act or omission. (D) Except as otherwise provided in this division, contemporaneously report suspected crimes and wrongful acts or omissions that the inspector general becomes aware of in connection with an investigation of a state agency, state officer, or state employee, and that were or are being committed by persons who are not state officers or state employees to the governor and to the appropriate state or federal prosecuting authority with jurisdiction over the matter if there is reasonable cause to believe that a crime has occurred or is occurring. In addition, the inspector general shall report the wrongful acts or omissions, as appropriate under the circumstances, to the appropriate ethics commission in accordance with section 102.06 of the Revised Code, the appropriate licensing agency for possible disciplinary action, or the person's public or private employer for possible disciplinary action. The inspector general shall not report a wrongful act or omission to a person as required by this division if that person allegedly committed or is committing the wrongful act or omission. (E) Prepare a detailed report of each investigation that states the basis for the investigation, the action taken in furtherance of the investigation, and whether the investigation revealed that there was reasonable cause to believe that a wrongful act or omission had occurred. If a wrongful act or omission was identified during the investigation, the report shall identify the person who committed the wrongful act or omission, describe the wrongful act or omission, explain how it was detected, indicate to whom it was reported, and describe what the state agency in which the wrongful act or omission was being committed is doing to change its policies or procedures to prevent recurrences of similar wrongful acts or omissions. (F) Identify other state agencies that also are responsible for investigating, auditing, reviewing, or evaluating the management and operation of state agencies, and negotiate and enter into agreements with these agencies to share information and avoid duplication of effort; (G) For his own guidance and the guidance of deputy inspectors general, develop and update in the light of experience, both of the following: (1) Within the scope of the definition in division (G) of section 121.41 of the Revised Code, a working definition of "wrongful act or omission"; (2) A manual of investigative techniques. (H) Conduct studies of techniques of investigating and detecting, and of preventing or reducing the risk of, wrongful acts and omissions by state officers and state employees; (I) Consult with state agencies and advise them in developing, implementing, and enforcing policies and procedures that will prevent or reduce the risk of wrongful acts and omissions by their state officers or state employees; (J) After detecting a wrongful act or omission, review and evaluate the relevant policies and procedures of the state agency in which the wrongful act or omission occurred, and advise the state agency as to any changes that should be made in its policies and procedures so as to prevent recurrences of similar wrongful acts or omissions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.09
§ 111.09. Chief information officer
Status: in_force

January 24, 2020 Senate Bill 52 - 133rd General Assembly The secretary of state shall appoint a chief information security officer to advise the secretary of state on matters of information security and to perform other duties as assigned by the secretary of state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.05
§ 173.05. Acting director
Status: in_force

July 26, 1984 House Bill 660 - 115th General Assembly deputy director of the aging shall be the acting director when the director is absent or disabled or the position is vacant. The director shall specify who shall be the acting director if no deputy director has been appointed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.15
§ 153.15. Assessment of asbestos hazard
Status: in_force

July 22, 1994 House Bill 715 - 120th General Assembly (A) Whenever an asbestos hazard abatement activity is being performed in a building or structure supported in whole or in part by the state, an asbestos hazard evaluation specialist certified under Chapter 3710. of the Revised Code shall assess the hazard and determine appropriate response actions. Enclosure or encapsulation, rather than removal, shall be implemented if the asbestos hazard evaluation specialist determines that both of the following apply: (1) Enclosure or encapsulation would be an appropriate response action; (2) The cost of encapsulating or enclosing the asbestos hazard would be less than removing it. (B) As used in this section, "enclosure" and "encapsulation" have the meanings given in section 3710.01 of the Revised Code. (C) The requirements of this section do not apply to school districts.
Ohio Rev. Code § 105.94 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 105 / § 105.94
§ 105.94. Reception and use of grants, gifts, bequests, and devises
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly The Ohio judicial conference may receive grants, gifts, bequests, and devises and expend them for expenses of members in attending executive and standing committee meetings and for special research or study relating to the administration of justice. The conference shall file annually, but not later than the fifteenth day of March, with the supreme court, a full report of all grants, gifts, bequests, and devises received during the preceding calendar year, when received, and to whom and for what expended.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.335 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.335
§ 145.335. Age and service retirement for former combined plan members
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) This section applies only to members of the public employees retirement system participating in the PERS combined plan, as defined in section 145.196 of the Revised Code, that was consolidated by the system with the PERS defined benefit plan under that section. (B)(1) When a member described in section 145.196 of the Revised Code retires on age and service retirement, the total annual single lifetime allowance for that member shall be an amount adjusted in accordance with division (B)(2) or (C) of this section and determined by multiplying the member's total service credit by the following: (a) If the member is eligible for age and service retirement under division (A) or (B) of section 145.32 of the Revised Code, one per cent of the member's final average salary for each of the first thirty years of service plus one and one-quarter per cent of the member's final average salary for each subsequent year of service; (b) If the member is eligible for age and service retirement under division (C) of section 145.32 of the Revised Code, one per cent of the member's final average salary for each of the first thirty-five years of service plus one and one-quarter per cent of the member's final average salary for each subsequent year of service. (2)(a) For a member eligible to retire under division (A) of section 145.32 of the Revised Code, the member's allowance under division (B)(1) of this section shall be adjusted by the factors of attained age or years of service to provide the greater amount as determined by the following schedule: Attained Birthday or Years of Total Service Credit Percentage of Base Amount 58 25 75 59 26 80 60 27 85 61 88 28 90 62 91 63 94 29 95 64 97 65 30 or more 100 (b) For a member eligible to retire under division (B) or (C) of section 145.32 of the Revised Code, the member's allowance under division (B)(1) of this section shall be reduced by a percentage determined by the public employees retirement board's actuary based on the number of years the commencement of the allowance precedes the member's eligibility for an unreduced allowance. (c) The actuary may use an actuarially based average percentage reduction for purposes of division (B)(2)(b) of this section. (C) The total annual single lifetime allowance that a member shall receive under this section shall not exceed the lesser of the following: (1) Any limit established under section 145.333 of the Revised Code; (2) One hundred per cent of the member's final average salary; (3) The limit established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 26 U.S.C. 415. (D) Retirement allowances determined under this section shall be paid as provided in section 145.46 of the Revised Code. If the monthly amount of a member's annual single lifetime allowance that is first payable on or after the effective date of this section under division (B) of this section would be less than fifty dollars, instead of a monthly payment the retirement system shall pay an amount determined under section 145.40 of the Revised Code as a refund of accumulated contributions. Last updated September 18, 2023 at 11:46 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.52
§ 173.52. Medicaid-funded component of PASSPORT program
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of medicaid shall create the medicaid-funded component of the PASSPORT program. In creating the medicaid-funded component, the department of medicaid shall collaborate with the department of aging. (B) All of the following apply to the medicaid-funded component of the PASSPORT program: (1) The department of aging shall administer the medicaid-funded component through a contract entered into with the department of medicaid under section 5162.35 of the Revised Code. (2) The medicaid-funded component shall be operated as a separate medicaid waiver component. (3) For an individual to be eligible for the medicaid-funded component, the individual must be a medicaid recipient and meet the additional eligibility requirements applicable to the individual established in rules adopted under division (B)(4) of this section. (4) To the extent authorized by rules authorized by section 5162.021 of the Revised Code, the director of aging shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement the medicaid-funded component. Last updated September 22, 2023 at 9:34 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.212 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.212
§ 125.212. Life insurance investment fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The life insurance investment fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of amounts from state agencies, life insurance premium refunds received by the state, and other receipts related to the state's life insurance benefit program. The fund shall be used to pay the costs of the state's life insurance benefit program. All investment earnings of the life insurance investment fund shall be credited to the fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.04
§ 111.04. Duties of assistant secretary
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In case of the absence or disability of the secretary of state, the assistant secretary of state shall have power to perform the duties of the secretary of state. The general duties of the assistant secretary shall be such as the secretary of state assigns him.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.25
§ 149.25. Implementation
Status: in_force

September 28, 2018 Senate Bill 139 - 132nd General Assembly In implementing sections 149.21 to 149.27 of the Revised Code, an official publisher of legal material in an electronic record shall consider all of the following: (A) Standards and practices of other jurisdictions; (B) The most recent standards regarding authentication of, preservation and security of, and public access to, legal material in an electronic record, and other electronic records, a s promulgated by national standard-setting bodies; (C) The needs of users of legal material in an electronic record; (D) The views of governmental officials and entities, and other interested persons; (E) To the extent practicable, methods and technologies for the authentication of, preservation and security of, and public access to, legal material that are compatible with the methods and technologies used by other official publishers in this state and in other states that have adopted a law substantially similar to sections 149.21 to 149.27 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 141.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 141 / § 141.16
§ 141.16. Compensation of retired judges assigned to active duty; retired assigned judge payment
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) Any voluntarily retired judge, or any judge who is retired under Section 6 of Article IV, Ohio Constitution, may be assigned with the judge's consent, by the chief justice or acting chief justice of the supreme court, to active duty as a judge. While so serving, the judge shall be paid, from money appropriated for this purpose, the established compensation for such office, computed on a per diem basis, in addition to any retirement benefits to which the judge may be entitled. (B) Annually, on the first day of August, the administrative director of the supreme court shall issue a billing to the county treasurer of any county to which such a judge is assigned for reimbursement of the county's portion of the compensation previously paid by the state for the twelve-month period preceding the last day of June. The county's portion of the compensation shall be that part of each per diem paid by the state which is proportional to the county's share of the total compensation of a resident judge of such court. The county treasurer shall forward the payment within thirty days. (C) A retired assigned judge is eligible to receive a retired assigned judge payment if the retired assigned judge completes not less than one hundred hours of service in the preceding quarter as assigned by the chief justice or acting chief justice. The payment shall be seven hundred fifty dollars per quarter and shall be paid from money appropriated for this purpose. The payment is subject to any and all applicable taxes under local, state, and federal law. The payment shall be paid within thirty days after the end of the quarter in which the one hundred hours is served. (D) Division (C) of this section does not affect any right of a retired assigned judge to receive any allowance, annuity, pension, or other benefit vested pursuant to Chapter 145. of the Revised Code or other eligible retirement system pursuant to Ohio law. (E) As used in this section: (1) "Retired assigned judge" is a judge that is described in division (A) of this section. (2) "Quarter" is the preceding three-month period ending on the last day of the month of March, June, September, or December of each year. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.022 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.022
§ 133.022. Issuance of school construction bonds; Allocations of state portions; Factors to be considered
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Large local educational agency" and "qualified school construction bond" have the same meaning as in section 54F of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 54F. (2) "National limit" means, as applicable, the limitation on the aggregate amount of qualified school construction bonds that may be issued by the states each calendar year under section 54F of the Internal Revenue Code. (3) "State portion" means the portion of the national limit allocated to this state pursuant to section 54F of the Internal Revenue Code. (B)(1) To provide for the orderly and prompt issuance of qualified school construction bonds, the Ohio facilities construction commission, in consultation with the director of budget and management, shall allocate the state portion among those issuers authorized to issue qualified school construction bonds. The Ohio facilities construction commission may also accept from any large local educational agency the allocation received by that agency under section 54F(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code and reallocate it to any issuer or issuers authorized to issue obligations, including any large local educational agency. (2) The factors to be considered when making allocations of the state portion or reallocations of any amounts received by a large local educational agency include the following: (a) The interests of the state with regard to education and economic development; (b) The need and ability of each issuer to issue obligations. (3) The Ohio facilities construction commission, in consultation with the director of budget and management, shall establish procedures for making allocations, including those from any carryover of the state portion, and shall adopt guidelines to carry out the purposes of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.08
§ 124.08. Director of administrative services offices
Status: in_force

March 4, 1998 House Bill 60 - 121st General Assembly The director of administrative services shall maintain suitable offices. The officers of the state, or any political subdivision thereof, at any place where examinations or hearings are directed to be held by the state personnel board of review or the director, shall allow the reasonable use of public buildings and rooms and furnish them with heat and light, for holding such examinations or hearings, and in all proper ways shall facilitate the work of the board and the director in carrying out sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 146.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 146 / § 146.06
§ 146.06. Compensation - expenses - legal advisor
Status: in_force

October 25, 1978 House Bill 349 - 112th General Assembly The members of the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund boards shall serve without compensation. The political subdivision or fire district within which the boards operate shall provide the necessary meeting place, stationery, postage, and supplies for the efficient conduct of their business. The legal advisor for a volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board is the prosecuting attorney of the county in which such board is located.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.4016 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.4016
§ 122.4016. Ineligible projects
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly An application shall be ineligible for a program grant under the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program if either of the following applies: (A) It proposes to provide tier two broadband service to areas where tier two broadband service is presently available. (B) In the proposed area of service, construction of a network to provide tier two broadband service currently is in progress and one of the following applies: (1) It is being constructed, without grant program funding, by the broadband provider that submitted the application. (2) It is scheduled to be completed by another broadband provider not later than two years after the date of a challenge submitted under section 122.4030 of the Revised Code. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 12:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.27
§ 126.27. Filing budget estimates with governor-elect
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly Each state agency for which direct appropriations are proposed shall, not later than the first day of December in each year that a new governor is elected, file with the governor-elect its budget estimates. The estimates shall include the details set forth in divisions (A) to (D) of section 126.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.151 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.151
§ 133.151. Issuing self-supporting securities
Status: in_force

November 5, 1997 Senate Bill 62 - 122nd General Assembly (A) A county or township may issue, for itself or on behalf of any other county or township or in a joint exercise of their powers, self-supporting securities for either or both of the following purposes: (1) Paying the costs of any permanent improvements that it is authorized to acquire, improve, or construct; (2) Making loans or otherwise providing, by cooperative action, financial assistance to one or more counties or townships to assist such other counties or townships in paying the costs of permanent improvements. (B) Self-supporting securities issued under this section shall not be general obligations of the issuer, but shall be secured by any of the following: (1) A pledge of and a lien upon the revenues of the issuer, derived from ownership or operation of the permanent improvements, including those rates, charges, or rents and any interest subsidies or debt charges, grants, or other payments by federal or state agencies therefor, and the covenants of the issuer to maintain sufficient rates, charges, and rentals to produce revenues sufficient to pay all current expenses of the permanent improvements payable by the issuer, and to pay debt service charges on the securities and establish and maintain any contractually required special funds relating to the securities, and, if the securities are anticipatory securities, to issue the self-supporting securities for which the anticipatory securities are issued; (2) Amounts received from other counties or townships as repayment of loans or other cooperative financial assistance made to them from the proceeds of such self-supporting securities; (3) A pledge of and lien on the proceeds of any securities issued to fund or refund those self-supporting securities. (C) A county or township issuing self-supporting securities under this section shall do so by resolution, and such resolution shall set forth the terms of the securities, the date of the securities, the amount to be issued, and the maximum rate of interest. The securities shall mature at such times not exceeding the maximum limits specified for general obligations in section 133.20 of the Revised Code, and shall be executed in such manner as the resolution provides. The securities shall be negotiable, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denominations, be in such form, carry such registration privileges, be payable in such medium of payment at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption as the issuer may authorize. The securities may be sold at public or private sale. (D) Self-supporting securities issued under this section, their transfer, and any income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state. (E) Costs of permanent improvements that may be financed with, and paid from the proceeds of, self-supporting securities issued under this section include, without limitation as to other costs properly allocable to the permanent improvements, the costs of: acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, rehabilitating, installing, remodeling, renovating, enlarging, equipping, furnishing, or otherwise improving permanent improvements; site clearance, improvement, and preparation; acquisition of real or personal property; indemnity and surety bonds and premiums on insurance; all related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of direct costs of the issuer; engineering, architectural, legal, and other consulting and professional services; designs, plans, specifications, feasibility or rate studies, appraisals, surveys, and estimates of cost; interest or interest equivalent on the securities, whether capitalized or not; financing costs; title work and title commitment, insurance, and guaranties; amounts necessary to establish any debt service reserve or other reserves as required by the proceedings for the securities; audits; the reimbursement of moneys advanced or applied by or borrowed from any person, whether to or by the issuer or others, from whatever source provided, for the payment of any item or items of cost of the permanent improvements; and all other expenses necessary or incidental to planning or determining feasibility or practicability with respect to permanent improvements or necessary or incidental to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, installation, remodeling, renovation, enlargement, equipping, furnishing, or other improvement of the permanent improvements, the financing of the permanent improvements, and the placing of the permanent improvements in condition for use and operation, and all like or related costs, including any one, part, or combination of, or the issuer's share of, those costs and expenses.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.30
§ 122.30. Powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The director of development services is vested with the powers and duties provided in sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code, to promote the welfare of the people of the state through the interaction of the business and industrial community and educational institutions in the development of new technology and enterprise. (A) It is necessary for the state to establish the programs created pursuant to sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code to accomplish the following purposes which are determined to be essential: (1) Improve the existing industrial and agricultural base of the state; (2) Improve the economy of the state by providing employment, increasing productivity, and slowing the rate of inflation; (3) Develop markets worldwide for the products of the state's natural resources and agricultural and manufacturing industries; (4) Maintain a high standard of living for the people of the state. (B) The director shall do all of the following: (1) Receive applications for assistance under sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code; (2) Make a determination whether to approve the application for assistance; (3) Transmit determinations to approve assistance exceeding forty thousand dollars to the controlling board, together with any information the controlling board requires, for the board's review and decision as to whether to approve the assistance; (4) Gather and disseminate information and conduct hearings, conferences, seminars, investigations, and special studies on problems and programs concerning industrial research and new technology and their commercial applications in the state; (5) Establish an annual program to recognize the accomplishments and contributions of individuals and organizations in the development of industrial research and new technology in the state; (6) Stimulate both public and industrial awareness and interest in industrial research and development of new technology primarily in the areas of industrial processes, implementation, energy, agribusiness, medical technology, avionics, and food processing; (7) Develop and implement comprehensive and coordinated policies, programs, and procedures promoting industrial research and new technology; (8) Propose appropriate legislation or executive actions to stimulate the development of industrial research and new technology by enterprises and individuals; (9) Encourage and facilitate contracts between industry, agriculture, educational institutions, federal agencies, and state agencies, with special emphasis on industrial research and new technology by small businesses and agribusiness; (10) Participate with any state agency in developing specific programs and goals to assist in the development of industrial research and new technology and monitor performance; (11) Assist enterprises in obtaining alternative forms of governmental or commercial financing for industrial research and new technology; (12) Assist enterprises or individuals in the implementation of new programs and policies and the expansion of existing programs to provide an atmosphere conducive to increased cooperation among and participation by individuals, enterprises, and educational institutions engaged in industrial research and the development of new technology; (13) Advertise, prepare, print, and distribute books, maps, pamphlets, and other information; (14) Include in the director's annual report to the governor and the general assembly a report on the activities for the preceding calendar year under sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code; (15) Approve the expenditure of money appropriated by the general assembly for the purpose of sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code; (16) Identify and implement federal research and development programs which would link Ohio's industrial base, research facilities, and natural resources; (17) Employ and fix the compensation of technical and professional personnel, who shall be in the unclassified civil service, and employ other personnel, who shall be in the classified civil service, as necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.99
§ 121.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

May 12, 1994 House Bill 492 - 120th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates division (A), (B), or (C) of section 121.61 or section 121.67 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates division (D) of section 121.61 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.691 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.691
§ 101.691. Excess or surplus state supplies disposal by director of administrative services
Status: in_force

November 5, 2004 House Bill 204 - 125th General Assembly (A) Either house of the general assembly or any legislative agency may dispose of any excess or surplus supplies that it possesses by sale, lease, donation, or other transfer, including, but not limited to, sale by public auction over the internet. Nothing in this division prohibits either house of the general assembly or a legislative agency from having the director of administrative services dispose of excess or surplus supplies of that house under sections 125.12 to 125.14 of the Revised Code. (B) Any proceeds from sales, leases, or other transfers made under division (A) of this section shall be deposited in the house reimbursement fund, the senate reimbursement fund, or a legislative agency special revenue fund identified by the director of the agency, as appropriate.
Ohio Rev. Code § 154.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 154 / § 154.18
§ 154.18. Investing funds
Status: in_force

September 14, 2000 House Bill 640 - 123rd General Assembly Unless otherwise provided in any applicable bond proceedings, moneys to the credit of or in the several bond service funds or other special funds established under this chapter may be invested by or on behalf of the issuing authority only in investments referred to in division (R) of section 151.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.578 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.578
§ 109.578. Criminal records check
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 Senate Bill 227 - 131st General Assembly (A) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 505.381 , 737.081 , 737.221 , or 4765.301 of the Revised Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint impressions obtained in the manner described in division (C)(2) of this section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records check in the manner described in division (B) of this section to determine whether any information exists that indicates that the person who is the subject of the request previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: (1) A felony; (2) A violation of section 2909.03 of the Revised Code; (3) A violation of an existing or former law of this state, any other state, or the United States that is substantially equivalent to any of the offenses listed in division (A)(1) or (2) of this section. (B) Subject to division (E) of this section, the superintendent shall conduct any criminal records check pursuant to division (A) of this section as follows: (1) The superintendent shall review or cause to be reviewed any relevant information gathered and compiled by the bureau under division (A) of section 109.57 of the Revised Code that relates to the person who is the subject of the request, including any relevant information contained in records that have been sealed under section 2953.32 of the Revised Code. (2) If the request received by the superintendent asks for information from the federal bureau of investigation, the superintendent shall request from the federal bureau of investigation any information it has with respect to the person who is the subject of the request and shall review or cause to be reviewed any information the superintendent receives from that bureau. (C)(1) The superintendent shall prescribe a form to obtain the information necessary to conduct a criminal records check from any person for whom a criminal records check is requested pursuant to section 505.381 , 737.081 , 737.221 , or 4765.301 of the Revised Code. The form that the superintendent prescribes pursuant to this division may be in a tangible format, in an electronic format, or in both tangible and electronic formats. (2) The superintendent shall prescribe standard impression sheets to obtain the fingerprint impressions of any person for whom a criminal records check is requested pursuant to section 505.381 , 737.081 , 737.221 , or 4765.301 of the Revised Code. Any person for whom a records check is requested pursuant to any of those sections shall obtain the fingerprint impressions at a county sheriff's office, a municipal police department, or any other entity with the ability to make fingerprint impressions on the standard impression sheets prescribed by the superintendent. The office, department, or entity may charge the person a reasonable fee for making the impressions. The standard impression sheets the superintendent prescribes pursuant to this division may be in a tangible format, in an electronic format, or in both tangible and electronic formats. (3) Subject to division (D) of this section, the superintendent shall prescribe and charge a reasonable fee for providing a criminal records check requested under section 505.381 , 737.081 , 737.221 , or 4765.301 of the Revised Code. The person making the criminal records request shall pay the fee prescribed pursuant to this division. (4) The superintendent may prescribe methods of forwarding fingerprint impressions and information necessary to conduct a criminal records check. The methods shall include, but are not limited to, an electronic method. (D) A determination whether any information exists that indicates that a person previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any offense listed or described in division (A) of this section and that the superintendent made with respect to information considered in a criminal records check in accordance with this section is valid for the person who is the subject of the criminal records check for a period of one year from the date upon which the superintendent makes the determination. During the period in which the determination in regard to a person is valid, if another request under this section is made for a criminal records check for that person, the superintendent shall provide the information that is the basis for the superintendent's initial determination at a lower fee than the fee prescribed for the initial criminal records check. (E)(1) Subject to division (E)(2) of this section, all information regarding the results of a criminal records check conducted under this section that the superintendent reports or sends under this section to the person, board, or entity that made the request for the criminal records check shall relate to the conviction of the subject person, or the subject person's plea of guilty to, a criminal offense. (2) Division (E)(1) of this section does not limit, restrict, or preclude the superintendent's release of information that relates to the arrest of a person who is eighteen years of age or older, to an adjudication of a child as a delinquent child, or to a criminal conviction of a person under eighteen years of age in circumstances in which a release of that nature is authorized under division (E)(2), (3), or (4) of section 109.57 of the Revised Code pursuant to a rule adopted under division (E)(1) of that section. (F) As used in this section, "criminal records check" means any criminal records check conducted by the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation in accordance with division (B) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.042 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.042
§ 122.042. Foundation of employment opportunity program
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly The director of development may found an employment opportunity program that encourages employers to employ individuals who are members of significantly disadvantaged groups. If the director intends to found such an employment opportunity program, the director shall adopt, and thereafter may amend or rescind, rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to found, and to operate, maintain, and improve, the program. In the rules, the director shall: (A) Construct, and, as changing circumstances indicate, re-construct, procedures according to which significantly disadvantaged groups are identified as such, an individual is identified as being a member of a significantly disadvantaged group, and an employer is identified as being a potential employer of an individual who is a member of a significantly disadvantaged group; (B) Describe, and, as experience indicates, re-describe, the kinds of evidence that shall be considered to identify significantly disadvantaged groups, the kinds of evidence an individual shall offer to prove that the individual is a member of a significantly disadvantaged group, and the kinds of evidence an employer shall offer to prove that the employer is a potential employer of an individual who is a member of a significantly disadvantaged group; (C) Specify, and, as experience indicates, re-specify, strategies and tactics for connecting individuals who are members of significantly disadvantaged groups with potential employers of members of significantly disadvantaged groups; and (D) Construct, describe, specify, define, and prescribe any other thing that is necessary and proper for the founding, and for the successful and efficient operation, maintenance, and improvement, of the employment opportunity program. In founding, and in operating, maintaining, and improving, the employment opportunity program under the rules, the director shall proceed so that the resulting program functions as a coherent, efficient system for improving employment opportunities for significantly disadvantaged groups. Examples of significantly disadvantaged groups include individuals who have not graduated from high school, individuals who have been convicted of a crime, individuals who are disabled, and individuals who are chronically unemployed (usually for more than eighteen months).
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.90 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.90
§ 125.90. Administrative rules
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly For the purpose of executing its authority, under sections 125.84 to 125.90 of the Revised Code, and in order to continuously conform with current federal property disposal acts and applicable rules of federal departments, agencies, boards, and commissions, the department of administrative services, notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt, amend, or rescind rules and orders and prescribe requirements and standards deemed necessary and suitable for the administration of sections 125.84 to 125.90 of the Revised Code, that are not inconsistent with the applicable parts of the rules issued under section 5502.25 of the Revised Code. Such department rules as are adopted shall become effective upon approval by the governor and being filed in the office of the secretary of state. All courts shall take judicial notice of rules adopted pursuant to sections 125.84 to 125.90 of the Revised Code. State or local plans, ordinances, resolutions, rules, or orders adopted pursuant to sections 125.84 to 125.90 of the Revised Code may be read in evidence, at any time, from a copy thereof, if there is contained on the same page or in the same publication in which such copy is contained, a printed certificate of the secretary of state or local official that such copy is a correct transcript of the text of the original.
Ohio Rev. Code § 154.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 154 / § 154.10
§ 154.10. Protecting and enforcing rights of holders of obligations
Status: in_force

September 14, 2000 House Bill 640 - 123rd General Assembly Any holder of obligations issued pursuant to Chapter 154. of the Revised Code or a trustee under the bond proceedings, except to the extent that their rights are restricted by the bond proceedings, may by any suitable form of legal proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of this state or granted by such bond proceedings. Such rights include the right to compel the performance of all duties of the commission and issuing authority required by Chapter 154. of the Revised Code or the bond proceedings; to enjoin unlawful activities; and in the event of default with respect to the payment of any bond service charges on any obligations or in the performance of any covenant or agreement on the part of the commission or authority in the bond proceedings, to apply to a court having jurisdiction of the cause to appoint a receiver to receive and administer the revenues, receipts, and special funds, other than those in the custody of the treasurer of state, which are pledged to the payment of the bond service charges on such obligations or which are the subject of the covenant or agreement, with full power to pay, and to provide for payment of bond service charges on, such obligations, and with such powers, subject to the direction of the court, as are accorded receivers in general equity cases, excluding any power to pledge additional revenues or receipts or other income or moneys of the commission or authority or the state or state agencies to the payment of such principal and interest and excluding the power to take possession of, mortgage, or cause the sale or otherwise dispose of any capital facilities. Each duty of the commission and issuing authority and their members, officers, and employees, and of each governmental agency and its officers, members, or employees, undertaken pursuant to the bond proceedings or any agreement or lease made under authority of Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, and in every agreement by or with the commission or authority, is hereby established as a duty of the commission or authority, and of each such member, officer, or employee having authority to perform such duty, specifically enjoined by law resulting from an office, trust, or station within the meaning of section 2731.01 of the Revised Code. The persons who are at the time the issuing authority or that authority's employees, and the members or officers of the commission are not liable in their personal capacities on any obligations, or any related lease, contract, or other agreement of or with the commission or authority.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.36
§ 135.36. Transferring county funds from one classification to another
Status: in_force

March 15, 1982 House Bill 230 - 114th General Assembly Whenever any deposit or investment acquired under section 135.35 of the Revised Code matures and becomes due and payable, the investing authority shall present it for payment according to its terms and shall collect the moneys payable thereon, provided that the principal may be reinvested without withdrawal. The money so collected shall be public moneys. Whenever the board of county commissioners, county treasurer, or the investing authority determines that the actual amount of active moneys available is insufficient to meet the anticipated demands upon the treasury, the investing authority shall sell or liquidate such deposits or investments in an amount sufficient to meet such demands, and deposit such moneys in an active moneys deposit account. No deposit or investment so sold may be sold for less than the current market value. Neither the investing authority nor members of the board shall be held accountable for any loss occasioned by sale or liquidation of deposits or investments. Any loss or expense caused by such sale is payable as other expenses of the county.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.481 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.481
§ 121.481. Special investigations fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 1999 House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly The special investigations fund is hereby created in the state treasury for the purpose of paying costs of investigations conducted by the inspector general. In response to requests from the inspector general, the controlling board may make transfers to the fund from the emergency purposes appropriation of the board, subject to the following conditions: (A) The inspector general shall not request a transfer that would cause the unobligated, unencumbered balance in the fund to exceed one hundred thousand dollars at any one time; (B) In requesting a transfer, the inspector general shall not disclose any information that would risk impairing the investigation if it became public, provided that after any investigation using money transferred to the fund from an emergency purposes appropriation has been completed, the inspector general shall report to the board the object and cost of the investigation, but not any information designated as confidential under section 121.44 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.221 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.221
§ 128.221. Use and protection of 9-1-1 data
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The data described in section 128.22 of the Revised Code shall be protected in accordance with applicable provisions of the Revised Code. Charges, terms, and conditions for the disclosure or use of that data provided by public safety answering points, service providers, and emergency service providers for the purpose of 9-1-1 shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the steering committee. (B) Data and information that contribute to more effective 9-1-1 services and emergency response may be accessed and shared among 9-1-1 and emergency response functions specifically for the purposes of effective emergency response, while ensuring the overall privacy and confidentiality of the data and information involved. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 5:58 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 103.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 103 / § 103.05
§ 103.05. Codification of administrative rules - publications
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The director of the legislative service commission shall be the codifier of the rules of the administrative agencies of the state. In accordance with sections 149.21 to 149.27 of the Revised Code, the commission is the official publisher of the Ohio administrative code. (B) The director, considering the objectives of uniform codification and the principles of legal drafting, shall publish a rule drafting manual that states standards and procedures to be followed by an agency in drafting a rule that is to be codified into the administrative code. The director shall periodically revise and publish a new edition of the manual to maintain the uniformity of the administrative code. In preparing and updating the rule drafting manual, the director shall consider sections 1.31 and 1.41 to 1.59 of the Revised Code and apply the principles of statutory construction to rule drafting. The rule drafting manual shall prescribe and explain any matters the director determines are pertinent to the uniformity of the administrative code, including: (1) The rule numbering system an agency shall follow to codify a rule into the administrative code; (2) The structure of a rule, including: (a) The rule number; (b) The subject matter heading, the principal text, any appendices, and the supplemental information, including information with respect to the history of the rule; (c) A certification that the rule has been lawfully adopted; (d) The effective date, expiration date, and periodic five-year review date of the rule. (3) The standard format for drafting an amendment to an existing rule or an appendix if there is one, an enactment of a new rule or appendix, and a rescission of an existing rule or appendix. (C) When a rule is filed under section 111.15 , 119.03 , or 119.04 of the Revised Code, the director shall examine the rule. If the rule does not comply with this section or the rule drafting manual, the director shall give notice of the noncompliance in electronic form to the agency that filed the rule within thirty days after the date on which the rule is filed. The notice shall indicate why the rule does not comply with this section or the rule drafting manual and how the rule can be brought into compliance. The failure of the director to give an agency notice within the thirty-day period presumptively establishes that the rule complies with this section and the rule drafting manual. (D) Any person may publish an acceptable administrative code. The director shall approve as acceptable any person's publication of the code conforming to the requirements of this division. An Ohio administrative code approved as acceptable by the director shall: (1) Contain a compilation of the full text of, or a reference to, each rule filed under section 111.15 or 119.04 of the Revised Code; (2) Presumptively establish the rules of all agencies adopting rules under section 111.15 or Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that are in effect on the day of its initial publication; (3) Contain the full text of, or a reference to, each rule adopted after its initial publication and be updated at least quarterly; (4) Contain an index of the rules and references to rules that are included in the code and each supplement using terms easily understood by the general public; (5) Be published in electronic or print format following, to the extent possible, the subject matter arrangement of the Revised Code; (6) Be numbered according to the numbering system devised by the director. Last updated July 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.385 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.385
§ 145.385. Reemployed retirant electing to resume retirement allowance
Status: in_force

April 11, 2005 House Bill 449 - 125th General Assembly (A) A PERS retirant who made an election under former section 145.381 of the Revised Code under which the annuity portion of the retirant's retirement allowance was suspended and the pension portion forfeited may have the entire retirement allowance resume by giving notice to the public employees retirement system. The notice must be given not later than ninety days after October 1, 2002. (B) The retirement allowance shall resume on the first day of the month following receipt of notice by the retirement system. (C) The annuity portion of the retirement allowance that has accumulated to the retirant's credit shall be paid as a single payment on the first day of the month following receipt of notice by the retirement system. (D) Contributions made by the retirant and employer during the period of forfeiture and contributions made after the retirement allowance resumes shall be left on deposit with the system and, except in the case of a retirant who elects, under division (H) of section 145.384 of the Revised Code, to receive a payment of the retirant contributions, shall be used in the calculation of a benefit under section 145.384 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 187.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 187 / § 187.06
§ 187.06. Conflicts of interest
Status: in_force

February 18, 2011 House Bill 1 - 129th General Assembly (A) For purposes of this section, "interested individual" means a director or officer of JobsOhio who has, directly or indirectly, through business, investment, or family, any of the following: (1) An ownership or investment interest in any person with which JobsOhio has a transaction or arrangement; (2) A compensation arrangement with JobsOhio or with any person with which JobsOhio has a transaction or arrangement; (3) A potential ownership or investment interest in, or compensation arrangement with, any person with which JobsOhio is negotiating a transaction or arrangement. Compensation includes direct and indirect remuneration as well as material gifts or favors. (B) The conflicts of interest policy adopted pursuant to section 187.01 of the Revised Code shall protect JobsOhio's interest when it is considering a transaction or arrangement that might benefit the private interest of a director or officer of JobsOhio or might directly benefit that individual in other than a de minimis manner. An interested individual shall disclose the existence of a financial interest to each member of the board of directors of JobsOhio. The interested individual shall be given an opportunity to disclose all material facts to the directors. After disclosure of the financial interest and all material facts, the board of directors shall decide if a conflict of interest exists. If the board decides by a majority vote of the disinterested directors that a conflict exists, the disinterested directors shall determine whether JobsOhio can obtain with reasonable efforts a more advantageous transaction or arrangement from a person that would not give rise to a conflict of interest. If a more advantageous transaction or arrangement is not reasonably possible under circumstances not producing a conflict of interest, the board shall determine by a majority vote of the disinterested directors whether the transaction or arrangement is in JobsOhio's best interest, for its own benefit, and whether it is fair and reasonable. (C) If the board of directors has reasonable cause to believe a director or officer has failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, it shall inform the individual of the basis for such belief and provide the individual with an opportunity to explain the alleged failure to disclose. If the board determines the individual has failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, it shall take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action, including, but not limited to, initiating an action for breach of fiduciary duty. (D) Minutes of board meetings considering possible or actual conflicts of interest shall be kept. The minutes shall contain both of the following: (1) The names of the individuals who disclosed, or were found to have, a financial interest in connection with an actual or possible conflict of interest, the nature of the financial interest, any action taken to determine whether a conflict of interest was present, and the board's decision as to whether a conflict of interest existed; (2) The names of the individuals who were present for discussions and votes relating to the transaction or arrangement, the content of the discussion, including any alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement, and a record of any votes taken in connection with the proceedings. (E) An officer or employee of JobsOhio whose responsibility includes compensation matters and who receives compensation, directly or indirectly, from JobsOhio for services is precluded from voting or providing information to a compensation committee, if any, on matters pertaining to that individual's compensation. (F) The conflicts of interest policy adopted pursuant to section 187.01 of the Revised Code shall prohibit any director of JobsOhio from soliciting or accepting employment with any person that receives or has received an incentive or other assistance as a result of a decision the director participated in as a director of JobsOhio. (G) Each director or officer shall annually sign a statement that affirms the individual: (1) Has received a copy of the conflicts of interest policy; (2) Has read and understands the policy; (3) Has agreed to comply with the policy; (4) Understands JobsOhio's statutory purpose and that it is a nonprofit corporation. (H) To ensure JobsOhio operates in a manner consistent with its statutory purpose or contractual obligations, periodic reviews shall be conducted. The periodic reviews shall, at a minimum, determine all of the following: (1) Whether compensation arrangements and benefits are reasonable, based on competent survey information, and the result of arm's length bargaining; (2) Whether JobsOhio's operations are consistent with its articles of incorporation, regulations, and contractual obligations, and are properly documented; (3) Whether transactions are fair to JobsOhio, reflect reasonable investment or payments for goods and services, further JobsOhio's statutory purpose or contractual obligations, and do not result in direct private benefit to directors, officers, or other persons, in other than a de minimis manner.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.297 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.297
§ 145.297. Retirement incentive plan
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "employing unit" means: (1) A municipal corporation, agency of a municipal corporation designated by the legislative authority, park district, conservancy district, sanitary district, health district, township, department of a township designated by the board of township trustees, metropolitan housing authority, public library, county law library, union cemetery, joint hospital, or other political subdivision or unit of local government. (2) With respect to state employees, any entity of the state including any department, agency, institution of higher education, board, bureau, commission, council, office, or administrative body or any part of such entity that is designated by the entity as an employing unit. (3)(a) With respect to employees of a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services, that board. (b) With respect to employees of a county board of developmental disabilities, that board. (c) With respect to other county employees, the county or any county agency designated by the board of county commissioners. (4) In the case of an employee whose employing unit is in question, the employing unit is the unit through whose payroll the employee is paid. (B) An employing unit may establish a retirement incentive plan for its eligible employees. In the case of a county or county agency, decisions on whether to establish a retirement incentive plan for any employees other than employees of a board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services or county board of developmental disabilities and on the terms of the plan shall be made by the board of county commissioners. In the case of a municipal corporation or an agency of a municipal corporation, decisions on whether to establish a retirement incentive plan and on the terms of the plan shall be made by the legislative authority. All terms of a retirement incentive plan shall be in writing. A retirement incentive plan shall provide for purchase by the employing unit of service credit for eligible employees who elect to participate in the plan and for payment by the employing unit of the entire cost of the service credit purchased. Every retirement incentive plan shall remain in effect for at least one year. The employing unit shall give employees at least thirty days' notice before terminating the plan. Every retirement incentive plan shall include provisions for the timely and impartial resolution of grievances and disputes arising under the plan. No employing unit shall have more than one retirement incentive plan in effect at any time. (C) Any classified or unclassified employee of the employing unit who is a member of the public employees retirement system shall be eligible to participate in the retirement incentive plan established by the employee's employing unit if the employee meets the following criteria: (1) The employee is not any of the following: (a) An elected official; (b) A member of a board or commission; (c) A person elected to serve a term of fixed length; (d) A person appointed to serve a term of fixed length, other than a person appointed and employed by the person's employing unit. (2) The employee is or will be eligible to retire under section 145.33 or 145.37 of the Revised Code on or before the date of termination of the retirement incentive plan. Service credit to be purchased for the employee under the retirement incentive plan shall be included in making such determination. (3) The employee agrees to retire under section 145.33 or 145.37 of the Revised Code within ninety days after receiving notice from the public employees retirement system that service credit has been purchased for the employee under this section. Participation in the plan shall be available to all eligible employees except that the employing unit may limit the number of participants in the plan to a specified percentage of its employees who are members of the public employees retirement system on the date the plan goes into effect. The percentage shall not be less than five per cent of such employees. If participation is limited, employees with more total service credit have the right to elect to participate before employees with less total service credit. In the case of employees with the same total service credit, employees with a greater length of service with the employing unit have the right to elect to participate before employees with less service with the employing unit. Employees with less than eighteen months of service with the employing unit have the right to elect to participate only after all other eligible employees have been given the opportunity to elect to participate. For the purpose of determining which employees may participate in a plan, total service credit includes service credit purchased by the employee under this chapter after the date on which the plan is established. A retirement incentive plan that limits participation may provide that an employee who does not notify the employing unit of the employee's decision to participate in the plan within a specified period of time will lose priority to participate in the plan ahead of other employees with less seniority. The time given to an employee to elect to participate ahead of other employees shall not be less than thirty days after the employee receives written notice that the employee may participate in the plan. (D) A retirement incentive plan shall provide for purchase of the same amount of service credit for each participating employee, except that the employer may not purchase more service credit for any employee than the lesser of the following: (1) Five years of service credit; (2) An amount of service credit equal to one-fifth of the total service credited to the participant under this chapter, exclusive of service credit purchased under this section. For each year of service credit purchased under this section, the employing unit shall pay an amount equal to the additional liability resulting from the purchase of that year of service credit, as determined by an actuary employed by the public employees retirement board. (E) Upon the election by an eligible employee to participate in the retirement incentive plan, the employee and the employing unit shall agree upon a date for payment or contracting for payment in installments to the public employees retirement system of the cost of the service credit to be purchased. The employing unit shall submit to the public employees retirement system a written request for a determination of the cost of the service credit, and within forty-five days after receiving the request, the board shall give the employing unit written notice of the cost. The employing unit shall pay or contract to pay in installments the cost of the service credit to be purchased to the public employees retirement system on the date agreed to by the employee and the employing unit. The payment shall be made in accordance with rules adopted by the public employees retirement board. The rules may provide for payment in installments and for crediting the purchased credit to the employee's account upon the employer's contracting to pay the cost in installments. The board shall notify the member when the member is credited with service purchased under this section. If the employee does not retire within ninety days after receiving notice that the employee has been credited with the purchased service credit, the system shall refund to the employing unit the amount paid for the service credit. No payment made to the public employees retirement system under this section shall affect any payment required by section 145.48 of the Revised Code. (F) For the purpose of determining whether the cost of a retirement incentive plan established by a county or county agency under this section is an allowable cost for the purpose of federal funding for any year, the cost shall be considered abnormal or mass severance pay only if fifteen per cent or more of the county or county agency's employees participate in the plan in that year. Nothing in this division shall relieve a county or county agency from seeking federal approval for any early retirement incentive plan that uses federal dollars in accordance with federal law. Last updated October 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 155.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 155 / § 155.29
§ 155.29. [Former R.C. 155.011, amended and renumbered by H.B. 110 of the 134th General Assembly, effective 9/30/2021] Applying for acquisition of minerals rights from state
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The owner of any tract of land in which the state has retained the gas, oil, coal, and other mineral rights and right of entry may acquire such rights by purchase from the state. Such owner desiring to purchase such rights shall make application to the director of administrative services. This application shall be in such manner and form and shall contain such information as prescribed by the director. The said application shall have a deposit of a sum sufficient to pay the appraisal fees together with evidence of title to the land in which the applicant desires to purchase the mineral rights affixed thereto. Upon receipt of the application, evidence of title, and the deposit, the director shall cause the mineral rights to be appraised by three disinterested persons. The director shall determine the fee that each appraiser shall receive. All appraisal fees shall be paid from the deposit posted by the applicant. If the deposit exceeds the appraisal fees the balance shall be returned to the applicant. The appraisal value when approved by the director of administrative services shall constitute the purchase price. The director shall notify the applicant of the purchase price by certified or registered mail. Upon receipt of the purchase price, the director shall prepare, with the assistance of the attorney general, a deed which shall be executed by the governor, countersigned by the secretary of state, recorded in the office of the director of administrative services, and delivered to the purchaser; provided, that if the purchase price has not been received within ninety days after notice of the purchase price was delivered to the applicant, the purchase price shall no longer be valid and a new application shall be instituted, a new deposit tendered, and a new appraisal had on the mineral rights. If the applicant fails to purchase the mineral rights within one year from the date of the initial application instituted by such applicant, a purchase by such applicant may be had only upon a determination by the director of administrative services that such sale would be in the best interests of the state. Any deed of conveyance issued under authority of this section shall be subject to existing easements, rights-of-way, and legal highways. Net sale proceeds shall be credited to the general revenue fund except when the rights disposed of were entrusted to the state for school or religious purposes. Last updated October 19, 2021 at 5:01 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.73 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.73
§ 109.73. Rule recommendations
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The Ohio peace officer training commission shall recommend rules to the attorney general with respect to all of the following: (1) The approval, or revocation of approval, of peace officer training schools administered by the state, counties, municipal corporations, public school districts, technical college districts, and the department of natural resources; (2) Minimum courses of study, attendance requirements, and equipment and facilities to be required at approved state, county, municipal, and department of natural resources peace officer training schools; (3) Minimum qualifications for instructors at approved state, county, municipal, and department of natural resources peace officer training schools; (4) The requirements of minimum basic training that peace officers appointed to probationary terms shall complete before being eligible for permanent appointment, which requirements shall include training in the handling of the offense of domestic violence, other types of domestic violence-related offenses and incidents, and protection orders and consent agreements issued or approved under section 2919.26 or 3113.31 of the Revised Code; crisis intervention training; and training in the handling of missing children and child abuse and neglect cases; and training in handling violations of section 2905.32 of the Revised Code; and the time within which such basic training shall be completed following appointment to a probationary term; (5) The requirements of minimum basic training that peace officers not appointed for probationary terms but appointed on other than a permanent basis shall complete in order to be eligible for continued employment or permanent appointment, which requirements shall include training in the handling of the offense of domestic violence, other types of domestic violence-related offenses and incidents, and protection orders and consent agreements issued or approved under section 2919.26 or 3113.31 of the Revised Code, crisis intervention training, and training in the handling of missing children and child abuse and neglect cases, and training in handling violations of section 2905.32 of the Revised Code, and the time within which such basic training shall be completed following appointment on other than a permanent basis; (6) Categories or classifications of advanced in-service training programs for peace officers, including programs in the handling of the offense of domestic violence, other types of domestic violence-related offenses and incidents, and protection orders and consent agreements issued or approved under section 2919.26 or 3113.31 of the Revised Code, in crisis intervention, and in the handling of missing children and child abuse and neglect cases, and in handling violations of section 2905.32 of the Revised Code, and minimum courses of study and attendance requirements with respect to such categories or classifications; (7) Permitting persons, who are employed as members of a campus police department appointed under section 1713.50 of the Revised Code; who are employed as police officers by a qualified nonprofit corporation police department pursuant to section 1702.80 of the Revised Code; who are appointed and commissioned as bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, credit union, or association of banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks, or credit unions police officers, as railroad police officers, or as hospital police officers pursuant to sections 4973.17 to 4973.22 of the Revised Code; or who are appointed and commissioned as amusement park police officers pursuant to section 4973.17 of the Revised Code, to attend approved peace officer training schools, including the Ohio peace officer training academy, and to receive certificates of satisfactory completion of basic training programs, if the private college or university that established the campus police department; qualified nonprofit corporation police department; bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, credit union, or association of banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks, or credit unions; railroad company; hospital; or amusement park sponsoring the police officers pays the entire cost of the training and certification and if trainee vacancies are available; (8) Permitting undercover drug agents to attend approved peace officer training schools, other than the Ohio peace officer training academy, and to receive certificates of satisfactory completion of basic training programs, if, for each undercover drug agent, the county, township, or municipal corporation that employs that undercover drug agent pays the entire cost of the training and certification; (9)(a) The requirements for basic training programs for bailiffs and deputy bailiffs of courts of record of this state and for criminal investigators employed by the state public defender that those persons shall complete before they may carry a firearm while on duty; (b) The requirements for any training received by a bailiff or deputy bailiff of a court of record of this state or by a criminal investigator employed by the state public defender prior to June 6, 1986, that is to be considered equivalent to the training described in division (A)(9)(a) of this section. (10) Establishing minimum qualifications and requirements for certification for dogs utilized by law enforcement agencies; (11) Establishing minimum requirements for certification of persons who are employed as correction officers in a full-service jail, five-day facility, or eight-hour holding facility or who provide correction services in such a jail or facility; (12) Establishing requirements for the training of humane society agents under section 1717.061 of the Revised Code, including, without limitation, a requirement that the agents receive instruction on traditional animal husbandry methods and training techniques, including customary owner-performed practices; (13) Permitting tactical medical professionals to attend approved peace officer training schools, including the Ohio peace officer training academy, to receive training of the type described in division (A)(14) of this section and to receive certificates of satisfactory completion of training programs described in that division; (14) The requirements for training programs that tactical medical professionals shall complete to qualify them to carry firearms while on duty under section 109.771 of the Revised Code, which requirements shall include at least the firearms training specified in division (A) of section 109.748 of the Revised Code; (15) Procedures and requirements for a portion of basic training that peace officers complete in proper interactions with civilians during traffic stops and other in-person encounters as specified in division (B)(4) of section 109.803 of the Revised Code and including the topics of instruction listed for active duty peace officers under divisions (B)(4)(a) to (d) of that section; (16) Permitting county correctional officers to attend approved peace officer training schools, including the Ohio peace officer training academy, to receive training of the type described in division (A)(17) of this section, and to receive certificates of satisfactory completion of basic training programs described in that division; (17) The requirements for basic training programs that county correctional officers shall complete to qualify them to carry firearms while on duty under section 109.772 of the Revised Code, which requirements shall include the firearms training specified in section 109.773 of the Revised Code; (18) Permitting fire investigators to attend approved peace officer training schools, including the Ohio peace officer training academy, to receive training of the type described in division (A)(19) of this section, and to receive certificates of satisfactory completion of training programs described in that division; (19) The requirements for training programs that fire investigators shall complete to qualify them to carry firearms while on duty under section 109.774 of the Revised Code, which requirements shall include at least the firearms training specified in division (A) of section 109.7481 of the Revised Code; (20) The requirements for refresher training under division (M) of section 109.77 of the Revised Code. (B) The commission shall appoint an executive director, with the approval of the attorney general, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the commission. The executive director shall perform such duties assigned by the commission. The executive director shall receive a salary fixed pursuant to Chapter 124. of the Revised Code and reimbursement for expenses within the amounts available by appropriation. The executive director may appoint officers, employees, agents, and consultants as the executive director considers necessary, prescribe their duties, and provide for reimbursement of their expenses within the amounts available for reimbursement by appropriation and with the approval of the commission. (C) The commission may do all of the following: (1) Recommend studies, surveys, and reports to be made by the executive director regarding the carrying out of the objectives and purposes of sections 109.71 to 109.77 of the Revised Code; (2) Visit and inspect any peace officer training school that has been approved by the executive director or for which application for approval has been made; (3) Make recommendations, from time to time, to the executive director, the attorney general, and the general assembly regarding the carrying out of the purposes of sections 109.71 to 109.77 of the Revised Code; (4) Report to the attorney general from time to time, and to the governor and the general assembly at least annually, concerning the activities of the commission; (5) Establish fees for the services the commission offers under sections 109.71 to 109.79 of the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, fees for training, certification, and testing; (6) Perform such other acts as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the powers and duties of the commission as set forth in sections 109.71 to 109.77 of the Revised Code. (D) In establishing the requirements, under division (A)(12) of this section, the commission may consider any portions of the curriculum for instruction on the topic of animal husbandry practices, if any, of the Ohio state university college of veterinary medicine. No person or entity that fails to provide instruction on traditional animal husbandry methods and training techniques, including customary owner-performed practices, shall qualify to train a humane society agent for appointment under section 1717.06 of the Revised Code. (E)(1) As used in this division, "license" has the same meaning as in section 4796.01 of the Revised Code, except that it includes a certificate of completion of a training program required under sections 109.71 to 109.804 of the Revised Code. "License" does not include a certificate of completion of a firearm basic training program under division (B)(1) of section 109.78 of the Revised Code or a certificate of completion of any firearm requalification training program. (2) Notwithstanding any requirement for a license issued by the commission, the commission shall issue a license in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an individual if either of the following applies: (a) The individual holds a license in another state. (b) The individual has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter in the same profession, occupation, or occupational activity as the profession, occupation, or occupational activity for which the license is required in this state in a state that does not require such a license. Last updated July 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 157.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 157 / § 157.07
§ 157.07. Maximum positional error in land descriptions
Status: in_force

October 1, 1985 House Bill 134 - 116th General Assembly Co-ordinates based on either Ohio co-ordinate system and used to describe and locate positions of land boundary corners shall be surveyed and determined within a maximum positional error of plus or minus 0.05 metres, except that it may be less than 0.05 metres if local land survey standards of practice for positional errors so dictate, with respect to the nearest horizontal control station established in conformity with the standards of accuracy and specifications for first and second-order geodetic surveying as prepared and published by the federal geodetic control committee of the United States department of commerce. The standards and specifications issued by the federal geodetic control committee in force on the date of such survey shall apply. The publication by the United States department of commerce of existing control stations or the acceptance by the department of newly established control stations with intent to publish them shall constitute evidence of adherence to federal geodetic control committee specifications. These limitations may be modified by a duly authorized state agency to comply with local conditions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.021
§ 126.021. Medicaid caseload and expenditure forecast report
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The director of budget and management, as part of the submission to the governor under section 126.02 of the Revised Code, shall prepare and submit to the governor not later than the first day of January preceding the convening of the general assembly a medicaid caseload and expenditure forecast report, prepared in consultation with the department of medicaid. For each component identified in divisions (A) to (Q) of this section, the report shall include proposed, actual, or estimated medicaid program data for each fiscal year of the proposed budget biennium and for each fiscal year of the current budget biennium. If determined useful, the directors of budget and management and medicaid may choose to include additional years of data for components of the report. The report shall include all of the following: (A) A complete budget for the medicaid program delineated by the agency administering each component of the program, fund, appropriation item, and whether the spending is for services or administration; (B) A summary of medicaid service spending by eligibility group and subgroup and service delivery system; (C) A detailed mapping of the summary spending provided in division (B) of this section into individual appropriation items and including state and federal shares of each appropriation item; (D) A complete description of each policy proposal, including assumed start date and cost projection delineated by fiscal year, appropriation item, state and federal shares, eligibility group and subgroup, and service delivery system; (E) The medicaid caseload delineated by eligibility group and subgroup and service delivery system; (F) The percentage of total medicaid enrollment that is comprised of medicaid recipients enrolled under the care management system established under section 5167.03 of the Revised Code and the percentage of total medicaid spending that the care management system comprises; (G) A detailed accounting of the care management system component of the medicaid budget by eligibility group and subgroup, including spending, member months, and per member per month capitation rates; (H) A detailed accounting of the fee-for-service component of the medicaid budget by eligibility group and subgroup, including spending, member months, and per member per month costs; (I) Historical spending data by service delivery system, medicaid provider and program, including at least the following provider categories: hospital, pharmacy, waiver, nursing, home health care, professional medical and clinic, nursing facility, behavioral health care, and intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities; (J) A detailed accounting of the medicare buy-in and medicare Part D components of the medicaid budget by eligibility group and subgroup, including spending, average monthly premiums, and average rates; (K) A summary of projected spending for each fiscal year delineated by forecast component and by baseline and policy proposals; (L) A detailed calculation demonstrating the effect of a hypothetical one-dollar increase in medicaid home and community-based services wages for direct care providers for each fiscal year, delineated by provider, appropriation item, and state and federal shares; (M) A detailed calculation demonstrating the effect of a hypothetical one percentage point increase in provider franchise fee revenue for each fiscal year, for each of the fees imposed under sections 5168.21 , 5168.41 , and 5168.76 of the Revised Code; (N) A detailed calculation demonstrating the effect of a hypothetical one-dollar increase in nursing facility and intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities per medicaid day payment rates; (O) A detailed explanation of how the governor's medicaid budget recommendations satisfy the requirements of section 5162.70 of the Revised Code; (P) The most recent report required under section 5162.70 of the Revised Code; (Q) Any other information the director of budget and management or the medicaid director deems to be useful to facilitate a better understanding of the governor's medicaid budget recommendations. Last updated September 27, 2023 at 10:48 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.18
§ 117.18. Auditor and designated employee - powers
Status: in_force

July 1, 2009 House Bill 525 - 127th General Assembly (A) The auditor of state and any employee designated by the auditor of state may, in the performance of any audit, issue and serve subpoenas and compulsory process or direct service thereof by a sheriff or constable, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of records, administer oaths, and apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to punish for disobedience of subpoena, refusal to be sworn, refusal to answer as a witness, or refusal to produce records. Sheriffs and constables shall receive the same fees as for like services in similar cases. Witnesses shall receive the same fees and mileage as witnesses are provided under section 119.094 of the Revised Code. (B) The auditor of state and any employee designated by the auditor of state may exercise any authority granted by this section on behalf of any public accountant conducting an audit pursuant to this chapter when so requested.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.71 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.71
§ 153.71. Administrative rules
Status: in_force

September 13, 2022 House Bill 687 - 134th General Assembly (A) Any public authority planning to contract for professional design services or design-build services may adopt, amend, or rescind rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, to implement sections 153.66 to 153.70 of the Revised Code. (B) Sections 153.66 to 153.70 of the Revised Code do not apply to any of the following: (1) Any project with an estimated professional design fee of twenty-five thousand dollars or less; (2) Any project with an estimated professional design fee of more than twenty-five thousand dollars but less than fifty thousand dollars if both of the following requirements are met: (a) The public authority selects a single design professional or firm from among those that have submitted a current statement of qualifications within the immediately preceding year, as provided under section 153.68 of the Revised Code, based on the public authority's determination that the selected design professional or firm is the most qualified to provide the required professional design services; (b) The public authority and the selected design professional or firm comply with division (B) of section 153.69 of the Revised Code with respect to the negotiation of a contract. (3) Any project determined in writing by the public authority head to be an emergency requiring immediate action including, but not limited to, any projects requiring multiple contracts let as part of a program requiring a large number of professional design firms of the same type. Last updated July 6, 2022 at 9:17 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.721 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.721
§ 101.721. Disqualification as legislative agent for certain offenses
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) No person shall be permitted to register as a legislative agent under division (A) or (B) of section 101.72 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 of the following offenses that is a felony: (1) A violation of section 2921.02 , 2921.03 , 2921.05 , 2921.41 , 2921.42 , or 2923.32 of the Revised Code; (2) A violation of section 2913.42 , 2921.04 , 2921.11 , 2921.12 , 2921.31 , or 2921.32 of the Revised Code if the person committed the violation while the person was serving in a public office and the conduct constituting the violation was related to the duties of the person's public office or to the person's actions as a public official holding that public office; (3) A violation of an existing or former municipal ordinance or law of this or any other state or the United States that is substantially equivalent to any violation listed in division (A)(1) of this section; (4) A violation of an existing or former municipal ordinance or law of this or any other state or the United States that is substantially equivalent to any violation listed in division (A)(2) of this section if the person committed the violation while the person was serving in a public office and the conduct constituting the violation was related to the duties of the person's public office or to the person's actions as a public official holding that public office; (5) A conspiracy to commit, attempt to commit, or complicity in committing any violation listed in division (A)(1) or described in division (A)(3) of this section; (6) A conspiracy to commit, attempt to commit, or complicity in committing any violation listed in division (A)(2) or described in division (A)(4) of this section if the person committed the violation while the person was serving in a public office and the conduct constituting the violation that was the subject of the conspiracy, that would have constituted the offense attempted, or constituting the violation in which the person was complicit was or would have been related to the duties of the person's public office or to the person's actions as a public official holding that public office. (B) If a legislative agent has registered with the joint legislative ethics committee under division (A) or (B) of section 101.72 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 legislative agent is convicted of or pleads guilty to any felony offense listed or described in division (A)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of this section 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 a legislative agent, and, after the termination, the ban imposed under division (A) of this section applies to the person. (C) The ban imposed under division (A) of this section is a lifetime ban, and the offender is forever disqualified from registering as a legislative agent under section 101.72 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 . (E) As used in this section, "public office" means any elected federal, state, or local government office in this state. Last updated May 12, 2022 at 10:16 AM