Ohio Rev. Code § 173.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.17
§ 173.17. State long-term care ombudsman; duties
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The state long-term care ombudsman shall do all of the following: (1) Appoint a staff and direct and administer the work of the staff; (2) Oversee the performance and operation of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program, including the operation of regional long-term care ombudsman programs; (3) Establish and maintain a statewide uniform reporting system to collect and analyze information relating to complaints and conditions in long-term care facilities and complaints regarding the provision of community-based long-term care services for the purpose of identifying and resolving significant problems; (4) Provide for public forums to discuss concerns and problems relating to action, inaction, or decisions that may adversely affect the health, safety, welfare, or rights of residents, recipients and their representatives with respect to services by long-term care providers, public agencies and entities, and social service agencies. This may include any of the following: conducting public hearings; sponsoring workshops and conferences; holding meetings for the purpose of obtaining information about residents and recipients, discussing and publicizing their needs, and advocating solutions to their problems; and promoting the development of citizen organizations. (5) Encourage, cooperate with, and assist in the development and operation of services to provide current, objective, and verified information about long-term care; (6) Develop and implement, with the assistance of regional programs, a continuing program to publicize, through the media and civic organizations, the office, its purposes, and its methods of operation; (7) Maintain written descriptions of the duties and qualifications of representatives of the office; (8) Evaluate and make known concerns and issues regarding long-term care by doing all of the following: (a) Preparing an annual report containing information and findings regarding the types of problems experienced by residents and recipients and the complaints made by or on behalf of residents and recipients. The report shall include recommendations for policy, regulatory, and legislative changes to solve problems, resolve complaints, and improve the quality of care and life for residents and recipients. The report shall be submitted to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the director of health, the medicaid director, the director of job and family services, the director of mental health and addiction services, and the assistant secretary for aging of the United States department of health and human services. (b) Monitoring and analyzing the development and implementation of federal, state, and local laws, rules, and policies regarding long-term care services in this state and recommending to officials changes the office considers appropriate in those laws, rules, and policies; (c) Providing information and making recommendations to public agencies, members of the general assembly, and others regarding problems and concerns of residents and recipients. (9) Conduct training for employees and volunteers on the ombudsman's staff and for representatives of the office employed by regional programs; (10) Monitor the training of representatives of the office who provide volunteer services to regional programs, and provide technical assistance to the regional programs in conducting the training; (11) Issue certificates attesting to the successful completion of training and specifying the level of responsibility for which a representative of the office who has completed training is qualified; (12) Register as a residents' rights advocate with the department of health under division (B) of section 3701.07 of the Revised Code; (13) Conduct advocacy visits and authorize other representatives of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program to conduct advocacy visits; (14) Perform other duties specified by the department of aging. (B) The state ombudsman may delegate to any member of the ombudsman's staff any of the ombudsman's authority or duties set forth in sections 173.14 to 173.28 of the Revised Code other than any authority or duty required by federal law to be exercised or performed by the ombudsman. The state ombudsman is responsible for any authority or duties the ombudsman delegates. Last updated October 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.609 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.609
§ 125.609. Release of ordering office from compliance with rules
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly The department of administrative services, on its own or pursuant to a request from a government ordering office, may release a government ordering office from compliance with sections 125.60 to 125.6012 of the Revised Code. If the department determines that compliance is not possible or not advantageous, or if conditions prescribed in rules as may be adopted under section 125.603 of the Revised Code for granting a release are met, the department may grant a release. The release shall be in writing, and shall specify the supplies or services to which it applies, the period of time during which it is effective, and the reason for which it is granted.
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.23
§ 111.23. Expedited filing - bulk filing - alternative filing procedures
Status: in_force

June 6, 2001 House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly (A) The secretary of state, by rule, shall establish, and prescribe guidelines and fees for the use of, an expedited filing service that provides, at the option of the person making a filing, expeditious processing of any filing with the secretary of state under Chapter 1309. or 1329. or Title XVII of the Revised Code. (B) The secretary of state may adopt rules establishing, and prescribing guidelines and fees for the use of, a bulk filing service that provides, at the option of the person making a filing, a method for providing large amounts of information. The secretary of state may charge and collect fees for filings made through a bulk filing service at reduced amounts from those otherwise specified in or authorized by the Revised Code. (C) The secretary of state may adopt rules establishing, and prescribing guidelines and fees for the use of, alternative filing procedures in making filings with the secretary of state. Under these rules, the secretary of state may accept any filing and payment of associated fees through any electronic, digital, facsimile, or other means of transmission. The filings shall be made on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and shall comply fully with any other requirements of the Revised Code applicable to the type of filing being made.
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.021
§ 131.021. Certification of pending nonfinal tax liability to attorney general
Status: in_force

May 6, 2005 House Bill 16 - 126th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "tax" means all taxes and fees, including any penalties, additional charges, and interest charges, administered by the tax commissioner. "Tax" excludes any taxes and fees that are paid to a county auditor or treasurer. (B) Any pending tax liability that the commissioner determines is owed to the state, but that is not final, may be certified to the attorney general pursuant to, and for purposes of, section 131.02 of the Revised Code if a party who may owe the tax liability has filed for bankruptcy and the tax liability is a prepetition bankruptcy debt. Nothing in this section and section 131.02 of the Revised Code shall make final, or alter the procedures and processes the party must follow to appeal, a tax liability that is pending appeal. The commissioner shall notify the attorney general of any adjustments made to a pending tax liability certified under section 131.02 of the Revised Code to reflect the final tax liability.
Ohio Rev. Code § 119.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 119 / § 119.03
§ 119.03. Procedure for adoption, amendment, or rescission of rules
Status: in_force

June 8, 2022 Senate Bill 9 - 134th General Assembly In the adoption, amendment, or rescission of any rule, an agency shall comply with the following procedure: (A) Reasonable public notice shall be given in the register of Ohio at least thirty days prior to the date set for a hearing, in the form the agency determines. The agency shall file copies of the public notice under division (B) of this section. (The agency gives public notice in the register of Ohio when the public notice is published in the register under that division.) The public notice shall include: (1) A statement of the agency's intention to consider adopting, amending, or rescinding a rule; (2) A synopsis of the proposed rule, amendment, or rule to be rescinded or a general statement of the subject matter to which the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission relates; (3) A statement of the reason or purpose for adopting, amending, or rescinding the rule; (4) The date, time, and place of a hearing on the proposed action, which shall be not earlier than the thirty-first nor later than the fortieth day after the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission is filed under division (B) of this section. In addition to public notice given in the register of Ohio, the agency may give whatever other notice it reasonably considers necessary to ensure notice constructively is given to all persons who are subject to or affected by the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission. The agency shall provide a copy of the public notice required under division (A) of this section to any person who requests it and pays a reasonable fee, not to exceed the cost of copying and mailing. (B) The full text of the proposed rule, amendment, or rule to be rescinded, accompanied by the public notice required under division (A) of this section, shall be filed in electronic form with the secretary of state and with the director of the legislative service commission. (If in compliance with this division an agency files more than one proposed rule, amendment, or rescission at the same time, and has prepared a public notice under division (A) of this section that applies to more than one of the proposed rules, amendments, or rescissions, the agency shall file only one notice with the secretary of state and with the director for all of the proposed rules, amendments, or rescissions to which the notice applies.) The proposed rule, amendment, or rescission and public notice shall be filed as required by this division at least sixty-five days prior to the date on which the agency, in accordance with division (E) of this section, issues an order adopting the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission. If the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission incorporates a text or other material by reference, the agency shall comply with sections 121.71 to 121.75 of the Revised Code. The proposed rule, amendment, or rescission shall be available for at least thirty days prior to the date of the hearing at the office of the agency in printed or other legible form without charge to any person affected by the proposal. Failure to furnish such text to any person requesting it shall not invalidate any action of the agency in connection therewith. If the agency files a revision in the text of the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission, it shall also promptly file the full text of the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission in its revised form in electronic form with the secretary of state and with the director of the legislative service commission. The agency shall file the rule summary and fiscal analysis prepared under section 106.024 of the Revised Code in electronic form along with a proposed rule, amendment, or rescission or proposed rule, amendment, or rescission in revised form that is filed with the secretary of state or the director of the legislative service commission. The agency shall file the hearing report relating to a proposed rule, amendment, or rescission in electronic form with the secretary of state and the director of the legislative service commission at the same time the agency files the hearing report with the joint committee on agency rule review. The director of the legislative service commission shall publish in the register of Ohio the full text of the original and each revised version of a proposed rule, amendment, or rescission; the full text of a public notice; the full text of a rule summary and fiscal analysis; and the full text of a hearing report that is filed with the director under this division. (C) When an agency files a proposed rule, amendment, or rescission under division (B) of this section, it also shall file in electronic form with the joint committee on agency rule review the full text of the proposed rule, amendment, or rule to be rescinded in the same form and the public notice required under division (A) of this section. (If in compliance with this division an agency files more than one proposed rule, amendment, or rescission at the same time, and has given a public notice under division (A) of this section that applies to more than one of the proposed rules, amendments, or rescissions, the agency shall file only one notice with the joint committee for all of the proposed rules, amendments, or rescissions to which the notice applies.) The proposed rule, amendment, or rescission is subject to legislative review and invalidation under sections 106.02 , 106.021 , and 106.022 of the Revised Code. If the agency makes a revision in a proposed rule, amendment, or rescission after it is filed with the joint committee, the agency promptly shall file the full text of the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission in its revised form in electronic form with the joint committee. An agency shall file the rule summary and fiscal analysis prepared under section 106.024 of the Revised Code in electronic form along with a proposed rule, amendment, or rescission, and along with a proposed rule, amendment, or rescission in revised form, that is filed under this division. If a proposed rule, amendment, or rescission has an adverse impact on businesses, the agency also shall file the business impact analysis, any recommendations received from the common sense initiative office, and the agency's memorandum of response, if any, in electronic form along with the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission, or along with the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission in revised form, that is filed under this division. The agency shall file the hearing report in electronic form with the joint committee before the joint committee holds its public hearing on the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission. The filing of a hearing report does not constitute a revision of the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission to which the hearing report relates. If the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission requires liability insurance, a bond, or any other financial responsibility instrument as a condition of licensure, the agency shall conduct a diligent search to determine if the liability insurance, bond, or other financial responsibility instrument is readily available in the amounts required as a condition of licensure, and shall certify to the joint committee that the search was conducted. If the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission implements a federal law or rule, the agency shall provide to the joint committee a citation to the federal law or rule the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission implements and a statement as to whether the proposed rule implements the federal law or rule in a manner that is more or less stringent or burdensome than the federal law or rule requires. A proposed rule, amendment, or rescission that is subject to legislative review under this division may not be adopted under division (E) of this section or filed in final form under section 119.04 of the Revised Code unless the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission has been filed with the joint committee on agency rule review under this division and the time for legislative review of the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission has expired without adoption of a concurrent resolution to invalidate the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission. This division does not apply to: (1) An emergency rule, amendment, or rescission; (2) A proposed rule, amendment, or rescission that must be adopted verbatim by an agency pursuant to federal law or rule, to become effective within sixty days of adoption, in order to continue the operation of a federally reimbursed program in this state, so long as the proposed rule contains both of the following: (a) A statement that it is proposed for the purpose of complying with a federal law or rule; (b) A citation to the federal law or rule that requires verbatim compliance. (3) A proposed rule, amendment, or rescission that, as set forth in section 3719.41 of the Revised Code, must be adopted by the state board of pharmacy pursuant to federal law or rule, to become effective within sixty days of adoption, so long as the proposed rule contains a statement that it is proposed for the purpose of complying with federal law or rule. If a rule or amendment is exempt from legislative review under division (C)(2) of this section, and if the federal law or rule pursuant to which the rule or amendment was adopted expires, is repealed or rescinded, or otherwise terminates, the rule or amendment, or its rescission, is thereafter subject to legislative review under division (C) of this section. (D) On the date and at the time and place designated in the notice, the agency shall conduct a public hearing at which any person affected by the proposed action of the agency may appear and be heard in person, by the person's attorney, or both, may present the person's position, arguments, or contentions, orally or in writing, offer and examine witnesses, and present evidence tending to show that the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission, if adopted or effectuated, will be unreasonable or unlawful. An agency may permit persons affected by the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission to present their positions, arguments, or contentions in writing, not only at the hearing, but also for a reasonable period before, after, or both before and after the hearing. A person who presents a position or arguments or contentions in writing before or after the hearing is not required to appear at the hearing. At the hearing, the testimony shall be recorded. Such record shall be made at the expense of the agency. The agency is required to transcribe a record that is not sight readable only if a person requests transcription of all or part of the record and agrees to reimburse the agency for the costs of the transcription. An agency may require the person to pay in advance all or part of the cost of the transcription. In any hearing under this section the agency may administer oaths or affirmations. The agency shall consider the positions, arguments, or contentions presented at, or before or after, the hearing. The agency shall prepare a hearing summary of the positions, arguments, or contentions, and of the issues raised by the positions, arguments, or contentions. The agency then shall prepare a hearing report explaining, with regard to each issue, how it is reflected in the rule, amendment, or rescission. If an issue is not reflected in the rule, amendment, or rescission, the hearing report shall explain why the issue is not reflected. The agency shall include the hearing summary in the hearing report as an appendix thereto. And, in the hearing report, the agency shall identify the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission to which the hearing report relates. (E) After divisions (A), (B), (C), and (D) of this section have been complied with, and when the time for legislative review under sections 106.02 , 106.022 , and 106.023 of the Revised Code has expired without adoption of a concurrent resolution to invalidate the proposed rule, amendment, or rescission, the agency may issue an order adopting the proposed rule or the proposed amendment or rescission of the rule, consistent with the synopsis or general statement included in the public notice. At that time the agency shall designate the effective date of the rule, amendment, or rescission, which shall not be earlier than the tenth day after the rule, amendment, or rescission has been filed in its final form as provided in section 119.04 of the Revised Code. (F) Prior to the effective date of a rule, amendment, or rescission, the agency shall make a reasonable effort to inform those affected by the rule, amendment, or rescission and to have available for distribution to those requesting it the full text of the rule as adopted or as amended. (G)(1) If the governor, upon the request of an agency, determines that an emergency requires the immediate adoption, amendment, or rescission of a rule, the governor shall issue an order, the text of which shall be filed in electronic form with the agency, the secretary of state, the director of the legislative service commission, and the joint committee on agency rule review, that the procedure prescribed by this section with respect to the adoption, amendment, or rescission of a specified rule is suspended. The agency may then adopt immediately the emergency rule, amendment, or rescission and it becomes effective on the date the rule, amendment, or rescission, in final form and in compliance with division (A)(2) of section 119.04 of the Revised Code, is filed in electronic form with the secretary of state, the director of the legislative service commission, and the joint committee on agency rule review. The director shall publish the full text of the emergency rule, amendment, or rescission in the register of Ohio. Except as provided in division (G)(2) of this section, or section 107.43 of the Revised Code, the emergency rule, amendment, or rescission shall become invalid at the end of the one hundred twentieth day it is in effect. Prior to that date the agency may adopt the emergency rule, amendment, or rescission as a nonemergency rule, amendment, or rescission by complying with the procedure prescribed by this section for the adoption, amendment, and rescission of nonemergency rules. The agency shall not use the procedure of division (G)(1) of this section to readopt the emergency rule, amendment, or rescission so that, upon the emergency rule, amendment, or rescission becoming invalid under division (G)(1) of this section, the emergency rule, amendment, or rescission will continue in effect without interruption for another one-hundred-twenty-day period, except when section 106.02 of the Revised Code prevents the agency from adopting the emergency rule, amendment, or rescission as a nonemergency rule, amendment, or rescission within the one-hundred-twenty-day period. Division (G)(1) of this section does not apply to the adoption of any emergency rule, amendment, or rescission by the tax commissioner under division (C)(2) of section 5117.02 of the Revised Code. (2) An emergency rule or amendment adding a substance to a controlled substance schedule shall become invalid at the end of the one hundred eightieth day it is in effect. Prior to that date, the state board of pharmacy may adopt the emergency rule or amendment as a nonemergency rule or amendment by complying with the procedure prescribed by this section for adoption and amendment of nonemergency rules. The board shall not use the procedure of division (G)(1) of this section to readopt the emergency rule or amendment so that, upon the emergency rule or amendment becoming invalid under division (G)(2) of this section, the emergency rule or amendment will continue in effect beyond the one-hundred-eighty-day period. (3) The general assembly, by adopting a concurrent resolution, and in accordance with section 107.43 of the Revised Code, may do either of the following: (a) Invalidate, in whole or in part, an emergency rule adopted or amended by an agency in response to a state of emergency, as defined under section 107.42 of the Revised Code, under division (G)(1) of this section; (b) Authorize an agency to readopt, in whole or in part, a rule that was rescinded in response to a state of emergency under division (G)(1) of this section. (H) Rules adopted by an authority within the department of job and family services for the administration or enforcement of Chapter 4141. of the Revised Code or of the department of taxation shall be effective without a hearing as provided by this section if the statutes pertaining to such agency specifically give a right of appeal to the board of tax appeals or to a higher authority within the agency or to a court, and also give the appellant a right to a hearing on such appeal. This division does not apply to the adoption of any rule, amendment, or rescission by the tax commissioner under division (C)(1) or (2) of section 5117.02 of the Revised Code, or deny the right to file an action for declaratory judgment as provided in Chapter 2721. of the Revised Code from the decision of the board of tax appeals or of the higher authority within such agency. Last updated March 11, 2022 at 3:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 120.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 120 / § 120.52
§ 120.52. Legal aid fund
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly There is hereby established in the state treasury the legal aid fund, which shall be for the charitable public purpose of providing financial assistance to legal aid societies that provide civil legal services to indigents. The fund shall contain all funds credited to it by the treasurer of state pursuant to sections 1901.26 , 1907.24 , 2303.201 , 3953.231 , 4705.09 , and 4705.10 of the Revised Code. The treasurer of state may invest moneys contained in the legal aid fund in any manner authorized by the Revised Code for the investment of state moneys. However, no such investment shall interfere with any apportionment, allocation, or payment of moneys as required by section 120.53 of the Revised Code. The state public defender, through the Ohio access to justice foundation, shall administer the payment of moneys out of the fund. Four and one-half per cent of the moneys in the fund shall be reserved for the actual, reasonable costs of administering sections 120.51 to 120.55 and sections 1901.26 , 1907.24 , 2303.201 , 3953.231 , 4705.09 , and 4705.10 of the Revised Code. Moneys that are reserved for administrative costs but that are not used for actual, reasonable administrative costs shall be set aside for use in the manner described in division (A) of section 120.521 of the Revised Code. The remainder of the moneys in the legal aid fund shall be distributed in accordance with section 120.53 of the Revised Code. The Ohio access to justice foundation shall establish, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, rules governing the administration of the legal aid fund, including the programs established under sections 1901.26 , 1907.24 , 2303.201 , 4705.09 , and 4705.10 of the Revised Code regarding interest on interest-bearing trust accounts of an attorney, law firm, or legal professional association.
Ohio Rev. Code § 151.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 151 / § 151.06
§ 151.06. Highway capital improvement bond service fund
Status: in_force

September 14, 2000 House Bill 640 - 123rd General Assembly This section applies to obligations as defined in this section. (A) As used in this section: (1) "Capital facilities" or "projects" means highway capital improvements, which shall be limited to highways, including those on the state highway system and urban extensions thereof, those within or leading to public parks or recreation areas, and those within or leading to municipal corporations. (2) "Costs of capital facilities" include related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of direct costs of the Ohio department of transportation. (3) "Obligations" means obligations as defined in section 151.01 of the Revised Code issued to pay costs of capital facilities. (B) The issuing authority shall issue obligations to pay costs of capital facilities and projects pursuant to Section 2m of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, section 151.01 of the Revised Code, and this section. Not more than two hundred twenty million dollars principal amount of obligations, plus the principal amount of obligations that in any prior fiscal years could have been, but were not, issued within that two-hundred-twenty-million dollar fiscal year limit, may be issued in any fiscal year, and not more than one billion two hundred million dollars principal amount of obligations may be outstanding at any one time, all determined as provided in section 151.01 of the Revised Code and this section. (C) Net proceeds of obligations shall be deposited into the highway capital improvement fund created by section 5528.53 of the Revised Code. (D) There is hereby created in the state treasury the "highway capital improvement bond service fund." All moneys received by the state and required by the bond proceedings, consistent with sections 151.01 and 151.06 of the Revised Code, to be deposited, transferred, or credited to the bond service fund, and all other moneys transferred or allocated to or received for the purposes of that fund, shall be deposited and credited to the bond service fund, subject to any applicable provisions of the bond proceedings but without necessity for any act of appropriation. During the period beginning with the date of the first issuance of obligations and continuing during the time that any obligations are outstanding in accordance with their terms, so long as moneys in the bond service fund are insufficient to pay debt service when due on those obligations payable from that fund (except the principal amounts of bond anticipation notes payable from the proceeds of renewal notes or bonds anticipated) and due in the particular fiscal year, a sufficient amount of revenues of the state, including those referred to in Section 5a of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, is committed and, without necessity for further act of appropriation, shall be paid to the bond service fund for the purpose of paying that debt service when due. In each year that moneys referred to in Section 5a of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, pledged to the payment of bond service charges on obligations issued pursuant to this section are available for that purpose, those moneys shall be appropriated thereto and the required application of any other excises, taxes, and revenues shall be reduced in corresponding amount. (E) The issuing authority may authorize and enter into agreements regarding the issuance of obligations, and may authorize the issuance of those obligations pursuant to such agreements, within amounts authorized from time to time by the general assembly, in support of and in combination with the issuance of infrastructure project obligations pursuant to section 5531.10 of the Revised Code for the purpose of assisting in the financing of projects, all in accordance with Section 2m of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, section 151.01 of the Revised Code, and this section except as otherwise provided in division (E) of this section. Any agreement authorized and entered into under this division (E) may be irrevocable and may contain such other terms and conditions as shall be approved by the issuing authority consistent with this section and section 151.01 of the Revised Code. The principal amount of obligations at the time authorized by the issuing authority to be issued pursuant to division (E) of this section shall be included in the fiscal year limitation provided for in division (B) of this section for the fiscal year in which the authorization occurs and shall also be included in the maximum principal amount which may be outstanding at any one time under division (B) of this section until such time as the related infrastructure project obligations are no longer outstanding. The issuing authority shall covenant with the holders of the related infrastructure project obligations issued in combination with obligations under division (E) of this section that the obligations that may be issued under division (E) of this section shall not exceed the limits set forth in this section, and such covenant may be enforced as provided in division (I) of section 151.01 of the Revised Code. Except as otherwise provided in division (E) of this section, section 151.01 of the Revised Code applies to obligations authorized under this section. The bond proceedings for obligations issued under division (E) of this section may provide that the sale proceeds of the obligations shall be deposited in a special fund and used to pay bond service charges on the infrastructure project obligations or that those obligations, which need not be interest-bearing, may be deposited with the trustee for the infrastructure project obligations, in either case in exchange for an assignment of all or part of the revenues to be received by the trustee for payment of bond service charges on those infrastructure project obligations. Any agreement authorized and delivered under division (E) of this section in combination with infrastructure project obligations shall be presumed to be in conformity with all legal requirements, and its terms and provisions shall be incontestable unless otherwise challenged in the manner referred to in division (B) of section 133.02 of the Revised Code prior to the delivery of the related infrastructure project obligations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 119.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 119 / § 119.12
§ 119.12. Appeal by party adversely affected - notice - record - hearing - judgment
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 Senate Bill 21 (GA 135), House Bill 33 (GA 135) (A) Any party adversely affected by any order of an agency issued pursuant to an adjudication may appeal from the order of the agency to the court of common pleas of the county designated in division (B) of this section. (B) An appeal from an order described in division (A) of this section shall be filed in the county designated as follows : (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(2) of this section, an appeal from an order of an agency issued pursuant to an adjudication denying an applicant admission to an examination, denying the issuance or renewal of a license or registration of a licensee, revoking or suspending a license, or allowing the payment of a forfeiture under section 4301.252 of the Revised Code shall be filed in the county in which the place of business of the licensee is located or the county in which the licensee is a resident. (2) An appeal from an order issued by any of the following agencies shall be made to the court of common pleas of Franklin county or the court of common pleas in the county in which the place of business of the licensee is located or the county in which the licensee is a resident: (a) The liquor control commission; (b) The Ohio casino control commission; (c) The state medical board; (d) The state chiropractic board; (e) The board of nursing; (f) The bureau of workers' compensation regarding participation in the health partnership program created in sections 4121.44 and 4121.441 of the Revised Code. (3) Appeals from orders of the fire marshal issued under Chapter 3737. of the Revised Code shall be to the court of common pleas of the county in which the building of the aggrieved person is located. (4) Appeals under division (B) of section 124.34 of the Revised Code from a decision of the state personnel board of review or a municipal or civil service township civil service commission shall be taken to the court of common pleas of the county in which the appointing authority is located or, in the case of an appeal by the department of rehabilitation and correction, to the court of common pleas of Franklin county. (5) If any party appealing from an order described in division (B)(1), (2), or (6) of this section is not a resident of and has no place of business in this state, the party shall appeal to the court of common pleas of Franklin county. (6) Any party adversely affected by any order of an agency issued pursuant to any other adjudication may appeal to the court of common pleas of Franklin county or the court of common pleas of the county in which the business of the party is located or in which the party is a resident. (C) This section does not apply to appeals from the department of taxation. (D) Any party desiring to appeal shall file a notice of appeal with the agency setting forth the order appealed from and stating that the agency's order is not supported by reliable, probative, and substantial evidence and is not in accordance with law. The notice of appeal may, but need not, set forth the specific grounds of the party's appeal beyond the statement that the agency's order is not supported by reliable, probative, and substantial evidence and is not in accordance with law. The notice of appeal shall also be filed by the appellant with the court. In filing a notice of appeal with the agency or court, the notice that is filed may be either the original notice or a copy of the original notice. Unless otherwise provided by law relating to a particular agency, notices of appeal shall be filed within fifteen days after the service of the notice of the agency's order as provided in section 119.05 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this paragraph, an order includes a determination appealed pursuant to division (C) of section 119.092 of the Revised Code. The amendments made to this paragraph by Sub. H.B. 215 of the 128th general assembly are procedural, and this paragraph as amended by those amendments shall be applied retrospectively to all appeals pursuant to this paragraph filed before September 13, 2010, but not earlier than May 7, 2009, which was the date the supreme court of Ohio released its opinion and judgment in Medcorp, Inc. v. Ohio Dep't. of Job and Family Servs. (2009), 121 Ohio St.3d 622. (E) The filing of a notice of appeal shall not automatically operate as a suspension of the order of an agency. If it appears to the court that an unusual hardship to the appellant will result from the execution of the agency's order pending determination of the appeal, the court may grant a suspension and fix its terms. If an appeal is taken from the judgment of the court and the court has previously granted a suspension of the agency's order as provided in this section, the suspension of the agency's order shall not be vacated and shall be given full force and effect until the matter is finally adjudicated. No renewal of a license or permit shall be denied by reason of the suspended order during the period of the appeal from the decision of the court of common pleas. In the case of an appeal from the Ohio casino control commission, the state medical board, or the state chiropractic board, the court may grant a suspension and fix its terms if it appears to the court that an unusual hardship to the appellant will result from the execution of the agency's order pending determination of the appeal and the health, safety, and welfare of the public will not be threatened by suspension of the order. This provision shall not be construed to limit the factors the court may consider in determining whether to suspend an order of any other agency pending determination of an appeal. (F) The final order of adjudication may apply to any renewal of a license or permit which has been granted during the period of the appeal. (G) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any order issued by a court of common pleas or a court of appeals suspending the effect of an order of the liquor control commission issued pursuant to Chapter 4301. or 4303. of the Revised Code that suspends, revokes, or cancels a permit issued under Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code or that allows the payment of a forfeiture under section 4301.252 of the Revised Code shall terminate not more than six months after the date of the filing of the record of the liquor control commission with the clerk of the court of common pleas and shall not be extended. The court of common pleas, or the court of appeals on appeal, shall render a judgment in that matter within six months after the date of the filing of the record of the liquor control commission with the clerk of the court of common pleas. A court of appeals shall not issue an order suspending the effect of an order of the liquor control commission that extends beyond six months after the date on which the record of the liquor control commission is filed with a court of common pleas. (H) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any order issued by a court of common pleas or a court of appeals suspending the effect of an order of the Ohio casino control commission issued under Chapter 3772. of the Revised Code that limits, conditions, restricts, suspends, revokes, denies, not renews, fines, or otherwise penalizes an applicant, licensee, or person excluded or ejected from a casino facility in accordance with section 3772.031 of the Revised Code shall terminate not more than six months after the date of the filing of the record of the Ohio casino control commission with the clerk of the court of common pleas and shall not be extended. The court of common pleas, or the court of appeals on appeal, shall render a judgment in that matter within six months after the date of the filing of the record of the Ohio casino control commission with the clerk of the court of common pleas. A court of appeals shall not issue an order suspending the effect of an order of the Ohio casino control commission that extends beyond six months after the date on which the record of the Ohio casino control commission is filed with the clerk of a court of common pleas. (I) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any order issued by a court of common pleas suspending the effect of an order of the state medical board or state chiropractic board that limits, revokes, suspends, places on probation, or refuses to register or reinstate a certificate issued by the board or reprimands the holder of the certificate shall terminate not more than fifteen months after the date of the filing of a notice of appeal in the court of common pleas, or upon the rendering of a final decision or order in the appeal by the court of common pleas, whichever occurs first. (J) Within thirty days after receipt of a notice of appeal from an order in any case in which a hearing is required by sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code, the agency shall prepare and certify to the court a complete record of the proceedings in the case. Failure of the agency to comply within the time allowed, upon motion, shall cause the court to enter a finding in favor of the party adversely affected. Additional time, however, may be granted by the court, not to exceed thirty days, when it is shown that the agency has made substantial effort to comply. The record shall be prepared and transcribed, and the expense of it shall be taxed as a part of the costs on the appeal. The appellant shall provide security for costs satisfactory to the court of common pleas. Upon demand by any interested party, the agency shall furnish at the cost of the party requesting it a copy of the stenographic report of testimony offered and evidence submitted at any hearing and a copy of the complete record. (K) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any party desiring to appeal an order or decision of the state personnel board of review shall, at the time of filing a notice of appeal with the board, provide a security deposit in an amount and manner prescribed in rules that the board shall adopt in accordance with this chapter. In addition, the board is not required to prepare or transcribe the record of any of its proceedings unless the appellant has provided the deposit described above. The failure of the board to prepare or transcribe a record for an appellant who has not provided a security deposit shall not cause a court to enter a finding adverse to the board. (L) Unless otherwise provided by law, in the hearing of the appeal, the court is confined to the record as certified to it by the agency. Unless otherwise provided by law, the court may grant a request for the admission of additional evidence when satisfied that the additional evidence is newly discovered and could not with reasonable diligence have been ascertained prior to the hearing before the agency. (M) The court shall conduct a hearing on the appeal and shall give preference to all proceedings under sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code, over all other civil cases, irrespective of the position of the proceedings on the calendar of the court. An appeal from an order of the state medical board issued pursuant to division (G) of either section 4730.25 or 4731.22 of the Revised Code, the state chiropractic board issued pursuant to section 4734.37 of the Revised Code, the liquor control commission issued pursuant to Chapter 4301. or 4303. of the Revised Code, or the Ohio casino control commission issued pursuant to Chapter 3772. of the Revised Code shall be set down for hearing at the earliest possible time and takes precedence over all other actions. The hearing in the court of common pleas shall proceed as in the trial of a civil action, and the court shall determine the rights of the parties in accordance with the laws applicable to a civil action. At the hearing, counsel may be heard on oral argument, briefs may be submitted, and evidence may be introduced if the court has granted a request for the presentation of additional evidence. (N) The court may affirm the order of the agency complained of in the appeal if it finds, upon consideration of the entire record and any additional evidence the court has admitted, that the order is supported by reliable, probative, and substantial evidence and is in accordance with law. In the absence of this finding, it may reverse, vacate, or modify the order or make such other ruling as is supported by reliable, probative, and substantial evidence and is in accordance with law. The court shall award compensation for fees in accordance with section 2335.39 of the Revised Code to a prevailing party, other than an agency, in an appeal filed pursuant to this section. (O) The judgment of the court shall be final and conclusive unless reversed, vacated, or modified on appeal. These appeals may be taken either by the party or the agency, shall proceed as in the case of appeals in civil actions, and shall be pursuant to the Rules of Appellate Procedure and, to the extent not in conflict with those rules, Chapter 2505. of the Revised Code. An appeal by the agency shall be taken on questions of law relating to the constitutionality, construction, or interpretation of statutes and rules of the agency, and, in the appeal, the court may also review and determine the correctness of the judgment of the court of common pleas that the order of the agency is not supported by any reliable, probative, and substantial evidence in the entire record. The court shall certify its judgment to the agency or take any other action necessary to give its judgment effect. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation. Last updated August 29, 2023 at 3:09 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 140.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 140 / § 140.07
§ 140.07. Lawful investments
Status: in_force

September 17, 1991 House Bill 207 - 119th General Assembly Obligations issued under section 133.08 , 140.06 , or 339.15 of the Revised Code or Section 3 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, to pay costs of hospital facilities or to refund such obligations are lawful investments for entities enumerated in division (A)(1) of section 133.03 of the Revised Code, and are eligible as security for the repayment of the deposit of public moneys.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.941 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.941
§ 122.941. Annual report
Status: in_force

September 16, 2014 House Bill 486 - 130th General Assembly (A) On or before the first day of August in each year, the director of development services shall make an annual report of the activities and operations under the assistance programs of the development services agency for the preceding fiscal year to the governor and general assembly. The annual report shall include a detailing of those grants, guarantees, loans, and other forms of state assistance to women-owned businesses. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Women-owned business" means any individual, partnership, corporation, or joint venture of any kind that is owned and controlled by women who are United States citizens and residents of this state. (2) "Owned and controlled" means that at least fifty-one per cent of the business, including corporate stock if it is a corporation, is owned by women and that such owners have control over the day-to-day operations of the business and an interest in the capital, assets, and profits and losses of the business proportionate to their percentage of ownership. In order to qualify as a women-owned business, a business shall have been owned by such owners at least one year. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.4063 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.4063
§ 122.4063. Ownership or transfer of broadband infrastructure
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly (A) Nothing in sections 122.40 to 122.4077 of the Revised Code entitles the state of Ohio, the development services agency, the broadband expansion program authority, or any other governmental entity to any ownership or other rights to broadband infrastructure constructed by a broadband provider pursuant to a program grant awarded to an eligible project. (B) Nothing in sections 122.40 to 122.4077 of the Revised Code prevents an assignment, sale, change in ownership, or other similar transaction associated with broadband infrastructure constructed by a broadband provider pursuant to a program grant awarded to an eligible project. No assignment, sale, change in ownership, or other similar transaction relieves the successor of any obligation under sections 122.40 to 122.4077 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.10
§ 163.10. Selecting jury
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 268 - 129th General Assembly The assessment of compensation may be made at a regular or special term of court. The jury shall be selected from the jurors drawn as prescribed in Chapter 2313. of the Revised Code, and qualified as in civil actions. However, it shall be grounds for challenge for cause if a juror has served in two appropriation trials in the current term of court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.012 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.012
§ 153.012. Preference to contractors having principal place of business in Ohio
Status: in_force

October 10, 1983 House Bill 271 - 115th General Assembly With respect to the award of any contract for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, alteration, repair, painting or decoration of a public improvement, including any highway improvement, made by the state or in whole or in part supported by the state, except for a contract for products produced or mined in Ohio or for a contract financed in whole or in part by contributions or loans from any agency of the United States government, preference shall be given to contractors having their principle place of business in Ohio over contrctors having their principle place of business in a state which provides a preference in that state in favor of contractors of that state for the same type of work. Where a preference is provided by another state for contractors of that state, contractors having their principle place of business in Ohio are to be granted in Ohio the same preference over them in the same manner and on the same basis and to the same extent as the preference is granted in letting contracts for the same type of work by the other state. If one party to a joint venture is a contractor having its principle place of business in Ohio, the joint venture shall be considered as having its principle place of business in Ohio.
Ohio Rev. Code § 184.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 184 / § 184.16
§ 184.16. Department to monitor projects receiving support
Status: in_force

January 4, 2006 Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly The department of development shall monitor each research and development project receiving support under section 184.11 of the Revised Code to ensure the following: (A) Fiscal accountability, so that the support is used in accordance with the agreement entered into under section 184.113 of the Revised Code; (B) Operating progress, so that the project is managed to achieve the requirements of the agreement entered into under section 184.113 of the Revised Code and so that problems may be promptly identified and remedied; (C) Desired outcomes, including job creation and other anticipated economic impacts.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.55
§ 117.55. State awards for economic development
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Entity" means, whether for profit or nonprofit, a corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, sole proprietorship, or other business entity. "Entity" does not include an individual who receives state assistance that is not related to the individual's business. (2) "State award for economic development" means state financial assistance and expenditure in any of the following forms: grants, subgrants, loans, awards, cooperative agreements, or other similar and related forms of financial assistance and contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders, task orders, delivery orders, or other similar and related transactions. It does not include compensation received as an employee of the state or any state financial assistance and expenditure received from the general assembly or any legislative agency, any court or judicial agency, or from the offices of the attorney general, the secretary of state, the auditor of state, or the treasurer of state. (B) Not later than thirty days after the end of the state fiscal year, the department of development shall send the auditor of state a list of state awards for economic development. The auditor of state shall review each award and determine if an entity is in compliance with the terms and conditions, including performance metrics, of a state award for economic development received by that entity. (C) The auditor of state shall publish a report of its reviews and determinations not later than ninety days after receipt of the list of state awards from the department of development. (D) When the auditor of state finds that an entity that receives or has received a state award for economic development is not in compliance with a performance metric that is specified in the terms and conditions of the award, the auditor of state shall report the findings to the attorney general. The attorney general may pursue against and from that entity such remedies and recoveries as are available under law. (E) If the auditor of state is authorized to conduct an audit of an entity that receives or has received a state award for economic development, the audit shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 117. of the Revised Code. Last updated September 9, 2021 at 11:47 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.52
§ 121.52. Deputy inspector general for workers' compensation
Status: in_force

June 30, 2009 House Bill 15 - 128th General Assembly There is hereby created in the office of the inspector general the office of deputy inspector general for the bureau of workers' compensation and industrial commission. The inspector general shall appoint the deputy inspector general, and the deputy inspector general shall serve at the pleasure of the inspector general. A person employed as the deputy inspector general shall have the same qualifications as those specified in section 121.49 of the Revised Code for the inspector general. The inspector general shall provide professional and clerical assistance to the deputy inspector general. The deputy inspector general for the bureau of workers' compensation and the industrial commission shall investigate wrongful acts or omissions that have been committed by or are being committed by officers or employees of the bureau of workers' compensation and the industrial commission. The deputy inspector general has the same powers and duties regarding matters concerning the bureau and the commission as those specified in sections 121.42 , 121.43 , and 121.45 of the Revised Code for the inspector general. Complaints may be filed with the deputy inspector general in the same manner as prescribed for complaints filed with the inspector general under section 121.46 of the Revised Code. All investigations conducted and reports issued by the deputy inspector general are subject to section 121.44 of the Revised Code. There is hereby created in the state treasury the deputy inspector general for the bureau of workers' compensation and industrial commission fund, which shall consist of moneys deposited into it that the inspector general receives from the administrator of workers' compensation and receives from the industrial commission in accordance with this section. The inspector general shall use the fund to pay the costs incurred by the deputy inspector general in performing the duties of the deputy inspector general as required under this section. The members of the industrial commission, bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, workers' compensation audit committee, workers' compensation actuarial committee, and workers' compensation investment committee, and the administrator, and employees of the industrial commission and the bureau shall cooperate with and provide assistance to the deputy inspector general in the performance of any investigation conducted by the deputy inspector general. In particular, those persons shall make their premises, equipment, personnel, books, records, and papers readily available to the deputy inspector general. In the course of an investigation, the deputy inspector general may question any person employed by the industrial commission or the administrator and any person transacting business with the industrial commission, the board, the audit committee, the actuarial committee, the investment committee, the administrator, or the bureau and may inspect and copy any books, records, or papers in the possession of those persons or entities, taking care to preserve the confidentiality of information contained in responses to questions or the books, records, or papers that are made confidential by law. In performing any investigation, the deputy inspector general shall avoid interfering with the ongoing operations of the entities being investigated, except insofar as is reasonably necessary to successfully complete the investigation. At the conclusion of an investigation conducted by the deputy inspector general for the bureau of workers' compensation and industrial commission, the deputy inspector general shall deliver to the board, the administrator, the industrial commission, and the governor any case for which remedial action is necessary. The deputy inspector general shall maintain a public record of the activities of the office of the deputy inspector general to the extent permitted under this section, ensuring that the rights of the parties involved in each case are protected. The inspector general shall include in the annual report required under section 121.48 of the Revised Code a summary of the activities of the deputy inspector general during the previous year. No person shall disclose any information that is designated as confidential in accordance with section 121.44 of the Revised Code or any confidential information that is acquired in the course of an investigation conducted under this section to any person who is not legally entitled to disclosure of that information. Last updated March 8, 2023 at 12:02 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.121 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.121
§ 109.121. Real property title review and opinion
Status: in_force

November 12, 1969 Senate Bill 205 - 108th General Assembly Prior to the acquisition by the state of any right, title, or interest in real property, except highway rights-of-way, evidence of such right, title, or interest shall be submitted to the attorney general for his review and opinion. Such evidence shall be that customarily and generally used in the community in which the real property is situated and may consist of, but not be limited to, attorneys' opinions of title, abstracts of title, title guarantees, or title insurance.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.4030 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.4030
§ 122.4030. Application challenges
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in section 122.4023 and sections 122.4030 to 122.4035 of the Revised Code, "challenging provider" means either of the following: (1) A broadband provider that provides tier two broadband service within or directly adjacent to an eligible project; (2) A municipal electric utility that provides tier two broadband service to an area within the eligible project that is within the geographic area served by the municipal electric utility. (B)(1)(a) A challenging provider may challenge, in writing, all or part of a completed application for a program grant for the project not later than sixty-five days after the provisional application scoring has been published on the web site as required under section 122.4019 of the Revised Code. (b) The department of development, for good cause shown, may grant the broadband provider an extension of not more than fourteen days in which to submit a challenge. (2) The challenging provider shall provide its complete challenge to the department, by electronic mail or such other means as may be established by the department. Within ten business days of its receipt of a challenge, the department shall provide, by electronic mail or such other means as may be established by the department, a complete copy of such challenge to the applicant whose application is the subject of a challenge. (C) No challenge to an application may be accepted before the completed application is published in its entirety on the department's web site pursuant to division (C)(2) of section 122.4019 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 19, 2023 at 12:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.24
§ 109.24. Investigating transactions and relationships of trustees of charitable trust
Status: in_force

March 17, 1987 House Bill 412 - 116th General Assembly The powers of the attorney general under sections 109.23 to 109.33 of the Revised Code shall be in addition to and not in limitation of his powers held at common law. The attorney general may investigate transactions and relationships of trustees of a charitable trust for the purpose of determining whether the property held for charitable, religious, or educational purposes has been and is being properly administered in accordance with fiduciary principles as established by the courts and statutes of this state. The attorney general is empowered to require the production of any books or papers which are relevant to the inquiry. Each such request shall be in writing, and shall do all of the following: (A) Identify the person to whom the request is directed; (B) State the specific purpose of the investigation; (C) Describe any books and the papers to be produced with such definiteness and certainty as to permit such material to be fairly identified; (D) Prescribe a return date which will provide at least ten days' notice within which the books or papers to be produced may be assembled; (E) State the place where and the time within which any books or papers are to be produced, provided, however, that copies of such books and papers may be produced in lieu of the originals. No request shall contain any requirement which would be held to be unreasonable or oppressive or which would be privileged from disclosure if contained in a subpoena duces tecum issued by a court of this state pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure. If the production of documents required by the request would be unduly burdensome, the person upon whom the request is served, in lieu of producing such books or papers at the place designated in the request, shall make such books or papers available for inspection, copying, or reproduction at the place where such books or papers are kept. Whenever a request fails to meet the requirements enumerated in this section, any person upon whom the request is served may file a complaint to quash such request in the court of common pleas of the county in which the trust, institution, association, or corporation has its principal place of business in this state. The complaint shall contain a brief statement of facts entitling such person to have such requests quashed. No answer to such complaint is required. Upon the filing of the complaint, the court, on motion of the complainant, shall enter an order fixing a date for a hearing on the complaint and requiring that a copy of the complaint and a notice of the filing and of the date for hearing be given to the attorney general or his assistant in the manner in which summons is required to be served or substituted services required to be made in other cases. On the day fixed for the hearing on the complaint, the court shall determine from the complaint and from such evidence as is submitted by either party whether the person upon whom the request was served is entitled to have the request quashed. The proceeding is a special proceeding, and final orders in the proceeding may be vacated, modified, or reversed on appeal pursuant to the Rules of Appellate Procedure and, to the extent not in conflict with those rules, Chapter 2505. of the Revised Code. The attorney general shall institute and prosecute a proper action to enforce the performance of any charitable trust, and to restrain the abuse of it whenever he considers such action advisable or if directed to do so by the governor, the supreme court, the general assembly, or either house of the general assembly. Such action may be brought in his own name, on behalf of the state, or in the name of a beneficiary of the trust, in the court of common pleas of any county in which the trust property or any part of it is situated or invested, or in which the trustee resides; provided that in the case of a charitable trust created by, arising as a result of, or funded by a will, such action may be brought in either the court of common pleas of any such county, or the probate division of it, at the election of the attorney general. No such action shall abate or discontinue by virtue of the discontinuance in office of the attorney general in whose name such actions may be brought. This section is intended to allow the attorney general full discretion concerning the manner in which the action is to be prosecuted, including the authority to settle an action when he considers that advisable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.092 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.092
§ 145.092. Travel expense policies - bonus policy - budget
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly (A) The public employees retirement board, in consultation with the Ohio ethics commission, shall review any existing policy regarding the travel and payment of travel expenses of members and employees of the public employees retirement board and adopt rules in accordance with section 145.09 of the Revised Code establishing a new or revised policy regarding travel and payment of travel expenses. Not less than sixty days before adopting a new or revised policy, the board shall submit the policy to the Ohio retirement study council for review. (B) If the board intends to award a bonus to any employee of the board, it shall adopt rules in accordance with section 145.09 of the Revised Code establishing a policy regarding employee bonuses. (C) The board shall provide copies of the rules adopted under divisions (A) and (B) of this section to each member of the Ohio retirement study council; (D) The board shall submit both of the following to the Ohio retirement study council: (1) A proposed operating budget, including an administrative budget for the board, for the next immediate fiscal year and adopt that budget not earlier than sixty days after it is submitted to the council; (2) A plan describing how the board will improve the dissemination of public information pertaining to the board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.57
§ 153.57. Form of bond
Status: in_force

March 30, 2007 House Bill 487 - 126th General Assembly (A) The bond provided for in division (C)(1) of section 153.54 of the Revised Code shall be in substantially the following form, and recovery of any claimant thereunder shall be subject to sections 153.01 to 153.60 of the Revised Code, to the same extent as if the provisions of those sections were fully incorporated in the bond form: "KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, the undersigned ____________________________ as principal and ___________________ as sureties, are hereby held and firmly bound unto ___________________ in the penal sum of _____________ dollars, for the payment of which well and truly to be made, we hereby jointly and severally bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns. Signed this _____________ day of ________________, ____ THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE OBLIGATION IS SUCH, that whereas the above named principal did on the ________________ day of _____________________, ____, enter into a contract with _________________, which said contract is made a part of this bond the same as though set forth herein; Now, if the said _______________________ shall well and faithfully do and perform the things agreed by __________________ to be done and performed according to the terms of said contract; and shall pay all lawful claims of subcontractors, material suppliers, and laborers, for labor performed and materials furnished in the carrying forward, performing, or completing of said contract; we agreeing and assenting that this undertaking shall be for the benefit of any material supplier or laborer having a just claim, as well as for the obligee herein; then this obligation shall be void; otherwise the same shall remain in full force and effect; it being expressly understood and agreed that the liability of the surety for any and all claims hereunder shall in no event exceed the penal amount of this obligation as herein stated. The said surety hereby stipulates and agrees that no modifications, omissions, or additions, in or to the terms of the said contract or in or to the plans or specifications therefor shall in any wise affect the obligations of said surety on its bond." (B) The bond provided for in division (C)(2) of section 153.54 of the Revised Code shall be in substantially the following form: "KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, the undersigned _________ as principal and _____________ as sureties, are hereby held and firmly bound unto _____________ in the penal sum of ______________ dollars, for the payment of which well and truly be made, we hereby jointly and severally bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns. Signed this _________ day of _________, _______ THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE OBLIGATION IS SUCH, that whereas the above named principal did on the ________ day of ________, ______, entered into a contract with _______________ which said contract is made a part of this bond the same as though set forth herein; Now, if the said ________________ shall well and faithfully do and perform the things agreed by _____________ to be done and performed according to the terms of the said contract; we agreeing and assenting that this undertaking shall be for the benefit of the obligee herein; then this obligation shall be void; otherwise the same shall remain in full force and effect; it being expressly understood and agreed that the liability of the surety for any and all claims hereunder shall in no event exceed the penal amount of the obligation as herein stated. The surety hereby stipulates and agrees that no modifications, omissions, or additions, in or to the terms of the contract shall in any way affect the obligation of the surety on its bond."
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.36
§ 124.36. Cause for removal - teacher terminations
Status: in_force

October 1, 2012 House Bill 525 - 129th General Assembly It shall be sufficient cause for the removal of any public employees including teachers in the public schools or any state supported educational institution when such public employee or teacher advocates or willfully retains membership in an organization which advocates overthrow of the government of the United States or of the state, by force, violence or other unlawful means. The procedure for the termination of a contract of a teacher under the provisions of this section shall be in the manner set forth in section 3311.82 or 3319.16 of the Revised Code. The procedure for the removal of all other public employees under the provisions of this section shall be the same as is provided in section 124.34 of the Revised Code, except that the decision of the state personnel board of review or the municipal civil service commission shall be subject to appeal to the court of common pleas of the county in which such public employees are employed to determine the sufficiency of the cause of removal. Such appeal shall be taken within ten days from the finding of the board or commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 164.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 164 / § 164.15
§ 164.15. Township contract to pay costs of engineering services
Status: in_force

March 28, 1990 House Bill 318 - 118th General Assembly Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code, a board of township trustees may enter into a contract with the county engineer under which the board agrees to pay all or any part of the cost of engineering services to be provided to or obtained for the township by the county engineer that are necessary for projects awarded under this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 164.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 164 / § 164.06
§ 164.06. District public works integrating committee duties
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Each district public works integrating committee shall evaluate materials submitted to it by the local subdivisions located in the district concerning capital improvements for which assistance is sought from the state capital improvements fund and shall, pursuant to division (B) of this section, select the requests for financial assistance that will be formally submitted by the district to the director of the Ohio public works commission. In order to provide for the efficient use of the district's state capital improvements fund allocation each year, a district committee shall assist its subdivisions in the preparation and coordination of project plans. (B) In selecting the requests for assistance for capital improvement projects which will be submitted to the director, and in determining the nature, amount, and terms of the assistance that will be requested, a district public works integrating committee shall give priority to capital improvement projects for the repair or replacement of existing infrastructure and which would be unlikely to be undertaken without assistance under this chapter, and shall specifically consider all of the following factors: (1) The infrastructure repair and replacement needs of the district; (2) The age and condition of the system to be repaired or replaced; (3) Whether the project would generate revenue in the form of user fees or assessments; (4) The importance of the project to the health and safety of the citizens of the district; (5) The cost of the project and whether it is consistent with division (F) of section 164.05 of the Revised Code and the district's allocation for grants, loans, and local debt support for that year; (6) The effort and ability of the benefited local subdivisions to assist in financing the project; (7) The availability of federal or other funds for the project; (8) The overall economic health of the particular local subdivision; (9) The adequacy of the planning for the project and the readiness of the applicant to proceed should the project be approved; (10) Any other factors relevant to a particular project. (C) When applying the methodology under division (A)(10) of section 164.05 of the Revised Code, a district public works integrating committee may require a subdivision to submit information on its capital infrastructure as part of an application for assistance in financing a capital improvement project under this section. (D) In addition to reviewing and selecting the projects for which approval will be sought from the director of the Ohio public works commission for financial assistance from the state capital improvements fund, each district public works integrating committee shall appoint a subcommittee of its members that will represent the interests of villages and townships and that will review and select the capital improvement projects which will be submitted by the subcommittee to the administrator of the Ohio small government capital improvements commission for consideration of assistance from the portion of the net proceeds of obligations issued and sold by the treasurer of state which is allocated pursuant to division (B)(1) of section 164.08 of the Revised Code. In reviewing and approving the projects selected by its subcommittee, the administrator, and the Ohio small government capital improvements commission shall be guided by the provisions of division (B) of this section, and shall also take into account the fact that villages and townships may have different public infrastructure needs than larger subdivisions. Last updated July 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.172 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.172
§ 122.172. Manufacturing equipment grant program
Status: in_force

November 15, 2015 Senate Bill 208 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "tax liability" means the tax owed under section 5733.06 or 5747.02 of the Revised Code after allowance of all nonrefundable credits and prior to the allowance of all refundable credits. The tax owed under section 5733.06 of the Revised Code shall take into account any adjustments to such tax required by division (G) of section 5733.01 of the Revised Code that apply prior to allowance of refundable credits. (B)(1) The director of development shall administer the manufacturing equipment grant program to provide grants for new manufacturing machinery and equipment qualifying for the grant under section 122.173 of the Revised Code. Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the grants apply to the taxes imposed by sections 5733.06 and 5747.02 of the Revised Code for taxable years ending on or after July 1, 2005. (2) To claim a grant, a taxpayer satisfying the requirements of section 122.173 of the Revised Code shall complete a grant request form, as prescribed by the director in consultation with the tax commissioner, and shall file the form with the tax return for the taxable year for which the grant is claimed. In no event shall the grant reduce a taxpayer's tax liability below the minimum tax owed for the taxable year. The grant request form shall provide the information required to allow the grant for the taxable year and is subject to audit by the director and the commissioner. Any portion of the grant in excess of the taxpayer's tax liability shall not be refundable but may be carried forward as provided in section 122.173 of the Revised Code. Upon the director's request, the commissioner shall provide completed grant request forms filed under this section to the director in a mutually agreed upon format. (C) If a taxpayer is required to repay any credit allowed under section 5733.33 of the Revised Code for a taxable year ending prior to July 1, 2005, for a reason not specified in Chapter 5733. or 5747. of the Revised Code, a grant shall be available for that taxable year under section 122.173 of the Revised Code to the extent provided in that section. (D) Any tax liability under section 5733.06 or 5747.02 of the Revised Code that is underpaid as the result of an improper claim for a grant under this section may be assessed by the tax commissioner in the manner provided by section 5733.11 or 5747.11 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.013 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.013
§ 153.013. Capitol square review and advisory board - indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract" means a contract for an indefinite quantity, within stated limits, of supplies or services that will be delivered by the awarded bidder over a defined contract period. (B) The executive director of the capitol square review and advisory board, with the approval of the board, may advertise and seek bids for, and may award, an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract for an architect or engineer on an on-call, multi-project basis, to advise and consult with the capitol square review and advisory board for a defined contract period. To enter into an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract the executive director shall do all of the following: (1) Prepare bidding documents; (2) Establish contract forms; (3) Determine contract terms and conditions, including the following: (a) The maximum overall value of the contract, which may include an allowable increase of five per cent of the advertised contract value; (b) The duration of the contract, not to exceed two years. (4) Take any other action necessary to fulfill the duties and obligations of the executive director under this section. (C) The requirements set forth in this section prevail in the event of any conflict with any other provision of this chapter. Last updated July 30, 2021 at 6:07 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.29
§ 101.29. Legislative employees
Status: in_force

March 9, 1999 House Bill 649 - 122nd General Assembly The senate and the house of representatives shall choose their own officials and employees, respectively, and fix their compensation. The clerk of the senate, the chief administrative officer and the clerk of the house of representatives, and the principal sergeants at arms designated by the respective houses shall receive a travel allowance per mile each way twice a month from and to their place of residence, if outside Franklin county, by the most direct highway route of public travel, to be paid monthly, at the same mileage rate allowed for the reimbursement of travel expenses of state agents as provided by rule of the director of budget and management adopted pursuant to division (B) of section 126.31 of the Revised Code. The sentence of this section requiring payment for mileage does not include the assistant sergeants at arms designated by the senate and house of representatives.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.52
§ 117.52. Adjusting amount recoverable for wrongful imprisonment
Status: in_force

April 9, 2003 Senate Bill 149 - 124th General Assembly The auditor of state shall make the adjustment, as described in section 2743.49 of the Revised Code, of the amount that a wrongfully imprisoned individual, in an action brought in the court of claims pursuant to section 2743.48 of the Revised Code, may receive for each full year or part of a year of imprisonment and shall perform all of the functions relating to that adjustment as specified in section 2743.49 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.45
§ 124.45. Fire department promotions
Status: in_force

July 1, 2007 House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly Vacancies in positions above the rank of regular fire fighter in a fire department shall be filled by competitive promotional examinations, and promotions shall be by successive ranks as provided in this section and sections 124.46 to 124.49 of the Revised Code. Positions in which those vacancies occur shall be called promoted ranks. When a vacancy occurs in the promoted rank immediately above the rank of regular fire fighter, no person shall be eligible to take the examination unless the person has served forty-eight months, not including the person's probationary period, in the rank of regular fire fighter, provided that, in those cases when there are less than two persons in the rank of regular fire fighter who have served forty-eight months, not including the person's probationary period, in that rank and who are willing to take the examination, this service requirement does not apply. When a vacancy occurs in a promoted rank, other than the promoted rank immediately above the rank of regular fire fighter, no person shall be eligible to take the examination unless the person has served twelve months in the rank from which the promotion is to be made, provided that, in those cases when there are less than two persons in that next lower rank who have served twelve months in that rank and who are willing to take the examination, the twelve-month service requirement shall not apply. If the nonapplication of the twelve-month service requirement to persons in the next lower rank does not produce two persons eligible and willing to compete, the same method shall be followed by going to successively lower ranks until two or more persons are eligible and willing to compete in an examination for the vacancy. If this process of searching successively lower ranks reaches the rank of regular fire fighter, the forty-eight-month service requirement applies, provided that, in those cases when that application still fails to produce two persons who are eligible and willing to compete, the forty-eight-month service requirement does not apply. If two persons are unwilling to compete for the examination, the one person who is willing to compete shall be appointed to fill the vacancy after passing a qualifying examination. Promotional examinations for positions within a fire department shall relate to those matters that test the ability of the person examined to discharge the particular duties of the position sought, shall include a written testing component, and, in examinations for positions requiring the operation of machines or equipment, may include practical demonstration tests of the operation of those machines or equipment as a part of the examination. Those persons who compete in a promotional examination in accordance with the rules of the civil service commission shall have added to their grade credit for seniority. Credit for seniority shall be given as follows: one point shall be added for each of the first four years of service, and six-tenths of a point shall be added for each year for the next ten years of service. In computing the credit for seniority, half of the credit specified in this paragraph shall be given for a half year of service. Credit for seniority shall be based only on service in the municipal or civil service township fire department and the service provided for in the next succeeding paragraph. When service in a municipal or civil service township fire department is interrupted by service in the armed forces of the United States, seniority credit shall be granted in promotional examinations for the time so served. No additional credit for military service shall be allowed in promotional examinations. Credit for efficiency may be given as an added credit, shall be ten per cent of the member's efficiency rating for the last year, and shall be based on the record of efficiency maintained in the fire department in the manner established by the civil service commission, provided the efficiency shall be graded by three ranking officers of the fire department familiar with the work of the member. In those cases when three such officers do not exist, the ranking officers or officer familiar with the work of the member shall grade the efficiency. No credit for seniority, efficiency, or any other reason shall be added to an applicant's grade unless the applicant achieves at least the minimum passing grade on the examination without counting that extra credit. After the grading of examination papers, any participant in the examination who considers the participant's examination papers to have been erroneously graded shall have the right to appeal to the commission, and the appeal shall be heard by the commission. The public notice of a holding of a promotional examination for a position or positions in a fire department shall, unless waived by all persons eligible to participate, be published not less than thirty days prior to the examination and shall contain a description of the source material from which the examination questions are prepared. The source material shall be readily accessible to the examinee. Failure to comply with this requirement shall make void the pursuant examination. This paragraph does not prohibit the use of questions having answers based on experience in the fire service within the fire department in which the promotional examination is being given.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.16
§ 145.16. Statement to be filed by employee member
Status: in_force

June 30, 1991 House Bill 382 - 119th General Assembly Each public employee shall file a detailed statement of all his previous service as a public employee and shall furnish such other information as the public employees retirement board requires for the proper operation of the system. The employee shall file the statement within thirty days of commencing employment. If he fails to do so within that time, the board shall notify his employer's fiscal officer. On receipt of the notice, the fiscal officer shall withhold all salary payments to the employee until the statement is filed with the board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 103.0511 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 103 / § 103.0511
§ 103.0511. Electronic rule-filing system established
Status: in_force

August 18, 2019 Senate Bill 221 - 132nd General Assembly The director of the legislative service commission shall establish and maintain, and enhance and improve, an electronic rule-filing system connecting: (A) The legislative service commission, the joint committee on agency rule review, and the secretary of state; (B) The governor, the senate and house of representatives, and the clerks of the senate and house of representatives; (C) Each agency that files rules and other rule-making and rule-related documents with the legislative service commission, the joint committee on agency rule review, the department of aging, the governor, the secretary of state, the general assembly, or a committee of the senate or house of representatives under section 106.02 , 106.022 , 106.024 , 106.031 , 107.54 , 111.15 , 117.20 , 119.03 , 119.0311 , 119.04 , 121.39 , 121.82 , 173.01 , or 5117.02 of the Revised Code or any other statute; (D) The several publishers of the Administrative Code; (E) The common sense initiative office; and (F) Any other person or governmental officer or entity whose inclusion in the system is required for the system to be a complete electronic rule-filing system. The electronic rule-filing system is to enable rules and rule-making and rule-related documents to be filed, and official responses to these filings to be made, exclusively by electronic means.
Ohio Rev. Code § 123.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 123 / § 123.06
§ 123.06. Office space for veterans organizations, auxiliary organizations and veterans' home agency
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) The department of administrative services shall assign and make available, at state expense, suitable office space in state-owned facilities to accommodate the office operations of the state headquarters of both of the following: (1) All veterans organizations in this state that either are incorporated and issued a charter by the congress of the United States or are recognized by the United States department of veterans affairs; (2) The auxiliary organizations of veterans organizations described in division (A)(1) of this section. (B) The department may situate office space for each auxiliary organization of a veterans organization with or near the office space of that veterans organization.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.62
§ 121.62. Initial registration statement - updating information
Status: in_force

March 29, 2007 House Bill 699 - 126th General Assembly (A) Each executive agency lobbyist and each employer shall file with the joint legislative ethics committee, within ten days following the engagement of an executive agency lobbyist, an initial registration statement showing all of the following: (1) The name, business address, and occupation of the executive agency lobbyist; (2) The name and business address of the employer or of the real party in interest on whose behalf the executive agency lobbyist is acting, if it is different from the employer. For the purposes of division (A) of this section, where a trade association or other charitable or fraternal organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under subsection 501(c) of the federal Internal Revenue Code is the employer, the statement need not list the names and addresses of every member of the association or organization, so long as the association or organization itself is listed. (3) A brief description of the executive agency decision to which the engagement relates; (4) The name of the executive agency or agencies to which the engagement relates. (B) In addition to the initial registration statement required by division (A) of this section, each executive agency lobbyist and employer shall file with the joint committee, not later than the last day of January, May, and September of each year, an updated registration statement that confirms the continuing existence of each engagement described in an initial registration statement and that lists the specific executive agency decisions that the lobbyist sought to influence under the engagement during the period covered by the updated statement, and with it any statement of expenditures required to be filed by section 121.63 of the Revised Code and any details of financial transactions required to be filed by section 121.64 of the Revised Code. (C) If an executive agency lobbyist is engaged by more than one employer, the lobbyist shall file a separate initial and updated registration statement for each engagement. If an employer engages more than one executive agency lobbyist, the employer need file only one updated registration statement under division (B) of this section, which shall contain the information required by division (B) of this section regarding all of the executive agency lobbyists engaged by the employer. (D)(1) A change in any information required by division (A)(1), (2), or (B) of this section shall be reflected in the next updated registration statement filed under division (B) of this section. (2) Within thirty days following the termination of an engagement, the executive agency lobbyist who was employed under the engagement shall send written notification of the termination to the joint committee. (E) A registration fee of twenty-five dollars shall be charged for filing an initial registration statement. All money collected from registration fees under this division and late filing fees under division (G) of this section shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the joint legislative ethics committee fund created under section 101.34 of the Revised Code. (F) Upon registration pursuant to this section, an executive agency lobbyist shall be issued a card by the joint committee showing that the lobbyist is registered. The registration card and the executive agency lobbyist's registration shall be valid from the date of their issuance until the thirty-first day of January of the year following the year in which the initial registration was filed. (G) The executive director of the joint committee shall be responsible for reviewing each registration statement filed with the joint committee under this section and for determining whether the statement contains all of the required information. If the joint committee determines that the registration statement does not contain all of the required information or that an executive agency lobbyist or employer has failed to file a registration statement, the joint committee shall send written notification by certified mail to the person who filed the registration statement regarding the deficiency in the statement or to the person who failed to file the registration statement regarding the failure. Any person so notified by the joint committee shall, not later than fifteen days after receiving the notice, file a registration statement or an amended registration statement that contains all of the required information. If any person who receives a notice under this division fails to file a registration statement or such an amended registration statement within this fifteen-day period, the joint committee shall assess a late filing fee equal to twelve dollars and fifty cents per day, up to a maximum fee of one hundred dollars, upon that person. The joint committee may waive the late filing fee for good cause shown. (H) On or before the fifteenth day of March of each year, the joint committee shall, in the manner and form that it determines, publish a report containing statistical information on the registration statements filed with it under this section during the preceding year. (I) If an employer who engages an executive agency lobbyist is the recipient of a contract, grant, lease, or other financial arrangement pursuant to which funds of the state or of an executive agency are distributed or allocated, the executive agency or any aggrieved party may consider the failure of the employer or the executive agency lobbyist to comply with this section as a breach of a material condition of the contract, grant, lease, or other financial arrangement. (J) Executive agency officials may require certification from any person seeking the award of a contract, grant, lease, or financial arrangement that the person and the person's employer are in compliance with this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.49
§ 122.49. Using bond proceeds
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The proceeds of each issue of revenue bonds issued pursuant to sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62 of the Revised Code shall be used for the making of loans authorized in sections 122.43 and 122.45 of the Revised Code, for the purchase and improvement of property authorized in section 122.46 of the Revised Code, and for the crediting into and among the funds established in accordance with sections 122.35 and 122.54 , of the Revised Code, but subject to such conditions, limitations, and covenants with the purchasers and holders of the bonds as shall be provided for in the bond authorization proceedings and in the trust agreement securing the same. Provision shall be made by the director of development for the payment of the expenses of the director in operating the assistance programs authorized under this chapter in such manner and to such extent as shall be determined by the director. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.54
§ 163.54. Additional payments to displaced person displaced from dwelling owned 90 days or more
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly (A) In addition to payments otherwise authorized by sections 163.51 to 163.62 of the Revised Code, the head of the displacing agency shall make an additional payment not to exceed thirty-one thousand dollars to any displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling actually owned and occupied by the displaced person for not less than ninety days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the property. Such additional payment shall include the following elements: (1) The amount, if any, which when added to the acquisition cost of the dwelling acquired by the displacing agency, equals the reasonable cost of a comparable replacement dwelling. (2) The amount, if any, which will compensate the displaced person for any increased interest costs and other debt service costs which the person is required to pay for financing the acquisition of a comparable replacement dwelling. This amount shall be paid only if the dwelling acquired by the displacing agency was encumbered by a bona fide mortgage which was a valid lien on the dwelling for not less than ninety days prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of the dwelling. (3) Reasonable expenses incurred by the displaced person for evidence of title, recording fees, and other closing costs incident to the purchase of the replacement dwelling, but not including prepaid expenses. (4) A rental assistance payment for a displaced person who is eligible for a replacement housing payment under this section but who elects to rent a replacement dwelling. The amount of the rental assistance payment shall be based on a determination of market rent for the acquired dwelling compared to a comparable rental dwelling available on the market in the general area of the acquired dwelling. The difference, if any, shall be computed in accordance with division (A) of section 163.55 of the Revised Code, except the limit of seven thousand two hundred dollars shall not apply. Under no circumstances shall the rental assistance payment exceed the amount that the displaced person could have received under division (A)(1) of this section. A displaced person who is eligible to receive a replacement housing payment under this section is not eligible for a down payment assistance payment described in division (B) of section 163.55 of the Revised Code. (B) The additional payment authorized by this section shall be made only to a displaced person who purchases and occupies a replacement dwelling which is decent, safe, and sanitary not later than the end of the one-year period beginning on the date on which the displaced person receives from the displacing agency final payment of all costs of the acquired dwelling, or on the date on which the displacing agency's obligation under division (B)(3) of section 163.56 of the Revised Code is met, whichever is later, except that the displacing agency may extend the period for good cause. If the period is extended, the payment under this section shall be based on the costs of relocating the person to a comparable replacement dwelling within one year after the displaced person receives from the displacing agency final payment of all costs of the acquired dwelling.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.26
§ 122.26. Rural industrial park loan fund
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly The rural industrial park loan fund is hereby created in the state treasury for the purposes of the program established under section 122.24 of the Revised Code. The director of development services shall deposit money received for the purposes of that section to the credit of the fund. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 146.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 146 / § 146.12
§ 146.12. Benefits
Status: in_force

March 19, 2003 Senate Bill 115 - 124th General Assembly Benefits shall be paid from the volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund to or on behalf of the following persons: (A) To the surviving spouse of a volunteer firefighter killed while discharging the duties of a volunteer firefighter or who dies from exposure or injury received while in the discharge of those duties, a lump sum award of one thousand dollars, and, in addition, the sum of three hundred dollars per month; (B) To the parent, guardian, or other persons upon whom a child of a volunteer firefighter is dependent for chief support, the sum of one hundred twenty-five dollars per month for each dependent child under eighteen years of age, or under twenty-three years of age if the child is attending a post-secondary educational institution and is completing a program of instruction each school year that satisfies the equivalent of at least two-thirds of the full-time curriculum requirements of the institution. (C) To a volunteer firefighter, totally and permanently disabled while discharging the duties of a volunteer firefighter, the sum of three hundred dollars per month. No payment shall be made to a volunteer firefighter under full salary during the time of the volunteer firefighter's disability.
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.13
§ 163.13. View of premises
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly No delay in the proceedings shall be occasioned by doubt as to the ownership of any property, or as to the interest of the respective owners, but in such cases the court may require the retention of the deposit or award or such portion thereof as the court deems appropriate, until the rights of the respective parties have been determined.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.523 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.523
§ 173.523. Appeals
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) An individual who is an applicant for or participant or former participant in the state-funded component of the PASSPORT program may appeal an adverse action taken or proposed to be taken by the department of aging or an entity designated by the department concerning participation in or services provided under the component if the action will result in any of the following: (1) Denial of enrollment or continued enrollment in the component; (2) Denial of or reduction in the amount of services requested by or offered to the individual under the component; (3) Assessment of any patient liability payment pursuant to rules adopted by the department under this section. The appeal shall be made in accordance with section 173.56 of the Revised Code and rules adopted pursuant to that section. (B) An individual who is an applicant for or participant or former participant in the state-funded component of the PASSPORT program may not bring an appeal under this or any other section of the Revised Code if any of the following is the case: (1) The individual has voluntarily withdrawn the application for enrollment in the component; (2) The individual has voluntarily terminated enrollment in the component; (3) The individual agrees with the action being taken or proposed; (4) The individual fails to submit a written request for a hearing to the director of aging within the time specified in the rules adopted pursuant to section 173.56 of the Revised Code; (5) The individual has received services under the component for the maximum time permitted by section 173.522 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.28
§ 122.28. Industrial technology and enterprise advisory council definitions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly As used in sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code: (A) "New technology" means the development through science or research of methods, processes, and procedures, including but not limited to those involving the processing and utilization of coal, for practical application in industrial or agribusiness situations. (B) "Industrial research" means study and investigation in giving new shapes, new qualities or new combinations to matter or material products by the application of labor thereto or the rehabilitation of an existing matter or material product. (C) "Enterprise" means a business with its principal place of business in this state or which proposes to be engaged in this state in research and development or in the provision of products or services involving a significant amount of new technology. (D) "Educational institutions" means nonprofit public and private colleges and universities, incorporated or unincorporated, in the state. (E) "Small business" means an enterprise with less than four hundred employees, including corporations, partnerships, unincorporated entities, proprietorships, and joint enterprises. (F) "Applied research" means the application of basic research for the development of new technology.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.05
§ 145.05. Term of office - election of employee members - eligibility - nomination by petition
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly (A) The terms of office of employee members of the public employees retirement board shall be for four years each beginning on the first day of January following election. The election of the county employee member of the board and the employee member of the board representing public library, health district, park district, conservancy district, sanitary district, township, metropolitan housing authority, union cemetery, joint hospital, and institutional commissary employees shall be held on the first Monday in October, 1945, and on the first Monday in October in each fourth year thereafter. The election of the state employee member of the board and the municipal employee member of the board shall be held on the first Monday in October, 1946, and on the first Monday in October in each fourth year thereafter. The election of the initial university-college employee member of the board shall be held on the first Monday in October, 1978, and elections for subsequent university-college employee members of the board shall be held on the first Monday in October in each fourth year thereafter. (B) The term of office of the retirant members of the public employees retirement board shall be for four years beginning on the first day of January following the election. The election of the initial retirant member for that position on the board shall be held on the first Monday in October, 1978, and subsequent elections for this retirant position shall be held on the first Monday in October in each fourth year thereafter. The initial election for the second retirant member position shall be held at the first election that occurs later than ninety days after September 15, 2004. Subsequent elections for this retirant position shall be held each fourth year thereafter. (C) All elections for employee members of the public employees retirement board shall be held under the direction of the board in accordance with rules adopted under section 145.058 of the Revised Code. Any member of the public employees retirement system, except a member who is receiving a disability benefit under this chapter, is eligible for election as an employee member of the board to represent the employee group that includes the member, provided that the member has been nominated by a petition that is signed by at least five hundred members of the employee group to be represented, including not less than twenty such signers from each of at least ten counties of the state, and certified in accordance with rules adopted under section 145.058 of the Revised Code. The name of any member so nominated shall be placed upon the ballot by the board as a regular candidate. Names of other eligible candidates may, at any election, be substituted for the regular candidates by writing such names upon the ballots. The candidate who receives the highest number of votes for a particular employee member position on the board shall be elected to that office on certification of the election results in accordance with rules adopted under section 145.058 of the Revised Code. (D) All elections for the retirant members of the public employees retirement board shall be held under the direction of the board in accordance with rules adopted under section 145.058 of the Revised Code. Any former member of the public employees retirement system who is described in division (A)(4) of section 145.04 of the Revised Code is eligible for election as a retirant member of the board to represent recipients of age and service retirement, a disability benefit, or benefits paid under a PERS defined contribution plan, provided that such person has been nominated by a petition that is signed by any combination of at least two hundred fifty eligible, former members of the system and certified in accordance with rules adopted under section 145.058 of the Revised Code. To be eligible to sign the petition, a former member of the system must be a recipient of age and service retirement, a disability benefit, or benefits paid under a PERS defined contribution plan. The petition shall contain the signatures of at least ten such recipients from each of at least five counties wherein recipients of benefits from the system reside. The name of any person nominated in this manner shall be placed upon the ballot by the board as a regular candidate. Names of other eligible candidates may, at any election for a retirant member of the board, be substituted for the regular candidates by writing the names of such persons upon the ballot. The candidate who receives the highest number of votes for any term as a retirant member of the board shall be elected to office on certification of the election results in accordance with rules adopted under section 145.058 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.365 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.365
§ 109.365. Information obtained is privileged
Status: in_force

March 13, 1980 Senate Bill 76 - 113th General Assembly Information obtained by the attorney general pursuant to his investigation to determine whether to defend an officer or employee is privileged and is not admissible as evidence against the officer or employee in any legal action or proceeding and no reference to the information may be made in any trial or hearing. The decision of the attorney general to defend or not defend an officer or employee is not admissible as evidence in any trial or hearing. This section does not apply to any trial or hearing to determine the right of an officer or employee to reimbursement pursuant to section 109.364 of the Revised Code or to any trial or hearing held as a result of an action filed pursuant to division (F) of section 9.87 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.801 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.801
§ 135.801. Adopting resolution implementing residential facility linked deposit program
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in sections 135.801 to 135.803 of the Revised Code, "eligible lending institution," "eligible organization," "investing authority," "residential facility," and "residential facility linked deposit program" have the same meanings as in section 5126.51 of the Revised Code. (B) The board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution implementing a residential facility linked deposit program under sections 5126.51 to 5126.62 of the Revised Code if it finds each of the following: (1) The county board of developmental disabilities has adopted a resolution under section 5126.49 of the Revised Code. (2) There is a shortage of residential facilities in the county for individuals with developmental disabilities. (3) Eligible organizations, otherwise willing and able to develop residential facilities in the county, have been unable to do so because of high interest rates. (4) Placement of residential facility linked deposits will assist in financing the development of residential facilities in the county that otherwise would not be developed because of high interest rates. (5) Public moneys of the county are available for purposes of the residential facility linked deposit program. (6) At least one eligible lending institution has an office located within the territorial limits of the county into which the board may deposit the public moneys of the county.
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.10
§ 147.10. Notary public acting after commission expires
Status: in_force

June 30, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly No notary public shall do or perform any act as a notary public knowing that the notary public's term of office has expired or that the notary public has resigned the notary public's commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.02
§ 126.02. Preparation of budget estimates
Status: in_force

June 5, 2006 Senate Bill 321 - 126th General Assembly The director of budget and management shall prepare and submit to the governor, biennially, not later than the first day of January preceding the convening of the general assembly, state budget estimates of revenues and expenditures for each state fund and budget estimates for each state agency, except such estimates as are required under section 126.022 of the Revised Code. The budget estimates for each state agency for which direct appropriations are proposed shall include the following details: (A) Estimates of the operating budget; (B) Estimates of the subsidy appropriations necessary, delineated by a distinct subsidy program; (C) Estimates for special purposes, delineated by a distinct special purpose program; (D) Estimates of appropriations necessary from each fund in reasonable detail to allow for adequate planning and oversight of programs and activities. In the preparation of state revenue and expenditure estimates, the director of budget and management shall, not later than the fifteenth day of September in the year preceding the first regular session of the general assembly, distribute to all affected state agencies the forms necessary for the preparation of budget requests, which shall be in the form prescribed by the director in consultation with the legislative service commission to procure information concerning the revenues and expenditures for the preceding and current bienniums, an estimate of the revenues and expenditures of the current fiscal year, and an estimate of the revenues and proposed expenditures for the respective agencies for the two succeeding fiscal years for which appropriations have to be made. Each such agency shall, not later than the first day of November, file with the director its estimate of revenues and proposed expenditures for the succeeding biennium. Each such agency shall, not later than the first day of December, file with the chairperson of the finance committees of the senate and house of representatives and the legislative service commission a duplicate copy of such budget request. The budget request shall be accompanied by a statement in writing giving facts and explanation of reasons for the items requested. The director and the legislative service commission may make further inquiry and investigation as to any item desired. The director may approve, disapprove, or alter the requests, excepting those for the legislative and judicial branches of the state. The requests as revised by the director constitute the state budget estimates of revenues and expenditures which the director is required to submit to the governor. The director shall determine a method to incorporate the principles of zero-based budgeting into the forms prescribed in this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 187.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 187 / § 187.05
§ 187.05. Evaluation by director; report
Status: in_force

September 28, 2012 Senate Bill 314 - 129th General Assembly The director of development services, as soon as practical after February 18, 2011, shall, in consultation with the governor, evaluate all powers, functions, and duties of the development services agency. Within six months after February 18, 2011, the director shall submit a report to the general assembly recommending statutory changes necessary to improve the functioning and efficiency of the agency and to transfer specified powers, functions, and duties of the agency to other existing agencies of the state or to JobsOhio, or eliminate specified powers, functions, or duties. The recommendations shall be submitted in writing to the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives and the president and minority leader of the senate. After submitting the report, the director, in consultation with the governor, shall continue to evaluate the agency and make additional recommendations on such matters to the general assembly. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.48
§ 135.48. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

September 4, 2014 Senate Bill 287 - 130th General Assembly The state board of deposit may adopt rules under section 111.15 of the Revised Code that are necessary to implement this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.1712 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.1712
§ 122.1712. Platinum provider program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year of this state as specified in section 9.34 of the Revised Code. (2) "Individual microcredential assistance program" means the individual microcredential assistance program created under section 122.1710 of the Revised Code. (3) "Microcredential" has the same meaning as in section 122.178 of the Revised Code. (4) "Training provider" means all of the following: (a) An Ohio technical center as defined in section 3333.94 of the Revised Code; (b) A private business or institution that offers training to allow an individual to earn one or more microcredentials; (c) A state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of development, in consultation with the governor's office of workforce transformation, shall establish a platinum provider program. A training provider that is approved to participate in the individual microcredential assistance program and that meets the requirements specified under this section is eligible to participate in the platinum provider program. A training provider approved to participate in the platinum provider program may receive one or more advance payments to cover the training costs for individuals to earn a microcredential under the individual microcredential assistance program. (C) A training provider seeking to participate in the platinum provider program shall apply to the director on a form prescribed by the director after the training provider is approved to participate in the individual microcredential assistance program. The training provider shall include in the application all of the following information: (1) The advance payment amount the training provider is seeking, not to exceed twenty per cent of the total reimbursement amount the training provider seeks under division (C) of section 122.1710 of the Revised Code; (2) Evidence that at least eighty per cent of individuals who participated in training programs offered by the training provider in the previous fiscal year earned a microcredential under the individual microcredential assistance program; (3) The number of microcredentials for which the training provider is seeking an advance payment and the names of the microcredentials; (4) The cost of the training for each microcredential for which the training provider is seeking an advance payment; (5) Proof that the training provider has obtained a surety bond that meets the requirements of division (J) of this section. (D) The director shall notify a training provider in writing of the director's decision to approve or deny an application the training provider submits under division (C) of this section. If the director approves the application, the director shall do both of the following: (1) Designate the training provider as a platinum provider; (2) Provide an initial advance payment to the platinum provider in the amount specified in the application but not exceeding any of the amounts described under division (F) of this section. (E) After each training program that a platinum provider administers during a fiscal year that results in at least one individual earning a microcredential, the provider may apply for a subsequent advance payment of not more than the least of the amounts described under division (F) of this section. The provider shall include in the application the same information as described under division (C) of this section. If a provider applies for a subsequent advance payment under this division, one of the following applies depending on the training program's completion rate: (1) If at least eighty per cent of the individuals who participated in the training program earned a microcredential, the director shall provide a subsequent advance payment to the provider in the amount specified in the application. (2) If less than eighty per cent of the individuals who participated in the training program earned a microcredential, to be eligible for a subsequent advance payment, the provider shall refund to the director a certain per cent of the advance payment amount that was last provided to the provider during the fiscal year as determined under division (E)(2)(a) of this section. (a) The per cent a provider must refund to be eligible for a subsequent advance payment under division (E)(2) of this section is the difference between eighty per cent and the per cent of individuals who earned a microcredential. (b) For a provider to whom division (E)(2) of this section applies, if the provider complies with that division, the director shall provide a subsequent advance payment to the provider in the amount specified in the provider's application. If the provider does not comply with that division, the director shall not provide a subsequent advance payment. (F) In no case shall the director provide an advance payment under this section that exceeds the least of the following amounts: (1) Twenty per cent of the total amount of reimbursement the platinum provider seeks under division (C) of section 122.1710 of the Revised Code; (2) The amount of the provider's surety bond required by division (J) of this section, less any previous advance payment the provider is required to refund to the director under division (G) of this section, if the provider has not yet completed the refund; (3) One hundred thousand dollars. (G)(1) If the director approves a reimbursement application that a platinum provider submits under division (F) of section 122.1710 of the Revised Code, the director shall reimburse the platinum provider for the total actual cost for the platinum provider to provide training to individuals who earned a microcredential in accordance with that division less the total advance payment amount provided to the platinum provider under this section. The director shall not reimburse the platinum provider for any amounts the platinum provider refunded to the director under division (E)(2) of this section. If the platinum provider specifies in the reimbursement application that the total actual cost for the platinum provider to provide the training is less than the total advance payment amount provided to the platinum provider under this section, the platinum provider shall refund to the director the difference between the advance payment amount and the actual training cost. (2) If a platinum provider fails to apply for reimbursement under division (F) of section 122.1710 of the Revised Code, the director shall require the platinum provider to refund the total advance payment amount provided to the platinum provider under this section. (H) If, at the time a platinum provider seeks reimbursement under division (F) of section 122.1710 of the Revised Code, the director determines that less than eighty per cent of individuals who participated in training programs provided by the platinum provider in the fiscal year earned a microcredential or that the platinum provider has failed to maintain the bond required under division (J) of this section, both of the following apply: (1) The director shall revoke the provider's status as a platinum provider ;. (2) The provider is ineligible to participate in the platinum provider program for the following fiscal year. (I) A training provider whose platinum status is revoked under division (H) of this section may reapply to participate in the platinum provider program in the fiscal year that follows the fiscal year in which the training provider is ineligible to participate in the program under that division. (J) A training provider that is certified as a platinum provider or that seeks to participate in the platinum provider program shall maintain a surety bond issued by a bonding company or an insurance company licensed to do business in this state. The bond shall be in favor of the director in an amount not less than the sum of the total advance payments received by the provider for the fiscal year plus any advance payments for previous fiscal years that the provider is required to refund under division (G) of this section, if the provider has not yet completed the refund. The provider shall maintain the bond for so long as it participates in the program and shall not allow it to expire or terminate until all of the provider's obligations under division (G) of this section are fulfilled. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.23
§ 126.23. Reports on state funds
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly The director of budget and management shall furnish to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the legislative budget office of the legislative service commission monthly reports of revenues, disbursements and expenses, transfers, lapses, and balances for each fund of the state. A daily report of fiscal transactions shall be provided to the legislative budget office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.15
§ 135.15. Transferring funds from one classification to another
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Whenever the governing board, other than the state board of deposit, is of the opinion that the actual amount of active deposits is insufficient to meet the anticipated demands on such active deposits, it shall direct the treasurer to sell interim money investments or deposits or transfer from the inactive deposits to the active deposits an amount sufficient to meet such demands. The board shall designate in such order the depositories from which withdrawals for such purpose shall be made and the amounts to be withdrawn from each. The treasurer shall immediately give appropriate written notice of such withdrawal to each public depository affected thereby, and at the expiration of the period of such notice shall make such withdrawals by presentation of certificates of deposit, or otherwise, in such manner as the board provides by appropriate regulations. In case there are two or more public depositories subject to such withdrawal, the board shall make such withdrawals from the public depositories paying the lowest rates of interest and in proportional amounts as near as is practicable. Whenever the state board of deposit is of the opinion that the actual amount of active deposits is insufficient to meet the anticipated demands on such active deposits, it shall direct the treasurer of state to sell interim money investments or to redeem negotiated deposits in an amount sufficient to meet such demands. The treasurer of state shall use the treasurer of state's discretion in selecting the instruments to be sold or redeemed. Last updated September 8, 2023 at 10:50 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 166.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 166 / § 166.50
§ 166.50. Microbusiness defined
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly "Microbusiness" means an independently owned and operated for-profit business entity, including any affiliates, that has fewer than twenty full-time employees or full-time equivalent employees and is located in this state. For purposes of this section: (A) "Full-time employee" means an employee who, with respect to a calendar month, is employed an average of at least thirty hours of service per week. (B) The number of full-time equivalent employees for a calendar month is determined by calculating the aggregate number of hours of service for that calendar month for employees who were not full-time employees and dividing that number by one hundred twenty. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.81 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.81
§ 145.81. Establishment and administration of defined contribution plan
Status: in_force

October 1, 2002 Senate Bill 247 - 124th General Assembly The public employees retirement board shall establish the PERS defined contribution plans, which shall be one or more plans consisting of benefit options that provide for an individual account for each participating member and under which benefits are based solely on the amounts that have accumulated in the account. The plans may include options under which a member participating in a plan may receive definitely determinable benefits. Each plan established under this section shall meet the requirements of sections 145.81 to 145.98 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted in accordance with section 145.80 of the Revised Code. It may include life insurance, annuities, variable annuities, regulated investment trusts, pooled investment funds, or other forms of investment. Each plan may also permit a participant to transfer participation to another plan created under this chapter. Transfers must be made in accordance with section 145.814 of the Revised Code. The board may administer the plans, enter into contracts with other entities to administer the plans, or both.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.057 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.057
§ 145.057. Disqualification of convicted member - misconduct in office - removal procedure
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly (A) The office of a member of the public employees retirement board who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony, a theft offense as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, or a violation of section 102.02 , 102.03 , 102.04 , 2921.02 , 2921.11 , 2921.13 , 2921.31 , 2921.41 , 2921.42 , 2921.43 , or 2921.44 of the Revised Code shall be deemed vacant. A person who has pleaded guilty to or been convicted of an offense of that nature is ineligible for election or appointment to the public employees retirement board. (B) A member of the public employees retirement board who willfully and flagrantly exercises authority or power not authorized by law, refuses or willfully neglects to enforce the law or to perform any official duty imposed by law, or is guilty of gross neglect of duty, gross immorality, drunkenness, misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance is guilty of misconduct in office. On complaint and hearing in the manner provided for in this section, the board member shall have judgment of forfeiture of the office with all its emoluments entered against the board member, creating in the office a vacancy to be filled as provided by law. (C) Proceedings for removal of a board member on any of the grounds enumerated in division (B) of this section shall be commenced by filing with the court of common pleas of the county in which the board member resides a written complaint specifically setting forth the charge. The complaint shall be accepted if signed by the governor or signed as follows: (1) If the complaint is against an employee member of the board, the complaint must be signed by a number of members of the employee group represented by the member that equals at least the following and must include signatures of at least twenty employee members residing in at least five different counties: (a) If the employee member was most recently elected in accordance with section 145.05 of the Revised Code, ten per cent of the number of members of the employee group represented by the employee member who voted in that election; (b) If the employee member was most recently elected under section 145.06 of the Revised Code or took office in accordance with section 145.051 of the Revised Code, ten per cent of the number of members of the employee group represented by the employee member who voted in the most recent election held in accordance with section 145.05 of the Revised Code for that employee member position on the board. (2) If the complaint is against a retirant member of the board, the complaint must be signed by a number of former members of the system authorized to vote for a retirant member in an election under section 145.05 of the Revised Code that equals at least the following and must include signatures of at least twenty former members residing in at least five different counties: (a) If the retirant member was most recently elected in accordance with section 145.05 of the Revised Code, ten per cent of the number of former members of the system who voted in that election; (b) If the retirant member was most recently elected under section 145.06 of the Revised Code or took office in accordance with section 145.051 of the Revised Code, ten per cent of the number of former members of the system who voted in the most recent election held in accordance with section 145.05 of the Revised Code for that retirant member position on the board. (D) The clerk of the court of common pleas in which a complaint against a member of the board is filed under division (C) of this section shall do both of the following with respect to the complaint: (1) Submit the signatures obtained pursuant to division (C) of this section to the board for purposes of verifying the validity of the signatures. The board shall verify the validity of the signatures and report its findings to the court. (2) Cause a copy of the complaint to be served on the board member at least ten days before the hearing on the complaint. The court shall hold a public hearing not later than thirty days after the filing of the complaint. The court may subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance in the same manner as in civil cases. Process shall be served by the sheriff of the county in which the witness resides. Witness fees and other fees in connection with the proceedings shall be the same as in civil cases. The court may suspend the board member pending the hearing. If the court finds that one or more of the charges in the complaint are true, it shall make a finding for removal of the board member. The court's finding shall include a full, detailed statement of the reasons for the removal. The finding shall be filed with the clerk of the court and be made a matter of public record. The board member has the right to appeal to the court of appeals. (E) No individual who has been removed from the board pursuant to this section shall be eligible to fill an elective or appointed position as a member of the board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 148.042 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 148 / § 148.042
§ 148.042. Automatic enrollment
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "employing authority" means both of the following: (1) The supreme court, house of representatives, senate, legislative service commission, secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, or attorney general with respect to employees of those entities; (2) The director of administrative services, with respect to eligible employees employed in a position paid by warrant of the director of budget and management who are not employed by a person or entity listed in division (A)(1) of this section. (B)(1) An employing authority may elect to automatically enroll employees described in division (C)(1) of this section in the Ohio public employees deferred compensation program. An employing authority that elects automatic enrollment shall notify the public employees retirement board of that election. Automatic enrollment shall commence as soon as administratively practical for the board and the employing authority. (2) An employing authority that elects automatic enrollment may cease automatic enrollment by notifying the board. The employing authority shall specify in the notice the date on which automatic enrollment will cease, and that date must be at least ninety days after the date the employing authority sends the notice. An employee who commences employment after automatic enrollment ceases may elect to participate in the program in accordance with section 148.04 or 148.041 of the Revised Code. Cessation of automatic enrollment does not affect the enrollment of employees enrolled during an automatic enrollment period. An employing authority that ceases automatic enrollment may subsequently elect automatic enrollment by complying with division (B)(1) of this section. (C)(1) An eligible employee employed by an employing authority that has elected automatic enrollment shall be automatically enrolled in the program if one of the following applies to the employee: (a) The employee initially commences employment with the employing authority on or after the date automatic enrollment begins under division (B) of this section. (b) The employee separates from employment with an employing authority, becomes a continuing member, and, on or after the date automatic enrollment begins, commences employment with that employing authority or a different employing authority. (c) The employee is employed in a position paid by warrant of the director of budget and management and the employee transfers employment from an employing authority that has not elected to automatically enroll employees under this section to another position paid by warrant of the director of budget and management under an employing authority that has elected to automatically enroll employees, if the transfer occurs on or after the date automatic enrollment begins. (2) An employee who, at the time of transferring from one employing authority to another as described in division (C)(1)(c) of this section, is a participating employee shall not be automatically enrolled in the program by the employing authority to which the employee transfers. (D) The board shall establish the automatic deferral amounts and specify the investment options into which those deferred amounts will be invested for participating employees who are enrolled under this section. Deferral amounts shall not exceed the lesser of either ten per cent of an eligible employee's compensation or the maximum contribution that the employee is eligible to contribute under federal law. (E) An employing authority that elects to automatically enroll employees under this section shall provide those employees with notice of the employee's rights and obligations in the manner prescribed by the board. (F) An employing authority shall not elect to automatically enroll an eligible employee under this section, or elect to cease automatic enrollment, if that election conflicts with any collective bargaining agreement entered into between the employing authority and an exclusive representative as defined in section 4117.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.30
§ 124.30. Filling classified positions in civil service without competition
Status: in_force

February 4, 2026 House Bill 44 - 136th General Assembly (A) Classified positions in the civil service may be filled without competition as follows: (1) Whenever there are urgent reasons for filling a vacancy in any position in the classified civil service and the director of administrative services is unable to certify to the appointing authority, upon its request, a list of persons eligible for appointment to the position after a competitive examination, the appointing authority may fill the position by noncompetitive examination. A temporary appointment may be made without regard to the rules of sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the Revised Code. Except as otherwise provided in this division, the temporary appointment may not continue longer than one hundred twenty days, and in no case shall successive temporary appointments be made. A temporary appointment longer than one hundred twenty days may be made if necessary by reason of sickness, disability, or other approved leave of absence of regular officers or employees, in which case it may continue during the period of sickness, disability, or other approved leave of absence, subject to the rules of the director. (2) In case of a vacancy in a position in the classified civil service where peculiar and exceptional qualifications of a scientific, managerial, professional, or educational character are required, and upon satisfactory evidence that for specified reasons competition in this special case is impracticable and that the position can best be filled by a selection of some designated person of high and recognized attainments in those qualities, the director may suspend the provisions of sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the Revised Code that require competition in this special case, but no suspension shall be general in its application. All such cases of suspension shall be reported in the annual report of the director with the reasons for each suspension. The director shall suspend the provisions when either of the following applies: (a) The director of job and family services provides the 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 provisions are suspended; (b) The medicaid director provides the certification under section 5160.051 of the Revised Code that a position with the department of medicaid can best be filled if the provisions are suspended. (3) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, in case of a vacancy in a position in the classified civil service in a police department, on satisfactory evidence that for specified reasons competition in this special case is impracticable and that the position can best be filled by a selection of some designated person holding a specialized certification, possessing peculiar and exceptional qualifications, or having completed a police cadet training program through the police department, the director of administrative services may suspend the provisions of sections 124.01 to 124.64 of the Revised Code that require competition in this special case, but no suspension shall be general in its application. (B) The acceptance or refusal by an eligible person of a temporary appointment under division (A)(1) of this section shall not affect the person's standing on the eligible list for permanent appointment, nor shall the period of temporary service be counted as a part of the probationary service in case of subsequent appointment to a permanent position. (C) Persons who receive temporary or intermittent appointments under division (A)(1) of this section are in the unclassified civil service and serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority. (D) Division (A)(3) of this section does not apply to a vacancy in a position in the classified civil service in a police department that must be filled by promotion as prescribed in section 124.44 of the Revised Code. Last updated December 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.99
§ 153.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

March 29, 2001 Senate Bill 11 - 124th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 153.58 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars. (B) A person who purchases or provides steel products in violation of division (A) of section 153.011 of the Revised Code shall pay a civil penalty equal to one and one-half times the purchase price of the steel products purchased or provided in violation of that section. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.20
§ 135.20. Proportion of deposits in various banks subject to reasonable variation
Status: in_force

June 11, 1968 Senate Bill 321 - 107th General Assembly Except as regards initial deposits at the beginning of a period of designation, the requirements of sections 135.01 to 135.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, respecting the proportions in which deposits in more than one public depository of the state or of the same subdivision are to be made and maintained, are subject to such reasonable variations as the exigencies of public business require. Any public depository deeming itself aggrieved by reason of discrimination against it and in favor of any other such public depository may complain thereof to the proper governing board. Such board after giving one week's notice to such treasurer and to such other public depositories as are specified in such complaint, shall hear such complaint. If it finds that there has been and is such discrimination, it shall direct the treasurer to transfer public deposits among such public depositories by making withdrawals and deposits as specified in the order of the board. The treasurer shall comply with such order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.431 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.431
§ 111.431. Real property confidentiality notice
Status: in_force

April 29, 2022 House Bill 93 - 134th General Assembly (A) A program participant who acquires an ownership interest in real property in this state after being certified as a participant in the address confidentiality program may submit a real property confidentiality notice to the county recorder of the county in which the real property is located. The program participant shall provide the program participant's address confidentiality program authorization card as proof of the program participant's status. A real property confidentiality notice shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and shall include all of the following: (1) The program participant's full name; (2) The last four digits of the program participant's social security number; (3) The date the program participant's certification expires; (4) The program participant's program participant identification number; (5) The address at which the program participant may receive mail through the office of the secretary of state; (6) The legal description and street address of the real property in which the program participant has an ownership interest, which shall be the same as the legal description and street address included on any instrument concerning the real property that includes the program participant's name and that has been presented to the county recorder for recording; (7) A fictitious name, chosen by the secretary of state, that may be used by a county recorder, auditor, treasurer, or engineer or the clerk of the court of common pleas for internal indexing purposes; (8) The program participant's signature. (B) When the county recorder receives a properly completed real property confidentiality notice under division (A) of this section, the county recorder promptly shall transmit copies of the notice to the secretary of state, and to the county auditor, treasurer, and engineer. (C)(1) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (D) and (F) of this section, after a program participant has submitted a properly completed real property confidentiality notice under division (A) of this section, the county recorder, auditor, treasurer, and engineer shall not disclose to any person the program participant's name, telephone number, electronic mail address, or program participant identification number, the address at which the program participant may receive mail through the office of the secretary of state, or any other information that may be used to identify the program participant, in conjunction with the legal description, parcel identification number, or street address of the real property in which the program participant has an ownership interest or any other information that may be used to identify the real property. If the county recorder receives a request for that information for the purpose of performing a title examination, the county recorder shall comply with division (G) of this section, and inform the requestor of the procedure to apply to the secretary of state for authorization under division (E) of this section. If the county recorder, auditor, treasurer, or engineer receives a real property confidentiality notice under this section, the county recorder, auditor, treasurer, or engineer shall bring any existing publicly available records or databases into conformity with this section not later than five business days after receiving the real property confidentiality notice. (2) If a program participant is a party to a court of common pleas proceeding, the program participant may provide a properly completed real property confidentiality notice to the clerk of the court of common pleas. Upon such notice, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall notify the secretary of state that the program participant has provided a real property confidentiality notice to the clerk of the court of common pleas, and shall not otherwise disclose to any person the information described in division (C)(1) of this section. (D) The county recorder, auditor, treasurer, or engineer or the clerk of the court of common pleas may disclose the information described in division (C) of this section if any of the following apply: (1) The information is disclosed to the staff of the county recorder, auditor, treasurer, or engineer or the staff of the clerk of the court of common pleas in order to carry out the duties of the office. (2) The program participant is the person to whom the information is to be disclosed. (3) The program participant has provided a notarized statement to the secretary of state, authorizing the disclosure to that person for a specific purpose described in the statement, and the secretary of state has issued a written authorization to the county recorder, auditor, treasurer, or engineer, or to the clerk of the court of common pleas, as applicable, to disclose the information to that person. (4) The person to whom the information is to be disclosed provides a written authorization issued by the secretary of state under division (E) of this section to disclose the information for the purpose of performing a title examination. (5) A court of competent jurisdiction orders the disclosure, as described in section 111.46 of the Revised Code. (E)(1) A person who requires access to the information described in division (C) of this section for the purpose of performing a title examination may apply to the secretary of state for a written authorization. (2) The person shall submit to the secretary of state, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, a written application that includes all of the following: (a) The applicant's name, title, address, and affiliated organization, if any; (b) The purpose for which the applicant is requesting access to the information; (c) The applicant's relationship to the program participant, if any; (d) A legal description of the real property subject to the title examination; (e) A statement that the applicant will treat the information as confidential and will use the information only for the purpose identified in the application; (f) The applicant's signature; (g) Any other information required by the secretary of state. (3) After the secretary of state receives an application submitted under division (E) of this section, the secretary of state shall, within ten business days, provide the applicant with a written response approving or denying the application. The secretary of state shall approve the application if the secretary of state determines that the application is properly completed; that the information the applicant seeks is subject to division (C) of this section; and that the applicant is seeking the information only for the purpose of performing a bona fide title examination. If the information the applicant seeks is not subject to division (C) of this section, the secretary of state shall, within ten business days, notify the applicant of that fact and, if applicable, shall send a notice to the county recorder, auditor, treasurer, and engineer and to the clerk of the court of common pleas under division (F)(3) of this section. (F) Upon the occurrence of any of the following, the county recorder, auditor, treasurer, and engineer and the clerk of the court of common pleas shall cease to keep confidential the information described in division (C) of this section and shall make the information available to the public in the same manner as other information concerning real property: (1) The program participant ceases to hold a recorded ownership interest in the real property that is the subject of the real property confidentiality notice. When the county recorder receives notice that the program participant has ceased to hold that ownership interest, the county recorder promptly shall revoke the real property confidentiality notice and notify the secretary of state, and the county auditor, treasurer, and engineer of that revocation. The secretary of state shall then, if applicable, notify the clerk of the court of common pleas of that revocation. (2) The program participant submits a notarized revocation of the real property confidentiality notice to the county recorder. Upon receiving the revocation, the county recorder promptly shall transmit copies of the revocation to the secretary of state, and to the county auditor, treasurer, and engineer, and the secretary of state shall, if applicable, transmit a copy of the revocation to the clerk of the court of common pleas. (3) The county recorder, auditor, treasurer, or engineer or the clerk of the court of common pleas receive a notice from the secretary of state that the program participant's certification has been canceled under section 111.45 of the Revised Code. (4) Pursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction. (G) Nothing in this section shall preclude an individual's name from being recorded and indexed for the purpose of giving notice of an ownership interest, lien, or other encumbrance on real property. On such records, if the record contains the information described in division (C) of this section, the county auditor, recorder, treasurer, or engineer, or the clerk of the court of common pleas, if applicable, shall redact the legal description of the property, parcel identification number, or street address of the real property in which the program participant has an ownership interest or any other information that may be used to identify the real property, on any versions of the documents available to the public. The county auditor, recorder, treasurer, or engineer, for the purpose of indexing a program participant's records, may use the program participant's fictitious name listed in the program participant's real property confidentiality notice. (H) A real estate broker or real estate salesperson as defined in section 4735.01 of the Revised Code, a land professional under section 4735.023 of the Revised Code, a title examiner, an attorney, or a county official shall not be held liable for damages resulting from the failure to discover a defect in title, failure to properly index or record a person's interest in property, or failure to alert a professional to rely on confidential information, when such failure was the proximate result of an individual's participation in the address confidentiality program, unless the real estate broker, real estate salesperson, land professional, title examiner, attorney, or county official was negligent in failing to do so. Last updated February 10, 2022 at 5:37 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 120.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 120 / § 120.23
§ 120.23. Joint county public defender commission
Status: in_force

September 29, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly (A) The boards of county commissioners in two or more adjoining or neighboring counties may form themselves into a joint board and proceed to organize a district for the establishment of a joint county public defender commission. The commission shall have three members from each county, who shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners of the county. (B) The boards shall agree on a specific date for the joint county public defender commission to be established, on which date the appointments of all members shall take effect. The joint board shall notify the Ohio public defender commission of the date. (C) Of the initial appointments made by each county to the joint county public defender commission, one appointment shall be for a term of one year ending one year after the date the commission is established, one appointment shall be for a term of two years ending two years after the date the commission is established, and one appointment shall be for a period of three years, ending three years after the date the commission is established. Thereafter, terms of office shall be for three years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as did the term which it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until a successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. (D) The members of the commission shall choose as chairperson one of the commission members, who shall serve as chairperson for two years. Meetings shall be held at least quarterly and at such other times as called by the chairperson or by request of the joint county public defender. Members of the commission may receive an amount fixed by the agreement of the boards of commissioners of the counties in the district, but not in excess of the amount set for the members of the Ohio public defender commission pursuant to section 124.14 of the Revised Code per diem for every meeting of the commission they attend, and necessary expenses including mileage for each mile necessarily traveled. (E) The agreement of the boards of county commissioners establishing the joint county public defender commission shall provide for the allocation of the proportion of expenses to be paid by each county, which may be based upon population, number of cases, or such other factors as the commissioners determine to be appropriate. The county commissioners may amend their agreement from time to time to provide for a different allocation of the proportion of expenses to be paid by each county. (F) The county auditor of the county with the greatest population is hereby designated as the fiscal officer of a joint county public defender district organized under this section. The county auditors of the several counties composing the joint county public defender commission district shall meet at the commission office not less than once in each six months, to adjust accounts and to transact such other duties in connection with the commission as pertain to the business of their office. (G) Each member of the board of county commissioners who meets by appointment to consider the organization of a joint county public defender commission shall, upon presentation of properly certified accounts, be paid the member's necessary expenses upon a warrant drawn by the county auditor of the member's county. (H) The board of county commissioners of any county within a joint county public defender commission district may withdraw from the district. Such withdrawal shall not be effective until at least ninety days after the board has notified the Ohio public defender commission, the joint county public defender commission of the district, and each board of county commissioners in the district, in writing of the termination date. The failure of a board of county commissioners to approve an annual operating budget for the office of the joint county public defender as provided in division (C)(1) of section 120.24 of the Revised Code constitutes a notice of withdrawal by the county from the district, effective on the ninetieth day after commencement of the next fiscal year. Upon the termination date, all joint county public defender matters relating to the withdrawing county shall be transferred to the state public defender, a county public defender, or appointed counsel. (I) The cost of representation in all matters assumed by the state public defender shall be charged to the counties in accordance with division (D) of section 120.06 of the Revised Code. Members of the joint county public defender commission who are residents of a county withdrawing from such district are deemed to have resigned their positions upon the completion of the withdrawal procedure provided by this section. Vacancies thus created shall not be filled. If two or more counties remain within the district after the withdrawal, the boards of county commissioners of the remaining adjoining or neighboring counties may agree to continue the operation of the joint county public defender commission and to reallocate the proportionate share of expenses to be paid by each participating county.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.98 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.98
§ 122.98. Residential development revolving loan program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The general assembly finds that access to affordable housing in rural areas is an important part of fostering a robust and lasting population. Accordingly, it is declared to be the public policy of the state to increase the availability of single-family homes in the rural areas through the residential development revolving loan program, administered by the department of development. (B) An eligible borrower for a residential development loan is a county, or a township or municipal corporation that is fully or partially located in a county, that meets both of the following: (1) Has a population of not more than seventy-five thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census published by the United States census bureau; (2) The number of privately owned housing units authorized by building permit in the preceding calendar year, according to the most recent data provided by the United States census bureau, is less than the average number of private housing units authorized by building permit for counties in this state over the same period. (C) An eligible borrower shall use the proceeds of a residential development loan exclusively to develop, repair, or upgrade water, sewer, transportation, electric, or gas infrastructure needed for the construction of single-family, residential dwellings that are part of a residential development project. An eligible borrower shall not use any portion of the proceeds for routine infrastructure maintenance or for developments, repairs, or upgrades that exceed the projected requirements of the residential development project. (D) The department shall not approve an application for a residential development loan unless the eligible borrower demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the department, that the residential development project served by the infrastructure developments, repairs, or upgrades meets all of the following: (1) Is fully located in a county that meets the criteria prescribed by divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section; (2) Has a net density of at least four single-family, residential dwellings per acre; (3) Is zoned exclusively for single-family, residential use; (4) Does not currently, and will not upon its completion, include a qualified low-income building that receives a tax credit under 26 U.S.C. 42. (E) An eligible borrower shall, at minimum, include all of the following in the loan application: (1) A description of the infrastructure developments, repairs, or upgrades to be funded by the loan and an estimate of the total cost to complete those developments, repairs, or upgrades; (2) The loan amount requested by the eligible borrower, which shall not exceed either of the following amounts: (a) Fifty per cent of the total cost of the infrastructure developments, repairs, or upgrades; (b) Thirty thousand dollars per single-family, residential dwelling included in the residential development project served by the developments, repairs or upgrades. (3) Documentation sufficient to prove, to the satisfaction of the department, all of the following: (a) That the applicant is an eligible borrower under division (B) of this section; (b) That the infrastructure developments, repairs, or upgrades meet the requirements under division (C) of this section; (c) That the residential development project served by those developments, repairs, or upgrades meets the requirements under division (D) of this section. (4) The proposed or recorded plot of the subdivision that is the basis of the development project. (5) Certification that the eligible borrower agrees to comply with all provisions of this section. (F) The department shall accept applications and make low-interest loans under this section on a rolling basis whenever funding is available. The department shall begin accepting applications for the first round of loans not later than January 1, 2026. (G) The department shall not establish or levy any fees on loan applicants or recipients. (H) An eligible borrower that receives a loan under this section shall do all of the following: (1) Exempt the residential development project served by the infrastructure developments, repairs, or upgrades, from both of the following: (a) Any building or road standards of the eligible borrower that are more stringent than those prescribed by state law; (b) Ordinances, resolutions, rules, or restrictions of the eligible borrower concerning any of the following: (i) Minimum square footage for residential dwellings; (ii) Off-street parking; (iii) The existence, size, or placement of a garage. (2) Complete any required traffic reviews or studies for the residential development project within forty-five days after receiving the loan; (3) Provide a quarterly report to the director on the status of the work funded by the loan; (4) Repay the principal and interest of the loan in accordance with terms specified by the department. (I) The director shall develop and utilize scoring metrics in prioritizing applications, determining whether to approve low-interest loans, and determining the amount of such loans. The metrics must meet all of the following requirements: (1) Give higher priority to projects in locations with greater housing need and lack of private housing investment; (2) Consider the potential economic impact of the project and the regional distributive balance of the loans; (3) Not consider whether the project is located in an economically distressed area, including by weighting preference based on the poverty rate in the jurisdiction or census tract in which the project is located. (J) The interest rate for loans made under the program shall be the effective federal funds rate in effect at the time of the loan agreement. The department shall credit all principal, interest, and fees paid under this section by an eligible borrower to the residential development revolving loan fund created under section 122.981 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 123.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 123 / § 123.12
§ 123.12. Written approval required for lease or sale of land
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly No land lease or sale of state lands shall be made by the director of administrative services except upon the written approval of the governor and the attorney general.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.15
§ 117.15. Annual audit and inventory of state treasury and custodial funds
Status: in_force

November 29, 1990 House Bill 820 - 118th General Assembly Once each year, or more often in his discretion, the auditor of state shall without previous notice audit the accounts and transactions of the office of the treasurer of state, ascertain the condition of the state treasury and the custodial funds of the treasurer of state, and make an inventory of the assets of the state treasury and the custodial funds of the treasurer of state. He shall sign his report and submit one copy each to the treasurer of state, governor, attorney general, and secretary of state. An audit report completed pursuant to this section is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code until it is submitted to the officers enumerated in this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.81 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.81
§ 125.81. Department of administrative services - powers and duties
Status: in_force

March 18, 1999 House Bill 850 - 122nd General Assembly The department of administrative services shall: (A) Analyze and inspect continuously the utilization of all structures and real estate owned by the state or used by its agencies; and analyze and inspect continuously the condition of all such properties and their adequacy for the operations for which they are used. (B) Promulgate standards relating to the type of architecture, plan of, and utilization of buildings and other structures and public improvements. Such standards shall be made known to all departments, institutions, universities, offices and other agencies and bodies of the state, for their guidance in preparation of requests and recommendations relative to new buildings, new structures, or other public improvements. Before promulgating such standards, the department of administrative services shall hold public hearings on all proposed standards. Reasonable public notice shall be given at least thirty days prior to the date set for a hearing. Nothing in this section shall interfere with the director of transportation's power to prepare plans for, acquire rights-of-way for, construct, or maintain transportation facilities, or to let contracts for those purposes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.40
§ 117.40. Refusal to keep accounts
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly A public official of a public office, other than a state agency, who knowingly refuses to keep the accounts of his office as prescribed by this chapter or rules adopted by the auditor of state pursuant thereto, or to make the reports required by the auditor of state, may be removed from office on hearing before the court of common pleas in the county in which the office is located. Action for removal may be brought by the attorney general at the request of the auditor of state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.25
§ 125.25. Debarment of vendor from contract awards
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The director of administrative services may debar a vendor from consideration for contract awards upon a finding based upon a reasonable belief that the vendor has done any of the following: (1) Abused the selection process by repeatedly withdrawing bids or proposals before purchase orders or contracts are issued or failing to accept orders based upon firm bids; (2) Failed to substantially perform a contract according to its terms, conditions, and specifications within specified time limits; (3) Failed to cooperate in monitoring contract performance by refusing to provide information or documents required in a contract, failed to respond to complaints to the vendor, or accumulated repeated justified complaints regarding performance of a contract; (4) Attempted to influence a public employee to breach ethical conduct standards or to influence a contract award; (5) Colluded to restrain competition by any means; (6) Been convicted of a criminal offense related to the application for or performance of any public or private contract, including, but not limited to, embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, receiving stolen property, and any other offense that directly reflects on the vendor's business integrity; (7) Been convicted under state or federal antitrust laws; (8) Deliberately or willfully submitted false or misleading information in connection with the application for or performance of a public contract; (9) Violated any other responsible business practice or performed in an unsatisfactory manner as determined by the director; (10) Through the default of a contract or through other means had a determination of unresolved finding for recovery by the auditor of state under section 9.24 of the Revised Code; (11) Acted in such a manner as to be debarred from participating in a contract with any governmental agency. (B) When the director reasonably believes that grounds for debarment exist, the director shall send the vendor a notice of proposed debarment indicating the grounds for the proposed debarment and the procedure for requesting a hearing on the proposed debarment. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. If the vendor does not respond with a request for a hearing in the manner specified in Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director shall issue the debarment decision without a hearing and shall notify the vendor of the decision by certified mail, return receipt requested. (C) The director shall determine the length of the debarment period and may rescind the debarment at any time upon notification to the vendor. During the period of debarment, the vendor is not eligible to participate in any state contract. After the debarment period expires, the vendor may be eligible to be awarded contracts by state agencies if the vendor is not otherwise debarred. (D) The director, through the office of procurement services, shall maintain a list of all vendors currently debarred under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.34
§ 133.34. Refunding securities
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) Upon the determination of the taxing authority that such funding or refunding will be in the subdivision's best interest, the subdivision may: (1) Issue general obligation securities to fund or refund any outstanding revenue or mortgage revenue, sales tax supported, or other special obligation securities previously issued by it for permanent improvements pursuant to authorization by law or the Ohio Constitution. Any general obligation bonds issued pursuant to this division (A)(1) shall be payable as to principal at such times and in such installments as determined by the taxing authority consistent with section 133.21 of the Revised Code. The last maturity of the refunding securities shall not be later than the later of: (a) Thirty years from the date of issuance of the original securities issued for the original purpose; or (b) The year of the last maturity that would have been permitted for the original securities if they had been issued as general obligation securities and the law as to the maximum maturity of general obligation securities issued for the original purpose were the same at the time the original securities were issued as the law existing at the time the refunding securities are issued. (2) Issue revenue or mortgage revenue securities, if authorized by other law or the Ohio Constitution to issue such securities for the original purpose, to fund or refund any outstanding general obligation or sales tax supported securities previously issued by it pursuant to authorization by law. The taxing authority shall establish the maturity date or dates, the interest payable, and other terms of such securities as it considers necessary or appropriate for their issuance. (3) Issue general obligation securities to fund or refund outstanding general obligation bonds issued in one or more issues for any purpose or purposes. General obligation securities issued pursuant to this division (A)(3) shall be payable as to principal at such times and in such installments as determined by the taxing authority. Section 133.21 of the Revised Code is not applicable to these refunding securities, but the last maturity of these refunding securities shall not be later than the year of last maturity permitted by law for the general obligation bonds refunded. Tax levies for debt charges on the refunding general obligation securities shall be considered to have the same status with respect to the provisions of the applicable tax limitation as the levies for debt charges on, and the refunding general obligation securities shall be considered to have the same status with respect to net indebtedness limitations as, the general obligation bonds that are refunded. (4) Issue sales tax supported or other special obligation securities to fund or refund any outstanding general obligation securities, or revenue or mortgage revenue, sales tax supported, or other special obligation securities previously issued by it for permanent improvements pursuant to authorization by law or the Ohio Constitution. Any sales tax supported bonds issued pursuant to this division (A)(4) shall be payable as to principal at such times and in such installments as determined by the taxing authority consistent with division (E) of section 133.081 of the Revised Code, but their last maturity shall be consistent with division (B) of section 133.081 of the Revised Code. Other special obligation securities issued under this division (A)(4) shall be payable as to principal at such times and in such installments as determined by the taxing authority, and are not subject to section 133.21 of the Revised Code. The last maturity of these refunding securities shall be not later than the year of last maturity permitted by law for the obligations refunded. (5) Apply moneys from other sources to fund any outstanding securities or public obligations issued by the taxing authority pursuant to authorization by law or the Ohio Constitution, including the funding of any mandatory sinking fund redemption requirements. (6) Issue tourism development district revenue supported bonds to fund or refund any outstanding revenue or mortgage revenue or general obligation or other special obligation securities previously issued by it for permanent improvements pursuant to authorization by law or the Ohio Constitution. Any tourism development district revenue supported bonds issued pursuant to division (A)(6) of this section shall be payable as to principal at such times and in such installments as determined by the taxing authority consistent with division (E) of section 133.083 of the Revised Code, but their last maturity shall be consistent with division (B) of section 133.083 of the Revised Code. (B) Securities issued pursuant to this section shall be considered to be issued for the same purpose or purposes as the securities that they are issued to fund or refund, and their proceeds shall be used as determined by the taxing authority consistent with their purpose. That use may include the payment of the outstanding principal amount of, any redemption premium on, and any interest to redemption or maturity on, the securities being funded or refunded, and any expenses relating to the funding or refunding or the issuance of the refunding bonds, including financing costs, all as determined by the taxing authority. Proceeds of securities issued pursuant to this section may also be used to provide additional money for the purpose or purposes for which the securities being funded or refunded, or which they funded or refunded, were issued, but section 133.21 of the Revised Code is applicable to any such portion of general obligation securities. (C) Securities may be issued and other moneys may be applied pursuant to this section to fund or refund all or any portion of the outstanding securities, and whether or not the securities to be funded or refunded were issued subject to call or redemption prior to maturity or are the original securities or are themselves refunding securities. (D) Moneys derived from the proceeds of securities issued pursuant to this section to fund or refund general obligation bonds, or moneys from other sources, and required for the purpose shall, under an escrow agreement or otherwise, to the extent required by the legislation be placed in an escrow fund, which may be in the bond retirement fund in the case of the funded or refunded bonds being payable within ninety days of issuance of the refunding securities, and other moneys applied pursuant to this section to fund general obligation bonds shall, under an escrow agreement or otherwise, to the extent required by the legislation, be placed in an escrow fund that may be in the sinking fund or bond retirement fund, and in either case are pledged for the purpose of funding or refunding the refunded general obligation bonds and shall be used, together with any other available funds as provided in this section, for that purpose. Pending that use, the moneys in escrow shall be held in cash or, if and to the extent authorized by the taxing authority, invested in whole or in part in direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed as to payment by the United States that mature or are subject to redemption by and at the option of the holder not later than the date or dates when the moneys invested, together with interest or other investment income accrued on those moneys, and any moneys held in cash and not invested will be required for that use. Any moneys in the escrow fund derived from the issuance of revenue or mortgage revenue, sales tax supported, or other special obligation securities that will not be needed to pay debt charges on the funded or refunded general obligation bonds may be used for and pledged to the payment of debt charges on the refunding securities and on any securities issued on a parity with the refunding securities. Any moneys in the escrow fund derived from the proceeds of refunding general obligation securities and that will not be needed to pay debt charges on the refunded general obligation bonds shall be transferred to the bond retirement fund. When the subdivision has placed in escrow moneys, derived from proceeds of refunding obligations or otherwise, or those direct or guaranteed obligations of the United States, or a combination of both, determined by an independent public accounting firm to be sufficient, with the interest or other investment income accruing on those direct or guaranteed obligations, for the payment of debt charges on the funded or refunded general obligation bonds, the funded or refunded general obligation bonds shall no longer be considered to be outstanding, shall not be considered for purposes of determining any limitation, direct or indirect, on the indebtedness or net indebtedness of the subdivision, and the levy of taxes or other charges for the payment of debt charges on the funded or refunded general obligation bonds under this chapter, Chapter 5705., or other provisions of the Revised Code, shall not be required. For purposes of this division, "direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed as to payment by the United States" includes rights to receive payment or portions of payments of the principal of or interest or other investment income on: (1) Those obligations; and (2) Other obligations fully secured as to payment by those obligations and the interest or other investment income on those obligations. (E) The authority granted by this section is in addition to and not a limitation on any other authorizations granted by or pursuant to law or the Ohio Constitution for the same or similar purposes, and does not limit or restrict the authority of municipal corporations to issue, under authority of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, revenue or mortgage revenue securities to fund or refund either general obligation securities or other revenue or mortgage revenue securities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.18
§ 131.18. Release and discharge of treasurer, clerk, or judge from liability
Status: in_force

June 20, 2008 Senate Bill 185 - 127th General Assembly When a loss of public funds, entrusted to a county or municipal corporation treasurer or to a clerk of the court of common pleas, clerk of the court of appeals, clerk of the municipal court, clerk of the county court, judge of the probate court as clerk of such court, judge of the juvenile court as clerk of such court, or to a township or school district treasurer, or a fiscal officer of the board of trustees of a public library by virtue of the treasurer's, clerk's, judge's, or fiscal officer's office, results from fire, robbery, burglary, flood, or inability of a bank to refund public money lawfully in its possession belonging to such public funds, the board of county commissioners, board of township trustees, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, the board of education, or the board of library trustees, respectively, may release and discharge such treasurer, clerk, judge, or fiscal officer from all personal liability to or demands of such county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or public library, for the loss so created unless the loss resulted from the treasurer's, clerk's, judge's, or fiscal officer's negligence or other wrongful act.
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.22
§ 131.22. Transfer of powers from board of trustees of the sinking fund to treasurer
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of trustees of the sinking fund of any county or municipal corporation or the board of commissioners of the sinking fund of any school district shall continue to exercise the powers provided in sections 327.01 to 327.08 , inclusive, 739.04 to 739.11 , inclusive, and 3315.02 to 3315.05 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, and provided in all other laws relating to its powers, until all outstanding bonds of such county, municipal corporation, or school district issued previous to January 1, 1922, to be retired by means of a sinking fund, are paid. It shall then be abolished and its functions and powers relating to the purchase and sale of securities; receipt, deposit, and investment of taxes, assessments, and other funds raised for the payment of bonds and funded debts; the application of such funds to the payment of bonds and other indebtedness; and all its other powers and functions as set forth in such laws shall be transferred to the treasurer of the county, municipal corporation, or school district, and all moneys, securities, and other assets then in the custody and possession of such board shall be transferred and delivered to such treasurer. Thereafter all said moneys, securities and assets, all moneys received by the county, municipal corporation, or school district for the payment of the interest and principal of its bonds or other funded debts, all inheritance taxes, and all other taxes and revenues which were theretofore payable into its sinking fund shall be paid to its treasurer and placed and held by him in a separate fund to be known as the "bond payment fund." Said fund shall be applied by such treasurer to the purposes for which the sinking fund had theretofore been applicable, subject to the law relating to transfer to other funds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.68 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.68
§ 109.68. Establishment of statewide sexual assault examination kit tracking system
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "victim" means a person from whom a sexual assault examination kit was collected. (B) In consultation with the attorney general's advisory group on sexual assault examination kit tracking, the attorney general shall develop recommendations for establishing a statewide sexual assault examination kit tracking system. Based on those recommendations, the attorney general shall create, operate, and maintain the statewide tracking system and shall identify and allocate money for that purpose from the appropriate funds available to the attorney general. (C) The attorney general may contract with state or private entities, including private software and technology providers, for the creation, operation, and maintenance of the statewide tracking system. The tracking system shall do all of the following: (1) Track the status of sexual assault examination kits from the collection site through the criminal justice process, including the initial collection at medical facilities, inventory and storage by law enforcement agencies, analysis at crime laboratories, and storage or destruction after completion of analysis; (2) Allow all entities that receive, maintain, store, or preserve sexual assault examination kits to update the status and location of the kits; (3) Allow individuals to anonymously access the statewide tracking system regarding the location and status of their sexual assault examination kit. (D)(1) A victim may request the following from the appropriate official with custody of the kit: (a) Information regarding the testing date and results of the kit; (b) Whether a DNA profile was obtained from the kit; (c) Whether a match was found to that DNA profile in state or federal databases; (d) The estimated destruction date of the kit. The victim is entitled to receive this information in writing, by electronic mail, or by telephone, as designated by the victim. (2) A victim who has requested information regarding the tracking of the victim's sexual assault examination kit shall be informed by the appropriate official with custody of the kit when there is any change in the status of the case, including if the case has been closed or reopened. (3) A victim may request written notification from the appropriate official with custody of the kit notice of the destruction or disposal date of the kit and shall receive that notice not later than sixty days before the date of the intended destruction or disposal. (4) A victim may request further preservation of the sexual assault examination kit or its probative contents beyond the intended destruction or disposal date as provided under section 2933.82 of the Revised Code, for a period of up to thirty years. (5) In responding to a victim's request under divisions (D)(1) to (4) of this section, the appropriate official with custody of the kit also shall provide the victim with information about the victim's right to apply for an award of reparations pursuant to section 2743.56 of the Revised Code. (E) Not later than one year after creation of the statewide tracking system, all entities in the chain of custody of sexual assault examination kits shall participate in the system. (F) The attorney general may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to facilitate the implementation of the statewide sexual assault examination kit tracking system pursuant to this section. Except as provided in division (B)(3) of this section, information contained in the statewide tracking system is confidential and not subject to public disclosure. Last updated June 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM