Ohio Rev. Code § 111.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.46
§ 111.46. Disclosure of confidential information
Status: in_force

April 29, 2022 House Bill 93 - 134th General Assembly (A) The secretary of state shall make available to the attorney general, for inclusion in the Ohio law enforcement gateway, the name, telephone number, and confidential address of each program participant. Access to information in the gateway regarding an address confidentiality program participant may only be granted to chiefs of police, village marshals, county sheriffs, county prosecuting attorneys, and a designee of each of these individuals. (B)(1)(a) A city director of law or similar chief legal officer who requires access to a program participant's confidential address or telephone number for a legitimate governmental purpose may petition the court of common pleas of Franklin county to order the secretary of state to make that confidential address or telephone number available to the petitioner. (b) A city director of law or similar chief legal officer who requires access to information that is subject to a real property confidentiality notice under section 111.431 of the Revised Code for a legitimate governmental purpose may petition the court of common pleas of the county in which the real property is located or the court of common pleas of Franklin county to make that information available to the petitioner. (2) Upon the filing of a petition under division (B)(1) of this section, the court shall fix a date for a hearing on it and shall require the clerk of the court to serve a notice of the date, time, place, and purpose of the hearing upon the petitioner. The clerk also shall serve that notice upon the secretary of state so that the secretary of state may send the notice to the program participant in accordance with division (B)(3) of this section, and, if applicable, upon the county recorder, auditor, treasurer, or engineer or the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which the real property is located. (3) Upon receiving a notice under division (B)(2) of this section, the secretary of state immediately shall send a copy of the notice to the program participant by certified mail, return receipt requested. (4) At a hearing held under this section, the petitioner shall appear, and the program participant or the program participant's attorney may appear and be heard. After the hearing and considering the testimony, the court shall issue the requested order only if it appears to the court by clear and convincing evidence that the disclosure of the confidential information to the petitioner is necessary for a legitimate governmental purpose. (C) Upon request by a city director of law or similar chief legal officer, who intends to petition a court for access to an individual's confidential information under division (B) of this section, the secretary of state shall, within ten business days, confirm whether the individual is a program participant but shall not disclose any other information concerning a program participant. (D) If a program participant is a child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian, the program participant is a party to a child custody or child support proceeding concerning the child, and another party to the proceeding requests the court to disclose the program participant's confidential address or telephone number, or if the court seeks to disclose the confidential information sua sponte, the court shall do all of the following: (1) If a party requests the disclosure, direct the requestor to file a pleading detailing the necessity for the disclosure; (2) Schedule a hearing on the matter; (3) Provide the program participant with a copy of the pleading, if filed; and (4) Provide the parties adequate notice of the hearing. If a party requests the disclosure of a participant's confidential information, or if the court seeks to release the confidential information sua sponte, the requestor shall have the burden to show, or the court must find, by clear and convincing evidence, that the disclosure is necessary, and that the disclosure does not pose a risk of harm to the program participant or the child. If the requestor does not meet this burden or the court does not make this finding, the court shall deny the request. If the requestor meets this burden or the court makes this finding, the court shall document its findings of fact, and may direct the program participant to release the confidential address or telephone number, or the court may disclose the program participant's confidential address or telephone number. Last updated February 10, 2022 at 5:38 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.032 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.032
§ 135.032. Active prompt correction directive
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 94, House Bill 301 - 135th General Assembly (A) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Institution" means an institution eligible to become a public depository under section 135.03 or 135.32 of the Revised Code or an eligible credit union, as defined in section 135.62 of the Revised Code. (2) "Prompt corrective action directive" means a directive issued by a regulatory authority of the United States as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 1790d or 1831o. (B) An institution designated as a public depository under this chapter shall notify each governing board that made such designation if the institution becomes party to an active prompt corrective action directive. (C) Except as otherwise provided in division (D) of this section, an institution is ineligible to become a public depository under this chapter or to have active, interim, or inactive deposits awarded, placed, purchased, made, or designated pursuant to this chapter, if the institution is party to an active prompt corrective action directive. (D) If a governing board receives notice under division (B) of this section, or otherwise becomes aware that an institution the board designated as a public depository is party to an active prompt corrective action directive, the board may do either or both of the following, if the board determines that it is in the public interest: (1) Allow the public depository to continue to have active, interim, or inactive deposits awarded, placed, purchased, made, or designated for the remainder of the designation period; (2) Designate the institution as a public depository for additional succeeding designation periods. (E) If a governing board determines that one or both of the actions permitted by division (D) of this section are in the public interest, and public moneys are lost due to the failure of the public depository subject to the active prompt correction directive, all of the following are relieved from any liability for that loss: (1) The governing board's treasurer and deputy treasurer; (2) An executive director, director, or other person employed by the governing board, its treasurer, or its deputy treasurer; (3) Bondspersons and surety of any person described in divisions (E)(1) and (2) of this section. Last updated October 24, 2024 at 4:07 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.43
§ 149.43. Availability of public records for inspection and copying
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Public record" means records kept by any public office, including, but not limited to, state, county, city, village, township, and school district units, and records pertaining to the delivery of educational services by an alternative school in this state kept by the nonprofit or for-profit entity operating the alternative school pursuant to section 3313.533 of the Revised Code. "Public record" does not mean any of the following: (a) Medical records; (b) Records pertaining to probation and parole proceedings, to proceedings related to the imposition of community control sanctions and post-release control sanctions, or to proceedings related to determinations under section 2967.271 of the Revised Code regarding the release or maintained incarceration of an offender to whom that section applies; (c) Records pertaining to actions under section 2151.85 and division (C) of section 2919.121 of the Revised Code and to appeals of actions arising under those sections; (d) Records pertaining to adoption proceedings, including the contents of an adoption file maintained by the department of health under sections 3705.12 to 3705.124 of the Revised Code; (e) Information in a record contained in the putative father registry established by section 3107.062 of the Revised Code, regardless of whether the information is held by the department of children and youth or, pursuant to section 3111.69 of the Revised Code, the office of child support in the department of job and family services or a child support enforcement agency; (f) Records specified in division (A) of section 3107.52 of the Revised Code; (g) Trial preparation records, prior to the conclusion of all direct appeals or, if no appeal is filed, prior to the expiration of the time during which an appeal may be filed, or, if no trial has occurred, until the civil or criminal action or proceeding has ended without the possibility of direct appeal or each agency, office, or official responsible for the matter has made a decision not to proceed with the matter; (h) Confidential law enforcement investigatory records; (i) Records containing information that is confidential under section 2710.03 or 4112.05 of the Revised Code; (j) DNA records stored in the DNA database pursuant to section 109.573 of the Revised Code; (k) Inmate records under section 5120.21 of the Revised Code, except for permitted disclosure of the information listed in division (E)(1) of that section; (l) Records maintained by the department of youth services pertaining to children in its custody released by the department of youth services to the department of rehabilitation and correction pursuant to section 5139.05 of the Revised Code; (m) Intellectual property records; (n) Donor profile records; (o) Records maintained by the department of job and family services pursuant to section 3121.894 of the Revised Code; (p) Designated public service worker residential and familial information; (q) In the case of a county hospital operated pursuant to Chapter 339. of the Revised Code or a municipal hospital operated pursuant to Chapter 749. of the Revised Code, information that constitutes a trade secret, as defined in section 1333.61 of the Revised Code; (r) Information pertaining to the recreational activities of a person under the age of eighteen; (s) In the case of a child fatality review board acting under sections 307.621 to 307.629 of the Revised Code or a review conducted pursuant to guidelines established by the director of health under section 3701.70 of the Revised Code, records provided to the board or director, statements made by board members during meetings of the board or by persons participating in the director's review, and all work products of the board or director, and in the case of a child fatality review board, child fatality review data submitted by the board to the department of health or a national child death review database, other than the report prepared pursuant to division (A) of section 307.626 of the Revised Code; (t) Records provided to and statements made by the executive director of a public children services agency or a prosecuting attorney acting pursuant to section 5153.171 of the Revised Code other than the information released under that section; (u) Test materials, examinations, or evaluation tools used in an examination for licensure as a nursing home administrator that the board of executives of long-term services and supports administers under section 4751.15 of the Revised Code or contracts under that section with a private or government entity to administer; (v) Records the release of which is prohibited by state or federal law; (w) Proprietary information of or relating to any person that is submitted to or compiled by the Ohio venture capital authority created under section 150.01 of the Revised Code; (x) Financial statements and data any person submits for any purpose to the Ohio housing finance agency or the controlling board in connection with applying for, receiving, or accounting for financial assistance from the agency, and information that identifies any individual who benefits directly or indirectly from financial assistance from the agency; (y) Records listed in section 5101.29 of the Revised Code; (z) Discharges recorded with a county recorder under section 317.24 of the Revised Code, as specified in division (B)(2) of that section; (aa) Usage information including names and addresses of specific residential and commercial customers of a municipally owned or operated public utility; (bb) Records described in division (C) of section 187.04 of the Revised Code that are not designated to be made available to the public as provided in that division; (cc) Information and records that are made confidential, privileged, and not subject to disclosure under divisions (B) and (C) of section 2949.221 of the Revised Code; (dd) Personal information, as defined in section 149.45 of the Revised Code; (ee) The confidential name, address, and other personally identifiable information of a program participant in the address confidentiality program established under sections 111.41 to 111.47 of the Revised Code, including the contents of any application for absent voter's ballots, absent voter's ballot identification envelope statement of voter, or provisional ballot affirmation completed by a program participant who has a confidential voter registration record; records or portions of records pertaining to that program that identify the number of program participants that reside within a precinct, ward, township, municipal corporation, county, or any other geographic area smaller than the state; and any real property confidentiality notice filed under section 111.431 of the Revised Code and the information described in division (C) of that section. As used in this division, "confidential address" and "program participant" have the meaning defined in section 111.41 of the Revised Code. (ff) Orders for active military service of an individual serving or with previous service in the armed forces of the United States, including a reserve component, or the Ohio organized militia, except that, such order becomes a public record on the day that is fifteen years after the published date or effective date of the call to order; (gg) The name, address, contact information, or other personal information of an individual who is less than eighteen years of age that is included in any record related to a traffic accident involving a school vehicle in which the individual was an occupant at the time of the accident; (hh) Protected health information, as defined in 45 C.F.R. 160.103, that is in a claim for payment for a health care product, service, or procedure, as well as any other health claims data in another document that reveals the identity of an individual who is the subject of the data or could be used to reveal that individual's identity; (ii) Any depiction by photograph, film, videotape, or printed or digital image under either of the following circumstances: (i) The depiction is that of a victim of an offense the release of which would be, to a reasonable person of ordinary sensibilities, an offensive and objectionable intrusion into the victim's expectation of bodily privacy and integrity. (ii) The depiction captures or depicts the victim of a sexually oriented offense, as defined in section 2950.01 of the Revised Code, at the actual occurrence of that offense. (jj) Restricted portions of a body-worn camera or dashboard camera recording; (kk) In the case of a fetal-infant mortality review board acting under sections 3707.70 to 3707.77 of the Revised Code, records, documents, reports, or other information presented to the board or a person abstracting such materials on the board's behalf, statements made by review board members during board meetings, all work products of the board, and data submitted by the board to the department of health or a national infant death review database, other than the report prepared pursuant to section 3707.77 of the Revised Code. (ll) Records, documents, reports, or other information presented to the pregnancy-associated mortality review board established under section 5180.27 of the Revised Code, statements made by board members during board meetings, all work products of the board, and data submitted by the board to the department of health, other than the biennial reports prepared under section 5180.277 of the Revised Code; (mm) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(oo) of this section, telephone numbers for a victim, as defined in section 2930.01 of the Revised Code or a witness to a crime that are listed on any law enforcement record or report. (nn) A preneed funeral contract, as defined in section 4717.01 of the Revised Code, and contract terms and personally identifying information of a preneed funeral contract, that is contained in a report submitted by or for a funeral home to the board of embalmers and funeral directors under division (C) of section 4717.13 , division (J) of section 4717.31 , or section 4717.41 of the Revised Code. (oo) Telephone numbers for a party to a motor vehicle accident subject to the requirements of section 5502.11 of the Revised Code that are listed on any law enforcement record or report, except that the telephone numbers described in this division are not excluded from the definition of "public record" under this division on and after the thirtieth day after the occurrence of the motor vehicle accident. (pp) Records pertaining to individuals who complete training under section 5502.703 of the Revised Code to be permitted by a school district board of education or governing body of a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, a STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, or a chartered nonpublic school to convey deadly weapons or dangerous ordnance into a school safety zone; (qq) Records, documents, reports, or other information presented to a domestic violence fatality review board established under section 307.651 of the Revised Code, statements made by board members during board meetings, all work products of the board, and data submitted by the board to the department of health, other than a report prepared pursuant to section 307.656 of the Revised Code; (rr) Records, documents, and information the release of which is prohibited under sections 2930.04 and 2930.07 of the Revised Code; (ss) Records of an existing qualified nonprofit corporation that creates a special improvement district under Chapter 1710. of the Revised Code that do not pertain to a purpose for which the district is created; (tt) Educational support services data, as defined in section 3319.325 of the Revised Code; (uu) Records of the past, current, and future work schedule of a designated public service worker. As used in division (A)(1)(uu) of this section, "work schedule" does not include the docket of cases of a court, judge, or magistrate; (vv) A request form or confirmation letter submitted to a public office under section 149.45 of the Revised Code; (ww) An affidavit or confirmation letter submitted under section 319.28 of the Revised Code; (xx) License or certificate application or renewal responses and supporting documentation submitted to the state medical board regarding an applicant's, or a license or certificate holder's, inability to practice according to acceptable and prevailing standards of care by reason of a medical condition; (yy) Images and data captured by an automated license plate recognition system that are maintained in a law enforcement database; (zz) Attorney work product record; (aaa) Any entry on the public calendar of an elected official that is for any date that is after the date the record is requested; (bbb) Records pertaining to burial sites under section 149.3010 of the Revised Code. A record that is not a public record under division (A)(1) of this section and that, under law, is permanently retained becomes a public record on the day that is seventy-five years after the day on which the record was created, or in the case of a record that is not a public record under division (A)(1)(uu) of this section that is retained, three years after the day on which the record was created, except for any record protected by the attorney-client privilege, a trial preparation record as defined in this section, a statement prohibiting the release of identifying information signed under section 3107.083 of the Revised Code, a denial of release form filed pursuant to section 3107.46 of the Revised Code, records pertaining to burial sites under section 149.3010 of the Revised Code, or any record that is exempt from release or disclosure under section 149.433 of the Revised Code. If the record is a birth certificate and a biological parent's name redaction request form has been accepted under section 3107.391 of the Revised Code, the name of that parent shall be redacted from the birth certificate before it is released under this paragraph. If any other section of the Revised Code establishes a time period for disclosure of a record that conflicts with the time period specified in this section, the time period in the other section prevails. (2)(a) "Confidential law enforcement investigatory record" means any record that pertains to a law enforcement matter of a criminal, quasi-criminal, civil, or administrative nature, but only to the extent that the release of the record would create a high probability of disclosure of any of the following: (i) The identity of a suspect who has not been charged with the offense to which the record pertains, or of an information source or witness to whom confidentiality has been reasonably promised; (ii) Information provided by an information source or witness to whom confidentiality has been reasonably promised, which information would reasonably tend to disclose the source's or witness's identity; (iii) Specific confidential investigatory techniques or procedures or specific investigatory work product; (iv) Information that would endanger the life or physical safety of law enforcement personnel, a crime victim, a witness, or a confidential information source. (b) As used in divisions (A)(2) and (18) of this section, "specific investigatory work product" means information assembled by law enforcement officials in connection with a probable or pending criminal or civil proceeding, with the exception of routine incident reports. "Specific investigatory work product" is not a public record prior to the conclusion of all direct appeals, or, if no appeal is filed, prior to the expiration of the time during which an appeal may be filed, or, if no trial has occurred, until the criminal or civil proceeding has ended without possibility of direct appeal or each agency, office, or official responsible for the matter has made a decision not to proceed with the matter. (3) "Medical record" means any document or combination of documents, except births, deaths, and the fact of admission to or discharge from a hospital, that pertains to the medical history, diagnosis, prognosis, or medical condition of a patient and that is generated and maintained in the process of medical treatment. (4) "Trial preparation record" means any record created by or for another party or by or for that party's representative, in reasonable anticipation of, or in defense of, a civil or criminal action or proceeding, that is not a confidential law enforcement investigatory record or attorney work product record and that contains factual information that is specifically compiled for that civil or criminal action or proceeding. (5) "Intellectual property record" means a record, other than a financial or administrative record, that is produced or collected by or for faculty or staff of a state institution of higher learning in the conduct of or as a result of study or research on an educational, commercial, scientific, artistic, technical, or scholarly issue, regardless of whether the study or research was sponsored by the institution alone or in conjunction with a governmental body or private concern, and that has not been publicly released, published, or patented. (6) "Donor profile record" means all records about donors or potential donors to a public institution of higher education except the names and reported addresses of the actual donors and the date, amount, and conditions of the actual donation. (7) "Designated public service worker" means a peace officer, parole officer, probation officer, bailiff, prosecuting attorney, assistant prosecuting attorney, correctional employee, county or multicounty corrections officer, community-based correctional facility employee, designated Ohio national guard member, protective services worker, youth services employee, firefighter, EMT, medical director or member of a cooperating physician advisory board of an emergency medical service organization, state board of pharmacy employee, investigator of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, emergency service telecommunicator, forensic mental health provider, mental health evaluation provider, regional psychiatric hospital employee, judge, magistrate, or federal law enforcement officer. (8) "Designated public service worker residential and familial information" means any information that discloses any of the following about a designated public service worker: (a) The address of the actual personal residence of a designated public service worker, except for the following information: (i) The address of the actual personal residence of a prosecuting attorney or judge; and (ii) The state or political subdivision in which a designated public service worker resides. (b) Information compiled from referral to or participation in an employee assistance program; (c) The social security number, the residential telephone number, any bank account, debit card, charge card, or credit card number, or the emergency telephone number of, or any medical information pertaining to, a designated public service worker; (d) The name of any beneficiary of employment benefits, including, but not limited to, life insurance benefits, provided to a designated public service worker by the designated public service worker's employer; (e) The identity and amount of any charitable or employment benefit deduction made by the designated public service worker's employer from the designated public service worker's compensation, unless the amount of the deduction is required by state or federal law; (f) The name, the residential address, the name of the employer, the address of the employer, the social security number, the residential telephone number, any bank account, debit card, charge card, or credit card number, or the emergency telephone number of the spouse, a former spouse, or any child of a designated public service worker; (g) A photograph of a peace officer who holds a position or has an assignment that may include undercover or plain clothes positions or assignments as determined by the peace officer's appointing authority. (9) As used in divisions (A)(7) and (15) to (17) of this section: "Peace officer" has the meaning defined in section 109.71 of the Revised Code and also includes the superintendent and troopers of the state highway patrol; it does not include the sheriff of a county or a supervisory employee who, in the absence of the sheriff, is authorized to stand in for, exercise the authority of, and perform the duties of the sheriff. "Correctional employee" means any employee of the department of rehabilitation and correction who in the course of performing the employee's job duties has or has had contact with inmates and persons under supervision. "County or multicounty corrections officer" means any corrections officer employed by any county or multicounty correctional facility. "Designated Ohio national guard member" means a member of the Ohio national guard who is participating in duties related to remotely piloted aircraft, including, but not limited to, pilots, sensor operators, and mission intelligence personnel, duties related to special forces operations, or duties related to cybersecurity, and is designated by the adjutant general as a designated public service worker for those purposes. "Protective services worker" means any employee of a county agency who is responsible for child protective services, child support services, or adult protective services. "Youth services employee" means any employee of the department of youth services who in the course of performing the employee's job duties has or has had contact with children committed to the custody of the department of youth services. "Firefighter" means any regular, paid or volunteer, member of a lawfully constituted fire department of a municipal corporation, township, fire district, or village. "EMT" means EMTs-basic, EMTs-I, and paramedics that provide emergency medical services for a public emergency medical service organization. "Emergency medical service organization," "EMT-basic," "EMT-I," and "paramedic" have the meanings defined in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. "Investigator of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation" has the meaning defined in section 2903.11 of the Revised Code. "Emergency service telecommunicator" means an individual employed by an emergency service provider as defined under section 128.01 of the Revised Code, whose primary responsibility is to be an operator for the receipt or processing of calls for emergency services made by telephone, radio, or other electronic means. "Forensic mental health provider" means any employee of a community mental health service provider or local alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services board who, in the course of the employee's duties, has contact with persons committed to a local alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services board by a court order pursuant to section 2945.38 , 2945.39 , 2945.40 , or 2945.402 of the Revised Code. "Mental health evaluation provider" means an individual who, under Chapter 5122. of the Revised Code, examines a respondent who is alleged to be a mentally ill person subject to court order, as defined in section 5122.01 of the Revised Code, and reports to the probate court the respondent's mental condition. "Regional psychiatric hospital employee" means any employee of the department of mental health and addiction services who, in the course of performing the employee's duties, has contact with patients committed to the department of mental health and addiction services by a court order pursuant to section 2945.38 , 2945.39 , 2945.40 , or 2945.402 of the Revised Code. "Federal law enforcement officer" has the meaning defined in section 9.88 of the Revised Code. (10) "Information pertaining to the recreational activities of a person under the age of eighteen" means information that is kept in the ordinary course of business by a public office, that pertains to the recreational activities of a person under the age of eighteen years, and that discloses any of the following: (a) The address or telephone number of a person under the age of eighteen or the address or telephone number of that person's parent, guardian, custodian, or emergency contact person; (b) The social security number, birth date, or photographic image of a person under the age of eighteen; (c) Any medical record, history, or information pertaining to a person under the age of eighteen; (d) Any additional information sought or required about a person under the age of eighteen for the purpose of allowing that person to participate in any recreational activity conducted or sponsored by a public office or to use or obtain admission privileges to any recreational facility owned or operated by a public office. (11) "Community control sanction" has the meaning defined in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code. (12) "Post-release control sanction" has the meaning defined in section 2967.01 of the Revised Code. (13) "Redaction" means obscuring or deleting any information that is exempt from the duty to permit public inspection or copying from an item that otherwise meets the definition of a "record" in section 149.011 of the Revised Code. (14) "Designee," "elected official," and "future official" have the meanings defined in section 109.43 of the Revised Code. (15) "Body-worn camera" means a visual and audio recording device worn on the person of a correctional employee, youth services employee, or peace officer while the correctional employee, youth services employee, or peace officer is engaged in the performance of official duties. (16) "Dashboard camera" means a visual and audio recording device mounted on a peace officer's vehicle or vessel that is used while the peace officer is engaged in the performance of the peace officer's duties. (17) "Restricted portions of a body-worn camera or dashboard camera recording" means any visual or audio portion of a body-worn camera or dashboard camera recording that shows, communicates, or discloses any of the following: (a) The image or identity of a child or information that could lead to the identification of a child who is a primary subject of the recording when the department of rehabilitation and correction, department of youth services, or the law enforcement agency knows or has reason to know the person is a child based on the department's or law enforcement agency's records or the content of the recording; (b) The death of a person or a deceased person's body, unless the death was caused by a correctional employee, youth services employee, or peace officer or, subject to division (H)(1) of this section, the consent of the decedent's executor or administrator has been obtained; (c) The death of a correctional employee, youth services employee, peace officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other first responder, occurring while the decedent was engaged in the performance of official duties, unless, subject to division (H)(1) of this section, the consent of the decedent's executor or administrator has been obtained; (d) Grievous bodily harm, unless the injury was effected by a correctional employee, youth services employee, or peace officer or, subject to division (H)(1) of this section, the consent of the injured person or the injured person's guardian has been obtained; (e) An act of severe violence against a person that results in serious physical harm to the person, unless the act and injury was effected by a correctional employee, youth services employee, or peace officer or, subject to division (H)(1) of this section, the consent of the injured person or the injured person's guardian has been obtained; (f) Grievous bodily harm to a correctional employee, youth services employee, peace officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other first responder, occurring while the injured person was engaged in the performance of official duties, unless, subject to division (H)(1) of this section, the consent of the injured person or the injured person's guardian has been obtained; (g) An act of severe violence resulting in serious physical harm against a correctional employee, youth services employee, peace officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other first responder, occurring while the injured person was engaged in the performance of official duties, unless, subject to division (H)(1) of this section, the consent of the injured person or the injured person's guardian has been obtained; (h) A person's nude body, unless, subject to division (H)(1) of this section, the person's consent has been obtained; (i) Protected health information, the identity of a person in a health care facility who is not the subject of a correctional, youth services, or law enforcement encounter, or any other information in a health care facility that could identify a person who is not the subject of a correctional, youth services, or law enforcement encounter; (j) Information that could identify the alleged victim of a sex offense, menacing by stalking, or domestic violence; (k) Information, that does not constitute a confidential law enforcement investigatory record, that could identify a person who provides sensitive or confidential information to the department of rehabilitation and correction, the department of youth services, or a law enforcement agency when the disclosure of the person's identity or the information provided could reasonably be expected to threaten or endanger the safety or property of the person or another person; (l) Personal information of a person who is not arrested, cited, charged, or issued a written warning by a peace officer; (m) Proprietary correctional, youth services, or police contingency plans or tactics that are intended to prevent crime and maintain public order and safety; (n) A personal conversation unrelated to work between correctional employees, youth services employees, or peace officers or between a correctional employee, youth services employee, or peace officer and an employee of a law enforcement agency; (o) A conversation between a correctional employee, youth services employee, or peace officer and a member of the public that does not concern correctional, youth services, or law enforcement activities; (p) The interior of a residence, unless the interior of a residence is the location of an adversarial encounter with, or a use of force by, a correctional employee, youth services employee, or peace officer; (q) Any portion of the interior of a private business that is not open to the public, unless an adversarial encounter with, or a use of force by, a correctional employee, youth services employee, or peace officer occurs in that location. As used in division (A)(17) of this section: "Grievous bodily harm" has the same meaning as in section 5924.120 of the Revised Code. "Health care facility" has the same meaning as in section 1337.11 of the Revised Code. "Protected health information" has the same meaning as in 45 C.F.R. 160.103. "Law enforcement agency" means a government entity that employs peace officers to perform law enforcement duties. "Personal information" means any government-issued identification number, date of birth, address, financial information, or criminal justice information from the law enforcement automated data system or similar databases. "Sex offense" has the same meaning as in section 2907.10 of the Revised Code. "Firefighter," "paramedic," and "first responder" have the same meanings as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. (18) "Attorney work product record" means a record that is not specific investigatory work product or a trial preparation record and that is created by an attorney, or by the agent of an attorney, in reasonable anticipation of or for litigation, trial, or administrative proceedings, when acting in an official capacity on behalf of the state, a political subdivision of the state, a state agency, a public official, or a public employee, that documents the independent thought processes, mental impressions, legal theories, strategies, analysis, or reasoning of an attorney or the agent of an attorney. (19) "Elected official" means a person who is elected or appointed to an elective office of the state or a political subdivision. (20) "Public calendar" means a calendar or appointment book maintained by an elected official to schedule the elected official's activities in relation to the elected official's position as an elected official. "Public calendar" does not include a personal calendar or appointment book maintained solely for an elected official's personal convenience that does not serve to document the elected official's official activities or functions or the official activities or functions of the elected official's public office. (B)(1) Upon request by any person and subject to division (B)(8) of this section, all public records responsive to the request shall be promptly prepared and made available for inspection to the requester at all reasonable times during regular business hours. Subject to division (B)(8) of this section, upon request by any person, a public office or person responsible for public records shall make copies of the requested public record available to the requester at cost and within a reasonable period of time. When considering whether a state or local law enforcement agency or a prosecuting attorney's office promptly prepared a video record for inspection or produced a copy of a video record within a reasonable period of time, in addition to any other factors, a court shall consider the time required for a state or local law enforcement agency or a prosecuting attorney's office to retrieve, download, review, redact, seek legal advice regarding, and produce the video record. Except as specified in division (B)(11) of this section, notwithstanding any other requirement set forth in Chapter 149. of the Revised Code, a state or local law enforcement agency or a prosecuting attorney's office may charge a requester the actual cost associated with preparing a video record for inspection or production, not to exceed seventy-five dollars per hour of video produced, nor seven hundred fifty dollars total. As used in this division, "actual cost," with respect to video records only, means all costs incurred by the state or local law enforcement agency or a prosecuting attorney's office in reviewing, blurring or otherwise obscuring, redacting, uploading, or producing the video records, including but not limited to the storage medium on which the record is produced, staff time, and any other relevant overhead necessary to comply with the request. A state or local law enforcement agency or a prosecuting attorney's office may include in its public records policy the requirement that a requester pay the estimated actual cost before beginning the process of preparing a video record for inspection or production. Where a state or local law enforcement agency or a prosecuting attorney's office imposes such a requirement, its obligation to produce a video or make it available for inspection begins once the estimated actual cost is paid in full by the requester. A state or local law enforcement agency or a prosecuting attorney's office shall provide the requester with the estimated actual cost within five business days of receipt of the public records request. If the actual cost exceeds the estimated actual cost, a state or local law enforcement agency or a prosecuting attorney's office may charge a requester for the difference upon fulfilling a request for video records if the requester is notified in advance that the actual cost may be up to twenty per cent higher than the estimated actual cost. A state or local law enforcement agency or a prosecuting attorney's office shall not charge a requester a difference that exceeds twenty per cent of the estimated actual cost. If a public record contains information that is exempt from the duty to permit public inspection or to copy the public record, the public office or the person responsible for the public record shall make available all of the information within the public record that is not exempt. When making that public record available for public inspection or copying that public record, the public office or the person responsible for the public record shall notify the requester of any redaction or make the redaction plainly visible. A redaction shall be deemed a denial of a request to inspect or copy the redacted information, except if federal or state law authorizes or requires a public office to make the redaction. When the auditor of state receives a request to inspect or to make a copy of a record that was provided to the auditor of state for purposes of an audit, but the original public office has asserted to the auditor of state that the record is not a public record, the auditor of state may handle the requests by directing the requestor to the original public office that provided the record to the auditor of state. (2) To facilitate broader access to public records, a public office or the person responsible for public records shall organize and maintain public records in a manner that they can be made available for inspection or copying in accordance with division (B) of this section. A public office also shall have available a copy of its current records retention schedule at a location readily available to the public. If a requester makes an ambiguous or overly broad request or has difficulty in making a request for copies or inspection of public records under this section such that the public office or the person responsible for the requested public record cannot reasonably identify what public records are being requested, the public office or the person responsible for the requested public record may deny the request but shall provide the requester with an opportunity to revise the request by informing the requester of the manner in which records are maintained by the public office and accessed in the ordinary course of the public office's or person's duties. (3) If a request is ultimately denied, in part or in whole, the public office or the person responsible for the requested public record shall provide the requester with an explanation, including legal authority, setting forth why the request was denied. If the initial request was provided in writing, the explanation also shall be provided to the requester in writing. The explanation shall not preclude the public office or the person responsible for the requested public record from relying upon additional reasons or legal authority in defending an action commenced under division (C) of this section. (4) Unless specifically required or authorized by state or federal law or in accordance with division (B) of this section, no public office or person responsible for public records may limit or condition the availability of public records by requiring disclosure of the requester's identity or the intended use of the requested public record. Any requirement that the requester disclose the requester's identity or the intended use of the requested public record constitutes a denial of the request. (5) A public office or person responsible for public records may ask a requester to make the request in writing, may ask for the requester's identity, and may inquire about the intended use of the information requested, but may do so only after disclosing to the requester that a written request is not mandatory, that the requester may decline to reveal the requester's identity or the intended use, and when a written request or disclosure of the identity or intended use would benefit the requester by enhancing the ability of the public office or person responsible for public records to identify, locate, or deliver the public records sought by the requester. (6) If any person requests a copy of a public record in accordance with division (B) of this section, the public office or person responsible for the public record may require the requester to pay in advance the cost involved in providing the copy of the public record in accordance with the choice made by the requester under this division. The public office or the person responsible for the public record shall permit the requester to choose to have the public record duplicated upon paper, upon the same medium upon which the public office or person responsible for the public record keeps it, or upon any other medium upon which the public office or person responsible for the public record determines that it reasonably can be duplicated as an integral part of the normal operations of the public office or person responsible for the public record. When the requester makes a choice under this division, the public office or person responsible for the public record shall provide a copy of it in accordance with the choice made by the requester. Nothing in this section requires a public office or person responsible for the public record to allow the requester of a copy of the public record to make the copies of the public record. (7)(a) Upon a request made in accordance with division (B) of this section and subject to division (B)(6) of this section, a public office or person responsible for public records shall transmit a copy of a public record to any person by United States mail or by any other means of delivery or transmission within a reasonable period of time after receiving the request for the copy. The public office or person responsible for the public record may require the person making the request to pay in advance the cost of postage if the copy is transmitted by United States mail or the cost of delivery if the copy is transmitted other than by United States mail, and to pay in advance the costs incurred for other supplies used in the mailing, delivery, or transmission. (b) Any public office may adopt a policy and procedures that it will follow in transmitting, within a reasonable period of time after receiving a request, copies of public records by United States mail or by any other means of delivery or transmission pursuant to division (B)(7) of this section. A public office that adopts a policy and procedures under division (B)(7) of this section shall comply with them in performing its duties under that division. (c) In any policy and procedures adopted under division (B)(7) of this section: (i) A public office may limit the number of records requested by a person that the office will physically deliver by United States mail or by another delivery service to ten per month, unless the person certifies to the office in writing that the person does not intend to use or forward the requested records, or the information contained in them, for commercial purposes; (ii) A public office that chooses to provide some or all of its public records on a web site that is fully accessible to and searchable by members of the public at all times, other than during acts of God outside the public office's control or maintenance, and that charges no fee to search, access, download, or otherwise receive records provided on the web site, may limit to ten per month the number of records requested by a person that the office will deliver in a digital format, unless the requested records are not provided on the web site and unless the person certifies to the office in writing that the person does not intend to use or forward the requested records, or the information contained in them, for commercial purposes. (iii) For purposes of division (B)(7) of this section, "commercial" shall be narrowly construed and does not include reporting or gathering news, reporting or gathering information to assist citizen oversight or understanding of the operation or activities of government, or nonprofit educational research. (8) A public office or person responsible for public records is not required to permit a person who is incarcerated pursuant to a criminal conviction or a juvenile adjudication to inspect or to obtain a copy of any public record concerning a criminal investigation or prosecution or concerning what would be a criminal investigation or prosecution if the subject of the investigation or prosecution were an adult, unless the request to inspect or to obtain a copy of the record is for the purpose of acquiring information that is subject to release as a public record under this section and the judge who imposed the sentence or made the adjudication with respect to the person, or the judge's successor in office, finds that the information sought in the public record is necessary to support what appears to be a justiciable claim of the person. As used in this division, "public record concerning a criminal investigation or prosecution or concerning what would be a criminal investigation or prosecution if the subject of the investigation were an adult" includes, but is not limited to, personnel files and payroll and attendance records of designated public service workers. (9)(a) Upon written request made and signed by a journalist, a public office, or person responsible for public records, having custody of the records of the agency employing a specified designated public service worker shall disclose to the journalist the address of the actual personal residence of the designated public service worker and, if the designated public service worker's spouse, former spouse, or child is employed by a public office, the name and address of the employer of the designated public service worker's spouse, former spouse, or child, and any past, current, and future work schedules of the designated public service worker. The request shall include the journalist's name and title and the name and address of the journalist's employer and shall state that disclosure of the information sought would be in the public interest. (b) Division (B)(9)(a) of this section also applies to journalist requests for: (i) Customer information maintained by a municipally owned or operated public utility, other than social security numbers and any private financial information such as credit reports, payment methods, credit card numbers, and bank account information; (ii) Information about minors involved in a school vehicle accident as provided in division (A)(1)(gg) of this section, other than personal information as defined in section 149.45 of the Revised Code; (iii) A request form submitted to a public office under section 149.45 of the Revised Code; (iv) An affidavit submitted under section 319.28 of the Revised Code. (c) As used in division (B)(9) of this section, "journalist" means a person engaged in, connected with, or employed by any news medium, including a newspaper, magazine, press association, news agency, or wire service, a radio or television station, or a similar medium, for the purpose of gathering, processing, transmitting, compiling, editing, or disseminating information for the general public. (10) Upon a request made by a victim, victim's attorney, or victim's representative, as that term is used in section 2930.02 of the Revised Code, a public office or person responsible for public records shall transmit a copy of a depiction of the victim as described in division (A)(1)(ii) of this section to the victim, victim's attorney, or victim's representative. (11) A state or local law enforcement agency or a prosecuting attorney's office shall not charge a fee for preparing a video record for inspection, or producing a copy of a video record, when the requester of the video record is a victim, as defined in Ohio Constitution, Article I, Section 10a, or who is a victim who suffered loss and could seek remedy through a tort action as defined by section 2307.011 of the Revised Code, who reasonably asserts that the video recording relates to the act or omission that caused the victim's harm or loss, or who is the legal counsel or insurer of the victim. A fee under this section may only be waived upon the receipt of an affidavit by the victim or the victim's legal counsel identifying that the use of the video is to investigate harm or damages that may have been captured on the video. As used in this division, "legal counsel of the victim" means an attorney who, at the time of making the request, produces to the state or local law enforcement agency or a prosecuting attorney's office a signed retention agreement or letter of representation that establishes that the attorney is representing the victim. (C)(1) If a person allegedly is aggrieved by the failure of a public office or the person responsible for public records to promptly prepare a public record and to make it available to the person for inspection in accordance with division (B) of this section or by any other failure of a public office or the person responsible for public records to comply with an obligation in accordance with division (B) of this section, the person allegedly aggrieved may serve pursuant to Rule 4 of the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure a complaint, on a form prescribed by the clerk of the court of claims, to the public office or person responsible for public records allegedly responsible for the alleged failure. Upon receipt of the complaint of the person allegedly aggrieved, the public office or person responsible for public records has three business days to cure or otherwise address the failure alleged in the complaint. The person allegedly aggrieved shall not file a complaint with a court or commence a mandamus action under this section within the three-day period. Upon the expiration of the three-day period, the person allegedly aggrieved may, subject to the requirements of division (C)(2) of this section, do only one of the following, and not both: (a) File a complaint with the clerk of the court of claims or the clerk of the court of common pleas under section 2743.75 of the Revised Code; (b) Commence a mandamus action to obtain a judgment that orders the public office or the person responsible for the public record to comply with division (B) of this section, that awards court costs and reasonable attorney's fees to the person that instituted the mandamus action, and, if applicable, that includes an order fixing statutory damages under division (C)(3) of this section. The mandamus action may be commenced in the court of common pleas of the county in which division (B) of this section allegedly was not complied with, in the supreme court pursuant to its original jurisdiction under Section 2 of Article IV, Ohio Constitution, or in the court of appeals for the appellate district in which division (B) of this section allegedly was not complied with pursuant to its original jurisdiction under Section 3 of Article IV, Ohio Constitution. (2) Upon filing a complaint or mandamus action with a court under divisions (C)(1)(a) or (b) of this section, a person allegedly aggrieved shall file with the court, in conjunction with the person's complaint or petition, a written affirmation stating that the person properly transmitted a complaint to the public office or person responsible for public records, the failure alleged in the complaint has not been cured or otherwise resolved to the person's satisfaction, and that the complaint was transmitted to the public office or person responsible for public records at least three business days before the filing of the suit. If the person fails to file an affirmation pursuant to this division, the suit shall be dismissed. (3) If a requester transmits a written request by hand delivery, electronic submission, or certified mail to inspect or receive copies of any public record in a manner that fairly describes the public record or class of public records to the public office or person responsible for the requested public records, except as otherwise provided in this section, the requester shall be entitled to recover the amount of statutory damages set forth in this division if a court determines that the public office or the person responsible for public records failed to comply with an obligation in accordance with division (B) of this section. Statutory damages are not available pursuant to this section to a person committed to the custody of the department of rehabilitation and correction or the United States bureau of prisons, or a child committed to the department of youth services as permitted in Chapter 2152. of the Revised Code. The amount of statutory damages shall be fixed at one hundred dollars for each business day during which the public office or person responsible for the requested public records failed to comply with an obligation in accordance with division (B) of this section, beginning with the day on which the requester files a mandamus action to recover statutory damages, up to a maximum of one thousand dollars. The award of statutory damages shall not be construed as a penalty, but as compensation for injury arising from lost use of the requested information. The existence of this injury shall be conclusively presumed. The award of statutory damages shall be in addition to all other remedies authorized by this section. The court may reduce an award of statutory damages or not award statutory damages if the court determines both of the following: (a) That, based on the ordinary application of statutory law and case law as it existed at the time of the conduct or threatened conduct of the public office or person responsible for the requested public records that allegedly constitutes a failure to comply with an obligation in accordance with division (B) of this section and that was the basis of the mandamus action, a well-informed public office or person responsible for the requested public records reasonably would believe that the conduct or threatened conduct of the public office or person responsible for the requested public records did not constitute a failure to comply with an obligation in accordance with division (B) of this section; (b) That a well-informed public office or person responsible for the requested public records reasonably would believe that the conduct or threatened conduct of the public office or person responsible for the requested public records would serve the public policy that underlies the authority that is asserted as permitting that conduct or threatened conduct. (4) In a mandamus action filed under division (C)(1) of this section, the following apply: (a)(i) If the court orders the public office or the person responsible for the public record to comply with division (B) of this section, the court shall determine and award to the relator all court costs, which shall be construed as remedial and not punitive. (ii) If the court makes a determination described in division (C)(4)(b)(iii) of this section, the court shall determine and award to the relator all court costs, which shall be construed as remedial and not punitive. (b) If the court renders a judgment that orders the public office or the person responsible for the public record to comply with division (B) of this section or if the court determines any of the following, the court may award reasonable attorney's fees to the relator, subject to division (C)(5) of this section: (i) The public office or the person responsible for the public records failed to respond affirmatively or negatively to the public records request in accordance with the time allowed under division (B) of this section. (ii) The public office or the person responsible for the public records promised to permit the relator to inspect or receive copies of the public records requested within a specified period of time but failed to fulfill that promise within that specified period of time. (iii) The public office or the person responsible for the public records acted in bad faith when the office or person voluntarily made the public records available to the relator for the first time after the relator commenced the mandamus action, but before the court issued any order concluding whether or not the public office or person was required to comply with division (B) of this section. No discovery may be conducted on the issue of the alleged bad faith of the public office or person responsible for the public records. This division shall not be construed as creating a presumption that the public office or the person responsible for the public records acted in bad faith when the office or person voluntarily made the public records available to the relator for the first time after the relator commenced the mandamus action, but before the court issued any order described in this division. (c) The court shall not award attorney's fees to the relator if the court determines both of the following: (i) That, based on the ordinary application of statutory law and case law as it existed at the time of the conduct or threatened conduct of the public office or person responsible for the requested public records that allegedly constitutes a failure to comply with an obligation in accordance with division (B) of this section and that was the basis of the mandamus action, a well-informed public office or person responsible for the requested public records reasonably would believe that the conduct or threatened conduct of the public office or person responsible for the requested public records did not constitute a failure to comply with an obligation in accordance with division (B) of this section; (ii) That a well-informed public office or person responsible for the requested public records reasonably would believe that the conduct or threatened conduct of the public office or person responsible for the requested public records would serve the public policy that underlies the authority that is asserted as permitting that conduct or threatened conduct. (5) All of the following apply to any award of reasonable attorney's fees awarded under division (C)(4)(b) of this section: (a) The fees shall be construed as remedial and not punitive. (b) The fees awarded shall not exceed the total of the reasonable attorney's fees incurred before the public record was made available to the relator and the fees described in division (C)(5)(c) of this section. (c) Reasonable attorney's fees shall include reasonable fees incurred to produce proof of the reasonableness and amount of the fees and to otherwise litigate entitlement to the fees. (d) The court may reduce the amount of fees awarded if the court determines that, given the factual circumstances involved with the specific public records request, an alternative means should have been pursued to more effectively and efficiently resolve the dispute that was subject to the mandamus action filed under division (C)(1) of this section. (6) If the court does not issue a writ of mandamus under division (C) of this section and the court determines at that time that the bringing of the mandamus action was frivolous conduct as defined in division (A) of section 2323.51 of the Revised Code, the court may award to the public office all court costs, expenses, and reasonable attorney's fees, as determined by the court. (D) Chapter 1347. of the Revised Code does not limit the provisions of this section. (E)(1) To ensure that all employees of public offices are appropriately educated about a public office's obligations under division (B) of this section, all elected officials or their appropriate designees shall attend training approved by the attorney general as provided in section 109.43 of the Revised Code. A future official may satisfy the requirements of this division by attending the training before taking office, provided that the future official may not send a designee in the future official's place. (2) All public offices shall adopt a public records policy in compliance with this section for responding to public records requests. In adopting a public records policy under this division, a public office may obtain guidance from the model public records policy developed and provided to the public office by the attorney general under section 109.43 of the Revised Code. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the policy may not limit the number of public records that the public office will make available to a single person, may not limit the number of public records that it will make available during a fixed period of time, and may not establish a fixed period of time before it will respond to a request for inspection or copying of public records, unless that period is less than eight hours. The public office shall distribute the public records policy adopted by the public office under this division to the employee of the public office who is the records custodian or records manager or otherwise has custody of the records of that office. The public office shall require that employee to acknowledge receipt of the copy of the public records policy. The public office shall create a poster that describes its public records policy and shall post the poster in a conspicuous place in the public office and in all locations where the public office has branch offices. The public office may post its public records policy on the internet web site of the public office if the public office maintains an internet web site. A public office that has established a manual or handbook of its general policies and procedures for all employees of the public office shall include the public records policy of the public office in the manual or handbook. (F)(1) The bureau of motor vehicles may adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to reasonably limit the number of bulk commercial special extraction requests made by a person for the same records or for updated records during a calendar year. The rules may include provisions for charges to be made for bulk commercial special extraction requests for the actual cost of the bureau, plus special extraction costs, plus ten per cent. The bureau may charge for expenses for redacting information, the release of which is prohibited by law. (2) As used in division (F)(1) of this section: (a) "Actual cost" means the cost of depleted supplies, records storage media costs, actual mailing and alternative delivery costs, or other transmitting costs, and any direct equipment operating and maintenance costs, including actual costs paid to private contractors for copying services. (b) "Bulk commercial special extraction request" means a request for copies of a record for information in a format other than the format already available, or information that cannot be extracted without examination of all items in a records series, class of records, or database by a person who intends to use or forward the copies for surveys, marketing, solicitation, or resale for commercial purposes. "Bulk commercial special extraction request" does not include a request by a person who gives assurance to the bureau that the person making the request does not intend to use or forward the requested copies for surveys, marketing, solicitation, or resale for commercial purposes. (c) "Commercial" means profit-seeking production, buying, or selling of any good, service, or other product. (d) "Special extraction costs" means the cost of the time spent by the lowest paid employee competent to perform the task, the actual amount paid to outside private contractors employed by the bureau, or the actual cost incurred to create computer programs to make the special extraction. "Special extraction costs" include any charges paid to a public agency for computer or records services. (3) For purposes of divisions (F)(1) and (2) of this section, "surveys, marketing, solicitation, or resale for commercial purposes" shall be narrowly construed and does not include reporting or gathering news, reporting or gathering information to assist citizen oversight or understanding of the operation or activities of government, or nonprofit educational research. (G) A request by a defendant, counsel of a defendant, or any agent of a defendant in a criminal action that public records related to that action be made available under this section shall be considered a demand for discovery pursuant to the Criminal Rules, except to the extent that the Criminal Rules plainly indicate a contrary intent. The defendant, counsel of the defendant, or agent of the defendant making a request under this division shall serve a copy of the request on the prosecuting attorney, director of law, or other chief legal officer responsible for prosecuting the action. (H)(1) Any portion of a body-worn camera or dashboard camera recording described in divisions (A)(17)(b) to (h) of this section may be released by consent of the subject of the recording or a representative of that person, as specified in those divisions, only if either of the following applies: (a) The recording will not be used in connection with any probable or pending criminal proceedings; (b) The recording has been used in connection with a criminal proceeding that was dismissed or for which a judgment has been entered pursuant to Rule 32 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure, and will not be used again in connection with any probable or pending criminal proceedings. (2) If a public office denies a request to release a restricted portion of a body-worn camera or dashboard camera recording, as defined in division (A)(17) of this section, any person may file a mandamus action pursuant to this section or a complaint with the clerk of the court of claims pursuant to section 2743.75 of the Revised Code, requesting the court to order the release of all or portions of the recording. If the court considering the request determines that the filing articulates by clear and convincing evidence that the public interest in the recording substantially outweighs privacy interests and other interests asserted to deny release, the court shall order the public office to release the recording. Last updated October 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.36
§ 133.36. Refunding of securities under bankruptcy act
Status: in_force

October 30, 1989 House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly For the purpose of enabling subdivisions to take advantage of the act of congress entitled "An act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States," approved July 1, 1898, including acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, and for that purpose only, and notwithstanding any statutes of this state to the contrary, particularly this chapter, the taxing authority of any subdivision provided for in the act and acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, upon approval of the tax commissioner, may file a petition stating that the subdivision is insolvent or unable to meet its debts as they mature, and that it desires to effect a plan for the composition or readjustment of its debts, and to take such further proceedings as are set forth in the act of congress and acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto as they relate to any such subdivision. The taxing authority of any subdivision provided for in the act, at any time such acts are in force and applicable, may upon like approval refund its outstanding securities, whether matured or unmatured, and exchange refunding bonds for the securities being refunded. In its order approving such refunding, or in any amendment thereof, the tax commissioner shall fix the maturities of the bonds to be issued, which need not be subject to sections 133.20 and 133.21 of the Revised Code, or any other sections of the Revised Code limiting the maturities thereof. Such refunding bonds may bear different rates of interest for different periods of time during their life. No such bonds shall mature in more than thirty years. The debt charges thereon shall have the same status with respect to the limitations imposed by Section 2 of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, as the debt charges on the securities which are refunded. No taxing subdivision shall be permitted, in availing itself of such acts of congress, to scale down, cut down, or reduce the principal sum of its securities, except that interest thereon may be reduced in whole or in part.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.694 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.694
§ 153.694. Conflicts of interest
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly If a professional design firm selected as the criteria architect or engineer creates the preliminary criteria and design criteria for a project and provides professional design services to a public authority to assist that public authority in evaluating the design-build requirements provided to the public authority by a design-build firm pursuant to section 153.692 of the Revised Code, that professional design firm shall not provide any design-build services pursuant to the design-build contract under section 153.693 of the Revised Code for the project for which the professional design firm was selected as the criteria architect or engineer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.47
§ 111.47. Liability
Status: in_force

September 8, 2016 House Bill 359 - 131st General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding division (A)(3) of section 2743.02 of the Revised Code and except if the performance or nonperformance was manifestly outside the scope of the officer's or employee's office or employment or the officer or employee acted with malicious purpose, in bad faith, or in a wanton or reckless manner, the state is immune from liability in any civil action or proceeding involving the performance or nonperformance of a public duty under the address confidentiality program. (B) The secretary of state shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to facilitate the administration of sections 111.41 to 111.46 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.80
§ 122.80. Minority business enterprise loan fund
Status: in_force

September 28, 2012 Senate Bill 314 - 129th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the minority business enterprise loan fund. The fund shall consist of money deposited into the fund from the facilities establishment fund pursuant to section 166.03 of the Revised Code and all money deposited into the fund pursuant to section 122.81 of the Revised Code. The director of development shall use the fund to pay operating costs of the minority development financing advisory board, make loans to minority business enterprises as authorized in division (A) of section 122.76 of the Revised Code, loan guarantees to small businesses as authorized in division (A) of section 122.77 of the Revised Code, and for transfer to the capital access loan program fund established in section 122.601 of the Revised Code to be used solely for minority business enterprises or minority businesses certified by the minority business supplier development council for deposits specified by division (D)(1)(b) of section 122.603 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.22
§ 149.22. Designation of official record
Status: in_force

September 28, 2018 Senate Bill 139 - 132nd General Assembly (A) If an official publisher publishes legal material only in an electronic record, the publisher shall designate the electronic record as official and comply with division (A) of section 149.23 and with section 149.24 of the Revised Code. (B) An official publisher that publishes legal material in an electronic record and also publishes the material in a record other than an electronic record may designate the electronic record as official if the publisher complies with division (A) of section 149.23 and with section 149.24 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.14
§ 109.14. Attorney general shall advise prosecuting attorneys and township law directors
Status: in_force

September 20, 1999 House Bill 187 - 123rd General Assembly When requested by them, the attorney general shall advise the prosecuting attorneys of the several counties respecting their duties in all complaints, suits, and controversies in which the state is, or may be a party, and shall advise the township law director of a township that has adopted a limited home rule government under Chapter 504. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 156.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 156 / § 156.01
§ 156.01. Energy conservation measure and energy saving measure definitions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly As used in sections 156.01 to 156.05 of the Revised Code: (A) "Avoided capital costs" means a measured reduction in the cost of future equipment or other capital purchases that results from implementation of one or more energy or water conservation measures, when compared to an established baseline for previous such cost. (B) "Energy conservation measure" means an installation or modification of an installation in, or a remodeling of, an existing building in order to reduce energy consumption and operating costs. The term includes any of the following: (1) Installation or modification of insulation in the building structure and systems within the building; (2) Installation or modification of storm windows and doors, multiglazed windows and doors, and heat absorbing or heat reflective glazed and coated window and door systems; installation of additional glazing; reductions in glass area; and other window and door system modifications that reduce energy consumption and operating costs; (3) Installation or modification of automatic energy control systems; (4) Replacement or modification of heating, ventilating, or air conditioning systems; (5) Application of caulking and weather stripping; (6) Replacement or modification of lighting fixtures to increase the energy efficiency of the lighting system without increasing the overall illumination of a building unless the increase in illumination is necessary to conform to the applicable state or local building code for the proposed lighting system; (7) Installation or modification of energy recovery systems; (8) Installation or modification of cogeneration systems that produce steam or forms of energy such as heat, as well as electricity, for use primarily within a building or complex of buildings; (9) Installation or modification of trigeneration systems that produce heat and cooling, as well as electricity, for use primarily within a building or complex of buildings; (10) Installation or modification of systems that harvest renewable energy from solar, wind, water, biomass, bio-gas, or geothermal sources, for use primarily within a building or complex of buildings; (11) Retro-commissioning or recommissioning energy-related systems to verify that they are installed and calibrated to optimize energy and operational performance within a building or complex of buildings; (12) Consolidation, virtualization, and optimization of computer servers, data storage devices, or other information technology hardware and infrastructure; (13) Any other modification, installation, or remodeling approved by the executive director of the Ohio facilities construction commission as an energy conservation measure for one or more buildings owned by either of the following: (a) The state; (b) A state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code that implements the energy conservation measure in consultation with the executive director. (C) "Energy saving measure" means the acquisition and installation, by purchase, lease, lease-purchase, lease with an option to buy, or installment purchase, of an energy conservation measure and any attendant architectural and engineering consulting services. (D) "Energy, water, or wastewater cost savings" means a measured reduction in, as applicable, the cost of fuel, energy or water consumption, wastewater production, or stipulated operation or maintenance resulting from the implementation of one or more energy or water conservation measures, when compared to an established baseline for previous such costs, respectively. (E) "Operating cost savings" means a measured reduction in the cost of stipulated operation or maintenance created by the installation of new equipment or implementation of a new service, when compared with an established baseline for previous such stipulated costs. (F) "Water conservation measure" means an installation or modification of an installation in, or a remodeling of, an existing building or the surrounding grounds in order to reduce water consumption. The term includes any of the following: (1) Water-conserving fixture, appliance, or equipment, or the substitution of a nonwater-using fixture, appliance, or equipment; (2) Water-conserving, landscape irrigation equipment; (3) Landscaping measure that reduces storm water runoff demand and capture and hold applied water and rainfall, including landscape contouring such as the use of a berm, swale, or terrace and including the use of a soil amendment, including compost, that increases the water-holding capacity of the soil; (4) Rainwater harvesting equipment or equipment to make use of water collected as part of a storm water system installed for water quality control; (5) Equipment for recycling or reuse of water originating on the premises or from another source, including treated, municipal effluent; (6) Equipment needed to capture water for nonpotable uses from any nonconventional, alternate source, including air conditioning condensate or gray water; (7) Any other modification, installation, or remodeling approved by the executive director of the Ohio facilities construction commission as a water conservation measure for one or more buildings or the surrounding grounds owned by either of the following: (a) The state; (b) A state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code that implements the water conservation measure in consultation with the executive director. (G) "Water saving measure" means the acquisition and installation, by the purchase, lease, lease-purchase, lease with an option to buy, or installment purchases of a water conservation measure and any attendant architectural and engineering consulting services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 127.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 127 / § 127.19
§ 127.19. Controlling board emergency purposes/contingencies fund
Status: in_force

September 28, 2016 House Bill 390 - 131st General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the controlling board emergency purposes/contingencies fund, consisting of transfers from the general revenue fund and any other funds appropriated by the general assembly. Moneys in the fund may be used by the controlling board at the request of a state agency or the director of budget and management for the purpose of providing disaster and emergency aid to state agencies and political subdivisions or for other purposes approved by the controlling board. Last updated November 2, 2022 at 1:20 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.54
§ 122.54. Direct loan program fund
Status: in_force

July 1, 1987 House Bill 171 - 117th General Assembly The direct loan program fund is hereby created within the state treasury, to consist of money appropriated for the purpose of making loans authorized under sections 122.43 and 122.45 of the Revised Code, money from the proceeds of the sale of any issue of its revenue bonds to the extent and subject to the conditions provided in the proceedings authorizing such bonds or in the trust agreement securing such bonds, all grants, gifts, and contributions made to the director of development for such purpose, and all other moneys designated by him for the purpose of making loans or required to be used for such purpose by the provisions of any proceedings authorizing an issue of revenue bonds or trust agreement securing such bonds. All moneys received from repayments of loans authorized pursuant to sections 122.43 and 122.45 of the Revised Code or received in the event of a default on any such loans shall be deposited in the general revenue fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.041
§ 163.041. Form of notice of intent to acquire
Status: in_force

October 10, 2007 Senate Bill 7 - 127th General Assembly Before initiating an appropriation action, an agency shall provide notice to each property owner as required by division (A) of section 163.04 of the Revised Code. The notice shall be substantially in the following form: NOTICE OF INTENT TO ACQUIRE TO: ____________________ (owner(s)) DATE: _____________ __________ (agency) needs your property for a __________ (description of the project) and will need to acquire the following from you: ____________________ (general description of the property or easement to be acquired). Ohio law authorizes __________ (agency) to obtain your property or an easement across your property for certain public purposes. The legal description of your property that __________ (agency) needs is: (is attached:) We will be presenting you with a written offer based on our determination of the fair market value of your property. You will have ______ days (minimum of ten) from the time you receive that offer to accept or reject the offer. We will be willing to discuss the offer with you during that time. You are not required to accept that offer. If you reject the offer or we are unable to come to an agreement, we may have to exercise our eminent domain authority to appropriate your property, which requires a court procedure. In a court proceeding, you may disagree with any of the following: whether the project is necessary (except in quick takes), whether the project is a public use (except in quick takes), whether your property is blighted (if applicable), and whether our offer reflects the fair market value of the property. HERE IS A BRIEF SUMMARY OF YOUR OPTIONS AND LEGALLY PROTECTED RIGHTS: 1. By law, __________ (agency) is required to make a good faith effort to purchase (your property) (an easement across your property). 2. You do not have to accept this offer and __________ (agency) is not required to agree to your demands. 3. If you do not accept this offer, and we cannot come to an agreement on the acquisition of (your property)(an easement), __________ (agency) has the right to file suit to acquire the (property)(easement) by eminent domain in the county in which the property is located. 4. You have the right to seek the advice of an attorney, real estate appraiser, or any other person of your choice in this matter. 5. ( this paragraph does not apply to private agencies or to municipally owned public utilities) You have a right to appeal this decision and may object to this project's public purpose, necessity, designation of blight (if applicable), or valuation by writing, within ten business days of receiving this notice, to: ____________________ (name(s) and address(es) of the taking agency, as well as to the elected official(s) who appointed the taking agency if the taking agency is not elected). (The elected official)(A majority of the elected officials) that appointed __________ (unelected agency) has/have the discretion to veto this project, and if they do so, it will not proceed. (This applies only if the taking agency is a public agency composed of officials who were not elected.) 6. We are required by law to provide you with a written offer and the appraisal or summary appraisal on which we base that offer (public agencies and public utilities may delete this phrase for properties valued at less than $10,000 if they have adopted alternate procedures). After a trial, a jury will decide the amount you are to be awarded for your property that is taken, for the damage that is caused by the taking, if applicable, and for other damages permitted by law, which could either exceed or be less than our offer. During the court proceeding, you have the right to testify as to the value of your property, and you and the agency are entitled to present evidence of the fair market value of the property (easement). You may employ, at your own expense, appraisers and attorneys to represent you at this time or at any time during the proceedings described in this notice. If we go to court to determine the amount we pay for your property and the jury awards you an amount that is significantly in excess of a good faith offer, revised offer, or offer made after an exchange of appraisals, as provided by law, you may be entitled to recover attorney's fees, costs, and expenses, subject to certain statutory limits. If we go to court to determine whether the project is necessary or for a public use, and the court decides that it is not necessary or not for a public use, the judge shall award you your full amount of attorney's fees, costs, and expenses. You also have the right to request that the issue of the value of your property be submitted to nonbinding mediation. You must submit your written request for mediation within ten business days after you file an answer to the agency's petition for an appropriation proceeding. If a settlement is not reached at mediation, the matter will proceed to a jury valuation trial. If you have any questions concerning this matter, you may contact us at: ____________________ (full name, mailing, and street address, and phone of the agency) ____________________ (signature of contact person) ____________________ (printed name and title of contact person) Agent of ____________________ (if different than agency)
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.052 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.052
§ 125.052. Controlling board approval for online subscriptions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Online subscription" means an offering through an internet online service or platform to access digital content or services on a recurring basis in exchange for a subscription fee. (2) "State agency" has the same meaning as in section 1.60 of the Revised Code, except that it does not include the general assembly, any legislative agency, or the governor. (B) Any online subscription purchased by a state agency for a news periodical or news web site that is not headquartered in this state, and which in the aggregate exceeds five hundred dollars during the fiscal year, is subject to controlling board approval. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.20
§ 128.20. [Former R.C. 128.40, amended and renumbered by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 10/3/2023] 9-1-1 program office, administrator
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly There is hereby created within the department of administrative services the 9-1-1 program office, headed by an administrator in the unclassified civil service pursuant to division (A)(9) of section 124.11 of the Revised Code. The administrator shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the director of administrative services. The program office shall oversee administration of the 9-1-1 government assistance fund, the 9-1-1 program fund, and the next generation 9-1-1 fund. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 119.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 119 / § 119.10
§ 119.10. Counsel to represent agency
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly At any adjudication hearing required by sections 119.01 to 119.13 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, the record of which may be the basis of an appeal to court, and in all proceedings in the courts of this state or of the United States, the attorney general or any of his assistants or special counsel who have been designated by him shall represent the agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 123.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 123 / § 123.13
§ 123.13. Custodian
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided by law, the director of administrative services shall have the custody and control of the books, records, papers, surveys, maps, plats, and documents that pertain to any of the public works of this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.91 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.91
§ 101.91. Retirement system lobbyists and employers - registration and filing requirements
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly (A) No person shall knowingly fail to register as required under section 101.92 of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall knowingly fail to keep a receipt or maintain a record that section 101.93 of the Revised Code requires the person to keep or maintain. (C) No person shall knowingly fail to file a statement that section 101.93 or 101.94 of the Revised Code requires the person to file. (D) No person shall knowingly file a false statement that section 101.93 or 101.94 of the Revised Code requires the person to file.
Ohio Rev. Code § 118.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 118 / § 118.04
§ 118.04. Determining existence of fiscal emergency condition
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The existence of a fiscal emergency condition constitutes a fiscal emergency. The existence of fiscal emergency conditions shall be determined by the auditor of state. Such determination, for purposes of this chapter, may be made only upon the filing with the auditor of state of a written request for such a determination by the governor, by the county budget commission, by the mayor of the municipal corporation, or by the presiding officer of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation when authorized by a majority of the members of such legislative authority, by the board of county commissioners, or by the board of township trustees, or upon initiation by the auditor of state. The request may designate in general or specific terms, but without thereby limiting the determination thereto, the condition or conditions to be examined to determine whether they constitute fiscal emergency conditions. Promptly upon receipt of such written request, or upon initiation by the auditor of state, the auditor of state shall transmit copies of such request or a written notice of such initiation to the mayor and the presiding officer of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or to the board of county commissioners or the board of township trustees by personal service or certified mail. Such determinations shall be set forth in written reports and supplemental reports, which shall be filed with the mayor, fiscal officer, and presiding officer of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, or with the board of county commissioners or the board of township trustees, and with the treasurer of state, secretary of state, governor, director of budget and management, and county budget commission, within thirty days after the request. The auditor of state shall so file an initial report immediately upon determining the existence of any fiscal emergency condition. (B) In making such determination, the auditor of state may rely on reports or other information filed or otherwise made available by the municipal corporation, county, or township, accountants' reports, or other sources and data the auditor of state considers reliable for such purpose. As to the status of funds or accounts, a determination that the amounts stated in section 118.03 of the Revised Code are exceeded may be made without need for determination of the specific amount of the excess. The auditor of state may engage the services of independent certified or registered public accountants, including public accountants engaged or previously engaged by the municipal corporation, county, or township, to conduct audits or make reports or render such opinions as the auditor of state considers desirable with respect to any aspect of the determinations to be made by the auditor of state. (C) A determination by the auditor of state under this section that a fiscal emergency condition does not exist is final and conclusive and not appealable. A determination by the auditor of state under this section that a fiscal emergency exists is final, except that the mayor of any municipal corporation affected by a determination of the existence of a fiscal emergency condition under this section, when authorized by a majority of the members of the legislative authority, or the board of county commissioners or board of township trustees, may appeal the determination of the existence of a fiscal emergency condition to the court of appeals having territorial jurisdiction over the municipal corporation, county, or township. The appeal shall be heard expeditiously by the court of appeals and for good cause shown shall take precedence over all other civil matters except earlier matters of the same character. Notice of such appeal must be filed with the auditor of state and such court within thirty days after certification by the auditor of state to the mayor and presiding officer of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or to the board of county commissioners or board of township trustees as provided for in division (A) of this section. In such appeal, determinations of the auditor of state shall be presumed to be valid and the municipal corporation, county, or township shall have the burden of proving, by clear and convincing evidence, that each of the determinations made by the auditor of state as to the existence of a fiscal emergency condition under section 118.03 of the Revised Code was in error. If the municipal corporation, county, or township fails, upon presentation of its case, to prove by clear and convincing evidence that each such determination by the auditor of state was in error, the court shall dismiss the appeal. The municipal corporation, county, or township and the auditor of state may introduce any evidence relevant to the existence or nonexistence of such fiscal emergency conditions at the times indicated in the applicable provisions of divisions (A) and (B) of section 118.03 of the Revised Code. The pendency of any such appeal shall not affect or impede the operations of this chapter; no restraining order, temporary injunction, or other similar restraint upon actions consistent with this chapter shall be imposed by the court or any court pending determination of such appeal; and all things may be done under this chapter that may be done regardless of the pendency of any such appeal. Any action taken or contract executed pursuant to this chapter during the pendency of such appeal is valid and enforceable among all parties, notwithstanding the decision in such appeal. If the court of appeals reverses the determination of the existence of a fiscal emergency condition by the auditor of state, the determination no longer has any effect, and any procedures undertaken as a result of the determination shall be terminated. (D) All expenses incurred by the auditor of state relating to a determination or termination of a fiscal emergency under this section, a fiscal watch under section 118.021 of the Revised Code, or a fiscal caution under section 118.025 of the Revised Code, including providing technical and support services, or for conducting a performance audit under section 118.041 of the Revised Code, shall be reimbursed from an appropriation for that purpose. If necessary, the controlling board may provide sufficient funds for these purposes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.57
§ 133.57. Pending suits - lien of reassessment to attach to land in hands of purchaser at judicial sale - order of court
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Whenever a political subdivision has started proceedings under section 133.54 of the Revised Code to reassess any original assessment installments against any lot or parcel of land, and there is pending, or prior to the cancellation of the original assessment installments there is commenced, a suit in any manner involving the lien of such original assessment or assessment installments, the lien of any such reassessment shall attach to such parcel of land in the hands of the purchaser at judicial sale in the same manner as though such reassessment were an original assessment levy by the subdivision, but only for the total amount due and unpaid with interest accrued on such original assessment installments after a distribution of funds applicable to such original assessment lien in said suit. Upon determination of the total amount paid in such distribution to the subdivision, the fiscal officer thereof shall revise and recertify such reassessment against said parcel for the proper amount. Any party in any such suit may at any time before the entry of the order of sale inform the court of the pendency or conclusion of such reassessment proceedings and upon hearing the court shall, if such proceedings are concluded, take account of and give effect to such change of assessment lien in its order of sale. If such proceedings are not concluded, the court may make such order as it deems proper to protect the rights of the parties and the subdivisions interested in said assessment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.483 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.483
§ 121.483. Status of deputy inspector general as peace officer
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly A deputy inspector general appointed under section 121.48 of the Revised Code, who has been awarded a certificate by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission attesting to the person's satisfactory completion of an approved state, county, or municipal peace officer basic training program, shall, during the term of the deputy inspector general's appointment, be considered a peace officer for the purpose of maintaining a current and valid basic training certificate pursuant to rules adopted under section 109.74 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 108.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 108 / § 108.04
§ 108.04. Deputy commander-in-chief military and naval forces of state
Status: in_force

November 6, 1969 Senate Bill 353 - 108th General Assembly The lieutenant governor is the deputy commander-in-chief of the military and naval forces of the state, except when such forces are called into the service of the United States.
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.034 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.034
§ 107.034. Determination of appropriation limitations
Status: in_force

September 5, 2006 Senate Bill 321 - 126th General Assembly (A)(1) The governor, in determining the state appropriation limitation for fiscal year 2008, shall use estimates regarding the aggregate general revenue fund appropriations for fiscal year 2007. For the first fiscal year of any biennium, the governor shall use the most recent published data available regarding the rates of inflation and population change. For the second fiscal year of any biennium, the governor shall use estimated rates of inflation and population change. (2) When determining the state appropriation limitations for each fiscal biennium after the 2008-2009 biennium that does not begin with a recast fiscal year, the governor shall update the rates of inflation and population change used in the determination of the state appropriation limitation for the second fiscal year of the previous biennium to reflect the most recent published data, shall recalculate that second fiscal year's limitation based on the update, and shall use the recalculated limitation for determining the state appropriation limitations for the ensuing biennium to be included in the budget submitted under section 107.03 of the Revised Code. (3) When determining the state appropriation limitations for each fiscal biennium after the 2008-2009 biennium that begins with a recast fiscal year, the governor shall update the rates of inflation and population change used in the determination of the state appropriation limitation for the second fiscal year of the previous biennium to reflect the most recent published data, and also shall update the aggregate general revenue fund appropriations amount for the second fiscal year of the previous biennium. The governor then shall recalculate that second fiscal year's limitation based on the updates and shall use the recalculated limitation for determining the state appropriation limitations for the ensuing biennium to be included in the budget submitted under section 107.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The governor may designate the director of budget and management to perform the governor's duties under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.04
§ 133.04. Net indebtedness of subdivision - certain securities not considered in calculation
Status: in_force

August 5, 2016 House Bill 233 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this chapter, "net indebtedness" means, as determined pursuant to this section, the principal amount of the outstanding securities of a subdivision less the amount held in a bond retirement fund to the extent such amount is not taken into account in determining the principal amount outstanding under division (AA) of section 133.01 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this definition, the principal amount of outstanding securities includes the principal amount of outstanding securities of another subdivision apportioned to the subdivision as a result of acquisition of territory, and excludes the principal amount of outstanding securities of the subdivision apportioned to another subdivision as a result of loss of territory and the payment or reimbursement obligations of the subdivision under credit enhancement facilities relating to outstanding securities. (B) In calculating the net indebtedness of a subdivision, none of the following securities, including anticipatory securities issued in anticipation of their issuance, shall be considered: (1) Securities issued in anticipation of the levy or collection of special assessments, either in original or refunded form; (2) Securities issued in anticipation of the collection of current revenues for the fiscal year or other period not to exceed twelve consecutive months, or securities issued in anticipation of the collection of the proceeds from a specifically identified voter-approved tax levy; (3) Securities issued for purposes described in section 133.12 of the Revised Code; (4) Securities issued under Chapter 122., 140., 165., 725., or 761. or section 131.23 of the Revised Code; (5) Securities issued to pay final judgments or court-approved settlements under authorizing laws and securities issued under section 2744.081 of the Revised Code; (6) Securities issued to pay costs of permanent improvements to the extent they are issued in anticipation of the receipt of, and are payable as to principal from, federal or state grants or distributions for, or legally available for, that principal or for the costs of those permanent improvements; (7) Securities issued to evidence loans from the state capital improvements fund pursuant to Chapter 164. of the Revised Code or from the state infrastructure bank pursuant to section 5531.09 of the Revised Code; (8) That percentage of the principal amount of general obligation securities issued by a county, township, or municipal corporation to pay the costs of permanent improvements equal to the percentage of the debt charges on those securities payable during the current fiscal year that the fiscal officer estimates can be paid during the current fiscal year from payments in lieu of taxes under section 1728.11 , 1728.111 , 5709.42 , 5709.46 , 5709.74 , or 5709.79 of the Revised Code, and that the legislation authorizing the issuance of the securities pledges or covenants will be used for the payment of those debt charges; provided that the amount excluded from consideration under division (B)(8) of this section shall not exceed the lesser of thirty million dollars or one-half per cent of the subdivision's tax valuation in the case of a county or township, or one and one-tenth per cent of the subdivision's tax valuation in the case of a municipal corporation; (9) Securities issued in an amount equal to the property tax replacement payments received under section 5727.85 or 5727.86 of the Revised Code; (10) Securities issued in an amount equal to the property tax replacement payments received under section 5751.21 or 5751.22 of the Revised Code; (11) Other securities, including self-supporting securities, excepted by law from the calculation of net indebtedness or from the application of this chapter; (12) Securities issued under section 133.083 of the Revised Code for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, or equipping any permanent improvement to the extent that the legislation authorizing the issuance pledges tourism development district revenue to the payment of debt charges on the securities and contains a covenant to appropriate from tourism development district revenue a sufficient amount to cover debt charges or the financing costs related to the securities as they become due; (13) Any other securities outstanding on October 30, 1989, and then excepted from the calculation of net indebtedness or from the application of this chapter, and securities issued at any time to fund or refund those securities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.825 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.825
§ 124.825. Coverage for tobacco cessation
Status: in_force

September 18, 2020 House Bill 11 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Cost-sharing requirement" means any expenditure required by or on behalf of an individual receiving health care benefits provided under section 124.82 of the Revised Code. "Cost-sharing requirement" includes deductibles, coinsurance, copayments, or similar charges. "Cost-sharing requirement" does not include premiums, balance billing amounts for non-network providers, or spending for noncovered services. (2) "Step therapy protocol" has the same meaning as in section 3901.83 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding section 3901.71 of the Revised Code or any other provision of the Revised Code, the health care benefits provided under section 124.82 of the Revised Code to state employees shall include coverage of both of the following, subject to division (E) of this section: (1) All tobacco cessation medications approved by the United States food and drug administration; (2) All forms of tobacco cessation services recommended by the United States preventive services task force, including individual, group, and telephone counseling and any combination thereof. (C) None of the following conditions shall be imposed with respect to the coverage required by this section: (1) Counseling requirements for tobacco cessation medication; (2) Except as provided in division (C)(4) of this section, limits on the duration of services, including annual or lifetime limits on the number of covered attempts to quit using tobacco; (3) Cost-sharing requirements; (4) Prior authorization requirements, step therapy protocols, or any other utilization management requirements, except that prior authorization may be required for either of the following: (a) Treatment that exceeds the duration recommended in the United States public health service clinical practice guidelines on treating tobacco use and dependence; (b) Services associated with more than two attempts to quit using tobacco within a twelve-month period. (D) The health care benefits provided under section 124.82 of the Revised Code may cover tobacco cessation services in addition to the services that must be covered under this section or may exclude coverage of additional tobacco cessation services. (E) The director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish standards and procedures for approving the forms of tobacco cessation medications and services that must be covered under this section. The rules shall also establish standards and procedures for updating the approved forms of tobacco cessation medications and services that must be covered under this section when the approved forms are modified by the United States food and drug administration, United States public health service, or United States preventive services task force. (F) Each insurance company or health plan providing health care benefits under section 124.82 of the Revised Code to state employees shall do both of the following: (1) Inform state employees of the coverage required by this section; (2) Market the coverage required by this section to state employees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 119.062 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 119 / § 119.062
§ 119.062. Revocation or suspension of driver's license
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding section 119.06 of the Revised Code, the registrar of motor vehicles is not required to hold any hearing in connection with an order canceling or suspending a motor vehicle driver's or commercial driver's license pursuant to section 2903.06 , 2903.08 , 2921.331 , 4549.02 , 4549.021 , or 5743.99 or any provision of Chapter 2925., 4509., 4510., or 4511. of the Revised Code or in connection with an out-of-service order issued under Chapter 4506. of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding section 119.07 of the Revised Code, the registrar is not required to comply with section 119.05 of the Revised Code in connection with an order canceling or suspending a motor vehicle driver's or commercial driver's license or a notification to a person to surrender a certificate of registration and registration plates. Last updated July 26, 2023 at 9:04 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 113.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 113 / § 113.03
§ 113.03. Additional bond
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The general assembly or the governor may require the treasurer of state to give such additional bond as is necessary. If the demand is not complied with within ten days to the satisfaction of the general assembly or the governor, the office of treasurer of state shall be declared vacant, and the governor shall appoint a treasurer of state to fill the vacancy. The person so appointed shall give and file a bond, take the oath of office, shall have the powers, perform the duties, and be subject to the liabilities, of an elected and qualified treasurer of state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.38
§ 122.38. Small business innovation research grant program
Status: in_force

April 10, 1990 Senate Bill 336 - 118th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Small business enterprise" means any person with a principal place of business or research in the state, who meets the definition of a "small business concern" as defined in 13 C.F.R. 121.7 (a), as amended. (2) "Eligible educational institution" means any educational institution that disseminates information, conducts educational or technical seminars and meetings, or provides other services of value or interest to small business enterprises. (3) "Eligible organization" means any organization, representing the interest of small business enterprises or areas of technological research, that disseminates information, conducts educational or technical seminars and meetings, or provides other services of value or interest to small business enterprises. (B) There is hereby created in the department of development the small business innovation research grant program for the purpose of providing educational, technical, and financial assistance to: (1) Any small business enterprise engaging in or intending to engage in technological research that the director of development determines to be innovative and in the broad and long-term interest of the economy of the state; (2) Any eligible educational institution; (3) Any eligible organization. (C) The director may provide educational, technical, and financial assistance to small business enterprises, eligible educational institutions, and eligible organizations. Any assistance shall be in the form and conditioned upon terms the director considers appropriate. (D) The director shall: (1) Establish the procedures by which small business enterprises, eligible educational institutions, and eligible organizations may apply for assistance under this section; (2) Collect, prepare, and disseminate information, describing the types of assistance offered under the program and describing revelant federal programs and services to small business enterprises, eligible educational institutions, and eligible organizations as the director considers appropriate; (3) Adopt rules for the administration of this section, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.101 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.101
§ 117.101. Uniform accounting network - fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly The auditor of state shall provide, operate, and maintain a uniform and compatible computerized financial management and accounting system known as the uniform accounting network. The network shall be designed to provide public offices, other than state agencies and the Ohio education computer network and public school districts, with efficient and economical access to data processing and management information facilities and expertise. In accordance with this objective, activities of the network shall include, but not be limited to, provision, maintenance, and operation of the following facilities and services: (A) A cooperative program of technical assistance for public offices, other than state agencies and the Ohio education computer network and public school districts, including, but not limited to, an adequate computer software system and a data base; (B) An information processing service center providing approved computerized financial accounting and reporting services to participating public offices. The auditor of state and any public office, other than a state agency and the Ohio education computer network and public school districts, may enter into any necessary agreements, without advertisement or bidding, for the provision of necessary goods, materials, supplies, and services to such public offices by the auditor of state through the network. The auditor of state may, by rule, provide for a system of user fees to be charged participating public offices for goods, materials, supplies, and services received from the network. All such fees shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the uniform accounting network fund, which is hereby created. The fund shall be used by the auditor of state to pay the costs of establishing and maintaining the network. The fund shall be assessed a proportionate share of the auditor of state's administrative costs in accordance with procedures prescribed by the auditor of state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.412 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.412
§ 149.412. Special taxing district records commission
Status: in_force

January 30, 2014 House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in each special taxing district that is a public office as defined in section 149.011 of the Revised Code and that is not specifically designated in section 149.38 , 149.39 , 149.41 , 149.411 , or 149.42 of the Revised Code a special taxing district records commission composed of, at a minimum, the chairperson, a fiscal representative, and a legal representative of the governing board of the special taxing district. The commission shall meet at least once every twelve months and upon the call of the chairperson. The functions of the commission shall be to review applications for one-time disposal of obsolete records and schedules of records retention and disposition submitted by any employee of the special taxing district. The commission may dispose of records pursuant to the procedure outlined in section 149.381 of the Revised Code. The commission, at any time, may review any schedule it has previously approved and, for good cause shown, may revise that schedule under the procedure outlined in that section. (B) A special taxing district, the territory of which is coextensive with the territorial limits of a county, upon mutual assent between the special taxing district and the board of county commissioners, may designate the county records commission as the records commission for the special taxing district. Such a designation authorizes the county records commission to exercise all of the duties and responsibilities of a special taxing district records commission. The mutual assent may be manifested in an agreement defining the terms and conditions under which the county records commission is to perform public records-related functions, including establishing records retention and destruction schedules, on behalf of the special taxing district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.902 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.902
§ 125.902. Council real property management plan
Status: in_force

December 30, 2008 House Bill 420 - 127th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "state agency" or "agency" does not include the general assembly or any legislative agency, any court or judicial agency, the secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, or attorney general and their respective offices. (B) The Ohio geographically referenced information program council shall develop and annually update a real property management plan. Every state agency authorized to own or acquire real property shall provide the council with information necessary to develop and update the plan. (C) The plan shall include the following: (1) A comprehensive report on the total number of real property assets the state owns; (2) Information uniquely identifying each real property asset of each state agency and associated characteristics of the real property; (3) Life-cycle cost estimations associated with the costs relating to the acquisition of real property assets by purchase, condemnation, exchange, lease, or otherwise; (4) The cost and time required to dispose of state real property assets and the financial recovery of the state investment resulting from the disposal; (5) The operating, maintenance, and security costs of state properties, including the cost of utility services at unoccupied properties; (6) The environmental costs associated with ownership of property, including the cost of environmental restoration and compliance activities; (7) Changes in the amount of vacant state space; (8) The realization of equity value in state real property assets; (9) Opportunities for cooperative arrangements with the commercial real estate community; (10) The enhancement of agency productivity through an improved working environment. (D) The council shall develop and update a real property inventory. Every state agency authorized to own or acquire real property shall provide the council with information necessary to develop and update the inventory. For purposes of the inventory, each state agency shall provide to the council, and the council shall collect, information uniquely identifying each real property asset of each state agency and associated characteristics of the real property. Each agency shall make its best efforts to obtain the required information on the property it owns and shall submit updated information to the council as it becomes available.
Ohio Rev. Code § 118.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 118 / § 118.31
§ 118.31. Legal action to dissolve a municipal corporation or township
Status: in_force

April 30, 2024 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly (A) Upon petition of the financial supervisor and approval of the financial planning and supervision commission, if any, the attorney general shall file a legal action in the court of common pleas on behalf of the state to dissolve a municipal corporation or township if all of the following conditions apply: (1) The municipal corporation or township has a population of less than five thousand as of the most recent federal decennial census. (2) The municipal corporation or township has been under a fiscal emergency for at least four consecutive years. (3) Implementation of the financial plan of the municipal corporation or township required under this chapter cannot reasonably be expected to correct and eliminate all fiscal emergency conditions within five years. (B) The court of common pleas shall hold a hearing within ninety days after the date on which the attorney general files the legal action with the court. Notice of the hearing shall be filed with the attorney general, the clerk of the village or the fiscal officer of the township that is the subject of the action, and each fiscal officer of a township located wholly or partly within the village subject to dissolution. (C) If the court finds that all of the conditions described in division (A) of this section apply to the municipal corporation, the court shall order the dissolution of the municipal corporation in accordance with the process in sections 703.31 to 703.39 of the Revised Code. The attorney general shall file a certified copy of the court's order of dissolution with the secretary of state, the auditor of state, and the county recorder of the county in which the village is situated, who shall record the certified copy of the order in their respective offices. The auditor of state may record the certified copy of the order in the auditor's work papers for the village's final audit. The auditor of state shall notify the townships into which the village will dissolve of the court's order of dissolution. (D) If the court finds that all of the conditions described in division (A) of this section apply to the township, the court shall appoint a receiver-trustee. The receiver-trustee, under court supervision, shall work with executive and legislative officers of the township to wind up the affairs of and dissolve the township in accordance with the process in section 503.02 and sections 503.17 to 503.21 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 7, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.931 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.931
§ 121.931. Petition to restate a principle of law or policy in a rule
Status: in_force

August 18, 2019 Senate Bill 221 - 132nd General Assembly (A) A person may petition an agency in writing to restate a principle of law or policy in a rule if (1) the person was a party to an adjudication or other determination before an agency that has resulted in an order or other disposition or was a party to a civil action in which judgment has been entered, and (2) the adjudication or other determination, or the civil action, involved a principle of law or policy relied upon by the agency that, under section 121.93 of the Revised Code, should have been supplanted by its restatement in a rule but has not been so supplanted. The petition shall briefly explain why the principle of law or policy should, under section 121.93 of the Revised Code, be supplanted by its restatement in a rule. The person shall send the petition to the agency not later than the ninetieth day after the order or other disposition was issued or the judgment was entered. The person also shall send a copy of the petition to the joint committee on agency rule review. (B) The agency, not later than the thirtieth day after receiving a timely petition, shall consider the petition in light of section 121.93 of the Revised Code, and shall notify the petitioner in writing, by certified mail, return receipt requested, whether it grants or intends to deny the petition. (1) If the agency grants the petition, it shall commence the rule-making process as soon as it is reasonably feasible to do so, but not later than the date that is six months after the petition was granted. The principle of law or policy as it is restated in a rule does not need to be wholly congruent with the supplanted principle of law or policy. The agency lawfully may improve or develop further the supplanted principle of law or policy. The agency may continue to rely upon the principle of law or policy, but only while it is complying with the preceding paragraph. The agency may not rely upon the principle of law or policy in advising with regard to or in determining the rights or liabilities of a person if the agency fails to commence the rule-making process by the deadline specified in the preceding paragraph, or if, after commencing the rule-making process, the agency neglects or abandons the rule-making process before it is completed. (2) If the agency intends to deny the petition, it shall send the petitioner a notice affording the petitioner an opportunity for a hearing on the petition and briefly explaining why the agency intends to deny the petition. If the petitioner does not in writing request a hearing within fifteen days after receiving the notice, the agency shall deny the petition and notify the petitioner in writing. If the petitioner responds in writing within the fifteen-day period requesting a hearing, the agency, by certified mail, return receipt requested, promptly shall notify the petitioner of the time and place for the hearing, which shall be not earlier than the thirtieth day after the notice was sent to the petitioner. (C) At the hearing, the agency shall explain why, notwithstanding section 121.93 of the Revised Code, it intends to deny the petition, and the petitioner shall explain why under that section the petitioner believes the agency's intention to be erroneous. The hearing shall be informal. The petitioner may be assisted by counsel at the hearing. (D) Not later than the thirtieth day after the hearing concludes, the agency shall grant or deny the petition. (1) If the agency grants the petition, it shall commence the rule-making process as soon as it is reasonably feasible to do so, but not later than the date that is six months after the determination was made. The principle of law or policy as it is restated in a rule does not need to be wholly congruent with the supplanted principle of law or policy. The agency lawfully may improve or develop further the supplanted principle of law or policy as it is restated in a rule. The agency may continue to rely upon the principle of law or policy, but only while it is complying with the preceding paragraph. The agency may not rely upon the principle of law or policy in advising with regard to or in determining the rights or liabilities of a person if the agency fails to commence the rule-making process by the deadline specified in the preceding paragraph, or if, after commencing the rule-making process, the agency neglects or abandons the rule-making process before it is completed. (2) If the petitioner failed to appear at the hearing, or if the petitioner failed to persuade the agency that its intention to deny the petition is erroneous, the agency shall deny the petition. The agency shall send notice in writing to the petitioner of the outcome. If the outcome is denial of the petition, the notice shall explain briefly why the agency is denying the petition. The petitioner is not entitled to appeal the outcome.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.93 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.93
§ 101.93. Retirement system lobbyists and employers - statement of expenditures - receipts to be retained
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly (A) Each retirement system lobbyist and each employer shall file with the joint legislative ethics committee, with the updated registration statement required by division (B) of section 101.92 of the Revised Code, a statement of expenditures as specified in divisions (B) and (C) of this section. A retirement system lobbyist shall file a separate statement of expenditures under this section for each employer that engages the retirement system lobbyist. (B)(1) In addition to the information required by divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section, a statement filed by a retirement system lobbyist shall show the total amount of expenditures made during the reporting period covered by the statement by the retirement system lobbyist. (2) If, during a reporting period covered by a statement, an employer or any retirement system lobbyist the employer engaged made, either separately or in combination with each other, expenditures to, at the request of, for the benefit of, or on behalf of a member of a board of a state retirement system, a state retirement system investment official, or an employee of a state retirement system whose position involves substantial and material exercise of discretion in the investment of retirement system funds the employer or retirement system lobbyist also shall state the name of the member, official, or employee to whom, at whose request, for whose benefit, or on whose behalf the expenditures were made, the total amount of the expenditures made, a brief description of the expenditures made, the approximate date the expenditures were made, the retirement system decision, if any, sought to be influenced, and the identity of the client on whose behalf the expenditure was made. As used in division (B)(2) of this section, "expenditures" does not include expenditures made by a retirement system lobbyist as payment for meals and other food and beverages. (3) If, during a reporting period covered by a statement, a retirement system lobbyist made expenditures as payment for meals and other food and beverages, that, when added to the amount of previous payments made for meals and other food and beverages by that retirement system lobbyist during that same calendar year, exceeded a total of fifty dollars to, at the request of, for the benefit of, or on behalf of a member of a board of a state retirement system, a state retirement system investment official, or an employee of a state retirement system whose position involves substantial and material exercise of discretion in the investment of retirement system funds, the retirement system lobbyist shall also state regarding those expenditures the name of the member, official, or employee to whom, at whose request, for whose benefit, or on whose behalf the expenditures were made, the total amount of the expenditures made, a brief description of the expenditures made, the approximate date the expenditures were made, the retirement system decision, if any, sought to be influenced, and the identity of the client on whose behalf the expenditure was made. (C) In addition to the information required by divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section, a statement filed by an employer shall show the total amount of expenditures made by the employer filing the statement during the period covered by the statement. As used in this section, "expenditures" does not include the expenses of maintaining office facilities, or the compensation paid to retirement system lobbyists engaged to influence retirement system decisions or conduct retirement system lobbying activity. No employer shall be required to show any expenditure on a statement filed under this division if the expenditure is reported on a statement filed under division (B)(1), (2), or (3) of this section by a retirement system lobbyist engaged by the employer. (D) Any statement required to be filed under this section shall be filed at the times specified in section 101.92 of the Revised Code. Each statement shall cover expenditures made during the four-calendar-month period that ended on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the statement is required to be filed. (E) If it is impractical or impossible for a retirement system lobbyist or employer to determine exact dollar amounts or values of expenditures, reporting of good faith estimates, based on reasonable accounting procedures, constitutes compliance with this division. (F) Retirement system lobbyists and employers shall retain receipts or maintain records for all expenditures that are required to be reported pursuant to this section. These receipts or records shall be maintained for a period ending on the thirty-first day of December of the second calendar year after the year in which the expenditure was made. (G)(1) At least ten days before the date on which the statement is filed, each employer or retirement system lobbyist who is required to file an expenditure statement under division (B)(2) or (3) of this section shall deliver a copy of the statement, or the portion showing the expenditure, to the member, official, or employee who is listed in the statement as having received the expenditure or on whose behalf it was made. (2) If, during a reporting period covered by an expenditure statement filed under division (B)(2) of this section, an employer or any retirement system lobbyist the employer engaged made, either separately or in combination with each other, either directly or indirectly, expenditures for food and beverages purchased for consumption on the premises in which the food and beverages were sold to, at the request of, for the benefit of, or on behalf of any of the members, officials, or employees described in division (B)(2) of this section, the employer or retirement system lobbyist shall deliver to the member, official, or employee a statement that contains all of the nondisputed information prescribed in division (B)(2) of this section with respect to the expenditures described in division (G)(2) of this section. The statement of expenditures made under division (G)(2) of this section shall be delivered to the member, official, or employee to whom, at whose request, for whose benefit, or on whose behalf those expenditures were made on the same day in which a copy of the expenditure statement or of a portion showing the expenditure is delivered to the member, official, or employee under division (G)(1) of this section. An employer is not required to show any expenditure on a statement delivered under division (G)(2) of this section if the expenditure is shown on a statement delivered under division (G)(2) of this section by a retirement system lobbyist engaged by the employer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 139.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 139 / § 139.01
§ 139.01. Federal aid defined
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly As used in sections 139.02 to 139.04 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, "federal aid" means all financial assistance of whatever nature offered or extended by the federal government or any instrumentality or corporation created by or pursuant to an act of Congress of the United States, whether such assistance is in the form of a gift, grant, or by purchase of notes or bonds bearing no interest, or bearing interest at a rate not to exceed four per cent per annum.
Ohio Rev. Code § 187.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 187 / § 187.03
§ 187.03. Functions and duties of corporation; status of employees; expenditures; board meetings
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) JobsOhio may perform such functions as permitted and shall perform such duties as prescribed by law and as set forth in any contract entered into under section 187.04 of the Revised Code, but shall not be considered a state or public department, agency, office, body, institution, or instrumentality for purposes of section 1.60 or Chapter 102., 121., 125., or 149. of the Revised Code. JobsOhio and its board of directors are not subject to the following sections of Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code: sections 1702.03 , 1702.08 , 1702.09 , 1702.21 , 1702.24 , 1702.26 , 1702.27 , 1702.28 , 1702.29 , 1702.301 , 1702.33 , 1702.34 , 1702.37 , 1702.38 , 1702.40 to 1702.52 , 1702.521 , 1702.54 , 1702.57 , 1702.58 , 1702.59 , 1702.60 , 1702.80 , and 1702.99 . Nothing in this division shall be construed to impair the powers and duties of the Ohio ethics commission described in section 102.06 of the Revised Code to investigate and enforce section 102.02 of the Revised Code with regard to individuals required to file statements under division (B)(2) of this section. (B)(1) Directors and employees of JobsOhio are not employees or officials of the state and, except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, are not subject to Chapter 102., 124., 145., or 4117. of the Revised Code. (2) The chief investment officer, any other officer or employee with significant administrative, supervisory, contracting, or investment authority, and any director of JobsOhio shall file, with the Ohio ethics commission, a financial disclosure statement pursuant to section 102.02 of the Revised Code that includes, in place of the information required by divisions (A)(2)(b), (g), (h), and (i) of that section, the information required by divisions (A) and (B) of section 102.022 of the Revised Code. The governor shall comply with all applicable requirements of section 102.02 of the Revised Code. (3) Actual or in-kind expenditures for the travel, meals, or lodging of the governor or of any public official or employee designated by the governor for the purpose of this division shall not be considered a violation of section 102.03 of the Revised Code if the expenditures are made by the corporation, or on behalf of the corporation by any person, in connection with the governor's performance of official duties related to JobsOhio. The governor may designate any person, including a person who is a public official or employee as defined in section 102.01 of the Revised Code, for the purpose of this division if such expenditures are made on behalf of the person in connection with the governor's performance of official duties related to JobsOhio. A public official or employee so designated by the governor shall comply with all applicable requirements of section 102.02 of the Revised Code. At the times and frequency agreed to under division (B)(2)(b) of section 187.04 of the Revised Code, beginning in 2012, the corporation shall file with the department of development a written report of all such expenditures paid or incurred during the preceding calendar year. The report shall state the dollar value and purpose of each expenditure, the date of each expenditure, the name of the person that paid or incurred each expenditure, and the location, if any, where services or benefits of an expenditure were received, provided that any such information that may disclose proprietary information as defined in division (C) of this section shall not be included in the report. (4) The prohibition applicable to former public officials or employees in division (A)(1) of section 102.03 of the Revised Code does not apply to any person appointed to be a director or hired as an employee of JobsOhio. (5) Notwithstanding division (A)(2) of section 145.01 of the Revised Code, any person who is a former state employee shall no longer be considered a public employee for purposes of Chapter 145. of the Revised Code upon commencement of employment with JobsOhio. (6) Any director, officer, or employee of JobsOhio may request an advisory opinion from the Ohio ethics commission with regard to questions concerning the provisions of sections 102.02 and 102.022 of the Revised Code to which the person is subject. (C) Meetings of the board of directors at which a quorum of the board is required to be physically present pursuant to division (F) of section 187.01 of the Revised Code shall be open to the public except, by a majority vote of the directors present at the meeting, such a meeting may be closed to the public only for one or more of the following purposes: (1) To consider business strategy of the corporation; (2) To consider proprietary information belonging to potential applicants or potential recipients of business recruitment, retention, or creation incentives. For the purposes of this division, "proprietary information" means marketing plans, specific business strategy, production techniques and trade secrets, financial projections, or personal financial statements of applicants or members of the applicants' immediate family, including, but not limited to, tax records or other similar information not open to the public inspection. (3) To consider legal matters, including litigation, in which the corporation is or may be involved; (4) To consider personnel matters related to an individual employee of the corporation. (D) The board of directors shall establish a reasonable method whereby any person may obtain the time and place of all public meetings described in division (C) of this section. The method shall provide that any person, upon request and payment of a reasonable fee, may obtain reasonable advance notification of all such meetings. (E) The board of directors shall promptly prepare, file, and maintain minutes of all public meetings described in division (C) of this section. (F) Not later than the first day of July of each year, the chief investment officer of JobsOhio shall prepare and submit a report of the corporation's activities for the preceding year to the governor, the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, and the president and minority leader of the senate. The annual report shall include the following: (1) An analysis of the state's economy; (2) A description of the structure, operation, and financial status of the corporation; (3) A description of the corporation's strategy to improve the state economy and the standards of measure used to evaluate its progress; (4) An evaluation of the performance of current strategies and major initiatives; (5) An analysis of any statutory or administrative barriers to successful economic development, business recruitment, and job growth in the state identified by JobsOhio during the preceding year. Last updated August 5, 2021 at 1:58 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.46
§ 117.46. Performance audits of state agencies
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Each biennium the auditor of state shall conduct a minimum of four performance audits under this section. Except as otherwise provided in this section, at least two of the audits shall be of state agencies selected from a list comprised of the administrative departments listed in section 121.02 of the Revised Code and the department of education and workforce and at least two of the audits shall be of other state agencies. At the auditor of state's discretion, the auditor of state may also conduct performance audits of state institutions of higher education. The offices of the attorney general, auditor of state, governor, secretary of state, and treasurer of state and agencies of the legislative and judicial branches are not subject to an audit under this section. The auditor shall select each agency or institution to be audited and shall determine whether to audit the entire agency or institution or a portion of the agency or institution by auditing one or more programs, offices, boards, councils, or other entities within that agency or institution. The auditor shall make the selection and determination in consultation with the governor and the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives and president and minority leader of the senate. An audit of a portion of an agency or institution shall be considered an audit of one agency or institution. The authority to audit a portion of an agency or institution in no way limits the auditor's ability to audit an entire agency or institution if it is in the best interest of the state. The performance audits under this section shall be conducted pursuant to sections 117.01 and 117.13 of the Revised Code. In conducting a performance audit, the auditor of state shall determine the scope of the audit, but shall consider, if appropriate, supervisory and subordinate level operations in the agency or institution. A performance audit under this section shall not include review or evaluation of an institution's academic performance. As used in this section and in sections 117.461 , 117.462 , 117.463 , and 117.47 of the Revised Code, "state institution of higher education" has the meaning defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 20, 2023 at 12:15 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.501 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.501
§ 173.501. Home first component of PACE
Status: in_force

April 7, 2023 House Bill 45 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: "Nursing facility" has the same meaning as in section 5165.01 of the Revised Code. "PACE provider" has the same meaning as in the "Social Security Act," section 1934(a)(3), 42 U.S.C. 1396u-4(a)(3). (B) The department of aging shall establish a home first component of the PACE program under which eligible individuals may be enrolled in the PACE program in accordance with this section. An individual is eligible for the PACE program's home first component if both of the following apply: (1) The individual has been determined to be eligible for the PACE program. (2) At least one of the following applies: (a) The individual has been admitted to a nursing facility. (b) A physician has determined and documented that the individual has a medical condition that, unless the individual is enrolled in home and community-based services such as the PACE program, will require the individual to be admitted to a nursing facility within thirty days of the physician's determination. (c) The individual has been hospitalized and a physician has determined and documented that, unless the individual is enrolled in home and community-based services such as the PACE program, the individual is to be transported directly from the hospital to a nursing facility and admitted. (d) Both of the following apply: (i) The individual is the subject of a report made under section 5101.63 of the Revised Code regarding abuse, neglect, or exploitation or such a report referred to a county department of job and family services under section 5126.31 of the Revised Code or has made a request to a county department for protective services as defined in section 5101.60 of the Revised Code. (ii) A county department of job and family services and an area agency on aging have jointly documented in writing that, unless the individual is enrolled in home and community-based services such as the PACE program, the individual should be admitted to a nursing facility. (C) Each month, the department of aging shall identify individuals who are eligible for the home first component of the PACE program. When the department identifies such an individual, the department shall notify the PACE provider serving the area in which the individual resides. The PACE provider shall determine whether the PACE program is appropriate for the individual and whether the individual would rather participate in the PACE program than continue or begin to reside in a nursing facility. If the PACE provider determines that the PACE program is appropriate for the individual and the individual would rather participate in the PACE program than continue or begin to reside in a nursing facility, the PACE provider shall so notify the department of aging. On receipt of the notice from the PACE provider, the department of aging shall approve the individual's enrollment in the PACE program in accordance with priorities established in rules adopted under section 173.50 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 28, 2023 at 10:46 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.23
§ 145.23. Creation of funds
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly The funds hereby created are the employees' savings fund, the employers' accumulation fund, the annuity and pension reserve fund, the income fund, the survivors' benefit fund, the defined contribution fund, and the expense fund. (A) The employees' savings fund is the fund in which shall be accumulated contributions from the earnable salaries of contributors for the purchase of annuities or retirement allowances. The accumulated contributions of a contributor returned to the contributor upon withdrawal, or paid to the contributor's estate or designated beneficiary in the event of death, shall be paid from the employees' savings fund. Any accumulated contributions forfeited by failure of a member, or a member's estate, to claim the same, shall remain in the employees' savings fund or may be transferred to the income fund. The accumulated contributions of a contributor shall be transferred from the employees' savings fund to the annuity and pension reserve fund in the event of the contributor's retirement. (B) The employers' accumulation fund is the fund in which shall be accumulated the reserves for the payment of all pensions and disability benefits payable as provided in this chapter. The amounts paid by any employer under section 145.48 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the employers' accumulation fund. Amounts paid by an employer under section 145.483 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the employers' accumulation fund, except that if the amounts paid by the employer are for members participating in a PERS defined contribution plan those amounts may be credited to the defined contribution fund. Amounts paid by an employer under section 145.86 of the Revised Code may be credited to the employers' accumulation fund. Any payments made into the employers' accumulation fund by a member as provided in section 145.31 of the Revised Code shall be refunded to such member under the conditions specified in section 145.40 of the Revised Code. Upon the retirement of a contributor, the full amount of the contributor's pension reserve shall be transferred from the employers' accumulation fund to the annuity and pension reserve fund. (C) The annuity and pension reserve fund is the fund from which shall be paid all pensions, disability benefits, annuities, and benefits in lieu thereof, because of which reserves have been transferred from the employees' savings fund and the employers' accumulation fund. The annuity and pension reserve fund is also the fund from which shall be paid all pensions, disability benefits, annuities, and benefits in lieu thereof under a PERS defined contribution plan, if reserves have been transferred to the fund for that purpose. (D) The income fund is the fund from which interest is transferred and credited on the amounts in the funds described in divisions (B), (C), and (F) of this section, and is a contingent fund from which the special requirements of the funds may be paid by transfer from this fund. All income derived from the investment of the funds of the system, together with all gifts and bequests, or the income therefrom, shall be paid into this fund. Any deficit occurring in any other fund that will not be covered by payments to that fund, as otherwise provided in Chapter 145. of the Revised Code, shall be paid by transfers of amounts from the income fund to such fund or funds. If the amount in the income fund is insufficient at any time to meet the amounts payable to the funds described in divisions (C) and (F) of this section, the amount of the deficiency shall be transferred from the employers' accumulation fund. The system may accept gifts and bequests. Any gifts or bequests, any funds which may be transferred from the employees' savings fund by reason of lack of a claimant, any surplus in any fund created by this section, or any other funds whose disposition is not otherwise provided for, shall be credited to the income fund. (E) Except as provided in division (G) of this section, the expense fund is the fund from which shall be paid the expenses of the administration of this chapter, exclusive of amounts payable as retirement allowances and as other benefits. (F) The survivors' benefit fund is the fund from which shall be paid dependent survivor benefits provided by section 145.45 of the Revised Code. (G) The defined contribution fund is the fund in which shall be accumulated the contributions deducted from the earnable salary of members participating in a PERS defined contribution plan, as provided in section 145.85 of the Revised Code, together with any earnings credited thereon. The defined contribution fund is the fund in which may be accumulated the contributions under section 145.86 of the Revised Code, together with any earnings credited thereon. Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the defined contribution fund is the fund from which shall be paid all benefits provided under a PERS defined contribution plan and from which may be paid administrative expenses of the plan.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.4025 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.4025
§ 122.4025. Video service provider fees contributed to funding gap
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly A broadband provider may enter into an arrangement to designate video service provider fees remitted by the broadband provider for contribution towards an eligible project's broadband funding gap under the following circumstances: (A) The broadband provider is a video service provider that, pursuant to section 1332.32 of the Revised Code, collects and remits video service provider fees to one or more legislative authorities in which an eligible project is located. (B) The arrangement is entered into by mutual consent with one or more of the legislative authorities in which the eligible project is located. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 12:26 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 195.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 195 / § 195.01
§ 195.01. Duties
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this chapter, "internet crimes against children task force" means the Ohio internet crimes against children task force recognized by the United States department of justice's internet crimes against children task force program in this state. (B) The Ohio internet crimes against children task force shall do all of the following: (1) Consistent with its federal duties, coordinate a state network of local law enforcement agencies that assist federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in investigations, forensic examinations, and prosecutions related to technologically facilitated sexual exploitation of children, internet crimes against children, and victim identification; (2) Consistent with available funding, support the state network of law enforcement agencies by funding personnel with agencies who have demonstrated the ability to investigate and prosecute internet crimes against children; (3) Support the state network of law enforcement agencies by coordinating and providing investigative training and digital forensic support through on-scene forensic facilities, laboratory computer forensic services, or by funding computer forensic hardware and software licensing to agencies who employ trained computer forensic personnel; and (4) Conduct or support internet safety presentations and community outreach events throughout the state aimed at educating the public about the dangers of the internet and how to keep children safe while they are online. (C) Not later than the last day of January of each year, the Ohio internet crimes against children task force and the office of the attorney general shall compile and provide a summary of the previous calendar year's expenditures, including any money appropriated for the task force in a previous year that is carried over, and progress in combating internet crimes against children, to the general assembly. The task force and the office of the attorney general shall include in the report annual statistics, including statistics from affiliated agencies, consistent with the reporting requirements of the United States department of justice, office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention's internet crimes against children task force program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 161.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 161 / § 161.05
§ 161.05. Succession in political subdivisions
Status: in_force

September 30, 1963 Senate Bill 199 - 105th General Assembly With respect to local offices for which the legislative bodies or boards of cities, villages, townships, and counties may adopt or enact resolutions or ordinances relative to the manner in which vacancies will be filled or temporary appointments to office made, such legislative bodies or boards are hereby authorized to adopt or enact resolutions or ordinances providing for emergency interim successors to offices of the aforementioned governmental units. Such resolutions and ordinances shall not be inconsistent with sections 161.01 to 161.29 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 118.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 118 / § 118.01
§ 118.01. Local fiscal emergency definitions
Status: in_force

June 30, 1999 House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) Advance tax payment notes means the notes authorized by section 118.24 of the Revised Code. (B) Appropriation measure means any appropriation measure, amendment of an appropriation measure, or supplement to an appropriation measure of a municipal corporation, county, or township referred to in sections 5705.38 and 5705.40 of the Revised Code and any other action of a municipal corporation, county, or township authorizing expenditure of money not previously included in any appropriation measure. (C) Bond anticipation notes means notes issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds. (D) Certificate of estimated resources means the official certificate of estimated resources of the county budget commission and amendments of the certificate certified to the municipal corporation, county, or township as provided for in Chapter 5705. of the Revised Code. (E) Commission means a financial planning and supervision commission created by section 118.05 of the Revised Code with respect to a municipal corporation, county, or township. (F) Construction funds means proceeds from the sale of debt obligations restricted by law or pursuant to the proceedings for the issuance of such debt obligations to use for permanent improvements as defined in division (E) of section 5705.01 of the Revised Code, including acquisition, construction, or extension of public utilities, and moneys from any other sources restricted to such purpose. (G) County auditor means the county auditor with whom tax budgets of the municipal corporation, county, or township are to be filed in accordance with section 5705.30 of the Revised Code. (H) County budget commission means the county budget commission to which the tax budget of the municipal corporation, county, or township is to be submitted in accordance with section 5705.31 of the Revised Code. (I) Current revenue notes means debt obligations described in section 133.10 or Chapter 5705. of the Revised Code or any other debt obligations issued to obtain funds for current operating expenses. (J) Debt limits means the limitations on net indebtedness provided in sections 133.05 , 133.07 , and 133.09 of the Revised Code, and also includes the limitation, known as the indirect debt limit, upon the issuance of unvoted bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness resulting from the ten-mill limitation provided for in section 5705.02 of the Revised Code. (K) Debt obligations means bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, bond anticipation notes, current revenue notes, local government fund notes, or other obligations issued or incurred in borrowing money, or to renew, refund, fund, or refinance, or issued in exchange for, such obligations, and any interest coupons pertaining thereto other than bonds or other obligations issued under authority of Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution. (L) Default means failure to pay the principal of or the interest on a debt obligation, or failure to make other payment to be made to the holder or owner of a debt obligation, in the full amount and at the time provided for in the contractual commitment with respect thereto, unless the time for such payment has been extended by the owner or holder of the debt obligation without penalty or premium and without the effect of subjecting the municipal corporation, county, or township to the initiation of remedies pertaining to such debt obligation or other debt obligations. (M) Deficit fund means the general fund or any special fund that, as at the time indicated, has a deficit balance or a balance that is less than the amount required to be in such fund pursuant to law or pursuant to contractual requirements, demonstrating that over a period of time expenditures charged or chargeable to the fund have exceeded moneys credited to the fund, or that moneys credited to the fund have not been in the amounts required by law or contractual requirements. (N) Effective financial accounting and reporting system means an accounting and reporting system fully in compliance with the requirements prescribed by and pursuant to Chapter 117. of the Revised Code, with such modifications and supplements as are to be provided pursuant to this chapter in order to meet and deal with the fiscal emergency, provide to the auditor of state, the commission, the financial supervisor, and the county budget commission the information needed to carry out their functions, and better ensure the implementation of the financial plan. (O) Financial plan means the financial plan approved by the commission in accordance with section 118.06 of the Revised Code, as it may from time to time be amended in accordance with this chapter. (P) Financial supervisor means the auditor of state. (Q) Fiscal emergency means the existence of fiscal emergency conditions determined as provided in section 118.04 of the Revised Code. (R) Fiscal emergency conditions means any of the events or occurrences described in section 118.03 of the Revised Code. (S) Fiscal emergency period means the period of time commencing on the date when the determination of a fiscal emergency is made by the auditor of state pursuant to section 118.04 of the Revised Code and ending when the determination of termination is made and certified pursuant to section 118.27 of the Revised Code. (T) Fiscal watch means the existence of fiscal watch conditions as determined in accordance with section 118.022 of the Revised Code. (U) Fiscal officer means the fiscal officer of the municipal corporation, county, or township as defined in division (D) of section 5705.01 of the Revised Code. (V) Fringe benefits means expenditures for goods and services furnished to municipal, county, or township officers or employees by the municipal corporation, county, or township, including, but not limited to, such benefits as food, temporary housing, and clothing, and the provision of pension, retirement, disability, hospitalization, health care, insurance, or other benefits to employees requiring the advance payment of money other than directly to employees or other beneficiaries, or the deposit or reservation of money for such purpose. (W) General fund means the fund referred to in division (A) of section 5705.09 of the Revised Code. (X) General fund budget means aggregate revenues available in the general fund during the applicable fiscal year as shown by the certificate of estimated resources. (Y) Mayor means the officer of the municipal corporation designated as such by law or the chief executive officer under the charter of the municipal corporation. (Z) Payroll means compensation due and payable to employees of the municipal corporation, county, or township, other than fringe benefits. (AA) Revenue estimates means the estimates of revenue receipts to the credit of the general fund and special funds as estimated and supplemented, modified, or amended by the municipal corporation, county, or township, or the county budget commission. (BB) Special funds means any of the funds, other than the general fund, referred to in sections 5705.09 and 5705.12 of the Revised Code, and includes any fund created from the issuance of debt obligations pursuant to Section 3 or 12 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, and any fund created in connection with the issuance of debt obligations to provide moneys for the payment of principal or interest, reserves therefor, or reserves or funds for repair, maintenance, or improvements. (CC) Tax budget means the tax budget provided for in section 5705.28 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 191.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 191 / § 191.30
§ 191.30. Refund of reimbursement for violation of program requirements
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of development shall direct an applicant that has been awarded a program reimbursement under the Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program to refund, with interest, all or any portion of the reimbursements the applicant received under the program, if the department finds, upon substantial evidence and after notice and the opportunity to respond, that the applicant materially violated any of the requirements agreed to under sections 191.10 to 191.24 of the Revised Code with respect to all or any portion of the reimbursements received. The interest included with a refund under this section shall be at the applicable federal funds rate as specified in division (B) of section 1304.84 of the Revised Code. (B) At the direction of the department, refunds submitted under division (A) of this section shall be deposited into the broadband pole replacement fund created in section 191.27 of the Revised Code or the general revenue fund. Last updated August 29, 2023 at 4:30 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.016 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.016
§ 145.016. Credit for contributing service
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Contributing service shall be allowed in accordance with the following: (A) For service not later than December 31, 2013, credit for any contributing service shall be allowed as follows: (1) For each month for which the member's earnable salary is two hundred fifty dollars or more, allow one month's credit; (2) For each month for which the member's earnable salary is less than two hundred fifty dollars, allow a fraction of a month's credit with a numerator of the earnable salary during the month and a denominator of two hundred fifty dollars, except that if the member's annual earnable salary is less than six hundred dollars, the member's credit shall not be reduced below twenty per cent of a year for a calendar year of employment during which the member worked each month. Division (A)(2) of this section shall not reduce any credit earned before January 1, 1985. (B) For service on or after January 1, 2014, credit for any contributing service shall be allowed in accordance with the following: (1) For each month in which the member's earnable salary equals or exceeds the amount specified in division (B)(1)(a) or (b) of this section, as appropriate, allow one month's credit: (a) For service on or after January 1, 2014, but not later than December 31, 2014, six hundred dollars; (b) For each calendar year thereafter, the sum of the following: (i) The prior year's amount; (ii) The prior year's amount multiplied by the average percentage increase, if any, made to compensation under section 505.24 of the Revised Code, if that increase became effective in the prior year. (2) For each month that the member's earnable salary is less than the appropriate amount specified in division (B)(1) of this section, allow a fraction of a month's credit with a numerator of the earnable salary during the month and a denominator of the amount specified in division (B)(1)(a) or (b) of this section, as appropriate. Division (B) of this section shall not reduce any credit earned before January 1, 2014. (C)(1) Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, for the purpose of satisfying the service credit requirement and determining eligibility for benefits under sections 145.196 , 145.32 , 145.33 , 145.331 , 145.332 , 145.35 , 145.335 , 145.36 , and 145.361 of the Revised Code, "five or more years of total service credit" means five or more years of contributing service for which credit is allowed under division (A) or (B) of this section. (2)(a) A member who, as of March 22, 2019, has sixty or more calendar months of contributions and has attained sixty years of age shall be considered to have five or more years of total service credit for the purpose of satisfying the service credit requirement and determining eligibility for benefits under sections 145.196 , 145.32 , 145.33 , 145.331 , 145.332 , 145.35 , 145.335 , 145.36 , and 145.361 of the Revised Code. (b) A member who, as of March 22, 2019, has sixty or more calendar months of contributions and is receiving a benefit under section 145.35 , 145.36 , or 145.361 of the Revised Code shall be considered to have five or more years of total service credit for the purpose of satisfying the service credit requirement and determining eligibility for benefits under section 145.196 , 145.32 , 145.33 , 145.331 , 145.332 , or 145.335 of the Revised Code. (D) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an elected official who prior to January 1, 1980, was granted a full year of credit for each year of service as an elected official shall be considered to have earned a full year of credit for each year of service regardless of whether the service was full-time or part-time. The public employees retirement board has no authority to reduce the credit. Last updated August 15, 2023 at 1:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.10
§ 107.10. Records to be kept in governor's office
Status: in_force

June 6, 2001 House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly The following records shall be kept in the governor's office: (A) A register of every bill passed by the general assembly that has been presented to the governor, in which is entered the number of the bill, the date the bill was presented to the governor, and the action taken on it by the governor and the date of the action; (B) An appointment record in which is entered the name of each person appointed to an office by the governor, except commissioners, the office to which appointed, the date of the appointment, the date of the commission, the date of the beginning and expiration of the term, and the result and date of action by the senate, if required; (C) A record of commissioners in which is entered the name, post-office address, the state, territory, or county where the appointee resides, the date of commission, and the beginning and expiration of term of each commissioner appointed; (D) A record of requisitions in which is entered both of the following: (1) An abstract of each application for a requisition, showing date, by whom made, the name of the alleged fugitive, the offense charged, upon the executive authority of what state, territory, or country the requisition is made, and whether granted or refused; (2) An abstract of requisition received, showing date of receipt, from what state or territory issued, the name of the alleged fugitive, the offense charged, whether a warrant was issued or refused, and if issued, to the sheriff of what county, or the reason for refusing to issue a warrant. (E) A pardon record in which is entered the date of each application for pardon, reprieve, or commutation, the name of the convict, of what crime, in what county, and at what term of court the convict was convicted, the sentence of the court, the action of the governor, the reason for that action, and the date of that action.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.93 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.93
§ 109.93. Attorney general education fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly The attorney general education fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of gifts and grants received by the attorney general for the purposes of the fund. The fund shall be administered by the attorney general and shall be used to support various educational programs. These educational programs may include programs for consumer protection, victims of crime, environmental protection, drug abuse, child abuse, peace officer training, crime prevention, and law. The fund may also be used to pay costs associated with the solicitation of gifts and grants for the purposes of the fund, and the costs of administering the fund. The fund shall not be used to replace money spent by local programs for similar purposes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 197.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 197 / § 197.07
§ 197.07. Reimbursement
Status: in_force

December 29, 2020 Senate Bill 310 - 133rd General Assembly Members of the Holocaust and genocide memorial and education commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.524 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.524
§ 173.524. Kosher meals
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly An individual enrolled in the PASSPORT program may request that home-delivered meals provided to the individual under the PASSPORT program be kosher. If such a request is made, the department of aging or the department's designee shall ensure that each home-delivered meal provided to the individual under the PASSPORT program is kosher. In complying with this requirement, the department or department's designee shall require each entity that provides home-delivered meals to the individual to provide the individual with meals that meet, as much as possible, the requirements established in rules adopted under sections 173.52 and 173.522 of the Revised Code governing the home-delivered meal service while complying with kosher practices for meal preparation and dietary restrictions. An entity that provides a kosher home-delivered meal to a PASSPORT program enrollee pursuant to this section shall be reimbursed for the meal at a rate equal to the rate for home-delivered meals furnished to PASSPORT program enrollees requiring a therapeutic diet.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.134 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.134
§ 122.134. Feasibility study
Status: in_force

January 4, 2001 Senate Bill 186 - 123rd General Assembly If the director of development becomes aware that a business establishment is closing or relocating operations, the director, pursuant to a request received under section 122.135 of the Revised Code, may conduct an initial study of the feasibility of the employees of the business establishment establishing an employee-owned corporation to continue the operations of the business establishment, or to operate another business, and may hold an informational meeting of representatives of the local community, the business establishment, representatives of any employee organization, and affected employees to explain the services available from the department of development relative to the formation of an employee-owned corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 143.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 143 / § 143.02
§ 143.02. Volunteer peace officers dependents fund
Status: in_force

March 23, 2016 Senate Bill 11 - 131st General Assembly (A) There is hereby established the volunteer peace officers dependents fund. Each county, municipal corporation, township, township police district, and joint police district with a police or sheriff's department that employs volunteer peace officers is a member of the volunteer peace officers' dependents fund and shall establish a volunteer peace officers' dependents fund board. Each board shall consist of the following board members: (1) Two board members, elected by the legislative authority of the fund member that maintains the police or sheriff's department; (2) Two board members, elected by the volunteer peace officers of the police or sheriff's department; (3) One board member, elected by the board members elected pursuant to divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section. The board member must be an elector of the fund member in which the police or sheriff's department is located, but not a public employee, member of the legislative authority, or peace officer of that police or sheriff's department. (B) The term of office of a board member begins the first day of January and is one year. (C)(1) The election of the board members specified in division (A)(1) of this section shall be held each year not earlier than the first day of November and not later than the second Monday in December. The election of the member specified in division (A)(3) of this section shall be held each year on or before the thirty-first day of December. (2) The members specified in division (A)(2) of this section shall be elected on or before the second Monday in December, as follows: (a) The secretary of the board shall give notice of the election by posting it in a conspicuous place at the headquarters of the police or sheriff's department. Between nine a.m. and nine p.m. on the day designated, each person eligible to vote shall send in writing the name of two persons eligible to be elected to the board who are the person's choices. (b) All votes cast at the election shall be counted and recorded by the board, which shall announce the result. The two persons receiving the highest number of votes are elected. If there is a tie vote for any two persons, the election shall be decided by lot or in any other way agreed on by the persons for whom the tie vote was cast. (D) Any vacancy occurring on a board shall be filled at a special election called by the board's secretary.
Ohio Rev. Code § 177.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 177 / § 177.04
§ 177.04. Organized theft of retail property advisory council
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 366 - 135th General Assembly (A) The organized retail theft advisory council is created within the office of the attorney general. The council consists of the following members: (1) The attorney general or the attorney general's designee; (2) An employee of the office of the attorney general appointed by the attorney general; (3) The president or chief executive officer of the Ohio council of retail merchants, or the president's or chief executive officer's designee; (4) Two loss prevention representatives from retail businesses with more than two hundred fifty employees and two loss prevention representatives from retail businesses with less than two hundred fifty employees; (5) A member of the Ohio prosecuting attorneys association, or a member of the Ohio prosecuting attorneys association's designee; (6) A member of the Ohio grocers association, or a member of the Ohio grocers association's designee. (B) The attorney general shall appoint loss prevention representatives to the council after consulting with statewide trade and professional organizations that represent the interests of retail businesses and loss prevention. The organizations may nominate persons to be considered for appointment as council members. (C)(1) The council shall advise the organized crime investigations commission on organized retail theft and recommend actions for the commission to detect, deter, prevent, and prosecute organized retail theft. The council shall meet at least quarterly, and the attorney general or the attorney general's designee shall serve as chairperson. (2) The employee of the office of the attorney general appointed to the council shall serve as liaison to the organized retail theft task force established in section 177.02 of the Revised Code. (D) In addition to other duties described in this section, the council may engage in the following activities: (1) Compiling and disseminating to retail businesses and law enforcement agencies innovative methods of detecting, deterring, preventing, and prosecuting organized retail theft; (2) Conducting training conferences to educate retail businesses and law enforcement agencies regarding current and emerging crime trends; (3) Consulting with national, state, and local law enforcement agencies and retail associations concerning organized retail theft; (4) Educating the public on the problems associated with organized retail theft. (E) Members of the council shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing their official duties. The organized crime investigations commission may provide the council with technical and clerical employees as necessary to accomplish its responsibilities under this section. (F) The council shall share information and intelligence on organized retail theft, compliant with applicable data privacy laws, between retail businesses and law enforcement agencies to enhance the identification of offenders and the targeting of criminal enterprises. Last updated February 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 108.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 108 / § 108.01
§ 108.01. Election - term
Status: in_force

March 10, 1978 Senate Bill 115 - 112th General Assembly The lieutenant governor shall be elected quadrennially, jointly with the governor, and shall hold his office for a term of four years. The term of office of the lieutenant governor shall commence on the second Monday of January next after his election.
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.023 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.023
§ 131.023. Biennial report of collection efforts by attorney general
Status: in_force

September 28, 2006 House Bill 390 - 126th General Assembly Not later than April 30, 2007, and not later than that date every other year thereafter, the attorney general shall prepare and file a report with the clerk of the house of representatives, the clerk of the senate, and the chairpersons of the respective standing committees of the senate and house of representatives that are primarily responsible for considering tax assessment and collection matters. The report shall address the tax collection efforts of the office of the attorney general for the previous two calendar years. In particular, the report shall specify what types of debts have been collected, what types of debts are outstanding, and generally what actions have been taken on the outstanding debts owed to the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.085 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.085
§ 122.085. Job ready site program - definitions
Status: in_force

January 4, 2006 Senate Bill 236 - 126th General Assembly As used in sections 122.085 to 122.0820 of the Revised Code: (A)(1) "Allowable costs" includes costs related to the following: (a) Acquisition of land and buildings; (b) Building construction; (c) Making improvements to land and buildings, including the following: (i) Expanding, reconstructing, rehabilitating, remodeling, renovating, enlarging, modernizing, equipping, and furnishing buildings and structures, including leasehold improvements; (ii) Site preparation, including wetland mitigation. (d) Planning or determining feasibility or practicability; (e) Indemnity or surety bonds and premiums on insurance; (f) Remediation, in compliance with state and federal environmental protection laws, of environmentally contaminated property on which hazardous substances exist under conditions that have caused or would likely cause the property to be identified as contaminated by the Ohio environmental protection agency or the United States environmental protection agency; (g) Infrastructure improvements, including the following: (i) Demolition of buildings and other structures; (ii) Installation or relocation of water, storm water and sanitary sewer lines, water and waste water treatment facilities, pump stations, and water storage mechanisms and other similar equipment or facilities; (iii) Construction of roads, bridges, traffic control devices, and parking lots and facilities; (iv) Construction of utility infrastructure such as natural gas, electric, and telecommunications, including broadband and hookups; (v) Water and railway access improvements; (vi) Costs of professional services. (2) "Allowable costs" do not include administrative costs assessed by or fees paid to the recipient of a grant. (B) "District public works integrating committees" means those committees established under section 164.04 of the Revised Code. (C) "Eligible applicant" includes any political subdivision or non-profit economic development organization, and, with prior approval of the director of development, private, for-profit entities. "Eligible applicant" does not include public or private institutions of higher education. (D) "Eligible project" includes projects that, upon completion, will be sites and facilities primarily intended for commercial, industrial, or manufacturing use. "Eligible projects" do not include sites and facilities intended primarily for residential, retail, or government use. (E) "Professional services" includes legal, environmental, archeological, engineering, architectural, surveying, design, or other similar services performed in conjunction with an eligible project. "Professional services" also includes designs, plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of costs, and other work products.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.4024 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.4024
§ 122.4024. Notification of published applications
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly The development services agency shall establish an automatic notification process through which interested parties may receive electronic mail notifications when the agency publishes application and other information on its web site pursuant to sections 122.40 to 122.4077 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.083 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.083
§ 122.083. Shovel ready sites program - fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The director of development shall administer a shovel ready sites program to provide grants for projects to port authorities and development entities approved by the director. Grants may be used to pay the costs of any or all of the following: (1) Acquisition of property, including options; (2) Preparation of sites, including brownfield clean-up activities; (3) Construction of road, water, telecommunication, and utility infrastructure; (4) Payment of professional fees the amount of which shall not exceed twenty per cent of the grant amount for a project. (B) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish procedures and requirements necessary for the administration of the program, including a requirement that a recipient of a grant enter into an agreement with the director governing the use of the grant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.06
§ 111.06. Authenticating officer
Status: in_force

July 9, 1976 Senate Bill 273 - 111th General Assembly The secretary of state may appoint authenticating officers and delegate to such officers power to sign for the secretary of state any document which, to have legal effect, requires the secretary of state's signature and which is of a class which the secretary of state has authorized for signature by his authenticating officers in a writing on file in his office. Authenticating officers shall sign in the following manner: "_______________, Authenticating Officer for the Secretary of State _____" The secretary of state may also delegate to his authenticating officers power to use the secretary of state's facsimile signature for signing any document which, to have legal effect, requires the secretary of state's signature and is of a class with respect to which the secretary of state has authorized use of his facsimile signature by a writing filed in his office. As used in this section, "facsimile signature" includes, but is not limited to, the reproduction of any authorized signature by a copper plate, a rubber stamp, or by a photographic, photostatic, or mechanical device. The secretary of state shall effect such appointment and delegation by placing on file in his office in a single document the names of all persons appointed as authenticating officers and each such officer's signature, a list of the classes of documents each such authenticating officer is authorized to sign for the secretary of state, a copy of the secretary of state's facsimile signature, and a list of the classes of documents which each authenticating officer may sign for the secretary of state by affixing the secretary of state's facsimile signature. The secretary of state may revoke such appointment or delegation of powers by placing on file in his office a new single document which expressly revokes the authenticating officers and the powers delegated to them. The secretary of state shall record and index documents filed by him pursuant to this section, and such documents shall be open for public inspection. The authorized signature of an authenticating officer or an authorized facsimile signature of the secretary of state shall have the same legal effect and validity as the genuine manual signature of the secretary of state.