Ohio Rev. Code § 122.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.35
§ 122.35. Depositing receipts
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly All moneys received under sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code are trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in those sections and section 166.03 of the Revised Code. All moneys, except when deposited with the treasurer of the state, shall be kept and secured in depositories as selected by the director of development services in the manner provided in sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code, insofar as those sections are applicable. All moneys held by the director in trust to carry out the purposes of sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code shall be used as provided in sections 122.28 and 122.30 to 122.36 of the Revised Code and at no time be part of other public funds. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.51
§ 121.51. Deputy inspector general for transportation department
Status: in_force

April 1, 2009 House Bill 2 - 128th General Assembly There is hereby created in the office of the inspector general the position of deputy inspector general for the department of transportation. The inspector general shall appoint the deputy inspector general, and the deputy inspector general shall serve at the pleasure of the inspector general. A person employed as the deputy inspector general shall have the same qualifications as those specified in section 121.49 of the Revised Code for the inspector general. The inspector general shall provide technical, professional, and clerical assistance to the deputy inspector general. There is hereby created in the state treasury the deputy inspector general for ODOT fund. The fund shall consist of money credited to the fund for the payment of costs incurred by the deputy inspector general in performing the duties of the deputy inspector general as specified in this section. The inspector general shall use the fund to pay costs incurred by the deputy inspector general in performing the duties of the deputy inspector general as required under this section. The deputy inspector general shall investigate all wrongful acts or omissions that have been committed or are being committed by employees of the department. In addition, the deputy inspector general shall conduct a program of random review of the processing of contracts associated with building and maintaining the state's infrastructure. The random review program shall be designed by the inspector general. The program shall be confidential and may be altered by the inspector general at any time. The deputy inspector general has the same powers and duties regarding matters concerning the department as those specified in sections 121.42 , 121.43 , and 121.45 of the Revised Code for the inspector general. Complaints may be filed with the deputy inspector general in the same manner as prescribed for complaints filed with the inspector general under section 121.46 of the Revised Code. All investigations conducted and reports issued by the deputy inspector general are subject to section 121.44 of the Revised Code. All officers and employees of the department shall cooperate with and provide assistance to the deputy inspector general in the performance of any investigation conducted by the deputy inspector general. In particular, those persons shall make their premises, equipment, personnel, books, records, and papers readily available to the deputy inspector general. In the course of an investigation, the deputy inspector general may question any officers or employees of the department and any person transacting business with the department and may inspect and copy any books, records, or papers in the possession of the department, taking care to preserve the confidentiality of information contained in responses to questions or the books, records, or papers that are made confidential by law. In performing any investigation, the deputy inspector general shall avoid interfering with the ongoing operations of the department, except insofar as is reasonably necessary to complete the investigation successfully. At the conclusion of an investigation by the deputy inspector general, the deputy inspector general shall deliver to the director of transportation and the governor any case for which remedial action is necessary. The deputy inspector general shall maintain a public record of the activities of the deputy inspector general to the extent permitted under this section, ensuring that the rights of the parties involved in each case are protected. The inspector general shall include in the annual report required by section 121.48 of the Revised Code a summary of the deputy inspector general's activities during the previous year. No person shall disclose any information that is designated as confidential in accordance with section 121.44 of the Revised Code or any confidential information that is acquired in the course of an investigation conducted under this section to any person who is not legally entitled to disclosure of that information.
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.14
§ 131.14. Hypothecation - release
Status: in_force

December 16, 1964 House Bill 5 - 105th General Assembly The hypothecation of the securities referred to in section 131.13 of the Revised Code shall be the proper legal transfer thereof as collateral which shall stipulate that such securities shall be the property of the depositor in case of any default on the part of the bank in its capacity as depository, and the negotiation or release thereof shall require the signature of the depositor except when the securities have been deposited with a trustee for safekeeping and eligible securities are substituted therefor as provided in section 131.15 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.623 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.623
§ 135.623. Deposit agreement
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) An eligible lending institution shall enter into a deposit agreement with the treasurer of state, which shall include requirements necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 135.62 to 135.66 of the Revised Code. (B) The deposit agreement shall specify the maturity period of the linked deposit considered appropriate by the treasurer of state, which shall not exceed five years, as well as any other information, terms, or conditions the treasurer of state may require. Interest shall be paid by the eligible lending institution at times determined by the treasurer of state. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 3:57 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.85 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.85
§ 145.85. Contributions of members
Status: in_force

October 1, 2002 Senate Bill 247 - 124th General Assembly Each member participating in a PERS defined contribution plan shall contribute a per cent of the member's earnable salary to the public employees retirement system as required in section 145.47 of the Revised Code. Contributions made under this section shall not exceed the limits established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.73 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.73
§ 101.73. Statements of expenditures
Status: in_force

September 5, 2001 House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly (A) Each legislative agent and each employer shall file in the office of the joint legislative ethics committee, with the updated registration statement required by division (B) of section 101.72 of the Revised Code, a statement of expenditures as specified in divisions (B) and (C) of this section. A legislative agent shall file a separate statement of expenditures under this section for each employer engaging the legislative agent. (B)(1) In addition to the information required by divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section, a statement filed by a legislative agent shall show the total amount of expenditures made by the legislative agent during the reporting period covered by the statement. (2) If, during a reporting period covered by a statement, an employer or any legislative agent the employer engaged made, either separately or in combination with each other, either directly or indirectly, expenditures to, at the request of, for the benefit of, or on behalf of any particular member of the general assembly, any particular member of the controlling board, the governor, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, or any particular member of the staff of any of the public officers or employees listed in division (B)(2) of this section, then the employer or legislative agent shall also state all of the following: (a) The name of the public officer or employee to whom, at whose request, for whose benefit, or on whose behalf the expenditures were made; (b) The total amount of the expenditures made; (c) A brief description of the expenditures made; (d) The approximate date the expenditures were made; (e) The specific items of legislation, if any, for which the expenditures were made and the identity of the client on whose behalf each expenditure was made. As used in division (B)(2) of this section, "expenditures" does not include expenditures made by a legislative agent as payment for meals and other food and beverages. (3) If, during a reporting period covered by a statement, a legislative agent made expenditures as payment for meals and other food and beverages, other than for meals and other food and beverages provided to a member of the general assembly at a meeting at which the member participated in a panel, seminar, or speaking engagement or provided to a member of the general assembly at a meeting or convention of a national organization to which any state agency, including, but not limited to, any legislative agency or state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, pays membership dues, that, when added to the amount of previous payments made for meals and other food and beverages by that legislative agent during that same calendar year, exceeded a total of fifty dollars to, at the request of, for the benefit of, or on behalf of any particular member of the general assembly, any particular member of the controlling board, the governor, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, or any particular member of the staff of any of the public officers or employees listed in division (B)(3) of this section, then the legislative agent shall also state all of the following regarding those expenditures: (a) The name of the public officer or employee to whom, at whose request, for whose benefit, or on whose behalf the expenditures were made; (b) The total amount of the expenditures made; (c) A brief description of the expenditures made; (d) The approximate date the expenditures were made; (e) The specific items of legislation, if any, for which the expenditures were made and the identity of the client on whose behalf each 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 legislative agents engaged by an employer. No employer is required to show any expenditure on a statement filed under this division if the expenditure is reported on a statement filed under division (B) of this section by a legislative agent engaged by the employer. (D) Any statement required to be filed under this section shall be filed at the times specified in section 101.72 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. No portion of the amount of an expenditure for a dinner, party, or other function sponsored by an employer or legislative agent need be attributed to, or counted toward the amount for, a reporting period specified in division (B)(2) or (3) of this section if the sponsor has invited to the function all the members of either of the following: (1) The general assembly; (2) Either house of the general assembly. However, the amount spent for such function and its date and purpose shall be reported separately on the statement required to be filed under this section and the amount spent for the function shall be added with other expenditures for the purpose of determining the total amount of expenditures reported in the statement under division (B)(1) or (C) of this section. If it is impractical or impossible for a legislative agent or employer to determine exact dollar amounts or values of expenditures, reporting of good faith estimates, based upon reasonable accounting procedures, constitutes compliance with this section. (E) All legislative agents 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. (F)(1) An employer or legislative agent who is required to file an expenditure statement under division (B) or (C) of this section shall deliver a copy of the statement, or of the portion showing the expenditure, to the public officer or employee who is listed in the statement as having received the expenditure or on whose behalf it was made, at least ten days before the date on which the statement is filed. (2) If, during a reporting period covered by an expenditure statement filed under division (B)(2) of this section, an employer or any legislative agent the employer engaged made, either separately or in combination with each other, either directly or indirectly, expenditures for transportation, lodging, or 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 public officers or employees described in division (B)(2) of this section, the employer or legislative agent shall deliver to the public officer or employee a statement that contains all of the nondisputed information prescribed in division (B)(2)(a) through (e) of this section with respect to the expenditures described in division (F)(2) of this section. The statement of expenditures made under division (F)(2) of this section shall be delivered to the public officer 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 public officer or employee under division (F)(1) of this section. An employer is not required to show any expenditure on a statement delivered under division (F)(2) of this section if the expenditure is shown on a statement delivered under division (F)(2) of this section by a legislative agent engaged by the employer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.85 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.85
§ 101.85. Schedule for review of agencies
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 Senate Bill 331 - 133rd General Assembly (A) A sunset review committee, not later than sixty days after its first meeting, shall schedule for review each agency in existence on the first day of January in the first year of the general assembly, and that also is scheduled to expire at the end of the thirty-first day of December in the second year of that general assembly. (B) The chairperson of the committee shall send a copy of the schedule for review of agencies for each regular session of the general assembly to each of the agencies scheduled for review during that session and to the director of the legislative service commission. The director shall publish a copy of the schedule in the register of Ohio. The commission shall provide the committee with a list of agencies described in division (A) of this section, to assist the committee in identifying agencies and in exercising its duties under sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code with respect to those agencies.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.334 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.334
§ 145.334. Election as PERS law enforcement officer or public safety officer
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 520 - 131st General Assembly A member who, on the effective date of this section , meets the definition of bureau of criminal identification and investigation investigator, gaming agent, department of taxation investigator, special police officer for a port authority, or special police officer for a municipal airport in section 145.01 of the Revised Code may make the election to be considered a PERS law enforcement officer or PERS public safety officer by giving notice to the public employees retirement system on a form provided by the public employees retirement board. To be valid, the notice must be received by the retirement system not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section . The election, once made, causes the member to be considered a PERS law enforcement officer or PERS public safety officer and is irrevocable. Service credit earned by a member of the public employees retirement system before the first day of the first month following the retirement system's receipt of the notice of election shall not be considered service credit as a PERS law enforcement officer or PERS public safety officer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 103.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 103 / § 103.03
§ 103.03. Use of books and documents of other state agencies
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 141 - 131st General Assembly The director of the legislative service commission shall arrange with the proper officials of the Ohio state university, the Ohio history connection, the supreme court law library, and the Ohio state library, for the use of general books and references in their custody, and the proper officials of the Ohio state university, the Ohio history connection, and the Ohio state library are hereby directed to lend to the commission for the use of said commission such books and documents as the director may require. The director is also authorized to give or lend to the proper officials of the Ohio state university, the Ohio history connection, and the Ohio state library, any books and documents which are not required by the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 175.052 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 175 / § 175.052
§ 175.052. Preference to grants or loans for activities that provide housing and housing assistance to honorably discharged veterans
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly The Ohio housing finance agency, in providing homeownership program assistance, shall give preference to grants or loans for activities that provide housing and housing assistance to honorably discharged veterans.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.32
§ 117.32. Surety may be sued in same action
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly In addition to the liability of any officer or employee for which he may be sued under this chapter, the surety on any official bond given by an officer or employee is liable on his bond up to the amount named therein. The surety may be sued in the same action in which the principal is sued, and this chapter applies with equal force to the surety as to the principal.
Ohio Rev. Code § 159.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 159 / § 159.11
§ 159.11. Right of entry by U.S. surveyors
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A person employed in the execution of any survey authorized by congress, without doing unnecessary injury thereby, may enter upon lands within this state for the purpose of exploring, triangulating, leveling, surveying, and doing any work necessary to carry out the objects of existing laws, and may establish permanent stations and marks, and erect the necessary signals and temporary observatories.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.49
§ 124.49. Fire department probationary period
Status: in_force

August 9, 1974 House Bill 513 - 110th General Assembly All promotional appointments in a fire department may be for a probationary period to be fixed by the rules of the civil service commission and not to exceed six months. No promotion shall be deemed final until the appointee has satisfactorily served his probationary period. At the end of the probationary period the appointing authority shall transmit to the civil service commission a record of the employee's service, and if such service is satisfactory the appointee shall continue in his promoted rank. If at the end of the probationary period the appointee's service is unsatisfactory, he shall be reduced to the rank held at the time he was appointed to the higher rank. In all cases of unsatisfactory probationary periods in the fire department, the appointing authority shall, at the end of the probationary period, furnish the employee with a written notice of unsatisfactory probation and a detailed statement of the basis for such finding. Within ten days thereafter such employee may appeal from the decision or order of the appointing authority to the municipal or civil service township civil service commission, and the commission shall hear, or appoint a trial board to hear, such employee's appeal within thirty days from its filing with the commission. An appeal to determine the sufficiency of the cause of demotion may be had from the decision of the commission to the court of common pleas of the county in which the municipality or township is situated. The appeal shall be taken within twenty days from the decision of the commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 103.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 103 / § 103.17
§ 103.17. Subpoena power and contempt proceedings
Status: in_force

January 9, 1961 House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly In the discharge of any duties imposed by law, any member of the Ohio legislative service commission shall have the authority throughout the state to administer oaths, issue subpoenas compelling the attendance of witnesses and the production of any papers, books, accounts, and testimony; and to cause the deposition of witnesses either residing in or without the state. In case of disobedience on the part of any person to comply with a subpoena issued on behalf of the commission, or on the refusal of any witness to testify to any matters regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of the county prosecutor in any county, on application of the commission, to bring a proceeding for contempt.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.88 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.88
§ 122.88. Minority business bonding fund - minority business bonding program administrative and loss reserve fund
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the minority business bonding fund, consisting of moneys deposited or credited to it pursuant to section 169.05 of the Revised Code; all grants, gifts, and contributions received pursuant to division (B)(9) of section 122.74 of the Revised Code; all moneys recovered following defaults; and any other moneys obtained by the director of development for the purposes of sections 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code. The fund shall be administered by the director. Moneys in the fund shall be held in trust for the purposes of sections 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code. (B) Any claims against the state arising from defaults shall be payable from the minority business bonding program administrative and loss reserve fund as provided in division (C) of this section or from the minority business bonding fund. Nothing in sections 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code grants or pledges to any obligee or other person any state moneys other than the moneys in the minority business bonding program administrative and loss reserve fund or the minority business bonding fund, or moneys available to the minority business bonding fund upon request of the director in accordance with division (B) of section 169.05 of the Revised Code. (C) There is hereby created in the state treasury the minority business bonding program administrative and loss reserve fund, consisting of all premiums charged and collected in accordance with section 122.89 of the Revised Code and any interest income earned from the moneys in the minority business bonding fund. All expenses of the director and the minority development financing advisory board in carrying out the purposes of sections 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code shall be paid from the minority business bonding program administrative and loss reserve fund. Any moneys to the credit of the minority business bonding program administrative and loss reserve fund in excess of the amount necessary to fund the appropriation authority for the minority business bonding program administrative and loss reserve fund shall be held as a loss reserve to pay claims arising from defaults on surety bonds underwritten in accordance with section 122.89 of the Revised Code or guaranteed in accordance with section 122.90 of the Revised Code. If the balance of funds in the minority business bonding program administrative and loss reserve fund is insufficient to pay a claim against the state arising from default, then such claim shall be payable from the minority business bonding fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.5721 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.5721
§ 109.5721. Retained applicant fingerprint database
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Employment" includes volunteer service. (2) "Independent provider" has the same meaning as in section 5164.341 of the Revised Code. (3) "Licensure" means the authorization, evidenced by a license, certificate, registration, permit, or other authority that is issued or conferred by a public office, to engage in a profession, occupation, or occupational activity, to be a foster caregiver, or to have control of and operate certain specific equipment, machinery, or premises over which a public office has jurisdiction. (4) "Participating public office" means a public office that requires a fingerprint background check as a condition of employment with, licensure by, or approval for adoption by the public office and that elects to receive notice under division (D) of this section in accordance with rules adopted by the attorney general. "Participating public office" also means the department of medicaid if it elects to receive notices under division (D) of this section regarding independent providers. (5) "Public office" has the same meaning as in section 117.01 of the Revised Code. (6) "Participating private party" means any person or private entity that is allowed to request a criminal records check pursuant to division (A)(2) or (3) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code. (B) Within six months after August 15, 2007, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall establish and maintain a database of fingerprints of individuals on whom the bureau has conducted criminal records checks for either of the following purposes: (1) To determine the individual's eligibility for employment with, licensure by, or approval for adoption by a public office or participating private party; (2) To determine whether an applicant for a medicaid provider agreement as an independent provider is ineligible for the medicaid provider agreement because of section 5164.341 of the Revised Code. (C) The superintendent shall maintain the database separate and apart from other records maintained by the bureau. The database shall be known as the retained applicant fingerprint database. (D) When the superintendent receives information that an individual whose name is in the retained applicant fingerprint database has been arrested for, convicted of, or pleaded guilty to any offense, the superintendent shall promptly notify the following of the individual's arrest, conviction, or guilty plea: (1) Any participating public office or participating private party that employs, licensed, or approved the individual; (2) The department of medicaid if the individual is an independent provider. (E)(1) A participating public office or participating private party that receives a notification under division (D) of this section, and its employees and officers, shall use the information contained in the notification solely to determine the individual's continued eligibility for the following: (a) Employment with the participating public office or participating private party; (b) Licensure by the participating public office; (c) Approval for adoption by the participating public office; (d) A medicaid provider agreement as an independent provider. (2) Except as provided in division (E) of section 5164.341 of the Revised Code, information contained in the notification is confidential and not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code and a participating public office or participating private party, and its employees and officers, shall not disclose that information to any person for any purpose not specified in division (E)(1) of this section. (F) If an individual has submitted fingerprint impressions for employment with, licensure by, or approval for adoption by a participating public office or participating private party and seeks employment with, licensure by, or approval for adoption by another participating public office or participating private party, the other participating public office or participating private party shall reprint the individual. If an individual has been reprinted, the superintendent shall update that individual's information accordingly. (G) The bureau of criminal identification and investigation and the participating public office or participating private party shall use information contained in the retained applicant fingerprint database and in the notice described in division (D) of this section only for the purpose of this section. This information is otherwise confidential and not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (H) The attorney general shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the operation and maintenance of the database. The rules shall provide for, but not be limited to, both of the following: (1) The expungement or sealing of records of the following: (a) Individuals who are deceased; (b) Individuals who are no longer employed, granted licensure, or approved for adoption by the participating public office or participating private party that required submission of the individual's fingerprints; (c) Individuals who are no longer independent providers. (2) The terms under which a public office or participating private party may elect to receive notification under division (D) of this section, including payment of any reasonable fee that may be charged for the purpose. (I) No public office or employee of a public office shall be considered negligent in a civil action solely because the public office did not elect to be a participating public office. (J)(1) No person shall knowingly use information contained in or received from the retained applicant fingerprint database for purposes not authorized by this section. (2) No person shall knowingly use information contained in or received from the retained applicant fingerprint database with the intent to harass or intimidate another person. (3) Whoever violates division (J)(1) or (2) of this section is guilty of unlawful use of retained applicant fingerprint database records. A violation of division (J)(1) of this section is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. A violation of division (J)(2) of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
Ohio Rev. Code § 166.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 166 / § 166.14
§ 166.14. Determining eligible innovation projects - confidential information
Status: in_force

September 28, 2012 Senate Bill 314 - 129th General Assembly (A) In determining the eligible innovation projects to be assisted and the nature, amount, and terms of innovation financial assistance to be provided for an eligible innovation project under sections 166.12 to 166.16 of the Revised Code: (1) The director of development services shall take into consideration all of the following: (a) The number of jobs to be created or preserved by the eligible innovation project, directly or indirectly; (b) Payrolls, and the taxes generated, at both state and local levels, by or in connection with the eligible innovation project and by the employment created or preserved by or in connection with the eligible innovation project; (c) The size, nature, and cost of the eligible innovation project, including the prospect of the eligible innovation project for providing long-term jobs in enterprises consistent with the changing economics of the state and the nation; (d) The needs of any private sector enterprise to be assisted; (e) The amount and kind of assistance, if any, to be provided to the private sector enterprise by other governmental agencies through tax exemption or abatement, financing assistance with industrial development bonds, and otherwise, with respect to the eligible innovation project or with respect to any providers of innovation property to be included as part of the eligible innovation project; (f) The likelihood of the successful implementation of the proposed eligible innovation project; (g) Whether the eligible innovation project involves the use of technology in a targeted innovation industry sector. (2) The benefits to the local area, including taxes, jobs, and reduced unemployment and reduced welfare costs, among others, may be accorded value in the leasing or sales of innovation project facilities and in loan and guarantee arrangements. (3) In making determinations under division (A)(1) of this section, the director may consider the effect of an eligible innovation project upon any entity engaged to provide innovation property to be acquired, leased, or licensed in connection with such assistance. (B) Financial statements and other data submitted to the director of development services or the controlling board by any private sector person in connection with innovation financial assistance under sections 166.12 , 166.15 , and 166.16 of the Revised Code, or any information taken from such statements or data for any purpose, shall not be open to public inspection. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.05
§ 128.05. County 9-1-1 coordinator
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Each county shall appoint a county 9-1-1 coordinator to serve as the administrative coordinator for all public safety answering points participating in the countywide 9-1-1 final plan described in section 128.03 of the Revised Code and shall also serve as a liaison with other county coordinators and the 9-1-1 program office. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 4:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.05
§ 107.05. Certain officers ineligible to perform duties until commissioned by governor
Status: in_force

January 1, 1958 House Bill 937 - 102nd General Assembly A judge of a court of record, state officer, county officer, militia officer, or judge of a county court, shall be ineligible to perform any duty pertaining to his office until he presents to the proper officer a legal certificate of his election or appointment, and receives from the governor a commission to fill such office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.11
§ 109.11. Attorney general reimbursement fund
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the attorney general reimbursement fund that shall be used for the expenses of the office of the attorney general in providing legal services and other services on behalf of the state or any agency or officer thereof. (B)(1) All amounts received as reimbursement for legal services and other services that have been rendered by the office of the attorney general to the state or any agency or officer thereof shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the attorney general reimbursement fund. (2) All amounts awarded to the office of the attorney general by order or judgment of a court or as part of a settlement or other compromise of claims for attorney's fees, investigation costs, document management costs, expert witness fees, fines, and all other costs and fees associated with representation provided by the office shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the attorney general reimbursement fund. (3) All amounts paid into the state treasury under division (D)(3) of section 2953.32 or division (B)(3) of section 2953.39 of the Revised Code and that are required under that division to be credited to the attorney general reimbursement fund shall be credited to the fund, and the amounts so credited shall be used by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation for expenses related to the sealing or expungement of records. (C) When seeking an order or judgment of a court or entering a settlement agreement or other compromise of claims on behalf of the state or any agency or officer thereof, the office of the attorney general shall seek to secure payment of all costs, expenses, and contractual obligations related to the legal services and other services provided, including attorney fees owed to special counsel; costs associated with an investigation, preparation, and presentation of claims asserted, document management, and depositions; and any fees or expenses owed to any expert or consulting expert witness. This division does not apply to matters in which the costs, expenses, and obligations are to be paid from funds within an available appropriation of the office or of the agency or officer. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.693 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.693
§ 153.693. Evaluation of design-build firms
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) For every design-build contract, the public authority planning to contract for design-build services, in consultation with the criteria architect or engineer, shall evaluate the statements of qualifications submitted by design-build firms specifically regarding the project, including the design-build firm's proposed architect or engineer of record. (2) For projects valued at less than four million dollars, the public authority may require the design-build firm to submit a statement along with a pricing proposal described in division (B)(2)(h) of this section. The public authority shall provide each design-build firm who desires to submit both a statement and a proposal a pre-proposal meeting to explore the proposals further, in which the public authority shall provide the design-build firm with a description of the project, including the scope and nature of the proposed services and potential technical approaches. After and only after the public authority ranks and selects firms under division (B)(1) of this section, the public authority shall review the pricing proposals submitted by selected firms under this division, and proceed under division (B)(3) of this section, continuing the selection process from there. (B) Following this evaluation, the public authority shall: (1) Select and rank not fewer than three firms which it considers to be the most qualified to provide the required design-build services, except that the public authority shall select and rank fewer than three firms when the public authority determines in writing that fewer than three qualified firms are available; (2) Provide each selected design-build firm with all of the following: (a) A description of the project and project delivery; (b) The design criteria produced by the criteria architect or engineer under section 153.692 of the Revised Code; (c) A preliminary project schedule; (d) A description of any preconstruction services; (e) A description of the proposed design services; (f) A description of a guaranteed maximum price, including the estimated level of design on which such guaranteed maximum price is based; (g) The form of the design-build services contract; (h) Except for projects under division (A)(2) of this section, a request for a pricing proposal that shall be divided into a design services fee and a preconstruction and design-build services fee. The pricing proposal of each design-build firm shall include at least all of the following: (i) A list of key personnel and consultants for the project; (ii) Design concepts adhering to the design criteria produced by the criteria architect or engineer under section 153.692 of the Revised Code; (iii) The design-build firm's statement of general conditions and estimated contingency requirements; (iv) A preliminary project schedule. (3) Evaluate the pricing proposal submitted by each selected firm and, at its discretion, hold discussions with each firm to further investigate its pricing proposal, including the scope and nature of the firm's proposed services and potential technical approaches; (4) Rank the selected firms based on the public authority's evaluation of the value of each firm's pricing proposal, with such evaluation considering each firm's proposed costs and qualifications; (5) Enter into contract negotiations for design-build services with the design-build firm whose pricing proposal the public authority determines to be the best value under this section. (C) In complying with division (B)(5) of this section, contract negotiations shall be directed toward: (1) Ensuring that the design-build firm and the public authority mutually understand the essential requirements involved in providing the required design-build services, the provisions for the use of contingency funds, and the terms of the contract, including terms related to the possible distribution of savings in the final costs of the project; (2) Ensuring that the design-build firm shall be able to provide the necessary personnel, equipment, and facilities to perform the design-build services within the time required by the design-build construction contract; (3) Agreeing upon a procedure and schedule for determining a guaranteed maximum price using an open book pricing method that shall represent the total maximum amount to be paid by the public authority to the design-build firm for the project and that shall include the costs of all work, the cost of its general conditions, the contingency, and the fee payable to the design-build firm. (D) If the public authority fails to negotiate a contract with the design-build firm whose pricing proposal the public authority determines to be the best value as determined under this section, the public authority shall inform the design-build firm in writing of the termination of negotiations. The public authority may then do the following: (1) Negotiate a contract with a design-build firm ranked next highest under this section following the negotiation procedure described in this section; (2) If negotiations fail with the design-build firm under division (D)(1) of this section, negotiate a contract with the design-build firm ranked next highest under this section following the negotiation procedure described in this section and continue negotiating with the design-build firms selected under this section in the order of their ranking until a contract is negotiated. (E) If the public authority fails to negotiate a contract with a design-build firm whose pricing proposal the public authority determines to be the best value as determined under this section, it may select additional design-build firms to provide pricing proposals to the public authority pursuant to this section or may select an alternative delivery method for the project. (F) The public authority may provide a stipend for pricing proposals received from design-build firms. (G) Nothing in this section affects a public authority's right to accept or reject any or all proposals in whole or in part. Last updated July 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.212 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.212
§ 128.212. Letter of coordination for state or federal 9-1-1 grant
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Any entity in this state that operates a 9-1-1 system, emergency services internet-protocol network, or public safety answering point and that pursues a 9-1-1 grant from the state or federal government shall present a letter of coordination from the 9-1-1 program office. (B) The letter of coordination shall state all of the following: (1) The entity described in division (A) of this section; (2) The specific grantor identification; (3) The dollar amount of the grant; (4) The intended use of the grant; (5) The system, equipment, software, or any component to be procured with the grant and the purpose of the grant do not inhibit, conflict, or reduce interoperability with the statewide next generation 9-1-1 core services system and emergency services internet-protocol network and is consistent with the state of Ohio 9-1-1 plan. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 5:02 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.10
§ 111.10. Publication of court terms
Status: in_force

August 6, 1976 House Bill 390 - 111th General Assembly Each year the secretary of state shall prepare, print, and distribute a table showing the time for holding the terms of the courts of appeals, which table, corrected to show any changes made by the judges or the general assembly, shall be published in his annual report and in the volume of the statutes printed at the close of each second regular session of the general assembly.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.20
§ 122.20. Urban and rural initiative grant program
Status: in_force

September 29, 1999 House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly (A) The urban and rural initiative grant program is hereby created to promote economic development and improve the economic welfare of the people of the state, which shall be accomplished by the department of development awarding grants to eligible applicants for use in an eligible area for any of the following purposes: (1) Land acquisition; (2) Infrastructure improvements; (3) Voluntary actions undertaken on property eligible for the voluntary action program created under Chapter 3746. of the Revised Code; (4) Renovation of existing structures. (B) The total amount of grants awarded under the program shall not exceed two million dollars. No grant shall be awarded without the prior approval of the controlling board. (C) As a condition of receiving a grant under this section, and except as provided in division (D) of this section, an applicant shall agree not to permit the use of a site that is developed or improved with such grant moneys to cause the relocation of jobs to that site from elsewhere in this state. (D) A site developed or improved with grant moneys awarded under this section may be the site of jobs relocated from elsewhere in this state if the director of development does all of the following: (1) Makes a written determination that the site from which the jobs would be relocated is inadequate to meet market or industry conditions, expansion plans, consolidation plans, or other business considerations affecting the relocating employer; (2) Provides a copy of the determination required by division (D)(1) of this section to the members of the general assembly whose legislative districts include the site from which the jobs would be relocated, and to the joint legislative committee on tax incentives; (3) Determines that the governing body of the area from which the jobs would be relocated has been notified in writing by the relocating company of the possible relocation. (E) No eligible applicant that receives from the program any grant of money for land acquisition, infrastructure improvements, or renovation of existing structures in order to develop an industrial park site for a distressed area, labor surplus area, or situational distress area as defined in section 122.19 of the Revised Code that also is a distressed area, labor surplus area, or situational distress area as defined in section 122.23 of the Revised Code shall use the money to compete against any existing Ohio industrial parks. (F) An eligible applicant that receives a grant from the program shall not be precluded from being considered for or participating in other financial assistance programs offered by the department of development, the Ohio environmental protection agency, or the Ohio water development authority.
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.32
§ 133.32. Depositing proceeds from sale
Status: in_force

October 30, 1989 House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly Unless otherwise provided by law or in proceedings authorized by law, proceeds from the sale of Chapter 133. securities shall be deposited and credited as follows: (A) An amount equal to the principal amount of or the discount purchase price of the securities, and if determined by the taxing authority or the fiscal officer any amount for capitalized interest, shall be credited to the fund or funds for the purposes of which the securities are issued and shall be deemed appropriated for and used for the purpose set forth in the legislation. (B) Any amount received as payment of premium and accrued interest, and if determined by the taxing authority or the fiscal officer any amount for capitalized interest, and in the case of securities maturing over five or more years any amount provided for in the proceedings as a reserve for debt charges, not exceeding the highest debt charges on the securities in any fiscal year, shall be paid into the bond retirement fund and credited to accounts as provided in the legislation. (C) If anticipatory securities have been issued, the moneys remaining from the proceeds of sale of the anticipatory securities, unless and to the extent those moneys remain to be applied pursuant to division (A) of this section, and the moneys received from the sale of the securities anticipated, shall to the extent needed to pay debt charges on the anticipatory securities be deposited in the bond retirement fund and used for that purpose.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.862 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.862
§ 122.862. SellOhio global initiative fund
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly There is hereby established in the state treasury the SellOhio global initiative fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.746 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.746
§ 109.746. Public awareness programs regarding trafficking in persons
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The attorney general may prepare public awareness programs that are designed to educate potential victims of violations of section 2905.32 of the Revised Code and their families of the risks of becoming a victim of a violation of that section. The attorney general may prepare these programs with assistance from the department of health, the department of mental health and addiction services, the department of job and family services, the department of children and youth, and the department of education and workforce. (B) Any organization, person, or other governmental agency with an interest and expertise in trafficking in persons may submit information or materials to the attorney general regarding the preparation of the programs and materials permitted under this section. The attorney general, in developing the programs and materials permitted by this section, shall consider any information submitted pursuant to this division. Last updated October 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.35
§ 135.35. County inactive moneys
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The investing authority shall deposit or invest any part or all of the county's inactive moneys and shall invest all of the money in the county public library fund when required by section 135.352 of the Revised Code. The following classifications of securities and obligations are eligible for such deposit or investment: (1) United States treasury bills, notes, bonds, or any other obligation or security issued by the United States treasury, any other obligation guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States, or any book entry, zero-coupon United States treasury security that is a direct obligation of the United States. Nothing in the classification of eligible securities and obligations set forth in divisions (A)(2) to (10) of this section shall be construed to authorize any investment in stripped principal or interest obligations of such eligible securities and obligations. (2) Bonds, notes, debentures, or any other obligations or securities issued by any federal government agency or instrumentality, including, but not limited to, the federal national mortgage association, federal home loan bank, federal farm credit bank, federal home loan mortgage corporation, and government national mortgage association. All federal agency securities shall be direct issuances of federal government agencies or instrumentalities. (3) Time certificates of deposit or savings or deposit accounts, including, but not limited to, passbook accounts, in any eligible institution mentioned in section 135.32 of the Revised Code; (4) Bonds and other obligations of this state or the political subdivisions of this state, provided the bonds or other obligations of political subdivisions mature within ten years from the date of settlement; (5) No-load money market mutual funds rated in the highest category at the time of purchase by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization or consisting exclusively of obligations described in division (A)(1), (2), or (6) of section 135.143 of the Revised Code and repurchase agreements secured by such obligations, provided that investments in securities described in this division are made only through eligible institutions mentioned in section 135.32 of the Revised Code; (6) The Ohio subdivision's fund as provided in section 135.45 of the Revised Code; (7) Securities lending agreements with any eligible institution mentioned in section 135.32 of the Revised Code that is a member of the federal reserve system or federal home loan bank or with any recognized United States government securities dealer meeting the description in division (J)(1) of this section, under the terms of which agreements the investing authority lends securities and the eligible institution or dealer agrees to simultaneously exchange similar securities or cash, equal value for equal value. Securities and cash received as collateral for a securities lending agreement are not inactive moneys of the county or moneys of a county public library fund. The investment of cash collateral received pursuant to a securities lending agreement may be invested only in instruments specified by the investing authority in the written investment policy described in division (K) of this section. (8) Up to forty per cent of the county's total average portfolio in either of the following investments: (a) Commercial paper notes issued by an entity that is defined in division (K) of section 1706.01 of the Revised Code and that has assets exceeding five hundred million dollars, to which notes all of the following apply: (i) The notes are rated at the time of purchase in the highest classification established by at least two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations. (ii) The aggregate value of the notes does not exceed ten per cent of the aggregate value of the outstanding commercial paper of the issuing corporation. (iii) The notes mature not later than two hundred seventy days after purchase. (iv) The investment in commercial paper notes of a single issuer shall not exceed in the aggregate five per cent of interim moneys available for investment at the time of purchase. (b) Bankers acceptances of banks that are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation and that mature not later than one hundred eighty days after purchase. No investment shall be made pursuant to division (A)(8) of this section unless the investing authority has completed additional training for making the investments authorized by division (A)(8) of this section. The type and amount of additional training shall be approved by the treasurer of state and may be conducted by or provided under the supervision of the treasurer of state. (9) Up to fifteen per cent of the county's total average portfolio in notes issued by corporations that are incorporated under the laws of the United States and that are operating within the United States, or by depository institutions that are doing business under authority granted by the United States or any state and that are operating within the United States, provided both of the following apply: (a) The notes are rated in the three highest categories by at least two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations at the time of purchase. (b) The notes mature not later than three years after purchase. (10) Debt interests rated at the time of purchase in the three highest categories by two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and issued by foreign nations diplomatically recognized by the United States government. All interest and principal shall be denominated and payable in United States funds. The investments made under division (A)(10) of this section shall not exceed in the aggregate two per cent of a county's total average portfolio. The investing authority shall invest under division (A)(10) of this section in a debt interest issued by a foreign nation only if the debt interest is backed by the full faith and credit of that foreign nation, there is no prior history of default, and the debt interest matures not later than five years after purchase. For purposes of division (A)(10) of this section, a debt interest is rated in the three highest categories by two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations if either the debt interest itself or the issuer of the debt interest is rated, or is implicitly rated, at the time of purchase in the three highest categories by two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations. (11) A current unpaid or delinquent tax line of credit authorized under division (G) of section 135.341 of the Revised Code, provided that all of the conditions for entering into such a line of credit under that division are satisfied, or bonds and other obligations of a county land reutilization corporation organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code, if the county land reutilization corporation is located wholly or partly within the same county as the investing authority. (B) Nothing in the classifications of eligible obligations and securities set forth in divisions (A)(1) to (10) of this section shall be construed to authorize investment in a derivative, and no investing authority shall invest any county inactive moneys or any moneys in a county public library fund in a derivative. For purposes of this division, "derivative" means a financial instrument or contract or obligation whose value or return is based upon or linked to another asset or index, or both, separate from the financial instrument, contract, or obligation itself. Any security, obligation, trust account, or other instrument that is created from an issue of the United States treasury or is created from an obligation of a federal agency or instrumentality or is created from both is considered a derivative instrument. An eligible investment described in this section with a variable interest rate payment, based upon a single interest payment or single index comprised of other eligible investments provided for in division (A)(1) or (2) of this section, is not a derivative, provided that such variable rate investment has a maximum maturity of two years. A treasury inflation-protected security shall not be considered a derivative, provided the security matures not later than five years after purchase. (C) Except as provided in division (A)(4) or (D) of this section, any investment made pursuant to this section must mature within five years from the date of settlement, unless the investment is matched to a specific obligation or debt of the county or to a specific obligation or debt of a political subdivision of this state, and the investment is specifically approved by the investment advisory committee. (D) The investing authority may also enter into a written repurchase agreement with any eligible institution mentioned in section 135.32 of the Revised Code or any eligible securities dealer pursuant to division (J) of this section, under the terms of which agreement the investing authority purchases and the eligible institution or dealer agrees unconditionally to repurchase any of the securities listed in divisions (D)(1) to (5), except letters of credit described in division (D)(2), of section 135.18 of the Revised Code. The market value of securities subject to an overnight written repurchase agreement must exceed the principal value of the overnight written repurchase agreement by at least two per cent. A written repurchase agreement must exceed the principal value of the overnight written repurchase agreement, by at least two per cent. A written repurchase agreement shall not exceed thirty days, and the market value of securities subject to a written repurchase agreement must exceed the principal value of the written repurchase agreement by at least two per cent and be marked to market daily. All securities purchased pursuant to this division shall be delivered into the custody of the investing authority or the qualified custodian of the investing authority or an agent designated by the investing authority. A written repurchase agreement with an eligible securities dealer shall be transacted on a delivery versus payment basis. The agreement shall contain the requirement that for each transaction pursuant to the agreement the participating institution shall provide all of the following information: (1) The par value of the securities; (2) The type, rate, and maturity date of the securities; (3) A numerical identifier generally accepted in the securities industry that designates the securities. No investing authority shall enter into a written repurchase agreement under the terms of which the investing authority agrees to sell securities owned by the county to a purchaser and agrees with that purchaser to unconditionally repurchase those securities. (E) No investing authority shall make an investment under this section, unless the investing authority, at the time of making the investment, reasonably expects that the investment can be held until its maturity. The investing authority's written investment policy shall specify the conditions under which an investment may be redeemed or sold prior to maturity. (F) No investing authority shall pay a county's inactive moneys or moneys of a county public library fund into a fund established by another subdivision, treasurer, governing board, or investing authority, if that fund was established by the subdivision, treasurer, governing board, or investing authority for the purpose of investing or depositing the public moneys of other subdivisions. This division does not apply to the payment of public moneys into either of the following: (1) The Ohio subdivision's fund pursuant to division (A)(6) of this section; (2) A fund created solely for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, owning, leasing, or operating municipal utilities pursuant to the authority provided under section 715.02 of the Revised Code or Section 4 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution. For purposes of division (F) of this section, "subdivision" includes a county. (G) The use of leverage, in which the county uses its current investment assets as collateral for the purpose of purchasing other assets, is prohibited. The issuance of taxable notes for the purpose of arbitrage is prohibited. Contracting to sell securities not owned by the county, for the purpose of purchasing such securities on the speculation that bond prices will decline, is prohibited. (H) Any securities, certificates of deposit, deposit accounts, or any other documents evidencing deposits or investments made under authority of this section shall be issued in the name of the county with the county treasurer or investing authority as the designated payee. If any such deposits or investments are registrable either as to principal or interest, or both, they shall be registered in the name of the treasurer. (I) The investing authority shall be responsible for the safekeeping of all documents evidencing a deposit or investment acquired under this section, including, but not limited to, safekeeping receipts evidencing securities deposited with a qualified trustee, as provided in section 135.37 of the Revised Code, and documents confirming the purchase of securities under any repurchase agreement under this section shall be deposited with a qualified trustee, provided, however, that the qualified trustee shall be required to report to the investing authority, auditor of state, or an authorized outside auditor at any time upon request as to the identity, market value, and location of the document evidencing each security, and that if the participating institution is a designated depository of the county for the current period of designation, the securities that are the subject of the repurchase agreement may be delivered to the treasurer or held in trust by the participating institution on behalf of the investing authority. Upon the expiration of the term of office of an investing authority or in the event of a vacancy in the office for any reason, the officer or the officer's legal representative shall transfer and deliver to the officer's successor all documents mentioned in this division for which the officer has been responsible for safekeeping. For all such documents transferred and delivered, the officer shall be credited with, and the officer's successor shall be charged with, the amount of moneys evidenced by such documents. (J)(1) All investments, except for investments in securities described in divisions (A)(5), (6), and (11) of this section, shall be made only through a member of the financial industry regulatory authority (FINRA), through a bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association regulated by the superintendent of financial institutions, or through an institution regulated by the comptroller of the currency, federal deposit insurance corporation, or board of governors of the federal reserve system. (2) Payment for investments shall be made only upon the delivery of securities representing such investments to the treasurer, investing authority, or qualified trustee. If the securities transferred are not represented by a certificate, payment shall be made only upon receipt of confirmation of transfer from the custodian by the treasurer, governing board, or qualified trustee. (K)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (K)(2) of this section, no investing authority shall make an investment or deposit under this section, unless there is on file with the auditor of state a written investment policy approved by the investing authority. The policy shall require that all entities conducting investment business with the investing authority shall sign the investment policy of that investing authority. All brokers, dealers, and financial institutions, described in division (J)(1) of this section, initiating transactions with the investing authority by giving advice or making investment recommendations shall sign the investing authority's investment policy thereby acknowledging their agreement to abide by the policy's contents. All brokers, dealers, and financial institutions, described in division (J)(1) of this section, executing transactions initiated by the investing authority, having read the policy's contents, shall sign the investment policy thereby acknowledging their comprehension and receipt. (2) If a written investment policy described in division (K)(1) of this section is not filed on behalf of the county with the auditor of state, the investing authority of that county shall invest the county's inactive moneys and moneys of the county public library fund only in time certificates of deposits or savings or deposit accounts pursuant to division (A)(3) of this section, no-load money market mutual funds pursuant to division (A)(5) of this section, or the Ohio subdivision's fund pursuant to division (A)(6) of this section. (L)(1) The investing authority shall establish and maintain an inventory of all obligations and securities acquired by the investing authority pursuant to this section. The inventory shall include a description of each obligation or security, including type, cost, par value, maturity date, settlement date, and any coupon rate. (2) The investing authority shall also keep a complete record of all purchases and sales of the obligations and securities made pursuant to this section. (3) The investing authority shall maintain a monthly portfolio report and issue a copy of the monthly portfolio report describing such investments to the county investment advisory committee, detailing the current inventory of all obligations and securities, all transactions during the month that affected the inventory, any income received from the obligations and securities, and any investment expenses paid, and stating the names of any persons effecting transactions on behalf of the investing authority. (4) The monthly portfolio report shall be a public record and available for inspection under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (5) The inventory and the monthly portfolio report shall be filed with the board of county commissioners. The monthly portfolio report also shall be filed with the treasurer of state. (M) An investing authority may enter into a written investment or deposit agreement that includes a provision under which the parties agree to submit to nonbinding arbitration to settle any controversy that may arise out of the agreement, including any controversy pertaining to losses of public moneys resulting from investment or deposit. The arbitration provision shall be set forth entirely in the agreement, and the agreement shall include a conspicuous notice to the parties that any party to the arbitration may apply to the court of common pleas of the county in which the arbitration was held for an order to vacate, modify, or correct the award. Any such party may also apply to the court for an order to change venue to a court of common pleas located more than one hundred miles from the county in which the investing authority is located. For purposes of this division, "investment or deposit agreement" means any agreement between an investing authority and a person, under which agreement the person agrees to invest, deposit, or otherwise manage, on behalf of the investing authority, a county's inactive moneys or moneys in a county public library fund, or agrees to provide investment advice to the investing authority. (N)(1) An investment held in the county portfolio on September 27, 1996, that was a legal investment under the law as it existed before September 27, 1996, may be held until maturity. (2) An investment held in the county portfolio on September 10, 2012, that was a legal investment under the law as it existed before September 10, 2012, may be held until maturity. (O) Unless expressly authorized by the laws of this state, an investing authority shall not do either of the following: (1) Make an investment decision with the primary purpose of influencing any environmental, social, personal, or ideological policy; (2) Permit any person or entity to which the investing authority delegates the management of the investment of public money to make investment decisions with public money with the primary purpose of influencing any environmental, social, personal, or ideological policy. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 105.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 105 / § 105.42
§ 105.42. Placement of commemorative work in house or senate
Status: in_force

May 6, 2005 House Bill 16 - 126th General Assembly Notwithstanding division (E) of section 105.41 of the Revised Code, the capitol square review and advisory board shall not place or cause to be placed any artwork, artifact, bust, memorial, monument, or other commemorative work in the hall or gallery of the house of representatives or the senate, or in the committee or other meeting rooms of the house of representatives or the senate, without first obtaining the approval of the speaker of the house of representatives or the speaker's designee, or of the president of the senate or the president's designee, as applicable. If so approved, the placement shall be made in accordance with any conditions accompanying the approval.
Ohio Rev. Code § 166.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 166 / § 166.15
§ 166.15. Contracts to guarantee repayment or payment of unpaid principal amount of loans
Status: in_force

March 14, 2003 House Bill 675 - 124th General Assembly (A) Subject to any limitations as to aggregate amounts thereof that may from time to time be prescribed by the general assembly and to other applicable provisions of this chapter, the director of development may, on behalf of the state, enter into contracts to guarantee the repayment or payment of the unpaid principal amount of loans made, including bonds, notes, or other certificates issued or given to provide funds, to pay allowable innovation costs of eligible innovation projects. The guarantees shall be secured solely by and payable solely from the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund and unencumbered and available moneys in the innovation Ohio loan fund, in the manner and to the extent provided in guarantee contracts consistent with this section. The guarantees shall not constitute general obligations of the state or of any political subdivision, and moneys raised by taxation shall not be obligated or pledged for the payment of the guarantees. (B) Before guaranteeing any such repayments or payments, the director shall determine that: (1) The project is an eligible innovation project and is economically sound. (2) The principal amount to be guaranteed does not exceed ninety per cent of the allowable innovation costs of the eligible innovation project as determined by the director. In making this determination, the director may, in the director's discretion, engage an independent engineer, architect, appraiser, or other professional to make it, pursuant to a contract to be paid solely from the innovation Ohio loan fund, subject to approval of the controlling board. (3) The principal amount to be guaranteed has a satisfactory maturity date or dates, which in no case shall be later than twenty years from the effective date of the guarantee. (4) The principal obligor, or primary guarantor, is responsible and is reasonably expected to be able to meet the payments under the loan, bonds, notes, or other certificates. (5) The loan or documents pertaining to the bonds, notes, or other certificates to be guaranteed contains provisions for payment by the principal obligor satisfactory to the director and is in such form and contains such terms and provisions for the protection of the lenders as are generally consistent with commercial practice for the type of eligible innovation project that is the subject of the assistance, including, where applicable, provisions with respect to property insurance, repairs, alterations, payment of taxes and assessments, delinquency charges, default remedies, acceleration of maturity, prior, additional, and secondary liens, and other matters as the director may approve. (C) The contract of guarantee may make provision for the conditions of, time for, and manner of fulfillment of the guarantee commitment, subrogation of this state to the rights of the parties guaranteed and exercise of such parties' rights by this state, giving this state the options of making payment of the principal amount guaranteed in one or more installments and, if deferred, to pay interest thereon from the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund, and any other terms or conditions customary to such guarantees and as the director may approve, and may contain provisions for securing the guarantee in the manner consistent with this section, covenants on behalf of this state for the maintenance of the loan guarantee fund created by this section and of receipts to it permitted by this chapter, including covenants on behalf of this state to issue obligations under section 166.08 of the Revised Code to provide moneys to the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund to fulfill such guarantees, and covenants restricting the aggregate amount of guarantees that may be contracted under this section and obligations that may be issued under section 166.08 of the Revised Code, and terms pertinent to either, to better secure the parties guaranteed. (D) The innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund is hereby created as a special revenue fund and a trust fund which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state but shall be separate and apart from and not a part of the state treasury and shall consist of all grants, gifts, and contributions of moneys or rights to moneys lawfully designated for or deposited in such fund, all moneys and rights to moneys lawfully appropriated and transferred to such fund, including moneys received from the issuance of obligations under section 166.08 of the Revised Code, and moneys deposited to such fund pursuant to division (F) of this section. The innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund shall not be comprised, in any part, of moneys raised by taxation. (E) The director may fix service charges for making a guarantee. The charges shall be payable at such times and place and in such amounts and manner as may be prescribed by the director. (F) The treasurer of state shall serve as agent for the director in the making of deposits and withdrawals and maintenance of records pertaining to the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund. Prior to the director's entry into a contract providing for the making of a guarantee payable from the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund, the treasurer of state shall cause to be transferred from the innovation Ohio loan fund to the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund an amount sufficient to make the aggregate balance therein, taking into account the proposed loan guarantee equal to the innovation Ohio loan guarantee reserve requirement. Thereafter, the treasurer of state shall cause the balance in the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund to be at least equal to the innovation Ohio loan guarantee reserve requirement. Funds from the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund shall be disbursed under a guarantee made pursuant to this section to satisfy a guaranteed repayment or payment which is in default. After withdrawing moneys from the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund, the treasurer of state shall transfer moneys in the innovation Ohio loan fund to the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund to satisfy any repayment obligations. Whenever these moneys are inadequate to meet the requirements of a guarantee, the treasurer of state shall, without need of appropriation or further action by the director, provide for a withdrawal and transfer to the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund and then to the guaranteed party of moneys in such amount as is necessary to meet the guarantee, from unencumbered and available moneys in the innovation Ohio loan fund. The disbursements shall be made in the manner and at the times provided in the guarantees. Within ninety days following a disbursement of money from the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund, the treasurer of state, without need of appropriation or further action by the director, shall provide for a withdrawal and transfer to the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund from unencumbered and available moneys in the innovation Ohio loan fund, including moneys from the repayment of loans made from that fund, of an amount sufficient to cause the balance in the innovation Ohio loan guarantee fund to be at least equal to the innovation Ohio loan guarantee reserve requirement. (G) Any guaranteed parties under this section, except to the extent that their rights are restricted by the guarantee documents, may by any suitable form of legal proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of this state or granted by such guarantee or guarantee documents. Such rights include the right to compel the performance of all duties of the director and the treasurer of state required by this section or the guarantee or guarantee documents; and in the event of default with respect to the payment of any guarantees, to apply to a court having jurisdiction of the cause to appoint a receiver to receive and administer the moneys pledged to such guarantee with full power to pay, and to provide for payment of, such guarantee, and with such powers, subject to the direction of the court, as are accorded receivers in general equity cases, excluding any power to pledge or apply additional revenues or receipts or other income or moneys of this state or governmental agencies of the state to the payment of such guarantee. Each duty of the director and the treasurer of state and their officers and employees, and of each governmental agency and its officers, members, or employees, required or undertaken pursuant to this section or a guarantee made under authority of this section, is hereby established as a duty of the director and the treasurer of state, and of each such officer, member, or employee having authority to perform such duty, specifically enjoined by the law resulting from an office, trust, or station within the meaning of section 2731.01 of the Revised Code. The persons who are at the time the director and treasurer of state, or their officers or employees, are not liable in their personal capacities on any guarantees or contracts to make guarantees by the director. (H) The determinations of the director under divisions (B) and (C) of this section shall be conclusive for purposes of the validity of a guarantee evidenced by a contract signed by the director, and such guarantee shall be incontestable as to money advanced under loans to which such guarantees are by their terms applicable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.52
§ 107.52. Draft rules with adverse impact on businesses
Status: in_force

August 18, 2019 Senate Bill 221 - 132nd General Assembly A draft or existing rule that affects businesses has an adverse impact on businesses if a provision of the draft or existing rule that applies to businesses has any of the following effects: (A) It requires a license, permit, or any other prior authorization to engage in or operate a line of business; (B) It imposes a criminal penalty, a civil penalty, or another sanction, or creates a cause of action, for failure to comply with its terms; (C) It requires specific expenditures or the report of information as a condition of compliance ; or (D) It would be likely to directly reduce the revenue or increase the expenses of the lines of business to which it will apply or applies.
Ohio Rev. Code § 147.551 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 147 / § 147.551
§ 147.551. Jurat form
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 567 - 134th General Assembly A jurat may take the following form: "State of Ohio County of _________________ Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed before me by (name of signer) this date of (date). (Signature of notary public administering jurat) (Affix seal here) (Title of rank) (Commission expiration date)" Last updated January 23, 2023 at 10:03 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.60
§ 121.60. Executive agency lobbying definitions
Status: in_force

February 18, 2011 House Bill 1 - 129th General Assembly As used in sections 121.60 to 121.69 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" and "compensation" have the same meanings as in section 101.70 of the Revised Code. (B) "Expenditure" means any of the following that is made to, at the request of, for the benefit of, or on behalf of an elected executive official, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, an executive agency official, or a member of the staff of any public officer or employee listed in this division: (1) A payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, reimbursement, or gift of money, real estate, or anything of value, including, but not limited to, food and beverages, entertainment, lodging, transportation, or honorariums; (2) A contract, promise, or agreement to make an expenditure, whether or not legally enforceable; (3) The purchase, sale, or gift of services or any other thing of value. "Expenditure" does not include a contribution, gift, or grant to a foundation or other charitable organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. "Expenditure" does not include the purchase, sale, or gift of services or any other thing of value that is available to the general public on the same terms as it is available to the persons listed in this division, or an offer or sale of securities to any person listed in this division that is governed by regulation D, 17 C.F.R. 230.501 to 230.508, adopted under the authority of the "Securities Act of 1933," 48 Stat. 74, 15 U.S.C.A. and following, or that is governed by a comparable provision under state law. (C) "Employer" means any person who, directly or indirectly, engages an executive agency lobbyist. (D) "Engage" means to make any arrangement, and "engagement" means arrangement, whereby an individual is employed or retained for compensation to act for or on behalf of an employer to influence executive agency decisions or to conduct any executive agency lobbying activity. (E) "Financial transaction" means a transaction or activity that is conducted or undertaken for profit and arises from the joint ownership or the ownership or part ownership in common of any real or personal property or any commercial or business enterprise of whatever form or nature between the following: (1) An executive agency lobbyist, the executive agency lobbyist's employer, or a member of the immediate family of the executive agency lobbyist or the executive agency lobbyist's employer; and (2) Any elected executive official, the director of a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, an executive agency official, or any member of the staff of a public officer or employee listed in division (E)(2) of this section. "Financial transaction" does not include any transaction or activity described in division (E) of this section if it is available to the general public on the same terms, or if it is an offer or sale of securities to any person listed in division (E)(2) of this section that is governed by regulation D, 17 C.F.R. 230.501 to 230.508, adopted under the authority of the "Securities Act of 1933," 48 Stat. 74, 15 U.S.C.A. and following, or that is governed by a comparable provision under state law. (F) "Executive agency" means the office of an elected executive official, a department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, or any other state agency, department, board, or commission controlled or directed by an elected executive official or otherwise subject to an elected executive official's authority. For the purposes of sections 121.60 to 121.69 of the Revised Code only, "executive agency" includes the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code. "Executive agency" does not include any court, the general assembly, or the controlling board. (G) "Executive agency decision" means a decision of an executive agency regarding the expenditure of funds of the state or of an executive agency with respect to the award of a contract, grant, lease, or other financial arrangement under which such funds are distributed or allocated, or a regulatory decision of an executive agency or any board or commission of the state. "Executive agency decision" does not include either of the following: (1) A purchasing decision for which a vendor has filed a statement certifying that the vendor has not made campaign contributions in an amount such that section 3517.13 of the Revised Code would invalidate the decision, if that vendor has not engaged an executive agency lobbyist; (2) The award of a competitively bid contract for which bid specifications were prepared and for which at least three eligible competitive bids were received by the executive agency. (H) "Executive agency lobbyist" means any person engaged to influence executive agency decisions or to conduct executive agency lobbying activity as one of the person's main purposes on a regular and substantial basis. "Executive agency lobbyist" does not include an elected or appointed officer or employee of a federal or state agency, state college, state university, or political subdivision who attempts to influence or affect executive agency decisions in a fiduciary capacity as a representative of the officer's or employee's agency, college, university, or political subdivision. (I) "Executive agency lobbying activity" means contacts made to promote, oppose, or otherwise influence the outcome of an executive agency decision by direct communication with any person described in division (E)(2) of this section, or the Ohio casino control commission. "Lobbying activity" does not include any of the following: (1) The action of any person having a direct interest in executive agency decisions who, under Section 3 of Article I, Ohio Constitution, assembles together with other persons to consult for their common good, instructs a person listed in the first paragraph of division (I) of this section, or petitions such a person for the redress of grievances; (2) Contacts made for the sole purpose of gathering information contained in a public record; (3) Appearances before an executive agency to give testimony. (J) "Executive agency official" means an officer or employee of an executive agency whose principal duties are to formulate policy or to participate directly or indirectly in the preparation, review, or award of contracts, grants, leases, or other financial arrangements with an executive agency. (K) "Aggrieved party" means a party entitled to resort to a remedy. (L) "Elected executive official" means the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, and the attorney general. (M) "Staff" means any officer or employee of an executive agency whose official duties are to formulate policy and who exercises administrative or supervisory authority or who authorizes the expenditure of state funds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.40
§ 124.40. Civil service commissions in municipalities and townships
Status: in_force

July 1, 2007 House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly (A) The mayor or other chief appointing authority of each city in the state shall appoint three persons, one for a term of two years, one for a term of four years, and one for a term of six years, who shall constitute the municipal civil service commission of that city and of the city school district and city health district in which that city is located. Each alternate year thereafter the mayor or other chief appointing authority shall appoint one person, as successor of the member whose term expires, to serve six years. A vacancy shall be filled by the mayor or other chief appointing authority for the unexpired term. At the time of any appointment, not more than two commissioners shall be adherents of the same political party. The municipal civil service commission shall prescribe, amend, and enforce rules not inconsistent with this chapter for the classification of positions in the civil service of the city and city school district, and all the positions in the city health district; for examinations for and resignations from those positions; for appointments, promotions, removals, transfers, layoffs, suspensions, reductions, and reinstatements with respect to those positions; and for standardizing those positions and maintaining efficiency in them. The commission's rules shall authorize each appointing authority of a city, city school district, or city health district to develop and administer in a manner it devises an evaluation system for the employees it appoints. The commission shall exercise all other powers and perform all other duties with respect to the civil service of the city, city school district, and city health district, as prescribed in this chapter and conferred upon the director of administrative services and the state personnel board of review with respect to the civil service of the state; and all authority granted to the director and the board with respect to the service under their jurisdiction shall, except as otherwise provided by this chapter, be held to be granted to the commission with respect to the service under its jurisdiction. The procedure applicable to reductions, suspensions, and removals, as provided for in section 124.34 of the Revised Code, shall govern the civil service of cities. The expense and salaries of a municipal civil service commission shall be determined by the legislative authority of the city and a sufficient sum of money shall be appropriated each year to carry out this chapter in the city. All persons who are employed by a city school district, city health district, or city health department when a municipal civil service commission having jurisdiction over them is appointed, or when they become subject to civil service by extension of civil service to include new classifications of employees, shall continue to hold their positions until removed in accordance with the civil service laws. If the appointing authority of any city fails to appoint a civil service commission or commissioner, as provided by law, within sixty days after the appointing authority has the power to so appoint, or after a vacancy exists, the state personnel board of review shall make the appointment, and the appointee shall hold office until the expiration of the term of the appointing authority of the city. If any municipal civil service commission fails to prepare and submit rules or regulations in accordance with this chapter, the board shall forthwith make those rules or regulations. This chapter shall in all respects, except as provided in this section, be in full force in cities with a civil service commission. Each municipal civil service commission shall make reports from time to time, as the board requires, of the manner in which the law and the rules and regulations under it have been and are being administered, and the results of their administration, in the city, city school district, and city health district. A copy of the annual report of each municipal civil service commission shall be filed in the office of the board as a public record. Whenever the board has reason to believe that a municipal civil service commission is violating or is failing to perform the duties imposed upon it by law, or that any member of a municipal civil service commission is willfully or through culpable negligence violating the law or failing to perform official duties as a member of the commission, it shall institute an investigation, and if, in the judgment of the board, it finds any such violation or failure to perform the duties imposed by law, it shall make a report of the violation or failure in writing to the chief executive authority of the city, which report shall be a public record. Upon the receipt of a report from the board charging the municipal civil service commission with violating or failing to perform the duties imposed upon it by law, or charging any member of the commission with willfully or through culpable negligence violating the law or failing to perform official duties as a member of the commission, along with the evidence on which the report is based, the chief executive authority of the city shall forthwith remove the municipal civil service commissioner or commissioners. In all cases of removal of a municipal civil service commissioner by the chief executive authority of any city, an appeal may be had to the court of common pleas, in the county in which the city is situated, to determine the sufficiency of the cause of removal. The appeal shall be taken within ten days from the decision of the chief executive authority. If the court disaffirms the judgment of the chief executive authority, the commissioner shall be reinstated to the commissioner's former position on the commission. The chief executive authority of a city with a municipal civil service commission may remove at any time any commissioner for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office, having first given to the commissioner a copy of the charges and an opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel in defense. The mayor has the exclusive right to suspend the chief of the police department or the chief of the fire department for incompetence, gross neglect of duty, gross immorality, habitual drunkenness, failure to obey orders given by the proper authority, or any other reasonable and just cause. If either the chief of police or the chief of the fire department is so suspended, the mayor forthwith shall certify that fact, together with the cause of the suspension, to the municipal civil service commission. Within five days from the date of receipt of the notice, the commission shall proceed to hear the charges and render judgment on them. The judgment may affirm, disaffirm, or modify the judgment of the mayor, and an appeal may be had from the decision of the commission to the court of common pleas as provided in section 124.34 of the Revised Code to determine the sufficiency of the cause of removal. (B) The board of trustees of a township that has a population of ten thousand or more persons residing within the township and outside any municipal corporation and that has a police or fire department of ten or more full-time paid employees may appoint three persons to constitute the township civil service commission. Of the initial appointments made to the commission, one shall be for a term ending two years after the date of initial appointment, one shall be for a term ending four years after that date, and one shall be for a term ending six years after that date. Thereafter, terms of office shall be for six years, each term ending on the same day of the same month as did the term which it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until a successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. At the time of any appointment, not more than two commissioners shall be adherents of the same political party. The board of township trustees shall determine the compensation and expenses to be paid to the members of the township civil service commission. The powers and duties conferred on municipal civil service commissions and the supervisory authority of the state personnel board of review under division (A) of this section shall be applicable to the civil service commission of a civil service township. The board of township trustees has the exclusive right to suspend the chief of the police or fire department of the township in the same manner as provided in division (A) of this section for municipal chiefs. The jurisdiction of the township civil service commission is limited to employees of the township fire or police department and then only if the department has ten or more full-time paid employees, and it does not extend to any other township employees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.521 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.521
§ 109.521. Bureau of criminal identification and investigation asset forfeiture and cost reimbursement fund
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 Senate Bill 227 - 131st General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the bureau of criminal identification and investigation asset forfeiture and cost reimbursement fund. All amounts awarded to the bureau of criminal identification and investigation as a result of shared federal and state asset forfeiture and state and local moneys designated as restitution for reimbursement of the costs of investigations and all amounts received by the bureau under section 2981.13 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into this fund. The moneys in this fund shall be used in accordance with federal and state asset forfeiture rules, regulations, and laws. Interest earned on the money in this fund shall be credited to the fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.08
§ 173.08. Resident services coordinator program
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) The resident services coordinator program is established in the department of aging to fund resident services coordinators. The coordinators shall provide information to low-income and special-needs tenants, including the elderly, who live in financially assisted rental housing complexes, and assist those tenants in identifying and obtaining community and program services and other benefits for which they are eligible. (B) The resident services coordinator program fund is hereby created in the state treasury to support the resident services coordinator program established pursuant to this section. The fund consists of all moneys the department of development sets aside pursuant to division (A)(3) of section 174.02 of the Revised Code and moneys the general assembly appropriates to the fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.548 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.548
§ 173.548. Choice of single or multiple occupancy room
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly An individual enrolled in the medicaid-funded component of the assisted living program may choose a single occupancy room or multiple occupancy room in the residential care facility in which the individual resides. The choice of a multiple occupancy room is subject to approval pursuant to a process the director of aging shall establish in rules adopted under section 173.54 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 191.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 191 / § 191.10
§ 191.10. Conditions for submitting application for reimbursement
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly In accordance with sections 191.10 to 191.45 of the Revised Code, a provider may submit an application for a program reimbursement under the Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program, if the provider has deployed qualifying broadband infrastructure in an unserved area and has paid any of the following costs in connection with the deployment of such broadband infrastructure: (A) Pole replacement costs; (B) Mid-span pole installation costs; (C) Undergrounding costs. The application shall be submitted on a form prescribed by the department of development. Last updated August 29, 2023 at 4:25 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.0819 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.0819
§ 122.0819. Allowance of recovery of committee costs
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 Senate Bill 24 - 127th General Assembly The rules adopted to govern the annual competitive process for the job ready site program may provide for recovery of the costs, or a portion thereof, incurred by district public works integrating committees and executive committees in conducting their duties under the program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.434 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.434
§ 149.434. Public offices to maintain employee database
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) Each public office or person responsible for public records shall maintain a database or a list that includes the name of all public officials and employees elected to or employed by that public office. The database or list is a public record and shall be made available upon a request made pursuant to section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Employee" has the same meaning as in section 9.40 of the Revised Code. (2) "Public official" has the same meaning as in section 117.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Public record" has the same meaning as in section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 14, 2021 at 12:50 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.942 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.942
§ 122.942. Project information to be made public
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The director of development services shall, with respect to each project for which a loan, grant, tax credit, or other state-funded financial assistance is awarded by the development services agency, make all of the following information available to the public within thirty days after the agency enters into a contract with the recipient: (1) A summary of the project that includes all of the following: (a) A breakdown of the sources of the funds for each aspect of the project, such as state or federal programs, the operating company or entity itself, or any private financing, and a complete description of how each type of funds is to be used; (b) The total amount of assistance awarded; (c) A brief description of the project; (d) The following information regarding the project: (i) The operating company or entity that is awarded the assistance; (ii) The products or services provided by the operating company or entity; (iii) The number of new jobs, at-risk jobs, and retained jobs anticipated; the hourly wages and hourly benefits of those jobs; and the dollar amount of assistance per job affected. (e) The strengths and weaknesses of the project; (f) The location of the project, the location of the operating company or entity, and whether relocation is involved; (g) The Ohio house district and Ohio senate district in which the project is located; (h) The payment terms and conditions of the assistance awarded; (i) The collateral or security required; (j) The recommendation of the staff assigned to the project. (2) A comprehensive report that provides a description of the operating company or entity; all relevant information regarding the project; an analysis of the operating company or entity and the goods or services it provides; the explicit terms of any collateral or security required; and the reasoning behind the staffs' recommendation. (3) Any other relevant information the controlling board may request, or the director may consider necessary to more fully describe the details of the assistance or the operating company or entity, that is provided before the controlling board approves the assistance. (B)(1) As used in this division, "tax incentive" means any exemption, either in whole or in part, of the income, goods, services, or property of a taxpayer from the effect of taxes levied by or under the Revised Code. "Tax incentive" includes, but is not limited to, tax exemptions, deferrals, exclusions, allowances, credits, deductions, reimbursements, and preferential tax rates. (2) The director of development services shall estimate the total revenue that will be forgone by the state as a result of each tax incentive approved by the tax credit authority created under section 122.17 of the Revised Code. The estimate shall be based on the monetary value of the tax incentive and not on potential economic growth. The director shall make each estimate, along with the name and address of the taxpayer that will receive the tax incentive, available to the public within thirty days after the date the tax incentive is approved by the tax credit authority. Nothing in this division precludes the director of development services from making other information regarding tax incentives available to the public unless disclosure of such information is prohibited by any other section of the Revised Code. (3) The director may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to effectuate this division. (C) Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the disclosure of information that is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.35
§ 131.35. Spending federal and certain nonfederal revenue
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) With respect to federal revenue received into any fund of the state, except for those funds listed in division (D) of section 127.14 of the Revised Code: (1) No state agency may make expenditures of any federal revenue, whether the revenue is advanced prior to expenditure or as reimbursement, unless such expenditures are made pursuant to specific appropriations of the general assembly, are authorized by the controlling board pursuant to division (A)(5) of this section, or are authorized by an executive order issued in accordance with section 107.17 of the Revised Code, and until an allotment has been approved by the director of budget and management. All federal revenue received by a state agency shall be reported to the director within fifteen days of the receipt of the revenue or the notification of award, whichever occurs first. The director shall prescribe the forms and procedures to be used when reporting the receipt of federal revenue. (2) If the federal revenue received is greater than the amount of the revenue appropriated by the general assembly for a specific purpose, the total appropriation of federal and state funds for such purpose shall remain at the amount designated by the general assembly, except that the expenditure of federal revenue received in excess of such specific appropriation may be authorized by the controlling board, subject to division (D) of this section. (3) To the extent that the expenditure of excess federal revenue is authorized, the controlling board may transfer a like amount of general revenue fund appropriation authority from the affected agency to the emergency purposes appropriation of the controlling board, if such action is permitted under federal regulations. (4) Additional funds may be created by the controlling board to receive revenues not anticipated in an appropriations act for the biennium in which such new revenues are received. Subject to division (D) of this section, expenditures from such additional funds may be authorized by the controlling board, but such authorization shall not extend beyond the end of the biennium in which such funds are created. (5) Controlling board authorization for a state agency to make an expenditure of federal revenue constitutes authority for the agency to participate in the federal program providing the revenue, and the agency is not required to obtain an executive order under section 107.17 of the Revised Code to participate in the federal program. (B) With respect to nonfederal revenue received into any fund of the state, except for any other fund listed in division (D) of section 127.14 of the Revised Code: (1) No state agency may make expenditures of any of the revenue unless the expenditures are made pursuant to specific appropriations of the general assembly. (2) If the revenue received into any fund is greater than the amount appropriated, the appropriation for that fund shall remain at the amount designated by the general assembly or, subject to division (D) of this section, as increased and approved by the controlling board. (3) Additional funds may be created by the controlling board to receive revenues not anticipated in an appropriations act for the biennium in which such new revenues are received. Subject to division (D) of this section, expenditures from such additional funds may be authorized by the controlling board, but such authorization shall not extend beyond the end of the biennium in which such funds are created. (C) The controlling board shall not authorize more than ten per cent of additional spending from the occupational licensing and regulatory fund, created in section 4743.05 of the Revised Code, in excess of any appropriation made by the general assembly to a licensing agency except an appropriation for costs related to the examination or reexamination of applicants for a license. As used in this division, "licensing agency" and "license" have the same meanings as in section 4745.01 of the Revised Code. (D) If federal revenue is received in the waterways safety fund or wildlife fund, the controlling board, at the request of the director of natural resources, may approve the expenditure of the federal revenue for purposes for which the federal revenue was granted. (E) The amount of any expenditure authorized under division (A)(2) or (4) or (B)(2) or (3) of this section for a specific or related purpose or item in any fiscal year shall not exceed an amount greater than one-half of one per cent of the general revenue fund appropriations for that fiscal year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.11
§ 153.11. Change of plans becomes part of original contract
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly Whenever the change referred to in section 153.10 of the Revised Code is approved by the owner as defined in section 153.01 of the Revised Code, accepted in writing by the contractor, and filed, the same shall be considered as being a part of the original contract, and the bond theretofore executed shall be increased or decreased accordingly to include and cover the change in the contract.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.33
§ 149.33. State records program - office of state records administration
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly (A) The department of administrative services shall have responsibility for establishing and administering a state records program for all state agencies, except for state-supported institutions of higher education. The department shall apply efficient and economical management methods to the creation, utilization, maintenance, retention, preservation, and disposition of state records. There is hereby established within the department of administrative services a state records program, which shall be under the control and supervision of the director of administrative services or the director's appointed deputy. (B) The boards of trustees of state-supported institutions of higher education shall have full responsibility for establishing and administering a records program for their respective institutions. The boards shall apply efficient and economical management methods to the creation, utilization, maintenance, retention, preservation, and disposition of the records of their respective institutions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.503 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.503
§ 126.503. Control of travel expenses
Status: in_force

July 1, 2013 House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly All state agencies shall control travel expenses by doing all of the following: (A) Complying with any travel directives issued by the director of budget and management; (B) Using, when possible, the online travel authorization and expense reimbursement process; (C) Conducting meetings, whenever possible and in compliance with section 121.22 of the Revised Code, using conference calls, teleconferences, webinars, or other technology tools; (D) Using fleet vehicles for official state travel whenever possible; and (E) Following restrictions set by the department of administrative services regarding mileage reimbursement pursuant to section 125.832 of the Revised Code. In addition to the methods of travel expense control listed above, a state agency may use a state-contracted rental vehicle provider for employee vehicle travel exceeding one hundred miles. The director of budget and management shall not reimburse any state agency employee for unauthorized travel expenses.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.562 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.562
§ 145.562. Waiver of rights
Status: in_force

June 30, 1991 House Bill 382 - 119th General Assembly (A) Any person who is receiving an allowance or benefit or any increases under this chapter may, at any time, waive his rights thereto, or to a portion thereof, by filing a written notice of waiver with the public employees retirement board. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, such waiver shall remain in effect until the first day of the month following his death or the filing of his written cancellation of such waiver with the public employees retirement board. Any amount so waived shall be forever forfeited. (B) If a beneficiary waives in writing all claim to any benefits under this chapter prior to receipt of the first benefit, the waiver shall put in effect the succession of beneficiaries as provided in division (C) of section 145.43 of the Revised Code and shall be irrevocable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.04
§ 122.04. Additional duties
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly The department of development shall do the following: (A) Maintain a continuing evaluation of the sources available for the retention, development, or expansion of industrial and commercial facilities in this state through both public and private agencies; (B) Assist public and private agencies in obtaining information necessary to evaluate the desirability of the retention, construction, or expansion of industrial and commercial facilities in the state; (C) Facilitate contracts between community improvement corporations organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code or Ohio development corporations organized under Chapter 1726. of the Revised Code and industrial and commercial concerns seeking to locate or expand in the state; (D) Upon request, consult with public agencies or authorities in the preparation of studies of human and economic needs or advantages relating to economic and community development; (E) Encourage, promote, and assist trade and commerce between this state and foreign nations; (F) Promote and encourage persons to visit and travel within this state; (G) Maintain membership in the national association of state development agencies; (H) Assist in the development of facilities and technologies that will lead to increased, environmentally sound use of Ohio coal; (I) Promote economic growth in the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.78 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.78
§ 109.78. Certification of special police, security guards, or persons otherwise privately employed in a police capacity
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly (A) The executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission, on behalf of the commission and in accordance with rules promulgated by the attorney general, shall certify persons who have satisfactorily completed approved training programs designed to qualify persons for positions as special police, security guards, or persons otherwise privately employed in a police capacity and issue appropriate certificates to such persons. Application for approval of a training program designed to qualify persons for such positions shall be made to the commission. An application for approval shall be submitted to the commission with a fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars, which fee shall be refunded if the application is denied. Such programs shall cover only duties and jurisdiction of such security guards and special police privately employed in a police capacity when such officers do not qualify for training under section 109.71 of the Revised Code. A person attending an approved basic training program administered by the state shall pay to the agency administering the program the cost of the person's participation in the program as determined by the agency. A person attending an approved basic training program administered by a county or municipal corporation shall pay the cost of the person's participation in the program, as determined by the administering subdivision, to the county or the municipal corporation. A person who is issued a certificate for satisfactory completion of an approved basic training program shall pay to the commission a fee of fifteen dollars. A duplicate of a lost, spoliated, or destroyed certificate may be issued upon application and payment of a fee of fifteen dollars. Such certificate or the completion of twenty years of active duty as a peace officer shall satisfy the educational requirements for appointment or commission as a special police officer or special deputy of a political subdivision of this state. (B)(1) The executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission, on behalf of the commission and in accordance with rules promulgated by the attorney general, shall certify basic firearms training programs, and shall issue certificates to class A, B, or C licensees or prospective class A, B, or C licensees under Chapter 4749. of the Revised Code and to registered or prospective employees of such class A, B, or C licensees who have satisfactorily completed a basic firearms training program of the type described in division (A)(1) of section 4749.10 of the Revised Code. Application for approval of a basic firearms training program shall be made to the commission. An application shall be submitted to the commission with a fee of one hundred dollars, which fee shall be refunded if the application is denied. A person who is issued a certificate for satisfactory completion of an approved basic firearms training program shall pay a fee of ten dollars to the commission. A duplicate of a lost, spoliated, or destroyed certificate may be issued upon application and payment of a fee of five dollars. (2) The executive director, on behalf of the commission and in accordance with rules promulgated by the attorney general, also shall certify firearms requalification training programs and instructors for the annual requalification of class A, B, or C licensees under Chapter 4749. of the Revised Code and registered or prospective employees of such class A, B, or C licensees who are authorized to carry a firearm under section 4749.10 of the Revised Code. Application for approval of a training program or instructor for such purpose shall be made to the commission. Such an application shall be submitted to the commission with a fee of fifty dollars, which fee shall be refunded if the application is denied. (3) The executive director, upon request, also shall review firearms training received within three years prior to November 23, 1985, by any class A, B, or C licensee or prospective class A, B, or C licensee, or by any registered or prospective employee of any class A, B, or C licensee under Chapter 4749. of the Revised Code to determine if the training received is equivalent to a basic firearms training program that includes twenty hours of handgun training and five hours of training in the use of other firearms, if any other firearm is to be used. If the executive director determines the training was received within the three-year period and that it is equivalent to such a program, the executive director shall issue written evidence of approval of the equivalency training to the licensee or employee. (C) There is hereby established in the state treasury the peace officer private security fund, which shall be used by the Ohio peace officer training commission to administer the training program to qualify persons for positions as special police, security guards, or other private employment in a police capacity, as described in division (A) of this section, and the training program in basic firearms and the training program for firearms requalification, both as described in division (B) of this section. All fees paid to the commission by applicants for approval of a training program designed to qualify persons for such private police positions, basic firearms training program, or a firearms requalification training program or instructor, as required by division (A) or (B) of this section, by persons who satisfactorily complete a private police training program or a basic firearms training program, as required by division (A) or (B) of this section, or by persons who satisfactorily requalify in firearms use, as required by division (B)(2) of section 4749.10 of the Revised Code, shall be transmitted to the treasurer of state for deposit in the fund. The fund shall be used only for the purpose set forth in this division. (D)(1) Subject to division (D)(2) of this section, no public or private educational institution or superintendent of the state highway patrol shall employ a person as a special police officer, as a security guard, or for a similar law enforcement or security position, who has not received a certificate of having satisfactorily completed an approved basic peace officer training program, unless the person has completed twenty years of active duty as a peace officer. (2) Division (D)(1) of this section does not apply to a person who is employed by a school district board of education or governing body of a community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, or chartered nonpublic school and who has been authorized by a board or governing body to voluntarily go armed within a school safety zone within which the board or governing body has authority, if both of the following apply with respect to the employment and person: (a) The person is within the category of persons authorized to go armed within a school safety zone specified under division (D)(1)(d) of section 2923.122 of the Revised Code. (b) The person is not being employed as a special police officer or security officer. (E) The general assembly, in amending division (D) of this section pursuant to H.B. 99 of the 134th general assembly, hereby declares that the purpose of those amendments is to expressly overrule the decision of the Ohio Supreme Court in the case Gabbard v. Madison Local School Dist. Bd. of Edn., Slip Opinion No. 2021-Ohio-2067. (F) The executive director of the commission shall issue a certificate of completion of a training program required under division (A) of this section in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an individual if either of the following applies: (1) The individual holds a certificate of completion of such a program in another state. (2) The individual has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter in the same profession, occupation, or occupational activity as the profession, occupation, or occupational activity for which the certificate is required in this state in a state that does not require completion of such a training program. Last updated December 29, 2023 at 7:36 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.292 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.292
§ 122.292. Ohio river commission fund
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 Senate Bill 54 - 135th General Assembly (A) The Ohio river commission fund is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of all money as may be provided by law, including money received from any sale, transfer, or lease of property and money received under division (A)(13) of section 122.291 of the Revised Code. (B) The Ohio river commission shall use money in the fund to defray the commission's administrative expenses and to carry out its purposes set forth in sections 122.29 to 122.292 of the Revised Code. Last updated March 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.13
§ 153.13. Estimates of labor and materials - funds in escrow account
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly At the time named in the contract for payment to the person with whom it is made, the owner referred to in section 153.01 or 153.12 of the Revised Code shall approve a full, accurate, and detailed estimate of the various kinds of labor performed and material furnished under the contract, with the amount due for each kind of labor and material and the materials and amount due in the aggregate, which estimate shall be based upon actual measurement of such labor and materials, and shall give the amounts of the preceding estimate, and the amount of labor performed and materials furnished since the last estimate. When the major portion of the project is substantially completed and occupied, or in use, or otherwise accepted, and there exists no other reason to withhold retainage, the retained percentages held in connection with such portion and interest thereon accrued shall, within thirty days of substantial completion of, occupation of, use of, or acceptance of the project, be paid to the primary contractor, withholding only that amount reasonably necessary to assure final completion of the project. Any retained funds withheld after substantial completion of, occupation of, use of, or acceptance of the project, and pending final completion of the project, and interest thereon accrued shall be paid to the primary contractor not later than thirty days after the date of final completion of the project. Nothing in this section shall be construed as a limitation upon the authority of the director of transportation granted in Chapter 5525. of the Revised Code. Last updated July 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 127.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 127 / § 127.12
§ 127.12. Controlling board created
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly There is hereby created a controlling board consisting of all of the following: (A) The director of budget and management or an employee of the office of budget and management designated by the director; (B) The chairperson or vice-chairperson of the finance-appropriations committee of the house of representatives, as designated by the speaker; (C) The chairperson or vice-chairperson of the finance committee of the senate, as designated by the president; (D) Two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker, one from the majority party and one from the minority party; (E) Two members of the senate appointed by the president, one from the majority party and one from the minority party. Notwithstanding section 101.26 of the Revised Code, the legislative members, when engaged in their duties as members of the controlling board, shall be paid at the per diem rate of one hundred fifty dollars, and their necessary traveling expenses, which shall be paid from the funds appropriated for the payment of expenses of legislative committees. (F) In the event of the absence, illness, disability, death, or resignation of a legislative member, the following persons may serve in the member's absence: for the chairperson or vice-chairperson of the finance-appropriations committee of the house of representatives, the speaker or a member of the house of representatives designated by the speaker; for the chairperson or vice-chairperson of the senate finance committee, the president or a member of the senate designated by the president; for a member of the board appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, or the president of the senate, the speaker or the president, as the case may be, or a member of the house of representatives or of the senate of the same party as such controlling board member, designated by such speaker or president. As used in any statute, "controlling board," unless the context otherwise requires, means the controlling board created by this section. Last updated July 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 113.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 113 / § 113.51
§ 113.51. Implementation and administration of ABLE account program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The treasurer of state shall implement and administer a program under the terms and conditions established under sections 113.50 to 113.56 of the Revised Code. For that purpose, the treasurer shall do all of the following: (1) Develop and implement the program in a manner consistent with the provisions of sections 113.50 to 113.56 of the Revised Code; (2) Engage the services of consultants on a contract basis for rendering professional and technical assistance and advice; (3) Seek rulings and other guidance from the secretary and the internal revenue service relating to the program; (4) Make modifications to the program as necessary for participants in the program to qualify for the federal income tax benefits or treatment provided under section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code or rules adopted thereunder; (5) Impose and collect administrative fees and service charges in connection with any agreement or transaction relating to the program; (6) Develop marketing plans and promotional materials to publicize the program; (7) Establish the procedures by which funds held in program accounts shall be disbursed; (8) Administer the issuance of interests by the Ohio ABLE savings program trust fund to designated beneficiaries; (9) Establish the procedures by which funds held in program accounts shall be allocated to pay for administrative costs; (10) Take any other action necessary to implement and administer the program; (11) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary to implement and administer the program; (12) Notify the secretary when a program account has been opened for a designated beneficiary and submit other reports concerning the program as required by the secretary or under section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code. (B) The treasurer of state may enter into agreements with other states or agencies of, subdivisions of, or residents of those states related to the program or a similar ABLE account program established by another state in accordance with section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code. (C) Any record of the treasurer of state indicating the identity of account beneficiaries and the balances and activity in ABLE accounts is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (D) The treasurer of state shall pay account fees associated with an ABLE account on behalf of an Ohio account owner or beneficiary. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.402 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.402
§ 121.402. Educational program for volunteers having unsupervised access to children
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) The Ohio commission on service and volunteerism shall establish and maintain an educational program that does all of the following: (1) Makes available to parents and guardians of children notice about the provisions of sections 109.574 to 109.577 , section 121.401 , and section 121.402 of the Revised Code and information about how to keep children safe when they are under the care, custody, or control of a person other than the parent or guardian; (2) Makes available to organizations and entities information regarding the best methods of screening and supervising volunteers, how to obtain a criminal records check of a volunteer, confidentiality issues relating to reports of criminal records checks, and record keeping regarding the reports; (3) Makes available to volunteers information regarding the possibility of being subjected to a criminal records check and displaying appropriate behavior to minors; (4) Makes available to children advice on personal safety and information on what action to take if someone takes inappropriate action towards a child. (B) The program shall begin making the materials described in this section available not later than March 22, 2002.
Ohio Rev. Code § 166.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 166 / § 166.19
§ 166.19. Considerations in granting assistance for research and development financial assistance
Status: in_force

September 28, 2012 Senate Bill 314 - 129th General Assembly (A)(1) In determining the eligible research and development projects to be assisted and the nature, amount, and terms of the research and development financial assistance to be provided, the director of development services shall consider all of the following: (a) The number of jobs to be created or preserved, directly or indirectly, by or in connection with the eligible research and development project; (b) Payrolls, and the taxes generated at both state and local levels, by the eligible research and development project and by the employment created or preserved by or in connection with the project; (c) The size, nature, and cost of the eligible research and development project; (d) The likelihood that the eligible research and development project will create long-term jobs in enterprises consistent with the changing economy of the state and nation; (e) The needs of any private sector enterprise to be assisted, taking into consideration the amount and kind of assistance, if any, to be provided to the private sector enterprise by other governmental agencies through tax exemption or abatement, financing assistance with industrial development bonds, and otherwise, with respect to the eligible research and development project or with respect to any providers of research and development property to be included as part of the project; (f) The likelihood that the eligible research and development project will be successfully implemented. (2) The director may consider the benefits to the local area, including taxes, jobs, and reduced unemployment and reduced welfare costs, in the leasing or sale of eligible research and development project facilities and in loan arrangements. (3) The director may consider the effect of an eligible research and development project upon any entity engaged to provide research and development property to be acquired, leased, or licensed in connection with research and development financial assistance. (B) Financial statements and other data submitted to the director of development services or the controlling board by any private sector person in connection with research and development financial assistance, or any information taken from such statements or data for any purpose, shall not be open to public inspection. Last updated October 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.81 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.81
§ 153.81. Indemnity provisions in public works design contracts
Status: in_force

March 14, 2023 Senate Bill 56 - 134th General Assembly (A)(1)(a) If a professional design firm provides work, services, studies, planning, surveys, or preparatory work in connection with a public improvement, a public authority may require, via a provision in a public improvement contract or subcontract, that the professional design firm indemnify the public authority and its officers and employees for liabilities the public authority, officer, or employee incurs for the death of or injury to a third party that is proximately caused by the provision of the work, services, studies, planning, surveys, or preparatory work. (b) The indemnification shall only be for the liabilities incurred from the proportionate share of the tortious conduct, as determined pursuant to section 2307.23 of the Revised Code, of the professional design firm or any consultant, subcontractor, or other entity used by the professional design firm, in performing under the public improvement contract. (c) A public authority shall not require, via a provision in a public improvement contract or subcontract, that a professional design firm indemnify the public authority except as described in divisions (A)(1)(a) and (b) of this section. (2)(a) A professional design services subcontract entered into in connection with a public improvement may include a provision that requires any subcontracted professional design firm to indemnify the public authority and the professional design firm that executed the subcontract, and their respective owners, officers, and employees, for liabilities the public authority, professional design firm, owner, officer, or employee incurs for the death of or injury to a third party that is proximately caused by the subcontractor's performance under the subcontract. (b) The indemnification shall only be for the liabilities incurred from the proportionate share of the tortious conduct, as determined pursuant to section 2307.23 of the Revised Code, of the subcontracted professional design firm or any entity used by the subcontracted professional design firm, in performing under the subcontract. (c) No professional design firm may require, via a provision in a subcontract entered into in connection with a public improvement, that a subcontracted professional design firm indemnify the professional design firm or the public authority except as described in divisions (A)(2)(a) and (b) of this section. (3) Division (A) of this section does not prohibit either of the following: (a) A public authority from commencing a civil action for damages against a professional design firm for breach of the public improvement contract or for breach of the professional standard of care; (b) A professional design firm from commencing a civil action for damages against a subcontracted professional design firm for breach of the professional design services subcontract or for breach of the professional standard of care. (B) Notwithstanding divisions (A)(1)(c) and (2)(c) of this section, this section does not prohibit a public authority from requiring insurance coverage, as appropriate, in a contract to meet the indemnification described in this section. (C) If any provision of this section conflicts with any provisions of a contract between a public authority and the federal government, the provision of this section shall not apply to the extent to which it is in conflict with such a contract. All other provisions of this section that are not in conflict shall apply. (D)(1) Any public improvement contract or subcontract that includes an indemnification provision as described in division (A) of this section shall not waive, and shall not be construed as waiving, any immunity or limitation of liability as prescribed in Chapters 2744., 4123., 4125., 4127., and 4131. of the Revised Code. Sections 4123.35 and 4123.80 of the Revised Code control over this section. (2) Any indemnification provided under this section shall not extend to liabilities that would otherwise be barred under sections 2305.06 , 2305.09 , or 2305.131 of the Revised Code or under any other general statute of limitation or statute of repose. (E) As used in this section: (1) "Injury" means all of the following: (a) Bodily injury to a person; (b) Sickness or disease of a person; (c) Injury to or destruction of tangible property of a third party to the public improvement; (d) Injury, claims, damages, or loss arising from or related to the infringement of intellectual property. (2) "Intellectual property" means any invention, discovery, work of authorship, creative work, or architectural work that may be subject to protection under federal or state patent, copyright, trademark, or trade secret laws. (3) "Liabilities" means claims, damages, or loss, including reasonable attorney's fees, costs, and expenses. (4) "Professional design firm," "professional design services," and "public authority" have the same meanings as in section 153.65 of the Revised Code. (5) "Public improvement contract" has the same meaning as in section 153.03 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 18, 2023 at 2:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 123.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 123 / § 123.011
§ 123.011. Department of administrative services powers
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The department of administrative services may: (1) Fix, alter, and charge rentals and other charges for the use and occupancy of its buildings, facilities, and other properties; (2) Provide for the persons occupying its buildings, facilities, and other properties, health clinics, medical services, food services, and such other services as such persons cannot provide for themselves; and, if the department determines that it is more advantageous, it may enter into contracts with persons, firms, or corporations or with any governmental agency, board, commission, or department to provide any of such clinics or services. (B) Any person may possess a firearm in a motor vehicle in the parking garage at the Riffe center for government and the arts in Columbus, if the person's possession of the firearm in the motor vehicle is not in violation of section 2923.16 of the Revised Code or any other provision of the Revised Code. Any person may store or leave a firearm in a locked motor vehicle that is parked in the parking garage at the Riffe center for government and the arts in Columbus, if the person's transportation and possession of the firearm in the motor vehicle while traveling to the garage was not in violation of section 2923.16 of the Revised Code or any other provision of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.68 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.68
§ 121.68. Statements are public records
Status: in_force

May 12, 1994 House Bill 492 - 120th General Assembly (A) The joint legislative ethics committee shall keep on file the statements required by sections 121.62 , 121.63 , and 121.64 of the Revised Code. These statements are public records and open to public inspection, and the joint committee shall computerize them so that the information contained in them is readily accessible to the general public. The joint committee shall provide copies of the statements to the general public on request and may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed the cost of copying and delivering the statement. (B) Not later than the last day of February and October of each year, the joint committee shall compile from the registration statements filed with it a complete and updated list of registered executive agency lobbyists and their employers, and distribute the list to each elected executive official and the director of each department created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code, who shall distribute the list to the appropriate personnel under his jurisdiction. The joint committee shall provide copies of the list to the general public upon request and may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed the cost of copying and delivering the list. (C) The joint committee shall maintain a list of all executive agencies. The joint committee shall provide copies of the list to the general public on request and may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed the cost of copying and delivering the document. (D) The joint committee shall prescribe and make available an appropriate form for the filings required by sections 121.62 , 121.63 , and 121.64 of the Revised Code. The form shall contain the following notice in boldface type: "ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY FILES A FALSE STATEMENT IS GUILTY OF FALSIFICATION UNDER SECTION 2921.13 OF THE REVISED CODE, WHICH IS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FIRST DEGREE." (E) The joint committee may adopt rules as necessary to implement sections 121.60 to 121.69 of the Revised Code, and any such rules it adopts shall be adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code. (F) The joint committee shall publish a handbook that explains in clear and concise language the provisions of sections 121.60 to 121.69 of the Revised Code and make it available free of charge to executive agency lobbyists, employers, and any other interested persons.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.87 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.87
§ 122.87. Minority business bonding program definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly As used in sections 122.87 to 122.90 of the Revised Code: (A) "Surety company" means a company that is authorized by the department of insurance to issue bonds as surety. (B) "Minority business" means any of the following occupations: (1) Minority construction contractor; (2) Minority seller; (3) Minority service vendor. (C) "Minority construction contractor" means a person who is both a construction contractor and an owner of a minority business enterprise certified under division (B) of section 122.921 of the Revised Code. (D) "Minority seller" means a person who is both a seller of goods and an owner of a minority business enterprise listed on the special minority business enterprise bid notification list under section 125.08 of the Revised Code. (E) "Minority service vendor" means a person who is both a vendor of services and an owner of a minority business enterprise listed on the special minority business enterprise bid notification list under section 125.08 of the Revised Code. (F) "Minority business enterprise" has the meaning given in section 122.71 of the Revised Code. (G) "EDGE business enterprise" means a sole proprietorship, association, partnership, corporation, limited liability corporation, or joint venture certified as a participant in the encouraging diversity, growth, and equity program by the director of administrative services under section 122.922 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 4, 2021 at 10:39 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.531 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.531
§ 101.531. Printing pamphlet laws and session laws line numbering
Status: in_force

March 19, 2003 House Bill 406 - 124th General Assembly The material used in printing or producing bills shall be held and used to print or produce pamphlet laws and the session laws. The lines of each bill shall be numbered.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.11
§ 135.11. Exemption from prohibition against interest in contract
Status: in_force

June 11, 1968 Senate Bill 321 - 107th General Assembly An officer, director, stockholder, employee, or owner of any interest in a public depository receiving inactive, interim, or active deposits pursuant to sections 135.01 to 135.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code shall not be deemed to be interested, either directly or indirectly, as a result of such relationship, in the deposit of such inactive, interim, or active deposits of public moneys for the purpose of any law of this state prohibiting an officer of the state or of any subdivision from being interested in any contract of the state or of the subdivision.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.23
§ 109.23. Charitable trust defined
Status: in_force

November 19, 1975 House Bill 347 - 111th General Assembly As used in sections 109.23 to 109.33 of the Revised Code: (A) "Charitable trust" means any fiduciary relationship with respect to property arising under the law of this state or of another jurisdiction as a result of a manifestation of intention to create it, and subjecting the person by whom the property is held to fiduciary duties to deal with the property within this state for any charitable, religious, or educational purpose. (B) "Charitable trust" includes the fiduciary relationship, the entity serving as trustee, the status as trustee, the corpus of such trust, or a combination of any or all of such meanings, regardless of the primary meaning of any use of the term, that is necessary in any circumstances to effect the purposes of such sections. (C) An executor, administrator, guardian, or other conservator of the estate of a decedent, incompetent, or other similarly protected person is, when holding assets in which a charitable trust has a vested or contingent interest and to the extent that such sections are not clearly inapplicable, to be considered a fiduciary of a charitable trust. (D) The fact that any person sought to be charged with fiduciary duties is a corporation, association, foundation, or any other type of organization that has, under judicial decisions or other statutes, been distinguished from a charitable trust does not provide a presumption against its being a charitable trust as defined in this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.23
§ 128.23. Duties of telecommunication service providers regarding 9-1-1 data
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Every telecommunication service provider able to generate 9-1-1 traffic within the state shall do all of the following: (1) Register with the 9-1-1 program office; (2) Provide a single point of contact to the 9-1-1 program office who has the authority to assist in location-data discrepancies, including 9-1-1 traffic misroutes and no-record-found errors; (3) Provide location data for all 9-1-1 traffic with the accuracy and validity necessary to ensure proper routing to the most appropriate public safety answering point or local next generation 9-1-1 system. Provision of this location data may include both of the following: (a) Preprovisioning of location data into a state-operated database utilizing industry standard protocols; (b) Providing a routable location with the 9-1-1 traffic at call time, utilizing approved standards for both legacy and next generation 9-1-1. (B) If a service provider subject to division (A) of this section is notified by the 9-1-1 program office of a discrepancy in location data, the service provider shall correct the discrepancy within seventy-two hours. (C) All data provided under this section is private and subject to applicable privacy laws and shall not be considered a "public record" for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 5:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.34
§ 109.34. Notice of transactions by nonprofit health care entity
Status: in_force

May 7, 1997 House Bill 242 - 122nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section and in section 109.35 of the Revised Code: (1) "Fair market value" means the price that the assets being transferred would bring in a competitive and open market under a fair sale with the buyer and seller acting prudently, knowledgeably, and in their own best interest and a reasonable time being allowed for exposure in the market. (2) "Nonprofit health care entity" means any of the following that was created for any charitable or social welfare purpose related to health care: (a) A hospital, as defined in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code, that is owned or operated by a corporation organized under Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code or the nonprofit corporation law of another state; (b) Either of the following that is or has been exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code: (i) An entity that is or has been granted a certificate of authority under Chapter 1742. of the Revised Code; (ii) An entity that is authorized or has been authorized to transact business in this state under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code, that is in the business of providing sickness and accident insurance, and that was previously a hospital service association under former Chapter 1739. of the Revised Code or Chapter 669. of the General Code, has merged or otherwise consolidated with a former hospital service association, or any of whose predecessors in interest has merged or otherwise consolidated with a former hospital service association. (3) "Party" includes a nonprofit health care entity that is the subject of a transaction or proposed transaction, an acquiring person, and the resulting entity, if any. (4) "Transaction" means a transfer of ownership or control of assets of a nonprofit health care entity, whether by purchase, merger, consolidation, lease, gift, joint venture, or other transfer, including any binding obligation in furtherance of the transaction, that is equal to at least twenty per cent of the assets of the entity and occurs in the twenty-four-month period prior to the date notice is submitted to the attorney general in accordance with division (B) of this section. "Transaction" also means a transfer of ownership or control of any assets of a nonprofit health care entity, whether by purchase, merger, consolidation, lease, gift, joint venture, or other transfer, including any binding obligation in furtherance of the transaction, if the entity is unable to fulfill its stated or actual purpose without the assets. "Transaction" does not include either of the following: (a) A transfer of ownership or control of assets of a nonprofit health care entity between nonprofit health care entities and persons exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 501, as amended; (b) A transfer of ownership or control of assets of a nonprofit health care entity in relation to which the nonprofit health care entity, prior to the effective date of this section, has entered into a consent decree with the attorney general that requires distribution of the charitable assets of the entity to an appropriate health-related charity. The exemption in division (A)(4)(b) of this section does not limit the authority of the attorney general to seek remedies for breaches of fiduciary duty or other violations of law. (B) A nonprofit health care entity proposing to enter into a transaction shall provide notice of the proposed transaction to the attorney general and obtain written approval of the transaction in accordance with this section. The nonprofit health care entity shall submit the notice on forms provided by the attorney general, and the notice shall include all of the following: (1) The names and addresses of the parties, including a list of all individuals who are or have been chosen as directors, officers, or board members of the parties; (2) The terms of the proposed transaction, including a summary of all contracts or other agreements of the parties; (3) The amount, source, and nature of consideration to be paid to the nonprofit health care entity, its directors, officers, board members, executives, or experts retained by the nonprofit health care entity. (4) A statement acknowledging that the nonprofit health care entity is under a continuing duty to notify the attorney general of any changes in the information contained in the notice or other documents required by this section and that a violation of this duty may delay approval of the proposed transaction. The statement shall be signed by a representative of the nonprofit health care entity at the time the notice is submitted to the attorney general. (C) In addition to the notice described in division (B) of this section, the nonprofit health care entity shall submit all of the following: (1) Audited financial statements for the nonprofit health care entity for the three fiscal years prior to the date the nonprofit health care entity submitted the notice to the attorney general; (2) A valuation statement prepared by an independent, qualified expert, including an investment banker, actuary, appraiser, certified public accountant, or other expert, that assesses the full and fair market value of the nonprofit health care entity; (3) Copies of all contracts and other agreements between the parties or their officers, directors, board members, or other fiduciaries, including any contracts or other final agreements relating to the close of the proposed transaction; (4) Any additional information the attorney general considers necessary to value the nonprofit health care entity's assets as required in rules adopted by the attorney general in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (D) The notice and all other documents or materials submitted pursuant to this section are public records provided they meet the definition set forth in section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (E) Not later than two business days after the discovery of any changes in information contained in the notice or other documents required by this section, the nonprofit health care entity shall provide copies to the attorney general of any documents and other material relevant to the changes. In addition to the ninety-day extension authorized by division (A) of section 109.35 of the Revised Code, the attorney general for good cause may delay approval of the proposed transaction up to thirty days following receipt of the documents and other material relevant to the changes. (F) Not later than seven days after submitting the notice and other documents required by this section, the nonprofit health care entity shall publish notice of the proposed transaction in at least one daily newspaper of general circulation in the county where the nonprofit health care entity has its principal place of business. The notice shall state the names of the parties and a description of the proposed transaction. (G) Notwithstanding division (A)(4)(a) of this section, as used in this division, "nonprofit combination" means a transaction between a nonprofit health care entity and another unrelated nonprofit health care entity. Not less than sixty days before the closing of a nonprofit combination, a nonprofit health care entity that is a party to the combination and is the party to be acquired shall provide notice of the nonprofit combination to the attorney general by submitting the information described in divisions (B)(1) and (3) of this section. Not later than seven days after the information required by this section is submitted to the attorney general, each of the nonprofit health care entities that is a party to a nonprofit combination shall publish the notice described in division (F) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 161.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 161 / § 161.03
§ 161.03. Succession to the governorship
Status: in_force

January 8, 1979 Senate Bill 115 - 112th General Assembly In the event that the governor, for any of the reasons specified in the constitution, is not able to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of his office , or is unavailable, and in the event the lieutenant governor, president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives are for any of the reasons specified in the constitution not able to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of governor, or are unavailable, the secretary of state, treasurer of state, auditor of state, and attorney general shall, in the order named, if the preceding named officers be unavailable, exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of governor until a new governor is elected and qualified, or until a preceding named officer becomes available; provided, that no emergency interim successor to the aforementioned offices may serve as governor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.143 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.143
§ 135.143. Investment authority for state interim funds
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The treasurer of state may invest or execute transactions for any part or all of the interim funds of the state in the following classifications of obligations: (1) United States treasury bills, notes, bonds, or any other obligations or securities issued by the United States treasury or any other obligation guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States; (2) Bonds, notes, debentures, or any other obligations or securities issued by any federal government agency or instrumentality; (3)(a) Bonds, notes, and other obligations of the state of Ohio, including, but not limited to, any obligations issued by the treasurer of state, the Ohio public facilities commission, the Ohio housing finance agency, the Ohio water development authority, the Ohio turnpike infrastructure commission, the Ohio higher educational facility commission, and state institutions of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code; (b) Bonds, notes, and other obligations of any state or political subdivision thereof rated in the three highest categories by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization and purchased through a registered securities broker or dealer, provided the treasurer of state is not the sole purchaser of the bonds, notes, or other obligations at original issuance. (4)(a) Written repurchase agreements with any eligible Ohio financial institution that is a member of the federal reserve system or federal home loan bank, any registered United States government securities dealer, or any counterparty rated in one of the three highest categories by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization or otherwise determined by the treasurer of state to have adequate capital and liquidity, under the terms of which agreement the treasurer of state purchases and the eligible financial institution, dealer, or counterparty agrees unconditionally to repurchase any of the securities that are listed in division (A)(1), (2), (3), (6), or (11) of this section. The market value of securities subject to these transactions must exceed the principal value of the repurchase agreement by an amount specified by the treasurer of state, and the securities must be delivered into the custody of the treasurer of state or the qualified trustee or agent designated by the treasurer of state. The agreement shall contain the requirement that for each transaction pursuant to the agreement, the participating institution, dealer, or counterparty shall provide all of the following information: (i) The par value of the securities; (ii) The type, rate, and maturity date of the securities; (iii) A numerical identifier generally accepted in the securities industry that designates the securities. (b) The treasurer of state also may sell any securities, listed in division (A)(1), (2), (6), or (11) of this section, regardless of maturity or time of redemption of the securities, under the same terms and conditions for repurchase, provided that the securities have been fully paid for and are owned by the treasurer of state at the time of the sale. (c) For purposes of division (A)(4) of this section, the treasurer of state shall only buy or sell securities listed in division (A)(11) of this section issued by entities that are organized under the laws of this state, any other state, or the United States. (5) Securities lending agreements with any eligible financial institution that is a member of the federal reserve system or federal home loan bank or any recognized United States government securities dealer, under the terms of which agreements the treasurer of state lends securities and the eligible financial institution or dealer agrees to simultaneously exchange similar securities or cash, equal value for equal value. Securities and cash received as collateral for a securities lending agreement are not interim funds of the state. The investment of cash collateral received pursuant to a securities lending agreement may be invested only in such instruments specified by the treasurer of state in accordance with a written investment policy. (6) Various forms of commercial paper issued by any entity that is organized under the laws of the United States or a state, which notes are rated in the two highest categories by two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, provided that the total amount invested under this section in any commercial paper at any time shall not exceed forty per cent of the state's total average portfolio, as determined and calculated by the treasurer of state; (7) Bankers acceptances, maturing in two hundred seventy days or less, provided that the total amount invested in bankers acceptances at any time shall not exceed ten per cent of the state's total average portfolio, as determined and calculated by the treasurer of state; (8) Certificates of deposit, savings accounts, or deposit accounts in eligible institutions applying for interim moneys as provided in section 135.08 of the Revised Code, including linked deposits as authorized under section 135.61 of the Revised Code. For interim funds invested in accordance with division (A)(8) of this section, the pledging requirements described in section 135.18 , 135.181 , or 135.182 of the Revised Code may be reduced by up to ten per cent in accordance with rules adopted by the treasurer of state. (9) Negotiable certificates of deposit denominated in United States dollars issued by a nationally or state-chartered bank, a savings association or a federal savings association, a state or federal credit union, or a federally licensed or state-licensed branch of a foreign bank, which are rated in the two highest categories by two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, provided that the total amount invested under this section in negotiable certificates of deposit at any time shall not exceed twenty-five per cent of the state's total average portfolio, as determined and calculated by the treasurer of state. Interim funds invested in accordance with division (A)(9) of this section are not limited to institutions applying for interim moneys under section 135.08 of the Revised Code, nor are they subject to any pledging requirements described in sections 135.18 , 135.181 , or 135.182 of the Revised Code. (10) The state treasurer's investment pool authorized under section 135.45 of the Revised Code; (11) Debt interests, other than commercial paper described in division (A)(6) of this section, rated in the four highest categories by two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations and issued by entities that are organized under the laws of the United States or a state, or issued by foreign nations diplomatically recognized by the United States government, or any instrument based on, derived from, or related to such interests, provided that: (a) The investments in debt interests other than commercial paper, when added to the investment in written repurchase agreements for securities listed in division (A)(3) or (11) of this section, shall not exceed in the aggregate twenty-five per cent of the state's portfolio. (b) The investments in debt interests rated in the fourth highest category shall not exceed in the aggregate ten per cent of the state's portfolio. (c) The investments in debt interests issued by foreign nations shall not exceed in the aggregate two per cent of the state's portfolio. The treasurer of state shall invest under division (A)(11) of this section in a debt interest issued by a foreign nation only if the debt interest is backed by the full faith and credit of that foreign nation, and provided that all interest and principal shall be denominated and payable in United States funds. (d) When added to the investment in commercial paper and negotiable certificates of deposit, the investments in the debt interests of a single issuer shall not exceed in the aggregate five per cent of the state's portfolio. (e) For purposes of division (A)(11) of this section, a debt interest is rated in the four highest categories by two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations if either the debt interest itself or the issuer of the debt interest is rated, or is implicitly rated, in the four highest categories by two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations. (f) For purposes of division (A)(11) of this section, the "state's portfolio" means the state's total average portfolio, as determined and calculated by the treasurer of state. (12) No-load money market mutual funds rated in the highest category by one nationally recognized statistical rating organization or consisting exclusively of obligations described in division (A)(1), (2), or (6) of this section and repurchase agreements secured by such obligations; (13) Obligations issued by, or on behalf of, an Ohio political subdivision under Chapter 133. of the Revised Code or Section 12 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, and identified in an agreement described in division (G) of this section; (14) Obligations issued by the state of Ohio, any political subdivision thereof, or by or on behalf of any nonprofit corporation or association doing business in this state rated in the four highest categories by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization and identified in an agreement described in division (K) of this section. (B)(1) On or before the tenth day of each month, the treasurer of state shall notify the state board of deposit that the following reports pertaining to the immediately preceding month have been posted to the web site maintained by the treasurer of state: (a) The daily ledger report of state funds prepared in accordance with section 113.13 of the Revised Code; (b) The monthly portfolio report detailing the current inventory of all investments and deposits held within the classification of interim moneys; (c) The monthly activity report within the classification of interim moneys summarized by type of investment or deposit. (2) In the event the state board of deposit does not concur in such classification or in the investments or deposits made under this section, subject to division (B)(3) of this section, the board may order the treasurer of state to sell or liquidate any of the investments or deposits, and any such order shall specifically describe the investments or deposits and fix the date upon which they are to be sold or liquidated. Investments or deposits so ordered to be sold or liquidated shall be sold or liquidated for cash by the treasurer of state on the date fixed in such order at the then current market price. Neither the treasurer of state nor the members of the state board of deposit shall be held accountable for any loss occasioned by sales or liquidations of investments or deposits at prices lower than their cost. Any loss or expense incurred in making these sales or liquidations is payable as other expenses of the treasurer's office. (3) Unless expressly authorized by the laws of this state, the state board of deposit shall not order the treasurer of state to sell or liquidate investments or deposits with the primary purpose of influencing any environmental, social, personal, or ideological policy. (C) If any securities or obligations invested in by the treasurer of state pursuant to this section are registrable either as to principal or interest, or both, such securities or obligations shall be registered in the name of the treasurer of state. (D) The treasurer of state is responsible for the safekeeping of all securities or obligations under this section. Any such securities or obligations may be deposited for safekeeping as provided in section 113.05 of the Revised Code. (E) Interest earned on any investments or deposits authorized by this section shall be collected by the treasurer of state and credited by the treasurer of state to the proper fund of the state. (F) Whenever investments or deposits acquired under this section mature and become due and payable, the treasurer of state shall present them for payment according to their tenor, and shall collect the moneys payable thereon. The moneys so collected shall be treated as public moneys subject to sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. (G) The treasurer of state and any entity issuing obligations referred to in division (A)(13) of this section, which obligations mature within one year from the original date of issuance, may enter into an agreement providing for: (1) The purchase of those obligations by the treasurer of state on terms and subject to conditions set forth in the agreement; (2) The payment to the treasurer of state of a reasonable fee as consideration for the agreement of the treasurer of state to purchase those obligations; provided, however, that the treasurer of state shall not be authorized to enter into any such agreement with a board of education of a school district that has an outstanding obligation with respect to a loan received under authority of section 3313.483 of the Revised Code. (H) For purposes of division (G) of this section, a fee shall not be considered reasonable unless it is set to recover only the direct costs, a reasonable estimate of the indirect costs associated with the purchasing of obligations under division (G) of this section and any reselling of the obligations or any interest in the obligations, including interests in a fund comprised of the obligations, and the administration thereof. No money from the general revenue fund shall be used to subsidize the purchase or resale of these obligations. (I) All money collected by the treasurer of state from the fee imposed by division (G) of this section shall be deposited to the credit of the state political subdivision obligations fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. Money credited to the fund shall be used solely to pay the treasurer of state's direct and indirect costs associated with purchasing and reselling obligations under division (G) of this section. (J) As used in this section, "political subdivision" means a county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other body corporate and politic responsible for governmental activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state. (K)(1) The treasurer of state and any entity issuing obligations referred to in division (A)(14) of this section, which obligations require a conditional liquidity requirement, may enter into an agreement providing for the following: (a) The purchase of the obligations by the treasurer of state on terms and subject to conditions set forth in the agreement; (b) Payment to the treasurer of state of a fee as consideration for the agreement of the treasurer of state to purchase the obligations. (2) The treasurer of state shall not enter into agreements under division (K)(1) of this section for obligations that, in the aggregate, exceed ten per cent of the state's total average portfolio, as determined and calculated by the treasurer of state. (3) For purposes of division (A)(14) of this section, an obligation is rated in the four highest categories by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization if either the debt interest itself or the obligor of the debt interest is rated in the four highest categories by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization. (4) All money collected by the treasurer of state from the fee imposed by division (K) of this section shall be deposited to the credit of the state securities tender program fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The amount of income from the state securities tender program credited to the state securities tender program fund shall not exceed one per cent of the average par value of obligations subject to agreements under division (K)(1) of this section. All other such income shall be credited to the general revenue fund. The treasurer of state may use the state securities tender program fund solely for operations of the office of the treasurer of state. (L)(1) The treasurer of state and a state university or college issuing obligations under section 3345.12 of the Revised Code may enter into an agreement providing for the following: (a) The purchase of those obligations by the treasurer of state pursuant to division (A)(3)(a) of this section on terms and subject to conditions set forth in the agreement; (b) The department of higher education to withhold, in the event the state university or college does not pay bond service charges on the obligations when due, appropriated funds allocated to the state university or college in an amount sufficient to pay bond service charges on the obligations, less any amounts deposited for that purpose under the bond proceedings. Upon the request of the treasurer of state, the department of higher education shall promptly pay to the treasurer of state the amounts withheld. (2) For purposes of division (L)(1) of this section, "obligations," "state university or college," "bond service charges," and "bond proceedings" have the same meanings as in section 3345.12 of the Revised Code. (M) Unless expressly authorized by the laws of this state, the treasurer of state shall not do either of the following: (1) Make an investment decision with the primary purpose of influencing any environmental, social, personal, or ideological policy; (2) Permit any person or entity to which the treasurer of state delegates the management of the investment of state money to make investment decisions with state money with the primary purpose of influencing any environmental, social, personal, or ideological policy. Last updated July 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 120.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 120 / § 120.24
§ 120.24. Joint county public defender commission - powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 26, 1984 Senate Bill 271 - 115th General Assembly (A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the joint county public defender commission shall appoint the joint county public defender and may remove him from office only for good cause. (2) If a joint county public defender commission contracts with the state public defender or with one or more nonprofit organizations for the state public defender or the organizations to provide all of the services that the joint county public defender is required or permitted to provide by this chapter, the commission shall not appoint a joint county public defender. (B) The commission shall determine the qualifications and size of the supporting staff and facilities and other requirements needed to maintain and operate the office. (C) In administering the office of joint county public defender, the commission shall: (1) Recommend to the boards of county commissioners in the district an annual operating budget which is subject to the review, amendment, and approval of the boards of county commissioners in the district; (2)(a) Make an annual report to the boards of county commissioners in the district and the Ohio public defender commission on the operation of the public defender's office, including complete and detailed information on finances and costs that separately states costs and expenses that are reimbursable under section 120.35 of the Revised Code, and such other data and information requested by the state public defender; (b) Make monthly reports relating to reimbursement and associated case data pursuant to the rules of the Ohio public defender commission to the boards of county commissioners in the district and the Ohio public defender commission on the total costs of the public defender's office. (3) Cooperate with the Ohio public defender commission in maintaining the standards established by rules of the Ohio public defender commission pursuant to divisions (B) and (C) of section 120.03 of the Revised Code, and cooperate with the state public defender in his programs providing technical aid and assistance to county systems. (D) The commission may accept the services of volunteer workers and consultants at no compensation except reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses. (E) The commission may contract with any municipal corporation, within the counties served by the joint county public defender, for the joint county public defender to provide legal representation for indigent persons who are charged with a violation of the ordinances of the municipal corporation. (F) A joint county public defender commission, with the approval of each participating board of county commissioners regarding all provisions that pertain to the financing of defense counsel for indigent persons, may contract with the state public defender or with any nonprofit organization, the primary purpose of which is to provide legal representation to indigent persons, for the state public defender or the organization to provide all or any part of the services that a joint county public defender is required or permitted to provide by this chapter. A contract entered into pursuant to this division may provide for payment for the services provided on a per case, hourly, or fixed contract basis. The state public defender and any nonprofit organization that contracts with a joint county public defender commission pursuant to this division shall do all of the following: (1) Comply with all standards established by the rules of the Ohio public defender commission; (2) Comply with all standards established by the Ohio public defender; (3) Comply with all statutory duties and other laws applicable to joint county public defenders.
Ohio Rev. Code § 149.3010 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 149 / § 149.3010
§ 149.3010. American-Indian burial sites
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The Ohio history connection, in addition to its other functions, may use any land owned by the Ohio history connection, any land owned by the state and in the Ohio history connection's custody and control, any land leased by the Ohio history connection, or any land that the Ohio history connection has agreed to lease to another entity or organization, for the purpose of repatriation of American Indian human remains. The Ohio history connection shall work with and cooperate with federally recognized Indian tribal governments in the selection, management, and use of burial sites under this section. The Ohio history connection shall implement reasonable standards for the use and maintenance of the burial sites. In the event the Ohio history connection shall deaccession, otherwise dispose of, or no longer have custody and control of a burial site, the Ohio history connection shall retain access and authority to maintain the site or the Ohio history connection shall assign its right of access and maintenance to the person acquiring the site. For each burial site established on or after the effective date of this section, and for each burial site established before the effective date of this section and for which it is legally feasible, the Ohio history connection shall establish a perpetual easement, enforceable by the Ohio history connection or a person assigned by the Ohio history connection, to preserve the burial sites. Chapters 517., 759., 1721., and 4767. of the Revised Code do not apply to burial sites under this section. Last updated July 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.35
§ 121.35. Revision of uniform the eligibility standards
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, the following state agencies shall collaborate to revise and make more uniform the eligibility standards and eligibility determination procedures of programs the state agencies administer: (1) The department of aging; (2) The department of development; (3) The department of developmental disabilities; (4) The department of education and workforce; (5) The department of health; (6) The department of job and family services; (7) The department of medicaid; (8) The department of behavioral health; (9) The opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency; (10) The department of children and youth. (B) In revising eligibility standards and eligibility determination procedures, a state agency shall not make any program's eligibility standards or eligibility determination procedures inconsistent with state or federal law. To the extent authorized by state and federal law, the revisions may provide for the state agencies to share administrative operations. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.191 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.191
§ 117.191. Audits of public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency
Status: in_force

October 5, 2000 House Bill 448 - 123rd General Assembly When the auditor of state audits a public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency, all of the following shall apply: (A) On the request of the agency being audited, the auditing team shall consult with a representative of a national nonprofit organization with expertise in child welfare issues and the cost of the consultation shall be included in the cost of the audit; (B) The audit shall focus on fiscal accountability rather than clinical decision making; (C) The auditor of state shall comply with generally accepted government auditing standards when conducting the audit.
Ohio Rev. Code § 120.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 120 / § 120.041
§ 120.041. Duties of public defender regarding determination of costs
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) In addition to the state public defender's other duties under this chapter and other Revised Code provisions, the state public defender shall do all of the following for each state fiscal year: (1) Determine the total dollar amount of all requests for reimbursements that were submitted for that fiscal year by counties under sections 120.18 , 120.28 , 120.33 , 120.35 , and 2941.51 of the Revised Code; (2) Determine the total dollar amount paid to all counties as reimbursements under the requests described in division (A)(1) of this section that were submitted for that fiscal year; (3) Determine the percentage of total costs submitted by counties under the requests described in division (A)(1) of this section that was paid to all counties as reimbursements for that fiscal year; (4) Commencing in state fiscal year 2021, determine the increase or decrease in the total dollar amount found under division (A)(2) of this section for that fiscal year from the total dollar amount found under that division for the previous fiscal year; (5) Determine, out of the total dollar amount found under division (A)(2) of this section that was paid to all counties as a reimbursement, the total amount of that money used by all of the counties for each of the following categories of costs in that fiscal year: (a) Costs for appointed counsel; (b) Costs for personnel; (c) Costs for expert witnesses; (d) Costs for investigations; (e) Costs for transcripts; (f) Costs for rent or lease, utilities, furnishings, maintenance, and equipment; (g) Costs for travel; (h) Any other category of costs set by the state public defender. (6) Commencing in state fiscal year 2021, determine the increase or decrease in the amount of money found under division (A)(5) of this section to have been used for each category of costs described in divisions (A)(5)(a) to (h) of this section for that fiscal year from the amount of money found under that division to have been used for each such category of costs for the previous fiscal year; (7) Analyze the cost per each felony, misdemeanor, traffic, or juvenile delinquency case assigned to a public defender or counsel pursuant to section 120.06 , 120.16 , 120.26 , or 120.33 of the Revised Code. (B) For each state fiscal year, the state public defender shall prepare a report that includes all of its findings and determinations for that fiscal year and, not later than the first day of October in the state fiscal year following the fiscal year covered by the report, shall submit copies of the report to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the minority leader of the senate, the minority leader of the house of representatives, and the governor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.491 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.491
§ 124.491. Authorized educational achievement of police officer or firefighter
Status: in_force

August 26, 1977 House Bill 1 - 112th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may, by ordinance, adopt a plan granting an increase in salary for authorized educational achievement attained prior to original appointment or during service by a policeman or fireman. Such a plan shall define the areas of education which qualify, set standards, and shall be applied uniformly among members of the police or fire department. Such areas of education shall be related to law enforcement and firefighting, respectively. Only successful completion of a qualified course of education shall be required. In the event of a dispute as to the application of such plan, the municipal civil service commission shall hear and determine the issue upon request. Such a salary increase may raise the total compensation of a policeman or fireman above the salary to which he would otherwise be entitled by his rank and years of service. An increase in salary granted under this section shall not be deemed a promotion and shall not invoke the promotion procedures otherwise required by sections 124.44 to 124.49 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.702 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.702
§ 135.702. Accepting or rejecting a linked deposit savings package
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The treasurer of state may accept or reject a linked deposit savings package, or any portion of it, based on the treasurer of state's evaluation of the amount of state funds to be deposited with an eligible savings institution. (B) Upon acceptance of the linked deposit savings package or any portion of it, the treasurer of state may place, purchase, or designate a linked deposit with the eligible savings institution at the discount interest rate, and in accordance with the deposit agreement required under section 135.703 of the Revised Code and the procedures established by the treasurer of state. (C) Eligible savings institutions shall fully comply with this chapter. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 4:29 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 156.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 156 / § 156.05
§ 156.05. Administrative rules
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the executive director of the Ohio facilities construction commission shall adopt, and enforce rules necessary to administer sections 156.01 to 156.04 of the Revised Code. Rules adopted under this section shall establish procedures by which the executive director may authorize in the executive director's stead the manager of any building owned by the state to enter into contracts authorized under sections 156.01 to 156.04 of the Revised Code. Disclaimer Contact About