Ohio Rev. Code § 140.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 140 / § 140.06
§ 140.06. Issuing revenue obligations
Status: in_force

September 24, 1971 Senate Bill 343 - 109th General Assembly (A) A public hospital agency may issue revenue obligations as provided in this section to pay the costs of hospital facilities. Such revenue obligations shall be authorized by resolution or ordinance of the governing body of the public hospital agency. (B) Revenue obligations may be secured by a pledge of and lien on all or such part of the hospital receipts of the public hospital agency as provided in the bond proceedings, subject to any pledge of such hospital receipts previously made to the contrary and any existing restrictions on the use thereof. Such obligations may be additionally secured by covenants of the public hospital agency to make, fix, adjust, collect, and apply such charges, rates, fees, rentals, and other items of hospital receipts as will produce pledged hospital receipts sufficient to meet bond service charges, reserve, and other requirements provided for in the bond proceedings. (C) Such revenue obligations shall not be general obligations, debt, or bonded indebtedness of any public hospital agency. The holders or owners of the obligations shall not be given the right, and have no right, to have excises or taxes levied by a public hospital agency for the payment of bond service charges thereon, and each such obligation shall bear on its face a statement to that effect and to the effect that the right to such payment is limited to the hospital receipts and special funds pledged to such purpose under the bond proceedings. (D) The bond proceedings for such obligations shall provide for the purpose thereof, the principal amount, the principal maturity or maturities, the interest rate or rates, the date of the obligations and the dates of payment of interest thereon, their denominations, the manner of sale thereof, and the establishment within or without the state of a place or places of payment of bond service charges on such obligations. The bond proceedings shall also provide for a pledge of and lien on hospital receipts of the public hospital agency as provided in division (B) of this section, and a pledge of and lien on such fund or funds provided in the bond proceedings arising from hospital receipts, which pledges and liens may provide for parity with obligations theretofore or thereafter issued by the hospital agency. The hospital receipts so pledged and thereafter received by the public hospital agency and the funds so pledged are immediately subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge is valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind against the hospital agency, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof, and create a perfected security interest for all purposes of Chapter 1309. of the Revised Code, without the necessity for separation or delivery of funds or for the filing or recording of the bond proceedings by which such pledge is created or any certificate, statement or other document with respect thereto. The pledge of such available receipts and funds shall be effective and the money therefrom and thereof may be applied to the purposes for which pledged without necessity for any further act of appropriation. (E) The bond proceedings may contain additional provisions as to: (1) The acquisition, construction, reconstruction, equipment, furnishing, improvement, operation, leasing, alteration, enlargement, maintenance, insurance, and repair of hospital facilities, and the duties of the hospital agency with reference thereto; (2) The terms of the obligations, including provisions for their redemption prior to maturity at the option of the hospital agency at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as are provided in the bond proceedings; (3) Limitations on the purposes to which the proceeds of the obligations may be applied; (4) The rates or rentals or other charges for the use of or right to use the facilities financed by the obligations, or other properties the revenues or receipts from which are pledged to the obligations, and regulations for assuring use and occupancy thereof, including limitations upon the right to modify such rates, rentals, other charges, or regulations; (5) The use and expenditure of the pledged hospital receipts in such manner and to such extent as shall be determined; (6) Limitations on the issuance of additional obligations; (7) The terms of any trust agreement or indenture securing the obligations or under which the same may be issued; (8) The deposit, investment, and application of funds, and the safeguarding of funds on hand or on deposit without regard to Chapter 131. or 135. of the Revised Code, and any bank or trust company which acts as depository of any moneys under the bond proceedings shall furnish such indemnifying bonds or shall pledge or hypothecate such securities as required by the bond proceedings or otherwise by the hospital agency; (9) The binding effect of any or every provision of the bond proceedings upon such officer, board, commission, authority, agency, department, or other person or body as may from time to time have the authority under law to take such actions as may be necessary to perform all or any part of the duty required by such provision; (10) Any provision which may be made in a trust agreement or indenture under division (I) of this section; (11) Any other or additional agreements with respect to the hospital facilities of the hospital agency, their operation, the hospital receipts and funds pledged, and insurance of hospital facilities and of the hospital agency, its officers and employees. (F) Such obligations may have the seal of the public hospital agency or a facsimile thereof affixed thereto or printed thereon and shall be executed by such officer or officers as are designated in the bond proceedings, which execution may be by facsimile signatures. Any obligations may be executed by an officer who, on the date of execution, is the proper officer although on the date of such obligations such person was not the proper officer. In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appears on any such obligations ceases to be such officer before delivery thereof, such signature or facsimile is valid and sufficient for all purposes as if he had remained such officer until such delivery; and in case the seal of the hospital agency has been changed after a facsimile of the seal has been imprinted on such obligations, such facsimile seal continues to be sufficient as to such obligations and obligations issued in substitution or exchange therefor. (G) All such obligations are negotiable instruments and securities under Chapter 1308. of the Revised Code, subject to the provisions of the bond proceedings as to registration. The obligations may be issued in coupon or in registered form, or both. Provision may be made for the registration of any obligations with coupons attached thereto as to principal alone, for the registration of obligations as to both principal and interest and the exchange of coupon obligations for obligations so registered, and for the conversion or reconversion into obligations with coupons attached thereto of any obligations registered as to both principal and interest, and for reasonable charges for such registration, exchange, conversion, and reconversion. (H) Pending preparation of definitive obligations, the public hospital agency may issue interim receipts or certificates which shall be exchanged for such definitive obligations. (I) Such obligations may be secured additionally by a trust agreement or indenture between the public hospital agency and a corporate trustee which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without this state but authorized to exercise trust powers within this state. Any such agreement or indenture may contain, as part thereof, any of the bond proceedings, and may contain any provisions that may be included in the bond proceedings as authorized by this section, and other provisions which are customary or appropriate in an agreement or indenture of such type, including but not limited to: (1) The maintenance of each pledge, trust agreement, indenture and mortgage, or other instrument comprising part of the bond proceedings until the hospital agency has fully paid the bond service charges on the obligations secured thereby, or provision therefor has been made; (2) In the event of default in any payments required to be made by the bond proceedings, or any other agreement of the hospital agency made as a part of the contract under which the obligations were issued, enforcement of such payments or agreement by mandamus, the appointment of a receiver, foreclosure, or any other legal remedy; (3) The rights and remedies of the holders of obligations and of the trustee, and provisions for protecting and enforcing them, including limitations on rights of individual holders of obligations; (4) The replacement of any obligations which become mutilated or are destroyed, lost, or stolen; (5) Such other provisions as the trustee and the hospital agency agree upon, including limitations, conditions, or qualifications relating to any of the foregoing. (J) Each duty of the public hospital agency and its officers or employees, undertaken pursuant to the bond proceedings or any agreement or lease made under authority of this chapter, is hereby established as a duty of such hospital agency, and of each such officer or employee having authority to perform such duty, specially enjoined by law resulting from an office, trust, or station within the meaning of section 2731.01 of the Revised Code. The persons who are at the time the members of the governing body of the public hospital agency or its officers or employees shall not be liable in their personal capacities on such obligations, bond proceedings, lease, or other agreement of the public hospital agency. (K) The authority to issue such obligations includes authority to issue obligations in the form of bond anticipation notes and to renew the same from time to time by the issuance of new notes. Such notes are payable solely from the hospital receipts and funds that may be pledged to the payment of such bonds, or from the proceeds of such bonds or renewal notes, or both, as the public hospital agency provides in its resolution or ordinance authorizing such notes. Such notes may be additionally secured by covenants of the hospital agency to the effect that it will do such or all things necessary for the issuance of such bonds or renewal notes in appropriate amount, and either exchange such bonds or renewal notes therefor or apply the proceeds thereof to the extent necessary, to make full payment of the principal of and interest on such notes at the time or times contemplated as provided in such resolution or ordinance. Subject to this division, all references to obligations in this section are applicable to such anticipation notes. (L) The authority to issue such obligations includes authority to issue revenue obligations to refund, including funding and retirement of, obligations previously issued to pay costs of hospital facilities whether issued under authority of this section or other law authorizing their issuance. Such refunding obligations may be issued in amounts sufficient for payment of the principal amount of the obligations to be so refunded, any redemption premiums thereon, principal maturities of any obligations maturing prior to the redemption of the obligations to be so refunded, interest accrued or to accrue to the maturity date or dates of redemption of such obligations, and any expenses incurred or to be incurred in connection with such refunding or the issuance of the obligations. (M) Nothing in this section is intended to limit or restrict the authority of municipal corporations to issue, under authority of Section 3 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, and without regard to this section, revenue bonds and notes to pay costs of hospital facilities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 127.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 127 / § 127.15
§ 127.15. Hearing on transfers
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The controlling board may authorize any state agency for which an appropriation is made, in any act making appropriations for capital improvements, to expend the moneys appropriated otherwise than in accordance with the items set forth, and for such purpose may authorize transfers among items or create new items and authorize transfers thereto, provided that prior to such transfers the agency seeking the same shall notify by mail or electronic mail the elected representatives to the general assembly from the counties affected by such transfers, stating the time and place of the hearing on the proposed transfers thereto. Such transfers among items shall not alter in total the appropriation to any state agency except as otherwise provided by the general assembly. The board may not authorize the transfer of a capital appropriation item of any state agency for use by such agency for operating expenses, except as otherwise provided by the general assembly. Last updated August 9, 2023 at 11:39 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.70
§ 125.70. Data matching agreements
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The department of administrative services shall work with the departments of job and family services and medicaid to deploy private sector tools for digital identity management, authentication, and verification for individuals receiving medicaid benefits, supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, or benefits funded by the temporary assistance for needy families block grant. These private sector tools shall include joining available multistate cooperatives to identify individuals enrolled in public assistance programs, including the national accuracy clearinghouse for the supplemental nutrition assistance program, as well as other multi-state collaborative efforts to share enrollment information across state lines and avoid public assistance benefit duplication. Last updated July 30, 2021 at 5:50 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.75 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.75
§ 101.75. Filing complaint with joint legislative ethics committee
Status: in_force

May 12, 1994 House Bill 492 - 120th General Assembly If a dispute arises between any member of the general assembly, any member of the controlling board, or a member of the staff of the general assembly or controlling board and an employer or legislative agent with respect to an expenditure or financial transaction alleged in any statement to be filed under section 101.73 or 101.74 of the Revised Code, the member, employer, or legislative agent may file a complaint with the joint legislative ethics committee. The committee shall proceed to investigate the complaint as provided for other complaints in section 101.34 of the Revised Code. The complaint shall be filed at least three days prior to the time the statement is required to be filed with the joint legislative ethics committee. The time for filing a disputed expenditure or financial transaction in any statement of expenditures or the details of a financial transaction shall be extended pending the final decision of the joint committee. This extension does not extend the time for filing the nondisputed portions of an expenditure statement or of the details of a financial transaction. The joint committee shall notify the parties of its final decision by certified mail. If the committee decides that the disputed expenditure or financial transaction should be reported, the employer or legislative agent shall include the matter in an amended statement and file the amended statement not later than ten days after the employer or agent receives notice of the decision of the committee by certified mail. An employer or legislative agent who files a false statement of expenditures or details of a financial transaction is liable in a civil action to any public officer or employee who sustains damage as a result of the filing or publication of the statement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 143.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 143 / § 143.07
§ 143.07. Basic capital account; contributions
Status: in_force

March 23, 2016 Senate Bill 11 - 131st General Assembly The total of all initial premiums collected by the treasurer of state under section 143.06 of the Revised Code is the basic capital account of the volunteer peace officers' dependents fund. No further contributions are required of fund members until claims against the fund have reduced it to ninety-five per cent or less of its basic capital account. In that event, the director of commerce shall cause the following assessments, based on current property valuation, to be made and certified to the legislative authority of each member of the fund: (A) Each member with an assessed property valuation of less than seven million dollars, ninety dollars; (B) Each member with an assessed property valuation of seven million dollars but less than fourteen million dollars, one hundred five dollars; (C) Each member with an assessed property valuation of fourteen million dollars but less than twenty-one million dollars, one hundred twenty dollars; (D) Each member with an assessed property valuation of twenty-one million dollars but less than twenty-eight million dollars, one hundred thirty-five dollars; (E) Each member with an assessed property valuation of twenty-eight million dollars or more, one hundred fifty dollars.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.57
§ 124.57. Prohibition against partisan political activity
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) No officer or employee in the classified service of the state, the several counties, cities, and city school districts of the state, or the civil service townships of the state shall directly or indirectly, orally or by letter, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political party or for any candidate for public office; nor shall any person solicit directly or indirectly, orally or by letter, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting, any such assessment, contribution, or payment from any officer or employee in the classified service of the state, the several counties, cities, or city school districts of the state, or the civil service townships of the state; nor shall any officer or employee in the classified service of the state, the several counties, cities, and city school districts of the state, or the civil service townships of the state be an officer in any political organization or take part in politics other than to vote as the officer or employee pleases and to express freely political opinions. (B)(1) Nothing in division (A) of this section prohibits an officer or employee described in that division from serving as a precinct election official under section 3501.22 of the Revised Code. (2) Nothing in division (A) of this section prohibits an employee of OSU extension whose position is transferred from the unclassified civil service to the classified civil service and who also holds the office of president of a city legislative authority from completing the existing term of office as president.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.544 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.544
§ 173.544. Eligibility requirements for state-funded component of assisted living program
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly To be eligible for the state-funded component of the assisted living program, an individual must meet all of the following requirements: (A) The individual must need an intermediate level of care as determined by an assessment conducted under section 173.546 of the Revised Code. (B) The individual must have an application for the medicaid-funded component of the assisted living program pending and the department or the department's designee must have determined that the individual meets the nonfinancial eligibility requirements of the medicaid-funded component and not have reason to doubt that the individual meets the financial eligibility requirements of the medicaid-funded component. (C) While receiving assisted living services under the state-funded component, the individual must reside in a residential care facility that is authorized by a valid provider agreement to participate in the component, including both of the following: (1) A residential care facility that is owned or operated by a metropolitan housing authority that has a contract with the United States department of housing and urban development to receive an operating subsidy or rental assistance for the residents of the facility; (2) A county or district home licensed as a residential care facility. (D) The individual must meet all other eligibility requirements for the state-funded component established in rules adopted under section 173.543 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 22, 2023 at 9:38 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 154.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 154 / § 154.09
§ 154.09. Trust agreements
Status: in_force

September 14, 2000 House Bill 640 - 123rd General Assembly In the discretion of the issuing authority, obligations may be secured additionally by a trust agreement or indenture between the state and a corporate trustee which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without this state but authorized to exercise trust powers within this state. Any such agreement or indenture may contain the resolution or order authorizing the issuance of the obligations, any provisions that may be contained in any bond proceedings, and other provisions which are customary or appropriate in an agreement or indenture of such type, including but not limited to: (A) Maintenance of each pledge, trust agreement, indenture, or other instrument comprising part of the bond proceedings until the commission or issuing authority has fully paid the bond service charges on the obligations secured thereby, or provision therefor has been made. (B) In the event of default in any payments required to be made by the bond proceedings, or any other agreement of the commission or issuing authority made as a part of the contract under which the obligations were issued, enforcement of such payments or agreement by mandamus, the appointment of a receiver, suit in equity, action at law, or any combination of the foregoing; (C) The rights and remedies of the holders of obligations and of the trustee, and provisions for protecting and enforcing them, including limitations on rights of individual holders of obligations; (D) The replacement of any obligations which become mutilated or are destroyed, lost, or stolen; (E) Such other provisions as the trustee and the issuing authority agree upon, including limitations, conditions, or qualifications relating to any of the foregoing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.05
§ 124.05. State personnel board of review organization
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly The state personnel board of review shall be composed of three members, not more than two of whom shall be affiliated with the same political party, to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Terms of office shall be for six years, commencing on the ninth day of February and ending on the eighth day of February, except that upon expiration of the term ending February 11, 1975, the new term which succeeds it shall commence on February 12, 1975 and end on February 8, 1981; and upon expiration of the term ending February 12, 1979, the new term which succeeds it shall commence on February 13, 1979 and end on February 8, 1985. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. A vacancy in the office of a member of the board shall be filled pursuant to section 3.03 of the Revised Code. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of such 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. Each member of the board, before entering upon the duties of office, shall take and subscribe an oath of office and give bond as provided in section 121.11 of the Revised Code. Any member of the board may be removed from office for any of the causes and in the manner provided in section 3.04 of the Revised Code. No member of the board shall hold any other office of trust or profit under the government of the United States, the state, or any political subdivision thereof. Each member of the board shall devote whatever time is necessary to the duties of this office and shall hold no other office of trust or profit. Each member of the board shall receive a salary fixed pursuant to section 124.14 of the Revised Code, payable in the same manner as the salaries of other state officers, and shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. The governor, at the time of making the original appointment of the members of the board and at the time of making the appointment of any member for a full term thereafter, shall designate one of the members as chairperson. A quorum of the board is a majority of its members and no action of the board is valid without the concurrence of at least a majority of its members. As used in this section only, "office of trust or profit" means: (A) A federal or state elective office or an elected office of a political subdivision of the state; (B) A position on a board or commission of the state that is appointed by the governor; (C) An office set forth in section 121.03 , 121.04 , or 121.05 of the Revised Code; (D) An office of the government of the United States that is appointed by the president of the United States.
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.61
§ 133.61. Issuing general obligation bonds to acquire agricultural easements
Status: in_force

April 5, 1999 Senate Bill 223 - 122nd General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, board of county commissioners of a county, or board of township trustees of a township may issue general obligation bonds for the purpose of acquiring agricultural easements. The bonds shall be issued in the manner provided in section 133.18 of the Revised Code and pursuant to this chapter. All moneys raised by the issuance of bonds under this section, after payment of the costs of issuance and financing costs, shall be used exclusively for the acquisition of agricultural easements.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.12
§ 173.12. Services provided by multipurpose senior center
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly The services provided by a multipurpose senior center shall be available to all residents of the area served by the center who are sixty years of age or older, except where legal requirements for the use of funds available for a component program specify other age limits. Persons who receive services from the center may be encouraged to make voluntary contributions to the center, but no otherwise eligible person shall be refused services because of inability to make a contribution. Services provided by the center may include, but are not limited to, the following: (A) Services available within the facility: (1) Preventive medical services, diagnostic and treatment services, emergency health services, and counseling on health matters, which are provided on a regular basis by a licensed physician, pharmacist, or registered nurse or other qualified health professional; (2) A program to locate full- or part-time employment opportunities; (3) Information and counseling by professional or other persons specially trained or qualified to enable older adults to make decisions on personal matters, including income, health, housing, transportation, and social relationships; (4) A listing of services available in the community for older adults to assist in identifying the type of assistance needed, to place them in contact with appropriate services, and to determine whether services have been received and identified needs met; (5) Legal advice and assistance by an attorney or a legal assistant acting under the supervision of an attorney; (6) Recreation, social activities, and educational activities. (B) Services provided outside the facility: (1) Routine health services necessary to help older adults with functional impairments maintain an appropriate standard of personal health, provided to them in their homes by licensed physicians, registered nurses, or other qualified health service personnel; (2) Household services, such as light housekeeping, laundering, meal preparation, personal and grocery shopping, check cashing and bill paying, friendly visiting, minor household repairs, and yard chores, that are necessary to help older adults with functional impairments meet the normal demands of daily living; (3) The delivery, on a regular schedule, of hot or cold nourishing meals to older adults with functional impairments and the determination of the nutritional needs of such persons; (4) Door-to-door vehicular transportation for older adults with functional impairments or other older adults. Other services, including social and recreational services, adult education courses, reassurance by telephone, escort services, and housing assistance may be added to the center's program as appropriate, to the extent that resources are available. Services may be furnished by public agencies or private persons or organizations, but all services shall be coordinated by a single management unit, operating within the center, that is established, staffed, and equipped for this purpose. The department of aging, or the local entity approved by the department under section 173.11 of the Revised Code for the operation of a center, may contract for any or all of the services provided by the center with any other state agency, county, township, municipal corporation, school district, community or technical college district, health district, person, or organization. The department shall provide for the necessary insurance coverage to protect all volunteers from the normal risks of personal liability while they are acting within the scope of their volunteer assignments for the provision of services under this section. As used in this section, "older adult with a functional impairment" means an individual sixty years of age or older who requires help from others in order to cope with the normal demands of daily living. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 10:56 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 121.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 121 / § 121.49
§ 121.49. Qualifications
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, only an individual who meets one or more of the following qualifications is eligible to be appointed inspector general: (1) At least five years experience as a law enforcement officer in this or any other state; (2) Admission to the bar of this or any other state; (3) Certification as a certified public accountant in this or any other state; (4) At least five years service as the comptroller or similar officer of a public or private entity in this or any other state; (5) At least five years service as a deputy inspector general in this or any other state. (B) No individual who has been convicted, in this or any other state, of a felony or of any crime involving fraud, dishonesty, or moral turpitude shall be appointed inspector general. Last updated September 6, 2023 at 3:24 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.15
§ 122.15. Definitions for sections 122.151 to 122.156
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly As used in this section and sections 122.151 to 122.156 of the Revised Code: (A) "Affiliate" means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another person. For the purposes of this division, a person is "controlled by" another person if the controlling person holds, directly or indirectly, the majority voting or ownership interest in the controlled person or has control over the day-to-day operations of the controlled person by contract or by law. (B) "Border county" means a county in this state that borders another state. (C) "Closing date" means the date on which a rural business growth fund has collected all of the amounts specified by divisions (G)(1) and (2) of section 122.151 of the Revised Code. (D) "Credit-eligible capital contribution" means an investment of cash by a person subject to the tax imposed by section 3901.86 , 5725.18 , 5729.03 , or 5729.06 of the Revised Code in a rural business growth fund that equals the amount specified on a notice of tax credit allocation issued by the department of development under division (I)(1) of section 122.151 of the Revised Code. The investment shall purchase an equity interest in the fund or purchase, at par value or premium, a debt instrument issued by the fund that meets all of the following criteria: (1) The debt instrument has an original maturity date of at least five years after the date of issuance. (2) The debt instrument has a repayment schedule that is not faster than a level principal amortization over five years. (3) The debt instrument has no interest, distribution, or payment features dependent on the fund's profitability or the success of the fund's growth investments. (E) "Eligible investment authority" means the amount stated on the notice issued under division (F) of section 122.151 of the Revised Code certifying the rural business growth fund. Sixty per cent of a fund's eligible investment authority shall be comprised of credit-eligible capital contributions. (F) "Full-time equivalent employee" means the quotient obtained by dividing the total number of hours for which employees were compensated for employment over the preceding twelve-month period by two thousand eighty. (G) "Growth investment" means any capital or equity investment in a rural business concern or any loan to a rural business concern with a stated maturity of at least one year. A secured loan or the provision of a revolving line of credit to a rural business concern is a growth investment only if the rural business growth fund obtains an affidavit from the president or chief executive officer of the rural business concern attesting that the rural business concern sought and was denied similar financing from a commercial bank. (H) "Operating company" means any business that has its principal business operations in this state, has fewer than two hundred fifty employees and not more than fifteen million dollars in net income for the preceding taxable year, and that is none of the following: (1) A country club; (2) A racetrack or other facility used for gambling; (3) A store the principal purpose of which is the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption off premises; (4) A massage parlor; (5) A hot tub facility; (6) A suntan facility; (7) A business engaged in the development or holding of intangibles for sale; (8) A private or commercial golf course; (9) A business that derives or projects to derive fifteen per cent or more of its net income from the rental or sale of real property, except any business that is a special purpose entity principally owned by a principal user of that property formed solely for the purpose of renting, either directly or indirectly, or selling real property back to such principal user if such principal user does not derive fifteen per cent or more of its gross annual revenue from the rental or sale of real property; (10) A publicly traded business. For the purposes of this division, "net income" means federal gross income as required to be reported under the Internal Revenue Code less federal and state taxes imposed on or measured by income. (I) "Population" means that shown by the most recent decennial census or the most recent annual population estimate published or released by the United States census bureau, whichever is more recent. (J) A business's "principal business operations" are in this state if at least eighty per cent of the business's employees reside in this state, the individuals who receive eighty per cent of the business's payroll reside in this state, or the business has agreed to use the proceeds of a growth investment to relocate at least eighty per cent of its employees to this state or pay at least eighty per cent of its payroll to individuals residing in this state. For the purpose of growth investments by a program two rural business growth fund, a business's "principal business operations" are also in this state if it is headquartered in a border county and at least sixty-five per cent of the business's employees reside in this state, the individuals who receive sixty-five per cent of the business's payroll reside in this state, or the business has agreed to use the proceeds of a growth investment to relocate at least sixty-five per cent of its employees to this state or pay at least sixty-five per cent of its payroll to individuals residing in this state. (K) "Program one" refers to rural business growth funds certified by the department of development under section 122.151 of the Revised Code before the effective date of this amendment . (L) "Program two" refers to rural business growth funds certified by the department of development under section 122.151 of the Revised Code on or after the effective date of this amendment . (M) "Rural area" means any county in this state having a population less than two hundred thousand. (N) "Rural business concern" means an operating company that has its principal business operations located in a rural area. (O) "Rural business growth fund" and "fund" mean an entity certified by the department of development under section 122.151 of the Revised Code. (P) "Taxable year" means the calendar year ending on the thirty-first day of December next preceding the day the annual statement is required to be returned under section 5725.18 or 5729.02 of the Revised Code. (Q) "Tier one rural area" means any county in this state having a population less than two hundred thousand and more than one hundred fifty thousand. (R) "Tier two rural area" means any county in this state having a population of more than seventy-five thousand but not more than one hundred fifty thousand. (S) "Tier three rural area" means any county in this state having a population of not more than seventy-five thousand. Last updated July 30, 2021 at 9:28 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 106.024 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 106 / § 106.024
§ 106.024. Summary and fiscal analysis of each proposed rule
Status: in_force

August 18, 2019 Senate Bill 221 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Agency" has the meaning defined in section 106.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Rule" includes the adoption, amendment, or rescission of a rule. (3) "Proposed rule" means the original version of a proposed rule, and each revised version of the same proposed rule, that is filed with the joint committee on agency rule review under division (D) of section 111.15 or division (C) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code. (B) An agency shall prepare, on the form designed by the joint committee on agency rule review, a complete and accurate rule summary and fiscal analysis of each proposed rule that it files under division (D) of section 111.15 or division (C) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code. The joint committee on agency rule review shall design a form for the rule summary and fiscal analysis. The form may solicit information such as the following information: (1) The name, address, and telephone number of the agency, and the name, telephone number, and electronic mail address of an individual or office within the agency designated by that agency to be responsible for coordinating and making available information in the possession of the agency regarding the proposed rule; (2) The Ohio Administrative Code rule number of the proposed rule; (3) A brief summary of, and the legal basis for, the proposed rule, including citations identifying the statute that prescribes the procedure in accordance with which the agency is required to adopt the proposed rule, the statute that authorizes the agency to adopt the proposed rule, and the statute that the agency intends to amplify or implement by adopting the proposed rule; (4) An estimate, in dollars, of the amount by which the proposed rule would increase or decrease revenues or expenditures during the current biennium; (5) A citation identifying the appropriation that authorizes each expenditure that would be necessitated by the proposed rule; (6) A summary of the estimated cost of compliance with the rule to all directly affected persons; (7) The reasons why the rule is being proposed; (8) If the rule has a fiscal effect on school districts, counties, townships, or municipal corporations, an estimate in dollars of the cost of compliance with the rule, or, if dollar amounts cannot be determined, a written explanation of why it was not possible to ascertain dollar amounts; (9) If the rule has a fiscal effect on school districts, counties, townships, or municipal corporations and is the result of a federal requirement, a clear explanation that the proposed state rule does not exceed the scope and intent of the requirement, or, if the state rule does exceed the minimum necessary federal requirement, a justification of the excess cost, and an estimate of the costs, including those costs for local governments, exceeding the federal requirement; (10) If the rule has a fiscal effect on school districts, counties, townships, or municipal corporations, a comprehensive cost estimate that includes the procedure and method of calculating the costs of compliance and identifies major cost categories including personnel costs, new equipment or other capital costs, operating costs, and indirect central service costs related to the rule. The fiscal analysis shall also include a written explanation of the agency's and the affected local government's ability to pay for the new requirements and a statement of any impact the rule will have on economic development. (11) If the rule incorporates a text or other material by reference, and the agency claims the incorporation by reference is exempt from compliance with sections 121.71 to 121.74 of the Revised Code on grounds the incorporated text or other material has one or more of the characteristics described in division (B) of section 121.75 of the Revised Code, an explanation of how the incorporated text or other material is exempted under that division; (12) If the rule imposes a fee, an explanation of how the fee directly relates to the cost actually incurred by the agency in performing the function for which the fee is charged. The rule summary and fiscal analysis form, instead of or in addition to the foregoing, may solicit any other information the joint committee on agency rule review considers necessary to make the proposed rule or the fiscal effect of the proposed rule fully understandable. (C) The agency shall file the rule summary and fiscal analysis in electronic form along with the proposed rule that it files under division (D) of section 111.15 or divisions (B) and (C) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code. The joint committee on agency rule review shall not accept any proposed rule for filing unless a copy of the rule summary and fiscal analysis of the proposed rule, completely and accurately prepared, is filed along with the proposed rule. (D) The joint committee on agency rule review shall review the fiscal effect of each proposed rule that is filed under division (D) of section 111.15 or division (C) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 156.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 156 / § 156.04
§ 156.04. Installment payment contract for implementation of one or more energy saving measures
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) In accordance with this section and section 156.03 of the Revised Code, the executive director of the Ohio facilities construction commission may, on the executive director's own initiative or at the request of a state agency, enter into an installment payment contract for the implementation of one or more energy or water saving measures. If the executive director wishes an installment payment contract to be exempted from Chapter 153. of the Revised Code, the executive director shall proceed pursuant to section 156.03 of the Revised Code. (B) Any installment payment contract under this section shall provide that all payments, except payments for repairs and obligations on termination of the contract prior to its expiration, are to be a stated percentage of calculated energy, water, or wastewater cost savings, operating costs, and avoided capital costs attributable to the one or more measures over a defined period of time and are to be made only to the extent that those calculated amounts actually occur. No such contract shall contain either of the following: (1) A requirement of any additional capital investment or contribution of funds, other than funds available from state or federal grants; (2) In the case of a contract for a cogeneration system described in division (B)(8) of section 156.01 of the Revised Code, a payment term longer than twenty years, and, in the case of all other contracts, a payment term longer than fifteen years. (C) Any installment payment contract entered into under this section shall terminate no later than the last day of the fiscal biennium for which funds have been appropriated by the general assembly and shall be renewed in each succeeding fiscal biennium in which any balance of the contract remains unpaid, provided that both an appropriation for that succeeding fiscal biennium and the certification required by section 126.07 of the Revised Code are made. (D) Any installment payment contract entered into under this section shall be eligible for financing provided through the Ohio air quality development authority under Chapter 3706. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 139.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 139 / § 139.11
§ 139.11. Subdivisions may issue notes to participate in plan of distributing surplus foods
Status: in_force

October 30, 1989 House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly In anticipation of the moneys to be derived from the sale of federal food order stamps, pursuant to an agreement between a county or municipal corporation and the federal surplus commodities corporation, and for the purpose of enabling counties and municipal corporations to participate in the distribution of surplus foods, in accordance with the plan as provided by the federal surplus commodities corporation, or any plan amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, and for that purpose only, the taxing authority of any such county or municipal corporation may issue and sell notes during the effective period of its agreement with the federal surplus commodities corporation and may levy taxes therefor under Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. Such notes may mature at any time not exceeding two years from date of issue, may bear interest at a rate not exceeding the rate determined as provided in section 9.95 of the Revised Code, and may be issued in an amount not exceeding the amount of deposit which the county or municipal corporation is required to make with the federal surplus commodities corporation for the purchase of the stamps. All sections of the Revised Code inconsistent with or prohibiting the exercise of the authority conferred by this section and section 139.12 of the Revised Code shall be inoperative respecting such notes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.11
§ 124.11. Unclassified service - classified service
Status: in_force

February 4, 2026 House Bill 44 - 136th General Assembly The civil service of the state and the several counties, cities, civil service townships, city health districts, general health districts, and city school districts of the state shall be divided into the unclassified service and the classified service. (A) The unclassified service shall comprise the following positions, which shall not be included in the classified service, and which shall be exempt from all examinations required by this chapter: (1) All officers elected by popular vote or persons appointed to fill vacancies in those offices; (2) All election officers as defined in section 3501.01 of the Revised Code; (3)(a) The members of all boards and commissions, and heads of principal departments, boards, and commissions appointed by the governor or by and with the governor's consent; (b) The heads of all departments appointed by a board of county commissioners; (c) The members of all boards and commissions and all heads of departments appointed by the mayor, or, if there is no mayor, such other similar chief appointing authority of any city or city school district; Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(17) or (C) of this section, this chapter does not exempt the chiefs of police departments and chiefs of fire departments of cities or civil service townships from the competitive classified service. (4) The members of county or district licensing boards or commissions and boards of revision, and not more than five deputy county auditors; (5) All officers and employees elected or appointed by either or both branches of the general assembly, and employees of the city legislative authority engaged in legislative duties; (6) All commissioned, warrant, and noncommissioned officers and enlisted persons in the Ohio organized militia, including military appointees in the adjutant general's department; (7)(a) All presidents, business managers, administrative officers, superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals, deans, assistant deans, instructors, teachers, and such employees as are engaged in educational or research duties connected with the public school system, colleges, and universities, as determined by the governing body of the public school system, colleges, and universities; (b) The library staff of any library in the state supported wholly or in part at public expense. (8) Four clerical and administrative support employees for each of the elective state officers, four clerical and administrative support employees for each board of county commissioners and one such employee for each county commissioner, and four clerical and administrative support employees for other elective officers and each of the principal appointive executive officers, boards, or commissions, except for civil service commissions, that are authorized to appoint such clerical and administrative support employees; (9) The deputies and assistants of state agencies authorized to act for and on behalf of the agency, or holding a fiduciary or administrative relation to that agency and those persons employed by and directly responsible to elected county officials or a county administrator and holding a fiduciary or administrative relationship to such elected county officials or county administrator, and the employees of such county officials whose fitness would be impracticable to determine by competitive examination, provided that division (A)(9) of this section shall not affect those persons in county employment in the classified service as of September 19, 1961. Nothing in division (A)(9) of this section applies to any position in a county department of job and family services created pursuant to Chapter 329. of the Revised Code. (10) Bailiffs, constables, official stenographers, and commissioners of courts of record, deputies of clerks of the courts of common pleas who supervise or who handle public moneys or secured documents, and such officers and employees of courts of record and such deputies of clerks of the courts of common pleas as the appointing authority finds it impracticable to determine their fitness by competitive examination; (11) Assistants to the attorney general, special counsel appointed or employed by the attorney general, assistants to county prosecuting attorneys, and assistants to city directors of law; (12) Such teachers and employees in the agricultural experiment stations; such students in normal schools, colleges, and universities of the state who are employed by the state or a political subdivision of the state in student or intern classifications; and such unskilled labor positions as the director of administrative services, with respect to positions in the service of the state, or any municipal civil service commission may find it impracticable to include in the competitive classified service; provided such exemptions shall be by order of the commission or the director, duly entered on the record of the commission or the director with the reasons for each such exemption; (13) Any physician or dentist who is a full-time employee of the department of mental health and addiction services, the department of developmental disabilities, or an institution under the jurisdiction of either department; and physicians who are in residency programs at the institutions; (14) Up to twenty positions at each institution under the jurisdiction of the department of mental health and addiction services or the department of developmental disabilities that the department director determines to be primarily administrative or managerial; and up to fifteen positions in any division of either department, excluding administrative assistants to the director and division chiefs, which are within the immediate staff of a division chief and which the director determines to be primarily and distinctively administrative and managerial; (15) Noncitizens of the United States employed by the state, or its counties or cities, as physicians or nurses who are duly licensed to practice their respective professions under the laws of this state, or medical assistants, in mental or chronic disease hospitals, or institutions; (16) Employees of the governor's office; (17) Fire chiefs and chiefs of police in civil service townships appointed by boards of township trustees under section 505.38 or 505.49 of the Revised Code; (18) Executive directors, deputy directors, and program directors employed by boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services under Chapter 340. of the Revised Code, and secretaries of the executive directors, deputy directors, and program directors; (19) Superintendents, and management employees as defined in section 5126.20 of the Revised Code, of county boards of developmental disabilities; (20) Physicians, nurses, and other employees of a county hospital who are appointed pursuant to sections 339.03 and 339.06 of the Revised Code; (21) The executive director of the state medical board, who is appointed pursuant to division (B) of section 4731.05 of the Revised Code; (22) County directors of job and family services as provided in section 329.02 of the Revised Code and administrators appointed under section 329.021 of the Revised Code; (23) A director of economic development who is hired pursuant to division (A) of section 307.07 of the Revised Code; (24) Chiefs of construction and compliance, of operations and maintenance, of worker protection, and of licensing and certification in the division of industrial compliance in the department of commerce; (25) The executive director of a county transit system appointed under division (A) of section 306.04 of the Revised Code; (26) Up to five positions at each of the administrative departments listed in section 121.02 of the Revised Code and at the department of taxation, department of the adjutant general, department of education, Ohio board of regents, bureau of workers' compensation, industrial commission, state lottery commission, opportunities for Ohioans with disabilities agency, and public utilities commission of Ohio that the head of that administrative department or of that other state agency determines to be involved in policy development and implementation. The head of the administrative department or other state agency shall set the compensation for employees in these positions at a rate that is not less than the minimum compensation specified in pay range 41 but not more than the maximum compensation specified in pay range 47 of salary schedule E-2 in section 124.152 of the Revised Code. The authority to establish positions in the unclassified service under division (A)(26) of this section is in addition to and does not limit any other authority that an administrative department or state agency has under the Revised Code to establish positions, appoint employees, or set compensation. (27) Employees of the department of agriculture employed under section 901.09 of the Revised Code; (28) For cities, counties, civil service townships, city health districts, general health districts, and city school districts, the deputies and assistants of elective or principal executive officers authorized to act for and in the place of their principals or holding a fiduciary relation to their principals; (29) Employees who receive intermittent or temporary appointments under division (C) of section 124.30 of the Revised Code; (30) Employees appointed to administrative staff positions for which an appointing authority is given specific statutory authority to set compensation; (31) Employees appointed to highway patrol cadet or highway patrol cadet candidate classifications; (32) Employees appointed to participate in a prospective law enforcement training school under section 737.061 of the Revised Code; (33) Employees placed in the unclassified service by another section of the Revised Code. (B) The classified service shall comprise all persons in the employ of the state and the several counties, cities, city health districts, general health districts, and city school districts of the state, not specifically included in the unclassified service. Upon the creation by the board of trustees of a civil service township civil service commission, the classified service shall also comprise, except as otherwise provided in division (A)(17) or (C) of this section, all persons in the employ of a civil service township police or fire department having ten or more full-time paid employees. The classified service consists of two classes, which shall be designated as the competitive class and the unskilled labor class. (1) The competitive class shall include all positions and employments in the state and the counties, cities, city health districts, general health districts, and city school districts of the state, and, upon the creation by the board of trustees of a civil service township of a township civil service commission, all positions in a civil service township police or fire department having ten or more full-time paid employees, for which it is practicable to determine the merit and fitness of applicants by competitive examinations. Appointments shall be made to, or employment shall be given in, all positions in the competitive class that are not filled by promotion, reinstatement, transfer, or reduction, as provided in this chapter, and the rules of the director of administrative services, by appointment from those certified to the appointing officer in accordance with this chapter. (2) The unskilled labor class shall include ordinary unskilled laborers. Vacancies in the labor class for positions in service of the state shall be filled by appointment from lists of applicants registered by the director or the director's designee. Vacancies in the labor class for all other positions shall be filled by appointment from lists of applicants registered by a commission. The director or the commission, as applicable, by rule, shall require an applicant for registration in the labor class to furnish evidence or take tests as the director or commission considers proper with respect to age, residence, physical condition, ability to labor, honesty, sobriety, industry, capacity, and experience in the work or employment for which application is made. Laborers who fulfill the requirements shall be placed on the eligible list for the kind of labor or employment sought, and preference shall be given in employment in accordance with the rating received from that evidence or in those tests. Upon the request of an appointing officer, stating the kind of labor needed, the pay and probable length of employment, and the number to be employed, the director or commission, as applicable, shall certify from the highest on the list double the number to be employed; from this number, the appointing officer shall appoint the number actually needed for the particular work. If more than one applicant receives the same rating, priority in time of application shall determine the order in which their names shall be certified for appointment. (C) A municipal or civil service township civil service commission may place volunteer firefighters who are paid on a fee-for-service basis in either the classified or the unclassified civil service. (D)(1) This division does not apply to persons in the unclassified service who have the right to resume positions in the classified service under sections 4121.121 , 5119.18 , 5120.38 , 5120.381 , 5120.382 , 5123.08 , and 5139.02 of the Revised Code or to cities, counties, or political subdivisions of the state. (2) A person who holds a position in the classified service of the state and who is appointed to a position in the unclassified service shall retain the right to resume the position and status held by the person in the classified service immediately prior to the person's appointment to the position in the unclassified service, regardless of the number of positions the person held in the unclassified service. An employee's right to resume a position in the classified service may only be exercised when an appointing authority demotes the employee to a pay range lower than the employee's current pay range or revokes the employee's appointment to the unclassified service and any of the following apply: (a) That person held a certified position prior to July 1, 2007, in the classified service within the appointing authority's agency; (b) That person held a permanent position on or after July 1, 2007, in the classified service within the appointing authority's agency, and was appointed to the position in the unclassified service prior to January 1, 2016; (c) That person held a permanent position on or after January 1, 2016, in the classified service within the appointing authority's agency, and is within five years from the effective date of the person's appointment in the unclassified service. (3) An employee forfeits the right to resume a position in the classified service when: (a) The employee is removed from the position in the unclassified service due to incompetence, inefficiency, dishonesty, drunkenness, immoral conduct, insubordination, discourteous treatment of the public, neglect of duty, violation of this chapter or the rules of the director of administrative services, any other failure of good behavior, any other acts of misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office, or conviction of a felony while employed in the civil service; or (b) Upon transfer to a different agency. (4) Reinstatement to a position in the classified service shall be to a position substantially equal to that position in the classified service held previously, as certified by the director of administrative services. If the position the person previously held in the classified service has been placed in the unclassified service or is otherwise unavailable, the person shall be appointed to a position in the classified service within the appointing authority's agency that the director of administrative services certifies is comparable in compensation to the position the person previously held in the classified service. Service in the position in the unclassified service shall be counted as service in the position in the classified service held by the person immediately prior to the person's appointment to the position in the unclassified service. When a person is reinstated to a position in the classified service as provided in this division, the person is entitled to all rights, status, and benefits accruing to the position in the classified service during the person's time of service in the position in the unclassified service. Last updated December 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 103.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 103 / § 103.22
§ 103.22. Meetings and procedure
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The Ohio legislative service commission shall meet as often as is necessary to perform its duties. Eight members shall constitute a quorum, and the majority thereof shall have authority to act on new matters within the jurisdiction of the commission. They shall formulate rules of procedure and prescribe the policies for the performance of its duties and functions. Last updated July 29, 2021 at 3:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.17
§ 153.17. Requisition upon contractor for additional specific force or materials
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) When in the opinion of the owner referred to in section 153.01 of the Revised Code, the work under any contract made under any law of the state is neglected by the contractor or such work is not prosecuted with the diligence and force specified or intended in the contract, such owner may make requisition upon the contractor for such additional specific force or materials to be brought into the work under such contract or to remove improper materials from the grounds as in their judgment the contract and its faithful fulfillment requires. Not less than five days' notice in writing of such action shall be served upon the contractor or the contractor's agent in charge of the work. If the contractor fails to comply with such requisition within fifteen days, such owner with the written consent of the Ohio facilities construction commission, may employ upon the work the additional force, or supply the special materials or such part of either as is considered proper, and may remove improper materials from the grounds. (B) When the original contractor has defaulted on a contract and the surety has declined to take over the project, the owner may contract with one or more takeover contractors to complete work that was not finished because of the default of the original contractor. The owner may enter into a contract with a takeover contractor without competitive bidding or controlling board approval. When the owner has taken over a project after a default has occurred, any moneys that the owner receives from the surety as a settlement for completion of the project shall be deposited in the original fund from which the capital appropriation for the project was made. The executive director, without controlling board approval, may authorize specified additional uses for the moneys related to completion of the project and may increase the appropriation authority in the appropriation line item used to fund the project by an amount equal to the moneys received from the surety. Last updated September 14, 2023 at 1:57 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.57
§ 145.57. Restitution order based on theft in office or certain sex offenses
Status: in_force

December 6, 1996 House Bill 668 - 121st General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any payment that is to be made under a pension, annuity, allowance, or other type of benefit, other than a survivorship benefit, that has been granted to a person under this chapter, any payment of accumulated contributions standing to a person's credit under this chapter, and any payment of any other amounts to be paid to a person under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contributions pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to any withholding order issued pursuant to section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (C)(2)(b) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, and the public employees retirement board shall comply with that withholding order in making the payment. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the board receives notice pursuant to section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (D) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code that a person who has accumulated contributions standing to the person's credit pursuant to this chapter is charged with a violation of section 2907.02 , 2907.03 , 2907.04 , 2907.05 , or 2921.41 of the Revised Code, no payment of those accumulated contributions, of any other amounts to be paid to a contributor under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contributions pursuant to this chapter, or of any amount to be paid to a contributor as a lump sum or single payment under section 145.38 of the Revised Code, shall be made prior to whichever of the following is applicable: (1) If the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to the charge and no motion for a withholding order for purposes of restitution has been filed under section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (C)(2)(b)(i) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, thirty days after the day on which final disposition of the charge is made; (2) If the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to the charge and a motion for a withholding order for purposes of restitution has been filed under section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (C)(2)(b)(i) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, the day on which the court decides the motion; (3) If the charge is dismissed or the person is found not guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity of the charge, the day on which final disposition of the charge is made.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.46
§ 145.46. Electing a plan of payment
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) A retirement allowance calculated under section 145.33 , 145.331 , 145.332 , or 145.335 of the Revised Code shall be paid as provided in this section. Unless the member is required by division (C) of this section to select a specified plan of payment, a member may elect a plan of payment as provided in division (B)(1), (2), or (3) of this section. An election shall be made at the time the member makes application for retirement and on a form provided by the public employees retirement board. A plan of payment elected under this section shall be effective only if approved by the board, which shall approve it only if it is certified by an actuary engaged by the board to be the actuarial equivalent of the retirement allowance calculated under section 145.33 , 145.331 , 145.332 , or 145.335 of the Revised Code. (B) The following plans of payment shall be offered by the public employees retirement system: (1) "Joint-life plan," an allowance that consists of the actuarial equivalent of the member's retirement allowance determined under section 145.33 , 145.331 , 145.332 , or 145.335 of the Revised Code in a lesser amount payable for life and one-half or some other portion equal to ten per cent or more of the allowance continuing after death to the member's designated beneficiary for the beneficiary's life. The beneficiary shall be nominated by written designation filed with the retirement board. The amount payable to the beneficiary shall not exceed the amount payable to the member. (2) "Single-life plan," the member's retirement allowance determined under section 145.33 , 145.331 , 145.332 , or 145.335 of the Revised Code; (3) "Multiple-life plan," an allowance that consists of the actuarial equivalent of the member's retirement allowance determined under section 145.33 , 145.331 , 145.332 , or 145.335 of the Revised Code in a lesser amount payable to the retirant for life and some portion of the lesser amount continuing after death to two, three, or four surviving beneficiaries designated at the time of the member's retirement. Unless required under division (C) of this section, no portion allocated under this plan of payment shall be less than ten per cent. The total of the portions allocated shall not exceed one hundred per cent of the member's lesser allowance. (C) A member shall select a plan of payment as follows: (1) Subject to division (C)(2) of this section, if the member is married at the time of retirement, the member shall select a joint-life plan and receive a plan of payment that consists of the actuarial equivalent of the member's retirement allowance determined under section 145.33 , 145.331 , 145.332 , or 145.335 of the Revised Code in a lesser amount payable for life and one-half of such allowance continuing after death to the member's surviving spouse for the life of the spouse. A married member is not required to select this plan of payment if the member's spouse consents in writing to the member's election of a plan of payment other than described in this division or the board waives the requirement that the spouse consent; (2) If prior to the effective date of the member's retirement, the public employees retirement board receives a copy of a court order issued under section 3105.171 or 3105.65 of the Revised Code or the laws of another state regarding division of marital property the board shall accept the member's election of a plan of payment under this section only if the member complies with both of the following: (a) The member elects a plan of payment that is in accordance with the order. (b) If the member is married, the member elects a multiple-life plan and designates the member's current spouse as a beneficiary under that plan unless that spouse consents in writing to not being designated a beneficiary under any plan of payment or the board waives the requirement that the current spouse consent. (D) An application for retirement shall include an explanation of all of the following: (1) That, if the member is married, unless the spouse consents to another plan of payment or there is a court order dividing marital property issued under section 3105.171 or 3105.65 of the Revised Code or the laws of another state regarding the division of marital property that provides for payment in a specified amount, the member's retirement allowance will be paid under a joint-life plan and consist of the actuarial equivalent of the member's retirement allowance in a lesser amount payable for life and one-half of the allowance continuing after death to the surviving spouse for the life of the spouse; (2) A description of the alternative plans of payment, including all plans described in division (B) of this section, available with the consent of the spouse; (3) That the spouse may consent to another plan of payment and the procedure for giving consent; (4) That consent is irrevocable once notice of consent is filed with the board. Consent shall be valid only if it is signed, in writing, and witnessed by a notary public. The board may waive the requirement of consent if the spouse is incapacitated or cannot be located or for any other reason specified by the board. Consent or waiver is effective only with regard to the spouse who is the subject of the consent or waiver. (E)(1) Beginning on a date selected by the retirement board, which shall be not later than July 1, 2004, a member may elect to receive a retirement allowance under a plan of payment consisting of both a lump sum in an amount the member designates that constitutes a portion of the member's retirement allowance under a plan described in division (B) of this section and the remainder as a monthly allowance under that plan. The total amount paid as a lump sum and a monthly benefit shall be the actuarial equivalent of the amount that would have been paid had the lump sum not been selected. (2) The lump sum designated by a member shall be not less than six times and not more than thirty-six times the monthly amount that would be payable to the member under the plan of payment elected under division (B) of this section had the lump sum not been elected and shall not result in a monthly allowance that is less than fifty per cent of that monthly amount. (F) If the retirement allowances, as a single life annuity or payment plan as provided in this section, due and paid are in a total amount less than (1) the accumulated contributions, and (2) other deposits made by the member as provided by this chapter, standing to the credit of the member at the time of retirement, then the difference between the total amount of the allowances paid and the accumulated contributions and other deposits shall be paid to the beneficiary provided under division (D) of section 145.43 of the Revised Code. (G)(1) The death of a spouse or any designated beneficiary following retirement shall cancel the portion of the plan of payment providing continuing lifetime benefits to the deceased spouse or deceased designated beneficiary. The retirant shall receive the actuarial equivalent of the retirant's single lifetime benefit, as determined by the board, based on the number of remaining beneficiaries, with no change in the amount payable to any remaining beneficiary. The change shall be effective the month following the date of death. (2) On divorce, annulment, or marriage dissolution, a retirant receiving a retirement allowance under a plan that provides for continuation of all or part of the allowance after death for the lifetime of the retirant's surviving spouse may, with the written consent of the spouse or pursuant to an order of the court with jurisdiction over the termination of the marriage, elect to cancel the portion of the plan providing continuing lifetime benefits to that spouse. The retirant shall receive the actuarial equivalent of the retirant's single lifetime benefit as determined by the retirement board based on the number of remaining beneficiaries, with no change in amount payable to any remaining beneficiary. The election shall be made on a form provided by the board and shall be effective the month following its receipt by the board. (H)(1) Following a marriage or remarriage, both of the following apply: (a) A retirant who is receiving the retirant's retirement allowance under a single-life plan may elect a new plan of payment under division (B)(1) of this section based on the actuarial equivalent of the retirant's single lifetime benefit as determined by the board. (b) A retirant who is receiving a retirement allowance pursuant to a plan of payment providing for payment to a former spouse pursuant to a court order described in division (C)(2) of this section may elect a new plan of payment in the form of a multiple-life plan based on the actuarial equivalent of the retirant's single lifetime retirement allowance as determined by the board if the new plan of payment elected does not reduce the payment to the former spouse. (2) If the marriage or remarriage occurs on or after June 6, 2005, the election must be made not later than one year after the date of the marriage or remarriage. The plan elected under this division shall become effective on the date of receipt by the board of an application on a form approved by the board, but any change in the amount of the retirement allowance shall commence on the first day of the month following the effective date of the plan. (I) Any person who, prior to July 24, 1990, selected an optional plan of payment at retirement that provided for a return to the single life benefit after the designated beneficiary's death shall have the retirant's benefit adjusted to the optional plan equivalent without such provision. (J) A retirant's receipt of the first month's retirement allowance constitutes the retirant's final acceptance of the plan of payment and may be changed only as provided in this chapter. Last updated September 18, 2023 at 10:17 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 107.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 107 / § 107.08
§ 107.08. Filling vacancy in office of judge
Status: in_force

December 23, 2002 House Bill 445 - 124th General Assembly The office of a judge is vacant at the expiration of the term of the incumbent when no person has been elected as the judge's successor. The vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor. If the appointment is to a court of appeals, court of common pleas, or municipal court, the clerk of the court shall give written notice to the board of elections responsible for conducting elections for that court of the name of the appointee. A successor shall be elected for the unexpired term at the first general election for the office that occurs more than forty days after the vacancy occurs.
Ohio Rev. Code § 128.96 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 128 / § 128.96
§ 128.96. [Former R.C. 128.32, amended and renumbered by H.B. 33, 135th General Assembly, effective 10/3/2023] Immunity; prohibited conduct
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) The state, the state highway patrol, a subdivision, or a regional council of governments participating in a 9-1-1 system established under this chapter and any officer, agent, employee, or independent contractor of the state, the state highway patrol, or such a participating subdivision or regional council of governments is not liable in damages in a civil action for injuries, death, or loss to persons or property arising from any act or omission, except willful or wanton misconduct, in connection with developing, adopting, or approving any final plan or otherwise bringing into operation the 9-1-1 system pursuant to this chapter. (2) The steering committee and any member of the steering committee are not liable in damages in a civil action for injuries, death, or loss to persons or property arising from any act or omission, except willful or wanton misconduct, in connection with the development or operation of a 9-1-1 system established under this chapter. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an individual who gives emergency instructions through a 9-1-1 system established under this chapter, and the principals for whom the person acts, including both employers and independent contractors, public and private, and an individual who follows emergency instructions and the principals for whom that person acts, including both employers and independent contractors, public and private, are not liable in damages in a civil action for injuries, death, or loss to persons or property arising from the issuance or following of emergency instructions, except where the issuance or following of the instructions constitutes willful or wanton misconduct. (C) Except for willful or wanton misconduct, a telephone company, and any other installer, maintainer, or provider, through the sale or otherwise, of customer premises equipment, or service used for or with a 9-1-1 system, and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, suppliers, corporate parents, and affiliates are not liable in damages in a civil action for injuries, death, or loss to persons or property incurred by any person resulting from any of the following: (1) Such an entity's or its officers', directors', employees', agents', or suppliers' participation in or acts or omissions in connection with participating in or developing, maintaining, or operating a 9-1-1 system; (2) Such an entity's or its officers', directors', employees', agents', or suppliers' provision of assistance to a public utility, municipal utility, or state or local government as authorized by divisions (H)(4) and (5) of this section. (D) Except for willful or wanton misconduct, a provider of and a seller of a prepaid wireless calling service and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, and suppliers are not liable in damages in a civil action for injuries, death, or loss to persons or property incurred by any person resulting from anything described in division (C) of this section. (E) Except for willful or wanton misconduct, a 9-1-1 system service provider and the provider's respective officers, directors, employees, agents, and suppliers are not liable for any damages in a civil action for injuries, death, or loss to persons or property incurred by any person resulting from developing, adopting, implementing, maintaining, or operating a 9-1-1 system, or from complying with emergency-related information requests from state or local government officials. (F) No person shall knowingly use the telephone number of a 9-1-1 system established under this chapter to report an emergency if the person knows that no emergency exists. (G) No person shall knowingly use a 9-1-1 system for a purpose other than obtaining emergency service. (H) No person shall disclose or use any information concerning telephone numbers, addresses, or names obtained from the data base that serves the public safety answering point of a 9-1-1 system established under this chapter, except for any of the following purposes or under any of the following circumstances: (1) For the purpose of the 9-1-1 system; (2) For the purpose of responding to an emergency call to an emergency service provider; (3) In the circumstance of the inadvertent disclosure of such information due solely to technology of the wireline telephone network portion of the 9-1-1 system not allowing access to the data base to be restricted to 9-1-1 specific answering lines at a public safety answering point; (4) In the circumstance of access to a data base being given by a telephone company that is a wireline service provider to a public utility or municipal utility in handling customer calls in times of public emergency or service outages. The charge, terms, and conditions for the disclosure or use of such information for the purpose of such access to a data base shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the steering committee. (5) In the circumstance of access to a data base given by a telephone company that is a wireline service provider to a state and local government in warning of a public emergency, as determined by the steering committee. The charge, terms, and conditions for the disclosure or use of that information for the purpose of access to a data base is subject to the jurisdiction of the steering committee. Last updated February 20, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.01
§ 117.01. Auditor of state definitions
Status: in_force

September 4, 2013 Senate Bill 67 - 130th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Color of office" means actually, purportedly, or allegedly done under any law, ordinance, resolution, order, or other pretension to official right, power, or authority. (B) "Public accountant" means any person who is authorized by Chapter 4701. of the Revised Code to use the designation of certified public accountant or who was registered prior to January 1, 1971, as a public accountant. (C) "Public money" means any money received, collected by, or due a public official under color of office, as well as any money collected by any individual on behalf of a public office or as a purported representative or agent of the public office. "Public money" does not include either of the following: (1) Money or revenue earned by or from a person's ownership, operation, or use of an asset, whether tangible or intangible, that either in whole or in part was sold, was leased, was licensed, was the granting of a franchise, or was otherwise transferred or conveyed by a public office to the person pursuant to an agreement, authorized by law, between the person and the public office in which the public office received consideration from the person for the asset that was sold, leased, licensed, franchised, or otherwise transferred or conveyed; (2) With respect to the transfer described in Chapter 4313. of the Revised Code and the operation of the enterprise acquisition project, revenues or receipts of or from the enterprise acquisition project in the hands of the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code or of a nonprofit entity the sole member of which is that nonprofit corporation, but does include any taxes collected on the spirituous liquor sales and then due the department of taxation and amounts then due to the state general revenue fund pursuant to section 4301.12 of the Revised Code. As used in this division, "enterprise acquisition project" has the meaning defined in section 4313.01 of the Revised Code. (D) "Public office" means any state agency, public institution, political subdivision, other organized body, office, agency, institution, or entity established by the laws of this state for the exercise of any function of government. "Public office" does not include the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code. (E) "Public official" means any officer, employee, or duly authorized representative or agent of a public office. (F) "State agency" means every organized body, office, agency, institution, or other entity established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of state government. (G) "Audit" means any of the following: (1) Any examination, analysis, or inspection of the state's or a public office's financial statements or reports; (2) Any examination, analysis, or inspection of records, documents, books, or any other evidence relating to either of the following: (a) The collection, receipt, accounting, use, or expenditure of public money by a public office or by a private institution, association, board, or corporation; (b) The determination by the auditor of state, as required by section 117.11 of the Revised Code, of whether a public office has complied with all the laws, rules, ordinances, or orders pertaining to the public office. (3) Any other type of examination, analysis, or inspection of a public office, or of the specific funds or accounts of a private institution, association, board, or corporation into which public money has been placed or deposited, that is conducted according to generally accepted or governmental auditing standards established by rule pursuant to section 117.19 of the Revised Code. (H) "Person" has the meaning defined in section 1.59 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 103.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 103 / § 103.11
§ 103.11. Ohio legislative service commission organization
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly There is hereby created, in the legislative branch of government, the Ohio legislative service commission consisting of fourteen members as follows: six members shall be members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate, not more than four of whom shall be members of the same political party; six members shall be members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, not more than four of whom shall be members of the same political party; the president of the senate; and the speaker of the house of representatives. The members of the commission shall serve only so long as they are members of the general assembly. A vacancy in the office of any member of the commission shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. In each even-numbered general assembly, the president of the senate shall serve as chairperson of the commission and the speaker of the house of representatives shall serve as vice-chairperson. In each odd-numbered general assembly, the speaker of the house of representatives shall serve as chairperson of the commission and the president of the senate shall serve as vice-chairperson. The members of the commission and members of committees thereof shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. Last updated July 29, 2021 at 3:46 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.7410 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.7410
§ 109.7410. Rules governing training of peace officers interacting with individuals with dementia
Status: in_force

April 3, 2023 House Bill 23 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "dementia" includes Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder. (B) The attorney general, in consultation with the departments of aging and job and family services, shall adopt, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code or pursuant to section 109.74 of the Revised Code, rules governing the training of peace officers in identifying and interacting with individuals with dementia. The rules shall specify both of the following: (1) The amount of dementia-related training, which shall be determined in accordance with guidance from the Ohio peace officer training commission, if needed, that is necessary for satisfactory completion of basic training programs at approved peace officer training schools. The amount of dementia-related training determined under division (B)(1) of this section shall not exceed two hours. (2) The amount of dementia-related training, which shall be determined in accordance with guidance from the Ohio peace officer training commission, if needed, that may be credited for continuing professional training. The amount of dementia-related training determined under division (B)(2) of this section shall not exceed one hour. (C) The dementia-related training required under this section shall include instruction in all of the following: (1) Identifying individuals with dementia, including psychiatric and behavioral symptoms of dementia; (2) Respectful and effective communication techniques for communicating with individuals with dementia and their caregivers; (3) Techniques for addressing the behavioral symptoms of dementia, including alternatives to physical restraint; (4) Identifying and reporting incidents of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of individuals with dementia to the appropriate county department of job and family services in accordance with section 5101.63 of the Revised Code; (5) Protocols for contacting caregivers when an individual with dementia is found wandering or during an emergency or crisis situation; (6) Local resources available for individuals with dementia; (7) Local and national organizations that assist peace officers with locating missing and wandering individuals with dementia and returning them to their caregivers. Last updated January 31, 2023 at 12:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 108.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 108 / § 108.05
§ 108.05. Member of the governor's cabinet - appointment as an administrative department head
Status: in_force

June 30, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly (A) The lieutenant governor shall be a member of the governor's cabinet and shall preside at its meetings in the absence of the governor. (B) The governor may appoint the lieutenant governor as an administrative department head listed in section 121.03 of the Revised Code, as the governor's representative on any board, agency, committee, or commission of which the governor is a member and has the authority to appoint a representative, or in an advisory capacity to any nonelective board, agency, committee, or commission in the executive department or may give the lieutenant governor any special assignment as the governor considers in the interest of the state. (C) When carrying out any of the functions described in division (B) of this section, the lieutenant governor shall be reimbursed from funds of the particular authority for necessary expenses incurred in the conduct of authority business. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.33
§ 135.33. Designating county depositories every four years
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 497 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) The board of county commissioners shall meet every four years in the month next preceding the date of the expiration of its current period of designation for the purpose of designating its public depositories of active moneys for the next succeeding four-year period commencing on the date of expiration of the preceding period. At least sixty days before the meeting, the county treasurer shall submit to the board an estimate of the aggregate amount of public moneys that might be available for deposit as active moneys at any one time during the next four-year period. Upon receipt of such estimate, the board shall immediately notify all eligible institutions that might desire to be designated as such public depositories of the date on which the designation is to be made; the amount that has been estimated to be available for deposit; and the date fixed as the last date on which applications may be submitted, that shall not be more than thirty days or less than ten days prior to the date set for the meeting designating public depositories. (2) During a period of designation, the board of county commissioners, at its discretion, may meet once in accordance with the procedures of this section in order to designate additional public depositories for the current period of designation, provided that any additional designation shall take effect at least one hundred eighty days before the current period of designation expires and shall expire on the same date as all other public depositories in the current period of designation. (B) Any eligible institution described in division (A) of section 135.32 of the Revised Code that has an office located within the territorial limits of the county is eligible to become a public depository of the active moneys of the county. Each eligible institution desiring to be a public depository of such active moneys shall, not more than thirty days or less than ten days prior to the date fixed by this section, make application therefor in writing to the board of county commissioners. The application may specify the maximum amount of such public moneys that the applicant desires to receive and have on deposit at any time during the period covered by the designation. Each application shall be accompanied by a financial statement of the applicant, under oath of its cashier, treasurer, or other officer as of the date of its latest report to the superintendent of banks or comptroller of the currency, and adjusted to show any changes therein prior to the date of the application, that shall include a statement of its public and nonpublic deposits. (C) The board of county commissioners, upon recommendation of the treasurer, shall designate, by resolution, one or more eligible institutions as public depositories for active moneys. In case the aggregate amount of active moneys applied for by institutions within the county is less than the amount estimated to be available for deposit, the board may designate as a public depository one or more eligible institutions that are conveniently located. The original resolution of designation shall be certified to the treasurer and any institution designated as a public depository. (D) No service charge shall be made against any deposit of active moneys, or collected or paid, unless such service charge is the same as is customarily imposed by institutions receiving money on deposit subject to check, in which event the charge may be paid. (E) Notwithstanding division (C) of this section, the board of county commissioners may authorize, by resolution, the treasurer to deposit money necessary to pay the principal and interest on bonds and notes, and any fees incident thereto, in any bank within this state. Moneys so deposited shall be transferred by the treasurer according to the terms of the agreement with the bank but shall remain as public moneys until such time as they are actually paid out by the bank. Until such time as payments become due and payable on such principal or interest, the bank shall invest any moneys in the account in interest-bearing obligations at the highest, reasonable rate of interest obtainable. So long as moneys remain in the account, the bank shall deliver to the treasurer, at the end of each month, a statement showing an accounting of all activities in the account during the preceding month including, but not limited to, all payments made, all interest earned, and the beginning and ending balances, together with any coupons redeemed since the preceding statement was issued. Last updated January 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.095 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.095
§ 145.095. Selection of internal auditor
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly The public employees retirement board shall appoint a committee to oversee the selection of an internal auditor. The committee shall select one or more persons for employment as an internal auditor. The board shall employ the person or persons selected by the committee. The committee shall consist of the following board members: one retirant member, one employee member, and the director of administrative services. The committee shall annually prepare and submit to the Ohio retirement study council a report of its actions during the preceding year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 173.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 173 / § 173.26
§ 173.26. Payment of fee per bed to department of aging
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) Each of the following facilities shall annually pay to the department of aging six dollars for each bed the facility was licensed or otherwise authorized to maintain during any part of the previous year: (1) Nursing homes and residential care facilities, as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code; (2) Facilities authorized to provide extended care services under Title XVIII of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended, including a long-term acute care hospital that provides medical and rehabilitative care to patients who require an average length of stay greater than twenty-five days and is classified by the centers for medicare and medicaid services as a long-term care hospital pursuant to 42 C.F.R. 412.23(e); (3) County homes and district homes operated pursuant to Chapter 5155. of the Revised Code; (4) Residential facilities licensed under section 5119.34 of the Revised Code that provide accommodations, supervision, and personal care services for three to sixteen unrelated adults; (5) Facilities approved by the Veterans Administration under Section 104(a) of the "Veterans Health Care Amendments of 1983," 97 Stat. 993, 38 U.S.C. 630, as amended, and used exclusively for the placement and care of veterans. The department shall, by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, establish deadlines for payments required by this section. A facility that fails, within ninety days after the established deadline, to pay a payment required by this section shall be assessed at two times the original invoiced payment. (B) All money collected under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman program fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund shall be used solely to pay the costs of operating the regional long-term care ombudsman programs. (C) The state long-term care ombudsman and the regional programs may solicit and receive contributions to support the operation of the office or a regional program, except that no contribution shall be solicited or accepted that would interfere with the independence or objectivity of the office or program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.47
§ 145.47. Per cent of compensation required as contribution - deductions
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly (A) Each public employee who is a contributor to the public employees retirement system shall contribute eight per cent of the contributor's earnable salary to the employees' savings fund, except that the public employees retirement board may raise the contribution rate to a rate not greater than ten per cent of the employee's earnable salary. (B) The head of each state department, institution, board, and commission, and the fiscal officer of each local authority subject to this chapter, shall transmit to the system for each contributor subsequent to the date of coverage an amount equal to the applicable per cent of each contributor's earnable salary at such intervals and in such form as the system shall require. The head of each state department and the fiscal officer of each local authority subject to this chapter shall transmit promptly to the system a report of contributions at such intervals and in such form as the system shall require, showing thereon all the contributions and earnable salary of each contributor employed, together with warrants, checks, or electronic payments covering the total of such deductions. A penalty shall be added when such report, together with warrants, checks, or electronic payments to cover the total amount due from the earnable salary of all amenable employees of such employer, is filed thirty or more days after the last day of such reporting period. The system, after making a record of all receipts under this division, shall deposit the receipts with the treasurer of state for use as provided by this chapter. (C) Unless the board adopts a rule under division (D) of this section, the penalty described in division (B) of this section for failing to timely transmit a report, pay the total amount due, or both is as follows: (1) At least one but not more than ten days past due, an amount equal to one per cent of the total amount due; (2) At least eleven but not more than thirty days past due, an amount equal to two and one-half per cent of the total amount due; (3) Thirty-one or more days past due, an amount equal to five per cent of the total amount due. The penalty described in this division shall be added to and collected on the next succeeding regular employer billing. Interest at a rate set by the retirement board shall be charged on the amount of the penalty in case such penalty is not paid within thirty days after it is added to the regular employer billing. (D) The board may adopt rules to establish penalties in amounts that do not exceed the amounts specified in divisions (C)(1) to (3) of this section. (E) In addition to the periodical reports of deduction required by this section, the fiscal officer of each local authority subject to this chapter shall submit to the system at least once each year a complete listing of all noncontributing appointive employees. Where an employer fails to transmit contributions to the system, the system may make a determination of the employees' liability for contributions and certify to the employer the amounts due for collection in the same manner as payments due the employers' accumulation fund. Any amounts so collected shall be held in trust pending receipt of a report of contributions for such public employees for the period involved as provided by law and, thereafter, the amount in trust shall be transferred to the employees' savings fund to the credit of the employees. Any amount remaining after the transfer to the employees' savings fund shall be transferred to the employers' accumulation fund as a credit of such employer. (F) The fiscal officer of each local authority subject to this chapter shall require each new contributor to submit to the system a detailed report of all the contributor's previous service as a public employee along with such other facts as the board requires for the proper operation of the system. (G) Any member who, because of the member's own illness, injury, or other reason which may be approved by the member's employer is prevented from making the member's contribution to the system for any payroll period, may purchase service credit for the period of absence within one year. Credit shall be purchased under this division in accordance with section 145.29 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.27
§ 111.27. Board of elections reimbursement and education fund
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly There is hereby established in the state treasury the board of elections fund. The fund shall be used by the secretary of state to provide advancements, subject to recoupment, or to reimburse boards of elections pursuant to sections 3513.301 , 3513.312 , 3515.071 , and 3521.03 of the Revised Code, and to provide training and educational programs for members and employees of boards of elections. The fund shall receive transfers of cash pursuant to controlling board action. Last updated July 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.21
§ 111.21. Secretary of state - duties as to political subdivision
Status: in_force

December 20, 2005 Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly The secretary of state shall: (A) Make and keep a record of all elections and the votes cast at elections in municipal corporations, townships, and counties upon all questions of electing charter commissions, of adopting charters or amendments to charters, of adopting additional laws or alternative forms of government, of transferring powers to counties, and of withdrawing or revoking those powers; (B) File and preserve all reports, certificates, and copies of agreements transferring powers, whether approved by popular vote or otherwise, and of charters, as permanent public records of the state; (C) Establish regulations prescribing the forms, times, certifications, details, and other particulars or conditions governing the fiscal officers of townships and the clerks of municipal corporations, boards of elections, and boards of county commissioners in reporting and certifying the papers and information necessary for the records and files of the secretary of state. The regulations shall require the furnishing of one or more duplicates of the text of all charters and amendments, and of all transfer agreements, one of each of which it shall be the duty of the secretary of state to verify and deposit in the library of the supreme court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.122 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.122
§ 109.122. Review of entertainment or sponsorship contracts of expositions commission
Status: in_force

July 1, 1993 House Bill 152 - 120th General Assembly (A) The attorney general may review for form, content, and legality and provide legal advice concerning any proposed entertainment or sponsorship contracts of the Ohio expositions commission that the commission provides as required by section 991.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The commission shall reimburse the attorney general for all legal expenses associated with reviewing proposed entertainment or sponsorship contracts under division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 139.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 139 / § 139.12
§ 139.12. Disposition of funds from sale of notes
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The funds derived from the sale of notes under section 139.11 of the Revised Code shall be placed in a permanent rotating fund, to be established by the legislative authority of such county or municipal corporation by resolution or ordinance. Such resolution or ordinance shall provide that such fund shall be used for the purchase of federal food order stamps and shall be conducted and kept in such manner as will at any time, upon short notice, show assets equal to the total amount of such notes outstanding and unpaid. Said assets shall consist of the inventory of stamps on hand and the balance of cash in the fund. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.10
§ 124.10. Garnishment actions against state employees and officers
Status: in_force

March 30, 1999 Senate Bill 170 (GA 122), Senate Bill 144 (GA 122) (A) Any judgment creditor of an employee or officer of the state may maintain against the state a proceeding in garnishment of personal earnings under Chapter 2716. of the Revised Code to subject to the payment of the creditor's or judgment creditor's judgment any salary, wages, or other compensation that is owed or will be owed to the employee or officer of the state in the same manner, to the same extent, and in the same courts as any judgment creditor may subject, under the laws of this state, any salary, wages, or other compensation due a judgment debtor from any employer. In any proceeding of that nature against the state, the order of garnishment of personal earnings shall be served upon the director of administrative services and shall set forth the name of the state agency in which the judgment debtor is employed. (B) No proceeding in garnishment of personal earnings brought under section 2716.03 of the Revised Code shall be brought against a judgment debtor sooner than thirty days after the time an order and notice of garnishment is served upon the director of administrative services, regardless of who brings the proceeding or who brought the last successful proceeding. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation. Last updated January 13, 2023 at 1:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.13
§ 126.13. Designating program or activity for performance review
Status: in_force

September 29, 1995 House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly As soon as practical after the enactment of any act containing appropriations for current expenses, the director of budget and management shall designate which programs or activities receiving appropriations for current expenses in the act shall be subject to performance reviews. The director shall notify in writing the head of each affected agency of the designations, the requirement to prepare a separate program performance report for each designated program or activity, and the information to be included in the report. The director shall not designate for performance review any program or activity assigned to the attorney general, auditor of state, secretary of state, treasurer of state, or agencies of the legislative or judicial branches. The director may remove the designation from a program or activity by notifying the head of the affected agency in writing of such removal. Appropriations for capital expenses are not subject to this section. For each designated program or activity, the affected agency shall prepare a separate program performance report containing the information required by the director and submit the report as part of the agency's budget request under division (D) of section 126.02 of the Revised Code by the dates required in that section or as otherwise required by the director. If an agency fails to submit a program performance report for a designated program or activity or if, in the judgment of the director, the report submitted does not contain the information required, the director shall disapprove the agency's budget request for the designated program or activity in the state budget estimate submitted to the governor under section 126.02 of the Revised Code. The governor, in his budget submission to the general assembly under section 107.03 of the Revised Code, shall not recommend any appropriation for the program or activity and shall explain the reason for not recommending an appropriation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.46
§ 135.46. Investment pools for temporary investment of bond proceeds
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The treasurer of state may create a taxable investment pool or a tax-exempt investment pool, or both, for the purpose of providing a procedure for the temporary investment of bond proceeds. The pool shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state. (B) A treasurer, governing board, or investing authority of a subdivision, or any agency of the state that has debt-issuing authority may pay bond proceeds into either or both of the pools authorized under division (A) of this section. (C) The treasurer of state shall invest the funds of the taxable investment pool authorized under division (A) of this section in the same manner, in the same types of instruments, and subject to the same limitations provided for the deposit and investment of interim moneys of the state and subdivisions under sections 135.14 and 135.143 of the Revised Code. The treasurer also may invest in any other taxable obligations issued by any political subdivision of the state. (D) The treasurer of state shall invest the funds of the tax-exempt investment pool in debt obligations and participation interests in such obligations, if all of the following apply: (1) The obligations are issued by or on behalf of any state of the United States, or any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of any such state; (2) The interest on such obligations is exempt from federal income taxation; (3) The obligations are rated in either of the two highest classifications established by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization. (E)(1) The treasurer of state shall, pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt such rules as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section and for the efficient administration and accounting of a pool established pursuant to division (A) of this section. (2) The rules shall provide for the administrative expenses of such pool to be paid from its earnings and for the interest earnings in excess of such expenses to be credited to the several treasurers, governing boards, investing authorities, and agencies of the state participating in the pool in a manner that equitably reflects the differing amounts of their respective investments in the pool and the differing periods of time for which such amounts are in the pool. (3) The rules shall establish standards governing pools authorized under division (A) of this section, taking into consideration all federal rebate and yield restrictions and the objective of maintaining a high degree of safety and liquidity. (F) Upon creating a pool authorized under division (A) of this section, the treasurer of state shall give bond with sufficient sureties, payable to the treasurers, governing boards, and investing authorities of subdivisions and agencies of the state participating in the pool, for the benefit of the participating subdivisions and agencies, in the total penal sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the treasurer of state's duties in relation to the pool. (G) The treasurer of state and the treasurer of state's bonders or surety are liable for the loss of any moneys of the state invested under this section through a pool established under division (A) of this section to the same extent the treasurer of state and the treasurer of state's bonders or surety are liable for the loss of public moneys under section 135.19 of the Revised Code. (H) As used in this section: (1) "Governing board" has the same meaning as in section 135.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Interim moneys" has the same meaning as in section 135.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Investing authority" has the same meaning as in section 135.31 of the Revised Code. (4) "Public moneys of a subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 135.01 of the Revised Code, but also includes "public moneys" as defined in section 135.31 of the Revised Code, and funds held in the custody of the treasurer of state notwithstanding any limitations on the permissible investments of such funds. (5) "Subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 135.01 of the Revised Code, but also includes a county, or a municipal corporation that has adopted a charter under Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution. (6) "Treasurer" has the same meaning as in sections 135.01 and 135.31 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 8, 2023 at 10:56 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.15
§ 101.15. Public committee meetings
Status: in_force

September 5, 2001 House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Caucus" means all of the members of either house of the general assembly who are members of the same political party. (2) "Committee" means any committee of either house of the general assembly, a joint committee of both houses of the general assembly, including a committee of conference, or a subcommittee of any committee listed in division (A)(2) of this section. (3) "Meeting" means any prearranged discussion of the public business of a committee by a majority of its members. (B) Except as otherwise provided in division (F) of this section, all meetings of any committee are declared to be public meetings open to the public at all times. The secretary assigned to the chairperson of the committee shall prepare, file, and maintain the minutes of every regular or special meeting of a committee. The committee, at its next regular or special meeting, shall approve the minutes prepared, filed, and maintained by the secretary, or, if the minutes prepared, filed, and maintained by the secretary require correction before their approval, the committee shall correct and approve the minutes at the next following regular or special meeting. The committee shall make the minutes available for public inspection not later than seven days after the meeting the minutes reflect or not later than the committee's next regular or special meeting, whichever occurs first. (C) Each committee shall establish a reasonable method whereby any person may determine the time and place of all regularly scheduled meetings and the time, place, and purpose of all special meetings. No committee shall hold a regular or special meeting unless it gives at least twenty-four hours' advance notice to the news media that have requested notification. The method established by each committee shall provide that, upon request and payment of a reasonable fee, any person may obtain reasonable advance notification of all meetings at which any specific type of public business will be discussed. Provisions for advance notification may include, but are not limited to, mailing the agenda of meetings to all subscribers on a mailing list or mailing notices in self-addressed stamped envelopes provided by the person who desires advance notification. (D) Any action of a committee relating to a bill or resolution, or any other formal action of a committee, is invalid unless taken in an open meeting of the committee. Any action of a committee relating to a bill or resolution, or any other formal action of a committee, taken in an open meeting is invalid if it results from deliberations in a meeting not open to the public. (E)(1) Any person may bring an action to enforce this section. An action under this division shall be brought within two years after the date of the alleged violation or threatened violation. Upon proof of a violation or threatened violation of this section in an action brought by any person, the court of common pleas shall issue an injunction to compel the members of the committee to comply with its provisions. (2)(a) If the court of common pleas issues an injunction under division (E)(1) of this section, the court shall order the committee that it enjoins to pay a civil forfeiture of five hundred dollars to the party that sought the injunction and shall award to that party all court costs and, subject to reduction as described in this division, reasonable attorney's fees. The court, in its discretion, may reduce an award of attorney's fees to the party that sought the injunction or not award attorney's fees to that party if the court determines both of the following: (i) That, based on the ordinary application of statutory law and case law as it existed at the time of the violation or threatened violation that was the basis of the injunction, a well-informed committee reasonably would believe that the committee was not violating or threatening to violate this section; (ii) That a well-informed committee reasonably would believe that the conduct or threatened conduct that was the basis of the injunction would serve the public policy that underlies the authority that is asserted as permitting that conduct or threatened conduct. (b) If the court of common pleas does not issue an injunction under division (E)(1) of this section and the court determines at that time that the bringing of the action was frivolous conduct as defined in division (A) of section 2323.51 of the Revised Code, the court shall award to the committee all court costs and reasonable attorney's fees, as determined by the court. (3) Irreparable harm and prejudice to the party that sought the injunction shall be conclusively and irrebuttably presumed upon proof of a violation or threatened violation of this section. (4) A member of a committee who knowingly violates an injunction issued under division (E)(1) of this section may be removed from office by an action brought in the court of common pleas for that purpose by the prosecuting attorney of Franklin county or by the attorney general. (5) The remedies described in divisions (E)(1) to (4) of this section shall be the exclusive remedies for a violation of this section. (F) This section does not apply to or affect either of the following: (1) All meetings of the joint legislative ethics committee created under section 101.34 of the Revised Code other than a meeting that is held for any of the following purposes: (a) To consider the adoption, amendment, or recission of any rule that the joint legislative ethics committee is authorized to adopt pursuant to division (B)(11) of section 101.34 , division (E) of section 101.78 , division (B) of section 102.02 , or division (E) of section 121.68 of the Revised Code; (b) To discuss and consider changes to any administrative operation of the joint legislative ethics committee other than any matter described in division (G) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code; (c) To discuss pending or proposed legislation. (2) Meetings of a caucus. (G) For purposes of division (F)(1)(a) of this section, an advisory opinion, written opinion, or decision relative to a complaint is not a rule.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.86 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.86
§ 109.86. Investigation and prosecution of patient abuse or neglect
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The attorney general shall investigate any activity the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe is in violation of section 2903.34 of the Revised Code. Upon written request of the governor, the general assembly, the auditor of state, or the director of health, job and family services, aging, mental health and addiction services, or developmental disabilities, the attorney general shall investigate any activity these persons believe is in violation of section 2903.34 of the Revised Code. If after an investigation the attorney general has probable cause to prosecute for the commission of a crime, the attorney general shall refer the evidence to the prosecuting attorney, director of law, or other similar chief legal officer having jurisdiction over the matter. If the prosecuting attorney decides to present the evidence to a grand jury, the prosecuting attorney shall notify the attorney general in writing of the decision within thirty days after referral of the matter and shall present the evidence prior to the discharge of the next regular grand jury. If the director of law or other chief legal officer decides to prosecute the case, the director or officer shall notify the attorney general in writing of the decision within thirty days and shall initiate prosecution within sixty days after the matter was referred to the director or officer. (B) If the prosecuting attorney, director of law, or other chief legal officer fails to notify the attorney general or to present evidence or initiate prosecution in accordance with division (A) of this section, the attorney general may present the evidence to a regular grand jury drawn and impaneled pursuant to sections 2939.01 to 2939.24 of the Revised Code, or to a special grand jury drawn and impaneled pursuant to section 2939.17 of the Revised Code, or the attorney general may initiate and prosecute any action in any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction in this state. The attorney general, and any assistant or special counsel designated by the attorney general, have all the powers of a prosecuting attorney, director of law, or other chief legal officer when proceeding under this section. Nothing in this section shall limit or prevent a prosecuting attorney, director of law, or other chief legal officer from investigating and prosecuting criminal activity committed against a resident or patient of a care facility. Last updated October 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.4037 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.4037
§ 122.4037. Disposition of sanction amounts
Status: in_force

July 4, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Any gift, grant, and contribution received by the director of development for the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program and any money collected under section 122.4036 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. All amounts in the fund, including interest earned on those amounts, shall be used by the department of development exclusively for grants under sections 122.40 to 122.4077 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 19, 2023 at 12:55 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 123.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 123 / § 123.16
§ 123.16. Filing of bids, proposals and contracts
Status: in_force

December 4, 1973 Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly All bids, proposals, and contracts received by the director of administrative services shall be indorsed, filed, and preserved in his office. Copies of contracts for work or materials, water privileges or lands on which such privileges are to be used, leases, and all other contracts entered into by the director shall be filed and recorded in his office within thirty days from their execution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.21
§ 153.21. Building commission
Status: in_force

September 20, 1965 Senate Bill 81 - 106th General Assembly When the board of county commissioners has determined to erect a courthouse or other county building, or to make an addition to, or to make an improvement of any existing county owned building, the board may appoint four suitable and competent freehold electors of the county, who shall, together with the board, constitute a building commission and serve until the courthouse or other county building, or the addition thereto, or the improvements thereof are completed. Not more than two of such appointees shall be of the same political party.
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.08
§ 163.08. Answer of owner
Status: in_force

July 1, 1983 House Bill 373 - 115th General Assembly Any owner may file an answer to such petition. Such answer shall be verified as in a civil action and shall contain a general denial or specific denial of each material allegation not admitted. The agency's right to make the appropriation, the inability of the parties to agree, and the necessity for the appropriation shall be resolved by the court in favor of the agency unless such matters are specifically denied in the answer and the facts relied upon in support of such denial are set forth therein, provided, when taken in time of war or other public exigency, imperatively requiring its immediate seizure or for the purpose of making or repairing roads, which shall be open to the public, without charge, an answer may not deny the right to make the appropriation, the inability of the parties to agree, or the necessity for the appropriation. A petition for appropriation, filed by the director of transportation, which contains a declaration and journalization of his intent to construct a state highway or interstate highway, shall constitute a presumption that such appropriation is for the purpose of making or repairing roads which shall be open to the public without charge. At a hearing on an issue whether a taking sought by the director of transportation is for the purpose of making or repairing roads open to the public without charge, a set of construction plans made by or for the director and showing the proposed use of the property in connection with the construction or repair of such a road is presumptive evidence of such purpose, notwithstanding that no money has been appropriated for such construction or repair. An answer shall be served in accordance with Civil Rule 12. If the agency involved in the action is a private agency, no more than one extension of the time authorized by Civil Rule 12 for serving an answer shall be granted pursuant to Civil Rule 6, and that extension shall not exceed thirty days.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.95 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.95
§ 109.95. Criminal proceedings for election fraud
Status: in_force

May 2, 2006 House Bill 3 - 126th General Assembly Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary pertaining to prosecutorial authority, the attorney general may initiate criminal proceedings for election fraud under section 3599.42 of the Revised Code which results from a violation of any provision of Title XXXV of the Revised Code, other than Chapter 3517. of the Revised Code, involving voting, an initiative or referendum petition process, or the conducting of an election, by presenting evidence of criminal violations in question to the prosecuting attorney of any county in which the violations may be prosecuted. If the prosecuting attorney does not prosecute the violations within a reasonable time or requests the attorney general to do so, the attorney general may proceed with the prosecution of the violations with all of the rights, privileges, and powers conferred by law on a prosecuting attorney, including, but not limited to, the power to appear before a grand jury and to interrogate witnesses before a grand jury.
Ohio Rev. Code § 120.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 120 / § 120.13
§ 120.13. County public defender commission
Status: in_force

September 29, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly (A) The county commissioners in any county may establish a county public defender commission. The commission shall have five members, three of whom shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners, and two by the judge, or the presiding judge if there is one, of the court of common pleas of the county. At least one member appointed by each of these appointing bodies shall be an attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state. (B) The board of county commissioners shall select a specific day for the county public defender commission to be established and on which all members' appointments shall take effect, and shall notify the Ohio public defender commission of the date. (C) Of the initial appointments made to the county public defender commission, two appointments by the county commissioners and one appointment by the court shall be for a term of two years ending two years after the date the commission is established, and one appointment by each of the appointing bodies shall be for a term ending four years after the date the commission is established. Thereafter, terms of office shall be for four years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as did the term which it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of such term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until a successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. (D) The members of the commission shall choose as chairperson one of the commission members, who shall serve as chairperson for two years. Meetings shall be held at least quarterly and at such other times as called by the chairperson or by request of the county public defender. Members of the commission may receive an amount fixed by the county commissioners, but not in excess of the amounts set for the members of the Ohio public defender commission pursuant to section 124.14 of the Revised Code per diem for every meeting of the board they attend, and necessary expenses including mileage for each mile necessarily traveled. (E) The county commissioners may terminate the county public defender commission at any time if at least ninety days prior to termination, the commissioners notify the Ohio public defender commission in writing of the termination date. Upon the termination date all pending county public defender matters shall be transferred to the state public defender, a joint county public defender, or appointed counsel. (F) The cost of representation in all matters assumed by the state public defender shall be charged to the counties in accordance with division (D) of section 120.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.34
§ 117.34. Cause of action accrues when report filed
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly No cause of action on any matter set forth in any report of the auditor of state made under this chapter shall accrue until the report is filed with the officer or legal counsel whose duty it is to institute civil actions for enforcement. No statutes of limitations otherwise applicable to the cause of action shall begin to run until the date of filing. Once a report is submitted to the attorney general under this chapter, the amount payable shall be a final, certified claim under section 131.02 of the Revised Code. The amount payable may be satisfied under the process provided in section 5747.12 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 6, 2023 at 4:02 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 124.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 124 / § 124.56
§ 124.56. Investigation of violations
Status: in_force

August 9, 1974 House Bill 513 - 110th General Assembly When the state personnel board of review or a municipal or civil service township civil service commission has reason to believe that any officer, board, commission, head of a department, or person having the power of appointment, layoff, suspension, or removal, has abused such power by making an appointment, layoff, reduction, suspension, or removal of an employee under his or their jurisdiction in violation of this chapter of the Revised Code, the board or commission shall make an investigation, and if it finds that a violation of this chapter, or the intent and spirit of this chapter has occurred, it shall make a report to the governor, or in the case of a municipal or township office or employee, the commission shall make a report to the mayor or other chief appointing authority, or in the case of a civil service township, the commission shall make a report to the board of township trustees, who may remove forthwith such guilty officer, board, commission, head of department, or person. The officer or employee shall first be given an opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel in his own defense. The action of removal by the governor, mayor, or other chief appointing authority is final except as otherwise provided in this chapter of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 105.91 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 105 / § 105.91
§ 105.91. Ohio judicial conference
Status: in_force

August 19, 1963 House Bill 205 - 105th General Assembly There is hereby established an Ohio judicial conference consisting of the judges of the supreme court, courts of appeals, common pleas courts, probate courts, juvenile courts, municipal courts, and county courts of Ohio organized and operated upon a voluntary membership basis for the purpose of studying the co-ordination of the work of the several courts of Ohio, the encouragement of uniformity in the application of the law, rules, and practice throughout the state and within each division of the courts as an integral part of the judicial system of the state; to promote an exchange of experience and suggestions respecting the operation of the judicial system; and in general to consider the business and problems pertaining to the administration of justice and to make recommendations for its improvement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.49
§ 145.49. Calculations of employee and employer contribution rates separately
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding section 145.47 of the Revised Code: (1) The public employees retirement system shall be authorized to calculate the employee contribution rates separately for those public employees contributing toward benefits as PERS public safety officers under section 145.332 of the Revised Code. (2) Each public employee contributing toward benefits as PERS law enforcement officers under section 145.332 of the Revised Code shall contribute to the employees' savings fund the rate determined under division (A)(1) of this section plus an additional percentage specified by the public employees retirement board, which shall initially be one per cent of the employee's earnable salary and shall not be increased to more than two per cent of the employee's earnable salary. (B) Notwithstanding section 145.48 of the Revised Code, the public employees retirement system shall be authorized to calculate the employer contribution rates separately for those public employees contributing toward benefits as PERS public safety officers under section 145.332 of the Revised Code or as PERS law enforcement officers under that section, except that the employer contribution rate shall not exceed eighteen and one-tenth per cent of the earnable salaries of those employees. (C) If the public employees retirement board adopts a rule under division (P) of section 145.332 of the Revised Code under which service as a public safety officer is treated as service as a law enforcement officer, the contributions for service as a public safety officer shall be at the rate for service as a law enforcement officer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.65
§ 109.65. Missing children clearinghouse - missing children fund
Status: in_force

January 1, 2025 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "minor," "missing child," and "missing children" have the same meanings as in section 2901.30 of the Revised Code. (B) There is hereby created within the office of the attorney general the missing children clearinghouse. The attorney general shall administer the clearinghouse. The clearinghouse is established as a central repository of information to coordinate and improve the availability of information regarding missing children, which information shall be collected and disseminated by the clearinghouse to assist in the location of missing children. The clearinghouse shall act as an information repository separate from and in addition to law enforcement agencies within this state. (C) The missing children clearinghouse may perform any of the following functions: (1) The establishment of services to aid in the location of missing children that include, but are not limited to, any of the following services: (a) Assistance in the preparation and dissemination of flyers identifying and describing missing children and their abductors; (b) The development of informational forms for the reporting of missing children that may be used by parents, guardians, and law enforcement officials to facilitate the location of a missing child; (c) The provision of assistance to public and private organizations, boards of education, nonpublic schools, preschools, child care facilities, and law enforcement agencies in planning and implementing voluntary programs to fingerprint children. (2) The establishment and operation of a toll-free telephone line for supplemental reports of missing children and reports of sightings of missing children; (3) Upon the request of any person or entity and upon payment of any applicable fee established by the attorney general under division (H) of this section, the provision to the person or entity who makes the request of a copy of any information possessed by the clearinghouse that was acquired or prepared pursuant to division (E)(3) of this section; (4) The performance of liaison services between individuals and public and private agencies regarding procedures for handling and responding to missing children reports; (5) The participation as a member in any networks of other missing children centers or clearinghouses; (6) The creation and operation of an intrastate network of communication designed for the speedy collection and processing of information concerning missing children. (D) If a board of education is notified by school personnel that a missing child is attending any school under the board's jurisdiction, or if the principal or chief administrative officer of a nonpublic school is notified by school personnel that a missing child is attending that school, the board or the principal or chief administrative officer immediately shall give notice of that fact to the missing children clearinghouse and to the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the area where the missing child resides. (E)(1) The attorney general, in cooperation with the department of children and youth, shall establish a "missing child educational program" within the missing children clearinghouse that shall perform the functions specified in divisions (E)(1) to (3) of this section. The program shall operate under the supervision and control of the attorney general in accordance with procedures that the attorney general shall develop to implement divisions (E)(1) to (3) of this section. The attorney general shall cooperate with the department of education and workforce in developing and disseminating information acquired or prepared pursuant to division (E)(3) of this section. (2) Upon the request of any board of education in this state or any nonpublic school in this state, the missing child educational program shall provide to the board or school a reasonable number of copies of the information acquired or prepared pursuant to division (E)(3) of this section. Upon the request of any board of education in this state or any nonpublic school in this state that, pursuant to section 3313.96 of the Revised Code, is developing an information program concerning missing children issues and matters, the missing child educational program shall provide to the board or nonpublic school assistance in developing the information program. The assistance may include, but is not limited to, the provision of any or all of the following: (a) If the requesting entity is a board of education of a school district, sample policies on missing and exploited children issues to assist the board in complying with section 3313.205 of the Revised Code; (b) Suggested safety curricula regarding missing children issues, including child safety and abduction prevention issues; (c) Assistance in developing, with local law enforcement agencies, prosecuting attorneys, boards of education, school districts, and nonpublic schools, cooperative programs for fingerprinting children; (d) Other assistance to further the goals of the program. (3) The missing child educational program shall acquire or prepare informational materials relating to missing children issues and matters. These issues and matters include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) The types of missing children; (b) The reasons why and how minors become missing children, the potential adverse consequences of a minor becoming a missing child, and, in the case of minors who are considering running away from home or from the care, custody, and control of their parents, parent who is the residential parent and legal custodian, guardian, legal custodian, or another person responsible for them, alternatives that may be available to address their concerns and problems; (c) Offenses under federal law that could relate to missing children and other provisions of federal law that focus on missing children; (d) Offenses under the Revised Code that could relate to missing children, including, but not limited to, kidnapping, abduction, unlawful restraint, child stealing, interference with custody, endangering children, domestic violence, abuse of a child and contributing to the dependency, neglect, unruliness, or delinquency of a child, sexual offenses, drug offenses, prostitution offenses, and obscenity offenses, and other provisions of the Revised Code that could relate to missing children; (e) Legislation being considered by the general assembly, legislatures of other states, the congress of the United States, and political subdivisions in this or any other state to address missing children issues; (f) Sources of information on missing children issues; (g) State, local, federal, and private systems for locating and identifying missing children; (h) Law enforcement agency programs, responsibilities, and investigative techniques in missing children matters; (i) Efforts on the community level in this and other states, concerning missing children issues and matters, by governmental entities and private organizations; (j) The identification of private organizations that, among their primary objectives, address missing children issues and matters; (k) How to avoid becoming a missing child and what to do if one becomes a missing child; (l) Efforts that schools, parents, and members of a community can undertake to reduce the risk that a minor will become a missing child and to quickly locate or identify a minor if he becomes a missing child, including, but not limited to, fingerprinting programs. (F) Each year the missing children clearinghouse shall issue a report describing its performance of the functions specified in division (E) of this section and shall provide a copy of the report to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the governor, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, and the director of children and youth. (G) Any state agency or political subdivision of this state that operates a missing children program or a clearinghouse for information about missing children shall coordinate its activities with the missing children clearinghouse. (H) The attorney general shall determine a reasonable fee to be charged for providing to any person or entity other than a state or local law enforcement agency of this or any other state, a law enforcement agency of the United States, a board of education of a school district in this state, a nonpublic school in this state, a governmental entity in this state, or a public library in this state, pursuant to division (A)(3) of this section, copies of any information acquired or prepared pursuant to division (E)(3) of this section. The attorney general shall collect the fee prior to sending or giving copies of any information to any person or entity for whom or which this division requires the fee to be charged and shall deposit the fee into the missing children fund created by division (I) of this section. (I) There is hereby created in the state treasury the missing children fund that shall consist of all moneys awarded to the state by donation, gift, or bequest, all other moneys received for purposes of this section, and all fees collected pursuant to this section or section 109.64 of the Revised Code. The attorney general shall use the moneys in the missing children fund only for purposes of the office of the attorney general acquiring or preparing information pursuant to division (E)(3) of this section. (J) The failure of the missing children clearinghouse to undertake any function or activity authorized in this section does not create a cause of action against the state. Last updated January 1, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 125.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 125 / § 125.44
§ 125.44. Record of accounts
Status: in_force

December 4, 1973 Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly The department of administrative services shall keep detailed accounts of all state office reproduction services, printing and binding.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.85 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.85
§ 109.85. Investigation and prosecution of violation of medicaid law
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) Upon the written request of the governor, the general assembly, the auditor of state, the medicaid director, the director of health, or the director of budget and management, or upon the attorney general's becoming aware of criminal or improper activity related to Chapter 3721. and the medicaid program, the attorney general shall investigate any criminal or civil violation of law related to Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code or the medicaid program. (B) When it appears to the attorney general, as a result of an investigation under division (A) of this section, that there is cause to prosecute for the commission of a crime or to pursue a civil remedy, the attorney general may refer the evidence to the prosecuting attorney having jurisdiction of the matter, or to a regular grand jury drawn and impaneled pursuant to sections 2939.01 to 2939.24 of the Revised Code, or to a special grand jury drawn and impaneled pursuant to section 2939.17 of the Revised Code, or the attorney general may initiate and prosecute any necessary criminal or civil actions in any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction in this state. When proceeding under this section, the attorney general, and any assistant or special counsel designated by the attorney general for that purpose, have all rights, privileges, and powers of prosecuting attorneys. The attorney general shall have exclusive supervision and control of all investigations and prosecutions initiated by the attorney general under this section. The forfeiture provisions of Chapter 2981. of the Revised Code apply in relation to any such criminal action initiated and prosecuted by the attorney general. (C) Nothing in this section shall prevent a county prosecuting attorney from investigating and prosecuting criminal activity related to Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code and the medicaid program. The forfeiture provisions of Chapter 2981. of the Revised Code apply in relation to any prosecution of criminal activity related to the medicaid program undertaken by the prosecuting attorney.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.483 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.483
§ 145.483. Statement of delinquent contributions
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly Upon a finding that an employer failed to deduct contributions pursuant to section 145.47 of the Revised Code during a period of employment for which such contributions were required, a statement of delinquent contributions shall be prepared showing the amount the contributor and employer would have contributed had regular payroll deductions been taken. Simple interest from the end of each calendar year at a rate equal to the assumed actuarial rate of interest at the time the statement is prepared shall be included. If delinquent contribution statements are paid later than thirty days after the end of the month in which they become an obligation of the employer, any balance remaining shall be collected with penalties and interest pursuant to section 145.51 of the Revised Code. Any amount paid under this section by an employer shall be credited in accordance with section 145.23 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 133.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 133 / § 133.55
§ 133.55. Notice of reassessment - tax duplicate - objections - hearing
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly Before adopting any reassessment provided for in section 133.54 of the Revised Code, the fiscal officer shall prepare and file for public inspection a list containing the names of the owners, a tax duplicate description of each parcel of land on which the reassessment will be levied, and the total amount to be reassessed, separately stated as to each parcel, and the taxing authority shall publish notice for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the political subdivision, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, that such reassessment has been prepared by the fiscal officer and that it is on file in the fiscal officer's office for the inspection and examination of the persons interested therein. Sections 727.13 , 727.15 , and 727.16 of the Revised Code do not apply to any such assessments, but any person may file objections in writing with the fiscal officer within one week after the expiration of such notice and the taxing authority shall hear and determine any such objections at its next meeting. Such objections shall be limited solely to matters of description of parcels and owners and of computations of amounts, and no matters concluded by any proceedings on the original assessments shall form the basis for any such objections. When the reassessment list is confirmed by the taxing authority, it shall be complete and final and shall be recorded in the office of the fiscal officer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 126.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 126 / § 126.05
§ 126.05. Monthly statements showing condition of general revenue fund
Status: in_force

July 17, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly On or before the tenth day of each month, the director of budget and management shall furnish to the governor statements in such form as the governor requires showing the condition of the general revenue fund. The statements shall provide a summary of the status of appropriations to enable the governor to exercise and maintain effective supervision and control over the expenditures of the state. The director shall also furnish statements the governor requests showing the condition of any other fund. If the governor ascertains that the available revenue receipts and balances for the general revenue fund for the current fiscal year will in all probability be less than the appropriations for the year, the governor shall issue such orders to the state agencies as will prevent their expenditures and incurred obligations from exceeding such revenue receipts and balances. If the governor ascertains that the available revenue receipts and balances for any fund other than the general revenue fund for the current fiscal year will in all probability be less than the appropriations for the year, the governor may issue such orders to the state agencies as will prevent their expenditures and incurred obligations from exceeding such revenue receipts and balances. If the governor determines that the available revenue receipts and balances in any fund or across funds will likely be less than the appropriations for the year, the governor may declare a fiscal emergency and may issue such orders as necessary to the director of budget and management to reduce expenditures, or to the director of administrative services to implement personnel actions consistent therewith, including, but not limited to, mandatory cost savings days under section 124.392 of the Revised Code. As used in this section, "expenditures and incurred obligations" includes all moneys expended or obligated pursuant to appropriations by the general assembly that are calculated and distributed pursuant to a distribution formula in law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.40
§ 122.40. Definitions for R.C. 122.40 to 122.4077 - residential broadband expansion
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in sections 122.40 to 122.4077 of the Revised Code: (A) "Application" means an application made under section 122.4013 of the Revised Code for a program grant. (B) "Broadband funding gap" means the difference between the total amount of money a broadband provider calculates is necessary to construct the last mile of a specific broadband network and the total amount of money that the provider has determined is the maximum amount of money that is cost effective for the provider to invest in last mile construction for that network. (C)(1) "Broadband provider" means one of the following: (a) A video service provider as defined in section 1332.21 of the Revised Code; (b) A provider that is capable of providing tier one or tier two broadband service and is one of the following: (i) A telecommunications service provider; (ii) A satellite broadcasting service provider; (iii) A wireless service provider as defined in section 4927.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Broadband provider" does not include a governmental or quasi-governmental entity. (D) "Eligible addresses" means residential addresses that are in an unserved area or a tier one area. (E) "Extremely high cost per location threshold area" means an area in which the cost to build high speed internet infrastructure exceeds the extremely high cost per location threshold established by the broadband expansion program authority under section 122.407 of the Revised Code. (F) "Eligible project" means a project to provide tier two broadband service access to eligible addresses in an unserved area or tier one area of a municipal corporation or township that is eligible for funding under sections 122.4013 to 122.4046 of the Revised Code. (G) "Last mile" means the last portion of a physical broadband network that connects an eligible project to the broader network used to provide tier two broadband service, and to which both of the following apply: (1) It includes other network infrastructure in the last portion of the network that is needed to provide tier two broadband service to eligible addresses as part of an eligible project, but does not include network infrastructure in any portion of the network that is outside of the last portion. (2) It is not required to be, or limited to, a specific distance measurement of one mile or any other specific distance. (H) "Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program" means the program established under sections 122.40 to 122.4077 of the Revised Code. (I) "Program grant" means money awarded under the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program to assist in covering the broadband funding gap for an eligible project. (J) "Satellite broadcasting service" has the same meaning as in section 5739.01 of the Revised Code. (K) "Telecommunications service" has the same meaning as in section 1332.21 of the Revised Code. (L) "Tier one broadband service" means a retail wireline broadband service capable of delivering internet access at speeds of at least twenty-five but less than one hundred megabits per second downstream and at least three but less than twenty megabits per second upstream. (M) "Tier two broadband service" means a retail wireline broadband service capable of delivering internet access at speeds of one hundred megabits per second or greater downstream and twenty megabits per second or greater upstream. "Tier two broadband service" may include, in an extremely high cost per location threshold area, fixed wireless broadband service. (N) "Tier one area" means an area that has access to tier one broadband service but not tier two broadband service. "Tier one area" includes an area where construction of a network to provide tier one broadband service is in progress and is scheduled to be completed within a two-year period. "Tier one area" excludes an area where construction of a network to provide tier two broadband service is in progress and is scheduled to be completed within a two-year period. (O) "Unserved area" means an area without access to either tier one broadband service or tier two broadband service. "Unserved area" excludes an area where construction of a network to provide tier two broadband service is in progress and is scheduled to be completed within a two-year period. Last updated September 19, 2023 at 1:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.97 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.97
§ 101.97. Retirement system lobbyists and employers - conflicts of interest
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall engage any person to influence retirement system decisions or conduct retirement system lobbying activity for compensation that is contingent in any way on the outcome of a retirement system decision and no person shall accept any engagement to influence retirement system decisions or conduct retirement system lobbying activity for compensation that is contingent in any way on the outcome of a retirement system decision. (B) Division (A) of this section does not prohibit and shall not be construed to prohibit any person from compensating the person's sales employees pursuant to an incentive compensation plan, such as commission sales, if the incentive compensation plan is the same plan used to compensate similarly situated sales employees who are not retirement system lobbyists.
Ohio Rev. Code § 135.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 135 / § 135.13
§ 135.13. Evidence of inactive and interim deposits
Status: in_force

March 22, 2012 House Bill 209 - 129th General Assembly Inactive deposits shall be evidenced by time certificates of deposit, each of which shall mature not later than the end of the period of designation, and may provide on its face that the amount of such deposit is payable upon written notice to be given a specified period before the date of repayment or by savings or deposit accounts, including, but not limited to, passbook accounts. Interim deposits shall be evidenced by time certificates of deposit or by savings or deposit accounts, including, but not limited to, passbook accounts.
Ohio Rev. Code § 117.461 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 117 / § 117.461
§ 117.461. Comment period
Status: in_force

April 5, 2017 House Bill 384 - 131st General Assembly Every state agency or state institution of higher education audited pursuant to section 117.46 of the Revised Code shall accept comments regarding the performance audit from interested parties. The comment period shall begin on the day following the release date of the audit and shall conclude at the end of the fourteenth day following the release date. The agency or institution shall make all comments available to the public on the twenty-first day following the release date of the audit. The agency or institution shall determine how to accept comments under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.352 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.352
§ 101.352. Request for appearance before joint committee regarding agency's reliance on principle of law or policy
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly If the joint committee on agency rule review becomes aware that an agency subject to its jurisdiction is relying upon a principle of law or policy that, under section 121.93 of the Revised Code, should have been supplanted by its restatement in a rule, the chairperson of the joint committee responsible for calling and conducting meetings under section 101.35 of the Revised Code, in that chairperson's sole discretion, may request the agency to appear before the joint committee to address why, notwithstanding section 121.93 of the Revised Code, it is so relying. The request shall specify the time and place at which a designee of the agency is to appear before the joint committee to address, and to answer the joint committee's questions concerning, the agency's reliance. The date set for the appearance shall be not earlier than thirty days after the joint committee transmits the request to the agency. The joint committee shall transmit the request to the agency electronically. The joint committee also shall publish the request on its web site, as part of the relevant meeting agenda, and shall indicate in conjunction with the published request that any person is invited to appear before the joint committee when the agency appears to offer and make comments to the joint committee concerning the agency's reliance. Upon receiving the request, the agency shall designate a suitable agency officer or employee to appear on behalf of the agency before the joint committee as directed in the request. The agency electronically shall notify the joint committee of the name, title, telephone number, and electronic mail address of the officer or employee who has been designated to appear before the joint committee in response to the request. Upon appearing before the joint committee, the agency's designee shall address why the agency is relying upon a principle of law or policy that, notwithstanding section 121.93 of the Revised Code, has not been supplanted by its restatement in a rule. The members of the joint committee may question the agency's designee concerning the agency's reliance. Any person may offer and make comments to the joint committee concerning the agency's reliance. After the appearance has concluded, the joint committee, by vote of a majority of its members, in writing may recommend to the agency that it supplant the principle of law or policy that it is relying upon by its restatement in a rule. The joint committee shall support its recommendation with a brief rationale of why, under section 121.93 of the Revised Code, the principle of law or policy should be supplanted by its restatement in a rule. The joint committee shall transmit the recommendation electronically to the agency. After receiving the recommendation from the joint committee, the agency shall commence the rule-making process as soon as it is reasonably feasible to do so, but not later than the date that is six months after the recommendation was received. The principle of law or policy as it is restated in a rule does not need to be wholly congruent with the supplanted principle of law or policy. The agency lawfully may improve or develop further the supplanted principle of law or policy as it is restated in a rule. The agency may continue to rely upon the principle of law or policy, but only while it is complying with the preceding paragraph. The agency may not rely upon the principle of law or policy in advising with regard to or in determining the rights or liabilities of a person if the agency fails to commence the rule-making process by the deadline specified in the preceding paragraph, or if, after commencing the rule-making process, the agency neglects or abandons the rule-making process before it is completed. Last updated September 7, 2023 at 2:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 122.077 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 122 / § 122.077
§ 122.077. Energy star rebate program
Status: in_force

July 1, 2009 House Bill 2 - 128th General Assembly For the purpose of promoting the use of energy efficient products to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in this state, the director of development shall establish an energy star rebate program under which the director may provide rebates to consumers for household devices carrying the energy star label indicating that the device meets the energy efficiency criteria of the energy star program established by the United States department of energy and the United States environmental protection agency. The director shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that are necessary for successful and efficient administration of the energy star rebate program and shall specify in the rules that grant availability is limited to federal stimulus funds or any other funds specifically appropriated for such a program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 145.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 145 / § 145.51
§ 145.51. Payments into employer's accumulation fund
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 343 - 129th General Assembly (A) Each employer described in division (D) of section 145.01 of the Revised Code shall pay into the employers' accumulation fund, in monthly installments, an amount certified by the public employees retirement board, which equals the employer obligation as described in section 145.12 or 145.69 of the Revised Code. In addition, the board shall add to the employer billing next succeeding the amount, with interest, to be paid by the employer to provide the member with contributing service credit for the service prior to the date of initial contribution to the system for which the member has made additional payments, except payments made pursuant to former section 145.29 or sections 145.28 and 145.292 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as provided in section 145.52 of the Revised Code, all employer obligations described in division (A) of this section must be received by the public employees retirement system not later than the thirtieth day after the last day of the calendar month for which related member contributions are withheld. (C) Unless the board adopts a rule under division (F) of this section establishing a different interest rate or penalty, interest and penalties for failing to pay the employer obligation when due under division (B) of this section shall be as follows: (1) Interest, compounded annually and charged monthly, for each day after the due date that the employer obligation remains unpaid in an amount equal to six per cent per annum of the past due amount of the employer obligation and any penalties imposed under this section; (2) The penalty for failing to pay the employer obligation when due under division (B) is as follows: (a) At least eleven but not more than thirty days past due, an amount equal to one per cent of the past due obligation; (b) At least thirty-one but not more than sixty days past due, an additional amount equal to one and one-half per cent of the past due obligation; (c) Sixty-one or more days past due, an additional amount equal to two and one-half per cent of the past due obligation. (D) The aggregate of all payments by employers under this section shall be sufficient, when combined with the amount in the employers' accumulation fund, to provide amounts payable under this chapter out of the fund, and if not, the additional amount so required shall be collected by means of an increased rate per cent, which shall be certified to such employers by the board. (E) Upon certification by the board to the director of budget and management, or to the county auditor, of an amount due from an employer within any county who is subject to this chapter, by reason of such employer's delinquency in making payments into the employers' accumulation fund for past billings, such amount shall be withheld from such employer from any funds subject to the control of the director or the county auditor to such employer and shall be paid to the public employees retirement system. (F) The board may adopt rules to do any of the following: (1) Establish interest at a rate that does not exceed the annual rate described in division (C)(1) of this section; (2) Establish penalties in amounts that do not exceed the amounts described in division (C)(2) of this section; (3) Permit the board to lengthen the periods of time or enter into repayment agreements for employers to comply with divisions (B) and (C) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 131.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 131 / § 131.59
§ 131.59. Obligation to make debt service payments unaffected
Status: in_force

September 5, 2006 Senate Bill 321 - 126th General Assembly Nothing in sections 107.032 to 107.035 or 131.55 to 131.58 of the Revised Code shall be construed to affect in any way the state's obligation to make debt service payments.
Ohio Rev. Code § 153.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 153 / § 153.61
§ 153.61. Agreement for joint construction and management
Status: in_force

October 30, 1989 House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly Any county or counties and any municipal corporation or municipal corporations may enter into an agreement providing for the joint construction, acquisition, or improvement of any public work, public building, or other permanent improvement benefiting the parties thereto and providing for the joint management, occupancy, maintenance, and repair thereof. Any such agreement shall be approved by resolution or ordinance passed by the legislative authority of each of the parties to such agreement, which resolution or ordinance shall set forth the agreement in full and shall authorize the execution thereof by designated official or officials of each of such parties, and such agreement, when so approved and executed, shall be in full force and effect. Any agreement entered into under authority of this section shall contain the following provisions: (A) The method by which the work, building, or improvement, to be specified therein, shall be constructed, acquired, or improved, and specifically a designation of one of the parties to take and have exclusive charge of any and all details of construction, acquisition, or improvement, including any advertising for bids and the award of any construction or improvement contract. Except as otherwise provided in this division, the procedure generally applicable to the party so designated shall be followed in the use of force account or the advertising for bids and awarding of a contract. Section 153.36 of the Revised Code does not apply to the building or the addition to or alteration, repair, or improvement of a jail undertaken pursuant to a joint agreement provided for in this section. (B) The manner in which the title to the public work, building, or improvement including the site and interests in real estate necessary therefor, is to be held; (C) The manner in which the public work, building, or improvement is to be managed, occupied, maintained, and repaired, and specifically a designation of the person, officer, or body to be responsible for such management, maintenance, and repair. If the public work, building, or improvement involves only a multicounty, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail, workhouse, or correctional facility, the agreement may delegate management, maintenance, and repair responsibilities to a corrections commission established pursuant to section 307.93 of the Revised Code. (D) An apportionment among the parties of the cost of jointly constructing, acquiring, or improving such work, building, or improvement and of jointly managing, maintaining, and repairing it. Each party to such an agreement may issue securities for its portion of the cost of such construction, acquisition, or improvement if Chapter 133. or other provisions of the Revised Code would authorize the issuance of such securities by such party alone for the purpose for which it then intends to use the work, building, or improvement. As used in this section, "construction, acquisition, or improvement" includes acquisition of real estate and interests in real estate therefor, site improvements, and furniture, furnishings, and equipment therefor. The authority granted under this section shall not extend to the construction, acquisition, improvement, or management of any public utility facility. Public works, public buildings, or improvements constructed, acquired, or improved under this section may be used for any lawful purpose by each party so long as the use thereof is an authorized proper use for that party.
Ohio Rev. Code § 175.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 175 / § 175.04
§ 175.04. Officers - quorum - records - annual reports
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 238 - 135th General Assembly (A) The governor shall appoint a chairperson from among the voting members. The agency members shall elect a voting member as vice-chairperson. The agency members may appoint other officers, who need not be members of the agency, as the agency deems necessary. (B) Six voting members of the agency constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of six voting members is necessary for any action the agency takes. No vacancy in agency membership impairs the right of a quorum to exercise all of the agency's rights and perform all the agency's duties. Agency meetings may be held at any place within the state. Meetings shall comply with section 121.22 of the Revised Code. (C) The agency shall maintain accounting records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principals and other required accounting standards. (D) The agency shall develop policies and guidelines for the administration of its programs and annually shall conduct at least one public hearing to obtain input from any interested party regarding the administration of its programs. The hearing shall be held at a time and place as the agency determines and when a quorum of the agency is present. (E) The agency shall appoint committees and subcommittees comprised of members of the agency to handle matters it deems appropriate. (1) The agency shall adopt an annual plan to address this state's housing needs. The agency shall appoint an annual plan committee to develop the plan and present it to the agency for consideration. (2) The annual plan committee shall select an advisory board from a list of interested individuals the executive director provides or on its own recommendation. The advisory board shall provide input on the plan at committee meetings prior to the annual public hearing. At the public hearing, the committee shall discuss advisory board comments. The advisory board may include, but is not limited to, persons who represent state agencies, local governments, public corporations, nonprofit organizations, community development corporations, housing advocacy organizations for low- and moderate-income persons, realtors, syndicators, investors, lending institutions as recommended by a statewide banking organization, and other entities participating in the agency's programs. Each agency program that allows for loans to be made to finance housing for owner occupancy that benefits other than low- and moderate-income households, or for loans to be made to individuals under bonds issued pursuant to division (B) of section 175.08 of the Revised Code, shall be presented to the advisory board and included in the annual plan as approved by the agency before the program's implementation. (F) The agency shall prepare an annual financial report describing its activities during the reporting year and submit that report in accordance with division (H) of this section and to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate within three months after the end of the reporting year. The report shall include the agency's audited financial statements, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and appropriate accounting standards. (G) The agency shall prepare an annual report of its programs describing how the programs have met this state's housing needs. The agency shall submit the report in accordance with division (H) of this section and to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate within three months after the end of the reporting year. (H)(1) The agency shall submit, within a time frame agreed to by the agency and the chairs, the annual financial report described in division (F) of this section and the annual report of programs described in division (G) of this section to the chairs of the committees dealing with housing issues in the house of representatives and the senate. (2) Within forty-five days of issuance of the annual financial report, the agency's executive director shall request to appear in person before the committees described in division (H)(1) of this section to testify in regard to the financial report and the report of programs. The testimony shall include each of the following: (a) An overview of the annual plan adopted pursuant to division (E)(1) of this section; (b) An evaluation of whether the objectives in the annual plan were met through a comparison of the annual plan with the annual financial report and report of programs; (c) A complete listing by award and amount of all business and contractual relationships in excess of one hundred thousand dollars between the agency and other entities and organizations that participated in agency programs during the fiscal year reported by the agency's annual financial report and report of programs; (d) A complete listing by award and amount of the low-income housing tax credit syndication and direct investor entities for projects that received tax credit reservations and IRS Form 8609 during the fiscal year. Last updated February 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 101.83 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 101 / § 101.83
§ 101.83. Expiration date of agencies - renewal
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) It is the intent of the general assembly that an agency shall expire by operation of sunset review law, sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code, four years more or less after the effective date of the act that established the agency. Unless renewed in accordance with division (E) of this section: (1) An agency created during an even-numbered general assembly expires at the end of the thirty-first day of December in the second year of the next odd-numbered general assembly; (2) An agency created during an odd-numbered general assembly expires at the end of the thirty-first day of December in the second year of the next even-numbered general assembly; and (3) An agency renewed by a prior sunset review committee expires on the expiration date specified in the act that renewed the agency. (B) Any act renewing an agency shall contain a distinct section providing a specific expiration date for the agency in accordance with this section. With respect to an agency scheduled to expire through operation of sunset review law, sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code, the specific expiration date shall be the thirty-first day of December in the second year of a general assembly. (C) If the general assembly does not renew or transfer an agency on or before its expiration date, it expires on that date. The director of budget and management shall not authorize the expenditure of any moneys for any agency on or after the date of its expiration. (D) The general assembly may provide by law for the orderly, efficient, and expeditious conclusion of an agency's business and operation. The rules, orders, licenses, contracts, and other actions made, taken, granted, or performed by the agency continue in effect according to their terms notwithstanding the agency's abolition, unless the general assembly provides otherwise by law. The general assembly may provide by law for the temporary or permanent transfer of some or all of a terminated or transferred agency's functions and personnel to a successor agency or officer. The abolition, termination, or transfer of an agency does not cause the termination or dismissal of any claim pending against the agency by any person, or any claim pending against any person by the agency. Unless the general assembly provides otherwise by law for the substitution of parties, the attorney general shall succeed the agency with reference to any pending claim. (E) An agency may be renewed by passage of a bill that continues the statutes creating and empowering the agency, that amends or repeals those statutes, or that enacts new statutes, to improve agency usefulness, performance, or effectiveness. (F) The chairperson of an agency listed in division (A)(25) of section 101.82 of the Revised Code shall notify the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate, in the manner specified in section 101.68 of the Revised Code, and shall notify the governor, if federal law is modified to eliminate the purpose or necessity for the agency's existence. The notification shall be in writing and include the following disclosure: "The agency known as the _______ was exempted from sunset review law because it had a purpose related to federal law. The federal law specifying that purpose has been amended or repealed eliminating the purpose or necessity for the agency. The sunset review committee, next convened under section 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code, shall schedule the agency for review and shall make a recommendation with respect to the agency in accordance with section 101.87 of the Revised Code." Last updated July 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 159.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 159 / § 159.01
§ 159.01. Acquisition of title to land by United States
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly Whenever it is necessary for the United States to acquire title to a tract of land in this state for any purpose, and the state gives its consent to such acquisition, the United States may acquire such land by appropriation; and for such purpose sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, are hereby made applicable, and said United States, in appropriating such property, shall, in all respects, be governed by the acts referred to in this section, and such other acts supplemental thereto and amendatory thereof as may be in force when such proceedings take place; provided that the United States may pay the costs, including such reasonable attorney fees as are allowed by the court, to the person whose property is sought to be appropriated, and refuse to make the appropriation, if in their judgment the compensation assessed is too great to justify the appropriation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 109.72 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 109 / § 109.72
§ 109.72. Members - organization
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly Ohio peace officer training commission member terms shall be for three years, commencing on the twentieth day of September and ending on the nineteenth day of September. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term to 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 such term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. An interim chairperson shall be appointed by the governor until such time as the commission elects a permanent chairperson. Any member of the commission appointed pursuant to section 109.71 of the Revised Code as an incumbent sheriff, incumbent chief of police, representative of the state highway patrol, state department of education and workforce, federal bureau of investigation, and bureau of criminal identification and investigation, shall immediately, upon termination of holding such office, cease to be a member of the commission, and a successor shall be appointed. The commission shall meet at least four times each year. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson and shall be called by the chairperson at the request of the attorney general or upon the written request of five members of the commission. The commission may establish its own requirements as to quorum and its own procedures with respect to the conduct of its meetings and other affairs; provided, that all recommendations by the commission to the attorney general pursuant to section 109.74 of the Revised Code shall require the affirmative vote of five members of the commission. Membership on the commission does not constitute the holding of an office, and members of the commission shall not be required to take and file oaths of office before serving on the commission. The commission shall not exercise any portion of the sovereign power of the state. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. No member of the commission shall be disqualified from holding any public office or employment, nor shall the member forfeit any such office or employment, by reason of appointment to the commission, notwithstanding any general, special, or local law, ordinance, or city charter to the contrary. Last updated September 20, 2023 at 12:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 111.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 111 / § 111.31
§ 111.31. Mailing unsolicited absent voter's ballots
Status: in_force

April 7, 2023 House Bill 458 - 134th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding division (E)(2) of section 3509.03 and division (E)(2) of section 3511.02 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state may mail unsolicited applications for absent voter's ballots to electors for a general election if all of the following apply: (1) The general assembly appropriates funds to the controlling board for that particular mailing; (2) The secretary of state submits a request to the controlling board to transfer those funds to the absent voter's ballot application mailing fund established under division (B) of this section; (3) The request is accompanied by a report that includes all of the following concerning the most recent mailing of unsolicited applications for absent voter's ballots conducted by the secretary of state: (a) The number of applications mailed; (b) The number of those applications that were returned to the sender as undeliverable or otherwise were determined to be undeliverable; (c) The number of those applications that were completed and returned to the secretary of state or a board of elections; (d) The number of absent voter's ballots cast by mail in the election for which the applications were mailed. (4) The controlling board approves the transfer of funds to the absent voter's ballot application mailing fund. (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the absent voter's ballot application mailing fund. The secretary of state shall use the fund to pay the cost of printing and mailing unsolicited applications for absent voter's ballots. The fund shall consist of moneys transferred to it by the controlling board under division (A) of this section. The controlling board shall transfer any unused moneys in the fund to the proper appropriation item. Last updated January 31, 2023 at 5:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 175.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 175 / § 175.12
§ 175.12. Liberal construction of chapter - public records law - interagency cooperation
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes and the purposes of Section 14, of Article VIII and Section 16, Article VIII, Ohio Constitution. (B) The following are not public records subject to section 149.43 of the Revised Code: (1) Financial statements and data submitted for any purpose to the Ohio housing finance agency or the controlling board by any person in connection with applying for, receiving, or accounting for financial assistance the agency provides; (2) Information that identifies any individual who benefits directly or indirectly from financial assistance the agency provides. (3) Information provided to the tax commissioner under section 175.16 or 175.17 of the Revised Code, information provided under divisions (I)(1)(a) and (b) of section 175.16 of the Revised Code, and information provided under divisions (H)(1) and (2) of section 175.17 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) The agencies of this state shall cooperate fully with the Ohio housing finance agency and shall provide information the Ohio housing finance agency determines is necessary or helpful for its operation. (2) The Ohio housing finance agency may arrange with and enter into contracts with other entities to perform functions this chapter authorizes the agency to perform and compensate those entities for performing those functions. (3) The agency may enter into contracts with state entities as described in this chapter. (D) Any state agency that provides supplies, equipment, or services directly related to the mission of the Ohio housing finance agency as described in section 175.02 of the Revised Code may enter into an agreement with the Ohio housing finance agency to furnish those supplies, equipment, or services pursuant to terms both agencies agree upon for remuneration to the state agency. (E) The Ohio housing finance agency is exempt from the requirements of Chapters 123. and 125. and sections 127.16 and 5147.07 of the Revised Code. Last updated March 13, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 163.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 1 / Chapter 163 / § 163.16
§ 163.16. Court costs
Status: in_force

September 10, 1987 House Bill 57 - 117th General Assembly The court costs, including jury fees, of any proceeding shall be paid as the court directs, except as may be provided for in cases subject to division (A)(2) or (B)(1) of section 163.21 of the Revised Code. The agency may offer to confess judgment for the amount to be stated and the court costs then made in favor of any owner who in any manner enters an appearance or upon whom service has been made. If such owner refuses to accept such offer and as a result of the trial does not receive more, he shall pay all court costs accruing after the offer.