Source: http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/103
Timestamp: 2019-04-26 02:07:18+00:00

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103.03 Use of books and documents of other state agencies.
The director of the legislative service commission shall arrange with the proper officials of the Ohio state university, the Ohio history connection, the supreme court law library, and the Ohio state library, for the use of general books and references in their custody, and the proper officials of the Ohio state university, the Ohio history connection, and the Ohio state library are hereby directed to lend to the commission for the use of said commission such books and documents as the director may require. The director is also authorized to give or lend to the proper officials of the Ohio state university, the Ohio history connection, and the Ohio state library, any books and documents which are not required by the director.
103.05 [Effective Until 8/18/2019] Codification of administrative rules - publications.
(A) The director of the legislative service commission shall be the codifier of the rules of the administrative agencies of the state. When a rule is filed under section 111.15, 119.04, 4141.14, or 5703.14 of the Revised Code, the director or the director's designee shall examine the rule. If the rule is not numbered or if the numbering of the rule is not in conformity with the system established by the director, the director shall give the rule its proper number by designating the proper number on the left hand margin of the rule. The number shall be the official administrative code number of the rule. Any number so assigned shall be published in any publication of the administrative code. Rules of the administrative code shall be cited and referred to by such official numbers.
The legislative service commission shall, pursuant to section 111.15 of the Revised Code, adopt, amend, and rescind any rules that are necessary to provide a uniform administrative code; to provide standards for use by the director in determining whether to include in the administrative code the full text of, or a reference to, any rule filed with the commission; to permit the director to discharge the director's duties and exercise the director's powers as described in this section; and to permit the director to discharge the director's duties and exercise the director's powers with respect to establishing and maintaining, and enhancing and improving, the electronic rule-filing system under section 103.0511 of the Revised Code.
(6) Whether the rule affects the statutory or constitutional rights of any person.
The director or the director's designee shall accept any rule that is filed under section 111.15, 119.04, 4141.14, or 5703.14 of the Revised Code. If the director or the director's designee accepts a rule that is not in compliance with the rules of the commission, the director shall give notice of the noncompliance in electronic form to the agency that filed the rule within thirty days after the date on which the rule is filed. The notice shall indicate why the rule does not comply with the rules of the commission and how the rule can be brought into compliance. The failure of the director to give an agency notice within the thirty-day period shall presumptively establish that the rule complies with the rules of the commission.
(B) Any person may publish an acceptable code. The director shall approve as acceptable any person's publication of the code conforming to the requirements of this division.
(6) Be numbered according to the numbering system devised by the director.
(C) The director may prepare and publish the code, or contract with any person under this division to prepare and publish the code. Any code published under this division shall include all of the requirements of division (B) of this section. In addition, the director shall furnish any code or supplement published under this division to any person who requests the code or supplement upon payment of a charge established by the director, not to exceed the cost of preparation and publication.
Upon the request of the director of the legislative service commission under this division, the director of administrative services, in accordance with the competitive selection procedure of Chapter 125. of the Revised Code, shall let a contract for the compilation, preparation, and printing or publication of the administrative code and supplements.
103.05 [Effective 8/18/2019] Codification of administrative rules - publications.
(A) The director of the legislative service commission shall be the codifier of the rules of the administrative agencies of the state. When a rule is filed under section 111.15 or 119.04 of the Revised Code, the director or the director's designee shall examine the rule. If the rule is not numbered or if the numbering of the rule is not in conformity with the system established by the director, the director shall give the rule its proper number by designating the proper number on the left hand margin of the rule. The number shall be the official administrative code number of the rule. Any number so assigned shall be published in any publication of the administrative code. Rules of the administrative code shall be cited and referred to by such official numbers.
The legislative service commission shall, under section 111.15 of the Revised Code, adopt, amend, and rescind any rules that are necessary to provide a uniform administrative code; to provide standards for use by the director in determining whether to include in the administrative code the full text of, or a reference to, any rule filed with the commission; to permit the director to discharge the director's duties and exercise the director's powers as described in this section; and to permit the director to discharge the director's duties and exercise the director's powers with respect to establishing and maintaining, and enhancing and improving, the electronic rule-filing system under section 103.0511 of the Revised Code.
The director or the director's designee shall accept any rule that is filed under section 111.15 or 119.04 of the Revised Code. If the director or the director's designee accepts a rule that is not in compliance with the rules of the commission, the director shall give notice of the noncompliance in electronic form to the agency that filed the rule within thirty days after the date on which the rule is filed. The notice shall indicate why the rule does not comply with the rules of the commission and how the rule can be brought into compliance. The failure of the director to give an agency notice within the thirty-day period presumptively establishes that the rule complies with the rules of the commission.
Amended by 132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, SB 221, §1, eff. 8/18/2019.
The "Register of Ohio" is an electronic publication that functions as a gazette to which members of the public may readily resort for notice of and information about rule-making processes. The director of the legislative service commission shall publish the register. The register is to include all rule-making documents that are required by statute to be published in the register. The director shall display the register free of charge on the internet, and shall ensure that printed copies of all or part of a document published in the register can be easily produced by users of the internet.
The director, taking into consideration the public notice and information functions performed by the register, shall update the register at reasonable intervals, but not less often than weekly. The director shall establish a reasonable deadline before each updating. A document received by the director on or before a deadline is to be published in the register upon the register's next updating. The director shall purge a document from the register when its display no longer serves the public notice and information functions performed by the register.
The director upon request of any person shall provide the person with a printed copy of all or part of a document published in the register. The director may charge and collect a fee for this service. Any such fee is not to exceed the actual cost of printing and delivering the printed copy to the person requesting it. The director shall deposit the fees into the state treasury to the credit of the register of Ohio fund.
103.0511 [Effective Until 8/18/2019] Electronic rule-filing system established.
(F) Any other person or governmental officer or entity whose inclusion in the system is required for the system to be a complete electronic rule-filing system.
The electronic rule-filing system is to enable rules and rule-making and rule-related documents to be filed, and official responses to these filings to be made, exclusively by electronic means.
Amended by 130th General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 10, §1, eff. 3/23/2015.
Amended by 130th General Assembly File No. TBD, SB 3, §1, eff. 9/17/2014.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.2, SB 2, §1, eff. 1/1/2012.
103.0511 [Effective 8/18/2019] Electronic rule-filing system established.
103.0512 Rule filings during system shutdown.
If there is an expected or unexpected shut down of the whole or part of the electronic rule-filing system, such as for maintenance or because of hardware or software failure, the director of the legislative service commission may temporarily authorize an agency that is required to file rules and other rule-making and rule-related documents exclusively in electronic form nevertheless to file rules and other rule-making and rule-related documents in print form.
103.052 Assistance by state agencies in publishing register of Ohio.
The director of the legislative service commission may request an agency to provide the director with assistance that is within the agency's competence and that is reasonably necessary to ensure the director's successful, efficient, and timely electronic publication of the register of Ohio.
103.0521 Removal of obsolete rules.
If a rule currently in effect is obsolete because the rule was adopted by an agency that is no longer in existence and jurisdiction over the rule has not been transferred to another agency, and if that status is verified by the executive director of the joint committee on agency rule review, the executive director shall prepare, for consideration of the joint committee, a motion that the director of the legislative service commission remove the obsolete rule from the Administrative Code. The executive director shall transmit a copy of the motion to the common sense initiative office before the next meeting of the joint committee.
The chairperson of the joint committee, or another member of the joint committee delegated by the chairperson, shall offer the motion at the next meeting of the joint committee. If the motion is agreed to by the joint committee, the executive director shall transmit a copy of the motion to the director of the legislative service commission. The executive director shall certify on the copy transmitted that the motion was agreed to by the joint committee.
Upon receiving the certified motion, the director of the legislative service commission shall remove the obsolete rule from the Administrative Code as directed in the motion. The director thereafter shall maintain the removed obsolete rule in a file of obsolete rules. The file of obsolete rules may be maintained in electronic form.
103.053 Reimbursement of costs from agency.
To recover a portion of the cost of publishing the register of Ohio, the director of the legislative service commission may seek reimbursement from an agency of actual costs the director incurs in publishing the agency's documents in the register. The amount sought for reimbursement is to be an amount proportional to the internet space allocated to the agency for publishing the agency's documents in the register, and is to be reduced by the value of assistance the agency has provided to the director with respect to publication of the register. The director shall deposit reimbursements into the state treasury to the credit of the register of Ohio fund.
103.054 Register of Ohio fund.
The register of Ohio fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The director of the legislative service commission shall use money in the fund to defray costs of publishing the register of Ohio. Investment earnings of the fund are to be credited to the fund.
103.11 Ohio legislative service commission organization.
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.
The commission shall organize by selecting from its membership a chairperson and a 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.
Amended by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 167, §1, eff. 3/21/2017.
103.12 Ohio legislative service commission committees.
The Ohio legislative service commission may appoint committees consisting of members of the general assembly and such citizens having special knowledge on a particular subject as the commission may determine, to study and report on assigned subjects. At least one member of the commission shall be a member of each committee.
No committee study or report shall be published by the commission until such study or report has been approved for publication by a majority of the committee making the study or report.
103.13 Powers and duties of legislative service commission.
(H) Annually collect the reports required by section 4743.01 of the Revised Code and prepare a report evaluating the extent to which state boards and commissions which regulate occupations are financially self-supporting. The report shall be presented to the speaker and the minority leader of the house of representatives, the president and the minority leader of the senate, and the chairperson and ranking minority member of the finance committees of both houses, on or before the thirty-first day of December each year.
(K) Operate the electronic rule-filing system under section 103.0511 of the Revised Code.
103.131 Codification and numbering of laws.
The director of the legislative service commission shall be the codifier of the laws of the state. When an act of a general and permanent nature passed by the general assembly becomes a law and is filed with the secretary of state, such director shall examine the same and if there is no sectional numbering on the act or if such numbering is not in conformity with the Revised Code, the director shall give such section of the act its proper sectional number by designating the proper number or numbers on the left hand margin of the enrolled bill. Such number shall be the official code number of the section. Number so assigned shall be published in the session laws and in any publication of the Revised Code. Sections of the Revised Code shall be cited and referred to by such official numbers.
Repealed by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 64, §105.01, eff. 9/29/2015.
103.14 Fiscal analysis prepared by legislative budget office.
(A) If a bill introduced in the general assembly appears to affect the revenues or expenditures of the state, a county, municipal corporation, township, school district, or other governmental entity of the state, the Ohio legislative budget office of the Ohio legislative service commission shall, before the bill is recommended for passage by the house committee or the senate committee of the general assembly to which the bill was referred and again before the bill is taken up for final consideration by either house of the general assembly, prepare a fiscal analysis of the bill or resolution. The fiscal analysis shall include an estimate, in dollars, of the amount by which the bill would increase or decrease revenues or expenditures and any other information the Ohio legislative budget office considers necessary to explain the fiscal effect of the bill or resolution.
(2) For final consideration, a copy to each member of the house that is considering the bill.
If the member who introduced the bill or resolution is not a member of the house or rules committee considering the bill, the Ohio legislative budget office shall send him a copy.
(2) Any other information the Ohio legislative budget office considers necessary for it to understand or explain the fiscal effect of the bill.
An instrumentality, officer, or entity shall comply with a request as soon as reasonably possible after it receives the request. The Ohio legislative budget office shall specify the manner of compliance in its request, and if necessary may specify a longer period of time than five days for compliance. The Ohio legislative budget office may consider any information provided under this division in preparing a fiscal analysis.
(D) The failure of the Ohio legislative budget office to prepare a fiscal analysis before a bill or resolution is taken up for consideration by the house or senate committees, or by either or both houses for final consideration shall not be construed to impair the validity of any bill passed by either or both houses of the general assembly.
103.142 Substitute versions of bills - conference committee reports.
(A) As used in this section, "committee" means any standing or select committee of the general assembly or of either house of the general assembly.
(B) Within five days after the effective date of this section, the legislative service commission shall meet to determine whether divisions (C) and (D) of this section should be implemented. If the commission determines that divisions (C) and (D) of this section should be implemented, the commission immediately shall adopt a resolution expressing its determination, and, after the adoption of the resolution, the legislative service commission and the legislative budget office of the legislative service commission shall perform the duties described in those divisions. If the commission determines that divisions (C) and (D) of this section should not be implemented, the commission immediately shall adopt a resolution expressing its determination, and the legislative service commission and the legislative budget office of the legislative service commission shall not perform the duties described in those divisions. If the commission adopts a resolution that implements divisions (C) and (D) of this section and the commission subsequently determines that the implementation of those divisions should be terminated, the commission, at a meeting, may adopt a resolution that supersedes the prior resolution. Upon the adoption of the superseding resolution, the legislative service commission and the legislative budget office of the legislative service commission shall not perform the duties specified in those divisions.
(1) The legislative service commission shall prepare and make available to each member of the committee or subcommittee to which the substitute version of the bill is presented or of the committee to which the substitute version of the bill is reported a document that describes each substantive difference between the substitute version of the bill and the version of the bill that was under consideration by the committee or subcommittee immediately preceding the presentation by the member of the substitute bill or that was assigned to the subcommittee that reported the substitute version of the bill back to the committee.
(2) The legislative budget office of the legislative service commission shall prepare and make available to each member of the committee or subcommittee described in division (B)(1) of this section a document that describes the differences in fiscal impact between the substitute version of the bill and the version of the bill that was under consideration by the committee or subcommittee immediately preceding the presentation by the member of the substitute bill or that was assigned to the subcommittee that reported the substitute version of the bill back to the committee.
(3) The legislative service commission shall retain copies of each document it prepares under division (C)(1) of this section and the legislative budget office of the legislative service commission shall retain copies of each document it prepares under division (C)(2) of this section. Each document prepared under either of those divisions is a public record open for inspection under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
(1) The legislative service commission shall prepare and make available to each member of the general assembly a document that describes each substantive provision included in the report of the conference committee.
(2) The legislative budget office of the legislative service commission shall prepare and make available to each member of the general assembly a document that describes the fiscal impact of the report of the conference committee.
(3) The legislative service commission shall retain copies of each document it prepares under division (D)(1) of this section and the legislative budget office of the legislative service commission shall retain copies of each document it prepares under division (D)(2) of this section. Each document prepared under either of those divisions is a public record open for inspection under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
(E) The duties imposed by divisions (C) and (D) of this section upon the legislative service commission and the legislative budget office of the legislative service commission are in addition to any other duties imposed upon the commission or office by this chapter, by any other provision of law, or by any resolution, policy, or directive adopted by the commission.
103.143 Local impact statement of net additional cost to school districts, counties, townships, or municipal corporations.
In addition to its duties under section 103.14 of the Revised Code, the legislative service commission shall, in accordance with this section, review all bills assigned to a committee of the general assembly, complete the appropriate local impact statements required by this section, and compile and distribute these statements as required by division (D) of this section.
(A) Subject to division (F) of this section, whenever any bill is introduced into either house of the general assembly and receives second consideration pursuant to the rules of that house, the bill shall be reviewed immediately by the legislative budget officer. Upon completing this review, the legislative budget officer shall determine whether the bill could result in a net additional cost to school districts, counties, townships, or municipal corporations from any new or expanded program or service that school districts, counties, townships, or municipal corporations would be required to perform or administer under the bill. If the legislative budget officer determines that it could result in such a cost, the legislative service commission shall prepare a local impact statement in the manner specified in this section. Immediately upon determining the potential for a net additional cost, the legislative budget officer shall notify the sponsor of the bill, the chairperson of the committee to which the bill has been assigned, and the presiding officer and minority leader of the house in which the bill originates of the legislative budget officer's determination by signing and dating a statement to be delivered to them.
If a local impact statement is required, the legislative service commission shall, as soon as possible but no later than thirty days after the date the bill is scheduled for a first hearing in a committee in the house in which the bill was introduced or no later than thirty days after being requested to do so by the chairperson of such a committee, prepare a statement containing the most accurate estimate possible, in dollars, of the net additional costs, if any, that will be required of school districts, counties, townships, or municipal corporations to perform or administer a new or expanded program or service required under the bill. Copies of this statement shall be sent to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the sponsor of the bill, the minority leader in both houses, and the chairperson of the committee to which the bill has been assigned.
No bill for which a local impact statement is required by this section shall be voted out of committee until after the committee members have received and considered the statement or, if the bill was amended in committee, the revised statement, unless the bill is voted out of committee by a two-thirds vote of the membership of the committee.
(2) Any other information the legislative service commission considers necessary for it to understand or explain the fiscal effect of the bill.
An instrumentality, officer, or entity shall comply with a request as soon as reasonably possible, but not later than fifteen days, after receiving it. The legislative service commission shall specify the manner of compliance in its request, and if necessary may specify a period of time longer than fifteen days for compliance. The legislative service commission may consider any information provided under division (B)(1) or (2) of this section in preparing a local impact statement.
(C) Any time a bill is amended, the legislative service commission shall, as soon as reasonably possible, revise the local impact statement to reflect changes made by amendment.
(D) The legislative service commission shall annually compile the final local impact statements completed for all laws passed by both houses of the general assembly in the preceding year. It shall send a copy of this compilation as a draft report to associations or nonprofit organizations formed for the improvement of school districts or municipal, township, or county government or for their elected officials by the last day of July of each year. Upon receiving the draft report, these associations and organizations may comment about the actual fiscal impact of bills passed during the year covered by the report and forward those comments to the legislative service commission by the last day of August. The legislative service commission shall then prepare a final report consisting of the compiled local impact statements and all forwarded comments. The final report shall be completed by the last day of September and copies of the report shall be sent to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate.
(2) New duties or obligations that create only a minimal cost for affected school districts, counties, townships, or municipal corporations. The legislative service commission shall determine what constitutes such a minimal cost. Before making this determination, the legislative service commission shall notify the state organizations that represent school districts, counties, townships, and municipal corporations regarding the proposed determination and provide a thirty-day period for these organizations and individual school districts, counties, townships, and municipal corporations to comment on it.
(3) A cost arising from a law passed as a result of a federal mandate.
(c) Any offsetting savings resulting from the diminution or elimination of any other program or service directly attributable to the performance or administration of the required program or service.
(7) The bill that primarily contains reappropriations from previous capital appropriations bills.
(6) Any mandated reimbursement amount to specific health care providers.
(B) "Mandated benefit" does not include any required coverage or offer of coverage, any required expansion of, or addition to, existing coverage, or any mandated reimbursement amount to specific providers, as described in division (A) of this section, within the context of any public health benefits arrangement, including but not limited to, the coverage of beneficiaries enrolled in medicare pursuant to a medicare risk contract or medicare cost contract, or to the coverage of beneficiaries enrolled in medicaid .
103.145 Determining financial impact of mandated benefit.
(A) The chairperson of a standing committee of either house of the general assembly may, at any time, request the director of the legislative service commission to review any bill that is assigned to the chairperson's committee in order to determine whether the bill includes a mandated benefit. The director shall review the bill and notify the chairperson of the director's determination. If the director determines that the bill includes a mandated benefit, the presiding officer of the house that is considering the bill may request the director to arrange for the performance of an independent healthcare actuarial review of the mandated benefit. In making this arrangement, the director shall retain one or more independent actuaries on a consulting basis to determine the financial impact of the mandated benefit in accordance with section 103.146 of the Revised Code. Each actuary retained shall be a member in good standing of the American academy of actuaries. The director shall assist the actuary or actuaries in obtaining any information needed.
No later than sixty days after receiving the presiding officer's request to arrange for the performance of the actuarial review, the director shall submit the findings of the actuarial review to the chairperson of the committee to which the bill is assigned and to the ranking minority member of that committee.
(B) To assist the actuary or actuaries in obtaining information needed to perform the healthcare actuarial review, the legislative service commission may request any department, division, institution, board, commission, authority, bureau, or other instrumentality or officer of the state, a county, a municipal corporation, a township, a school district, or other governmental entity of the state to provide any information the commission requires for purposes of the review.
An instrumentality, officer, or entity shall comply with a request as soon as reasonably possible after receiving it. The commission shall specify the manner of compliance, and the period of time for compliance, in its request.
103.146 Independent healthcare actuarial review of mandated benefit consulting professionals.
(E) The mandated benefit will impact the total cost and quality of health care, including any potential cost savings that may be realized.
103.15 Clerks to deliver documents to legislative service commission.
At the close of each second regular session of the general assembly, the clerk of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives shall deliver to the director of the Ohio legislative service commission copies of all bills, joint resolutions, important petitions, memorials, and other legislative documents passed or presented during each session of the general assembly.
103.16 Public hearings of legislative service commission or its committees.
The Ohio legislative service commission or any committee thereof when so authorized by the commission is empowered to hold public hearings, at such times and places within the state as may be determined advisable or necessary to accomplish the purposes and intent of sections 103.11 to 103.22 of the Revised Code.
103.17 Subpoena power and contempt proceedings.
In the discharge of any duties imposed by law, any member of the Ohio legislative service commission shall have the authority throughout the state to administer oaths, issue subpoenas compelling the attendance of witnesses and the production of any papers, books, accounts, and testimony; and to cause the deposition of witnesses either residing in or without the state. In case of disobedience on the part of any person to comply with a subpoena issued on behalf of the commission, or on the refusal of any witness to testify to any matters regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of the county prosecutor in any county, on application of the commission, to bring a proceeding for contempt.
103.18 Cooperation of state agencies.
The Ohio legislative service commission or any committee appointed by the commission may call upon any state department, university, agency, or officer, or agency of any political subdivision for such facilities and data as may be available and state departments, universities, agencies and officers, and agencies of political subdivisions shall cooperate with the commission or any committee appointed by the commission to the fullest possible extent.
103.19 Appointment of officers and employees.
The Ohio legislative service commission shall appoint and fix the compensation of a director and such other technical, professional and clerical employes and services as are necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the commission. All officers and employes of the commission shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The director shall act as secretary of the commission and shall be the chief administrative officer of the commission.
103.20 Office space of legislative service commission.
The Ohio legislative service commission shall be provided with adequate office space in the state house. The director of the Ohio legislative service commission, with the approval of the commission, may obtain office space elsewhere in Columbus if the space in the state house is inadequate.
103.21 Appropriations for compensation and expenses.
(A) The compensation of the director and all officers and employees of the Ohio legislative service commission, the expenses of the commission, and the expenses of the director and the employees of the commission shall be paid out of appropriations made for that purpose upon vouchers approved by the director and the chairperson of the commission.
(B) The director of budget and management, upon the request of the director of the legislative service commission and with the approval of the chairperson and vice-chairperson of the commission, shall make transfers of all or part of an appropriation within the commission or from one fiscal year to another.
The Ohio legislative service commission shall meet as often as is necessary to perform its duties, provided that in any event it shall meet at least once each quarter. 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.
103.23 Legislative budget and program oversight commission.
(D) Provide staff to assist the controlling board in performing its duties and exercising its powers.
If in a program review the commission cites the failure of a program to meet intended goals, inadequate operating or administrative procedures or controls, fiscal or program reporting inaccuracies, waste, extravagance, unauthorized or unintended activities or programs, or other deficiencies, the head of the state department, agency, bureau, commission, or institution or the official responsible for the program shall respond to the report and inform the commission, at such times and in such manner and form as the commission determines, of any corrective actions that have been taken. The commission shall report the results of all program reviews to the general assembly.
No official of a state agency, department, bureau, commission, or institution shall refuse to provide or make available to the legislative service commission any information or records under its control or in its possession when requested to provide such information as part of the exercise of the commission's powers in this section and section 103.13 of the Revised Code unless the law dealing with the information or records specifically states that the commission is not authorized to review such information or records. No member or employee of the commission shall use any confidential information or record for any purpose except those authorized in this section and section 103.13 of the Revised Code.
103.24 Legislative agency telephone usage fund.
There is hereby created in the state treasury the legislative agency telephone usage fund. Money collected from the house of representatives, senate, and joint legislative ethics committee shall be credited to the fund, along with money collected from any other legislative agency that the legislative service commission determines should account for calls made from the agency's telephones through the fund. The fund shall be used to pay the telephone carriers for all such telephone calls.
Added by 128th General AssemblyFile No.9, HB 1, §101.01, eff. 7/17/2009.
103.25 Protection and maintenance of electronic documents.
(B) The electronic rule-filing system.
103.26 Reports on legislation regarding occupational regulation.
"Individual" means a natural person.
"Least restrictive regulation" has the meaning defined in section 4798.01 of the Revised Code.
"Occupational regulation" means a statute or rule that controls an individual's practice of a trade or profession.
(B) With respect to legislation that has been introduced in the house of representatives or in the senate, which proposes to substantially change or enact an occupational regulation, the director of the legislative service commission shall issue a report of the legislation. The director shall issue a report that compares the regulatory scheme proposed in the legislation with the policies expressed in section 4798.02 of the Revised Code with respect to proposing the least restrictive regulation to protect consumers from present, significant, and substantiated harms that threaten public health, safety, or welfare. The director shall issue this report to the general assembly in a timely manner.
(2) A comparison of the regulatory scheme put forth in the legislation with the policy of this state as set forth in the sections of the Revised Code governing the occupation that is the subject of the legislation, if those sections include such a policy.
(12) Information from others knowledgeable about the occupation, and the related economic factors.
(E) A bill which proposes to substantially change or enact an occupational regulation shall not be favorably reported out of committee until after the committee members have received and considered the report provided under division (B) of this section, unless two-thirds of the members of the committee vote in the affirmative to favorably report the bill.
Added by 132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, SB 255, §1, eff. 4/5/2019.
103.27 Report regarding occupations subject to regulation.
Each biennium starting with an odd-numbered year, beginning in 2019, the director of the legislative service commission shall issue a report regarding approximately thirty-three per cent of occupations subject to regulation by the state. The report shall compare the current regulatory scheme being utilized in this state with the policies expressed in section 4798.02 of the Revised Code.
The director shall issue all reports performed during a biennium, not later than the first day of December of the even-numbered year of that biennium, to the general assembly and to the attorney general.
The director may require that information be submitted by any department or board that regulates the occupation.
The director shall, over a six-year period including calendar years 2019 through 2024, issue reports regarding all occupations subject to regulation by the state. The director's report regarding an occupation may be scheduled to coincide with, and be done in conjunction with, the review of an occupational licensing board being done by a standing committee of the general assembly under section 101.63 of the Revised Code.
103.31 Requests for data analytics.
(A) For the purpose of providing impartial, accurate information to assist the general assembly in proposing and evaluating legislation, the speaker of the house of representatives or the president of the senate may, at any time, request the director of the legislative service commission to arrange for data analytics to be conducted on any publicly available information regarding state banks, credit unions organized under Chapter 1733. of the Revised Code, or entities licensed or registered under Chapter 1321. or 1322. of the Revised Code.
(B) The director may, in making the arrangement described in division (A) of this section, retain economists, financial analysts, and any other necessary professionals on a consulting basis.
(C) As used in this section, "data analytics" means the use of qualitative and quantitative techniques to examine data to gain a better understanding of the data itself and the organizations that produced it.
Added by 132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 489, §1, eff. 3/20/2019.
103.41 Joint medicaid oversight committee definitions.
(1) "JMOC" means the joint medicaid oversight committee created under this section.
(d) Each agency of a political subdivision that is responsible for administering one or more components of the medicaid program, or one or more aspects of a component, under the supervision of the department or a state agency or political subdivision described in division (A)(2)(c) of this section.
(B) There is hereby created the joint medicaid oversight committee.
(2) Five members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, three of whom are members of the majority party and two of whom are members of the minority party.
(C) The term of each JMOC member shall begin on the day of appointment to JMOC and end on the last day that the member serves in the house (in the case of a member appointed by the speaker) or senate (in the case of a member appointed by the president) during the general assembly for which the member is appointed to JMOC. The president and speaker shall make the initial appointments not later than fifteen days after March 20, 2014. However, if this section takes effect before January 1, 2014, the president and speaker shall make the initial appointments during the period beginning January 1, 2014, and ending January 15, 2014. The president and speaker shall make subsequent appointments not later than fifteen days after the commencement of the first regular session of each general assembly. JMOC members may be reappointed. A vacancy on JMOC shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
(D) In odd-numbered years, the speaker shall designate one of the majority members from the house as the JMOC chairperson and the president shall designate one of the minority members from the senate as the JMOC ranking minority member. In even-numbered years, the president shall designate one of the majority members from the senate as the JMOC chairperson and the speaker shall designate one of the minority members from the house as the JMOC ranking minority member.
(E) In appointing members from the minority, and in designating ranking minority members, the president and speaker shall consult with the minority leader of their respective houses.
(F) JMOC shall meet at the call of the JMOC chairperson. The chairperson shall call JMOC to meet not less often than once each calendar month, unless the chairperson and ranking minority member agree that the chairperson should not call JMOC to meet for a particular month.
(G) Notwithstanding section 101.26 of the Revised Code, the members, when engaged in their duties as members of JMOC on days when there is not a voting session of the member's house of the general assembly, shall be paid at the per diem rate of one hundred fifty dollars, and their necessary traveling expenses, which shall be paid from the funds appropriated for the payment of expenses of legislative committees.
(H) The JMOC chairperson may, subject to approval by the speaker of the house of representatives or the speaker's designee and the president of the senate or the president's designee, employ professional, technical, and clerical employees as are necessary for JMOC to be able successfully and efficiently to perform its duties. All such employees are in the unclassified service and may be terminated by the chairperson, subject to approval of the speaker or the speaker's designee and president or the president's designee. JMOC may contract for the services of persons who are qualified by education and experience to advise, consult with, or otherwise assist JMOC in the performance of its duties.
(I) The JMOC chairperson, when authorized by JMOC and the president and speaker, may issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum in aid of JMOC's performance of its duties. A subpoena may require a witness in any part of the state to appear before JMOC at a time and place designated in the subpoena to testify. A subpoena duces tecum may require witnesses or other persons in any part of the state to produce books, papers, records, and other tangible evidence before JMOC at a time and place designated in the subpoena duces tecum. A subpoena or subpoena duces tecum shall be issued, served, and returned, and has consequences, as specified in sections 101.41 to 101.45 of the Revised Code.
(J) The JMOC chairperson may administer oaths to witnesses appearing before JMOC.
Amended by 132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 49, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2017 (Vetoed Provisions).
Added by 130th General Assembly File No. 50, SB 206, §1, eff. 3/20/2014.
The JMOC chairperson may request that the medicaid director appear before JMOC to provide information and answer questions about the medicaid program. If so requested, the medicaid director shall appear before JMOC at the time and place specified in the request.
(b) Less use of the medicaid program.
(6) Receive and consider reports submitted by local healthier buckeye councils under section 355.04 of the Revised Code.
(3) Solicit written comments on, and conduct public hearings at which persons may offer verbal comments on, drafts of its reports.
(1) JMOC, including its employees, may inspect the offices of a state and local government medicaid agency as necessary for the conduct of the investigation.
(2) No person shall deny JMOC or a JMOC employee access to such an office when access is needed for such an inspection.
(3) Neither JMOC nor a JMOC employee is required to give advance notice of, or to make prior arrangements before, such an inspection.
(B) Neither JMOC nor a JMOC employee shall conduct an inspection under this section unless the JMOC chairperson grants prior approval for the inspection. The chairperson shall not grant such approval unless JMOC, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives authorize the chairperson to grant the approval. Each inspection shall be conducted during the normal business hours of the office being inspected, unless the chairperson determines that the inspection must be conducted outside of normal business hours. The chairperson may make such a determination only due to an emergency circumstance or other justifiable cause that furthers JMOC's mission. If the chairperson makes such a determination, the chairperson shall specify the reason for the determination in the grant of prior approval for the inspection.
103.414 Projection of medical inflation rate.
Before the beginning of each fiscal biennium, JMOC shall contract with an actuary to determine the projected medical inflation rate for the upcoming fiscal biennium. The contract shall require the actuary to make the determination using the same types of classifications and sub-classifications of medical care that the United States bureau of labor statistics uses in determining the inflation rate for medical care in the consumer price index. The contract also shall require the actuary to provide JMOC a report with its determination at least one hundred twenty days before the governor is required to submit a state budget for the fiscal biennium to the general assembly under section 107.03 of the Revised Code.
On receipt of the actuary's report, JMOC shall determine whether it agrees with the actuary's projected medical inflation rate. If JMOC disagrees with the actuary's projected medical inflation rate, JMOC shall determine a different projected medical inflation rate for the upcoming fiscal biennium.
The actuary and, if JMOC determines a different projected medical inflation rate, JMOC shall determine the projected medical inflation rate for the state unless that is not practicable in which case the determination shall be made for the midwest region.
Regardless of whether it agrees with the actuary's projected medical inflation rate or determines a different projected medical inflation rate, JMOC shall complete a report regarding the projected medical inflation rate. JMOC shall include a copy of the actuary's report in JMOC's report. JMOC's report shall state whether JMOC agrees with the actuary's projected medical inflation rate and, if JMOC disagrees, the reason why JMOC disagrees and the different medical inflation rate JMOC determined. At least ninety days before the governor is required to submit a state budget for the upcoming fiscal biennium to the general assembly under section 107.03 of the Revised Code, JMOC shall submit a copy of the report to the general assembly in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code and to the governor and medicaid director.
103.415 Review of pertinent legislation.
JMOC may review bills and resolutions regarding the medicaid program that are introduced in the general assembly. JMOC may submit a report of its review of a bill or resolution to the general assembly in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code. The report may include JMOC's determination regarding the bill's or resolution's desirability as a matter of public policy.
JMOC's decision on whether and when to review a bill or resolution has no effect on the general assembly's authority to act on the bill or resolution.
103.416 Inclusion of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services.
JMOC on a quarterly basis shall monitor the actions of the department of medicaid under section 5167.04 of the Revised Code in preparing to implement inclusion of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services covered by medicaid in the care management system established under section 5167.03 of the Revised Code. When the inclusion of the services in the system begins to be implemented, JMOC on a periodic basis shall monitor the department's inclusion of the services in the system.
Renumbered from § 103.42 by 132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 49, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2017.
Added by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 64, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2015.
Renumbered as § 103.416 by 132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 49, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2017.
"Other public schools" includes the state school for the deaf, the state school for the blind, community schools established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, STEM schools established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, and college-preparatory boarding schools established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code.
"State institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code.
103.45 Joint education oversight committee.
(A) The joint education oversight committee of the house of representatives and senate is hereby created. The committee shall authorize a plan of work, which shall include research, review, study, and analysis of current or emerging education policy issues important to the state, the available policy options to address such issues, and the available data and research to support such analysis and options.
(3) Examination of pilot programs developed and initiated in school districts, at other public schools, and at state institutions of higher education to determine whether the programs suggest innovative, effective ways to deal with problems that may exist in other districts, schools, or institutions of higher education, or to create opportunities for success, and to assess the fiscal costs and likely impact of adopting the programs throughout the state.
(C) The committee may prepare a report of the results of each review and evaluation it conducts, make recommendations to the general assembly and transmit the report and its recommendations to the general assembly under section 101.68 of the Revised Code. It also may submit the report and its recommendations to the chairpersons and members of the standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate principally responsible for education policy.
(D) If the general assembly directs the joint education oversight committee to submit a study to the general assembly by a particular date, the committee, upon a majority vote of its members, may modify the scope and due date of the study to accommodate the availability of data and resources.
Amended by 132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 49, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2017 (Vetoed).
The joint education oversight committee may review bills and resolutions regarding education that are introduced or offered in the general assembly, and may prepare a report of its review. The committee shall transmit its report to the general assembly under section 101.68 of the Revised Code. The report may include the committee's determination regarding the bill's or resolution's desirability as a matter of public policy.
The committee's decision on whether and when to review a bill or resolution has no effect on the general assembly's authority to act on the bill or resolution.
The joint education oversight committee chairperson may, subject to approval by the speaker of the house of representatives or the speaker's designee and the president of the senate or the president's designee, employ professional, technical, and clerical employees as are necessary for the joint education oversight committee to be able successfully and efficiently to perform its duties. All the employees are in the unclassified service and may be terminated by the chairperson, subject to approval of the speaker or the speaker's designee and president or the president's designee. The committee may contract for the services of persons who are qualified by education and experience to advise, consult with, or otherwise assist the committee in the performance of its duties.
103.48 Appearance before the committee.
The chairperson of the joint education oversight committee may request that the superintendent of public instruction or the chancellor of higher education appear before the committee. If so requested, the superintendent or the chancellor shall appear before the committee at the time and place specified in the request.
(A) The chairperson of the joint education oversight committee may request any state agency or political subdivision to provide to the committee such data, statistics, and other information that is determined to be useful to the work of the committee pursuant to the committee's statutory purposes. Subject to division (B) of this section, and to the extent permitted under section 3319.321 of the Revised Code and the "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974," 88 Stat. 571, 20 U.S.C. 1232g, as amended, any state agency or political subdivision shall provide the committee with the information requested.
(1) Upon the joint written request of the chairperson and vice-chairperson of the committee, the superintendent of public instruction shall, within a reasonable time period, provide the committee with data and information that is in the superintendent's possession or is readily accessible to the superintendent.
(2) Upon receiving a written request from the chairperson and vice-chairperson of the committee, the state superintendent may request clarification from the committee regarding the request in order to facilitate a timely response. The committee shall cooperate with the state superintendent to determine the scope of the data and information requested, taking into account the committee's need and urgency for the information, the superintendent's ease or difficulty of accessing the data and information, the quantity of the information requested, and any other practical considerations that apply.
(3) Except as provided in division (B)(4) of this section, if the state superintendent and the chairperson and vice-chairperson are unable to resolve their differences regarding a written request within thirty days of the state superintendent's receipt of the request from the chairperson and vice-chairperson, the chairperson and vice-chairperson may jointly insist in writing on receiving the data and information from the state superintendent, and the superintendent, upon receiving that written request, shall promptly make that information available to the chairperson and vice-chairperson.
(4) If the state superintendent requests clarification from the committee under division (B)(2) of this section regarding a written request for a large data set, as determined by the state superintendent, the state superintendent may inform the chairperson and vice-chairperson of the state superintendent's determination that the request is for a large data set and request that the period of time in which the state superintendent and the chairperson and vice-chairperson must resolve their differences regarding the request under division (B)(3) of this section be extended beyond thirty days of the state superintendent's receipt of the request. At no time, however, shall the time period in which the state superintendent and the chairperson and vice-chairperson must resolve their differences regarding the request under division (B)(3) of this section be longer than ninety days following the state superintendent's receipt of the request.
Amended by 132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, SB 216, §1, eff. 11/2/2018.
Added by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 113, §1, eff. 9/14/2016.
(B) Five members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate, three of whom are members of the majority party and two of whom are members of the minority party.
The term of each member begins on the day of appointment to the committee and ends on expiration or other termination of the member's term as a member of the house of representatives or senate. The speaker and president shall make subsequent appointments not later than fifteen days after the commencement of the first regular session of each general assembly. Members may be reappointed. A vacancy on the committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
In odd-numbered years, the speaker shall designate one of the majority members from the house of representatives as chairperson and the president shall designate one member from the senate, who is not from the same political party as the chairperson, as the ranking member. In even-numbered years, the president shall designate one of the majority members from the senate as the chairperson and the speaker shall designate one member from the house of representatives, who is not from the same political party as the chairperson, as the ranking member.
In appointing members from the minority, and in designating ranking members who are from the minority, the president and speaker shall consult with the minority leader of their respective houses.
The committee shall meet at the call of the chairperson. The committee shall meet not less often than once each calendar month, unless the chairperson and ranking member agree that the chairperson should not call the committee to meet for a particular month.
Notwithstanding section 101.26 of the Revised Code, the members, when engaged in their duties as members of the committee on days when there is not a voting session of the member's house of the general assembly, shall be paid at the per diem rate of one hundred fifty dollars, and their necessary traveling expenses. These amounts shall be paid from the funds appropriated for the payment of expenses of legislative committees.
The chairperson, when authorized by the committee and the president and speaker, may issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum in aid of the committee's performance of its duties. A subpoena may require a witness in any part of the state to appear before the committee at a time and place designated in the subpoena to testify. A subpoena duces tecum may require witnesses or other persons in any part of the state to produce books, papers, records, and other tangible evidence before the committee at a time and place designated in the subpoena duces tecum. A subpoena or subpoena duces tecum shall be issued, served, and returned, and has consequences, as specified in sections 101.41 to 101.45 of the Revised Code.
The chairperson may administer oaths to witnesses appearing before the committee.
103.51 Legislative task force on redistricting, reapportionment, and demographic research.
(A) There is hereby created the legislative task force on redistricting, reapportionment, and demographic research, consisting of six members. The president of the senate shall appoint three members, not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party. One member appointed by the president shall not be a member of the general assembly. The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint three members, not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party. One member appointed by the speaker shall not be a member of the general assembly.
Appointments to the task force shall be made within fifteen days after the commencement of the first regular session of each general assembly in the manner prescribed in this division. A vacancy on the task force shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. Members of the task force shall serve on the task force until the appointments are made in the first regular session of the following general assembly or, in the case of task force members who also are general assembly members when appointed, until they are no longer general assembly members.
The president of the senate shall appoint a member of the task force, and the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint a member of the task force, to serve as co-chairmen of the task force. The co-chairmen shall be members of different political parties. The co-chairmen may enter into any agreements on behalf of the task force and perform any acts that may be necessary or proper for the task force to carry out its powers and duties under this section.
(B) The members of the task force shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
(2) Provide such assistance to the apportionment board as requested in order to help it fulfill its duty to provide for the apportionment of this state for members of the general assembly. As used in this section, "apportionment board" means the persons designated in Section 1 of Article XI, Ohio Constitution, as being responsible for that apportionment.
(3) Engage in such research studies and other activities as the task force considers necessary or appropriate in the preparation and formulation of a plan for the next apportionment of the state for members of the general assembly and a plan for the next establishment of districts for the election of representatives to congress and in the utilization of census and other demographic and statistical data for policy analysis, program development, and program evaluation purposes for the benefit of the general assembly.
(4) Request and receive from any state agency or political subdivision of this state such assistance and data as will enable the task force to exercise its powers and duties under this section.
Amended by 132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 49, §610.38, eff. 6/29/2017.
Repealed by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 64, §125.12, eff. 1/1/2018.
Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.41, HB 188, §1, eff. 10/17/2011.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.94, SB 208, §1, eff. 7/3/2012.
103.71 Correctional institution inspection committee created.
There is hereby created a correctional institution inspection committee as a subcommittee of the legislative service commission. The committee shall consist of eight persons, four of whom shall be members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate, not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party, and four of whom shall be members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party. Initial appointments to the committee shall be made within fifteen days after July 1, 1993, and in the manner prescribed in this section. Thereafter, appointments to the committee shall be made within fifteen days after the commencement of the first regular session of the general assembly and in the manner prescribed in this section. A vacancy on the committee shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. Members of the committee shall serve on the committee until the appointments are made in the first regular session of the following general assembly, unless they cease to be members of the general assembly.
The correctional institution inspection committee, by a vote of at least five members, shall select from its membership a chairman, vice-chairman, and a secretary. The members of the committee shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties.
103.73 Duties of correctional institution inspection committee.
(1) Subject to division (C) of this section, establish and maintain a continuing program of inspection of each state correctional institution used for the custody, control, training, and rehabilitation of persons convicted of crime and of each private correctional facility. Subject to division (C) of this section, the committee may inspect any local correctional institution used for the same purposes. Subject to division (C) of this section, the committee, and each member of the committee, for the purpose of making an inspection pursuant to this section, shall have access to any state or local correctional institution, to any private correctional facility, or to any part of the institution or facility and shall not be required to give advance notice of, or to make prior arrangements before conducting, an inspection.
(3) Prepare a report for submission to the succeeding general assembly of the findings the committee makes in its inspections and of any programs that have been proposed or developed to improve the condition or operation of the correctional institutions in the state. The report shall contain a separate evaluation of the inmate grievance procedure at each state correctional institution. The committee shall submit the report to the succeeding general assembly within fifteen days after commencement of that general assembly's first regular session.
(B) Subject to division (C) of this section, the committee shall make an inspection of each state correctional institution each biennium and of each private correctional facility each biennium. The inspection shall include attendance at one general meal period and one rehabilitative or educational program.
(1) The inspection shall not be conducted unless the chairperson of the committee grants prior approval for the inspection.
(2) The inspection shall be conducted by at least one staff member of the committee and may include one or more of the members appointed to the committee.
(3) Unless the chairperson of the committee determines that the inspection must be conducted outside of normal business hours for any reason, including emergency circumstances or a justifiable cause that perpetuates the mission of the committee, and the chairperson specifies in the grant of prior approval for the inspection that the chairperson has so determined, the inspection shall be conducted only during normal business hours. If the chairperson determines that the inspection must be conducted outside of normal business hours and the chairperson specifies in the grant of prior approval for the inspection that the chairperson has so determined, the inspection may be conducted outside of normal business hours.
(1) "Local public entity," "out-of-state prisoner," and "private contractor" have the same meanings as in section 9.07 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Private correctional facility" means a correctional facility in this state that houses out-of-state prisoners and that is operated by a private contractor under a contract with a local public entity pursuant to section 9.07 of the Revised Code.
Effective Date: 03-17-1998; 04-29-2005; 2008 SB147 04-07-2009 .
103.74 Subcommittees - organization - appropriations.
professional, technical, and clerical employees as are necessary for the committee to be able to successfully and efficiently perform the committee's duties. All employees are in the unclassified service and serve at the committee's pleasure.
The committee may contract for the services of persons who are qualified by education and experience to advise, consult with, or otherwise assist the committee in the performance of the committee's duties.
The committee, subject to the oversight and direction of the legislative service commission, shall direct the work of the employees. Any decision related to the duties of employees or related to employment shall be made by a majority of the committee unless a majority of the committee is unable to decide a matter, in which case the chairperson shall decide the matter.
The general assembly shall biennially appropriate to the correctional institution inspection committee an amount sufficient to enable the committee to perform its duties. Salaries and expenses incurred by the committee shall be paid from that appropriation upon vouchers approved by the chairperson of the committee.
Effective Date: 06-20-1996; 04-29-2005; 2008 SB147 04-07-2009.
103.75 Youth services facility defined.
As used in sections 103.76 to 103.79 of the Revised Code, "youth services facility" means a facility operated, or contracted for, by the department of youth services that is used for the care, protection, treatment, or secure confinement of any child committed to the department's custody.
103.76 Correctional institution inspection committee may inspect youth services facilities.
Subject to division (C) of section 103.73 of the Revised Code, the correctional institution inspection committee may make an inspection of any youth services facility at such times as it determines.
103.77 Access to youth services facilities for inspection.
Subject to division (C) of section 103.73 of the Revised Code, the correctional institution inspection committee, and each member of the committee, for the purpose of making inspections of youth services facilities shall have access to any youth services facility, or to any part of that facility and shall not be required to give advance notice of, or to make prior arrangements before conducting, an inspection.
103.78 Powers of committee regarding youth services facilities.
103.79 Report regarding youth services facilities inspections and proposed programs.
If the correctional institution inspection committee conducts inspections of youth services facilities during a biennium, the committee shall prepare a report for submission to the succeeding general assembly of the findings the committee makes in its inspections and of any programs that have been proposed or developed to improve the condition or operation of youth services facilities. The committee shall submit the report to the succeeding general assembly within fifteen days after commencement of that general assembly's first regular session.

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