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Ohio Rev Code § 120.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 120 | Public Defenders|Section 120.15 | County Public Defender - Powers and Duties.

Effective: September 26, 1984|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 271 - 115th General Assembly|(A) The county public defender shall be appointed by the county public defender commission for a term not to exceed four years. He shall be an attorney with a minimum of two years experience in the practice of law and be admitted to the practice of law in Ohio at least one year prior to his appointment.(B) In carrying out the responsibilities and performing the duties of his office, the county public defender shall:(1) Maintain an office, approved by the commission, provided with a library of adequate size, considering the needs of the office and the accessibility of other libraries, and other necessary facilities and equipment;(2) Keep and maintain financial records of all cases handled and develop records for use in the calculation of direct and indirect costs in the operation of the office and report monthly pursuant to the rules of the Ohio public defender commission to the county public defender commission and to the Ohio public defender commission on all relevant data on the operations of the office, costs, projected needs, and recommendations for legislation or amendments to court rules, as may be appropriate to improve the criminal justice system;(3) Collect all moneys due from contracts with municipal corporations or for reimbursement for legal services under this chapter and institute such actions in court for the collection of such sums as he considers advisable. All moneys collected or received by the public defender shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.(4) Appoint assistant county public defenders and all other personnel necessary to the functioning of the county public defender's office, subject to the authority of the county public defender commission to determine the size and qualifications of the staff pursuant to division (B) of section 120.14 of the Revised Code. All assistant county public defenders shall be admitted to the practice of law in Ohio, and may be appointed on a full or part-time basis.(C) The county public defender may exercise the rights authorized in division (C) of section 120.04 of the Revised Code.(D) The county public defender shall determine indigency of persons, subject to review by the court, in the same manner as provided in section 120.05 of the Revised Code. Each monthly report submitted to the board of county commissioners and the state public defender shall include a certification by the county public defender that all persons provided representation by the county public defender's office during the month covered by the report were indigent under the standards of the Ohio public defender commission.
Ohio Rev Code § 120.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 120 | Public Defenders|Section 120.17 | State Public Defender Not Required to Defend in Counties Having County Public Defender.

Effective: January 13, 1976|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 164 - 111th General Assembly|In any county in which the county commissioners choose to establish a county public defender's office, the Ohio public defender shall not be required to defend indigent persons in that county, except as set forth in division (A) of section 120.06 of the Revised Code, or if the court finds that it is required in the interests of justice.
Ohio Rev Code § 120.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 120 | Public Defenders|Section 120.25 | Joint County Public Defender - Powers and Duties.

Effective: September 26, 1984|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 271 - 115th General Assembly|(A) The joint county public defender shall be appointed by the joint county public defender commission for a term not to exceed four years. He shall be an attorney with a minimum of two years experience in the practice of law and be admitted to the practice of law in Ohio at least one year prior to his appointment.(B) In carrying out the responsibilities and performing the duties of his office, the joint county public defender shall:(1) Maintain an office, approved by the commission, provided with a library of adequate size, considering the needs of the office and the accessibility of other libraries, and other necessary facilities and equipment;(2) Keep and maintain financial records of all cases handled and develop records for use in the calculation of direct and indirect costs in the operation of the office, and report monthly pursuant to the rules of the Ohio public defender commission to the joint county defender commission and to the Ohio public defender commission on all relevant data on the operations of the office, costs, projected needs, and recommendations for legislation or amendments to court rules, as may be appropriate to improve the criminal justice system;(3) Collect all moneys due from contracts with municipal corporations or for reimbursement for legal services under this chapter and institute such actions in court for the collection of such sums as he considers advisable. The public defender shall pay into the treasury of each county in the district, to the credit of the general revenue fund, the county's proportionate share of all moneys collected or received by him.(4) Appoint assistant joint county public defenders and all other personnel necessary to the functioning of the joint county public defender office, subject to the authority of the joint county public defender commission to determine the size and qualifications of the staff pursuant to division (B) of section 120.24 of the Revised Code. All assistant joint county public defenders shall be admitted to the practice of law in Ohio, and may be appointed on a full or part-time basis.(C) The joint county public defender may exercise the rights authorized in division (C) of section 120.04 of the Revised Code.(D) The joint county public defender shall determine indigency of persons, subject to review by the court, in the same manner as provided in section 120.05 of the Revised Code. Each monthly report submitted to the board of county commissioners and the state public defender shall include a certification by the joint county public defender that all persons provided representation by the joint county public defender's office during the month covered by the report were indigent under the standards of the Ohio public defender commission.
Ohio Rev Code § 120.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 120 | Public Defenders|Section 120.27 | State Public Defender Not Required to Defend in Counties Having Joint County Public Defender.

Effective: January 13, 1976|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 164 - 111th General Assembly|In any counties in which the boards of county commissioners choose to establish a joint county public defender's office, the Ohio public defender shall not be required to defend indigent persons in those counties, except as set forth in division (A) of section 120.06 of the Revised Code, or if the court finds that it is required in the interests of justice.
Ohio Rev Code § 120.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 120 | Public Defenders|Section 120.34 | Reimbursements Exceeding Appropriation - Proportionate Distribution of Funds.

Effective: October 17, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly|The total amount of money paid to all counties in any fiscal year pursuant to sections 120.18, 120.28, 120.33, 120.35, and 2941.51 of the Revised Code for the reimbursement of the counties' cost of operating county public defender offices, joint county public defender offices, and county appointed counsel systems, the counties' costs and expenses of conducting the defense in capital cases, and the counties' costs and expenses of appointed counsel covered by section 2941.51 of the Revised Code shall not exceed the total amount appropriated for that fiscal year by the general assembly for the reimbursement of the counties for the operation of the offices and systems and for those appointed counsel costs and expenses, and shall be determined as specified in this section. If the amount appropriated by the general assembly in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the cost in the fiscal year of all county public defender offices, all joint county public defender offices, all county appointed counsel systems, and all costs and expenses of appointed counsel covered by section 2941.51 of the Revised Code, the amount of money paid in that fiscal year pursuant to sections 120.18, 120.28, 120.33, 120.35, and 2941.51 of the Revised Code to each county for the fiscal year shall be reduced proportionately so that each county is paid an equal percentage of its cost in the fiscal year for operating its county public defender system, its joint county public defender system, and its county appointed counsel system, an equal percentage of its costs and expenses of conducting the defense in capital cases in the fiscal year, and an equal percentage of its costs and expenses of appointed counsel covered by section 2941.51 of the Revised Code. If any county receives an amount of money pursuant to section 120.18, 120.28, 120.33, 120.35, or 2941.51 of the Revised Code that is in excess of the amount of reimbursement it is entitled to receive pursuant to this section, the state public defender shall request the board of county commissioners to return the excess payment and the board of county commissioners, upon receipt of the request, shall direct the appropriate county officer to return the excess payment to the state. Within thirty days of the end of each fiscal quarter, the state public defender shall provide to the office of budget and management and the legislative service commission an estimate of the amount of money that will be required for the balance of the fiscal year to make the payments required by sections 120.18, 120.28, 120.33, 120.35, and 2941.51 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 120.35 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 120 | Public Defenders|Section 120.35 | Capital Case Reimbursement.

Effective: October 17, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly|The state public defender shall, pursuant to section 120.18, 120.28, 120.33, or 2941.51 of the Revised Code, reimburse the costs and expenses of conducting the defense in capital cases, in an amount determined as specified in section 120.34 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 120.38 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 120 | Public Defenders|Section 120.38 | Attorney-Client Privilege.

Effective: January 13, 1976|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 164 - 111th General Assembly|(A) All information obtained by a public defender when determining if a person is indigent, shall be held confidential within the ethical standards of attorney-client communications, unless previously on public record, or made available to the court as provided in section 120.05 of the Revised Code.(B) All communications between the individual defendant and a public defender shall be fully protected by the attorney-client privilege to the same extent and degree as though counsel had been privately engaged.
Ohio Rev Code § 120.39 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 120 | Public Defenders|Section 120.39 | Conflict of Interest.

Effective: March 15, 1982|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 38 - 114th General Assembly|(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, counsel appointed by the court, co-counsel appointed to assist the state public defender or a county or joint county public defender, and any public defender, county public defender, or joint county defender, or member of their offices, shall not be a partner or employee of any prosecuting attorney, city director of law, village solicitor, or similar chief legal officer.(B) A partner or employee of a village solicitor or of a law firm, legal professional association, or legal clinic with which the village solicitor is affiliated may be appointed by the court, assist a public defender, or serve as public defender in any criminal proceedings in which the village solicitor is not acting as prosecuting attorney.(C) No prosecuting attorney, city director of law or similar officer or their assistants and employees, and no judge or court employee shall serve on the state public defender commission, or any county or joint county public defender commission.
Ohio Rev Code § 120.40 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 120 | Public Defenders|Section 120.40 | Pay Ranges.

Effective: January 1, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|(A) The pay ranges established by the board of county commissioners for the county public defender and those established by the joint board of county commissioners for the joint county public defender shall not exceed the pay ranges assigned under section 325.11 of the Revised Code for county prosecutors. (B) The pay ranges established by the board of county commissioners for the staff of the county public defender and those established by the joint board of county commissioners for the staff of the joint county public defender shall not exceed the pay ranges assigned under section 124.14 of the Revised Code for comparable positions of the staff of the Ohio public defender.
Ohio Rev Code § 120.52 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 120 | Public Defenders|Section 120.52 | Legal Aid Fund.

Effective: October 17, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly|There is hereby established in the state treasury the legal aid fund, which shall be for the charitable public purpose of providing financial assistance to legal aid societies that provide civil legal services to indigents. The fund shall contain all funds credited to it by the treasurer of state pursuant to sections 1901.26, 1907.24, 2303.201, 3953.231, 4705.09, and 4705.10 of the Revised Code. The treasurer of state may invest moneys contained in the legal aid fund in any manner authorized by the Revised Code for the investment of state moneys. However, no such investment shall interfere with any apportionment, allocation, or payment of moneys as required by section 120.53 of the Revised Code. The state public defender, through the Ohio access to justice foundation, shall administer the payment of moneys out of the fund. Four and one-half per cent of the moneys in the fund shall be reserved for the actual, reasonable costs of administering sections 120.51 to 120.55 and sections 1901.26, 1907.24, 2303.201, 3953.231, 4705.09, and 4705.10 of the Revised Code. Moneys that are reserved for administrative costs but that are not used for actual, reasonable administrative costs shall be set aside for use in the manner described in division (A) of section 120.521 of the Revised Code. The remainder of the moneys in the legal aid fund shall be distributed in accordance with section 120.53 of the Revised Code. The Ohio access to justice foundation shall establish, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, rules governing the administration of the legal aid fund, including the programs established under sections 1901.26, 1907.24, 2303.201, 4705.09, and 4705.10 of the Revised Code regarding interest on interest-bearing trust accounts of an attorney, law firm, or legal professional association.
Ohio Rev Code § 120.54 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 120 | Public Defenders|Section 120.54 | Uses of Financial Assistance.

Effective: June 30, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly|(A) A legal aid society that receives financial assistance from the legal aid fund under section 120.53 of the Revised Code shall use the financial assistance for only the following purposes:(1) To defray the costs of providing legal services to indigents;(2) To provide legal training and legal technical assistance to other eligible legal aid societies; and(3) If the legal aid society has entered into an agreement pursuant to division (H) of section 120.53 of the Revised Code and in accordance with the description and list of conditions set forth in its application pursuant to division (B)(9) of that section, to provide funds for the services, programs, training, and legal technical assistance provided to the legal aid society under the contract.(B) No financial assistance received by a legal aid society from the legal aid fund pursuant to section 120.53 of the Revised Code shall be used for the provision of legal services in relation to any criminal case or proceeding or in relation to the provision of legal assistance in any fee generating case.
Ohio Rev Code § 120.55 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 120 | Public Defenders|Section 120.55 | Society to Ensure Conditions.

Effective: June 30, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly|In providing legal assistance, each legal aid society that receives financial assistance from the legal aid fund under section 120.53 of the Revised Code shall ensure all of the following:(A) The maintenance of quality service and professional standards;(B) That no person shall interfere with any attorney funded in whole or in part by sections 120.51 to 120.55 of the Revised Code in carrying out his professional responsibility to his client as established by the rules of professional responsibility;(C) The expenditure of the financial assistance only in accordance with sections 120.51 to 120.55 of the Revised Code;(D) The preservation of client confidentiality.
Ohio Rev Code § 121.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 121 | State Departments|Section 121.01 | Definition of Terms.

Effective: February 18, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 129th General Assembly|As used in sections 121.01 to 121.20 of the Revised Code: (A) "Department" means the several departments of state administration enumerated in section 121.02 of the Revised Code.(B) "Division" means a part of a department established as provided in section 121.07 of the Revised Code for the convenient performance of one or more of the functions committed to a department.(C) "Departments, offices, and institutions" include every organized body, office, and agency established by the constitution and laws of the state for the exercise of any function of the state government, and every institution or organization which receives any support from the state. "Departments, offices, and institutions" does not include the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 121.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 121 | State Departments|Section 121.02 | Administrative Departments and Directors Created.

Effective: September 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly|The following administrative departments and their respective directors are hereby created: (A) The office of budget and management, which shall be administered by the director of budget and management; (B) The department of commerce, which shall be administered by the director of commerce; (C) The department of administrative services, which shall be administered by the director of administrative services; (D) The department of transportation, which shall be administered by the director of transportation; (E) The department of agriculture, which shall be administered by the director of agriculture; (F) The department of natural resources, which shall be administered by the director of natural resources; (G) The department of health, which shall be administered by the director of health; (H) The department of job and family services, which shall be administered by the director of job and family services; (I) Until July 1, 1997, the department of liquor control, which shall be administered by the director of liquor control; (J) The department of public safety, which shall be administered by the director of public safety; (K) The department of mental health and addiction services, which shall be administered by the director of mental health and addiction services; (L) The department of developmental disabilities, which shall be administered by the director of developmental disabilities; (M) The department of insurance, which shall be administered by the superintendent of insurance as director thereof; (N) The department of development, which shall be administered by the director of development; (O) The department of youth services, which shall be administered by the director of youth services; (P) The department of rehabilitation and correction, which shall be administered by the director of rehabilitation and correction; (Q) The environmental protection agency, which shall be administered by the director of environmental protection; (R) The department of aging, which shall be administered by the director of aging; (S) The department of veterans services, which shall be administered by the director of veterans services; (T) The department of medicaid, which shall be administered by the medicaid director. The director of each department shall exercise the powers and perform the duties vested by law in such department. Last updated August 9, 2021 at 3:42 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 121.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 121 | State Departments|Section 121.03 | Appointment of Administrative Department Heads.

Effective: September 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly|The following administrative department heads shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, and shall hold their offices during the term of the appointing governor, and are subject to removal at the pleasure of the governor. (A) The director of budget and management; (B) The director of commerce; (C) The director of transportation; (D) The director of agriculture; (E) The director of job and family services; (F) Until July 1, 1997, the director of liquor control; (G) The director of public safety; (H) The superintendent of insurance; (I) The director of development; (J) The tax commissioner; (K) The director of administrative services; (L) The director of natural resources; (M) The director of mental health and addiction services; (N) The director of developmental disabilities; (O) The director of health; (P) The director of youth services; (Q) The director of rehabilitation and correction; (R) The director of environmental protection; (S) The director of aging; (T) The administrator of workers' compensation who meets the qualifications required under division (A) of section 4121.121 of the Revised Code; (U) The director of veterans services who meets the qualifications required under section 5902.01 of the Revised Code; (V) The chancellor of higher education; (W) The medicaid director. Last updated August 9, 2021 at 3:43 PM