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Ohio Rev Code § 101.78 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 101 | General Assembly|Section 101.78 | Initial Registration, Statement of Expenditures and Financial Transactions to Be Public.

Effective: May 12, 1994|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 492 - 120th General Assembly|(A) The joint legislative ethics committee shall keep on file the statements required by sections 101.72, 101.73, and 101.74 of the Revised Code. Those statements are public records and open to public inspection, and the joint committee shall computerize them so that the information contained in them is readily accessible to the general public. The joint committee shall provide copies of the statements to the general public upon request and may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed the cost of copying and delivering each statement.(B) The joint committee shall prescribe and make available an appropriate form for filing the information required by sections 101.72, 101.73, and 101.74 of the Revised Code. The form shall contain the following notice in boldface type: "ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY FILES A FALSE STATEMENT IS GUILTY OF FALSIFICATION UNDER SECTION 2921.13 OF THE REVISED CODE, WHICH IS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FIRST DEGREE."(C) The joint committee shall publish a handbook that explains in clear and concise language sections 101.70 to 101.79 and 101.99 of the Revised Code and make it available free of charge to members of the general assembly, legislative agents, employers, and any other interested persons.(D) Not later than the last day of February and October of each year, the joint committee shall compile from registration statements filed with it a complete and updated list of registered legislative agents and their employers and distribute the list to each member of the general assembly, each member of the controlling board who is not a member of the general assembly, and the governor. The joint committee shall provide copies of the list to the general public upon request and may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed the cost of copying and delivering the list.(E) The joint committee may adopt rules as necessary to implement sections 101.70 to 101.79 of the Revised Code, and any such rules it adopts shall be adopted in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 101.79 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 101 | General Assembly|Section 101.79 | Investigation of Violations.

Effective: January 1, 1991|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 538 - 118th General Assembly|The attorney general and any assistant or special counsel designated by him may investigate compliance with sections 101.70 to 101.78 of the Revised Code and with section 2921.13 of the Revised Code in connection with statements required to be filed under these sections and, in the event of an apparent violation, shall report his findings to the prosecuting attorney of Franklin county, who shall institute such proceedings as are appropriate.
Ohio Rev Code § 101.81 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 101 | General Assembly|Section 101.81 | Contempt of the General Assembly.

Effective: January 1, 1974|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 511 - 109th General Assembly|(A) In order to secure information with respect to any pending or contemplated legislative action, or any alleged breach of its privileges or misconduct by its members, the general assembly may order any person in Ohio to appear and testify before it, before either of its houses, or before any of its standing or select committees, and may order such person to produce books, papers, and other tangible evidence.(B) An order under division (A) of this section, to appear or to produce books, papers, and other tangible evidence, may be issued by the general assembly, by either of its houses, or, within the limits of its charge by the general assembly or either of its houses, by a standing or a select committee. Such order shall be in writing, and may be directed to an appropriate officer anywhere in Ohio, for service and return in the same manner as a subpoena.(C) No person shall fail to obey an order issued under this section, or, having appeared pursuant to such order, refuse to answer a question pertinent to the matter under inquiry.(D) Whoever violates division (C) of this section is guilty of contempt of the general assembly, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
Ohio Rev Code § 101.83 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 101 | General Assembly|Section 101.83 | Expiration Date of Agencies - Renewal.

Effective: April 12, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 331 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) It is the intent of the general assembly that an agency shall expire by operation of sunset review law, sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code, four years more or less after the effective date of the act that established the agency. Unless renewed in accordance with division (E) of this section: (1) An agency created during an even-numbered general assembly expires at the end of the thirty-first day of December in the second year of the next odd-numbered general assembly; (2) An agency created during an odd-numbered general assembly expires at the end of the thirty-first day of December in the second year of the next even-numbered general assembly; and (3) An agency renewed by a prior sunset review committee expires on the expiration date specified in the act that renewed the agency. (B) Any act renewing an agency shall contain a distinct section providing a specific expiration date for the agency in accordance with this section. With respect to an agency scheduled to expire through operation of sunset review law, sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code, the specific expiration date shall be the thirty-first day of December in the second year of a general assembly. (C) If the general assembly does not renew or transfer an agency on or before its expiration date, it expires on that date. The director of budget and management shall not authorize the expenditure of any moneys for any agency on or after the date of its expiration. (D) The general assembly may provide by law for the orderly, efficient, and expeditious conclusion of an agency's business and operation. The rules, orders, licenses, contracts, and other actions made, taken, granted, or performed by the agency continue in effect according to their terms notwithstanding the agency's abolition, unless the general assembly provides otherwise by law. The general assembly may provide by law for the temporary or permanent transfer of some or all of a terminated or transferred agency's functions and personnel to a successor agency or officer. The abolition, termination, or transfer of an agency does not cause the termination or dismissal of any claim pending against the agency by any person, or any claim pending against any person by the agency. Unless the general assembly provides otherwise by law for the substitution of parties, the attorney general shall succeed the agency with reference to any pending claim. (E) An agency may be renewed by passage of a bill that continues the statutes creating and empowering the agency, that amends or repeals those statutes, or that enacts new statutes, to improve agency usefulness, performance, or effectiveness.
Ohio Rev Code § 101.84 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 101 | General Assembly|Section 101.84 | Sunset Review Committee.

Effective: April 12, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 331 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) A sunset review committee shall be convened during each general assembly. The committee shall be composed of nine members. The president of the senate shall appoint three members of the senate to the committee, not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party. The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint three members of the house of representatives to the committee, not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint three members to the committee, not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party. Members shall be appointed within fifteen days after the commencement of the first regular session of each general assembly. (B) Each member of the committee who is a member of the general assembly shall serve for the duration of the committee, or until that committee member no longer is a member of the senate or the house of representatives. Each member of the committee who is appointed by the governor shall serve for the duration of the committee, but not later than the thirty-first day of December in the second year of the general assembly. A vacancy on the committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. In the first year of the general assembly, the chairperson of the committee shall be a member of the house of representatives, and the vice-chairperson of the committee shall be a member of the senate. In the second year of the general assembly, the chairperson of the committee shall be a member of the senate, and the vice-chairperson of the committee shall be a member of the house of representatives. Members of the committee shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. (C) The committee shall meet not later than thirty days after the first day of the first year of the general assembly to choose a chairperson and to commence establishment of the schedule for agency review provided for in section 101.85 of the Revised Code or perform other committee duties under sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code. Five members of the committee constitute a quorum for the conduct of committee business. (D) The sunset review committee, after having prepared and published a report of its findings and recommendations, and furnished the report, as required under section 101.87 of the Revised Code, ceases to exist for the remainder of the biennial general assembly.
Ohio Rev Code § 101.85 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 101 | General Assembly|Section 101.85 | Schedule for Review of Agencies.

Effective: April 12, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 331 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) A sunset review committee, not later than sixty days after its first meeting, shall schedule for review each agency in existence on the first day of January in the first year of the general assembly, and that also is scheduled to expire at the end of the thirty-first day of December in the second year of that general assembly. (B) The chairperson of the committee shall send a copy of the schedule for review of agencies for each regular session of the general assembly to each of the agencies scheduled for review during that session and to the director of the legislative service commission. The director shall publish a copy of the schedule in the register of Ohio. The commission shall provide the committee with a list of agencies described in division (A) of this section, to assist the committee in identifying agencies and in exercising its duties under sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code with respect to those agencies.
Ohio Rev Code § 101.86 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 101 | General Assembly|Section 101.86 | Evaluating Usefulness, Performance, and Effectiveness of Agency.

Effective: April 12, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 331 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) Not later than six months before the date on which an agency is scheduled to expire, the sunset review committee shall hold hearings to receive the testimony of the public and of the chief executive officer of each agency scheduled for review, and otherwise shall consider and evaluate the usefulness, performance, and effectiveness of the agency. (B) Each agency that is scheduled for review shall submit to the committee a report that contains all of the following information: (1) The agency's primary purpose and its various goals and objectives; (2) The agency's past and anticipated workload, the number of staff required to complete that workload, and the agency's total number of staff; (3) The agency's past and anticipated budgets and its sources of funding; (4) The number of members of its governing board or other governing entity and their compensation, if any. (C) Each agency shall have the burden of demonstrating to the committee a public need for its continued existence. In determining whether an agency has demonstrated that need, the committee shall consider all of the following: (1) The extent to which the agency has permitted qualified applicants to serve the public; (2) The cost-effectiveness of the agency in terms of number of employees, services rendered, and administrative costs incurred, both past and present; (3) The extent to which the agency has operated in the public interest, and whether its operation has been impeded or enhanced by existing statutes and procedures and by budgetary, resource, and personnel practices; (4) Whether the agency has recommended statutory changes to the general assembly that would benefit the public as opposed to the persons regulated by the agency, if any, and whether its recommendations and other policies have been adopted and implemented; (5) Whether the agency has required any persons it regulates to report to it the impact of agency rules and decisions on the public as they affect service costs and service delivery; (6) Whether persons regulated by the agency, if any, have been required to assess problems in their business operations that affect the public; (7) Whether the agency has encouraged public participation in its rule-making and decision-making; (8) The efficiency with which formal public complaints filed with the agency have been processed to completion; (9) Whether the programs or services of the agency duplicate or overlap those of other agencies; (10) Whether the purpose for which the agency was created has been fulfilled, has changed, or no longer exists; (11) Whether federal law requires that the agency be renewed in some form; (12) Changes needed in the enabling laws of the agency in order for it to comply with the criteria suggested by the considerations listed in divisions (C)(1) to (11) of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 101.87 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 101 | General Assembly|Section 101.87 | Report of Committee's Findings and Recommendations; Cooperation by Other Agencies.

Effective: April 12, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 331 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) After the completion of the evaluation of all agencies under section 101.86 of the Revised Code, the sunset review committee shall prepare and publish a report of its findings and recommendations. The committee shall furnish a copy of the report to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the governor, and each affected agency. The report shall be made available to the public in the offices of the house of representatives and senate clerks during reasonable hours. As part of the report, the committee shall recommend to the general assembly, in bill form, one or more of the following: (1) Amendment or repeal of the statutes that created and empowered an agency, to abolish or terminate the agency; (2) Amendment or repeal of the statutes that created and empowered an agency, or enactment of new statutes, to terminate the agency, to transfer the agency, or to improve the agency's usefulness, performance, or effectiveness; (3) Amendment or repeal of the statutes that created and empowered two or more agencies, or enactment of new statutes, to reorganize or transfer them and thereby improve agency usefulness, performance, or effectiveness; (4) Amendment or continuation of the statutes that created and empowered an agency, or enactment of new statutes, to renew the agency. (B) Recommendations made by the committee shall indicate how or whether their implementation will do each of the following: (1) Promote economy in the operation of state government; (2) Improve efficiency in the management of state government; (3) Improve services rendered to citizens of the state; (4) Simplify and improve preparation of the state budget; (5) Conserve the natural resources of the state; (6) Promote the orderly growth of the state and its government; (7) Improve the effectiveness of the services performed by the service departments of the state, including the office of budget and management and the department of administrative services; (8) Avoid duplication of effort by state agencies; (9) Improve the organization and coordination of the state government in one or more of the ways listed in divisions (B)(1) to (8) of this section. (C) The office of budget and management, department of administrative services, auditor of state, legislative service commission, and any other state agency shall supply, upon the committee's request, the committee with material, information, and reports needed for the preparation of the report and its recommendations.
Ohio Rev Code § 101.91 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 101 | General Assembly|Section 101.91 | Retirement System Lobbyists and Employers - Registration and Filing Requirements.

Effective: September 15, 2004|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly|(A) No person shall knowingly fail to register as required under section 101.92 of the Revised Code.(B) No person shall knowingly fail to keep a receipt or maintain a record that section 101.93 of the Revised Code requires the person to keep or maintain.(C) No person shall knowingly fail to file a statement that section 101.93 or 101.94 of the Revised Code requires the person to file.(D) No person shall knowingly file a false statement that section 101.93 or 101.94 of the Revised Code requires the person to file.
Ohio Rev Code § 101.921 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 101 | General Assembly|Section 101.921 | Disqualification as Retirement System Lobbyist for Certain Offenses.

Effective: September 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly|(A) No person shall be permitted to register as a retirement system lobbyist under division (A) or (B) of section 101.92 of the Revised Code if the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to committing on or after the effective date of this section any felony offense listed or described in divisions (A)(1) to (6) of section 101.721 of the Revised Code in the circumstances specified in the particular division.  (B) If a retirement system lobbyist has registered with the joint legislative ethics committee under division (A) or (B) of section 101.92 of the Revised Code, and, on or after the effective date of this section and during the period during which the registration is valid, the retirement system lobbyist is convicted of or pleads guilty to any felony offense listed or described in divisions (A)(1) to (6) of section 101.721 of the Revised Code in the circumstances specified in the particular division, the joint legislative ethics committee immediately upon becoming aware of the conviction or guilty plea shall terminate the registration of the person as a retirement system lobbyist, and, after the termination, the ban imposed under division (A) of this section applies to the person.  (C) The ban imposed under division (A) of this section is a lifetime ban, and the offender is forever disqualified from registering as a retirement system lobbyist under section 101.92 of the Revised Code.  (D) For purposes of divisions (A) and (B) of this section, a violation of section 2923.32 of the Revised Code or any other violation or offense that includes as an element a course of conduct or the occurrence of multiple acts is "committed on or after the effective date of this section " if the course of conduct continues, one or more of the multiple acts occurs, or the subject person's accountability for the course of conduct or for one or more of the multiple acts continues, on or after the effective date of this section . Last updated October 5, 2021 at 12:34 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 101.94 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 101 | General Assembly|Section 101.94 | Retirement System Lobbyists and Employers - Statement of Financial Transactions With Certain Board Members.

Effective: September 15, 2004|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly|(A) Each retirement system lobbyist who has had any financial transaction with or for the benefit of a member of a board of a state retirement system, a state retirement system investment official, or an employee of a state retirement system whose position involves substantial and material exercise of discretion in the investment of retirement system funds shall describe the details of the transaction, including the name of the member, official, or employee, the purpose and nature of the transaction, and the date it was made or entered into, in a statement filed with the joint legislative ethics committee with the updated registration statement required by division (B) of section 101.92 of the Revised Code. The statements shall be filed at the times specified in section 101.92 of the Revised Code. Each statement shall describe each financial transaction that occurred during the four-calendar-month period that ended on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the statement is required to be filed.(B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, each employer who has had any financial transaction with or for the benefit of a member of a board of a state retirement system, a state retirement system investment official, or an employee of a state retirement system whose position involves substantial and material exercise of discretion in the investment of retirement system funds shall describe the details of the transaction, including the name of the member, official, or employee, the purpose and nature of the transaction, and the date it was made or entered into, in a statement filed with the joint committee with the updated registration statement required by division (B) of section 101.92 of the Revised Code. The statement shall be filed at the times specified in section 101.92 of the Revised Code. Each statement shall describe each financial transaction that occurred during the four-calendar-month period that ended on the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the statement is required to be filed.(C) At least ten days before the date on which the statement is filed, each employer or retirement system lobbyist who is required to file a statement describing a financial transaction under this section shall deliver a copy of the statement to the member, official, or employee with whom or for whose benefit the transaction was made.(D) No employer shall be required to file any statement under this section or to deliver a copy of the statement to a member, official, or employee with whom or for whose benefit the transaction was made if the financial transaction to which the statement pertains is reported by a retirement system lobbyist engaged by the employer.