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Ohio Rev Code § 117.44 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.44 | Training Programs for Township Fiscal Officers, City Auditors and Village Clerks.

Effective: December 20, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly|To enhance local officials' background and working knowledge of government accounting, budgeting and financing, financial report preparation, and the rules adopted by the auditor of state, the auditor of state shall hold training programs for persons elected for the first time as township fiscal officers, city auditors, and village clerks, between the first day of December and the first day of April immediately following a general election for any of these offices. Similar training may also be provided to any township fiscal officer, city auditor, or village clerk who is appointed to fill a vacancy or who is elected in a special election.The auditor of state also shall develop and provide an annual training program of continuing education for village clerks.The auditor of state shall determine the manner, content, and length of the training programs after consultation with appropriate statewide organizations of local governmental officials. The auditor of state shall charge the political subdivisions that the trainees represent a registration fee that will meet actual and necessary expenses of the training, including instructor fees, site acquisition costs, and the cost of course materials. The necessary personal expenses incurred by the officials as a result of attending the training program shall be borne by the political subdivisions they represent.The auditor of state shall allow any other interested person to attend any of the training programs that the auditor of state holds pursuant to this section; provided, that before attending any such training program, the interested person shall pay to the auditor of state the full registration fee that the auditor of state has set for the training program.The auditor of state may provide any other appropriate training or educational programs that may be developed and offered by the auditor of state or in collaboration with one or more other state agencies, political subdivisions, or other public or private entities.There is hereby established in the state treasury the auditor of state training program fund, to be used by the auditor of state for the actual and necessary expenses of any training programs held pursuant to this section, section 117.441, or section 321.46 of the Revised Code. All registration fees collected under this section shall be paid into the fund.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.441 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.441 | Fiduciary Training Programs.

Effective: September 29, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 283 - 123rd General Assembly|The auditor of state shall conduct a fiduciary training program for members and employees of state boards and commissions. The program shall be offered at least annually. The auditor of state shall determine the manner and content of the program and may charge a registration fee to defray the actual and necessary expenses of the program.Members and employees of state boards and commissions may attend the fiduciary training program offered under this section. If a registration fee is charged for the program, the auditor of state shall deposit it into the auditor of state training program fund established under section 117.44 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.45 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.45 | Format for Sworn Affidavit.

Effective: March 23, 2015|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 10 - 130th General Assembly|The auditor of state shall establish by rule the format for submitting a sworn affidavit and supporting evidence under sections 319.26, 321.37, 507.13, and 733.78 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.46 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.46 | Performance Audits of State Agencies.

Effective: May 1, 2020|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 120 - 133rd General Assembly|Each biennium the auditor of state shall conduct a minimum of four performance audits under this section. Except as otherwise provided in this section, at least two of the audits shall be of state agencies selected from a list comprised of the administrative departments listed in section 121.02 of the Revised Code and the department of education and at least two of the audits shall be of other state agencies. At the auditor of state's discretion, the auditor of state may also conduct performance audits of state institutions of higher education. The offices of the attorney general, auditor of state, governor, secretary of state, and treasurer of state and agencies of the legislative and judicial branches are not subject to an audit under this section. The auditor shall select each agency or institution to be audited and shall determine whether to audit the entire agency or institution or a portion of the agency or institution by auditing one or more programs, offices, boards, councils, or other entities within that agency or institution. The auditor shall make the selection and determination in consultation with the governor and the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives and president and minority leader of the senate. An audit of a portion of an agency or institution shall be considered an audit of one agency or institution. The authority to audit a portion of an agency or institution in no way limits the auditor's ability to audit an entire agency or institution if it is in the best interest of the state. The performance audits under this section shall be conducted pursuant to sections 117.01 and 117.13 of the Revised Code. In conducting a performance audit, the auditor of state shall determine the scope of the audit, but shall consider, if appropriate, supervisory and subordinate level operations in the agency or institution. A performance audit under this section shall not include review or evaluation of an institution's academic performance. As used in this section and in sections 117.461, 117.462, 117.463, 117.47, 117.471, and 147.472 of the Revised Code, "state institution of higher education" has the meaning defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.461 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.461 | Comment Period.

Effective: April 5, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 384 - 131st General Assembly|Every state agency or state institution of higher education audited pursuant to section 117.46 of the Revised Code shall accept comments regarding the performance audit from interested parties. The comment period shall begin on the day following the release date of the audit and shall conclude at the end of the fourteenth day following the release date. The agency or institution shall make all comments available to the public on the twenty-first day following the release date of the audit. The agency or institution shall determine how to accept comments under this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.462 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.462 | Implementation of Recommendations.

Effective: April 5, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 384 - 131st General Assembly|(A) A state agency or state institution of higher education shall implement the recommendations of a performance audit conducted pursuant to section 117.46 of the Revised Code. If an agency or institution does not commence implementation of such recommendations within three months after the end of the comment period for the audit, the agency or institution shall do both of the following:(1) File a report explaining why the agency or institution has not commenced implementation of the recommendations with the governor, auditor of state, speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, and president and minority leader of the senate;(2) Provide testimony explaining why the agency or institution has not commenced implementation of the recommendations to the house of representatives and senate committees dealing primarily with the programs and activities of the agency or institution.(B) Comments submitted to the agency or institution under section 117.461 of the Revised Code shall be attached to the report required by division (A)(1) of this section.(C) If an agency or institution does not fully implement an audit recommendation within one year after the end of the comment period for the audit, the agency or institution shall file a report with the governor, auditor, speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, and president and minority leader of the senate justifying why the recommendation has not or will not be implemented.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.463 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.463 | Annual Report.

Effective: April 5, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 384 - 131st General Assembly|(A) The auditor of state shall annually submit a report in writing to the governor, the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, and the president and minority leader of the senate describing both of the following:(1) Whether state agencies or state institutions of higher education that received performance audits in the immediately preceding year implemented the audit recommendations;(2) The amount of money saved as a result of the implementation.(B) The auditor of state shall establish a process for obtaining the information required for the report.(C) The report shall be submitted no later than the thirtieth day of March of each year.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.464 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.464 | Cost of Audits at State University or College.

Effective: April 5, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 384 - 131st General Assembly|(A)(1) For purposes of this section and section 117.465 of the Revised Code, "state university or college" has the same meaning as in section 3345.12 of the Revised Code.(2) For purposes of this section, "full-time-equivalent enrollment" means the total number of students enrolled full time at a state university or college main campus as reported for the most recent fiscal year in the department of higher education's annual report, "Full-Time Equivalent Enrollment Trends by Ohio Public Institutions."(B) The cost of a performance audit under section 117.46 of the Revised Code of a state university or college shall not exceed the following:(1) One hundred twenty-five thousand dollars, if full-time equivalent enrollment is five thousand or less;(2) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars, if full-time-equivalent enrollment is greater than five thousand but not more than thirty thousand;(3) Three hundred fifty thousand dollars, if full-time- equivalent enrollment is greater than thirty thousand.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.465 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.465 | Agreement to Exceed Limits.

Effective: April 5, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 384 - 131st General Assembly|The cost of a performance audit under section 117.46 of the Revised Code may exceed the limits imposed under section 117.464 of the Revised Code on agreement between the auditor of state and the state university or college being audited.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.47 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.47 | Leverage for Efficiency, Accountability, and Performance Fund.

Effective: April 5, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 384 - 131st General Assembly|There is hereby created in the state treasury the leverage for efficiency, accountability, and performance fund. The auditor of state shall use the fund to:(A) Make loans to state agencies, local public offices, and state institutions of higher education that have applied to and been approved by the auditor of state to receive the loans and to pay the costs of conducting performance audits incurred by the auditor of state; or(B) Pay the costs the auditor of state or the auditor's auditing team incurs to conduct a feasibility study requested under section 117.473 of the Revised Code.The fund shall consist of money appropriated to it plus the repayments of principal and interest on loans made from the fund. Interest earned on money in the fund shall be credited to the fund.During a fiscal year, the auditor of state shall use not more than fifty per cent of the fund to make loans under division (A) of this section and not more than fifty per cent to pay costs under division (B) of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.471 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.471 | Payment for Audit; Amount Charged.

Effective: April 5, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 384 - 131st General Assembly|(A) A state agency, local public office, or state institution of higher education may request from the auditor of state a loan from the fund created in section 117.47 of the Revised Code to pay the auditor of state for a performance audit. The amount loaned shall be the amount charged by the auditor of state for a performance audit under division (B) of this section.(B) The amount charged for a performance audit of a state agency or state institution of higher education shall be the same as the amount charged for an audit under division (A)(2) of section 117.13 of the Revised Code. The amount charged for a performance audit of a local public office shall be the same as the amount charged for an audit under division (C)(1) of section 117.13 of the Revised Code.The amount charged for a performance audit shall include interest on the amount loaned, accrued from the date the audit is completed until the date payment is received by the auditor of state. The interest rate shall be equivalent to the average of the monthly yields for the state treasury asset reserve fund for the time period during which the interest is accruing.(C) The auditor of state shall provide each state agency, local public office, or state institution of higher education that receives a loan under this section with a statement of the amount due from the agency, office, or institution for services performed by the auditor of state, as well as the date on which payment is due to the auditor of state. A local public office's statement shall include the percentage of the total cost chargeable to each fund subject to the performance audit. Payment for a performance audit shall be due one year after the audit is completed.(D) If the local public office seeking a loan under this section is the office of a county elected official, the local public office applying for the loan must obtain prior approval from the board of county commissioners of the county in which the local public office is located. This approval is required to ensure that the county office being audited and the board of county commissioners are notified that the costs of the loan must be repaid.(E) All moneys received for repayment of loans and interest under this section shall be paid to the credit of the leverage for efficiency, accountability, and performance fund created in section 117.47 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.472 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.472 | Failure to Make Payment.

Effective: April 5, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 384 - 131st General Assembly|(A) If the state agency or state institution of higher education has not repaid the auditor of state by the payment deadline established under section 117.471 of the Revised Code, the auditor of state shall certify to the director of budget and management the amount of the loan plus interest due. The director shall withhold from the state agency or state institution of higher education the amount certified from funds under the director's control that belong to or are lawfully payable or due to the state agency or state institution of higher education and that may be used to repay the loan. The director shall promptly pay the amount withheld to the auditor of state.If the director determines that no funds payable and due to the state agency or state institution of higher education are available or that insufficient amounts of such funds are available, the director shall withhold and pay to the auditor of state the amounts available and shall continue to withhold funds and pay the auditor of state until the full amount due to the auditor of state is paid.(B) If a local public office has not repaid the auditor of state by the payment deadline established under section 117.471 of the Revised Code, the auditor of state shall certify to the county auditor the amount of the loan plus interest due. The county auditor shall withhold from the local public office the amount certified from funds under the county auditor's control that belong to or are lawfully payable or due to the local public office and that may be used to repay the loan. The county auditor shall promptly pay the amount withheld to the auditor of state.If the county auditor determines that no funds payable and due to the local public office are available or that insufficient amounts of such funds are available, the county auditor shall withhold and pay to the auditor of state the amounts available and shall continue to withhold funds and pay the auditor of state until the full amount due to the auditor of state is paid.(C) All moneys received from the director of budget and management or a county auditor for repayment of loans and interest under this section shall be paid to the state treasury to the credit of the leverage for efficiency, accountability, and performance fund created in section 117.47 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.473 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.473 | Feasibility Studies to Determine Efficiency or Cost Savings Realized by Sharing Services or Facilities.

Effective: September 14, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 5 - 131st General Assembly|A state agency or local public office may request that the auditor of state conduct a feasibility study to determine if greater efficiency or cost savings could be realized by the state agency or local public office s haring services or facilities with other state agencies or local public offices. In the request, the requesting state agency or local public office s hall identify for the auditor of state t he specific state agencies or local public offices t hat may be included within the proposed plan for sharing services or f acilities. The auditor of state shall provide written notification to each state agency and local public office that is identified in a request. The auditor of state may review only those identified state agencies or local public offices that do not opt out. To opt out, a state agency or local public office shall provide an opt out notice to the auditor of state within sixty days of the date on which the a uditor's notification to the state agency or local public office is postmarked. If a state agency or local public office opts out of a requested feasibility study, the auditor of state, at the auditor's discretion, may cancel the feasibility study or may proceed to conduct the feasibility study considering only the identified state agencies and local public offices that have not opted out. The auditing team that conducts performance audits shall conduct the feasibility study requested by a state agency or local public office as funds are allowed and available under section 117.47 of the Revised Code. Not later than ten days before commencing a feasibility study requested under this section, the auditor of state shall provide written notice to the requesting state agency or local public office, and any other state agency or local public office that consented to being reviewed, of the date the study will be commenced. The auditor of state shall pay the costs incurred by the auditor or the auditing team i n conducting feasibility studies under this section. Not later than one hundred eighty days after completing a f easibility study, the auditor of state shall conduct a public hearing on the feasibility study findings. Not later than ten days before the date of the public hearing, the auditor shall give notice of the date, time, and location of the public hearing in writing to the state agency or local public office that requested the feasibility study, to any other state agency or local public office that consented to being reviewed, and on the auditor's web site.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.48 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.48 | Shared Equipment Service Agreement Program.

Effective: September 14, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 5 - 131st General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "governmental function," "political subdivision," and "proprietary function" have the same meanings as in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code.(B) The auditor of state may establish a shared equipment service agreement program in which state agencies and political subdivisions may voluntarily participate. Under the program, a state agency or political subdivision may voluntarily enter into an agreement with another state agency or political subdivision to provide for the contracting lender state agency or political subdivision to lend its capital equipment to the contracting recipient state agency or political subdivision for temporary use in the recipient's performance of a governmental function or proprietary function.(C) Sections 2743.31 and 2744.11 of the Revised Code apply if the auditor of state establishes a shared equipment service agreement program under division (B) of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.51 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.51 | Custodian of Public Land Records.

Effective: July 1, 1985|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly|The auditor of state shall be the custodian of the field notes, maps, records, documents, papers, and implements relating to or used in the survey of the public lands within the state, which were delivered to the executive of this state by the surveyor of the United States at Detroit, by order of the government of the United States, the records of field notes and other records of papers which have been added thereto, the records of deeds and other records or papers relating to the public lands originally deposited with the governor or secretary of state, and the records, maps, plats, papers, documents, and implements relating to the public lands in the Virginia military district in this state, from the United States land office at Chillicothe. These records and files shall be subject to inspection, and the auditor of state, on demand and tender of the proper fees, shall furnish copies of any of them, certified under his official seal.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.52 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.52 | Adjusting Amount Recoverable for Wrongful Imprisonment.

Effective: April 9, 2003|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 149 - 124th General Assembly|The auditor of state shall make the adjustment, as described in section 2743.49 of the Revised Code, of the amount that a wrongfully imprisoned individual, in an action brought in the court of claims pursuant to section 2743.48 of the Revised Code, may receive for each full year or part of a year of imprisonment and shall perform all of the functions relating to that adjustment as specified in section 2743.49 of the Revised Code.