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Ohio Rev Code § 153.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.05 | Actions to Enforce Bond.

Effective: March 18, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 850 - 122nd General Assembly|The bond required by section 153.08 of the Revised Code may be enforced against the person executing such bond, by any claimant for labor or material, and suit may be brought on such bond in the name of the state on relation of the claimant within one year from the date of delivering or furnishing such labor or material, in the court of common pleas of the county wherein such labor or material was furnished or delivered. Such bond shall not be released by the execution of any additional security, notes, retentions from estimates, or other instrument on account of such claim, or for any reason, except the full payment of such claim for labor or material.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.06 | Form of Bids.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|After the proceedings required by sections 153.01 and 153.04 of the Revised Code have been complied with, the owner referred to in section 153.01 of the Revised Code shall give public notice of the time and place when and where bids will be received for performing the labor and furnishing the materials of such construction, improvement, alteration, addition, or installation, and a contract awarded, except for materials manufactured by the state or labor supplied by a county department of job and family services that may enter into the same. The form of bid approved by the Ohio facilities construction commission shall be used, and a bid shall be invalid and not considered unless such form is used without change, alteration, or addition. Bidders may be permitted to bid upon all the branches of work and materials to be furnished and supplied, or upon any thereof, or alternately upon all or any thereof.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.07 | Publishing Notice of Bids.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|The notice provided for in section 153.06 of the Revised Code shall be published once each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, in the county where the activity for which bids are submitted is to occur and in such other newspapers as ordered by the Ohio facilities construction commission, the last publication to be at least eight days preceding the day for opening the bids, and in such form and with such phraseology as the commission orders. Copies of the plans, details, estimates of cost, and specifications shall be open to public inspection at all business hours between the day of the first publication and the day for opening the bids, at the office of the commission where the bids are received, and such other place as may be designated in such notice.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.08 | Opening Bids and Awarding Contract.

Effective: September 29, 2015|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|On the day and at the place named in the notice provided for in section 153.06 of the Revised Code, the owner referred to in section 153.01 of the Revised Code shall open the bids and shall publicly, with the assistance of the architect or engineer, immediately proceed to tabulate the bids. For a bid filed electronically, the public bid opening may be broadcast by electronic means pursuant to rules established by the Ohio facilities construction commission. A bid shall be invalid and not considered unless a bid guaranty meeting the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code and in the form approved by the commission is filed with such bid. For a bid that is not filed electronically, the bid and bid guaranty shall be filed in one sealed envelope. If the bid and bid guaranty are filed electronically, they must be received electronically before the deadline published pursuant to section 153.06 of the Revised Code. For all bids filed electronically, the original, unaltered bid guaranty shall be made available to the public authority after the public bid opening, which may be achieved by means of an electronic verification and security system established under rules adopted by the Ohio facilities construction commission under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. After investigation, which shall be completed within thirty days, the contract shall be awarded by such owner to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder in accordance with section 9.312 of the Revised Code.No contract shall be entered into until the industrial commission has certified that the person so awarded the contract has complied with sections 4123.01 to 4123.94 of the Revised Code, until, if the bidder so awarded the contract is a foreign corporation, the secretary of state has certified that such corporation is authorized to do business in this state, until, if the bidder so awarded the contract is a person nonresident of this state, such person has filed with the secretary of state a power of attorney designating the secretary of state as its agent for the purpose of accepting service of summons in any action brought under section 153.05 of the Revised Code or under sections 4123.01 to 4123.94 of the Revised Code, and until the contract and bond, if any, are submitted to the attorney general and the attorney general's approval certified thereon.No contract shall be entered into unless the bidder possesses a valid certificate of compliance with affirmative action programs issued pursuant to section 9.47 of the Revised Code and dated no earlier than one hundred eighty days prior to the date fixed for the opening of bids for a particular project.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.09 | New Proposals When Necessary - Change in Work or Materials.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|If in the opinion of the owner referred to in section 153.01 of the Revised Code, the award of a contract to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder is not in the best interests of the state, the owner may accept another bid so opened or reject all bids, and advertise for other bids. Such advertisement shall be for such time, in such form, and in such newspaper as the Ohio facilities construction commission directs. All contracts shall provide that such owner may make any change in work or materials on the conditions and in the manner provided in sections 153.10 and 153.11 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.10 | No Change in Plans Without Approval of Owner.

Effective: March 18, 1999|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 850 - 122nd General Assembly|After the plans, bills of material, specifications of work, estimates of cost in detail and in the aggregate, life-cycle cost analysis, form of bid, bid guaranty, and other data that may be required are approved and filed with the owner as defined in section 153.01 of the Revised Code, no change of plans, details, bills of material, or specifications shall be made or allowed unless the same are approved by the owner as defined in section 153.01 of the Revised Code. When so approved, the plans of the proposed change, with detail to scale and full size, specifications of work, and bills of material shall be filed with the original papers. If such change affects the price, the amount thereof shall likewise receive such approval.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.11 | Change of Plans Becomes Part of Original Contract.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|Whenever the change referred to in section 153.10 of the Revised Code is approved by the owner as defined in section 153.01 of the Revised Code, accepted in writing by the contractor, and filed, the same shall be considered as being a part of the original contract, and the bond theretofore executed shall be increased or decreased accordingly to include and cover the change in the contract.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.13 | Estimates of Labor and Materials - Funds in Escrow Account.

Effective: February 11, 1982|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 497 - 114th General Assembly|At the time named in the contract for payment to the person with whom it is made, the owner referred to in section 153.01 or 153.12 of the Revised Code shall approve a full, accurate, and detailed estimate of the various kinds of labor performed and material furnished under the contract, with the amount due for each kind of labor and material and the materials and amount due in the aggregate, which estimate shall be based upon actual measurement of such labor and materials, and shall give the amounts of the preceding estimate, and the amount of labor performed and materials furnished since the last estimate. From the date the contract is fifty per cent complete, as evidenced by payments in the amount of at least fifty per cent of the contract to the person with whom the owner has contracted, except in the case of contracts the total cost of which is less than fifteen thousand dollars, all funds retained pursuant to sections 153.12 and 153.14 of the Revised Code for the faithful performance of work shall be deposited in the escrow account designated in section 153.63 of the Revised Code. After the contract is fifty per cent complete, no further funds shall be retained. When the major portion of the project is substantially completed and occupied, or in use, or otherwise accepted, and there exists no other reason to withhold retainage, the retained percentages held in connection with such portion shall be released from escrow and paid to the contractor, withholding only that amount necessary to assure completion. Funds in the escrow account not heretofore paid, with accumulated interest, shall be paid to the person with whom the owner has contracted thirty days from the date of completion or either acceptance or occupancy by the owner. Such payments shall be in accordance with division (A)(2) of section 153.63 of the Revised Code. Nothing in this section shall be construed as a limitation upon the authority of the director of transportation granted in Chapter 5525. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.15 | Assessment of Asbestos Hazard.

Effective: July 22, 1994|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 715 - 120th General Assembly|(A) Whenever an asbestos hazard abatement activity is being performed in a building or structure supported in whole or in part by the state, an asbestos hazard evaluation specialist certified under Chapter 3710. of the Revised Code shall assess the hazard and determine appropriate response actions. Enclosure or encapsulation, rather than removal, shall be implemented if the asbestos hazard evaluation specialist determines that both of the following apply:(1) Enclosure or encapsulation would be an appropriate response action;(2) The cost of encapsulating or enclosing the asbestos hazard would be less than removing it.(B) As used in this section, "enclosure" and "encapsulation" have the meanings given in section 3710.01 of the Revised Code.(C) The requirements of this section do not apply to school districts.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.16 | Policy and Procedure Guidelines for Contract Documents in Conjunction With Administration of Public Works Contracts.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|(A) The executive director of the Ohio facilities construction commission shall establish policy and procedure guidelines for contract documents in conjunction with the administration of public works contracts that the state or any institution supported in whole or in part by the state enters into for any project subject to sections 153.01 to 153.11 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding any contract provision to the contrary, any claim submitted under a public works contract that the state or any institution supported in whole or in part by the state enters into for any project subject to sections 153.01 to 153.11 of the Revised Code shall be resolved within one hundred twenty days. After the end of this one hundred twenty-day period, the contractor shall be deemed to have exhausted all administrative remedies for purposes of division (B) of section 153.12 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.17 | Requisition Upon Contractor for Additional Specific Force or Materials.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|(A) When in the opinion of the owner referred to in section 153.01 of the Revised Code, the work under any contract made under any law of the state is neglected by the contractor or such work is not prosecuted with the diligence and force specified or intended in the contract, such owner may make requisition upon the contractor for such additional specific force or materials to be brought into the work under such contract or to remove improper materials from the grounds as in their judgment the contract and its faithful fulfillment requires. Not less than five days' notice in writing of such action shall be served upon the contractor or the contractor's agent in charge of the work. If the contractor fails to comply with such requisition within fifteen days, such owner with the written consent of the Ohio facilities construction commission, may employ upon the work the additional force, or supply the special materials or such part of either as is considered proper, and may remove improper materials from the grounds.(B) When the original contractor has defaulted on a contract and the surety has declined to take over the project, the owner may contract with one or more takeover contractors to complete work that was not finished because of the default of the original contractor. The owner may enter into a contract with a takeover contractor without competitive bidding or controlling board approval. Upon execution of a takeover contract, the owner shall notify the director of budget and management.When the owner has taken over a project after a default has occurred, any moneys that the owner receives from the surety as a settlement for completion of the project shall be deposited in the original fund from which the capital appropriation for the project was made. The executive director, without controlling board approval, may authorize specified additional uses for the moneys related to completion of the project and may increase the appropriation authority in the appropriation line item used to fund the project by an amount equal to the moneys received from the surety.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.18 | Certification of Additional Force or Materials.

Effective: July 1, 1985|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly|The owner referred to in section 153.01 of the Revised Code shall make separate estimates of all additional force or materials employed or supplied as provided by section 153.17 of the Revised Code, and payment shall be provided for by the director of budget and management. The amount so paid shall be charged against the contractor and be deducted from his next or any subsequent estimate. The amount or any part thereof not so paid may be recovered by action from such contractor and his sureties.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.19 | Contract Shall Contain Provision as to Time of Completion.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|All contracts under sections 153.01 to 153.60, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall contain provision in regard to the time when the whole or any specified portion of work contemplated therein shall be completed and that for each day it shall be delayed beyond the time so named the contractor shall forfeit to the state a sum to be fixed in the contract, which shall be deducted from any payment due or to become due to the contractor.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.20 | Duty of Attorney General.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The attorney general shall have charge of and direct the proceedings necessary to enforce contracts authorized by sections 153.01 to 153.19, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.21 | Building Commission.

Effective: September 20, 1965|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 81 - 106th General Assembly|When the board of county commissioners has determined to erect a courthouse or other county building, or to make an addition to, or to make an improvement of any existing county owned building, the board may appoint four suitable and competent freehold electors of the county, who shall, together with the board, constitute a building commission and serve until the courthouse or other county building, or the addition thereto, or the improvements thereof are completed. Not more than two of such appointees shall be of the same political party.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.22 | Compensation of Commissioners.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The persons appointed under section 153.21 of the Revised Code after August 22, 1951, shall receive a reasonable compensation for the time actually employed, to be fixed by the court of common pleas and on its approval paid from the county treasury. Their compensation in the aggregate shall not exceed eight thousand dollars.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.23 | Expenses of Building Commission.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The necessary expenses for stationery, postage, correspondence, and travel out of the county required in the discharge of the duties of the building commission shall be paid from the county treasury on the order of the board of county commissioners and the warrant of the county auditor.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.24 | Oath and Bond.

Effective: March 20, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly|Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, the persons appointed to the building commission shall each take an oath of office and give bond for the faithful and honest discharge of official duties in the same amount as required of members of the board of county commissioners, with sureties approved by the judge of the court of common pleas. Such bond shall be delivered to the county treasurer and kept in the treasurer's office.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.25 | Vacancies.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|In case of the death, resignation, or removal of any member of the building commission, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the judge of the court of common pleas as provided in section 153.21 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.26 | Contracts.

Effective: December 9, 1967|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 428 - 107th General Assembly|After adopting plans, specifications, and estimates, the building commission shall invite bids and award contracts in accordance with sections 307.86 to 307.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code, for the building and for furnishing, heating, lighting, and ventilating it, and for the sewerage thereof. Until the building is completed and accepted by the commission, the commission may determine all questions connected therewith. The commission shall be governed by sections 153.01 to 153.60, inclusive, of the Revised Code, relating to the erection of public buildings of the county.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.27 | Architects - Superintendents - Employees.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The building commission may employ architects, superintendents, and other necessary employees during the construction of a courthouse or other county building and fix their compensation and bond.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.28 | Plans, Drawings, and Cost Estimates Filed With County Auditor.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When approved by the building commission, the plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, specifications of work, and estimates of cost thereof shall be filed by the county auditor in his office and shall not be altered, unless such alteration is first drawn, specified, and estimated as required by law for the original plans and approved by the commission. No such change shall be made until the price to be paid therefor has been agreed upon in writing between the commission and the contractor.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.29 | Proceedings of Building Commission.

Effective: August 1, 1980|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 157 - 113th General Assembly|Resolutions for the adoption or alteration of plans or specifications, or for the award of contracts, hiring of architects, superintendent, or other employees and the fixing of their compensation, the approval of bonds or bid guaranties, and the allowance of estimates shall be in writing and shall require for their adoption the votes of five members of the building commission, taken by yeas and nays recorded on the journal of the board of county commissioners. When signed by five members of the commission, the county auditor shall draw his warrant on the county treasurer for the payment of all bills and estimates of such commission.
Ohio Rev Code § 153.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 153 | Public Improvements|Section 153.30 | Record of Proceedings.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Full and accurate records of all proceedings of the building commission shall be kept by the county auditor upon the journal of the board of county commissioners. He shall carefully preserve in his office all plans, drawings, representations, bills of material, specifications of work, and estimates of costs in detail and in the aggregate pertaining to the building.